It's pretty sad Gen 2 doesn't get much rep anyway, because its the generation that brought out the majority of the potential for the series, just like any other 2nd or 3rd game in a series. This is how series work.
1st game: "Experimental" release. They throw down an idea and work with it enough to make a full game, but hold back to check to see if there's a market for this. The sales of this game will determine if they should make more or not.
2nd game: Path branches. Either, another experimental game, or what a 3rd game will be. If they choose to be experimental again, things like Zelda 2, Mario 2 (Doki Doki Panic hack) and Final Fantasy 2 are born, where they play around with different gameplay styles to see if there's a market for those. The sales of this release determines what kind of game the third entry will be; either closer to the first, more successful entry, or closer to the second, more successful entry.
3rd game: Now that they know what works (especially if they skipped making a 2nd experimental game, and went straight to this phase), they have a formula, and they can bring out more of their ideas off the drawing board, that will permanently stick with the series. This is shown heavily with Pokemon Gen 2; most of the staples and streamlines came from this generation, such as PokeTech with functions (there's a piece of tech given to the player in every game from here on), Day/Night (including exclusive Pokemon to the time of day), Breeding, Special Pokeballs, Roaming Legendaries, incorporating the legendary within the story (Crystal), larger post-game content (it and its remakes still have the most post-game), and much much more. In the case of other games, like Zelda 3 (A Link to the Past), Mario 3, Castlevania 3, and etc., this is where their potential is also mostly drawn out, as well as polish.
Subsequent Games: Not much really changes from here on out. Sure they introduce some new mechanics every now and then, and more streamlines, but from here on out, the next game is more or less like the previous game. Unless you're Final Fantasy, where you constantly change the gameplay style after 6, lol.
1st game: "Experimental" release. They throw down an idea and work with it enough to make a full game, but hold back to check to see if there's a market for this. The sales of this game will determine if they should make more or not.
2nd game: Path branches. Either, another experimental game, or what a 3rd game will be. If they choose to be experimental again, things like Zelda 2, Mario 2 (Doki Doki Panic hack) and Final Fantasy 2 are born, where they play around with different gameplay styles to see if there's a market for those. The sales of this release determines what kind of game the third entry will be; either closer to the first, more successful entry, or closer to the second, more successful entry.
3rd game: Now that they know what works (especially if they skipped making a 2nd experimental game, and went straight to this phase), they have a formula, and they can bring out more of their ideas off the drawing board, that will permanently stick with the series. This is shown heavily with Pokemon Gen 2; most of the staples and streamlines came from this generation, such as PokeTech with functions (there's a piece of tech given to the player in every game from here on), Day/Night (including exclusive Pokemon to the time of day), Breeding, Special Pokeballs, Roaming Legendaries, incorporating the legendary within the story (Crystal), larger post-game content (it and its remakes still have the most post-game), and much much more. In the case of other games, like Zelda 3 (A Link to the Past), Mario 3, Castlevania 3, and etc., this is where their potential is also mostly drawn out, as well as polish.
Subsequent Games: Not much really changes from here on out. Sure they introduce some new mechanics every now and then, and more streamlines, but from here on out, the next game is more or less like the previous game. Unless you're Final Fantasy, where you constantly change the gameplay style after 6, lol.
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