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I actually thought it was the perfect time to get them. I didn't want to rush through the beginning, and you can't honestly say getting to route 2 takes that long.
What did irk me is removing the always-on feature, but only because you get the bike long after the most annoying part of your journey to not have a bike for: SkyArrow Bridge. I was rather annoyed that I had to hold the B button down the entire time I crossed that monstrosity :/. |
Well...Technically you always get the Running Shoes after you go through most of the tutorials for the game. D/P/Pt you get them in your hometown yes, but this is after you already left your home town and went to the lake. You receive your Starter, go home and get involved in a reason to travel, then you get your shoes.
HG/SS you have to go all the way to Cherrygrove and talk to the guy that gives you the run down of what is in a town. The old man gives you the shoes. Even in the game it was introduced to took a short while to get them. You have to go save Birch, then travel to the second city, into another route, have the Rival Battle, then go back home to get it. So roughly its: R/S/E: Little Root --> Route 101 --> Oldale Town --> Route 103 --> Little Root (Skipping other cause its faster headin home) D/P/Pt: Home --> Lake Verity --> Home (Possibly the fastest.) B/W: Home --> Route 1 --> Accumula --> Route 2 (Like very few Major battles 2-3 at least I think) They all get to the same point at roughly the same speed, but it feels like I get the Running Shoes faster in Black and White than I did in any other game. |
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Was not really bothered by when the shoes were gotten. Other stuff of convenience were gotten way too late for my liking (bike & HM Fly). |
They were given way too late, sadly... In the third version they should let us obtain them right in the start.
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They came way too late, I'm not a patient gamer, I get over slowness really fast. I was beginning to think they weren't going to come at all until Mom gave me the Xtransiever call.
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I really didn't mind at all. It made the beginning of the game slower, but that gave me ample opportunity to explore Unova and experience how new everything was. When I finally got the Running Shoes, they were nice to get, but I didn't use them right away.
I do miss the automatic running feature that there was in HG/SS, but what can you do? Though there are some times when I don't want to run in B/W, and it's easier to just stop holding the button. |
This minor delay was unimportant. It's only if you have to wait as long as in FR/LG that it gets annoying.
And in HG/SS I never tapped the screen to lock the running shoes on. I'd just hold down B to run and let off when I wanted to walk. |
^ Agreed. I'm pretty much used to holding down the B button that it's become a habit, lol.
To be honest, I don't think I had even worried about when I would have be able to get the running shoes when first beginning. I was more interested in finally getting to play the games, which I guess counts. XD I don't really mind the little wait though. |
The timing was fine for the running shoes because the experience of the Unova region was fine for just walking. However, I wish they didn't take out the no-holding B feature that HeartGold/SoulSilver had. That was probably the most dissappointing part D:
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I think they came at just the right moment. It's not like you got them half way through the game.
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i didnt mind getting them on route two at all.
i was more irritated by not being able to click them on and leave them on like in HG/SS |
I didn't mind not having the running shoes earlier but they should have kept the HGSS method of running.
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Wasn't really that bothered to be honest. I was more interested in the storyline and checking out the funkeh new graphix.
It doesnt matter about the touch screen button to me either because even in HG/SS i always help down the run button anyway, kind of a fail I know but i've been doing it since they invented running shoes so why stop now? ^_^ -- Yeah i was quite happy and i had completely forgotten about the running shoes till I get a call from Mom. She gives me the shoes.... thanks muchly.... but how did you get here without a pokemon....? Yeah it was fine, i use my bike anyway |
I always ran in R/S/E. Sure, it wasn't as fast as a bicycle, but it was convenient. I suppose it was helpful.
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I think they were obtained a bit too late. Even though I didn't notice it much the first time in White because I felt I needed to explore everything and take it slow, I did in Pokemon Black. I was disappointed that they didn't have the 'keep on' button like they did in Pokemon HG/SS because I really liked that feature but I guess I have gotten use to holding down B again. I just think walking is so slow.
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I dont mind when i get them. It was nice for a change, as well i was exploring around anyway so i didnt need them to much. It would be good if the button on the touch screen would come back, it was useful.
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I always get annoyed at the start of each game, when you don't have the running shoes yet. It's so sloooow. So I voted for the first option.
Also it's 'should you have', not 'should have you'. ;) |
I felt like it came too late, considering how I wanted to move through the story at a blistering pace.
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I honestly don't even use the running shoes so I didn't really mind that it was obtained later. However, I did notice that fact and thought it was odd - maybe the creators wanted people to experience the faster movement of the character (is it me, or does the character seem to move faster in Black and White when walking?)
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what are the running shoes?
I think it is rather pointless and unrealistic to not have the running shoes right away, what is the point of the short and inconvenient wait? I used to only ever use the bike instead of running shoes (except in buildings) but now my DS's direction buttons are old and insensitive I am using the bike less and less in areas that require a lot of navigation and resorting to running and even walking a round winding corners. |
I don't really mind when I get them, so long as I get them.
And I'm very disappointed that you have to hold down B again to activate them, as opposed to HGSS's method of auto-run. That system of HGSS just screamed "convenience". I'm hoping that Gray Version and/or RS3DS bring back the auto-run capability. Typically, I use the Bicycle anyway, but I'd much rather have an "increase" in the walking speed if I could receive said boost without having to mangle my fingers to execute the dreaded and inconvenient "D-Pad + B button" combination. :< |
I always pay attention to this every time a new Pokémon game is released. I'm really impatient with walking in the games, but I didn't really find it that annoying in BW, it wasn't that bad, but it would be nice to get it earlier.
I agree with Hiiro as far as having to press the 'B' button, as it's a step down from HGSS, in which you could opt-in to having the running shoes always on. |
Honestly, I didn't mind having to wait to get my running shoes until around before the second town. I though the timing was good, since, it's a new Generation of Pokémon, I like to take my time and take a look around without the running shoes; it gives it a more of a feeling of a new adventure.
I agree with everyone on the feature in HG/SS that allowed to have running shoes implemented automatically, without having to press the button 'B'. It was sure nice. It would be nice to see it back in the next game along with your Pokémon walking behind you feature. |
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