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champagnepapi January 5th, 2011 2:29 PM

If you could remove 1 feature from the mainstream Pokemon Games...
 
...What would it be? There are a wide array of features to choose from
such as abilities, or EVs. If you had the power to, which single feature would
you remove? Personally, I would remove IVs, even if they provide stat boosts, you can still get a powerful Pokemon without them and a perfect/near-perfect spread
is extremely rare.

King Gumball January 5th, 2011 3:25 PM

The Mobile Phone feature. Yes it makes pokemon HG/SS more modern but it is so darn annoying with it ringing all the time!

PatJamma January 5th, 2011 3:47 PM

Natures. I hate them! here's why: looking for a rare special attacker for your team, finally finding one, and then it's adamant natured (-SpA, +Att) WTF?!?!?

chaos11011 January 5th, 2011 4:11 PM

Events, sure there cool trophies, and when you get them they're awesome. But what about people who don't live in Japan or America, what about people who don't have acess to Wifi, and what about the people who play on Emulators.

In my honest opinion, events give more pain then joy.

Kitrigar January 5th, 2011 4:33 PM

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Originally Posted by chaos11011 (Post 6382622)
Events, sure there cool trophies, and when you get them they're awesome. But what about people who don't live in Japan or America, what about people who don't have acess to Wifi, and what about the people who play on Emulators.

In my honest opinion, events give more pain then joy.

If you don't live in JP or USA use Wi-Fi.
No Wi-Fi? It's the 21st century, get it. There are many alternatives for Wi-Fi.
Video games are meant to SELL, not pirate off the computer, it's illegal.
If you're playing on an emulator, too bad. It's your fault for being cheap.

ANYWHO.

What would I like to change?..
I'd want to add the Pokeradar. It's harder to find shinies now.. :|

Kenshin5 January 5th, 2011 4:57 PM

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Originally Posted by chaos11011 (Post 6382622)
Events, sure there cool trophies, and when you get them they're awesome. But what about people who don't live in Japan or America, what about people who don't have acess to Wifi, and what about the people who play on Emulators.

In my honest opinion, events give more pain then joy.

They do have events in major European countries, Australia, South Korea. So its not just the US and Japan.

As for what I could do with out is Wifi Plaza I never played any of the mini games, so if it was gone it wouldn't break my heart.

PlatinumDude January 5th, 2011 5:26 PM

I want to get rid of events because most people, like me, rarely have the time to attend Pokemon events.

pmwilkins January 5th, 2011 5:46 PM

Critical hits!!! I never get them when I need them, and they always happen when I would be otherwise safe!

Sydian January 5th, 2011 6:21 PM

Events. I'm happy that I can get them now, but I'd rather have rare legendary Pokemon (like Victini) and other stuff in the game after a certain point, not via event. I just now was able to get Wi-Fi, and said Wi-Fi is McDonalds.

HMs also need to go. They're just really annoying.

Giratina ♀ January 5th, 2011 7:24 PM

If I could remove one thing... oof. I don't think I would want to remove anything, even if I don't use it, because I know other people would enjoy it and I would feel like crap. (Yes, that's my serious thought process. Shut up. XD) So... I would say I want to remove the DS' ability to download events in seconds. Yes, it did get irritating when you had to wait in line for three hours or whatever to get a Pokémon, but those really felt like community events, not just walking in to a GameStop or Toys R Us and ignoring the evil glares you feel everyone sending at you while you collect your Pokémon.

And for those of you who want events gone because you're in the wrong country/can't go to them: why? You already go without them anyway. It seems a little silly to deprive everyone else.

Poster January 5th, 2011 7:56 PM

Gotta agree with them event haters. I also never had one in my entire life ;'(

And not considering B/W, I'd stop assuming every main character was 10.

Kenshin5 January 5th, 2011 8:07 PM

If you event haters are wanting too include the pokemon within the game without the event then I could see how that would be nice. But an inclusion of the event altogether just cause you don't like it or it is not in your country(which it is your probably just don't know it, or it will be in the near future) seems kind of silly. If there was no event then there wouldn't be the pokemon outside of cheating devices.

Clark January 5th, 2011 9:50 PM

Eh... critical hits. They're not so bad in-game, but when battling with actual people they're a pain. Naturally if my opponent scores a KO or wins because they got a critical hit, it feels a bit unfair. But I feel even worse when I'm the one who gets a KO or win from a critical hit. It's like I didn't really deserve the victory or advantage; I just happened to get lucky. Even though they're rare, they can really change the way a battle's turning out. If you want a fair battle, they just get in the way.

King Gumball January 5th, 2011 10:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Sydian (Post 6382878)
Events. I'm happy that I can get them now, but I'd rather have rare legendary Pokemon (like Victini) and other stuff in the game after a certain point, not via event. I just now was able to get Wi-Fi, and said Wi-Fi is McDonalds.

