Pokemon Generations

[Alder Dragon]

Which Pokemon Generation is your favorite? I'm a bit torn on this - I grew up with the first two mostly, but Diamond/Pearl/Platinum are really nice as well.

[Smitie]

Like Alder Dragon, I also grew up with the first two generations. I couldn't decide between the 1st and the 2nd generation because Charmander is my favourite pokemon, but the 2nd generation has the best starters. I chose for the second generation because the pokemon are very creative while not being too much. I hate the third and fourth generation. The pokemon are very uncreative and boring and ugly.

[angelkid]

I was torn between the 1st and 3rd generations. The 1st generation was the original and everyone loves an original, but i just think ruby, sapphire and emerald are by far the most superior games. So i had to go with the third generation.

[LucarioMaster]

same with these people
however... i didnt just grow up with only 1 pokemon game, i grew up with:
pokemon gold, ruby, satphire, emrald, leaf green, fire red, xd gale of darkness, pearl, diamond and platnum
like smitie... i also like: pikachu, charmander, charmealeon, charsard, rilou, lucario (top fav.)
i mainly grew up with 2,3 and 4th genoration pokemon games

[Master Link]

I love most of the generations, the one I don't really like is the D/P 4th generation. I could never get into it as much. My favorite has to be the second generation. It had a wide variety of unique Pokemon and proved a challenge for the player because there were 16 gyms instead of four. This lead me into my next reason, length.

It's pretty obvious that the second generation was the longest Pokemon game. It may not have a battle frontier type of thing but it defiantly kept you wanting more. I for one had no idea that I would travel to the Kanto region after I beat the Elite Four.

After the second generation it's a tie between the 1st and 3rd generations. The first had the best Pokemon but I felt like the third had a better storyline and a better region to play in. Both kept my playing.

Diamond completely missed the mark for me. The only good things that I can think about it are the Wi-fi capabilities, the starting Pokemon, and the island after the Elite Four.

I'm still waiting for that Gold/Silver remake :).

[blackice_cc]

2nd generation, by far. It had the most imaginative pokemon, it allowed you to go back to the very first region, it had awesome legendary pokemon... It was just the best. I played it for a long time, and I really regret giving away my copy of Crystal.

As for the other generations, the 1st was the best. As much as I like the 3rd and 4th, well, the 1st has them beat on pure originality.

[Shnappy]

1. D/P/Pt (gen 4): A lot of this one being my favorite comes from Wi-fi interaction. I play it more than the other generations by far.
2. R/B/Y (gen 1): Not much to say. Just gotta love the originals.
3. G/S/C (gen 2): The main reason I loved this gen was because of the 16 gyms. That was awesome, and this was also, I believe the first gen whence I completed one of the games.
4. R/S/E (gen 3): Putting this in last place is ironic because I loved it so much. This actually had better hideouts than gen 4 to be honest. But I just didn't like it as much as the others. It's still great, though.

[Skull_Kid]

I grew up with both the first and second generations(like alder and smitie), and, comparing the first one with the second one, G/S/C improved a LOT, and I mean it.
Day/Night features, internal clock, real time events, TWO regions(the new region Johto, and a "futuristic" Kanto), 100 new pokémon, an awesome plot that didn't die after beating the Pokémon league, etc.
After that, came the third generation(R/S/E/Lg/Fr), and I got Ruby the day it came out, and what was my first disapointment?The lack of the day/night system, it was one of the reasons that made it pale in comparison to the second generation. Also, there was only one region, even though it felt slightly bigger than Johto.
Fr/Lg were remakes of the first gen, and I'm not gonna complain much about them, the only thing that really annoyed me was the fact that the Sevii Islands felt so bland, so... I dunno... empty... They could have done a second region like Johto, two years before G/S/C(for those who don't know, G/S/C and D/P/P are two years after the events of R/B/Y and R/S/E), but at least, they tried.

And then, the 4th generation arrived, and it is almost as awesome as the second. Nowadays, I've been playing Platinum, and I really get into it, like it was with G/S/C(wich I sometimes plug into my GBA SP and play for hours:)), and it has an almost nostalgic feeling. Platinum is way above Diamond and Pearl, but even those have a very good plot, and interesting sidequests to do.

