>people complain about Gamefreak referencing their most successful,

Because they're mechanically outdated and the lowest quality games.

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>>30284170
>What would you prefer they reference?
Uhh, the actual best games in the series? BW and BW2? Duh

>>30284202

Mechanics are irrelevant to their popularity and importance, retard

>>30284170
gen 2, gen 3, gen 4, gen 5, gen 6....

in short, any gen expect gen 1.

>>30284170
>What would you prefer they reference?
Nothing, if possible.

A region should be able to stand on its own two feet. References to older regions should be sparse and meaningful as opposed to being a crutch for a region with little charm of its own (see: Gen 6).

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Opinions, the thread

They should get special treatment, but there's no reason not to reference their other games that get tons of sales.

>>30284170
The most successful was black and white

>>30284202
Same could be said about Cloud from FF7 but look where he's at now.

Also, what else would you prefer? Instead of fighting Red and Blue in SM you get to fight Barry and Tierno?