Traditional "Pokémon Red / Blue is the Greatest" Thread

I started with Blue, taking Squirtle because 4 or 5 year old logic dictated that because the thing on the cover looked like him it was the best, right? I went through the entire game using nothing but the Squirtle line, and he remains the only Pokémon I've ever gotten to Level 100. What a beast.

Then I ended up with 3 copies of Red somehow, which I used to just mess about. Never got very far in it because I constantly reset but it was good fun. Bulbasaur/Butterfree/Pidgey/Pikachu best team.

Then with Yellow I was finally at a point in my life (a.k.a being like 5 or 6) where I trained a full team for once. I think I ended up using Pikachu/Venusaur/Blastoise/Charizard/Pidgeot/Snorlax, which was a pretty sick team. I think I sort of worked on my Pokédex in this game, but I never trained anything up apart from my main team so I never caught them all. Think I hit around 60ish though?

Yellow was probably my favourite from the Gen, being able to get all 3 starters was just too good. Behind that was Blue, since it was my first and had my Level 100 Blastoise, and then Red which I never really played.

Good Gen. Lots of fun, but I don't really enjoy going back to them nowadays because I'm a pooplord who'd rather play Leaf Green if I wanna explore Kanto.

Cheeky

You rate 5th Gen highest? It was alright but it doesn't top Gen 1 or Gen 6. Fair shout Gen 1 hype is mostly nostalgia at this point but that's where it all started so it's entirely justified, and Gen 6 was p much perfect. I'd rate 5th Gen maybe 3rd?

Gen IV was my least favourite tbh, found it sluggish and unappealing, yet it was the only Gen I did competitive battling

I think by time they're ready to drop Kanto again it'll be part of the fabled "all regions in one" game we've been dreaming of forever. Or maybe it'll be this year. I think it's been 20 years since Red/Green came out in Japan, right? Or was it 1996 they dropped? I forget.