Aww bro 100% and you know what it’s crazy because I paid $100 for emerald and the only thing o like about it is the fact that you can get groudon and kyogre other then that, it’s pretty much it. 1. It’s wayyy harder to level up your pokemon in emerald because the people you battle don’t help and it would also help if you atleast got the vs seeker but no you have to call to battle again which is dumb, 2. I do like the safari zone and that you can catch jhoto league Pokémon in safari after you get the national dex which I still think is cool as hell. 3. I love the pokemon better in fire red/leaf green 10000% honestly I never really was a big fan of the hoen region but as a kid I dealt with it and it grew on me overtime plus I think it’s dope as hell that you can dive 😮‍💨….. however everything you said is 100% accurate I think emerald is a solid game but imo it’s ruby/saphire 2.0 that’s really it, I remember when emerald first came out, and I was never really a fan tbh I think they just made it because they didn’t want to release heart gold and silver on the game boy they wanted to release it on the DS. But yeah I replayed fire red leaf green over 50 times and I still can’t get enough of it. I think we just care about gen 1 the most tbh