What newer innovations do you miss?

[Ariki]

So in the lead up to Pokemon LGPE I bought Pokemon Crystal for my 3DS. I am a long time fan of the series and have played every generation.

Holy! What a whiplash shock it is to not have running shoes available. I’m at the very start of Crystal but wow - I didn’t realise how much I’d miss this feature.

So, for those who have played gen 3 and above, when you play gen 1 and gen 2, what features do you miss?

Anyway, I better get back to it. I’m looking forward to catching my very first Celebi.

 

[Leonhart]

I miss the advanced BGM. G/S/C's 8-bit style of the BGM tracks is decent for nostalgia's sake, yet they feel awfully lacking.

 

[KyogreThunder]

The lack of Running Shoes, Natures, Abilities, modern EV system, the need to manually change PC boxes when they fill up, bad movepools for a good number of Pokemon, the archaic BGM all make the old games unenjoyable to me.

 

[Mega Altaria]

I miss the repeatable use of TMs, which started in Gen 5. It was pretty frustrating back then that a TM was gone once I used it. I even remember that Water Gun was even a TM in the Gen 1 games still. I also definitely miss the Running Shoes too, which gave the player some extra speed.

 

[Leonhart]

bad movepools for a good number of Pokemon

This is a huge one, especially when it came to some evolved Pokemon that couldn't learn new attacks in their final evolutionary stage.

 

[Nockturne]

I'll echo the limited movepools, non-reuseable TM's and just a lack of moves in general. I also miss the physical/special split and how user friendly the PC box system is

 

[Sceptile Master]

No in-game Move Tutors (save for Crystal's postgame, one-a-week, weekly, 4,000 Game Corner coins, 3-move tutor), move Relearners, and in Gen 1, not a Move Deleter either.
I realize Stadium 0 and 1 has the Pikachu "Move Tutor" and Stadium 2 allows you to relearn moves (one at a time though and you still have to win battles with said Pokemon taking up a party spot, might I add), but those are side games, and now with the VC Gen I and II games being a thing, we're absolutely out of luck on those copies.