WITH Pokémon30th anniversary on the horizon i Pokémon Legends: For Just around the corner I thought a lot about the history of the series and our different adventures in nine separate regions that we have visited so far. Of course, many of us started our childhood journey, collecting games as aging, but how much would someone to play for all nine generations in 2025?
When appearing for this thought experiment, it is essential to notice that I did not only want to develop the costs of playing in every Pokémon game in order. As a Pokémon series, he is not afraid of a remake or a two, so plays in every game is not necessary to get a full picture of history so far. Instead, I decided to find the cheapest route for a novice to visit all nine regions of Pokémon (and Hisui), including the price of equipment.
Let’s start with the portable. To describe the history of the series, you need conveyors from Game Boy Advance, 3DS and Switch Family of Devices. Based on my research, you can get the original Game Boy Advance For around USD 70 (or $ 190, if you want it to be renovated with an illuminated screen), original Nintendo 2DS for around USD 125, and Amazon has a great offer on Turquoise switch lite for almost USD 155. This brings the total cost of equipment alone to $ 350, but of course you are not confined to playing in Pokémon on these devices, so in my opinion they are worth it.
What about games? Entering my research, I assumed that the last number of Pokémon alterations for newer consoles would appear at the top as the cheapest options for their relevant generations. My forecast was suitable for all generations, except for the second Gen. Heartgold and Soulsilver are not only heralded as one of the best Pokémon games of all time, but as one of the best DS games that have ever been created, so in reality it is much cheaper to get the ancient colorful Pokémon Silver cassettes than to buy one of the remake.
However, other modifications, such as a brilliant diamond, let’s go Eevee and Omega Ruby make previous Pokémon generations much more available. In addition, if you play games fine, Eevee is a great introduction to the beginners series, including the control of the Pokémon Go inspired movement, the local cooperative and the following Buddha system, which helped Pokémon Yellow to stand out all these years ago. According to our Pokémon, the review of Let’s Go, Holly believes that he is still persistent in 2025.
As for Hoenn’s stories, if I would like to recommend playing Emerald than Oras, the price difference cannot be denied, and Oras is 40 USD, and Emerald sells for around 200 USD without a box or instructions. It is understandable that the latest generation is usually cheaper games, but the fifth generation is noteworthy with protruding values. Both black and black 2 cost about 60 USD per item and you have to play both to get the full history of Unova, because Black 2 serves as a direct continuation, not an alternative story. Their inflated prices reflect how they are in the community, but also the fact that Nintendo did not print so many black 2 and white 2 prams in the edition, because the game began at the end of the Nintendo DS life cycle.
After Generation Five matches, price fluctuations composed down, and the other games cost 50 USD or less, thanks to the low resale and regular sales of up-to-date copies. The Babones approach means that I did not include DLC for Pokémon Switch games, but, if I love the Kitak region, these areas are not exactly necessary. After connecting all these games along with the required equipment, the approximate cost of the cheapest route through all Pokémon regions is 855.91 USD – somehow less than the price of everyone Sims 4 extensions.
Here is a detailed division of prices based on my research:
You have this, the cheapest way to have a full story of Pokémon. To be forthright, people love to complain about modifications, but if they make Pokémon older games more accessible, I’m for them. When the rumors of Pokémon Black and White Remake still appear, I pray that they actually appear, because I would like to visit UNova on my Nintendo Switch 2.
