Was 2D Pokemon Actually Good?

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[JacobCruise]

What is your favorite 2D era Pokemon game? Let me know in the comments below!!! 😄

[secretlyditto]

I think 1 hour and 26 minutes is the longest way I've ever seen someone say, "yes" in a while.

[joychowdhury]

2008-2012. HGSS, Platinum, BW & B2W2. We will never see PEAK like this again

[sumirsookdeo]

2D was the best. The artwork in 2D was far better than 3D.

[gaius]

The DS era WAS and still IS the glory days of Pokémon
Pokémon staggered in quality since 2013 and have kept dropping since

[thomasfoster]

“No piece of dialogue hinted at this” like 5 seconds earlier “team rocket are sending out radio waves making Pokemon go crazy” it like blatantly tell you to. I figured it out when I was like 7 man.

[kitkat]

Yes, but people tend to ignore their flaws.

[TLKthing]

for the regis you have to "manage to translate braille"
There was a translation chart in the booklet packaged with the game. It felt like a great puzzle back in 2003 when we, literally, connected the dots.

[The_Natalist]

"Gen 6"
"Remembered well"
I think someone has rose tinted glasses on, I got out of pokemon around the time and everyone said Gen 6 was a disappointment

[LeviAuren]

In pokemon Emerald, calling May/Brendan will always point you in the right direction for progression. She told me about Team Magma hanging around the Jagged Pass which was how I found the Magma Hideout (because that area somehow didn't get into ORAS).

[huntrokilla]

I never see people play the post game sevii islands in fire red, those were so much fun growing up. Felt like an expansion to red and blue

[pinecone]

BW2 had to be one of the most content filled if not the most content filled game out of the all the pokemon games. It’s gonna take you a week just to finish the game😭

[The_Natalist]

17:30 You literally get a phone call and get directly told to visit the radio tower 😂

[LITTLE]

As a Gen 1 veteran, I assure you, 2D era Pokemon is the peak of the series, specifically Gen 5.

[knugen]

2D was more magical in a way i cant explain. It might be the nostalgia, the nights i stayed up under my covers with pokemon pearl past my bedtime. The playground rumors when gen 5 came out. I remember my friend being convinced you could evolve mew into arceus with a shining stone of all things. I recently played through platinum again and in my honest opinion i feel the older games promote taking your time, stopping to smell the flowers. The lack of a team wide exp share lead to grinding to beat the tough gym leaders and elite 4 which in turn lead to getting more attached to your team. I still smile when i look in my boxes and see my original emboar from black, the first game i evet beat. Nothing really catches that magic for me ever since i played X and Y in my late childhood/early teens.

[vaporyae]

I would take a 2D HD pokemon any day compared to the current 3D offerings, however, if the 3D pokemon gets better animations, voice acting and overall world structure and story, then it wouldn't be bad. I still think Black and white were the pinnacle of pokemon overall

[Brianycus]

I can only speak about Gen 4 and 5 because those were the gens I grew up despite playing Gen 2 and Gen 3 later on.There was something about those gens specifically that proved how much of a great job Pokemon did with the graphics and quality of life, especially with how they handled Gen 5. It was the perfection of Pokemon and something that I wish they continued with the work ethic in the 3D era.

[controlplusc]

Black & White has the best endgame moment. You are battling through your typical Elite Four until N summoned a fricking castle interrupting your champion battle.

[anthonyt]

Man what nostalgia as a 90’s baby. I’m a gen 2 fanatic but I’ve played the whole library of Gen 1-5. I “aged out” of Pokemon by the time Gen 6 came around but never got into the 3D craze. Love me old school Pokemon through and through.

[FredrickLinchelton]

Really, HeartGold and SoulSilver are unironically some of the best games, and you weren't blinded by nostalgia; is the level scaling annoying?y es, but the worldbuilding, the focus on exploration with actually fleshed out areas that separate towns and cities apart, the folklore that makes it feel like a lived in world and how plenty of the characters are actually quite fleshed out and interesting (Silver, Lance, Claire, Jasmine, Blue (who gets a ton of development) makes the game fantastic despite the flaws.