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Pokémon Community Thread: Gotta Catch 'Em All!
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Skiptastic
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But he's sleeping, so he'll never know!Izayoi said:
ThatObviousUser
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Yellow has nothing on FireRed/LeafGreen, and I haven't even played those games yet!
Acerac
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Why don't they give pokemon like him evolutions instead of Chansey?ColtraineGF said:
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I still consider Blissey to be new. I'm fucking old.
Prff... double battles. Amoongus is actually viable in VGC 12. Doesn't mean I have to accept him as a real pokemon.Firestorm said:
*Looks at page I googled to make sure I was thinking of the correct ruleset*
That avatar looks familiar... wait a minute. Screw you Firestorm!
ThatObviousUser
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Gravijah said:
Might as well wait for the 3DS VC versions at this point.
I will say Yellow probably has the most badass boxart:
Look at that, fricking blue lightning. I thought that was the tops as a kid.
Hot Coldman
Banned
Gravijah said:
Please don't tell me you're implying FRLG aren't superior to Yellow, bwahahaha
Hot Coldman
Banned
Gravijah said:
Oh right, yeah, I never noticed that. Andrex, wtf son
UltimateIke
Member
Skiptastic said:
He'll never know.
ThatObviousUser
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Saying why I missed out on those games might be skirting too close to the truce we have, so I won't.
A while back I confirmed that the new Pokemon movies that are getting a release in the US won't be released in Canada. 'Tis a shame since the Pokemon movies are pretty nice.
Yeah, that's one of my blogs. Don't ban me bros.
ThatObviousUser
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Gravijah said:
Don't push me bro.
And it wasn't the gameplay that was the problem.
Hot Coldman
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Andrex said:
Looks like someone couldn't handle footprints in the sand
ThatObviousUser
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Boney said:
That's true. It's like a tower made of Legos. One built on another.
Hot Coldman
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Wiseblade said:
It said "screw that!" to day and night. You know, one of the best things in Gen II.
Gen III defenders scare me. Actually, no, wait, people who say RSE were good scare me. Let's hope those guys don't show up
that's a pretty weird point you're trying to makeGravijah said:
Wiseblade said:
Gen II added a lot with the incorporation of 2 new types, special defense split and tons of new moves to allow for a bunch of different strategies.
Gen III didn't even have physical/special split for crying out loud!
The only thing that gen 3 does right are battles, but demeriting the other 2 just for the sake of getting the precious spotlight to our beloved gen 3 is dumbbbbb
ThatObviousUser
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Wiseblade said:
If that was true then Pokemon would be like an action RPG. You're a fool if you think Gen 3 didn't build off the first two generations.
Also Gen 2 introduced hold items and two new types. It did a lot more than you give it credit for.
Chet Rippo
Member
Gen III was good, the only thing that irked me was that I couldn't transfer old pokemon up from GenII, but then Pokemon Colosseum and FireRed/LeafGreen came out, so it was all good.Green Scar said:
Hot Coldman
Banned
Gravijah said:
It wasn't worth it! Actually, weather was almost worth it, but still
Seriously though, Gen III's mechanics additions were all super important and cool. I just think RSE is an awfully made RPG. The objectives are all very anti-climatic, dull and generally the main quest is just a total lame duck for me, not to mention the post-game content. It's a shame, because I adore Hoenn as a region. And RSE being what it is really affects my memories of Gen III. I have to remind myself that FRLG are Gen III too, and I fucking loved LeafGreen.
Chet Rippo
Member
Nowhere.Gravijah said:
if you just said Ruby/Sapphire, I'd totally agree with you. Back-end stuff aside, they are pretty shallow, especially in the endgame. But Emerald adds a ton of stuff, from hunting down Groudon/Kyogre to the Battle Frontier. And discovering the Regis for myself is still the greatest single player experience I've had with a Pokémon game.Green Scar said:
Hot Coldman
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Wiseblade said:
For me, hunting down the Regis just wasn't worth the effort, although the use of Braille was definitely inspired. Yeah, haven't played Emerald, I'm just used to referring to the Hoenn games as RSE, I doubt the main quest changed too much though, even if they do address my other big problem with RS.
