Is this the best play order for the 2D pokémon games?
>>56987330play hgss last, because once youve played the best one the other ones will be kinda lame in comparison, but apart from that yeah
Play crystal.You are playing bw2 so you clearly have no issues with seeing the exact same content all over again.
I LOVE GENWARS
>>56987330Swap HGSS with either Platinum or Emerald if you want it in event order. If you prefer release order for everything, sure.
>>56987330skip the kanto shit
>>56987338HGSS replaces Crystal; BW2 doesn’t replace BW because it just continues the story.
>>56987341Nah, it's best to wrap up the 2d gens by fighting Red at the end instead of directly after FRLG. More cinematicAlso HGSS introduces a ton of stuff that you'll get accustomed to but won't get if you play emerald or platinum next. Like if you like following pokemon, you'll be sorely disappointed
>>56987349Sure but that’s just a matter of taste. I just prefer it to be in chronological order.
>>56987357You wouldn't know the chronological order of the games if you didn't look it up though, the only one that says so is HGSS which tells you it's 3 years after FRLG.Also it's more fitting you went onto other adventures in Hoenn and Sinnoh before getting back to Kanto 3 years later. But I guess if it's your taste it's your taste
>>56987330Maybe play HG/SS earlier, so FR/LG will be fresher in your memory.And depending on your personal taste, HG/SS can be interchangeable with Crystal or even Silver, as the latter has better sprites despite them not being animated.
>>56987330True pokeheads proceed like so:RBY -> GSC -> Emerald -> FRLG -> HGSS -> DPPt -> BW -> BW2
>>56987367No I’m pretty sure the Sinnoh games reference the Johto ones happening at the same time.
>>56987334BW2 and Platinum are both superior games althougheverbeit.
OP wasn’t a genwarfag but you guys turned the thread into a ticking time bomb genwar. Let me salvage you guys before it’s too late:All games ITT are great games that have flaws.Mark my words, of this thread keeps on going someone will arrive and capitalize by converting it into a shitfest.
>>56987330The main thing is FRLG, RSE are played first so you don't go back to before the physical/special split. HGSS next as Jasmine appears in DPPt. DPPt next introducing the player to Cynthia. BW can honestly be played at anytime as long as you don't do the postgame but as its got more quality of life features might as well play it before BW2.BW2 last as you get to rebattle every major battle from the previous games.
>>56987330Play HGSS before Platinum otherwise you'll be underwhelmed by Johto.
>>56987453>the hater arrivesI predicted it
>>56987453>infernape use fire spinDestroys all of candice's team if you chose himPryce barely has any good counters to his team, I unironically found it harder to defeat himAs for Archer, I fought him after fighting the team rocket tower without healing so it was quite hard
>>56987330FRLG -> HGSS -> Emerald -> Platinum -> BW -> BW2if you want a consistently rising climactic narrative.
>>56987453Based, HGSS is redundant when Platinum already exists>>56987469so if i use shitmons then i can say that xy is hard?
>>56987492>brings up unrelated gameshitposting detected
>>56987330Considering over half of those aren’t 2D, and you’re ignoring a bunch of the actual 2D games, no.
>>56987529Gen 1 isn't worth playing, most people won't like gen 2 unless they're old or already into pokemonDP is trash (platinum is great) and RS is obscured entirely by Emerald
>>56987330saphire->pearl->gold->x->leafgreen->blackit's the aryan timeline
>>56987539>still talking about 3D games in the 2D threadFor what purpose
>>56987539>Gen 1 isn't worth playing,the same could be said about every game in the OP.
>>56987529>>56987560Leave the thread. In Pokemon games specifically, 2D games are the ones people know that have 2D sprites.
>>56987578And 3D games are the ones with 3D models, glad we're on the same page.
>>56987578Gen 6-8 has 2D sprites.
>>56987330op you forgotted to be putting swsh in theere ; she's 2d
>>56987582For the actual Pokemon, yes.>>56987584Not for the actual Pokemon.
