@@StarswirlStar I'm in my early 30s!!! 😭😂 You think you're old?! I played pokemon yellow on on gbc with the streetlight as my only light during car rides! 😂
The 3DS had it all, you can actually catch em all in this system The amount of regions you can explore just in one system is crazy Kanto = eshop Johto = eshop/remade for the DS and has backward compatibility with 3DS Hoenn = remaked for the 3DS Sinnoh = backward compatibility Unova = backward compatibility Kalos = introduced on 3DS Alola = introduced on 3DS Thanks to the backward compatibility with the DS and during XY/ORAS era (2016) they were giving mythical pokemon every month, making the goal catch em all possible, this was the first time actually able to catch all the pokemon and complete the pokedex If you have a hacked 3DS, people are working on getting Galar for the GBA and Paldea for the GB
getting every pokemon game up to gen 7 was one of the first things i did when i hacked my 3ds hopefully the galar and paldea ports work out so i can really catch them all on the 3ds
Gba is also natively run as well on 3ds so you have that alongside 3ds, ds games native. New models also do a few snes games natively but it's definitely not many.
I use to get so annoyed at the fact you couldn’t get some (most of the cool ones) Pokémon, just got Omega Ruby and for the first time in years I’m able to get Rayquaza, multiple ex cover legendaries, deoxys etc.. I’m over the moon at that
I loved Pokemon Sun & ultra sun 'Because' it didn't feel like a major pokemon game It felt like they were taking more risks and not feeling like they had to keep following the same pokemon formula of gyms
Ususm were the most rushed lazy games in the whole series , literally the whole story was almost identical and the lusimane arc was superior to the ultra megalopolis stuff. They could have made ultra metalopilis a cool dungeon like the distortion world but they didn’t. Rainbow rocket was also awful and was just cheap nostalgia bait. Gen 7 was the only time where I preferred the originals
@@Poatard123 tell me you didn't play the games without telling me. Usum were superior to the prequels by far adding loads of new content like legendary hunting through a mini game that can be made easier, team rainbow rocket, increased online features, and a wider variety of pokemon. Maybe play the games yourself instead of following trends just to be a hater
Doesn’t look like many others agree. Newer gens are always bless favorable. Before gen 8 and 9 were out, 5 and 6 were hated on, especially as gen 4 reached 10 years old. It won’t be long before gen 8 and 9 are nostalgic and we all hate gen 10 or 11 or whatever.
@@heroichitsujino way you think this. Some people didn’t like those generations when they first came out because, compared to older gens, it just wasn’t as good/the same. However Pokémon has been on even more of a downward spiral. Barely anyone that is a long time fan will look fondly on swsh in the future, but plenty of people realize how harshly they judged games like oras and Sun and moon.
@@heroichitsuji except for the fact that back then the community had mixed opinion about gen 6 and 7, also gen 7 was extremely hyped and most people agreed it was enjoyable. Gen 8 and 9 are collectively hated upon, the amount of bugs and glitches, Galar being an empty camvas and the fact you cant catch them all kills any saving grace those two gens may have, the only switch game that can be considered good in a few years is legends and it wont even count since it was also hyped and liked by the majority of the community
The Sun and Moon defender has logged in, I personally would rate gen 7 *way* higher than gen 6. Having played through all four Alola games, I think Sun and Moon are actually a lot better story-wise than the Ultra games, Lillie and Lusamine's relationship makes a lot more sense and hits much harder without the Necrozma stuff mixed in, and it plays more directly into Guzma's implied history of abuse. USUM are definitely worth playing for all the added content like Ultra Wormholes and the Ultra Recon Squad lore, but SM has a way better, more personal story and I think both games are *much* stronger overall than ORAS or especially XY
@@sayless7747 @edwardsaldana2534 Dont worry he's probably an iPad kid and 8 years old, DS pokemon is PEAK pokemon and sadly I dont see it getting better after seeing how bad the switch games are
@@Syndicate0031 no ???? the sprites were animated, and each pokemon had their unique animations, much better than the overated pokemon pearl and pokemon diamond
I think the 3DS was actually the second best era of Pokémon after the DS era. ORAS and the Alola games are some of my favorites in the series and X and Y had a lot of great things about it too and was one of the most important games in terms of the franchises evolution.
I like the fairy type. but this type is even worse than the dragon type with only 2 weaknesses, one of which is a weak type and really strong offense. This type is simply way overpowered
I'm still figuring it out since I beat x like 2 months ago for the first time. Was used to all the types before that and fairy really changed it too much for me.
im a fan of team skull personally. it changes from the trend of villain groups scaling up and up in terms of their evil plans we go from rocket just trying to get a bag to eco system destruction to cyrus wanting to reset it all. so the silly thugs felt like a nice change of pace
Team Skull are hands down my favourite "villain" team because they're not some over the top evil group, they're a bunch of kids who fell through the cracks and have been failed by Alolan society
@@legocreator768 the gen 5 games are still the best in franchise to me. I'm glad PMD hits for so many people but I just bounced completely off the gameplay
I think it depends on what generation you're born in. I hear often black and white is the best to most. But it's at this point a meme with how no one can agree what was the best area of Pokemon. We can only agree the worst, which is now lmao
3ds pokemon games were amazing. I remember when X/Y came out I begged my parents to buy it for me. I had countless hours playing that game and it will always have a special place because it was the first Pokémon game where I could be my skin color. To actually have unique character customization and feel like it’s truly your own Pokémon journey. Even ORAS while having less customization due to it being a remake was great both gameplay wise and added storyline. I truly enjoyed this era of pokemon and honestly hope we can return to this format versus the ongoing format we currently use
@@kaitou1412kid Never played gen 3 before. Got into pokemon with Gen 5. I really do like Gen 3's pokemon, and honestly exploring a whole new region was cool. They also took the great parts of XY like 3D and Megas and adapted that into a classic region. The story's weren't bad as well, and goddamn the legendary hoehn trios primal forms were unbelievable.
