I remember as a kid, in the original versions I treated Hyper Beam as the be all, end all Kamehameha level of attack that won all battles, and I always tried to the moment feel epic.
I tried to obtain every dragon type Pokemon, and that evolving Dratini up to Dragonite was the highest honour.
I used Bubblebeam a lot because the attack sounded cool.
I trained myself enough to be able to navigate every dungeon that required Flash.
Every time I obtained Eevee, I would evolve it into Vaporeon. Every time.
I always picked Squirtle since all my friends chose Charmander.
I thought Scyther was the coolest ever Pokemon. Ever.
As a child, I used to be scared of the ghost of Marowak.
Golbat's original sprite made me "wtf?" And still does to this day.
How do the new pokémon games compare to the original 3? >.>
I loved R/B/Y, but found Silver/Gold a bit meh and Emerald/Ruby/Whatever else there was after pretty crappy.
This thread has restarted my wish to play and glitch pokémon games to death ._.
I actually really liked Silver/Gold. Mainly due to the fact that there still wasn't that many pokemon, and you could travel between both Kanto and Hoenn regions. 16 badges ftw?
I didn't delve much further after that. Ruby/Sapphire I heard wasn't all that great. All the music in it kind of got annoying.
I did pick up Diamond though. It was decent but some stuff was a bit confusing and seemed a bit much for a pokemon game. I feel right at home though playing around in HeartGold. Revamped graphics are amazing and I nostalgia everywhere I go.
I've made it up to the Elite 4 so far, haven't attempted it though. I don't quite have the levels yet or the types to really take them down.
Feraligator, Dragonair, Ampharos, Ho-oh, Entei, Raikou are the highest 6 that I have atm.
How do the new pokémon games compare to the original 3? >.>
I loved R/B/Y, but found Silver/Gold a bit meh and Emerald/Ruby/Whatever else there was after pretty crappy.
This thread has restarted my wish to play and glitch pokémon games to death ._.
I really liked Platinum, I probably got more play time out of it than any other pokemon game, If you are thinking of getting Diamond/Pearl i'd recommend skipping straight to Platinum.
HeartGold/SoulSilver is good but I got bored of them after I leveled 1 team to 100.
Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald were alright but you kind of lose your drive to play after you have caught all the legendaries and beat the Elite 4 (or in Emeralds case beat the hidden super opponent).
FireRed/Leaf Green are pretty good if you liked the originals, they basically have all the areas plus an Elite 4 MkII and a group of new islands after the Elite 4 which are blatantly the Orange Islands from the series.
I actually designed a Pokémon RPG many years ago using a D20 system that worked fine in play tests. Only issue was that it's boring as *** to run. My play testers liked it but leading it even with story you still had to fight like loads of trainers.
I think i still have it somewhere. It's about 30 pages long. I think i had it based on a level 50 cap but getting past 30 you were pretty pimp.
Man I had a *** of time at my job of the time.
Pokémon lost all it's last glimmer of hope for me as a cartoon when misty left and the games were cool R/B/Y FR/LG were ok as well.
Did yall know that it was actually possible to get a Lv5 Mew in Pokémon Yellow without the use of Gameshark / Being given it by Nintendo / being traded it?
(This may have been said already, but I really couldn't read all 5 pages >< Sorry)
Has pokemon lost it's touch, or has it been updated to fit the kid's nowdays likes... or are we just getting old basicly and falling behind?...
The question of the day.
Actually think it's being more geared towards teens. The amount of complicated math in the newer ones is phenomenal, lol. They're making the Elite Four all the harder because they're giving all of their Pokemon moves that'll be super effective to just about anything.
As for the show and the actual look of the Pokemon, it's getting too cutesy, but it won't stop me from playing. The cute Pokemon are usually the early ones and suck. I usually don't have more than 2 people in my team until Lv20+
Has pokemon lost it's touch, or has it been updated to fit the kid's nowdays likes... or are we just getting old basicly and falling behind?...
The question of the day.
Actually think it's being more geared towards teens. The amount of complicated math in the newer ones is phenomenal, lol. They're making the Elite Four all the harder because they're giving all of their Pokemon moves that'll be super effective to just about anything.
^This
Nowadays it's tailored to a variety of people. Hardcore Maths, cutesy contests, GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL, etc.
Most importantly is their releases of the GTS. They've taken multiple steps to turn what was once a game you played with friends, to a world filled with real trainers and people. In a sense, it's become a Real Life MMORPG already, and will only get better and better. :D
...sadly when I was playing the most clever thing I could come up with was "CUTE - THICKFAT", but the site above has a lot more entertaining ones that my adult mind would never have considered. :p
so we can only hope a pokemon MMO does come out eventually... I'm thinking for the DS 3d one thats comming out? :B
o_o can the ds support a mmo?
hmmm idk maybe?
ogod darki is back.
ds can support phantasy star zero which is pretty much just like a ds port or some ***.
it's a bit of a hybrid MMO on DS though.
I miss PSO ;_;
...sadly when I was playing the most clever thing I could come up with was "CUTE - THICKFAT", but the site above has a lot more entertaining ones that my adult mind would never have considered. :p
Driving alone for 10+ hours gets me thinking about a lot of things, and one thing that came into my head was all the stuff i did on Pokemon games when I was younger.
As i was driving i took notes on my cell phone (So dangerous) especially during winding roads through mountain passes in Utah >.>;
-I also mashed the B button thinking it would help my chances catching a pokemon
-I always tried to avoid trainers for some reason (Unless it couldn't be helped)
-I always tried to avoid tall grass unless I had to run through it
-I always did the missingo. glitch on blue/red
-In Gyms, i would put sooo much effort into trying to avoid as many trainers as I could so i could just get to the gym leader
-I found using rocks in the safari zone helped my chances of catching pokemon with the safari ball
-I always ALWAYS got Magikarp as early as possible so I could make it into a Gyarados, although it was a pain in the ass making him my main pokemon then switching him out for half exp, since all it knew was splash. Even when it learned tackle it was still weak.
-I always avoided using potions and would horde them. If there was a pokemon center near i would go there instead.
-I had no strategy whatsoever. I never used moves such as Leer or Screeh. I would only make my pokemon have the strongest attacks and just zerg everything.
-I never evolved the beginning 3 pokemon. I had a high level Bulbasaur.
-I never ran from wild battles, even though I had no chance of living.
-I always tried to do that Mew glitch, it just never worked for me...
-I would always have the "Lol" pokemon but i would keep it at the daycare until the end of the game when it came out 50 levels stronger. (For me it was mainly a Meowth)
-I always avoided using the masterball, even on Mewtwo
-My team was never balanced
-I for some reason would always hunt Dugtrio in the Diglett tunnel because early in the game I thought he was badass.
-I always got sad the S.S Boat whatever thingy left and I could never get back on it again.
-I always had a Haunter
-I never was able to evolve a Haunter,Graveler, etc because I had no friends who would trade with me.
-I never tried to fill the pokedex. I was never a completionist with pokemon