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Which game had the best post game content?

Best: Gold/Silver/Crystal. Gave you all of Kanto. Certainly had its flaws with the level curve. Was still nice to revisit the "several years later" version with new sprites, a new battle theme, and a remixed gym order. Kind of offered new Pokemon too. (Literally never sees Slugma or Magcargo in Johto, even on trainers, minus maybe the Battle Tower.)

Worst: Red/Blue/Yellow. Almost named Scarlet/Violet here (not counting DLC). Viewed Cerulean Cave and Mewtwo as less interesting than getting some character dialogue post-game.

Edit: Forgot about Scarlet/Violet's 7-star Tera Raids. Enjoyed those. Ranks it quite a bit higher than second-to-last.
 
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I lean towards Platinum, by virtue of its Battle Frontier and where the Physical/Special split made a lot more Pokémon more viable in battle regardless of how their base stats line up with their type, which was my main gripe in Emerald's Battle Frontier.
 
I want to say HeartGold and SoulSilver since it took the base of Kanto from gen 2 but heavily expanded upon it. But there's also Black and White 1 and 2 with exploring the second half of the map and providing a decent challenge. Both are genuinely great and fun to explore.
 
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