[Golden Legacy]

Just confirmed by Nintendo! Full details on the 10th anniversary Gold and Silver remakes will be revealed at Pokemon Sunday in Japan in two days.

[Drizzy Drake]

****ing epic. Will buy, just becasue G&S were the best pokemon games. Didnt buy D&P because it failed. On another note, whether they bring in a 5th generation or not, they should have the next real game in the series as the last and allow every pokemon to be caught. It would be the be all end all Pokemon game.

[TheEnglishman]

Interesting but not too surprising. They'd already remade the originals.

[Someone Else]

I'm pretty excited, G/S/C were really the best Pokemon games in my opinion. Granted, Crystal was my first, but I digress.

Actually I told myself I wouldn't buy another Pokemon game except for a Gold or Silver remake. So this will probably be my last Pokemon game unless there's an honest-to-god series reboot.

[Mallick]

**** YEAH. I LOVES ME SOME GOLD AND SILVER.

This is going to be great. Too bad I'll never have the money. XD

[Toasty]

Someone Else, on May 8 2009, 11:18 AM, said:

I'm pretty excited, G/S/C were really the best Pokemon games in my opinion. Granted, Crystal was my first, but I digress.

Actually I told myself I wouldn't buy another Pokemon game except for a Gold or Silver remake. So this will probably be my last Pokemon game unless there's an honest-to-god series reboot.

Same. Word for word. Still can't believe I wasted my money on Diamond.

Either way, I'd like to see a 3D console game, like the Colosseum games, but with the ability to explore like you can in the handheld games. And no freaking metal-clad robot pogeymanz like they had in DP.

[Split Infinity]

http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/05/20090507-00000019-oric-ent-view-000.jpg

I'm looking forward to MagmaRuby and AquaSapphire next gen.

This is awesome; the Johto games were easily the best in the series, if not, ever made. I'm already wondering how the Apricorns will merge with the new Berry system.

[Toasty]

They'll probably show up as berries that have another use (as potential pokeballs) Or they'll be entirely different.

[Drizzy Drake]

http://www.goldensun-syndicate.net/forum/public/style_images/gssv3/snapback.png' alt='View Post' />Split Infinity, on May 8 2009, 11:57 PM, said:

I'm looking forward to MagmaRuby and AquaSapphire next gen.

This is awesome; the Johto games were easily the best in the series, if not, ever made. I'm already wondering how the Apricorns will merge with the new Berry system.

The graphics in R&S aren`t dated, and they`re still somewhat easy to find.

[Split Infinity]

Read the last two words of my first sentence.

I was half-joking, anyway.

[Saturos S.]

It's probably DS though...

I'd rather have it for the GBA, more... the same as the original.

[Split Infinity]

There's a ROM patch for FireRed called ShinyGold version, that comes pretty close.

[Aquamarine]

I loved Silver and still do, and as much as I know that this remake will be great, I'm quite sick of Pokemon and have had enough of it for my whole life. So I most likely won't be playing this.

[Drizzy Drake]

I`ll be playing it for the nostalgia, pokemon haven`t been good RPG`s since the first one.

[Golden Legacy]

The nostalgia factor for me is what's making me look forward to these remakes alone. Otherwise I wouldn't be willing to play Pokemon games either, I still have a special pull towards the G/S/C generation. Crystal was my first and favourite Pokemon game.

[Split Infinity]

http://kotaku.com/5247886/pokemon-gold-sil...tage-from-japan

Haha what.

[Drizzy Drake]

Walking in circles has never been so entertaining.

[Someone Else]

Wow, that is so beautiful! Oh my god, that is amazing. Look at how cute it is!

...I wonder if you can get any Pokemon besides your starter to follow you around.

[Golden Legacy]

One would think they would get rid of the grid-based movement by now.

[Someone Else]

If Golden Sun could do it Pokemon sure as hell can.

To be fair this game is using the same engine as D/P, but if the next engine doesn't unlock the grid then they're just being lazy.

[TheEnglishman]

Looks pretty interesting but I don't know if the nostalgia factor is enough. It needs to be a good remake and a few new ideas have to be included.

