Gen 4 is VERY overrated. it's slow, ugly, the new pokemon look stupid and ugly, all those unnecessary cross-gen evolutions, way too many legendaries, a boring region, stupid uniforms for the evil team, worst box legends ever. Gen 4 has the most forgettable pokemon ever. Do you remember Cherrim? Or burmy? Or Ambipom? Snover? Chatot? Carnivine? Of course not, because they looked like generic, forgettable animals. The starters were great and the underground was a neat concept. I'll give them that, but that's it. It's the second worst gen of the first five.
Gen 3 is about 20 years old, gen 5 is about 12 years old. The kids who grew up in that range of games are in the biggest social media demographics currently, therefore it makes sense that gens 3-5 were remembered so favorably. I'd be interested to see how/if the results differ in about 10-15 more years
True. The opinions would change. I do think though that the first two gens had obvious design flaws though & it makes sense those are not seen as the best by other players.
Gen 4 is my favorite. But I started as a gen 2 kid. Gen 4's Legendries actually felt like legendries. Gods and very powerful creatures. The events for many of them were not just given away like legendries today, but once you received your event items, you actually had to go locate and capture them. Too bad the Arceus event never did get released officially.
I agree with you gen 4 is great and your points about Legendaries. It’s a shame we didn’t get that Arceus event, but at least the lack of it lead to Legends of Arceus being made eventually.
I'd agree with that, I started with leaf green and jumped to platinum from there, played all of them since, but I always do a play through on Gen 4 every so often
eh idk, most of what you say also applies to Gen 3 except the legendaries were more like forces of nature or just other powerful living beings living in the world rather than almighty gods controlling the universe. One felt a little too comically powerful for me to be able to have as a pet and battle others with. But then again, I started with Gen 3 (though the remakes first), so I'm probably just biased.
Emerald will always have a special place in my heart. I almost got all ribbons with only Swellow but couldn’t achieve my dream since my GBA and game were stolen 😢
This video and these results perfectly reflect the landscape of the Pokémon fan that consumes Pokémon content on TH-cam and engages on Pokémon discussions on Twitter. The top three Gens, 3 4 and 5, are simply the most mainstream generations of the TH-cam/Social Media side of the fandom, and it has to do with mostly two things: insanely good replayability and the perfect pinch of nostalgia. Most of us grew with Pokémon, and most of us have nostalgia for the games we were born and grew with. Most of the people around the age that consume videos and talk about Pokémon on Twitter and etc started on one of this three generations. Plus, the replayability of those three generations is insanely high, being games extremely easy to pick up again and re-consume. And I don't mean this exclusively on the game themselves, not at all! We are constantly replaying these games everytime we watch a video of them. We are re-experiencing them! And it is a fact that most Pokémon content on TH-cam that is mainstream, easily consumable and re-makeable stems from these three generations. Think of every nuzlocke video, every ROM hack video, every challenge video, every viral video from Alpharad or JaidenAnimations, and notice how 90% of them are played in these exact three generations. I'd honestly love to see if there's a way of record the opinion of the "Pokémon player that doesn't consume Pokémon content online" and see if they align in any shape or form with this opinion, which is OUR opinion, the Online Pokémon Content Consumer Opinion.
Also one word: Emulation Gen 3 is by far the easiest to emulate to the point little timmy on his phone can start playing pokemon "charizard version" like the one he saw on TV, this also applies to gen 4 and 5 since DS Emulation can be ran even in a potato. Meanwhile gen 1 and 2 also can run in a potato but are seen as Old and clunky, something rarely said about gen 3 bar the phys/special split but like half of the fanbase doesnt even know what a special attack is. Gen 6 and 7 can also be emulated but they require a stronger machine and are harder to set up on phone, little timmy wont find a Pokemon Y Iso. (And let's not mention switch emulation). In the end, emulation is what many fans play especially the casual ones, and gen 3-5 happen to fit the perfect quota of being super easy to emulate while still holding up to the average viewer.
Youre right but I think the remakes of Gen 1 and 2 that fall into these generations are excellent. And while they count towards Gens 3 and 4 they are are good stand ins for their Gens and make great content aswell. I likes 6 as well but 7 onwards bored me. I hope we get good remakes of these games that expand on the regions someday.
@@oof5992 oh dear, absoLUTELY YES! I left the word "emulation" a bit on subliminar context in my content, but yes, emulation is absolutely the key to achieve all of this that I previously said. Emulation of Gens 3 4 and 5 is so freaking easy anyone does them on their phones, I am a suspect of that also! Thanks for the remark.
I think you're right and there's a little bit more to it, too. There's a ton of 'older' fans like me who started with Gen 1 when they were old enough to pick up the games, I was about 5 or 6 years old when I got hooked on the series. So when Gens 3, 4, and 5 rolled around in my region, I was about 11, 15, and 18 respectively. While nostalgia does play a slight factor in how I remember these games (I'm 30 now), I still replay them and have just as much fun. I guess what I'm trying to say is that those Gens get the double whammy of having fans who grew up with them as entry points, AND fans who played them as established series veterans and enjoyed them for their quality coming on in leaps and bounds from the beginning Gameboy titles, if that makes sense. It's like they get the sweet spot of overlapping types of favourable opinion.
I grew up on gen 1, being a kid in elementary school in the 90s was just something else. Constant talking about the pokemon anime and and playing red/blue, and hearing all kinds of rumors was such a fun time. That being said, gen 4 is my favorite gen also. With gen 3 a close second 😁😂
@@maximumbeans9310 in 2000, there was a girl in an older grade who told me that a Pokemon Pink Version was coming out. She claimed that it would introduce a female trainer and featured Mew as the box art mascot. Now decades later I’m hearing about a scrapped Pokemon Pink release that was supposed to be a counterpart to Yellow Version, but aimed at the female poke-fan demographic. Crazy how some of these schoolyard rumors coincidentally turned out to have some truth in them!
@@vulcanraven9701everyone has different opinions I just don't see how can gen 2 be better than gen 3 and 5? most pokemon fans would agree black/white 2 and emerald are alot better that gold, silver and crystal and gen 2 just doesn't have much of a landscape and too many wild pokemon from gen 1
Other reasons why Gen III and IV are where they are Gen III: Ranger and Mystery Dungeon begin here, Colosseum and XD are here, Pinball gets its graphics and gameplay upgrade Gen IV: Ranger and Mystery Dungeon grow here, Explorers being highly regarded
Gen III will always be my favourite, and I've been a fan since the beginning. I honestly do think it's the best generation. Hoenn is probably the most diverse/experimental region, the new pokemon introduced were excellent, and they introduced a lot of staples that are still used to this day - the legendaries playing a huge part in the story for example, which did admittedly start getting stale, even in Gen IV, but as a new concept in Gen III it was amazing.
I was born with gen 1. I think it's unfair to compare it to anything that came later. You really had to be there to feel the excitement of the cards, anime, games all releasing for the first time. I was about 7-8 when my older brother gave me my first card (tangela) and I was obsessed. Made my parents buy me red version at target and not only that, we had to pay for it before we could resume shopping so I could play it in the store. Gen 2 had a similar build up of excitement while we waited for its release. Same going into Gen 3. That's kind of where that feeling stopped for me even though I bought every main series game after that. I'd really like to know the age and which Gen all the people who voted were born with. I guarantee most adults in their late 20's & up didn't "dislike" Gen 1 they just didn't participate in your poll.
I’m in my late 20s and grew up with Gen.1 and it hasn’t aged well for me. In comparison to newer regions, Kanto feels bland and basic. LGPE didn’t even add to the story or history of Kanto. The nostalgia I had has been killed by the overemphasis of Gen.1 in the past 3 generations with most mega evolutions (until ORAS) and Gigantamax forms being Kanto Pokémon. I get that it’s important to the franchise because it’s how it got started but we don’t need to have it shoved down our throats every new generation. It made sense for Gen.7 being the 20 year anniversary but Gen.8 didn’t need to shove down our throats more. I’m glad that Gen.9 so far appears to be moving on from this and giving love to Gen.2
I'm in my mid 20s and started with Gen 2 and soon after that Gen 1. The first 3 Gens were my childhood but I'm playing all the other Gens at the moment and only 8 and 6 are left. I have to say that it's hard to compare new Games to Games that are older than me. Gen was amazing and still is, the original games didn't age well with their bugs and lack of good gameplay but it was the base of every other game and the story and Pokemon are the best to this date. My beloved Gen 2 isn't as holy as it was. I love Typhlosion but today I think he's only mediocre and also the story is only ok. Though the soundtrack is the best in the first 3 Gens. Of course there are many improvements but we mostly like Pokemon because of several reasons and two of the most important are nostalgia and the Pokémon themselves. That's why the older Gens are so good, because they just were amazing. My ranking(I included the best game of every Gen. Hoeen > Johto > Alola > Kanto > Unova > Sinnoh > Paldea Kalos and Galar I never played but would be up to place 6-9.
