Origin Green

Smell ya later!

Age 28
Male
England
Seen September 28th, 2015
Posted December 2nd, 2014
64 posts
13.5 Years
I remember when I played Ruby and Sapphire, it was very rare I'd go online, I'm not sure sites like youtube even existed.

Discovering and catching the Regis by myself, de-coding the brail, solving all the puzzles without the internet, was the most satisfying thing I've ever done in a Pokemon game, because I didn't know the Regis existed.

Now we have videos online, walkthroughs, guides ect, that awesome feeling of bumping into a legendary Pokemon you didn't know existed never usually happens for me now, because everything's always online..

Am I the only one who feels this way?

EDIT: Really sorry, this was meant to be posted in general pokemon gaming not general pokemon...

moon

they/them
Seen 11 Hours Ago
Posted 22 Hours Ago
37,443 posts
15.5 Years
I think this fits pretty well in Pokémon General :) Since it's about how the internet has affected your view on the games. But if you really want me to move it, message me.

I know what you mean, but when I play the games I still don't look up stuff on the internet unless I really get stuck. I still discover everything on my own first. Then there's the thing with spoilers when it comes to what the games actually contain... Being on PC, watching youtube and stuff of course makes you come in contact with news and details you might not be aware of before you see them yourself inside the games :/ So yeah, somewhat I think the mystery is less these days.
paired with Ivysaur
Seen January 1st, 2023
Posted March 23rd, 2022
3,316 posts
9.2 Years
I think this too sometimes.

Back when I played gsc and rse I didn't use the computer so I really didn't know what Pokemon were going to be in the games or what anything was going to be like. It was a lot of fun seeing Pokemon while playing the games for the first time and figuring out when they evolve and what they evolve into. I remember when I played sapphire for the first time all I knew were the starters as they were and a handful of random Pokemon. I thought when my Combusken evolved into Blaziken it was the coolest Pokemon ever and I think I loved it that much more just because I wasn't expecting it.

Universe

all-consuming

Seen November 16th, 2016
Posted November 16th, 2016
2,239 posts
9.6 Years
You are absolutely not alone here.

I remember doing that exact same puzzle when I was younger and being stumped for so long at it. I actually can't even recall solving it, so it mainly just ended up being something that remained mysterious to me until a couple years later. It was honestly really awesome to have things like that stump me and keep me guessing.

The internet has indeed taken away a great deal of Pokemon's mystery... but I found that when I played X version, I remained near completely blind about it to the very end. I never looked up a single thing about it and just played through it like I did in the older days. (It helped that I avoided tumblr, etc)

If you ever find yourself wanting to play a new game without ruining anything about it, you're gonna have to stay off the internet near completely to achieve that. I'm afraid too much information pops up online whether you want to see it or not. ;v;

I still don't know a lot about X that I probably could know. I just refuse to look up anything about it for this very reason.

" Catchphrase! "

Brendino

The Ruins of Alph
Seen 3 Days Ago
Posted April 6th, 2023
8,567 posts
13.4 Years
I'd say that the internet is a big part of the reason why I didn't enjoy the 5th gen games as much as I should have, mostly because I knew what to expect long before the game was even in my hands. The same goes for some earlier games too- if there was anything that I was unsure of, I knew that someone else had already figured it out, and that finding what I needed to know was just a quick Google search away.

It's for this very reason that I avoided the X/Y forum like the plague prior to the game coming out. I wanted to go in with as open of a mind as possible, so that I'd be surprised if I came across certain things, rather than thinking, "oh, so that's when this happens...". And since I still haven't finished playing Y yet, there are still tons of things that I don't know about the games. Heck, if it weren't for PC's rotating welcome message, I wouldn't have known that Belch was a move introduced in the 6th gen until just this afternoon.

Timbjerr

T-o-X-i-C

Age 36
Female
Texas
Seen May 30th, 2022
Posted January 28th, 2016
7,415 posts
19.7 Years
Can't say that I relate. I had been a veteran of the Internet for years before I first picked up a Pokémon game, thanks in no small part to my father who sets up internet networks for a living. I had even been conditioned to use the Internet for any help I needed by the time I played my first Pokémon game, so my first time using the Internet to advance the plot of a Pokémon game was when I consulted the web for how to get past the Saffron City gates guards. XD

Altairis

take me ☆ take you

Female
database database
Seen December 29th, 2022
Posted October 5th, 2018
5,170 posts
10.9 Years
Yeah, a little bit. I knew exactly what to expect for DPPt, BW, and BW2 since Japan got everything first it is nearly impossible to avoid all information online.

I'd say that the internet is a big part of the reason why I didn't enjoy the 5th gen games as much as I should have, mostly because I knew what to expect long before the game was even in my hands. The same goes for some earlier games too- if there was anything that I was unsure of, I knew that someone else had already figured it out, and that finding what I needed to know was just a quick Google search away.
This is one of the reasons why I liked XY's worldwide release so much more :) We all kinda experienced the game together, instead of Japan getting to do it first every single time.

