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Ho-Oh May 7th, 2011 10:25 PM

Castelia City as your home town? [ #32 ]
 

Would've you preferred if Castelia City was your 'home town'?


When the games were first announced, many speculated that Castelia would be the starting town (or home town), due to it being large, somewhat 3D and the only screenshot we really saw of a city. What's your take on this? Do you think the games would have been more interesting if Castelia was where you started your journey, and that Nuvema was only where the professor lived (or not)? If this were true, too, you'd probably have to change around the storyline a bit to make it work. Let's also consider the fact that all games have started off in a small town, so this would be a pretty big change. You could even consider that maybe Castelia is your home town and that you've travelled to Nuvema to start the journey, and that the order of events are switched around so that everyone makes you feel welcome and such in Castelia town.

...either way, share how you feel about this in general (if you'd prefer Castelia being your home town, or starting town) and also how you think the games could set up the storyline even with the location change. ^_____^
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If you have any ideas, let us know! We may not use them straight away, but we will eventually. :D

PlatinumDude May 7th, 2011 10:36 PM

I wouldn't care if Castelia was the starting town, but it's too big to start a journey in. Beginners could easily get lost trying to look for the lab.

インフェルノの津波 May 7th, 2011 10:40 PM

I can see that happening...

It would be just like New York! Your best friends mug and betray you, your bike is stolen, your Pokemon are stolen, all within the first 5 minutes.

Seriously: I would like that to happen, for 2 reasons.

1. You wouldn't be this kid from some backwater hicktown who is a freaking genius when it comes to battling.

2. You would be street smart.

MetalMario May 7th, 2011 10:56 PM

The first round of screenshots also contained one of Nuvema Town, and I thought it was head-poundingly obvious that that one was your hometown.

Castelia struck me as the Saffron City of the game, and I wouldn't prefer starting there.

Ω Ruby and α Sapphire May 7th, 2011 11:16 PM

I think its way 2 big to be a hometown. All the hometowns are towns not city's. If it was your home "city" there would be no pokecenter.

Shining Raichu May 8th, 2011 1:11 AM

I think when franchises start to go downhill is when they start to mess with the formula. It starts with little things like this and then they get cocky and go bigger, then before you know it, Pokemon isn't Pokemon anymore.

vaporeon7 May 8th, 2011 4:50 AM

Firstly, it wouldn't be a hometown, it'd be a homecity.

Secondly, if it an't broke, don't fix it. The fact that we start of in one of the smallest places isn't a bad thing so why change it. Although the game would certainly be interesting if we started in Castelia City. I think it would be too big for new players to learn the game in as they would probably get lost and confused quickly. Though it might appeal more to the majority of children who live in cities.

MudkipBoy May 8th, 2011 5:57 AM

I think it might be a good idea, but starting in a tiny town with your mother has always been part of the game experience

Zeffy May 8th, 2011 6:05 AM

I wasn't disappointed, but your hometown being a city would be pretty great. So much storyline potential, I can see the events happening already! :o

Except that I wouldn't go to that alley where someone 'flashes' at you. xD

DemonBlood93 May 8th, 2011 8:16 AM

I don't like big cities, I love the countryside It's just more beautiful, I always try to get out the cities in the games as quick as I can, I like to explore the wilderness there's more to find.

rstevenson1976 May 8th, 2011 8:29 AM

no, just no. like others said, castilla is just too big for a begining trainer to start their journey from. true at least 80%(I made that figure up but you get my point) of the players around the world have been playing since gen 3, a few less since gen 1. but for the ones who bought black and white for their introduction to the pokemon world it would be too intimidating, they may just give up and trade it for another ds game title (cough*zelda*cough) and we wouldn't want that would we? it's tradition that the starting town is your house, you're rival's/friend's house and the pokemon lab, except sinnoh, maybe hoen, I don't know I was on hiatus during that generation

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire May 8th, 2011 6:41 PM

I like Nuvema town as the starter town...Castelia would feel odd for a pokemon game...plus what reason would one have to go to Nuvema if it wasn't the starter town?

Astinus May 8th, 2011 7:02 PM

Honestly, I would have been interested to start off in a different idea for the hometown. If the difference would have made much difference on the plot, then it would have been fun to see just what the difference would be starting in some place different than the small town we're used to.