Wait wait wait you actually wanted to chase down Latios & Latias!!? I much rather liked how they were gifted to me in ORAS. USUM was the best!! Mega evolutions, Z-moves, Battle Bond Greninja, Ultra Beast, Primal Forms, & they brought back the legendary Pokémon through the wormholes and you can get them shiny ✨
Yeah I mean it's nice they were just given but I liked how you had to work to get them in the originals. Was still easier than the dogs in gen 2. Haven't played the ultras yet but have heard good things. I liked the og sun and moon tho from playing them recently. Alpha sapphire and omega ruby also had those wormhole legendary battles.
Ic lie 3ds era pokemon is peak modern pokemon. The only semi-recent release to compete was Sword and Shield. Scarlet and Violet's battle gimmick cannot compare to the sheer fun of Mega Evolutions, Z moves, and bringing back primal powers to a whole ass dinosaur
its the ds pokemon games is the best for me, but the 3ds pokemon games were very good too. im playing scarlet right now and it feels so cold and empty.
Right? The Alola games are on the harder end of difficulty, and if you play like me with the Exp. Share off they're fr one of the most difficult Pokémon games
The most hyped pre-release was gold and silver as it was a direct sequel to red and blue at the time (I wasn't alive but that's what I've heard). I do agree though x and y were hyped beyond belief even if they didn't reach that standard set on them
@@RiteshPrabhu-l5d Pokemon’s entire fanbase at the time consisted of children. Most of which didn’t even know Gold and Silver existed until it released outside of Japan. Having internet was rare so really only Japan experienced pre release Gold and Silver. Pokémon XY’s first trailer dropped a bomb that it was gonna be a worldwide release it was the first 3D main series game. They showed us mega mewtwo Y before we even knew what megas were and a new eeveelutions (Sylveon) without telling us what type it was, the speculation and theories was crazy. The reveal of mega evos and the fairy type was pretty huge they created a whole animation based off Gen 1 just to do a mega charizard X reveal at the end. Pre release XY was insane you just had to have been there.
Same man I remember everyone was freaking out for the simple fact about Talonflame using Brave Bird Just the jump from the move animation itself was peak, but sucks bc it was the beginning of the 3D downfall PSS was amazing tho and it still is the best online feature Pokémon ever had
Pokemon XY are such nostalgic games for me, not being my first by a long shot which doesn't make much sense to me but I think it's cause of how hype I was as a kid knowing pokemon was going 3D it felt so futuristic to me back then back then I remember thinking omg pokemon is gonna look super realistic soon can't beat BW/BW2 and Heart Gold in my opinion though even being my first games I still think those games are peak
Goat and Goat are some of my favorites. I finally completed the dex the other day for the shiny charm. As for S/M.. The OG Sun and Moon were absolute dog water. Still have yet to play US/UM but will be soon
3ds era felt complete, switch era feels like it's missing something. . . Like gen 5 remakes or good remakes at all, oh an they should've ported omega ruby to switch, would've slayed pokemons entrance onto switch!
3ds pokemon was perfect to me. I hate the switch games....mostly cause i only bought a 3ds to play the new games but pkmn moved to the switch too soon that i hated wasting $ buy a 3ds
Bad? I wouldn’t say so. Too easy? Yeah despite XY and Oras and just Gen 6 in general being my all time favorite next to 3 those games were too easy probably the easiest gym leaders in the series I think
I recently played it and it was definitely better than I remember! I like ultra sun a lot better then the original but I still like ORAS and X&Y a bit better. All the 3DS games were good though!
I personally believe that if there was a Pokémon Z, it would’ve been one of the greatest Pokémon games ever. X and Y weren’t complete games but there was a vision that I hope is realized in ZA. And honestly I don’t actually mind having more than one rival, but like they can’t be push overs.
I still stand by my word that Alpha Sapphire was the best 3DS Pokémon game, it was my first game but damn it quickly got me hooked, I spent so many hours collecting and replaying the story. I feel like the future games failed to capture the same magic, and I’m still hoping that they re-release it for the Switch, or maybe I’ll pick up Sword/Shield.
ngl I really enjoyed Gen 7. The main story and Post game (especially in Usum) were so cool and fun if u ask me. The totems were so much more challenging and creative than any Gym battle, and the Design were absolute peak too 🙏🏼
Talking about the virtual console... heard "had" breaks my heart....luckily , I prepared well and have it. I was afraid about the servers shutting down , but then I remembered home costs extra to run bank. So I'm not too worried about it
1:35 massive disagree and i will tell you why. These designs are VERY creative they are based on the "Holy Trinity" of Tank, Mage, and DPS. Delphox a Mage Greninja a DPS, and Chesnaut a Tank. You may have not known that so I can understand your point.
I don’t know of anyone who considers this the peak of Pokemon. Everyone I know and have seen online call this the lowest point of the franchise with the worst games.
I think we are currently in the lowest point in the series but this era had the ability to play every generation of pokemon games on it so some people think this is the peak solely because of the variety :)
@@noobstoise1024 As bad as PLA and SWSH are, I don’t think they’re enough to make the entire Switch era bad. SV, BDSP, and even LGPE are fun games and definitely better than the 3DS ones.
