2nd Gen Color to Metal Generation "accidental surprises"?

[KurlyFries]

I kinda didn't know about this whole "new pokemon" thing.
So seeing a Sentret sort of caused my jaw to fall of my face.

Also, Red Gyarados taught me about shiny pokemon.
I mean, I thought for sure that Raikou was brown.
:(

 

[Artyte]

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Alternate coloration
Smexy day and night system
Two region crossings
Double battles
Contest
Ball Seals
Trading improvements
A 3D rendered environment and most specifically Distorted world
Never ending torunaments held officially or unofficially
Pokemon evolution by attacks
Gendered legends
Breeding legends

 

[xiraiya]

Pretty sure that this thread is talking about the transition of going from R/B/Y to G/S/C not the 3rd or 4th Generation.

I think my biggest surprise was the fact it was set in the future, after R/B/Y, I mean revisiting Kanto again was great, I don't know why people whined about it being smaller, it had been 3 years already so things changed for obvious and mostly good reasons.

The best Surprise I think was the fact Red was in the game hiding in Mt. Silver, awesome work on Gamefreaks part.

 

[Skull_Kid]

I was surprised by the night/day features, low leveled E4, shiny pokémon, different Kanto, and I think that's pretty much it... It still remains my favorite GEN

 

[Callandor]

In crystal, I found a Red Metapod on my way to Mr. Pokemon's house. But I didn't have any pokeballs so I couldn't catch it. T-T
And hold on, what's this glitch city I keep hearing about in the Safari Zone?!

 

[Heather]

Actually the only thing that surprised me was

SAVING DO NOT TURN OFF THE POWER...

I panicked wondering when I could turn the game off.

Ah the naivety of youth...

lol it took me 6 months just to figure out how to save.

 

[Johto's Best]

That he wore a hat backwards, that we could go to Kanto, and when I transfered over my "male" Charizard, I found out it was Female...