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Aquarius1997 May 12th, 2012 4:00 AM

[Spoiler]Pokéwood
 
WHAT DO YOU THINK!!!!

Personally i already know that pokéwood is way better than the musicals

DISCUSS!!!

blue May 12th, 2012 4:16 AM

IMO this is great, it's really something that suits my enjoyment and I much prefer it to the Musical.

PaxAmericana May 12th, 2012 5:26 AM

The Pokewood seems more fun than the Musicals. I think it would pretty cool to do when the games come out.

Cordelia May 12th, 2012 6:25 AM

I will probably participate in this in comparison to the Musical/Contests... neither of those interested me but I love movies so this should be really fun to try out!

Mr Cat Dog May 12th, 2012 7:45 AM

Pokéwood certainly sounds cooler than any of the Contests/Musicals/other similar stuff that have come before it, and though the finished product will probably not live up to my sky-high expectations, I'm still very excited to see the end result. Like Mac, I love movies, so to see them integrated into the Pokemon world is wonderful for me!

Squirrel May 12th, 2012 5:07 PM

Tbh I loved the musicals in BW, but I am interested to see what this Pokéwood thing will actually be like. I'll give it a chance and based on the anime version it'll be pretty cool, but I'm not holding out much hope for it tbh. x]

Asuf May 12th, 2012 11:28 PM

Pokewood is definately something I'm going to check out in the game, unlike those musicals and other contests... (besides R/S/E)

Zelda May 13th, 2012 6:24 AM

Hmm, Pokéwood does seem very interesting and it seems like GameFreak really wants us to know about it and use it. But I think it's going to be one of those features I barely use, just because it doesn't serve great importance in the game, and contests would be far better I'd probably often forget about it. Unless Pokéwood is actually really impressing, then we'll see I guess.

Mentalii May 13th, 2012 6:27 AM

I'm really glad they don't put the Musical in BW2. It was a very bad idea though it looked great, I would have prefered contests instead of that.
At least, even if we haven't a lot of informations about the Pokéwood, it can't be worse than the Musical, and for the moment that seems pretty fun and original.

Zelda May 13th, 2012 6:34 AM

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Originally Posted by Mentalii (Post 7173533)
I'm really glad they don't put the Musical in BW2. It was a very bad idea though it looked great, I would have prefered contests instead of that.
At least, even if we haven't a lot of informations about the Pokéwood, it can't be worse than the Musical, and for the moment that seems pretty fun and original.

The Musical building still shows on the new map of Unova, so I'm pretty sure it'll still be there.

Musicals never really gave the better impression like Pokéwood has though, and it is original. You'd only expect a theater in New York, so one in Unova was a great idea.

Kenmoor May 13th, 2012 11:18 AM

Is this "Pokewood" going to like contests/musicals where we're scored? How is that going to turn out then? Will we see the other AI's movies? What kind of props and stuff will be used? Which Pokemon will look the best in these movies?
Does this "Pokewood" seem to much of a Japanese concept to you? The box art gives us a picture of a Godzilla/Tyranitarzilla. What do you think it is for?
Yeah, try to answer all of my questions!

Perriechu May 13th, 2012 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Kenmoor (Post 7173914)
Is this "Pokewood" going to like contests/musicals where we're scored? How is that going to turn out then? Will we see the other AI's movies? What kind of props and stuff will be used? Which Pokemon will look the best in these movies?
Does this "Pokewood" seem to much of a Japanese concept to you? The box art gives us a picture of a Godzilla/Tyranitarzilla. What do you think it is for?
Yeah, try to answer all of my questions!

It's unknown how the scoring will go down; I don't even think it's been confirmed to have a scoring system, we'll have to wait for small details like that. And as for props, I think they're already there. You may get to choose a scenario? And downloadable content maybe available idk. Not much is known.

