Pokémon Pokopia, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver, and Pokémon Legends: Arceus are among the best, most purely fun games in the franchise.

Andrea is an editor at GameRant, where she has been writing professionally about video games for over five years. She became a gamer for life at 8, thanks to a copy of Pokemon Red and her Game Boy.

We’ve judged them all based on how well they use the Pokémon setting, their innovations to the monster-battling formula, and their overall enduring quality. Only the games that excel in all these ...

Andrea is an editor at GameRant, where she has been writing professionally about video games for over five years. She became a gamer for life at 8, thanks to a copy of Pokemon Red and her Game Boy.