i lost my original crystal save file long ago as did most people yes it was better but you forgot the most inportant change gurenteed encouter with suicane
Same here and I believe theirs that 1 glitch in Crystal where if you don't Capture Suicine during its 1st ROAMING encounter in Crystal it WILL NEVER SHOW up again on that save file for the rest of the game that glitch I believe doesn't effect Raiku/Entei in Crystal just Suicune.
Well the best that Pokémon Crystal did is finding a teddiursa and phanpy early in the game but you to catch it in the morning plus you can find a early growlithe in crystal
@jermainespeid4934 Childhood me wanted a Houndour for my playthroughs so bad lol Gen 2 in general having a bunch of new pokemon locked away till late game was always annoying
Unfortunately, Safari Zone Houndoom requires using blocks, making it inaccessible prior to beating the Elite 4. However, the Safari Zone and nearby areas do make several other previously postgame only Pokemon families like Murkrow, Larvitar and Misdreavus usable in Johto.
As a kid, being able to play as a girl character was SUCH a huge deal. I remember how excited I was to play Crystal because of that being added. For that reason alone, Crystal is the best version to me.
I really liked Crystal growing up, it was a really fun case of my older brother owned all 3 games, but preferred Gold and Silver so let me play Crystal whenever I wanted to play any of his games. It ended up becoming mine and because of that I primarily played that way more than the originals
@@ProfBrasher Pokémon Stadium 2 has a Metal Case in the PC option of the Pokémon Lab area of White City, which allows a player to transfer items between Generation II games (evolutionary stones from Crystal can be transferred to Gold and Silver) and store the items on the Nintendo 64.
@andrewbloom7637 Yeah just more of a hassle for something that could have been sold in the department store. My thought process whether true or not was that gamefreak wanted to showcase the new eeveelutions aswell as the day and night cycle so by limiting the evolution stones most players using an eevee would inevitably get an espeon or umbreon depending on the time of day. That's the only reasoning I can think of anyways lol
Crystal version along with Gold version hold a special place in my heart since they were my first Pokèmon games as a kid. Sure they are not perfect and the level curve is quite atrocious, i would say that i had a lot of fun with it back then and also are the reason why i learned English in the first place.
Crystal and Silver have a special place in my heart. As they were my first pokémon games. I actually really appreciate the minor text differences between them. DJ Buena was another Crystal unqiue character whom people overlook. I really do hope we eventually get a Crystal remake with Kris and all it's unique features like the battle tower and would love an expansion of the room decorating that HGSS left out.
Lifelong pokemon fan here. I learned to read playing pokemon blue version. I worked with someone who straight up gave me pokemon red and crystal version a few years ago… I felt guilty knowing how valuable crystal was but he gifted it to a pokemon enthusiast(me). I have 15 pokemon tattooed on me, going for the original 151
I always thought the best part of crystal wasn't just that it has all the pokemon, but how they got moved around. Specifically if you ever Nuzlocke gen 2, in gold/silver you end up with more or less the exact seem team for the 2nd gym regardless of your rng. You get such better variety in crystal.
I think just seeing the minimalistic animations makes crystal win it from gs for me. To us in the future it might seem like a small thing they changed but back in the day they put a lot of work animating those sprites, they never done it before (except for yellow) so I could only imagine what a task it must have been in later games aswell. And the fact that u can shiny hunt one of the dogs in a easyer way is also very nice.
@ProfBrasher i never started my own playthrough but my brother had crystal back in 2001 and all the new features (coming from pokemon blue) blew my mind back then
@ProfBrasher I owned cold and crystal ad a kid but playing them now, I enjoy Silver the most. I assume it's sprite based along with Delibird being one of my favorite pokemon
@jimmywoo7875 For sure, gold and silver having different sprites was definitely one of my favourite features. Seeing which games sprites people prefer is always interesting haha
Back in my school, the 3rd version kids were treated like second class citizens unless they also had one of the prior games in the set. Imagine being the kid missing out the first time around, what a loser (;P)
Everything is subjective, but all in all, the third games in the generation are the best because that's how they are designed with all improvements and additional content.
Swarms were in Gold and Silver, but the evolution stones from the trainers were exclusive to Crystal. The only stones, other than the moon stones you find and the one that your mom can buy, you could get in Gold and Silver were the ones from Bill’s grandpa by showing him the pokemon he wanted to see (and only one of each stone), so Crystal gave you a way to get multiple.
