Pokemon Series

[Shnappy]

yeah, i finished platinum but i still EV training giratina. To catch a good nature is pretty easy, its a matter of reseting.
But, i recently relayed pokemon XD gale of darkness. And OMG i got a modest lugia (atk down, sp atk up). And some of you know its got the exclusive move psyco boost. Really lucky since you can 't see the nature of shadow pokemon. and it automaticly saves if you finished the game.

Yeah, the Chancey I caught in XD was Bold nature, luckily, and getting Chansey's in 3rd gen games are VERY HARD, considering it's that or the safari zone, in which they're near impossible to catch. And the 3rd gen games are the only ones where you can get them seismic toss, which is a pretty essential move for competitive battling Blissey's.

 

[Yoshi_FTW]

I like pokemon alot. Ok graphics, Great gameplay, and plenty of people play it. I think I have almost every pokemon ever made. Other than the ones that are like Japan only games...And if I don't please tell me so I can buy it/download it.

Red, Blue, Green, Yellow, Gold, Silver, and Crystal for gbc.

Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Leaf Green, and Fire Red for gba.

And last but not least Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum for ds.

 

[Zemen]

I like pokemon alot. Ok graphics, Great gameplay, and plenty of people play it. I think I have almost every pokemon ever made. Other than the ones that are Japan...And if I don't please tell me so I can buy it/download it.

Red, Blue, Green, and Yellow for gbc.

Emerald, Ruby, Sapphire, Leaf Green, and Fire Red for gba.

And last but not least Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum for ds.

You're missing Gold, Silver and Emerald for Gameboy Color.

 

[Yoshi_FTW]

You're missing Gold, Silver and Emerald for Gameboy Color.

Lol sorry I have those but I forgot to list them.

And what do you mean Emerald for gbc?

 

[hsb39]

Yeah, the Chancey I caught in XD was Bold nature, luckily, and getting Chansey's in 3rd gen games are VERY HARD, considering it's that or the safari zone, in which they're near impossible to catch. And the 3rd gen games are the only ones where you can get them seismic toss, which is a pretty essential move for competitive battling Blissey's.

Well Seismic Toss isn't essential for Bliss, it's so versatile, it doesn't need it. The most popular set is a complete pain to get (WishBliss) but it should be noted that it uses Toxic+Flamethrower to damage, but Clerics often go for Ice Beam instead, as it couples well with T-Wave, hitting those pesky Grounds.

 

[Zemen]

Lol sorry I have those but I forgot to list them.

And what do you mean Emerald for gbc?

I meant crystal, but you caught it so no worries there.

 

[hsb39]

A bit off topic here, but I want to mention that my main Pokemon forum, PE2K got a shoddy server, some people here might want to check it out, we're trying to get it to be more active.

 

[TVTMaster]

I used to go on PE2K, but ever since Diamond and Pearl came out I've lost touch with the series, namely because they've randomly decided to throw away everything that made it great and create stupid Wi-Fi/DS gimmickry and build worlds with no coherent theme or reasonable geography, opting instead for "this place has this" and filling it with worthless time-wasters of activities. Sinnoh is crap, and I hope they don't ruin Johto the same way.

Not to mention, with the advancement of console technology, gamers are expecting more story nowadays, and RBY/GSC's "go fight gyms" doesn't cut it. Instead, they opt for boring teams who hunt the legendaries and have teams comprised of the same 5 pokémon over and over again. They need to go back and focus on making a compelling world with a diverse selection of pokémon to build your team from.

Another things about D/P- you have essentially no freedom in how you build your team. For the first two gyms or so, you will find absolutely nothing except the same ten or so banally useless pokémon. When you finally run into something new and exciting, whoops, your whole team is already working together right and you don't want to smoke it for a pokémon 10-15 levels behind. Frankly, because of this, replay value is all but destroyed in D/P.

