Pokémon Generations Episode 1 & 2 Premiere!

As announced on Tuesday, the first and second episode of Pokémon Generations premiere today and you can watch them right here!

For those that aren’t caught up yet Pokémon Generations is a series of animated shorts that revisits each generation of the Pokémon games to shed new light on some timeless moments. Each episode will be 3-5 minutes long and will release weekly starting today with Episode 1: The Adventure and Episode 2: The Chase, right up until December 23rd.

Episode One: The Adventure sees a Trainer and his Pikachu journey across Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh Unova and Kalos facing-off against Pokémon and uncovering the secrets each region hides.

Episode Two: The Chase follows Detective Looker on the trail of Team Rocket boss Giovanni. When critical information is uncovered regarding his location they rush to the scene and discover something truly unexpected..

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766 thoughts on “Pokémon Generations Episode 1 & 2 Premiere!”

  1. Ok a few things. First I loved this as a whole and can’t wait to see the rest. Second of all that first episode was kind of a waste, but I kind of get why they did it. They probably wanted to briefly touch on Red since he’s the original guy and an icon. Sad that so many cool scenes were wasted on an episode that was 1/3 in game footage, but whatever. HOWEVER, dat Looker episode was baller!! That’s the kind of stuff I’m super interested in. The Pokemon world is so huge and interesting it’s a waste that they never expanded it in other outlets very much. I can’t wait to see what other stories they show off lol

    P.S. OH!!! Just for the record I’m SUPER happy they used Giovanni’s regular voice actor. He does a good Giovanni and it was well placed lol

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  2. I just realized that the second short happens after the battle of Red and Giovanni in Pokémon Origins! The gym has the same design, and the marks on the floor were made by Charizard’s Seismic Toss. WOW.

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  3. Wow, the first episode gave me goosebumps. I love that Pokemon are not saying their names,instead they sound like their ingame cries. That was the best thing about animated BW2 ads and then it continued with the Origins as they are all based on games. So Pikachu’s cry is perfect in that sense. (I was actually quite pissed when they change Pikachu’s ingame cry into “Pika Pika” in X&Y.) I screamed when Volcarona came into scene in Relic Castle, such a mystical moment. Too bad that it looks like it is owned by Pikachu. Nevertheless, the attacking animation looked epic, it sounded like an actual fiery bug, and it was not an old man saying Volcarona like he’s having enormous loogie in his throat.

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    • Watching Probopass move around and attack like a Zelda boss with those little bird heads gave me a whole new level of love and respect for that Pokémon.

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      • In my opinion, I like it both ways but I think I prefer for the smaller and cuter pokes to say their names, while the larger and more evolved Pokemon use cries like they would in-game. I think that would be a happy balance

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      • Just watched the episode of XY with the evil Malamar. Kinda wanted to rip my fucking ears out. Them saying their names is pretty miserable. They just do it in the kids show to help them learn the names.

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    • How have you not seen this? They played a demo for like 20 minutes at E3 in June lol It shows the player leaving his house and walking up to Hala’s little village area where this battle happens.

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          • Maybe there was and it was before I came here, I can’t remember how long I’ve been visiting here for.

            Never heard Reggie’s voice before. The illusion is ruined DX.

            This emphasises two of the reasons I don’t like watching E4, 13 minutes of talking before hitting actual gameplay and people talking over the gameplay. I’d rather have the gameplay on its own and a manuscript of the talking.

            One person in a thread a while back through the “Route 1” signs coming up had gone because of a cutscene, if I’d known about this back then I could have corrected them 😛

            *Ledyba appears, people stand around chatting instead of fighting it or running* DX

            Anyway, thanks for a link to the full thing. Really wish I could fast forward though. (I really don’t see why they need to explain the letterbox, it’s pretty obvious what it’s for XD)

    • That festival music is Zelda grade XD

      I’m glad to see Lillie isn’t quite as anti-pokemon battling as I had been lead to believe.

      Shame about the annoying people talking over it.

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      • I can’t wait to hear the music without the talking.
        The longer gameplay showed stuff like finding items, catching Pokémon and recording their data and encountering Pikipek, Grubbin and Yungoose. The people talking over it were kind of annoying throughout so I muted it apart from trying to hear the Pokémon cries and the bit in this video.
        When Alolan Raichu was revealed it became almost certain Hau will have one because of this footage.

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        • Yeah, in some ways I’d rather just watch random bits of gameplay (with no talking) than some of these big reveal trailers they put together, even if they cut it off at odd moments to prevent spoiling too much.

