Ranking EVERY Mainline Pokemon Game! | each game, best to worst!

[@femtrooper]

Great list! Really liked your reasoning for everything!

[@RyansChannel0203]

Black/White and Sun/Moon are my personal favorites. Also Legends Arceus is way too high, but that’s just me.

[@_Banjo_]

Yellow let you get all the starter pokemon in your main playthrough, and you didnt have to trade for them too. Thats a nice perk of those

[@vitolibido]

The camera isn’t weird your face isn’t weird… relax everything is just perfect

[@David-hk1st]

😂

[@MrAar0n]

As buggy as Scarlet was, I really did enjoy playing it and would put it low B tier. I found it fun just getting to run around doing whatever I want and I did enjoy the story even though some might not.

[@seanmatias1360]

Love the channel, I am a new sub!!

[@henveee]

I grew up with the series but ive actually come back around to appreciating sword and shield way more lately. Especially the designs.

[@_Banjo_]

I loved LETS GO. Adults who played the original now have children or nieces/nephews. The graphics were amazing. They added more story elements that improved on the original (which didnt really have a proper plot). More Gym leader and character involvement. Alolan pokemon available. Pokemon in the overworld. Shiny hunting was great. Theres also a pretty interesting gameplay loop when you look into catch combos etc. If i had to revisit Kanto, i would recommend the GBA ones for others, but me pesronally, id blast through lets go. If i want that more traditional experience that this games lacking, id play a different game

[@Yomamaveryphat]

my only issue is the catch system

[@_Banjo_]

True. you could play it handheld too which was slightly less annoying

[@MagillanicaLouM]

Am indeed interested in a spin off tier list tbh. Edit after finishing whole thing; No yeah pretty much agree with most of these. Probably cause we're only a year (might even be a few months) apart in age and have fairly similar beginnings with the series so our tastes align. The high point of the series for me was also gens 3-5 and things werent as peak but still pretty cool in 6-7 but definitely once the main series moved to switch the cracks became evident. Aside from Let's Go games admittedly being fairly charming for what they are. I actually do disagree with you on Sun and Moon though, those games are absolutely the best of the 3d era so far imo, and Alola is a top 3 region for me lol. But i can respect not vibing with it as much. The Ultra games are more like 3rd versions of previous gens if that helps your curiosity to look up playthroughs at least, they just made 2 for some reason.

[@shabberplasm32]

I really enjoyed Sun&Moon, its probably my favorite in the series but I won't get mad at your opinion. I also LOVED Emerald

[@brachialplexus100]

It's constantly under appretiated and I don't understand why. The story is great and no other game comes close when it comes to the characters.

[@pokeytrev]

I was 10 when Pokemon first came out, and it really did take the world by storm with nearly every kid at school bringing their Gameboys to play during recess. I even joined a Pokemon club another kid set up. Good memories.

[@Rhachette]

I remember that swampert tanking all the gym and e4 till the end 😂😂, it is also my most fav pokemon game

[@spirofarmaku6772]

Pokemon black and white 2 most goated games gamefreak ever made,period.

[@Evan.280]

To me gen 4 will always be my favorite gen. First game pokemon game I really put a lot of time into and tired to do everything in. Gen 5 would also rank really high for on how great of a generation it was. Still disappointed Gen 4 got the short end of the remake stick from gamefreak

[@doodbro931]

I hope with the Pokemon Black/White remakes, that they don't crumble to fan pressure and add the Gen 1-4 pokemon in like the did with Black 2/White 2. The Gen 5 games were such ambitious games, and i think the stubborness of fans to be open to change, and new ideas completely ruined what GameFreak tried to do. I mean doing a hard reset on the Pokedex and the story front, was such a ballsy move that should have paid off big time, and while they dropped the ball a little with some of the pokemon designs, almost everything else was amazing. I don't understand why people got so upset with Gen 5 doing a hard reset on the series. It was due for a big change at the time, because the formula had gotten pretty stale with just reusing the same pokemon every generation with a few new ones added in. And now thanks to those childishly closed minded fans, the reaction to Gen 5 has scared Nintendo into forcing GameFreak into just doing the same thing game after game. And that's just ruined any potential of the new games. But I do have a wild prediction, that since the next generation is Gen 10, that they may try another hard reset on the pokedex. This could be a good thing to stir up interest in older fans who haven't played the last few games, and you could also cater to the fans who don't like new pokemon by just putting old pokemon in DLC. That way, people who don't want to feel sick of seeing the same pokemon again, could just not buy the DLC, and the people who need to play a game with the older pokemon in it, they could have it.

