Poll: Your views on Pokemon

[Mr. Grey]

I'm looking forward to Pokemon Black and White, if only to see where it's going with it.

From what I understand of the main antagonist is that he isn't some crazy nutjob trying to rule the world and/or ruin it, he's just some hippy that wants to end the "nonsense" of battles. And I hate hippies... I really do, so this villain is really for me. I mean, I wanted to join Team Rocket then say screw you to Professor Oak and his Pokedex as I run around getting people prepared for trouble. Everybody else after was just insane... Team Rocket at least had business sense and wasn't trying to destroy the world, plus they had better perks.

They're abandoning most of the Pokemon from before and are creating new ones, this is a mixed bag. You have the old favorites people want, but you're also opening this up for new players to get into it. Then there's the fact they're actually being creative for once instead of just adding maybe ten new ones and some others disguised as new.

There's going to be three on three battles. I don't know if that's a good thing, I don't think it is, but eh... chaos is chaos, right?

All in all... I ultimately welcome this, if only out of curiosity.

Hmm... I forgot to answer the question... I think the series is no worse than it ever has been. There, that's it.

 

[Ruffythepirate]

I recently replayed Emerald on an SP and I enjoyed it thoroughly. As I haven't played anything past gen III, I can't really comment on that. However I am enthusiastic about Black/White and the only thing that'll be keeping me from buying it is that I don't own a DS.

 

[delanofilms]

I'll just leave this here...
http://www.carm.org/more-stuff/features/pokemon-what-it
OT: I like Pokemon but I fell out around Crystal...

Okay. I will be forced to say "fuck that".
As anyone who was ever REALLY into the Pokemon universe will tell you (the writer of the article, not 'you'), Pokemon as a whole is about a combination of diversity in wildlife, and not merely using the creatures as weapons, but viewing them as friends and loved ones, working with them to attain an ultimate goal, while overcoming any obstacle life can throw at you. The characters who fail to grasp this are doomed to repeated failure.

 

[JoJo]

I still play pokemon, they're fun and surprisingly deep, just because they are suitable for children doesn't mean only children get to play them!

 

[AwesomeFerret]

I'm STILL waiting for gamefreak to give flareon a good physical fire STAB move other then fire fang.

Me too. The day of the fire types is coming! What with all the new moves, several of them fire exclusive, fire types will soon be saying "It is good day to be fire mon".

 

[siebje]

I'm a 28yo with a Masters degree, and am currently still playing FireRed on my PSP emu. Screw the kiddy setting, the game has everything a good RPG should have (TBH it's quite akin to Persona 3, but without all the suicide, automutilation and other depressing stuff).

Though I must admit that they lost me right around the 3rd gen.

And before people start commenting on the use of an emulator: Yes, I legally own a copy on my deceased GBA.

 

[Fozza]

There WAS nothing wrong the games/series or anything. But when they started making emerald/Ruby/Sapphire it was just to much and I got the "they just want to make money"-feeling.

 

[neoontime]

I loved all the pokemon games though what really sucks is that I broke my DS just before HG/SS came out.

 

[WodashGSJ]

My view is: I've never tried any of the games, but there must be something to it or it wouldn't have got so massively popular. Perhaps I should try one sometime.

 

[Skobvs]

Gold and silver... Everything after that for me just didn't cut it.. (Not just because at that point I couldn't afford anything above a GBC..)

 

[Urgh76]

I'll just leave this here...
http://www.carm.org/more-stuff/features/pokemon-what-it
OT: I like Pokemon but I fell out around Crystal...

Wow.......... WOW~

I....can't believe what I just read....

If you get upset over kids playing it in church, then make some sort of rule! Other than that, this guy was a total jackass

OT: After R/S/E it got out of hand. I liked the Kanto region best though

 

[Urgh76]

My view is: I've never tried any of the games, but there must be something to it or it wouldn't have got so massively popular. Perhaps I should try one sometime.

O.O

..........

Never ever ever?

*sob* so sad... *sob*

 

[Kukakkau]

There's nothing wrong with playing a game series that you liked as a kid, that's like saying you can't play crash bandicoot or spyro for nostalgia because they're kids games.

Also there's nothing wrong with any of the games - they all use progressing styles that differ from the last. Granted the monster design is getting kind of stupid at times but still

 

[Azure Sky]

Gen 2 person myself, I just cannot enjoy gen 3 and up.

I have actually been contemplating picking up one of the Gold/Silver remakes.

 

[superwookie]

I played Dragon Warrior Monsters before my first pokemon game, and it made me enjoy pokemon less.
In DWM, monsters have a basic attack and up to 8 skills, compared to pokemon's 4 attacks. DWM also had a breeding system that was far superior to pokemon's evolve and breeding combined.
But apart from that, I find that the pokemon series has not evolved enough. The game is still exactly the same, only with more money-squeezing critters, that get more stupid each generation(have you seen the black and white ones?).
Digimon, on the other hand, gets completely new gameplay systems, never stagnating. I'm gonna get myself a new one of those.

 

[similar.squirrel]

The Gold/Silver/Crystal generation was the best, in my opinion. I never really watched the cartoons or anything. They were just another game series.

Crystal was awesome. Animated battles and day/night cycles..

 

[joemegson94]

I think most people think it's only for kids because they assume it's exactly the same as the TV show. Still, the new pokemon for Black/White do seem to be too focused on being cute and kid-friendly. Hopefully some better ones will be revealed soon.

 

[Neuromaster]

Played Red/Blue a long time ago. Thought it was childish/cutesy, enjoyed it anyway. Haven't played anything else.