When did Pokemon hit its peak for you?
anal with May
>>719736636Emerald and Platinum were the best.
Gen 5 is objectively the peak of Pokémon (it's a small hill next to a ravine)
>gameCrystal>girlKris>my faceunder her ass
>>719736636which girl do you want to catch pooping in the woods?
>>719736636HildASS best bae by FAR
>>719736636Red and Blue.
>>719736636gen 3 and 4
>>719736636Someone once said that your favorite Pokemon game is the one you played when you were ten.
>>719736916I think Dawn would give the best reaction.
>>719736636The comfy yoitube mini-series was the actual best piece of pokemon media ive ever seen. Slugma episode was so dang cute.
>>719736636Emerald.
>>719737040But I play B&W when I was 16
>>719737040Yellow is not my favourite game.
Pokemon BW2 was the "peak" of the series in the sense that it's when they got the formula for the games down perfectly. It's the culmination of 16 years of game design improvements. I still think Emerald is a better game than it, but BW2 has the best quality of life features and it's just a genuinely well made game.XY aren't necessarily "bad" per se, but it's obvious it's when they took the series in a new direction. Transition to 3D, reliance on regional gimmicks, and they were trying out too many new things. The reason so many of the new games seem bad is cause they just can't get their shit together because each game just feels so much different from the last. Hell even now there's rumors gen X is gonna ditch the turn based gameplay. Of course none of the 3D games are gonna feel as complete as the old games when they're basically starting from scratch every new gen and they ditched the third version formula for DLC.That being said there are still some good 3D games. I liked ORAS because it's a remake of a good 2D game, and SV tried new things that actually worked unlike say Alola or Galar.
>>719736636I'd say 3 is my favorite gen but objectively the Pokémon games peaked at gen 5. Gen 5 had fine-tuned everything down to a perfect craft, and they really did absolutely everything they could do with that engine and type of game. The games focused less on gameplay after 5 and more on features, graphics, and other crap, dumbing it down to the "titlegame" it is today. idk if that's a term, but people just buy it and will always buy it because it's Pokémon and they know that, so they don't have to make much of a game anymore.
>>719736636Gen 3 was the best. HGSS and B2W2 were also great but their gens weren't perfect. Gen 7 was underrated.
Pokemon fans be like
>>719736636>Gameplay wiseGen II>Little girl wiseGloria is my favorite but Gen VII has the best quality and quanity.
>>719736636BW2Although as a whole, gen 3-5 were the golden age.
>>719736636>gamesGen 2>pokemon designGen 2>character designGen 7
>>719736636Gold/silver was clearly the best, emerald right after.Legends was good, i liked x/y.Rest are bad.
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>>719741632Give me a single reason i'm wrong, namefag.
>>719741720Not saying you're necessarily wrong, you're entitled to your opinion, but saying Gold/Silver is the best and not HGSS, saying you liked XY(which is valid) but then calling all the rest bad is such an odd opinion to have.
>>719736636fuckmarrykillmarryfuckfuckmarryfuckkillfuckmarrymarryfuck
>>719737040Pokemon came out when I was 14 though
>>719741825Give him a break anon, it's just a technicality.
>>719742058You're 43?
For me, it's Serena. The best Pokégirl.
>>719736636They're childs.Stop sexualizing them.>b-but I've been lusting after them since I myself was a child!Yes you one were but you must grow out of your childhood crush because you age while they stay young.
>>719742125:)Hgss is the best game
>>719741825Alright, yeah HG/SS are better, i just kinda forgot.The others are bad imo because i didn't care for the world/pokemon designs in them.I would admit sun and moon have the best antagonists but i didn't like anything else about those.
>>719742237>you age while they stay youngThat's the best part
>>719736636the bob cut girls are trash and the worst pokegirls
>>719742237>childsIs /v/ an ESL board now?
>>719742458Since always been has now, saar.
>>719742237What if I like them aged up>>719742307Fair enough, good taste at least>>719742360>The others are bad imo because i didn't care for the world/pokemon designs in them.That's fair>I would admit sun and moon have the best antagonists See now come on this is just absurd. I can accept different opinions but this is just so out there it almost feels like you're fucking around. It'd be like if someone said their favorite games are BDSP and LGPE but they hated every other game in the series. You'd just think "what the fuck kind of taste is that"
>>719742789Team skull is fun and i like lusamine.I don't think that's an unpopular opinion at all.
XD
>>719742237>I've been lusting after them since I myself was a childChildren don't lust.
>>719743262I think team skull was fine but the problem is they just aren't villains/antagonists. They're just mild roadblocks like team yell or team star in SwSh/SV. Aether Foundation being the "real" villains was an obvious twist but they also feel pretty weak. They're ok/pretty good but the best? That seems a stretch. Again, it just seems like such out there random opinions to have.