I hope you guys agree with me:)

[Y2K3]

I'm going to have to jump on the bandwagon and say the 2nd generation with the 1st coming in second. They're the ones I "grew up" with, and in my opinion, had the best pokemon. While, I've never really played the 3rd or 4th generations, I'm basing this on what I know of the pokemon, things availiable in the games, and what other people have said. I may buy Platinum if I can find it, so I'd have a better opinion of at least the 4th generation, but this is where I stand now.

[Matt]

I've always preferred gen three. It seems better in so many ways. But I have not really tried gen four that much.

[MrMosley]

Gold, Silver, and Crystal were all epic. Pokemon was such a massive success that it was just going to be a big thing for 150 more to be added to the roster. Fans who had gotten used to the original 150 were of course, pumped about the new games. I remember pictures circulating on the net of a few of the new ones; Slowking, Marill, and Togepi in particular. I believe Marill was one of the first to be shown, as there were many rumors about Raichu evolving into a pokemon known as "Pikablu" when given a non-existant "mist stone". Since I was obsessed with this, and after I had seen the pic of "Pikablu", I became fascinated with the pokemon. Marill is still today my favorite pokemon ever, just for that one reason.

[Ver-go-a-go-go]

I'm torn between the second and forth generations.

Crystal was the very first Pokemon game I ever played, and to this day, I still believe I had the most fun with it. The day and night system, the cell phone accessory (That should come back), and the super creative Pokemon are some of the tiny details that really made the experience enjoyable. I'm tempted to say it's my favorite, but then Platinum just had to come along. Platinum might be the best game I have for the DS right now. Although the differences from Platinum and Diamond/Pearl are minor, they're enough to make me enjoy Platinum more than Pearl. I'm actually finding the story to be quite interesting as well.

I really can't choose.:)

[Caleb, Of Asui]

My brother (not Shnappy, he's younger than me) had games from the first two generations when I was a little, little kid and I probably played them some. I didn't really get into Pokemon much until third generation, but still not all that much until fourth generation. I would say I'm a Pokemon fan now (among Zelda and other things).

I don't see how someone can like one game/book/movie/whatever in a series more than any of the other ones. They're all continuations of the same thing, after all. I'm obviously about to say that I like all the Pokemon generations just the same. There's nothing to like more about one game than Pokemon as a whole.

[hsb39]

I'm just going to mention to all that GS remake will most likely be announced this Sunday. Are you exited? Of course you are!

Most people know that I'm a big Pokemon person, I went for all equally, here's why:

1: The original, hard to argue with that.
2: Probably the best game when it comes to gameplay.
3: Revolutionised the strategy, a controllable EV system etc.
4: Best competitive environment in my opinion, I just hope that they make Rapid Spin a Move Tutor in GS(2), becuause the amount of Stealth Rock used is getting ridiculous (the top ten leads are SR leads).

[Claire]

I've played at least one of the games within every generation, and the only one I am really lacking much time spent playing is within the 2nd generation. I've had much, much more time playing through the other generations rather than the 2nd. I really got attached when I had played Ruby in 5th grade, along with FireRed and Emerald.

I really would have to say (since a lack of play time within the 2nd generation) that the 1st and 3rd generation are my favorite. I spent some time playing the 1st generation when I was younger, but not a whole lot, but still more than the 2nd generation. The 3rd generation is what strengthened my dedication ( ;) ) with the PokeMon series, but there is nothing like the original, 1st generation either. It's rather hard to say, but they all have their strong points.

[General Lee]

Hm this is tough. Im gonna have to say 2nd gen first, and 1st gen a close second. As people have said I "grew up" on these generations, and I can't stop loving them. I just bought gen 1&2 boxed off Ebay for 125$, as my sister took my gen 1&2 games. I did not regret it, and I still enjoy Pokemon, whether it be just getting your Pokémon stronger, going to the gyms (I used to love the intensity of the harder gyms). Gen 3 was what got me back into Pokémon, and I also remember pre-ordering Fire Red, I was at my grandparents In the USA (I live in Canada btw) and I called my dad who was still at home to go pre order them. I have not really gotten into Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, so I cant say much about them, other then I find there are just too many Pokémon now.