[Someone Else]

How can the Johto goverment maintain the free-to-use Pokemon Centers without crippling the economy of Johto with taxes?

[Golden Legacy]

Clearly the makers of Pokemon are conspirators of a radical red agenda.

CoroCoro this week should have more details on HeartGold and SoulSilver.

[Split Infinity]

Australia has free healthcare and we're doing pretty okay... o.o

Someone Else, on May 12 2009, 04:20 AM, said:

To be fair this game is using the same engine as D/P, but if the next engine doesn't unlock the grid then they're just being lazy.

Let's not forget we're talking about a kids' game.

[Mallick]

Someone Else, on May 11 2009, 12:17 PM, said:

How can the Johto goverment maintain the free-to-use Pokemon Centers without crippling the economy of Johto with taxes?

That is your quest. You are not Red, nor his rival Blue. You're not Gold or Silver.


You're Black.

[Toasty]

lolwut

Someone Else, on May 11 2009, 11:20 AM, said:

If Golden Sun could do it Pokemon sure as hell can.

To be fair this game is using the same engine as D/P, but if the next engine doesn't unlock the grid then they're just being lazy.

Well, to be honest, some game elements kind of require the grid to be there.

Though to be honest, the main reason to keep it would be that it makes designing the map and dungeons easier. Which would make them lazy.

[Mallick]

Toasty, on May 11 2009, 08:52 PM, said:

Well, to be honest, some game elements kind of require the grid to be there.

Yeah, a lot of the puzzles would be screwed up without it.

[Someone Else]

Toasty, on May 11 2009, 08:52 PM, said:

Well, to be honest, some game elements kind of require the grid to be there.

Though to be honest, the main reason to keep it would be that it makes designing the map and dungeons easier. Which would make them lazy.

Not really. Practically all of Golden Sun's puzzles were grid-based but Isaac and Felix could put their feet wherever they want just fine.

Unless you're talking about the parts of the game that count the number of steps you make... but Golden Sun did that too. Remember the Sacred Feathers?

Split Infinity, on May 11 2009, 02:22 PM, said:

Let's not forget we're talking about a kids' game.

Pokemon's not really a kid's game... more like kid-friendly in my opinion.

[Toasty]

The problem with that, is that in some cases, you might want precise control over how many steps you take (like when using repel). You couldn't do that in Goldensun. It was pretty much a guessing game.

With the current system, you can use a repel, stay in one spot, and just look around. This will limit the encounters to only high-level pokemon without using up any of the repel. Can't do that in a non-grid system.


Though I will admit, a break from the grid would be kinda nice.

[Split Infinity]

Someone Else, on May 12 2009, 02:32 PM, said:

Pokemon's not really a kid's game... more like kid-friendly in my opinion.

Or just a mass-appealing kids' game. I mean, come on, you're a ten year old squirt who challenges people with magical monsters and defeats a team of comical bad guys with the power of trust and friendship, then goes on to become duelist kingd the world's greatest trainer.

It justs screams saturday morning cartoon. Which, you know... it is.

[Someone Else]

Toasty, on May 11 2009, 10:04 PM, said:

The problem with that, is that in some cases, you might want precise control over how many steps you take (like when using repel). You couldn't do that in Goldensun. It was pretty much a guessing game.

With the current system, you can use a repel, stay in one spot, and just look around. This will limit the encounters to only high-level pokemon without using up any of the repel. Can't do that in a non-grid system.
Though I will admit, a break from the grid would be kinda nice.

That sounds more like an exploit than an actual gameplay element.

Split Infinity, on May 12 2009, 01:12 AM, said:

It justs screams saturday morning cartoon. Which, you know... it is.

You and I both know the saturday morning cartoon was barely kid-friendly at times =P Which I guess is just because it was Japanese but I digress.

[Drizzy Drake]

Split Infinity, on May 12 2009, 04:12 AM, said:

Or just a mass-appealing kids' game. I mean, come on, you're a ten year old squirt who challenges people with magical monsters and defeats a team of comical bad guys with the power of trust and friendship, then goes on to become duelist kingd the world's greatest trainer.

