![]() ![]() That’s the main reason as to why there has yet to be a serious contender for the untouchable Pokemon Emerald’s status as top Mightyena (because Mightyena is a dog from Gen 3, get it?) Some games have decent postgame sections - I’ve always been a fan of LeafGreen and FireRed’s Sevii Islands - but the Battle Frontier catapulted this concept to heights that have yet to be matched almost 17 years later. However, unless you’re a Shiny seeker, a Pokedex packrat, or a competitive crackerjack, there’s not much else to do after becoming the regional champ. Pokemon games are usually pretty good until they’re not, meaning that the main trajectory leading up to the end of the Pokemon League is generally enticing and worthwhile. I’m saying Emerald is the single best Pokemon game ever made because of one very specific reason: the Battle Frontier. So yeah, I’m not just saying I like Emerald because I’m nostalgic for it. What I’m trying to say here is that the only gens I consider to be a bit boring are six and eight. And so yes, Pokemon Emerald is included in the very large group of games I hold in particularly high esteem (which constitutes like, 90% of the main games when you include upper versions and remakes, so really it’s not that biased at all, is it?) This obviously means that most of my favourite ‘mons came out in or before 2012, except for the ones from Sun & Moon. I also like Sun & Moon quite a lot, so Gen 7 is in with the cool kids as well. The reason I’ve included that anecdote is for the sake of transparency, because I am admittedly quite biased when it comes to the first five generations of Pokemon. I feel a bit bad when I look back at it now, but I reiterate: we were nine. Our teacher at the time was quite old and almost completely unsuspecting of any mischief - all we had to do was chirp up every now and then and we could battle away to our heart’s content. ![]() I remember we all used to stack massive piles of books at the ends of our desks in school so that we could cheekily play our GameBoy Advances behind them. I first got my hands on Pokemon Emerald shortly before my tenth birthday, meaning I was pretty much at the peak of my endeavors to become a bonafide Pokemon master. ![]()
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