@@jakevaughan8701 PLA was like the only decent to good switch Pokémon game. Like the 3ds games weren't amazing by any existing standard but were definitely better than LGPE, SwSh, and SV
@@noobstoise1024I gotta disagree on both accounts. PLA is new for Pokemon, I guess. But it feels like a tech demo and is just full of wasted potential and missed opportunities. I’d argue it’s one of the worst in the series. I can understand why someone would like XY and ORAS, but I feel like they’re pretty mediocre.
Compared to the switch, 3DS POKEMON games were Citizen Kane. My biggest gripes being X/Y’s easiness, and Them releasing basically the same game a year in a row just slightly tweaked (Sun Moon and the Ultra Games).
@@blitzbaseThe GBA era barely has any issues. Best Kanto game, Hoenn was awesome & the main issue was too much water (which I didn't mind that much). DP regional dex is meh, only 5 fire pokemon which is a crime & let's not forget how slow the game was + bad story pacing. I never get why people like HGSS so much. Johto had the worst scaling of every pokemon game, new mons are almost only found in the Kanto region, the Kanto part is forgettable, roaming legendary among other things. BW have no mons from previous gen until the postgame. People are blinded by nostalgia. Even with all the optimization issues SV & PLA are much more enjoyable than nearly every game before them.
@@BananaBlooD9517Agree. Having started on the 4th generation, the only games I see constantly praised over the time are Platinum and Legends Arceus. Everything else was hated at the start until eventually becoming considered great (mostly for personal reasons). Oras, for example, commit a lot of the same mistakes as BDSP, but still one is considered great and the other terrible. When the fifth generation remake comes out, BDSP will probably be treated as underrated.
3DS was the most cost effective way to complete living dex up to gen 7. SWSH and SV not even having full dex makes them so hard to having living dex and Home will eat up subscription fee that you probably rarely use once you done with the new entries.
Not everyone liked mega-evolution, I know I didn't. I did give mega-evolution a chance and used them at first then stopped using them. The same with later gimmicks. My favorite new feature of the 3DS games is reginal forms and convergent evolutions is my favorite new feature from the Switch era. I thought Sun and Moon were a breath of fresh air to take a step away from the usual formula.
I have to agree the DS is the peak era, but the 3ds was my first gen and holds a special place in my heart. Pokemon mystery dungeons gates to infinity was my first game ever, but no one talks about spinoffs much 😭
Real talk 😅 I haven't played them yet. I stopped after the ds line. But I just got pokemon x. So I'm getting back into it. I got hook on fan made ones too
My first shiny elektabuz was given to me with WiFi on this game. I loved throwing junk Pokémon for the few random rares. Now that I look back it was probably an asshole move on my part.
I love playing romhacks on my old3ds from 2012. I played alpha sapphire and ultra sun. I never played original ruby and sapphire but aplha sapphire was peak for me. Pretty environment, mega evolutions, long post game, engaging story , cool pokemon designs, There was certain level of freedom when you flew on your latias or latios around region. I finished it two times in total. Then Ultra Sun i sleep. Narrow routes and islands seem so small. I feel trapped there. Non stop npc dialog where you spam it fast to skip. Not to mention that mark on map where to go totally kill any sense of exploration. Fights were okay. They were a lot harder compared to alpha sapphire. The way they made this game is just bad for me.
@@StrawHatMidas How was ORAS hard to complete ? You mean pokedex ? I got unobtainable from that market where you offer some pokemon for other pokemon. Not to mention people traded them in wonder trade often. There was also stream on youtube that allowed you to get mythical and legendary i think from wonder trading. Also shiny of your choice. There was also reddit and other websites where you can trade with people. It wasn t hard to get 100%
@@tomasdqwx2781 not complete, compete. Like USUM came out after ORAS which were extremely good games. So USUM were compared to ORAS a lot because they released at a similar time.
To me this era was defined by tonal whiplash in contrast to black and white. The story, difficulty, designs,the promise of a more mature direction completely U turned to the other extreme. Graphically, a retro style done well looks better than a modern style with no personality, Mii like avatars and frame rate drops. The fact sword and shield appeared to be derivative from a 3DS project pretty much doomed the switch too
I was probably the most excited for the 3ds era due to the introduction of 3d but ended up losing interest in x and y and never played sun and moon. The introduction of gimmicks like the megas and stuff lost me. I still think ds is where things peaked and that’s coming from a gen 1 kid.
I really dont like the 3d in X Y, its the start of the era with 3d pokemon, and of course it would look bad, however i wished they stayed 2d until they got 3d looking proper good. Imagine XY or SM looking like BW
Personally Sam and usum are my favorites cause by gen 3 the whole battle gyms and evil teams got kinda stale but sun and moon are so refreshing and I personally like 3d Pokémon better
All I can say is that after the sun and moon games, it's been downhill in terms of quality and content. Switch era has been a mixed bag to say the least.
@@StrawHatMidasI actually really like a lot about Scarlett and violet but the issues with the framerate and graphics that still haven't been fixed are just inexcusable.
While I don’t disagree gen 7 is one of the weakest generations of Pokémon, I think saying those games doing too much different should be a criticism, I think Pokémon moving forward should be trying to do something different instead of making the same experience over and over, stuff like US/UM and the Legends games are awesome for trying to provide a fresh take on this multi-decade old franchise, even if I will 100% be in a retirement home at 80 telling the nurses how goated OG gen 3 was
I honestly think people hate on 3ds pokemon games too much Don't get me wrong I wasn't crazy about S/M and US/UM however I think X and Y were great as well as ORAS
Tbh the 3ds games introduce something to the franchise that’s stuck XY a gimmick and exp share Oras A showcase for postgame and dlc that focuses on a specific Pokémon Sun and moon more options for character change and regional forms Ultra sun and moon alternative story options for 3rd versions and introduced easy ways to get shiny ledgends or Pokémon not introduced in the original game
After X and Y and ORAS, pokemon games became worse and boring starting from S&M and USUM. Since then I get bored at pokemon games (not including Pokemon Legends Arceus) There was even a pokemon online battle or trade on Xand Y where you can literally speak with whoever you're connecting with. Developers/Nintendo for some reason, removed that capability later on.
