Board 8 > Odd or Even?: Pokemon Gens

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BetrayedTangy
05/28/23 4:00:36 PM
#1:


Do you generally prefer the odd or even Pokemon Gens?




May or may not be a continuous series.

For Reference:

Even: GSC, DPP, HGSS, XY, ORAS, SS, BDSP, Legends Arceus

Odd: RBGY, RSE, FRLG, BW, BW2, SM, USUM, Let'sGo, SV

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Inviso
05/28/23 4:02:11 PM
#2:


Odd, if only because GSC is poorly-balanced and doesn't even have a good selection of new Pokemon available during the main game, DPPt is horrible in terms of overall Pokemon selection, XY is fine, and SwSh is kind of dull.

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KommunistKoala
05/28/23 4:03:57 PM
#3:


Odd has the worst gens dragging it down in terms of SM/USUM, and RSE

Even has the best

give me even

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mnk
05/28/23 4:08:44 PM
#4:


5 is an odd number. But also 7 and 9 are better than 6 and 8.

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unknown_duck
05/28/23 4:12:53 PM
#5:


mnk posted...
5 is an odd number. But also 7 and 9 are better than 6 and 8.

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swordz9
05/28/23 4:16:39 PM
#6:


Odd pretty easily as it has the best 2 Gens (3&5) even though its dragged down by SV, Gen 1 and Sun/Moon. Even has ORAS as by far its best, but most of the rest of it isnt worth much to me.
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OrangeCrush980
05/28/23 4:37:13 PM
#8:


Odd pretty easily. Gen 7 is the only bad odd Gen, while the evens are mainly just Johto and Gen 6 propping up some garbage.

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SpoinkRulezz
05/28/23 4:40:37 PM
#9:


Odd. But both have stronger and weaker games. Mechanically, the even gens are best I feel. As adventures and main games, I prefer the odd games over their even "counterpart".

I don't see LGPE, BDSP and PLA as parts of gens, they're so self-contained in their mechanics unlike FRLG, HGSS and ORAS which all very much have the mechanics of their respective gens.

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Sorozone
05/28/23 4:54:17 PM
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Even: GSC, DPP, HGSS, XY, ORAS, SS, BDSP, Legends Arceus

Odd: RBGY, RSE, FRLG, BW, BW2, SM, USUM, Let'sGo, SV

GSC > RBGY
DPP > RSE
HGSS > FRLG
BW > XY
BW2 > ORAS
SS > SM
USUM = BDSP
Legends > Let's go/SV

I'll take evens.

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Mewtwo59
05/28/23 4:56:45 PM
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I think it's evens pretty easily. Evens have Platinum and HGSS, and ORAS and PLA were the two best post-gen 5 games. Gen 5 was the best one, but it can't carry odds on its own.

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Underleveled
05/28/23 5:14:55 PM
#12:


Even, because odd has 5

5 is the worst by a LOT and I will die on that hill.

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BlueCrystalTear
05/28/23 6:08:13 PM
#13:


lol what 7 is NOT better than 6

I still have to catch up on Shield and Violet though!

I think I'm gonna go with the evens, because that has Crystal, Platinum, ORAS, and Legends. The odds have BW1 and that's about it. RBY was awesome but aged poorly, RSE was okay, and S&M were bad.

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swordz9
05/28/23 6:10:59 PM
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I havent gotten PLA, but Im not sure Id like it at all. I never played the Ultra versions of Sun/Moon either. Other than seeing new Pokmon designs I think the series is dying for me because the games have mostly just been getting worse since BW2 other than ORAS
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Kenri
05/28/23 6:31:47 PM
#15:


Haven't played all the newer games but I think it's odd pretty overwhelmingly.

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OrangeCrush980
05/28/23 6:58:12 PM
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SpoinkRulezz posted...
I don't see LGPE, BDSP and PLA as parts of gens, they're so self-contained in their mechanics unlike FRLG, HGSS and ORAS which all very much have the mechanics of their respective gens.
I agree with this. Each Switch game feels like its own mini-generation in a way.

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htaeD
05/28/23 7:16:43 PM
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Odd, but Even still has 2 and 4 which are great as well.