 

[hsb39]

I used to go on PE2K, but ever since Diamond and Pearl came out I've lost touch with the series, namely because they've randomly decided to throw away everything that made it great and create stupid Wi-Fi/DS gimmickry and build worlds with no coherent theme or reasonable geography, opting instead for "this place has this" and filling it with worthless time-wasters of activities. Sinnoh is crap, and I hope they don't ruin Johto the same way.

Not to mention, with the advancement of console technology, gamers are expecting more story nowadays, and RBY/GSC's "go fight gyms" doesn't cut it. Instead, they opt for boring teams who hunt the legendaries and have teams comprised of the same 5 pokémon over and over again. They need to go back and focus on making a compelling world with a diverse selection of pokémon to build your team from.

Another things about D/P- you have essentially no freedom in how you build your team. For the first two gyms or so, you will find absolutely nothing except the same ten or so banally useless pokémon. When you finally run into something new and exciting, whoops, your whole team is already working together right and you don't want to smoke it for a pokémon 10-15 levels behind. Frankly, because of this, replay value is all but destroyed in D/P.

I should note that 4th gen is (IMO) the most competitively sound. EV training takes <1 hour. There's a much better item selection (Specs and Scarf where great additions), and there is a huge variety of Pokemon, a lot of the new ones are very interesting, I would say Bronzong above all else, never has a support Pokemon been so versatile. Of course, I think that the competitive landscape was a bit too overcentralised before the Garchomp move.

Bolded Bit: WiFi is awesome with Pokemon! I think that it would have to be the best game suited for WiFi, mainly because lag doesn't matter, it's turn based. A good Standard Battle over WiFi for me is exhilarating, I really want to do one with someone here sometime. Not to mention IV battles, which Nintendo + Game Freak obviously made possible for us competitive battlers, they were very kind to us this gen, all that needs to happen is a Spin Tutor for HG/SS.

I think that the best part of the game is at its best yet.

 

[Skull_Kid]

Wi-Fi was the best thing that happened to Pokémon since Gold/Silver and Crystal, period

Anyways, just to warn all European and American members that the Darkrai Event is up on the wi-fi until the 13th of september

 

[dur.i.am]

Wi-Fi was the best thing that happened to Pokémon since Gold/Silver and Crystal, period

Anyways, just to warn all European and American members that the Darkrai Event is up on the wi-fi until the 13th of september

Is this the Darkrai event for Pokemon Platinum? If so that is annoying

Also, I agree, Wi-fi is the greatest thing to happen to pokemon ever since GSC. It gives a reason to EV train a team for everyone with Wireless. Even if you miss a local tourney you can still battle quite a lot, Unlike RSE.

 

[zaco317]

i liked the pokemon series. to me it was well done as in story line.
i have got all the pokemon games released on the ds. including
1. diamond
2. pearl
3. explorers of time and darkness
4. mystery dungeon blue and red.
5. platinum.
i really enjoyed playing all of them.

 

[Botar]

I beat for the 4th time last week the original Pokemon Red. Now i'm working on the original Pokemon Blue. I need to find Crystal, Silver, and Gold, those were great ones, but I do have Pokemon Emerald, which I invested 281 hours in.

 

[hsb39]

Is this the Darkrai event for Pokemon Platinum? If so that is annoying

Also, I agree, Wi-fi is the greatest thing to happen to pokemon ever since GSC. It gives a reason to EV train a team for everyone with Wireless. Even if you miss a local tourney you can still battle quite a lot, Unlike RSE.

Yeah, for Platinum (I already have a Naive one, so before I catch mine I need to think of what moveset I want).

I love the WiFi battling, it's like Shoddy/Netbattle, but for some reason that I can't quite put my finger on I find it to be 100x more fun.

 

[TVTMaster]

Yeah, the good stuff in the games (after you've raised and EV'd and stuff) is definitely one of the greatest yet, but unfortunately getting there is really a long, frustrating chore given the bland and contrived environments and low variety of pokémon. I just use Shoddy if I want to battle competitively.