I want your opinion which one is better for potential shiny's only or just shiny hunting Gold/silver or crystal I have all 3 and beat myself up over which one I wanna do whatever you say I'll do
@ScharfTube There isn't much difference in terms of shiny odds between them. Tho If it was me I'd choose Crystal. The game itself has obvious improvements, plus if shinys is what your after Crystal has the Odd egg which is a pretty easy shiny to reset for.
@@ProfBrasher bingo that's the answer I've been looking for it's honestly a easy answer to come to but I'm indecisive lol I'm going for a shiny chikorita and see what happens from there I have been doing it in silver for a couple days but changed over to crystal to continue because of the common sense of odd egg and why not
Crystal, to date, is the lowest selling sequel to a main series game. While Gold and Silver sold 23 million copies, Crystal only had a whopping...6.3 million copies. Suffice to say, sometimes sequels are just not as good as their original counterparts. Now with HeartGold and SoulSilver, that's a different story
Sometimes sequels are not better, but it's crystal clear to say that's NOT Crystal's case. The main reason Crystal did not sell so much is because GBC lifespan was nearly in the end when Crystal was released. GBA was already in the market in some countries.
Did many kids who's first console was the GBA bought Crystal and the Zelda Oracle games in 2001? I remember thinking the GBC games looked "old", and stretched them in widescreen.
Crystal is better, full stop. I had it as a kid and have fond memories with Umbreon and Typlosion. I wouldn't play vanilla Crystal nor recommend Crystal to others now because if you want to play official Pokemon games, any of the newer gens would be better even with their flaws. And if you're willing to do ROM hacks, Crystal Clear is the best way to play, and I think you can put it on a flash cart and play on real hardware if you really want to. I recommend the ROM hacks more, because like a lot of games from that time, newer games had more QoL changes and can feel hard to play no matter how much nostalgia you might have for the games. So you might need some extra changes that make certain elements less tedious or slow.
I would NEVER subject someone to the torture and godawfulness of gens 7, 8 and 9, those games can ROT in the deepest depths of the underworld. Id only recommend gens 2-6 to someone and Crystal is among the most fun and best to play (though HeartGold/SoulSilver are the best ways to experience Johto) alongside Black 2/White 2, Emerald, Platinum, and FireRed/LeafGreen
@@V-Jes Nah lmao gen 7-9 is objectively bad, newgenners have no taste and critics even hate gen 9. Gen 9 is the lowest rated game and I can go into why it sucks. Learn what makes a good Pokemon game then come back.
Crystals PC system is unstable and you can lose entire boxes of Pokemon for no reason. There's been a few documented cases of this on real hardware. Gold and Silver don't have this problem in normal gameplay. Also the fact that ACE is so good in Gold and Silver, and VERY EASY TO DO. Like you can change your hidden power type to what you need it to be with ACE. You can force anything to be shiny in Gold and Silver with ACE. You can also do things like inject roaming level 40 Zapdos, Articuno, Metwo, Mew, Celebi and Moltres into the Gold and Silver Johto overworld with ACE. You can hatch any Pokemon with ACE in Gold and Silver. You can give Pokemon moves that they can't normally get with ACE in G&S (meaning that even the Crystal Tutors aren't a redeeming factor for it, vs G&S). The clocks easier to change in G&S too. Literally the only thing Crystal has going for it, is Battle Tower. And in contrast. Gold and Silver can be completed without trading. And you can have everything competitive in your PC without needing gameshark or resetting. So Crystal is always worse. Its factual. Its not even an opinion thing.
It's 100% an opinion thing that's whole point. Majority of your point was things to do with ACE, which is fine that's your opinion, but alot of players don't care about ACE, glitches, exploits etc. Alot just play the base game and that's all. so for those and others the additions crystal did add like Kris, animated sprites battle tower etc are more than enough to put it higher up than gold & silver. To outright say your personal opinion is fact and opinions take no role in this is just silly. Everyone's got their own opinions and that's perfectly ok
@@VW_07k That is not an opinion. Its factually true that G/S can do these things and crystal cannot. Its also factually proven that the Crystal boxes don't work as intended, and that it can delete all your mons in there, lmao. But you go ahead and ignore half the facts, like a manchild in the replies and manipulate down here to try get one up on strangers on YT, like a total wasteman 💀 Also what good is a battle tower if when you save your data to enter or exit. You find nothing in your PC boxes afterwards 🙏 😭 Cause at that point. You need external something, to back everything up. Which is basically cheating anyway. Just like ACE is a form of cheating. So that makes your try hard manipulative replies down here invalid. Also taking my great points on why Crystal isn't good to the extreme like that is pretty silly too. Its immature. Especially when you try to say that factual stuff isn't a fact, lmao.
