HG/SS is the gold standard for what postgame in the pokemon series could be. Its depressing to see how after all these years we still havent seen a region be added into a postgame again, or fighting past protagonists as a final boss. Sinnoh being linked with Johto would've been a perfect time for that.

16:15 I cannot overstate how badly I want this to return. The DexNav is amongst my favorite mechanics from ORAS as we can see the Nav so we can recatch the same Pokémon over and over. This came in real handy with Pokémon like Eevee that have multiple forms and are rare encounters.

content wise bw2 will always be my first pick with HGSS right after, but gotta mention the rainbow rocket in ultra sun and moon - it was so fun, creative and suprisingly dark and I enjoyed every moment of it

Emerald also has a opptional Steven fight, so you get to fight 2 chamions

As much as I love the Delta Episode, I've played through ORAS too many times so until the ending it feels like "fly here and talk to him, fly here and battle her" over and over. That being said I do love it

Bro did Emerald dirty.😂 It definitely deserved much higher than my opinion. Don't forget the gym rematches were in that too.

B&W2's postgame is probably the most enjoyable for me. Rematching significant characters like Cynthia, N, Hugh, Colress, former rivals Cheren & Bianca? Check. A side activity in Pokestar studios that lets u make wacky & fun movies (& depending on ur performance can have different endings)? Check. Combat gaunlets (of which there're 4 of 'em in Pwt, subway, institute & white tree/black tower)? Double check. It just provides close to everything what I want & do after credits roll. Not to mention all the optional content available during the main game that u may have forgotten to do or skipped out on.

Platinum and Black and White 2 have superb postgame

Emerald also has the johto addition to the safari zone which is a fun surprise as well as the smearhle cave and sudowoodo easter egg in the battle frontier which is reall cool in my opinion

I’m mostly just training various species of my Pokémon to level 100 during the post-games of my 3 DS/3DS device games and my Switch game.

I really think the Sinnoh post game is incredibly underrated. Considering you have a whole post game island to explore with its own quest, the battle frontier, your own villa to upgrade, full gym leader and elite four rematches. You also have the underground and contests which have a lot of replayability.

black 2 and white 2 had great postgame , the pokemon world tournament , pokestar studios, the black tree tower and white tree hollow , battle subway , the medal rally it was the best imo

Platinum having you buy a Villa was my introduction to an Animal Crossing like experience

I am still surprised that looker hasn't been seen since gen 7

Great video! The PWT was so fun. As a middle school/high school student learning the piano and music theory, I loved all of the remixes of the gym leaders themes. I loved learning how to play the gen 5 songs on piano.

Although I would place BW2 over USUM, I gotta respect the rainbow rocket thing. Giving Ghetsis a chance to try and assault a child again is brave. Edit: FOR THE 3RD TIME

I honestly think I was kinda blessed with ORAS. They were my favourite games growing up and i replayed them so much. But also being able to trade all mons via internet and collect all of the legendaries was just such a joy to do. I even caught my first few shinies there (first was the Luxray in my profile pic) with the dexnav and it was so much fun. Truly love these games.

The Pokémon game with the best post game is Mystery Dungeon Explorers of Sky

I’m happy to hear someone speak so highly of US/UM. According to Nintendo’s sales reports, USUM did the worst in sales. From XY’s release in 2013 to SWSH’s release in 2019, USUM did the worst and I took that to believe that people liked the originals. I was baffled by that because I feel like USUM offers more context during both the main game and the post game

The emerald battle frontier is the largest battle frontier and has some of the best battle facilities of all the introduced battle facilities.

Oras also is one of the best shiny hunting experiences. a good variety of shiny hunting methods, some involving a little bit of skill instead of pure luck. pair that with the poke radar and friend safari from X and Y, and you’ve got the best generation for shiny hunting

I think gen 7 has a decent post game. Not the best or the worst. But still fun and gives you some things to do.

DLC ITS NOT POST GAME...

I love the X & Y Looker story!!! 😥 Emma is one of my favorite Pokémon characters.

