What was your favorite 4th Gen game?

[Muyho]

Diamond/Pearl was aMAYzing. I could listen to the soundtrack for hours.

[Oao]

Platinum. The whole story was a lot more interesting, the conclusion of Cyrus's story was a lot more interesting and left open the possibility of of sequel in the future. I enjoyed the Battle Frontier which wasn't as good as RSE's but I could still play it for hours.

[Lordcacnea]

Platinum, it improved on so many things from Diamond and Pearl and it is a delight to replay through.

[Pikafleg]

HeartGold and SoulSilver!!!!! Johto was the best, and love how it went to kanto too!!!!!! Also loved how all your pokemon can walk behind you, and show varying emotions like pikachu in yellow version! And the emotions got really specific, like reacting to locations, people (like team rocket lol), and gyms based on their typing and the gym's! It was also funny how with my cyndaquil it once said it was rolling around in the grass.....RUN FIRE!!!! lololol

[Flamer]

To be honest, I really enjoyed Gen 4 a lot, which makes this a little tricky. Pearl is actually the game I've played most, clocking in over 370 hours, which is by some distance a record for me, (second best was Silver at around 150). The introduction of Wifi trading and battle was massive and whilst I made plenty of mistakes, (still regret giving away my original Palkia and have also ended up with a Pokemon ranch littered with hacked shinies and legendaries), but it was good fun. Story was a bit lacking but there's a good amount of stuff to do post-Elite 4 and Sinnoh is really a great region to trek around. It lets itself with the speed of the game though. Surfing is such a pain, as is the scroll speed of the text and being dismounted from your bike at every gate. Sounds trivial, but since these are key everyday things it really does make a difference.

Platinum fixes pretty much all the issues I had with Pearl but, for me at least, the problem is it isn't Pearl, or at least my Pearl save. If Platinum had been the game I really got my teeth into, spend hours online trading and battle, building a team I loved, attempting to complete the Pokedex, it would win by a mile. But there was just too much of a been there, done that, feel to it. I couldn't bring myself to start completing the Pokedex again, re-capture all the same legendary Pokemon, get a new team online. Battle Frontier was great fun, as was the new Wifi club thing with all the mini-games you could play with people, but without immersing myself in the game the same way I did with Pearl I couldn't get the same amount out of it.

The other problem was my Platinum team kinda ended up becoming a homage to my old Silver team. Of course, then SS came out and I did the team properly, meaning Platinum again ended up playing second fiddle to another game I was more immersed in. And SS has been a joy to play. I love the Pokemon following you, all additions and most of all, just being back in Johto.

Platinum's got the features, Pearl's got the memories and experiences, but SS combines the two and that makes it my fave game of Gen 4

[*~Silver*~]

I think Fourth Generation best so far. xD It was awesome. Fifth Generation is good, and all, but I prefer fourth. _{You don't have to go onto the Dream World in fourth Generation just to get a freaking Eevee. -_-}

My favorite Fourth Generation game was either Platinum or SoulSilver. Platinum had a story line a really liked, but SoulSilver took place in Johto, which is my long-standing favorite region.

[Dragontail]

Soulsilver for nostalgia. Also Diamond, my first DS Pokemon game.

[Breeder Drew]

Platinum. It was the first Pokemon game I ever played, despite being a fan of the anime. And damn, was it awesome. It improved so many things from Diamond and Pearl that it wasn't even funny.

[Jiang-Shi]

Soulsilver all the way.
2. gen is my favorite generation and a remake of that stuff totally made day. Loved how the touchscreen actually came into use in these remakes.

[DarthVader]

HeartGold/Soulsilver are my favourites, although I put more hours into Platinum because I got that game first, and used it to make my team for wifi battles.

[Diamond Darkrai]

Diamond/Pearl/Platinum.

[Epic-Inferno]

Platinum. Diamond and Pearl were already amazing, but Platinum just made them even better.

[lavaburst14]

Diamond/Pearl were amazing, but I have to say Platinum took Sinnoh the extra mile of awesomeness

[canadiandragon]

The 4th Gen is my favourite Gen by far, and it brought so so much to the table. I love DPPt for the music, the storyline and the awesome line-up of new Pokemon it brought, but HGSS had so much nostalgia and sentimental value, plus I've always loved Johto and its Pokemon. The Johto and Sinnoh regions are both kind of similar in their own ways, even the Pokemon look as if they have been designed in a similar manner. But that's beside the point. I think HeartGold has to be my favourite 4th Gen game (playing right now, in fact) although Platinum follows right behind it. Kind of wish the Pokemon saga could stay like 4th gen for a while longer...

[Odin VI]

HGSS were by far the best (in my opinion) brang back so many good memories of the days i used to grind my Crystal version

[McIntyre]

Platinum. As far as individual games go, this might be my favorite of all time if I'm honest with myself. The plot is fairly good, the Pokemon have decent levels, there is a nice selection for the most part (Despite the lack of fire types.) and there is plenty to do post league. Combining all of that with the Wi-Fi aspect that we've all come to love and depend on, what's not to like about it?

[Aleh]

SoulSilver. It's just perfect.
Platinum is a great improvement from DP, but I feel something's missing. I don't know what exactly, though.

[adamfitz]

Soul silver best game to date. Imo

[John Wallrein]

Soul silver best game to date. Imo

Mhm, definetly. Soul Silver. Back in gen. 2 Silver was my favorite game and up until HG/SS release gen 2 was my favorite gen. I've always liked Lugia ever since one of the older movies with Lugia and Moltres, Zapdos, Articuno.

[Meeker]

Why must people ask questions that are so hard to answer? I loved almost every main game that came out for gen. 4! Platinum, Heart Gold, Explorers of sky... Man... I'd have to say... no, not that one. Um... Heart Platimun? No, I really don't know, I liked them all for different things. Not like I can choose one over the other, each holds it's own share of great memories.