Pokémon is more than just a series of core RPGs. Those are a major part of it, of course, but then so is the trading card game, and the anime, the movies, the cafés…
Even just within video games there’s a huge range of weird and wonderful things to be played, from those legendary role-playing adventures, of course, to handheld recreations of arcade pinball, virtual photography expeditions, or edutainment CD-ROMs.
With that in mind, we’ve assembled our list below of the best Pokémon games based on any Pokémon video game that’s released so far. Expect plenty of classics, of course, but also some proper hidden gems – it’s often overlooked, but part of Pokémon’s brilliance is its ability to surprise. So, in no particular order, here they are: