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[Wolf Dawgz]

So no Ice Cream pokemon? What about Trubbish, the garbage pokemon?

 

[L95]

Mewtwo
Weedle
Magnamite


Try again

....Mewtwo?

What about Mr Mime and Jynx?

 

[Azuran]

So no Ice Cream pokemon? What about Trubbish, the garbage pokemon?

We have Blastoise so I guess that's close enough for now.

 

[oti]

We have Blastoise so I guess that's close enough for now.

You are trash

 

[Cess007]

So, only Gen 1 Pokemon? Now i'm interested. Add Gen 2 later, and we are all set!

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Progress isn't always a good thing. The Pokemon past gen 1 are largely forgettable. I choose quality over quantity.

It isn't ignorance when I most of the Pokemon since gen 1 failed to make an impression enough for me to bother remembering them; its preference.

Whether they're "forgettable" or not is entirely subjective. This fanbase is made up of millions of people who like mons across multiple generations. It's a bit ludicrous to have a game that brags about letting you roleplay as a "real" trainer and celebrate a 20 year long legacy and yet only the first generation is getting spotlight. It should be pretty obvious why people would be put off by that.

 

[Supermanisdead]

gen 1 best gen. im so down for this game now. let me get my rapidash and arcanine

 

[Cday]

Yeah, because Gen 1 never had creepy humanoids or object based Pokemon in its roster.

They definitely didn't have the kind I'm referring to.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

They definitely didn't have the kind I'm referring to.

Oh, it most certainly did.

 

[Mr. Pointy]

I thought it was pretty obvious Go was just going to be Gen 1 at the start.

 

[TheCongressman1]

I thought it was pretty obvious Go was just going to be Gen 1 at the start.

How so?

 

[JB-the-Hunter]

They definitely didn't have the kind I'm referring to.

Magnets and slime > ice cream and garbage?

 

[Dr. Benton Quest]

I think people are assuming this is for the hardcore. Only having Gen 1 at the start gets nostalgic 20 somethings to install it. They might keep playing after they add 'new' Pokémon.

Hardcore fans will play regardless.

 

[Mr-Joker]

Am I supposed to feel bad for liking the first gen of Pokemon? People really seem to not like when others like that.

Nah it's cool if you prefer gen 1 Pokémon more, heck my favorite Pokémon is Charizard.

I think how they did the Pokémon April fool jokes was better as they mixed Pokémon from gen 1-5 to create a listing of 151 Pokémon, so that all fans are pleased.

How so?

The trailer had nothing but gen 1 Pokémon so it was clear that they were aiming at the gen 1 crowd, which was fine with me as I will be over there playing a real Pokémon game.

 

[Bulbasaur]

Not being capable of battling randoms is so silly and it totally killed my interest.

 

[LumpOfCole]

Will I have to go to Detroit to scoop up a Koffing?

 

[SalvaPot]

Will I have to go to Detroit to scoop up a Koffing?

I believe LA, while Weezing is NY.

 

[Darth_Caedus]

Worst gen only? That sucks. Hopefully it's just for the beta.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

I'm in Texas and work in construction sites

Am I only going to get cowboy diglets and Cubones?

 

[Who]

Do you guys think that GO will interact with, in any shape or form, Sun & Moon? Amiibo? Pokemon Stadium NX ?

Should it? If so, how?

 

[peaceiscloser]

call me when my bae glaceon is in

 

[SinCityAssassin]

Oh ho ho, someone's gonna get murdered.

 

[PeakPointMatrix]

Worst gen only? That sucks. Hopefully it's just for the beta.

 

[kennyamr]

that was a great gen, my fav and best for me :3 so it's cool they are at least starting with Gen 1... but I won't get the game anyway so I really shouldn't talk.

 

[The Lamp]

Progress isn't always a good thing. The Pokemon past gen 1 are largely forgettable. I choose quality over quantity.

It isn't ignorance when I most of the Pokemon since gen 1 failed to make an impression enough for me to bother remembering them; its preference.

Your statements were absurd. You insinuated that negativity here toward there only being 1/5 of the Pokemon in existence available has to do with being young.

Just because you can't remember more than 151 Pokemon doesn't mean people should celebrate with you that there are less options for gamers in a Pokemon game.

I'm not even going to delve into the implication of post-Gen 1 Pokemon content not being "quality", considering Gold/Silver are largely regarded as one of the best video game sequels of all time.

And yes, actually, not knowing Pokemon = literally the definition of being ignorant of Pokemon. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you don't seem to have much familiarity with the series past the content from 20 years ago. Considering the sales, popularity, reception, and general consensus of Pokemon games since 1998, it doesn't really seem to be that you value "quality" as much as you think with these games, you just think people should have started ignoring the series with you 20 years ago.

 

[wwm0nkey]

Do you guys think that GO will interact with, in any shape or form, Sun & Moon? Amiibo? Pokemon Stadium NX ?

Should it? If so, how?

IIRC it will be in some shape. maybe pokewalker 2.0 (which is kind of what this is when you think about it)

 

[Hellix]

Only gen 1? I'm in.

 

[balladofwindfishes]

Oh no I can't find my favorite creepy anthropomorphic pokemon or my favorite caterpie clone or my favorite home appliance pokemon. I refuse to pay any money for this thing that doesn't cost any money.

That Pokemon based on home appliances is one of the most creative Pokemon in the series. It also opened doors to unique type combinations that would have been awkward to try and make a Pokemon for (like Grass/Electric)

 

[chepu]

This will be like the series?

we'll start with 151 pokemon, then we'll get others as time comes.

