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Guy June 30th, 2009 12:24 PM

What Might You Do Differently?
 
So, compared to your original game play in Gold/Silver/Crystal what do you think you may do differently in HeartGold and/or SoulSilver? Such as, are there things you did before that you would want to change now or maybe keep things the same for old times sake.

.inLOVE June 30th, 2009 12:31 PM

The biggest mistake I ever made in Crystal: defeating Suicune. I'll make sure not to do that again.

Ryanniny June 30th, 2009 12:32 PM

my first play through i'd keep it a bit vintage, eg catching a planned team of what i normally, and what i used to get.
i'd also make sure i went to every place & did everything there (i never used to go to ruins of alph, or fully explore the union cave etc)
second playthrough i'd go to all the places and just get a team going as i play through, changing it all the time with new pokemon i encounter :)

silvanarrow June 30th, 2009 12:34 PM

I'm planning on switching up my team a bit from the original G/S/C. My team last time was:

Cyndaquil
Pidgeot
Mareep
Wooper
Dragonair
Lugia

Back then I didn't like evolving some of my Pokemon. This time I'm considering this for a lineup:

Typhlosion
Pidgeot
Ampharos
Lapras/Vaporeon
Umbreon/Scizor/Dragonair (Yes, I'll still keep it as Dragonair)
Lugia (Just for in-game and nostalgia's sake)

I'm also going to change my rival's name. Back then, I just named him Gary because I couldn't come up with anything more creative. I'm going to give it a lot more thought this time around because Silver is my favorite of all the rivals in the handheld games.

One last thing: I'm NOT wasting my Master Ball on Lugia like I stupidly did back in Silver. I'm gonna save it for Suicune ^_^

1KewlDude June 30th, 2009 12:35 PM

Well the main thing I will do differently is use more Pokémon than just my starter Pokémon... lol xD I hadn't really grasped the idea of using a variety of Pokémon back then (I was young) and I would just go through the whole game with my Cyndaquil for example, which wasn't too hard, but it's not as fun as raising a variety of Pokémon. Other than that... I don't know what else I would do differently... I know more now than when I first played Silver so this time I will play with a bit more understanding.

However, HGSS are going to be different from their predecessors in many ways, being on a completely different platform. So playing the games will, I think, be a completely different experience in itself.

Sweet Smoochum June 30th, 2009 12:53 PM

Use better Pokemon. Maybe get some of my Johto pokes to evolve into Sinnoh pokes.

ChronicEdge June 30th, 2009 1:01 PM

Well, now that we have EV's and NAtures to think about, a lot of people will be playing much differently. I, for one, will make sure that my Cyndaquil is fed only Attack and Speed EV's to promote healthy growth, a shinier coat, Flame Wheel and Thunderpunch.

I don't think I'll change my team, though (Except for evolving Sneasel). I like Physical Sweepers.

Typhlosion
Crobat
Tyranitar
Weavile
Dragonite
??? (Probably Ampharos)

I highly doubt it, but I wonder if the Red Gyarados will still inhabit Lage Rage? If so, it will knock their price down sooooo much.

OOH OOH OOH OOH OOH, maybe they'll bring back the ExtremeSpeed Dratini! :D *Shines*

God, I loved that thing so much.

kiv_umar June 30th, 2009 1:03 PM

well this time around i'll send in a riolu egg as early as i can, now i need a Lucario at the end of my team, just gotta have one lol

kellogs June 30th, 2009 1:22 PM

Make better use of HM slaves,don't rush the game and make it an experience,catch more than ten pokemon(now thats a challenge) and like you said,save the master ball for the beasts :D

thelaytonmobile June 30th, 2009 1:40 PM

I messed up majorly in Crystal, so I'm gonna do everything differently. I'm gonna make sure pokemon other than my starter are trained properly. I'm not going to knock out any legendaries/Sudowoodo. I'm going to have a balanced team. And I am going to reach the pokemon league.
Yeah, I failed even to reach it. Didn't even get through victory road. (I don't think I actually went in though...). I sucked when I played Crystal. It was like, the 2nd video game I'd ever played. I also sucked at sapphire, but not quite as much. I'm better now. ;)
Anyway, I will play the game properly this time.

silvanarrow June 30th, 2009 3:43 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ChronicEdge (Post 4807808)
OOH OOH OOH OOH OOH, maybe they'll bring back the ExtremeSpeed Dratini! :D *Shines*

God, I loved that thing so much.

