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Graphics aside, I still really enjoy the newer games. They're far from perfect, but I really wouldn't go as far as to consider them bad games either.
If you ask me, it all boils down to personal preference; some like them, others don't. But disliking something doesn't necessarily make it bad. I, for example, don't like the Final Fantasy games. But that's simply because it's not my cup of tea. |
I've been playing since the days of Red and Blue and I can honestly say that, looking at each generation of pokémon species as a collective, I don't dislike a single one.
Sure, there are a couple of pokémon in each generation that I despise conceptually (Jigglypuff, Unown, Delcatty, Lickilicky, Cinccino, Aromatisse), but there are also a big handful in each generation that I love (Gengar, Crobat, Ninjask, Toxicroak, Krookodile, Aegislash) to balance it out. Point is, pokémon design isn't getting any better or worse. Given that the designers have to work within a certain theme for each generation, they're actually pretty damn creative. |
A lot of the new designs especially gen 5 are horrendous. As to the games being less quality or "not as good" as previous games, I find it hard to agree with that. The older games have the nostalgia factor which shouldn't factor in to overall quality. The newer games obviously improve in graphics every gen, they attempt and try to incorporate new things, albeit a lot of swings and misses, but if you look at the game as a whole I think the games are just getting repetitive with the goals and storylines.
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I've also enjoyed the first 3 Gens. I stopped playing after I tried Pearl ROM on pc. I didn't like the Pokémon designs. 5 was better but still not good for me. I got back into it now, and Y is going to be the first game I'll buy since Emerald.
Cons: - Not really a con, but I also liked the 2D. I like the 3D battle scene, but when I control my trainer, I'd rather have a 2D top view. Pros: - I've really studied the designs of the generations and I really like Gen 6, while I didn't like 4 or 5 very much. - It 'll be the first time I'll be able to trade/ fight online with a Pokémon game, so that's a new experience for me. This is the biggest plus because now I can actually evolve them and get pokémon I couldn't get ingame. - I'll finally be able to play a new Pokémon game :d |
To play devil's advocate a bit, the early games (Gen 1 and 2, mainly) had a simplicity going for them that's rare even in the spinoffs nowadays. I might well be overwhelmed if I started as a kid with X/Y, particularly if I was aware of the methods behind EVs, IVs, natures, competitive movesets, etc. (I suspect that, while available, this kind of information wasn't as easy to come by or as widely known back in the day.)
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I was 6 years old when Pokemon Red & Blue were released in the U.S. so I grew up with the original generation. With that being said, I am in no way shape or form a genwunner. Nostalgia might cloud my mind a tad bit, but I appreciate all Pokemon games. I also form opinions on them and they are unfortunately not all positive, but you don't have to like every single aspect of something to be a true fan.
There are Pokemon, regions, and features that I like from every generation, but the amount of things I like went down after the 3rd generation and then went up again for the 5th and more so 6th, but still not as much as the original 3. I primarily pick my Pokemon team based on aesthetics with power as an after thought and I found less I enjoyed in the newer games. I take a good hard look at the entire line up of Pokemon from each gen and nostalgia completely aside, the newer ones just don't appeal to me as much. Don't get me wrong there are some that are amazing creations, but they are far and few between. As far as looks go, I've always prefered gaming on an GBA SP over the newer DS's. I always liked the ease of one screen and the small clamshell design, not to mention the fact that it plays GBA games and especially GBC and even GB games that I play more of than DS ones. The first 2 gens looked great for the time and the 3rd gen was beautiful. I liked most things about it, but if I took that all away and just judged on looks, it was the best. The frame rate is also double that of the newer gens at certain times or all of the time depending on the game. Ironically I think the older games, especially the 3rd gen that I keep bragging about, look less pixelated than the newer games, yet they are still classic games with a classic look that I enjoy. Maybe some day things will be different, but as of today the close up 2D isometric view still looks more polished and defined than the isometric 3D or even the fully 3D games. Like I said I've played all of the games and appreciate them all, but as far as looks go, the older games take the cake. I mentioned that nostalgia might cloud my mind just a tad, but overall this is my honest non-biased opinion. |
Well personally i have gotten used to the old games and the new games a like so it does not make a difference to me because according to me pokemon is pokemon
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