When you said gen 6 is almost 10 years old I almost froze in shock! While I may not have an itch to play the games from that generation as much as I do gen 5, gen 6 is the reason I got deeper into the pokemon community from competitive battling to shiny hunting! God I miss being 14
I may be nostalgic because it was my first gen, but Gen 5 and black 2 are my favorite currently. I understand people have problem with them changing things back then or Pokémon designs but I wasn’t playing back then so I didn’t care. My second is Gen 7 Pokémon Ultra moon it has a weaker story but theirs more to do and I still love the characters and Pokémon. I hope that gen 9 can live up to the hype to be one of my favorites.
@@karlfranzemperorofmandefil5547 Thing is, it finally makes a National Dex feel earned and challenges the player to not resort to the frequent returns of Magikarps, Geodudes, Zubats, and similar. There's even in-universe side effects of this in B2W2 having an invasive population of previous gens, like many Sewer Gen 1 'mons or ranching made more streamlined with Mareep and Riolu.
@@amesstarline5482 I totally agree with this point I just finished Black 1. I loved to pick new Pokemon but there are so many ugly Pokemon it sometimes just wasn't fun to play against them. I still got like 10 Pokemon that were really good designs but out of the over 150 Pokemon this Gen has the most ugly Pokemon in relation. I was relieved when I got the national Dex.
I started with gen 1 back in 98, with a Game Boy Pocket and Pokémon Blue, but my favorite one is the 5th. It was instant love with Black & White's story, characters, music, world design and battle animations.
I'd argue that gen 5 is currently the generation most favored by nostalgia. Gen 4 is ranked the highest because it has the best standalone game (Platinum) and best remake (HGSS). With things like physical special split, enhanced battle frontier, the features and especially post game of HGSS, Gen 4 just has so much more to offer than any other gen
I started with gen 3, so naturally it'll hold a special place in my memories, but I also believe it did its hunt for the legendary pokemon better than any other... I'm mostly reffering to the regi trio which, ironically enough, helped me discover that relicanth was a thing... I swear to god, if I hadn't gone through the puzzles of the regi trio I wouldn't even know relicanth existed
Gen 3 Gen 5 Gen 4 Gen 7 Gen 6 Gen 2 Gen 1 Gen 8 I feel each gen could be saved (8 gets dead last purely for no Nat Dex) but all of them are good. 3, 5 & 4are def the cream of the crop. 3 has better nostalgia despite my start with Blue. 5 has the best plot in any series and 4 was great for FINALLY splitting physical and special
RSE effectively had its own version of the dex cut as well though, so it is kind of unfair that it isn't also shoved directly to the bottom like Gen 8 was
Your bias towards gen 8 dex is hypocritical considering gen 3 was the first dexit and you had to buy multiple games just to have full access to the national dex
I genuinely think Sun & Moon and US & UM are great games. They made really good change and introduced the single best Gen of new Pokemon. If they just included a cutscene/tutorial skip they've would've been the best imo. Ride Pokemon, a GOOD transition to 3D mixed with the traditional Pokemon style unlike Gen 6, the difficulty of Trial Pokemon battles, a breakaway from the traditional Pokemon formula, Ultra Beasts, easy to perform shiny hunting methods, and so much more. It's just so great minus the awful unskippable cutscenes and tutorials weighing it down.
I may be biased since I started with Pokemon Platinum I would say Gen 4 is the best game in the series we also got Garchomp in this generation the best Pseudo Legendary Pokemon.
You're so right about Emerald feeling like a newish game even now. I've been able to revisit some Pokemon titles thanks to installing CFW on my 3DS and even play some titles for the first time, like Fire Red (wasn't always enough money to go around when I was a kid). As a grown adult playing RSE for the first time in like 14 years and playing Fire Red for the first time ever, the games are still great. Nostalgia certainly helps-hearing RSEs music in-game again as I rediscover routes and areas I'd forgotten makes my heart swell-but the games are still so much fun to revisit. And the GBA art style is just gorgeous. It always will be.
@@girthquake2390 Looks like my comment explaining it has gone missing ☹️ google the guide and it’ll outline everything you need, gbatemp is also a great resource.
I started at the very beginning. I have played at least one of every game they have ever made and I have to say I tend to love an individual game series on their own rather than a whole generation but I absolutely love Gen 2 and how it truly shaped the future of Pokémon. They pushed boundaries with technology, especially considering how few people actually worked on them. I will always love these three games.
I feel like the Gen2 fall is just a result of the age shift in the fanbase. I could be wrong, but I foresee a similar thing happening with Gen4. As my older age group continues to age out (being around since Gen1), the Gen4 fans are in that nostalgic sweet spot we were in a decade ago. We’ll see how this all shifts in another decade
@@mariowalker9048 Yeah, I’ve always said the shift just so happens to seemingly fall in line as to just before or concurrently to when a new remake comes out
Sun and Moon (by and large the Ultra Games) were so refreshing to me. Had a good story, mechanics were at their peak (mega evolution and z-moves), world design was inspired and fun to explore (I collected all Zygard cells and totem stickers). It was just a great entry in the series, and while base Sun and Moon's post game was lacklustre, it was improved on with Rainbow Rocket. Overall, I think the Ultra games are the better iterations, but I bias towards certain narrative elements of Base S/M (not to mention that I spent so much time in them working on competitive builds that I wasn’t bothered to transfer over to the Ultra Games). But as a straight-shoot Pokemon game I’d recommend that embodies the franchise, I think HG/SS are the quintessential entries. Has so much high quality content, 2 regions, tons of post game content, etc. After that, ORAS or B/W2.
I will always regard Gen 8 as one of the best for competitive. Not because of dexit, but because of how easy it was (and hopefully continues to be in Gen 9) to prepare for. Being excellent in that area made it a lot more favorable to me than previous generations. I think in the coming years we'll look back on that as an amazing part of Gen 8.
Undoubtedly, the polls would be highly favorable for generations 3-5. Can't say I disagree, the top 3 have this unique charm to them that I have never felt with the other generations. They're all unique in their own way while retaining what makes the magic of Pokemon. And dang, you took me back in time @11:01; When 10-year-old me watched Pokemon Battle Revolution videos daily and find "Hoenn confirmed" memes everywhere lol.
I agree with the order. For me what I like the most in a pokemon game are: -the region, designs and exploration of the routes, cities and locations. -the sence of adventure and freedom. -the gyms puzzles. -a well balance pokedex. -side activities (pokeacthlon, PWT) -cool thing to find after the game ends. Which are all things that Gen 5, Gen 4 and to a certain extent Gen 3 have. Most of this things are lacking in the recent games
My ranking would be (only counting main series games and no remakes) I also don't hate anyone for liking any of the games below. I don't hate the games per se in the lower ranks I just hate playing through some of these games because it feels like a chore (ultra sun would propably be the worst offender on its own but I took my aggregated feelings for the whole generation) 1. Gen 5 (they are just too good story and gameplay wise it's so much fun playing through them) 2. Gen 2 (pure nostalgia and I just love Johto as a place in the pokemon world) 3. Gen 7 (I really hate the ultra games but the OG sun and moon are awesome) 4. Gen 1 (it's fast and easy to play through and is a nice breeze of fresh air mechanic wise and the bugs give it a nice charm) 5. Gen 3 (I like the battlefrontier the rest aged badly spacially the story) 6. Gen 6 (I enjoyed playing it but it's story is a dumbster fire) 7. Gen 8 (it's boring but it had at least some good quality of life changes for competitive play) 8. Gen 4 (diamond and pearl are the worst pokemon games in a gameplay and story perspective its a hazzle to play through. Platinum is fine except for the excruciatingly long loading sequences. One thing they did well with these games is the physical special split and the some of the pokemon designs are awesome) Slots 6,7,8 are interchangable.
Gen 2 has always been my favorite, the community are just new gen blinded and those who watch here are still pokemon fans and thus usually keep up with the games
I really liked gen 4 because I think that’s when the franchise made big game changes like the physical and special split, pokewalker, wifi trading and battling online and bringing that in to hgss (gen 1,2) really helped modernize Pokémon. Gen 3 was also great for Pokémon because they included Pokémon colosseums and gen 1 remakes really exploring how they continue to grow Pokémon I would say those two are my favorite, gen 5 being third also, the newer gems haven’t been as good as they have been pretty easy to beat and not as difficult as 4.3,5
I’m not sure whether I would give that as reason I like gen 4 itself though. It was obviously important in the same way that X and Y were important for modernising Pokemon. However making big steps in the right direction also generally result in a lack of refinement in other areas. I find that even though Gen 4 was a huge step up from Gen 3, I think Gen 5 did what Gen 4 did right, while improving in other areas. At least that’s how I justify why I have the most fun with them
I feel like Gen4 was the first generation that was serious about rebalancing the broken mechanics of early games. Some types (esp psychic and water) were broken asf and other types had virtually no good moves like Bug or Rock. Gen4 did a lot to fix the mess Gen1 caused
I think you should do a similar video on the remake franchises such as the stadium trio, the colosseum duo, ranger and mystery dungeon. Conquest was pretty dope and colosseum is amazing even though it is a pretty slow game
Grew up with Pokemon Gold as my first and recently finished Legends Arceus. Generations 1 and 2 were great for their time, but generations 3 and 5 were absolutely the best in my eyes. Art direction, music direction, Pokemon designs, etc. were all on point. I liked 4 a lot, but Sinnoh had pacing issues and they never fixed the scaling issues with the HGSS remakes. Generation 6 was when it started declining but I do think that SM/USUM are very underrated once generation 7 launched. Sword and Shield were decent with all DLC and I liked L:A a lot so generation 8 was solid. I won't even talk about S&V though...
