I agree in part--HeartGold and SoulSilver are still the pinnacle of the series, but by the strictest definition of the official terminology, they're gen 4, not gen 2.
Its hard to call any game the pinnacle when the leveling curb is so bad that "he actually leveled on cartridge" is considered a rare feat that nobody does. And that's something unchanged across both original and HGSS.
I'm not talking Smogon serious. I'm talking trying to beat Red with his 80+ level team when most wild Pokemon are in their 40s.
Grante HGSS did add the repeat Elite Four with their much higher leveled team to help with that gap, but its still an issue that shouldn't have survived the remake. They removed the "pick your path" options with remakes of Gen1 which makes it even more baffling to keep in Gen2.
I agree in part--HeartGold and SoulSilver are still the pinnacle of the series, but by the strictest definition of the official terminology, they're gen 4, not gen 2.
Its hard to call any game the pinnacle when the leveling curb is so bad that "he actually leveled on cartridge" is considered a rare feat that nobody does. And that's something unchanged across both original and HGSS.
The games were never been to be taken this seriously. Smogon-seriously.
I'm not talking Smogon serious. I'm talking trying to beat Red with his 80+ level team when most wild Pokemon are in their 40s.
Grante HGSS did add the repeat Elite Four with their much higher leveled team to help with that gap, but its still an issue that shouldn't have survived the remake. They removed the "pick your path" options with remakes of Gen1 which makes it even more baffling to keep in Gen2.