Why do American love Pokemon?
>>719742789>six fingered ai images in 2025Have some standards
>>719743505I'd argue they're the best because they're less dull than the standard evil teams yet have more substance and flair. than the empty voids that are yell and star.
>>719743804They have fingers?>>719743856That's reasonable. The thing I prefer about the older villain teams is it felt like they actually did shit and were genuine threats, even if their personalities were dull. Guzma/Lusamine don't feel as proactive to me, they're just kind of there.
Gen 4Gen 5 and onwards have been dogshit
>>7197366363rd and 4th gen though :3
>>719742440Where do you live? I'm going to kill you. In real life, not in minecraft.
>>719736636Gen 4 and Gen 5 are my faves, Gen 7 made me drop the series. Replay Pt and BW2 every other year
>>719736636>aged upYou can tell a faggot drew this.
>>719743957Even as a kiddo i found the team rocket parts in the original games to be dull.I don't care about stopping criminals or saving the world, i want to explore, find new monsters and beat the elite four.
>>719736636FRLG. After that, everything went down hill from there.
>>719744478Yeah when I say "did shit" I was referring more to post Kanto/JohtoI really hate how Game Freak tries to make Team Rocket/Giovanni seem like the scariest/most powerful villains just cause they're from KANTOOOThe "climax" in both appearances they have is taking over a fucking building. Compare that to Archie/Maxie who unleash a weather altering monster that threatens the entire region(though they really should have been able to control them, wish they changed that in the remakes), Cyrus almost controls the gods of creation, N actually defeats the champion of the region, Ghetsis almost kills you, etc.And plus the final locations of each villain is always more grandiose than Team Rocket. Silph Co and a Radio Tower? That's it?
>>719744478Rockets are my favorite part of the game. It's Magma, Aqua, Plasma,... and whoever came after that are boring.Rockets racked a killcount though it's only in text.
>>719736636That's kind of a tough question, honestly. Pokemon as a media franchise completely devoured my childhood from age 6 onwards, but I only got access to the video games by the time gen 2 was already out. After that general Poke-mania died down a little, but I was still firmly on the hype train for gen 3 as I scoured the early Internet for fansites and news. Gen 3 in general was a magical time for the RPGs, completing the Dex felt like a huge undertaking with how many games you needed. I didn't even have a GameCube, I was completely at the mercy of my friend who did for monsters in the console games. Then gen 4 came and the series moved to DS and I was still with it, the online features combined with the monsters I had accumulated in gen 3 allowed me to finally get that full National Dex, and I also got into comp battling a bit for the first time with Battle Revolution, but by the time Platinum and HeartGold/SoulSilver came out I felt I was getting a little burned out on Pokemon. Didn't help that at that point I was already of the opinion that gen 2 was my least favourite. Then gen 5 came out and somehow Game Freak basically read my mind and fixed a lot of the little game engine issues that had made gen 4 annoying, and I LOVED the new Pokemon, an actual breath of fresh air in terms of design sensibilities after gen 4 had put all its eggs in the fatass crossgen evos and gaudy legendaries basket. In a lot of ways, gen 5 is what I think of when I'm asked what my favourite game in the series is... but in the case of OP's question about "Pokemon's peak", I'm not gonna lie and say I don't also have great nostalgia for that time around 1999-2001 when Pokemania swept over the world and my home country.
>>719736636the valley begins with XY and becomes a canyon by USUM, but I can't narrow down a definitive peak before then>RBY, GSC, RSE, FRLG, DPPt, HGSS, BW, B2W2god i love old pokemon bros
>>719736636For me it was X/Y but mainly for the PSS system which made the game actually feel like a MMO-lite, and also Charizard X because it was basically a childhood dream made true.
>>719747124>an unironic CharizardfagSo you're the person Game Freak keeps pandering to all the fucking time
>>719747124>favorite fighting type is grass>favorite rock type is water>favorite ground type is poison>favorite flying type is grass>favorite ice type is water>favorite ghost type is steel
>>719747515I wouldn't say that since I stopped buying Pokemon stuff after ORAS and skipped the fifth gen.
