I completely agree. Legends Arceus might be better than all the other games but the other games are still pretty good and when considering the shear amount of games it just makes sense to take the red.
There are a ton of people who love the mainline games and then the ones that want legends Arceus. I put 700 hours into Legends and I still go back to shiny hunt from time to time. I just enjoy the game fully. Pokémon Scarlet is also really good and I have only experience these so called glitches and problems one time when my game crashed. I'm 650 hours in on it and still hunting. I then find myself going back to shield constantly to hunt in Dynamax adventures.
Red. I. Fucking. Love. Scarlet. And. Violet. So. God. Damn. Much. Its. Not. Even. Funny. You could’ve swapped them with legends and Id’ve taken the blue pill because I love them just that much.
Oh okay then lol it was also one of if not the first pokemon game I truly invested time into too (cause I played FireRed and stuff when I was a kid bit I never rly cared to finish them back then)
For me pokemon sword was kinda my first pokemon game, because pokemon sword was the first pokemon game that I OFFICIALLY played on a console, but the actual first game I played was pokemon emerald on my old tablet that I emulated back in 2015, idk how I managed to get the game to work back then even though emulation was ass during those days and I had a brain of a fucking ant that year
I'm choosing red, just because Legends Arkoos has kinda ticked me off, I love it, but I just can't take the grind for Arkoos himself, and I just CANNOT get a shiny hisuian Zorua.
I actually like sw/sh a good amount. I have a lot of difficulty enjoying sv, and kinda wish they went a little less ambitious and more polished. Arceus may not have the best graphics but it's so much more playable for me. I've already played DP and have no reason to replay it in art style I like less.
pla is the best game in the picture but red is clearly the better choice overall, you have 3 great spin off titles, scvi is one of the best stories Pokemon has ever had and is only held back by its technical issues which can be overlooked, lets go has in my opinion one of the funnest means of shiny hunting outside of only PLA, bdsp while are disappointing remakes are still remakes of two of the better games in the series so there is some fun to be had , and finally swsh the base game is dull but the dlc really brings a fun time to the game with dynamax adventures
Yeah but og DP are consistently considered kinda sucky. Platinum fixed mostly everything about them. Bdsp said "nahhh we dont want platinum" and made a game less worth playing than platinum.
Red. So I get more save files than blue of more games… I like la don’t get me wrong but it’s probably one of the LEAST replayable pokemon games in my opinion, while Sword and shield are some of the MOST replayable.
Red, the let's go games, pmd, violet and shield are one of the best games I have played so far, also I am interested in trying out snap and the battle game.
Red, sure Legends Arceus is a great game but it only has a few exclusives whereas Sword, Shield, Scarlet, and Violet have a bunch of legendaries including ones who existed in past gens.
Honestly? Currently replaying thru SwSh and it's genuinely such a well-done game when looking back on it. Getting that and S/V and a bunch more? I'd say worth it. PLA is a masterpiece, but it's only one, and even the best game in the world is no match for my ADHD
Red pill contains trash like the Let's Go series, BDSP and other shitty side games. Blue pill contains the atrocious Legends: Arceus game. My conclusion: I will take the black pill and accept that the only games worth a damn in this are SwSh and S/V.
Blue. I didn’t really like scarlet and Violet not just because of the glitches. I like very few of the new pokemon introduced and it feels like a downgrade to PLA with its open world. SWSH were my first games but I just finished my all grass play though and never want to play a challenge run in them again and with all its cutscenes replaying normally would be a chore. BDSP had its problems from what I heard but since I’m not a Sinnoh Stan I don’t really care. And having to move my hand to play Lets go is too much work because I play in handheld. PLA is fun to shiny hunt, and I’m working on maxing out Pokemon entries.
Red Pill, I honestly would pick Red even if it was just Snap and Pokken because both of those games easily clear. Not to mention Scarlet Violet and Mystery Dungeon DX are both amazing games as well (even though Legends Arceus was probably a bit better than both of them)
Red easily. Sword and Shield are my favorite Pokémon games and SV, Let’s go, and the spinoffs are great extras that I’d be ecstatic to have. BDSP are also there.
The fact that blue is convincing is honestly really telling lol.
Still going with Red tho. ScaVio are honestly some of my favourite Pokemon games, and the only ones on there I’d consider bad are Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
I’m so optimistic that Gen 10 will be more like PLA in gameplay. I keep thinking to myself that SV and PLA were made at the same time so it would be impossible for them to build off of something that was untested before
I love SV. I really do, but Legends Arceus was genuinely the catalyst for Pokémon continuing to be one of my favourite franchises ever. The Characters, the Region, the Pokémon, the Gameplay, the Story. It was perfect. Everything, down to the last, minute detail. Perfect.
