Pokemon Gold, Silver, and Crystal are often considered to be the best games in the series. While the generation 2 games did add a lot of really neat stuff, and are still fun games, when you step back and take a look at various aspects of these games... it turns out there's a lot that could use improving. In this video, we take a critical look at the second generation Pokemon games and not only figure out what needs improving, but also how it could be improved.
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Chapters:
0:00 Intro
1:16 Ecruteak's split path and the level curve
6:49 The newly introduced Pokemon
13:56 Kanto was poorly executed
17:38 The Gym Leaders aren't that great
21:29 Level curve, Kanto edition
24:22 There's a lot of misinformation about these games
26:20 The bane of every Pokemon player's existence
27:47 Even the good comes with some bad
29:30 Evolution Stones are nearly nonexistent
31:42 Oops, I discovered incorrect info on Bulbapedia
33:19 Outro
Articles shown in video:
https://www.techradar.com/news/gaming/10-things-you-might-not-know-about-nintendo-s-satoru-iwata-1299085
https://www.bbc.co.uk/newsround/33507632
https://www.thegamer.com/pokemon-gold-silver-twenty-years-old/
DidYouKnowGaming video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDJuM8C5g-8
Reddit thread: https://www.reddit.com/r/Games/comments/hwlylf/while_it_is_true_that_iwata_did_write_a_new/