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Red & Blue:
Hard to really place objectively. It's fun to see the franchises roots and play with all of the funky glitches. Definitely enjoyable to play at the least.
Gold & Silver:
Fucking comfy, easily superior to Gen 1, most ambitious games to date.
Ruby & Sapphire:
Don't hold up super well, kind of underwhelming, I'd give them a pass
FireRed & LeafGreen:
For me personally, the beginning of the golden age. These games blow the originals out of the water and add so much to do and enjoy. I have a lot of good memories of completing the kanto pokedex on these bad boys
Emerald:
Absolutely amazing, completely render RS obsolete. First great postgame in the franchise.
Diamond & Pearl:
Suffer from the same issues as Ruby and Sapphire, starts to show that first versions aren't very good. Not the worst games, but not really worth your time
Platinum:
Emerald 2 electric boogaloo. Fixes a lot of issues with Diamond and Pearl on almost every level. Truly good game.
HeartGold and SoulSilver:
Best mainline titles in my personal opinion. Absolutely remarkable. You can easily get 50 hours in even on multiple playthroughs. The peak of the franchise in many ways.
Black & White:
Competent games, but my least favorite games so far. Should be held in high esteem but I personally don't like them.
Black 2 & White 2:
Definitely improve on the previous games, but suffer from some strange choices.
X & Y:
Admittedly I hated these games on my first playthrough, they kind of grew on me over time though. Play them if you're bored.
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire:
Real dogshit, and heavy disappointments coming off of the trend set by FRLG and HGSS for remakes. I liked the soaring mechanics and that's about it.
Sun & Moon:
I genuinely remember nothing about these games, really disappointing
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon:
Same issue as previous, Necrozma was cool though
All told: The franchise peaked a decade ago and it's a shambling corpse at this point.
Hard to really place objectively. It's fun to see the franchises roots and play with all of the funky glitches. Definitely enjoyable to play at the least.
Gold & Silver:
Fucking comfy, easily superior to Gen 1, most ambitious games to date.
Ruby & Sapphire:
Don't hold up super well, kind of underwhelming, I'd give them a pass
FireRed & LeafGreen:
For me personally, the beginning of the golden age. These games blow the originals out of the water and add so much to do and enjoy. I have a lot of good memories of completing the kanto pokedex on these bad boys
Emerald:
Absolutely amazing, completely render RS obsolete. First great postgame in the franchise.
Diamond & Pearl:
Suffer from the same issues as Ruby and Sapphire, starts to show that first versions aren't very good. Not the worst games, but not really worth your time
Platinum:
Emerald 2 electric boogaloo. Fixes a lot of issues with Diamond and Pearl on almost every level. Truly good game.
HeartGold and SoulSilver:
Best mainline titles in my personal opinion. Absolutely remarkable. You can easily get 50 hours in even on multiple playthroughs. The peak of the franchise in many ways.
Black & White:
Competent games, but my least favorite games so far. Should be held in high esteem but I personally don't like them.
Black 2 & White 2:
Definitely improve on the previous games, but suffer from some strange choices.
X & Y:
Admittedly I hated these games on my first playthrough, they kind of grew on me over time though. Play them if you're bored.
Omega Ruby & Alpha Sapphire:
Real dogshit, and heavy disappointments coming off of the trend set by FRLG and HGSS for remakes. I liked the soaring mechanics and that's about it.
Sun & Moon:
I genuinely remember nothing about these games, really disappointing
Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon:
Same issue as previous, Necrozma was cool though
All told: The franchise peaked a decade ago and it's a shambling corpse at this point.
