Thoughts on each Region

Started by theDIRTYAVENGER August 10th, 2009 10:47 AM
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Kanto (FR/LG, R/B/Y)
Pros- The map is very well laid out, and you can complete the last four cities at basically whatever pace you wish. The starters are solid as well, as are the wild Pokemon selection throughout the region. Also, Team Rocket is excellent in the game, being both evil and reasonably strong. You are able to grab every single type in the game.

Cons- If Charmander is chosen as starter, first two gym leaders can be horrendously difficult, if Charmander is NOT chosen as a starter, you have to wait until pretty late in the game to get a Fire Type, if you don't want a Growlithe. The gym leaders in Fuschia, Saffron, Cinnabar, and Viridian are too weak, and all of them have relatively same leveling.
Finally, there is a huge gap between the levels of Pokemon between Viridian Gym and Victory Road. I was able to crush the last few gym leaders, but was outleveled by WILD Pokemon by the time I reached Victory Road.

Johto (G/S/C, HG/SS)
Pros- Best map layout of them all, the inclusion of Kanto is enormous plus. Starters are even more solid in this game. The Rival is great. Gym Leaders pose serious challenges as do the elite four, champion, and final battle against the previous game's protagonist. Day/Night setup and Radio help make this game more unique out of the series. Team Rocket is also in the game, helping make things a teensy bit more interesting.

Cons- Rival does not appear nearly enough, and is not leveled high enough in most cases. Team Rocket is on the whole, weaker and lacking in terms of back story. Kanto region can be monotonous and under leveled. Wild Pokemon layout in both regions can also be monotonous consisting of too many Kanto Pokemon and not enough new additions.

Hoenn (R/S/E)
Pros- Better Wild Pokemon Layout, including most Hoenn Pokemon and way less Pokemon of other regions. Gym Leaders are interesting, and the additions of puzzles and traps to gyms also improves things. The Battle Frontier is a definite improvement in Emerald.

Cons- The gym leaders and trainers in this region, although more numerous, are under leveled and very weak. The Elite Four is more difficult then the Champion, who is worse in Emerald then is R/S. The game's music is terrible and both teams Magma and Aqua are given pathetic storylines and Pokemon. The region, at times, can be confusing to an extreme.

Sinnoh (D/P/Pt)
Pros- Best wild Pokemon layout of them all! Gym Leaders are very challenging, as are trainers. The game has a great selection of Pokemon, and Fire Types can be nabbed early on. The starters are great, also. The game has an awesome storyline which utilizes characters such as the rivals, professors, and Dawn/Other Guy as well as Cyrus and Team Galactic to an extreme. Gym Leaders are more three dimensional characters now as well, as they are given appearances outside of the gym and better back stories. This goes for the majority of the elite four as well. Routes and caves are exciting, containing new terrain and better trainers and wild Pokemon. The Battle Frontier and storyline after the E4 is stellar, giving you opportunities to catch a large number of new and old legendaries, and to battle Team Galactic again as well. Wi-Fi Battling also gives you infinite possibilities after the long storyline has been completed.

Cons- Not very many cons. Some of the new additions to the game are bad ideas on the whole, and features such as the GTS, contests, and Honey trees seem like bad ideas on the whole. The Underground is also sometimes boring. Not being able to battle randoms makes getting into WiFi battling difficult, and less rewarding of an expierience.

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Kanto

Pros: You can buy pokemon at the Veilstone Game Corner, and buy elemental stones in the Celadon Mall.
And the plot was nice.

Cons:

Graphics were ugly. I didn't like the music. And there was no Battle Fronteir

Johto:

None -didn't play the game-

Hoenn:

Pros: The Battle Fronteir was awesome. As the music was too.
The Trick House was amusing as well. The Move Tutors were also very good.

Cons:

Getting lost underwater.
Also, the game was quite boring except for the things said above

Sinnoh:

Platinum was created
They had a Battle Tower/Fronteir
The pokemon were cool

Cons:

D/P Was kind of boring.
Boring plot.

