I loved playing the old Pokemon games, yellow was the best but after that one and a few others it got old real quick. The show was okay too but once Ash hit puberty and had that weird voice I stopped watching.
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I loved playing the old Pokemon games, yellow was the best but after that one and a few others it got old real quick. The show was okay too but once Ash hit puberty and had that weird voice I stopped watching.
The first and second Generation were the best, but after those generations, originality and creativity went down. Another thing is that at first it was understandable that maybe Game Freak hadn't expected the series to become such a cash cow. After Second Gen it was inexusable that people in such a high tech world where if you want to go somewhere, you just have to fly. There is a distinct lack of knowledge of regions from newer regions, but knowledge in those newer regions of older regions is not so limited. Had each gen taken on a different world or in a different universe, then we wouldn't have those problems.
There is also an inconsistency regarding tech. First gen could not have happened that much earlier than second gen, since you face red in the second gen. Every gen also has new legendary pokemon and each generation get's much more powerful or destructive. Fourth Gen introduced a god pokemon. What is next? If you ask me, the formula has dried up and GF will need something new or the series will become even more stale.
My concluding thoughts is that no matter how stale the series becomes, it will be a hit with kids. Many start at the current gen and have not played the earlier gens to compare, esp the first two gens. I would recommend GF to mix some of the old and new so the world of Pokemon doesn't get too over populated with different species. The older species are more creative and original anyway. Alas, GF will not listen to older gamers, since their target audience is the younger generations that haven't fully developed their tastes tp understand why the older games are better.
Make sure to tell him about Mudkip! ;PQuote:
Originally Posted by Milady
I love pokemon, but they're running out of ideas to keep it fresh, aside from releasing a console version, there's not a huge amount of room for improvement. Also some of the newer pokemon are so ridiculous it's unbelievable, one is literally a bag of garbage, and another is an ice-cream.
A gear Pokemon named Gear.Quote:
Originally Posted by damian
HURHURHUR
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_uuCqsyqQOb...ah_seaking.jpg
.... that is all.
A seal named Seel? Also, Showers, Thunders, Freezer, Thunder, and Fire. They did say going in that they were trying to catch that first-generation feel. ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by Quiji
He has some good taste in music then lol x3Quote:
Originally Posted by Drageuth
I should play this generation, the only one I knew was Gear since it was the same name in Japanese. :wacko:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mistral
I'm playing Pokemon White right now :wacko: it's not half bad XP
I started him out young. The first night he was born, I was rocking him back and forth in my arms and singing "Paradise By The Dashboard Light." :whistle:Quote:
Originally Posted by Rikers
They changed it to Klink in English, actually. Sorry. :angel:Quote:
Originally Posted by Quiji
I named mine Colonel.
Grrr.. as long as I'm able to make my elite team of adorable pokemon I'll be happy with it, I just hope enough different kinds exist to fill the party. Cuteness is the most important factor... moves are expendable!!
Well, thats my play style anyways.
From Pokemon, then Digimon, and another Pokemon.... hmm I think I can get the trend here... :D
I mean the game that is!
Cuteness is good for contests =PQuote:
Originally Posted by Xerino
The first pokemon game was released in 1996 the franchise is 15 years old not 20
I do kinda have to agree with everyone who's said that Game Freak (That is who makes them right?) is running out of ideas to keep it fresh. I don't know, it's not bad but yeah I guess it is getting kind of boring.
I'd give you my collection of the newer ones to give to him.... but... um... I'm kind of attached to them. :kermitwacko:Quote:
Originally Posted by Milady
Agreed wholeheartedly.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rikers
Plus, I'm glad they've started different styles for some of these pokemon.
For instance, this one in particular looks like it's straight out of a Dragon Quest game.
I played Blue and Silver back in the day when I had a gameboy color. I then bought a DS this past summer to play HeartGold, and it brought back a lot of great memories. I preordered and bought Black, and I must say that I am enjoying it quite a lot. I already have 14 hours into it.
only played platinum so far but i really enjoyed it, i could understand if someone played all of them and is bored by now lol.
I've played all of them except for yellow. I couldn't beat Brock no matter how high I got my Pikachu. I should play it one of these days...
That IS sort of the problem with the series. There is a sameness to it now that they can't seem to get away from.Quote:
Originally Posted by sockesocke
Pokemon has gotten dramatically boring for me. I was a big fan of it but it gotten so boring once you complete it and I didn't even want to bother restarting the game. I'm not even going to bother getting Black or White, I'd rather get Mario vs. Donkey kong Mini-land Mayhem. Now there's a good game I just noted I'd rather get. I don't like the main series pokemon games, I prefer the spin-offs like Pokemon ranger, Pokemon snap, Pokemon Puzzle League, Pokemon Trozei but the one spin-off that bores me out most of the time is pokemon mystery dungeon. RPG's bore me out really. I'm not as much as an RPG fan as I used to be, I'm more of a puzzle fan, platformer fan, action fan and adventure fan. Pokemon hasn't got enough adventure in the main series pokemon games. I just can't be bothered whatsoever training pokemon anymore.