[hsb39]

Hm this is tough. Im gonna have to say 2nd gen first, and 1st gen a close second. As people have said I "grew up" on these generations, and I can't stop loving them. I just bought gen 1&2 boxed off Ebay for 125$, as my sister took my gen 1&2 games. I did not regret it, and I still enjoy Pokemon, whether it be just getting your Pokémon stronger, going to the gyms (I used to love the intensity of the harder gyms). Gen 3 was what got me back into Pokémon, and I also remember pre-ordering Fire Red, I was at my grandparents In the USA (I live in Canada btw) and I called my dad who was still at home to go pre order them. I have not really gotten into Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, so I cant say much about them, other then I find there are just too many Pokémon now.

Maybe the Gold/Silver remake will get you into 4th gen. I know that I've mentioned it already, but I'm just so exited!

[Y2K3]

I bought Platinum yesterday, and I have to admit, so far it's not too bad. While I don't think it's as good as the 1st/2nd gens, it's still a lot better than I thought.
Of course, I'm not very far in it (just beat the 2nd gym), so things could change, but hopefully they'd be for the better.

[Onilink89]

This is quite a hard question because, on what terms you judge the generations like: The games, The anime, The list of pokemon of the generation, the originality.

And i need to really think this trough before i can give an honest awnser.
But i can tell you one thing right now, i don't dislike any of the generations.

[LinkAlmighty]

Like many others here, I grew up with the 1st two generations, in fact, Pokemon Blue was my very first game. So I was really torn between the two, I love the mechanics and upgrades that came with G/S/C, but I love the Pokemon and story of R/B/Y much better than 2nd gen's story and Pokemon.

I voted 2nd gen because, while the story and difficulty were lacking (admit it, Team Rocket and the level of your opponents were pathetic) I really loved those 3, those were the ones that I played to death, literally, my Gold is dead now, my sister's silver is dead, and my Crystal's time is all screwed upped. The day and night features and the new Pokemon as well as many other features, are what made this generation so great. Even if Kanto was watered down greatly, it was still nice to go back & see the changes (I still hate what they did to the Viridian Forest though). And being able to face Red was a real bonus. Funnily enough, while for me the trend is that the 3rd game in each gen has always been my favourite (Yellow, Emerald and Platinum) with Crystal, this isn't the case, even though it touched upped in some places, I never really cared about Suicune, I prefered facing Ho-Oh in Gold.

The 1st gen comes in second because it had the most originality. The original 151 Pokemon were the best, the music was awesome (I still whistle the bike tune) and the evilness of Team Rocket (and I don't mean crazy environmentalist or a nutcase who wants to create a new world) kept me determined to stop them. And Yellow was and might still be my fav of the Pokemon games.

I'd say the 4th gen is third because I really love Platinum's story and look. And I say Platinum on it's own because it did a lot to Diamond & Pearl, I don't think I can go back now and play my Diamond. The way they filled in the gaps in the story and made Cyrus even more demonic, plus the good old animation and other features that were fixed upped makes this one a contender for my fav. Although, the reason it's falls behind the others is that it's lost a lot of the old originality and it has so many Pokemon that I really couldn't care less about catching em' all anymore. Plus the Pokemon are no longer nice or cool, they're just there. On the flip side, this is the generation that will have the Gold & Silver remakes, & if they turn out good, I might have to change my mind.

So that leaves the 3rd generation. Even though Emerald was my favourite for a while (Rayquaza is awesome) I still feel that this is where my love for Pokemon started to slip. Even though the lands and stories were getting better, I just didn't care as much in this one. This is when I originally thought that they had gone overboard with the number of Pokemon, the most I did was catch the required 200 in Sapphire and Emerald, and since I had spent 300 hours in total on Emerald, I said screw the last 100 whatever Pokemon. I also didn't care for the setup of the gyms, for example: in Ruby, you catch a ground type legendary...then you go face a high leveled water pokemon gym...But I did like what Emerald did story wise: infilitrating both HQ's and watching Rayquaza intervene in Kyorge and Groudon's fight was cool.

All in all, I'd say I love them all almost equally, but I didn't select that because I knew generation 1 and 2 were the obvious winners, with the features of 2 beating the originality of 1. Either way though Pokemon FT2ndW, with Zelda being the first win still:)

[hsb39]

This is quite a hard question because, on what terms you judge the generations like: The games, The anime, The list of pokemon of the generation, the originality.

And i need to really think this trough before i can give an honest awnser.
But i can tell you one thing right now, i don't dislike any of the generations.

Yeah, that's subjective, I base it of games, competitive environment, and how I played them.


(I still whistle the bike tune)

I'm not the only one!!!