My heart hurts each time I realized Sun/Moon is almost 10 years old... I was a teen when those games came out 😭
This hurts
@@sandysantos7182 I knowww 🥲🥲🥲 We're old!!! I'm in my early 20s now!
@@StarswirlStar I was 16 when Sun/Moon came out and I have never been as hyped for any game as I was for them
@@StarswirlStar I'm in my early 30s!!! 😭😂 You think you're old?! I played pokemon yellow on on gbc with the streetlight as my only light during car rides! 😂
Even smash 4 is turning 10 this year and is being tarnished along side gen 7 for lame reasons
The 3DS had it all, you can actually catch em all in this system
The amount of regions you can explore just in one system is crazy
Kanto = eshop
Johto = eshop/remade for the DS and has backward compatibility with 3DS
Hoenn = remaked for the 3DS
Sinnoh = backward compatibility
Unova = backward compatibility
Kalos = introduced on 3DS
Alola = introduced on 3DS
Thanks to the backward compatibility with the DS and during XY/ORAS era (2016) they were giving mythical pokemon every month, making the goal catch em all possible, this was the first time actually able to catch all the pokemon and complete the pokedex
If you have a hacked 3DS, people are working on getting Galar for the GBA and Paldea for the GB
getting every pokemon game up to gen 7 was one of the first things i did when i hacked my 3ds hopefully the galar and paldea ports work out so i can really catch them all on the 3ds
If I'm remembering right, in xy + oras you can catch every gen 1-6 pokemon excluding mythical pokemon in those games, pretty cool if thats the case
@@supersaiyaneevee yea
Gba is also natively run as well on 3ds so you have that alongside 3ds, ds games native. New models also do a few snes games natively but it's definitely not many.
I use to get so annoyed at the fact you couldn’t get some (most of the cool ones) Pokémon, just got Omega Ruby and for the first time in years I’m able to get Rayquaza, multiple ex cover legendaries, deoxys etc.. I’m over the moon at that
No contest between ORAS and XY. ORAS is one of Pokémon's best
I miss the ORAS days
So do I it was an era
Sneaking into pokemon 😅
You and me both.
I loved Pokemon Sun & ultra sun 'Because' it didn't feel like a major pokemon game
It felt like they were taking more risks and not feeling like they had to keep following the same pokemon formula of gyms
Exactly
Gen 7 was the best gen since 5 imo.
Ususm were the most rushed lazy games in the whole series , literally the whole story was almost identical and the lusimane arc was superior to the ultra megalopolis stuff. They could have made ultra metalopilis a cool dungeon like the distortion world but they didn’t. Rainbow rocket was also awful and was just cheap nostalgia bait. Gen 7 was the only time where I preferred the originals
@@Poatard123 tell me you didn't play the games without telling me. Usum were superior to the prequels by far adding loads of new content like legendary hunting through a mini game that can be made easier, team rainbow rocket, increased online features, and a wider variety of pokemon. Maybe play the games yourself instead of following trends just to be a hater
@@Poatard123Jiri owns poatan
No one said they were bad? They are the best 3d Pokémon games out there
Switch era is trash
pokemon colosseum
definitely lol
@FireCo0kie-0fficial I’m 22 kid
@FireCo0kie-0fficial ok I’m old
"i feel like helen keller could tell hes the leader of team flare"😭
@@Jbotw23…chicken makes you go deaf and blind??? I’m sorry I’m slow plz explain
3ds is peak gaming when it comes to pokemon cuz u can play every game up to ultrasun ultramoon
True it’s nice that you can explore every single generation on it!
3DS/DS Pokemon was my childhood. Maxed the timer on Omega Ruby
"some people preferred the 3D models because they're wrong." 😂
Gen 7’s looked gorgeous
Ironically, sword and shield were the ones that fixed the 3D model saturation problem lol
At least we can all agree that Pokemon died on the Switch
Except for Legends Arceus that game was like a 6.5/10
Doesn’t look like many others agree. Newer gens are always bless favorable. Before gen 8 and 9 were out, 5 and 6 were hated on, especially as gen 4 reached 10 years old. It won’t be long before gen 8 and 9 are nostalgic and we all hate gen 10 or 11 or whatever.
@@heroichitsujino way you think this. Some people didn’t like those generations when they first came out because, compared to older gens, it just wasn’t as good/the same. However Pokémon has been on even more of a downward spiral. Barely anyone that is a long time fan will look fondly on swsh in the future, but plenty of people realize how harshly they judged games like oras and Sun and moon.
