How is gen 1 in the limelight basically every game ? I feel like many people find a kanto bias because they look for it , and imo every gen is reference roughly the same amount , with moderate logical natural emphasis in certain generations for various , explicable reasons . Like seriously . Gen 2 including Kanto was basically an accident , and even then it was a sequel to the game and it was the only other generation at the time . Gen 3 Does it even put Kanto in the highlight ? Like , where does Kanto have a presence in gen 3 ? Gen 4 Again , what is Kanto ' s presence here ? Gen 5 Literally standalone in Black and White , with no other pokemon . Gen 6 Gives slightly more Megas to gen 1 ? Even though you can clearly see that it was just a general notion of older gens getting more megas most to 1 , then 2 and 3 , with a dash of 4 , which seems to be an effort to make older pokemon more viable in the updated game designs mechanics . It ' d be kinda dumb to not give older generations something otherwise their pokemon would just fall off the radar . All the gen 46 pokemon were all designed with the current system , while gen 13 were designed in older models single Special stat , no emphasis on doubles VGC , natures , abilities , etc . Gen 7 Alolan version of Kanto . You can only have so many regional variants introduced , and while I wish they added more , its understandable why they limited it . I really hope they add more if they do anything else in gen 7 . And it was the 20 th anniversary of Kanto and Pokemon as a whole , but literally Kanto ' s 20 th birthday , so giving it to them was nice . Also using the most recognizable pokemon to the general public would garner the most interest , especially in conjunction with Pokemon Go this summer . And guess what , SuMo broke Nintendo ' s preorder sales ' records .