[Sea of Time]

Well, Pokemon is back on the GC and this one, unlike Colosseum, takes RPG first and multiplayer battles gets a backseat. You'd probably be embarassed to rent or buy this game, but it looks promising and it might be worth a second look, what are your thoughts?

[Gardna]

The Xd in name is kinda funny though the game really looks promising and the graphics are damn good.

[Sea of Time]

The graphics are good, but what's with the main character's skinny arms? He looks anorexic.

[I'm Always BROKE]

Most main RPG characters are skinny as hell.
Still this game looks good, the graphics are good and it should have a better story than Colloseum. I think they are releasing this game too late because the new DS titles are not linkable to the GBA games and it would be a waste to send the Pokémon you catch to your GBA since you will never play that game again when you get Diamond/Pearl.

[Gardna]

Sea_of_Time, on Sep 29 2005, 06:10 PM, said:

The graphics are good, but what's with the main character's skinny arms? He looks anorexic.

You mean this? Well, the guy's looking like retard, but the rest is good :P

[Sea of Time]

Has anyone else noticed that in some pictures he has 2 normal arms, but in some he has a bionic arm?

[Gardna]

Sea_of_Time, on Sep 29 2005, 06:17 PM, said:

Has anyone else noticed that in some pictures he has 2 normal arms, but in some he has a bionic arm?

Maybe he will have some terrible accident in the game

[TheEnglishman]

This will probably pass me by like other pokemon games have. I stopped liking pokemon after gold and silver. Once I'd done them I just didn't care about it anymore.

[Blue]

The robotic arm? I know what it is. The Pokemon Snatcher machine has made a come back.

[Eugine]

I lost interest in Pokemon around a year ago. So now, I'm not going to rent or buy that game. I'll play it if a friend has it though.

[Blue]

Yeah, IGN said it was a Snag Machine. I hope they have wild pokemon and not be restricted to Snaging, that would be stupid.

[Golden Djinn13]

If your around 13 and up, it would be so embarrasing to walk out
of a game store holding this. If I ever went into a gamestop and
saw somebody with it, I would make fun of em

[Lemontime]

Golden Djinn13, on Sep 29 2005, 05:28 PM, said:

If your around 13 and up, it would be so embarrasing to walk out
of a game store holding this. If I ever went into a gamestop and
saw somebody with it, I would make fun of em

I'd just laugh and be cruel >;D

[Neon]

That's very narrow minded because Pokemon is actually an excellent game. That said, I havn't played any since Silver. I lost interest in pokemon after they started releasing Pikachu alarm clocks and sleeping bags :\.

If ever they released a pokemon game more along the lines of gold/silver, but with awesome graphics, I would consider buying it.

[I'm Always BROKE]

Yeah there is nothing wrong with the games. It's just the anime and all those other stuff like plushies, watches and trading cards which screwed it all.

[TheEnglishman]

I remember when the cards came out that they were really popular in school. I may have been the only person in the year that didn't buy them. Pokemon used to be so good but the amount of annoying products they bought out (in Japan you can get pokemon curry :P ) and the insistance of having about 100 new pokemon with each game is what made me stop liking it.
Also everyone else started to dislike pokemon at the same time as me.

[Sea of Time]

Golden Djinn13, on Sep 29 2005, 05:28 PM, said:

If your around 13 and up, it would be so embarrasing to walk out
of a game store holding this. If I ever went into a gamestop and
saw somebody with it, I would make fun of em

It would be so embarassing. I should just stand at the front door and laugh at people that walk out with that game.

Technically, though, there's nothing wrong with the games. The TCG and the TV show are very childish but the games can appeal to many crowds.

Another thing, I hate Shadow Pokemon! They tried to add another dimension but they just made it more confusing then it already was.

[Zxor]

Well, it would be embarrassing to be walking out of a store with it. But everyone says pokemon is really childish, it isn't, not the games. The show is childish, but I think it might actually be pretty good.

[Sea of Time]

It won't stop them from laughing at you though.

When I was in Grade 5, nobody on the playground would do anything but:

1. Play Pokemon Blue on their GB's (Pokemon Red was sooo not popular :P)

2. Play the TCG

There was literally nobody doing the normal stuff like playing on swings and playing soccer and stuff like that.

The ironic part is, my first deck of Pokemon cards were bought 1 day before they were banned at our school. Harsh, huh?

[Zxor]

Ya that would suck. But pokemon is getting old, even for the your kids. I remember in 3rd grade, when 2 kids in my class would go around the yard playing pokemon, being Charzard and stuff. Really funny stuff!

[Sea of Time]

I remember when Charizard (the card) was the most revered thing you can have as a kid. If you had it, you were instantly popular. (of course, you would automatically be cursed to being asked to trade it) Today, Charizards are so common, you can actually get them in a deck.

[Zxor]

Ya, I remember a long time ago when it was worth 100 dollars!!?!?!?!

