Say one good thing about gen 1

It started the series

>>31058161
It's short

It had the best rival and champion.
Best rival and champion theme music as well.

It's so old everyone who played it first will thankfully be dead before the rest of us.

Safari Zone actually done right.

>>31058161
It started the series off.

>>31058201
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Tc9Sb7Pf90&t=92s

>>31058161
>best starters
>best rival
>best path
>no cutscenes or handholding abuse
>forces you to talk to the npc's to get info about what to do or find crucial HM's
>Red

>>31058161
Cute oldschool aesthetics
Best evil team
Not having internet in the 90s and spreading rumours about Mew
Best region and characters

Blue is a fucking awesome rival. It's pretty bizarre that the series has failed to top him yet though.

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>>31058208
THIS

No story bullshit besides filing pokedex and becoming champ.

>>31058161
How poorly it was programmed make it much more enjoyable to revisit

>>31058254
this guy knows whats up.

It was good at sucking

>>31058161
I liked the color blue.

>>31058161
they have memorable music

Being able to impress my friends with my impossible level 7 Pokémon and mew

It's not as bad as SM

Didn't force the story or legendaries down your throat.

>>31058172
>>31058375
this. sun and moon is literally red and green set on a tropical region with an actual plot.

>>31058417
So you mean like every sequel that's existed for 20 years?

>>31058161
It's fun to just pick up and play through in under half a week, experimenting with different teams and movesets. Most of the other games are a fucking slog on future playthroughs, but RBY is just always fun for some odd reason.

>>31058161
Had it not existed, none of us would be on this board right now.

>>31058161
Legendary Pokemon were actually surprising to find

>>31058161
It is not gen IV

>>31058456
no. because only hoenn and alola are tropical regions and only unova and alola have an actual plot.

it ended

The best of its time

>>31058161
It had the best Pokemon distribution, and the most realistic looking Pokemon.

>>31058774
>pokemon
>realistic

Hehe

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It basically shaped my entire childhood and I had friendships founded almost entirely on the games.
Created a lot of happy memories
The gen included my favourite Pokemon, pic related.

Does /vp/ just hate Gen 1 because they weren't yet born to experience it?

>>31058833
Because it aged poorly, anon. It's good but hot garbage compared to the other games in the series, quality-wise.

>>31058833
I was there and played a japanese version of pokemon red.m, but playing each newer game has spoiled me to the point that RBY are dusty

If i wAnt to relive kanto id play FRLG , at leadt those games were complete

>>31058929
>>31058872
Gen 1 =/= RB

Makes the newer games look better in comparison

>>31058965
?????

>>31058161
Critical Hit, lol

>>31058277
Yeah catching Dratini is an adventure. But it's still not as annoying as catching Scyther/Pinsir or Kanghaskan or Chansey.

>>31058965
jesus man, use !=

>>31058872
>>31058929
That's all well and good, but those are reasons not to play those games now and not dislike them. I haven't played those games in over ten years, but I still appreciate them.

>>31058833
/vp/ hates everything that someone could actually like

>>31058161
It was the best gen.

It makes post-millennials angry

>>31058667
>unova and alola have an actual plot

Doesn't make those plots good though.

It actually felt like you were some random dumbfuck trainer, not the legendary chosen one.

Also it earned me what few friends I had back in kindergarten.

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>>31059015
>mfw I lost a shiny Chansey in the FRLG Safari zone while being super careful not to scare it off

>Best rival
>comfiest starters
>legendaries weren't shoved down your throat so they were surprising and a little mysterious
>pervy dude outside grass gym
>complete surprise that there was a champ after the elite 4

But, in all honestly, there is no reason to ever replay besides nostalgia. The game was so lopsided and moves were so primative that FRLG improves in almost every way

>>31058161
it started the franchise thats it. other wise gen 1 is shit

>>31058172
/thread

>>31058161
Better than Gens 5, 6, and 7.

>>31061311
Its also better than 2, 3 and 4

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>>31061311
>>31061331
Here's your (you)

no fucking handholding or bullshit

I just go alone on an adventure with my mons, that's it

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>>31061453
:^)

>>31061483
>The first game in the series, nay, the genre
>"WAAAAH, THERE'S /A/ TUTORIAL"

do you have even an ounce of self-awareness?

>>31058161
PIKACHU IS CUTE!!
CUTE!!!!!

>>31058161
No, PLS GOD NO, I CAN'T HANDLE KANTO ANYMORE GOSH.

>>31061540
It was meant to be a joking shitpost but damn you took the bait so hard the hook is dangling out your asshole.

>>31061582
Ironic shitposting is still shitposting.

>>31061713
Never said it wasn't chiefchamp.

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it has a few of my favorite designs.

mew glitch and 'M item duping are fucking awesome

>>31058161
- no apocalyptic plot or story
- realistic antagonists
- best rival
- best gym leaders
- best elite four
- best difficulty
- isn't a fucking maze of a region like Unova
- best pokedex

Only downside to Kanto is the non-special split and shitty move polls. FR/LG mostly fixes those problems, though.

FR/LG is best game 2nd to HG/SS.

>>31061440
Triggered newgenner detected. Feeling insecure around genwunchads again?

>>31062062
>Unova
>a maze
>when it's a giant fucking circle
BW1 had you literally walking around the region clockwise. How in the world is that a maze?

>>31058265
Mew is under that truck

>>31062090
KEK

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>>31062062
>isn't a fucking maze of a region like Unova
Unova is literally a straight shot the whole way through while in Kanto you can go pretty much anywhere after the 3rd Gym.

>>31058774
>It had the best Pokemon distribution
>Over half the Dex is either Poison, Water, or Normal type
>There is ONE Ghost and Dragon line each and no way to deal Ghost or Dragon-type damage

>>31058208
Yeah, taking all of the cool mechanics that make catching pokemon fun and throwing them away and replacing them with nearly nothing is great! It's so much more fun than using your pokemon to carefully wear down the opponent, use status ailments, and tank while you try catching them! Hey, you know what's also great? Pokemon Go! It's just like Safari Zone!

>>31058161
The rival is still the best in the series.

>>31058161
Charizard

>>31058172
First post best post.