Shaun

Jul 4 2009, 07:17 PM

Storyline:

If anyone remembers, the original pokemon catchphrase was "Gotta catch 'em all!" well, I'd like to point out that this becomes less and less possible with every game. I mean on the original games you couldn't catch Mew, or Celebi. But on the last gen there were a ton of pokemon like Arceus and Darkrai that you either had to cheat to get or attend an event. I suppose they're still obtainable if you're willing, but you should be able to catch every pokemon.

The Pokemon:

Instead of dissing their designs I'm going to start by saying I'm sick of the recycling they have going on. Instead of creating Bidoof, couldn't they have just started the game against some Rattata? And Starly may look like more of a retarded Taillow, but it's still just the in-game Pidgey replacement. And in third gen, we have Wurmple. The fusion of Caterpie and Weedle. The creators wanted to throw in Butterfree and Beedrill, but instead gave us Wurmple and let us chose between the butterly and the other random insect.

Now onto the designs...

For three generations we had that great almost natural look for Rhyhorn and Rhydon. Then some Japanese guy who was high of caffeine, draws a Rhydon and covers it in drills. I'd say the best one must be Mismagius (typo?) but even that isn't great. What really annoys me with those though, is that they ruin the pre-evolutions. I can hardly use Magmar and Electabuzz anymore.

Now for the rip-off pokemon. Plusle/Minum = Pichu. Gulpin = Grimer. Beautifly = Butterfree. Turtwig = Bulbasaur. (There is a huge list, but it's past 2am here.)

I will say this though, Lucario and Darkrai were both pretty epic. Shame they put Lucario in brawl and tried passing it off as Mewtwo.

Evil Groups:

On the newer gen games, the evil teams play a much bigger role. This wouldn't be too much of a problem except that they're so bloody lame.
Team Magma: Want to blow up volcanoes and expand the land.
Team Aqua: Want to expand the Oceans.
Team Galactic: Want to control space and time so that they can take over the world.
Now, compare these teams to good ol' Team Rocket who were about one thing only: Being badass pokemon-thieving gangsters.


And to finish...

On the very first games, we had Mew the rarest of all pokemon and Metwo the most powerful of all pokemon. Apart from those, there were the legendary birds.
D/P introduced us to the god of all pokemon, the pokemon of time and the pokemon of space. Aswell as Giratina, the master of the other dimension.
R/S gave us the pokemon who ruled the sea and the pokemon who ruled the land. (Based on the biblical Behemoth and Leviathan.)

How did we go from two extremely powerful creatures, to bloody gods?

Bonkenhi

Jul 5 2009, 07:13 AM

They won't top Gods... they'll just make more. XP

Matthew

Jul 5 2009, 12:30 PM

For me, Hoenn wasn't that bad yet. I think that the design of the region stood out more than the legendaries.

Off-topic: This was mentioned on GameFAQs- RBY is spring, GSC is autumn, RSE is summer, and DPPt is winter. How very true.

Overthrown

Jul 10 2009, 12:50 AM

Besides, we have myths in real life, right? Bigfoot, Loch Ness, ect.

Shaun

Jul 13 2009, 09:49 AM

Overthrown

Jul 10 2009, 12:50 AM

Besides, we have myths in real life, right? Bigfoot, Loch Ness, ect.

You said Loch Ness is a myth. It's a lake in Scotland.

The makers of the games are all about the money now.

Overthrown

Jul 5 2009, 03:35 AM

Yes... I suppose its why we liked the older gens. They didn't defy the laws of the world and create amazing poke'mon that can control the planet. Mewtwo was just a badass and he left it that way. Hell, he still is. They kept poke'mon as they should be: animals. Not Gods, not deities... animals. They kept the same thing up for the most part in G/S/C, pushing it with Lugia and Ho-oh. But they had to invent Celebi: the master of time. This is where it got messed up. If they never would have made that grass puff, they probably would have never invented Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza (whom is based off of Quatzicoatl, the Aztec sky God). I don't like knowing there's an unseen force watching my damn video game character.

I once saw a spoof of poke'mon where Dawn and Lucas are going through their poke'dex. Lucas looks at Dawn and goes "What now?" Dawn points a finger to the air and goes "We go... to God!" And Lucas pushes a button and says "Wait, nope. Got that one." And Dawn falls over, defeated.

It was some video based on Smash Bros. Brawl I think... but it gets the point across quite nicely. There was another one where the producers were all gathered to celebrate the 5th generation of poke'mon. They stand still for a few seconds, and a guy goes "F---uck!"

rawrlax

Jul 13 2009, 05:34 PM

I agree, but I'm going to be really pedantic and say that rayquaza was based off the legendary bird Ziz.

Groundon was based off a legendary beast calleda Behemoth.

And Kyogre was based off a legendary sea monster called Leviathan.

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