"I think Gen 3 is peak pokemon for in game challenges"

I recently finished my collection of owning Ruby, Sapphire, Leaf Green, Fire Red, Emerald, Colosseum and XD. Beat them all, minor duping via Emerald to get TMs and Master Balls for soft resetting for Natures/IVs.Sweet Arceus man.. The E4 was actually tough if I raised my 6 poke team to level 50. A lot of grinding involved and the battles were challenging. It was tough to get decent nature guys, as well as raise them proper with EVs (for the frontier and orre colosseum). Leaf green especially. Lance and Blue gave some serious trouble with my team of level 50 - 55 with only a few decent TMs.Don't get me wrong - competitive wise I believe Sword/Shield is BY FAR the best as it allows anyone to battle in competitive format with minimal hours. But in game wise? I think Gen 3 is GOAT. Individual Pokémon weren’t guaranteed overpowered and trainers actually had the HAX on their side. I’ve run the odds on some encounters and the outcomes were rarer than shinies sometimes. Paralyzed 3 times in a row and miss blast burn 3 times? Da FUQ???It was just harder overall to have a good team, and the in game challenges were good enough to warrant playing over and over until you beat them.Has anyone actually tried to beat the Pokémon XD Orre Colosseum? It pretty much takes your garbage in game team and puts it against fully EV/IV/Natured Gamefreak Pokémon. It is by far one of the hardest challenges even including the Battle Frontier from Emerald. The Battle CDs were pretty tough too for the non luck based ones.Maybe I’m too old, but as far as an offline only isolated generation, it offers a wonderful challenge and time commitment. I’ve even invested in link cables and such recently because I’m shocked at how fun it is.Anyone else feel similar? I always hear praise about Gen V (5) but Gen III (3) is honestly pretty damn good on its own if you own at least Ruby/Sapphire, Leaf Green/Fire Red, Emerald, Colosseum, XD. It’s an expensive genuine collection for sure, (fuck bootleggers to high hell), but it seems so worth it when I play through each game. Don’t even get me started on nuzlockes LMAO. via /r/pokemon https://ift.tt/2X3lBf5