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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 08:23:08 No.57190037 View View Reply Original Report

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What Pokémon game has the best story and why?

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 08:24:42 No.57190041 Report

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>>57190037
None of them really

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 08:37:49 No.57190074 Report

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>>57190037
I guess BW even though it’s shit

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 08:40:05 No.57190079 Report

Quoted By: >>57190085 >>57196025

>>57190037
The story in SV was miles above any other game.

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 08:42:12 No.57190082 Report

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>>57190037
SV. Everything that led up to the battle against the AI professor was great.

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 08:43:10 No.57190085 Report

Quoted By: >>57190095 >>57196044

>>57190079
>>57190082
I'd agree but there's a massive asterisk for Team Star in its entirety

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 08:45:40 No.57190091 Report

Quoted By: >>57190096 >>57190377 >>57190711

>>57190037
Gen 2.

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 08:48:13 No.57190095 Report

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>>57190085
The Team Star path was easily the weakest of the three, but I appreciate that they attempted to flesh out the leaders at the academy even after their bit was done. Coupled with the DLC I'd still say SV is the strongest mainline.

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 08:49:12 No.57190096 Report

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>>57190091
Kek

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 08:57:22 No.57190112 Report

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SV keeps you interested with the mystery surrounding Area Zero, paradox Pokemon, Arven's backstory and I guess Team Star's story too. The climax is more satisfying than the other games and the DLC also expands on the main story.

SM gets an honorable mention with Lusamommy schizo shenanigans, and like SV's paradoxes the UBs provide a mystery aspect to the region.

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 09:05:11 No.57190130 Report

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>>57190096
Good lore and climbing to the big climactic battle with the previous protag. It's peak.

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 09:32:48 No.57190177 Report

Quoted By: >>57190181

Johto
Pros: lots of exploration and optional worldbuilding, two regions to interact with
Cons: Team Rocket's pacing is a big clusterfuck on an otherwise enjoyable experience
Unova
Pros: story structured like other JRPGs including the character interactions, enjoys imparting life lessons to the player
Cons: plays it safe with the messaging, BW2 goes back to more traditional Pokemon storytelling (still has pros however)
(Sun and Moon) Alola
Pros: characters first and foremost in the story, but doesn't completely ignore Pokemon either
Cons: intense railroading, no cutscene skip on repeat playthroughs
Pros: Pokemon and human characters simultaneously important and developed during the story, no railroading of any kind
Cons: SV is buggy as fuck, Area Zero's first visit is incredibly padded out

Honorable Mentions
(Platinum) Sinnoh: More standard Pokemon story but was the beginning of GF trying more things with character interactions
Hisui: Simple-ish story that focuses on characters (but mainly Volo) that can get bogged down by graphics and the gameplay loop, very different to the rest of the series
(Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon) Alola: Everything I said for Alola but new side characters added. Ironically has a worse story than the originals but has better gameplay tied to it

I'm very biased though. Picrel.

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 09:33:04 No.57190179 Report

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>answering with mainline games that have subpar stories at best
>not a single mention of any of the spin-off games like PMD, Ranger, Conquest, Detective Pikachu, and Master SEX
This is beyond pathetic.

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 09:34:05 No.57190181 Report

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>>57190177
Final pros and cons section was for Paldea, dunno how that got deleted

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 09:37:14 No.57190190 Report

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>>57190181
>dunno how that got deleted
Common Paldean glitch.

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 09:39:20 No.57190197 Report

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>>57190190
Heh

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 11:17:47 No.57190365 Report

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>>57190037
Gen 1-4 then 6

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 11:27:11 No.57190377 Report

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>>57190091
Gen 2 barely has a story and what it does have is just a rehash of gen 1.

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 11:43:30 No.57190405 Report

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>>57190037
SV, by far

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 11:46:14 No.57190413 Report

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For all the many downsides Scarlet/Violet have, the one thing they actually did good was the writing. I'd argue the main cast are all-round the best written characters in the series, and going down Area Zero with them showed they can play off each other very well too. I really hope they can keep this same level of charm in the next gen games. The entire endgame segment with the professor was also done very well. I loved the three individual plotlines too because they are refreshingly low stakes compared to the usual "saving the region from evil" shit. Give me more small-scale but relatable stories like Arven trying to find a cure for his dying pet. Nemona ended up being very likable to me in her autistic battle obsession, especially when at the end you understand why she acts the way she does. I don't really get the relative dislike for Team Star, I liked that plotline as well, and it gave us Clive so I won't complain. Maybe it's the lesser of the three, sure, but it is still better than most Pokemon storytelling in previous games.

