Day 30: Your favorite Pokemon game of all time
I'm gonna categorize this in Normal Games and Spin-offs.
Out of the regular Pokemon games, my all-time favorite would have to be a cross between Crystal, Emerald, Platinum, and Black/White. Crystal's bringing in the girl character and the animated sprites and other stuff really did it for me back when I had a GBA. I also love how it promotes the introduction of shinies furthermore by having the daycare people give you a mystery egg with a 1/2 chance of being shiny. Emerald introduced the first Battle Frontier, plus is made both groups evil and brought back the animated sprites. I wasn't too fond of 3rd gen. as a whole, but Emerald is definitely something else. As for Platinum, I'm a huge fan of Giratina, and I really love the new formes plus the Battle Frontier (though it doesn't top Emerald's BF). I also really, really, really love the Torn/Distortion World not only for its design but for its music. I love that piece so much <3333 Finally, Black/White still continues to blow me away with its graphics, music, characters... I love pretty much everything the game has to offer. Except I wish they had a Game Corner. I wouldn't even care if they had Voltorb Flip again or something similar to it. I also would like a Battle Frontier in BW too; the Battle Subway just doesn't cut it.
Regarding spin-offs, my favorites are PMD2 (Explorers of Sky in particular) and XD: Gale of Darkness. PMD2 was sadder than the first installments, and the music was also well-done. I also enjoyed all of Explorers of Sky's enhancements, especially the Spinda Cafe, Shaymin Village, Sound Test (OMG more Pokemon games need one of these), and the side stories. Regarding XD, I prefer Colosseum's plot and character over XD's anyday, but I think the battle system and Shadow Pokemon moves and stuff were a lot better in XD. Plus, you got to choose what Eeveelution you wanted, and you could even get a female Eevee if patient enough to SR for it :>