HMs also need to go. They're just really annoying.

Yeah HM's need to go. It would be better if any water pokemon could surf and any fighting type could Rock Smash, I mean how would they live in the pokemon world without knowing those skills from birth. There should be no need to teach them those HM's they should be able to do it on their own. So yes HM's need to go.

WriteThemWrong January 5th, 2011 11:20 PM

Add me to the get rid of HMs bandwagon. It's incredibly annoying to either have a HM slave taking up a spot or having to get rid of good moves to teach HM moves.

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ January 6th, 2011 6:49 AM

HM's. Or at the very least relegate them to a "fifth" slot that you only use in the field and doesn't take up your four battle move-slots (unless you want to use the HM move in battle).

Alakazam17 January 6th, 2011 6:53 AM

Pokémon Contests. I never really saw the point in them, besides possibly in the anime.

And I'll have to agree about the Events as well, specifically the few which still recquire your physical presence outside of WiFi. I am not about to hop on a plane to Japan or America so that I can get a shiny Celebi or whatever. XD

SquirtleGirl January 6th, 2011 11:45 AM

I don't think there's a need to get rid of event Pokémon. I can easily get them from a friend in a trade. My Wi-Fi at home doesn't seem to want to co-operate with my DS >< But I'm sure if I really tried I could probably find it in a coffee shop or McDonalds if I wanted!
I hope they start bringing Event Pokémon to the UK and Ireland :3

As for what I'd like to change? I'd like to see an editable avatar, or even just a choice of colour scheme or something ^.^

Kenshin5 January 6th, 2011 11:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Alakazam17 (Post 6383602)
Pokémon Contests. I never really saw the point in them, besides possibly in the anime.

And I'll have to agree about the Events as well, specifically the few which still recquire your physical presence outside of WiFi. I am not about to hop on a plane to Japan or America so that I can get a shiny Celebi or whatever. XD

They did get rid of Contests in BW and replaced them with Musicals. So I would in turn say get rid of Musicals although I haven't tried it yet. Also joining the HM bandwagon.

Maruno January 6th, 2011 12:15 PM

The following Pokémon feature is already gone in Gen 5, so there's no need to mention that.

I'm going to go further than the event haters and say version-exclusive Pokémon (and all other stupidly difficult to obtain Pokémon, which incidentally includes events). You can make all the claims you want about it promoting trading and social interaction (no longer true with wi-fi); the only reason there are version exclusives is to sell more games. It's a very simple and successful marketing strategy, but it's terrible as a game. I don't like having one game for the price of two (or even up to 5, across multiple platforms if you want to catch 'em all).

Palkia January 6th, 2011 12:41 PM

I'm going to say Effort Values. Far too complex and they are a huge time-waster if you want to play competitively.

ManhattanTheStarr January 6th, 2011 1:53 PM

Events, because I am getting tired of seeing all these nice event Pokemon that I'll never be able to own because I don't have WiFi. T_T It's not like everyone is going to have WiFi, Nintendo. >.>

Chamomile13 January 6th, 2011 2:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Elite Overlord LeSabre™ (Post 6383595)
HM's. Or at the very least relegate them to a "fifth" slot that you only use in the field and doesn't take up your four battle move-slots (unless you want to use the HM move in battle).

This is a really, really good idea.

On events, I wouldn't say get rid of them, but instead of handing out new Pokemon, make the focus of the event something you do with the other people there. Like a tournament or something. I heard of a convention once where all the Pokemon players got together and made a league, with Gym Leaders and everything. Something like that would be pretty cool. All the awesome Pokemon, though, should just be in the games to start with. It's bad enough you're making me trade to fill out my Pokedex.

And as for competitions/musicals/etc., I like the concept in theory, i.e. that your Pokemon can be used for something other than just fighting, but it really needs to actually be fun in order to work.

mikey January 6th, 2011 2:15 PM

Those pesky HM's!

Seriously, I hate them so much. And I hate that you can't delete them from a pokemon.

Otherworld9) January 6th, 2011 2:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sydian (Post 6382878)
Events. I'm happy that I can get them now, but I'd rather have rare legendary Pokemon (like Victini) and other stuff in the game after a certain point, not via event. I just now was able to get Wi-Fi, and said Wi-Fi is McDonalds.

HMs also need to go. They're just really annoying.

I agree with you, events really aren't really necesary. Don't really care if your legendary pokemon is so hard to get it takes weeks...better than standing in a line for one or just feeling dumped that you have no time. I think it adds more fun to the games if they added the legendaries on there on hard mode...more adventure, and maybe even add clues there.
And yes, HMs are annoying. I never really use them that much, unless I really need to and my life depended on them on the games.


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