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 11:51:48 No.57190423 Report

Quoted By: >>57190516 >>57190641 >>57192133

Anyone who says SV is delusional or a shill who'll change their minds the second Gen 10 is out.

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 11:52:15 No.57190426 Report

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gen 1 and 2 because there's no story

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 11:56:36 No.57190431 Report

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>>57190037
Gen 1
They managed to wrap up the three objectives that come up throughout your journey (your rival, becoming the Champion and defeating Team Rocket) masterfully at the very end of the game. Giovanni being the 8th and last Gym Leader, hence putting an end to both Team Rocket and the Gym challenge, and your rival being the Champion, thus beating two birds with one stone, is easily the best endgame in the franchise. And it gets extra points for all that being in the first game in the series. Sublime.

((U)S(U)M and SV are also excellent in their own ways as well)

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 11:59:20 No.57190437 Report

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>>57190431
Sun/Moon, yes, but don't pretend that USUM isn't a complete bastardization of the original plot, rewriting and ruining several characters' story arcs.

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 12:14:27 No.57190466 Report

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>>57190037
>What Pokémon game has the best story and why?
KINOsseum

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 12:42:04 No.57190516 Report

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>>57190423
The hell are you talking about, stories are one thing the fanbase can agree is consistently below par even when games are new. If people praise a Pokemon game's story, it probably deserves the credit.

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 13:30:21 No.57190627 Report

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>>57190437
Yeah, I debated on putting the Ultras in the conversation to begin with. So you can take them or leave them I guess...

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 13:39:10 No.57190641 Report

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>>57190423
Why are you opening your mouth when you clearly didn't play it kek

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 13:42:16 No.57190649 Report

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>>57190466
based department, there's been a containment breach

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 14:01:55 No.57190691 Report

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>>57190037
Shadows of Almia

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 14:15:09 No.57190711 Report

Quoted By: >>57192133

>>57190091
This but unironically. I'll take subtle ludonarrative and environmental storytelling over basic saccharine melodrama anytime. But I'm not sure I prefer gen 2 or gen 1.

With that said, of all the modern gens, gen 3 probably gets the third spot for me. Gen 4 is just gen 3 again, and then gen 5 is where the stories start trying too hard and, therefore, failing. But I guess out of all the proper plots, SV is probably the best executed.

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 14:18:38 No.57190721 Report

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>>57190037
Stories are hard to compare, but as for best PLOT, this one.

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 15:51:26 No.57190932 Report

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>>57190037
BW >>>>>>>>>>>>>> PMD >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> SV/SM >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Everything else

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Anonymous Tue 07 Jan 2025 21:04:33 No.57192133 Report

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>>57190423
>Sun and Moon made worse yet again, now with excuse plots and poor resolution
This. Where do I even begin? Arven not getting the chance to meet his parents again? Your "friends" nowhere to be found in the DLC? How Starfall Street was told? Geeta? How much a wet fart Kieran was in Indigo Disk? Indigo Disk as a whole? Mochi Mayhem?
>>57190711
>SV is probably the best executed
You had me until there.

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Anonymous Wed 08 Jan 2025 00:17:21 No.57192929 Report

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>>57192133
>it's bad because I said it's bad: the post
This is why 4chan is so bad now. You people literally do not have opinions

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Anonymous Wed 08 Jan 2025 00:20:40 No.57192943 Report

Quoted By: >>57192983 >>57194954

Take BW's Team Story, mixed it with Colosseum's Team Story, take Arven's story and mix it with AZ's story, then take SV's story and mix it with Lusamina's story, then take Shadows of Almia and mix it with Mystery Dungeon's story.

Now combine all that into a cohesive narrative.

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Anonymous Wed 08 Jan 2025 00:22:20 No.57192950 Report

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>>57190037
red and blue for its simplicity and how it executes it
stories after are either stupid in concept to begin with or fail at doing whatever good ideas they had

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Anonymous Wed 08 Jan 2025 00:30:53 No.57192983 Report

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>>57192943
>then take SV's story and mix it with Lusamina's story
Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon?

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Anonymous Wed 08 Jan 2025 12:52:44 No.57194954 Report

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>>57192943
I really don’t get what you’re trying to say here.

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Anonymous Wed 08 Jan 2025 12:57:09 No.57194966 Report

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>>57190037
Pokemon snap

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Anonymous Wed 08 Jan 2025 15:20:39 No.57195484 Report

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>>57190179
This. Shit thread.

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Anonymous Wed 08 Jan 2025 17:45:49 No.57196025 Report

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>>57190079
Only the very last segment is good.

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Anonymous Wed 08 Jan 2025 17:50:05 No.57196044 Report

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>>57190085
Oh come, it's not that bad. Who doesn't love Clive?

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