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Originally Posted by Paladin

Pokemon's first generation was really kinda shit.

You could say this about the first iteration of a lot of game series, but how often do we see people call the original Mario bad? I feel like the Pokemon series generates a lot of bad blood between fans of the different games for no good reason.

I started with the original games and I'll freely admit that many of the later games were at least technically better, but Gen 1 was a very unique experience and the retro charm I think helps them hold up better than some of the later games (mainly anything from gen 3).

I at least look forward to be able to go back and play these again (legally) with the same group of friends and recomplete the Pokedex without the aid of online play and endless amounts of hacking. IMO, including compatibility with Bank and the later games would just ruin the point of them. I imagine most who want to play them are people like me, and those who don't are people that think it's a waste of time anyway.