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Gen 1, the beginning
Gen 2, where they managed to fit a second region and plenty of new pokemon
Gen 3, graphical improvements, plenty of new pokemon, remakes that added new areas to old regions and allowed for all pokemon to be caught in one generation
These are the peak of pokemon games, when the games were about exploring and finding new pokemon, and not throwing paragraphs of dialog at you after every new town or cave.
