pokemon retrospective

The final roundup! (You know, until later generations come along and I have to retrofit this entire thing for them) Rating scale (we condensed all of those stars into single emeras! How about that): Excellent ( - is a 10/10 rating) Good () Servicable () Not A Fan () Hate () Red, Blue...

I nearly had a heart attack with my computer having a broken hinge, but it's cool now. Sun and Moon being the most recent entries into the series (barring any additions with future gens) may feel a bit weird, but it's still free game. Let's break it down. Rating scale: Excellent (9-10 stars -...

This one was originally going to be a sigh of relief thanks to Kalos having the least amount of new Pokemon introduced for a new generation... but then I realized there's Mega Evolutions to go along with it. Rating scale: Excellent (9-10 stars - is a 10/10 rating) Good (7-8 stars) Servicable...

So begins the romp into the endgame. Between the shiny Sandygast egg and all of the preparing I had to do to fit this into the last four days of 2016, I'm confident that I'll be able to get things done handily. Rating scale: Excellent (9-10 stars - is a 10/10 rating) Good (7-8 stars)...

Oh yes, I should mention that the gift is a two-parter. Rating scale: Excellent (9-10 stars - is a 10/10 rating) Good (7-8 stars) Servicable (5-6 stars) Not A Fan (3-4 stars) Hate (1-2 stars - don't worry about this one. I actually don't hate that many Pokemon.) Sinnoh (#436-#493)...

This counts as my christmas present to all of you. Rating scale: Excellent (9-10 stars - is a 10/10 rating) Good (7-8 stars) Servicable (5-6 stars) Not A Fan (3-4 stars) Hate (1-2 stars - don't worry about this one. I actually don't hate that many Pokemon.) Sinnoh (#387-#434)...

We're going in hard! Rating scale: Excellent (9-10 stars - is a 10/10 rating) Good (7-8 stars) Servicable (5-6 stars) Not A Fan (3-4 stars) Hate (1-2 stars - don't worry about this one. I actually don't hate that many Pokemon.) Hoenn (#315-#386)...

Get your Laprases, your Sharpedos and your floaties because we're going swimming. Rating scale: Excellent (9-10 stars - is a 10/10 rating) Good (7-8 stars) Servicable (5-6 stars) Not A Fan (3-4 stars) Hate (1-2 stars - don't worry about this one. I actually don't hate that many Pokemon.)...

After a while it gets hard to think of unique opening lines. Rating scale: Excellent (9-10 stars - is a 10/10 rating) Good (7-8 stars) Servicable (5-6 stars) Not A Fan (3-4 stars) Hate (1-2 stars - don't worry about this one. I actually don't hate that many Pokemon.) Johto (#201-#251)...

Oh snap, here comes Gen 2! Talking about any region other than Kanto or Alola is refreshing in its own right thanks to all the Sun and Moon stuff I've seen already. Rating scale: Excellent (9-10 stars - is a 10/10 rating) Good (7-8 stars) Servicable (5-6 stars) Not A Fan (3-4 stars) Hate (1-2...

Holy crap Gen 1 is meaty. I'm having a lot of fun doing this, though. Rating scale: Excellent (9-10 stars - is a 10/10 rating) Good (7-8 stars) Servicable (5-6 stars) Not A Fan (3-4 stars) Hate (1-2 stars - don't worry about this one. I actually don't hate that many Pokemon.) Kanto...

Let's keep it going! (Yeah, no FFTA today) Rating scale: Excellent (9-10 stars - is a 10/10 rating) Good (7-8 stars) Servicable (5-6 stars) Not A Fan (3-4 stars) Hate (1-2 stars - don't worry about this one. I actually don't hate that many Pokemon.) Kanto (#052-#101)...

Something that isn't a let's play? Blasphemy. But in all seriousness, I decided to do this after I realized it was still the 20th Anniversary for Pokemon. Let me just open this retrospective up with this - Pokemon, man... what a fuckin' game. I've never seen a game series touch the hearts of...