[Skull_Kid]

In my opinion, the fun in Emerald dies in the moment you are able to catch a LVL 70 Rayquaza before going to the Pokémon league.
I thought it was very lazy of them not to re-level Rayquaza into a level 45 or so pokémon.
A lot of my friends, passed the league based on Rayquaza and lots of Hyper Potions and Revives.

Right now, I've been playing a lot of Leaf Green. I have more than 16 hours of game, and I'm still trading my team.

I wanna go to the league with Venusaur(I started with Bulbie:)), Charizard and Blastoise(traded from a friend's fire red), Pidgeot(another pokémon I love and have been using since the beggining), and there's one free slot that I don't know who will occupy it.

I'm am thinking either on Lapras or Jolteon, or maybe I'll just use those five

[Kaynil]

I am torn between generation one and two!! D:

Pokémon yellow, even though it is just the basic made me addicted to the games, I was proud of the progress of my Pikachu. The gold/silver games, I played them only bits, when I borrowed them from my brother. Until I got a Crystal version of my own. I wanted to pass my 'Yellow' Pokémons. XD

I even started to like the Stadiums titles because of these two titles, renting Pokémon and battle is nothing that fun t me, I was confused about the turns and stuff. Until I played the game boy ones it made sense the effects and attacks and I started to enjoy battling. Besides seeing your Pokémon in minigames was cool as heck.

I wanted the next generation, but I could affod to spend money, so I only played bits through my brother. I want to play them eventually.

I can relate with what linkAlmighty mentiones, about that the amount of Pokemon was so big taht it kind of kills inme the desire to catch'em all.

[hsb39]

In my opinion, the fun in Emerald dies in the moment you are able to catch a LVL 70 Rayquaza before going to the Pokémon league.
I thought it was very lazy of them not to re-level Rayquaza into a level 45 or so pokémon.
A lot of my friends, passed the league based on Rayquaza and lots of Hyper Potions and Revives.

Right now, I've been playing a lot of Leaf Green. I have more than 16 hours of game, and I'm still trading my team.

I wanna go to the league with Venusaur(I started with Bulbie:)), Charizard and Blastoise(traded from a friend's fire red), Pidgeot(another pokémon I love and have been using since the beggining), and there's one free slot that I don't know who will occupy it.

I'm am thinking either on Lapras or Jolteon, or maybe I'll just use those five


Well the E4 is always ridiculously easy. So I don't think that the Quaza makes much difference, especially since that means your friends aren't EVing it.

[Skull_Kid]

yes, that's the point.

The E4 is easy if you start with, let's say, Torchic, because 99% of the League's pokémon are weak to fighting moves.

the ones that aren't are not that tough, either

[DCMN]

I've never played Generation II, so thats out by default.
Gen I is the original, and has an interesting region, fun gyms but a poor selection of legendaries, Gen III improves on most things from GI, but feels like a stepback compared to GII. I'm not too fond of Gen IV, the 3D makes it feel slower, the Pokemon are a vast improvement over Hoenn's, but the amount of legendaries is overkill and a lot of the new evolutions for older Pokemon are just weird (Tangrowth, Lickilicky etc.).

So I havn't really got an exact favourite, each Gen has its advantages and disavantages. But in a short manner it would be;

RBY
RSE
DPP

From me.

[Skull_Kid]

I'm not too fond of Gen IV, the 3D makes it feel slower, the Pokemon are a vast improvement over Hoenn's, but the amount of legendaries is overkill and a lot of the new evolutions for older Pokemon are just weird (Tangrowth, Lickilicky etc.).

Diamond and Pearl feel a little slow, specially when you are swimming, but, in case you didn't know, that was solved in Platinum.
They fastened up the surfing speed and now it is even faster than in generation III.

Also, you should really pick up one of the Gen II games, they come cheap in second handed stores, and are awesome

[Onilink89]

As i said before, i don't know what to judge on, but i will start with the games. These are my opinions.

1st gen:
Yes it all started here, i grew up with these games when i was little.
As for the pokemon list, it was quite good. With legendaries, I really liked mewtwo, and is still my fave legendary. Also liked the missingo glitch.

2nd gen:
A few little extras compared to the first game. Pokemon list was not too shabby, there where some awsome in the list but some of them totally sucks. Legendaries where cool, but i don't like celebi that much.