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here i'll start by going newest to oldest

sinnoh- meh, its okay it could be better.
more routes would be nice.

hoenn- awesome one of the better ones
good traveling music, nice animations

orre(?)- very good indeed
it could use some more destinations and a little more background

sevei islands(?)- excellent!
great way to pass time if your bored on fr/lg

johto- FTW!!
this is definetly one of the best regions!!!
by far!! awesome music great scenic routes
day and night. what else do you want!!

kanto- total pwnage!
the best one there ever was!!!
so simple but so much adventure at the same time.
a definet textbook case of an epic win/adventure/game
the best one of them all!
why
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You didn't play Johto? I suggest ShinyGold on the VBA (Google if you don't know it.).

Celadon, not Veilstone Game Corner in Kanto.
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Ok!

Are you sure?

Veilstone city is in Sinnoh I beleive
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here i'll start by going newest to oldest

sinnoh- meh, its okay it could be better.
more routes would be nice.

hoenn- awesome one of the better ones
good traveling music, nice animations

orre(?)- very good indeed
it could use some more destinations and a little more background

sevei islands(?)- excellent!
great way to pass time if your bored on fr/lg

johto- FTW!!
this is definetly one of the best regions!!!
by far!! awesome music great scenic routes
day and night. what else do you want!!

kanto- total pwnage!
the best one there ever was!!!
so simple but so much adventure at the same time.
a definet textbook case of an epic win/adventure/game
the best one of them all!
why
Sinnoh=Worst Orre= Slow Fights Sevii Islands= Sucks I would rather have orange islands
Johto= Hmm how can I put this in one word... THIS IS THE BEST ******* REGION EVER! Kanto= LOL you think this is the best?
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Kanto - Pretty decent, has the original Safari Zone and few water routes.

Johto - My favourite, so I'm biased here. XD I love love love Johto.

Hoenn - Water, water everywhere, and not a drop to drink. D:< Too much water, darnit!

Sinnoh - I didn't like the fact that you have to go through Mt. Coronet to get to the other side of the region (unless you have Fly). I don't like caves in general, and this game had too many that were mandatory.
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Kanto: Great Gym leaders, memorable pokemon, great villainous team, and geographically easy to navigate. :P

Johto: Everything good about Kanto, but refined. The only complaints are that Team rocket was too downplayed and the low levels of the gym leaders and E4, but that was only because Kanto was being included at the end of G/S/C

Hoenn: New pokemon were cool, Teams Aqua and Magma were not as evil as Team Rocket, but good comedic villains. Too many sea routes and not enough caves. >:O

Sinnoh: New pokemon were lame for the most part. Team Galactic's story was a botched attempt at making the story dark, but it came off as kinda silly in the context of a pokemon game. Too many caves and not enough Sea routes. >:O
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Kanto: Great Gym leaders, memorable pokemon, great villainous team, and geographically easy to navigate. :P

Johto: Everything good about Kanto, but refined. The only complaints are that Team rocket was too downplayed and the low levels of the gym leaders and E4, but that was only because Kanto was being included at the end of G/S/C

Hoenn: New pokemon were cool, Teams Aqua and Magma were not as evil as Team Rocket, but good comedic villains. Too many sea routes and not enough caves. >:O

Sinnoh: New pokemon were lame for the most part. Team Galactic's story was a botched attempt at making the story dark, but it came off as kinda silly in the context of a pokemon game. Too many caves and not enough Sea routes. >:O
I have to disagree with you on Team Galactic. Team Galactic was obviously an attempt to combine the fanatacism of Magma/Aqua with the cool leaders and nastiness of Rocket. And I think they did fairly well when doing so, I still like Rocket better, but think how wimpy their plans were compared to Galactic; Rocket wanted to take over a abandoned ninja hideout and turn it into a radio station so that they could force Magikarp to evolve, not even hurt them, just to make them evolve. But Galactic wanted to blow up the friggin universe, killing everybody and everything and replace it with their own universe. Now who's silly?

