>>58214133
not even back then. In game the only issue with Gen 2 Pokemon was availibidfliy because GenWun Pokemon are easier to find, in and pvp Gen 2mons were just as srong as Gen 1 mons outside of weird outliers like Snorlax. The idea that Gen 2 pokemon are abnoramlly weak and always that way is a fairly recent revision propagated by shills who use Gen 2 their go to scapegoat to deflect rom the flaw of new games, and nu-fans who eat it up since Johto's gone the longest without a game so they're less likely to know the truthl (and if if the ones who know the they continue since shitting on Jotho makes their nu-region look better in comparasion.
Gen 2 only statd falling behind around Gen 6 when KANTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO shilling got out o controll and the Hoenn shitters all got saved with meags. And everything from Sinnoh onward is either a bloated BST evo, or minmazed as fuck