Cerberus87

VBA-M is buggier with gbc roms than VBA so I don't use it. Christmas has a bug that happens in VBA-M, but NOT in vba, bgb, on a flashcart, in GBC emulators for Android and iOS, etc.

While I use VBA a lot for testing because it's commonly used, I do test in BGB as well to try and ensure things work properly.

Well, crits are based off Speed, and Electrode has a ton of that. {XD}

Don't know if I've mentioned this already, but this year looks like it'll be the first year since 1997 to not see a main series release in ANY country:

1996: Red/Green (JP) and Blue (JP)
1997: None
1998: Red/Blue (Int) and Yellow (JP)
1999: Yellow (Int) and Gold/Silver (JP)
2000: Gold/Silver (Int) and Crystal (JP)
2001: Crystal (Int)
2002: Ruby/Sapphire (JP)
2003: Ruby/Sapphire (Int)
2004: FireRed/LeafGreen (JP/Int) and Emerald (JP)
2005: Emerald (Int)
2006: Diamond/Pearl (JP)
2007: Diamond/Peal (Int)
2008: Platinum (JP)
2009: Platinum (Int) and HeartGold/SoulSilver (JP)
2010: HeartGold/SoulSilver (Int) and Black/White (JP)
2011: Black/White (Int)
2012: Black 2/White 2 (JP/Int)
2013: X/Y
2014: OmegaRuby/Alpha Sapphire

How do you feel about that? While I think it's good that GF is taking a break, the lack of a new game has REALLY killed discussion on the boards. :(

Yeah, I know. Believe it or not, I'm using the Team Magma skin. Not because I'm a fan of them, but because my sexy redheaded Dragon Master is on it! {XD}{<3} If somebody makes a good Lance/Dragonite theme, I'll happily switch to that.


Now, THAT is just dumb luck. Thunder is inaccurate as hell, and Electrode doesn't have the greatest Special in the world.

That's actually doable. Electrode's guaranteed to outrun Mewtwo, so hit it with Thunder Wave on the first round, and if you survive the next attack, hit the trigger button. Even if Mewtwo survives, it'll be paralyzed and low on HP.


Which is why a 100% faithful Gen 1 adaptation probably WASN'T the best place to promote Mega Charizard X. An animated trailer would've sufficed.


Only because they don't have Megas, too. Poor Dragonite is the only pre-Gen 5 Pseudo to not have one. :(

Yikes, so much yellow! Had to highlight to read anything! {XD}

(BTW, there's a PM that still needs to be answered. ;))


The special depicted Red completing his Pokédex by catching Mewtwo, so he HAD to have Dragonite and all the Birds. And, they, together, should be enough for Mewtwo, especially a wild one. (And, ESPECIALLY if we apply some gameplay/story segregation and bend the rules, which the special ALREADY DID by having Giovanni's Rhyhorn KO Red's Jolteon with Thunderbolt, among other things.)

FYI, the Philippines don' have an advanced chemistry/science lessons for being a third-world country. :/

Provided you've done a significant amount of research or development on the project and you're not just requesting someone else do the work, the Research & Development subforum is the right place. If you've not got started and want pointers on how to get started, the Beginner's Lounge is the place for you: either create a [Problem] thread detailing what you want to do, or post questions in the ASM & Disassembly Help Thread which is stickied. Good luck!

Red clearly caught all of them since he completed his Pokédex, and Dragonite + all of the Birds together should be enough for Mewtwo.


Yeah, but you forget that B2W2 still used sprites. Their lack of modern artwork didn't matter because all we were going to see of them was a small sprite, anyways. All they needed were DS-quality sprites, and they were good to go.

Gen 6-onwards, on the other hand, is a different story. Sprites are gone and the official arts are now the VS portraits. The Gen 4 and 5 artwork is still good enough quality and a similar enough style to not clash with the Gen 6 art, but not so with Gen 3 and earlier.

Of course, you could argue that most of these "outdated" characters, like Kris, Green, Lorelei, Agatha, Juan, and the Frontier Brains will probably never appear in another game again, so it doesn't matter if they have modern artwork or not, but I can't see the likes of Red and Giovanni being left in the dust like that.

Well, they could've just had Red do what we all did and use the Master Ball. :P (Yeah, it would've been a little anti-climactic, but there were ways around that.) Plus, there were always the Legendary Birds and Dragonite.