On the other hand, though, it is tradition to start in the small town. Plus, it makes more sense for the professor to be there, since it's quieter and easier to study Pokemon in the natural habitats, if that's what the professor's studies focus on. But in B/W it didn't really make much difference what the starting town could have been, if one really thought about it.

I'm hoping that some day we'll see something different for the starting town. But until then, I'll just accept it as another Pokemon tradition.

Opposite Day May 9th, 2011 1:28 AM

Well, for one thing I would love a completely urban starting point, or if nothing else a game was made in a way that allowed easy travel between the different places - I still dream of the potential that Raimon could've had with their subway. Man was I exited for a whole lot of nothing there, turning it into the BATTLE subway.. :<

My point is, I wouldn't mind starting off in that lonely town at all if it had some means of getting anywhere else fairly quickly. Unova took a bigger step in making it look more like a place where people don't have to worry about running into tall grass when they go to work, but for instance a subway between the towns would've been the best thing ever.
http://www.serebii.net/blackwhite/subwaymap.png

just look at this, really! and think about it, why do a whole lot of people run out the gates of castelia north to nimbasa, only to discover that "lol roadblock" and apparently all of the people drowned in the quicksand or something? I CAN ONLY CONCLUDE WITH THE FACT THAT THEY ARE HAVING FUN TUBING, WHILE THE PLAYER IS FORCIBLY PROHIBITED FROM USING THIS FINE FEATURE.

really, I could do fine without castelia as a home town if something like that happened to nuvema (thanks for the friendly reminder earlier, you know who you are! :] ), but as it is now I'd die for a more accessible pokemon world - but then again I can see the arguments for the fact that unova would be confusing for younger people playing.. I don't really know I guess xD

also yes user "diz is b coot", i can type in lowercase all day long if i want to.

King Gumball May 9th, 2011 3:21 AM

I rather a tiny town to start off in. Starting off in the biggest city in the history of Pokemon will be far too overwhelming, I was overwhelmed when I entered it and got lost a million times until I had pokearth up. It is just far, far too large to be a starting town, and it is always good to start off the journey in a tiny town easy to navigate through so that you can get your bearings of the game. HOWEVER for me it would have been cool to start off there even though it will be a bit overwhelming. I think it is an awesome city and it would have been a drastic change in a good way. I also think it would be a little more realistic to get your first pokemon in that massive city, not from some isolated town in the middle of a forest backed off by beach. I think it would have been more logical for the Professor to have her lab in the city father than in the middle of nowhere. So I voted I don't care because it wouldn't mind either town.

Seki May 9th, 2011 3:24 AM

No, its just too noisy to live in.

Laci May 9th, 2011 4:51 AM

If I were to have started off in the City I'm pretty sure I would have some street smarts as to the fact I live there. Pokemon center would be a bonus to have in the beginning but honestly where would I get my first pokemon? I mean it's like a maze in that place... seriously I could probably feel like a street rat traveling through sewer lines to get about without getting "thugged". Either way I'm glad you start off in a small place in order to get to bigger places that has more leading up to it and the fact the other towns are some what like villages and gives off a quaint feel.

Count May 9th, 2011 5:48 AM

I hate to say this again, but really why do you keep saying 'Would've you...'? 'Would have you' is just not a logical order. It's 'Would you have'. 'Would've' would work if it wasn't a question. You can say 'I would've preferred' but it doesn't work like that the other way around.

Sorry if I'm being annoying and if I'm wrong please correct me, but I keep seeing this error in your threads and things like these just annoy me. ;-;

-- Anyway ontopic

It would be interesting for a change, to start in a biiiig city and in the centre of a region (although the latter could be questionable). I honestly never expected it to be the home town, and though it would be interesting I don't think I'd have preferred it over the traditional small towns.

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ May 9th, 2011 6:27 AM

I always hated starting in some small hick town out in the boondocks... reminds me WAY too much of where my parents live... boring and dull. Nature is overrated anyway. Urban development FTW!

I for one would welcome being able to call a big city like Castelia my home. You and your mom could rent a posh apartment in one of the skyscrapers, and the local professor could be an expert on Pokemon-human relationships, for which an urban setting would actually be better.

I hate the fact that there's no proper Center with a PC in your hometown. Starting in a large city would surely solve that problem.

Then again, the protagonists this time around (the girl especially) dress like they belong in the country, so...