I find annoying how some features in third version are definitely aimed at returning players, at the expense of those buying them as definitive versions. The whole Suicune subplot kinda changes the flow of the game.
Quick answer before the 1 min mark... Yes, it is. Easier evo stones. Girl character. Battle tower. A little extra story with Suicune(1 less roamer). Also, flaffy is overrated anyway, cry moar muahaha
1 Like = Justice for Mareep
i lost my original crystal save file long ago as did most people yes it was better but you forgot the most inportant change gurenteed encouter with suicane
@@christopherwince611 You don't enjoy chasing it across the entire region?😅😅
I didnt like.
Same here and I believe theirs that 1 glitch in Crystal where if you don't Capture Suicine during its 1st ROAMING encounter in Crystal it WILL NEVER SHOW up again on that save file for the rest of the game that glitch I believe doesn't effect Raiku/Entei in Crystal just Suicune.
Mareep should have been in game corner
Well the best that Pokémon Crystal did is finding a teddiursa and phanpy early in the game but you to catch it in the morning plus you can find a early growlithe in crystal
@jermainespeid4934 Childhood me wanted a Houndour for my playthroughs so bad lol
Gen 2 in general having a bunch of new pokemon locked away till late game was always annoying
@@ProfBrasher at least the remake of gold and silver heartgold and soulsliver that you get houndoom in the safari zone in Johto
@@jermainespeid4934houndour and houndoom are STILL kanto exclusive in the remakes for some reason
Unfortunately, Safari Zone Houndoom requires using blocks, making it inaccessible prior to beating the Elite 4. However, the Safari Zone and nearby areas do make several other previously postgame only Pokemon families like Murkrow, Larvitar and Misdreavus usable in Johto.
It was so cool seeing the sprites be animated for the first time. I remember that Rattata moving.
@@ThisIsFR Such a cool feature introduced in Crystal!
As a kid, being able to play as a girl character was SUCH a huge deal. I remember how excited I was to play Crystal because of that being added. For that reason alone, Crystal is the best version to me.
@@caitiedid I always use Kris when playing Crystal, to iconic not to haha
@@ProfBrashergiving up your balls says alot.
Lyra was cute, but I missed Kris in HGSS.
Pokemon crystal was my first pokemon game and my favorite by far
I really liked Crystal growing up, it was a really fun case of my older brother owned all 3 games, but preferred Gold and Silver so let me play Crystal whenever I wanted to play any of his games. It ended up becoming mine and because of that I primarily played that way more than the originals
Yes based on the fact you can actually get the evolution stones.
@oliverleonard7730 the lack of evolution stones in johto is brutal😅
@@ProfBrasher Pokémon Stadium 2 has a Metal Case in the PC option of the Pokémon Lab area of White City, which allows a player to transfer items between Generation II games (evolutionary stones from Crystal can be transferred to Gold and Silver) and store the items on the Nintendo 64.
@andrewbloom7637 Yeah just more of a hassle for something that could have been sold in the department store.
My thought process whether true or not was that gamefreak wanted to showcase the new eeveelutions aswell as the day and night cycle so by limiting the evolution stones most players using an eevee would inevitably get an espeon or umbreon depending on the time of day.
That's the only reasoning I can think of anyways lol
The early online multiplayer with Japanese cell phones is such a big factor, even if it was too early to be as good as online in the DS.
@gars129 Such a good feature! to bad we never got it
These videos are really good man, you're gonna be big one day.
@AnyThingWorx Glad you enjoyed!
Crystal version along with Gold version hold a special place in my heart since they were my first Pokèmon games as a kid. Sure they are not perfect and the level curve is quite atrocious, i would say that i had a lot of fun with it back then and also are the reason why i learned English in the first place.
@@pablodelgado7919 Nice!
this video is where i first know you, thanks for the excellent content, even for older channels, you rocks man
@@Zatchhg_oriThank you!
This would make a great series going through all the generations
not relly its all been done before
@@christopherwince611 Everything has already been done before. It's how a new person presents the information.