My favourite by far is gen 4. If I'd just look at the region and the Pokemon design it would probably be gen 3 but the physical/special split is the single best new feature any generation has brought to battleing, imo. It also has the best competitive scene, imo, since it's the only gen that has the physical special split but does not have team preview.
I agree. I remember how in Gens 1,2,3 there were Pokemon that had high attack or special atk, but got crippled because their own type was based off their weaker stats (i.e, Entei) Meanwhile bulky water pokemon often abused the broken mechanics until gen4 fixed them.
Started in gen 1. Stopped in gen 3. Restartes in gen 6. Played all games obviously. My favorite was ORAS. I like hoenn and its starters, and love megas
I started on Gen 3, but the addition of the physical/special split with Gen 4 really made it for me. Gen 5 was pretty good for me too, but I fell off Pokemon for a while before it came to switch.
I think gen 4s superiority over other comes from the fact that it was the best time to be an actual Pokemon fan with amazing content overall. Even though dp was sluggish, it was quickly fixed with the Platinum's release, physical special split made all 400 Pokemon at the time feel brand new due to the major switch in viability. HGSS is still considered as one of the best games ever created. Anime, even though had way too many fillers were still hitting hard with Paul Ash dynamics and having some of the best characters overall like Dawn and Cynthia. And who can forget the goldmine of spinoffs such as PMD series and countless others. We were genuinely happy with the overall time period of gen 4 in whole unlike gen 7 (which started solid but ended weak) or gen 8 ( which started weak and ended great with LA)
Maybe do a follow up video comparing regions? Like how gold and silver ranked in the middle but as you said hg/ss are the fan favorite remakes it could sway people votes. Not just the generation but the region and all the games for that region
Agreed!! HG/SS are my favorite games but Hoenn is probably my favorite region so I’d love to see a poll based purely on region or favorite game in the series
I feel gen 1 and 2 to be overrated and I was 8 when blue and red came out. It was amazing for the time but they did not age well and are difficult to enjoy these days. I think gen 3 was absolutely amazing and it’s the earliest gen I can go back and enjoy to this day, I thought emerald was the best game for a long time and it still holds its place up there for me. I felt gen 4 was slow and tedious, and that was with platinum. I played gen 1-3 many many times over but after platinum I couldn’t do it again. The story/lore and legendary designs were awesome. HGSS were probably the best of gen 4, I very much enjoyed them. Gen 5 is absolutely incredible, they are my new all time fav games in the series. I just played black 1 and white 2 recently and my god they are def the peak. I didn’t play x and y yet, they are on my to do. But I did play omega ruby and it was pretty cool, it was a good remake but I don’t see myself replying it. I didn’t play any of the sun or moon games yet, so no opinion on them, but I loved let’s go eevee/pikachu. I know they get a lot of hate but I’m also a huge pogo player and it was a great fun twist on the genre. Gen 8 is complicated I feel. Sword and shield were wayyyy too easy while leveling but the wild area was super addictive for a long time. I think that was a great piece of content. I don’t think a play through of these games even compared to gen3,4, and 5 but the best thing is the entry into competitive is made as easy as possible which is an amazing thing on its own. I just wish they kept all those candies from raids till post game. It ruined the play through when I was effortlessly higher level than every gym after sometime. I beat the game with just mr. Rime basically lol. I didn’t finish bdsp, but it’s cute but too bad they didn’t do platinum content instead. Legends arecus is one of the best Pokémon games I have ever played. I have never completed a dex before this game. I hope they do more of these. And also a let’s go jhoto games would be nice too Black/white 2 is hands down the peak though
I started with Gen 1 and I agree with this list Gen 3 and 4 are my favorites still to this day,Plus they spawn the best hacks wich are the best Pokemon Games overall in my opinion!
Hot take - it’s unfair to hold gen 2 to the same standards as later generations. GSC are regarded as one of the greatest RPGs ever (google it). I know move pools suck in Gen 2, and many of the most powerful Pokémon are only available in Kanto. But bear in mind these games are 25 years old at this point. GSC follows the blueprint of RBY, encouraging players to immerse themselves in the world of Johto, rather than focusing the plot around taming a legendary. This may be why GSC isn’t as popular with younger gamers, who grew up with more “plot focused” Pokémon games. If you were a boy who grew up in the early 2000s, you know that GSC was EVERYWHERE. Some of my fondest memories from childhood are play dates with friends where we battled and traded Pokémon. GSC have aged very well; the games have great replay-ability. I’ve just started replaying Pokémon Crystal and am absolutely HOOKED. About 12 years ago, I replayed Pokémon Sapphire. The game was 10 years old at the time. I’m a fan of the Hoenn games and enjoyed the replay very much, but nothing compares to GSC.
Generations 3, 4, and 5 are really the peak of the pokemon experience. Not even speaking from nostalgia because I started with 1 and I skipped 3 when it originally came out. I still really like current pokemon and actually thought SwSh were pretty good and had a lot of fun new multiplayer features, but I don't think they can top that golden era
I started at Gen 1, but Gen 4 will always be my favourite because it was the start of actually having great stories and a bigger and deeper look into the Pokémon Lore. Also the anime was LIT, Dawn was a lot more likeable than either Misty and May, at least for me.
I guess that the Alola games really were not as good as I thought. I thought they were good because I still liked them way more then the Kalos and Galar games. But I guess that was not actually a very high bar.
I liked most Generations, but Gen 7 is my favorite, with 5 as a close second. The reason why is that I enjoy the story aspect of the games a lot and I'm also a Shiny Hunter, and Gen 7 has some of my favorite ways to Shiny Hunt with SOS Chaining, Ultra Warmholes, some extremely good Soft Reset targets and also Let's Go catch combo.
Fair enough. My only argument to that is shinies lost A TON of value once gen 6 came out and the value of shinies have decreased since then because they make it so easy to find them now.
@@Ryouski I mean shinies were never really marketable and outside of the market, value is defined by the person who finds it, I personally don't like Full Odds hunting outside of SR, but some ppl enjoy it and that's fine, everyone have their prefered methods and aside from hacking, there isn't a wrong way to Shiny Hunt
Man people are seriously high. Gens 1 and 2 are far and away the best generations. After 2, everything started taking a nosedive and the franchise has never recovered from it. Pokémon designs got weaker, the OST got weaker, the games didn’t have the same charm or personality, the hand holding started, the rivals got too nice, all this gimmicky crap like contests got added. Pokémon gens 1 and 2 are among the greatest games of all time. I wouldn’t put anything past Gen 2 anywhere near the same ballpark, though Gen 5 comes the closest to recapturing that original Pokémon experience (even though it’s still not even close to being as good).
If you leave the nostalgia factor behind you, the Pokémon Platinum Sinnoh region, is just objectively a good region for a Pokémon game. In terms of exploring and challenges along the way. Could it improve story wise? Of cours but the same goes for other gens. I played every generation except Gen 2 (but I have played Soulsilver). And if I recommend any Pokémon game to someone who’s interested in trying some Pokémon games, I always say Pokémon Platinum first. For many reasons 😁(not just nostalgia)
My fav is gen 3, my fav pokemon is flygon and I loovee emerald, but I'm happy that gen 6 was so well reserved, bc everywhere I look it gets hated on and I really liked it
Ikr? Pokemon X was my very first pokemon game, and I saw a lot of charm in it. I'll admit, I do see where the criticisms are coming from, but gen 6 didn't deserve to be overly hated or forgotten by the community. Mega evolutions and character customization were the best thing that came out of gen 6. They add some extra spice to a prolonged franchise that needed something new than a copy and paste.
I began right when gen 4 started so I tend to think I go back and forth between gens 3 and 4 when I think about when I started, but gen 4 is definitely my favorite. If I take those nostalgia goggles off though then I think gen 5 is too great of an experience to ignore
As a 3rd gen baby, I have to give it to Gen 4. Personally i've never beaten the games (bcuz I never found time to) but the battle mechanics, storyline, console jump, physical/special split and even the new pokemon are just so awesome. Plus Cynthia and Cyrus are arguably the most iconic champion and evil team boss battles of all time imo. Plus the legends and mythics for both games as well are so perfect, as are the starters (Empoleon aside). Very poetic that Gen 3 and Gen 4 came down to a tiebreaker
Considering how often I see "Gen 1 is broken trash" on TH-cam, it's nice to see a quick, honest look at it. To quote a certain professor in Snap, "Well done!"
