2010-03-26, 11:13 AM
Feebas in Pearl was 2 hours of mindless pressing Y as I worked on homework. I still haven't caught Munchlax, so yeah that's nothing.
...and when was the clock even used in R/S/E? You set it at the beginning of the game, but there's no day/night or anything.
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I never really liked any of the side games all that much, so I'm going to have to go with HG/SS. I stopped playing Pokemon when 3rd gen came out, because I thought it was terrible. I only played Ruby on VBA up to the 3rd gym or so, but it just bored the hell out of me. It was the same 5 Pokemon on every route, there were endless trainer battles vs. people with 2 Seedots or something equally useless, double battles sucked ass, Team Magma didn't make any sense, you didn't have an actual rival, the text was goofy...I had a huge list of complaints about it at one point. My roommate played through Emerald a few months ago and I looked on as he played a couple of times, and they did seem to fix a lot of the issues, but the endless water routes and diving was disgusting to look at.
Anyway, I got back into Pokemon about 3 months ago with Pearl. I'm still amazed by how much they've improved the battling. Double battles are no longer a pain in the ass, they're actually enjoyable. The mechanics make so much more sense. I've found it easy to invest dozens of hours into Battle Tower alone. But beyond 4th gen in general, HG/SS was just an awesome experience for me. Firstly, it gets points for nostalgia. The remixed music was done just right. It's even more amazing when you turn on the GB sounds and compare it to the original. Secondly, the graphics are beautiful by DS standards. The scene where you fight Ho-Oh was a huge change from the original random bird at the top of the tower, and felt really epic. Thirdly, I'm really amazed by how much side content they've been cramming into the new games. I didn't even know about Fuego Ironworks in Pearl until I'd put over 200 hours into the game. HG/SS takes the cake with a pomegranateload of legendaries, none of which I've even attempted to catch yet, a few caves, an awesome Safari Zone, Voltorb Flip, Pokeathlon, Battle Frontier (even if it's just copied from Pt), rematches against all the Gym Leaders and the E4, and some more stuff I probably forgot to mention. The Pokewalker is pretty cool, too. And finally, the game plays a lot smoother and faster than D/P did. Battles are fast-paced and the entire game can be played on the touchscreen. Feels awesome.
...and when was the clock even used in R/S/E? You set it at the beginning of the game, but there's no day/night or anything.
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I never really liked any of the side games all that much, so I'm going to have to go with HG/SS. I stopped playing Pokemon when 3rd gen came out, because I thought it was terrible. I only played Ruby on VBA up to the 3rd gym or so, but it just bored the hell out of me. It was the same 5 Pokemon on every route, there were endless trainer battles vs. people with 2 Seedots or something equally useless, double battles sucked ass, Team Magma didn't make any sense, you didn't have an actual rival, the text was goofy...I had a huge list of complaints about it at one point. My roommate played through Emerald a few months ago and I looked on as he played a couple of times, and they did seem to fix a lot of the issues, but the endless water routes and diving was disgusting to look at.
Anyway, I got back into Pokemon about 3 months ago with Pearl. I'm still amazed by how much they've improved the battling. Double battles are no longer a pain in the ass, they're actually enjoyable. The mechanics make so much more sense. I've found it easy to invest dozens of hours into Battle Tower alone. But beyond 4th gen in general, HG/SS was just an awesome experience for me. Firstly, it gets points for nostalgia. The remixed music was done just right. It's even more amazing when you turn on the GB sounds and compare it to the original. Secondly, the graphics are beautiful by DS standards. The scene where you fight Ho-Oh was a huge change from the original random bird at the top of the tower, and felt really epic. Thirdly, I'm really amazed by how much side content they've been cramming into the new games. I didn't even know about Fuego Ironworks in Pearl until I'd put over 200 hours into the game. HG/SS takes the cake with a pomegranateload of legendaries, none of which I've even attempted to catch yet, a few caves, an awesome Safari Zone, Voltorb Flip, Pokeathlon, Battle Frontier (even if it's just copied from Pt), rematches against all the Gym Leaders and the E4, and some more stuff I probably forgot to mention. The Pokewalker is pretty cool, too. And finally, the game plays a lot smoother and faster than D/P did. Battles are fast-paced and the entire game can be played on the touchscreen. Feels awesome.