Many people think this is the hands down best Pokemon game, and while it is my personal favorite, I cannot ignore the problems gen 2 has. In particular my biggest gripe is Pokemon variety, in some areas the Pokemon spread feels like gen 1, and the game is all too happy to give you a free Gyarados for one, and secondly the starters are wayy too similar ti the original 3 from gen 1, to the point where Typhlosion has the same stats as Charizard. In my experience, you see a lot of the same Pokemon, to the point where most players teams end up having 2 or even 3 pokemon in common by the end of Johto. Don't even get me started on unknown. Great remake, but the game its based on is far from the spectacular experience you can be led to believe.