Now I
know what you're thinking. "Hey, Madcap! Why aren't you reviewing Pokémon Red, Blue, and Yellow? They were the first ones to come out and were the start of the whole worldwide phenomenon that has taken the world by storm!" Well, voices in my head that are somehow also reading the things that I type, I may indeed get to those games at some point in the future. However, the reason I chose the second trilogy of games - known as the Second Generation - is for two reasons. 1. It was the generation that I was most involved in as a child. While I caught onto Pokémon when it took the world by storm in the 90s, I didn't really play much of the First Gen at least not in the traditional sense. I mostly just messed around and didn't much care for completing the game itself.
Second Generation, though, was where I really hit the ground running. Gold Version in particular, since it was the first of the three I played, holds a special place in my heart. I built the team that I then had to recreate in HeartGold (RIP, originals due to battery life) and stomped through not only Johto, but also Kanto to take on every trainer, best every challenge, and be the best like no one ever was.
The second reason is because of a ROM hack that I'm going to be taking a look at at some point in the future, one that I've taken quite a bit of enjoyment from after having it recommended to me via e-mail. More on that later.
