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Mitchman July 12th, 2009 12:46 AM

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?

derozio July 12th, 2009 12:57 AM

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...

Mitchman July 12th, 2009 12:57 AM

Its not just racing though. Its a bunch of different events a sports thing if you will.

derozio July 12th, 2009 1:01 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Todoroki Is (Post 4848079)
Its not just racing though. Its a bunch of different events a sports thing if you will.

Thanks for explaining but I really don't care much about whatever it is. Its still better than contests for me.

Kirbychu July 12th, 2009 1:09 AM

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

derozio July 12th, 2009 1:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kirbychu (Post 4848096)
I wonder what that would mean for the anime. =P

Ash and co. will get to learn to drive a vehicle at least and learn all sort of other things.:P

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.

Late July 12th, 2009 1:18 AM

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..).

derozio July 12th, 2009 1:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Late (Post 4848113)
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..).

I too hate contests but please don't insult contests so much! Contest lovers may flame you for it!! :P

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! :()

Pikachu Trainer~ July 12th, 2009 2:12 AM

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.

Bejesus July 12th, 2009 2:25 AM

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

derozio July 12th, 2009 2:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bejesus (Post 4848233)
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

Yeah! That's what I was talking about! lol XD

thelaytonmobile July 12th, 2009 2:28 AM

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.

ShinyBlaziken July 12th, 2009 5:55 AM

Maybe there are Contests in Kanto?

derozio July 12th, 2009 5:59 AM

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Originally Posted by ShinyBlaziken (Post 4848610)
Maybe there are Contests in Kanto?

That may be possible coz Anime had contests in kanto.

Allure XI July 12th, 2009 6:00 AM

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 :)

seeker July 12th, 2009 6:12 AM

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

Mitchman July 12th, 2009 6:13 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hiroshi Sotomura (Post 4848636)
Gotta think of a way to use those ribbons, but the Pokéthlon likely won't use ribbons at all. (Yet there's a tab for them.) D;

As I mentioned it doesn't it uses medals. What if the ribbon page has medals as well?

BakingBluePotatoe July 12th, 2009 6:26 AM

how will trading the Pokemon with the medals to DPP work, though? D=

Mitchman July 12th, 2009 6:31 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ~KitsuneKat~ (Post 4848706)
how will trading the Pokemon with the medals to DPP work, though? D=

Give em the same data as regular old ribbons. Like if there are racing ranks they can be the same. Or they just don't appear.

.Seth July 12th, 2009 6:37 AM

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.

~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~ July 12th, 2009 7:40 AM

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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TheAliveTrain July 12th, 2009 9:43 AM

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.

23usernamebob July 12th, 2009 10:44 AM

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

Sweet Smoochum July 12th, 2009 11:13 AM

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?

ReyRey-Pyon July 12th, 2009 12:08 PM

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

silvanarrow July 12th, 2009 12:09 PM

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.

Mattysaurus July 12th, 2009 12:12 PM

If there was no contests, how would Feebas evolve if it uses a contest style, Beauty?

Ayselipera July 12th, 2009 12:35 PM

I would like to see these features replace the contests. I really hate contests.

Kerjo July 12th, 2009 12:44 PM

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.

dotKarma July 12th, 2009 2:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GavZ (Post 4848661)
But for me pokemon contests really need to be improved.

Same here. They just seem so...weird and unlike the show. I don't watch much, but I don't remember dancing ever being involved in them. Just like the contest battles and stuff...

Eggie Poo Poo July 12th, 2009 3:10 PM

What's a Pokethon? I honestly don't know what that is.

derozio July 12th, 2009 9:08 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eggie Poo Poo (Post 4850347)
What's a Pokethon? I honestly don't know what that is.

Its a series of mini-games that are gonna be introduced in HG/SS. Try the video at 12th july thread.

Mitchman July 13th, 2009 6:46 AM

It will definetely be the new Pokemon Contest:
Quote:

The Pokethlon comes with five different courses, each based on the speed, power, technique, stamina, and jump stats. Each course is made up of three races.
Taken from Pokebeach. Come on now a bit too simmilar if you ask me.

IcyArceusRider July 13th, 2009 7:14 AM

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.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Eggie Poo Poo (Post 4850347)
What's a Pokethon? I honestly don't know what that is.

The pokeathlon will be introduced in HeartGold and SoulSilver. It's a little competition where you can enter your pokemon and be judged on things like stamina and jump points. There's a few different competitions you can do. ^_^

.Wolfie-kun. July 13th, 2009 7:20 AM

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

Sweet Smoochum July 13th, 2009 11:57 AM

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.

Kyledove July 13th, 2009 12:34 PM

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...

Mitchman July 13th, 2009 12:38 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kyledove (Post 4853810)
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...

Well it seems so. We don't know too much but each stat gets its own course and such.

Stronkadonk July 14th, 2009 4:13 PM

If that happens, I will seriously think about quitting Pokémon.

ShinyMeganium July 14th, 2009 4:48 PM

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.

Haza July 14th, 2009 4:52 PM

Well the building does look an awfullot like the contest hall.

invisible-chan July 15th, 2009 2:41 AM

Heck yeah! Ignoring the fact that I dislike contests, these "Pokethon" 's better suit the atmosphere of Johto.


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