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Which Gen has the worst Pokemon?

Gen 1 9 6.82%
 
Gen 2 12 9.09%
 
Gen 3 6 4.55%
 
Gen 4 11 8.33%
 
Gen 5 45 34.09%
 
Gen 6 32 24.24%
 
None of them 17 12.88%
 
Total:132

Gen 6 has no soul in terms of design. It does little to actually make me care about the game world. Everything's all happy happy or tries to be deep but it just doesn't work. They're trying too hard and it isn't working. The core gameplay is amazing as always. They're good games but after Gen IV, things just started to become too cookie cutter for me. Hopefully Sun and Moon try something different.



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I haven't followed Pokemon since Gen 2, and I... I had no idea things had gotten this bad... some of these designs, just... wow.



PixelPerfect said:

The original Trubbish

At least he's not wrapped up in a bag with other pieces of trash hanging off him. Grimer is the epitimy of a monster. It's called Pocket Monsters not Pocket Trash Bags With Eyes. Grime/Muck isn't the same thing as trash.



Gen 1, easily. I think it only gets the free pass because of nostalgia, but some of the designs were awful.



curl-6 said:

I haven't followed Pokemon since Gen 2, and I... I had no idea things had gotten this bad... some of these designs, just... wow.

Every gen has had brilliant and creatively designed Pokemon, and every gen has had uninspired trash. People who say Game Freak is out of ideas are usually people who haven't followed the series all the way through.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=7814663

Gens 2 and 5 are considered the two worst by the collective fandom in terms of worst Pokemon, in terms of both battle and design. I agree with those sentiments.



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burninmylight said:
curl-6 said:

I haven't followed Pokemon since Gen 2, and I... I had no idea things had gotten this bad... some of these designs, just... wow.

Every gen has had brilliant and creatively designed Pokemon, and every gen has had uninspired trash. People who say Game Freak is out of ideas are usually people who haven't followed the series all the way through.

http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=7814663

Gens 2 and 5 are considered the two worst by the collective fandom in terms of worst Pokemon, in terms of both battle and design. I agree with those sentiments.

I wasn't being entirely serious, and I confess I don't know the gens anywhere near well enough to make any judgement on which is better/worse. Just taking the piss out of some of the designs in this thread so far.



Ka-pi96 said:
MrYoshi said:
This is an unpopular opinion, but I find gen 2 Pokemon really boring, useless and forgetable.

Couldn't agree more.

How about an even more unpopular opinion though... a lot of the gen 1 Pokemon designs were also really boring

Well, that explains your downvotes on Cynda.... >: T



 

              

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No such thing.



spemanig said:
No such thing.

Amen



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I love Quagsire competitively, but it doesn't change the fact that I'd punch this evolution line in the face for hours