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[AgentLym]

I don't really like the city "jerk" camera much, but it doesn't seem too annoying as long as you don't like zig zagging around (like when you're trying to hatch an egg or bored or something). But, the battle scenes are finally what I wanted! Now, if weather effects are constant (as in, not flickering in and out between turns), I'd be one happy camper.

And, I like the new legendaries! But, like Banjo7J up there, I'd rather have White and Reshiram, myself. =P I guess I'll have to trade with my friend sometime.

[Russ]

Those battles look awesome! Finally, we have full animation! They move! They don't just sit there and have flames shoot from their necks! About time! And the battle music sounds pretty neat too. And the water starter actually looks much cuter in game than he does in the pictures of him.

[Adem]

I'm somehow doubting the the fire will be anymore coming from their mouths than before, they'll just be moving while it happens.

Honestly, I do think the moving thing is cool, but after so many battles it'd definitely be an eyesore...

[Russ]

Serebii confirmed, both the new legendaries are part dragon type. Dang it! Is it too much to ask to have a legendary that's NOT a dragon. They don't even look like dragons! Oh ya, they also announced there are more differences in the game then just what legendaries appear. That's a big step up from Pearl/Diamond. I wonder what those big differences are...

[Adem]

What sort of differences are they talking about?

[Russ]

I'm guessing story differences. It looks like one of the legendaries is an angel, while the other is a devil. I'm guessing white's story focuses on corruption of goodness, while black's focuses on purification of evil. Or something along those lines.

[Koh]

That sounds like it'd be a pretty weird storyline thing, but as long as its entertaining, and I have my new DS Lite before this thing comes, I'm appeased =).

[Lemon]

What sort of differences are they talking about?

Maybe they'll make some Pokemon version exclusive!

It's so risky, it just might work!

[Koh]

We haven't talked about what we want in the Gym Leaders . I believe we need new Ground and Flying Type Gym Leaders, 'cause we only had one of those (Giovanni and Falkner, respectively) .

[Christian]

We haven't talked about what we want in the Gym Leaders . I believe we need new Ground and Flying Type Gym Leaders, 'cause we only had one of those (Giovanni and Falkner, respectively) .

Winona was a flying type gym leader also.

[Moonbread]

I don't want a freaking another rock type gym first. That pretty much covers that.

[Moosh]

It seems they'll be doing more changing to the overworlds than to the battle system...

My predictions:
•There will be no inter-region travel because Nintendo has become lazy and only did it in HG/SS because it was in the original.
•They will continue handing out crappy and useless pre-evolutions (budew anyone?)
•We will be seeing another bland fire starter. (so far I only like Charmander and Torchic)
•For the second time, I will find myself picking the grass starter
•There will of course be more of the stupid Nintendo events
•I will buy it and be disappointed
•There will be another evil set of villains that have an overly complex plan involving world domination and zubats (all evil people love zubats)
•They will still have not fixed the pick starter, use only starter, fight EVERY FREAKING TRAINER with starter, pwn everything strategy of beating the game.
•It will still be freaking annoying to level up a balanced team.

Pokemon hasn't done anything all that new or revolutionary in like 10 years... That means it's dead to me.

Here's some ideas for Nintendo:

You will soon have over 500 pokemon. How about instead of isolating the player to 100 or so of them over the course of the game, you have trainers with an actual balanced team? How about making it less easy to pwn everything with one pokemon? How about you have at least one trainer with a level 100? How about you give the villains something besides zubats and koffings (like diversity maybe)? How about the starter Pokemon are catchable in the wild? How about you make all the Pokemon obtainable in ONE cartrage? How about you STOP MAKING TWO VERSIONS OF THE SAME GAME AND SCAMMING LITTLE CHILDREN!? How about you drop the Nintendo events? How about you have a customizable player character? How about having Pokemon other than normal and flying types in the starting areas? How about you just drop the stupid beauty contests and make something worthwhile for a change? How about you make everything less predictable? HOW ABOUT AN ACTUAL PLOT BESIDES BECOMING A POKEMON MASTER? How about you make the Exp Share work like it did in Red and Blue? How about you fix your game, Nintendo?

[Daemon]

Here's some ideas for Nintendo:

You will soon have over 500 pokemon. How about instead of isolating the player to 100 or so of them over the course of the game, you have trainers with an actual balanced team? How about making it less easy to pwn everything with one pokemon? How about you have at least one trainer with a level 100? How about you give the villains something besides zubats and koffings (like diversity maybe)? How about the starter Pokemon are catchable in the wild? How about you make all the Pokemon obtainable in ONE cartrage? How about you STOP MAKING TWO VERSIONS OF THE SAME GAME AND SCAMMING LITTLE CHILDREN!? How about you drop the Nintendo events? How about you have a customizable player character? How about having Pokemon other than normal and flying types in the starting areas? How about you just drop the stupid beauty contests and make something worthwhile for a change? How about you make everything less predictable? HOW ABOUT AN ACTUAL PLOT BESIDES BECOMING A POKEMON MASTER? How about you make the Exp Share work like it did in Red and Blue? How about you fix your game, Nintendo?

