If that's your criteria, then I'd look into
this hack. It'll have all of those things (plus Fairies and a P/S Split), sans the split Special Stat.
It's a shame it's a Red hack, though. 1st gen doesn't have Dark types and the mixed Special stat still makes certain Pokémon overpowered (those which learn Amnesia, for example).
Did you know that Crobat was one of 60 Gen 2 Pokémon that were
originally planned for Gen 1? Or, that
its cry even existed in Red/Blue's data? The Pokémon was clearly supposed to be in Gen 1 in the first place, so why couldn't we have it in the remakes?
Because it wasn't in the original games...? Having Crobat would detract from the "pure" 1st gen experience which they wanted to achieve.
Also, Shellos and Gastrodon were intended for RSE and ended up being 4th gen Pokémon. They're not in the Hoenn Dex in ORAS and you can only catch them with the DexNav after you beat Groudon/Kyogre, so very late in the game. It's the same thing as using the PokéGear radio to catch Hoenn and Sinnoh Pokémon in the HGSS postgame, basically.
Not if your favorite Pokémon is Persian (crithax Slash), Gyarados (Base 100 Special), or Victreebel (crithax Razor Leaf, broken Wrap, Base 100 Special). Charizard isn't the only Pokémon that matters. (And, it still wasn't that good in FRLG, anyways... XY was where it really shone.)
Only Persian, and that's because Slash was the only thing it had going for it. Gyarados has Dragon Dance and Earthquake in FRLG. It's less versatile but arguably more powerful. Victreebel has a shit movepool in FRLG either way, but it compensates for lack of critting Razor Leaf with the ability to learn Giga Drain (a better Grass move than Razor Leaf) and Sludge Bomb via TM.
The old crit system was bad anyway because it gave even more of an advantage to fast Pokémon. They can already move before the opponent, and they also have high crit rate...
I speak of Charizard with experience. It's much better in FRLG than in RBY. I'm not speaking of competitive here. And actually, even in competitive it's better, since Fire was a shit type in RBY (not even resistant to Ice) and Charizard had low Special.
That's not the point. Dark and Steel were created so we wouldn't have to rely on neutral attacks from Pokémon that didn't resist Psychic to beat Sabrina, and FRLG's awful Dex prevented us from taking advantage of that important innovation.
I certainly didn't feel Kanto Dex was awful when I played Blue version even, let alone FRLG where most of the Pokémon are much improved, with the odd exception like Articuno (which really isn't that much worse than in RBY for ingame duty).
You're overestimating Sabrina... She's only really hard in Yellow, and only because her Alakazam is grossly overleveled.
If you were to add Dark types to FRLG, you could add the Johto ones, because the Hoenn ones are native to Hoenn and wouldn't fit. But seriously, it wouldn't be a 1st gen game anymore. People play remakes because of nostalgia, too, and having things like Houndoom and Sneasel in the Kanto Dex would be a definite nostalgia killer. Tyranitar would be impractical as it evolves too late. Umbreon is really the only one that would make sense, but having a Dark type isn't a requirement to beat Sabrina at all.
I can already guess you'd suggest Sabrina to have an Espeon instead of Venomoth. I'd say she can have a Hypno, too. Or an Exeggutor. Clair has a Gyarados in HGSS instead of Dragonair but that arguably made her easier since her Gyarados has a shitty moveset and Gyarados dies easily to Electric moves.
As much as you keep praising HGSS and ORAS over FRLG, you're forgetting that the only "new" Pokémon in the Johto and Hoenn Dexes in those games are the (pre)evolutions of Pokémon that were already in the Dexes. Even then, in ORAS only Roserade is viable, because there's a Shiny Stone in the overworld. Dawn Stones (required for Gallade and Froslass) are only obtainable either via Super Training or the very unreliable Inverse Battle Stop; the Reaper Cloth (required for Dusknoir) is only obtainable in the postgame; and the Protector (required for Rhyperior) is only available in the postgame, too. In HGSS, only three of the new evolutions can be used (Mamoswine, Tangrowth, Yanmega), and it's very unlikely that you will use Yanmega unless you're lucky to have a Yanma swarm.
It's clear to me that they approached FRLG with a very different mindset from HGSS. FRLG is a more minimalistic remake. It may not have been much nostalgic for Western players, as Yellow was released in the West in 1999, but the Japanese got it eight years after the original Red and Green, so it was definitely nostalgic to them.
FRLG would be better with Crobat, Espeon and Umbreon, but they're not a big loss. There's plenty of good Flying types to choose from, and even Golbat is usable (Golbat is basically the same as Pidgeot). Espeon is inferior to Alakazam and some other Psychic types. The only one that stands out is Umbreon, and only because it would be the only Dark type.
That's your opinion, not fact. Personally, I much preferred GSC's roster, and XY has them all beat.
It's not opinion. The Kanto Dex has great type distribution. It's one of the better thought out Dexes when it comes to type distribution. It does have only one Ghost line and only one Dragon line, but GSC was mostly the same, Gastly was all that was available early on and you could only catch Misdreavus at the very end of the game.
GSC's Dex has all the 251 Pokémon except for the 1st gen legendaries but some of them are only catchable in Kanto. In principle, all the 251 are supposed to be available, but there's the odd one that's only available in the postgame, and even those only available in the postgame of the postgame (Mt. Silver). :P Umbreon is the only Dark type available before the League, for example, and it's unlikely you'll have one to fight Morty.
That was a legit issue with the Gen 2 games, but I don't find it a complete deal killer. The games had more than enough to make up for that.
When you're breeding for Stadium 2 cups you'll find it VERY annoying, trust me. 2nd gen was when GF started making evolutionary items scarce in the games. In RBY you could simply buy the stones in Celadon, very convenient.