I for one, cannot wait. I think it's going to be better than the musicals, which didn't really appeal to people. But still, nothing can replace contests.

illuyankas May 13th, 2012 3:49 PM

I never really liked Contests or the Musical, and this does sound a lot more interesting.
Though I doubt that it can hook me nearly as much as the Pokéathlon which, in my opinion anyway, was pure brilliance.

Jellicent♀ May 14th, 2012 5:52 AM

It sounds awesome. Musicals were a little neat, Contests were extremely fun, but now we have something that involves the player more as well as the Pokemon, not just exclusively Pokemon. The thought of a Power Rangers mix with Pokemon is super awesome, too. :D

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire May 14th, 2012 7:53 PM

I think it's nice, and like Jellicent I'm glad to see the trainer get a place in the minigames beyond just dressing them up. Though I do wonder if this means that Musicals won't even appear at all...

Nearsighted king of Ice May 18th, 2012 5:25 AM

Giant Robot Fight!!
 
So anyway as you know there's this whole thing where you get to battle a giant robot Tyranitar, and I saw a pic showing that bot fighting a huge Golurk in the anime.

so anyway what's your opinion on the whole giant robot fight? do you think it's rather cliche' coz you know... it's japan

Gargoss May 18th, 2012 6:13 AM

That battle I'm pretty sure is a part of the new PokeWood movie studio sidestory, which possibly replaces the Musical Hall in Nimbasa City. Brycen seems to play a part in it, too.
In that sense, it's the Pokemon equivalent of the kaiju (Godzilla-like) movie genre.

Greenbeans May 18th, 2012 3:20 PM

i doubt it will actually be part of the gameplay

Killjoy May 19th, 2012 6:05 PM

I don't understand the name. Maybe I'm having a blonde moment, but I can't relate the name to anything in real life, so I'm not really sure why it's called what it's called.

If it where music related, I could see wood being in reference to woodwind instuments, but I don't know how it relates to giant robot Tyranatars


I don't know, maybe I'm just stupid

Xander Olivieri May 19th, 2012 6:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Killjoy (Post 7182763)
I don't understand the name. Maybe I'm having a blonde moment, but I can't relate the name to anything in real life, so I'm not really sure why it's called what it's called.

If it where music related, I could see wood being in reference to woodwind instuments, but I don't know how it relates to giant robot Tyranatars


I don't know, maybe I'm just stupid

Its a play on Hollywood. Movies are made there, you make a Movie in Pokewood. Just Pokemon + Hollywood.

Killjoy May 19th, 2012 8:21 PM

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Originally Posted by XanderO (Post 7182790)
Its a play on Hollywood. Movies are made there, you make a Movie in Pokewood. Just Pokemon + Hollywood.


Oh I get it now lol In hindsight you could have just said I was stupid. Thanks lol

Anyway, looks like an interesting feature. Looking forward to hearing more about it

miltankRancher May 19th, 2012 11:00 PM

From the looks of it, it seems pretty interesting. And way better that Musicals.

Ω Ruby and α Sapphire May 20th, 2012 12:00 AM

I'm not really up to date with B/W 2 at the moment, so could you fill me in on this pokewood?

SolarAbusoru May 20th, 2012 2:13 AM

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Originally Posted by Zupplu (Post 7182985)
I'm not really up to date with B/W 2 at the moment, so could you fill me in on this pokewood?

Basically it's a facility that allows you to make Movies, at the moment the only movie shown that you can make is basically a Tokusatsu movie, aka, think Power Rangers or Super Sentai, you can change the movie's outcome via different dialogue choices and then participate in battles.

Ω Ruby and α Sapphire May 20th, 2012 2:54 AM

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Originally Posted by SolarAbusoru (Post 7183027)


Basically it's a facility that allows you to make Movies, at the moment the only movie shown that you can make is basically a Tokusatsu movie, aka, think Power Rangers or Super Sentai, you can change the movie's outcome via different dialogue choices and then participate in battles.

