The Unpopular Opinion

Started by danks_ June 16th, 2013 11:25 AM
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danks_

NOCH EIN BIER, BITTE!

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Posted October 2nd, 2013
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Do you have anything in which you normally differ with most people pokemon-wise?
Why not post about your opinions on the Pokemon Universe (Games, Anime, Manga) that others probably won't agree with.

I'd really like to know!
  • Pokemon Blue is the first VG I finished. I hated the amount of bugs in the game, story wise the game was awesome (I was also around 6), but it's a game I don't really play again.
  • I like the Pokemon from first two generations most (because most of my favorites are there).
  • Design-wise, I think Pokemon from the 4th and 5th generation are okay.
  • Gen 1 and 2 pokemon VG were the one's with the best stories.
  • I really can't stand eevee and the eeveelutions.
  • I don't like how Moltres looks like.
  • I don't like Chikorita nor the evolution line.
  • I really dislike how Game Freak always makes a new useless pokemon to catch at the start of the game for every generation (rattata, sentret, zigzagoon...) I think I'd rather re-use.
  • I think Gen 3 starters are horrible, I played through the game without using the starter.
  • Even tho I generally like the whole creationism theme around pokemon and the history that's been made for it, the Regigigas and the Regis' point is kinda lame.
  • Deoxys design... Don't like it a bit.
  • Dislike how the number of Dragon pokemons has increased in the last gens.
  • The evolutions made for tangela, magmar and elektabuzz (both the baby and the final forms) are awesome.
  • I think the evolutions of pokemon should be slower. Why the hell should you reach the final evolution at lvl 30 if there is a lvl100 cap? I get that not everyone plays that much, but damn, it's annoying that you can reach the last evolution in a matter of hours if you play as much as I do.
  • I love the EV/IV/Nature system, I like the depth it gives, makes every pokemon different, so hard to get 2 of the same pokemon by catching with no cheats
  • I'm not sure I want a easier way to look at the IVs in the 6th Gen.
  • Really dislike the whole theme on pokemons that can change forme. A couple of them were okay, but ugh, there are so many at this point.
  • Never liked the anime, not even the first season when I was younger.
  • I did like the Manga on pokemon adventure, at least until Gen4, from that point on the story on the game and in the manga becomes really childish, monotone and easy to figure out.
  • Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Keldeo, Genesect, the elemental monkeys and the 3 fighthing legendaries are the only few pokemons I disliked the from Gen5.
  • I think the pokemon designs from Gen3 are the weakest. Gen6 looks awesome tho.
  • Black/White 2 was so not worth the money, I hope gamefreak doesn't do the same with X and Y
  • Tierno means Cute in spanish, hated that name for the chubby kid, poor kid.
  • I love zubats, all of them!
  • Fighthing is the type I like the least, then comes Dragon because I hate the hype on dragons. (The only dragons I like are Kingdra and Haxorus)
  • Duddrigon looks like a Digimon.
  • I would really love a complete type chart remake
  • I would really love that the gen1 pokemon were fixed to how they should be (caterpie, metapod, venomoth... and the other small mistakes)
  • Gotta love Cloyster
  • Don't like Scyther nor the evolution, but I do admit false swipe is a great attack and is overall a good pokemon.
  • I find the TCG extremely boring and tedious.
  • I consider RNG abuse cheating. I hope Gen 6 finds a way to eliminate it or find a way to block it off.
  • I liked the idea behind Fairy Type, don't like the name so much.
  • I think Lucario has one of the worst design of any pokemon. Could have easily been neat, but I just find its contours and patterns clunky, awkward and unpleasant while looking to much like a Sonic/DBZ of some sort. I also never understood the Lucario hype...

Have any weird unpopular opinions you want to share? :)

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The Imminent Victor

Age 32
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New Zealand
Seen November 30th, 2017
Posted November 30th, 2017
461 posts
10 Years
Holy wall of text, Crobatman!

Errr....I think that the Poison-type is underrated and needs to be effective against more types? Wish they would have kept it effective against bug, at least. If it really is supereffective against Fairy-type, I will be so friggin' happy.

Not sure if that's an err...uncommon opinion, but it's my opinion.
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Posted June 18th, 2013
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9.9 Years
Never liked the anime, not even the first season when I was younger.
Yeah I don't like animes in general, I watched DBZ when I was 5 years old, Yu-Gi-Oh! for a bit when I was around 12 but that's it.
I do wish Poison Pokés were better as I like Weezing and Muk. Also there is one thing that has been driving me crazy for ages (especially when I was a kid). The whole "trade to make it evolve".
Why, why, WHY did I keep training Graveler, Haunter, Kadabra just to discover I couldn't keep them on my team later on?
A 10-year-old kid should get prior warning about evolution trading IMO.

danks_

NOCH EIN BIER, BITTE!