3rd gen:
I think this game started a revolution on the pokemon games. EV, IV and Natures. These elements prevented that all same pokemon (for instance, your pikachu and your apponents pikachu) had the equal stats. So there was variation and could make good use of is based on Base stats and Moveset. As for the list, it has a cool pokemon list. It has also awsome main legendaries, especialy with the ability drought and drizzle.

4th gen:
Cool thing about this game was is that every move was either based on pyshical or special. So it was not more only based on types creating more variation. With the pokemon list, many new evolutions, and most of them are quite powerfull compared to the last generation. Negative thing about that is, that people will overuse them and the pokemon from previeuw generations are a little left out. But some pokemon designs where quite lame, as if nintendo was running out of ideas. Main legendaries are quite awsome, espcialy the unique type combination. but besides that, they made too much legendaries in this gen, and now there is too much psychic type legendaries.

[Skull_Kid]

3rd gen:
I think this game started a revolution on the pokemon games. EV, IV and Natures. These elements prevented that all same pokemon (for instance, your pikachu and your apponents pikachu) had the equal stats. So there was variation and could make good use of is based on Base stats and Moveset. As for the list, it has a cool pokemon list. It has also awsome main legendaries, especialy with the ability drought and drizzle.
.

You can say, without doubts that, even though the games were kinda inferior to the ones of the Second generation, R/S/E/Fr/Lg started to give a lot more consistency to the competetivity of Pokémon.
EV training is not an easy thing to do, and it requires patience and some skill to properly calculate it.




4th gen:
Cool thing about this game was is that every move was either based on pyshical or special. So it was not more only based on types creating more variation. With the pokemon list, many new evolutions, and most of them are quite powerfull compared to the last generation. Negative thing about that is, that people will overuse them and the pokemon from previeuw generations are a little left out. But some pokemon designs where quite lame, as if nintendo was running out of ideas. Main legendaries are quite awsome, espcialy the unique type combination. but besides that, they made too much legendaries in this gen, and now there is too much psychic type legendaries.

I liked the way that they splitted some moves into Physical and others into Special, it helped even more the development of teams.
For those who don't know, before the Fourth Generation came out, all moves of a certain type were pre-labeled as physical or special. For example: All Psychic moves were special, while, all fighting moves were physical.

And I agree with you Oni, there are too many Psychic legendaries(I don't really like this game's trio, but I like Cresselia)

[hsb39]

As i said before, i don't know what to judge on, but i will start with the games. These are my opinions.

1st gen:
Yes it all started here, i grew up with these games when i was little.
As for the pokemon list, it was quite good. With legendaries, I really liked mewtwo, and is still my fave legendary. Also liked the missingo glitch.

2nd gen:
A few little extras compared to the first game. Pokemon list was not too shabby, there where some awsome in the list but some of them totally sucks. Legendaries where cool, but i don't like celebi that much.

3rd gen:
I think this game started a revolution on the pokemon games. EV, IV and Natures. These elements prevented that all same pokemon (for instance, your pikachu and your apponents pikachu) had the equal stats. So there was variation and could make good use of is based on Base stats and Moveset. As for the list, it has a cool pokemon list. It has also awsome main legendaries, especialy with the ability drought and drizzle.

4th gen:
Cool thing about this game was is that every move was either based on pyshical or special. So it was not more only based on types creating more variation. With the pokemon list, many new evolutions, and most of them are quite powerfull compared to the last generation. Negative thing about that is, that people will overuse them and the pokemon from previeuw generations are a little left out. But some pokemon designs where quite lame, as if nintendo was running out of ideas. Main legendaries are quite awsome, espcialy the unique type combination. but besides that, they made too much legendaries in this gen, and now there is too much psychic type legendaries.

I agree with you with most of that, but you said a few wrong things that I think that I should clear up:

- There was IVs from the start, and EVs, except the IVs only went to 15 and there was no EV cap (so there might as well have not been EVs). But there was stat variation.
- There was always a physical special split, but it was done by types (eg. all Dark Moves were special), so the changes were huge, greatly affecting some Pokemon (like Alakazam, who lost the elemental punches), but there was always a difference.


You can say, without doubts that, even though the games were kinda inferior to the ones of the Second generation, R/S/E/Fr/Lg started to give a lot more consistency to the competetivity of Pokémon.
EV training is not an easy thing to do, and it requires patience and some skill to properly calculate it.


Well DPP made EV training quite easy, it takes just a bit over 30 1 point Pokemon to complete a 252 / 252 / 6 EV spread, if you do it right.

