Pokémon is on the 9th generation now, which is numbers 25 and 26 of the mainline games if you count each pair as two separate games, but you probably shouldn’t. Of course, that doesn’t count Colosseum, Gale of Darkness, and Legends: Arceus, which probably should be counted. It’s probably most honest to call each generation 1.5 games, except gen V which would have 2 and gen VI, which would only have 1.
The various spinoffs where the game formula is significantly altered (Ranger, Mystery Dungeon, Snap, various puzzle games) probably add another 20 minimum.
We’re talking about iterations on a franchise as a marker for staleness. It would be ridiculous to count a pair of Pokémon games as two separate entries when that’s the reason for counting them.
Pokémon is on the 9th generation now, which is numbers 25 and 26 of the mainline games if you count each pair as two separate games, but you probably shouldn’t. Of course, that doesn’t count Colosseum, Gale of Darkness, and Legends: Arceus, which probably should be counted. It’s probably most honest to call each generation 1.5 games, except gen V which would have 2 and gen VI, which would only have 1.
The various spinoffs where the game formula is significantly altered (Ranger, Mystery Dungeon, Snap, various puzzle games) probably add another 20 minimum.
Separate purchase = separate game
We’re talking about iterations on a franchise as a marker for staleness. It would be ridiculous to count a pair of Pokémon games as two separate entries when that’s the reason for counting them.