[@englishmuffinok]

Emerald being S tier is correct. That's all I needed to see EDIT: ya boi Guzma would like to know your location for the crime you committed to Sun and Moon

[@JoeNayDoh]

You know Alex is starting to take things seriously when she's not sitting on the floor anymore haha Only played a handful of Pokemon games, so I have zero judgment to way in on your list. I would say if there was anything that could get me in Pokemon again it probably would be another Legends game. Would really like to see them turn that into a little subseries.

[@qualitea_individual]

I’ll be honest, it was an incredible feeling to not have my knees hurt after getting up from filming😭😭 and I definitely agree! More Legends games are a must!!

[@veghesther3204]

About that I gave up the series starting with the Black/White games so the Gold/Silver DS remakes 2008 was the LAST Pokemon game I played.

[@yochrisnelson]

Loved hearing your experiences with Pokémon! I have the same problem with Pokémon as I do with Fast & Furious: I absolutely LOVED the first two when they came out, then I blinked and there are suddenly an insane amount of them and the lore is TOO WILD TO FOLLOW! 😅 Such a fun video as always!

[@thatpokelad]

I always like to say that Scarlet/Violet had the best story of the Pokémon games so far but is kind of like Red and Blue when it comes to gameplay mechanics, buggy and seems like they’re trying new things and leaping into unknown territory for them. I think the next open world games they make will be better, just like how gen 2 was better than gen 1 gameplay. I was disappointed by the game itself, but I have high hopes for the future.

[@markasscop]

XY was actually it for me, as in they are still the latest mainline games I've played, I didn't dislike them at all but I was definitely fatigued at pokemon and I never tried any of the games that came after despite that I still pay attention to the series I'm also a big generation 3 fan (firered, emerald) and loved pokemon silver

[@PopPunkNerd]

Awesome video! I agree with you with the Let’s Go games ! I played it for nostalgia purposes . My only take on the game is I wish they implemented pro controller support .

[@Sar1386]

Great list, i definitely need to play more Pokemon I’m working on arceus right now. If u have any other series u have played it would be great to hear about more of your tier lists. Take care

[@Ngamergal]

Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon is Sun and Moon with DLC it almost the same game at least in the beginning I stopped play after 5 hours since it seemed like that to me. Great video.

[@uppernimbus]

Oh hell yes, Pokemon Emerald was peak! I loved that game, so it absolutely deserves to be at the top. Awesome ranking list, Alex!

[@EZDre11]

Great video! I kind of feel privileged to have been around 10 years old when Pokémon first premiered. All my friends were obsessed with the cards and the games. I couldn’t put my gameboy down with my copy of Pokemon Blue. The game has so much nostalgia for me it’s unreal. I’ve played it several times and it’s kind of just a cozy game for me. Then Gold/Silver came out and I was floored when I learned after the elite 4 you unlock Kanto but you get to do the gyms in any order you want! Mindblowing. I fell off after that but got emerald which I thought was only OK and Diamond was very Meh for me. I bought black version and played the crap out of it waiting for XY to come out. Y version is one of my favorite games of all time! I loved Mega evolution. I thought Sun/Moon were ok I guess, same with sword. Scarlett was just a buggy mess, though I did have fun with it discovering all the new Mons.

[@90shandheldgamer]

Solid ranking. Always fun hearing different opinions. For me gen 4 made me fall off of Pokemon for a while. Diamond was just boring to me. Gen 1 is timeless to me. I would trade in my copy for different versions and replay it so much as a kid.

[@NoEscapeGaming]

I’d love to see a spin off tier list that’d be fun! Also I’m 96 we grew up in the same gaming era! No wonder I enjoy this channel and your takes so much. Keep it up!

[@NGC4261]

Today was a bad day at the office, so hearing a relaxed chat about Pokemon games just fits. Happy Pokemon Day!

