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Gimmy June 29th, 2009 2:20 PM

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Originally Posted by Eggie Poo Poo (Post 4803550)
To add to that, in Pokemon Mansion: Mr. Backlot's whole speech makes me want to nail him nice and hard in between his eyes.

This. I hate that man. He just chats some crap.

Munch Dog June 29th, 2009 2:29 PM

Yeah, Backlot is the only person I can't stand to talk to. I just want to know what pokemon he's going to have his butler put into the garden today! I'm envious! Shut up already!

Gimmy June 29th, 2009 2:30 PM

I wouldn't mind the first time he asks me if I'm jealous, but after that I don't give a crap. I just hammer the A button till I miss what pokemon he's lying his sorry ass about.

Zelda June 29th, 2009 2:32 PM

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Originally Posted by Gimmy (Post 4803658)
This. I hate that man. He just chats some crap.

It is pretty bothersome to hear him say the same things over and over again after you beat the Elite Four. The only different word he says is the name of the pokémon that is in the Trophy Garden I believe.
Some of the people in the game just talk to you too much in my conjecture. Perhaps if Nintendo could have shortened up the people in the game's words, it would have been much more better. However, that is just my opinion on that.
Though I didn't find it to be a huge drag in the game and I got used to it a little after I got the game.

.Ozymandias June 30th, 2009 12:22 AM

Although it is slow in D/P, I found it a lot quicker on Pt. Though there was the same amount of speech, it went by so much quicker.

Or maybe I just didn't notice...

Citrinin June 30th, 2009 12:29 AM

I actually enjoy the increased level of speech. I find it adds more to the story, and didn't find it excessive at all - I thought they'd struck the right balance for the most part. Although, I do admit that certainly some characters do talk a bit too much.

joehat June 30th, 2009 12:47 AM

It depends. Sometimes, a longer speech is a good thing, but excess (such as Backlot, as many of you have provided in your examples) can be a bit annoying.

I always thought one cool feature of the game would be if more NPC's recognized you. Let's say you visited the Eterna City Pokemon Center. The next time you go it would be cool if, instead of the same old speech from Nurse Joy, she just said (for instance) "Good morning (player), would you like us to heal your Pokemon?"

The same can be said for so many other characters..the two berry people, Mr. Backlot, Solaceon Daycare couple, and of course NPC trainers.

I think it would also be cool if other NPC's recognized your progress through the game. I can't stand the fact that you're the Pokemon League Champion, yet it seems that no one knows.

As a matter of fact, I'm all for more dialogue in the games. Haha I guess I'm one of the only people who feels this way.

Sarcastic Prince June 30th, 2009 1:16 AM

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Originally Posted by GymLeaderLily (Post 4802775)
I hate talking to characters don't tell you anything useful/interesting. It's just blah.

I'll provide some examples:

"We're on constant patrol. It's safe here, even at night."
"Yup, a kid like you should be running around outside, rain or shine."
"Fishing and battling are delicate things--as am I. Is that wrong?"
"I want to show off my pretty parasol, but it will get dirty in the rain. Oh, such a big dilemma!"
"You've been to the Great Marsh? How about the Pokemon Mansion? Wherever I go, I get to meet new and different Pokemon. I feel so privileged and happy about that."
"Here where I'm standing, I'm smack-dab in the middle of town."

Music I dislike: Celestic town theme, Pastoria theme, Eterna City theme, battle music, Solaceon theme, Twinleaf town theme, Sandgem town, bicycle theme, Route 222 theme, Survival area.

Wow, I dislike a lot of music in Dppt. :(

I also find the bog annoying. As well as how long it takes to make a battle begin and how it says "it is raining." I can tell that is indeed raining. I don't need to read it 10 ten times. Ugh.

I don't find a problem to this whole thing, actually. Music are pretty fine to me, I guess. And for the text, if you don't wanna read it, don't read it. I'm interested if you ask me.

But I have to agree with the Bog. It's very annoying! And the Snow is annoying too.
The rest is pretty fine to me.

Satoshi Ookami June 30th, 2009 1:31 AM

Some of them are talkin' way too much but overall they talk averagely

TheAliveTrain June 30th, 2009 10:36 AM

It was a pain to start the "game". You'd need to go to a lake, then get a Pókemon, then go back, then go to the lab, then go back again because you have no running shoes and so on...

Anyways, it was a good intro, just so many speech-

Sweet Smoochum June 30th, 2009 10:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Ruka Prince (Post 4805819)
I don't find a problem to this whole thing, actually. Music are pretty fine to me, I guess. And for the text, if you don't wanna read it, don't read it. I'm interested if you ask me.

But I have to agree with the Bog. It's very annoying! And the Snow is annoying too.
The rest is pretty fine to me.