Yeah, the games are getting boring because Nintendo is bombarding us all with more and more games and you play them SO MANY TIMES any it just... gets annoying after a while. The Pokemon Ranger series are fine because there's only three games in the series...
No. Nuff said.
No and yes. While I am getting a little bored of the same style, it is still enough for me to sink a good 50+ hours to try to catch the legendary pokemon, main story included. Although I have recently pondered buying DQ Monsters for the DS. Like pokemon in a dragon quest environment.
Actually, I do have to concur here. I generally ignore the actual story of Pokemon nowadays and just have fun catching and training Pokemon, and trying like Hell to catch the legendary ones. For me the fun isn't playing through the game, it's collecting and the hours upon hours (upon hours upon hours) of grinding to make them evolve and battle worthy that actually still has a bit of an appeal to me. Reminds me of sitting in my recliner when I was a kid just playing Pokemon Blue all freakin' day.Quote:
Originally Posted by mega-death1
Ahhh, good times.
Appeal? Don`t look in pokemon black/white. One of them is a garbage bag.Quote:
Originally Posted by Drageuth
Here is somthing by IGN.
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I can get over the ones that are just dumb, like a trio of anthropomorphic ice cream dishes, but many of these Pokemon are downright hideous. I love Oshawott, the water starter. I think he's adorable. But then he turns into Samurott, who looks like what hatches from a Poke egg after someone leaves a narwhal and a drunk bear at the Day Care Center. Garbodor conveys the image of a child's art project made only with melted ice cream sandwiches and his father's cigarette butts.
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Originally Posted by Littledood
The trick is to catch a mankey to the west of viridian city and get it to level 12
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Well, I liked it up until Pokèmon Crystal and the Pokèmon Stadium 2 game. Beyond that, it lost its appeal to me. I just don't have enough time to grind.
YOU HAVE DAIRY QUEEN MONSTERS!? GIVE ME SOME DUDE!Quote:
Originally Posted by mega-death1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nmkj5gq1cQUQuote:
Originally Posted by Littledood
try fitting that in a pokeball :wacko:
I still enjoying playing Pokemon. I'm halfway through Black right now. But, to be honest. They need to stop rehashing the same-type story, sound effects, etc. It's time for something new. They need to make one completely 3D instead of this over-the-top camera view. It needs a revamp, because it is quite repetitive, but nevertheless addicting.
Wow that thing is giant. O.OQuote:
Originally Posted by Supreme Warrior
:lol
i haven't watched or played Poke'mon since i was... 10? which was back when the show started and Poke'mon Red was popular. i still struggled through that game due to boredom. it's a children's franchise so you can expect it to be simplistic. only thing i ever seen weird about the whole thing is when you see older guys playing it lol.
however yeah it sometimes does get a little annoying seeing Poke'mon all over the place and still being sold like it's the greatest thing in the world. it's easy to keep a series like that alive when new kids are born into the world by the thousands (which means more money!)
EDIT: am i the only one who thinks there's too much Morrigan on this site?
I agree with the Morrigan statement. :nod:
For the rest: while it is a slightly more "childish" game, I wouldn't necessarily call it "simplistic." There are some very complex relations to figure out between all of the Pokemon which can take a long time to fully understand. There are things that I notice now that I never noticed when it was first released, back when I was... 8 or 9, can't really remember.
And the reason that it's still being sold is because people are still buying the Pokemon merchandise, and watching the shows and movies. Some of it is the parents -- we are starting to come into the age right now where some of the parents played Pokemon when they were kids, and want to pass along how much fun it was (not necessarily saying me, but my kid's mom freakin' loves the stuff) -- so you can't really blame the kids for being into it when certain parents are force feeding them the stuff.
I wouldn't say it's the "greatest thing in the world," but at the same time, it's one of the few consistently decent game series out there. It's one of the most easily accessible, and it's one of the few remaining games that are actually kid friendly. As much as I would love to play games with my son, there are tons of games nowadays that I wouldn't let him near until he is at least 15. We didn't have that problem when I was a kid, 'cause everything was fairly PG for the most part. Now, the only remaining safe franchises are Pokemon and Mario. Kind of limits all of your options. :P
I agree with Synthetik, it's similar to my own case. I'm not TIRED of it, because I'll always play it, but I just don't have time/patience for it.
They're on their way to being fully 3d. I don't know if I'd like it if they did that though. The full 3d town in black was kind of frustrating and tiresome.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jaws
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The Pokèmons should be, more than the towns.