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Kanto: The original, awesome gym leaders, awesome cities, awesome villainous team.
Johto: My favorite region ever. I won't offer my opinons here, because I'm biased. XD
Hoenn: Not as good as Johto, but still awesome.Maybe just a tad too many sea routes.
Sinnoh: Most of the new pokemon weren't all that good. Not enough sea routes, but Cyrus is a great villain.


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This seems more like a run down of the games rather than the region itself, but I digress.

Kanto
Pros; Best middle evolutions ever (starters, Nidos, Dragonair, and the epic Kakuna of doom), some of the best battle theme compositions ever, the ability to buy stones, Pokemon Tower, the coffee man, Missing No. glitch

Cons; The level gap between Viridian Gym and Victory Road

Johto
Pros; Best overworld music, more great battle theme compositions, great starters once more, best rival in the history of rivalry, two regions in one game, the ability to catch both version mascots no matter which game you got, UMBREON!, SMEARGLE!, QUILAVA!

Cons; "The Level Problem": the low leveled wild Pokemon throughout the game makes it difficult for those who like to be over level

Hoenn
Pros; Great transition from the GameBoy (Color) to the GBA, difficult gym leaders, the fun of unlocking the Trio, decent battle theme composition (I wasn't too impressed, though)

Cons; Unlocking the Trio was a little difficult (it's bittersweet, I suppose), the music wasn't the greatest of the bunch, too many water-type HMs

Sinnoh
Pros; Great theme composition (once again), stimulating gameplay, use of the touch screen, changing the border line between physical and special attacks, chaining for shinies

Cons; Too many legendaries, Defog is stupid, some of the strangest Pokemon this side of the Milky Way
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This seems more like a run down of the games rather than the region itself, but I digress.
Yeah, I guess that's partly true, but I do touch on map and wild pokemon layout as well.

Kakuna of doom? I was not aware of this Kakuna of doom!

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I have to disagree with you on Team Galactic. Team Galactic was obviously an attempt to combine the fanatacism of Magma/Aqua with the cool leaders and nastiness of Rocket. And I think they did fairly well when doing so, I still like Rocket better, but think how wimpy their plans were compared to Galactic; Rocket wanted to take over a abandoned ninja hideout and turn it into a radio station so that they could force Magikarp to evolve, not even hurt them, just to make them evolve. But Galactic wanted to blow up the friggin universe, killing everybody and everything and replace it with their own universe. Now who's silly?
The point I made about Team Galactic is that their story is much darker than anything else in the pokemon series. In that sense they are overall more sinister and evil than Rocket, Aqua, and Magma. However, considering the overall tone of the Pokemon series as a whole, suddenly encountering a cult-like band of thieves aiming to destroy the universe and remake it in their image seems way out of place.

We're all entitled to our opinions though. :P
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The point I made about Team Galactic is that their story is much darker than anything else in the pokemon series. In that sense they are overall more sinister and evil than Rocket, Aqua, and Magma. However, considering the overall tone of the Pokemon series as a whole, suddenly encountering a cult-like band of thieves aiming to destroy the universe and remake it in their image seems way out of place.

We're all entitled to our opinions though. :P
I guess that may be true in a sense for the Advance Generation Games, which have a much happier tone. But I preferred it back when the games were darker (Team Rocket actually killed Pokemon), so maybe they aren't such a great fit for Generations III & IV. If they had combined Team Rocket's look with Galactic's goals, however, that would be a different story.
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Kanto - Nice balanced teams, just right. I hated Victory Road on Red though, I never got through it.

Johto - Epic Win. Except for Rollout Milktank. I hated that thing.

