>gen 1 introduces us to the world of Pokemon and how things are going to work in the franchise overall
>gen 2 just gives you more of the same
>gen 3 properly adds legendary pokemon into the story and ties them to the antagonist gangs, setting a tradition that would last many games
>gen 4 pretty much adds more of this
>gen 5 connects the player to the legendary pokemon and the gang in a more meaningful way other than being just a power tool
>gen 6 basically repeats older gens again, a step back
>gen 7 makes you befriend and protect the legendary in several parts of the story and redefines antagonist gangs and true villains
>gen 8 kinda goes several steps back again, except you focus on the third legendary first
>gen 9 sets up the legendary as your main partner, makes it part of your friend group and gives it a character arc to complete against the true villain
If you wanna experience the true progress of Pokémon's stories you gotta play the odd numbered generations, even numbered ones will only grant you a rehash of previous experiences. Prove me wrong.
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>unova
>mandatory
lmao good joke op
Yes. Seethe.
Gen 2 introduces the concept of legendary Pokemon as religious figures, and it's also the games that introduce preamble quests to nearly every gym.
It's also one of the only two games that explore what the world is like after you complete your adventure.
Gen 4 adds even more to the mythos of Pokemon with you actually meeting the gods of the Pokemon world - in a lot of ways it's the logical conclusion of the concepts introduced in both Gen 2 and 3, with the villain team going after a legendary Pokemon, like in Gen 3, but that Pokemon is an actually revered religious figure, like in Gen 2.
Gen 4's also the first game to start focusing more on character writing and giving you a party that periodically joins you on your adventure.
If anything if you want to experience the actual progression of Pokemon stories you just need to play the first four generations, because everything after Gen 4 is just Gen 4 again and again and again.
Oh yeah I should also add, while it's not really about the story per se it does relate to the storytelling, Gen 2 does expand on cutscenes wayyy more than what Gen 1 had.
RBY have maybe like, 3 actual cutscenes where characters move around indepedently of your position (as in, cutscenes that are more than just your rival walking up to you)
Gen 2 has a lot more scenes of characters interacting with each other and doing stuff other than going along a path towards you, which definitely makes the story more dynamic and engaging.
>gen 2 says some of the optional legendaries with absolutely zero relevance to the plot are deities, the same that would happen in future gens except they don't matter
>gen 4 says their deities are bigger deities than others
Woah
The prompt from the original post is "experiencing the progression of Pokemon stories", and what happens with Gen 2 IS progression since it's acknowledging its legendaries more than not at all like Red and Blue.
Not to mention the content that acknowledges them IS mandatory, even if encountering the Pokemon themselves isn't, you're still gonna have to go to Ecruteak and see the towers and the lore behind Ho-oh and Lugia.
And again, the Pokemon in Gen 3 aren't deities per se, or at least they're not recognized as such like they are in Sinnoh, so Gen 4 is adding something to that plotline as well.
And you also missed the other stuff I mentioned about both of those games lol
Gen 7 boring af, so much dialogue and so cringy my lord KN8NM
frfr gen 7 aint bussin no cap
I dont like having the legends as main partner, I prefer them to he like folklore. Things of legend and stories, not something im riding on
all mandatory except gsc and hgss
gen 2 added day and night, different types of evolution, breeding, things happening at different times of day, and the radio
gen 5 is really the only shippable gen. not a single memorable mechanic introduced there
Gen 3 has not aged well enough to be mandatory. It’s very dated at this point. And unlike Kanto+Johto, where you can see how this massive franchise launched, Hoenn has less place in gaming history.
>thinly veiled genwar thread
I see right through you
I would say every gen except gen 6 is mandatory
This. All 6 added was the idea of battle gimmickshit.
The only mandatory game is the card game for the gbc.
kys OP
The trend until gen 6 was odd gen introduces things, even gens makes them better. Gens 2 and 4 were improvements upon their previous gen in every single way. Gen 6 broke the pattern by being horse shit that was the polar opposite of BW because BW didn't sell well.
Also there's no "progress" in pokemon stories. All the muh character drama bullshit we get since gen 6 is troony pandering garbage that shouldn't be in a pokemon game.