I'm getting really tired of these fake accounts trying to get our real creators in trouble. If u see something like "it's said for u 2 message you right away" or "that u want something & it gave u to click a link", it's not the og creators account please don't click on it because it's not them. Many other creators that I watch had the same thing happen 2 them (which sucks). I literally watched something that hoopsandhiphop made a couple days ago(or something like that) and the same thing happened 2 him & he had 2 tell ppl 2 ignore it. What's worse is YT isn't really doing anything about it cause it keeps reappearing. Please ppl, don't fall for it. I'm sorry this is happening to u 2 JPR, I know its not ur fault. U would never trick us like that.
Started with gen 3. Favorite is gen 2. Spent entirely too much time in SoulSilver (gen 4). Working my way through Gen 1. Only played Shield from Gen 8. Miserable game. I didnt touch anything from four (other than SS), five, six, or seven.
Started the TCG: Gen 4 Started the anime: Gen 5 Started the games: Gen 4 (Ranger 3) And despite that, my favorite Pokémon games are almost always the ones people either hate or can’t agree on.
Pokémon designs before generation 4 felt like it was expanding upon a familiar world into the unknowns after gen 4 it feels like Pokémon designs fell down a cliff
My personal Ranking is the following: Generation 7 is, right now at least, the most underrated generation. These games took great strides to change Pokemon up from the previous games. Gyms are absent and replaced by trials, all of whom have their own unique gameplay quick. Weather it's finding a certain pokemon, selecting the right ingredients, or a puzzle; all of the trials have gimmick that is more pronounced than the gym puzzles. It is also worth noting that these trials, as well as totem pokemon have inspired more recent ideas. Trials became a part of the gyms in SWSH and SV, whereas totems inspired Alphas for PLA and Titans in SV. More so than the Wild Area I can feel Pokemon iterating on systems from these games without holding said games back. The only weak gen 7 game is Let's Go, but one weak game can't hold back a stellar gen. That is why Generation 5 is the 2nd best. Black and White 1 is such a creative refresh for the series in terms of storytelling as well as Pokemon. Having only original Pokemon in Unova gives BW1 it's own unique flavor. While some of that is lost thanks these mons appearing in future gens; it's still great to have a game where every pokemon is native to that region. That is why I don't care for BW2 that much in comparison, I don't like Lucario in Unova Generation 4 and 8 are tied for me, since they are mixed bag. Sinnoh is slow, but for Platinum at least the story is competent. Galar is the opposite where the main game is fast paced, but the story is not the strongest. Platinum and SWSH are still fun times though Generation 6 is just cozy. It's forgettable, but a decent romp Gen 3 is at the bottom for no other reason aside from some outdated mechanics.
Sun and Moon were the absolutely worst for me. Not against progression- but def. against the non-stop, interruptive cut scenes and hand-holding. It was extreme! And took hours and hours, it didn't stop. Not to mention it was the least challenging of all, the graphics were subpar, and mechanics they included like the pokemon groups and z-moves were just dumb as hell.
Pokémon community seems to have an agenda against Gen 1, but truth be told, it's always gonna be my favourite because of simplistic artwork of Sugimori which in my opinion only got worse with each generation, maybe with exception of Gen 2.
Gen 7 will and forever be 1 of my favorite. games to play, it introduce regional variants which remain staple throughout the rest of the series,interacting with many of the people of Alola and the battles against trainers,totem Pokemon and even the post game bosses in USUM. I have fond memories playing that game and it was my first time that I ever got a shiny starter Litten in this region. Plus there were the mini games such as Mantine surfing,A Pokemon snap version and of course travelling throughout ultra wormhole to catch legendary Pokemon. Sure there were slow pacing that make it not so great but I manage to pull through and still have fun with it and I still cherished playing USUM to this day.
As a long-term Pokemon fan since the beginning or short after that I really loved Sun/Moon. Really cool story, amazing starters and legendaries, totems were really cool and the region is just amazing.
Though this is how the community and the Pokemon Company now market everything, I feel it's difficult to judge Gen I and II as generations. At the time they were just games in a series, RBY introducing people to Pokemon and GSC expanding the world as a sequel. It's really Gen 3 onward that cemented a generational aspect to Pokemon because you can't revisit other regions in main releases from that point on like you can in GSC. It's more fair to look at the games for how they were presented at the time rather than how they have aged compared to other games, and the same can be said for other generations as well. It's why I dislike Gen 6 the most because, though I agree it has modernized Pokemon, the lack of difficulty, lackluster story, and that they began what seems like carbon copies in future games from that point on by reusing Pokemon models in all the 3D games. Made me appreciate how almost every 2D game had its own unique sprites, even within generations and releases. Kanto Pokemon got new sprites in FRLG after the RSE releases, and even GSC had different sprites depending on which game you played. It added flavor to each 2D game that has mostly been lost on the 3D games. The one that has come the closest for me is Legends: Arceus because most of the Pokemon have separate idle and battle animations to give them more life in the game.
If including remakes and definitive third versions, Gen 4 takes the cake. HeartGold and SoulSilver are the best Pokemon games ever and Platinum is a worthy contender. If we are to exclude remakes and third versions, I have to say either Gen 3 or Gen 5.
I will always have a soft spot for gen 4, but gen 3 is my favourite. Maybe things would be 1% different if you mentioned Colosseum and XD: Gale of Darkness in the poll for gen 3
What Generation is YOUR favorite? 🤔
i personally like Gen 3
Probably gen 7
4 cause I love heartgold/ soulsilve and platinum or gen 8 because of sword/shield and legends Arceus
gen 3 baby
7
I’ve always considered gen 3-5 the golden age of Pokémon. Even the spin-offs were great at this time
It really was :)
Yeah fr
1 and 2 are the classics
3-5 golden age
6-7 post golden age
8 was a downfall
Legends arceus was a renaissance
Gen 5 was amazing it just sucks that it had a lukewarm reception at the time of it's release
Pokemon battle revolution
Gen 4 is VERY overrated. it's slow, ugly, the new pokemon look stupid and ugly, all those unnecessary cross-gen evolutions, way too many legendaries, a boring region, stupid uniforms for the evil team, worst box legends ever. Gen 4 has the most forgettable pokemon ever. Do you remember Cherrim? Or burmy? Or Ambipom? Snover? Chatot? Carnivine? Of course not, because they looked like generic, forgettable animals. The starters were great and the underground was a neat concept. I'll give them that, but that's it. It's the second worst gen of the first five.
Gen 3 is about 20 years old, gen 5 is about 12 years old. The kids who grew up in that range of games are in the biggest social media demographics currently, therefore it makes sense that gens 3-5 were remembered so favorably. I'd be interested to see how/if the results differ in about 10-15 more years
True. The opinions would change. I do think though that the first two gens had obvious design flaws though & it makes sense those are not seen as the best by other players.
Yea, im 27.. my first pokemon game was silver. But gen 4 is my fav
Gen 4 is my favorite. But I started as a gen 2 kid. Gen 4's Legendries actually felt like legendries. Gods and very powerful creatures. The events for many of them were not just given away like legendries today, but once you received your event items, you actually had to go locate and capture them. Too bad the Arceus event never did get released officially.
100% agreed (only iam Not gen 2 kid)
I agree with you gen 4 is great and your points about Legendaries. It’s a shame we didn’t get that Arceus event, but at least the lack of it lead to Legends of Arceus being made eventually.
I'd agree with that, I started with leaf green and jumped to platinum from there, played all of them since, but I always do a play through on Gen 4 every so often
Or you would need to walk around in the void for a while
eh idk, most of what you say also applies to Gen 3 except the legendaries were more like forces of nature or just other powerful living beings living in the world rather than almighty gods controlling the universe.
One felt a little too comically powerful for me to be able to have as a pet and battle others with.
But then again, I started with Gen 3 (though the remakes first), so I'm probably just biased.
To me Gen 3 has the most nostalgia. Gen 4 has the best Quality of Life changes. Gen 5 has the best story and overall end game
perfectly summed up
Gen 7 had the best region IMO.
Facts
Nostalgia is literally whichever one you grew up with, it's not a measurable thing
Gen 5's story holds it back as a game to me. So many cutscenes for a frankly, ok only story. I'd much prefer it if it was like gens 1 to 4.
Emerald will always have a special place in my heart. I almost got all ribbons with only Swellow but couldn’t achieve my dream since my GBA and game were stolen 😢
That must’ve been a huge loss. If I could I would donate my extra gameboy to you
Sorry to hear that 😔
I'd blame them, but GBA has such an insanely amazing library that I honestly understand
Get an emulator and a rom of Emerald and finish getting those ribbons.
This video and these results perfectly reflect the landscape of the Pokémon fan that consumes Pokémon content on TH-cam and engages on Pokémon discussions on Twitter. The top three Gens, 3 4 and 5, are simply the most mainstream generations of the TH-cam/Social Media side of the fandom, and it has to do with mostly two things: insanely good replayability and the perfect pinch of nostalgia.
Most of us grew with Pokémon, and most of us have nostalgia for the games we were born and grew with. Most of the people around the age that consume videos and talk about Pokémon on Twitter and etc started on one of this three generations. Plus, the replayability of those three generations is insanely high, being games extremely easy to pick up again and re-consume. And I don't mean this exclusively on the game themselves, not at all! We are constantly replaying these games everytime we watch a video of them. We are re-experiencing them! And it is a fact that most Pokémon content on TH-cam that is mainstream, easily consumable and re-makeable stems from these three generations. Think of every nuzlocke video, every ROM hack video, every challenge video, every viral video from Alpharad or JaidenAnimations, and notice how 90% of them are played in these exact three generations.