I cosign wholeheartedly ^_^. I LOVED the Extremespeed Dratini, since I used a Dragonair on my Silver team and wanted to catch one for Crystal. It's such a fun move.

Dominus Temporis June 30th, 2009 5:11 PM

I'm going to have a much more balanced team. It took me until about third gen to realize there's a much more fun experience in using more than one team member.

Also I'm not going to name my rival "???" again. I'm still embarrassed about that...

xxChazxx June 30th, 2009 7:14 PM

I'd keep a game going after I beat it. Everytime I played G/S/C, I would reset after beating it.

I would also try to complete the Pokedex in my first shot.

And of course, make a team of weak Pokemon to conquer the E4 in the most humiliating way possible.

Ellie June 30th, 2009 7:22 PM

Like some others, not waste my Masterball on an easy-to-catch Pokemon.

I didn't mess up too badly in GSC... but I did trade away the Red Gyarados to my Yellow (I don't even remember why) and then ended up restarting Yellow later. Oops. Definitely not going to do that again.

Apart from that, probably use different Pokemon (like many others, I used mainly my Meganium... I don't even remember what the rest of my team was, probably HM slaves). And I'm going to try not to be OCD and waste time in one area because I have to catch every Pokemon in that area... but I still do that so that probably won't work :P.

GreyShadow June 30th, 2009 7:27 PM

This time I won't make a new save file after beating Red with Typhlosion. I did that because I wanted a Feraligator. But then when I beat Red again, I wanted to play with Typhlosion again so I deleted it again. So Im not doing that again.

Im also never gonna go to Lugia with only 6 Ultra Balls. Man I hated that. I could never catch him......

Saves June 30th, 2009 7:31 PM

ill just put more effort into completing the game. i cant wait for the release !

robbman14 June 30th, 2009 8:03 PM

I won't waste master balls early on... I'll save it for Raikou. And I won't use a Sudowoodu on my team XD

ClassicRockFan June 30th, 2009 8:14 PM

Not kill the Red Gyrados. :D

Definately try and make a good team instead of just relying on one or two Pokemon.

sonicisrad June 30th, 2009 9:21 PM

One thing I am definately doing the same is getting the traded Machop from Goldenrod Department Store again. Nothing better than having my favourite Pokemon (Machoke) get boosted EXP. :) :) :)

Other than that, I'm going to catch Pokemon with as little weakness as possible. e.g.

- Chinchou/Lanturn
- Gligar
- Magnemite/Magneton/Magnezone???

etc. etc.

charizard_maa June 30th, 2009 9:23 PM

Teach my pokemon different type of moves. I use to teach my pokemon all move of their type like teaching my Typhlosion all fire moves or something like that. I didn't even think about teaching them other type of moves. This time I am going to use my knowledge of different type moves to my advantage. haha

Dirtyjerry July 1st, 2009 12:42 AM

im going to go for favorite pokemoin instead of just going for the strong ones.

Romeo_Delight.exe July 1st, 2009 1:28 AM

For me,
I'm actually going to EV train my pokes.
:]
Instead of blindly going wherever the hell I feel like.

boost3r July 1st, 2009 1:34 AM

Cool but i only think of 3 pokemon i want in my team

Cyndahog July 1st, 2009 1:40 AM

IMO EV training in-game pokemon is time wasting.

This time I have access to trade with one of my friends so I will be getting a better team.

I'll undertrain if it's the same levels as G/S/C for a challenge, and if the levels are higher just go the way I normally do.

*Charizard* July 1st, 2009 2:08 AM

Firstly I will be purchasing soul silver since Pokemon silver was my second gameboy game after Pokemon Red of course. And secondly I will not use the masterball on Lugia and use it on one of the legendary dogs since they are harder to catch.


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