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Darmstadt, Germany
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Posted October 2nd, 2013
106 posts
9.9 Years
Hahaha, I always knew about the evolution trading, used them like that nonetheless.
And when I refereed to anime, I didn't referee to anime in general but to the Pokemon Anime, you know, Ash and stuff...
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Posted June 18th, 2013
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9.9 Years
Well I don't know maybe I should use them unevolved then :p
And I know, but not liking most anime is an unpopular opinion.
To be honest I don't like Eeveelutions either. I used to have the Psy one a long time ago but I thought it was pretty creepy-looking (I have the same opinion about the other Eeveelutions).
So I ended up picking the likes of Gyarados, Muk and Hariyama (which, to me, are both somewhat cute and strong... to each his own :p)

danks_

NOCH EIN BIER, BITTE!

Male
Darmstadt, Germany
Seen December 12th, 2013
Posted October 2nd, 2013
106 posts
9.9 Years
Well, it is indeed true that not liking anime, at least on this kind of forums kind of represents an unpopular opinion, but given that the thread is posted in Pokemon General and not in any of the subforums from the Off-Topic Discussions category we should stick to the pokemon theme, to avoid the thread from derailing.

Another maybe unpopular opinion, I didn't really enjoy the story from B/W2 games.

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[*]I think the evolutions of pokemon should be slower. Why the hell should you reach the final evolution at lvl 30 if there is a lvl100 cap? I get that not everyone plays that much, but damn, it's annoying that you can reach the last evolution in a matter of hours if you play as much as I do.
This. I get it, and when I was younger I got really confused when pokémon weren't in their 3rd stage at lv.36 like Swampert, but now it really disappoints me how short the time is that I get to enjoy my baby starter before it evolves.

danks_

NOCH EIN BIER, BITTE!

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Darmstadt, Germany
Seen December 12th, 2013
Posted October 2nd, 2013
106 posts
9.9 Years
It's a bit boring, one should be spend more time and watch them grow little by little :'( *drama* hahahaha.

I don't even know, I think it'd be more interesting if the pokemon weren't on their prime so quick.

ProjectMisfit

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Posted February 26th, 2016
114 posts
10.6 Years
Lucario is one of my favorites <3

I love most of the story, game and animewise(To a point.) I can complain about alot of newer pokemons designs, but I can't come up with better. So, I won't.

I dislike how everything but the characters age in pokemon. Ash has been the same age for like, ten years. Seriously, the ****. It took him just two-three weeks to get through the forest near Pallet, let alone across the Nation. Jesus Christ.

danks_

NOCH EIN BIER, BITTE!

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Darmstadt, Germany
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Posted October 2nd, 2013
106 posts
9.9 Years
It's not that I'm hard to please, lol, I just have different opinions, I still love the games and play them... Are you going to tell me you love all the ~650 pokemon, love all the designs and have never disagreed with absolutely anything?

ProjectMisfit, I believe that in the Japanese anime they accepted the aging theme and he has replied multiple times to question like how old are you with 12 or 14. It's on the american translation where he keeps being 10 for ever.

And it's not complaining, I didn't complain about anything.

danks_

NOCH EIN BIER, BITTE!

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9.9 Years
Well, they haven't made a single episode every day since release, if you see it that way, you actually get to see every single day of Ash's life (or most of them) explaining why he ages slowly

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I think dragons are sort of boring. Everyone else seem to love dragon types so I think that might be a sort of unpopular opinion :p I think Dragonair is beautiful and Rayquaza cool but the others I don't hold too much love for, haha. I guess Zekrom and Reshiram are nice too, but I have a hard time really seeing them as dragons.
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14.1 Years
I'm gonna get some people angry :P

  • I think Pokemon designs are generally pretty bad. They normally have good ideas but there's nothing about them that is special. The plain Pokemon are just that - plain. The Pokemon designs that try to be creative end up trying way too hard.
  • Pokemon games are bad RPGs. The system is just far too simplistic with the "depth" of it not being...particularly genius. As an overall package they're good though, I guess
  • IVs is a stupid addition
  • Pokemon is just a cheaply made milked series, no better than Call of Duty.
  • I don't get people who waste time breeding/RNG.
  • Post-games are always a waste of time to me because of how badly designed they are.

So yeah, I guess I hate Pokemon? I actually don't. :P
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Posted November 8th, 2014
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10.1 Years
Charizard shouldn't have to be Dragon type. Everyone complains that he should be dragon type. He is a giant flying lizard that breathes fire. Therefore he IS a dragon... BUT guess who is only normally affected by dragon, ice and fairy-type moves... And he CAN learn dragon-type moves... so what the hell is the problem? It's just a classification. He IS a dragon, just not officially.
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Posted July 20th, 2013
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10.3 Years
Uhh, I guess I might say that I really dislike playing the 1st gen (and their remakes) It isn't about the graphics or anything, or a hipster thingy (even though this whole thread is made of hipster thingy's, isn't it?). I just really dislike the layout and the region itself, I guess.
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Posted August 15th, 2015
435 posts
10.4 Years
I was half expecting a ton of confession bears here... I guess I'll give my input...

-Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald are my least favorite games of the series. I sincerely hope they do not make a remake. It's unneeded and a waste of time and money.
-I love Gen 4 and Gen 5
-I don't think old gen pokemon evolutions are needed in Gen 6. however that doesn't mean I don't want to see them.
-The new battle animations in Gen 6 are not new. I feel like they're a rehash of Pokemon Stadium animations.
-I hate IVs.
-Dragons are not OP. They're just right considering they're only available in the latter half of the games without trading.
-Crobat is the best flying type :) Mine is called Batzinga.

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Posted July 17th, 2020
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11 Years
Took me a long time to do, but still my own opinion, I know that not every one will agree with me (just like I don't agree with every ones opinion, but I do respect them), but its just my opinion.... I'll just share some of them:

Pokemon in general:
Spoiler:
• Since its intro, I Love Watchog, then Dewott tooks it place for months, and once again (just last week) its my #1 favorite Pokemon again. Watchog fan for live.Same goes to Patrat, just love them.

• All my favorite Pokemon are based on animals in the real world that I like, mustelids and felines.

• I really love, and use all the "Normal Types" all the way to the Elite 4, I learned to use them correctly - since I caught them early I get attached (emotionally) to them - some of them are my favorite Pokemon too. They are: Ratatta/Raticate, Sentret/Furret, Zigzagoon/Linoone, Bidoof/Bibarel, & Patrat/Watchog

• I love Gen 5 more than all the other regions, even if I grew up with the first gen, I was around 10 Pokemon debuted I got hooked on the franchise. It seems to me that every generations keeps getting better and better

• I hate dogs & birds in real life, so any Pokemon resembling dogs or birds, or based on them, I really dislike.


Games:
Spoiler:
• I care about Pokemon's gender and nicknames.

• I play the games mostly for fun, since I don't understand what stats & IV's are used

• I only played the 3rd Gen games on emulators long ago, until I gave up on them, cheating took away the fun. Until I discovered that it was more fun to play them on an actual DS - I no longer use emulators anymore - to this day, I don't have any games from the first 3 generations.

• I really hated all the long tedious routes on Hoenn games, too boring for me, hope they don't make remakes for them, if they do then cut down on the water routes

• My favorite of all the Pokemon games has to be Black2/White2 because all my favorite Pokemon appear on them

• I really dislike legendary Pokemon used in teams (I think it would be a cheap way of trying to win - seen many on YouTube videos), they are captured too late in the game, by then I'm attached to my main team - in my mind: Whom do I get rid of to make room for a legendary? None! apologies, to the pc box you go

• I always use Water, Fighting, Normal, and Grass in my Pokemon teams, I won't use bug, flying, or steel types.

• I will only temporiraly use a flying type only when I need to fly some place, once I reach my destination, that flying type goes back to the PC box

• I don't play competivally since I don't have WiFi, same reason I can't trade yet or have Friend Codes

• I love playing Pokemon Mystery Dungeon series, they are fun


TCG:
Spoiler:
• I have a basic idea of how to play Pokemon TCG - I"m mostly still a 'noob', I'm still trying to improve my knowledge, but have no one to play with so I play with myself

• I collect the cards mostly for the Pokemon's artwork on them

• I want to collect Pokemon cards in other languages too. Have a few in Japanese, and lots in Korean

• I don't get too excited about a booster pack or box or tin if I get rare holo or full art, or EX. I only get really happy and excited and call the pack "worth it" only if I get at least one of Buizel, Floatzel, Oshawott, Dewott, Samurott, Patrat, Watchog, Mienfoo or Mienshao. Otherwise I'll think of it as "Good Pack" if I get a Pokemon I love I'll think of it as "The Perfect Pack"


Anime & Manga:
Spoiler:
• I have never read the Pokemon Manga, since I can't find it on stores and have not bought them online either, I spent most of that money on the plushies or tcg

• I love the Anime!! It got me into Pokemon and continues to keep me into Pokemon. I still wake up Saturday mornings to watch the new episodes just like I done for years

• I prefer to watch the anime in my native language first (Spanish Latin American version), then the original Japanese, then English, and finally in any other language I can find the anime

• Depending on the food I'm about to eat, I'll watch the anime in that language. I'm eating sushi I'll watch anime in Japanese. I'm eating tacos or burritos I'll watch it in Spanish, if I'm eating hamburgers or hot dogs I'll watch it English


Kept my post a bit organized
Once I think of more I'll edit my post and add them - I enjoyed reading them all so far, and I can't wait to read more poster's opinions
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Posted December 25th, 2013
105 posts
9.9 Years
. . . Intriguing. I think I've already made my mark as a gen V hater, so I'll leave that out.

