I’m wondering what, in your opinion, is the best Pokémon game. Specifically not your favourite, but the one you would show to a complete newcomer to show what the mainline series is at its best.
My personal thought would be either Emerald or HG/SS, but I admittedly haven’t kept up with the series so much after Black and White 1, which I disliked the designs for and found too slow and hand-holdy.
black and white1 and 2. most anything before gen 7. gen 7 and on is total slop and kinda low effort, per masudas decisions i played most of them before the slopfication began with SWSH. i played some of the spinoffs games.