Mine is Pokemon HGSS (the amount of content is mindboggling), Pokemon Platinum (grandest Pokemon experience) and Pokemon Black 2/White 2 (most fun and unique playthrough). I’m also looking forward to buying Legends: Arceus on the Switch, have heard many great things about it!
Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon, because it has the most available Pokemon (no Dexit). It has Mega Evolutions and Z-Moves. It has a fun Battle Tree and good breeding mechanics. For what I like to do in Pokemon post-game (breeding competitive for battle facilities), it offers the best selection.
For running through the game itself, probably HGSS (big fan of gen 2 since I started with Silver) or Black/White.
Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire always stick out to me. I’ve always loved Gen 3, and these games combine the nostalgia with the new systems so seamlessly for me.
Yeah same here. I grew up playing Ruby on an old non-backlit GBASP. Those good old days where i had to hang against thevwindow in the car, playing by only the flashes of the street lights. Having that back in modern technology and some modern tweaks (like XP-share no longer being an item that can be knocked-off and lost forever) and with 3D graphics is great.
Soul Silver is second for me simply for allowing me to have my pokémon walk behind me.
3rd generation, specifically Pokemon Ruby
Hey Pokemon Ruby is my first game too! Definitely my hook into Pokemon, though arguably Emerald has a lot more content, Ruby will always hold a special place in my heart
I agree! I’m actually in the process of selling all my old Nintendo games, and each Pokémon game fetches a pretty penny. The only game I haven’t put up for sale is Ruby, simply because of the sentimental value it has. Also it still has my save on it, with hundreds of hours :')
Black and White and Black and White 2 had the most “serious” feeling to me and I liked them quite a bit.
Emerald, HG/SS, and B2W2. My favourite spin off is definitely Conquest.
Right now, it’s scarlet and violet. Before that, it was legends Arceus. Before that, is was Sword and Shield. Before that, it was Sun/Moon. Before that it was X/Y. Before that…
It has to be HG/SS, although OR/AS and B/W also are close to my heart.
hgss was my first proper pokemon experience and still holds up to this day, but i absolutely love the storyline and self-contained nature of black and white. audino is one of my absolute favourite pokemon and i remember teaching it a ton of OP moves (Hyperbeam, blizzard, etc) on my first playthrough
Ruby/Sapphire, ORAS as a close second, then HG/SS.
Gen 3 was my absolute favorite and I was beyond hyped when I learned it got a remake
Ruby/Sapphire, IMO the franchise kinda started going downhill after that.
And in the state it’s in now, I don’t think I see myself buying a mainline Pokemon game ever again, sadly
The Gen 4 games, Pokemon Masters, and Heart Gold/Soul Silver
Generations 1-5. I have wonderful memories with each. Starting with Gen 6, I found the art style unbearable, and even if the stories / gameplay were perfect (they weren’t), I found them too divergent from “core” to overcome.
Areceus was nice because I didn’t go into it as a mainline entry; it was like playing Stadium for the first time.
I’d really like Nintendo to release Emerald, HGSS, Platinum, and BW/BW2 on Switch, as I’d happily pay. My gut tells me they don’t so as to avoid cannibalizing the new titles, but I feel like most buyers are only really engaged in one or the other.
I loved Gold when it came out, and HG was a great remake, so I’m going with that. Really, I haven’t played a regular Pokémon game since x/y.
Yeah :( scarlet violet seem to be really close to being a great Pokemon games, but I just saw how many bugs they have and noped the F out 😂 probably would have bought them if not for the twisting heads @@
I love the concept of Scarlet/Violet because I hate how linear all the other games are. The bugs and frame drops made me hesitant to buy one, but recently I found a physical copy for $43 on Amazon so I decided to buy it. Just waiting for it to be delivered now…
