Silver/Gold/Crystal -- mostly because my parents got me Gold and my aunt got me Silver for my seventh birthday and I played both more than any other Pokémon generation. Also Houndour was my favorite Pokémon for a while (until Latias) and having two regions in one game is pretty nice. Pokémon 2000 and Pokémon 3 were also my favorite Pokémon movies. After Gen 2, then Sapphire/Ruby/Emerald and then Red/Blue/Yellow.

"What are your hopes and expectations for the upcoming Scarlet/Violet?"

Hope it is more difficult and tutorials become optional.

Gen 1, because that's the one I played and that's when I was part of the target audience. I was out of it already by the end of that gen and never played Gen 2.

I've always been going back and forth between Gen 2 and Gen 5. They are both peak pokemon.

Same here.  Came out when I was in jr high, so the perfect age range.  Plus, I feel the degree of difficulty is higher.  Not in the sense that it was unbeatable, but bc with each new release I feel the game gets easier.  We went from having to strategically plan fights and train Pokémon, you had to remember what was effective, etc etc.  now, everything’s done for you, down to the leveling up.  I can have a level 50 Pokémon on my team that I caught as a level 5 and it wouldn’t even ever have to fight.

I guess that’s what I’m hoping for with the next game, something a little more challenging 

I’ve only played Blue, X, and white. X and White seem to be just remakes of Blue with different Pokémon and different villains, but the story was not different enough to he truly different.

I don’t think they’re different enough to really pick a favourite - for me it would be White because I played that one first of the three. Not sure if all Pokémon games are basically remakes or not. I respect how popular they are and love to see their success. That’s all I really have to say.

Blue for me. I put hundreds of hours in that game as a kid. Then deleted my file and put in more hundreds of hours for fun. I didn't think Silver was as good. Never finished it. I might have been burnt out on Pokemon, and my age at the time probably didn't help either. I stopped playing the mainline games there. Have kind of wanted to get back into it, but the mainline games seem pretty samey, and I have a big backlog, so that makes it pretty low priority for me.

Why do you love to see Pokemon success for making a bunch of remakes yearly, but hates AAA blockbusters like COD for being... the same thing?

Gen 2 was by far the best for me. I had the original copy of Silver, then I had Crystal, then the Heart Gold remake. All 3 I sank endless hours into.

I'd vote for gen 2 or gen 4 personally
Though Scarlett/Violet are looking pretty good honestly.

Just saw the new trailer, I am intrigued.

Yeah this is me as well. Couldn't get into the other ones.

Have no idea on most of new roster these days lol.