[@PataPlaysGames]

Great video! Been enjoying the tier list quite a bit, was listening to the Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon bit and wanted to say something about it, as someone that took awhile to get into it. Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon are very close to to Sun and Moon, but with some differences. Delete this comment if its too spoilery but one of the things that got me into USUM was learning that it took place in a third timeline in the series, like its connected to Gen 7 but of course has its differences. They added more to some of the islands like a few more beaches, they also added mantine surfing, the Ultra Recon Squad is there which pop up every now and again, they are more involved with well, Necrozma, another legendary if people who havent played this, popped in the post game of Sun & Moon but was referenced and can be captured (didnt know this till a couple of months ago tbh), and team rainbow rocket. Think they advertised that part more because, well... Probably the most spoiler filled but they are the team leaders of all the previous evil teams that come from world's where their plans actually came true. That part also got me curious and actually gave it another shot lol. Delete this if it is too much spoilers but yeah, wanted to share what got me into those games. Oh yeah they also made the Victory Road Mountain bigger then 3 or 4 areas lol. I liked that versions more 😅

[@davidhall2018]

Happy Pokemon Day! Curious to hear what you thought of today's "Presents". For me anyway, it felt like a huge disappointment but that's just my opinion. Have you played any Pokemon ROM hacks? If so, have any favorites? Great video and my opinions align pretty close to your own!

[@cyberdrache8416]