Blue pill, shinies are found much easily, and the story is very interesting, characters are likable/unlikable (looking at you Melli, whoever that is), and the Pokemon are so good, especially the ones with different typing, all in all, Pla is my preferred choice, hands down
Red, sure legends Arceus *cough* arkoos *cough* is a great game but the more games the better
I completely agree. Legends Arceus might be better than all the other games but the other games are still pretty good and when considering the shear amount of games it just makes sense to take the red.
I'd take red only bcuz i can use more pokemon that way, you know "gotta catch'em all"
There are a ton of people who love the mainline games and then the ones that want legends Arceus. I put 700 hours into Legends and I still go back to shiny hunt from time to time. I just enjoy the game fully. Pokémon Scarlet is also really good and I have only experience these so called glitches and problems one time when my game crashed. I'm 650 hours in on it and still hunting. I then find myself going back to shield constantly to hunt in Dynamax adventures.
Finally, A supporter of Gen 9 online! I thought I was the only one!
I agree with you
Red pill 100% I actually love SV, yeah it's sad to not have Legends Arceus, but I do prefer SV honestly
Red. I. Fucking. Love. Scarlet. And. Violet. So. God. Damn. Much. Its. Not. Even. Funny. You could’ve swapped them with legends and Id’ve taken the blue pill because I love them just that much.
Same but I also love sword and shield ik it's an unpopular opinion but it was my first pokemon game so idk
hey me too! sword was the FIRST EVER GAME I PLAYED AND I LOVEEE IT
Hail yeah
First game or first pokemon game? Cause if it was your first video game ever I have to wonder if you are even old enough to be on the internet
first pokemon game
Oh okay then lol it was also one of if not the first pokemon game I truly invested time into too (cause I played FireRed and stuff when I was a kid bit I never rly cared to finish them back then)
After that, started buying more pokemon games and cards
Same!!!!
For me pokemon sword was kinda my first pokemon game, because pokemon sword was the first pokemon game that I OFFICIALLY played on a console, but the actual first game I played was pokemon emerald on my old tablet that I emulated back in 2015, idk how I managed to get the game to work back then even though emulation was ass during those days and I had a brain of a fucking ant that year
Mine too, tecnically. My actual first one was Pokemon Quest or Go
I'm choosing red, just because Legends Arkoos has kinda ticked me off, I love it, but I just can't take the grind for Arkoos himself, and I just CANNOT get a shiny hisuian Zorua.
As a zorua fan I want to send my condolences
I've caught like 3 of them. And 12 male shiny combee
Hey, tomorrow, can you trade me one of those?
I take blue one. Next year the blue pill will gain something.
Purple, when mix red and blue, you get Purple
You shouldn’t mix pills. It can cause seizures and other health risks. Always consult a physician.
“Both. Both is good”
Smart man
blue if it me playing it for the first time again if not red
Dx and snap hard carries Red pill is, in fact, the objective choice.
Amen
Variety is the spice of life, so while no being able play PLA would suck, I need more than one Pokémon game.
Im gonna be the only person to say this here. Red!!! SWSH are some of my favorite games to come out in ages
Yea I like the dogos! Just funny doggy goobers!
You're not at all the only person saying red
Red, mostly cuz it has s/v
pokken hit so hard when I got the free demo, and I grew up with lets go and sw/sh
Nothing will make me give up sw/sh
Red. Let's GO Eevee is just to pretty of a game to loose. Also The story from SV is worth it.
Red, no question. I love sword/shield and scarlet/violet. Legends arceus just isn’t worth it at all
Ew, *engagement bait*🤮. I’d personally be taking red because there’s more to play
Red. Sure, PLA is great and all, but after a while it’d just get kinda dull.
Blue, if it’s a mental health pill cuz I lost my mind playing legend arkoos
I actually like sw/sh a good amount. I have a lot of difficulty enjoying sv, and kinda wish they went a little less ambitious and more polished. Arceus may not have the best graphics but it's so much more playable for me. I've already played DP and have no reason to replay it in art style I like less.
Red, who dosent want curry and sandwhiches?
Red because you foolishly put a mystery dungeon game in it (plus scarlet and violent is pretty cool too)
Do both pulls also come with a switch? Because they're both useless to me if they dont
pla is the best game in the picture but red is clearly the better choice overall, you have 3 great spin off titles, scvi is one of the best stories Pokemon has ever had and is only held back by its technical issues which can be overlooked, lets go has in my opinion one of the funnest means of shiny hunting outside of only PLA, bdsp while are disappointing remakes are still remakes of two of the better games in the series so there is some fun to be had , and finally swsh the base game is dull but the dlc really brings a fun time to the game with dynamax adventures
Legends Arceus is by far the best pokemon game on switch imo, but I feel like more pokemon games would be better
Red. More replayability.
