Okay me and a friend of mine were arguing about which gen was the best out of all four he claims it is out of 1st and 4th and I believe that the best gen hands down was the 2nd. He argues that the 1st was what got everyone into the series in the first place and had so many legendary trademarks that are still relevant in pokemon games today. The 4th generation brought the game to new heights with its utilization of wifi, and vast amount of different pokemon one could collect. These are formidable arguments but still I do not see how anyone could deny the perfection that was Johto.
The first gen was the icebreaker that got everyone into the concept of pokemon but I feel like one cannot really say it was THE BEST. After one had beaten the Elite Four there really wasn't anything to do anymore. The game became boring. Pokemon Stadium was fun but with only 150 pokemon it got boring quickly.
The second gen, Gold, Silver, and Crystal were so amazing because it was like a 360 degree turn from what the original was. The game felt like it could actually be happening in real life, it introduced days of the week and the aspect of morning, night, and day. The days of the week made it so that the player could only do specific tasks on those days, catch lap, get a message, and enter the bug catching contest. The rival actually seemed like a authentic bad guy stealing his starter and then challenging you at some points where you didn't even get a good chance to heal your pokemon. Specific pokemon could only be caught during the different times of day and in also to evolve certain pokemon the time was an important factor I can still remember getting pissed off at my friend for evolving my eevee into an espeon while I patiently awaited for night to get an umbreon. Team Rocket was reintroduced and they kept the story line fresh and made plenty of references back to Team Rocket in Kanto. The concept of breeding, holding items, and baby pokemon were all introduced in this game. After one had beaten the elite four they could go back to Kanto and fight all the gym leaders and earn a amazing 16 badges and then go on to fight red with a lvl. 81 pikachu which was pretty darn cool. There was also a cheat that allowed you to duplicate your pokemon which was also neat if one knew how to do it correctly. Another important factor was Pokemon Stadium 2 which has to be one of my most favorite games ever the minigames, the stadium challenges, the pokeschool, and so much more one cannot deny that this is the best pokemon game ever made that wasn't on a handheld system.
Turning to the 3rd gen there wasn't too much of a change. No night or day, no new major mechanics (except maybe natures that was pretty big to the game and competitive play), the game didn't WOW me at all. 2 on 2 battling and Pokemon Contests were neat but seriously what did one accomplish by winning those? RSE had to be the worst gen IMO. I cannot even stand to play these games anymore
The fourth gen may be the only one worthy of even competing with Johto. It took competitive battling to a whole new level and introduced so many pokemon and attacks. Again I felt that there was not much of a major transition between it and the 3rd gen there was nothing too knew about it besides wifi battling and the new pokemon one could obtain.
To me everything that makes playing pokemon sooo much fun today can be traced back to GSC, seeing when your pokemon are going to hit that new level, breeding pokemon to get the right one, attaching the right items to your pokemon, using creative pokeballs in order to catch specific species of pokemon... The list goes on. One can imagine that I am overly excited about the remake lol. I want to know what is your personal favorite pokemon generation and please support your answer I want to know WHY.
The first gen was the icebreaker that got everyone into the concept of pokemon but I feel like one cannot really say it was THE BEST. After one had beaten the Elite Four there really wasn't anything to do anymore. The game became boring. Pokemon Stadium was fun but with only 150 pokemon it got boring quickly.
The second gen, Gold, Silver, and Crystal were so amazing because it was like a 360 degree turn from what the original was. The game felt like it could actually be happening in real life, it introduced days of the week and the aspect of morning, night, and day. The days of the week made it so that the player could only do specific tasks on those days, catch lap, get a message, and enter the bug catching contest. The rival actually seemed like a authentic bad guy stealing his starter and then challenging you at some points where you didn't even get a good chance to heal your pokemon. Specific pokemon could only be caught during the different times of day and in also to evolve certain pokemon the time was an important factor I can still remember getting pissed off at my friend for evolving my eevee into an espeon while I patiently awaited for night to get an umbreon. Team Rocket was reintroduced and they kept the story line fresh and made plenty of references back to Team Rocket in Kanto. The concept of breeding, holding items, and baby pokemon were all introduced in this game. After one had beaten the elite four they could go back to Kanto and fight all the gym leaders and earn a amazing 16 badges and then go on to fight red with a lvl. 81 pikachu which was pretty darn cool. There was also a cheat that allowed you to duplicate your pokemon which was also neat if one knew how to do it correctly. Another important factor was Pokemon Stadium 2 which has to be one of my most favorite games ever the minigames, the stadium challenges, the pokeschool, and so much more one cannot deny that this is the best pokemon game ever made that wasn't on a handheld system.
Turning to the 3rd gen there wasn't too much of a change. No night or day, no new major mechanics (except maybe natures that was pretty big to the game and competitive play), the game didn't WOW me at all. 2 on 2 battling and Pokemon Contests were neat but seriously what did one accomplish by winning those? RSE had to be the worst gen IMO. I cannot even stand to play these games anymore
The fourth gen may be the only one worthy of even competing with Johto. It took competitive battling to a whole new level and introduced so many pokemon and attacks. Again I felt that there was not much of a major transition between it and the 3rd gen there was nothing too knew about it besides wifi battling and the new pokemon one could obtain.
To me everything that makes playing pokemon sooo much fun today can be traced back to GSC, seeing when your pokemon are going to hit that new level, breeding pokemon to get the right one, attaching the right items to your pokemon, using creative pokeballs in order to catch specific species of pokemon... The list goes on. One can imagine that I am overly excited about the remake lol. I want to know what is your personal favorite pokemon generation and please support your answer I want to know WHY.