Seeds Horizon May 9th, 2011 7:08 AM

Quite an interesting theory really...I think it would be very fun if Game Freak broke the tradition of us being hill billies living like 60 miles from the nearest town (By my reasoning, that would be about the distance if it were to be in real life). I think it would be really awesome were we to start out in Castelia, since its so...big, and the bridges are wonderful! Though it would be amusing, it would also be confusing, seeing as Castelia is...Sort of in the middle? Not quite, but close to the middle, therefor we would have to go in either direction to start our journey, and we would eventually end up back at the starting point..

I know! It could be where you start off in Castelia, and the Pokemon League is actually one of the uber tall buildings, therefor Victory Road would be to go through several floors of trainers and Pokemon, eventually reaching the "tower" where there are 5 floors, each one with an Elite Four member, respectively, and the Champion at the top! That means, if you start from Castelia, you would eventually double back and reach Castelia after you beat the game, and then you would go through the tower. Of course, you would have to rework the part with N, Ghetsis, and that huge castle, though it would be simple to just create an island and then have you take a boat from Castelia to the island.

The Pokemon professor would live next to you in your apartment, and you would be all friendly with them XD. As for your first Pokemon, the desert isnt too far away XD. The first gym elader would of course be switched a bit, but maybe Burgh could keep his rightful place in Castelia. So if you were to choose Pignite, it would be a cakewalk, on the other hand if you chose Oshawott, uber difficult, and Snivy would be so-so. But as I said, theres the desert not too far away with a fire type pokemon, so alls well :D.

Bluerang1 May 9th, 2011 11:44 AM

I actually voted for everything! xD

It's be a nice change for sure, different is good. Nuvema is cute and nice a good starting point for a big game ahead. Starting in Castelia would be weird, it'd be too cluttered and confusing, especially for beginners to the series. I don't care, you barely visit the starting town anyway, but then again, it being in Castelia may change that.

Rai May 9th, 2011 7:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Snivysmiley (Post 6630306)
I think it might be a good idea, but starting in a tiny town with your mother has always been part of the game experience

Agreed. I think it would be less nostalgic if the hometown was a huge place like Castelia City.

Legendary Silke May 10th, 2011 3:05 AM

I would like to see the possibilities of having Castelia as the home city. However, Nuvema does has its own charm, and is traditional in a way - we always start in such a town! There could be potential from not using a small town as the starting area, but everything is like that for a reason, I'm sure of it. I don't mind it...

Pwnyta Jockey May 10th, 2011 11:08 AM

Wouldn't like it.
Wouldn't even like it if a city was 'hometown'.

Ces soirees-la May 11th, 2011 4:16 AM

I would've liked to have started in a smaller city, like the one with the Museum, and receive my Pokemon from the Poke center.
this will be awkward if thats the city you're talking about

Cid May 11th, 2011 8:05 AM

Although I'd welcome something like having a huge city as a starting town, I don't think that the people within Castelia City would fit as people who give you starting information, now that I think about it. For storyline purposes, though, it might be nice and refreshing, but they have to be creative about it.

Xena May 12th, 2011 1:46 AM

I wouldn't want to start off in a big city like Castelia City. I think I'm too used to starting off in small towns. Castelia would have had me confused much sooner than I would have liked. xD

Sceptile0111 May 12th, 2011 5:31 PM

Castelia being the starting town could be interesting for a spin-off game Colosseum style, but not for a main series game. It's definitely part of the Pokemon main series experience to start in a small town, and a city like Castelia is extremely confusing for new players; heck, even I got lost on my first time getting there, and I've been playing Pokemon since the days of RBY!

:t254: Sceptile0111 :t254:

TwilightBlade May 12th, 2011 7:51 PM

Hm I don't see why not. If BW is all about being ~new~ then one should not have started in a small town with a single mother and absent father. Maybe at least the parents could be working full-time or something olol. ^^;

TheMarkCrafter May 13th, 2011 9:18 AM

I like, but there will be glitches cause of the pokecenter, and there will be no lab, and the Gym Leader list will be:
Spoiler:

1-Burgh (Lv.5-10)
2-Elesa (Lv.15-20)
3-Clay (Lv.20-25)
4-Skyla (Lv.25-30)
5-the 7th gym leader at pokemon bw - (Lv.30-35)
6-Cilan/Chili/Cress (a brand new puzzle with grass patches, volcanoes, and surfings) - (Lv.35-40)
7-Lenora (clock puzzle) - (Lv.32-40)
8-Drayden - Lv.40-45

And the elite 4 will be at another rooms
Spoiler:

Shauntal at Grimsley's Room
Grimsley at Shauntal's Room
Catilin at Marshal's room
Marshal at Catilin's room
Alder at his room

HINT: Momorito will be the Professor, The Planner as Cheren's place, and the Graphic Editor at Bianca's place.

