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Which was your least favorite Pokemon game?

Babebraham

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Which main series Pokemon game could you have gone without playing and why?

(by that I mean which game interested you the least after you had beat it/ which game did you dislike the most.)
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Babebraham

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I didn't even finish Pokemon Black. I don't like 5th Gen Pokemon and Unova in general.
White is the only Pokemon game that I have only beat once. I adore all the pokemon that were introduced but I didn't care for the story or the characters and the fact you could only catch Unova Pokemon (besides Magikarp) bothered me immensely.
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Black & White, for sure. Like Espuwott said, the Pokemon it introduced were great, but all in all the game felt lackluster to me and I'm not a fan of how the whole game was structured...too linear, not much exploration to be done. The story was the best thing it had going for it, but once I finished that up I didn't really care much to do anything else.
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White is the only Pokemon game that I have only beat once. I adore all the pokemon that were introduced but I didn't care for the story or the characters and the fact you could only catch Unova Pokemon (besides Magikarp) bothered me immensely.
That bothered me too. I know B2/W2 got rid of that problem, though. It still wasn't enough. Sadly I was disappointed when that generation got introduced. There were some Pokemon designs I liked very much(Chandelure, Volcarona, Reshiram which is my favorite legendary design) but the rest didn't impress me enough. I stayed with Platinum for a long time.

Babebraham

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That bothered me too. I know B2/W2 got rid of that problem, though. It still wasn't enough. Sadly I was disappointed when that generation got introduced. There were some Pokemon designs I liked very much(Chandelure, Volcarona, Reshiram which is my favorite legendary design) but the rest didn't impress me enough. I stayed with Platinum for a long time.
I thought B2/W2 were significantly better than B/W. Better story, more Pokemon, more features, etc. I loved the World Tournament and PokeStar Studios and such. I find myself replaying time and time again.
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I agree that Gen V had plenty of problems in linearity and difficulty (seriously, gen IV was the last time I genuinely found a gym battle difficult). BW's plot, the OST and only a handful of Pokémon and cities were all that stood out to me, tbh.
Still, I would have to say Diamond thanks its slow framerate and bad Pokédex. Platinum was, by far, a massive improvement in all aspects.
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pokemon black. i think i finished the game, but i don't even remember the game at all. it could have just been skipped.

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To answer the question of the thread, there's no one main game I could have gone without playing per se, but today I would go with either GSC or RS.

And now I'll make my way out of the thread before either of two certain users give their 9000th rant about B2W2. *flees*
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black 2....i just don't like it.
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9.7 Years
Although D/P are my least favorite games, I voted for FR/LG due to how the question is being asked.

D/P has some flaws which to me if they are fixed it could've been a very good Pokemon game (which most of them are fixed in Platinum), such as the slow battling and the limited Pokedex pre-Champion, but the games are really memorable for me: The Champion battle which is one of the most challenging battles for me (along with Lucian and in some ways the final battle against Cyrus), the awesome music, the interesting Poketch app, and more.

FR/LG to me is indeed better than D/P, but the problem is that there's really not much difference (like what Achromatic posted) compared with the originals. Yes, there's the held items, abilities, the Sevii Islands, the VS. Seeker and more, but other than that, FR/LG is not really much different compared with the originals for me. When I was doing a FR/LG run I found myself speedrunning the game and using the team which was almost the same as the one I had for the original, and it ended up being my shortest Pokemon main game run compared with the other games. After I beat it, even though it's great, it's less memorable compared with D/P and I don't mind skipping it for later.

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The games of the fifth generation: Pokemon BW and their sequels. I remember enjoying the new features and the Pokemon... and it ends there. I cannot remember anything else about these games. People often say that the story of these games were great but I couldn't remember anything about it (or I probably did not pay attention as I was playing). I may have to replay it another time soon just so I can immerse myself in the story, hah

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I'd have to say Diamond / Pearl. The pace of battles was too slow for my liking and surfing was just....unbearable. That's not to say I hated Gen IV, since I loved Platinum and Heartgold / SoulSilver. I just think Platinum was definitely the stronger version of the Sinnoh games.
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I enjoyed playing all of the games. Each of them had good and bad things. I could have gone without Gold and Silver. They were fun to play but didn't really draw me in. They were kind of boring at times and the Elite Four wasn't very challenging to me either. That's just me though.

Pendraflare

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Jesus ****ing Christ, poor Black 2/White 2, I really feel that it deserves better than some of you are giving it, especially Peitharchia and Meem. :/ And I don't say that solely based on you guys not liking the game and me loving it, but to me it has no question the worst hatedom of any main series game.
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Nah

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Scott you get a little too riled up when it comes to B2W2 =/

To answer the question the way it's worded in the thread title, a lot of the games are kind of invalidated, for lack of a better term, by their 3rd versions and/or remakes. If you want to play the series you could just do FR/LG, HG/SS, ORAS, Platinum, Black/White, Black2/White2, and XY and you'd be good. Not much reason honestly to play Diamond/Pearl when Platinum is really just a straight upgrade of those two for example.

To answer the question the way it's worded in the poll.....um, Red/Blue I guess. I just like /am too used to now all the stuff the games have gotten since then, and dislike the type balance in those games is all.
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I agree with everything that's already been said about FRLG. Unless you want to complete RSE's Dex or play through Gen 1 on an outdated DS, there's really no reason to play the games anymore. They added nothing substantial to the series, and they're not even compatible with the newest handheld or newest games, anyways.

With RBY getting re-released on the VC, there's now even less of a reason to play FRLG. You can now play through all of the Gens on the 3DS: RBY (Gen 1), HGSS (Gen 2), ORAS (Gen 3), DPP (Gen 4), BW/B2W2 (Gen 5), and XY (Gen 6).

Qibli

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LeafGreen/Firered - Lackluster of postgame content (exclude mewtwo) and there's nothing much to do anymore and not even battle facility to entertain us

Diamond/Pearl - Really, do you have the patience for it's insane lag and slow saving
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