It justs screams saturday morning cartoon. Which, you know... it is.

I lol'd

Someone Else, on May 12 2009, 10:27 AM, said:

That sounds more like an exploit than an actual gameplay element.

You and I both know the saturday morning cartoon was barely kid-friendly at times =P Which I guess is just because it was Japanese but I digress.

I remember some sexual inuendo, but all the real bad stuff was taken out from the Japanese versions.

[Split Infinity]

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/9/90/James_breasts.jpg

Silly Gordo, there's nothing questionable about this show!

[Drizzy Drake]

Once again, not in the NA version.

[Toasty]

HOLY CRAP JAMES GREW BALLOONS ON HIS CHEST

[Someone Else]

http://archives.bulbagarden.net/w/upload/2...SS-Corocoro.jpg

vs.

http://www.upokecenter.com/images/games/trainers.jpg

The new female lead looks much better and less retarded than Crystal, but still looks like a retard.

Male lead looks mostly the same, but not as good as the old Gold. The pants are different and the sweater's tighter.

Of course, this isn't going to make a big difference for 64 bit (or something) sprites, but yeah.


Anyways... have another scan. http://www.true-gaming.net/tgupload/images...6f9dafeebe2.jpg

Ignore Arceus. That doesn't have anything to do with Heart Gold and Soul Silver as you should know. Instead, what's interesting here is the screenshot at the top left which shows what looks like a menu system on the lower screen of the DS. Hopefully this means we won't need to go through a bunch of menus to organize items and Pokemon and all that stuff like JRPGs tend to do.

The watch thing that the D/P/P had was kind of a waste of the DS' lower screen.

[Split Infinity]

I wonder if they'll keep the PokeGear device in the game, seeing as it functions almost identically to the 'Etch.

Still, a touch screen Start menu would be amazing, and something that should have been in D/P/P from the beginning. I just hope they either bring back [NAME]'s PC or use a better sorting system for the bag, scrolling through a hundred items every time made me want to FFFFFFFFFUUUU--

[My Best Wishes]

Anyone else think the names are retarded?

[Split Infinity]

I think they could have picked a better name than HeartGold...

[Mallick]

Heart and Soul? They go perfect.

One of the things I enjoyed about Gold/Silver at the time is that the Rival wasn't portrayed as much of a threat.

[Drizzy Drake]

Fucking ginger.

[Split Infinity]

G-DUB 3000, on May 15 2009, 10:10 PM, said:

Heart and Soul? They go perfect.

Doesn't roll off the tongue as perfectly.

SoulSilver is sweet, though.

[Drizzy Drake]

I got Red, I got Ruby, I would`ve got Pearl, but for some reason I always preferred Silver. Anyone else generally lean towards the "main" game?

[Someone Else]

I generally lead toward the "secondary" game simply because it's the secondary one. Theoretically, the Pokemon exclusive to that title would be rarer.

[Golden Legacy]

What do these distinctions of "main" and "secondary" refer to? Pokemon titles released in pairs are meant to function as identical games with the exception of the placement of the Pokemon. They always differ with respect to the "special" 3rd title that is released, i.e. Yellow, Crystal, Emerald, Platinum.

[Someone Else]

Which one sounds more important: Gold or Silver? Ruby or Sapphire? Fire or Leaf?

Diamond or Pearl can go either way and so could Red or Blue/Green I guess. I ended up picking Diamond though.

[Golden Legacy]

You mean the literal meaning of the titles? Interesting, I honestly never saw it like that. I usually paid attention to the cover Pokemon or even the colors. Granted, I've only ever played the special entries (i.e. Yellow, Crystal), so this was never an issue for me.

[Split Infinity]

Red and Blue, Gold and Silver, Ruby and Sapphire, Fire and Leaf, Diamond and Pearl, Heart and Soul.

The 'main' game being the one pronounced first, I imagine.

[Legolastom]

I always picked the secondary ones.

[TheEnglishman]

Split Infinity, on May 15 2009, 11:27 AM, said:

I think they could have picked a better name than HeartGold...

