Poll of the Day > Rank the Pokemon games.

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1. Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver
2. Pokemon Platinum
3. Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal
4. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
5. Pokemon X/Y
6. Pokemon Sword/Shield
7. Pokemon Black2/White2
8. Pokemon Emerald
9. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire
10. Pokemon Sun/Moon/USUM
11. Kanto games
12. Pokemon Black/White

They're all kinda the same really.

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I'm partial to the originals. I played Sun/Moon and it was way too easy. I also don't care for the art direction on the newer ones

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5 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 7 > 6 > 8 > 1

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trodi_911 posted...

5 > 2 > 3 > 4 > 7 > 6 > 8 > 1

shit taste

THEGODDAMNBATMA posted...

shit taste

u wot m8? 1v1 me bro rite nao

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1 - FR/LG
Pretty much all you could want from a Pokemon game, minus the online features and re-usable TMs. It improved upon the original games by giving them the gen 3 mechanics, fixing the glitches, and adding a bit more to the game in a generally unobtrusive way.

2 - RSE
The campaign was good enough, the map was alright, and the newly added Pokemon were pretty good, but it's mostly just the fucking mechanics that make gen 3 awesome. Gameplay was sped up a ton, you had L=A, and a *ton* of QoL updates.

Then gen 4 came out and slowed it the fuck down, had clunkier interfaces despite having a touch-screen, etc. Gen 4 was such a colossal step down on a mechanical level. >_>

Great:
S/M (other than the fucking long-ass unskippable cutscenes)
XY (the higher-touch NPCs were a nice feature and helped to compensate for a less interesting campaign)
Pokemon Pinball: Ruby and Sapphire

Average:
RBY (glitches aside, many of the biggest problems are in hindsight and regarding the rest of the series)
DPP (kinda forgettable, but the real problem was the slower mechanics which wound up being even worse in HGSS)
Pokemon TCG (kinda shallow)
Stadium 1 & 2 (fun minigames, nice array of battle modes, etc)
Pokken Tournament DX
Pokemon Pinball 1 (the split screen sucked; 2 had a smooth transition)
Snap (only real criticism is length, but it's understandable)
Pokemon Go (QA is non-existent and many areas are poorly supported, but it actually has a lot going for it now)

Weak:
GSC (terrible new Pokemon designs (although dark types were cool), largely just piggybacks off the cool stuff from RBY)
HGSS (slow as fuck mechanics mostly)
BW (shitty gyms, shitty overarching story)
Coliseum 1 & 2 (played really fucking slow. The fixed encounters didn't do it any favors either)

Haven't finished:
SwSh
LG!P/E
BW2 (stopped relatively early, can't remember why. I like that you can get Riolu right off the bat)
ORAS (I think I was 4 gyms in)
Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness (played far enough in that I would be tempted to add to great)
Mystery Dungeon: Blue & Red Rescue Team (didn't get as far or like as much as Explorers)

Lokarin posted...

They're all kinda the same really.

You're the worst, Lokarin!

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Zeus posted...

You're the worst, Lokarin!

Well, you included some of the side games - I only meant the main-line games are all kinda the same. Of which I think OG Ruby/Sapphire might be the best since the game-speed is the highest

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THEGODDAMNBATMA posted...

Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver

Yep

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Zeus posted...

1 - FR/LG
Pretty much all you could want from a Pokemon game, minus the online features and re-usable TMs. It improved upon the original games by giving them the gen 3 mechanics, fixing the glitches, and adding a bit more to the game in a generally unobtrusive way.

2 - RSE
The campaign was good enough, the map was alright, and the newly added Pokemon were pretty good, but it's mostly just the fucking mechanics that make gen 3 awesome. Gameplay was sped up a ton, you had L=A, and a *ton* of QoL updates.

Then gen 4 came out and slowed it the fuck down, had clunkier interfaces despite having a touch-screen, etc. Gen 4 was such a colossal step down on a mechanical level. >_>

Great:
S/M (other than the fucking long-ass unskippable cutscenes)
XY (the higher-touch NPCs were a nice feature and helped to compensate for a less interesting campaign)
Pokemon Pinball: Ruby and Sapphire

Average:
RBY (glitches aside, many of the biggest problems are in hindsight and regarding the rest of the series)
DPP (kinda forgettable, but the real problem was the slower mechanics which wound up being even worse in HGSS)
Pokemon TCG (kinda shallow)
Stadium 1 & 2 (fun minigames, nice array of battle modes, etc)
Pokken Tournament DX
Pokemon Pinball 1 (the split screen sucked; 2 had a smooth transition)
Snap (only real criticism is length, but it's understandable)
Pokemon Go (QA is non-existent and many areas are poorly supported, but it actually has a lot going for it now)

Weak:
GSC (terrible new Pokemon designs (although dark types were cool), largely just piggybacks off the cool stuff from RBY)
HGSS (slow as fuck mechanics mostly)
BW (shitty gyms, shitty overarching story)
Coliseum 1 & 2 (played really fucking slow. The fixed encounters didn't do it any favors either)

Haven't finished:
SwSh
LG!P/E
BW2 (stopped relatively early, can't remember why. I like that you can get Riolu right off the bat)
ORAS (I think I was 4 gyms in)
Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time & Darkness (played far enough in that I would be tempted to add to great)
Mystery Dungeon: Blue & Red Rescue Team (didn't get as far or like as much as Explorers)

You're the worst, Lokarin!

the only good thing about this list is that it has Black and White in the weak tier.

The worst part of it is everything else.

THEGODDAMNBATMA posted...

1. Pokemon HeartGold/SoulSilver
2. Pokemon Platinum
3. Pokemon Gold/Silver/Crystal
4. Pokemon Diamond/Pearl
5. Pokemon X/Y
6. Pokemon Sword/Shield
7. Pokemon Black2/White2
8. Pokemon Emerald
9. Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire
10. Pokemon Sun/Moon/USUM
11. Kanto games
12. Pokemon Black/White

0/10

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Gold/Silver > everything else

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