FR/LG: This game has the choice of the series' best protagonist and the series' worst protagonist - and of course the worst protagonist is the more popular one.
Also, why are the 2nd gen wild Pokemon so ridiculously low leveled compared to the 1st gen wild Pokemon in the same patches of grass? Like, how have the Lv50 Persians not hunted the Lv10 Sentrets to extinction?
The Safari Zone method of catching Pokemon absolutely sucks. I'm convinced that place is a scam operation run by Team Rocket.
4th Gen: Routes 216, 217, and Mt. Coronet are a royal pain to traverse.
Rock Climb and Defog: Did we really need more HM moves, especially ones that aren't that useful in battle?
Ah yes, Octillery is my favorite Electric type and Steelix is my favorite Fire type. At least Platinum corrected this issue.
Platinum is also the only home to a lot of the cool stuff like the Villa, Cyrus' "cult leader" speech, and UP AND DOWN BUTTONS FOR THE POKETCH
Speaking of which, "Poketch" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue.