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Pokethon to replace contests?
Think about it.
Your character is not wearing the normal hat. There are many stat categories. There are 4 contestants. A judge. Many rounds. Pokemon can earn medals. These give me a feeling that whatever this is its here to stay and will likely be the new contests. Your views? |
I have never been a contest fan so I can't say much about them but if some racing minigame(in this case pokethon) replaces them(contests) I will be okay. But it could mean bad news for the contest enthusiasts...
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Its not just racing though. Its a bunch of different events a sports thing if you will.
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That is an interesting thought. I can see it being something to replace contests in Johto. If these were to replace contests in future games, I wonder what that would mean for the anime. =P
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Seriously, I think that they should replace contests with these but am not really sure(like you) what effect they would have at the anime. |
G/S/C didn't have contests. (That's good because I hate contests!) So, I think Pokethon can replace that, these are something what I want test, I have been only 3 times in Contests because they are sooooo stupid. I just hope that they don't get boring as quickly as contests (it was boring when I was in contest hall first time..).
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Anyways I think that they should definitely replace contests. Contests were not in the originals and they should not be in the remakes either!(Sorry contest lovers! :() |
I don't really enjoy contests either, I never really participated in any of them, so I never managed to get into the Ribbon Society (although it didn't look that brilliant anyway.) I wouldn't mind if they bring contests back, but it would be better if the Pokéthon replaced them, as some of the mini games look brilliant especially the hurdles race.
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I'd support that. Contests aren't really for me and making and eating those poffin things that you use for contests? Don't like that. Raw minigames based on my gaming leetness would be much better :P
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The only time I enjoyed contests was in R/S/E, where the combos were quite fun to work out and develop strategies with. Then they added dancing and dressing up, and removed any hint of complexity. I stopped liking them. I really hope that they are replaced, however, the Pokethon doesn't seem to be complex with strategies, however it looks quite good.
Another thing is that with the 9 varied events, there will be something. However, I get the feeling that they might have one Pokethon with all nine events. Which would be bad. In my view, anyway. |
Maybe there are Contests in Kanto?
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I'm far from a contest enthusiast, so I would not mind at all if the Pokethon replaced them. I think it is great that they introduced another "side game" in the series for us people who didn't really care for the contests.
That said, I'd rather them both be in, so that the people who enjoy contests are happy, too :) |
I'm not sure if anyone pointed this out but in the anime in the final episode in Hoenn when Ash and Brock depart to go back to kanto then on to Sinnoh May leaves for Johto so she can participate in pokemon contets so according to the anime there are contests in Johto. But for me pokemon contests really need to be improved. But i can see the pokethon replacing the contets as in the original G/S/C there was no contests so that is an excuse for gamefreak not to put them in HG/SS. Thats what i think anyway. I dunno where they could fit it all xD
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how will trading the Pokemon with the medals to DPP work, though? D=
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Well, considering Johto and Kanto never had contest halls (even 3rd Gen Kanto, after contests were introduced), contests never reached there. Perhaps this will fill that void.
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Sounds better to me I guess, I love to try something new, but it would be awesome to have Pokemon contest in HG/SS as welll to make the game more longer
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In the anime there are also contests in Johto (May travelled to Johto because of the contests, right?).
Anyway, I bet they just didn't expect that contests in the games would be a BIG fail, so it doesn't surprise me that they are replacing it, for fun stuff. |
well the contest may be in jhoto
remember may is in jhoto doing contest but i hope not... i do want hoenn to be in one of the games though =P |
On the show they had contests in Kanto even though there weren't any in FrLg. So, the show having Johto contests doesn't mean that they'll be in HGSS.
I hope the Pokethon doesn't fully replace contests. Why can't they have both in the game? |
That would be cool, The Pokethon looks fuuunnn :D
i wouldn't mind though if they replaced contests, i like contests, but not a whole lot who says there can't be both? as long as the game doesn't explode from so many features im good :3 |
I'm pretty neutral on the idea of contests in these games. I enjoyed the contests in R/S/E, but the changes in the 4th gen with the dressing up and dancing didn't really appeal to me. I think the Pokethon might be an interesting alternative to contests in these games, but who knows, we may see contests return after beating the Elite Four? I dunno, just speculation. But I would feel bad if they completely eliminated contests because I'm sure there are plenty of people who enjoy them.
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If there was no contests, how would Feebas evolve if it uses a contest style, Beauty?
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I would like to see these features replace the contests. I really hate contests.
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Maybe we'll have both, I certainly wouldn't mind that. Afterall, they can't just get rid of it completely of them, it's need for Feebas and some people actually like it.
But concerning contests, I hope they go back to regular contest, maybe even add in a contest battle like the anime. Sinnoh's super contest was a real turn off for me. |
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What's a Pokethon? I honestly don't know what that is.
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It will definetely be the new Pokemon Contest:
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I never really have cared for the contests, so it wouldn't bother me if they completely replaced contests with the pokeathlon. However, why would they do that after all this time with contests (since Ruby and Sapphire?). That would get some contest enthusiasts really upset if they took out the contests! I think they should just add the pokeathlon, and keep the contests in, too.
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All I can currently say right now is, since the games aren't out yet, is that the Pokeathlon likes some what more exciting and interesting than the contests.
R/S/E's contest got very boring after a while, since you were going up against the same people all the time. D/P/Pt didn't really expand on this as far as I can tell (I barely used it in Diamond or Platinum), so I'll be glad to see it either gone or pushed to the side. And sometimes it promotes really boring anime eps, I prefer Gym battles over contests :P |
I don't see why there can't just be both. I finally start to like contests, and now people want to get rid of them? (I didn't like Hoenn contests, but I really liked the Sinnoh contests.) Maybe if you were able to design costumes for them instead of placing just accessories on them, that'd be better. I like the idea of the Pokethon, too, but I wouldn't want contests to go away completely, just add new things to it.
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So are "speed, power, technique, stamina, and jump" the new "beauty, cool, smart, cute and tough"?
I wonder if the game will have anything like pokeblocks or poffins (or their own?) to raise your pokethlon stats... |
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If that happens, I will seriously think about quitting Pokémon.
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I wouldn't mind because I really damn hated the contests on DPPt, but just to remind you, if the games have ANY relation to the Anime, the contests probably will be in, i'm pretty sure May went to Johto for extra-contests back in the day.
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Well the building does look an awfullot like the contest hall.
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Heck yeah! Ignoring the fact that I dislike contests, these "Pokethon" 's better suit the atmosphere of Johto.
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