>>719748434Ah, well they introduced another gimmick form of Charizard in gen 8. That entire game was just a Charizard wank fest. The champion is undefeated in his entire life all because he uses CHARIZAAAARD from KANTOOOO as his aceIt's seriously fucking obnoxious the amount of shilling this fucking stupid lizard gets
>>719736636Gameplay and content >Gen2 Design >gen 5Trying new things >Gen 6Sun and moon kinda sucked. They had the nostalgia bait of threes remaster to cover their weaknesses.Sword and shield was OK. Reused assets from sun and moon embarrassingly enough.Haven't played scarlet and violet enough to have a opinion Protagonist girl power ranking >gen 5>gen 6 >gen 2 >gen 4>gen 3>gen 1 >gen 8>gen 7 >gen 9
>>719749613How this did guy not put riz out of business
>>719742237nice deflection, poo in loo
Facts(subject to change)
>>719749073Don't really care about special Zard, Charizard X was special for me because he was the dragon I always wanted him to be AND a physical attacker which is how I played my Zard since the split.And also the PSS system was really special because like I said it felt like a mmo-lite system, where you could see everyone online and battle/trade people.
>>719736636BW1. Even BW2 felt downhill from it.
>>719750013I remember I actually bought X because I wasn't able to pirate on 3DS yet at the time and going to /vp/ and using the PSS in the wifi general was very comfy. Also used it with some friends, it's such a fantastic system.
>>719736636You know I never really got why the fandom at large treated Kris and Lyra as two separate characters.Yeah it's a drastic design shift but it's not like Ethan and Gold are that much more similar to each other.
>>719750346Cuz the art director said they're different characters
Juliana makes my cock throb
>>719750661>>719750346Why make Lyra at all when they could've just reintroduced Kris? It would've taken less effort.
>>719736636Gens 3-5
>>719750346>>719750875They probably did it cause Kris was exclusive to Crystal while Ethan/Gold was always in the original without a female counterpart.Since HGSS are called Gold/Silver and not Spirit Crystal they didn't want to redesign Kris and instead add in a completely new character instead.
>>719750875Don't try to fathom the wacky gooks at nintendo/game freak you're just going to get a headache anon
>>719750004>Disenchantedwhat changed?
>>719751525I was just trying to use a negative adjective that started with D. I actually liked SV too it's just the protag design was lame.Alola was not that great and it sucks the better version of it has an even worse protag design
>>719736636Pokemon Red, everything after has been a copy of a copy of a copy of copy
>>719737040out of ten
>>719737040I wasn't 10 when Emerald came out
reminder that gen 3 is best gen/thread
>>71973704018 with B&W
>played on challenge mode to get extra experience>traded over a Deino egg as soon as possible so I'd have it for the entire game>always kept a lucky egg on it as soon as I got it>by the end of the game I still needed to use all my rare candies to get it to evolve before taking on the elite 4Who though these Unova evolution levels were ok
>>719736636Pokemon girls are so fucking hot man, you have no idea seriously. Nintendo just knew pulling off one semen demon after another with this franchise Jesus christ.
>>719736636Scarlet and Violet on emulation, running at 4k 60fps, and mods.
>>719757673Don't know why people say Gen IX was a miss when it gave us this semen demon>>719757909Has anyone made a comparison video between SV on emulator/mods vs Switch 2?I have to wonder if an eventual Switch 2 emulator will be the peak way of enjoying Paldea
>>719736636a lot of hypnos in this thread
>>719749862>bush
>>719736636>Peak HGSS really felt like the apex of the series as someone who started with red. Doesn't mean there isn't good games afterwords
>>719737040They are correct for casuals.
>>719736636Literally who after Serena. And XY the game wasn't even good.
>>719736636Nice list to use with AI
>>719759487Selena from Sun/MoonGloria from Sword/ShieldJuliana from Scarlet/Violet
>>719736636gen 2, I loved how much bigger and better it was over gen 1gen 3 ruined everything by taking away so many mechanics and pokemon and places
>>719736636gotta say, even while they fucked every other aspect of pokemon up, the female main character designs have always been good. Scarlet and Violet is the worst so far and even it's okay
>>719736636Things went down after sword and shield
Gameplay wise, BW2 peaked the series. (Though I recently played Ultra Sun on an Emulator and enjoyed that way more than i did Sun)I really enjoy the character designs in Sun/The one with Marnie. TCG wise I've enjoyed this new one more. But it's hard to top V and VMax.>>719737040My favorite game is White 2 and I was 15 when it came out. Hell I should have more negative feelings for it since it's when I stopped having friends who played Pokemon and the day I went to pick up W2 I got sick as fuck. I dislike Diamond and Pearl nowadays (The ones that came out when i was 10)
>>719761259> gen 3 ruined everything by taking away so many mechanics and pokemon and placeselaborate because I think Gen 2 nailed coziness with an animal crossing esque daily system that people dont appreciate. Gen 3 felt gimped by introducing natures and abilities but not commiting to a true physical special split and the reatrdedly shallow movepools
I was in 5th grade when the original Red/Blue/Yellow released and the TV show first started airing. I lived in a run down "ghetto" in a mostly black area of New York. The blacks I went to school with just discovered that the computers at the public library didn't have an effective porn blockers, so they had started printing out hentai of Misty and Jessie, passing it around the bus after-school.I had a computer and a printer at home, so I went and searched out pictures of Misty, which I found and printed. I was stupid and left one of the pictures on the out tray on the printer which my parents ultimately found. I tried to explain to them I get it from the kids at school, but it was obviously freshly printed.Pic related, it was the one they found.I'm almost 40 now and I can still vividly recall the moment my parents confronted me about it.