@@heroichitsuji except for the fact that back then the community had mixed opinion about gen 6 and 7, also gen 7 was extremely hyped and most people agreed it was enjoyable. Gen 8 and 9 are collectively hated upon, the amount of bugs and glitches, Galar being an empty camvas and the fact you cant catch them all kills any saving grace those two gens may have, the only switch game that can be considered good in a few years is legends and it wont even count since it was also hyped and liked by the majority of the community
Nah it was a dead game too.
not we
The Sun and Moon defender has logged in, I personally would rate gen 7 *way* higher than gen 6. Having played through all four Alola games, I think Sun and Moon are actually a lot better story-wise than the Ultra games, Lillie and Lusamine's relationship makes a lot more sense and hits much harder without the Necrozma stuff mixed in, and it plays more directly into Guzma's implied history of abuse. USUM are definitely worth playing for all the added content like Ultra Wormholes and the Ultra Recon Squad lore, but SM has a way better, more personal story and I think both games are *much* stronger overall than ORAS or especially XY
I’m with you bro, gen 7 is way underrated and overhated
Usum top 4 pokemon game and sm is 5
Nah bruh
White 2 , heartgold , omega ruby , platinum, black 🔥🔥
@@3dsfan2002 huh💀
@@sayless7747 @edwardsaldana2534 Dont worry he's probably an iPad kid and 8 years old, DS pokemon is PEAK pokemon and sadly I dont see it getting better after seeing how bad the switch games are
W take
Black had the same problem i have with sword. Pokemon designs look like a episode of a nickelodeon cartoon.
@@Syndicate0031 no ???? the sprites were animated, and each pokemon had their unique animations, much better than the overated pokemon pearl and pokemon diamond
I think the 3DS was actually the second best era of Pokémon after the DS era. ORAS and the Alola games are some of my favorites in the series and X and Y had a lot of great things about it too and was one of the most important games in terms of the franchises evolution.
Gen 7 was garbage
@@MrMonkey2475 no it wasn't lmao
@@Ben-td3wi yea it was it was the first 3rd worst gen
Nah it's the 4th best. DS era > GB era > Switch era > 3DS era. Gens 5-9 are hot garbage (minus PLA).
@@thunderstar254 the Switch era is not better than the 3DS by any stretch of the mile lmao
I like the fairy type. but this type is even worse than the dragon type with only 2 weaknesses, one of which is a weak type and really strong offense. This type is simply way overpowered
I'm still figuring it out since I beat x like 2 months ago for the first time. Was used to all the types before that and fairy really changed it too much for me.
They should have never made fairy resist bug.
Bugs are fairies horst enemy in grim stories
Who even said it was bad on the DS? I mean mean look at the new Games on Switch!
im a fan of team skull personally. it changes from the trend of villain groups scaling up and up in terms of their evil plans
we go from rocket just trying to get a bag to eco system destruction to cyrus wanting to reset it all. so the silly thugs felt like a nice change of pace
That’s a good way to look at it, I saw them as a weird transition to goofy antagonists and sword and shield and SV have kept that energy.
Team Skull are hands down my favourite "villain" team because they're not some over the top evil group, they're a bunch of kids who fell through the cracks and have been failed by Alolan society
@@Shinntokuyou said it perfectly! compared to team yell (the actual goofiest and not in a good way), it's much more layered
team skull is nice, Explorers of Sky is the best game in the whole franchise :3
@@legocreator768 the gen 5 games are still the best in franchise to me. I'm glad PMD hits for so many people but I just bounced completely off the gameplay
I've never seen a single person claim that the 3ds era was the best
I do
same LMAO, no idea where he got that from
Bro is a clown
I think it depends on what generation you're born in. I hear often black and white is the best to most. But it's at this point a meme with how no one can agree what was the best area of Pokemon. We can only agree the worst, which is now lmao
@@grimmick9446 bw becoming a meme makes the game feel extremely overrated
3ds pokemon games were amazing. I remember when X/Y came out I begged my parents to buy it for me. I had countless hours playing that game and it will always have a special place because it was the first Pokémon game where I could be my skin color. To actually have unique character customization and feel like it’s truly your own Pokémon journey. Even ORAS while having less customization due to it being a remake was great both gameplay wise and added storyline. I truly enjoyed this era of pokemon and honestly hope we can return to this format versus the ongoing format we currently use
Who the f says it's the peak of the series? Most people agree the DS games are the best
Fr 4th gen and 5th gen the best pokemon games ever made
@@supeesanz4th gen was mid ngl
@@blitzbase only diamond and pearl plat and hgss were Masterpieces
@@supeesanz Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky too if you count spin offs
@@supeesanz DS diamond and pearl suck as
This was also the era where the games were released worldwide at the same time. No more priority to Japan and trickling out elsewhere.
the community 2013-2015 was unmatched my god this was over 10 years ago im feeling like the gen oners back then
Oras, bw, bw2 and platinum were the best pokemon games. The best story, selection of pokemon and even difficulty to an extent
Those were all great games
Ehat about HGSS?
wooo someone who likes oras
@@kaitou1412kid Never played gen 3 before. Got into pokemon with Gen 5. I really do like Gen 3's pokemon, and honestly exploring a whole new region was cool. They also took the great parts of XY like 3D and Megas and adapted that into a classic region. The story's weren't bad as well, and goddamn the legendary hoehn trios primal forms were unbelievable.
Based, 100% based opinion. I would add HGSS and emerald but based
ORAS was a prime example of a great Pokémon game.
Man ORAS was what I wish we got for the SInnoh remakes
Wait wait wait you actually wanted to chase down Latios & Latias!!? I much rather liked how they were gifted to me in ORAS.
USUM was the best!! Mega evolutions, Z-moves, Battle Bond Greninja, Ultra Beast, Primal Forms, & they brought back the legendary Pokémon through the wormholes and you can get them shiny ✨
Sigh
@@ThomasSeedsreal
@@sellywelly4417has to be bait right?
Facts
Yeah I mean it's nice they were just given but I liked how you had to work to get them in the originals. Was still easier than the dogs in gen 2. Haven't played the ultras yet but have heard good things. I liked the og sun and moon tho from playing them recently. Alpha sapphire and omega ruby also had those wormhole legendary battles.
