5th gen. Pokemon games announced.

[Googlrr]

Just to say, I haven't read any of this thread apart from the title but have this to say:

Pokemon Red, Blue, and Yellow on the Gameboy are the only true Pokemon games.

All these others are for complete newfags who like pretty colours more than a decent storyline / good game.

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All of the games are good in their own respects. Though yellow is definitely my favorite and I've beaten it countless times, Gold and silver were very good as well. I liked the idea of the 16 total gym battles from the different regions.

And no one plays pokemon for the story...ever. It's just terrible all around.

 

[Lord Voldemort]

I'm definitely excited, I plan to Heart Gold later this year when it comes out and the 5th gen games too in a year or so when they translate them. And really, the one thing that I play for is the competitive aspect on WiFi, which a lot of people don't even know about. So don't judge. There's more to battling than giving your pokemon Hyper Beam, Blizzard, Fire Blast and Thunder and killing everyone in-game.

EDIT: I have not seen confirmation from other (trustworthy) sources that this is going to be fifth generation, this could be something like Pokemon Ranger or Mystery Dungeon, and not necessarily with new Pokemon.

 

[Dene]

EVERYONE says something like that. "They were good up to [insert your favorite generation here]"

Also, the TV show was written by a completely different company than the games, so you can't really take anything from the show as canon.

Well, let's start with Crystal, which was a completely pointless add-on to silver/gold, as were leaf-green and fire-red.
My brother got ruby I think, but he never really got into it, and I could understand why. The games moved away from what Pokemon was about, and became just another game.

 

[r_517]

awesome! cant wait for it

 

[Muesli]

Each pokemon game is just a prettier and more polished version of the last one, with slightly newer features. Reminds me of Microsoft really.

 

[Brettludlow]

Bring back the original 151 pokemon I say

 

[Blake4512]

Cool

 

[Edmund]

I like the originals but maybe I'll give it a chance.

 

[blade740]

Well, let's start with Crystal, which was a completely pointless add-on to silver/gold, as were leaf-green and fire-red.
My brother got ruby I think, but he never really got into it, and I could understand why. The games moved away from what Pokemon was about, and became just another game.

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the "third game" in each generation. Yellow was the only one that was actually different enough to be fun. Crystal/Emerald/Platinum were all just useless add-ons to sell more copies.

What was pokemon about originally that ruby didn't capture?

 

[Dene]

To be honest, I can't really be specific with you there. It has been a very long time since I played Pokemon and I don't remember Ruby/Sapphire at all.

 

[Edmund]

Well, let's start with Crystal, which was a completely pointless add-on to silver/gold, as were leaf-green and fire-red.
My brother got ruby I think, but he never really got into it, and I could understand why. The games moved away from what Pokemon was about, and became just another game.

Yeah, I'm not a big fan of the "third game" in each generation. Yellow was the only one that was actually different enough to be fun. Crystal/Emerald/Platinum were all just useless add-ons to sell more copies.

Nah, you could catch more Pokemon in Emerald and the legendaries and stuff. Oh and was there that battle island thing after the elite for in ruby and sapphire? There might have been I just forget

 

[miniGOINGS]

I like Yellow and Emerald. That's it.

 

[blade740]

Nah, you could catch more Pokemon in Emerald and the legendaries and stuff. Oh and was there that battle island thing after the elite for in ruby and sapphire? There might have been I just forget

Yeah, but those weren't really that much of an addition. It's just a way for gamefreak to make a third game without having to create all that much new content. It's really just a marketing scheme (as is, I suppose, the fact that there are two games to start with in each generation) Most people will only buy one game per generation, but if they make it seem like the third game is different enough (and release it later), someone who already bought one game that generation will buy a second (and the die-hard fans who need to catch 'em all will buy all 3).

To be honest, I can't really be specific with you there. It has been a very long time since I played Pokemon and I don't remember Ruby/Sapphire at all.

Exactly. I think you just refused to like it because you thought they should've quit making new games (and new pokemon).

In my opinion, every generation has been a bit better than the last, and all are worth playing at least once.

 

[Stini]

Did you know that there are as many Pokemons as ZBLL cases?
You could actually name every case by a Pokemon - I think I'll start calling "Sune" from now on "Bulbasaur".

 

[Dene]

To be honest, I can't really be specific with you there. It has been a very long time since I played Pokemon and I don't remember Ruby/Sapphire at all.

Exactly. I think you just refused to like it because you thought they should've quit making new games (and new pokemon).

In my opinion, every generation has been a bit better than the last, and all are worth playing at least once.

I would have liked to see a game that was more interactive to be honest. I don't know if they ever got around to doing that sort of thing in the game. Certainly not in any one that I've played.
As for the new Pokemon, I agree with your comment to an extent. The majority of the original Pokemon were very creative. The second generation struggled. Those that I saw of the third generation were terrible. It became "let's make a Pokemon like a coaster and call it 'Coastor'". I have no complaints with the creative Pokemon, but they seemed to run out of ideas.
(Btw the example came from the coaster sitting on my desk).

EDIT: I should also point out that another thing that turned me off was having to get a new gameboy to play the new games. I only ever got one gameboy, from the see-through colour generation. Then they came out with about 10 different designs in 2 years and it seemed like a waste of money to keep up.