# SIDE QUEST: Our Cursed Rankings of Gen 1 Pokémon

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Podcast: [Indieventure](https://stenobird.com/podcast/indieventure-6655297)
Published: 2026-05-28T13:00:00+00:00
Episode link: https://indieventurepodcast.podbean.com/e/side-quest-our-cursed-rankings-of-gen-1-pokemon/
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So due to how everyone's holiday schedules have lined up this month, there was no way we were recording enough regular episodes to cover the gap. But this is Indieventure, where we love an excuse to go on a sidequest, and we hate leaving you without an episode if there's any way around it so… Look, we wanted to talk about Pokémon, alright? Yes, I know, I know, tiny indie franchise Pokémon, maybe you've heard of it? I mean, you listen to a podcast hosted by three queer millennial geeks, it's on you if you hadn't figured out by now that we were all obligate Pokémon fans in our spare time. What's more, the recent release of Pokémon Pokopia has finally provided us with a contemporary outlet that all three of us can rally around: Liam gets his serotonin hits from completing an escalating series of tasks, Rachel gets the cosy vibes of post-humanity settlement building and creature collecting, and Rebecca gets to make a nice home for all the cute villagers she's befriending. It's our shared dream! But, plot twist, there's more to this episode than just complimenting Pokopia, partly because we'd all made vastly different headway into the game at the time of recording, and partly because Liam came up with a much more satisfyingly unhinged idea: Ranking all of the original 150 Pokémon, based on a completely inconsistent and constantly moving scale of how good a hang we think they'd be. So there you go: your bit-o-bullshit premise for this episode. I won't spoil anything for you other than to confirm that, yes, against all odds, three people did manage to each give individual opinions about 150 characters in a tight two hours – that's 450 total Poképinions, so talk about bang for your buck! — and that, of course, we end on a final ranking of the best and worst 10, as decided by a…

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