The Best Pokemon Games of the 21st Century
The Pokemon franchise is white hot right now thanks to Pokemon Go. More than 75 million people are playing the game on their smartphones. That’s especially impressive when you consider that Go isn’t even close to being the best Pokemon game you can play.
Wondering which Pokemon game truly is the very best? Well, wonder no more. Here’s our ranking, based on our unique Metascores, of the best Pokemon games released since the turn of the century.
There’s no shortage of puzzle-based Pokemon games, but this N64 classic from 2000 takes the honor of being the best-reviewed of the bunch. This match-three game is the first—and so far only—Pokemon game to feature Ash Ketchum from the Pokemon anime series.
“At first glance Pokemon Puzzle League appears to be the continued exploitation of the popular Pokemon property, [but] there's actually a decent puzzle game to be found here as well.” —Ryan Davis, GameSpot
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