Pokémon - All Main Games Ranked From Worst To Best

4. Red & Blue

The Good: The original games. The games that turned Pokémon into a global phenomenon and brought countless wonderful memories to millions of children around the world. It€™s really hard to compare Red & Blue to other games, considering that every game afterwards was an improvement on its predecessor, and as the first games, these two were the standard. As one of the first hand-held RPGs available, Red & Blue offered an immersive world for gamers to play in, coupled with outstanding 8-bit music that conjured up many feelings of fond nostalgia (remember Lavender Town, anyone?). Although battles, Pokémon types and moves were limited by today€™s standards, they were no less exciting for player back then. Finally, there were so many alleged Easter eggs, hidden codes, and conspiracy theories about ostensibly-mature content added into the game that these games alone have fueled discussion boards for well over a decade. The Bad: Since these were very primitive games by today€™s standards, it€™s difficult to judge the games without understanding the technology available to the company at the time. They tried to make everything balanced and reasonable, but coding for the games only got so far. That€™s why moves were so limited in those games, and why the Psychic type was so unbelievably imbalanced. It wouldn€™t be until later that type mechanics would be much easier to deal with. Furthermore, three types, Ghost, Bug and Dragon, had extreme limitations, most of which wouldn€™t be fixed until the third generation of games.