Looking to get into pokemon and came to ask you anons.
What are the best games to play solely based on their single player? I will never be trading, or battling with another human.
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Looking to get into pokemon and came to ask you anons.
Legends: Arceus, but it will ruin every single other game for you
The new one is very good if you can handle potato graphics and visual glitches
Fpbp
For someone who has never played Pokemon, the newer games will always be more enjoyable most of the time
Can I ask why Legends Arceus will ruin all the others? Is it just because it is the newest and so it will make older ones feel outdated?
NTA but it plays the least like a pokemon game in a good way. Plus, like some other anons are saying, starting here wont really let you appreciate fully how different and cool it is from the standard.
It literally doesn't matter it's all the same shit. Start with the one you like the look of.
Heart gold and Soul silver, emerald, crystal, platinum, black and white and black and white 2, if you want something not as full of single player content but one of the most charming play the original red and blue
These are good choices, although I think Black & White 1's single player content is a little bit lacking compared to the sequel, so much of it is locked behind WiFi events and player communication
I remember this frustrating me when it came out because my home internet was incompatible with Nintendo consoles for some reason
But now melonds has online features, so you can use it with anything, you still have to change the dns in the emulator but it works
Pokemon Crystal. If you can emulate, play Perfect Crystal or Crystal 251.
Don't play a rom hack for your first game.
those games barely qualify as romhacks though
Don't play romhacks for your first game. You won't appreciate what they add without knowing what the base game is like.
are you really fully completing pokemon crystal twice in such a short period of time? if someone is looking to "get into" pokemon, odds are they arent gonna wanna finish a game, then jump on a romhack of that game that changes nothing about the game itself
If you're only going to play Pokémon Crystal once, do it the intended way.
>romhack of that game that changes nothing about the game itself
Then why play the Romhack if it changes "nothing about the game".
Oh wait. It changes things. About the game.
>le hyperbole
Anon, don't pretend you didn't understand what I meant perfectly well.
If the ONLY thing a romhack changes is wild encounters, it is fundamentally the same fricking game.
Why?
That changes everything.
I would agree considering bad romhacks add pokemon at random
No starters should spawn in the first route, since they are supposed to be rare
Disagree with this; you can read things and see if those changes are acceptable deviations from the original experience for you. The reason I myself suggested Shin PokeRed is because the changes are relatively minor. Red++ on the other hand is an overhaul that adds later-gen features and Pokemon.
Crystal 251 sounds like it might as well be the VC release of Crystal, and should be fine.
>This is an enhancement ROM hack of Pokemon Red & Blue based on the Pret team's disassembly.
>It's a mostly-vanilla hack that focuses on fixing game engine bugs and oversights from the original game.
>Additionally, trainer AI routines are improved and multiple quality-of-life enhancements have been added. The main purpose of this code repository is to study , comment upon, and repair functional errors, and also to document how to restore the game to an error-free state.
>Additionally, many changes between the different japanese and english releases are researched and documented.
>Furthermore, it acts as a kind of research-informed speculative work that presents an alternate interpretation.
>It is an interpretation of what the 2016 Nintendo Virtual Console re-release of gen-1 Pokemon could have been; a glitch-free experience with player-friendly goodies and enhancements common to other modern remasterings.
>Read the "Guide to New Player Functions" for instructions on all the new stuff the player can do.
>Don't like the non-vanilla changes? Prefer only the bugfixes and AI improvements? Want a codebase from which to launch your own rom hack? Then the Lite branch is what you want. Head on over and start compiling.
>A bash script randomizer, "randoshinred", is now in beta test.
>Crystal 251 sounds like it might as well be the VC release of Crystal
How so?
>Pokémon Crystal: 251 is a vanilla Pokémon Crystal hack which allows players to catch all 251 monsters and collect all the special items without the need for a game-link cable. While this was specifically created for play on emulators, it is considerate of players who would like to flash the rom to real cartridges for use on real hardware, and changes nothing which might create incompatibilities. The patch DOES NOT make any attempt at changing or introducing any new evolution methods, sprites, monsters, attacks, difficulties, settings, features, etc… This patch is purely focused on playing through the classic Crystal with organic solutions to not having game-link abilities.
That's how so
That's nothing like Crystal.
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You can not capture 251 Pokémon in Crystal VC. You can't even catch mareep, how is this "basically the same" other than the celebi event item?
You're the first person to use the word basically in the thread, let alone the phrase basically the same, so idk why you put that in quotes.
Didn't answer my question
Ask it better, and maybe someone will. As it stands, your question is just a baseless accusation. Literally, who are you quoting?
"Crystal 251 sounds like it might as well be the VC release of Crystal"
Yes.
Pokemon Blue
Pokemon Crystal
Pokemon Ruby
DON'T play ANYTHING else other than romhacks for these generations
very nice pic
Hgss
The pokeathlon is fun
You can play the battle frontier, bug catching
Or platinum, it has contests and mining, it also has the battle frontier
It's easier to grind in platinum than it is to in hgss
Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee are a good starting point. Remake of the first game, somehow the best looking Switch entry to date, but the simplicity also means you probably wouldn't want to play it after you played other games in the series, so plaing it first is ideal.
