5th Gen N -- The best enemy?

Started by Nateon March 7th, 2011 6:33 PM
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Nateon

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Now that i've played through White in english, it's given me more of a chance to look at N and think more about him. I love how they're given it a fresh theme; N is the unfortunate child who had nothing but the pokémon (mostly seriously hurt) around him and constantly told he's an awful let down of a child, bringing him into the adult he is now, pure hearted but with the wrong intentions. I thought this really was a fantastic way to look at the misunderstood guy, better than the usual 'i just want to rule the world as a bad guy' kinda thing. What do you guys think?
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I dont think N or plasma are evil theorectically. They have good morals in mind. They just approach them the wrong way. Like what happened to communism in soviet union. its a perfect system but it was approached the wrong way and led to the collapse of it.
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I dont think N or plasma are evil theorectically. They have good morals in mind. They just approach them the wrong way. Like what happened to communism in soviet union. its a perfect system but it was approached the wrong way and led to the collapse of it.
I absolutely agree with you.

N is so far one of my favorite enemies. He has a different story from the other rivals, but he somewhat has a good heart.


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This must be the first game in the series I have actually seen a boss I could sympathize with. Even though N and Team Plasma are very extreme in their actions, you sometimes can't help but think that maybe their intentions are good.

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To be honest.
N is my all time favorite character of Pokemon since I played Japanese Black.
Team Plasma and N did have a good intentions, but they did it all wrong, They just thought about Pokemon, on how they feel about being trapped in a ball and be forcing to battling. But seem mostly they like it. They just wanted them free

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I think Team Plasma was evil but N himself was not. After all, Team Plasma were thieves and hypocrites, sat up on their high horse and stealing from innocents, then defending themselves with lies. Ghetsis was a manipulative little [CENSORED] who messed everything up. N was...

N just had good intentions. All he wanted was the best for Pokémon. As I played, I was agreeing with points he made because I think the same way.

N is the best character GameFreak have created in a while now.

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I think Team Plasma was evil but N himself was not. After all, Team Plasma were thieves and hypocrites, sat up on their high horse and stealing from innocents, then defending themselves with lies. Ghetsis was a manipulative little [CENSORED] who messed everything up. N was...

N just had good intentions. All he wanted was the best for Pokémon. As I played, I was agreeing with points he made because I think the same way.

N is the best character GameFreak have created in a while now.

I agree with you as the team plasm grunts are a little stupid [CENSORED] up thing and N is quite nice with telling me that he was the boss on a fairis wheel where we can't fight!
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(Adding to my earlier post)

The thing I like about him the most is that for the better part, I agree with him. N just wants Pokémon to be treated the best they can, as do I. N just wants Pokémon and humans to create bonds and friendships together, as do I. N doesn't like Pokémon being kept in a PC, isolated and in stasis - I feel really strongly about this. Thus far in my game, I have caught only 6 Pokémon. My PC is empty and except for legendaries/shinies/compulsory captures, I want to keep it this way.

N isn't an enemy, he's just manipulated to appear so. He's just a well-meaning young man who had his own vision clouded by the lies of others.

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(Adding to my earlier post)

The thing I like about him the most is that for the better part, I agree with him. N just wants Pokémon to be treated the best they can, as do I. N just wants Pokémon and humans to create bonds and friendships together, as do I. N doesn't like Pokémon being kept in a PC, isolated and in stasis - I feel really strongly about this. Thus far in my game, I have caught only 6 Pokémon. My PC is empty and except for legendaries/shinies/compulsory captures, I want to keep it this way.

N isn't an enemy, he's just manipulated to appear so. He's just a well-meaning young man who had his own vision clouded by the lies of others.

I agree with both of the things you said and in the case of N it's really just a lonely young boy being raises with a cruel father who didn't care about anything but his own cruel intentions. I went through the league last night and just felt so sorry for N when i beat him, made me wanna hug the poor guy!! He always had good intentions and he did change the minds of other members of the organisation, as you discover in his castle. I myself always thought it was mean just to leave unused pokemon in their balls in the boxes just never being used and if they were real, i never would do it to them, just live with them at home and only with ones i love. He is definately my favourite 'enemy' of all now =]
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You prefer to be out in the sunlight, maybe harsh at times, but nevertheless popular. You might have a good voice, or awesome at something. You might be scared of the dark, and like white, or light colors.
Result Breakdown:
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I really love this game so far... it's a lot deeper than any of the other Pokemon games (and I've played them all). I have 5 badges so far. For the first time I'm not skipping over the dialogue quickly from Team Plasma because it's actually a little complex for a Pokemon game. I feel like the series grew up with the 1st gen players :)

And N is awesome. I like how he asks questions
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(Adding to my earlier post)

The thing I like about him the most is that for the better part, I agree with him. N just wants Pokémon to be treated the best they can, as do I. N just wants Pokémon and humans to create bonds and friendships together, as do I. N doesn't like Pokémon being kept in a PC, isolated and in stasis - I feel really strongly about this. Thus far in my game, I have caught only 6 Pokémon. My PC is empty and except for legendaries/shinies/compulsory captures, I want to keep it this way.

N isn't an enemy, he's just manipulated to appear so. He's just a well-meaning young man who had his own vision clouded by the lies of others.
I agree with both your posts about N. He really just seems to want the best for the pokémon which I like. I think he's the most interesting rival character and "enemy" since generation one for me. His character just seems more complex than just battling a rival to battle and get to the top first. A lot of the things he says makes you really wonder and see that he's got a good heart and feeling behind his intentions.

I think N has to be my favorite character in the series in a long time, just as a pokémon trainer I mean. He's a lot more interesting to me than some of even the heros in the stories before. And I also really like the design, they just made him look so cool. :D
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I want N to be a bigger part of the story next time around. (Pokemon Grey)
Maybe after you have completed the game he could be re-battled every day?
And he changes his team every time. (Like in the story.)
Yep, I really think N is a good character, partly because he reminds me of L form death note.
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I think N is hands- down the most developed in-game pokemon character to date (abused child? Pokemon? the two shouldn't go together, but they do). I wouldn't consider him or Team Plasma bad- like it was stated before, they wanted to do good but just didn't go about it the right way. Ghestis was the one that manipulated everyone into having things his way and raised a child to see his point of view.



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Meh, I thought their intentions were good until they started kicking Pokemon... >.>

N's cool though. :p
i kinda have to agree with that. like, why would anyone kick a pokemon? especially a munna..i wanted to kill team plasma afterwards. but yes, N is very different from any other rival in the pokemon series. Giovanni however is still my personal favorite.
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i kinda have to agree with that. like, why would anyone kick a pokemon? especially a munna..i wanted to kill team plasma afterwards. but yes, N is very different from any other rival in the pokemon series. Giovanni however is still my personal favorite.
haha, at last a people that I can agree with. He's very sportive as trainer and Gym Leader because he gave the Earth Badge to player despite his plan are spoiled by us.


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