Pokemon?

[Samhain]

Anybody here play Pokemon? If so what are you currently playing and what are you doing in the game? Also, whos your favorite? Mine is :

[Prowler]

I've only played Pokémon Red and it's one of the best games I've ever played. For me Pokémon will always be the first generation(150 Pokemon), after that I couldn't care less.

[Samhain]

Originally Posted by Prowler

I've only played Pokémon Red and it's one of the best games I've ever played. For me Pokémon will always be the first generation(150 Pokemon), after that I couldn't care less.

Thats pretty much how I feel. I grew up with the first Generation and that is really the only generation I care about. Dont forget Mew! lol. Gold and Siver were my favrite games of all time though.

[Voltron]

I loved those games. I was a poke'maniac back in middle school. My G was Blastoise. I had him pimped to ****, and he was ready to smack some bitches.

[Prowler]

Originally Posted by samhain88

Dont forget Mew! lol.

Sorry, I always forget that one.

[Buslady]

Platinum right now.

[Raven]

This is the one game that makes me wish I still had a gameboy, you could spend countless hours just having fun. I stuck pretty close with Blastoise as well, I remember when I finally got to that form I was freaking out for a good hour.

[Mecha Cow]

Gold/Silver were the best; it's all been downhill after that, especially as far as the Pokemon designs go. The remakes are nice, but this series really needs something new.

[Cipher]

Huge fan of the games. The rest of the franchise can go to hell, but the games are absolutely fantastic.

I'm playing through Platinum right now at a snail's pace. Once I finish, I'm going to re-breed my team for good STATs, Natures, and moves. I'll trade over my trained Pokemon from Diamond and start taking on the Battle Frontier and Wi-Fi opponents through Battle Revolution.

What I love about the games is that while they're simple and addicting to play through, if you really get into battling (something which I'm just starting to tap into), the matches become insanely strategic, prediction-based mind games.

I remember a lot of people in my high school getting Diamond/Pearl when they came out, even people who hadn't played since the fad. The new games are definitely worth checking out. I don't know one person who's been disappointed with them. Pokemon is the kind of series where it's hard for each new generation to not be better than the last, just by leaps of gameplay mechanics.

Gold/Silver were the best; it's all been downhill after that, especially as far as the Pokemon designs go. The remakes are nice, but this series really needs something new.

New Pokemon are no less stupidly designed as a whole than they have ever been. In fact, the fourth generation has some of my favorite designs (they got a lot darker and trippier with this set). And you know Gold and Silver remakes are slated for next year, right? Looking foward to those being the best yet, since the DS games have my favorite gameplay, but Gold and Silver have my favorite story.

For me Pokémon will always be the first generation(150 Pokemon), after that I couldn't care less.

You know you're the equivalent of the people who only care about the old Turtles cartoon, right? Get nostalgia out of the way, and the newer Pokemon games are leaps and bounds above the old ones.

[Candy Kappa]

got red, blue, yellow and gold somwhere and I have the GC game where you stole others pokemons

[Ninjinister]

My Silver version was pimped to the extreme. About a dozen Shinies, several level 100's, including a Squirtle (no, not a Wartortle or Blastoise, but Squirtle).

Then the battery died in the cartridge.

[Peanut]

Pokemon hasn't had any drastic changes made to the design in...well it never has, so I'm totally over the games. I loved the originals, loved G/S, but that was pretty much where it ended for me. I've played R/S and D/P, but not to completion.

I'm also going to agree with Mecha that the Pokemon themselves have become significantly worse as time has worn on. While they still come up with some cool Pokemon from time to time, I feel like they really hit a wall following G/S, and even some of those Pokemon were completely retarded.

The next Pokemon game I play will be if Nintendo were to make a full 3D console release of the series, but I don't see that happening in any way, so I'm probably never going to play Pokemon again.

[Prowler]

You know you're the equivalent of the people who only care about the old Turtles cartoon, right? Get nostalgia out of the way, and the newer Pokemon games are leaps and bounds above the old ones.

So sue me. When I saw the pics for the new Pokémon I thought they were ugly, not to mention I've already got over the Pokémon craze by that time.

