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[neogen]

MAGNUS-8M, on 02 July 2012 - 02:35 PM, said:

Eh... I guess I'll spoiler-tag my thoughts as well, just in case.

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I've always felt that way anyway... I mean, anime-wise, people like Misty and Brock, maybe not so much.  How THEY got the rights to be Gym Leaders at such low levels, I'll never know/probably didn't see that episode.  But yeah, especially since (that guy) has a gym in the back of a school sports yard, I'd say he's not fighting serious.

And also, after having watched Marriland's insane one-week playthrough of Black2, some quick thoughts:

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From what I can see, if you only owned one version, it's probably best to buy the opposite-color sequel.....not completely sure on that though.  But it seems that version exclusives(such as mandibuzz) are the same, so if you bought the same version as before, you'd be stuck with the same pokemon.  Also, it almost seems like the game is mostly for continuing the story, and getting a few extra legendaries eventually.  I think anyone could do fine skipping on the originals altogether, if it wasn't for story.  The only thing that bugs me about that, is that story in Pokemon is usually negligible; you usually play for the post-game stuff because it's the only part of the game that can be "replayed"(since you'd never want to totally restart your game if you're trying to 'catch them all').

I'm sure I'll still get it of course(and likely get White2 since I have Black1).  But to a small point, it almost feels like it should be called 'Pokemon Black/White 2.0' to imply that it's what they wanted the first two games to be, but weren't.  To the point that, if they released Keldo and the singing-pokemon to the first games, I would be very tempted to skip BW2 altogether.  Definitely not hating on BW2, just trying to think efficiently in terms of how much money I likely won't have by the time they release.  Otherwise yeah, straight up buy them no prob.  Who knows, maybe this could be the first series that you could easily restart the story-mode of a Pokemon game with little regret, and be glad about it, since you could get most of those pokemon from the first two games.  *shrug*

I guess I just wish that this was the Sapphire/Ruby/Emerald remake with the Gen-V engine.  Although, I feel like this could open the way for better much story for any future gens on 3DS.  And secretly, it makes me wish they would do an all out awesome 'Fire Red 2 and Green Leaf 2' scenario, where everything is almost in the same places, but your starting place is changed, the towns have grown up into cities, and Johto was opened up to you early on.  And then the story would be given as much or more focus than BW2....with maybe the option to redo the story in a sort of New Game+ mode, sans any legendaries you caught of course.  But now I'm REALLY going outside of the likelihood of what could happen... XD

More spoilers!

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Actually, if you played White, you should get White 2, story wise anyway. In white, N gets Reshiram. In White 2, N will have Reshiram and you can catch Reshiram where as in White you caught Zekrom. The opposite is true for Black and Black 2.

[MAGNUS-8M]

Right, but I have both thanks to the WiFi Mystery Gift event from a few months back.. Reshiram from Black proper, and Zeckrom from the opposite-legendary WiFi event.  Especially if W2 still has the opposite '-orus' legendary I'd want to get that, since I will eventually have the one in Black(stupid guy keeps running all the time, Quick Balls be darned).  But I'm still not sure how the whole trading system will work, if it'll be permanent up-trading only like from Gen IV to Gen V, or if they'll actually allow back and forth trading like they should... *shrug*

[LeafShinobi]

MAGNUS-8M, on 03 July 2012 - 02:39 AM, said:

Right, but I have both thanks to the WiFi Mystery Gift event from a few months back.. Reshiram from Black proper, and Zeckrom from the opposite-legendary WiFi event.  Especially if W2 still has the opposite '-orus' legendary I'd want to get that, since I will eventually have the one in Black(stupid guy keeps running all the time, Quick Balls be darned).  But I'm still not sure how the whole trading system will work, if it'll be permanent up-trading only like from Gen IV to Gen V, or if they'll actually allow back and forth trading like they should... *shrug*

The trading will work both ways. Both games are still Gen 5, Its like trading from Diamond to platinum.

[MAGNUS-8M]

LeafShinobi, on 03 July 2012 - 06:54 PM, said:

The trading will work both ways. Both games are still Gen 5, Its like trading from Diamond to platinum.

That'd be great, then.. I personally don't want to buy both Black and White, but if I got White 2, then I'd have a better reason/ability to trade between two versions finally.

[LeafShinobi]

MAGNUS-8M, on 03 July 2012 - 07:40 PM, said:

That'd be great, then.. I personally don't want to buy both Black and White, but if I got White 2, then I'd have a better reason/ability to trade between two versions finally.

Yea. Black 2 will have quite a bit o changes. And you will be able to catch 300 pokemon before the elite 4 =D I'm getting eevee in my party.

