/vr/ - Retro Games

I think Generation III was the perfect sweet-spot for gameplay mechanics, movesets, etc. I'm not at all a proponent of the Phys/Spec-split, nor, in retrospect, do I think giving every monster access to dedicated, 80 base power STAB moves was particularly prescient, either.

FRLG is the definitive way to enjoy Kanto, in some ways, but as other anons have pointed out, much of the gritty charm from the earliest entries was scrubbed out in the remaking process. I think a ROM-hack that restores to form Kanto and all of the constituent character models and dialogue would be great; alongside that, you could diversify trainer battles: customizing the Pokémon used (keeping within the original 151), and their movesets.

I liked the addition of the Sevii Islands, too: you can pretend, as I do, that Generation II never existed, and all of the Johto Pokémon you encounter are endemic. Very exotic.