I always thought they'd go for Glittering Gold and Shining Silver.

[Drizzy Drake]

What in the fuck made you think that?

[TheEnglishman]

My appreciation of alliteration. :)
I didn't actually think they'd use that, but I was surprised by what they actually went with.

[My Best Wishes]

HeartGold sounds like something from Captain Planet and SoulSilver sounds like they hired Chris Brown or Nelly or some tool to think of a name. At least FireRed and LeafGreen made sense.

[Split Infinity]

But there's really not much else they could have chosen from. I mean think about it, what else is there in nature that's gold and silver apart from... well, gold and silver?

Better than NuggetGold and VeinSilver or something weird like that.

[Someone Else]

Am I the only one that's entirely content with the names?

Heart Gold is a little weird off the tongue, but as a name it's definitely not bad in my opinion.

I was going to get the Silver remake no matter what, anyway, so Gold's remade name doesn't matter to me. Soul Silver is a great name; between the two version's I think Silver lucked out as far as names go. =P

[Golden Legacy]

I could only think of ShiningSilver and LustrousGold. Yes, I was serious about the latter.

HeartGold and SoulSilver work fine, especially with the duality between "Heart" and "Soul". It breaks the convention a little of having something directly relate with the entry of the series (i.e. Fire with Red, Leaf with Green, they make sense "physically").

This is a little more abstract, but it's definitely marketable.

[Split Infinity]

Lugia is an absolute beast, I'll be getting HeartGold so I can catch it straight at L70.

On another note, there's been a cloning glitch in every generation of Pokemon games so far; MissingNo. in RBY, the box trick in GSC and the battle tower in Emerald. Still nothing for the DS generation though, think it'll happen again here?

[Someone Else]

Golden Legacy, on May 16 2009, 09:02 PM, said:

the duality between "Heart" and "Soul".

Ahh, how could I forget to mention that.

Anyways.

I believe I only managed to catch two of three legendary dogs G/S. They were actually hard to catch, unlike Latias and Latios of R/S and those three alien-looking dudes from D/P. I hope they keep the challenge rather than easy-moding it.

[Split Infinity]

Here's hoping they keep the map tracking device from Sinnoh, unless they allow the Pokedex to run in realtime on the touch screen. Which would be EXCELLENT.

[Someone Else]

Split Infinity, on May 16 2009, 09:24 PM, said:

unless they allow the Pokedex to run in realtime on the touch screen. Which would be EXCELLENT.

Let me say, that would ease a LOT of headaches of chasing those guys. At least Johto doesn't have as many forks in it's routes as the other regions.

[Mallick]

Someone Else, on May 16 2009, 08:51 PM, said:

Am I the only one that's entirely content with the names?
No.
Heart Gold is a little weird off the tongue, but as a name it's definitely not bad in my opinion.
Yes.

[Laharl]

dont you think guys are giving a little too much attention to the names?

[Split Infinity]

There isn't really much else to talk about at this stage...

inb4 you have a skateboard

[Drizzy Drake]

Someone Else, on May 16 2009, 11:51 PM, said:

Am I the only one that's entirely content with the names?

Heart Gold is a little weird off the tongue, but as a name it's definitely not bad in my opinion.

I was going to get the Silver remake no matter what, anyway, so Gold's remade name doesn't matter to me. Soul Silver is a great name; between the two version's I think Silver lucked out as far as names go. =P

I got your back WD, the names are solid.

Laharl, on May 17 2009, 06:39 AM, said:

dont you think guys are giving a little too much attention to the names?

Do you suggest they talk about the experience playing it? Maybe we should talk about Duke`s aswell, seing as we`ve all played that.

Split Infinity, on May 17 2009, 07:15 AM, said:

There isn't really much else to talk about at this stage...

inb4 you have a skateboard

Skateboard...?!?!?

[Someone Else]

Split Infinity, on May 17 2009, 04:15 AM, said:

inb4 you have a skateboard

I heard that was fake.

[Ironsight]

watch, on May 16 2009, 08:13 PM, said:

HeartGold sounds like something from Captain Planet and SoulSilver sounds like they hired Chris Brown or Nelly or some tool to think of a name. At least FireRed and LeafGreen made sense.