[MiniGrim]

*sigh*

In Heart Gold Whitney's Miltank is pretty much impossible for me to beat. That thing's defence and HP are insane.

Any kind of Pokemon I should catch/train in specific?

I currently have a...

Croconaw Lv 21
Pidgeotto Lv 20
Sandshrew Lv 19
Ghastly Lv 14

EDIT:

Nevermind I used self-destruct with a geodude I trained

[AlexCouchM]

Why are we talking about favorites?? I like them all!!!

[ToxicNeptune]

I have put over 300 hours into Pearl' and Black alone. Hardly played HeartGold because I've played Gold a hundred times on the Color. Most of my Pokemon memories and fun times came with Ruby though. Third generation is my favorite and always will be. Unfortunately I don't play anymore. It's just collecting dust. Waiting to be past down to future genrations. Pokemon was truly magical and the start of gaming in general for me. I'm not sure I'll get time for BW2 though.

[stardragon1000]

TombRaiderJake, on 20 May 2012 - 04:16 AM, said:

I got over this series 2 years ago. I found different games with a little more dynamic storylines.

Yeesh you never played pokemon mystery dungeon (hoping for PMD3)
Not kidding those mystery dungeons I get INTO!! The storylines are pretty deep for all of the versions

[stardragon1000]

OOh check this guy out his channel is Bespinben and it's dedicated to Pokemon Music pieces, almost always PMD. here is Dragonspiral Tower arrangement from BW.

Also here is Temporal Tower Dungeon theme from PMD2.



If you are interested, check him out!! (I recommend it!)

[Sub Zer0]

My first ever video game was Pokemon LeafGreen. Ahhh, I have so many memories of that game. I would take it with me everywhere, I could never out it down. I don't have any other Pokemon games, but I'm looking into Soul Silver.

[MAGNUS-8M]

MiniGrim, on 06 July 2012 - 07:03 AM, said:

*sigh*

In Heart Gold Whitney's Miltank is pretty much impossible for me to beat. That thing's defence and HP are insane.

Any kind of Pokemon I should catch/train in specific?

I currently have a...

Croconaw Lv 21
Pidgeotto Lv 20
Sandshrew Lv 19
Ghastly Lv 14

EDIT:

Nevermind I used self-destruct with a geodude I trained

Oh now those were the days... Whitney's Miltank, being a monster.. from her pockets.  A pocket monster, if you will.  Yeah.  Well, I mean, it was really tough.

Wow, I've never let my pokemon learn the kill-self moves, that's actually kinda nice.  I just usually go for the typical 'trade for Machop and hope you can crit with karate chop' strategy.  Although it's been almost two or three years since I bought that game.  I hear you can rechallenge each gym leader, but it's a pain getting their numbers.  It's too bad B&W didn't do something like that to make the end game a little more interesting.  HG/SS had a massive amount of post-game stuff.

[corruptorxx]

I am so excited for BW2 but i was wondering what starters is everyone going to choose? I'm probably gonna pick Oshawatt

[MAGNUS-8M]

corruptorxx, on 09 July 2012 - 07:44 PM, said:

I am so excited for BW2 but i was wondering what starters is everyone going to choose? I'm probably gonna pick Oshawatt

Well.... it's tradition for me to always pick a fire-type, but since the starters are the same, and because someone once traded me every starter so generously, it doesn't really matter.  I might go for Oshawatt as well just because I know grass is WEAK weak weak most of the Gym-game for BW2.  Unless I'm just looking to challenge myself, I dunno.  Eh, I'll probably go for Oshawatt anyway, and then breed-trade the rest over afterward.

[corruptorxx]

ha breeding is useful but i find myself rarely doing it. I always go for all the different eevees but thats about it

[aussienick]

i will always love pokemon yellow but i love Sapphire cause it was the first time i actually used my fav pokemon = torchic!!
also it was the first time i was defeted by a magikap
if you want to know how you can msg me

[Kippo53]

I LOVE! this game series
Let's have a quick look past the generations shall we?

Generation I

-RED GREEN BLUE & YELLOW (yes there actually were a GREEN version)

This generation is really good! It takes place in the Kanto region with Good and good looking starters I think and It's not too hardcore nor too easy maybe with an little exepstion for Yellow version, because you get Pikachu as your starter and the first gym is rock type the second is water though. And the length is all perfect! In this Generation the villainous organisation is Team Rocket who steal Pokémon and sells them.

