It's here that the mainline games finally made the leap to 3D, with many new mechanics also added to the series in the process. Updated August 16, 2022, by Tom Bowen: There have been some truly fantastic Pokemon games over the past 25 years, many of which came during the 3DS era. So, of the thirteen fantastic Pokemongames on the Nintendo 3DS, which can be skipped and which are the must-play classics? In the rankings, they will only count as one to make things simpler. That number isn’t even counting the multiple versions of each generation of games like Pokemon X & Y either. The 3DS, then, is no different, as evidenced by the wealth of Pokemon games available for the system. RELATED: Things We Miss From Early Pokemon Games (& Things We Don't) Since the series debuted more than a quarter of a century ago, Nintendo and Game Freak have been eager to experiment and release mainline games and spin-offs aplenty for almost every Nintendo console since the original Game Boy. That is a record for the franchise, although not too far from the norm. Not counting the Pokedex, or Dream Radar apps, there were thirteen Pokemon games on the 3DS.
