Favorite Pokemon Generation?

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Bulbasuar
02/06/2024
03:43 PM
#1
im biased so uhh gen 1
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Metalsonic66
02/06/2024
03:45 PM
#2
GS yo
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Lokarin
02/06/2024
03:50 PM
#3
gameplay wise I think somewhere between 3 and 4 is best, but Gen 2 is where my heart is
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Yellow
02/06/2024
03:50 PM
#4
3, the one I grew up with, completely unbiased.

When I played it as a kid I was actually disappointed it didn't have all the famous gen 1 pokemon in it.
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Garlands_Soul
02/06/2024
04:48 PM
#5
Fifth. I liked the look of it. Haven't really felt the same since they went 3D
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adjl
02/06/2024
05:38 PM
#6
4's the only one I've actually played, aside from dicking around with the simulator a bit during what I think was gen 5 (weather wars were a big part of the meta then, iirc).
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Venixon
02/06/2024
05:47 PM
#7
6 is pretty good. The pacing is good. The level curve is good. There are some nice locations, and there's a decent mix of old and new mon.
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Sarcasthma
02/06/2024
05:49 PM
#8
3, although I spent an obscene amount of time shiny chaining in 4.
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Venixon
02/06/2024
05:52 PM
#9
Sarcasthma posted...
3, although I spent an obscene amount of time shiny chaining in 4.
Did you get any shinies?
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Muscles
02/06/2024
06:26 PM
#10
Probably 4, but 1-6 are all great
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Sarcasthma
02/06/2024
06:34 PM
#11
Venixon posted...
Did you get any shinies?
Yeah, got dozens! (starting with Porygon, iirc)
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NeoSioType
02/06/2024
06:59 PM
#12
Going down a list because I stopped caring after the DS games. Later stuff looks way overdesigned imo. It's basically another artstyle. Maybe a higher-res screen encouraged them to do that.

I heard Sugimori used to to redraw and quality check everything. But that's obviously not happening anymore.
DirtBasedSoap
02/06/2024
07:46 PM
#13
4

D/P/Pt and HG/SS were amazing
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Jen0125
02/06/2024
07:49 PM
#14
For the pokemon designs alone I selected gen 1.
faramir77
02/06/2024
08:24 PM
#15
Gen 1 had the best setting.

Gen 2 had the most "full" game.

Gen 3 had the best gameplay.

Didn't really care for anything past Gen 4, and Gen 8 onwards is completely unknown to me.

I voted for Gen 3 but honestly I'm just thinking of FRLG.
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Venixon
02/06/2024
08:59 PM
#16
Sarcasthma posted...
Yeah, got dozens! (starting with Porygon, iirc)
Awesome! Glad your efforts paid off.
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wwinterj25
02/06/2024
09:09 PM
#17
First as then it was a big thing to trade cards, sell them at school and play the games. After that I kinda lost interest.
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DirtBasedSoap
02/06/2024
09:12 PM
#18
faramir77 posted...
Gen 1 had the best setting.

Gen 2 had the most "full" game.

Gen 3 had the best gameplay.

Didn't really care for anything past Gen 4, and Gen 8 onwards is completely unknown to me.

I voted for Gen 3 but honestly I'm just thinking of FRLG.

is Gen 3 when they introduced the physical/special split or was that 4?
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funkyfritter
02/06/2024
09:20 PM
#19
4 was the peak. Physical/special split was a huge improvement to the core mechanics and the games reused the best content of every preceding generation, so they were packed with stuff to do. The games that came before still had some gen 1 jank to clean up. The titles that came after had little to add in terms of mechanical improvements, focusing instead on gimmicks that would show up for a few games before getting phased out.
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faramir77
02/06/2024
09:26 PM
#20
DirtBasedSoap posted...
is Gen 3 when they introduced the physical/special split or was that 4?

That was Gen 4. That was probably a great thing for the competitive scene but as someone who just casually played it really didn't affect me.

Gen 4 is more where I felt the aesthetic of the games was changing in a way I didn't care for. I preferred the simpler graphics of the GB and GBA games. I did like the moving sprites in Gen 5 though.
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GanonsSpirit
02/06/2024
09:58 PM
#21
I think Gen 6 has the best Pokemon designs overall, and Gen 5 has the best games overall.
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agesboy
02/06/2024
10:28 PM
#22
Gen 5's my favorite. I grew up on gen 1 and 2, but I still felt like every game was an improvement over the last up until BW2. It started stalling out in quality afterwards.

Also helps that I was in college for that gen. Streetpass was so great
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bostoncelticsro
02/06/2024
10:35 PM
#23
3 because FR LG with natures was peak pokemon
speedpunk
02/06/2024
10:46 PM
#24
DirtBasedSoap posted...
4

D/P/Pt and HG/SS were amazing
Fffff, shoulda voted 4. I forgot about HG/SS. 2 and 4 on the DS was so good.
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BlackScythe0
02/07/2024
12:18 AM
#25
DirtBasedSoap posted...
is Gen 3 when they introduced the physical/special split or was that 4?

