Conversation Between BettyNewbie and Cerberus87
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January 1st, 2015 8:39 AMBettyNewbiePikachu is too weak for a starter. I remember using him until the end, but even with Thunder I couldn't damage Lorelei's Pokémon effectively. It was quite a disappointment, because the main draw of Yellow is the whole interaction with Pikachu.That, I won't disagree with. The starter Pikachu was, more or less, a novelty Pokémon, and like most novelty Pokémon, its usefulness wore off around L25-30. Of course, this is something that a remake could fix.
Another thing was having access to all the starters. It was too "convenient" for me, because you have a very balanced team if you decide to train all three. Other games in the series require more effort in team building.That never bothered me. Nobody's making you train all of them (or any of them, for that matter), and they did make easier to complete the Pokédex (especially in GSC). Myself, I only ever trained Charmander (I like flying on Charizard) and occasionally, Bulbasaur; I much preferred Starmie/Vaporeon/Lapras/Gyarados as my Water type to Blastoise.
Finally, not being able to access Team Rocket's Pokémon, and the gym rosters having overleveled and repetitive Pokémon.What do you mean by "not being able to access Team Rocket's Pokémon"?
I agree on Koga and Sabrina being overleveled in Yellow (my ideal remake would nerf them and diversify their teams), but not Blaine and Giovanni. They were underleveled in RB, IMO, especially Giovanni. There was a 5-6 level gap between him and Lorelei in RB, while in Yellow, it was only 1-2 levels, as an 8th Gym Leader should be.
Honorable mention: no Missingno.LOL. ^_^ That's because Yellow fixed most of RB's many glitches. (Not the Mew Glitch, though, luckily.)
What I like about Yellow is mostly the Pokémon art, really. The art in the Western Red and Blue is terrible IMO. But, if Red and Blue had this kind of art, I'd not play Yellow. My favorite version of the lot is Red (I got Blue back then but later I preferred Red).I got Blue because I read it was the only one that had Meowth/Persian (my favorite Pokémon at the time). Red is the only one I never owned (or even played), and that's because I got Gold later that year (which filled the gaps between Blue and Yellow, while still being a new game).
I know this is a hack, but have you heard of the Pokémon Red Gen 2 Graphics Patch? It replaces the ugly sprites (as well as the ugly outdoor tilesets) from the original RB with the nicer, full-color ones from GS. Although the patch says "Red," it will work on either Red or Blue. -
December 31st, 2014 11:25 PMCerberus87I've played Yellow around the time I played Crystal and there are a few things I don't like about it.
Pikachu is too weak for a starter. I remember using him until the end, but even with Thunder I couldn't damage Lorelei's Pokémon effectively. It was quite a disappointment, because the main draw of Yellow is the whole interaction with Pikachu.
Another thing was having access to all the starters. It was too "convenient" for me, because you have a very balanced team if you decide to train all three. Other games in the series require more effort in team building.
Finally, not being able to access Team Rocket's Pokémon, and the gym rosters having overleveled and repetitive Pokémon.
Honorable mention: no Missingno.
What I like about Yellow is mostly the Pokémon art, really. The art in the Western Red and Blue is terrible IMO. But, if Red and Blue had this kind of art, I'd not play Yellow. My favorite version of the lot is Red (I got Blue back then but later I preferred Red).
I never got Crystal because I already had Gold version and I thought Crystal was unnecessary, until I played Stadium 2 and the R2 trainers all had moves that only exist in Crystal, like Cross Chop Elekids and so on. :P -
December 31st, 2014 11:07 PMBettyNewbieWell, some if it may have to do with perspective. Looking at your profile, you started with Blue, while I started with Yellow. I later got Blue (never got Red, though), but Yellow was the one I mostly played, so I instantly recognized Erika, Koga, and Red's teams from Yellow when I first played Gold.
(Plus, Yellow makes a better companion to the Gen 2 games, gameplay-wise, anyways. All of the Gen 1 exclusives--the Starters, the Birds, Omanyte/Kabuto, Mewtwo, and Mew--can be found there without resetting/trading (save for one of the fossils), and the Light Ball and TwistedSpoon can *only* be obtained from that game. Just with Yellow, Gold, and Silver, you have a complete Pokédex for both Gens 1 and 2.)
I never owned Crystal, myself, and like you I regret it (especially since it was the first game I could play as my own gender). I was beginning to drift apart from the franchise at the time (a combination of puberty and my disappointment with the Johto anime), so Crystal never caught my eye as much as it should've. Shame, too, since it was a much more "complete" game, story-wise, than GS. -
December 31st, 2014 9:07 PMCerberus87It's funny that we disagree on Yellow being canon when our tastes in Pokémon are similar. :P I personally favor 1st and 2nd gen, too, because of nostalgia. And I too hate RSE.
I regret not playing Crystal when I was younger. I actually think Crystal's graphics don't leave a lot to be desired compared to RSE. :P The game's only fault IMO is the lack of a third uber, so they had to use Suicune, and IMO Suicune doesn't really have anything special going for it besides looking beautiful.
I did play Crystal in the VBA in 2007 and I pretty much did what I always wanted to do in the game, since I could trade and have any Pokémon I wanted. Then I used my team in Stadium 2 through PJ64's plugins.

