Pokémon - All Main Games Ranked From Worst To Best

8. Platinum

The Good: Once again, the third game of a generation manages to make great improvements on its predecessors. Platinum offers a large list of aesthetic changes (including animations, background details, and general artwork), an improved story (the main plot progresses far more quickly and with more segments of advancement), an interesting new area to visit in the Distortion World, and most importantly, an immense post-game that was left threadbare in Diamond & Pearl. Players could now capture more roaming Legendaries, visit an updated Battle Frontier (easily one of the most desired features in any Pokémon game), and enjoy a vastly improved set of multiplayer capabilities. There were also many new and extremely difficult opponents the player could challenge, leading to a very immersive game that could be played long after the main story was completed. It was also the first game to experiment with different camera angles, which is something that would be seen far more in subsequent generations. The Bad: Although Platinum did feature many noticeable changes to the series, the game€™s pacing still remained somewhat slow, and the initial playthrough was still quite tedious, taking an extremely long time to reach the climax of the main story. That aside, it€™s still one of the most well-made games in the series, and was a shining example of small details making a big difference in a game.