I don't really consider Colosseum and XD to be spinoff games
If it uses the same battle system as mainline I don't consider it to be a spinoff just because there's some gimmick like shadow pokemon when mainline has gimmicks too

>>59102139
So you consider them to be mainline games?

>>59102142
They're more mainline than the weirdo shit Game Freak have been doing since Let's Go, that's for sure.

Gen 2 is the easy loser
>Stadium 2
>Puzzle Challenge
That's literally it

>>59102128
3 or 4. 6 was the beginning of the end, but still had some good stuff like SuckMyDick, Pokken, and 3DS Shuffle.

>>59102128
Explorers of Sky and Conquest, so Gens 4 and 5

>>59102176
Count by Numbers on the Sega Pico and 9 of the 10 Pokemon Mini games are also Gen 2.

3 they experimented, 4 perfected the formulas, after that they got lazy with them

>>59102128
its gen 4, thats when they really hit their stride with them
gen 3 has some cool stuff but a lot of it is way too shovelware to call it the best

>>59102176
Counterpoint, puzzle league and challenge are actually the greatest. Panel de pon is fucking kino.

>TheJWitz
Didn't he die, or am I thinking of another guy?

>>59102128
I prefer Gen 4 overall but I gotta give this one to Gen 3 because of ColoXD

>>59102139
>>59102822
If ColoXD aren’t spinoffs then it’s gen 4 with the rangers and mystery dungeon games
Even the first game of each is gen 3.5 (having stuff like Lucario and manaphy)

>>59102176
Stadium 2 is the best pokemon game thoughbeit

>>59102176
Stadium 2 mogs every single game in the series so that counts for a lot

>>59102128
> Gen I
- TCG1
- Snap
- Pinball
- Puzzle League
- Stadium

> Gen II
- TCG2
- Puzzle Challenge
- Stadium 2

> Gen III
- Dash
- Pinball RS
- Trozei
- PMD: Rescue Team
- Ranger
- Colosseum
- XD

> Gen IV
- PMD: Explorers
- Ranger 2
- Ranger 3
- Rumble
- PokePark
- Battle Revolution

> Gen V
- PMD: Gates of Infinity
- Rumble Blast/Rumble U
- PokePark 2
- Conquest

Definitely feels like it's just an argument between III and IV and what you value more, the only thing that even pulls me towards the other generations in Conquest for V. Also as another anon said, Gen II really is the biggest loser here, Gen I has everything it had and more and it just gets completely ass blasted by Gen III right after too.

>>59102252
Yeah, but Puzzle Challenge is a downgrade from Puzzle League.

>>59102176
*easy winner
Stadium 2 blows all the other spinoffs out of the water

>>59102128
Gen 4 for Battle Revolution alone since that’s the only spinoff I’ve actually played besides Go

>>59102957
TCG-2 came out during Gen 2, but only includes cards and Pokemon from Gen 1 so…..

You missed Pokedex 3D Pro and the Learn to Type for Gen 5

Dunno about TCG2 since it was released a fair way into Gen II and hardly has any Gen II content, but

I has
>Snap
>Hey You, Pikachu!
>Puzzle League
>Trading Card Game
>Pinball
>Picross

II has
>Puzzle Challenge

III has
>Channel
>Pinball: Ruby & Sapphire
>Mystery Dungeon: Red Rescue Team
>Mystery Dungeon: Blue Rescue Team
>Dash
>Trozei!
>Ranger

IV has
>Ranger: Shadows of Almia
>Ranger: Guardian Signs
>Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time
>Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Darkness
>Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Sky
>Mystery Dungeon: Flame Adventurers
>Mystery Dungeon: Storm Adventurers
>Mystery Dungeon: Light Adventurers
>Rumble
>PokéPark Wii

V has
>PokéPark Wii 2: Wonders Beyond
>Card Game: How to Play DS
>Typing Adventure
>Conquest
>Pokédex 3D
>Pokédex 3D Pro
>Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity
>Rumble Blast
>Rumble U

I don't think it's really a matter of Generation as much as it is a matter of platform.

>>59103818
How the fuck do you miss Stadium 1 and 2 and the Shadow games

>>59103829
Because they're practically companion games to the main series along with Box, Battle Revolution, and Ranch.

>>59103656
If this is ragebait then well done cause you certainly got me.
Battle Revolution is absolute dogshit. It somehow has even fewer rentals than the original JP release of Stadium. Play Stadium 1 and 2, you'll see just how bad BR is. And GO is an abominable mobileslop """game""".

>>59103863
>Play Stadium 1 and 2
Nah

>>59103930
Your loss. They're the best games in the series.

>>59103995
I’ll be fine like the majority of people who will never play them.

>>59103818
All the Pokemon Mini games except for Breeder Mini are Gen 2 (Breeder Mini is the first Gen 3 spinoff).

There's also Sega Pico games for Gen 2 and 3, and a couple PC games for Gen 1 and 3.

>>59105114
Obviously distinctions are being made here, or I would have counted the Pocket Pikachu and Pocket Pikachu Color. There are also mobile games like PokéMate which are exceedingly obscure in the west. What I think most people are counting are games released on Nintendo's home consoles and handhelds, not stuff like licensed anime edutainment games like for the Pico or some licensed American browser game made in 2000 for the Lugia movie. I don't even like counting Puzzle League because it was only ever released in North America and was based on the anime, it's weird. And not even in the Pokémon Yellow, Hey You, Pikachu, and Channel sort of anime-adjacent game, I mean using Ash as the main character.

So
>Must be on a major Nintendo platform
>Not main series made by Game Freak or their outsourced stuff like BDSP
>Not existing as main series-adjacent supplementary games (Stadium series, Orre series, Battle Revolution, Box, Ranch, Dream Radar) even if they function differently, though an argument can be made for the Ranger series since they weren't inherently designed to supplement the main series, the inclusion of the post-game transfers feel incidental

>>59104005
I accept your concession

>>59104005
kek bodied that freak

>>59105168
Me and the majority of humanity :)

>>59102128
You could have cropped your faggy """avatar""" out of there just fine, faggot.