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Question about playing all the mainline Pokemon games on original hardware. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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I got my old game boys and have been playing pokemon gold on the gameboy color. I also have red and blue.

But, I want to play through the rest of them on original hardware up until the switch. I plan to use flash carts or some kind of mods to play the games as they are quite expensive.

Please let me know if there are any flaws in my plan.

Gameboy Advance SP (I like this as it’s backlit and will let me play my other gameboy games)

  • Pokemon Emerald

New 3dsxl/2dsxl

  • the rest of the games I’d like to play them all using flash carts or software mods. Since these games are not as old I’ll buy the original if they are under $100

Is it as simple as picking up these two consoles to play all the pre-switch pokemon games? Is there a better non-emulation option?

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[–] kratoz29@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I just want to say I admire your patience, I do know a lot of folks who would go crazy with the older games without rewind or fast forward functions.

With that said, if I were you I'd use a relatively cheap Chinese emulator that mimics as an older Nintendo handheld (check out Anbernic) and go with a DS and or a 3DS (either hacked or with a flashcart) to enjoy the two screen games properly and then just jump with the current series in the Switch.

I am actually on a similar quest right now, slowly advancing, but advancing nonetheless, this has been my journey so far:

  • Beat Pokémon Yellow in a Miyoo Mini half through and finished it in my RG351V

  • Pokemon Soul Silver was finished with my DS Lite, New Nintendo 3DS XL and finally my DSi XL (all progress kept with my R4 2015)

  • Currently playing Pokémon Omega Ruby in a New Nintendo 3DS (the battery of the XL is kinda busted, and I wanted to give some use of my Black Friday edition for once!)

  • I am gonna skip the 4th gen altogether as I "recently" finished it in my DSs.

  • The fifth gen won't be skipped though, plan to use the same hardware.

You can figure out the rest, a combination of 3DS and Switch, I am honestly not excited about the Switch line though.

[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago

I grew up with these games although I never played gen 4. But I think I played the rest up until the one that takes place in the past and the current gen.