I spent most of my free time in ORAS's postgame when I was in high school. It was just so good. That was the only game I ever tried to complete to Pokedex in. The DexNav made it super easy, soaring was awesome and the best way to fly, the legendary encounters were awesome, and I even tried my hand at competitive battling because of all the experience I kept gaining. The Delta episode however, was the best part of the whole thing. I don't really care much for Zinnia, but man I appreciate that she has a story for you to explore. Also that little bit with Looker at the Battle Resort foreshadowing Sun and Moon was really cool. Hoenn has always been my favorite region, ever since I first played Emerald. I really wish that we did get a Delta Emerald, but either way ORAS - and even gen 6 as a whole - was a special time for me despite everyone's criticism. I understand the frustration but personally, it was awesome.

Platinum also gives you the distortion world. You get all three legendary box arts. Emerald gives you all three legendary exclusives. You can pick which lati you want.

I love that in recent years Gen 5 is getting more of the attention it deserves. Unova used to be criminally underrated, and I still find myself playing White & White 2 on my original system.

I've learned so much from this video! There are so many cool things I had no idea were in some of these games! Even though i've played all these games, it still feels like I have a whole generation to go back and play! This was a really cool and intresting video, thanks! I also found myself agreeing with almost all your opinions so this was also kind of relatable.

Why was SV postgame so high? Imo its postgame is worse than X/Y story/stuff to do wise same with SM

7:28 it’s so dumb that you have to unlock trading with your friends in the postgame tho

The Delta Episode, nuff said

Even though Ruby and Sapphire are my favorite games, I have to say that you ranked it to high. You can catch the Regi’s before the pokemon league so it is just Latios/latias, beldum, Rayquaza and battle tower. Love your content! Great video as usual

having a jhoto kanto unova side by side would be completely insane, thats like 40 towns and 28 badges

While I love gen 2 (my og gen), I found X & Y's postgame more full of stuff to do. Just wish there was a full battle frontier. The Maison isn't bad though

I personally love little side quests in the post game. Preferably a lot of them. Also they should be well thought out and interesting. *Not all side quests are created equally.*

The last part about HGSS almost sounded like an actual advertisement for the games

I remember when I finished Sapphire version when I was a kid, and was wondering why we weren’t given access to Jhoto like we had Kanto in the previous gen. I know it won’t happen but I just wish that Game Freak would do another generation where we can travel back and see the changes in a previous region. Granted, preferably without relying too much on such access like I heard a lot of people say about Jhoto.

I feel Emerald and the battle frontier should be higher. They offer you challenges in different ways. You had the pyramid which was an edurance run, making you value moves to keep you healthy more and attacks with les power but more pp. The battle factory you had to be tactical and use what you were offered in rental pokemon, requiring of you a good understanding of pokemon and their stats and what you were lacking and what could help going forward. I will admit the others were more standard affairs, where you could win with regular tactics, but I've not come across much in the series that challenges me in a way as removed from regular play or competative play as the frontier. Plus there are all the contests, another way to make you build and riase pokemon in a different way, using different moves and synergies. And all the secret bases for fun and ways to express yourself. Emerald may be weaker in terms of postagme story and catching and legendaries, but they never were that appealing to me. You find the legend, you do that status move, you weaken it, then you sit there throwing ball after ball until it works, then move onto the next

The Kanto part of HGSS and the Rainbow Rocket attack in USUM are the only post games that I make sure to finish when replaying a game.

thank you for giving usum some love :) nobody every appreciates the amazing post game it has which is a shame considering it's my comfort game

I remember putting in so much work to get the free gen 1 and 3 starters in hgss. It's probably one of my all time favorites with gen 5 and 9. ORAS though was probably the best done game in the series preswitch. Devnav was just wonderful.

So glad that new post game content seems to only be dlc now. Very happy to pay even more for an unfinished game

You can also re-battle the team star members as many times as you like

I can’t believe a PokéTuber has the courage to call Emerald post-game mid. I agree, but you’re a brave solid for that lol

I really appreciate when you think about it, ORAS being the best remakes cause it offers so much content and allowing Gen 6 to possibly finish the entire Pokedex easily.

I’ve actually never been able to beat my copy of Soul Silver before. It’s a shame I’ve missed out on such an amazing postgame. Since the man himself was flabbergasted, I shall explain myself. I have always chose Meganium, which puts me at an immediate disadvantage. After that I always think I have a pretty balanced team, but I always end up being roadblocked by Claire, then completely stonewalled by the elite 4 after the fact. Now I am no Pokémon novice. I’ve beaten most of the games I’ve played. But for some reason, (probably Meganium) Johto has always been my Achilles Heel.