>>56987586Based witcher enjoyer, no idea why you'd call an iron crow geralt though
>>56987603We're talking about the games though, aren't we? If we just wanted to talk about what the Pokémon look like, then you can just look at a Bulbapedia gallery.
R/B > C > E>optional stepFR/LG if you want to do Kanto again but updated to Gen 3. If not, skip it.That's it.
>>56987619Yes, and the games have usable Pokemon as elements within the game. Stop being retarded.
>>56987624Where do you find, catch, and use those Pokémon? Could it be within the game's world?
>>56987633No one is saying the world doesn’t exist. But with Pokemon specifically, when people say “2D Pokemon game”, they mean the games with the 2D Pokemon. Ignoring agreed upon conventions doesn’t make you smart.
>>56987637I think that's what some people mean, sure. But if we already have another way to refer to groups of games (system, generation, region, etc.) why use a term that people can't seem to agree on?
but da 3d game got da 2d sprite so it le 2d and da 2d game got da 3d overworld so it le 3d I are intelect and India will b superpower saar
>>56987647Everyone except fucking 4chan knows that 2D Pokemon games instantly refer to gens 1-5, with XY starting the 3D era. Almost no one refers to DP as 3D games.
All right, how about I propose this: 3D games are the ones that are able to be played in a 3D mode. This means the 3DS games, which has a 3D switch, as well as switch games, which are able to be played on 3D TVs.There, did I make everyone happy?
>>56987659>Everyone except fucking 4chan knows that 2D Pokemon games instantly refer to gens 1-5, with XY starting the 3D era.everyone on 4chan who isn't yawnfag also knows this
>>56987582>>56987584You mind not being hyperbolic retards for a sec?
>>56987679>not being hyperbolic retards Where do you think we are?
>>56987665Is there something stopping me from hooking my GameCube up to that TV and playing Sapphire?
>>56988175Fair enough.>>56988342I meant intended consoles.
>>56987453Many such cases.
>>56987466>thecopetoddler
>>56987578>2D games are the ones people know that have 2D spritesBut that's wrong you fucking retard.
>>56988471Am I missing something? That second highlight kinda proves that XY’s the first 3D game people actually think of as completely 3D
>>56987453/bread
>>56987330HGSS should be played before Platinum as it’s a sequel of FRLG.
Reminder that unlike the DS era, XY literally used "3D" as its selling point. Only subhumans will ignore this
>>56988627This. The reveal trailer literally said "Your 3D Pokemon adventure is about to begin". Someone please correct me if I'm wrong though
>>56987330>playing remakesjust play the originals you giant faglordI bet you like Zero Mission too
>>56987347Crystal sprites look a thousand times better than HGSS and are in fact the best pokémon sprites we ever got
>>56987330Yes. This allows you to transfer forward your pokemon, and it feels like a Journey across regions. Although I'd argue Ruby and Sapphire are just as good as Emerald. You won't be sticking around for the post game anyways, once you beat the E4, and catch any legendaries you want, it's right on to Platinum.
Really tired of people trying to rewrite history. DP were 3D, are 3D, and will always be 3D. People act like we don't have unlimited access to information.
>>56989014No one is denying it has 3D in it. It’s just the shorthand for “2D Pokemon games” and “3D Pokemon games” refer to the Pokemon themselves first and foremost.
>>56989023>refer to the Pokemon themselves first and foremostTrue. XY is my favorite 2D game.
I love forced memes
>>569892632D pokemon was something special
>>56988639https://youtu.be/3NMWdUBA8e4?si=xdvXEXISWCL_h8Z1Its true, even the marketing team made it clear that 3D is the game's identity. You can't say the same for the DS games
>>569892633D pokemon was something special
>>56989337an admission of defeat, parroting is
>>56987431>basedniggerspeakopinion disregarded
>>56988471>>56989014>>56989241>>56989337I fucking hate you.
>>56989241Those aren't the actual pokemon though, just in-universe screens representing them with a sprite. the actual Pokemon are in 3D.
