Pokémon has been around for almost 30 years now, across handhelds and home consoles, but which is the very best, like no one ever was?

Whatever criticisms you may have about Pokémon (and there are many to be had), there’s no denying its popularity or its continuing success. It’s one of Nintendo’s core franchises and there’s always a new entry or spin-off just around the corner.

None of them are referred to as sequels, as such, but each mainline entry, and its different versions, is known as a generation, so Pokémon Red and Blue were Generation I and Scarlet and Violet is Generation IX, with Generation X rumoured for next year.

Since they all share the same basic gameplay, determining which of the mainline Pokémon games is the best is difficult, especially since there are no truly bad en

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