>>28772667I would 150% agree if it weren't for the dex limitations of gen III (not being able to trade eggs or National Dex Pokemon until postgame, not being able to evolve Golbat in FRLG, etc.).
This may be an unpopular opinion, but BW1 is better than 2 imo. The regional dex in BW2 could be considered better, but I actually liked having an entire region of brand-spanking new mon. Only retards sperged out about this, but it was objectively fantastic. BW1 has much better pacing than BW2, a lot less stop & go / interruptions by NPCs. Granted BW2 has god-tier postgame and more features in general, but as for the in-game, BW1 comes out on top. Both are great though.
However, Emerald and FRLG would be the best in the series if it weren't for those retarded dex limitations. Really takes away from the replay value when you're forced to use the same mon over and over again in each playthrough (where in Ruby/Sapphire you can trade eggs and any mon you want in and out whenever with or without the national dex, which is why imo they're not obsolete compared to Emerald).
All that said, my top three favorite Pokemon games would have to be BW1, Emerald, and Yellow in that order.