I agree with Watch; the names are a little...not good.
But I'm not getting either of these anyways, so whatever.

[Split Infinity]

Someone Else, on May 18 2009, 05:18 AM, said:

I heard that was fake.

There were plans for a skateboard in the original G/S, so I wouldn't be surprised.

[Someone Else]

Yeah, I heard. Don't get me wrong, I'd like to see it too.

[I'm Always BROKE]

This might be the last game I'll ever buy. I ****ing loved Gold!

[Drizzy Drake]

Why might this be the last game you`ll ever buy?

And WD stop shooting my hopes down :)

[I'm Always BROKE]

Cause it's so far the only game I'm at least slightly interested in.

Except for Punch Out Wii. Might get that one too.

[Legolastom]

Sell the Wii, best advise I could give you.

[Drizzy Drake]

Just get a PSP. Portable SNES, GBA (shush), NES, PS1, Genesis, Mame, and a N64 sometime in the future.

And yeah, sell the Wii.

[Split Infinity]

Get an iPhone, it's more powerful and does more things than both combined. :D

[Drizzy Drake]

PS1 and N64 on iPhone? I don`t think so.

[Split Infinity]

Drizzy Drake, on May 19 2009, 11:49 PM, said:

PS1 and N64 on iPhone? I don`t think so.

http://www.latest-mobile.com/wp-content/uploads/images/articles/3/playstation-iphone-1.jpg

You were saying?

[Drizzy Drake]

Let me see FF7 running on an iPhone and then I`ll "touche" you.

[Split Infinity]

It's an emulator, I don't see any reason why it couldn't.

[Toasty]

Someone Else, on May 16 2009, 09:30 PM, said:

Let me say, that would ease a LOT of headaches of chasing those guys. At least Johto doesn't have as many forks in it's routes as the other regions.

The only way I was able to catch Entei and Raiku (I played crystal), was to get them at rage lake. Then, the only other place for them to go was the route right below that, and so I'd search through there to find them. Though I think I lucked out with Raiku and found him on some other route.


But in the more recent games, the legendary ones weren't even all that difficult to catch. I mean, you didn't even have to run around looking for them.

[Split Infinity]

I'd rather catch something by my own skill rather than pure chance, really.

Of course with all legendaries it's a combination of both, but there are people who played through G/S for over a hundred hours and never managed to even find any of the three dogs. I did catch the Entei running around on my LG, though. <3

[Drizzy Drake]

Split Infinity, on May 21 2009, 03:22 AM, said:

It's an emulator, I don't see any reason why it couldn't.

How in the **** is the iPhone powerfull enough to run any PS1 game let alone FF7.

Split Infinity, on May 21 2009, 08:39 AM, said:

I'd rather catch something by my own skill rather than pure chance, really.

Of course with all legendaries it's a combination of both, but there are people who played through G/S for over a hundred hours and never managed to even find any of the three dogs. I did catch the Entei running around on my LG, though. <3

After 151ing my Red I didn`t really mind that I was only able to catch Entei.

[Split Infinity]

You underestimate the unstoppable force that is R&D.

The original Playstation ran at a little over 30MHz on a MIPS R3000. That was in 1994. The iPhone uses a 620MHz ARM processor underclocked to 412MHz; with a better graphics chip it could easily rival most PS2 games. </toasty>

[Laharl]

congratulations on finding something less interesting than pokemon to bicker on about

[Mallick]

/threa--

"the two DS re-releases are going to see some changes in the gender and breeding portions of the game. For instance, a Pokemon offspring may end up looking slightly different than what we are used to for each pocket monster, due to the looks of their father and mother."

gonintendo

[Drizzy Drake]

So a pikachu baby from a pikachu and machamp would have muscles?

[Aquamarine]

I bet the differences in appearance will be as big as the male/female differences in D/P. That means almost non-existent.

[Toasty]

Drizzy Drake, on May 21 2009, 07:51 AM, said:

How in the **** is the iPhone powerfull enough to run any PS1 game let alone FF7.

