What was the worst "Pokemon handheld spin-off game" you have played?

[DawnFanBoy]

Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Blue and Red is the worst by far for me because it became very repetitive and it lacked replay value.

 

[bell02+]

No Pokemon Channel or Hey you pikachu options?

 

[Geoffrey]

I have yet to find a spin-off game for Pokémon that was bad. I have liked all the Pokémon games, including all the spin-offs for all game systems.

No Pokemon Channel or Hey you pikachu options?

This is for handhelds, not game consoles.

 

[GrnMarvl14]

Dash sucked. Only Pokemon game I've bought where I felt ripped off.

 

[Joey]

I haven't played that many, now that I see the list. Though out of the 4 I have played, MD: Red and Puzzle Challenge are ones that I gave up on after just a few hours. Though in Puzzle Challenges defense, I couldn't get used to the controls or the small screen due to being so used to playing the N64 version.

 

[Doctor Oak]

I liked Dash. It was incredibly easy and incredibly simple and not especailly pretty, but it provided me with a fun play experience for a few days. Not really worth the price of a full game I feel, but similar stuff can be said for a lot of the DS launch titles.

I guess, as far as I'm concerned, the worst is Mystery Dungeon Blue. The games are in general way too repetitive and lacking enjoyable gameplay for a lot of them but the DS version is even poorer for not having any reason to be on the DS. It's not graphically improved (which was DEFINITELY needed), it didn't add any gameplay to it and it just really was a poor port for the sake of having a port.

So, yeah, that's why it ends up at the bottom of my list.

 

[Nekusagi]

I've not played Ranger, but it looks completely boring.

I'd say Dash, but alas, it has Meowth.

 

[The Dude]

I would have said the TCG, but there was a time a couple years back where I was addicted to it for no adequate reason, so I have too many memories to mock it.
I'll go with original Pinball. Unreasonably hard.

 

[DarkEliteKaren]

Wow. The only one of those I've played is TCG (which I did not like.. but I've never really been a fan of TCGs). o_o; I think I'm a bit behind the times. n_n; Someday I'll get around to picking up Ranger...

 

[Æsahættr]

I've not played Ranger, but it looks completely boring.

I'd say Dash, but alas, it has Meowth.

I thought the same about Ranger, but I think it could really surprise you.
Dash shat me off so bad.

*Doesn't know if "Shat me off" is a legitimate phrase*

 

[FabuVinny]

Mystery Dungeon has tons of replay value if you give it a chance. The main story won it over for me anyway, so I put it right at the other end of the scale to this poll.

Dash, on the other hand, should not have existed. Or could have at least had a lot more put into it. It has exactly the problems Oak brought up with MD: way too repetitive, lacking enjoyable gameplay, not particularly amazing graphics. It only got away with its existance by being a launch game in Japan and Europe, so released at a time when experimenting with the touch screen came first.

 

[Habunake]

The main thing Dash dissapointed me with was how you could race against other Pokemon, but only play as Pikachu.

 

[Nekusagi]

Wasn't Dash a tech demo, anyway?

Eh, I have Wario Ware Touched, which is essentially the same thing. But it had Pyoro T. Dash doesn't have Pyoro T. Which is why it falls under the "sad tech demos" heading as far as I'm concerned.

We could really use a Pokemon minigames collection on the DS. Like the two Stadiums had, only on the touch screen. I want my handheld Sushi-go-round...

 

[Coffee]

I can't say I outright hated Dash, but it is definatly my least favorite on the list.