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It kinda ruined the whole complete isolation thing and surprised myself by actually not liking it when the old gens started popping up.
At least they gave a little context by plonking in that ranger gal who says she's investigating Pokémon that escaped from the Pokéshifter. Even if it is a little odd that she herself had purely foreign Pokémon. |
I think it did ruin a bit of Unova's novelty factor. I'd much rather they'd gone 100% in either direction - either made ALL 649 Pokemon available from the get-go, or made it so ONLY the Unova Pokemon were available full stop, and the only way of getting the oldies was through PokeShifter. As it is it's a bit half-hearted - they've gone for neither extreme and it doesn't really make much sense.
In any case, I've always disliked and never understood the whole Regional/National Pokedex thing. It makes no sense to me at all. |
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I do not believe GameFreak will ever actually make a game where no other pokemon will appear, especially since they already had one chance to do that with Unova and failed. It will never become impossible to catch every pokemon, but it may become extremely difficult. =/ |
I see WHY they did it, but I dont agree with it. Or at least the method. At least with sinnoh, the other Pokemon got isolated to that little island, not completely, but still a little bit. They need to either go 100% one way or the other, but put some kind of way to capture these previous pokemon into the game. The Dream World is probably a good idea, but it does limit you to 100 Pokemon to be take out, at least I have heard. I could not verify this, as its not in the game yet, out side of japan anyway.
Another idea is to have islands seperated from the region that the Pokemon from older regions like, but that still makes too little since. |
Well, it helped fill up the National Dex, so yeah. I don't care that much anyway.
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I loved the idea of freshening everything up, infact they should of done it in DP (Series and games).
Half of the new Pokémon, perhaps more I thought were unimaginative and were rushed in terms of thought and design, than to just combine different types together (my opinion). But I loved the game because of the story line and the whole new graphic set up, so it doesn't bother me too much that all the old Pokémon are in the game. Although, having them all on one side is basicly Narnia. |
I would rather migrate them all than to have half a region full of old pokemon.
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It was fine. Only having the new Pokemon for the main story was brilliant but the postgame is the postgame. There is only so much you can do with 150 pokemans without spreading them too thin, especially when you have around 500 more ready to use. They really don't need to make catching them all any more difficult than it is already, or add any silly gimmicks for that. It also gave the incentive to explore the postgame caves and grass.
Also, we must consider (the numerous) first time players who don't even know the old monsters. |
It's always something stupid that doesn't please you all. Honestly? The fact that there were some old Pokemon bothers people? How else can you get a start on your national pokedex without the originals? Don't say dream world, because not everyone has Wi-Fi. Don't say Poke transfer, because someone might not have old games. What is the problem with old Pokemon being available after the game is completed? It made me love the game more after I saw something different after completing the game. This targets everybody's wants. Just enjoy the game and get over it.
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My point is the lack of realism in these Pokemon not being here. Part of why I loved Platinum, since it had both old and new pokemon in it. I have no true problem with it, but I like realism, even in fantasy games where children seem to be the target audience. |
They were needed seeing as the No 1. complaint for Gen III was that half the old pokemon were unobtainable. There are some pokemon which just can't be found in B/W, but only a handful. (Which you can get from the Dream World anyway.)
So, they were needed. |
I feel like they could have handled it better (maybe have the game recognize you finishing the storyline/viewing the last scene, then over the course of 10 or so DS days have the Pokemon appear more and more), but overall I think the old Pokemon add to the game as much as the new Pokemon. In the beginning, I felt much more confident with my team choices, because I only had to choose from 156 Pokemon instead of 600+. With the Unova Pokedex, I got my confidence high enough that I feel ready to take on the task of trying to catch every Pokemon, because I'm no longer intimidated by the huge number of Pokemon there are. It forces you to think of the Pokedex in smaller parts, imo, which makes it much less intimidating. Throwing you into a world of 650 species of Pokemon and implying that the goal is to catch ALL OF THEM is super overwhelming.
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