Doesn't sound half bad! Thank you for the reply!

Peeta May 20th, 2012 11:31 AM

Pokéwood is a huge improvement over the musicals, which I always thought were very stupid. I will actually participate in them, unlike contests or musicals.

Kenmoor May 26th, 2012 3:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Peeta (Post 7183643)
Pokéwood is a huge improvement over the musicals, which I always thought were very stupid. I will actually participate in them, unlike contests or musicals.

Err... *ignores their username...* I always liked the original contests and I agree on your opinion on the Musicals. I actually went into the musicals 5 times, then stopped. I got all the Master Contest Ribbons in my Emerald Post-Game except for the "Smart" one. Then in my Pearl I did the Super Contests and liked how they redid it with these nice, little mini-games and how they implemented the touch screen.
You know, all the sideline stuff involves competition in the Arts. I look forward to the Movies in Pokewood.

Also, they'll probably let us connect on Wi-Fi and let us see each others movies. That'll be fun.

Guy May 28th, 2012 8:31 AM

There's only so much we know and have seen about Pokéwood, yet it already looks and sounds a whole lot better than Musicals. I'm pretty excited about it, and I like the idea of being able to create our own Pokémon movies since I'm a TV/Movie addict. On paper, it sounds like it should be a lot of fun. I'm only hoping it's not just a building where we could make our own movies and share via Wi-Fi with the rest of the world though. I'd really like it to be in a contest style where you get scored and compete for something a la Contest Ribbons.

All that being said, I'd totally welcome back Pokémon Contests in a heartbeat! Although, I shouldn't have to worry about that for long if we do get the inevitable RSE remake within the next year or so.

morrison May 29th, 2012 6:20 AM

Musicals were kind of the most passive thing to do in all of the games which had similar stuff, didnt enjoy it much, this pokewood sounds better :)

Oryx May 29th, 2012 6:29 AM

I find Pokewood interesting in that...Hollywood is very West Coast, not New York. I'm kind of wondering if this implies that they think of America as just one big entity, instead of in regions like they think of Japan? If there was anywhere else that would be good for a Pokemon game in the US it would probably be the west coast so them putting this in the games might be a sign that that's it for the US. D;

Mr Cat Dog May 29th, 2012 7:11 AM

But Hollywood is famously known throughout the world - it's only really Bollywood that has as big a cultural recognition as Hollywood as far as film production goes. Personally, I don't think it's casual racismor xenophobia on the part of Game Freak, but just a coincidence that this idea happened to happen at the same time as a region based on an American city was unveiled. As well as that, the geography of NYC is also probably much more well known than the geography of LA, for example... so I doubt Gen VI will feature an Golden Gate Bridges any time soon! :D

Oryx May 29th, 2012 7:16 AM

What I mean is that this makes me feel like there's no chance of there being another US-based Pokemon game after Pokewood was released, showing that the region isn't New York so much as it is just US in general. So then it wouldn't make sense that they would have more specific US regions, since they decided East Coast and West Coast can be combined into one Pokemon region. :(

tobinus May 29th, 2012 8:15 AM

What bugged me the most about the musical was the lack of engagement from the player - you choose a Pokémon and the props the Pokémon will use, and under the performance you press one button, once. That's it. The contests in D/P/Pt were more engaging, since you didn't just sit there and watch 80% of the time.
Best of them all was Pokéathlon imo, and I would be surprised if Pokéwood offers a more engaging experience - I'm keeping my fingers crossed though! Different stories depending on your actions sounds interesting.

Cid May 29th, 2012 5:50 PM

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Originally Posted by tobinus (Post 7195975)
What bugged me the most about the musical was the lack of engagement from the player - you choose a Pokémon and the props the Pokémon will use, and under the performance you press one button, once. That's it. The contests in D/P/Pt were more engaging, since you didn't just sit there and watch 80% of the time.
Best of them all was Pokéathlon imo, and I would be surprised if Pokéwood offers a more engaging experience - I'm keeping my fingers crossed though! Different stories depending on your actions sounds interesting.

