5th Gen Surely That's Not a Pokémon Gym?!

Started by SquirtleGirl March 11th, 2011 11:26 AM
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SquirtleGirl

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I didn't see a thread discussing the Pokémon gym designs So I decided to post one ^^
This thread was inspired by me walking around looking for the first gym for ages, not realising it was the restaurant [I didn't want to spoil the game before it came out so I had no idea what to look for ^^]

What was your favourite design for exterior?
What was your favourite design for interior?
What was your least favourite design for exterior?
What was your least favourite design for interior?


:) If you haven't finished the game yet, just comment on what you've seen so far :)

My favourite exterior design was Clay's because it looked a bit like a glass palace :D
My favourite interior design was Skyla's gym. The cannons were cool and really added a bit of childish fun to the usual puzzles :)
My least favourite design for exterior was Burgh's. Mainly because I couldnt see it at the side with Castelia's 3D graphics >>
Least favourite gym for interior? Probably Striaton city. They could have done so much more with a restaurant theme in my opinion.

I really liked how they made the exterior unique to the gym leader in this game and made the building fit in with the town ^^ It was a pleasant surprise for me!

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I enjoyed most in this game how there were puzzles, but they weren't too difficult or time-consuming, so you just spent more time enjoying the scenery. I really enjoyed the ice gym, I just like the sliding around puzzles a lot.

My favorite design-wise had to be the Nimbasa gym. So rollercoaster-y~
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The Castelia gym was absolutely amazing and gorgeous. So impressive. I had a lot of fun walking around and the green and gold paint drips looks so good. Very interesting.

Nimbasa's gym was also really fun. Love the mini-coaster!
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What was your favourite design for exterior?

-Kamitsure's (Elesa) gym


What was your favourite design for interior?

-the 8th gym
-Arti's gym

What was your least favourite design for exterior?

N/A


What was your least favourite design for interior?

-Aloe (Lenora)
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So far, I've only reached up to Clay's. By far his was the most annoying. Elesa's was the best design, though the most fun was Burgh's. :)

Lenora and the three brothers was well... boring to me :x Hopefully the other gym's are awesome.

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I have mixed feelings about the gyms. On one hand, I miss the gyms that were more puzzling... because I love puzzles. However, some of these gyms did prove a bit puzzling at certain points and weren't as time consuming.

What was your favourite design for exterior? Clays. No particular reason.
What was your favourite design for interior? It would have to be a tie between the last one and Elesa's. The first time I entered both of them, I have to confess, I was impressed.
What was your least favourite design for exterior? Striaton City's. Once again, no particular reason.
What was your least favourite design for interior? Burgh's. I just didn't like it and the honey thing was annoying.

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Lenora and the three brothers was well... boring to me :x Hopefully the other gym's are awesome.
They are, trust me ;)
Especially Skyla's, who you seem to like.

I loved these gyms so much! They were all unique in their own ways and weren't the same boring design on the exterior like previous games. The interiors were more complex, challenging, and most of all; fun. These are definately my favorite gyms ever.

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What was your favourite design for exterior?
Elesa's was pretty cool. It was next to a Ferris Wheel.
What was your favourite design for interior?
I loved Elesa's interior as well with the coasters. Skyla's was pretty cool too. With all the cannons.
What was your least favourite design for exterior? Lenora's because it was just a plain museum.
What was your least favourite design for interior? The Striaton Gym, because, it wasn't very interesting to me. I know, it's a restaurant and stuff, but I've known that for a while, so it wasn't new.
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I didn't like Lenora's gym puzzle. I didn't really understand it, I just spoke to everyone and checked all the books. As for the rest, I didn't really like or dislike any of them.
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Okay seen all the gyms now. Overall, favourite is now probably the dragon gym, mainly because the scenes zoomed out of the dragon's heads look amazing. Ice is also pretty awesome when it comes to escaping. Skyla's just pretty much confused me for a bit. XD
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What was your favourite design for exterior? Opelucid. It's definitely grand. I may even call it epic.
What was your favourite design for interior? Mistralton Gym. So much fun!
What was your least favourite design for exterior? Castelia Gym. It couldn't have been less interesting. Though having said that it may be very attractive, I just couldn't see any of it.
What was your least favourite design for interior? Striaton Gym. It was... boring. They wasted a lot of potential for the design of a restaurant.

Generally I think the puzzles were a little basic in this game. In DPPt/HGSS I would return to gyms every now and then just to do the Gym puzzles because they were so fun. There's nothing calling me back to the gyms of BW, with the exception of Opelucid and Mistralton.


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Oh, it's definitely a gym. And don't call me Shirley. (am I seriously the first to say that? Woot.)

What was your favourite design for exterior?

Opelucid, definitely. Take a close look, Clair, THAT is how you design a Dragon-type gym.
What was your favourite design for interior?
Opelucid, again. That just seemed to be my favorite gym overall.
What was your least favourite design for exterior?
I don't really think I have one. They all felt like they fit pretty well to me.
What was your least favourite design for interior?
Icirrus. OK, we get it, they like sliding ice puzzles. I'm bored of it now.
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Disregard that I don't remember all of their names. ROFL. xD

What was your favourite design for exterior?
The 1st trio gym. Restaurant ~, if only the puzzle was more like a restaurant. ):

What was your favourite design for interior?
Brycen's. Classic and one of my most favorite designs. I also loved the ice slides!

What was your least favourite design for exterior?
Burgh's gym. You only can see the side of it, lol. It doesn't even own its own building land, it's merged into all the other buildings. and its on the SIDE. the SIDE!! Not the front.

What was your least favourite design for interior?
Lenora's(Normal) or Drayden's(Dragon) gym... and Burgh's gym.
Lenora's one was boring, and was so hard to understand. D:< I was stuck talking to random books the entire time.
Drayden's one was worded wrong I think. The guy said the arms had to go down, but the head led to the Gym Leader after both arms went up...
Burgh's gym... the angle was pretty bad. I couldn't see many of the switches due to the honey walls being too tall, or trainers blocking it, etc.

Disregard that I don't remember all of their names. ROFL. xD

What was your favourite design for exterior?
The 1st trio gym. Restaurant ~, if only the puzzle was more like a restaurant. ):

What was your favourite design for interior?
Brycen's. Classic and one of my most favorite designs. I also loved the ice slides!

What was your least favourite design for exterior?
Burgh's gym. You only can see the side of it, lol. It doesn't even own its own building land, it's merged into all the other buildings. and its on the SIDE. the SIDE!! Not the front.

What was your least favourite design for interior?
Lenora's(Normal) or Drayden's(Dragon) gym... and Burgh's gym.
Lenora's one was boring, and was so hard to understand. D:< I was stuck talking to random books the entire time.
Drayden's one was worded wrong I think. The guy said the arms had to go down, but the head led to the Gym Leader after both arms went up...
Burgh's gym... the angle was pretty bad. I couldn't see many of the switches due to the honey walls being too tall, or trainers blocking it, etc.
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I really liked the electric gym with the roller coaster type design. :)

The worst so far that I've seen is probably the normal gym, inside and outside, the puzzle was really dull.
I agree with your least favourite, although I find as a type, normal does tend to be pretty dull, maybe they were trying to replicate this?
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