[General Discussion] Best Pokemon Game

I'm interested in trying out the games, since they seem kind of fun, but I don't know which of the thousand games to get. For those who know, what game(s) (up to 2) should I invest in?

Edit: Also, if I were to get one of the Gameboy ones (Blue, Red, etc), will they be able to play on either my GBA or DS?

I would say simply get the GBA ones. Maybe Emerald/Sapphire/Ruby and Leaf Green/Fire Red (one of each, cause they are the same game just with different Pokemon). There are some pokemon that can only be gotten through Colosseum, but that game is so slow that you will be bored to tears. I've actually beaten it, but it takes a while. There is that puzzle one that I hear about...so if you like puzzles, maybe you could give that one a go.

Gold/Silver/Crystal are easily the best ones, but they're pretty dated by today's standards, so I would go with the GBA ones. It's up to you though.

And if anything, you could always go to some review site to see if your interest spikes. Or something.

For your edit: You can play the GB/GBC ones only on your GBA, not the DS.

I trashed my N64 a couple years back since I didn't have a lot of games on it, but my cousin has the Colosseum. One last question: if my cousin has GB Red and Blue, would I be able to battle from the GBA carts?

Thanks!

No. I don't believe you can transfer from the GB to the GBA (even battles). I was trying to trade my Gold pokemon to my Sapphire, but its not possible. =(

I do have to say that some of the Pokemon Colosseum music is pretty good though. If your cousin has it, you should check it out.

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EDIT: I like to be able to get the 3 starting Pokemon without driving 3 hours to the nearest kid with a Bulbasaur.

Like SuperDK stated, Gold and Silver are probably the best, but I'd probably either probably pick up Emerald or one of the Fire Red/Leaf Green games. Also, Nintendo is slowly starting to give information on Diamond/Pearl for the DS, and it has been said that you'll be able to transfer Pokemon from Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald/FR/LG to the new games, something you won't be able to do with the older generations.

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I was disappointed at how the GBA versions had pretty much the same graphics as the GBC versions, except maybe the sprites had more color.

Objectively I'd have to say Gold/Silver were the most fun to play.

Silver Version has always been a stable favourite of mine, easily justified by the amount of challenge and variety that the game proposes to the player.
I don't even mind the supposedly outdated graphics - and, anyway, the mechanics are solid enough to warrant sufficing entertainment.

So, for my personal advice, go for Gold/Silver. Sapphire is equally fun, although it's considerably shorter and not so ample "geographically".

Graphics don't matter for me, addiction does: if the game can hold interest for a long time, that's a winner for me.

Personally, I like the original Blue/Red versions the most. I've always hated how they split special into special defense and special attack in the later versions. That ruined about 90% of my favorite pokemon, making them virtually unusable.

The future pokemon games (upcoming for DS are Pokemon Pearl and Diamond) are reported to be compatible with the RSE generation of games. I would recommend Leaf Green and Fire Red as well if you aren’t sure about the RSE series. Leaf Green and Fire Red are based on the old RBY versions for GB and GBC. LG and FR I think are compatible with the future generation of pokemon games too.

Like SuperDK mentioned, the GBA games are the way to go. Don't bother getting Sapphire or Ruby, get Emerald. LeafGreen/FireRed are also excellent choices.

FR and LG have enhanced graphics and added sidequests, as well as most of the "classic" Pokemons familiar to people who've seen the anime at least once... Emerald has a lot of new Pokemons that are hard to recognize. So give LG/FR a try, if you like it, get Emerald.

Silver/Gold are easily my favorite out of the series. (I've not played either in so long now.) They added so many new and fun things to the game in those versions, features which, as I have seen, remain unsurpassed in ingenuity in latter versions of the game. (Granted, newer games do have neat features; they don't have much on Gold, especially Silver.)

Originally Posted by SuperDK

No. I don't believe you can transfer from the GB to the GBA (even battles). I was trying to trade my Gold pokemon to my Sapphire, but its not possible. =(

I do have to say that some of the Pokemon Colosseum music is pretty good though. If your cousin has it, you should check it out.

I'm pretty sure there was a time machine you could attain later in the game that allowed you to get all of the older pokemon you had before. I remember doing it in Ruby.

Anyways, personally, I didn't like Gold/Silver as much, as good as they were. I recommend Fire Red or Leaf Green - it's the best of the both worlds - classic world, but new gameplay mechanics (and better graphics).

I really enjoyed playing Pokemon Trading Card on GBC, diferent style playing pokemon, but for the regular role game I go with pokemon Fire red.

No love for Pokemon Snap?

I love Pokemon Snap!

If you want to get into Pokemon don't even bother with the old GB ones since they aren't compatable with anything and they have remakes that are. Fire Red / Leaf Green are awesome. Get one of those, and one of Sapphire / Ruby (or Emerald, but I don't know anything about that) for the ultimate Pokemon games.

Pokemon Silver is awesome too, but that's useless now. I'd probably buy a remake of that...

Stay far away from Pokemon Colloseum too, the worst game of all time. Pokemon Stadium 1 & especially 2 are much better, but are also useless now. I wish we got a real stadium game on GC :thumbsdown;

Pokemon Snap was pretty lame, in hindsight. In fact I'm unsure why I even bothered to play it.

They need to only make Pokemon RPGs. All that shit on the side is meh.

C'mon, you can't say that Pokémon Puzzle League sucked.

But I have to say that the GSC generation was the best. The game had length, depth, and was just fun. I still play my Gold version every now and then. But, after that, a lot of the Pokémon concepts and designs were just plain stupid. =/