19. favorite pokemon game
of all time? pokemon mystery dungeon explorers of sky. it was my first pokemon game and is a massive comfort game to me. it's extremely dear to me and its aged very well for me. i know i rib on it sometimes for darkrai or how often flashback cutscenes happen, but thats because i love this game and love thinking about ways it could be even better. it's fun and has my favorite ranking/mission system in the whole series, it has my favorite plotline in the whole series, i love the world its in and all the environments, i love the partner and grovyle, holy shit its so good and i dont think i will ever get tired of it. maybe im overhyping it, i dont care. it means so much to me.
favorite mainline game though would definitely be pokemon white. i have so much love and nostalgia for that game, and its honestly soooo hard to pick a favorite gen 5 pokemon bc ive played it over and over and over again with a ton of pokemon in the game that it's easier to pick out the ones i DONT like. its nostalgic and i love everything gen 5 has to offer, its just so fun.
20. least favorite pokemon game
oh boy. im sorry but its either gen I and II games or swsh.
i mean my least favorite of all time is probably detective pikachu actually. i actually got a few headaches playing that game bc the music was so dull and the animations and voice acting (and often lack thereof) were so distracting. its probably the game that i regret having the most. but at least i can just say that its a tedious spinoff game with not a lot of effort put into it, and the movie is leaps and bounds better (altho im not sure why THAT was the game they made a movie off of? the movie literally overhauled everything bc the game was so boring)
but for main series its a little more "aww MAN" to me because yknow, that's the main output with the mechanics i know and love. gen I and II were definitely good for their time, but i was very disappointed by them when i finally played them. i dont really get why people hold them up as the definitive pokemon experience, they're very boring and i dont like the general pokemon you find in those games enough to get an engaging team that i like. doesnt help that i find kanto to be a very boring region in my opinion.
and swsh. i mean we all know the issues with swsh. the natdex thing isnt really an issue for me personally because ive never used pokemon bank or home because they cost money, and i can get gliscor in other games and be just fine, but i get why other people hate that aspect. swsh by itself just kinda made me realize "wow. maybe i am too old for this series" like i didnt get a grand scale of wonder and adventure like i did with gen 7, which only came out a few years earlier. it felt like it was put together by tape and threads, the battles are boring and the presentation, while mostly being pretty with towns like ballonlea, was terribly stale. dont get me started on isle of armor, that was actually more offensively boring than detective pikachu and i think i wouldve felt that way even as part of the target audience. crown tundra and the wild area are pretty much the only reason i revisit it.
idk. i just dont have fun with those games like i do with gens 4-7. (im neutral towards gen 3)
43. favorite electric type
EMOLGA. just a little girl :)