Alas, Nintendo doesn't care what we think. They're just going to remake the same game again and again until they run out of all possible ideas. I mean seriously, think of what the starters will be in 6th generation. The games will continue going down hill. All they care about are sales. Funny, when they could easily raise them by listening to the fans. I guess we'll just continue to be those un-important people contributing to their sales.

[Twilight-Prince]

Here's some ideas for Nintendo:

You will soon have over 500 pokemon. How about instead of isolating the player to 100 or so of them over the course of the game, you have trainers with an actual balanced team? How about making it less easy to pwn everything with one pokemon? How about you have at least one trainer with a level 100? How about you give the villains something besides zubats and koffings (like diversity maybe)? How about the starter Pokemon are catchable in the wild? How about you make all the Pokemon obtainable in ONE cartrage? How about you STOP MAKING TWO VERSIONS OF THE SAME GAME AND SCAMMING LITTLE CHILDREN!? How about you drop the Nintendo events? How about you have a customizable player character? How about having Pokemon other than normal and flying types in the starting areas? How about you just drop the stupid beauty contests and make something worthwhile for a change? How about you make everything less predictable? HOW ABOUT AN ACTUAL PLOT BESIDES BECOMING A POKEMON MASTER? How about you make the Exp Share work like it did in Red and Blue? How about you fix your game, Nintendo?

...Someone's asking for a bit too much... One of Pokemon's things was to INTERACT with other players, thus is WHY they make more than one version of a game. And starter Pokemon in the wild? Um...ever heard of breeding them? And the Exp Share was an IMPROVEMENT over the Exp All in Red and Blue. It's much less time-consuming.

*ahem* In any case, so the new legends are part Dragon? Makes me wonder what other type they are. Still wish they weren't Dragon, though...we have enough of those guys already.

Edited by Twilight-Prince, 29 May 2010 - 10:27 PM.

[Christian]

My predictions:
•There will be no inter-region travel because Nintendo has become lazy and only did it in HG/SS because it was in the original.
•They will continue handing out crappy and useless pre-evolutions (budew anyone?)
•We will be seeing another bland fire starter. (so far I only like Charmander and Torchic)
•For the second time, I will find myself picking the grass starter
•There will of course be more of the stupid Nintendo events
•I will buy it and be disappointed
•There will be another evil set of villains that have an overly complex plan involving world domination and zubats (all evil people love zubats)
•They will still have not fixed the pick starter, use only starter, fight EVERY FREAKING TRAINER with starter, pwn everything strategy of beating the game.
•It will still be freaking annoying to level up a balanced team.

Pokemon hasn't done anything all that new or revolutionary in like 10 years... That means it's dead to me.

Here's some ideas for Nintendo:

You will soon have over 500 pokemon. How about instead of isolating the player to 100 or so of them over the course of the game, you have trainers with an actual balanced team? How about making it less easy to pwn everything with one pokemon? How about you have at least one trainer with a level 100? How about you give the villains something besides zubats and koffings (like diversity maybe)? How about the starter Pokemon are catchable in the wild? How about you make all the Pokemon obtainable in ONE cartrage? How about you STOP MAKING TWO VERSIONS OF THE SAME GAME AND SCAMMING LITTLE CHILDREN!? How about you drop the Nintendo events? How about you have a customizable player character? How about having Pokemon other than normal and flying types in the starting areas? How about you just drop the stupid beauty contests and make something worthwhile for a change? How about you make everything less predictable? HOW ABOUT AN ACTUAL PLOT BESIDES BECOMING A POKEMON MASTER? How about you make the Exp Share work like it did in Red and Blue? How about you fix your game, Nintendo?

If you don't like the games then don't buy them. It's that simple. There are millions and millions of Pokemon fans across the globe.
All your points are invalid since the DS cartridge can only handle so much. Look at Zelda and Mario, the core gameplay hasn't change in 20+ years and it continues to be such a beloved and successful franchise. They're just some games that you just can't change at all.

...Someone's asking for a bit too much... One of Pokemon's things was to INTERACT with other players, thus is WHY they make more than one version of a game. And starter Pokemon in the wild? Um...ever heard of breeding them? And the Exp Share was an IMPROVEMENT over the Exp All in Red and Blue. It's much less time-consuming.

*ahem* In any case, so the new legends are part Dragon? Makes me wonder what other type they are. Still wish they weren't Dragon, though...we have enough of those guys already.

I agree. I wish these guys were ghost/dark only. Which means NO WEAKNESS on them whatsoever.

Edited by Christian, 29 May 2010 - 10:38 PM.