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bobandbill November 22nd, 2011 5:51 PM

Great Marsh or Safari Zone
 
What did you prefer from the two safari zones of DPPt and HGSS - the muddy Great Marsh of DPPt, or the move-able Safari Zone of HGSS?

My personal vote is for HGSS's one - despite the day waiting thing for the rarer Pokemon I had a lot of other things to do first anyway (like beating the game and other side quests and all as the day-waiting is only for unlocking the area the Pokemon concerned can be found in) and getting stuck in the mud every few steps I found rather annoying for the Great Marsh.

Ho-Oh November 22nd, 2011 5:57 PM

Neither really. I thought the best the Great Marsh had was Starly and Psyduck tbh, lol, whereas the HGSS' Safari Zone had "rare" Pokemon I hadn't seen for generations! ...I disliked the design of both though which is what kinda let them down for me.

chella182 November 23rd, 2011 11:37 AM

Safari Zone all the way. I never really rated the Great Marsh all that much.

Elite Overlord LeSabre™ November 23rd, 2011 2:04 PM

Anything where you have to resort to using bait and rocks to catch Pokemon is horrible. Navigating the Great Marsh was frustrating with the sinkholes, but the customization of the HG/SS Safari Zone just made it cumbersome and not worth my time.

lacella November 23rd, 2011 2:58 PM

reading up on the marsh... safari zone is annoying, but it has great pokemon to make up for it - so my vote goes there, but just barely. both could stand to be designed a lot better.

psychomew2 November 23rd, 2011 4:08 PM

The safari zone, no question about it. The great marsh had a lack of variety, usually I would only run into poison, grass, and bug types. It was also a lot more difficult to navigate through it and go everywhere in a single run imo.

PlatinumDude November 23rd, 2011 5:06 PM

I like the Safari Zone better than the Great Marsh because there's no step limit to end my catching spree. The areas there can be customized too.

Deliciousfruit233 November 23rd, 2011 5:47 PM

Safari Zone all the way. That sinking in the mud gimmick in the Great Marsh was so annoying, and there wasn't very much variety (mostly Woopers and Bibarels). The Safari Zone was where I found my Larvitar, so that already wins.

Hikamaru November 23rd, 2011 7:32 PM

Definitely the Johto Safari Zone cos of no step limit.

Sinnoh's Great Marsh was boring... and I tried catching a Yanma in Platinum and they kept escaping from me, no wonder I had to trade over a Yanma.

~*!*~Tatsujin Gosuto~*!*~ November 24th, 2011 6:23 AM

The great Marsh really got me very annoyed because of getting stuck inside of the mud piles practically every 4 seconds so I would go with t Safari Zone all the way.


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Pingouin_7 November 24th, 2011 6:27 PM

I liked the Great Marsh more, but only in Platinum.
Compare the scenery in D/P with the one in Platinum.

At least, in Platinum, you could avoid getting stuck in the mud whenever possible.
Also, it had a great deal of nice Pokémon, like Tropius and Yanma. It blended well in Sinnoh.

On the other hand, HG/SS's Safari Zone seems out of the place and I wouldn't have the patience to wait 80 days just for one Pokémon to appear (It'd be faster to complete a run of R/S/E or FR/LG then Pal Park.)

Kaleidoscop November 24th, 2011 7:33 PM

I like the safari game better than the great marsh. it is more fun to explore, offering players unique experiences every time they enter. The great marsh is just a single expanse of mud. and those are annoying

Pokemon Trainer Touko November 25th, 2011 2:25 AM

Both of them are pretty much the same thing and I don't like either of them because they're so annoying @[email protected];

Mr Cat Dog November 25th, 2011 8:57 AM

By process of elimination (i.e. not playing Diamond/Pearl/Platinum), I'm going to have to go with the Safari Zone, both for nostalgic value as well as the types of Pokemon encountered there. It's far from perfect, but anywhere that gives access to that many critters is probably a good thing on the whole. This Great Marsh thingy sounds all kinds of horrible, though!

HyperVortex November 26th, 2011 7:54 AM

Safari Zone because that's where Dratini's slumber is at <3

Dudypokefan89 November 26th, 2011 8:48 AM

My favorite was The Safari Zone. I thought it was really cool that it was on Cianwood City, one of many nostalgic places. I remember I would forget to have a flying type in my team on G/S/C. I always had to surf back to Olivine. The safari zone is also awesome because of the customizer. I found more Pokemon than I wanted. I have always been a fan of the safari zones. The great marsh was OK, but it wasn't as great as the safari zone.

Palcks November 26th, 2011 8:58 AM

I highly prefer the Safari Zone. The Great Marsh was cool and interesting at first, but I would much rather go to the Safari Zone. Especially with the moving land areas, those were really nifty. :3

Halcyon December 3rd, 2011 2:00 AM

Personally, I prefer the Great Marsh because it seems more natural compared to the Safari Zone. Furthermore, I think there's too many Pokemon at that area, it's kind of overwhelming to me.

Mentalii December 3rd, 2011 2:41 AM

Safary Zone of course !
I was really disappointed by Great Marsh...
It's not funny at all, and at the beginning it's comical to be trapped in the mud, but after, that become extremely blooding.
And anyway, Safari Zone will stay THE place where you can catch so many Pokémons, since RBY, it's irreplaceable ^^
After, I have to admit that "improvements" in HGSS aren't really what I expected but I like Safari Zone nevertheless.

Ciax December 3rd, 2011 3:09 AM

I disliked both of them but prefer the great marsh from the two. The safari zone was fairly over crowded with pokemon and a bit confusing. While the great marsh was annoying with always getting stuck in mud at least it didn't confuse me. And the great marsh does look more natural.

ILoveRobots December 5th, 2011 3:47 PM

Great marsh looked better. So I choose that one

feralig8rx December 6th, 2011 9:10 AM

I have to say that I was not happy with the Great Marsh to say the least. I was waiting for that whole, "wait, where am I? I'm running out of steps so I better find that guru fast!" like I had in the Safari Zone. Like Mentalii said earlier, the sinking in the sand thing was funny at first but became extremely aggravating to deal with towards the latter parts.

I also didn't really feel like I needed to go to the Great Marsh for any reason. The Safari Zone at least made me look forward to a HM Surf at the end, and I had to get it if I wanted to move on to Cinnabar.

Deliciousfruit233 December 6th, 2011 6:10 PM

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Originally Posted by feralig8rx (Post 6955711)
I have to say that I was not happy with the Great Marsh to say the least. I was waiting for that whole, "wait, where am I? I'm running out of steps so I better find that guru fast!" like I had in the Safari Zone. Like Mentalii said earlier, the sinking in the sand thing was funny at first but became extremely aggravating to deal with towards the latter parts.

I also didn't really feel like I needed to go to the Great Marsh for any reason. The Safari Zone at least made me look forward to a HM Surf at the end, and I had to get it if I wanted to move on to Cinnabar.

Wasn't the Surf HM only there in the R/B/Y Safari Zone?

FrostPheonix December 7th, 2011 12:38 AM

Hated the marsh. Due to getting stuck and also the fact that you never knew what pokemon you might find.

The Corrupt Plague December 7th, 2011 1:32 AM

The Safari Zone. The ability to customize it was certainly a nice touch but it has its flaws. This still beats slogging through mud in the Great Marsh though.


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