Best Pokemon Game

[Slowkingz 4 Lyfe]

My favorite is Sapphire. First Pokemon game that I really played in depth. Gen. III is my favorite.

 

[JackGamer]

Emerald :D
but I love all of them :3

 

[Pokémon Ranger ✩ Moriarty]

Platinum is my overall favourite, followed by Emerald and Silver as joint-second. Blue, despite being my first ever game, is third and tied with HG.

I just felt that everything in Platinum was...right. The story-line was upgraded from D/P and Cyrus had more in-depth characterisation, the Battle Frontier was incredible, and the battle system was sooo much better. (Whatever that lag thing was in D/P...way to ruin a game, developer.)

Emerald is my second-favourite because I adore Hoenn and I love that you had two evil Teams to go up against, and that they interacted with one another. I hope they bring something similar into B/W.

GSC...well, anybody who played GSC after RBY knows what I mean when I say they were fantabbytastic.

Blue...well, it was my first, but playing it again now with all of the extras added in just seems...oh, I dunno. You realise that there was a lot missing. Personally I see FR/LG as pretty much pointless except for importing Pokémon into my Diamond game. I've actually never played LG all of the way through :/

And HG...it's a brilliant remake of GSC, and the graphics and animations have blown me away, but the fact that I still enjoy playing Platinum instead means there's something missing from HGSS that I can't quite pick up on. I love the idea of Pokémon following you, and of the PokéWalker, though. Arceus always comes to Sainsburys with me now. :3

 

[NickofTime]

Crystal, first moving sprites= win
the reason its not emerald however is that eco-terrorism should never be in a pokemon game
i was half expecting al gore to be the leader of team aqua/magma

 

[batmon]

RSE for me, it was the first game with a memorable storyline.

HGSS is a close second for the nostalgia factor of the original GSC.

 

[TmsRaider]

Emerald FTW.

I would say HGSS too, I really like the layout.

 

[TheChickensaur!]

i like firered the best. I have a specail like for kanto, and the fact that i dont have to deal with the origional gameboy makes it better.

 

[Legobricks]

Stadium, if that's a valid choice; but for the poll, and bearing in mind I haven't played Emerald or later, Crystal.

 

[*~Frost Umbreon~*]

Crystal was the first I played. The animations are just so much better than the bouncing animations in Emerald and D/P/Pt/HG/SS, and the things added on from G/S like Kris and the other events were so awesome.

 

[TRMASCOT]

None of them have something so bad that it makes them not good games, so I really enjoy them all. Soul silver is awesome though, not just because it's the newest one either. xP

 

[cerealrus]

I voted for Soul Silver, but i also like the 1st and 2nd generation Pokemon games. ^_^

 

[lionrt60]

Id have to say platinum:P

coz...umm...idk, its the best one ive played so far:P

 

[Crobat]

this poll should have been done by generation like

r/b/y
g/s/c
r/s/e
d/p/pt
hg/ss

only 5 options because now the votes are completely skewed, like whats the diff between red and blue? the pokemon you can catch? its basically the same

 

[mortisha]

Yellow, Crystal, Emerald, and HeartGold :D
Those are probably my favorites, but I do love the original GSC...and RBY. I LIKE THEM ALL! Besides D/P/Pt. not a fan :|

 

[BleuVII]

this poll should have been done by generation like

r/b/y
g/s/c
r/s/e
d/p/pt
hg/ss

only 5 options because now the votes are completely skewed, like whats the diff between red and blue? the pokemon you can catch? its basically the same

Oh, I think it's fair. I mean, there are significant differences between Diamond and Platinum. I would think that a fair poll would be:

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

Anyway, I picked SoulSilver, because it's the version that I own of the HG/SS remakes. They have all of the features of Gen.IV AND they have the largest number of catchable Pokémon (pre-Elite 4). Not to mention that the endgame is a game in itself. The only things I miss between D/P/Pt and HG/SS are the underground and the lack of equivalent locations for evolving to Magnezone, Leafeon, Glaceon, and the like.

 

[pokemon119]

pearl. i had 8 level 100s no cheats. all my friends thought i hacked. I got bored and sold it though. later platinum got me back into pokemon.

 

[Marx_Ultra]

I'd have to say... Ruby, Emerald, Diamond, and HG (Is Colosseum an option?). Didn't even know much about Pokemon until the third gen, when my bro and I got our first pokemon game, Colosseum... :( And btw, why is there no votes for Ruby and Diamond? Just curious since those were the popular ones before Emerald/Platinum were released, if I'm right. I might be wrong though.

 

[redsaber5859]

Emerald no contest, BEST battle frontier, best storyline, awesome training, however you forgot XD and colosseum

 

[Maknae]

Yellow, Crystal, and Emerald :> I haven't purchased a DS yet D:

Yellow - Cool story line and was the first pokemon game I had

Crystal - 2-region travel! :D

Emerald - Battle Frontier!

 

[Chaos Rush]

Platinum. I don't know why, but when playing through the game, it felt so... epic. I have never restarted my Platinum file, because I feel "attached" to it. And I've already restarted HeartGold once.

I mean, when I beat Platinum, it was the longest Pokemon journey I've ever went on, with 70 hours clocked in. Once I was done exploring every area, doing every possible sidequest, etc., I thought, wow, this is THE perfect Pokemon game. I know I've done a horrible job explaining the journey that Platinum gives you, but I can't describe the feeling in words.

I was expecting HG/SS to be good after the masterpiece that was Pokemon Platinum, but nope, turns out I still think Platinum is the best. I'd take Platinum over HeartGold any day.