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Question about playing all the mainline Pokemon games on original hardware. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 22 hours ago* (last edited 22 hours ago) by neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world

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I got my old game boys and have been playing pokemon gold on the gameboy color. I also have red and blue.

But, I want to play through the rest of them on original hardware up until the switch. I plan to use flash carts or some kind of mods to play the games as they are quite expensive.

Please let me know if there are any flaws in my plan.

Gameboy Advance SP (I like this as it’s backlit and will let me play my other gameboy games)

Pokemon Emerald

New 3dsxl/2dsxl

the rest of the games I’d like to play them all using flash carts or software mods. Since these games are not as old I’ll buy the original if they are under $100

Is it as simple as picking up these two consoles to play all the pre-switch pokemon games? Is there a better non-emulation option?

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[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I like getting the original hardware partly as I may get the original carts down the line, and the console prices are not too bad at the moment.

[–] LongboardingLad@lemmy.world 1 points 7 hours ago

Absolutely. It's a little hand wavey, but I agree with the sentiment. If you mod the 3DS it's an all in one solution. If you want the cartridges, I would start collecting the DS ones sooner rather than later. Heart Gold/Soul Silver and Platinum specifically. The 3DS games are still quite reasonable