Ok, seriously for all the people in the forums who are like well if this isn't red and blue then fuck it, or red and blue is the only good pokemon game. Are you serious? Gold and Silver is like red and blue but better, you have everything you have in red and blue but much more. This is the only pokemon game that lets you span over 2 countries and get 250 pokemon. Its got all the classics but a bunch of new great additions. Gold and Silver are the best games in the series hands down, making this game was an amazing decision. Pearl, Diamond, Platinum on the other hand, thats another discussion. 

I do tend to agree. I don't think they're better, but I think they're just as good. Getting to go to Kanto after beating Johto is a cool bonus.

There should be no question that Gold and Silver are the best in the series, with all the improvements that were made. That said, I think there is something to be said about the originals.

I actually like the first three generations equally, albeit for different reasons.

" I actually like the first three generations equally, albeit for different reasons. "

I think a lot of people were just over Pokemon by the time they introduced the second generation, or got over Pokemon quickly because of it.  I know I fall into one of those categories.  Therefore, they lash out at it because they have lost interest. 

I can't decide which generation is my favorite, but all of them have been fantastic.  I'm really looking forward to the new generation.
 
EDITED:  I can't type right when I'm tired.    :P

Yeah GS was pretty good, especially when you get to use a cellphone

" @ajamafalous said:

" I actually like the first three generations equally, albeit for different reasons. "

Really? I was pretty put out by Ruby and Sapphire. Very disappointing. "

and get 250 pokemon.

Y>GS>RB(G)
Fixed it for ya.

I like RBG more.

Losing your virginity > Pokemon
 
Sorry, I'm just lashing out, As I have lost interest.......

I am a huge fan of all of the Pokemon games, but I always felt like G/S was just a cut above earlier generations. 
  
 
 
Oh, yeah, and @Coombs:  
you're still on a video game website. You're as big of a nerd as the rest of us, and hell, odds are that a chick likes Pokemon more than Halo.

" @AgentJ said:

" @ajamafalous said:

" I actually like the first three generations equally, albeit for different reasons. "

Really? I was pretty put out by Ruby and Sapphire. Very disappointing. "

Really? I didn't find them disappointing, but they weren't near as awesome as the previous games. "

Silver is the best RPg ever. Heartgold and Soulsilver are "better" I guess, but the 8-bit music and sprites are all fused into my DNA.

I think you could go either way. Yes, GS technically has more, but it's just more of the same. I don't think it's clearly better. But I can see how someone could say they're the best, and I could see how someone would say RB is the best.  Me personally, I recognize that GS is probably the better game, yet RB is my favorite. And it's not just a nostalgia thing.
 
Long story short, who cares. People are allowed to have favorites. 
 
Also, I didn't care for RS, but I actually really enjoyed DP.

Yellow is still my favourite. It had all I needed from a Pokemon game.

Why did everyone hate Diamond and Pearl? I liked them.

"There should be no question that Gold and Silver are the best in the series, with all the improvements that were made. That said, I think there is something to be said about the originals. "

" Silver is the best RPg ever.

" @Belonpopo said:

" Silver is the best RPg ever.

Baldur's Gate, Fallout and Planescape Torment would disagree. "

I love all the pokemon games, each new one gives you more and more to do.  But gold and silver are probably the best to me too, being part of my childhood could also have something to do with that.

" Silver is the best RPg ever.

Baldur's Gate, Fallout and Planescape Torment would disagree.   

I thought it was always known that G/S are the best Pkmn games ever.

" @MurderByDeath said:

" @Belonpopo said:

" Silver is the best RPg ever.

Baldur's Gate, Fallout and Planescape Torment would disagree. "

Final Fantasy VI would disagree. I have a bad feeling this will continue on. "

G/S/C is as good as a Pokemon game can get IMO

" @MurderByDeath: 
 

" Silver is the best RPg ever.

Baldur's Gate, Fallout and Planescape Torment would disagree.   

