Emerald holds a special place in my heart. Omega Ruby got me back into Pokemon and to this day is my favorite. I’m currently playing through every generation, but no other region hits harder that Hoenn

My favourite will always be Red because of nostalgia. It doesn’t really hold up these days but being a kid during peak Pokémon mania where everyone were whipping out their Gameboys during recess and the dude who got a Mew from some marketing event was king of the schoolyard was just the source of so many memories. Most of them related to longing for an innocence lost, I’m sure. But still.

Realistically though as a game I think HeartGold/SoulSilver was the peak of the series. Lovingly recapturing the essence of the first two generations, adding a ton of content on top and even shipping with the freaking Pokewalker! It’s got everything that was good about G/S/C in a modern package, what more can you want? Going back to Kanto after beating the Pokémon League is still the coolest thing ever. But maybe I’m swayed by nostalgia again…

Crystal is very special to me. I always felt like I was “wrong” as a child for not liking “girl things.” It was the first game I ever played that offered a female protagonist. That was something that told me that I was okay the way I am. I know it’s kind of silly, but it really helped me become comfortable with myself.

Crystal!

I would like to say leaf green just because I played it later on and the little clubhouse you could make was cool, I recently started trying to replay one of each generation like yellow, crystal, and now emerald but man I just want to power through them but you have to grind to level up and i get sleepy

I’ve always enjoyed Firered and Sapphire and recently found Polished Crystal which is fantastic

Emerald it gave me the first taste of the battle tower and I’ve been hooked since

(Soul)Silver for nostalgia, Emerald for favourite to replay

Crystal (mostly nostalgia), Emerald, and Conquest

Pokemon Master Trainer

I only really played red and blue myself, but we did play the Green rom back before the English version came out. I think we stumbled out way along to the first gym. That’s probably my go to, since back in the day we completely exhausted ourselves playing it.

I watched my partner play Sword. It looked pretty good. She’s playing it again now with our daughter and it seems fun.

I started playing Soul Silver with my daughter on a DS emulator, and it seems good too.

I had Diamond on my DS years ago, but I only remember playing it for about an hour.

Um… one of the later ones for the 3DS. But I think these new ones coming out soon will be super awesome. I don’t play many Pokemon games though.

I’ve played Blue, emerald, black? For 3ds? And that’s it.

In no particular order: Yellow, Crystal, emerald, platinum (oh shit, of course. It’s all the merger titles)

For me i would say silver for the nostalgia factor, Also silver (and gold) were compatible with the original black/white gb so Even more nostagic than Crystal

Emerald, leaf green, and gold?yellow?