So, I recently picked up a regular 3DS from a friend who didn't

>>25880667
>should i pay for something, or should i get the same thing for free

Gee Anon, I don't know.

>>25880667
Handheld > sitting at cpu screen

>>25880667
If you actually want to interact with people or migrate Pokemon from other gens you have, 3DS is the way to go. You can also be confident that things will work and look exactly how they're supposed to, which isn't always a given when using emulators and finding decent .nds's.

If you aren't concerned about any of that, then use an emulator, definitely. Free is good, and it might just be your preference to play on a PC anyway.

>>25880667
Skip Gen IV, it's complete ass. Platinum is good for one runthrough to decide if you like it. Play Gen V, it's good. Play XY, mediocre as balls, but good for one runthrough. Avoid ORAS like the plague.

>>25880732
Disregard that last part, Oras is excellent and is best made pokemon game we've had in awhile.

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>>25880748
OP, only even ironically entertain the awful idea of playing ORAS if you randomly find it in your DS magically one day and every other game you have is fucking gone.

tl;dr do not pay for that trash or waste your time playing it

play Emerald, the same game but better

>>25880776
y?

>>25880776
>play Emerald, the same game but better
Of course a frog poster would be this dumb

>>25880667

Play them a DSi if you have one, it will look better without the extra pixel resolution.

Don't listen to shitposters

Play whatever game you feel like, even if its ORAS, yes the game is worse, but you'll at least get to experience new mechanics (good and bad) and see nearly every pokemon in the pokedex. Gotta catch'em all.