Best Pokemon Game?
- Thread starter Eythan
- Start date
Recommended Videos
GSC because you can go back to Kanto and everyone knows that Kanto has the best region and Pokemon and eeeeeeeevvvvvvvverrything. I mean, like, you can get 16 badges! That's twice the amount of badges as all the other games! That's so much more to do! And then Red, like, omg, he had 80-something Pokemon! Nothing was more enjoyable than grinding mid-level 40 Pokemon over and over!
*cough*
GSC would probably get my vote for most revolutionary/game-changing of the franchise, but it's a buggy and unbalanced mess. They only somewhat fixed it in the remakes but they still managed to fuck it up. By no means a bad game, probably my third favorite generation in the series.
At this point, probably Platinum.
Region - the mountain essentially splitting the place in two, the northern snowy summit, the trio lakes, Stark Mountain/Battle Frontier island. It was varied and put together nicely. Hoenn is still my favorite, but Sinnoh is close and reminiscent of it. Kanto and Johto are both extremely plain to me, being generic grassland-like areas - the newly added routes to the Safari Zone in HGSS probably being the most interesting. Unova is really nice, especially since the seasonal changes keep them fresh.
Storyline - I really liked the Distortion World's inclusion, though I didn't care too much for Team Galactic. I remember their headquarters being really cool though. I liked Magma/Aqua the best probably, because you actually see their plans come into fruition more so than anyone else, and eco-terrorism is different.
Culture - Sinnoh had a lot of folklore that gave itself more of an identity. I would expect this the most from Johto, but Sinnoh had much more.
Music - the music was very different in DPPt. I wouldn't say it's the best in the series, but it was nice change. Was much more atmospheric than previous generations, incorporating jazzy and western-feeling tunes and just having a much broader range of styles in general.
Poketch - best app in the game, bar none. The Pokegear and Pokenav were terrible in comparison, mainly because the phone mechanic was terribly implemented. Vs. Seeker took care of what the phone did ten times better and didn't rely on me waiting at its beck and call for me to have rematches.
Also, the Pokeradar. This was such an amazing item that makes me continuously come back to playing Platinum.
Worse thing about DPPt was probably the Pokemon themselves. Not many new ones in retrospect as they went back to make older Pokemon like Magmar and Tangela even uglier than they already were, but certainly enough were I can make a regional team comfortably. Black and White made up for it though.
Edit: oh yeah, forgot to mention the Underground. It was fun just going down there to dig up fossils and shards, even if I didn't need them.
*cough*
GSC would probably get my vote for most revolutionary/game-changing of the franchise, but it's a buggy and unbalanced mess. They only somewhat fixed it in the remakes but they still managed to fuck it up. By no means a bad game, probably my third favorite generation in the series.
At this point, probably Platinum.
Region - the mountain essentially splitting the place in two, the northern snowy summit, the trio lakes, Stark Mountain/Battle Frontier island. It was varied and put together nicely. Hoenn is still my favorite, but Sinnoh is close and reminiscent of it. Kanto and Johto are both extremely plain to me, being generic grassland-like areas - the newly added routes to the Safari Zone in HGSS probably being the most interesting. Unova is really nice, especially since the seasonal changes keep them fresh.
Storyline - I really liked the Distortion World's inclusion, though I didn't care too much for Team Galactic. I remember their headquarters being really cool though. I liked Magma/Aqua the best probably, because you actually see their plans come into fruition more so than anyone else, and eco-terrorism is different.
Culture - Sinnoh had a lot of folklore that gave itself more of an identity. I would expect this the most from Johto, but Sinnoh had much more.
Music - the music was very different in DPPt. I wouldn't say it's the best in the series, but it was nice change. Was much more atmospheric than previous generations, incorporating jazzy and western-feeling tunes and just having a much broader range of styles in general.
Poketch - best app in the game, bar none. The Pokegear and Pokenav were terrible in comparison, mainly because the phone mechanic was terribly implemented. Vs. Seeker took care of what the phone did ten times better and didn't rely on me waiting at its beck and call for me to have rematches.
Also, the Pokeradar. This was such an amazing item that makes me continuously come back to playing Platinum.
Worse thing about DPPt was probably the Pokemon themselves. Not many new ones in retrospect as they went back to make older Pokemon like Magmar and Tangela even uglier than they already were, but certainly enough were I can make a regional team comfortably. Black and White made up for it though.
Edit: oh yeah, forgot to mention the Underground. It was fun just going down there to dig up fossils and shards, even if I didn't need them.
Gold was amazing back in the day. I enjoyed it a lot as it pretty much improved every area of an amazing game. And though I haven't played much of it, the remake's interface is so polished I'm surprised it didn't get carried over to B/W. Speaking of which, as somewhat of a reboot of the series, B/W is also great. The whole thing is just great 
Fair enough hahaReallink said:Gold was amazing back in the day. I enjoyed it a lot as it pretty much improved every area of an amazing game. And though I haven't played much of it, the remake's interface is so polished I'm surprised it didn't get carried over to B/W. Speaking of which, as somewhat of a reboot of the series, B/W is also great. The whole thing is just great
I would say Black/White. Heartgold/Soulsilver would be a close one as well, simply because it's a remake of Gen 2 only with the advancements that the series has made. On an off-topic note, I seriously cannot play Gen 1 without forcing myself to, it just feels so bad now and I think Gamefreak didn't know they were going to have a cash cow when they were making it.
Blue. Technically Red and Blue, but I liked Blue's exclusives better. I like that except for Mew, between the two you actually can catch them all without anything more than 2 games (and what its needed to trade) and enough time and effort. No special events, no E-reader, no needing to tactifully trade between ALL th games in the right order.
I have to go with Heart Gold/Soul Silver. This was my favorite region with the added pokemon and mechanics progress of the newer gens, it was just fantastic. Perhaps Black/White will replace it though, not done yet but its certainly making an excellent showing.
Pokemon Yellow was my favorite. I LOVED that you could get all of the starters early in the game. It was also the most difficult game in the series, in my opinion. I think the levels were ramped up throughout to compensate for your having the extra starter pokemon.
Snippity.
Accidental double post. How did that one get away from me?
For my awnser, I direct to my previous statment on page 4. Good day and apologies.
Accidental double post. How did that one get away from me?
For my awnser, I direct to my previous statment on page 4. Good day and apologies.