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Which Pokemon game is the best mainline game?
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Pokémon Gold/Silver for sure. The QoL updates over Gen1 (RB) and 1.5 (Y) are just enough, although RBY was actually challenging at times GSC reduced the difficulty a tad. But the map is better, bunch of side quest options that aren't too grindey, good callback to Kanto. I haven't played the remakes but I'm sure they would be just as great.
I played the Brilliant Diamond one after not having played Pokémon for quite a while, played the gen3 ones on emulator a bit (Emerald in this case, quit when the difficulty was way too low until you got to the League, suddenly you actually had to work for it). Played Shield as well but didn't even really feel like a Pokémon game to me.
So yeah I'm a typical genwunner but I prefer the second gen games. Crystal was neat but I don't prefer it over Silver/Gold.
the OG , allowed one to CLone any items and pokemon. i did that all the time.
If I recall correctly, the original one required you to do that specific thing on Cinnabar Island to clone the first item on your list. The second one just required you to move Pokémon between boxes holding items. I did it for gimmick reasons a couple of times but I could enjoy the game without using glitches lots easier.
gold and silver, you force shutdown the game while saving, and that clones it. crystal fixed the bug. useful as it was the first gen to introduce shinies, and you want to endlessly clone masterballs.