>>57198816>RBPhenomenal for their time, but by modern standards really only fun for challenge runs or ROM hacks.
>YFun as a kid, again, great for its time; no real reason to replay it over the base game.
>GSPhenomenal for their time.
>CFixes a handful of the problems GS had with item availability. If you're replaying Gen 2 you're probably using this or a ROM hack based on this.
>RSGood for their time. Not being able to trade up my Pokemon from Gen 2 was a little disappointing.
>FRLGGood for their time. It was fun getting to replay Gen 1, but with the "modern" engine. Still good for ROM hacks.
>Colo/XDFun, but also limited and disappointing because it makes me wish more games had all doubles.
>EThe definitive Gen 3 experience that brings together everything up until that point. Still worth replaying as is or a ROM hack.
>DPGood for their time and by modern standards.
>PtThe beginning of the peak of the series. It took everything good from the games before it and put it together into one game.
>HGSSThe continuation of the peak of the series. It took everything good from the games before it and built on it.
>BWThe continuation of the peak of the series. It took everything good from the games before it and built on it. Being forced to use all new Pokemon before postgame added a fun and unique experience to the game.
>BW2The continuation of the peak of the series. It took everything good from the games before it and built on it. It's sad to think we'll probably never get a set of games this good again.
>XYA huge step down in quality that at the time could be forgiven, having just completed a multi-year span of 10/10 games, and this being their first 3D game. "Surely they'll fix it in Z version."
>ORASThey didn't fix it, they just made it worse.
>SMThe games continued to trend down. By comparison to SM, XY were actually "good" despite being shit.