          Hau’s Pichu has been shown in quite a lot of places to be fair.

          The UB02 reveals had begun to make me loose faith with the game, but seeing actual gameplay reminded me that even if they mess the plot up horribly, the island is beautiful, the music is fantastic and the battles finally have the trainers in them.

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          • I think the reveal trailers are really just trying not to show anything more than revealing select things, it keeps people interested without giving away too much of the island designs or layouts.
            I remember seeing Hau’s Pichu here most so I just think of this first.
            I was OK with the UB02 reveals, mostly because not knowing anything about them there’s not too much to dislike beyond their designs, for me anyway. Sorry if some of what I say is a bit muddled, I should probably be asleep right now v.v

          • They’ve revealed a lot of the island locations already to be fair. They could keep things secret by just showing full in game snipped and then cutting things out here and there.
            Trailers that show more art and stuff than gameplay have always bothered me though.

            Admittedly the Japanese trailers are better than the English language ones.

            Fair enough, I remember seeing it in stills more than anything specifc.

            Their designs is precisely what worries me.
            Not so much UB02B, but UB02A looks uncharacteristicly Tokusatsu/Super Sentai (e.g. Kamen Rider).

            Don’t talk to me about sleep ; n ; (03:40am)

          • If they aren’t actually Pokémon I’m OK with them having designs like this. I actually thought of Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga when I first saw the UB02’s, especially upon seeing A.
            Same for me, I think I will try and go back to sleep now.

          • I’m not because it alters the state of the existing universe. They can never be completely retconned.

            I won’t be able to sleep because I woke up at 20:00, thenI’m going to be tired at around 14:00-17:00. Such a drag.

          • I suppose so, but if they are from other dimensions maybe they can just say those dimensions are sealed off. Maybe you’ll come to like or at least tolerate them.

          • I don’t hate all of them, I like UB-01, UB-02B I can tolerate, it’s UB-02A that ruined it.
            I suppose they could make the other dimension collapse, but Gamefreak usually hate killing things if it’s not in a historical context.

          • If UB-02A was less bloated and had a more defined head I’d like it more. I know it’s meant to be pumped up as Expansion/Absorption but I think it’s a bit much. Those legs are too small to support it even with 4 of them, and there’s no way those wings can sustain anything more than hovering above the ground. I do like the general design, I just think it needs to be sleeker and more in proportion.

          • I completely agree, and I’ve said the exact same thing about the legs (I think my comment was something along the lines of “it looks like I could trip it over and it wouldn’t be able to get back up”).

            I hate its design more than I do any pokemon. Even more than Garbador and Vanilluxe.

            Yeah, I wish it had ended up more like (as much as I hate to drift into digimon territory) Stringmon http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/digimon/images/e/ea/Stingmon_b.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090205060243 or Snimon http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/neoencyclopedia/images/2/28/Snimon.gif/revision/latest?cb=20110730114532

            As much as I think Digimon’s design style is drastically different to pokemon (on 60-70% of cases, there’s the odd one that’s a dead ringer for a Pokemon, e.g. Minomon and Burmy), I’d prefer they’d leaned towards some of the nicer digimon for design inspiration than for whatever super sentai monster they based UB02A on.

          • I didn’t like Vanilluxe or Garbodor to start with, but enough time has passed that I accept them and even like them somewhat.

            Stingmon is actually one of my favourite Digimon. I think they are best avoiding similarities where they can, but there are bound to be some, Houndoom and Dobermon http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/digimon/images/3/34/Dobermon_b.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120113034007 spring to mind, since they are based around the same or similar things.
            Perhaps UB-02A’s Wings are only there to support it and stop it tripping. I think it’s more of an issue of it looks like it’s upper torso would crush the legs like aluminium cans.

          • I’ve always disliked Garbador, but I originally didn’t mind Vanilluxe much. Nowadays I dislike Vanilluxe much. I just try to pretend they don’t exist most of the time.

            Yeah, Stingmon is one of the better ones. In fairness, Dobermon looks more like a pure dark type or dark/steel type.

            All I know is it’s no Scizor.

          • It doesn’t really alter the state of the existing universe. More so, adds an extra layer to the entire onion. If you accept that UBs are from a completely different dimension than everything else in the Pokemon universe, then it fits pretty nicely.

          • Yes it does. Up until now the only creatures from other dimensions had been pokemon, now they’ve introduced a third creature into the mix with drastically different design aesthetics. That’s a major game changer for the state of the pokemon universe.

          • You can’t say that for definite until you know what the plot is. There’s always chance to mess things up, it’s Sod’s Law.

