Am I misunderstanding this or has a lot changed since I last played?
I got bored with it early in the series (first or second gen was when i quit actively playing and just started helping out others), but i may give it a shot.
Anyone else use a game genie back in the early years to collect pokemon not usually available in game?
A fair bit has changed since then, and perhaps that was not the most concise explanation of the series I could have given. The biggest change since gen 1/2 was the introduction of passive abilities. They spice it up a lot! It's totally worth gibing another shot.