The Pokemon Mega Thread

[LaserMoose]

Pokémon was my favorite series growing up as a kid. I look back on Gens 3 and 4 with particular fondness. The early games are easy for me to replay at any time. I loved a few of the spinoff games, too.

The series started losing me around Gen 6, though I didn't fully stop playing them until USUM. I thought ORAS was good, but I did not like XY or SM much at all.

 

[DEH]

technically, johto does actually exist to an extent. here's a brief summary from google about it.
"The Johto region in the Pokemon world is primarily based on the Kansai region of Japan, particularly the areas of Nara, Kyoto, and Osaka. It also incorporates elements from the Chūbu and Shikoku regions."

A beautiful region, thanks buddy .

 

[Segadude113]

Used to get the cards. Fossil and Jungle were my favorite decks. :) First card I ever got was a Squirtle card from my best friend when we were like 10. Used to keep that and the Pikachu from the VHS tape in my shirt pocket at school. Had to sneak those things in. lol I knew this one kid who actually kept those min Pokemon figurines in his locker. He had a Butterfree. Could never find that one. One year my old man was fired and that Christmas he bought a bunch of those mini figures for me and my sister. I still have them. Gave my cards to my sister because her husband wanted them because they were worth a lot of dough now. I figured they had a house and a life and i didn't so i gave them all of my original cards, a full binder of them. They have two kids now so they have those in case of emergency. They got my Pokemon Master board game too. Man I miss the old days of getting up at like 6am to watch Pokemon before going to school every morning. Used to get those mini comics with the VHS tapes too. The games were great!

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Gen 1 was the best.

 

[Yoni Arousement]

I wholeheartedly regret trading in the GBA and GC Pokémon games I used to have. I should have known well that the old Pokémon games would go up in value so much. Now, all I have is a US copy of Leaf Green that used to be complete-in-box and needs a new cartridge shell, and a Japanese copy of White 2.

Yes, Gen 6 was the point in the series that I couldn't keep up with it anymore.

 

[ThirteeTooBeets]

Pokemon Emeral genuine peak of the GBA

 

[zakupunk]

I shiny hunted an Oddish in Crystal Clear while watching The Sopranos.

 

[starseeker300]

You all should play pokemon uranium if you havent already, great fangame

 

[SuperSampleStar]

I've been getting my Pokemon fix with Infinite Fusion. Playing remix mode makes the Kanto route more enjoyable.

 

[garbodorman]

started with blue. gen1 and 5 are great. gen 2 and 3 are trash. gen 4 are slow as shit but it's when the competitive getting good so it's fine. gen 6 is trash, but online is good. gen 7 is trash. gen 8 doesn't exist. gen 9 is trash, but the glitches are funny and competitive is fun so it's fine. overall pokemon went to shit, but competitive is still very fun to play. not like digheemon.

 

[Required Username]

started with blue. gen1 and 5 are great. gen 2 and 3 are trash. gen 4 are slow as shit but it's when the competitive getting good so it's fine. gen 6 is trash, but online is good. gen 7 is trash. gen 8 doesn't exist. gen 9 is trash, but the glitches are funny and competitive is fun so it's fine. overall pokemon went to shit, but competitive is still very fun to play. not like digheemon.

I can agree with all of that except gen 2 and 3 being trash. They're literally two of the best in the series, in my opinion.
Care to elaborate?

 

[MasterEn]

I can agree with all of that except gen 2 and 3 being trash. They're literally two of the best in the series, in my opinion.
Care to elaborate?

yeah, that is a bit of a weird thing to say. i usually hear people say that gen 3 is fantastic, gen 2 has some problems, mostly with the level curve and placement of the new and old pokemon, but considering that there was a short development time and size limitations for the games, it's still a pretty solid gen.

 

[garbodorman]

I can agree with all of that except gen 2 and 3 being trash. They're literally two of the best in the series, in my opinion.
Care to elaborate?

gen 2 : most pokemon introduced in that generation are pretty bad, like all those babies, unown, lediba/ledian, spinarak/ariados, sunkern/sunflora, yanma and many more. movepools are bad. 4 of the gym leaders don't even have gen 2 pokemon on their team. some gen 2 pokemon only available in kanto. the victory road is also bad. why can't i buy the elemental stones? i'd rather have 1 region honestly.

gen 3 : your rival is trash. the evil team are stupid. fishing mechanics is bad. movepools are bad, they should do the physical/special split in this generation.

 

[Graw]

gen 2 : most pokemon introduced in that generation are pretty bad, like all those babies, unown, lediba/ledian, spinarak/ariados, sunkern/sunflora, yanma and many more. movepools are bad. 4 of the gym leaders don't even have gen 2 pokemon on their team. some gen 2 pokemon only available in kanto. the victory road is also bad. why can't i buy the elemental stones? i'd rather have 1 region honestly.

When gen 2 first came out it felt like a massive improvement over gen 1. It was in colour, it had 100 more Pokemon, you got both Johto and Kanto to explore. There was just more everything. It just felt bigger and better in every way.

 

[Required Username]

gen 2 : most pokemon introduced in that generation are pretty bad, like all those babies, unown, lediba/ledian, spinarak/ariados, sunkern/sunflora, yanma and many more. movepools are bad. 4 of the gym leaders don't even have gen 2 pokemon on their team. some gen 2 pokemon only available in kanto. the victory road is also bad. why can't i buy the elemental stones? i'd rather have 1 region honestly.

gen 3 : your rival is trash. the evil team are stupid. fishing mechanics is bad. movepools are bad, they should do the physical/special split in this generation.

Which Pokemon are trash will always be a subjective thing. Although I don't disagree with the ones you listed, (except I do actually like some of the baby mons).
There have been way too many moves added in later gens, but it really seems like Game Freak wanted to make every Pokemon at least somewhat viable, hence adding new moves. And gen 3 adding abilities was a huge change that definitely improved the series going forward

Rivals/evil teams have definitely only gone downhill from gen 1, can't argue that.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Gen 1 had the most iconic designs tho.

 

[DrunkGecko]

Pokemon Platinum is my favorite one
The soundtrack is so nostalgic it's been able to make me cry lol

 

[MasterEn]

Tbh Pokemon Peaked At Black/White 2, The Art, Music, Designs, Pokemons.

yeah, i've seen a lot of people say that the ruby/sapphire and black/white games were the highest points in the series. everything else varies in quality.

 

[DEH]

The next Pokemon game will definitely not be good, I really have no doubt.

 

[MasterEn]

The next Pokemon game will definitely not be good, I really have no doubt.

are you talking about the upcoming legends game? if so, yeah, it looks alright. not spectacular but alright. i heard that they are supposed to be slowing down after this game comes out and will try to put more effort into the next mainline game that comes out.

 

[DEH]

are you talking about the upcoming legends game? if so, yeah, it looks alright. not spectacular but alright. i heard that they are supposed to be slowing down after this game comes out and will try to put more effort into the next mainline game that comes out.

Yeah somehow I am skeptical but I could be wrong let's see what will come.

 

[Pokenami's iconPokenami]

Gen 3-5 were the golden years in my book

Pokémon Emerald is still my all time favorite Pokémon game.

 

[ThatOneLum]

I got into the series as a kid once the craze hit in the late 90s, but only the cards and anime. I didn't own a gameboy, so the only time I got to see gen 1/2 was with my cousins.

I finally got a GBA and blitzed Gen 3 and have been playing since. Only mainline game I didn't roll credits on was sword/shield cus I found it legit boring.

 

[Ikagura Ikagura]

Should we get a HD2D kind of remake of the first two gens?