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sworddude:

--- Quote from: chexmixbreath on March 04, 2021, 01:37:30 pm ---I haven't played a mainline Pokemon game since Gold for the GBC. There are a number of reasons why, but mainly it's just that I had lost complete interest in the Pokemon franchise after that game. When you're 10-11 years old, you want to be perceived as being cool and old and mature and Pokemon seemed like "baby games" to me by that age, even though I spent the two previous years thinking that Pokemon R/B/Y and the TV show were the coolest things in the world, lol.

Anyways, I'm a bit older now and I don't think twice about what anyone else thinks is cool or not anymore, as one should by a certain age.

This means I'm now interested in checking out a newer iteration of Pokemon for the 3DS. From what little I've read so far, folks seem evenly divided on what is considered better, X/Y or Sun/Moon. My natural inclination is to just play the newest ones, either UltraMoon or UltraSun, but does anyone wanna give their two cents on the matter? Again, I haven't played any of the games since Gold, I have no idea what newer features that have been introduced into the series since then, if anyone feels like going into depth.

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While every generation of pokemon has it's fans. in general gen 7 was considered to have the better games than X & Y. if you have to choose between X & Y or gen 7 get ultra sun or ultra moon or even the base games.

I wouldn't recommend X & Y at all these are considered to be some of the most bare bone pokemon games that gamefreak has ever made, these games are pretty poor the only things that where good about these games where the pokemon designs. The start of 3D came at a heavy price. There is little to do after beating the main game and the journey overall is pretty lackluster.

gen 7 also has allot of issues though and to many cut scenes but it's allot better than X & Y. Base sun & moon have the better story, ultra games shafted the story but are more fun content and gameplay wise

Still if where talking 3ds I'd recommend Alpha sapphire or omega ruby over any of the above games. These are also modern pokemon games but they actually have decent content. These where the only good pokemon games that where released in the past 8 years for my taste

I'd personally recommend games from the gen 3 to 5 era of pokemon since those included the most fun games in the series but if you really want to try modern pokemon I'd say alpha sapphire or omega ruby with any of the gen 7 games as your 2nd option. But I wouldn't recommend X & Y at all. Not all pokemon games where equal.

gummo:
I picked up a New 3DS XL around 6 months ago when they were cheap . I really haven't played anything on it yet . I've mostly just been trying to pick up as much for it as possible before prices get too high . Lots of interesting games to play on it if you count DS games too .

chexmixbreath:
One thing I loved about when I first got a regular 3DS XL was going back and basically replaying all of my favorite DS games. The upgrade in screen size and picture quality is a wonderful thing to behold, so much so that there's probably no going back to using my first model DS ever again.

gummo:

--- Quote from: chexmixbreath on March 07, 2021, 01:45:29 am ---One thing I loved about when I first got a regular 3DS XL was going back and basically replaying all of my favorite DS games. The upgrade in screen size and picture quality is a wonderful thing to behold, so much so that there's probably no going back to using my first model DS ever again.

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The old DS's and DS Lite's were the best way to play single player GBA games . Still worth keeping for that purpose .

Spawn Wave just put up an interesting video today about buying into the 3DS in 2021 .
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jjl25GP1Omo

chexmixbreath:

--- Quote from: gummo on March 07, 2021, 01:44:14 pm ---The old DS's and DS Lite's were the best way to play single player GBA games . Still worth keeping for that purpose .
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The honor of the best way to play single player GBA games belongs to the Game Boy Player. ;)

But you are absolutely correct that the best way to play your GBA games in portable form would be with the DS/DS Lite. At the time, playing GBA games on that amazingly bright and truly backlit DS screen with the built-in stereo speakers was kinda like going from watching your favorite VHS movies on DVD for the first time.

To play all GB/GBC/GBA games in portable form, the second model of the GBA SP with the much better screen is as good of a device as you'll get that isn't the Analogue Pocket.

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