I definitely have high hopes for the Pokéwood, but then so did I on musicals. I think you do have a good point to tell Game Freak that musicals were subpar from actual interaction and fun value compared to contests. Although I never really tried musicals but just hearing that...I don't think I ever will. I hope Pokéwood gets more thought put into it, there are many possibilities they could pull through with this even though they haven't showed much potential on foreign ground for side games as much. At least recently.

I wonder how they'll integrate enough impact from the player's own actions in the feature especially with translations sometimes restricting these dialogue choices you can usually choose from. I see it would be quite different from the Japanese dialogue since I always thought their own expressions were more versatile. For various situations that you can come up with a movie, for example.

Oryx May 29th, 2012 7:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Cid (Post 7196619)
I definitely have high hopes for the Pokéwood, but then so did I on musicals. I think you do have a good point to tell Game Freak that musicals were subpar from actual interaction and fun value compared to contests. Although I never really tried musicals but just hearing that...I don't think I ever will. I hope Pokéwood gets more thought put into it, there are many possibilities they could pull through with this even though they haven't showed much potential on foreign ground for side games as much. At least recently.

I wonder how they'll integrate enough impact from the player's own actions in the feature especially with translations sometimes restricting these dialogue choices you can usually choose from. I see it would be quite different from the Japanese dialogue since I always thought their own expressions were more versatile. For various situations that you can come up with a movie, for example.

To make interactivity really high, they would have to not only have something to set up the movie but some form of interacting during the movie, such as maybe controlling the camera for times or being the director so choosing how the scene is shot (like a "mood" sort of thing that you can change in the show, that affects how people see your movie and Pokemon as the star). If they don't have something like that I think it'll be boring too, because I don't believe the movies they'll make will be interesting enough to want to sit idly through more than a few times.

Kirbin June 11th, 2012 11:30 PM

So that robotic Tyranitar... in space is Pokewood.

Kenmoor June 12th, 2012 2:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Kirbin (Post 7211402)
So that robotic Tyranitar... in space is Pokewood.

Yup. It's the most original idea that Pokemon has created yet. D:/c:/?
Pokewood is mainly (as far as I know) for making movies.
It's also run or he just works there by Brycen. He's an actor!

Slike June 12th, 2012 5:01 PM

Oh Pokewood that sounds kind of stupid what is it a glorified forest this i-

Oh my goodness this is amazing. It'll probably be terrible but this has so much potential to be incredibly amusing.

Kenmoor June 12th, 2012 5:34 PM

Er... yeah!
Pokewood is a play on Hollywood. You know, America's West Coast Movie Making City? I have no idea why but America seems to influence the Japanese who makes the games... Or Europe for that matter.
It does have the potential but I do see why it seems terrible to you. The musicals failed in the previous B&W.

Oryx June 12th, 2012 5:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kenmoor (Post 7212326)
Er... yeah!
Pokewood is a play on Hollywood. You know, America's West Coast Movie Making City? I have no idea why but America seems to influence the Japanese who makes the games... Or Europe for that matter.
It does have the potential but I do see why it seems terrible to you. The musicals failed in the previous B&W.

Well I mean this is the first game set in the US, everything else was influenced by Japan...

You misunderstood the last post. He was saying that he thought it was dumb by the name until he saw more about it.

Kenmoor June 12th, 2012 6:10 PM

Oh. Thanks for clearing that up for me.

Anyways, in the anime a bunch of Pokewood/something similar stuff was on, on last Thursday(?) Here's some stuff from Serebii-
Costumes for our protagonists?
http://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/bestwishes/743ps4.shtml
A special effect? (the fan blowing air) Plus the green screen.
http://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/bestwishes/743ps5.shtml
Could the upper left pic. show some probable props?
http://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/bestwishes/743ps6.shtml
We can edit our film?
http://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/bestwishes/743ps7.shtml
Could we possibly get a trophy for our efforts?
http://www.serebii.net/anime/pictures/bestwishes/743ps11.shtml

The above probably won't happen... but we can hope, right?

