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hackerofdarkness March 27th, 2011 5:29 PM

No not at all since it's great seeing no more zubats,geodudes,and what ever is left in the main storyline,plus that I like only playing with the region Pokemon.

AusDon March 27th, 2011 6:04 PM

I've played Gens 1 & 2 so much, I pretty much memorized everything.
Not really fun anymore.

I like playing games where I don't know what will happen next.

Same thing happened with Morrowind and Oblivion, for me.

The Nightmare March 27th, 2011 7:40 PM

I don't really miss them much, I like the unova.

Sydian March 27th, 2011 8:07 PM

I don't miss the old ones. I mean, I'll see them again later. I wanna meet the new faces first! :]

A Tell-Tale Heart March 28th, 2011 6:44 AM

Yeah, it was actually kind of nice seeing only new Pokémon for a while. One of the things that really struck me was how they tried not to have similar areas have the same Pokémon in them. A good example of this would be the caves. Remember how every cave in the old games had Geodude and Zubat? Aside from Woobat (which still was only in two caves IIRC) and Drillbur (who was in all but maybe the last two), all the caves had different Pokémon in them. I thought that was pretty cool.

Of course, they kind of dropped the ball with the water areas (soooo many Basculin). Not to mention Icirrus, Route 8, and the Moor which for some reason all had EXACTLY the same Pokémon (except the wild Seismitoad in the Moor, which is awesome).

Shasjas March 28th, 2011 8:03 AM

i do miss them. dont get me wrong, this generation is good, much better than gen 4 which had many pokemon i didnt like, but i still want to get an abra and eevee and play through the game with them. sure i can get abra after the elite four, but i cant get eevee at all, plus want to play through the main game with them.
that said, ive managed to build a team of pokemon that i like from this gen. maybe next run through i action replay in some old ones.

Red from Pallet Town March 28th, 2011 8:49 AM

No...I love older´s gen PKMN, but when I want to play with them....I am gonna play the older games....Unova (damn what a stupid name, Isshu is xxx times better) is far away from other regions, so that can make a sense....

~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~ March 29th, 2011 9:28 AM

I dont miss using the older generations one bit. I love the idea of seeing new Pokemon first, then the older generations come out and play. I wish they did this in the other 2 generations before the 5th


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Taemin March 29th, 2011 7:10 PM

Noooope, not really. I've been too busy enjoying seeing all the new Pokemon from this gen, that I haven't really noticed the fact that it was lacking old generation Pokemon. xD For once, I like most of the Pokemon in a generation, and so I don't mind really.

Yurusumaji March 29th, 2011 7:29 PM

How do you miss something that isn't gone?

Hibaru March 30th, 2011 7:06 AM

I missed 1st gen and 3rd gen so much. They are a good games. 3rd gen is the first game that I played a lot and have strong Pokemon there. Followed up with 4th gen after that.

Still, I missed the 1st and 3rd gen.

Dusk White March 30th, 2011 5:20 PM

I miss the old generation pokemon because I miss the pokemon like blazinken, exploud, pikachu, secptile.

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ March 31st, 2011 6:28 AM

I miss my favorites from the older games. The others, I'm rather meh about. But I really haven't found that any of the new Pokemon would make worthy replacements of my favorites on my primary team.

eightbit March 31st, 2011 6:46 AM

I miss having trouble choosing which Pokemon to put on my team, at least. There are so few 5th gen Pokemon I like, it's a no-brainer.

Shasjas April 1st, 2011 8:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Sammuthegreat (Post 6516330)

I think THE GREATEST PEOPLE EVER could take it a step further, mind. I'm still waiting for the day when a Pokemon Blanket is released when all 600+ are catchable in the wild from the start (IMAGINE THE CHOICE!)...

this.
imagine going into a cave. first you see geodude and zubat, but then you might see aron, roggenrola, woobat, and whatever else might fit into a cave.

imagine the first route you go on, it has ratata, sentret, zigzagoon, lilipup, poochyena, maybe pidgey, starly, pidove.

some may think its hectic, but i think it would be really great as you would never know whats coming.

Palamon April 1st, 2011 8:19 AM

I do...I really miss Sneasel and Treecko. And I wish b l a c k and White would have older Pokemon and not just the new ones...(Even though you beat the thing and some older Pokemon appear... are mostly generation IV Pokemon.)
So, yes.

mathewsggm April 2nd, 2011 12:49 AM

i played 3gen is the first game i played and i miss them ive played white and beat it in 2 days
flat so yeah i miss them.

TheMarkCrafter April 2nd, 2011 1:22 AM

Uhh... Pikachu, Diratini, Magikarp, Piplup, Pidgey, Taillow. I DO MISS THEM!! AND EVEN CHIMCHAR :( I want them to get back at the B/W Remake !!!

Shasjas April 2nd, 2011 3:21 AM

another idea is once youve played through the game once you get the option to play through it again, but this time the older pokemon come out from the start.
then you'd be able to play through the actual story with you old pokes

Tsundera April 2nd, 2011 3:28 AM

I don't necessarily "miss" the older generation as they're still obtainable post-game. It's a refreshing experience to have only encountered brand new Generation V Pokémon throughout the play-through of Black which I think was the best choice. It's difficult to include/exclude Pokémon from the old generations in a brand new region because of the sheer variety of Pokémon available. Whatever Pokémon that do make it to the final cut, there will always be people complaining about how X & Y Pokémon were left out and should have been in the game as well. The best and most sensible approach would surely be to make it Generation V exclusive and allow older generation Pokémon to be obtainable later on in the game.

Although sometimes I do wish I'd run into a Magikarp while surfing; Basculin is just awful.

Charmageddon April 2nd, 2011 11:38 AM

Yes and no. I do miss the older pokemon, of course I do. There are still many Pokemon from the older generations I am yet to use. However, having all new Pokemon did make the game feel fresh and new. It injected life into the franchise. Including a handful of old faces alongside all these new ones would've just made the game feel old and failing. So I'm glad there were no old Pokemon.

jimbozo21 April 2nd, 2011 11:47 AM

To be completely honest, First Gen didn't have enough diversity... although i LOVE most if not all of the first Gens. Second Gen was dope as hell, but i feel like it was too small. and as for Third Gen, i coulda lived without most of them, but with that we got flygon and salamence, who are AWESOME :) i think the only thing i like about the new generations are the new moves that come out... i mean, the older pokemon with newer moves are pretty cool... but i could do without some of the rediculous pokemon of the newer gens.

Rai April 2nd, 2011 4:48 PM

As of right now, no. I just started Black and still have a lot of pokemon to discover and get used to. Once I've come accustomed to the new pokemon I may start missing the older ones

Thomas April 2nd, 2011 4:56 PM

I'm kinda missing the old Pokemon, but frankly, they designed these new Pokemon too much like some of the older ones. The bat one, the rat one, the pidgeon one....srsly...wtf...

The_Noob April 2nd, 2011 5:03 PM

After an all-nighter playing up to Skyla and Twist Mountain the day before I beat the game, (It took me three days. Odd. It seems like every game I play takes three days to beat.) I tripped on exhaustion and somehow got every Pokemon I saw, having grinded for hours and hours, stuck in my head.

As such, I not only accepted each B&W Poke for what it was, but they were absorbed into the depths of my mind. So, I sort of forgot the other 493 for a couple days before the weird spell that had come over me from staying up so long wore off, just in time to go into the White Forest and get ambushed by overleveled trainers with the old Pokes, giving me the worst rush of nostalgia possible.

Noob out.


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