- I dislike how some forums just end up getting spammed with opinions with no actual discussion.

- I think the "Top Legendary Trio" thing should really, REALLY drop the Dragon-type act. Gen IV was easy to look past, but then Gen V banged out more and now it is starting to appear as an ugly trend.

- A lot of the "Teams" are pretty lame. If some could ACCOMPLISH things a little more often (And be less filled with incompetent kooks), I think that would be better for the whole franchise.

- . . . Flesh bows are kind of creepy.
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Posted June 9th, 2022
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9.8 Years
I think I can come up with a list almost as nit-gritty...

Battle-wise:
  • "I hate IVs" is something I was planning on confessing, but it seems disliking them is actually common?
  • I wish abilities were changeable, and IVs improvable. I used to think Natures, too, but the idea of changing your pokemon's personality seems unrealistic.
  • I wish competitive clauses could be integrated in-game, especially Sleep Clause.
  • I actually like Item Clause. I like being forced to think of creative combinations (such as Big Root + Subseed, Shell Bell and Sitrus as alternative healing) is funner than slapping Leftovers on all your defensive pokemon.
  • I think items need to be improved.
  • I think Stealth Rock needs a huge nerf, and I'm NOT some charizard/etc fanboy.
  • I think auto-weather on Politoed/Ttar/etc need an even huger nerf. I'll dislike Gen 6 competitive if it's still weather-centric.
  • I did not believe Wynaut or Mew should have been classified as ubers in Generation IV. Mew's flexibility isn't that big of a deal when you consider that there's only 3-ish worthwhile sets it could run (same as Jirachi). And anyone who had trouble against Wynaut... fail.
Gameplay-wise:

  • I actually do not hate a majority of the Sinnoh evolutions. I do dislike that they were all rushed into a single generation, composed a large % of the Sinnoh dex, and were non-obtainable for those playing Diamond/Pearl (without dongling.)
  • I like that Generation V's dex was a fresh start, and I'm even gladder that Generation VI will not be a fresh start.
  • I believe that Firered/Leafgreen will be remade before Diamond/Pearl. Given the systems they were released for, and the dates they were released, there's a greater reason to see how Kanto would be on the newer 3D systems than D/P... which was already semi-3D.
  • Pokemon Amie is the biggest deal for me. I plan to play hours on that... I've already spent hours doing things like Amity Square, talking to my pokemon in HGSS, and feeding my pokemon poffins despite not doing contests.
  • I think Pokemon games are becoming too easy, especially with Black/White.
  • I hate how many legendaries they're releasing. I think 8, or around 5% of the dex, is a fair number. A trio, 3 cover legends, a secret cutey (Mew, Celebi), and a secret tough guy (Darkrai, Genesect)
  • I do not dislike any generations.
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Sinnoh
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Posted August 14th, 2015
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9.8 Years
  • I actually really don't like Gen V, as I never got used to it and I really just think that the pokemon are boring.
  • I realllly don't like the idea of introducing a fairy type into the game. The game is balanced as is, so I really think adding another type will just ruin it. Especially a fairy type. I mean c'mon, that just sounds like a cloyster type.
  • I actually like it when the gym leaders and elite four are easy. When it's too hard to handle I just get really mad.
  • EVs suck
  • I hate Gyarados because I could never get him in the games as a kid. I was to impatient to wait till level 20 with that damn karp.
  • I haaaaaaaaaaaaate GTS because my goddamn wifi wasn't the "right kind of wifi." Although one of my friends did, so I took advantage of that, but still. It made me mad that all the pokemon I wanted were at my fingertips but obstructed by the wrong wifi.
Seen October 2nd, 2020
Posted July 12th, 2014
483 posts
10.4 Years
A bunch of opinions that might be unpopular, or might just be drowned out by the noise from the people who hold the opposing opinions:

1. I like all the gens.
2. I like the water in Hoenn.
3. I like the snow in Sinnoh.
4. I don't mind Fire/Fighting starters.
5. I don't care how many legs Samurott has.
6. I like Grass types.
7. I don't mind 4x weaknesses if it's an otherwise good pokemon - I know when to switch.
8. I think legendaries are cheap.
9. I think using the same pokemon over and over is boring.
10. I think that RNG abuse is cheating, but I don't care if someone else wants to do it.
11. I think that the pokemon in newer gens fall in a range from good to bad, exactly like the pokemon in previous gens.
12. I'm just sort of curious to see how Fairy type will work out. Beyond that, I don't care.