the graphics are essential...
even for a starter kit...
i mean why dont make the kit look as good as possible so the games made with this kit become even better?
and if the developer of the kit is working on the appearance of the kit (which maruno did with this version) why not just use existing next generation tiles?
the FRLG tiles are to old and like you can see from the apricorn issue they dont fit for the features pokemon games nowadays have...
of course you can be one of the persons that dont care about the graphics of the program he works with but i guarantee you that most people dont think like that...