ORAS/XYBW

Chdonga

Pixel Artist/Spriter

Male
Newgrounds
Seen December 2nd, 2022
Posted June 24th, 2019
24 posts
11.3 Years
Youtube may not have been around for the braille puzzles, but I still managed to find a braille de-coder online which helped me along the way.
If it wasn't for sites like Smogon and Serebii helping me learn about EV training, IV breeding, and egg/tutor moves, I'd probably be off somewhere crying hax everytime I lost a battle.
I've spoiled myself of every pokemon with each new generation, but I don't look up the gym leaders or region layouts. Actually I even spoiled myself of the gym leaders in gen 6 but there was still a large amount of undiscovered wonder for the game.

You can have the internet as well as the splendorous feeling of surprise. You just need to take your spoilers in moderation.

Heck, if it weren't for PC's rotating welcome message, I wouldn't have known that Belch was a move introduced in the 6th gen until just this afternoon.
I bet you also didn't know Quash was a move.


Or a word.
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Pepperton

Male
Texas
Seen February 1st, 2023
Posted February 3rd, 2021
3,397 posts
9.5 Years
During the months before Unova's release, I found out almost everything there was to know about the games, so that once they came out, playing through it felt like I was replaying an older Pokemon installment for nostalgia. Learning from my mistakes, when X and Y were release I tried to stay away from all the leaks and information so that when I first played it would be a (mostly) blind run. I was moderately successful in this, but it just goes to show you how much the internet has, in fact, spoiled Pokemon's sense of mystery. Maybe not mystery, but the sense of excitement when you go into the wild for the first time in a new region and discover all-new Pokemon, never seen before. It's a completely different experience when this occurs while playing rather than seeing concept art weeks prior.

Hiatus

Seen 1 Day Ago
Posted July 24th, 2021
12,283 posts
10.8 Years
I wouldn't exactly blame it on Internet, to be honest. A lot of things could indeed be easily accessed online, such as game spoilers, walk-throughs, cheat codes, etc., but it's all up to us when it comes down to getting ourselves involved. If you avoid spoilers, you wouldn't be spoiled. If you keep yourself away from cheat codes, you wouldn't have such an easy time making accomplishments, which would result in you being more proud of your work. If you don't read walk-throughs and avoid let's play videos before playing a new Pokémon game, you'd be having more fun discovering things yourself.

Most things we do come from our own, personal will, and if they wind up ruining our experience of stuff, it's our fault and nobody else's. :( We're the ones controlling our actions, usually, so we have to take responsibility and know what we might be signing up for.

Sydian

fake your death.

Age 30
they/them
Georgia
Seen May 22nd, 2022
Posted November 29th, 2021
33,354 posts
15.2 Years
I think this goes for more than just Pokemon. You couldn't always pull up a guide to a game like you can now, so you're not really forced to solve things for yourself anymore. As for Pokemon specific things, I tried to avoid spoilers for gen V, but it's hard to when there's...well, PC. I couldn't just not come here because I was on staff, so yeah. lol Naturally, I saw plenty of spoilers for it, but overall, I think I did the best I could and still avoided enough to where things were surprising. Did I get the full, say, gen I or II effect? Well, no. And I never will unless I just stay away from the internet entirely.

I don't think it's necessarily a bad thing though. Now I don't have to help people I know irl with Pokemon games. I just tell them to YouTube it. ...This isn't a good reason is it? :P Lazy Jak.
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Brendino

The Ruins of Alph
Seen 3 Days Ago
Posted April 6th, 2023
8,567 posts
13.4 Years
I bet you also didn't know Quash was a move.

Or a word.
Well, Quash was a TM added in the 5th gen, so I have heard about that one. Doesn't make it any more useful of a move, unfortunately :p

acatfrommars

Male
Seen February 5th, 2023
Posted January 9th, 2023
3,870 posts
9.6 Years
Yes, with the Internet we don't receive that sense of surprise like we had before. News sites go too far into detail with upcoming titles, and while it's good to see this news and speculate on them, the magic of opening a game and being immersed in a new world is not the same that we've seen a sneak peek. It's like finding out what your presents are before Christmas. You're excited to receive them and happy that your parents bought them for you, but it's not the same joy you receive if you had no idea what they were in the first place. Man...now I want it to be Christmas.
Age 41
Female
Seen June 6th, 2014
Posted June 3rd, 2014
22 posts
9 Years
It definitely feels different now. I remember playing video games back in the 90's, and having to figure out everything completely on my own and not knowing anything about a game before I bought it except perhaps a small bit I read in a magazine or something. For me this persisted even into the 2000's because my family was too poor to buy a computer so I rarely went online until I got my own computer in 2006. And now I can look up anything and everything I want to know. Definitely a change from those old pre-internet days.