Anyway, back on topic, is this game out yet? I won't buy it, but just wondering.

[Sea of Time]

I think it comes out at the beginning of October. It'll be worth a pretty penny considering first-party games for the GCN always seem to cost more,than they're worth.

[Zxor]

But it will go down in price quik, I don't think it will sell very well.

[Sea of Time]

Yeah, people will see it as the same sort of thing as Colosseum and they won't buy it. It's probably worth a try though, even if people don't buy it.

[Someone Else]

Uh, guys? When Ruby and Sapphire were released, they sold like, more than 2 Million copies in the U.S., and more than 4 million in Japan. FireRed and LeafGreen did even MORE than that.

And that said, no matter WHO criticizes Pokemon, we all know they have a copy of Pokemon Sapphire and FireRed hidden in their secret stash of games. :P

Why should this game be different? Eh? If I had a GameCube I'd buy this game for sure.

[Neon]

Heh, If they ever release an updated version of Silver with, like, Golden Sun graphics (at least), I would buy it the day it came out XP.

Has anyone read about the DS pokemon game? Omg, what a joke. I always wanted Nintendo to integrate some sort of original story into the pokemon games, but now that they have I wish they would just release a generic pokemon game that doesn't involve being turned into a pokemon or purifying shadow pokemon ._.

[Elliott]

http://www.goldensun-syndicate.net/forum/i...?showtopic=1621

[Zxor]

Wind Dude, on Sep 30 2005, 06:30 PM, said:

Uh, guys? When Ruby and Sapphire were released, they sold like, more than 2 Million copies in the U.S., and more than 4 million in Japan. FireRed and LeafGreen did even MORE than that.

And that said, no matter WHO criticizes Pokemon, we all know they have a copy of Pokemon Sapphire and FireRed hidden in their secret stash of games. :P

Why should this game be different? Eh? If I had a GameCube I'd buy this game for sure.

I thought that firered and leafgreen barely sold anything. WOW, even more than ruby and sapphire must be alot. Ok, pokemon will sell well, very well!
And for those who played pokemon colluseum, it was anawesome game.

[I'm Always BROKE]

Wind Dude, on Oct 1 2005, 12:30 AM, said:

And that said, no matter WHO criticizes Pokemon, we all know they have a copy of Pokemon Sapphire and FireRed hidden in their secret stash of games. :P

Too very true WD.
I do have Ruby, FireRed and Colloseum. I think they are awesome games but I haven't played them a while now so I don't think I would buy Pokémon XD.

[Mathak Kraven]

I don't think it's actually worth buying, but can be fun if you have some spare time, but I outgrew those childish habits off pokémon. Right after I was unbeatable in Silver and Gold on my school. That is where it ended, it wasn't fun either, then I started playing GS after a year of nothingness.

[Blue]

I haven't played any of my Pokemon games in awhile, but the newer ones are the ones I've gotten the closest to actually having all of the pokemon. Just because I have Saphire, FireRed and LeafGrean, and Colloseum. I have a friend with Ruby who doesn't play it anymore so I would borrow it. Kinda creepy now that I think of it.

I think this new game will do very well though, because I think you can get Lugia, and that was one of the favorite legends I think.

[Izar]

ANOTHER Pokemon? man, that's getting a bit annoying. I prefer not to play it. -.-

And what does Xd stand for if someone hasn't said it?

[I'm Always BROKE]

XD is Extra Dimension. The whole name of this game is Pokémon XD Gale Of Darkness.

And perhaps I will buy it. But other games are higher on my list like Mario Dance thingies, Twilight Princess and The New Mario Bros. DS.

[TheEnglishman]

Wind Dude, on Sep 30 2005, 11:30 PM, said:

Uh, guys? When Ruby and Sapphire were released, they sold like, more than 2 Million copies in the U.S., and more than 4 million in Japan. FireRed and LeafGreen did even MORE than that.

And that said, no matter WHO criticizes Pokemon, we all know they have a copy of Pokemon Sapphire and FireRed hidden in their secret stash of games. :P

Most of the people in Japan like pokemon so that explains why so many were sold over there. I don't think that pokemon are bad it's just that I prefered them when I was younger. It's not their fault I just decided to stop liking it. I stilll think they should stop adding new pokemon in though.
And I must be the odd one out because I don't have any newer pokemon games. It's red and silver for me! :D

[Sea of Time]

The height of Pokemon was Silver and Gold. They should do a GBA or DS remake of those games.

[Someone Else]

Crystal in particular, I loved that game. The day/nighttime effect was brilliant and made the world seem less static.

Plus Kanto. The option to travel there gave the gameplay a leap, literally.

[I'm Always BROKE]

Yeah the day/night thing in Gold Sliver and Crystal was great. I wonder why they didn't do this in Ruby/Sapphire because you had to put on the right time on your clock.

[Neon]

I only ever got Blue and SIlver, so much fun those games :D.