>>719763542just fucking die
>>719763542>The blacks I went to school with just discovered that the computers at the public library didn't have an effective porn blockers, so they had started printing out hentai of Misty and Jessie, passing it around the bus after-school.Man it seems like every generation has a similar story. "That kid who printed porn in the computer lab", "that kid who had porn on his PSP", etc
>>719763601I can't die yet, I have a wife and kids now.
>>719737040Pretty close I guess, I played colosseum when I was 11.
>>719763868Based
>>719763868>and kids nowhow careful are they with the printer?
>43 year olds and 18 year olds are all still playing PokemonKind of wholesome
>>719763542>Pic related, it was the one they found.For me it was that one with Mewto and Nurse Joy
>>719736636I've never played a game past emerald.
>>719736636I only ever played Red and Silver, the original ones if they remade them or something weird.Recommend me on the "good" pokemans that came later down the line. I was tempted to try out Arceus almost exclusively from the stupid memes that popped up.
>>719736636
>>719765834Emerald, HeartGold/SoulSilver, Platinum, BW2(though you'll miss out on story lore if you don't play the first one)
>>719744668This nigger is right, Gen III both fixed Gen I and gave us Emerald
>>719737040I was 10 when Platinum came out but my favorite ended up being White 2.
>>719767073Based milk chad
>>719767117tbf Rosa isn't my favorite Pokegirl, I don't even associate her with milk as much as May
>>719767291Fair enough, they're just the two most commonly depicted with the biggest tits
Johto
>>719736636Let's be real, the game series had two peaks: Pokemon G/S/C and Pokemon B/W1&2
>>719771417>Pokemon B/W1&2Hell no.
>>719771447You can date a loli in Pokemon W/B. That automatically makes it peak. Also great OST.
>>719765834Platinum (gen 4.5)Black 2 (gen 5.5)Z version (gen 6.5)
>>719771417Loved the bug Pokémon and the series trying to reboot itself and feel fresh. Also that tomboy poketrainer Hilda.Felt bad for anyone who fell for the snivy hype train before the last form was shown
>>719737040Toss up between BW and HGSS really.
>>719736636I want to fuck Gloria
>>719771923>Felt bad for anyone who fell for the snivy hype train before the last form was shownSerperior looks way fucking cooler than Emboar or Samurott though
>>719736636I started with Gen 1, finally got hold of Blue version, I remember the games were sold out everywhere forever. Later Red on my birthday, then Yellow, and so on and so forth. I remember going through the St. Anne with Charizard in Red after waking up early before school just to be able to play it.tl;dr It peaked with 4. The special and physical move split, Sinnoh, Cynthia, the addition of Wifi, being on /v/ at like the age of 18-20 or so and playing Diamond and Pearl and later Platinum, trading friend codes to trade Pokemon and shit was like a little renaissance moment in the franchise. A revitalization. Also the last generation in my opinion that had a GOOD good Pokedex. I also liked XY more than most just from the hype of going 3D on the go, trainer customization, Megas, etc. but I'd never call it "peak".Many will say 5 was the peak going purely on the story and whatnot, but I personally think the designs of most Gen 5 Pokemon are too fucking bad.
>>719771417Gen 2 and Gen 5 both have similar problems, the Pokedex is fucking HORRIBLE. Gen 2 you can't get many of the NEW POKEMON until you're in the very end of the game breezing through the (stunted, limited rendition) region from the OLD GAME.Gen 5 the new Pokemon fucking suck. The new Pokemon sucking and it being such a massive departure from previous games makes it almost feel like a rom hack.
>>719763542Bet your dad liked what he saw
>>719763542wow, that pic was one of my first faps. now I feel old
The only Pokémon games I like are the colosseum games.>>719772406same
Peaks at gen 3 then dips slightly with Sinnoh before riding back up with HGSS and gen V, dips again with XY but rises with ORAS before crashing to the ground for multiple games until SV begins an uptick
>>719736892beat me to it
>>719736636Only odd numbered pokemon generations have soul.
>>719740513My nigga
>>719773290Think what you want.It was peak though.
BW & B2W2 were series peak
>feel like fappin' to some 'kegirls>99% of art has them with gigabobs like >>719742789I hate it
Gold and silver when i was a kid, their remakes aka the greatest remake ever.