  4. I loved both the first and second episodes.
    In the first episodes, it was nice to see the growth of Red’s Pikachu into a powerful Pokemon. The animation was gorgeous, and the way Pikachu seemed was very adorable (though I had some doubts during the preview images). Also it was good to see that Red explored more regions rather than limit himself to Kanto and Johto.

    As for that second episodes, that was great. Seeing the Pokemon world in a crime-themed setting was great, I loved how the SWAT team swarmed the gym (Seeing the Machamp bust down a wall in the trailer made me smile). And also Looker, while I do prefer him in the game, did a great job in the episode. He was serious, taking in on the action and participating. The episode reminded me of NCIS a little, which was cool because I really liked that show a few years ago.

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      • well i find it extremely acceptable since that schnozzola is a giant effing magnet
        so that sniffer is naturally going to attract a cluster of metallic shavings

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        • When was the last time you encountered Iron filings?
          Because I haven’t seen any since school.
          They’re not a naturally occurring thing.

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          • Probably just metal from the Earth, groups of small shards. Otherwise it’d have a bike or something stuck to it.

          • To quote Bulbapedia. “It has small round eyes, a red nose that is large in proportion to its
            body, and a bushy black mustache that appears to consist of iron
            filings. These iron filings appear to be attracted by its magnetic nose.”

            It’s pretty clear that they’re iron filings, iron filings are pretty unmistakeable. Out of interest iron filings are easily attracted and burn really well because of their large surface area to mass ratio, which is also why probopass doesn’t attract bikes – the bike’s surface area to mass ratio is a lot higher (not to mention some bikes are made from non-magnetic metals like aluminium and carbon fibre).

        • Yeah I only like the mustache because it makes sense. It’s not just a mustache for the sake of being a mustache. Also, there are dozens of poke designs that disturb me more than Probopass.
          For instance am I the only one who thinks volcaronnas anatomy is completely unnatural? It seems to be stuck in this hunched over sitting position of some sort.. How does it even move or propel itself ? I could never bring myself to use it cause I just can’t even figure out how this creature functions lol

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  5. Just a little discussion question:
    What do you think the gym leaders’ last names are – it was said that Brock’s last name is Harrison, but what last names would be fitting for the other leaders?

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  6. I’m kinda frustrated with my brother. He seems so disinterested in the games that I’m unsure why he is even getting it. It took him two years after it came out to get around to finishing Omega Ruby.

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    • Life’s too short to worry about siblings being uninterested in the things you like. It doesn’t matter if he’s that way as long as you aren’t. Lead by example 😛

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          • I guess? Like, I’m the one buying it for the both of us and I can’t just, not get him the game because he will say he wants it then get bored after the first gym. Same thing happened with OmegaRuby and White version.
            I always plan on playing along with him and battling after every gym so we can beat the game at the same time and enjoy it together you know? But he doesn’t play so I end up beating the game and by the time he picks it up again, I’m already doing stuff like IV breeding and gathering TMs and post game stuff like that. IDK, It really doesn’t matter much in the long run. And he doesn’t have to like it, I don’t like some of the games he does and that’s okay.

          • Just don’t get him it and tell him it’s because he gives up too quickly. Or tell him you’ll only buy it if he completes the others first.

            There’s not much point trying to complete it at the same time to be honest, just worry about getting your own enjoyment out of it and forget about your brother.

            If you’re that desparate to do stuff together there’s 101 other things available that you’ll probably enjoy equally.

          • Haha He does. He’s not as obsessed as I am. But he likes Pokémon a lot and regularly plays video games, to our parents’ disdain.

          • Video games are educational, and it’s better than watching TV all day since it’s actually keeping your mind active (thinking of the best attack to use, strategising etc).

            And I’m totally not biased *has BTEC in video game development*

          • Haha I grew up predominantly playing video games so trust me I’ve dished out all the best responses. They’re conservative, midwest parents. They wanted us to be football players. Haha

          • I’m going to go out on a limb that from your use of the terms ‘conservative’ and ‘midwest’ that’s American football and you’re in America?