Emerald, Platinum, FireRed/Leaf green then HeartGold/SoulSilver, Black/White then black 2/white 2. Everything after that is shit so don't bother
XY has the biggest selection of Pokemon you can catch during your playthrough, no need for trading, it's easy for beginners, has really great customization, has amie, has a comfy region, and is fun.
fire red/leaf green
underrated classic starting point
Platinum is super good imo. I like HGSS but I don't know if I'd recommend it for an entry point.
Honestly, if you like the graphics start with Pokemon Red, or maybe Shin PokeRed. If not, Fire Red/Leaf Green. FRLG are remakes of the first game, and they shouldn't take too long. Playing on an emulator means speed up, which means grinding is virtually a non-factor. FRLG also play at 60FPS. Ultimately, I think Gen 3 (FRLG/RSE) is the ideal starting point for people interested in experiencing Pokemon that don't know anything about it.
Emerald is an enhanced version of Ruby/Sapphire, and should provide the best single-player experience of that setting, but if you're interested in seeing what changes between versions, start with Ruby or Sapphire, then play Emerald. If you don't care about that stuff just go in with Emerald. It doesn't matter if you play Emerald or FRLG first because they take place at the same time, but like I said, FRLG are remakes of the very first installments, so you'll get a better idea of how Pokemon started and what it turned into over time with those.
If you can stand to play Red (or Shin Poke Red) then move onto GSC.
HGSS are remakes of GSC, which take place 3 years after Red/Green (or FRLG) and at roughly the same time as Diamond/Pearl/Platinum. Technically, HGSS seems to be happening just a tad bit earlier, but on the whole those games feel like they should be experienced last. It helps that HGSS specifically was released after Platinum, and seems to have been built inside of its engine.
As for recommending Platinum over Diamond/Pearl; the disparities between Diamond/Pearl/Platinum are not nearly as pronounced as Ruby and Sapphire, and then Emerald, so it doesn't matter. Also, it's not as easy to blitz through Diamond, Pearl, or Platinum, so consecutive Sinnoh playthroughs are a lot more daunting than Hoenn playthroughs. Pretty sure D/P/Plat are locked at 30FPS outside of battle.
HGSS shits on Platinum
Won't read rest of your garbage post
moron
The reason I recommend against starting with HGSS is that it incorporates so much content from other games that it ends up feeling very definitive, especially given that it an actual sequel that continues the original story. You should give it a try unless you end up playing Gold/Silver/Crystal and don’t want to experience the same campaign. Crystal is like Emerald and Platinum, it’s an enhanced version of Gold and Silver, and this is emphasized over those two somewhat in that it was released exclusively for the GameBoy Color, whereas Gold/Silver are Game Boy games. Crystal’s art style and speed may appeal to you over HGSS.
Black and White 1 is great but it isn’t an entry point. It’s an experience predicated off of playing and enjoying (or maybe not enjoying in some areas) the first four generations. I would give it a spin once you’ve played the Sinnoh games, because by that point you’ve probably formulated an opinion on the strengths and shortcomings of the franchise and you can see how BW emphasizes/addresses those things. BW2 is even better than BW1, mechanically. It has a better variety of Pokemon for the main story (BW1’s dex is really quite ugly). But the main reason people on this board praise it is for post-game content. BW1 should take place about 12 years after Platinum/HGSS, by comparing npc ages, and roughly 15 years after FRLG/RSE.
I fell out of touch with Pokemon during the 3DS era. I still got all of them, but none of them could hold my attention for very long. I appreciate some things about X and Y as a Pokemon fan, but I find it hard to recommend to a neophyte because of its various flaws. Personally, I think it would bore you. Give it a try if you don't hate the series by Black and White. Or maybe even if you do. People who got burnt out by Sinnoh and skipped Gen 5 came back for Gen 6 because it was the first switch to full 3D, and they praise it largely based off the fact they took a pretty long break from Pokemon.
I have never gotten to even the late game of Sun and Moon because of all of the handholding, which apparently does not get better with time, as exploration is locked behind story progression (or so I've heard). But I hear the story is actually pretty cool, so that's a plus.
Sword and Shield were apparently really fun for people, and I can sort of see why, try that if you have a Switch, but don't go in expecting anything super mindblowing. As a long-time fan, I find its QOL to be outstanding, and the personal character stuff to be not-terrible. I also appreciate how easy it is to catch cool stuff. For a game that nixed like, 600~400 mons (DLC added some back) it's got pretty good team building variety. The campaign is relatively straightforward though, but it's not like, unpleasant.
Apparently SV are better than SWSH.
Platinum, HGSS, or Black/White. BW2 Is also great and has more to do than the first games, it's a sequel but could totally play without the first
Ignore everyone. Play HGSS, if you like it, get the Pokemon Unbound romhack.
I recommend Emerald. Tons to do and good Pokémon selection. It doesn’t have the quality of life changes from the modern games but if you’re just trying to experience Pokémon, it’s great.
One of the mystery dungeon games for DS the name of game escapes me at the moment