Game Freak thought this was going to be the last Pokémon game, and they clearly poured their heart and soul into it. The day-night/weekday exclusive stuff, the radio, the fact you could visit Kanto. Not sure where all this gen 2 hate came from but it’s definitely from people who weren’t there on release, absolutely blown away by what Game Freak had pulled off.
I was there on release and I was the child equivalent of pissed off when there were suddenly more Pokémon after I caught them all in gen 1. Didn't touch Pokémon again until Go took over the planet
@@nathandts3401 I always went back and played gen 1 and 2 over the last 20 plus years, even played gen 3 in the 2010s. But scarlet and violet are the first games I bought since gen 2
My father bought the famous Pokemon Crystal when i was 9 or 10. I was so excited but could not get out of the house for weeks cause i did not see the damn fuckin door mat 🤣🤣 Being stuck in Mahogany town for almost 1/2 year, wasting my masterball on Rhydon, solo-ing the elite four and Red with Lugia only. The experience was truly magical
For some reason pokemon Crystal gave me a feeling inside that I can't explain. The day and night cycle made me really feel like I was on an adventure and when I would stay up late to play it on the weekend I would get to experience the night!!!! So much fun!!!
Maybe the update content are not really interesting or got bored back in the day ,people who had already travelled all johto and kanto in gold/silver and the company released the game again (with update and sprite but still same content)and had us travel once again.
I wouldnt say out of all games ive played. But ive definitely put more time into crystal and gen 2 pokemon in general than any other pokemon gen by a long shot.
@@FrankUnderwoood I reached 950-ish on my first save file before it corrupted due to the game crashing mid-save. I had just found my first non-Gyarados shiny, too...
Gen 2 will always be my favorite! Peak Pokemon. I wish some of the younger fans could’ve experienced the Pokemon fever between the late 90’s-early 00’s. What a time to be alive.
Crystal has the best music in the entire series. There's this weird, ethereal vibe to almost every track. The Lake of Rage theme has always been my very favorite Pokemon theme of all.
Just finished beating ASH on Mount Silver…. The nostalgia was insane. The grind was worth it. The feeling is something only someone completing the game can experience. Truly an incredible game.
Anytime I see anything Pokémon Crystal related it just gives me this sense of nostalgia that I can’t replicate. Game is so under appreciated. Definitely one of those “you had to be there”. Not that you can’t replay it but when it was considered new. I’m just rambling but I love that game ❤
Not only that, but Entei and Raikou have their own shared theme when you find them in the wild, plus the odd egg you get from the daycare on your first visit which gives you a 14% chance of hatching a shiny baby pokemon!
Dude at 10 yrs old experiencing my first random encounter with the legendary dogs and hearing that piercing theme song, it sent chills throughout my body and that's when I knew how significant legendaries were.
I loved crystal more than gold and I remember seeing these animations for the first time. They may be simple, but at the time they were the coolest thing I'd ever seen
“Sold horribly and doesn’t get talked about a lot” is a bigger stretch than if I stepped across the Grand Canyon. Sold almost as many copies as emerald and has a rerelease on 3ds and one coming to switch. On top of that crystal nostalgia is in its hay day right now being talked about more than ever since it’s release. Edit: coming to switch soon is an assumption on my part based on the fact they recently released the gbc emulator for switch. Could be wrong but I doubt Nintendo would pass up on the opportunity to charge people monthly to play a game they made 20 years ago.
@@oldnosoul4183 how many copies did they sell though? What other game franchise can sell 7 million copies of a glorified update and that be considered poor sales? The point I’m making is that while they undersold compared to the initial releases 6-7 million copies is not “selling horribly”.
@@oldnosoul4183 you say “more people have played raid shadow legends” as if it isn’t a massively popular game in a country with over 10% of the worlds population. Poor metric. Edit: Looked it up, it’s been downloaded 62 million times. Red and blue sold half as many copies. Such an insanely terrible metric Im thinking you had to have just pulled that out your ass without looking anything up.
I never knew that Crystal sold terribly. But after hearing that, I now see why that was the game that came packaged with specific GBAs. And that's actually how I got my original copy. I had Silver for a couple years before I got Crystal and fell in love all over again with gen 2 shortly after starting up my next adventure through Johto. It's easily my favorite gen and game in the series, and the one video game I have so many amazing memories with. I wish I could go back and play it once more with a fresh mind.
That’s mainly because it sold 6 million copies and did not sell terribly by any stretch of the imagination. It also has two rereleases on switch and 3ds. I’m really confused why people act like the definitive edition games sell poorly when they consistently sell around 5-10 million copies. Yes that’s not as much as the average main release but that’s an insane amount of sales for a glorified update. Imagine if any other game rereleased the same game with bug fixes and minor improvements and it sold half as many copies as the original release, who would consider that to have sold terribly?
@@percsie3072ver heard of a game called Skyrim? (Didn't sell terribly with any of it's remasters/rerelease versions (and the bugs and glitches weren't even fixed))
dang i had those games too, but only played platinum & emerald, i beat emerald but most my hours went into platinum as for the other two they were just sitting in my gba case
Crystal is honestly my favourite game. After I bought Red, Yellow, Gold (even though I wanted Silver and Lugia more, but the store didn't have it 🙁) Crystal came along and I managed to play it for 350 or so hours. Completing the Pokédex, getting everything for my room, trading and battling with friends. What a time to be 10 years old 🥰
I. Love. Crystal. I still have my cartridge here somewhere! That game's Battle Tower was exactly what I needed for endless entertainment! The sprites, the Suicune sidequest, and the tiny extra details gave me genuine joy that another game didn't replicate until HG/SS. (Looking at you, Pokeathalon.)