>>56989343word filters are so fucking gay
>>56987330Just skip right to gen 7 if you don't want to be bored to tears. Remember this when you drop FR/LG by the third gym
>>56989354Horrible falseflag
>>569892553Diddlers on suicide watch
>>56989369This is so fucking wrong. You said "skip to Gen 7 if you don't want to be bored" as if Gen 7's forced cutscenes aren't one of the most uninteractive, boring segments of any Pokémon game. This has nothing to do with being a purist, your criteria to enjoy a game is just antithetical to gameplay itself. That Gen is also exceedingly referential and the references mean nothing if you haven't experienced the material on which they are based (prior gens). Fuck off.Also, to answer OP, the correct order is one representative game per region per Gen, with the automatic exception that you should play BW before B2W2. This means you really should play both the originals and the remakes. There is a case to be made for playing HGSS before Platinum or vice versa, but I really think FRLG should be played before Emerald.
>>56989354lol by time you're at the third gym in frlg, you haven't even left that fucking faggy school in gaylola
>>56989480wow alola has that much content? great!
>>56989904mashing A through pointless drivel isn’t good content unfortunately
>>56989904Time spent =/= content. Alola is just full of unskippable cutscenes and dialogue.
>>56989924Good thing FRLG barely has that.
>>56989928barely has good content i agree
>>56989931>admits mashing dialogue is good content Thanks for admitting your shitty taste. No wonder you hate FRLG kek
>>56989933Theres no dialogue in frlg? Damn thats crazy lets see if that true...
>>56989940I said barely you blind retard.
>>56989954Oops looks like there is! Concession accepted btw.
>>56989480>>56989913>>56989917>>56989928>>56989933>>56989954stop feeding the troll
>>56989958Correct, there barely is. So it isn’t “dialogue the game” like a certain other game is. Glad we agree
>>56989940The difference is that mashing A to skip dialogue you've read in Gen 3 takes like 10 seconds. There are also only a few unskippable cutscenes in the overworld, most of which also take seconds. In Gen 7, there's like a fucking hour of unskippable cutscenes outside of the overworld. There's a ton of dialogue you can't skip and so much of it that mashing A doesn't free you in a few seconds. All the characters do gestures and shit that take it time. It's infinitely more tedious to the point that replayability absolutely fucking nosedives. It doesn't help that so much of it is frontloaded into the beginning of the game. Gen 5 annoyed me when I first played it on-release. The dialogue at the beginning of the game was very long compared to prior gens. Gen 7 makes that look like child's play. It was so annoying that I didn't even want to play the games.
>>56989973ADHD zoomzooms are so funny.
>>56989979I'm not a zoomer. I do not have ADHD. Keep your baseless accusations to yourself. It is an undeniable fact that Gen 7 have more unskippable content than any other mainline Gen. It is a fact that the beginning of the game is absolutely full of such content. It is also a fact that you cannot replay the game without going through all of that unskippable content that you have already played. At no point during the aforementioned material do you have any agency. This is, in fact, contradictory to the experience of playing a game. This content also is not in any way poignant or able to evoke reflection. It has no greater meaning or scope. It's all introductory bullshit intended to frame your playthrough, which becomes irrelevant after the first one. I personally found it annoying on the first playthrough because I do not play games to watch movies, let alone a movie that forces me to press A to go the next scene.In short, shut the fuck up. No other Gen is like this, most other games are not like this, and being different in this case is not a good thing by any metric.
>>56990006nice fanfic
>>56990006You will watch the 6 hour visual novel and you will like it, chud.https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=r_MT9q54MGY
>>56990042Jesus fucking Christ, I forgot it was THAT bad.>>56990023What say you, dipshit?>>56990037The difference is that at least the player is actually playing the game in prior gens. The cutscenes aren't anywhere near as long and you can go through them faster. This is ignoring the fact that Gen 7 doesn't have dialogue good enough to justify not having an option to skip it at all. Mashing A as an option always beats no such option
>zoomies hate visual novelsThey will never know true soul...