Generation II

-GOLD, SILVER & CRYSTAL

These are all brilliant versions. Again good and good looking starters. Even more Pokémons to catch and a trip back to a remaked version of the Kanto region with even more events then in Generation I. It takes place in the Jotho region. Again the villainous organisation is Team Rocket

Generation III

-RUBY, SAPPHIRE, FIRERED, LEAFGREEN & EMERALD

Okay... let's start of with RUBY, SAPPHIRE & EMERALD... In these versions it's Team Aqua & Team Magma who is the villainous organisations. Team Aqua generally wants to catch Kyogre, beacause Kyogre can control the sea level and Team Aqua wants to higher the sea level so that more sea Pokémons can live. Team Magma wants to catch Groudon, because Groudon can expand continents and Team Magma wants to expand the continents so that more ground Pokémons can live. I think the only good looking starter is Torchic. I think that they made it REALLY easy this time but to complete the versions took a long time and let's face it... all of us who played the earlier Generation expected to get back to the Jotho region, well at least I did, but no you fight like forever in the Hoenn region.

FIRERED & LEAFGREEN are remakes from Generation I with some additional features and of course better graphic.

Generation IV

-DIAMOND, PEARL, PLATINUM, HEARTGOLD & SOULSILVER

Again let's start of with DIAMOND, PEARL & PLATINUM. First of all the starters doesn't really look that well and generally it seems like Gamefreak lost some of their fantasy and the amount of legendary Pokémons are so extreme that you can't really call them legendary. The villainous organisation is Team Galactic which plans are to recreate the Universe of Pokémon. The graphics of the games are really cool though.

HEARTGOLD & SOULSILVER: These versions are remakes from Generation II, but this time with dramatically good graphics and again you can come back to a remaked version of Generation I. this time with more features such as catching nearby all of the Legendary Pokémons from the prevouis versions.

Generation V

-BLACK & WHITE (BLACK 2 & WHITE 2)

Okay.. I don't even know where to start... well... let's see... The villainous organisation is Team Plasma their goal is to simply free Pokémons from human beings. This Generation has an incredible graphic, but again there are too many Legendary Pokémons. This time Gamefreak really lost all their fantasy... everytime you meet a Pokémon you get a déjà vu like feeling. The difference between the two games is also huge in BLACK version you get to the Black City where you generally could fight trainers and buy Luxary balls. and in WHITE version it's The White Forest. it's like a safari zone. After Elite-Four all the Pokémons levels changes dramatically and it can be very hard to level up. I didn't even complete this version because I disliked it so much...


I think Generation II and it's remakes are the best...

[neogen]

I felt myself getting really defensive as I read what Kippo wrote but I decided that all I'd be doing is making excuses. While I don't understand the deja vu thing since I loved every freakin Pokemon in Black and White his opinion at least didn't seem too biased or anything so if he doesn't like them he doesn't like them.

2nd gen used to be my favorite until 5th gen came out.

[Kippo53]

neogen, on 15 July 2012 - 11:14 PM, said:

I felt myself getting really defensive as I read what Kippo wrote but I decided that all I'd be doing is making excuses. While I don't understand the deja vu thing since I loved every freakin Pokemon in Black and White his opinion at least didn't seem too biased or anything so if he doesn't like them he doesn't like them.

2nd gen used to be my favorite until 5th gen came out.

I must say that I kind of over wrote it... of course not every single Pokémon, but I must say about 75% of the times I met a Pokémon I was like "oh.. of course"

[MAGNUS-8M]

I wasn't too fond of Gen IV for some reason, except that Soul Silver was really great... Pearl was kind of forgettable, but it was still a good game.  I remember Sapphire the least, but it too was good... I don't know which I like least, but honestly I don't really care.  I WILL say that, except as a memorable romp for nostalgia's sake, Gen I is pretty much worthless, Yellow's awesome additions aside.  It's just too buggy, and I love what they did in making Leaf Green, which I feel had the fastest and most likable battle system.  I was really disappointed when I played Pearl and the HP bars just slowwwwwly drained no matter how little HP they had, but it wasn't TERRIBLE really.

Gen V has been really great, though.  Deciding to start with only Unova region pokemon was a great start, and trickling the rest in end-game and in the second game is a nice bonus.  Its battle system(with animations on for best comparison) may not be as fast as Gen III, but it's better 3D-ish presentation is a joy to play.  Region-wise, I'd have to say Gen-IV Soul Silver was the largest and best for end-game, but Gen V has been the best for decent-size and great presentation, and B/W2 looks even better.  Can't wait for a proper Gen-VI 3DS game, but also hoping for a Sapphire remake so hopefully it could benefit from the changes as good as SoulSilver did, since even I barely remember that game these days.