My favourite generation is the one I have nostalgia for and the first one i played, Gen 3
Ruby and Sapphire i think had really good pokemon designs especially my favourite legendary Groudon, he looked metal as fuck on my copy of Ruby. I enjoyed the soundtrack from the GBA version and matched the anime based from it, Pokemon Advance.
What is your favourite generation and why? What details makes it stand out for you?
My nostalgia goggles tinting things a bit here, but Gen 2 (GSC) felt like such a jump in quality compared to RBY; especially Crystal.
- Moved to full color
- Animated sprites
- Character selection
- RTC & the day-night cycle
- Both regions & 16 badges
- QOL mechanics (hold items, eggs/breeding, A to use HM, rematches, Mom bank, Move Deleter)
- Dark & Steel type additions
Johto gets a lot of flak for the level curve, but the game just felt so big at the time, seems like that should count for something. Also I just like its vibe.
I don’t think any other gens have felt like such a complete step up compared to previous ones for me. B&W came closest, probably, was bummed they didn’t keep seasons. Made the world feel more dynamic. The 3D stuff is fine, just feels more wooden. They lost a lot of the charm moving away from pixel art.
Yes, this, so much this. I agree 100% Gen 2 hands down. Including Pokemon Stadium 1 & 2. Good times.
Gen 1 is the only gen. The rest are bullshit. Get off my lawn
I want to say 4 because that’s the one I started with but, realistically, gen 5 was the best. It had so many features:
- Animated sprites (they look better than the 3d models and I’ll never get over it)
- An actual story
- Used only the new pokemon for the regional dex
- Very cool abilities like Zoroarks
Gen two; the games were so damn good. Thank you Iwata
Gotta be Black/White. It was the first time the writing really took a step forward. The antagonist wasn’t just evil for no reason. They had a compelling story and their motivations made sense and you could sympathize with them.
I haven’t played every generation but imo generation V (Pokemon Black/White) were the most interesting to me. It’s the sweet spot between the older clunkier games and the more modern ones.
Pokémon Generation 1 and 2. They story, gameplay, and mechanics are concise and not hand-hold-y, the designs are the ones I grew up with, they can easily be played on a phone emulator and have so many rom hacks that I never will totally experience everything they have to offer
Generation three like you, except from the point of view of Pokémon Colosseum and its sequel. Those games were ahead of their time.
Pokemon Molybdenum.
Groudon looks like a spicy McRib
- Palworld and Temtem.
If I’m answering the question as given, Gen 2 because it was the first games I owned, so that’s certainly nostalgia speaking. However, over the years it’s just so obvious that Nintendo/Gamefreak refused to evolve the series and the variants of the genre are the better games.