10:34 it helps that catching em all in PLA is actually, you know, possible without trading

The fact of the matter is, post game has been relegated to dlc now. The same will happen to SV once dlc comes out it will have post game staples like SwSh did. Too bad.

BDSP had so much potential with giratina but.... Here we are

15:04 the feature I miss most from ΩRαS is rematching regular trainers. I am baffled at how rare that mechanic is.

17:57 plus Steven shows up with the Hoenn starters

10:37 PLA has the best postgame story but it’s kinda cheating since it’s the true climax of the plot and the game rolls credits in a place that leaves a lot of questions unanswered. Even worse, the timing of the credits rolling meant some players simply stopped there and didn’t get their questions answered or their minds blown.

I spent so much time in HGSS that I have more memories of playing the post game than the main game. As for Platinum, there is so much content that the strategy guide could probably be used as a lethal weapon. I used to think XY had the best post game, but after seeing this video I kind of agree it was lacking compared to the likes of HGSS and ORAS. I don’t think it’s one of the worst though.

I loved Emerald and HG/SS's post game

I will never not refer to SM'd postgame as anything more than birdwatching, which is why I prefer USUM overall as a game. Say what you will about the story at least the postgame exists.

I like that Gen 5 was high up that said I think the Gen 4 games (excluding Legends Arceus if that counts) have a worse Post Game then the Gen 1 Remakes (not the originals) because you have to complete the Pokedex to get most of it. At least Let's Go lets you battle the Gym Leaders again easily and lets you fly on Pokemon like Charizard.

emerald battle frontier is one of the best pieces of content in any video game ever imo

Excellent video as always

X Y Looker post game story, left a great impression on me. It was a great, sadly short, good moment. Buy agree the rest wasn't that great

I have a soft spot for SM original Post Game. I know USUM is gameplay wise much better and had a full nostalgic villain group meeting and probably had way more to do, but the extra story of vanilla SM and how it connected to Ultra Wormholes, Mohn, UBs, the tradition of Looker cameos, etc was wonderful.

Emerald has the best post-game. Why? The sheer variety of challenges in the battle frontier. All the other battle frontiers are just too straightforward. Plus it is fun. I spent more hours playing the emerald post-game than all other games combined.

I loved the Looker sidequests so much I replayed the game to do them again

1 say 1. Delta Episode 2. Opporation Rainbow Rocket 3. Seven Sages/Alder, 4. Kanto League if you want to count it as postgame, and after that it's not really worth it.

I started with Silver Version! The post game is what sold me on being a life-long fan. White 2's PWT IS MY FAVORITE

I like oras post game the best since gen 3 is my favorite

Challenge Mode made Black 2 & White 2 easier bc the mode didn’t scale the stats of the opposing trainers’ mons So they had the higher lvls but still had the same stats from the Normal Difficulty

What are you considering the fine line of post game starting? At first I thought it was credits rolling but then you talked about Legends Arceus. The Volo missions and the Giratina Mystery happen after the credits of that game but you didn't mention it.

I think you overlooked Let's Go a bit, you have both GL and E4 Rematches with updated Teams.

Honestly not having a battle tower should make scarlet and violet way lower

I think this is the first YT tierlist vid where I agree with every single ranking o_0

Personally I wouldn't have counted event Pokemon in older games as postgame because, even though yeah they add neat new areas sometimes, their access was very limited and nowadays, those areas will no longer be accessed unless you cheat your way to them. And as one of my personal standards goes, it's not cool when a game forces you to cheat/glitch your way to freedom.

@15:10 I feel like this is not a good excuse for ORAS to not have the Battle Frontier. Solely because they opened up with more lore on Rayquaza and gave it a Mega Evolution. It was like they expanded on Emerald, in ORAS, through the Delta Episode.

12:19 too bad the Red battle is locked behind weeks’ worth of level grinding

I did find the ace tournament in scarlet and violet to be neat Cause I did wonder what kind of pokemon teams would the teachers have

I would put Emerald a little higher and ORAS a little lower, but solid reasoning overall.

