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Best pokemon game since gen2? (hexbear.net)

submitted 2 days ago by corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

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Lemme emulate one, no romhacks pls until I finish a mainline game.

More detail: havent played a Pokemon game since the original Gold, so gen2. I hardly even know who the pokemon that are in Smash Bros are unless they were from the original 200.
I was just looking around at Heart Gold while seeing it while scrolling, and decided I'd like to download a newer game that I've missed out on.

So...where should I start? I've got about 20 years of games, if I were to pick ONE to play to get aquainted with the modern series without straying to much from the OG game formula, which one should I download?

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[–] simpletailor@hexbear.net 3 points 2 days ago

Gen 2 is my favorite Gen, and I'm long off the Pokémon train, with Black + White as the last titles I engaged with.

I loved Heart Gold and Soul Silver. They feel like the polished, finished versions of gen 2. Most of the gen 3/4 pokemon aren't really available until later on in the game, so it will probably feel very comfortable and familiar to you. At one point, I found a hack of HG/SS that upped the difficulty by making the AI stronger and smarter in ways that still felt natural to the game--e.g. gym leaders had a full team and used more healing items, sometimes x-items. It also added in ways to catch all the Pokémon to max the dex, which is really what I cared most about.

Honestly, the newer 3d games with hundreds more Pokémon and new battle/catching/evolution mechanics just don't look or feel like Pokémon to me, so I haven't tried them.