          • How can kids NOT like Pokemon?? My little brother (12) and my little cousin (11) both said I was a weirdo for freaking out over the latest Pokemon trailer. I’m like huh?? Out of the top 5 RPG games ever created, Pokemon as a franchise has got to be at least number 3 or 4, falling on behind Grand Theft Auto and of course Mario

    • It took me years to get my sister into Pokemon. I let her play X over the summer (good beginner game) and she loves it now. She’s beaten X, Black, and Black 2 all twice and has transferred her pokes to the Bank. She paid off her moon preorder within a week of the announcement. She wants to play Alpha Sapphire or Omega Ruby (but I traded in Omega because I needed gas money and she said she was uninterested at the time)

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    • It took me years to get my sister into Pokemon. I let her play X over the summer (good beginner game) and she loves it now. She’s beaten X, Black, and Black 2 all twice and has transferred her pokes to the Bank. She paid off her moon preorder within a week of the announcement. She wants to play Alpha Sapphire or Omega Ruby (but I traded in Omega because I needed gas money and she said she was uninterested at the time)

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    • You know that they’re losing interest in the franchise if they say ‘eh I’m not in the mood to play now’….. Or maybe he’s just lazy.

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  7. Alright to my Question earlier what my Highest Pokemon in go is now is…….. Tauros yup I have a 566CP Tauros but good guesses everyone

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  8. Latest Pokescans are out, and it has revealed quite a bit. There’s going to be a episode about Ash and Serena battling, because Serena has doubts about whether to remain a Performer or become a Trainer.

    Ash-Greninja will battle Xerosic and it looks like either Ash will lose his Greninja, release him or they will lose the AG transformation. My translation is not that good, so I don’t really know whats gonna happen to them.

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  9. EDIT: Bulbapedia have translated the episode titles and it reads:

    Oct 13: The Last Battle with Ash! Serena’s Choice!

    Oct 20: Farewell Ash-Greninja! Xerosic’s Counterattack!

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      • Ehh its the farewell to the transformation most likely, but I really dont hope he’ll release it or something. Even without AG its still one of his powerhouses.

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        • Good enough. It’s the unexplained OP transformation I don’t like, not Greninja itself. If Ash gets rid of Greninja at any point, he’ll likely give it to the ninja village.
          Personally I think they should have brough his Charizard back and given that a Charizardite Y so Ash vs Alain would have featured two mega Charizards fighting.
          That or his Heracross getting a mega evolution. Considering half the point of mega evolution was to make a big deal out of older pokemon, you’d think they’d have been queueing up bring back Ash’s old pokemon.

          Charizard, Heracross, Glalie, Sceptile, and Beedrill and Pidgeot if he hadn’t given them away/released them.

          Hopefully they’ll get it right in Sun&Moon and bring back his Snorlax.

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  10. I LEGIT HAVE GOTTEN THE BEST GENERATIONS BOOSTER PACK PULLS! I bought a blastoise ex box which came with four packs and LOOK AT THE PULLS

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    • That’s the best arc! 🙂 lol. People should give it a try.. it looks really fun to me! I just hope the battles stay as intense, and the Pokemon drawn well

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    • Why emulate 3DS games, when you could still get the games on the market today? Anyways, Citra is trying to make one with very slow progress. I don’t know about ROMs though.

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          • I’m rather okay with emulating older games because you cannot get them on market. Yet, for “newer” systems such as 3DS, Wii U, XBO, and PS4; there is no point to it as you could buy almost every single game on the market.

          • I emulated Pokemon Red and Yellow a few years ago. I never purchased DP, B/W or BW2 when they came out, because I didn’t have a DS at the time (yes, poor excuse).
            I see why people do it, not that I would advocate taking advantage of such things. Personally if there is a game I desperately want I would buy it.

          • Yeah, I agree. If the developer is no longer profiting from the game, then it’s fine, but if they’re still making money from it, then it’s piracy.

          • There is a point if you want to do ROM hacking. Nothing funnier than randomising all the pokemon so they appear in different places.

          • Also, now I’ve thought of it, some of those ‘older games’ are available on the WiiU virtual store, so that makes a bit of a grey area since you’d still be denying Nintendo money by using an emulator instead of buying from the virtual store.

          • Back in my day Kids used to do chores and search out change to gather enough money….that plus birthdays/holidays typically earned a good yield. lol Now a days everybody be like “Why isn’t this cheaper?!? I don’t have the money and won’t do anything extra about it!!!”” I’ll never understand hahahaha I’m mostly kidding, but you know there’s some truth to it lol

          • I’m about to end my lifeguarding job rather soon. I plan on buying Sun/Moon and SMT IV: Apocalypse with some of my money. Just work hard and earn your keep!

          • Or if you’re like me, just save up stuff like birthday money. I’ve been stockpiling for over a year so far for the NX.

        • Randomizers for 3DS games, just get a PowerSaves. Why would you want to glitch out a Pokemon game anyways? There is almost no reason to do that. I’d only agree with the Randomizers.