I personally really enjoyed this :)
@shatteredyoshi Glad you enjoyed! Definitely more to come :) Stay tuned!
Not able to get mareep ruins for me. Then again catching poliwag near mr pokemons house at night and playing as a girl was nice.
Thank God I got Crystal before the 3DS eShop closed
@@WatchTheWorldBurn2025 Not having it on my 3DS haunts me to this very day😅
If you still happen to have the 3DS virtual console version of Crystal, you also got the event for Celebi. Whole reason I got the VC version
Crystal and Silver have a special place in my heart. As they were my first pokémon games. I actually really appreciate the minor text differences between them. DJ Buena was another Crystal unqiue character whom people overlook.
I really do hope we eventually get a Crystal remake with Kris and all it's unique features like the battle tower and would love an expansion of the room decorating that HGSS left out.
@@invisibleCrystal I'm sure we'll get johto again eventually!
Just started playing this and the way onix moves is so cool
That extreme speed sound effect was funny
Crystal no Mankey?...back to gold.
No mareep either
Lifelong pokemon fan here. I learned to read playing pokemon blue version. I worked with someone who straight up gave me pokemon red and crystal version a few years ago…
I felt guilty knowing how valuable crystal was but he gifted it to a pokemon enthusiast(me). I have 15 pokemon tattooed on me, going for the original 151
@@jakewalker5522 Nice! Which 15 do you have at the moment? :)
I actually prefer Pokemon Gold to Crystal but that's for sentimental, not objective reasons.
I would have loved Crystal but the only 2 reasons why I don’t really like it is because 1. The removal of Mareep and 2. It just feels weird
@TordzWorld Mareep seems to be a fan favorite here in this comment section haha
It is better but, I get nostalgic about these small details and want to play silver again preferably
As much as I appreciate the strength of Chinchou/Lanturn, it cannot replace the Mareep line as it is in midgame.
@@beansguy2479 Justice for Mareep!
I always thought the best part of crystal wasn't just that it has all the pokemon, but how they got moved around. Specifically if you ever Nuzlocke gen 2, in gold/silver you end up with more or less the exact seem team for the 2nd gym regardless of your rng. You get such better variety in crystal.
your production value is greater than your sub count would indicate :)
@@VideoGamer945 Thank you!
Crystal is better because of Kris
@Blastosie_Offical Using Kris on a Crystal Playthrough is a must 👌
Dropping the comment before watching, but no it's worse for sure. There's absolutely NO way to beat the mareep allegations, sorry.
@Justagamerl No mareep was devious not gonna lie.
Still don't understand why Game Freak never included Mareep in Crystal. It's a Johto mon. Smh
Mareep is trash
In my experience Crystal is better, but poor Mareep.
@@Drowmerc Mareep was done dirty lmao
IMHO Crystal is WORSE because of NO Mareep.
@@ProfBrasher Yep but that Pokemon is slow. Given Mareep and Magnemite later in the game, I'd say Magnemite is better because of steel type.
I think just seeing the minimalistic animations makes crystal win it from gs for me. To us in the future it might seem like a small thing they changed but back in the day they put a lot of work animating those sprites, they never done it before (except for yellow) so I could only imagine what a task it must have been in later games aswell. And the fact that u can shiny hunt one of the dogs in a easyer way is also very nice.
@guidoblok The animated sprites are definitely a nice touch!
Thanks man i went ahead and bought a copy of gold with a new battery for $60 shipped
@ced214 You'll have a blast!
First time playing or are you revisiting the game?
@ProfBrasher i never started my own playthrough but my brother had crystal back in 2001 and all the new features (coming from pokemon blue) blew my mind back then
Growing up I was always loyal to blue & silver.. I'll play anything no later than emerald. I'm 34 and pokemon just relaxes me
Cant go wrong with a classic Pokemon game to relax and chill
I prefer to play Silver if it's a choice of Gold &? SILVER but crystal I feel is more close to gold than silver
@@jimmywoo7875 Interesting! What makes you prefer silver to gold? :)
@ProfBrasher I owned cold and crystal ad a kid but playing them now, I enjoy Silver the most. I assume it's sprite based along with Delibird being one of my favorite pokemon
@jimmywoo7875 For sure, gold and silver having different sprites was definitely one of my favourite features.
