Features you forgot existed?

Started by Flowerchild November 7th, 2017 10:38 PM
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Flowerchild

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There's a lotttt of mechanics in Pokmon and while later generations don't often remove them, Game Freak does introduce stuff for one generation and then seem to forget about it or decide not to update it at all in the future. Are there any game mechanics or features that were so de-emphasized that you forgot they existed altogether? Bonus points if you also suggest how these could be changed to become more prominent.

I always forget the Flute items exist. Since they have effects in the overworld, it would be nice if there could be a little overworld animation of the player (or their Pokmon?) playing them when they're used. They could also change the in-game music while in effect. I don't really have any suggestions to change functionality, but adding cute little features like that would help make it stand out from the massive slough of random items in this series.

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The Imminent Victor

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I forget what out-of-battle effects certain abilities have, such as Magnet Pull and Illuminate. Reminder text about some of them would be appreciated.

I also forget that Wonder Trade is a thing, and what it does. That's just because I take a year off playing pokemon sometimes.

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Someone's going to undoubtedly say Overgrow, Blaze and Torrent, and this someone is going to be me. Honestly, the game needs to notify you when the ability activates, because it's so easy to forget that these abilities exist in the first place. It isn't helped by the fact that you'd just heal when your starter is down to red health and thus wouldn't reap the benefits of increased power Grass, Fire or Water moves respectively. Probably have something like "Overgrow/Blaze/Torrent activated!" so we're actually aware our starters actually have abilities, for once.

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Flowerchild

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Someone's going to undoubtedly say Overgrow, Blaze and Torrent, and this someone is going to be me. Honestly, the game needs to notify you when the ability activates, because it's so easy to forget that these abilities exist in the first place. It isn't helped by the fact that you'd just heal when your starter is down to red health and thus wouldn't reap the benefits of increased power Grass, Fire or Water moves respectively. Probably have something like "Overgrow/Blaze/Torrent activated!" so we're actually aware our starters actually have abilities, for once.
Funny the only time I've ever even found those relevant are in speedruns, where you don't really have time to heal and often need to deliberately take damage and activate your starters' ability because you're too underlevelled to win any battles otherwise.