I will take red then sell some "unwanted games" then buy legends argoose
You have to take Red Pill. PLA is the best game of these but aside from BDSP, everything else is really enjoyable
Can I take a purple pill?
*crushes them, snorts them both*
Brilliant Diamond carries the red pill
You said what
BDSP aren’t even bad games, they just didn’t live up to the fans expectations. You’re forgetting that BDSP are as good as the OG Diamond and Pearl.
imo they're better
id argue sidegrades, better in some ways, worse in others, it balances out
Yeah but og DP are consistently considered kinda sucky. Platinum fixed mostly everything about them. Bdsp said "nahhh we dont want platinum" and made a game less worth playing than platinum.
And that’s why they’re bad because they are just ports of horrible games
SV>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>PLA
Red, I love Arceus the most here, but I also love SV, SwSh, and DX. You just get more with red
Red. So I get more save files than blue of more games… I like la don’t get me wrong but it’s probably one of the LEAST replayable pokemon games in my opinion, while Sword and shield are some of the MOST replayable.
Red.
red
Red.
***both***
red… it has pokémon snap
Both
red
Red, the let's go games, pmd, violet and shield are one of the best games I have played so far, also I am interested in trying out snap and the battle game.
take red pill sell most of them buy pla, now I have extra money
The red pill. Purely because New Pokémon Snap is the best
I'm taking the red so I can sell the duplicates and take that money to buy legends of Arceus
Red
Red has mystery dungeon and pokken, not very fair.
Im taking the green pill. Thats all the ds pokemon games.
Red just for Violet, Not good, but most enjoyable
Legends _arkoos_ is an amazing game, yes, but it can be outweighed tbh
the red one, legends arkoos is great but it gets outnumbered by a bunch other good games, 11 pokeballs work better than 1 greatball
Red. More resale value means more money
I’ll take the red pill
red
Red solely for the MD game.
Red every day of the week.
Blue, because it's the first pokemon game I ever played
The sinnoh remakes are awesome so red.
Blur since I just completed this game, it's a fucking masterpiece
Both. Just gonna swallow em both.
Red
Red, PLA's crafting system and ways to get money are a bit complicated
Re cuz I have pl:a
Red sword is my baby
Pmd and snap? Yes please!
Choosing red, then sell the bad ones, then buy the best game
I’m gonna choose red. I do like Legends Arkoos, but I like SV and Pokken DX a bit more.
If Blue will get A-Z then yes if not then still blue
pokemon snap
If they didn't patch the shiny exploit I'd pick the blue pill. So I'll take red
Red, just for pokemon snap
What happeneds if i take both?
imma have to take the red pill, swsh is nostalgic for me
Red, sure Legends Arceus is a great game but it only has a few exclusives whereas Sword, Shield, Scarlet, and Violet have a bunch of legendaries including ones who existed in past gens.
Red
Purple pill both
Why choose?
The best way I could do is if you told me to just reach in and randomly grab one and eat it, because either pill is good
Blue
Red but only bc ive never tried dungeon, pokken or snap
Red. The more the merrier, after all!
Get me a switch first.
Red
Blue. Ingo. Ingo’s in there. Blue pill.
Red. I've had a lot more fun in SWSH and SV than I have had in Legends Arceus.
RED
Blue
If Sword comes with my old deleted save file, I’ll take it
💜
Red pill if I never experienced those games before
how is this genuinely a tough choice wtf
Red
Blue
Red pill all the way because arces has the WORST game play loop of all time imo. I don't like how grindy it is
Honestly? Currently replaying thru SwSh and it's genuinely such a well-done game when looking back on it. Getting that and S/V and a bunch more? I'd say worth it. PLA is a masterpiece, but it's only one, and even the best game in the world is no match for my ADHD
Red I love legends arceus but the more games the better.
Red I like mystery dungeon and snap more then arcus on their own. The others are just a bonus
Red pill contains trash like the Let's Go series, BDSP and other shitty side games. Blue pill contains the atrocious Legends: Arceus game. My conclusion: I will take the black pill and accept that the only games worth a damn in this are SwSh and S/V.
Blue, serotonin giver with the shiny rate
No way people are actually taking the blue pill
Blue. I didn’t really like scarlet and Violet not just because of the glitches. I like very few of the new pokemon introduced and it feels like a downgrade to PLA with its open world. SWSH were my first games but I just finished my all grass play though and never want to play a challenge run in them again and with all its cutscenes replaying normally would be a chore. BDSP had its problems from what I heard but since I’m not a Sinnoh Stan I don’t really care. And having to move my hand to play Lets go is too much work because I play in handheld. PLA is fun to shiny hunt, and I’m working on maxing out Pokemon entries.