If you pitched this whole idea to me when I was a kid I would have bursted into a NO WAY THATS AWESOME mode instantly.

Thinking about it with my inner child like mind, it hopefully will be awesome.

 

[IceDoesntHelp]

151 Pokemon, fuck that noise.

 

[torre_avenue]

New York subway confirmed to have exclusive Pizza Rattata.

This sounds good, and it'll be fun to have a game that tracks steps and what not with a nice incentive. Only issue is how much battery this is going to drain if I keep the app on passively.

 

[L95]

That Pokemon based on home appliances is one of the most creative Pokemon in the series. It also opened doors to unique type combinations that would have been awkward to try and make a Pokemon for (like Grass/Electric)

It's an electric ghost dude who gets into appliances to screw with people. Which is a fun and standard concept with ghosts, I don't get why people always get upset about Rotom's forms lol

 

[R10Neymarfan]

So no Ice Cream pokemon? What about Trubbish, the garbage pokemon?

There should have done different generations in each region. Since we are US/NA we should get generation five since that gen takes place in America. Likewise Europe would have Gen6 and 1. Japan gets 1,2 and 3

well not quite but majority of our Pokemon should be gen 5

 

[V-Faction]

150, no more to see! To be a Poke-Disaster is this App's DESTINYYYYY.

 

[Timeless]

Gen 5 is the only gen that comes close to gen 1 for quality of Pokemon designs. Each generation has great designs but 1 and 5 have the fewest number of bad designs.

Then there's everyone assuming Nintendo, who likes money and reusing old content, isn't going to eventually put the rest of them (or the best of the rest) in the game.

Only the original 151 unfortunately?

Unfortunately?

That's a fucking blessing in disguise! Could you imagine having to deal with nearly 800 monsters out in the field, a majority of which you'll never catch? And are mostly filler anyway? Not even Nintendo can cram in that many in their own side releases. People wanting all of the Pokemon, even half are being deluded. It would be a logistical nightmare.

Quoted for truth.

 

[MaximumSpider]

Reminds me of this.
Never thought I would see this on GAF

 

[Anth0ny]

awww yisss gen 1 boysssssss

it's ok, the new pokemans will be available via dlc i'm sure

 

[nephilimdj]

Honestly happy they went with OG rather then randomly picked pokemon, we have in other spinoff games.
Not sure why people get upset.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

pikachu libre > every other gen combined

 

[MasterCheeze]

Welp, Snorlax is in so I won't complain.

 

[daxy]

And here I thought everyone was always going on about how OG Pokemon had the best designs. Is Johto is the new hotness now? I can't really get behind most of the ones in the later generations.

 

[pupcoffee]

The original 151 is the way to go. That is what the masses want.

 

[Shaanyboi]

The original 151 is the way to go. This is what the masses want.

1 and 2 are the only gens I give a fuck about at all, so whatever.

 

[ohlawd]

How many people would "nope" out of it if it had generations 2-6?

bye to the 4-5 of them. the vocal minority in the Pokemon fanbase are so fucking awful

I didn't say it in my old post but the gen I'd jump in would be 3. if they're adding Pokemon by the generation, I'd skip 1 and 2 and wait for 3.

 

[pupcoffee]

1 and 2 are the only gens I give a fuck about at all, so whatever.

A lot of people feel that way. That's why I think it'd be unwise to start off with Pokemon from the future gens. They tend to make people wince.

 

[Illucio]

Why are people complaining that just the first 151 Pokemon are in?

Isn't this a good thing in terms of first release for nostalgic purposes? I'm sure they're adding all the other Pokemon into the game, this is beta for petes sake anyways.

 

[SomeRandomWeirdGuy]

ITT: "I only played the first gen or two until I "grew up", so obviously the entire rest of the series is shit"

The phenomenon of "genwunners" no matter the franchise never ceases to infuriate me. Pokemon, Digimon, Power Rangers, Transformers, you name it. Whenever they fell off the bandwagon is precisely the moment the series went to shit, coincidentally. And in Pokemon's case since you have a whole bunch of people that took part in it because of the early boom, you have a big subset of "Fans" that hate 80% of the series.

Gen 1 has some bad pokemon, it has some good pokemon, and it has some great pokemon, just like every Pokemon generation. It's just especially frustrating to those of us that didn't hop off the Pokemon train once it was no longer the "in" thing to see Nintendo/Game Freak/TPC cater and pander to a demographic that doesn't care about the majority of the series.

 

[Eevee86]

People acting like other gens won't ever be free updates to extend the longevity of the game...

 

[Akhe]

Best gen!!

Sue me!

 

[MaximumSpider]

ITT: "I only played the first gen or two until I "grew up", so obviously the entire rest of the series is shit"

The phenomenon of "genwunners" no matter the franchise never ceases to infuriate me. Pokemon, Digimon, Power Rangers, Transformers, you name it. Whenever they fell off the bandwagon is precisely the moment the series went to shit, coincidentally. And in Pokemon's case since you have a whole bunch of people that took part in it because of the early boom, you have a big subset of "Fans" that hate 80% of the series.

Gen 1 has some bad pokemon, it has some good pokemon, and it has some great pokemon, just like every Pokemon generation. It's just especially frustrating to those of us that didn't hop off the Pokemon train once it was no longer the "in" thing to see Nintendo/Game Freak/TPC cater and pander to a demographic that doesn't care about the majority of the series.

So much truth in one post.