Hoenn - For some unknown reason, I didn't like it, probably because of the lack of Gen I & II Pokemon and the lame teams. I liked the new IV system though.

Sinnoh - Meh. Everything was better than Hoenn at least. Team Galatica's uniforms bothered me though.
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Kanto - Nice balanced teams, just right. I hated Victory Road on Red though, I never got through it.

Johto - Epic Win. Except for Rollout Milktank. I hated that thing.

Hoenn - For some unknown reason, I didn't like it, probably because of the lack of Gen I & II Pokemon and the lame teams. I liked the new IV system though.

Sinnoh - Meh. Everything was better than Hoenn at least. Team Galatica's uniforms bothered me though.
Banging my head on the wall because of that stupid Miltank is one of my favorite Pokemon memories :p. Sinnoh and Johto are teh best.
Kanto:

PROS: 150 pokemon is a perfect amount for me. Each pokemon was well Designed. The game had a lot of memorable characters. Team Rocket! Reasonable amount of Legendaries.

CONS: Once you get to Fuschia the game starts to get really boring. Kanto feels really compact. The Pokemon League Champion is in his high 60s while my pokemon are always at low 50s once I get through Vitory Road.

Johto:

PROS: Most of the new pokemon are still just as enjoyable as the first 150. Reasonable amount of Legendaries. Great Music. Kanto is included. Team Rocket again!

CONS: PC system was hard to use at times. Whitney. Cianwood City was a big dissapointment. Aipom. HM Whirlpool.

Hoenn:

PROS: I loved how diverse all the towns were. HM Dive. Champion Steven. Battle Frontier.

CONS: Water... EVERYWHERE. Graphics looked cheap and weird. Some of the music was really annoying. Brendan. Team Aqua and Magma sucked.

Sinnoh:

PROS: Graphics. Team Galactic is almost on par with Team Rocket. Snowpoint City.

CONS: Most of the pokemon are really boring. Once I get to Hearthome I'm already Bored. No Pc system for your items. New stupid ways to evolve your pokemon. Dawn Stone. Rhyperior ruined a good pokemon. Too many useless items. Overload on Legendaries.
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I have to disagree with you on Team Galactic. Team Galactic was obviously an attempt to combine the fanatacism of Magma/Aqua with the cool leaders and nastiness of Rocket. And I think they did fairly well when doing so, I still like Rocket better, but think how wimpy their plans were compared to Galactic; Rocket wanted to take over a abandoned ninja hideout and turn it into a radio station so that they could force Magikarp to evolve, not even hurt them, just to make them evolve. But Galactic wanted to blow up the friggin universe, killing everybody and everything and replace it with their own universe. Now who's silly?
The friggin universe!


KANTO

Pros-Pretty good(for the 1st games).

cons- It was too hard to train pokemon.

5/10

JOHTO

Pros- BEST GAMES EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Cons-NONE
10/10

HOENN

Pros-None

Cons-Stupid Leaders (Watton sounds like he makes light bulbs).
Dumb Pokemon( I think they trying to remake KANTO).

Deoxys-Mewtwo
Jirachi-Mew
Regi's-Spainish birds
Aggron/Metagross-Dragonite

Bad Trainers They replaced Red(Ash) with somebody who cant even the beat the 8th gym leader
when i came out off Vitory Road Blazeken was Lv.51.
Too Much Water(you have to buy it at lillycove (you cant even drink it)),
and who do we breath underwater(this go's for you too FR/LG)
City names- forttree, dewfort slateport,mawile(not to confuse with the pokemon)venderturf evergrade stootsvile mossdeep petalburg odale resterburg??? and lets not forget the city of ash.

SINOH

Pros-None

Cons-too many new evalutions theres a new part of the pokedex for them not to metion most of them are cretid to hoenn.

FIORE

Pros-no sea routes wait there are no routes to begin with.

Cons-your not a trainer your a ranger (wait that a pro)

OCERE???

Same as FIORE

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