13 reasons why BDSP are the WORST remakes of all time: 1. Faithfulness: Unlike other remakes, BDSP literally copy/pastes 90% of diamond/pearl(2006). You cannot copy almost everything from a 2006 game.. (Remember its a remake not a remaster!). Almost everything is copied: All dialogs, the storyline, the chibi art style, the national dex, old pokemon encounters and even the Poketch were copy & pasted to this game. Pokemon games have been improved in the past years and had many quality of life changes like 3D art style, overworld Pokemon encounters and reusable TMs. None of these changes were adapted to the game which is just sad. This game is too faithful and faithful sounds more like a excuse for lazyness. 2. Not-Platinum-Based: So they copy & pasted 90% from the old Sinnoh game but not based on Platinum? Diamond & Pearl had several weaknesses and Platinum fixed many of them and included many Quality of Life changes. Here are some Platinum improvements over Diamond/Pearl: It extends the storyline with additional content, new dialogs, new characters like Charon and a new map Distortion world (loved it). The rival was a bit too weak in Diamond/Pearl which was fixed in Plat. The Poketch has a reverse Button. It has the battle frontier. And finally: the Sinnoh dex which was baaad in Dia/Pearl was fixed. The bad sinnoh dex in dia/pearl has only very few Fire Pokemon (very weird). Gym leaders were forced to use weird mons in the main game like Electric gym leader using Octillery or IceType gym leader using Medicham (WTF? Despite Sinnoh having enough Ice/Electric mons) and also many sinnoh mons were restricted to the postgame. Thats means many of the favourite sinnoh mons cannot be used in your team for the main story. But Platinum fixed this issue and created a NEW sinnoh dex which fixed all these issues which made the main story like a sinnoh game. ALL of these great changes of Platinum where NOT included in BDSP. This means BDSP uses the OLD sinnoh dex, OLD dialogs, OLD storyline, NO new character like Charon, NO distortion world and NO battle frontier. That makes BDSP a worse Sinnoh remake than Platinum which was released in 2008. (Imagine a 2008 DS game of the same Region beats you in ALL aspects. WTF) 3. EXP-Share & Friendship-System: One of the most hated features is the EXP-Share system which often leads to WAY more exp than in the past games. In my opinion, the EXP-Share is not too bad. BUT diamond/pearl were not designed to be played with the new EXP-Share system. So if you include an EXP-Share system, you have to increase all levels of the pokemon (from opponent). But they didnt which makes the difficulty of this game too easy.Basically, my whole team was too oveleveled. And the friendship-system is the worst luck-based system i ever saw. A feature that increases the Critical hit-chance,removes paralysis, lets me dodge 100% accurate moves and even lets me survive moves with 1HP. WTF did you smoke gamefreak? And the worst is that, you cannot make any of these optional. Because of that many players who love to do a nuzzlock in Sinnoh, prefer the old DS games. 4. No Innovation: This game not only copy & pastes the majority of its content, it adds nothing new to the game. Lets review some good remakes: HeartGold/SoulSilver (HG/SS) were Gen 2 remakes and included some storyline from Crystal and added many new stuff like the pokeathlon, battle frontier (from sinnoh), gen 1 map/storyline, a complete national dex and the pokewalker. HG/SS were not copy & pasted, but actually remade the game and added good new stuff. Also Alpha ruby&omega saphire (ORAS) have new changes like new art-style , new designs for Team magma/aqua, new Mega-forms, new Primal forms, changes to dialogs and storyline and the complete national dex. BDSP on the other hand does not provide any kind of major change in the game which makes this game really boring. It does have a new Underground which has overworld pokemon, but that is nothing special for 2022 and the ramanas park was neat but nothing too exciting. 5. Underground/Super-Contest: The old underground allowed to create your own living room with furnitures and set traps to troll friends online. Both were removed for a statue system which is really boring. Collecting statues and the effects of the statues are really disapointing. The Super-Contest used to be a fun-mode where you had many different options and varities and had to have good reflexes to do the correct moves at the correct time. Now all you have to do is Press A at the correct time and use 1 attack. That makes this mode so boring and disapointing. I mean, was it really that hard to let the player press like 4 different buttons instead of just 'A'?? 6. Art-Style: Many of us expected a modern review of Sinnoh in a 3D human like Art-style. But they decided to go for the Chibi-Art-Style. Everyone has different tastes but in my opinion the Chibi-Art-Style ruins many serious moments of the story line of this game, especially vs team galactic. It feels like all the emotions of the characters were removed. The reason why it was used in Diamond/Pearl was because of the limited hardware. In my opinion the Chibi-Art-Style waas the wrong decision and does not suit a switch game at all. 7. Only Gen 4: BDSP has a national dex which includes the pokemon from Gen 1-4 which is basically the same as Diamond/Pearl. As a player who would have loved to see at least some Pokemon from Gen 5-8 in Sinnoh, i am very disappointed. At least some Pokemon post Gen4, or some new forms or at least add Sylveon in this game. Not even mega-forms were included in this game. The fact that 95% of the megas are from Gen1-4 and the underground being the perfect place to grind the mega-stones, makes this decision even more disapointing. The reason why diamond/pearl was limited to Gen 1-4 was because there werent any other new pokemon. The reason why BDSP limited the game to Gen 1-4 is because of lazyness.. 8. PVP: On of the worst things in this game is everything arround PVP. The worst disrespect a main series pokemon game can get, is when GameFreak calls that all the competitive tournaments including the world championship will not take place in BDSP (WTF?). Unlike Sword/Shield, you have no option to search for PVP matches which makes it way harder to find battles. But the worst thing is the grind for a PvP team: TMs are not reusable (WHY?!). For some important TMs like Earthquake, you have to grind for 80BP (WTF. Thats a lot of Grind). Also you cannot catch pokemon with hidden abilities except those from poke radar. To get the hidden ability you have to grind for the ability patch for 200BP (WTF. Grind competitive to create a competitive. Nice system). By putting important PVP items behind such ridiculously high grind walls, it makes creating a PVP team disgusting. 9. Events: The events were also copy & pasted from Diamond/Pearl. Same Shaymin event, same Darkrai event. And other events are only accesible if you bought other main series pokemon game (Why..). And finally some garbage "events" which include some useless statues. Meanwhile, the 3 year old SW/SH getting better and innovative events like new PVP cups/tournaments and some legendary shinies. In my opinion the events in BDSP are disapointing. 10. Bugs/Glitches: Holy Moly! This game had so many bugs and glitches! You dont even need hacks, when the game itself has to many glitches. Many of them where completely broken. Many Pokemon clone glitches and item dupe glitches ruined the game. You could even get infinity money, create your own shinies (WTF), make your pokemon 6IV and let any Pokemon learn any move. I used to be in a discord for trading in BDSP and because of the glitches, the trade market was only about getting shiny 6IVs etc. Not to forget to mention the soft locks which made you restart the whole game which can happen for example in the ice gym. Usually every games has a few bugs. But this one had too many and too many game breaking glitches. A very hyped game like this shouldnt be developed by a 3rd party company.. But Gamefreak had other plans.. 11. Controls: The controls of this game feel weird and uncomfortable. Characters move in a grid which looks so weird during the storyline. The pokemon who follow me often block me in a bad way. The underground has many inivisible walls which makes moving in some rooms horrible. And finally the control with the cycle are the worst. The cycle in pokemon games are a beloved feature but in this game.. It feels so uncomfortable moving with the cycle, I sometimes even prefer walking. 12. Standards: A 2021 game should adapt the standards from the latest games (Sword 2019). The BDSP-standard isnt nearly as good as Sword/Shield. Many items, many attack moves, renewable TMs, dynamax, new pokemon, old moves without heart scales, more customization,max Raids or ranked battle stadium. None of the mentioned were adapted into this game -> BIG Downgrade for 2021 pokemon standards! 13. Price: Dia/pearl/Platinum: 40$ and Copy/Paste BDSP with Bugs:60$ -> Bruh.. Conclusion: It feels like GameFreak didnt want to do a Sinnoh remake but wanted to milk some money by releasing the highly demanded Sinnoh remake. The fact that, they hired a 3rd party company who never developed a major game, only supports this theory. Not forget to mention that, BDSP had a giant day one patch which was essential to enjoy the game. The fact that they released Legends Arceus almost 1-2 months after BDSP release also supports the theory, that they didnt care at all for this remake. Because of the release of Legends Arceus, the hiring of ILCA, the amount of glitches, the boring events, the exclusion of VGC, the 0 Innovation in this game and the fact that the majority of the game is copy & paste of a 2006 game (Dia/Pearl) which is worse than a 2008 Game (Platinum), makes this game the worst remake of all time in my opinion.