Short answer: No. Long answer: Nooooo.
@@michaelballack3051 long answer yeeesssss
Ic lie 3ds era pokemon is peak modern pokemon. The only semi-recent release to compete was Sword and Shield. Scarlet and Violet's battle gimmick cannot compare to the sheer fun of Mega Evolutions, Z moves, and bringing back primal powers to a whole ass dinosaur
its the ds pokemon games is the best for me, but the 3ds pokemon games were very good too. im playing scarlet right now and it feels so cold and empty.
10:15
TOO EASY? TOO EASY?!?! Sun and Moon being called “too easy” is insane 😭
Right? The Alola games are on the harder end of difficulty, and if you play like me with the Exp. Share off they're fr one of the most difficult Pokémon games
Guys did we play the same game? Sun and Moon were extremely easy, even without exp share.
I think sun and moon is easy but usum is a lot
Harder
@@keeysOST I had much more trouble in SM than in any of the older games.
@@Idkman520yeah US is the only mainline game I’ve actually struggled in
It wasn’t but XY had the most hype Pokémon pre release of all time .
The most hyped pre-release was gold and silver as it was a direct sequel to red and blue at the time (I wasn't alive but that's what I've heard). I do agree though x and y were hyped beyond belief even if they didn't reach that standard set on them
@@RiteshPrabhu-l5d Pokemon’s entire fanbase at the time consisted of children. Most of which didn’t even know Gold and Silver existed until it released outside of Japan. Having internet was rare so really only Japan experienced pre release Gold and Silver. Pokémon XY’s first trailer dropped a bomb that it was gonna be a worldwide release it was the first 3D main series game. They showed us mega mewtwo Y before we even knew what megas were and a new eeveelutions (Sylveon) without telling us what type it was, the speculation and theories was crazy. The reveal of mega evos and the fairy type was pretty huge they created a whole animation based off Gen 1 just to do a mega charizard X reveal at the end. Pre release XY was insane you just had to have been there.
@@CEDL0Wpre release XY was so insane it made me buy it and i wasnt even a pokemon fan til then lol
Same man
I remember everyone was freaking out for the simple fact about Talonflame using Brave Bird
Just the jump from the move animation itself was peak, but sucks bc it was the beginning of the 3D downfall
PSS was amazing tho and it still is the best online feature Pokémon ever had
When?
“This era of Pokémon games are terrible!!!!” - People that hate fun
bro 10 years ago, I barely played through sun and moon, theyre still new to me and I don’t really understand that game still
ORAS is a great Pokémon game. Sadly, the last good one. But Sun/Moon was the start ruin.
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Pokemon XY are such nostalgic games for me, not being my first by a long shot which doesn't make much sense to me but I think it's cause of how hype I was as a kid knowing pokemon was going 3D it felt so futuristic to me back then back then I remember thinking omg pokemon is gonna look super realistic soon can't beat BW/BW2 and Heart Gold in my opinion though even being my first games I still think those games are peak
How does this guy only have 1,000 subs, i thought I was watching a youtuber with 100k+
Awww thanks DK
Also Poketubers started to be a thing around Generation 6 so people could see the increasingly large channels play and discuss these games.
Yo the 3Ds Fr might’ve had the best pokemon game lineup of all time
You can play every single region on the 3DS, I love it personally
bro is tipping if he thinks that us and um are worst then sword and shield
I like US/UM but I actually prefer sword and shield :/
Sword and Shield are great games IMO
Ikr sword and shield are worst in series and it’s not close at all
@@Chammer6lmao they are the worse games
Goat and Goat are some of my favorites. I finally completed the dex the other day for the shiny charm. As for S/M.. The OG Sun and Moon were absolute dog water. Still have yet to play US/UM but will be soon
3ds era felt complete, switch era feels like it's missing something. . . Like gen 5 remakes or good remakes at all, oh an they should've ported omega ruby to switch, would've slayed pokemons entrance onto switch!
Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire are 10 years old in November. I am old.
i loved omega ruby, that game was my whole childhood
I am about to play ORAS again and I am so excited
3ds pokemon was perfect to me. I hate the switch games....mostly cause i only bought a 3ds to play the new games but pkmn moved to the switch too soon that i hated wasting $ buy a 3ds
Bad? I wouldn’t say so.
Too easy? Yeah despite XY and Oras and just Gen 6 in general being my all time favorite next to 3 those games were too easy probably the easiest gym leaders in the series I think
Played UM, Y, Diamond(og), SS, black, sword, violet. And UM easily clears ngl, you should try it without a bias/nostalgic-pokefan mindset.😊
I recently played it and it was definitely better than I remember! I like ultra sun a lot better then the original but I still like ORAS and X&Y a bit better. All the 3DS games were good though!
I personally believe that if there was a Pokémon Z, it would’ve been one of the greatest Pokémon games ever. X and Y weren’t complete games but there was a vision that I hope is realized in ZA. And honestly I don’t actually mind having more than one rival, but like they can’t be push overs.
Pokemon on the 3DS was not looked to be the peak of the series. Pokemon during the Nintendo DS era was definitely the peak of the franchise.
