Well it all ties together. U cant change one without the other being changed, As a matter of fact, 5th gen should bring babies for Onix, Rhydon, Lapras, Girafarig, Aerodactyl and Carnivine. I cant imagine any of them hatching.
Why can they not leave the originals untouched? Am I not the only one that wants to see this? It's crazy.
The way I always assumed it before baby pokemon came out was that pokemon were simply really small when they were first born/hatched/whatever, and grew a little each time they gained a level.
Indeed, much more logical.
I think they need to make it easier to catch the legendary pokemon cause you can trust if you trade a mew or a lugia and not knowing if its lagit or craked but a game with the option of going to other regions after would be so great and having your favorite pokemon walk with u would be awesome having more pokemon storage space!
Yeah, but Nintendo will never do that unfortunately.
Technically we don't need any pre-evolutions by that logic. They aren't needed, but I like them. They're cute, they're new sprites and creatures, and I don't think they take anything away from the game. Sometimes the happiness leveling up thing can be irritating, but I don't think it's that big of a deal.
They don't add anything to the game either, they're pretty much a waste of space. And I refer you to my first point in the post.
If Rhyperior, Tangrowth and Lickilicky had no improvements over their pre-evolutions, then I would agree that they were a waste. However, all three of them are obviously better than their pre-evolutions. I personally loved the idea of adding evolutions to pokemon that were pretty much useless - sure, Rhyperior, Tangrowth and Lickilicky might not be the best pokemon, but they are useable. They might not "be needed", but they were an addition that made them viable. Honestly, I'm sick of all the pokemon which seem to be "fillers" in the pokedex because their fully evolved forms are absolutely useless and suck. Rhydon may have been sort of useable before Rhyperior, but Tangela and Lickitung, along with many other pokemon that got new evolutions were not viable at all.
They might be useable, but they are killing off what we used to have. I didn't think they'd continue to evolve Pokemon in different generations because it doesn't seem right. I just wish the original 150 could be left as we remember them.
This doesn't remove traces to Generation 1 pokemon. They're still there; but now they have improved evolutions. I don't think that Lickitung, Tangela or Rhydon were seen or used very much if at all because they had horrible stats. I would love to see all pokemon that have incredibly low stats or are just bad overall to be improved; this could be through evolutions, new abilities, or just improving the pokemon's stats. I personally like the evolution route, because I enjoy the new sprites and designs - they're fresh and new. Perhaps Nintendo could remove the need to add new evolutions to older pokemon by simply not making so many useless pokemon, but it seems like they're not going to stop that - Bibarel is a good example of that. x_x So while I'm not happy with the introduction of useless pokemon, at least they're fixing some of them with new evolutions.
No, you're right, I used the wrong phrase entirely for some reason, but I did mean they should be left as they are.
R/S was (in my opinion, and many others) a huge disappointment compared to the second generation of games. The only thing I liked was the better graphics and things like abilities, but other than that it wasn't really anything that amazing. Hopefully if there is ever a 5th Generation of pokemon games they will implement some of the things in the 2nd Generation. Even if the 2nd Generation had some flaws like the battery running out, Kanto being too easy and unfinished, I do think that the ideas introduced there were some of the best. The day/night, daily events (bug catching, Lapras appearing, etc.), radio tower, and all of those other amazing features should return - I know the day/night thing is back in D/P, but it doesn't seem as unique as it was in G/S/C.
I'd agree, I liked R/S to an extent, but it didn't feel like the same game I was playing. However I do believe that Generation IV is more of a disappointment than Generation III. They should of course bring things back, but it seems like the games have finally lost that charm they had when they were on the Gameboy and Gameboy colour, something about them was excellent and unique, now it just feels....boring.
While I agree with your last point mostly, I don't think Platinum was a scam. I mean, Nintendo could try to polish their games more so they wouldn't have to release a third one in the same generation of games to fix the mistakes, but that's just the way it is - it's for money. Platinum is fixing a lot of problems within the game, such as the lack of pokemon before the national dex, making the game a little more difficult, adding more features, more story line, etc. Perhaps if the game had nearly no new additions I'd be ticked off, but Platinum has a lot of new things add. Besides, Nintendo has always released a third version of the same game, so it's not like this is something new. If you think it's a scam, don't buy it. However, I don't think you should act like this is something new - Nintendo always makes three versions of (basically) the same game for money. That's just the way large companies are with such a popular product that people are willing to spend money for. :)
My main point is the intro of the Battle Frontier in Emerald, the sudden disappearence of it in D/P and then the sudden return in Platinum. Why is this not a permanent fixture? If it could be in Emerald then there was no reason for it's loss in D/P, unless of course, as I assume, they are completely lacking in new ideas so they feel the need to take things out so they can "improve" the next game by putting them back. Obviously Platinum has made a few changes like more fire types, but that's not enough really to warrant a whole new game. I'd also suggest Crystal was not enough to warrant a whole new game, however Gold and Silver were two brilliant games from the start, so it really didn't matter too much. Yellow to Red made the crucial change of being like the anime, and Emerald made the big change of adding a Battle Frontier at the end which for me, saved Generation III in itself.
For me, Platinum is not doing enough to warrant a whole new game, or me buying it, which would be a shame because it would be the first game I haven't bought.