Zero Punctuation: Pokemon White
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Not to mention the Staff like John Funk, Gabe from Penny Arcade, Scott from VG Catz etc. etc.RedEyesBlackGamer said:
Brolax status? Holy shit man.cursedseishi said:
I got Zorua really easy by just asking for one of the GTS. Took less than a day to obtain one after I had asked for it. All the Pokemon were never available in just one game. Trading is highly encouraged and has been part of the game since day one. Event Pokemon have been here since the beginning too, as Mew was released later on.
But honestly, if you haven't played the series in such a long time, then what do you know?
This was attached to a Nuzlocke Run that I read a while back. Was pretty good if it was the one I'm thinking of. (only user I'm really familiar with is Notepad really)SpaceMedarotterX said:
Hale and landwalker have good comics (for entirely different reasons) I'm personally doing two Nuzlokces right now. Flora Sky, a rom hack of Emerald (5 Dead, Timburr, Rattata, Pidegy, Bidoof, Sewaddle. Nicknames Ares, Mercury, Skywarp, Shirly and Tailor respectivly) and one of Diamond (No dead yet, but I only have a Monferno and Shinx and just reached Jubilife)Nostalgia said:This was attached to a Nuzlocke Run that I read a while back. Was pretty good if it was the one I'm thinking of. (only user I'm really familiar with is Notepad really)SpaceMedarotterX said:
Trust me that keeping your team alive in Flora Sky requires a bit of effort considering Maxie was packing HEATRAN and Iris (now the 6th Gym Leader and packing Flying Types instead of Dragons) is packing Tornadus. I mean I didn't lose any pokemon to them but seriously what the christ game?
I was actually pleased for a genuine challenge this game. The volt switch strat actually brought a smile because prior to this game, everything ran off an AI roulette. It was refreshing to see the computers actually try to plan things..... then again, if they did, and set things up this way, it might make the game too hard for the younger bracket.Jman1236 said:
What did catch me by surprise is those squirrels knowing aerial ace (Or whatever flying move they knew). Managed to take out my grass type.
Really? This is one of the first times where I beat the Elite Four on my first(second try, but that time I ended up facing N and Team Plasma's Castle, so I don't count it)ImBigBob said:
RedEyesBlackGamer said:
"I tap, Sin World! Now come forth, Sin Cyber End Dragon and Sin Rainbow Dragon, I shall destroy the past!"
They kinda changed it in this one. The EXP you receive is now based on your own level comparative with your opponent's. You could fight something level 50 and get 6000 exp with a level 40, or get 1200 with a level 60. Of course, it doesn't help that they give you an experience boosting item that was pretty much the rarest item in the game in the previous gens like halfway through the game...Liudeius said:
So? You're saying, it'd be easier to build a non-existant weapon, from out of the blue, rather then just say: "use the hyper cannon"The Bandit said:
Black and White are the same, other then some pokemon you can't catch in the other, the Legendary Pokemon you get when you face N and that Black has Black City, while White has White Forest.mattsipple4000 said:
You had to pull the one series of cards that partially proves me wrong, didn't you? XDAsuka Soryu said:
I think everyone is either "UGH! Nintendo games SUCK!" or "Those games are meant for children! You must be a kid to like those games!" or they are just retarded.RedEyesBlackGamer said:
One argument that seems to stick, is that the games never change. Well... Most shooters don't change, and still sell millions.
If its not broken, why fix it?
Besides that, Pokemon DOES change; many new pokemon are added, with type matchups that were never seen before. The story is changed a little bit each time, and game mechanics change a little bit. But its still the same "gotta catch 'em all" principle at its core.
Don't like it? Thats fine. Go back to playing Minecraft.
Get Black if you like rotation battles, Fire/Dragon end-game legendary, and a city where you battle trainers for $$$. Also for the 3-4 pokemon you can't get in White.Asuka Soryu said:
Get White if you like triple battles, Electric/Dragon end-game legendary, and a forest where you can catch pokemon you can't find anywhere else and fight trainers every day. Also for the 3-4 pokemon you can't get in Black.
They are very simliar, but not enough to be "ZOMG I NEED BOTH GAMES!!!!!"
!LOLSince I'm too lazy to read all comments, here's my thoughts that may already be said.
Yhatzee has a point in that pokemon is shallow in gameplay, with the only exeption being in multi-play (which half of us being introverts, we'd be unlikely to use.)
From hindsight of my Pokemon play, I can say the appeal is not as a game; but as a sort of pet collection sim. or in shorter, It's all about the pokemon themselves.