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DireKrow
05/28/23 7:22:00 PM
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I have a spreadsheet I use for ranking Pokemon designs. According to that, Gens 4, 6, 2 are my 3 favourite gens. So... slam dunk for evens in terms of the Pokemon themselves. This matters to me as much as, if not more, than the games themselves.

Less clear cut for the games. I love the gen 2 and 4 games, but 6 and 8 are low-points imo. Gen 4 and 6 anime are stronger (relatively speaking), where as I don't like 5 and 7 as much.

Guess I'll vote even.
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StifledSilence
05/28/23 7:28:03 PM
#19:


ya go my gen 1 (odd)

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HeroDelTiempo17
05/28/23 8:01:05 PM
#20:


Odd

RSE + BW + SV carry. RBY is just an additional treat. Only reason I'd consider Even is for Platinum and the remakes (haven't played Arceus)

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MrGreenonion
05/28/23 11:23:37 PM
#21:


My favorite Pokemon games that I've played are Fire Red, Pearl, Soul Silver, and X. So overall I guess even.

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XIII_Rocks
05/29/23 1:01:59 AM
#22:


Odd has RBY, its remakes, and the unassailable BW. I liked Scarlet and find RSE underrated too.

Even admittedly has Gen 4 and Arceus, which are both great, and ORAS was a terrific remake imo. But it also has SwSh, the phoned-in Gen 4 remakes, and I've never been as high on GSC as some - I think it's pretty overrated and is saved by the final boss.

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MZero
05/29/23 3:32:20 AM
#23:


Odd has both my favorite (SV) and least favorite (RBY) but I think it wins overall. Besides, it also has FRLG which are good remakes and Gen 1 obviously has a good set of Pokemon, while Gen 5 and Gen 3 are probably my top two in terms of Pokemon. My games ranking is probably something like

9 > 5 > 8 > 3 > 6 > 4 > 7 > 2 > 1

Arceus is great but I don't think it should count

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Dark_Young_Link
05/29/23 4:23:20 AM
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Tough for me cause my favorite game is probably Johto (Thus, gen 2 and gen 4 remake) but I feel like the games peaked at BW 1 and 2. Man how does gen 4 have the best remake, yet the remake of the gen 4 games is the worst remake?

Even: GSC, DPP, HGSS, XY, ORAS, SS, BDSP, Legends Arceus

Odd: RBGY, RSE, FRLG, BW, BW2, SM, USUM, Let'sGo, SV

GSC > RBGY
RSE ? DPP
HGSS > FRLG
BW > XY
BW2 > ORAS
Haven't played SS, but SM was pretty meh.
Haven't played USUM, but BDSP is bad
And um... I still haven't finished Violet which should say how much I'm into it.

I played RSE more than Pearl, but I'm not sure if I outright liked gen 3 better than gen 4.

Do I give odd the nod because I absolutely loved the Colosseum games? (I also liked Stadium 1 and 2 so they basically cancel each other out if I counted those)

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UF8
05/29/23 7:02:18 AM
#25:


tough

i think even narrowly even though gen 3 and 5 hard carry (especially if including sidegames during the respective gens) and sv almost makes up for the rest. gen 2 overall just beats gen 1 even while outnumbered on spinoffs mostly just since they aged better on the whole, 4 is just next level, 6 is the better 3DS era overall (more thanks to the other 3DS stuff that counted for it than on strict merit of x/y itself (and definitely not oras)) for me and 7 also just shoots itself in the foot with let's go, and 8 was a mixed bag but managed to finish stronger than gen 9's debut overall imo (solely thanks to arceus in mainline but factoring sidegames it also holds its own through snap/pmdx/unite etc)
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pjbasis
05/29/23 7:30:42 AM
#26:


Gen 1 is odd so that's that

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Raka_Putra
05/29/23 7:41:39 AM
#27:


Odd, because Gen 1 (classics that started it all, though it aged poorly especially in QoL stuff), Gen 3 (probably my most-replayed gen), Gen 5 (solid games with some cool new Pokemon), and Gen 9 (heck yeah SV). I could take or leave Gen 7 though.

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