I'd honestly love to see if there's a way of record the opinion of the "Pokémon player that doesn't consume Pokémon content online" and see if they align in any shape or form with this opinion, which is OUR opinion, the Online Pokémon Content Consumer Opinion.
Also one word: Emulation
Gen 3 is by far the easiest to emulate to the point little timmy on his phone can start playing pokemon "charizard version" like the one he saw on TV, this also applies to gen 4 and 5 since DS Emulation can be ran even in a potato. Meanwhile gen 1 and 2 also can run in a potato but are seen as Old and clunky, something rarely said about gen 3 bar the phys/special split but like half of the fanbase doesnt even know what a special attack is.
Gen 6 and 7 can also be emulated but they require a stronger machine and are harder to set up on phone, little timmy wont find a Pokemon Y Iso. (And let's not mention switch emulation).
In the end, emulation is what many fans play especially the casual ones, and gen 3-5 happen to fit the perfect quota of being super easy to emulate while still holding up to the average viewer.
Youre right but I think the remakes of Gen 1 and 2 that fall into these generations are excellent. And while they count towards Gens 3 and 4 they are are good stand ins for their Gens and make great content aswell.
I likes 6 as well but 7 onwards bored me. I hope we get good remakes of these games that expand on the regions someday.
@@yoshimeier3060 well like you said frlg and hgss are gen 3 and 4 games so yeah they go along with the above comment
@@oof5992 oh dear, absoLUTELY YES! I left the word "emulation" a bit on subliminar context in my content, but yes, emulation is absolutely the key to achieve all of this that I previously said. Emulation of Gens 3 4 and 5 is so freaking easy anyone does them on their phones, I am a suspect of that also! Thanks for the remark.
I think you're right and there's a little bit more to it, too. There's a ton of 'older' fans like me who started with Gen 1 when they were old enough to pick up the games, I was about 5 or 6 years old when I got hooked on the series. So when Gens 3, 4, and 5 rolled around in my region, I was about 11, 15, and 18 respectively. While nostalgia does play a slight factor in how I remember these games (I'm 30 now), I still replay them and have just as much fun.
I guess what I'm trying to say is that those Gens get the double whammy of having fans who grew up with them as entry points, AND fans who played them as established series veterans and enjoyed them for their quality coming on in leaps and bounds from the beginning Gameboy titles, if that makes sense. It's like they get the sweet spot of overlapping types of favourable opinion.
I grew up on gen 1, being a kid in elementary school in the 90s was just something else. Constant talking about the pokemon anime and and playing red/blue, and hearing all kinds of rumors was such a fun time. That being said, gen 4 is my favorite gen also. With gen 3 a close second 😁😂
Being there for pokemania really is the ultimate ‘you had to be there’ thing.
@@maximumbeans9310 in 2000, there was a girl in an older grade who told me that a Pokemon Pink Version was coming out. She claimed that it would introduce a female trainer and featured Mew as the box art mascot.
Now decades later I’m hearing about a scrapped Pokemon Pink release that was supposed to be a counterpart to Yellow Version, but aimed at the female poke-fan demographic.
Crazy how some of these schoolyard rumors coincidentally turned out to have some truth in them!
I agree with this
Although Gen 1 had the best anime and merchandising, the games were very flawed. I think Gen4 is the best generation. Followed by Gen 2
@@vulcanraven9701everyone has different opinions I just don't see how can gen 2 be better than gen 3 and 5? most pokemon fans would agree black/white 2 and emerald are alot better that gold, silver and crystal and gen 2 just doesn't have much of a landscape and too many wild pokemon from gen 1
Other reasons why Gen III and IV are where they are
Gen III: Ranger and Mystery Dungeon begin here, Colosseum and XD are here, Pinball gets its graphics and gameplay upgrade
Gen IV: Ranger and Mystery Dungeon grow here, Explorers being highly regarded
The first Ranger game was on the DS, released in 2006, how did it began in Gen 3?
@@yasq1482 Because it did.
The Mystery Dungeon games are definitely one of the best games in Pokemon imo
gen 4 battle revolution
Gen III will always be my favourite, and I've been a fan since the beginning. I honestly do think it's the best generation. Hoenn is probably the most diverse/experimental region, the new pokemon introduced were excellent, and they introduced a lot of staples that are still used to this day - the legendaries playing a huge part in the story for example, which did admittedly start getting stale, even in Gen IV, but as a new concept in Gen III it was amazing.
I don't have a favourite Gen to be honest. I enjoy all of them!
yo kinda based
Agree
Me too, i enjoyed alla generations except gen 2
nah ur favorite is gen v
You have my respect my guy.
Gen 3 was my first gen, so soft part in my heart but Gen 4 was incredibly fun
I was born with gen 1. I think it's unfair to compare it to anything that came later. You really had to be there to feel the excitement of the cards, anime, games all releasing for the first time. I was about 7-8 when my older brother gave me my first card (tangela) and I was obsessed. Made my parents buy me red version at target and not only that, we had to pay for it before we could resume shopping so I could play it in the store.
Gen 2 had a similar build up of excitement while we waited for its release. Same going into Gen 3. That's kind of where that feeling stopped for me even though I bought every main series game after that.
I'd really like to know the age and which Gen all the people who voted were born with. I guarantee most adults in their late 20's & up didn't "dislike" Gen 1 they just didn't participate in your poll.
I’m in my late 20s and grew up with Gen.1 and it hasn’t aged well for me. In comparison to newer regions, Kanto feels bland and basic. LGPE didn’t even add to the story or history of Kanto. The nostalgia I had has been killed by the overemphasis of Gen.1 in the past 3 generations with most mega evolutions (until ORAS) and Gigantamax forms being Kanto Pokémon. I get that it’s important to the franchise because it’s how it got started but we don’t need to have it shoved down our throats every new generation. It made sense for Gen.7 being the 20 year anniversary but Gen.8 didn’t need to shove down our throats more. I’m glad that Gen.9 so far appears to be moving on from this and giving love to Gen.2
I'm in my mid 20s and started with Gen 2 and soon after that Gen 1. The first 3 Gens were my childhood but I'm playing all the other Gens at the moment and only 8 and 6 are left.
I have to say that it's hard to compare new Games to Games that are older than me.
Gen was amazing and still is, the original games didn't age well with their bugs and lack of good gameplay but it was the base of every other game and the story and Pokemon are the best to this date.
My beloved Gen 2 isn't as holy as it was. I love Typhlosion but today I think he's only mediocre and also the story is only ok.
Though the soundtrack is the best in the first 3 Gens.
Of course there are many improvements but we mostly like Pokemon because of several reasons and two of the most important are nostalgia and the Pokémon themselves.
That's why the older Gens are so good, because they just were amazing.
My ranking(I included the best game of every Gen.
Hoeen > Johto > Alola > Kanto > Unova > Sinnoh > Paldea
Kalos and Galar I never played but would be up to place 6-9.
When you said gen 6 is almost 10 years old I almost froze in shock! While I may not have an itch to play the games from that generation as much as I do gen 5, gen 6 is the reason I got deeper into the pokemon community from competitive battling to shiny hunting!
God I miss being 14
Online, people generally hate on X and Y, and Sun and Moon the most. Emerald and Platinum generally get the best reception.
I may be nostalgic because it was my first gen, but Gen 5 and black 2 are my favorite currently. I understand people have problem with them changing things back then or Pokémon designs but I wasn’t playing back then so I didn’t care. My second is Gen 7 Pokémon Ultra moon it has a weaker story but theirs more to do and I still love the characters and Pokémon. I hope that gen 9 can live up to the hype to be one of my favorites.
Gen 5 went from being the most hated to being the most loved.
Generally games go from being hated to being loved.
BW1 is my least favorite game because of tke locked in Pokémon BW2 is my favorite
@@karlfranzemperorofmandefil5547 Thing is, it finally makes a National Dex feel earned and challenges the player to not resort to the frequent returns of Magikarps, Geodudes, Zubats, and similar. There's even in-universe side effects of this in B2W2 having an invasive population of previous gens, like many Sewer Gen 1 'mons or ranching made more streamlined with Mareep and Riolu.
@@amesstarline5482 I totally agree with this point I just finished Black 1.
I loved to pick new Pokemon but there are so many ugly Pokemon it sometimes just wasn't fun to play against them.
I still got like 10 Pokemon that were really good designs but out of the over 150 Pokemon this Gen has the most ugly Pokemon in relation.
I was relieved when I got the national Dex.
I started with gen 1 back in 98, with a Game Boy Pocket and Pokémon Blue, but my favorite one is the 5th. It was instant love with Black & White's story, characters, music, world design and battle animations.
