08-05-2010, 02:46 AM
Fire Red and Leaf Green(gen3) is a good place to start, it has a help mode with tons of info, and its a remake of the first games so chronologically its a good starting point.
Although the shift from gen3(the GBA games) to gen4 (DS) redefined how damage is calculated- moves were split into physical and special groups, so instead of the power being deterimend based on a pokemon's attack for physical types (fighting, bug, rock, ground) and special attack for special types (fire, dragon, water, grass) each individual attack was given its own phy/specl priority. This was a big change, thats why it has to be mentioned, because its probably the only thing that would make the transition from gold/silver to any other game challenging.
Since you probably already have the hang of the games from gold silver then you might just want to start in the current gen (gen4). HGSS is pretty much better then any of the previous games, so if you do start in gen4 you might as well go with the best.
also all the pokemon got abilities in gen3. abilities are basically a uniqe effect they the pokemon does in or out of battle automatically. they can be drastic but most of the time you don't even notice them.
Although the shift from gen3(the GBA games) to gen4 (DS) redefined how damage is calculated- moves were split into physical and special groups, so instead of the power being deterimend based on a pokemon's attack for physical types (fighting, bug, rock, ground) and special attack for special types (fire, dragon, water, grass) each individual attack was given its own phy/specl priority. This was a big change, thats why it has to be mentioned, because its probably the only thing that would make the transition from gold/silver to any other game challenging.
Since you probably already have the hang of the games from gold silver then you might just want to start in the current gen (gen4). HGSS is pretty much better then any of the previous games, so if you do start in gen4 you might as well go with the best.
also all the pokemon got abilities in gen3. abilities are basically a uniqe effect they the pokemon does in or out of battle automatically. they can be drastic but most of the time you don't even notice them.