You do realize that the PS1 is frikkin' old and that the average power of a processor doubles every two years?

The iPhone, heck, pretty much any modern smartphone, has enough power to emulate a PS1 game.


[EDIT] *facepalm* Split, you're getting way too complicated. :P

[Laharl]

nobody gives a fuck

[Split Infinity]

Toasty, on May 23 2009, 10:10 AM, said:

[EDIT] *facepalm* Split, you're getting way too complicated. :P

Hence the </ tag.

[Caael]

Laharl, on May 23 2009, 10:51 AM, said:

nobody gives a ****

[Drizzy Drake]

Toasty, on May 22 2009, 08:10 PM, said:

You do realize that the PS1 is frikkin' old and that the average power of a processor doubles every two years?

The iPhone, heck, pretty much any modern smartphone, has enough power to emulate a PS1 game.
[EDIT] *facepalm* Split, you're getting way too complicated. :P

Touchè. I honestly didn`t think an iPod would be able to emulate a PS1.

Laharl, on May 23 2009, 05:51 AM, said:

nobody gives a fuck

you`re a faggot. no joke, you`re fucking pathetic.

[Someone Else]

News

More news

Ohhh yeah

[Split Infinity]

Nintendo releasing a useful peripheral? Unheard of!

[Toasty]

Maybe it'll even reduce the number of overweight children around the world!

Seeing as the G/S remakes are likely to be the last Pokemon games worth buying, I might actually use this pedometer.

[Split Infinity]

I have the original. :D

[Someone Else]

*Eusine from Crystal appears in the story based on the Legendary Beasts in a similar manner to Crystal
*The Level 1 Dialga, Palkia & Giratina know Metal Burst, Hydro Pump & Shadow Sneak respectively
*There are 9 new touch-screen based mini-games
*It is also said that Latios, Latias & Mewtwo are available within the game - Unconfirmed
*Confirmation of Lugia & Ho-Oh at Level 45
*Confirmation of Red Gyarados returning at Level 30


http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z84/WindDude/celebration.gif

[Golden Legacy]

Beautiful. A lot of that brings back the nostalgia, especially the Eusine subquest from Crystal. Good to see they're adding that in. I only wonder now if Celebi is going to be available.

[Someone Else]

Wish I had a link for that information. I got it off a different forum that didn't provide one.

Celebi! I always wanted that bastard. More than likely it'll be available from some event crap though.

[Golden Legacy]

The information seems to be from Serebii.net.

Knowing Nintendo and Game Freak, it'll be likely that Celebi will be a part of some event yes. The GS Ball quest in Crystal was not available otherwise to anyone outside the Japanese version.

[Toasty]

http://www.goldensun-syndicate.net/forum/public/style_images/gssv3/snapback.png' alt='View Post' />Someone Else, on Jul 10 2009, 12:37 PM, said:

My thoughts exactly.


I need to go buy a DS.

[Drizzy Drake]

Split Infinity, on Jun 18 2009, 03:39 AM, said:

I have the original. :D

i got that; ****ing old.

Someone Else, on Jul 10 2009, 03:37 PM, said:

*Eusine from Crystal appears in the story based on the Legendary Beasts in a similar manner to Crystal
*The Level 1 Dialga, Palkia & Giratina know Metal Burst, Hydro Pump & Shadow Sneak respectively
*There are 9 new touch-screen based mini-games
*It is also said that Latios, Latias & Mewtwo are available within the game - Unconfirmed
*Confirmation of Lugia & Ho-Oh at Level 45
*Confirmation of Red Gyarados returning at Level 30
http://i191.photobucket.com/albums/z84/WindDude/celebration.gif

Wtf are Dialga and Palkia doing in Gold&Silver?

And this seems to be the biggest congregation of legendaries. If Latios&Latias and Metwo are in it, they`ll have legendaries from every generation.

[Split Infinity]

Yeah, I don't get why three major legendaries from a currently available game would be turning up in a remake. I sure didn't see Rayquaza in LeafGreen.

