>>59058900Wrong. As someone whose first game was Blue on an original gray brick gameboy in the 90s:
IV > III > V > VI > VII > VIII > II > I > IX
>Gen 4HGSS and Platinum.
>Gen 3FRLG and Emerald.
>Gen 5Mechanically sound even if the storyslop sucks ass.
>Gen 6Added the modern EXP share, one of the best changes to the game to cut down on grinding. Also has ORAS.
>Gen 7Painfully average in every way.
>Gen 8PLA and LGPE.
>Gen 2Fixes most of the issues with gen 1 and creates the standards for third versions of games. Also it's Johto, one of the most content-packed regions in the franchise.
>Gen 1Buggy unfinished dogshit that has been supplanted by FRLG and LGPE. There is no reason to play RBYG in 2026 and having done a run of red version back in 2023, I can safely say it was the most miserable pokemon experience of my life.
>Gen 9Underwhelming dogshit all around. What's worse than buggy unfinished dogshit? BEing fucking boring.