Seeing which games sprites people prefer is always interesting haha
@@jimmywoo7875Delibird deserves more love
Some of the Pokémon took out of Crystal is disappointing
Taking out the mareep line was always a weird one for me lol
Actually, you could get every single pokemon in Crystal except Mareep. That is probably the most bizarre decision by Game Freak
@@Kali_Krause Gifafarig, Remoraid and a few others were removed as well.
@@Kali_Krause Mareep was one of my favourite Pokémon, i had to use a link cable to trade one from Pokémon Gold and Sliver
Back in my school, the 3rd version kids were treated like second class citizens unless they also had one of the prior games in the set. Imagine being the kid missing out the first time around, what a loser (;P)
@@LinkageAX 😅😅
Now you can make for Yellow, Platinum and Ultra games too
@@Zatchhg_ori That's the plan :)
@@ProfBrasherplatinum is a 4 second video.
Is it better? Yes.
@Matt-ps9iz we'll see what ends up being longer the video or a gen 4 Blissey health bar going down 😅
@@ProfBrasher the gen 4 bar is longer than 5 minutes in Namek!
Everything is subjective, but all in all, the third games in the generation are the best because that's how they are designed with all improvements and additional content.
No mireep. So no
Swarms were in Gold and Silver, but the evolution stones from the trainers were exclusive to Crystal. The only stones, other than the moon stones you find and the one that your mom can buy, you could get in Gold and Silver were the ones from Bill’s grandpa by showing him the pokemon he wanted to see (and only one of each stone), so Crystal gave you a way to get multiple.
Gen 2 will always be a great game regardless of the mixed take the fandom has now; still one of the best games ever and gens 2-6 rule.
Pokemon crystal is the definitive version of gen 2 imo, except for no mareep :(
@Sanicfan9192 Everyone's talking about poor mareep getting booted from crystal, didn't realize how many others felt my pain😅
@@ProfBrasher crystal is one of my favorite games and ampharos is one of my favorite Pokemon lol. I also subscribed
@@Sanicfan9192 Thank you!
Crystal is my favorite video game ever
@@claymathewselevator8121 Nice!
I want your opinion which one is better for potential shiny's only or just shiny hunting
Gold/silver or crystal I have all 3 and beat myself up over which one I wanna do whatever you say I'll do
@ScharfTube There isn't much difference in terms of shiny odds between them. Tho If it was me I'd choose Crystal.
The game itself has obvious improvements, plus if shinys is what your after Crystal has the Odd egg which is a pretty easy shiny to reset for.
@@ProfBrasher bingo that's the answer I've been looking for it's honestly a easy answer to come to but I'm indecisive lol I'm going for a shiny chikorita and see what happens from there I have been doing it in silver for a couple days but changed over to crystal to continue because of the common sense of odd egg and why not
@ScharfTube Good Luck with the Shiny hunt!
@@ProfBrasher thank you 😎😎
You could play Battle Tower before being champion as well
You forgot about the battle tower
@@PreciousLuna1988 Battle tower was mentioned
@@ProfBrasher it was my bad. It was a brief mention thou. The battle tower was amazing.
@PreciousLuna1988 Definitely a fun addition!
Absence of Ampharos makes Crystal literally unplayable.
#Justice4Mareep
For the algorithm 🎉
Yes it is better, 30 seconds and I can answer the question.
Boooooo we like introspective videos to get a deeper understanding and insight.
Crystal, to date, is the lowest selling sequel to a main series game. While Gold and Silver sold 23 million copies, Crystal only had a whopping...6.3 million copies. Suffice to say, sometimes sequels are just not as good as their original counterparts. Now with HeartGold and SoulSilver, that's a different story
I think Crystal is better but people didn't see much point buying it because they already owned Gold or Silver.
HeartGold and SoulSilver are remakes of Crystal with version split added.
Sometimes sequels are not better, but it's crystal clear to say that's NOT Crystal's case. The main reason Crystal did not sell so much is because GBC lifespan was nearly in the end when Crystal was released. GBA was already in the market in some countries.
I sorta found Ho-oh and Lugia underwhelming compared to Mewtwo
Did many kids who's first console was the GBA bought Crystal and the Zelda Oracle games in 2001? I remember thinking the GBC games looked "old", and stretched them in widescreen.
Buy a flashcart (EZFlash Jr) and an SD card alongside a modded gameboy
Bro a haydunn enjoyer fosho
@@Itiswhatitismyboa Whats a haydunn?😅
Yes.