Still, with the others it looks like Ninty are trying to make all of the Pokemon available through DS play alone. Which makes a lot of sense with the DSi and all.

[Drizzy Drake]

ive said it since ruby&sapphire, but ill say it naow, they need to either make one more generation with ONE game, or just finish it off with one final game that has every pogemons in it.

[Someone Else]

I still stand by what I said about this being my last pogeyman game until a real overhaul of the series is made.

With that said, this game is exceeding my expectations already. I mean, they weren't very high, but pogeyman exceeding expectations at all is amazing. This has potential to be the best version of Pokemon ever made.

[Split Infinity]

GSC was the best to begin with; expect no less from an enhanced remake.

[Someone Else]

Ezzactly.

[Toasty]

Someone Else, on Jul 10 2009, 06:10 PM, said:

I still stand by what I said about this being my last pogeyman game until a real overhaul of the series is made.

Same. Though I'm also waiting for a 3D console port that's not like "LOL RIDE YOUR CRAZY MOTORCYCLE BETWEEN CITIES".
That part of Colosseum was kinda disappointing. The majority of your time in pokemon games is usually spent on the routes in between towns. Why would they cut corners like that? (besides the obvious)

[Aquamarine]

Try Pokemon XD on the GameCube. I haven't played it, but apparently it's a 3D Pokemon RPG. Not a true Pokemon RPG, but have a look at a review or two and you'll see what it's about.

Someone Else, on Jul 11 2009, 03:18 AM, said:

Ezzactly.

Spamming stops here.

[Legolastom]

Yeah what its about is being ****.

At least teh first one was a bit new.

[Toasty]

Aquamarine, on Jul 11 2009, 05:29 AM, said:

Try Pokemon XD on the GameCube. I haven't played it, but apparently it's a 3D Pokemon RPG. Not a true Pokemon RPG, but have a look at a review or two and you'll see what it's about.
Spamming stops here.

It's the sequel to Colosseum. I have no hopes at all for it being worth my money.

[TheEnglishman]

I assume the game's are out in Japan now because there's a lot of poorly recorded gameplay footage all over Youtube. It actually looks like a really good remake of a game I loved when I was younger. I especially like the remixed music for Silver.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Rj6K2SGnwQ...re=channel_page

[Mallick]

Well, I know a LOT of people got their hands on the game before it was released in japan, but I don't know for sure whether or not it has been released already there. Yedigg?

Either way, the game looks almost worth buying.

[TheEnglishman]

Naughty people. Still it's enough to bring back nostalgia for me.

[Someone Else]

To restate what I think I said earlier in this topic:

Worth buying, but will probably be my last Pokemon game.

That said, I forgot this game existed for a while.

[Someone Else]

http://www.youtube.c...h?v=T9JcI5LQvYc

This game is just pouring out the fanservice, very nice.

I also like how you can actually hear your footsteps besides when you walk on shallow water now, and the noise you make is different depending on what you're walking on. Nice little touch there.

[Split Infinity]

That's the actual sourced audio, I still recognise it. Wow.

[Nosferatu]

Needs moar Ho-oh.

I have a distinct memory of fire being a good starter in Gold/ Silver. I'ma check this shit out.

Edit: Decent. Flying, Bug, Normal, Ghost are the first four and don't pose a problem for fire.

[Split Infinity]

You could actually appreciate the fire starter from the outset, seeing as it's the only game in the series to not start out with a friggin' Rock gym. :/

[Mallick]

G/S/C was my favorite series, so I played it over and over again. I have to say, Totodile was my preferred starter.


First gym: doesn't matter. all the starters are equally effective

Second gym: Just use a flying pokeyman

Third gym: Bite ftw

Fourth gym: bite ftw if you still have it

beyond the fourth gym, you've got enough pokemon at your disposal for you to fill your team with supa effective onez.

[Aquamarine]

Someone Else, on Sep 12 2009, 12:54 AM, said:

I also like how you can actually hear your footsteps besides when you walk on shallow water now, and the noise you make is different depending on what you're walking on. Nice little touch there.

Yeah, because that's really what the franchise was missing for it to become a purchase-worthy game once again.

