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What are vr's thoughts on these games?

>> No.4368293

>>4368267
I replay them every year, sometimes even more often. That means I have played both games at least 20 times by now. I only play Blue, Gold, and Crystal versions though. I did play through a translated Green version ROM just to see what it was like, but that doesn't really count.

>> No.4368418
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>genwun
bad but I like them anyway

>gen 2
good and I like them

The "modern" Pokémon games are a complete mixed bag though, I really wish GF flopped when making Pokémon and go out of business like they deserve. Lazy pieces of garbage.

>> No.4368453

They're great ways to obtain good monsters to use on Pokemon Stadium games

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>>4368267
I find gen 1 a bit harder to go back to but that's just because I happened to play gen 2 before it and got used to its technical improvements. I still like red and blue well enough, and yellow is cool since you can just dump off pikachu in the PC.
Crystal is my go-to for a relaxing time but I misplaced my physical copy a few years ago and still haven't found it. Feels bad. I've got Heart Gold on DS to fill the void but it's just not the same even though I do like it quite a bit.

>> No.4368460

>>4368267
I like gen 1

>> No.4368465

Really fun to play challenges and/or randomized on both gens. I also like to play fast or bingo of gen1.

>> No.4368505
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Gen 1 just feels obsolete. There's very little reason to play them in the year 2004+ other than for nostalgic reasons. Gen 2 is just a better retro pokemon game, and the remakes have deeper mechanics and QOL improvements (running, register button, good box system, move descriptions, ect)
I don't think gen 1 is 'bad'. The core pokemon template is still more fun than most turn-based RPGs.

As for gen 2, the DS remakes were very good, but the originals are polished enough and fixed enough gen 1 bullshit that I would still recommend playing them.

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>>4368267

>Best in hindsight
Gen 3

>Best because goddamn they actually pulled THAT off?!
Gen 2

>Best for starting everything and for "taking me back"
Gen 1

Gen 4+ was a mistake.

>> No.4368560

>>4368545

I dunno, Mainline Pokemon in Actual 3D sounded kind of cool to me. And hey, if it weren't for Gen IV we'd be without HG/SS, so there's that.

It utterly baffles me how they still have a fanbase after the bullshit of Gen VI, though.

>> No.4368568

>>4368267
Gen 1 is fun in a stupid way. It's full of bugs, balance problems, and bizarre design decisions, but those things give gen 1 a certain charm.

Gen 2 is the Pokemon formula perfected. It fixed all the problems in gen 1 while making major improvements to the mechanics as well as a ton of general quality-of-life enhancements. On top of that, it had a fuckload of content and a real postgame.

There's no point playing any of the games past gen 2, because it's all the same thing with a few added gimmicks of questionable value and increasingly uninspired designs.

>> No.4368573

>>4368545
Gen 4 is a mistake, but gen V was really good, probably the best in the series.

>> No.4368578

>>4368573

What an odd opinion. A pity I can't ask for more detail.

>> No.4368592

>>4368545
Gen III was ridiculously expensive if you wanted to catch them all and started a lot of pokemon's current problems.
>>4368573
Gen V had the ugliest battle animations in the series.

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Only played gen 1 and 2 and 7. Not sure if I care about the later Masuda directed games post gen 2.

Anyway seems Gold and Silver link up to USUM. So I hope there's some johto pandering.

>> No.4368624

>>4368560
>>I dunno, Mainline Pokemon in Actual 3D sounded kind of cool to me.
and it was, XD is a great game

>> No.4368626

>>4368624

XD was not a mainline Pokemon game.

>> No.4368627

>>4368626
it's damn close enough and it shows gf should let someone else take over the mantle once and a while

>> No.4369620

>>4368627
I agree it sucks that they wont make any more actual console games because the 3DS can do 3d models.

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Rainbow Rocket

>> No.4370126

>>4368267
They are some of my favorite games of all time. Pokemon Red being my favorite game of all time.

>> No.4371160

>>4368592
Gen 3's expensive quality I think may be because GF thought they could actually rig GSC to communicate with a GBA. R/S was developed really early after all.