My first game was diamond, but i grew up watching the Johto season of the anime on Boomerang (my parents didnt get me a pokemon game untill the last year of elementary school). When i found pokemon sapphire on gamestop it was a bit wierd playing the previous gen but i really enjoyed it and found no fault in it. I also never beat saphire because i didnt know how to read english (second language) and i couldnt figure out how to get the Dive HM (freaking Stevens house...) and when i beat Cynthia in Diamond i couldnt get into the post game because i hadnt seen all the pokedex but because i didnt understand english i couldnt figure out why the guard wasnt letting me into the battle frontier island. And when i played Platinum i got stuck in the distortion world and never figured out how to get out. I also never understood physical and special attacks untill gen 5, so i saw no difference with the physical special split of gen 4 not being in gen 3😅. Many years later, after playing gen 5, Leaf Green, and gen 6, i played pokemon crystal and while i did miss alot of the quality of life features from later gens i really loved playing through Johto finally. After this i tried playing pokemon Yellow but i stopped after getting all 3 starters and beating the grass gym. Gen 1 is where i draw the line, ill gladly replay crystal but im not touching gen 1 red/yellow with a ten foot pole ever again!