I genuinely love the swsh post-game lol. I generally don't bother with Pokémon post-game but I've done swsh's multiple times

Emerald that low is criminal. For exactly the reason you said it would be. Pure bias lol

HGSS still has the best postgame content in a pokemon game... -Second region to explore -Battle frontier -poke-athelon -Mt. silver -Gym leader rematches with stronger pokemon -Final battle with Red ORAS with the delta episode and B2W2 for the world championships... Which i wish return to BW remake...

The issue I have with newer Pokémon games is the more recent post game reliance on expecting people to just keep fighting raids… it didn’t make me stick around (until the dlc came out) in sword and shield and it’s not entertaining enough to keep me entertained in Scarlett and violet either. Not to mention the lack of the cities not feeling alive even more than ever…. As apart from the overarching triple storylines which I did enjoy in the main game there was basically NO side content that was considerable in the base game so that makes me dissatisfied with the post game. At least in sword and shield the towns feel somewhat alive(for the most part).

I definitely feel like the reason the emerald battle frontier is the best is because there was 7 battle facilities instead of 5 or 1 like the following games plus it's the only one that appeared in the anime

Gen 8 had a great post game because it was all about getting you into competitive play.

crazy thing is most people didn't know you could catch both legendaries in Gold and Silver and the remakes.

Scarlet and vilots variation of the following mechanic needs work, so does the new breeding mechanic. I'm hoping the dlc comes out with some sort of expansion for them.

I’m still sad Looker didn’t have an appearance in Gen 8 and it looks like Gamefreak is retiring him 😢

Routes 17 and 18 are actually available once you get Surf in BW

I would argue the post game to the GBA games were the Stadium games. This would also equate to DLC back in the 90's.

I completely disagree with him on emerald's battle frontier. Sure it's hyped a lot but it's for a reason. It would be at least in my top 5 maybe 3 on this list.

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The fact that scarvio is above sun and moon I find it more bland,but moon was my first mainline game so I might just have nastolgia

Wait but half the islands in FR/LG are before the post game, it should count only half as much.

Glad more people acknowledge ORAS has more postgane than Emerald, but also, Super Secret Bases are insane. You get to encounter new bases each day and battle whatever the heck Pokémon possible from Bulbasaur to Diancie

WAIT REALLY black 2 has a hard mode! Ok im going back to that game asap but I have to admit oras is. My favorite game its firstly my favorite region so bias i know but its post game really is amazing. Great list I don't think it could fault it 1 bit. You done well to plan this out l.

"Post game" for gen 1 was definitely getting the link cable and having pokemon battles. Dont forget the missingno. glitch, glitch city. Those were definitely fun to do as a kid.

I really liked the writing in the X and Y postgame

You also get a hoenn starter as well as a kanto starter in HG/SS. I just remembered you get a bunch of starters in OR/AS as well.

Personally, I think that you'll be rating scarlet and violet much lower in a few years. I enjoyed playing them, but after I beat them I stopped playing. I'm not a fan of raids, and I found the battle tower and battle cafés in sw/sh much more fun. Overall, this vid makes me want to replay the older games to see if they live up

Did he mention fire red and leaf green? I know they are gen 1 remakes, but still more expansive and deserving of their own mention

Gonna be frankly honest I actually hate those battle areas (frontier,maison, etc.). It’s not because of difficulty but because so items and tms are exclusives to them. I have had to dump entire potential team members because most of what I would have wanted to use them for is locked behind post game content instead of just placed in the world. I plan out my teams and held items meticulously and it infuriates me when I have to drop someone just because gamefreak couldn’t just litter the tms throughout the plentiful gameworlds instead of locking them away. Also never been one for post games I’m here for a story anything beyond that is a general waste of my time unless it’s just that good take Xenoblade Chronicles 3 or Tales of Arise for example more lore and a little more story.

HG/SS. You could debate Black and white 2 but the content in that game is just undefeated. A whole other region,Safari zone,pal park,Battle Frontier,over 15 legendary Pokémon,GB sounds (gold and silver soundtrack) and so much more.

In my Omega Ruby playthrough, I took like a 6-8hr break before the Victory Road just to explore Soar better and to spice things up, I'm planning on catching Pokémon on routes and trying to locate more of the legends along with the Delta Episode.