[Split Infinity]

Aquamarine, on Sep 12 2009, 08:31 PM, said:

Yeah, because that's really what the franchise was missing for it to become a purchase-worthy game once again.

You seem a lot more cynical these days. Of Nintendo, at least.

And I'm pretty sure Chikorita has the low ground at the first gym. No pun intended.

[Toasty]

I remember starting out with Tododile on my first play through. Used Cyndiquill the second time though.

[Mallick]

Screw you all, got me playin' Silver. ;-;

[Split Infinity]

My Silver cart stopped saving. I'm afraid to play Gold any more.

[Nosferatu]

Captain Cannabis, on Sep 12 2009, 02:20 AM, said:

tl;dr rock type is asshole

So how bout that event with Cynthia if you have Arceus with you in HG/SS?

Apparently if you go to the ruins with the Unown with an Arceus following you after you beat the Elite Four you can get a Level 1 Giratina, Palkia or Dialga.

Note to self: Try to catch Arceus in a Timer Ball this time. Looks fantastic.

[Mallick]

this game is TOO ez. Chose Totodile, first gym was a breeze. I 1HKO'd Scyther in the second gym lololol.


This is my party right after beating the second gym

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/7962/partyh.png

[Nosferatu]

Captain Cannabis, on Sep 12 2009, 09:57 PM, said:

lol, this game is ez. Chose Totodile, first gym was a breeze. I 1HKO'd Scyther in the second gym lololol.

Yeah I know. Just bitter over Pokemon Yellow.

So fucking annoying.

[Mallick]

Yeah I know. The like, ONLY way to do it is to evolve a Nidoran. Too much grinding for my tastes.

[Split Infinity]

Captain Cannabis, on Sep 13 2009, 02:57 PM, said:

This is my party right after beating the second gym

http://img33.imageshack.us/img33/7962/partyh.png

I could swear the menus were pure white when I played it.

[Nosferatu]

So guyz, I just confirmed two things while roaming Bulbapedia.

1. Red is now again the Trainer with the highest level Pokemon. It was him with his 81 Pikachu in G/S/C, but Pearl from Platinum took it with his Level 85 starter. Red is getting the title back with his level 88 Pikachu.

2. With a promo Celebi,

Spoiler

Silver is confirmed as Giovanni's son in a time-travel flashback. And it only took 10 years to confirm it. <3

3. Not so much confirmed as infered, but the Pokemon timeline (excluding Hoenn cause I didn't play those and I don't know shit about them) goes Red/ Blue/ Yellow/ FireRed/Leaf Green -> Diamond/ Pearl/ Platinum -> Gold/Silver/HeartGold/SoulSilver. Cynthia goes to investigate Arceus and the Dragon Trio more in HG/SS, meaning D/P/Pl already happened and recently. Red is no longer Champion and Blue is a gym leader, leading me to think that at there is about a year between R/B/Y/FR/LG and D/P/Pl. Also, that train/ monorail/ whatever it is that goes between Kanto and Johto MUST have taken about a or two to make. Edit: I think R/S/E may take place before R/B/Y/FR/LG

[Nosferatu]

'sup guys. I was just over at Kotaku. Let's read this, shall we? http://kotaku.com/5359475/pokemon-sells-ne...ion-in-two-days

Quote

The games are remakes of Gold and Silver, which sold 23 million copies worldwide.

They've sold over HALF of what Gold and Silver sold, and this is in two days, and only in Japan.

[Aquamarine]

Um... I think you got that slightly wrong Nos. The remakes haven't sold 15 million in two days, they've sold 1.5 million. And the originals didn't sell 2.3 mil, they sold 23 mil.

[Mallick]

Aquamarine, on Sep 15 2009, 02:30 AM, said:

Um... I think you got that slightly wrong Nos. The remakes haven't sold 15 million in two days, they've sold 1.5 million. And the originals didn't sell 2.3 mil, they sold 23 mil.

He knows.

[I'm Always BROKE]

Still pretty good sales I suppose? I think I'll give Pokémon another try, since Gold was truely a great game. Also why's there always a 'timeline' discussion about games?