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the :D December 5th, 2010 11:10 PM

battle tower rage?
 
okay.

here's what annoys me a tad -

R/S - battle tower only.
E - battle plaza thingy
LG/FR - trainer tower thing..?
D/P - ANOTHER BATTLE TOWER
Pt/HG/SS - THE BATTLE FRONTIER

why. just why did GameFreak already have the general idea for a battle park/frontier thing, but they chose instead to give us a battle TOWER in D/P? really. I mean, all the (other) new things in emerald were transferred into D/P, but the battle park/frontier thing...?

anyone else having this rage?

bobandbill December 6th, 2010 4:40 AM

I suppose they did that so that the third version of the game would have an additional selling point to garner more sales - for instance with Platinum - few additions to what is otherwise a very similar plot and some fixes e.g. surfing speed would not sell too well, but suddenly an additional gaming mode that gives a heck of a lot more gametime to those interested in it is a rather significant addition! A number of people buy it solely for the frontier aspect in fact.

Seems to be the typical thing they do anyways with it.

Impo December 6th, 2010 5:14 AM

remember gamefreak and the pokemon company are trying to make a profit.
as bobandbill stated, it increases the consumers interest by adding a whole new section of battling.
Otherwise it would be a faster D/P game. no point in buying it.

SacredMiKeY December 6th, 2010 5:39 AM

You forgot Crystal as it was the first game with the Battle Tower.

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ December 6th, 2010 9:32 AM

It could be the money thing, or it could because they hadn't come up with the new battling concepts at the time of D/P's release. Which still boils down to money because they wanted to rush D/P to production instead of waiting until they had ideas for a "true" Frontier in those games.

What really annoyed me, though, was how the Frontier in Platinum and in HG/SS was identical.

PlatinumDude December 7th, 2010 12:44 AM

I don't have that rage at all. There's a perfectly good reason for the Battle Frontier not in R/S/D/P. GF is saving the best parts (move tutors and Battle Frontier) of the video games for the third games (Emerald and Platinum).

Silhouette December 10th, 2010 1:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Elite Overlord LeSabre™ (Post 6327766)
It could be the money thing, or it could because they hadn't come up with the new battling concepts at the time of D/P's release. Which still boils down to money because they wanted to rush D/P to production instead of waiting until they had ideas for a "true" Frontier in those games.

What really annoyed me, though, was how the Frontier in Platinum and in HG/SS was identical.

The identical Frontiers in Platinum and HGSS really irked me, too. :/

But yeah, having a Battle Tower only was kinda stale. I never thought about it in the way of making more sales for Platinum, but it makes sense.

the :D December 11th, 2010 4:38 AM

crystal had a battle tower? wat?

anyways, it makes sense, but it's still annoying and kinda, you know, boring. when I got diamond I was especially hopeful for the Battle Thing because I only had sapphire and I missed it altogether. I was dissapoint. :(

zoo3891 December 11th, 2010 6:18 PM

I find the battle tower enough on it's own, although i loved the Battle frontier in emerald, and i didn't really like the Platinum one

solarowl December 25th, 2010 11:49 PM

Yeah, it's just to make a profit and more reason to buy Platinum. I had the same anger because I had only leafgreen, diamond, pearl,and ruby. But eventually I got Platinum for my Birthday. :|

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Weavile05 December 31st, 2010 11:07 AM

That didn't annoy me, what annoyed me was the cheapness of the trainers in the Battle Frontier lol.

Destiny Bond January 8th, 2011 9:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Weavile05 (Post 6371830)
That didn't annoy me, what annoyed me was the cheapness of the trainers in the Battle Frontier lol.

thats probably what he meant. He is pissed at the towers because of the trainers who are always cheap and probably for the fact you have to start again when you lose just 1 battle


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