[Onilink89]

Well DPP made EV training quite easy, it takes just a bit over 30 1 point Pokemon to complete a 252 / 252 / 6 EV spread, if you do it right.

You are actually right about this, because some areas have more then one pokemon with that EV. Not to forget that 10 vitamines equals 100 EV, so thats quite a start.
And for the lazy people like i do, I use candies, pokerus and macho brace.


- There was IVs from the start, and EVs, except the IVs only went to 15 and there was no EV cap (so there might as well have not been EVs). But there was stat variation.

But i didn't knew that there was IV from the start.


- There was always a physical special split, but it was done by types (eg. all Dark Moves were special), so the changes were huge, greatly affecting some Pokemon (like Alakazam, who lost the elemental punches), but there was always a difference.

I said "that every move was either based on pyshical or special. So it was not more only based on types creating more variation."
Or maybe i was not being clear enough. One other thing about this is, it had also some negative effects. For instance, volt tackle became pyshical instead of special. Some pokemon have a movelist that totally does not match with its base stats.

[hsb39]

You are actually right about this, because some areas have more then one pokemon with that EV. Not to forget that 10 vitamines equals 100 EV, so thats quite a start.
And for the lazy people like i do, I use candies, pokerus and macho brace.

I'd suggest Power Items > Macho Brace, completely superior, and make EV training much faster (1 "1 Point Pokemon" with PKRS and Power Item Boost gives 10 EVs).


I said "that every move was either based on pyshical or special. So it was not more only based on types creating more variation."
Or maybe i was not being clear enough. One other thing about this is, it had also some negative effects. For instance, volt tackle became pyshical instead of special. Some pokemon have a movelist that totally does not match with its base stats.

Sorry, misunderstood, but there still are Pokemon with movelists that don't match their stats (Bannette is a decent example).

[the walrus cat]

I liked the second gen.

The Johtto region was more interesting than the rest, I liked the pokemon, the gyms and the different towns & locations better.

I enjoyed the games more.

Other than generation 2 I liked them all equally, except maybe 4, but it was fun for me anyways.

[Skull_Kid]

I still think that, even though it was my favorite, the G/S/C games had a major huge flaw: the difficulty levels were a huge letdown. I mean, the highest leveled pokémon in the league was what? A level 52 Dragonite, that's hilarious.
And Kanto's gyms were not that much above it.
I like D/P/Pt better in what comes to difficulty levels, and I really liked D/P/Pt's Pokémon league(even the bug guy)

[hsb39]

I still think that, even though it was my favorite, the G/S/C games had a major huge flaw: the difficulty levels were a huge letdown. I mean, the highest leveled pokémon in the league was what? A level 52 Dragonite, that's hilarious.
And Kanto's gyms were not that much above it.
I like D/P/Pt better in what comes to difficulty levels, and I really liked D/P/Pt's Pokémon league(even the bug guy)

Hmm... I've never found there to be much of a difficulty level to Pokemon ingame stuff. All of it comes from the multiplayer (oh, and Battle Frontier, that's fun too, even if there is a huge luck factor).

And in GSC the Pokemon league was about half way through, don't forget about the Kanto stuff, and the highest level trainer Pokemon before Platinum (Lvl. 81 Pikachu).

[Durion]

I like all of the Generations but my favourite is the 4th Gen, I like all the pokemon on there, I like the new starters more than any of the others but the 1st Gen comes very close to the 4th Gen, The 1st and 4th Gens both have my favourite starters and some of the newly introduced pokemon, I really like Magmortar, Electivire (One of my favourite all time pokemon) and Ryperior. The first generation has my favourite Legendaries (Mew and Mewtwo, Also I like the 3 Legendaries birds, The only trio that beats the Legendaries Birds for me is the Legendaries Dogs).

My Least favourite Gen despite it having my favourite legendary Trio and Lugia I really don't like a lot of the other pokemon. I don't like the starters, I don't like newly introduced pokemon much, but it does have one of my favourite event Pokemon being Celebi.

In order of how I like them it goes 4th and 1st (Sort of Tied but I do like the 4th Gen that little bit more), Then the 3rd Gen and finally the 2nd Gen. The 3rd Gen does have Kyogre and Slightly better starters than the 2nd but it has my least favourite Trio out of them all but they do allow you to get Regigigas in the 4th Gen (Even though I don't really like him either).