@@ArtisChronicles - Please let me know how you did! I struggled with anything past Lv 20 floor. I remember my Lv 10 team still: Jolteon, Raichu, Vaporeon (Gold Berry). As long as Raichu stayed alive to Body Slam Blissey, I could handle most of the rest!
Crystal was the second pokemon game ive ever played, and i got to say it might be my favorite, you can see how much love was put into it from the start and to this day it is still impressive how much soul they've manage to squeeze into that tiny cartridge.
Apparently Crystal was seen as the final Pokémon game at the time, so they included these time-intensive animations as a cool send-off! Crazy to think of that now that we’re 9 gens deep haha
I'd say because sprite animations have them in a suspended pose that highlights their character. The 3D models don't do this, which makes them lifeless. The 3D models would need to have better default poses.
Crystal is still my all time favorite Pokémon game, for nostalgia reasons, yes. But all the little details and the immersion back in the day make it so much more special
This was my favorite gbc Pokémon game. I remember playing gen 1 when I was a kid and being so into the game, then g/s came out and I was like okay..nice. But then crystal..I remember being a kid and picking up my gameboy copy at a local Walmart and being so amazed when the sprites moved. Still my favorite original gameboy color game of all time.
I loved crystal. Something about 2 games in one really did it for me as a kid. I spent countless hours in emerald trying to figure out now to get back to Kanto or Johto until I realized that wasn't a thing
Pokemon Crystal was the very first Pokemon Game I finished with no help from my older brother. This game was an absolute blast when I was in 6th grade, and I absolutely steamrolled by Whitney and Claire. I remember my final team in that game was Typhlosion, Magmar, Fearow, shiny Gyarados, Jolteon, and the Trade Machop I got in Goldenrod AFTER I beat Whitney.
Crystal were my favorite since the First moment I saw the animations. You forgot to mention the story. It's the First game with a legendary storyline (and my favorite part: It does not involve the end of the world) And I can't reinforce how beautiful this soundtrack is.
crystal was my first pokemon game and the first video game i have ever played when i was a kid at 8 years old, still to this day, i think crystal has the best sprites for every pokemon that was available back then at least.
I never owned gold or silver, but I did own Crystal. As my entry into Gen 2 it defined a gold standard of Pokemon games that i still adhere to to this day. It's fantastic now, just as it was back then.
The sprite for Sandshrew is probably my favorite. It rubs it's eyes/face in the cutest way!! Not to mention it's the first time you can chose your gender, which is awesome.
Despite all of it's shortcomings, Pokemon Crystal will always be a favorite of mine. It was my first ever pokemon game, and is forever the game that introduced me to my favorite pokemon of all time. I have way too many good memories with this game to put it down ❤
It’s always been my favorite, it and platinum are probably my favorites in the franchise. Crystal just has so much charm and polish that makes it so great and unique.
OG G/S/C specifically have some of my favorite themes in the whole franchise. It has an almost classical vibe to everything. The surf theme is an example of a theme in those games that goes inexplicably hard.
What a fantastic game. The sprites in Crystal are unrivalled and unmatched, as well as the attacks. When you get hit by a Cross Chop, you feel the instensity, something that the newer games lack.
I remember being 9-10 years old using dial up internet looking for new Pokemon because rumors at recess at school was that a new Pokemon game was coming out. The 90s and early 2000s were so simple
I love this game so much I once emulated some enhanced version and then my save got messed up in blackthorn so I just played through again, probably my favorite pokemon game because of the art, music, and fun early game (past cherrygrove)
@@slamgaming32 damn that's actually crazy. Gen 2 is insanely good. There's a reason the remakes were loved so much. Gens 2-4 are all equally arguable to be peak for me.
Because it sucks. The level curve is horrible, you spend half of your time grinding, the story is garbage and the pseudo-open world ruins any kind of level progression
@@user-pp6pr5fg8w why is the level curve bad? I've hardly had to go out of my way to grind. And the story does suck. That's true but it's more about the essence of Pokemon for me, it's a really good sweet point imo for the number of Pokemon, legendaries, etc. But to each their own. I've never thought of story when it comes to Pokemon. They all are pretty garbage.
@@user-pp6pr5fg8w the story doesnt necessarily define the whole game, most npcs are interesting to interact with and the gym leaders were an actual challenge unlike pokemon today. Level progression is perfect actually since the game is really huge and it keeps you from over-leveling your pokemon just enough so you have to keep facing challenges.
I felt like all real pkmn fans knew that crystal was the best gb pkmn game. Some of the sprite animations are incredible spinning hitmontop should've been a mainstay
Can we imagine what Pokémon crystal could have looked like as a full fledge snes title. Part of me wishes Pokémon stuck with sprites. And went all out with the 2-2.5D perspective. So much charm and nostalgia in these old games!
I never played crystal as a kid but I always thought suicune was soooo badass. Eventually I was able to buy a Japanese copy of Pokémon crystal from this cool anime/game store in Japan!!
Crystal was the first video game I actually wanted. I loved the colors, music, and especially the animated sprites. When I sold most of my portable gaming supplies, this was the only game I kept. Still remember the day I got my game, like it was last week. It was gen 2 definitive edition and it shows.
I had no idea people hated Pokémon crystal. I actually loved it and have so many fond memories ❤ From catching red Gyarados, entering the bug catching contest and trying to evolve my Eevee into an Umbreon
Hence why it’s my favorite game to this day! The moving sprites is what made it an even more greater experience for me! Moving sprites for the first time, absolutely an amazing time
How anyone can cuss down crystal is criminal it was and still is one of the greatest Pokémon games developed and paying the same price for it 20 years later is still justified !