DS era is overrated, DP garbage
Some people think of the "mega evolution" era as the peak of the series but i personally think it peaked on the ds myself
I still stand by my word that Alpha Sapphire was the best 3DS Pokémon game, it was my first game but damn it quickly got me hooked, I spent so many hours collecting and replaying the story. I feel like the future games failed to capture the same magic, and I’m still hoping that they re-release it for the Switch, or maybe I’ll pick up Sword/Shield.
ngl I really enjoyed Gen 7. The main story and Post game (especially in Usum) were so cool and fun if u ask me. The totems were so much more challenging and creative than any Gym battle, and the Design were absolute peak too 🙏🏼
Talking about the virtual console... heard "had" breaks my heart....luckily , I prepared well and have it. I was afraid about the servers shutting down , but then I remembered home costs extra to run bank. So I'm not too worried about it
I spent so much money before it shut down it was bad
1:35 massive disagree and i will tell you why. These designs are VERY creative they are based on the "Holy Trinity" of Tank, Mage, and DPS. Delphox a Mage Greninja a DPS, and Chesnaut a Tank. You may have not known that so I can understand your point.
I don’t know of anyone who considers this the peak of Pokemon. Everyone I know and have seen online call this the lowest point of the franchise with the worst games.
I think we are currently in the lowest point in the series but this era had the ability to play every generation of pokemon games on it so some people think this is the peak solely because of the variety :)
I'd say the switch era is so much worse than anything the 3ds era did.
@@noobstoise1024 As bad as PLA and SWSH are, I don’t think they’re enough to make the entire Switch era bad. SV, BDSP, and even LGPE are fun games and definitely better than the 3DS ones.
@@jakevaughan8701 PLA was like the only decent to good switch Pokémon game. Like the 3ds games weren't amazing by any existing standard but were definitely better than LGPE, SwSh, and SV
@@noobstoise1024I gotta disagree on both accounts.
PLA is new for Pokemon, I guess. But it feels like a tech demo and is just full of wasted potential and missed opportunities. I’d argue it’s one of the worst in the series.
I can understand why someone would like XY and ORAS, but I feel like they’re pretty mediocre.
Man omega ruby was so good. By a mile my favorite 3D games besides arceus
idc what anyone says delphox is actually such a gas starter
Compared to the switch, 3DS POKEMON games were Citizen Kane. My biggest gripes being X/Y’s easiness, and Them releasing basically the same game a year in a row just slightly tweaked (Sun Moon and the Ultra Games).
DS era was peak, though if we talk about games separately, S/V would be peak.
DS era was overrated
@@3dsfan2002 What other era is there????????
@@blitzbaseThe GBA era barely has any issues. Best Kanto game, Hoenn was awesome & the main issue was too much water (which I didn't mind that much).
DP regional dex is meh, only 5 fire pokemon which is a crime & let's not forget how slow the game was + bad story pacing.
I never get why people like HGSS so much. Johto had the worst scaling of every pokemon game, new mons are almost only found in the Kanto region, the Kanto part is forgettable, roaming legendary among other things.
BW have no mons from previous gen until the postgame.
People are blinded by nostalgia. Even with all the optimization issues SV & PLA are much more enjoyable than nearly every game before them.
@@BananaBlooD9517Agree.
Having started on the 4th generation, the only games I see constantly praised over the time are Platinum and Legends Arceus. Everything else was hated at the start until eventually becoming considered great (mostly for personal reasons). Oras, for example, commit a lot of the same mistakes as BDSP, but still one is considered great and the other terrible. When the fifth generation remake comes out, BDSP will probably be treated as underrated.
If they remake gen 5 as good as they did gen 3, I’d never complain again.
If they remake gen 5 like they did gen 4 I'll never play another new Pokémon game again.
@@KolaTheBear I’m with you. It’d be the last I play.
hoping for ORAS quality not BDSP
I still think it was a crime not to release Pokemon Z
I am working on X and Y video and i have a whole section on that :D
The fact we don’t have 3rd gen Pokemon on switch is so dumb. It would work perfectly
Right! It would be perfect. I would take even a scaled up version of ORAS :)
@@StrawHatMidas they just don’t want our money. I’d love to go back and play old ds Pokemon games without spending 200$
@@StrawHatMidasI wouldn't mind a Hoenn game in the Let's Go format if they keep mega & every qol they added since ORAS.
Pokemon on the switch is easily the worst and it's not even close. 3ds Pokemon is S tier, switch Pokemon is an F.
Yea😊
I don't care what anyone says, ORAS was peak
Real 🗿
3DS had all 3DS Pokemon games + all DS Pokemon games. It's literally the best Pokemon console/system there is
Great video !!!
Glad you enjoyed it, I hope you check out some more :D
Not only is the picture cutted on every side, the virtual console aspect ratio that should be about 8:7 is totally off...
I have never, ever heard someone say that 3DS Pokémon is peak, I’ve pretty much exclusively seen people regard it as the start of decline
I predict that the switch 2 will have a remake or a remaster of black/white it will be so fire 👁️👄👁️
3DS was the most cost effective way to complete living dex up to gen 7. SWSH and SV not even having full dex makes them so hard to having living dex and Home will eat up subscription fee that you probably rarely use once you done with the new entries.
Team plasma has to be the best villain team. They had a really great plan with new revelas till the end
Title: Was Pokémon on 3DS really bad?
5 seconds into the video: They are considered some of the best in the series
oh ok
i wonder why pokemon games did so good on NINTENDO consoles
This is a joke right?
Not everyone liked mega-evolution, I know I didn't. I did give mega-evolution a chance and used them at first then stopped using them. The same with later gimmicks. My favorite new feature of the 3DS games is reginal forms and convergent evolutions is my favorite new feature from the Switch era. I thought Sun and Moon were a breath of fresh air to take a step away from the usual formula.