I do like the 2nd Gen though for being able to go to both Johto and Kanto, I really liked this Idea, I think that they could maybe do the same again but with all of them, It would take a long time to complete but it would still be really fun.

Another reason I like the 4th Gen just that little bit more than the 1st Gen is even though that the 1st Gen has my favourite Legendaires the 4th Gen has way more Legendaries to catch.

[Skull_Kid]

Hmm... I've never found there to be much of a difficulty level to Pokemon ingame stuff. All of it comes from the multiplayer (oh, and Battle Frontier, that's fun too, even if there is a huge luck factor).

And in GSC the Pokemon league was about half way through, don't forget about the Kanto stuff, and the highest level trainer Pokemon before Platinum (Lvl. 81 Pikachu).

That's true, still, they could have higher leveled league.
I really hope that in the remakes, and, fighting Red would be awesome if they topped his pokémon up to level 100.

[SilverHawk01]

Think I would definitely vote for the second generation ( g/s/c ).

I enjoyed those games far more then any other pkmn game. In single player, training pkmn while enjoying the locations/ city's and new pkmn. Then using those pkmn I battled with my friends in school, learing new tricks etc.
That's untill most ppl gave up bringing pkmn to school because it was " childish ". With the income of the gen 3-4, I totally gave up the competitive side of the games.
I Had better things 2 do then getting my *** kicked over wifi by overused pkmn while following their rules ( smogon...).

Well I've still tried the UnderUsed tier for a while...but it was also centred 'round like 10 pkmn...

[Nintendo_Master]

So many to choose from! But I would have to say the Third Generation (FR/LG/R?D).

This is mainly because I was introduced to games in the later generation. If I had played silver or gold, I probably would have liked it.

But aside from that, I thought that it had brought a lot of interesting pokemon. My favorite was Slakoth, a Sloth pokemon who is slow like a sloth. Genious! Also, the asthetics of the gameplay were definetly new.

I liked the fact that they remodeled Red and Blue for the GBA. A good idea for younger gamers.

Overall, a good generation and great installments for the series.

[Skull_Kid]

So many to choose from! But I would have to say the Third Generation (FR/LG/R?D).

This is mainly because I was introduced to games in the later generation. If I had played silver or gold, I probably would have liked it.

But aside from that, I thought that it had brought a lot of interesting pokemon. My favorite was Slakoth, a Sloth pokemon who is slow like a sloth. Genious! Also, the asthetics of the gameplay were definetly new.

I liked the fact that they remodeled Red and Blue for the GBA. A good idea for younger gamers.

Overall, a good generation and great installments for the series.

Have you played the other titles?
The third gen(R/S/E, i'm not gonna mention the remakes) is so poor, compared to anyother generation with the exception of the first.
If we ignore emerald, Ruby and Saphire are as empty as Red/Blue/Yellow were, and, even if we include emerald and the remakes, they still feel voidish, after the second generation, and compared to the Fourth one.
Ruby/Saphire pretty much "die" after beating the league. Apart from Rayquaza, every other legendary can be caught before the league.
The only thing you still have left to do is to complete the Battle Tower
Emerald is just like R/S, but it has the battle frontier. Yeah, great thing, even though it has the battle frontier and the clone glitch,the game feels empty, and, it is very flawed.
It's "ramdomizer"(aka the thing that randomizes natures of pokémons, wether they are shiny or not, etc) is severely flawed.
Fire Red and Leaf Green are remakes of the originals, but I think that, apart from the Sevii islands sidequests(wich is hilarious, cause they could have done so MUCH more with it), the game is still untouched, basicly.

[zeldafan999]

i like the 2nd gen the best because i grew up with them and blue and red a little gold and silver was when i could actually understand them. diamond pearl and platnim are ok

[Kybyrian]

Oh boy who am I kidding. I was about to put Diamond/Pearl/Platinum, and I already voted D/P/Pt, but when I actually sat back and thought about Gold/Silver/Crystal, I thought, "Wow, they really were superior. The Pokemon were classic, the gyms were classic and great, nice, and challenging. We had Lance and that was epic. Lugia, Ho-Oh, Red, all that good stuff. They were truly superior if I think about it."

