Thread: Which Generation is The Best Generation

*Orion* I agree with you on every word. Gen III is one which took the most risks. And it worked for me. The mechanics of the game were much better. The Battle Frontier kicks ass. It introduced May.

The Orre games are awesome due to their darker storyline.

Gen IV would have been close but sadly, it suffers from poor designs and ideas for many of its Pokemon.

i added a poll.

Originally Posted by *Orion*

I like all Generations one way or another, but so far, Generation 3 takes the cake. For one, it came after the weakest Generation in my opinion, and was bold enough to take on a fresh start, instead of building up from the previous games. Any features it removed were for good reason, whatever people say. Many of them were severely overhyped when they were nothing special (Radio, two Regions), and others were held back until they could be implemented right (Real time, better known as "time of the day" or Day/Night).

Yes, the 3rd Generation cut all ties with previous games (With good reason, though), but that was for the better in every way. Ruby and Sapphire were much better games where Gold, Silver and Crystal utterly failed: introducing new Pokémon the right way. Focusing extensively on them instead of giving us 1st Generation crap yet again. Whether people liked them or not, this is how Pokémon games were meant to be done. What's the point of adding new Pokémon if you're going to completely ignore them or make them so rare or become available so late you can't even get to know them? As much as the 3rd Generation went to an extreme in this regard, I'm very happy they did, as not only they had an entire roster of new Pokémon (Compared to Gen 2's 20% of Pokémon related to old ones), but the games allowed you to get to use them and know them much better than the previous Generation did.

Likewise, the plot changed for the better. Not only we got the Remakes of Red and Green, which heavily expanded on the original storyline and tied it with GSC, as well as explaining many plot points GSC didn't even bother with (neither HGSS did lol), but the games set in Hoenn treated us to not one, but two new organizations that were a breath of fresh air and presented an interesting rivalry between themselves, and even used the Legendary Pokémon of the games, making them involved more in the plot too. It also gave more weight to NPCs, which led us to a better storytelling as a whole. Though a bit lacking in mythos when compared with GSC, they didn't disappoint at all.

Then we have the overhaul of the battle system with the changes in the IV and EV mechanics, and the addition of Natures and Abilities, which add much more to the game and gave Pokémon as a whole more of an individual feeling. This is the main reason why I enjoy these games so much.

Even the spin-offs were great, and I enjoyed them. Both Pokémon Colosseum and Pokémon XD brought a very refreshing deviation from the then-tired mainstream plot, and I heavily enjoyed both games both for that, and the focus on Pokémon that had been ignored up to that point.

Finally we have the Battle Frontier, which added a great layer of challenge to the otherwise simplistic difficulty of Pokémon, and also gave us more characters to appreciate, and new ways to play. Emerald also treated us to the first instance of Gym Leader rematches, which was a feature I always wanted to see.

In any way I see it, the 3rd Generation was the boldest of all the series, and in taking such huge risk, it managed to improve in several areas. When compared with the previous two Generations, it's a huge improvement in both aesthetics, system and focus. Even the 4th Generation fell short to it, and if I liked the 4th Generation at all, is because Platinum brought back all the features Diamond and Pearl removed from Emerald (Let alone the dumbed down gameplay in DP), even though it isn't without merits of its own. But as far as I go, the 3rd Generation has been the best, and one that changed Pokémon for the better.

Everything I wanted to articulate earlier, you said a hundred times better. You win a million Internets!

IMO, Gen IV. Simply because it is the latest, as Black and White has not been released yet.

I have to admit that gen. IV has a lot of good features, but why do they have all of the ridiculous legendaries? I thought that their were only supposed to be the legendary for that game and the 3 legendary... whatevers! Like mewtwo (which red, blue, and yellow shared) and zapdos, moltres, and articuno. Gen. II did add one more legendary they should have, that was celebi, but then gen. III came along and ruined the balance that used to be their, as for gen. IV, I got really boring just going abrouynd all the freaking place and trying to catch all of teh stupid legendaries!

Generation 5 just because I can.

Ol' good Gen I was by far the best

My opinion is Gen IV. To me all the games so far have been far to similar in the plot and have no real changes to actual game play. But the update and change in graphics is what makes it better than the others, and will always be what attracts me to newer versions.

Personally, my favorite is Gen.IV. (Focusing on Plat and HGSS) It brought so many changes and new aspects to the series such as the physical/special split and online competition. In addition, it brought in some of my favorite characters.

Platinum was amazing. It was my favorite game and was a big improvement over DP. It added more pokemon and made the gym leaders stronger. The plotline...oh, the plotline...the best in series, IMO. Team Galactic seemed much more evil and menacing in this game than the other 3 teams. Adding the Distortion World and the Stark Mountain event. As for the contests, I prefer them over RSE's (I like the dancing) I was just dissapointed that they threw out jamming. It added the battle frontier. Though it only had 5 compared to Emerald's 7, the facilities rules were much more fun.

HeartGold and SoulSilver are really good games, too. They're remakes of Gold, Silver, and have elements of Crystal so they get a plus for nostalgia. They have new, interesting aspects such as pokemon following you and the pokeathlon which none of the other games have had yet. Umm...I don't think I have anything else to say other than HGSS were my 2nd favorite games, I guess.


Why is there so much hate for Sinnoh Pokemon/Legendaries? I admit, my favorite Pokemon designs were Hoenn's but Sinnoh has great pokemon too (Piplup, Frosslass, Rhyperior, Chatot). And why are the legendaries ridiculous? Most of them are involved in Sinnoh mythology (Palkia/Dialga/Arceus) and DPPT's plot and relate to other legendaries (Regigigas). I also don't get why peope think there are too many legendaries (Okay, there are) but I liked that. I honestly think Gen.I-II had too few legendaries.
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Out of your list of great pokemon, i'd forget about Rhyperior. It makes Rhydon look bad.

Originally Posted by double trouble!

Out of your list of great pokemon, i'd forget about Rhyperior. It makes Rhydon look bad.

Why? Just because you disagree another person should feel the same way as you do? Besides the reason is hardly valid.

Gen III. It had the awesome Hoenn, and also the awesome Kanto. Also don't forget about all the cool spin-offs we got.

Oh yeah, gotta love XD and PMD. Plus, Gen 3 had what were some of the best Baton Passers of all..... Ninjask, Gorrebyss, Mawile simply outclassed the the previous Gen's BPers.

To me, the current generation is the best to me.

I love GenII the most, probably because it's the one where I got my first Pokemon game(Silver), but also because of the fact it has the longest lasting storyline (Conquer Johto, then move on to Kanto) and the best one as well, IMO. It's also because it had my favorite characters, but that's a more minor reason.

GenIII came in close second for me because it had spinoffs, FRLG, and a separated-then-tied-together-by-third-game storyline.