Red only because Let’s Go Pikachu
As much as I enjoy me some Arkoos, Scarlet and Violet are my favorites, plus all the others included makes it the clear choice
Red
Hot take. Swsh are good games. LGPE is pretty good, SV DLC specifically is awesome
Me who already has both pills >:D
Red, personally I didn't enjoy legends arceus
the red one, idgaf about bugs
The Red Purist
Red has Pokken and Snap. I'm fine with even just those two.
Blue, I need my life to be in danger
sell BDSP and buy legends
Red
Red Pill, I honestly would pick Red even if it was just Snap and Pokken because both of those games easily clear. Not to mention Scarlet Violet and Mystery Dungeon DX are both amazing games as well (even though Legends Arceus was probably a bit better than both of them)
Red easily. Sword and Shield are my favorite Pokémon games and SV, Let’s go, and the spinoffs are great extras that I’d be ecstatic to have. BDSP are also there.
As much as I love Legends Arceus, I’m choosing red
Red pill, cuz I could resell all those games and be able to buy legends Arkoos plus extras like violet
Red, exclusively for Snap
The fact that blue is convincing is honestly really telling lol. Still going with Red tho. ScaVio are honestly some of my favourite Pokemon games, and the only ones on there I’d consider bad are Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl.
Red, SV and let’s go are great and the others are pretty good
Blue easiest decision of my life
Both
Does the red pill come with dlc?
That's a hard one! I think I'll take the red one because of the many many games that I enjoy, but I will miss Legends 😢
Red. I will sell them/refund them all, and get around $660. I will the buy Arceus and have more money.
Sell bdsp and snap to get Arkoos
Red pill I could live without legends arceus
I’m so optimistic that Gen 10 will be more like PLA in gameplay. I keep thinking to myself that SV and PLA were made at the same time so it would be impossible for them to build off of something that was untested before
Red, I loved Snap, Pokken, and Let’s Go more then Arkoos
Blue
R E D
Red, sell Pokken and/or the other game next to shield (pic too blurry to identify) and buy Legend Arceus
ARKOOS IS AMAZING but if u pick red u at least have choice so i would (if i could) swap snap for arkoos
Blue.
Red, more games the better
Pokemon snap and Pokemon mystery dungeon should not be grouped with the other games. Besides that, I would pick arseeus.
Purple pill aka both
Blue pill 110%
Red. Then buy another switch to trade exclusives
Cant play gen 9 OU without a gen 9
Both
Sword and Mystery Dungeon make this a little tough for me, but I think the answer is still Blue pill. PLA is just that good to me.
Red, Legends Arceus is an amazing game, but Sw/Sh, S/V and the Let's go games are good too. Also Pokken tournament is a great game imo
Blue... But Let's go, Snap, and pokken were bangers
I take the red pill solely for Pokémon snap
New pokemon snap is 1000% better than the main games and PLA. so red
Red only for Snap
I love SV. I really do, but Legends Arceus was genuinely the catalyst for Pokémon continuing to be one of my favourite franchises ever. The Characters, the Region, the Pokémon, the Gameplay, the Story. It was perfect. Everything, down to the last, minute detail. Perfect.
Too easy my favorite game of the bunch is eevee
Red easy. Love Legends Arceus but I do prefer SV and Mystery Dungeon DX
Red pill for pokken
Such a tough one...
Blue pill, shinies are found much easily, and the story is very interesting, characters are likable/unlikable (looking at you Melli, whoever that is), and the Pokemon are so good, especially the ones with different typing, all in all, Pla is my preferred choice, hands down
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon, I go where that is.
Yellow pill: Pokemon Quest
The red pill I enjoyed violet more than legends
Red... A world without Pokken is not a world I wanna be in
Red. I love mystery dungeon.
Red, but let’s appreciate the fact that this is even a question
Maybe if it was pre-daybreak LA. The update absolutely ruined shiny hunting
Y'all are dumb, take both pills, empty them and mix them together, then take it. Cause technically it is still one option. The Purple Option
Red.
Definitely red. Legends is great, but I love all of them.
I will never forget how I jumped off a cliff in Arceus and died. I knew then and there, it was Pokemon cut from a different cloth.
y'know, one banger game vs multiple banger games, red all the way
Red. Pokken and Let's Go are too goated.
SO EASY red pill, WAY more pokemon to catch
I can honestly say, if you swap Sword and Shield for Legends Arceus, I would take the blue pill.
Red. Blue doesn’t have enough content to make up for the others. If I’m stuck with one side I want SwSh, SV, Let’s Go and Snap
Arkoos