I play the game often and for hours, but sometimes the music bothers me if I'm hearing the same tune all the time. The music helps me concentrate better. (But I do like the night music better than the music that plays during the day. But, I don't necessarily "hate" all the music. I love the old and new contest songs and the Cynthia battle theme. It's just sometimes, some songs like Eterna city bother me when I have the volume on high to overpower my brother's SSMB. I'm so used to the music in the previous games and I like the songs from those games (GSC) better. When in comparison to the old games, I like the other music better.)

The quotes I mentioned were from the trainers to the left of Pastoria city. In almost every Pokemon game, I try to talk to every trainer. In previous games, a lot of trainers would tell me important info. As for FrLg, I liked how some trainers talked about gym leaders/e4/prof. It was interesting. Some characters do kind of talk for a long time. For example, the guy who owns the Pokemon Mansion. Sometimes I talk to the person more than once, because I don't remember if he told me what Pokemon was in the garden.

Though, I will admit, I think it was nice that for once, the trainers have more to say and they're willing to talk to your trainer. The creators took the time to give each character dialogue, and made them tell the character something that's not story-related.

(I like the snow part, but every two seconds left of Pastoria and in G.M., I get stuck in the bog, and it makes me not want to be in that area. I haven't been to the Great Marsh in months because of it.)

i love garchomp June 30th, 2009 10:55 AM

yes they talk to much and waste my time

Eggie Poo Poo July 7th, 2009 2:09 PM

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Originally Posted by GymLeaderLily (Post 4807319)
(I like the snow part, but every two seconds left of Pastoria and in G.M., I get stuck in the bog, and it makes me not want to be in that area. I haven't been to the Great Marsh in months because of it.)

Yeah the quicksand stuff is annoying because you sink in and you have to mass tap the directional pads, like omfg Nintendo should take out all that programming crap they spent into that and put it into something useful, like custom music tracks for the Legendary Birds.

Okamii July 7th, 2009 3:15 PM

YOU CAN CHANGE THE TXT SPEED YA KNOW! but other than that yes there is too much caption!

Ryuzaki_Lawliet July 7th, 2009 3:24 PM

I have my text on fast and I still get pissed when he talks on and on and on. I wanna SCREAM!

Fallujah July 7th, 2009 3:29 PM

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Anyone else notice how ridiculously long it takes to trade Pokemon? Like, GOD!!! SPEED UP THAT CUTSCENE!!!

I have a theory why the trades ae s slow. The OS system that the trading computers use must be a slowpoke engine....so it's:
http://www.halolz.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/05/halolz-dot-com-twewy-pokemon-sozettaslowbro.gif

NarutoActor July 7th, 2009 4:22 PM

there are advantages and disadvantages one advantage sometimes IN BIG BATTLES like the lat gym or eleite for(if its your first time) it increase the intensidy of battle wile you watch your oponenet get hit and the health bar slowly decreases.
Disadvantage is it take too long to do task like leveling up a pokemon the reasons the devolper did this was proberly to make the game feel longer than it acualy is .

dotKarma July 7th, 2009 6:16 PM

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Originally Posted by TheAliveTrain (Post 4807227)
It was a pain to start the "game". You'd need to go to a lake, then get a Pókemon, then go back, then go to the lab, then go back again because you have no running shoes and so on...

Anyways, it was a good intro, just so many speech-

That's what drove me to not enjoy playing these games over. Backlot's speech pisses me off as well.

Levant July 7th, 2009 9:12 PM

its true..it does have it cons and pros...like the day-care man.....it makes me wanna throw my ds out the window..why can't he just give me the egg?

Calvo819 July 8th, 2009 5:13 AM

reminds me of this

http://images.encyclopediadramatica.com/images/1/1c/Otowlfff.jpg

§1 July 8th, 2009 8:11 AM

i just hate how much you gotta talk to buy mulch and honey

Leyt July 8th, 2009 9:56 AM

My first time going through, I somewhat noticed the lowered speed, but it didn't bother me. However, on the second and third times through (Platinum and a Pearl restart), everything just seemed...obnoxious. The amount of talking, at least. Still, it isn't anything game-breaking or overly annoying.

Pokestick, good times. July 8th, 2009 12:26 PM

Well, a High-quality game needs to be a little slow, right? If not, then well yea, DP is slow, live with it. Platinum is almost as fast as 3gen though.

Mamoth409 July 10th, 2009 6:59 AM

OMG your telling me like when I first started playing i got so mad because it was so slow and so far i hate the starting of pearl way way way to much talking xD

Destiny Bond July 14th, 2009 11:45 PM

Yep, everyone in the game talks too much but the main character (you) doesn't even say a word. Your friends definately has to stop being soooooo impatient.


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