  I'll stick to my guns. "

I definitely agree that Gold & Silver were the pinnacle of the series, but I think much of that has to do with the fact they were released when Pokemon was at the peak of its popularity and those games added the most amount of new features... breeding, different coloured pokemon, new types, etc.    But I also have to say that much of it also probably comes from nostalgia.  For kids these days that perhaps started with Ruby & Sapphire, or even Diamond & Pearl, I'm sure they will be looking back on those games in the same way in a decade.
 
I feel that Ruby & Sapphire were a massive step back for the series, but Diamond & Pearl mostly redeemed it.  Again, it doesn't have the nostalgia factor of G&S, but I enjoyed the bigger region and the new Pokemon designs from that game.
 
I also have to disagree with those who claim the Pokemon have become less imaginative as the games have gone on.  There are quite a few from the newer games I dislike, but there were just as many back in Red & Blue that I didn't like.  In this regard, it's definitely nostalgia which makes people belive 'the originals were best'.

" @MurderByDeath said:

" @Belonpopo said:

" Silver is the best RPg ever.

Baldur's Gate, Fallout and Planescape Torment would disagree. "

Final Fantasy VI would disagree. I have a bad feeling this will continue on. "

It's funny, the one time I did play Gold/Silver, I ended up just catching my favorites from the past generation and fitting them with moves suitable enough to take down the new Pokemon types.  
 
Not sure what that says.

Aside from the nostalgia factor, the Pokemon games have gotten progressively better with each iteration. 

Gold and Silver are better than the first generation games, but the first generation games are my favorite.  The pokemon from the first generation are the best followed by the ones in Silver and Gold.  After G/S the pokemon just went downhill and became pretty lame for the most part.  It feels like I've already seen everything and the designs and names are horrible.  I'm not really feeling the new legendaries either.  The best part of G/S was that Red (Ash) was in one of those caves every Tuesday with his level 80 something pokemon and he would battle you.

In terms of gameplay id say Gold and SIlver are better than Red and Blue but I cant stand most of the new pokemon. Perhaps not everyone one of the original 151 are winners but most of them were, they looked really cool and (in the anime) had reasonably interesting styles. When they started adding more Pokemon I really stopped caring, they seemed to lack the same kind of personality as the original and like simply "more" rather than an interesting addition.

" Aside from the nostalgia factor, the Pokemon games have gotten progressively better with each iteration.  "

" @Belonpopo said:

" Silver is the best RPg ever.

Baldur's Gate, Fallout and Planescape Torment would disagree. "

This is the reason that G/S isnt as good as R/B: 
  
Really Pokemon creator dudes? Really?! An owl Pokemon named Hoothoot?

If anyone is saying that Red/Blue are better, they're wrong. Period.
@DoctorWelch said:

" @MurderByDeath said:

" @Belonpopo said:

" Silver is the best RPg ever.

Baldur's Gate, Fallout and Planescape Torment would disagree. "

The worst of the pokemon games are still better than any Fallout game. "

" @AndrewB said:

" If anyone is saying that Red/Blue are better, they're wrong. Period.

Good job backing up your opinion. I'm not going to tell you that your opinion is wrong, but simply stating something IS on the grounds of "its my opinion so it must be right" is pretty stupid. "

" Ok, seriously for all the people in the forums who are like well if this isn't red and blue then fuck it, or red and blue is the only good pokemon game. Are you serious? Gold and Silver is like red and blue but better, you have everything you have in red and blue but much more. This is the only pokemon game that lets you span over 2 countries and get 250 pokemon. Its got all the classics but a bunch of new great additions. Gold and Silver are the best games in the series hands down, making this game was an amazing decision. Pearl, Diamond, Platinum on the other hand, thats another discussion.  "

Anything after Red/Blue/Yellow sucks. True story.

Red & Blue are the far superior games, but Gold & Silver are awesome too. All the main series pokemon games are awesome. But Red & Blue will always be the kings.