VGChampion
Member
I never liked the day / night cycle because I could rarely play during the day. I also never liked berries. Sadly I'm one of those annoying people who are a Gen 1 fan. Well, I don't think I'm annoying but I know it annoys a lot.
Yes Gen II introduced a lot, but it still suffered from built on top of Gen I. The biggest issue those games had is that there was very little differentiating two Pokémon of the same species. Unless you nicknamed you Pokémon, there was pretty much nothing separating your Pikachu from anyone else's. The new data structure gives every Pokémon a story (You caught this Beedrill last Tuesday as a lv3 Weedle in Viridian Forest. It's pretty timid and is alert to sounds. Here's the ribbon it won in the beginner toughness contest!) far more persistance then they had before. Gen III is where it went from being a Primeape to being your Primeape.Andrex said:
Chet Rippo
Member
Yeah, at face value it didn't seem to add much, but it basically reinvented Pokemon.Wiseblade said:
Electivirus
Member
Wiseblade said:
Very much agreed, sir.
Nocturnowl
Member
Mankeys in snap was like the ultimate tease, I would bury them in pester balls hoping they would rage their way into becoming Primeape but it was just a pipe dream. Still my other favoruite Gen 1 pokemon made it in, specifically Scyther, Cloyster, Charmeleon, Vileplume and Electabuzz....hang on there was no Hypno! Now i'm sad again.upandaway said:
I'm running low on money lately (bought a new Wii to replace my broken one, and a PS3) so I'm going to be doing a run-through of every generation of Pokemon games instead of buying a ton of games.
Because I'm bored I'm going to plan out my teams. I'm going to try and stick with Pokemon new to each generation for each game. I'm not 100% sure and I might change my teams after I finish Red, but that's a long time away. I don't really care about competitiveness, but if I'm doing something really stupid with my teams can someone give me a heads up.
I'm gonna be playing gens 1 and 2 on my Gameboy Pocket (although I might go and play SoulSilver instead of Silver; I haven't decided yet), gen 3 on my Gameboy Micro, then gen 4-5 on my 3DS.
First up is my Pokemon Red team:
Next is my Pokemon Silver team:
Now my Pokemon Ruby team:
Pokemon Platinum:
Pokemon White (or Gray if it somehow comes out by the time I finish these games):
Because I'm bored I'm going to plan out my teams. I'm going to try and stick with Pokemon new to each generation for each game. I'm not 100% sure and I might change my teams after I finish Red, but that's a long time away. I don't really care about competitiveness, but if I'm doing something really stupid with my teams can someone give me a heads up.
I'm gonna be playing gens 1 and 2 on my Gameboy Pocket (although I might go and play SoulSilver instead of Silver; I haven't decided yet), gen 3 on my Gameboy Micro, then gen 4-5 on my 3DS.
First up is my Pokemon Red team:
Next is my Pokemon Silver team:
Now my Pokemon Ruby team:
Pokemon Platinum:
Pokemon White (or Gray if it somehow comes out by the time I finish these games):
Dr. Feel Good
Banned
Ahh, are we going to do some team postings? Throwback.
Yellow:
Yellow:
Chet Rippo
Member
Just jump'n in showing that I'm still working on my gym leader drawings series.
As you can see, not very far, but I'm sure Andrex would appreciate this more anyways.
As you can see, not very far, but I'm sure Andrex would appreciate this more anyways.
ThatObviousUser
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Wiseblade said:
I feel incredibly sorry for you that defeating Red doesn't hold that place for you.
Andrex said:
Yup.
I got Gold early. I got stuck (fucking Sudowudo), and called the Nintendo Power helpline. They had no idea what to do.
Needless to say, this was before the days of the Internet. Before the days of spoilers. And, in this case, before the days of Nintendo Power guides. So, I made it all the way to the end of the game by myself.
And when that battle started.
Syph Medwes
Member
Agreed.Andrex said:
I too found the Regis completely by accident, (i usually refrain from reading anything about new pokemon games when they come out besides looking at the new pokemon)
but finding and battling Red was just too awesome.
ThatObviousUser
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Gravijah said:
Blue wasn't a champion anymore.