Honestly I probably would say this is super close. Sinnoh and Hoenn have such dope ass biomes. Unova a sleeper lowkey but it’s hard to put it above Johto or Kanto

Johto > Hoenn > Kanto > Sinnoh > the rest

in terms of design and exploration

hoenn
sinnoh
johto
alola in usum (don’t know if there’s a big difference, haven’t played the original)
kanto
galar
unova in bw2
kalos
unova in bw1

unova in bw1 is legit designed like trash and built around a garbage story

i used to love the bw games but as time goes on i just don’t like em

they look ugly, the unova region is boring, the pokemon are ugly, the forced story sucks

just a mess all around

Sinnoh
Johto
Hoenn
Unova
Kanto

Platinum is the best game in the series

Sword and shield region boring as s*** besides dlc

It's a legit pokemon thread 🙄