>>58773778play ZA if you want to play some mediocre shovelware later after playing gen 1-5 in order
what you should play in order:
>pokemon red or blue (originals, not the remakes)>pokemon silver or gold>pokemon emerald>pokemon diamond or pearl>pokemon white or blackthen you can play the garbage shovelware that came after, or as a bonus, play pokemon yellow and pokemon stadium 1 and 2 to play more great pokemon games before you play the dogshit shovelware. I highly recommend playing these.
other games that are good in the franchise are:
>pokemon tcg for game boy>pokemon pinball (there's one for game boy and game boy advance, play the game boy one first)>pokemon snap>pokemon mystery dungeon>pokemon colosseum>pokemon XD>pokemon puzzle challenge and pokemon puzzle league>pokemon ranger >pokemon heart gold and soul silver (good if you want more pokemon gold and silver)**DOGSHIT SHOVELWARE**
here's a list of the dogshit shovelware (garbage) games that you should not waste your time playing unless you played the good games already and just want to see how shit they are:
>pokemon xy (one of the worst games ever made)>pokemon sun and moon (one of the worst games ever made)>pokemon sword and shield (one of the worst games ever made)>pokemon SV (one of the worst games ever made)**DOGSHIT SHOVELWARE**
bad games, but not some of the worst games ever made, you can play them if you really want to after playing the great/good ones:
>pokemon legends arceus and pokemon legends ZAhey you pikachu is alright because of the ending but hard to emulate and was already hard to play to begin with. pokemon channel is for babies and sucks. don't really recommend either of these but they're kind of interesting
do not play the shovelware games that I listed, they are complete effortless garbage made in a year each and are shit that suck cock. it will make you think the franchise is complete shit for 3-year-olds. Do not play them. No matter what any kid says. Trust me.