>>46641536The Golden Age of Pokémon was the Game Boy era, in hindsight, Crystal Version and particularly Stadium 2 brought it to a fantastic close.
https://youtu.be/5Nj2FPfYBdkPeople meme about Gen V being the Dark Age of Pokémon, but in reality, it was the release of Ruby and Sapphire. For the first time, features and Pokémon went missing (particularly connectivity with previous entries) and it wouldn't be until further Gen III games that the Pokémon missing from RS world become obtainable without cheating devices, but when RS were brand new, nobody really knew what would come next. They were great games, but the Silver Age didn't really begin until the GameCube games and Emerald hit the scene.