Which Pokémon Postgame would Rank Best in the Series? 

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

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.

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.

Platinum and Black and White 2 have superb postgame

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.

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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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

Excellent video as always

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

amazing video! Thanks!

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 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 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

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

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 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 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.

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.*

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

The Delta Episode, nuff said

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

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

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.

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 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.

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

2:25 Where did you get that map from please.

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

Very interesting video Idea. It's very good

17:57 plus Steven shows up with the Hoenn starters

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

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.

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

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.

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

I loved Emerald and HG/SS's post game

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

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

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

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.

DLC ITS NOT POST GAME...

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.

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

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.

Okay this might just be me or just be pointless, but where do you consider the latest games with DLC in regards to being post game. I know plenty dont like the idea, but it is cheaper than getting a third version or low quality sequel like the Ultra games. And its usually the content after you complete the main game. Even if you do like I do and make three users to play as all the starters and build new teams from that.

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

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

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 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

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.

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

I wanna see what problems you have with the Paldean region you have, please.

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.

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

imagine not putting emerald at nr1

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

My list at the top is similar, being: BW2, ORAS, HGSS, USUM, however unlike most people I generally find hgss postgame to be rather love it or hate it at different moments of time, whereas BW2 and ORAS are genuinely my most played games of all time. BW2 offers what I think will never happen again, being legendaries that you have to "stumble into." As a kid (ages 7-13) there was still tons to figure out and explore. Half the region was postgame, giving so many battle options, like the black tower which was a fun puzzle/battle game that was excellent for grinding levels, the subway which allowed for interesting battle mechanics to shine, and the battle houses riddled across the region. The rewards for the regional pokedex were infinitely more fun than before and id argue were better placed than any we currently have. I have many happy hours exploring and completing the pokedex, getting that guarenteed shiny haxorus, the shiny charm, etc. This along with the ridiculous amounts of legendaries to stumble across and the postgame kyurem/zekrom quest and the memory link is just absurd. The games were way more polished and enjoyable to a ridiculous margin compared to any other pokemon game and no other game has since rewarded "the exploration" since. ScVi got halfway there, but lacked/lacks the "fun" of it all and things feel far more tedious than they should, along with the lack of proper content other than "go make comp pokemon!"

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

Hey Caleb are hgss the best Pokémon games of all time?? Pound for pound

I don't typically play through post-games; hard enough finding the time to complete the main story of games as it is, especially RPGs (Pokémon is an exception thanks to it's shorter length and less cutscenes). So it is funny to me hearing the... discourse that takes place over the concept of post-games for the Pokémon series. 2:06 - The Master Trainer was a distinct concept, but yeah, a right chore to train up all those Pokémon. The key problem with Let's Go is that it has no excuse for it's sparse post-game because it could have taken the content from Fire Red/Leaf Green's post-game content at the very least. 2:46 - That is how I actually experienced the Isle of Armor. My brother and I ended up doing all of it before we even took on the first Gym. Well, except the Kubfu part. I have no interest in Legendaries. 4:21 - X and Y was one of the few post-games I did... or at least, the Looker missions. Short, bit of an odd ending but a fun idea. 7:03 - I've warmed up to Fire Red/Leaf Green more over the years but I'm still annoyed at their arbitrary locking of newly made evolutions behind the post-game. Golbat just being unable to evolve into Crobat for unknown reasons until you got the National Dex was baffling. Sevil Islands was nice concept, particularly for giving Moltres a place of it's own and teasing Archer for his Gold/Silver role. 8:01 - Black and White is another of the very few post-games I ever did. The new areas were nice to run through, particularly as a means to finally use my Volcarona (went through the entire League with it as a Larvesta because of it's high evolution level), though I was disappointed you didn't get to fight the sages. 9:02 - Neat, Pokémoa artwork. I did play a fair bit of Pokémon Emerald's post-game. A child me attempted the various facilities of the Battle Frontier many a time with little success. I think won maybe one or two of the areas. I also agree that I don't quite get the hype for it; I'd rather go adventuring through a new area with my actual team and seeing them grow further. That said, the new characters were neat. 12:01 - Gold and Silver's Kanto is one of those "fun in concept, poor in execution" ideas. Johto's horrible level curve rears it's ugly head here and makes it more annoying than exciting. It is cool to see how Kanto has changed but the gameplay portion is where it's let down. 14:57 - Oooh, I can see this being a controversial placement on this list. Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire was the first time I heard folks complain about Pokémon post-game. I can see your points here, but a big emphasis on a lot of this post-game is catching new Pokémon... which given I'd have beaten the league at this point, I would already my full team of six pretty solidly set.

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

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

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.

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

Pokemon alpha sapphire is the Pokemon game I have spent the most hours on

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’ll be honest, I don’t think I really enjoyed any Pokémon postgame until Legends Arceus and Scarlet and Violet, and the only reason I enjoyed those was cuz the gameplay was strong enough to keep me coming back lol. The only one I can remember really enjoying other than SV and Legends was XY, and that’s probably just nostalgia cuz I started with XY (plus the Looker Bureau story is really good on a first time playing it, but it isn’t that fun if you’ve already done it lol).

@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.

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.

15:00 Soaring doesn’t open up in the postgame. It opens up after you get the Eon Flute BEFORE the eighth gym.

Thank goodness you're not one of those idiots that think The Way Home is post-game.

TLDR Emerald would have been ranked alot higher if not for OP being biased (good to know)

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

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

9:00 im agree with this. its better if there's battle frontier provide the Exps/any progress for my pokemon rather than make the game like amusement park. now im understand why im not really interested on Emerald Battle frontier in the first place since my first playthrough.

The trials can be post-game content for future Pokémon games.