Alfieri

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Age 27
Male
New York City
Seen June 23rd, 2019
Posted June 23rd, 2019
2,850 posts
9.2 Years
Difficulty can be from your own experience with the boss battles or dungeons and such. I'm gonna rank the ones I actually beat.

From hardest to easiest:
  1. White
  2. Sun
  3. Platinum
  4. Colosseum
  5. White 2
  6. FireRed
  7. Alpha Sapphire
  8. Sapphire
  9. HeartGold
  10. Y

Flowerchild

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Age 24
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Posted July 7th, 2022
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hmmm this is pretty subjective and i cant really remember some of them

1. Platinum
2. FRLG
3. HGSS
4. BW/2
5. RSE
6. SM
7. ORAS
8. XY
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Lunar

Age 24
Male
England
Seen September 16th, 2020
Posted September 15th, 2020
From the best I can remember, not gonna bother with all three versions of a region.

1) Platinum
2) Emerald
3) FireRed
4) White
5) SoulSilver
6) Moon
7) OmegaRuby
8) X

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*realizes she forgot RSE*

that one was pretty easy though from what I recall, the E4 was fairly low level compared to their usual toughness.
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LilyGardy

The Flowering Pokemon

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Celadon Gym
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Posted January 28th, 2023
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7.8 Years
Hardest to Easiest (Based on my first Playthrough of each game)

1) Heart Gold
2) Sun
3) Blue/Yellow
4) Black
5) Emerald
6) Alpha Sapphire
7) White 2
8) Platinum/ X
9) Pearl

Really surprised people found Platinum to be amongst the hardest .
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Jonothon

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Male
Australia
Seen September 18th, 2017
Posted September 10th, 2017
16 posts
9.3 Years
Okay, so from my personal experience it goes a little something like this:

12. Pokemon X/Y

These two games are enjoyable, however with so many Pokemon in the region along with the EXP. Share, it is so easy to beat it within a week of casual playing. At least the Pokemon introduced in these games were cool, and I enjoyed the region's aesthetics.

11. ORAS

Honestly, the reasoning here is similar to X/Y in the sense that you can utilise the EXP. Share. Also, aside from maybe 2 - 3 major battles, there is no moment in these games (with or without the EXP. Share), where I have struggled.

10. Red/Blue

I decided to separate R/B from Yellow since you have the luxury of choosing a starter Pokemon. Maybe it is my memory playing up, but I cannot remember these games being hard at all. At least, not anymore. Grinding isn't really needed for the most part bar the final stages of the game, and there are so many weird glitches and bugs that can be abused. At least there is no EXP. Share

9. Fire Red/Leaf Green

*Copies and pastes above reasoning* Really for the most part, aside from some glitches and mechanics being fixed, they are pretty much the same as the originals, and they were certainly not any harder.

8. Black/White

Although there were a couple of gym leaders that would mess me up if I was unprepared (Elesa), I found that there isn't any real major difficulty. Ghetsis and N at the end of the game are tough, however, I will admit that.

7.Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald

These games have an amazing soundtrack, great Pokemon, memorable character designs and an amazing cool champion, including Wallace. However, again, aside from a couple of gym leaders and elite four battles, there wasn't any real challenge.

6. Sun/Moon

Being the newest installment, I thought this would be a cakewalk with the EXP. Share, but I was pleasantly surprised by how tough some key NPCs are, such as Hau's Alolan Raichu, and the majority of the Trial Captain/Kahunas. I lost my first ever nuzlocke to Ilima on the docks, and I have been too traumatised to try again since.

5. Gold/Silver/Crystal

These games aren't hard in the traditional sense that they challenge you, but more so because of the weird scaling they used for various areas. One minute you are crowned champion after having a genuinely tough battle with Lance. Then the next minute you are in Kanto trouncing low leveled wild Pokemon, or vice versa in some parts. Less challenging, more unfair.

4. Yellow

Only this high because i forgot about it. Well, more so because you are forced to start with Pikachu, who cannot use it's STAB moves against Brock. As such, you are stuck trying to catch and train a Nidoran/Butterfree/Mankey just to beat the first gym, and in the old games, that can take a while.

3. Black2/White2

The only thing stopping these games from getting any harder is the fact that there is such a diverse Pokedex. You can catch Pokemon such as Riolu very, very early on, which can be a major powerhouse for smacking gym leaders out of the way. I found the level scaling to be fair, not forcing you to grind too much, but also not causing you to repeatedly lose a gym for being slightly underlevelled.

2. Diamond/Pearl/Platinum

These games were slow, but challenging, which probably makes them seem even harder to beat, since they are so hard to play. Most key characters in this game are genuinely strong, such as Cynthia, Barry, Roark, and Cyrus. Also, I find the legendary Pokemon in these games to feel stronger than others for some reason.

1. Heart Gold/Soul Silver

Takes what made the original games challenging/unfair, and kicks it up a notch. Whitney still stomps unprepared teams, Claire's Kingdra still 1-shots every non-bulky Pokemon in existence, random NPCs have really strong Pokemon for some reason, and Lance has 3 illegal Dragonites who will kill you if you do not have any counters. Plus you have the long grind to challenge Red, and although he is fairly simple to beat once at a high enough level, you need to spend a while mindlessly battling others to get there.

All based on my personal experiences, of course. :)


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Alakazam17

Long time no see!

Female
Canada
Seen October 27th, 2020
Posted October 24th, 2020
5,639 posts
17.7 Years
Okay, ranking them from easiest to hardest:

Gen 7. Gen 6, Gen 5, Gen 4, Gen 3, Gen 2, Gen 1 =P

In other words, I think it gets easier with every passing generation. Though since I played each one when it was the current gen, it's very likely that the games get easier as I get older. Also note the internet wasn't as useful back during the first two gens(at least for me lol). And in recent gens training has gotten so much simpler.

*Transforms into old granny* You know, back in my day you had to breed for days to find the nature you wanted. Today, all the youngin's are just using Everstones. Good grief!

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gucci

Male
United Kingdom
Seen September 26th, 2021
Posted August 7th, 2019
21,056 posts
15.4 Years
1. Platinum
2. BW
3. SM
4. DP
5. BW2
6. RSE
7. HGSS
8. FRLG
9. GSC
10. RBY
11. ORAS
12. XY

Spyro

Seen October 5th, 2018
Posted July 26th, 2018
2,373 posts
7.4 Years
I have a hard time remembering some of them but I'll do it with the games I remember:
From hardest to easiest:
1. Diamond
2. Blue Rescue Team (Mystery Dungeons)
3. Black/White 2
4. Silver/Crystal
5. Soul Silver
6. Moon
7. X

LegendChu

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Male
Third Rock From The Sun
Seen October 21st, 2017
Posted October 21st, 2017
14,122 posts
9.1 Years
Honestly, I've never found any of the Main Series games that difficult, especially while doing a Normal Playthrough, but okay, lets see (not played the 3DS Games).

HeartGold/SoulSilver
Black2/White2
Black/White
Platinum
Diamond/Pearl
Emerald
FireRed/LeafGreen
Ruby/Sapphire
Crystal
Gold/Silver
Yellow
Red/Blue

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