How to play through all generations?

[tcadonau]

Because of the rise of Pokemon Go, my interest in playing through the games has been on my mind a ton.

I was curious of anyones input on how I can easily play through all the generations of pokemon with the least amount of devices.

I know you can get emulators on your phone or computer, I also know of course the new games require a hand held device. Im wondering if this desire of mine has been felt like others. My ideal situation would be to take a favorite pokemon through the early generations all the way to the current games and beyond.

Thank you in advance for any advice.

 

[Nah]

If you're fine with counting remakes as have playing the original verision, you could basically do it entirely on a 3DS.

Gen 1 was re-released about a year ago on the 3DS eShop/VC, so you can play those via that. While the only things you can play Gold/Silver/Crystal (Gen 2) on are GameBoy/GBC/GameBoy Advance, their remakes, HeartGold/SoulSilver, were DS titles and so can be played on a 3DS. Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald (Gen 3) was remade into the 3DS games Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire. Diamond/Pearl/Platinum (Gen 4) are DS games, and so like HG/SS can be played on a 3DS. Same goes for the Gen 5 games (Black/White and Black2/White2). The most recent two generations (XY and Sun/Moon) were made for the 3DS.

If you want to play the originals and no remakes at all, you'll need to get a Game Boy Advance or use an emulator in addition to a 3DS to play everything while using the minimum number of devices.

 

[Radiating]

This method only involves an android phone and a 3ds. (Must be a good quality smartphone) You will also need a enough money to purchase the games and the 3ds. (3ds is around 150$ and the emulators are around 18$ in total)

Generation 1 & 2- Pokemon Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, and Crystal can be played by buying MyOldBoy on an android device. It can play gameboy and gameboy advance games.

Generation 3 - Pokemon Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Leafgreen, and Firered can be played by buying MyBoy on an android device. The emulator can run gameboy games.

Generation 4 & 5 - Pokemon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Heartgold, Soulsilver, Black, White, Black 2, and White 2 can be played by getting Drastic DS Emulator for an android device. The emulator can run DS games.

Generation 6 & 7 (The current one) - Pokemon X, Y, Alpha Sapphire, Omega Ruby, Sun, and Moon can only be run by buying a legitimate 3ds. The system itself is around 150$ depending on the model and the games are 40$ each.

Hope this helps

 

[Lunar]

Gen One - 3DS Virtual Console
Gen Two - HGSS on the DS (which can obviously be played on the 3DS)
Gen Three - Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire
Gen Four - DPP on the DS
Gen Five - BW and B2W2 on the DS
Gen Six - XY on the 3DS
Gen 7 - SM on the 3DS

That's if your counting the remakes as sorta the same as the originals -which they're definitely not. If you wanna experience Generation two and three properly you're gonna have to get a GameBoy Advance and a original DS.