So consider it as my vote going towards the second generation, even though I voted on the fourth. :yuck:

[Nintendo_Master]

Have you played the other titles?
The third gen(R/S/E, i'm not gonna mention the remakes) is so poor, compared to anyother generation with the exception of the first.
If we ignore emerald, Ruby and Saphire are as empty as Red/Blue/Yellow were, and, even if we include emerald and the remakes, they still feel voidish, after the second generation, and compared to the Fourth one.
Ruby/Saphire pretty much "die" after beating the league. Apart from Rayquaza, every other legendary can be caught before the league.
The only thing you still have left to do is to complete the Battle Tower
Emerald is just like R/S, but it has the battle frontier. Yeah, great thing, even though it has the battle frontier and the clone glitch,the game feels empty, and, it is very flawed.
It's "ramdomizer"(aka the thing that randomizes natures of pokémons, wether they are shiny or not, etc) is severely flawed.
Fire Red and Leaf Green are remakes of the originals, but I think that, apart from the Sevii islands sidequests(wich is hilarious, cause they could have done so MUCH more with it), the game is still untouched, basicly.

Of course I've played other titles. I unfortunately have never played first gen :(, but I have played it on my friends game systems, so i know of it. I wasn't introduced to games, until I was 6, and I didn't get a GBA until I was 7 or 8, so I didn't get second gen either. But I am getting Heart and Sol when it comes out. I have played Diamond and Pearl, and I have memorized all pokemon and their evolutions (I try to keep the title Nintendo_Master, thank you). I'll stop bragging though, because no one wants to hear it.

In short, I wasn't introduced to games for the Handheld until the GBA came out, and it's not exactly like I got paid when I was 7 (at least not very much). So I haven't played them, and I can't go onto Ebay. But when I can buy it online, you better believe they will be some of my first to buy.

[Zemen]

I'd say that if you have played the newer ones it almost isn't worth it going back to the older ones. I will use a Zelda analogy for this one.

There is a thread about whether or not OoT is an overrated Zelda game. Compared to the Zelda games made today, it is an overrated Zelda game. Saying it's the best Zelda title because it started the 3D Zelda revolution is a lie because that does not make it the "best" title, just a good start.

If you have played the newer Pokemon games it is the same thing. Were the first and second generations good, yes, but the newer ones are better because there is a much deeper storyline and much more to do in the games. I went back and played first and second gen about a month ago and found that I could beat each version in a day if I had nothing else to do (class, work, etc..) and that includes all of the side stuff there is to do. The newer Pokemon games if played straight would take a handful of days to completely everything. I bought platinum about 2 weeks ago and just beat the main stuff (badges and elite four) and that took me about 25 hours. Now it's on to capturing all of the legendary Pokemon and working on the battle frontier.

My point is, the old games are a good start, but based on what there is today, they aren't good. The stories don't really all intertwine (except for Gold and Silver allowing you to go to Kanto), so it's not like you're missing out on a chunk of the story. You're always a different person in a different world with different Pokemon.

[hsb39]

I'd say that if you have played the newer ones it almost isn't worth it going back to the older ones. I will use a Zelda analogy for this one.

There is a thread about whether or not OoT is an overrated Zelda game. Compared to the Zelda games made today, it is an overrated Zelda game. Saying it's the best Zelda title because it started the 3D Zelda revolution is a lie because that does not make it the "best" title, just a good start.

If you have played the newer Pokemon games it is the same thing. Were the first and second generations good, yes, but the newer ones are better because there is a much deeper storyline and much more to do in the games. I went back and played first and second gen about a month ago and found that I could beat each version in a day if I had nothing else to do (class, work, etc..) and that includes all of the side stuff there is to do. The newer Pokemon games if played straight would take a handful of days to completely everything. I bought platinum about 2 weeks ago and just beat the main stuff (badges and elite four) and that took me about 25 hours. Now it's on to capturing all of the legendary Pokemon and working on the battle frontier.

My point is, the old games are a good start, but based on what there is today, they aren't good. The stories don't really all intertwine (except for Gold and Silver allowing you to go to Kanto), so it's not like you're missing out on a chunk of the story. You're always a different person in a different world with different Pokemon.

I gotta disagree with parts of that there, I think that the stories are better in first and second. I thought that they took it a bit far with the whole world destroying thing. What I thought was better in third and especially fourth was competitive stuff, Battle Frontier, EV training, it added a whole new dimension to the game.

@SilverHawk: I must teach you the ways of competitive battling so that you may understand the method in which you must play, and teach you to win with NUs.