Is it weird to think of Pokemon Red&Blue as the best RPGs ever?

I've never been into the RPG genre and I hated all the RPGs on the PC back in the late 90s, even though everyone else liked them I found them to be very dated and controlled badly. I musta been in my mid teens when these games came out in 1998ish and frigging they were the first RPG games I could ever really get into. I remember playing both of them through and Yellow and having a blast with them. I didn't even like Pokemon but I had a Gameboy and wanted to play something good on them while I was on holiday and I spent 6 days in my hotel room playing Red & blue.

They are easily forgotten games and looked down upon for being Pokemon but damn they were good and fun games!

yes its weird because gold and silver versions where better

Pokemon was like the first RPG I remember playing. I never even realized it was an RPG at the time.

I wouldn't consider them the best, but they are very good.

"Pokemon was like the first RPG I remember playing. I never even realized it was an RPG at the time."

The only reason we all have such fond memories of this game when it came out is because we were 6. It's definately been improved upon. Like the above people said, gold and silver were way better.

You probably think that because it makes you feel nostalgic. Silver and Gold were like an improvement on it, so those would instantly be better.

I think they were very influential. Red and Blue will go down as one of the greatest, if only bc of what they started. But I don't think you can compare them to games like Chrono Trigger or Final Fantasy 6. Of course these games had a very different focus, but if you're going to compare rpgs.....

I love blue, it is still one of my fave games to play.

I played Gold and Silver but I didn't like them because I only liked the original 150 Pokemon or 300... can't remember if each game had 150 each or shared them.

Yes, yes it is very weird to think that.

"I played Gold and Silver but I didn't like them because I only liked the original 150 Pokemon or 300... can't remember if each game had 150 each or shared them."

well it wasn't really an rpg it was a monster capture game and most of those have rpg elements, your own character couldn't gain levels...ect as for that it wasn't very good i never got into the whole pokemon thing i had blue but it never appealed to me much.

"well it wasn't really an rpg it was a monster capture game and most of those have rpg elements, your own character couldn't gain levels...ect as for that it wasn't very good i never got into the whole pokemon thing i had blue but it never appealed to me much."

I don't think it's weird. They certainly are some of the best, so why not?