I'd argue that gen 5 is currently the generation most favored by nostalgia. Gen 4 is ranked the highest because it has the best standalone game (Platinum) and best remake (HGSS). With things like physical special split, enhanced battle frontier, the features and especially post game of HGSS, Gen 4 just has so much more to offer than any other gen
I started with gen 3, so naturally it'll hold a special place in my memories, but I also believe it did its hunt for the legendary pokemon better than any other... I'm mostly reffering to the regi trio which, ironically enough, helped me discover that relicanth was a thing... I swear to god, if I hadn't gone through the puzzles of the regi trio I wouldn't even know relicanth existed
Gen3 did a fantastic job with the legendary Pokemon, for sure.
Gen 3
Gen 5
Gen 4
Gen 7
Gen 6
Gen 2
Gen 1
Gen 8
I feel each gen could be saved (8 gets dead last purely for no Nat Dex) but all of them are good. 3, 5 & 4are def the cream of the crop. 3 has better nostalgia despite my start with Blue. 5 has the best plot in any series and 4 was great for FINALLY splitting physical and special
No nat dex still aggravates me too, plus the always on exp share
dawg gen 8 was fire.
RSE effectively had its own version of the dex cut as well though, so it is kind of unfair that it isn't also shoved directly to the bottom like Gen 8 was
Your bias towards gen 8 dex is hypocritical considering gen 3 was the first dexit and you had to buy multiple games just to have full access to the national dex
I genuinely think Sun & Moon and US & UM are great games. They made really good change and introduced the single best Gen of new Pokemon. If they just included a cutscene/tutorial skip they've would've been the best imo. Ride Pokemon, a GOOD transition to 3D mixed with the traditional Pokemon style unlike Gen 6, the difficulty of Trial Pokemon battles, a breakaway from the traditional Pokemon formula, Ultra Beasts, easy to perform shiny hunting methods, and so much more. It's just so great minus the awful unskippable cutscenes and tutorials weighing it down.
Not To Mention The GOD Himself : ULTRA NECROZMA !!! 😌
The alolan pokemon are terrible 🤣
Haven't had good new pokemon since gen 5
@@taylorjames14 🤣 You’re Delusional & Ultra Necrozma’s Design Is BETTER Than ALL The Gen 5 Mon’s & That’s A FACT ! 💯
@@melvondrewhite2674 I'm not delusional you're just 10 years old
@@taylorjames14 nope your delusional kid. Gen 7 easily have one of the best designs of pokemon
I may be biased since I started with Pokemon Platinum I would say Gen 4 is the best game in the series we also got Garchomp in this generation the best Pseudo Legendary Pokemon.
You're speaking facts my guy
You're so right about Emerald feeling like a newish game even now. I've been able to revisit some Pokemon titles thanks to installing CFW on my 3DS and even play some titles for the first time, like Fire Red (wasn't always enough money to go around when I was a kid). As a grown adult playing RSE for the first time in like 14 years and playing Fire Red for the first time ever, the games are still great. Nostalgia certainly helps-hearing RSEs music in-game again as I rediscover routes and areas I'd forgotten makes my heart swell-but the games are still so much fun to revisit. And the GBA art style is just gorgeous. It always will be.
What's CFW?
@@girthquake2390 Custom firmware, basically hacking your 3DS. Means amongst other things I can play GBA ROMs natively.
@@maximumbeans9310 Sounds great, I'd love to experience Emerald again.
How did you do it?
@@girthquake2390 Looks like my comment explaining it has gone missing ☹️ google the guide and it’ll outline everything you need, gbatemp is also a great resource.
@@maximumbeans9310 Ahh no worries man, thank you 👍
I started at the very beginning. I have played at least one of every game they have ever made and I have to say I tend to love an individual game series on their own rather than a whole generation but I absolutely love Gen 2 and how it truly shaped the future of Pokémon. They pushed boundaries with technology, especially considering how few people actually worked on them. I will always love these three games.
I like Gen2. Gold/Silver feel like a Super Nintendo game lol.
I like Gen2. Gold/Silver feel like a Super Nintendo game lol.
I feel like the Gen2 fall is just a result of the age shift in the fanbase. I could be wrong, but I foresee a similar thing happening with Gen4. As my older age group continues to age out (being around since Gen1), the Gen4 fans are in that nostalgic sweet spot we were in a decade ago. We’ll see how this all shifts in another decade
I agree. I noticed that after Oras came out all the gen 1/2 nostagla started to shift into the more later gens
@@mariowalker9048 Yeah, I’ve always said the shift just so happens to seemingly fall in line as to just before or concurrently to when a new remake comes out
Sun and Moon (by and large the Ultra Games) were so refreshing to me. Had a good story, mechanics were at their peak (mega evolution and z-moves), world design was inspired and fun to explore (I collected all Zygard cells and totem stickers). It was just a great entry in the series, and while base Sun and Moon's post game was lacklustre, it was improved on with Rainbow Rocket. Overall, I think the Ultra games are the better iterations, but I bias towards certain narrative elements of Base S/M (not to mention that I spent so much time in them working on competitive builds that I wasn’t bothered to transfer over to the Ultra Games).
But as a straight-shoot Pokemon game I’d recommend that embodies the franchise, I think HG/SS are the quintessential entries. Has so much high quality content, 2 regions, tons of post game content, etc. After that, ORAS or B/W2.
I feel that gen 3 and 4 are also super popular from the spin off games of mystery dungeon and Pokémon’s rangers. Which both land in these generations.
Yeah mystery dungeon is amazing.
Gen 8 fans? No? Okay
Generation 4 is always going to be my favorite. It’s the first one I beat by myself. I started in Gen 2 so nostalgia there though lol
I will always regard Gen 8 as one of the best for competitive. Not because of dexit, but because of how easy it was (and hopefully continues to be in Gen 9) to prepare for. Being excellent in that area made it a lot more favorable to me than previous generations. I think in the coming years we'll look back on that as an amazing part of Gen 8.
I never got into competitive Pokémon, but I can totally respect that 👍🏻
At least it did one thing right
Finally, a rare gen 8 fan
Undoubtedly, the polls would be highly favorable for generations 3-5. Can't say I disagree, the top 3 have this unique charm to them that I have never felt with the other generations. They're all unique in their own way while retaining what makes the magic of Pokemon. And dang, you took me back in time @11:01; When 10-year-old me watched Pokemon Battle Revolution videos daily and find "Hoenn confirmed" memes everywhere lol.
I agree with the order.
For me what I like the most in a pokemon game are:
-the region, designs and exploration of the routes, cities and locations.
-the sence of adventure and freedom.
-the gyms puzzles.
-a well balance pokedex.
-side activities (pokeacthlon, PWT)
-cool thing to find after the game ends.
Which are all things that Gen 5, Gen 4 and to a certain extent Gen 3 have. Most of this things are lacking in the recent games
As a person who grew up with Pokemon since Emerald, here's my thoughts:
8. Gen 8
7. Gen 1
6. Gen 6
5. Gen 7
4. Gen 2
3. Gen 3
2. Gen 4
1. Gen 5
swap gen 1 and gen 7 and it is pretty much perfect
My ranking would be (only counting main series games and no remakes) I also don't hate anyone for liking any of the games below. I don't hate the games per se in the lower ranks I just hate playing through some of these games because it feels like a chore (ultra sun would propably be the worst offender on its own but I took my aggregated feelings for the whole generation)
1. Gen 5 (they are just too good story and gameplay wise it's so much fun playing through them)
2. Gen 2 (pure nostalgia and I just love Johto as a place in the pokemon world)
3. Gen 7 (I really hate the ultra games but the OG sun and moon are awesome)
4. Gen 1 (it's fast and easy to play through and is a nice breeze of fresh air mechanic wise and the bugs give it a nice charm)
5. Gen 3 (I like the battlefrontier the rest aged badly spacially the story)
6. Gen 6 (I enjoyed playing it but it's story is a dumbster fire)
7. Gen 8 (it's boring but it had at least some good quality of life changes for competitive play)
8. Gen 4 (diamond and pearl are the worst pokemon games in a gameplay and story perspective its a hazzle to play through. Platinum is fine except for the excruciatingly long loading sequences. One thing they did well with these games is the physical special split and the some of the pokemon designs are awesome)
Slots 6,7,8 are interchangable.
Gen 2 has always been my favorite, the community are just new gen blinded and those who watch here are still pokemon fans and thus usually keep up with the games
I'm old(30) so of course Gen 1 and 2 are most nostalgic for me and are my favorites, but I didn't play a lot of the later games.