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          • Have you ever seen Sleepyjirachi’s nightmare randomizer? That’s what I mean
            Look at the WONDERFUL mons in that XD

          • Glitching stuff is fun and educational, it teaches you about how software is built.

            Also if you’re using a ROM instead of an actual game, there’s no chance of damaging the hardware or damaging the game to the point where it’s unplayable.
            Plus some things aren’t achievable with the actual cartridge since the code on the cartridge is genuinely read only – it can’t be overwritten. With a ROM file, you can overwrite the code to change things to your whim, no risk of damaging hardware or making the ROM irrecoverable.

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  12. So I just found something cool. There is a track called “Battle! World Championship Finas!” in XY’s OST. But as far as I know it was never used, so I wonder, what was it intended for? PWT? A superboss like Red?

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  13. Another comment question: What was your favorite region out all the six regions? Feel free to explain why you like it so much better than the rest. And what was your most memorable team from that Region?

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    • My favorite region is Hoenn, it’s a beautiful region that’s interconnected wonderfully.
      Team: Sceptile, Altaria, Minun, Gorebyss, Dusknoir, Camerupt.

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    • Hoenn is my all time favorite because ruby and sapphire were the first games I played fully through. I was actually introduced to the show before the games so this was like my first Pokemon adventure and I was immediately hooked. I remember jumping up and down when I got my first badge. I originally chose mudkip because I liked water types but I restarted the game once I discovered that torchic turns into fucking combusken and then once I had Blaziken my entire life was complete. Beating the elite four made my heart drop. Also this was before internet access was a casual thing so I knew NOTHING about the games when I first started playing. Every single Pokemon was like a new discovery, every surprise really SURPRISED ME. I couldnt believe it. It’s so funny thinking about how obsessed I was with those games looking back on it. Sigh. Good times

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    • Johto, there is absolutely nothing about the region I don’t adore, I literally and I mean literally love everything about it, best region imo

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    • Unova FTW!! I love the urban feel of the region, it’s the one that’s closest to reality! I actually do have a memorable team, but it’s composed exclusively of Sinnoh mons xD

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    • Reasons I love Unova:
      -Had one of the best town and route musics out there. Had interactive music(like in Village Bridge) and progressive music(like in Badge Check Gates), also different arragement of gym themes in sequels.
      -The idea of fresh new start
      -Seasons ! ! !
      -Great characters, story, evil team etc. Eveything about them were E P I C
      -Had lots of great Pokemon designs that bunch of them are in my top 10
      -Never cared about box legendaries but Zekrom and Reshiram are so perfectly designed that they interested me. The idea of opposites, black and white, future and past, ideals and truth, fire and electric, torch and turbine were all implemented very well.
      -The cities were cool, they tried their best for the last DS games.
      -Sequels and memory link. It was great to see how everything changed years later with a new story. Yet you had a chance to remember your previous adventure.
      -Introduction of my favourite battle type: triple
      -PWT

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    • My favorite region based purely on environment (not how good the game was or what Pokemon could be found there) is Hoenn.
      My original hoenn team:
      – Swampert
      – Breloom
      – Camerupt
      – Sableye
      – Flygon
      – Zangoose

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    • That’s so hard. I love Johto, Sinnoh and Unova all so much.
      I guess I’ll have to go with Johto though. It has this nostalgic feeling to it. The whole region feels very rural and is just really peaceful. It’s just a really chill region to explore. Plus all of the folklore about Lugia, Hooh and the towers and the legendary hampsters was just great
      My favorite team was
      -Feraligatr
      -Furret
      -Ampharos
      -Slowking
      – Houndoom
      -Staraptor

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    • i’d have to say Hoenn. its by far the most rich and beautiful environment in the franchise (until we see the entirety of alola) my team always consists of:
      Sceptile
      Aggron
      Banette
      Altaria
      Walrein
      Plusle

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    • In order: Hoenn, Johto, Sinnoh. For landscape mainly.

      Hoenn has many nice forest areas and islands and completely broke the mold when they first released it. I can’t really fault any of the towns, I like the all (except Mauville’s revamp in ORAS, I thought that kind of ruined the charm.

      In Johto I like the pagodas, the dragon cave, the kimono girls and the shinkansen (bullet train). And the Pokethlon in HGSS.

      In Sinnoh I like the valley windworks, the forest area behind the flowershop, the rainy areas, snowpoint and the town with the lighthouse.

      Alola might change that ordering though if the landscape is going to be as good as I’m hoping.

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