Yeah, it did. Big eyes, flat faces, loud colors, skinny legs, and everything. I actually prefer the style of the Gen 3 trainer art if you ask me. :P

Based on that, the following characters lack "modern" artwork: Kris, Red, Green, Giovanni, Lorelei, Agatha, Juan, and the Hoenn Frontier Brains. I wonder if they'll ever get updated? Since official arts are now VS sprites, not having "acceptable" artwork effectively prevents these characters from ever reappearing as battleable opponents.

But, Mewtwo being super-powerful and invincible WAS a part of the original Gen 1, like it or not. That's EXACTLY how the old games were, and if a 100% replica was what Origins was going for, then that's what you get. We didn't have access to Mega Charizard x back then, so neither should've Red.


Technically, not anymore. There's a pretty big gulf between the Gen 3 and Gen 6 official art (hence the reason why the RS characters all got new artwork in ORAS). Heck, you could even argue that there was a noticeable gap between the Gen 3 and Gen 4 trainer art, comparing Erika's (the least-changed Kanto Gym Leader) FRLG art to HGSS art.

Of course, none of it should've really mattered, anyways, since Origins was drawn in a completely different style from the official art. And, it's not like there was any "consistency" of game designs there, anyways. Brock and Lance had their HGSS outfits, and Blue was in a completely new outfit.


Not since 2002. :P


That's why it's a FAN site and not official. ;)

"Small" isn't exactly what I would use to describe shoehorning a 100% 6th Gen mechanic into an otherwise 100% faithful (right down to the black & white 8-bit text boxes) adaptation. Either be consistent and fully modernize Gen 1's story, or leave all of that stuff out. No cherry-picking.


Out of the major NPCs, only Lorelei, Bruno, and Agatha lacked official art (and technically, even they still had official art if you counted the Stadium mugshots, which were based on the game designs). Seeing as their characters barely existed in Origins to begin with, their lack of official art wasn't really a big deal.

If a 100% accurate RB adaptation is what you want, then, yes, you DO have to "take everything from the originals." You say that including the Sevii Islands would've "ruined" people's nostalgia, well, didn't the character designs already do a good enough job of that? Whenever I played Gen 1, Red always looked like this, not this. I did not grow up with FRLG, so elements from those games give me zero nostalgia. I know a lot of older fans also feel the same way.


Well, those people are wrong for calling that game canon, too. It's a great HEADCANON, since the games never established anything else otherwise, but no, it's not explicit canon.

So would heatwave be better for double battles?

Ok thanks because for so long I have been using flamethrower . I almost always use him during double or triple battles. lol

I swear I am not a stalker lol

Since you seem like you would know a lot about Houndoom, what is a good moveset for him?

Then, why put Mega Charizard X at the end? Either you go all the way and embrace the new, or you don't and go 100% nostalgia.


Then, why depict the characters in their FRLG designs and base the look of the towns and gyms on FRLG? If the originals were what they were going for, then why not take visual cues from, well, the originals?


Based on that definition, the anime with Ash is canon, too. Hey, they had to have greenlit that, too, right? :rolleyes2:

I can imagine it being a lot more fleshed out (something even Zensho was compared to Origins), and I know I'm not alone. And, we never saw any of the Gym Leaders/E4 Members using Megas, or any later Gen Pre/Evos of Gen 1 Pokémon, or any evidence that the Fairy type ever existed. (Why show Red using a Lapras to beat Lance when he could've just as easily used a Clefable w/ Moonblast? That's all they would've needed to acknowledge the new type.)

And, of course, there was no evidence that the Sevii Islands or Green (female PC) ever existed; they took the aesthetic trappings of FRLG but not its unique additions. Not that the animation or storytelling was that great to begin with.


That assumes GF had any direct involvement with Origins, which is VERY unlikely.

Why do so many people think that Origins is canon? I don't know how many times I've seen people argue that Origins is the Mega Timeline "version" of Gen 1 (usually to "justify" not giving Gen 1 another remake).

Yes, Origins is a faithful adaptation, but it's still an adaptation. Game canon refers to main series GAMES and only that. I mean, Pokémon Zensho was also a super-faithful adaptation of Gen 1, and you don't see anyone arguing for that being canon, do you? Why, because it's still an adaptation, not a game. Same applies to Origins.

I've been pretty busy lately, and it's not like there's been much going on here, anyways. :P
Normal would've actually been an excellent E4 type in Gen 1. The type had many strong moves and Pokémon, and it was only weak to Fighting (which was a TERRIBLE type at the time). A team of Clefable/Persian/Chansey/Tauros/Snorlax could potentially be tough to take down (especially in Yellow, where they'd have better movesets with TM moves and stuff).

Flying also had many good Pokémon, although most of those were already taken by Lance. (Who was more a Flying specialist than a Dragon one. :rolleyes2:)