Crystal is better, full stop. I had it as a kid and have fond memories with Umbreon and Typlosion.
I wouldn't play vanilla Crystal nor recommend Crystal to others now because if you want to play official Pokemon games, any of the newer gens would be better even with their flaws. And if you're willing to do ROM hacks, Crystal Clear is the best way to play, and I think you can put it on a flash cart and play on real hardware if you really want to.
I recommend the ROM hacks more, because like a lot of games from that time, newer games had more QoL changes and can feel hard to play no matter how much nostalgia you might have for the games. So you might need some extra changes that make certain elements less tedious or slow.
I would NEVER subject someone to the torture and godawfulness of gens 7, 8 and 9, those games can ROT in the deepest depths of the underworld. Id only recommend gens 2-6 to someone and Crystal is among the most fun and best to play (though HeartGold/SoulSilver are the best ways to experience Johto) alongside Black 2/White 2, Emerald, Platinum, and FireRed/LeafGreen
GSC is the worst classic game (and very outclassed by HGSS) but it's still worth playing over gens 6-9.
@shewolfcub3 nostalgia blindness at it's finest when Gen 2 and 4 are somehow recommendable compared to objectively better gens...
@@V-Jes Nah lmao gen 7-9 is objectively bad, newgenners have no taste and critics even hate gen 9. Gen 9 is the lowest rated game and I can go into why it sucks. Learn what makes a good Pokemon game then come back.
@@globalistgamer6418 HGSS are peak pokemon objectively and are a top 5 game. Its in S tier on most rankings still :P
Crystal better cuz u can play as girl
That’s a point against it
Donald Trump's version of choice
into the crystal
Yes Crystal is the best
Is not Platinum level but yea
Crystals PC system is unstable and you can lose entire boxes of Pokemon for no reason. There's been a few documented cases of this on real hardware. Gold and Silver don't have this problem in normal gameplay.
Also the fact that ACE is so good in Gold and Silver, and VERY EASY TO DO. Like you can change your hidden power type to what you need it to be with ACE. You can force anything to be shiny in Gold and Silver with ACE. You can also do things like inject roaming level 40 Zapdos, Articuno, Metwo, Mew, Celebi and Moltres into the Gold and Silver Johto overworld with ACE. You can hatch any Pokemon with ACE in Gold and Silver. You can give Pokemon moves that they can't normally get with ACE in G&S (meaning that even the Crystal Tutors aren't a redeeming factor for it, vs G&S).
The clocks easier to change in G&S too.
Literally the only thing Crystal has going for it, is Battle Tower. And in contrast. Gold and Silver can be completed without trading. And you can have everything competitive in your PC without needing gameshark or resetting. So Crystal is always worse. Its factual. Its not even an opinion thing.
It's 100% an opinion thing that's whole point. Majority of your point was things to do with ACE, which is fine that's your opinion, but alot of players don't care about ACE, glitches, exploits etc. Alot just play the base game and that's all. so for those and others the additions crystal did add like Kris, animated sprites battle tower etc are more than enough to put it higher up than gold & silver.
To outright say your personal opinion is fact and opinions take no role in this is just silly.
Everyone's got their own opinions and that's perfectly ok
@@VW_07k That is not an opinion. Its factually true that G/S can do these things and crystal cannot. Its also factually proven that the Crystal boxes don't work as intended, and that it can delete all your mons in there, lmao. But you go ahead and ignore half the facts, like a manchild in the replies and manipulate down here to try get one up on strangers on YT, like a total wasteman 💀
Also what good is a battle tower if when you save your data to enter or exit. You find nothing in your PC boxes afterwards 🙏 😭
Cause at that point. You need external something, to back everything up. Which is basically cheating anyway. Just like ACE is a form of cheating. So that makes your try hard manipulative replies down here invalid.
Also taking my great points on why Crystal isn't good to the extreme like that is pretty silly too. Its immature. Especially when you try to say that factual stuff isn't a fact, lmao.
I find annoying how some features in third version are definitely aimed at returning players, at the expense of those buying them as definitive versions. The whole Suicune subplot kinda changes the flow of the game.
Yellow is better
Quick answer before the 1 min mark...
Yes, it is. Easier evo stones. Girl character. Battle tower. A little extra story with Suicune(1 less roamer).
Also, flaffy is overrated anyway, cry moar muahaha