>>56990068>all lies*yawn*
>>56990057Visual novels are a fucking terrible medium. I'm not going to derail this thread any further, but they're all the worst aspects of a video game without any of the things that make one a mentally engaging exercise. It's a "choose your own adventure" book that also strains your eyes and usually doesn't have enough variety or depth to justify such an approach in the first place. What it really is is the byproduct of an indecisive writer who can't commit to plot threads.
>>56990074Cool blog bro. Didnt read.
>>56990077Wasn't a blog. Don't care if you read it, just that you're enough of a cunt to say that while replying. Being a passive aggressive bitch doesn't make you cool.>>56990068If I was going to give Alola a single positive, I would say the music is pretty nice sometimes. The Battle Tree is alright and some of the mons are fun to use, albeit extremely hideous and/or slow. That's pretty much it. This is what a blog sort of post would look like, by the way.
>soullesgooks hate soulwoah no way...
>>56990121>Neither of you have played gen 7, you don't get to have opinions.I did. It is not the least enjoyable in-game (that's DP for me), but it has the worst replayability because it has 6 hours of dead air.>Your criticism is singular No, the routes are pretty much straight lines, the minigames were boring to me, there's way too much dialogue that says nothing, Hop sucks, 1% encounters on calls for help suck, USUM appealing to nostalgia with Rainbow Rocket was a poor choice (and badly executed), and I the Totems were severely underused. The whole package is wasted potential and a very unfortunate sendoff for Pokémon from true handheld consoles.>and you can't even defend the fact that older gens are literally, unambiguously, objectively games for toddlers that grown men cannot be entertained by.Adults are entertained by Candy Crush and capeshit. It's not a huge logical leap to assume that a grown man can enjoy Pokémon. In fact, a fair number of them do and not all of them started as children. Some played Pokémon in solidarity with their kids and actually enjoyed it themselves like two of my uncles. If you want to replay an older gen, you can always just mash A for a maximum of about 30 seconds, be done with the dialogue for a while, and continue your adventure. You don't have the option to do this with Gen 7. The disparity here is exacerbated by emulation because instant text cheats are easier, less demanding, and faster than speeding up through a 3DS cutscene. Further, ROMhacks expand on those older gens to make them more engaging for adults. You can very easily add difficulty to an old gen game, but cutting the fluff from Gen 7 is a lot harder and harder to run. Sorry pal, but you're picking a fight here that you absolutely cannot win.
>>56990132Wipe the tears away faggot. I'm still not hearing you defend the absolute tedium of clawing your way through nothing but shitmons and embarrassingly braindead trainers
>>56990166No one's reading that shit fuck off
>>56990174I don't give a fuck. Why do you people reply to things you allegedly don't read like you're scared of it? Either don't reply or engage with it. You're trying to ride the fence, presumably without realizing that's what you're doing. I think you know you have no cogent points to make.
>shartyraiders show their true genwar intentionswowzers
>>56990166I think we have similar tastes. DP is terrible to replay because of the terrible Pokémon distribution and the slow engine whereas SMUSUM is terrible to replay because of all the cutscene spam. I still like some aspects of SMUSUM though, like Pokepelago, SOS chaining, and Battle Tree, but much like DP the main campaign of Gen 7 is a slog and I'd rather stick to my completed save files as the postgame is much more fun than the main campaign. XY also gives me this feeling at times, but is slightly less frustrating to replay since the main campaign doesn't drag on for so long and the Kalos Dex is quite large, which helps in team building.
>>56990192>another passive aggressive post that doesn't respond to anyone in particularHey, man. I genuinely hope your life is going well. Fuck you.As a matter of fact:>>56990116>>569900574chan isn't Twitter. There's no one here you need to subtweet. Stop throwing shade like children and state your thoughts toward someone like a fucking adult. All of you faggots that start this genwar bullshit and fuel the fire refuse to give your own concrete opinions. You don't want to substantiate anything.
>he is still replyingMindbroken
>>56990210Hit the nail on the head with every single point, man. I'm not huge on replaying Gen 6 either (another gen in which the post-game was awesome), but it doesn't have any serious obstacles to team-building or gameplay. By default, that has to push its replayability way above the gens that do have those unavoidable (and egregious) factors