I really liked gen 4 because I think that’s when the franchise made big game changes like the physical and special split, pokewalker, wifi trading and battling online and bringing that in to hgss (gen 1,2) really helped modernize Pokémon. Gen 3 was also great for Pokémon because they included Pokémon colosseums and gen 1 remakes really exploring how they continue to grow Pokémon
I would say those two are my favorite, gen 5 being third also, the newer gems haven’t been as good as they have been pretty easy to beat and not as difficult as 4.3,5
I’m not sure whether I would give that as reason I like gen 4 itself though. It was obviously important in the same way that X and Y were important for modernising Pokemon. However making big steps in the right direction also generally result in a lack of refinement in other areas. I find that even though Gen 4 was a huge step up from Gen 3, I think Gen 5 did what Gen 4 did right, while improving in other areas. At least that’s how I justify why I have the most fun with them
I feel like Gen4 was the first generation that was serious about rebalancing the broken mechanics of early games. Some types (esp psychic and water) were broken asf and other types had virtually no good moves like Bug or Rock. Gen4 did a lot to fix the mess Gen1 caused
I think you should do a similar video on the remake franchises such as the stadium trio, the colosseum duo, ranger and mystery dungeon. Conquest was pretty dope and colosseum is amazing even though it is a pretty slow game
Grew up with Pokemon Gold as my first and recently finished Legends Arceus. Generations 1 and 2 were great for their time, but generations 3 and 5 were absolutely the best in my eyes. Art direction, music direction, Pokemon designs, etc. were all on point. I liked 4 a lot, but Sinnoh had pacing issues and they never fixed the scaling issues with the HGSS remakes. Generation 6 was when it started declining but I do think that SM/USUM are very underrated once generation 7 launched. Sword and Shield were decent with all DLC and I liked L:A a lot so generation 8 was solid. I won't even talk about S&V though...
All games are equal... but some games are more equal than others.
Gen 5 is my favorite. And I started all the way at the beginning, with Gen 1. Generations 3-5 are the Golden Age of Pokemon games.
considering gen 1 is less than 600kb it's a technical miracle that they managed it at all never mind it being mostly fine.
My favourite by far is gen 4. If I'd just look at the region and the Pokemon design it would probably be gen 3 but the physical/special split is the single best new feature any generation has brought to battleing, imo. It also has the best competitive scene, imo, since it's the only gen that has the physical special split but does not have team preview.
I agree. I remember how in Gens 1,2,3 there were Pokemon that had high attack or special atk, but got crippled because their own type was based off their weaker stats (i.e, Entei)
Meanwhile bulky water pokemon often abused the broken mechanics until gen4 fixed them.
If we got a generation with Gen 5’s games and Gen 6’s manga and anime, we’d be ecstatic
I started with Gen 2 but Gen 4 is easily my favorite.
You can literally see where Masuda stepped down from development. It’s a DIRECT correlation in the downward quality of the games.
Started in gen 1. Stopped in gen 3. Restartes in gen 6. Played all games obviously. My favorite was ORAS. I like hoenn and its starters, and love megas
My belief is that any pokemon game that runs on a ds lite is absolute gold
GEN 5 RULES
no cap 🧢
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I started on Gen 3, but the addition of the physical/special split with Gen 4 really made it for me. Gen 5 was pretty good for me too, but I fell off Pokemon for a while before it came to switch.
Absolutely. Before the Physical/Special moves split, the games were slanted towards special types like water.
I think gen 4s superiority over other comes from the fact that it was the best time to be an actual Pokemon fan with amazing content overall. Even though dp was sluggish, it was quickly fixed with the Platinum's release, physical special split made all 400 Pokemon at the time feel brand new due to the major switch in viability. HGSS is still considered as one of the best games ever created. Anime, even though had way too many fillers were still hitting hard with Paul Ash dynamics and having some of the best characters overall like Dawn and Cynthia. And who can forget the goldmine of spinoffs such as PMD series and countless others. We were genuinely happy with the overall time period of gen 4 in whole unlike gen 7 (which started solid but ended weak) or gen 8 ( which started weak and ended great with LA)
Maybe do a follow up video comparing regions? Like how gold and silver ranked in the middle but as you said hg/ss are the fan favorite remakes it could sway people votes. Not just the generation but the region and all the games for that region
Agreed!! HG/SS are my favorite games but Hoenn is probably my favorite region so I’d love to see a poll based purely on region or favorite game in the series
I feel gen 1 and 2 to be overrated and I was 8 when blue and red came out. It was amazing for the time but they did not age well and are difficult to enjoy these days.
I think gen 3 was absolutely amazing and it’s the earliest gen I can go back and enjoy to this day, I thought emerald was the best game for a long time and it still holds its place up there for me. I felt gen 4 was slow and tedious, and that was with platinum. I played gen 1-3 many many times over but after platinum I couldn’t do it again. The story/lore and legendary designs were awesome. HGSS were probably the best of gen 4, I very much enjoyed them.
Gen 5 is absolutely incredible, they are my new all time fav games in the series. I just played black 1 and white 2 recently and my god they are def the peak.
I didn’t play x and y yet, they are on my to do. But I did play omega ruby and it was pretty cool, it was a good remake but I don’t see myself replying it.
I didn’t play any of the sun or moon games yet, so no opinion on them, but I loved let’s go eevee/pikachu. I know they get a lot of hate but I’m also a huge pogo player and it was a great fun twist on the genre.
Gen 8 is complicated I feel. Sword and shield were wayyyy too easy while leveling but the wild area was super addictive for a long time. I think that was a great piece of content. I don’t think a play through of these games even compared to gen3,4, and 5 but the best thing is the entry into competitive is made as easy as possible which is an amazing thing on its own. I just wish they kept all those candies from raids till post game. It ruined the play through when I was effortlessly higher level than every gym after sometime. I beat the game with just mr. Rime basically lol.
I didn’t finish bdsp, but it’s cute but too bad they didn’t do platinum content instead.
Legends arecus is one of the best Pokémon games I have ever played. I have never completed a dex before this game. I hope they do more of these. And also a let’s go jhoto games would be nice too
Black/white 2 is hands down the peak though
I started with Gen 1 and I agree with this list Gen 3 and 4 are my favorites still to this day,Plus they spawn the best hacks wich are the best Pokemon Games overall in my opinion!
Hot take - it’s unfair to hold gen 2 to the same standards as later generations. GSC are regarded as one of the greatest RPGs ever (google it).
I know move pools suck in Gen 2, and many of the most powerful Pokémon are only available in Kanto. But bear in mind these games are 25 years old at this point. GSC follows the blueprint of RBY, encouraging players to immerse themselves in the world of Johto, rather than focusing the plot around taming a legendary. This may be why GSC isn’t as popular with younger gamers, who grew up with more “plot focused” Pokémon games.
If you were a boy who grew up in the early 2000s, you know that GSC was EVERYWHERE. Some of my fondest memories from childhood are play dates with friends where we battled and traded Pokémon.
GSC have aged very well; the games have great replay-ability. I’ve just started replaying Pokémon Crystal and am absolutely HOOKED. About 12 years ago, I replayed Pokémon Sapphire. The game was 10 years old at the time. I’m a fan of the Hoenn games and enjoyed the replay very much, but nothing compares to GSC.
For me, gen one is nostalgic favorite. The best games in my opinion are black and white, but the best pokemon where introduced in gen three
Generations 3, 4, and 5 are really the peak of the pokemon experience. Not even speaking from nostalgia because I started with 1 and I skipped 3 when it originally came out. I still really like current pokemon and actually thought SwSh were pretty good and had a lot of fun new multiplayer features, but I don't think they can top that golden era
I started at Gen 1, but Gen 4 will always be my favourite because it was the start of actually having great stories and a bigger and deeper look into the Pokémon Lore. Also the anime was LIT, Dawn was a lot more likeable than either Misty and May, at least for me.
Who was here when gen V was hated???
I guess that the Alola games really were not as good as I thought. I thought they were good because I still liked them way more then the Kalos and Galar games. But I guess that was not actually a very high bar.
Just here for Zekrom
I liked most Generations, but Gen 7 is my favorite, with 5 as a close second. The reason why is that I enjoy the story aspect of the games a lot and I'm also a Shiny Hunter, and Gen 7 has some of my favorite ways to Shiny Hunt with SOS Chaining, Ultra Warmholes, some extremely good Soft Reset targets and also Let's Go catch combo.
Fair enough. My only argument to that is shinies lost A TON of value once gen 6 came out and the value of shinies have decreased since then because they make it so easy to find them now.
@@Ryouski I mean shinies were never really marketable and outside of the market, value is defined by the person who finds it, I personally don't like Full Odds hunting outside of SR, but some ppl enjoy it and that's fine, everyone have their prefered methods and aside from hacking, there isn't a wrong way to Shiny Hunt
Man people are seriously high. Gens 1 and 2 are far and away the best generations. After 2, everything started taking a nosedive and the franchise has never recovered from it. Pokémon designs got weaker, the OST got weaker, the games didn’t have the same charm or personality, the hand holding started, the rivals got too nice, all this gimmicky crap like contests got added.
Pokémon gens 1 and 2 are among the greatest games of all time. I wouldn’t put anything past Gen 2 anywhere near the same ballpark, though Gen 5 comes the closest to recapturing that original Pokémon experience (even though it’s still not even close to being as good).
