The Best Pokemon Games of the 21st Century

by Fox Van Allen, for Metacritic – August 4, 2016

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.

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75 Pokemon Picross

In this simple picross (or picture crossword) game, players capture mystery Pokemon through logic and a numbered grid. These Pokemon have special abilities that can later be used to solve harder puzzles.

“Picross with Pokémon. That's all this needed to be, and that's what this appears to be at a glance, but further inspection reveals much more.” —Darren Nakamura, Destructoid

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