In white I collected my 6 favorite pokemon of past and pressent and stopped. I had realised my personality in the world of the game through what I chose (Zekrom, Victini, Umbreon, Zoroark, Lucario) and then there was nothing left to do.
I keep finding I'm buying pokemon for the pokemon only, and I keep coming back to the same conclusions: Pokemon needs to go beyond stratagy, to "evolve" into a new form of gameplay. My hope is a "Hack and Slash" RPG that removes the trainer entirely for a more personal imersion into the pokemon you love (although I'd like to keep the catch 'em all part and use any of the pokemon I choose). However, it's most likely that if they were to do that it would most likely have to be established as an MMO; possibly due to chip space. The problem with that being that there are no "Hack and Slash" MMORPGs; something to do with the PC element maybe.
Of course, it's not likely they'd change the formula at all. Unless of course a competitor does it themselves in a thinly veiled impersonation of pokemon as a H&S RPG... however despite my best search for such a game, I've found none. So it's going on my "list of nonexistant games I'd buy"... which I'll have to make a video of sometime.
...Man that was long.
Yhatzee has a point in that pokemon is shallow in gameplay, with the only exeption being in multi-play (which half of us being introverts, we'd be unlikely to use.)
From hindsight of my Pokemon play, I can say the appeal is not as a game; but as a sort of pet collection sim. or in shorter, It's all about the pokemon themselves.
In white I collected my 6 favorite pokemon of past and pressent and stopped. I had realised my personality in the world of the game through what I chose (Zekrom, Victini, Umbreon, Zoroark, Lucario) and then there was nothing left to do.
I keep finding I'm buying pokemon for the pokemon only, and I keep coming back to the same conclusions: Pokemon needs to go beyond stratagy, to "evolve" into a new form of gameplay. My hope is a "Hack and Slash" RPG that removes the trainer entirely for a more personal imersion into the pokemon you love (although I'd like to keep the catch 'em all part and use any of the pokemon I choose). However, it's most likely that if they were to do that it would most likely have to be established as an MMO; possibly due to chip space. The problem with that being that there are no "Hack and Slash" MMORPGs; something to do with the PC element maybe.
Of course, it's not likely they'd change the formula at all. Unless of course a competitor does it themselves in a thinly veiled impersonation of pokemon as a H&S RPG... however despite my best search for such a game, I've found none. So it's going on my "list of nonexistant games I'd buy"... which I'll have to make a video of sometime.
...Man that was long.
:/ This review kind of annoyed me and I honestly don't know why. I honestly don't care when games I like get ripped in to (I say, while looking up gold earning tips for Fable 2) but I honestly think that Yahtzee was just looking for excuses to dislike the game. Especially the part about the electric gym -- was he /seriously/ complaining about a *boss* battle not being super easy?
Also, what the fuck, one play style? There's about a million strategies you can use. You can hardly complain about strategy if all you're doing is /power levelling/. Also, we know you don't like turn-based combat. __This does not mean that there is something inherently wrong with the genre so please stop implying it.__
And seriously, how can you honestly say that the series hasn't budged an inch since POKEMON __FUCKING__ YELLOW? Are you shitting me?
Glad we both agree that N is a complete twat though. __Stop telling me you can talk to my Pokemon, you fucking freak__.
oh god this turned out being complete tl;dr sorry
Also, what the fuck, one play style? There's about a million strategies you can use. You can hardly complain about strategy if all you're doing is /power levelling/. Also, we know you don't like turn-based combat. __This does not mean that there is something inherently wrong with the genre so please stop implying it.__
And seriously, how can you honestly say that the series hasn't budged an inch since POKEMON __FUCKING__ YELLOW? Are you shitting me?
Glad we both agree that N is a complete twat though. __Stop telling me you can talk to my Pokemon, you fucking freak__.
oh god this turned out being complete tl;dr sorry
Dear Yatzee,
I stopped watching your reviews because you sound like my mum when I was 12 and she stood over my shoulder telling me that collecting badly drawn animals was a dumb idea for a game.
In closing, you don't get it at all. And you never will. Get back to watching Keeping up appearances.
Lots of non-parental-resentment-projection love,
Jader.
I stopped watching your reviews because you sound like my mum when I was 12 and she stood over my shoulder telling me that collecting badly drawn animals was a dumb idea for a game.
In closing, you don't get it at all. And you never will. Get back to watching Keeping up appearances.
Lots of non-parental-resentment-projection love,
Jader.