Actually you can toggle the roller skates off, you just have to use the d pad instead of the circle pad to walk
I have to agree the DS is the peak era, but the 3ds was my first gen and holds a special place in my heart. Pokemon mystery dungeons gates to infinity was my first game ever, but no one talks about spinoffs much 😭
I loved pokemon on the 3ds i dont think it was as bad as some people say it was.
Real talk 😅 I haven't played them yet. I stopped after the ds line. But I just got pokemon x. So I'm getting back into it. I got hook on fan made ones too
its overhated for sure(better than switch) but ds era is still superior
You can just the d-pad istend of the joystick and you wont be on the roller blades in x and y
My first shiny elektabuz was given to me with WiFi on this game. I loved throwing junk Pokémon for the few random rares. Now that I look back it was probably an asshole move on my part.
I love playing romhacks on my old3ds from 2012. I played alpha sapphire and ultra sun. I never played original ruby and sapphire but aplha sapphire was peak for me. Pretty environment, mega evolutions, long post game, engaging story , cool pokemon designs, There was certain level of freedom when you flew on your latias or latios around region. I finished it two times in total. Then Ultra Sun i sleep. Narrow routes and islands seem so small. I feel trapped there. Non stop npc dialog where you spam it fast to skip. Not to mention that mark on map where to go totally kill any sense of exploration. Fights were okay. They were a lot harder compared to alpha sapphire. The way they made this game is just bad for me.
I think USUM were good but when ORAS was so good it was hard to compete. I didn’t like the original sun and moon though they felt very bland :)
@@StrawHatMidas How was ORAS hard to complete ? You mean pokedex ? I got unobtainable from that market where you offer some pokemon for other pokemon. Not to mention people traded them in wonder trade often. There was also stream on youtube that allowed you to get mythical and legendary i think from wonder trading. Also shiny of your choice. There was also reddit and other websites where you can trade with people. It wasn t hard to get 100%
@@tomasdqwx2781 not complete, compete. Like USUM came out after ORAS which were extremely good games. So USUM were compared to ORAS a lot because they released at a similar time.
To me this era was defined by tonal whiplash in contrast to black and white. The story, difficulty, designs,the promise of a more mature direction completely U turned to the other extreme. Graphically, a retro style done well looks better than a modern style with no personality, Mii like avatars and frame rate drops. The fact sword and shield appeared to be derivative from a 3DS project pretty much doomed the switch too
Best era of pokemon
I was probably the most excited for the 3ds era due to the introduction of 3d but ended up losing interest in x and y and never played sun and moon. The introduction of gimmicks like the megas and stuff lost me. I still think ds is where things peaked and that’s coming from a gen 1 kid.
I want a 3DS Just for Pokémon iv never had one 😍😍😍😍
ORAS is fantastic. So much fun. awesome pokemon experience
The problem with 3DS Pokemon is that we went from some of the best sprite work in the industry to some of the worst looking 3D models in the industry
I really dont like the 3d in X Y, its the start of the era with 3d pokemon, and of course it would look bad, however i wished they stayed 2d until they got 3d looking proper good. Imagine XY or SM looking like BW
Personally Sam and usum are my favorites cause by gen 3 the whole battle gyms and evil teams got kinda stale but sun and moon are so refreshing and I personally like 3d Pokémon better
I feel like if you talk about 3ds pokemon games you have to include ds pokemon games as well.I feel like the ds/3ds pokemon games are peak of pokemon
Yes I agree, but I’m a bit biased to 3DS because Pokemon Moon and Omega Ruby were my first Pokemon games
6:05 bro forgot about the D-pad
😂😂😂
"set the standard" imho it was peak. everything after (with the exception of oras bc its the same thing) didnt live up to x and y by a long shot
the background music in the sun and moon section is a bit loud and it’s hard to focus on your voice.
Noted I appreciate that help :)
@@StrawHatMidas no problem!
1:46 i would always pick delphox and bulbasaur as my starters
All I can say is that after the sun and moon games, it's been downhill in terms of quality and content. Switch era has been a mixed bag to say the least.
Switch era is beyond unacceptable
Switch era has been an experience i can say that
i never played sun/moon i grinded oras and xy though i miss it fr i was 10 when oras came out im 20 now
X/Y will always be my fav Pokemon games, even though Scarlet/Violet is a close second
X and Y are SO good! I can’t say SV are my favorite but they are over hated for sure
@@StrawHatMidasI actually really like a lot about Scarlett and violet but the issues with the framerate and graphics that still haven't been fixed are just inexcusable.
While I don’t disagree gen 7 is one of the weakest generations of Pokémon, I think saying those games doing too much different should be a criticism, I think Pokémon moving forward should be trying to do something different instead of making the same experience over and over, stuff like US/UM and the Legends games are awesome for trying to provide a fresh take on this multi-decade old franchise, even if I will 100% be in a retirement home at 80 telling the nurses how goated OG gen 3 was
I honestly think people hate on 3ds pokemon games too much
Don't get me wrong I wasn't crazy about S/M and US/UM however I think X and Y were great as well as ORAS
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Tbh the 3ds games introduce something to the franchise that’s stuck
XY a gimmick and exp share
Oras A showcase for postgame and dlc that focuses on a specific Pokémon
Sun and moon more options for character change and regional forms
Ultra sun and moon alternative story options for 3rd versions and introduced easy ways to get shiny ledgends or Pokémon not introduced in the original game
After X and Y and ORAS, pokemon games became worse and boring starting from S&M and USUM. Since then I get bored at pokemon games (not including Pokemon Legends Arceus)
There was even a pokemon online battle or trade on Xand Y where you can literally speak with whoever you're connecting with. Developers/Nintendo for some reason, removed that capability later on.