It's gen 4 which is why their post really REALLY confused me. I don't understand how anyone could say "game play was great!" before the physical special split. It caused so many confusing problems when I played the games as a kid and I couldn't understand why certain pokemon were trash despite having good stats.
fishy071
02/07/2024
12:51 AM
#26
I don't have a favorite, but I remember the first few generations better than the later ones.
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funkyfritter
02/07/2024
12:57 AM
#27
BlackScythe0 posted...
It's gen 4 which is why their post really REALLY confused me. I don't understand how anyone could say "game play was great!" before the physical special split. It caused so many confusing problems when I played the games as a kid and I couldn't understand why certain pokemon were trash despite having good stats.
Yeah, categorizing moves individually rather than lumping whole types together was a huge improvement. Suddenly you could use water attacks on gyarados and ghost attacks on gengar without feeling silly. It also opened up a massive amount of design space for new pokemon designs, enabling them to make stuff like physical-oriented ice types and special-oriented ground types.
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TheFalseDeity
02/07/2024
01:01 AM
#28
Gen 6 for me. X/Y and ORAS are in my top 3 pairs alongside HG/SS.
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agesboy
02/07/2024
01:07 AM
#29
I forget how gens 2-3 handled the balance of special types, but I DO remember how Alakazam was just utter BS in gen 1 lol. Psychic typing, access to paralysis and recover, and incredibly high speed and special
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Bulbasuar
02/08/2024
05:55 PM
#30
Physical special split did fix a lot. I picked gen 1 because nostalgia but I love gen4 on for the singles meta game
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KJ_StErOiDs
02/08/2024
07:27 PM
#31
I only played Gen 1 (perhaps halfway through Blue) so it gets my vote by default.
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Entity13
02/08/2024
08:03 PM
#32
Crystal felt like two games in one, back when it came out. I continue to love that one most, but conversely will count Gen 3 as a favorite.
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Nade_Duck
02/08/2024
08:31 PM
#33
probably gen 6, especially if you count the RS remakes.

still have a big fondness for gen 1 and 2 though, and gen 5 wasn't a favorite but it's easily the best the games have ever looked.
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FrozenBananas
02/08/2024
11:18 PM
#34
Only played gen 1 and 2, but I remember feeling Gold and Silver were the better games
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BlackScythe0
02/08/2024
11:51 PM
#35
Nade_Duck posted...
probably gen 6, especially if you count the RS remakes.

still have a big fondness for gen 1 and 2 though, and gen 5 wasn't a favorite but it's easily the best the games have ever looked.

Technically I think B2 & W2 are probably the all around best entries in the franchise. I'm not going to call them my favorites (HGSS are) but if I try to be "objective" with it.
Count_Drachma
02/09/2024
12:40 AM
#36
I voted "gen 1" but technically it's gen 3 which had the great gen 1 remakes, on top of everything else.

But gen 1 had my overall favorite roster of Pokemon.

Gen 4 was when the gameplay started to get slower, etc, and the amount of lag in HGSS was insane.
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Entity13
02/09/2024
01:24 AM
#37
Count_Drachma posted...
Gen 4 was when the gameplay started to get slower, etc, and the amount of lag in HGSS was insane.

Yeah, Gen 4 was where I started to feel like the story and side content all wanted you to know all-too-well they existed before you could go out and do what most Pokemon players wanted to do. Like every hour of in-game story could be condensed to about five minutes, or the side content could be handled better so you didn't take a half-hour detour every few minutes, so players could dive in and do the collecting, training, battling, breeding, and training stuff. Was Gen 4 as bad as 6 or 7 about this? No. Did it feel like it was taking too long to go through the motions? Absolutely.

From what little I understand of the game, since I haven't played it personally, Palworld is better about this than the last few generations of Pokemon. <_<
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deoxxys
02/09/2024
01:26 AM
#38
I'd need a reference sheet but I think three or four
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JCvgluvr
02/09/2024
01:48 AM
#39
Gen 6 for sure. Mega Evolution was everything I didn't know I wanted for pokemon. It made some bad pokemon actually good, and it made some good pokemon even better! My favorite being Mega Blaziken aka THE MEGA ULTRA CHICKEN!!!

I also enjoyed the setting, and some parts of the story, like the Looker. Good music too!

I was introduced to pokemon by an online Emerald emulator. I played Black next. Then I got Y, Aqua Sapphire, and last was Moon. People don't give gen 7 enough credit for doing more things different for the franchise. They even removed gyms! But nope, apparently Gamefreak "never changes" lol!

I passed on gen 8 due to all of the questionable design choices I kept hearing about, and dynamax/gigantomax were banned from competitive play. Then I keep hearing more mixed things about gen 9, and I have way too many games in my backlog to consider mediocrity. So my passing interest in pokemon...has passed.

Part of me is interested in the DP remakes though. I heard they got those right, at least.
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Entity13
02/09/2024
01:58 AM
#40
I would like to note I liked one thing about Sword and Shield, and that was the Scottish girl trainer memes. Those were a joy and a half.
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ReturnOfFa
02/09/2024
03:09 AM
#41
I'm biased towards gen 2 having played since the start.
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ArmoredCore55
02/09/2024
05:51 AM
#42
Generation 1. Grew up with the original series.
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