[@PoppyMorreale]

Pokémon black white 2 my favorite

[@attila8417]

Putting emerald in d tier on the thumbnail is evil 😂 I was ready for war instantly

[@NockLegacy]

You really want to play bw2, trust me. Best. Pokemon. Game. Ever.

[@aaronblake475]

You simply MUST play B2W2 omg

[@Miles2GoTTV]

have you done a starter tier list? 👀👀

[@1Adrix1]

I figured, while watching this video, that you must be the same age as me because this entire thing was like looking in a mirror 😂 Started with gen 2, Emerald being the favorite game, didn't like Black/White at first, finds gen 1 decent, but not the best, Sw/Sh and S/V both in the last tier, gen 3 = favorite gen ... that's literally exactly my experience with the series throughout the years🙈

[@ejp794]

The video we didn’t know we needed … 🔥

[@hashdankhog8578]

scarlet and violet infuriates me because the core gameplay is great and it takes what arceus did and puts it in a mainline game, but it is so buggy that even though it is my favorite game in the series it doesnt deserve to be above D tier.

[@xxProjectJxx]

41:33 - I actually disagree. I think the modern games have largely improved on the old series. I think the character writing has come leaps and bounds in Gen 7 and onward. Gen 5 is the only pre-gen 7 example of strong character writing IMO. The stories in general are more emotional now and have stronger theming. Even if Sword and Shield stumble in the 11th hour. Team building options have been largely improved in the modern games, which improves replayability. New features like Trainer customization make the games more personal. I've been a Pokemon fan since Pokemon Red and Blue came out, but honestly, I'd sooner play the modern stuff over the classics. Sword/Shield may be overly streamlined, and it utterly fails at the conclusion, but otherwise, I enjoyed it. Pokemon Moon and Legends Arceus fight for my number 1 spot, but Shield is B tier for me.

[@Azqalihm]

I think you need to have a few screws loose to rank swsh and sv below sm

[@Rizky-Gumilar]

Where's your Pokemon direct reaction?

[@qualitea_individual]

Just got done doing it on twitch

[@Rizky-Gumilar]

@@qualitea_individual well guess i missed your livestream then

[@itszyxjn2]

Can your grandmother adopt me?

[@uuntitled4260]

It’s a crime to put sword and shield below sun and moon in my opinion sun and moon are the worst pokemon games I’ll put SW&SH at a C and sun / moon at a F

[@uuntitled4260]

Now I put this list in the trash after u put BD&SP at a D yea it sucks they removed anything but at the same time it’s better then X&Y

[@Yomamaveryphat]

every pokemon game on switch sucks