Plasmette June 12th, 2012 6:31 PM

Despite owning B/W for a year, I haven't tried musicals once. I found Pokemon contests boring, and overall a waste of time. The musicals look no different. Pokewood looks the same as contests, because you're using different moves to appeal to people.

...

I hate contests...WHY AND HOW are they popular?

And is it just me, or does Pokewood sound...inappropriate?

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire June 12th, 2012 10:44 PM

I got to say I love the mecha. I hope there's more mecha's to fight against. I wonder if there's a way to record our little movie and view it later, that'll be fun to see :)

Xander Olivieri June 12th, 2012 10:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Magmaruby and Aquasapphire (Post 7212628)
I got to say I love the mecha. I hope there's more mecha's to fight against. I wonder if there's a way to record our little movie and view it later, that'll be fun to see :)

It will probably have a save feature like the Recorder for battles. Seems like something we'd be able to share Wifi with. Who knows though.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire June 12th, 2012 10:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XanderO (Post 7212631)
It will probably have a save feature like the Recorder for battles. Seems like something we'd be able to share Wifi with. Who knows though.

I hope so, it would give another use for the recorder other than Battle subway battles and sounds more fun than taking a picture like with the musicals...

Ho-Oh June 15th, 2012 11:10 PM

Oh I'd like to be able to record them but not to share via wifi. Maybe just in a theatre actually at PokeWood, but that's all. Seems like something that'd be exclusive to the location.

vaporeon7 June 16th, 2012 2:07 AM

Although it would be great to share them over wifi, I can't really see myself watching other peoples, I mean, who really look at other people's Pokémon dressed up in gen IV?

chella182 June 17th, 2012 10:14 AM

Echoing many people's sentiments, I think it sounds really interesting (and personally, way more interesting than contests and musicals - those never really grabbed me), although I'm reserving judgement until I actually see it. I get bored of these kinds of aspects of the games easily.

SolarAbusoru June 17th, 2012 11:54 AM

I don't get why people wouldn't wanna see each others Movies over Wi-Fi, personally, that's exactly what I wanna see, cause I'd be interested in what other people have conjured up

Haseyo June 17th, 2012 12:05 PM

I'm all for change, but I never really got that into contests and stuff, except in Emerald. But that was back when I didn't have many games so I used any excuse to play something, heh. I'll give it a shot.

OmegaRuby and AlphaSapphire June 19th, 2012 5:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by SolarAbusoru (Post 7217317)
I don't get why people wouldn't wanna see each others Movies over Wi-Fi, personally, that's exactly what I wanna see, cause I'd be interested in what other people have conjured up

My thoughts exactly, it would be cool to see what moves or actions others used.

I hope there's diversity within the movie making, add more antagonists than Tyranitar such as Gyrados, and Hydreigon.

Eneko June 19th, 2012 5:25 PM

From what I've seen, I like contests better... Who knows, maybe my opinion will change when I get the game and start playing?

The Fallen June 19th, 2012 5:26 PM

I feel as if it will be fun the first couple of times and then lose it's appeal. It's a simple idea that doesn't offer a great amount of fun. I'm purely indifferent to it as a whole.

Aquarius1997 June 19th, 2012 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Magmaruby and Aquasapphire (Post 7220121)


My thoughts exactly, it would be cool to see what moves or actions others used.

I hope there's diversity within the movie making, add more antagonists than Tyranitar such as Gyrados, and Hydreigon.




Yes it would lose its appeal if it were JUST tyranitar, other psuedo-legends would be appreciated

Anybody else thought it was funny how Mecha Tyranitar resembled Godzilla
HA


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