5th Gen Pokemon Competition

Started by mscat April 2nd, 2011 11:22 AM
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solarowl

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Seen September 25th, 2012
Posted October 7th, 2011
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If you're talking about Pokeathlon, I'm with you. Musicals were much more boring this time. Contests were even better than this as well. Pokeathlon was the most entertaining. There were many events, and all of them were fun to play.
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I miss the Pokeathlon and Pokemon Contests (R/S/E not D/P/Pt). Those minigames were more fun and included more interactivity then the Musicals. I don't mind the concept of the Musicals I just don't like how it is more of a trimmed Super Contest. I wish there was more to it then just dressing up and pressing two buttons in the Musical. I think it'd be better if you could use all your props.
Seen July 10th, 2011
Posted April 2nd, 2011
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12.8 Years
I hate how in the musicals like you really don't get to do anything but dress up your pokemon, its kinda boring. I'm wondering if they just added it in in hopes to appeal to female game players but IDK (not trying to be sexist, just speculating). Personally I enjoyed the contest in ruby, sapphire and emerald the most cuz I love the strategy.

skyluigi2

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Seen October 4th, 2022
Posted July 21st, 2019
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13.6 Years
Compared to Contests and the Pokeathlon, Musicals are pretty rubbish. Really. There's no point...

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Posted May 30th, 2011
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I hate how in the musicals like you really don't get to do anything but dress up your pokemon, its kinda boring. I'm wondering if they just added it in in hopes to appeal to female game players but IDK (not trying to be sexist, just speculating). Personally I enjoyed the contest in ruby, sapphire and emerald the most cuz I love the strategy.
That's not you being sexist: that's the game creators, if that's really the reason. ):

Yeah...I miss the old contest from R/S/E. I was really good at those! I had a Xatu for the smart contests and a Ninetales for Beauty...and a Regirock for either tough or cute, I can't remember...I was trying to get that one statue for the secret base you would get if you beat master level for all five areas.

Eh, Pokeathlon was okay. I just don't like games that require me to actually do things at that fast of a pace; they make me really nervous and sick. That's why I only play Pokemon games, I think...

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Posted August 12th, 2011
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The Pokeathlon was amazing... But the Musicals are cute; I love getting new props from 'fans'.
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Posted June 13th, 2011
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I thought, when I first heard about the games, and all the graphics being better than, say, Gen IV, I thought, "the Contests must be AWESOME!" Then when I found out they replaced them with--I can't even say it(which don't even give you ribbons or medals or anything)--it was like a slap in the face!

I miss my Contests...and my Pokeathlons!

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Posted May 3rd, 2011
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I loved the contests, i found them a fun challenge, i enjoyed the poketholon (cant spell) when it was introduced but i didn't even attempt the gen 5 ones, they just look awful =/
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For some reason, the Pokemon Musical reminds me too much of Glee. And I absolutely can't stand that show, so naturally, I think the musical is pure bogus.

On another note, the contests were actually enjoyable. And with the addition of new moves in Gens IV and V, one can only wonder why the developers didn't keep contests in the games.


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I hate the Musicals. All they are is the contests from Sinnoh, except without the actual contest part, you can't control the Pokemon when they dance and you can't choose where the accessories go. Bring back the Pokeathlon.

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I think the musicals are cute but they are kind of pointless honestly. I LOVED the Pokealthon. It was so much fun and I felt like I accomplished something when I played it. The musicals are cute but that's it.


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Posted March 23rd, 2012
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What I think they need to have is a game where they include pokemon contests(R/S/E), Pokeathlons, Musical. I mean why cant they just add all of them? It would add so much more time to the play time.
Not to mention the development time and the time spent figuring out how to shove all these things into one place!

Anyway, it looks like from the onset that they were satisfied with using Contests as a mechanic in two sets of games (R/S and D/P) and were planning to develop a replacement side-game system in any further games. As we can see, the two HG/SS and B/W teams came up with different ideas which both showed off something new in the game (the Pokéthlon is a further excuse to use Pokémon OW sprites while the Musical hinges on the use of full-sized Pokémon backsprites)

I'd be surprised if they returned to Contests in a new, original Pokémon game.