I'm stuck between 3 and 4 bc I grew up with it and it had the best spin off games
If you leave the nostalgia factor behind you, the Pokémon Platinum Sinnoh region, is just objectively a good region for a Pokémon game. In terms of exploring and challenges along the way. Could it improve story wise? Of cours but the same goes for other gens. I played every generation except Gen 2 (but I have played Soulsilver). And if I recommend any Pokémon game to someone who’s interested in trying some Pokémon games, I always say Pokémon Platinum first. For many reasons 😁(not just nostalgia)
My fav is gen 3, my fav pokemon is flygon and I loovee emerald, but I'm happy that gen 6 was so well reserved, bc everywhere I look it gets hated on and I really liked it
Ikr? Pokemon X was my very first pokemon game, and I saw a lot of charm in it. I'll admit, I do see where the criticisms are coming from, but gen 6 didn't deserve to be overly hated or forgotten by the community. Mega evolutions and character customization were the best thing that came out of gen 6. They add some extra spice to a prolonged franchise that needed something new than a copy and paste.
Now do each REGION and let’s watch Kanto hit dead last again
I grew up with Gen.1 and I feel that Kanto hasn’t aged well. It’s very basic and bland compared to newer regions
I began right when gen 4 started so I tend to think I go back and forth between gens 3 and 4 when I think about when I started, but gen 4 is definitely my favorite. If I take those nostalgia goggles off though then I think gen 5 is too great of an experience to ignore
As a 3rd gen baby, I have to give it to Gen 4. Personally i've never beaten the games (bcuz I never found time to) but the battle mechanics, storyline, console jump, physical/special split and even the new pokemon are just so awesome. Plus Cynthia and Cyrus are arguably the most iconic champion and evil team boss battles of all time imo. Plus the legends and mythics for both games as well are so perfect, as are the starters (Empoleon aside). Very poetic that Gen 3 and Gen 4 came down to a tiebreaker
God ten years ago...2012 seems so damn long ago.
Considering how often I see "Gen 1 is broken trash" on TH-cam, it's nice to see a quick, honest look at it.
To quote a certain professor in Snap, "Well done!"
Great video please do more like this where you ask the community it's awesome!
I'm getting really tired of these fake accounts trying to get our real creators in trouble. If u see something like "it's said for u 2 message you right away" or "that u want something & it gave u to click a link", it's not the og creators account please don't click on it because it's not them. Many other creators that I watch had the same thing happen 2 them (which sucks). I literally watched something that hoopsandhiphop made a couple days ago(or something like that) and the same thing happened 2 him & he had 2 tell ppl 2 ignore it. What's worse is YT isn't really doing anything about it cause it keeps reappearing. Please ppl, don't fall for it. I'm sorry this is happening to u 2 JPR, I know its not ur fault. U would never trick us like that.
Started with gen 3.
Favorite is gen 2.
Spent entirely too much time in SoulSilver (gen 4).
Working my way through Gen 1.
Only played Shield from Gen 8. Miserable game.
I didnt touch anything from four (other than SS), five, six, or seven.
Now do every Pokemon Anime generation ranked by the fans!
Gen 4 anime is the best
@@videos43334dhdjj774h Nah XY/XYZ was better.
Gen 5 grew on me due to competitive and all the competitive mons
Generations 3-5 are peak Pokemon. I think most fans agree on that. They're the games I think of when I think good Pokemon.
Started the TCG: Gen 4
Started the anime: Gen 5
Started the games: Gen 4 (Ranger 3)
And despite that, my favorite Pokémon games are almost always the ones people either hate or can’t agree on.
I often feel like a Gen Oner, but my favorite games are Emerald and Platinum. So I guess I like Gen 3 or 4 best
This is my list. My first game was Platinum
8: Gen 1
7: Gen 7
6: Gen 8
5: Gen 2
4: Gen 6
3: Gen 3
2: Gen 4
1: Gen 5
My personal top 3 are gens 6, 5 and 4, all from different reasons and aspects
The top 3 were perfect. Gens 3, 4 and 5 are definetely the best imo.
Gen 2 is my favorite. I enjoyed the Johto region.
Faker!
personally gen 7 is one of my favorites not for the story but for the quality of life updates and sos calling
Pokémon designs before generation 4 felt like it was expanding upon a familiar world into the unknowns after gen 4 it feels like Pokémon designs fell down a cliff
My personal Ranking is the following:
Generation 7 is, right now at least, the most underrated generation. These games took great strides to change Pokemon up from the previous games. Gyms are absent and replaced by trials, all of whom have their own unique gameplay quick. Weather it's finding a certain pokemon, selecting the right ingredients, or a puzzle; all of the trials have gimmick that is more pronounced than the gym puzzles.
It is also worth noting that these trials, as well as totem pokemon have inspired more recent ideas. Trials became a part of the gyms in SWSH and SV, whereas totems inspired Alphas for PLA and Titans in SV. More so than the Wild Area I can feel Pokemon iterating on systems from these games without holding said games back.
The only weak gen 7 game is Let's Go, but one weak game can't hold back a stellar gen. That is why
Generation 5 is the 2nd best. Black and White 1 is such a creative refresh for the series in terms of storytelling as well as Pokemon. Having only original Pokemon in Unova gives BW1 it's own unique flavor. While some of that is lost thanks these mons appearing in future gens; it's still great to have a game where every pokemon is native to that region. That is why I don't care for BW2 that much in comparison, I don't like Lucario in Unova
Generation 4 and 8 are tied for me, since they are mixed bag. Sinnoh is slow, but for Platinum at least the story is competent. Galar is the opposite where the main game is fast paced, but the story is not the strongest. Platinum and SWSH are still fun times though
Generation 6 is just cozy. It's forgettable, but a decent romp
Gen 3 is at the bottom for no other reason aside from some outdated mechanics.
Sun and Moon were the absolutely worst for me. Not against progression- but def. against the non-stop, interruptive cut scenes and hand-holding. It was extreme! And took hours and hours, it didn't stop. Not to mention it was the least challenging of all, the graphics were subpar, and mechanics they included like the pokemon groups and z-moves were just dumb as hell.
I’ve only ever played: Fire red, Emerald, Omega Ruby and Moon. I like them all.
Gen 5, in my opinion, is the definitive way to experience generation 1. A completely new Pokedex with all the changes from gens 1-4.
Respectfully the definitive way is actually FRLG
Gen 5 is a second
Pokémon community seems to have an agenda against Gen 1, but truth be told, it's always gonna be my favourite because of simplistic artwork of Sugimori which in my opinion only got worse with each generation, maybe with exception of Gen 2.
Hey, Im loving the new avatar dude. The old one was funny, this one is cool.
I actually expected gen 5 to win
BDSP is gen 4, not gen 8 imo. It adds absolutely nothing to DPP and has no pokemon past gen 4, unlike ORAS which had many gen 4-6 pokemon
Gen 7 will and forever be 1 of my favorite. games to play, it introduce regional variants which remain staple throughout the rest of the series,interacting with many of the people of Alola and the battles against trainers,totem Pokemon and even the post game bosses in USUM. I have fond memories playing that game and it was my first time that I ever got a shiny starter Litten in this region. Plus there were the mini games such as Mantine surfing,A Pokemon snap version and of course travelling throughout ultra wormhole to catch legendary Pokemon.
Sure there were slow pacing that make it not so great but I manage to pull through and still have fun with it and I still cherished playing USUM to this day.
As a long-term Pokemon fan since the beginning or short after that I really loved Sun/Moon.
Really cool story, amazing starters and legendaries, totems were really cool and the region is just amazing.
Gen 3 is my absolute favorite and that's coming from someone who grew up playing pokemon starting from Gen 1.
Though this is how the community and the Pokemon Company now market everything, I feel it's difficult to judge Gen I and II as generations. At the time they were just games in a series, RBY introducing people to Pokemon and GSC expanding the world as a sequel. It's really Gen 3 onward that cemented a generational aspect to Pokemon because you can't revisit other regions in main releases from that point on like you can in GSC. It's more fair to look at the games for how they were presented at the time rather than how they have aged compared to other games, and the same can be said for other generations as well.
It's why I dislike Gen 6 the most because, though I agree it has modernized Pokemon, the lack of difficulty, lackluster story, and that they began what seems like carbon copies in future games from that point on by reusing Pokemon models in all the 3D games. Made me appreciate how almost every 2D game had its own unique sprites, even within generations and releases. Kanto Pokemon got new sprites in FRLG after the RSE releases, and even GSC had different sprites depending on which game you played. It added flavor to each 2D game that has mostly been lost on the 3D games. The one that has come the closest for me is Legends: Arceus because most of the Pokemon have separate idle and battle animations to give them more life in the game.
If including remakes and definitive third versions, Gen 4 takes the cake. HeartGold and SoulSilver are the best Pokemon games ever and Platinum is a worthy contender. If we are to exclude remakes and third versions, I have to say either Gen 3 or Gen 5.
JPR chose violence today
A fellow Arcanine lover; I see you have good taste sir. Many fantastic Pokémon have come and gone, but none I love more than my fire doggo
I will always have a soft spot for gen 4, but gen 3 is my favourite. Maybe things would be 1% different if you mentioned Colosseum and XD: Gale of Darkness in the poll for gen 3
considering most of us are born between 1995 and 2005 its easy to see why Gen 3-5 are so high in the list
Gen 3 > Gen 4 > Gen 5 >> Gen 6 > Gen 2 > Gen 1 > Gen 7 >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Gen 8