[raphael_is_cool]

Loved Blue and Silver back in the day (and friends with Red and Gold). I have fond memories of hooking that up to Pokemon Stadium as well.

I also remember my cousin getting hold of about 6 Mews before that probably became the norm. I don't think he/she(?) came with any decent starter moves but it was a cool thing at the time.

My favourite was possibly Dragonite, or the one before. Or Sandslash, I remember that one getting me out of a few tightspots.

[Cipher]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Pokemon hasn't had any drastic changes made to the design in...well it never has, so I'm totally over the games. I loved the originals, loved G/S, but that was pretty much where it ended for me. I've played R/S and D/P, but not to completion.

That's a legitimate complaint. There have been some mechanical overhauls, and although they have huge impacts on the competitive front, they're never be very important for casual players. I definitely wouldn't mind seeing a huge shake-up in the presentation of the games. Maybe the next generation can break away from the traditional "Get eight badges, fight Elite Four and criminal team" trope.

I'm also going to agree with Mecha that the Pokemon themselves have become significantly worse as time has worn on. While they still come up with some cool Pokemon from time to time, I feel like they really hit a wall following G/S, and even some of those Pokemon were completely retarded.

I just don't get this. Each generation has its design motif. The first set was relatively rugged and realistic. The second generation was simpler, full of pastel colors, and a bit "artsy." The third has a tropical theme, and the fourth is full of dark colors and twisted designs. But on the whole, I can't say that the design aspect is any more or less ridiculous than it ever was.

Not that it matters. As far as the games go, the best Pokemon are culled from all generations. Each new set fills and changes niches in the gameplay.

[Peanut]

Originally Posted by Cipher

I just don't get this. Each generation has its design motif. The first set was relatively rugged and realistic. The second generation was simpler, full of pastel colors, and a bit "artsy." The third has a tropical theme, and the fourth is full of dark colors and twisted designs. But on the whole, I can't say that the design aspect is any more or less ridiculous than it ever was.

Not that it matters. As far as the games go, the best Pokemon are culled from all generations. Each new set fills and changes niches in the gameplay.

I'm not saying the way they're designed is bad, I'm saying the Pokemon themselves started to get more ridiculous and it continues to feel like they're stretching. You can make all the excuses you want about "design motifs" it doesn't counter the fact that with each iteration and subsequent batch of Pokemon, they get less and less unique.

Let's be honest, how many times can they come up with a weak mammal to show up in your first set of long grass? While there are Pokemon here and there throughout the newer games that feel unique, a lot of them feel like redesigns and rehashes of the same Pokemon we've seen before.

Maybe to the competitive Poketards, there's a difference between a f*cking Pidgey and a Starly, a Wurmple and a Caterpie, or a Growlith and a Houndour, but to me, they all blend together. That's my problem with the newer Pokemon, a lot of them feeling ridiculously redundant.

[Cipher]

Originally Posted by Peanut

Maybe to the competitive Poketards, there's a difference between a f*cking Pidgey and a Starly, a Wurmple and a Caterpie, or a Growlith and a Houndour, but to me, they all blend together. That's my problem with the newer Pokemon, a lot of them feeling ridiculously redundant.

Ooooh. Yeah, I see what you mean, and I agree with you. Even to the most competitive of competitive Pokemon players, there aren't a whole lot of subtle differences between a Butterfree and a Beautifly. They're both...pretty useless and similar.

Yeah, they could definitely do away with that.

[Ra]

I like Pokemon. But as stated before... yeah, the new designs don't do anything for me. From time to time they get something good, but nothing really holds a candle to the original 151.

I still play though. My Inferape rapes everything. :B

[Voltron]

Originally Posted by Cipher

Ooooh. Yeah, I see what you mean, and I agree with you. Even to the most competitive of competitive Pokemon players, there aren't a whole lot of subtle differences between a Butterfree and a Beautifly. They're both...pretty useless and similar.

Yeah, they could definitely do away with that.

What?! Butterfree cleaned house! I rolled with him up until Cinnibar Island.

[TheCanadiandrome]

currently playing Platinum. not much different from Diamond/Pearl but fun. my favorite Pokemon, well i like Pikachu, Mime Jr. and Croagunk