They really should do a remake of Silver and Gold for the DS, with awesome graphics of course :P. (but this is Nintendo, and this is Pokemon, so awesome graphics is never going to happen :\)

[Sea of Time]

Night/Day was not that great for me because I mostly played at night. It was too dark. Anyways, at least it added realism.

[Someone Else]

Yeah, I could only play at night alot, so it made it a little hard to see. But then, the night/day effect helped make you realize what time of day it was easier. I remember that night starts 6:00 on daylight savings, but...

[Echo_djinn]

*walks into topic*

If they want to sell this console version of pokemon it better be like the GBA versions, with tons of side quests, hidden pokemon, and a arena where you can fight to earn items and such. If not then it's going to be another average game.

*Walks out of the topic*

[Sea of Time]

I think that Pokemon should strictly be a handheld game. That's why it's called Pocket Monsters. Console Pokemon games never are that good.

[Aquamarine]

"Console Pokemon games never are that good" you say SOT? HA, we'll just see about that! This game will be awesome.

The 3 games I'm most looking forward to and just CAN'T WAIT TO PLAY are: LoZ: Twilight Princess, FE: Path Of Radiance and Pokemon XD. GameCube rules!!!!

Anyway, a long time ago I prayed for a console Poke game(not Colloseum, a REAL console Poke game) and here it is! But yeah, you are right in a way Sea of Time. Nintendo said, long ago, that Pokemon will stay handheld. But I guess they understood that they would make a BUNCH of money from this beauty.

[Zxor]

Console Pokemon games are good. Like pokemon coloseum, or pokemon snap. Snap was funny, you have to see if you can get a good photo, it is awesome.

[Someone Else]

Well, look at it this way. POCKET Monster means that you can put the POCKET Monster into your POCKET Ball which you can then put in your POCKET. :lol:

[Zxor]

....what if my pants have no poket?
You can put the GAME into your poket, and the SYSTEM into a bag, on your hand, and...
Anyway, pokemon games on consoles are good. :lol:

[Aquamarine]

Yeah, Pokemon Snap is great! I played through it like 10 times! Why 10 times? Because it's so bloody short and easy! Two HUGE cons.

I hope XD won't be short and easy too.

[Sea of Time]

Pokemon Snap was fun, and it has a lot of replay value but it was kind of boring after a while because all you do is take pictures.

[Blue]

Pokemon Snap? I never even considered that a real game. It was fun at first, but it just got annoying.

[Sea of Time]

XD will probably be a short game. Colloseum was and this one will probably be as well.

[I'm Always BROKE]

Colloseum was pretty long for a Pokémon game I think. If XD would be that long and maybe somewhat longer I will buy it when it becomes cheaper or player's choice.

[Zxor]

I loved jumping with, raticit I think the name was, the purple rat thing, and jumping over stuff. Or using lickitung to lick stuff...>>

[Someone Else]

Well, this is a full-fledged RPG. Colloseum was, what? Strictly a fighting game? It was only half an RPG, while this focuses strictly on RPG. =/ It should be longer unless the developers are retarted. :P

[I'm Always BROKE]

Pokémon was never a real RPG, it really all depends on fighting and gaining levels. And I don't want it to have a huge and heartbraking story in it because that not very ehhh... Pokémon-ish... o.o

[Eugine]

I personally think Pokemon should be more, well... more mature. I think they should really try making Pokemon as mature as possible, you know like Final Fantasy and I'd bet they'd get more sales really.

[TheEnglishman]

Eugine, on Oct 8 2005, 09:05 PM, said:

I personally think Pokemon should be more, well... more mature. I think they should really try making Pokemon as mature as possible, you know like Final Fantasy and I'd bet they'd get more sales really.

I suppose that it would work if they did try to make it more mature but they need to make changes. In Final Fantasy games the characters would talk to each other. Since Pokemon would only say their name again and again there would be a problem there.

[Aquamarine]

On a Pokemon forum that I am a member of, some guys already have XD and they think it's quite a big game.
Actually, I think they ARE trying to make it more mature, what with the Shadow Pokemon and evil stuff and everything...

[Someone Else]

^ Yeah, he's right. They're trying to make it more serious. Pokemon never had an actual plot or storyline really, but, with the snatching and all, does it have a plot now?

[TheEnglishman]

Surely trying to catch all of the pokemon and be the best would count as a plot. It might not be detailed but would it count?

[Sea of Time]

No, that's not the plot, that's the objective. The plot is trying to outsmart Team Rocket/Aqua/Magma. Technically that's not much of a plot, but...

[Someone Else]

It needs far more plot. End of t story. XD

Ruby/Sapphire's plot wasn't too bad. It could still use alot of improving, but it wasn't bad in my opinion.

[Sea of Time]

It probably had the best plot because now you are involved in a larger story and it's not just your personal trials at stake. That's what makes it better.