The correct play order.
>>59086845Why is DP not in the "Skip if not curious" bracket? Same with BDSP really.
>>59086845>Blue not required play, not even listed at allFake fan, first enhanced version, as well as the basis for the international RB copies, absolutely required for proper understanding of the franchise.
>>59086845But ecks dee is better than Colo
>>59086845>Yellow>Crystal>Fire Red > Leaf Green (feel free to skip, only because Kanto is still fresh in your mind, play this over the OG Red/Blue)>Emerald>Platinum>HG (not SS, fuck Lugia)>Black > White>Black 2 > White 2>Y > X>Omega Ruby > Alpha Sapphire >Ultra Sun > Sun, minor QoL improvements and slightly cooler story>this is where the games start sucking really hard (except for PLA)>Shield > Sword>PL:A >Violet > Scarlett
>>59086845Legends slop should be in "skip if not curious: experimental" with Let's Go.Diamond/Pearl should at least be in "cool to experience". Same with Japanese Blue.
>>59086845>Muh play orderPlay/watch orders for every piece of media is always reddit unless it's release order.
>>59086954Objectively correct.
>>59087013The picture is in release order...
>>59087047And I'm agreeing, numbnuts
>>59086845There’s no point to playing RS if you play Emerald. FRLG and HGSS are also 100% skippable if you played the originals.
>>59087013There are times where it makes sense. Sometimes a production is underfunded and a flub and a remake comes along that's just better. More common in indie filmmaking or comics and manga though.
>>59086871"The species were changed, and Jigglypuff is in the into."You never played JP Blue either. You don't need to compare and contrast Mido and Ao to understand the improvements. Understanding how it plays differently requires you to have played RG several times to fully appreciate how encounter table impacts balance. Blue is more comparable to the Switch 2 editions. Yellow sets expectations and precedent for how the third version/director cuts would work moving forward. Blue doesn't offer that insight.
>>59087176Hgss is worth revisiting later if you like the vibe of johto but want more modern mechanics. but I agree it's redundant to play both and you should do the original first
>>59087013Like with Star Wars, the correct order is 451236 and skip 789.Seriously though, it doesn't really matter which order you play them. They're all separate from each other.The only exceptions are Kanto before Johto, Black/White before Black 2/White 2, and X/Y before Legends ZA. As they're direct sequels.
>>59087204451236 is good, but it's the absolute best if you watch the appropriate peripherals along side it, like throwing in major parts of The Clone Wars in, or splitting up 3 with TCW S7 Order 66.
>>59087190Blue is simply the better version compared to RG, even if the changes are minor. Ideally I would say you should experience both in the same way you should experience both DP and Pt but if you for some reason only need one then Blue is the preferable choice. Yellow is barely an enhanced version and more a completely different take, So basically, if you want the full experience, play RG, Blue, and Yellow, if you don't care about the minor details, play Blue and Yellow, not RG and Yellow.
>>59087222I think yellow is just unnecessary. Just play global R/B and move on
>>590872192003 clone wars is more authentic on account of actually releasing between episodes 2 and 3. and it's not as much of a time sink. think of it like an intermission.
i don't think pokemon colosseum should be "not required" desu
>>59087234Your fanfic will never be relevant
>>59087231GenndyWars was great, it's an easy add.
>>59087234The chart said everyone should experience it once, and that's enough I think.
>>59086845Looks good, if you want them to learn moonrunes just to live in japan for the rest of their life.
>>59087013It's about simulating the growth between producer and consumer; everything should be in release order so that one can experience said growth. Otherwise, you'll miss out of the growth pains of the early years.
>>59086863they're in the "not worth mentioning" bracket
>>59086845>skip Yellowno
>>59086845>Gen 1>Gen 2>Even worth your timeThey're outdated and offer nothing of value.>FRLG>HGSS>Emerald>Pt>BW>BW2>X/Y>USUM>SwSH>SVEverything else is optional side content.
>>59087320Then why is Ruby and Sapphire mentioned as worth playing? By all means, Emerald is a far more necessary upgrade to Ruby and Sapphire than Platinum was to Diamond and Pearl. Platinum moved 56 Pokémon from the post-game to the main game, and made 9 additional Pokémon natively available in Gen IV.Emerald made 46 Pokémon natively available to Hoenn over Ruby and Sapphire.Emerald let you catch DittoEmerald had an actual post-game (though the quality of a number of things included in it can be debated)Emerald made Magma and Aqua slightly more distinct entities and gave them a couple of new (albeit extremely infrequent) PokémonIt's amazing how much Diamond and Pearl make Emerald look bad. If you have every Gen III game all working together with events, you can catch 386 Pokémon. If you only have Diamond and a DS and nobody to trade with, no events, no GBA games, you can catch 356 Pokémon. The only Pokémon that don't natively appear in DP without Pal Park are previous starters, legendaries, mythicals, and Tropius, Tangela, and Tangrowth. That's 442 Pokémon in Sinnoh, and Platinum adds a measly 9.
>>59088463>why Ruby and Sapphire mentioned as worth playing? because the list is dumb and full of errors>japanese wannabe but ignores JP Blue>insane enough to mention LGPE at all>ONE CITY as required play
Just play the mainline games by release, play the third versions, maybe do both regual and ultra SM. Simple as
>>59088386>They're outdated and offer nothing of value.this but with gen 3 too. you should be playing ORAS instead.
>>59089239I don't think remakes are good to jump around with like that. I think starting in order of each gen makes you appreciate the changes to both mechanics and the dex. It gives you a better sense of how we got to where we are.
>>59089239Not the sameGens 1 and 2 are just trying to do something that Gens 3, 4, and 5 did a better job at. Gen 3 and Gen 6 are stylistically and mechanically miles apart
>>59088386Based, but why subject yourself to X/Y. Just skip it. Worst games in the franchise, and that's saying something
>>59086845>Buy (the Pokewalker) from JapanDoes this retard not know that the Pokewalker came with every copy of HGSS? Why the fuck would you need to get it from Japan specifically
>>59089719Japanese games are a bit cheaper
>>59089741I just looked on ebay, and they seem to basically be the same price. Japanese cartridges are defintely cheaper though. My Japanese Platinum was like $30 and has the original case / pamphlet. Meanwhile English version is like $200 for the cartridge alone
>>59086845this image is stupid and reddit you arent cool for using the japanese box art (and not even consistently lmao). crystal isnt even definitive id honestly swap it into the top bracket, in what fucking world should i ignore gs but its imperative i play crystal, but then its suddenly extremely important i play rs and then emerald. and "literally just release order from this point" the whole fucking thing is release order dumbass omfg why not actually think about it before making an image like this like if you think the only way to play the series in order is release order, than say that, an image like this is totally fucking useless unless youve devised some scientific reason that i should start the series with specifically oras, then jump to platinum, then jump to gs. like, this could be portrayed in a singular sentence