Amore May 13th, 2011 10:23 AM

They'd have to have that entire city with next to no trainers...or have them increasing in level, and have areas somehow blocked off, then Burgh as your first gym leader. It could work...provided you had to head to Nacrene City next, not Nimbasa City.

However, I'm happy with Nuvema Town. It's the same as always, but different in that, just like Johto, you start in the bottom right, not the bottom-left. And, unlike any region, the Pokémon League is right in the middle of the top, not to one side!

mikey May 13th, 2011 2:18 PM

I wouldn't have liked that. I like starting out in small towns. Starting in a big city would just feel weird.

Seeds Horizon May 13th, 2011 7:30 PM

[QUOTE=KingSnivy;6638730]
[/SPOILER]
And the elite 4 will be at another rooms
[SPOILER]
Shauntal at Grimsley's Room
Grimsley at Shauntal's Room
Catilin at Marshal's room
Marshal at Catilin's room
Alder at his room

Erm, may I ask, why change the rooms..? You can choose anyone you want to start with first anyway XD. Sorry, just wanted to ask a question, if I came off as hating..Didnt mean it!

Black Ice May 13th, 2011 8:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Toshiro. (Post 6639113)
I wouldn't have liked that. I like starting out in small towns. Starting in a big city would just feel weird.

Word. For. Word.

Feels so weird when traditions are broken. I like my starting towns to be easily navigable.

GreenBeece May 14th, 2011 8:36 AM

I hoped that the protagonist's hometown was Castelia City...

skyluigi2 May 14th, 2011 8:41 AM

Nope.
I prefer starting in small towns, and working up.
That way, when you get to a huge city, it feels like an accomplishment.


-totodile42

The_Evil_Weavile May 14th, 2011 3:10 PM

Pokemon is really an art of taking a situation that seems almost related and realistic and gradually adding fantastic elements sweeping the player away and sucking you in. Besides you people that actually lived and ran around in New York at 10 years old, a place like Nuvema town is the natural choice. Besides; it has the word "New" in it. Herpderp.

Koi May 15th, 2011 3:50 PM

In my opinion, I think it would've been fantastic, but we all know GameFreak always want us to start in little tiny town in every single Pokemon game. T_T

Kevin May 15th, 2011 5:36 PM

Castelia City as the starting town? Oh gosh, it's a city, not a town, plus its too huge and has a gym there, and no professor (although D/P/Pt didn't have it either but still). It would make a huge difference between every other game.

doredla May 15th, 2011 11:58 PM

Really could of done a lot to possibly make the story more interesting. But personally, I like the official starting town just fine. It's small and comfy like all of the other gen. starting towns. Also, it reminds me of my own home town: small, cozy, but not somewhere you could bare to stay in forever.
But this topic also got me thinking on a lot of other possible starting towns. It really would of been so much more interesting had they picked a larger town with more to it. But the traditional type of town they always go with is also nice.

YouMadBro? May 17th, 2011 5:04 PM

When news about BW came out, and pictures of Catelia City came out, I thought it was the starting "Town". I began thinking that instead of a house, you'd live in an apartment, which would have been pretty cool/intresting. Now that I think about, I'm glad it isn't the hometown.

fenyx4 May 17th, 2011 7:10 PM

Hmm...an urban setting being the start of a Pokemon game instead of a small rural town would be a nice change and would have an interesting impact on the storyline. Not everyone who wants to be a Pokemon Trainer comes from a small, sparsely populated town. XD Though I'm not sure how navigable Hiun City is... but yeah, I'm sure there are lots of kids who wouldn't care about city size and would just love to roam around in a huge city gawking at everything like "Ooh! It's so big!" While tradition can be good, some breaks and changes could serve as nice refreshers, provided they are integrated well.

..Though it would be weird to travel all the way to Nuvema Town, where hardly anyone lives, just to see Professor Juniper after visiting someplace like Hiun City. :/

DarkAlucard May 18th, 2011 3:57 PM

Sure, finally we would be a city boy/girl and we would have many things to do and see at the beginning of the journey, not the classic, go looking for the professor, pick a pokemon and Dex.


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