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.
This 2006 action role-playing game—the first in the Pokemon Ranger series—makes good use of the Nintendo DS stylus. Instead of traditional turn-based battles, Pokemon are caught by drawing circles around them on the screen.
“It's nice to take another trip though this monster-infested world in a game that doesn't play like, well, 90 percent of the other Pokémon titles. I just wish that Ranger's gameplay didn't grow old so quickly.” —Phil Theobald, GameSpy
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