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Ok so why the hell is it that there's only like 3 people on the site who care about Pokemon

Yes, VGC 2023 reg C format

ReViVe!1!1!1

This is on gen9 DOU?
And I'm in

a lot of people on this Mario Kart site

Black on dark mode so I believe that's just it loading

Whar

made this myself

uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh KSSU

or emerald ig

NSMB is a fine series including U

yes I do like consoling people who are stressed and need comfort

oh hello lol
tox, nudge are 2 then idk

I love these fotums

might just rank em (mainline only)
never played all gen 5-7 games so they are excluded
also no LGPE

13: Crystal
Literally just a worse GS, idc about the new features and the pokemon availability is weird as hell, even more so than the other gen 2 games. I'll get into the reasons why I think GSC (and HGSS) are flawed games later though, but for now, this is the worst

12: Gold/Silver
Alright, now for the rundown of why these games aren't very good.
Firstly, and the most glaring issue: the level scaling 💀💀💀💀💀💀
Allow me to take you through the level caps with the basic level of Pokemon to what I remember you fight in between, you should get an idea of the weird ass shit I mean.

Gym 1: Lv9
Fought: Lv7
Gym 2: Lv16
Fought: Lv11
Gym 3: Lv20
Fought: Lv14
Gym 4: Lv25
Fought: Lv18
Gym 5: Lv30
Fought: Lv23
Gym 6: Lv35
(You actually fight nothing in between these gyms but just say Lv23)
Gym 7: Lv31
Fought: Lv20
Gym 8: Lv40
Fought: Lv28
E4: Lv47 (42 if Will's cap)
Fought: Lv34

So there are MANY problems going on here. To start, the difference between trainer/wild levels and boss trainer levels is HUGE. This ultimately means you'll be underleveled for all the game unless you do a LOT of grinding. Another issue is that the levels are so low. The fucking Champion clocks in at Lv50. LEVEL. 50. XY has a Champion 18 levels above. Sure, BW had it's final fight at only Lv54, but that's still much better. A result of how low the levels are is that it means some Pokemon are simply awful in a playthrough due to lacking something they could only get at a certain level - say an evolution or a move. And if we look past all this there still is a lot to talk about. Many of the Pokemon introduced in GSC:
A: can't be found till postgame, late, or easily
B: suck humongous ass in these games
And about the being found easily part, that would bring me to my next problem, and that is how tedious these games can get. I do love that a day/night cycle exists, but when some Pokemon are locked behind a time of day, that just sucks. And more stuff, but... Anyway, that's about the extent of all my problems with GSC/HGSS. This all is honestly why I made Bronze.

11: Red/Blue
These games are hilariously easy and I really think the devs tried their absolute best to make the game harder just by making it easy to be over-leveled. But as a result you just have access to more tools due to the level caps. The open-ended-ness of the late game is kind of cool. But really, these games aren't very refined, and sometimes they have errors where you cannot at all even understand how they got there. Like Ghost being ineffective on Psychic, or there being no damaging Dragon moves. But these games are fine. If you want a Gen 1 experience, play FR/LG. But at the same time, if you don't want the mechanics of Gen 3 in there it's fine, go play this.

10: Yellow
Goofy ass boss trainer pokemon but better R/B pretty much

9: HeartGold/SoulSilver
Well, I've summed this up already, and HGSS barely does anything to fix my problems even though the games are objectively better. Case in point.

8: Diamond/Pearl
These games are... flawed. Very flawed. But not to the extent of GSC. The main issue is just that the story and route of a playthrough is not at all as refined as in Platinum. Also is the pre-Platinum Sinnoh Pokedex. This suucks. 2 fully evolved fire types. 💀💀💀💀 And there's also how HM heavy these games are, but thankfully your options for a slave are pretty decent.

7: BrilliantDiamond/ShiningPearl
It's the same situation as HGSS where the game has improved, but not that much. We have a better Pokedex here though, and that's a plus.

6: Sword/Shield
I have not played these games in a while, but they're okay. Decently easy, but quite long. No other comment.

5: FireRed/LeafGreen
I mean this is literally just Red/Blue in the RSE engine
Sure there's postgame stuff but like
It's not too crazy

4: Ruby/Sapphire
Pretty damn good games. Gen 3 was pretty great in terms of it's dex, Pokemon availability, boss trainers, and level scaling. It's just that Emerald improved on all this a great amount.

3: Emerald
Just a combo of Ruby and Sapphire's storylines that makes the second best 2D Pokemon game on this list imo. Love it.


2: Platinum
Okay, so this game is pretty damn awesome. I love the art direction, I love the OST, and the difficulty balances out really well so to go the player a very nice challenge. It refines a LOT about DP too.

1: Scarlet/Violet
So remember that I mainly care about how a playthrough of the game plays when it comes to ranking this stuff before you start being a twitter user at me.

So I LOVE these games to beat them. I think they perfectly balance difficulty while giving the player lots of great options. You really have to think when you fight the bosses of this game. The end-game in S/V is probably the best of a Pokemon game. You fight so many tough battles and each one is incredibly fun and takes a little planning. Amazing to nuzlocke.

OMG FORNTIET!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1!1

I touched grass today

no he was saying the 150cc was 19s

One of my messages above literally shows the 150cc records

No, that record is 29 seconds 💀

Okay but like you didn't