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Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 6010

I've been a fan of the series since I was a child. Although not as hardcore as I was about it in my tender years, I still watch on in the gaming world to what changes happen in the pokemon world. The release date set to March 11, 2011, the two new versions have a yin and yang quality to it, described more equally when you look at the two adjoining colors and legendary pokemon they portray.

http://www.pokemonblackwhite.com/en-us/

While Zekrom, the dark pokemon in the cover, is black in color, it is actually representing the White version of the game, while the opposite is true when the light pokemon, Reshiram, represents the Black version. It sometimes makes me wonder if they simply would have been called the Yin and Yang versions, but in the end it probably would have made complications when they eventually created the third version of the series.

This game takes place in the Unova region, and as always, you choose which gender and name you start off with, as well as the pokemon you start off with. They still retains the basic leaf, fire, and water type system, though in my opinion, they don't look quite as interesting, although I may change my mind if I like the final evolution forms they change into, which is usually the case.

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 20 Oct 2009 Posts: 12351

As the franchise continues to grow, I find myself less and less interested. Not because of the new lands and things to do, but because of the pokemon themselves.

Each new "generation" of pokemon seems to lose a little more of the appeal the previous one did. They seem less and less imaginative and creative, and more and more... generic. The Johto group had some good ones, not least the Three Legendary Cats. But since then, the pokemon that have come out have seemed considerably recycled and simple in their design. They've lack the minor wild side that the original 151 had, that something that said "I am a creature of the land" and now resembles something more like "I am a toy".

Save for a handful of the "second generation", the Johto pokemon, I personally believe they should never have gone beyond the original 151.

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 6010

I would not have minded the series as it grew. I mean, the blue and red versions was what began the series, and as such grew to make it into the popularity that still goes on today. The downside began AFTER gold and silver. The gold and silver were genius in design because not only did they add only add 100 new pokemon, they still retained the charm that the pokemon series became renowned for without making them seem redundant. Not only that, but the new series linked the Kanto and the Johto regions together, allowing you to explore the two areas, as well as continuing the idea of exploring every nook and cranny in one's search to collect every pokemon in the game.

It was the ruby and sapphire versions was where pokemon began to lose my interest. It was the subsequent loss of a number of pokemon and the lack of travelling between ALL of the regions that kinda lost it for me. You would think that with the upgrades made to the various handheld systems, you would come to expect there to be at least ONE in the series that would link every pokemon, visit every region, and solve every mystery that the game would hold.

How cool would it be if you could travel across all these regions:

-Kanto
-Johto
-Hoenn
-Sinnoh
-Unova

You could only find certain pokemon in some of these regions, or find them more common in others, meaning one could travel indefinately. If they could at least make an MMO that does that, it would be fine (To some degree)

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Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 6010

Yeah, but its not a Game Freak published one, so I'd rather not, though an official one is probably inevitable.

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Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 6010

People say the same thing about Final Fantasy Online quite often these days, yet they still seem to shell out enough cash from their affiliates to keep making them.

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Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 6010

Its not that, I just think that sony really needs to go back to the roots in what made final fantasy so fun. Turn Based Tactical JRPGs, exploring entire worlds, learning special spells, deep, intricate stories, vibrant colors, dramatic conflict, and beautifully created characters. All the old pixelated games have more character relations than everything after FFX

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 20 Oct 2009 Posts: 12351

Or they could just STOP FUCKING MAKING THEM!!!

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 6010

I would'nt mind more, but I don't want it to be a visual masterpiece. They just need to focus on game and replay values. I honestly am hoping for another FF tactics game.

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 20 Oct 2009 Posts: 12351

I'm hoping for them to STOP FUCKING MAKING THEM!!!

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 6010

Ok, that is simply your opinion. I can't make you change your mind, because it is yours to make. I like Final Fantasy and hope that it becomes better in the future, despite some of the disappointing factors involved.

Rank: Super Veteran Joined: 21 May 2010 Posts: 11790

Honestly, I've played Pokemon Black. It is god awful. From what I've played, the game doesn't follow along any of the pathways of the other games. They're starting to change things up. For example, you now have two rivals instead of one. Nintendo is breaking away from the tried and the true... it's about damn time.

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I know Xivk, the only games I'm really hoping will continue is the tactics, or at least the tactics advanced ones.

Rank: Veteran Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 728

I'd rather kill grunts!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I've been a fan of this series too though, better than you gay ho.

It is getting a little dull though, a new game comes and its like oh shit I gots to ketch em all again!

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Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 6010

He looks alot older than he did when he first started.

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Ah, yes... I remember when this series had such vim and vigor in my younger days. Gold, Silver and Crystal were welcome sequels, as it kept pieces of the original without coming off rehashed.

I lost interest when the third generation came out. Not sure if it was due to age or if the games failed to keep my interest. The fourth generation, specifically Platinum, gave me some entertainment (but those blasted saving screens were a minor pain). I only got Heartgold to relive the olden days, but I still had some fun.

I'm not exactly sure what to make of Black/White. It may hold up like the fourth generation, but then again... I've been wrong before.

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 6010

The only thing I hope they EVENTUALLY do is make a game that has every recorded pokemon in it, and allow players to go to every region. Its the exploration factor while trying to find the best locations to get certain pokemon. Now it just feels watered down.

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Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 6010

Same, I'm planning on getting that 3DS that is supposed to come here soon because of promises of the capabilities to play retro games like we could for the wii.

Rank: Veteran Joined: 14 Nov 2010 Posts: 728

Oh Gold was my favorite , first game I ever bought with my own money. My gameboy color was the first thing I ever bought with my own money, I was only 8 I think...
Well I had to buy the remake, I did so when I was trying to give my xbox a break, I needed to focus on studies.

It actually didn't help, I played it as much as the xbox, now I got things straight and I play, if I didn't I would go mad!!!

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 6010

The thing that made Gold and Silver so fun was because it introduced the concept of further exploration. When a person defeated the elite four, instead of just ending the game at that point, it continued on by going on back to the nostalgic Kanto region to collect more pokemon and earn more badges. The platinum game mentioned most of the other regions, but we could not get there. It was Nintendo's way of making everyone get their other games so that they could keep to the traditional "Gotta collect them all' slogan.

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Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 6010

They did, they only just did it with just two regions and that was it.

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 05 Jan 2009 Posts: 4287

We players demand a uniting of all regions!

Royal Member of BonBon Joined: 29 May 2009 Posts: 6010

They have to at some point.

Rank: Super Veteran Joined: 12 Mar 2010 Posts: 4326

umm rune you do know there is a games for the gamecube one is pokemon XD gale of darkness. (love that game) and the other is pokemon coloseum.