![]() The games feature the memorable Sinnoh region, a solid degree of difficulty, good music (always an important Pokemon feature), and are improved by Platinum, which increased the battle speed and added the Distortion World, one of the coolest areas ever to appear in a Pokemon game. That's largely undeserved, as these are great games, particularly Platinum. These games seem to be gaining a reputation as sort of the middle child of the Pokemon series: overlooked and unremembered. But, the fact that they built that foundation means that they have also been bettered by each new Pokemon game that has come along. It basically boils down to this: these games are historically important, setting the foundation off of which every subsequent Pokemon game has built. ![]() Also, catching 'em all would be fun, but do you know anyone with a Game Boy and a link cable? I didn't think so. There are fewer moves, and no indication in the game as to how powerful each move is, which limits strategy. The 20-item bag, lack of running, lack of an on-screen bar telling you far until the next level are all annoying lapses now that we know they could exist. There have just been too many improvements. Let's be honest: no one who didn't play these games back in the '90s can really appreciate them now. These were the games when catching them all was actually something every player could do, rather than an insane task that will occupy hundreds of hours as you hunt down Pokemon that were only released as "special events." The original towns and leaders are still the best the degree of difficulty is just right here and the music and charm of these games are second to none. ![]() These are the games that gave us the original 151 Pokemon (which remain, to this day, the best set of Pokemon created yet), as well as the formula which each game has followed: eight badges, gym leaders who work with a certain type, rivals literally everything about the series can be traced back here.īut it's not all nostalgia making this argument (though it mostly is). These are the very first games in the series, the genesis of it all. ![]() Let's start, of course, with the very first games in the series.
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