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5th Gen Are you happy with the new battle styles/systems?

Impressions of the new battle styles/systems.

  • I love them!

    Votes: 28 53.8%

  • I don't really care, I just play the games.

    Votes: 5 9.6%

  • Eh, its Pokemon, 'gotta love it.

    Votes: 7 13.5%

  • New animations :D

    Votes: 19 36.5%

  • Fully animated, moving, backsprites :D

    Votes: 18 34.6%

  • Its a new game, it'll take getting used to.

    Votes: 8 15.4%
  • Total voters
    52
I loved Double Battles in the other games and I'm looking forward to Triple Battles. I'm uninterested in Rotation Battles and I won't go out of my way in the game to do them.
 
Sometimes the camera moving around in battle annoys me, but otherwise, I'm pretty content with it.
 
I like the animations and the backsprites don't really bother me too much. I have only done 1 triple battle playing black and i dunno just doesn't feel right. I rather like rotation battles on the other hand. it's a 3-on-3 without the need to waste a turn on the switch in but you lose intimadate and that so its a double-edge sword
 
Seeing the full pokemon is way better, I was so sick of seeing only Wailord's forehead >:[ This new style is way better, and the pokemon moving with their attacks are really cool as well.

As for triple battles, I like them. I predicted that there would be triple battles since R/S/E after doubles rose to fame.
 
Well I've played a coughemulatorversioncough of it, but it crashed halfway through N's first battle.

It's good so far. The characters move faster when they're walking, which is good for me, because I am a bit impatient. A bit, I swear.

The battles are brilliant. It puts you more into the game, somehow. I love how it zooms up when you land a hit ^^
 
Wait! What!

pkmn.master said:
I may not be too happy about some of the new Pokemon designs, and triple battles have to be one of the most stupid ideas, the other new battle upgrades are something that I have always wanted. The animations and redesigns of the older Pokemon are great. I love the shadows and movements of the camera. These add ins themselves are worth the money.
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I love the triple battles! Don't say its bad, I'm tollaly impressed with the triple battles I can't wait to battle my friend! (whack with useless magickarp)

The Red Chain said:

Oh I am most definitely satisfied with B&W's changes to the battle scene ; minus the Triple Battles prolly.
The first moment I saw that full motion, it was between Zoroark and a Shiny Raikou. I will never forget the sheer excitement I felt upon seeing that. To see the Pokemon in full body motion like they would be in real-life battles and how the camera angle shifted to follow the attacks from each side as it went.. it was a side of Pokemon I had dreamed to see and never thought that chance would come. Now when I think back on the static sprites that Pokemon used to be, I squish my face in disgust. There is just no other way of imagining Pokemon now, and these changes have brought my satisfaction wayyyyy up~

But with every pro comes a con and this is where Triple Battles and Rotation Battles come in. It's a very crowded scene and at some points it can get really confusing and tricky, especially the HP bars if you're not used to all of the commotion. Double Battles were fun, but these are over doing that just a little too much for my tastes.

Tl;dr ; I love the new battle style. <3
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why is everyone is dissing the triple battles?! they are so cool! You are able to battle with your top 3 pokemon! I always had that problem don't you?

(whack with useless magickarp)

Toshiro. said:
The new battle styles are amazing. The fact that the pokemon moves is epic.

Triple battles I haven't made up my mind about, it seems like the battlefield is too cluttered. I will have to play the game first~
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They seem cluttered but they are alright right?
 
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MeerFall said:
why is everyone is dissing the triple battles?! they are so cool! You are able to battle with your top 3 pokemon! I always had that problem don't you?
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Oh no, I'm not dissing triple battles! XD;
I just don't have a fancy towards them myself cause they are a little bit busy and crowded on the screen.
Triple battle strategies are something I would like to learn someday, and hopefully I can get over that crowded feeling when I'm in one. ^^;
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I do really think that triple battles are not crowded but sorry for being rude...
 
I have played B/W and I can say this with a straight face: Triple battle are plain annoying; especially rotation ones. A battle takes forever to be completed and it just gets really annoying after a while.
 
Thing is, triple/rotation battles almost never occur in singleplayer (they only occur once each, and as an optional battle), so it's purely a multiplayer feature.
 
Oh wow, this is a lot... and I hope I don't sound like I'm simply fan-ing over this either, I'm just being optimistic (plus a little first-hand experience... just a little though).

I think this new direction is interesting, and it's certainly a step forward, with or without kinks. I've played a little bit of it, and I absolutely love to see something [somewhat] new, yet staying true to itself.

While the Triple Battles seem interesting, and I wished the older games had more Double Battles (off-topic), I'm looking forward to Rotation battles. While Rotation Battles aren't as 'intense' as Triple Battles, I'm sure, it takes a bit preemptive planning and on-the-go planning that varies depending on your opponent. But I'm pretty sure that's more of a personal thought than anything.

While I agree that the sprites aren't the best when zoom comes into play, I still like the direction they're taking with the animations and other things and find them perfectly fine in all other aspects. It just makes me feel like they're more alive--and they already were to me, in their own sense. (Hope I'm not alone in this!) I haven't seen much that would make me turn away. After all, Pokemon did start as 8-bit, so you sort of get use to it... though improvement is always wonderful~

And the music is one of the things I'm enjoying. The sound quality is a step up (though I'm not so sure it really matters for the NDS), and they've taken a new turn in style to go along with this 'fresh start' in the games. At least that's how I look at it. I'm not too in-depth with this kind of information, despite trying to be sometimes. ;p;

Probably the one thing I don't know about, is if I'll be able to play it over and over without losing a lot of interest. That's always been a problem for me, but it doesn't subtract from how much I enjoy the games the first few times.

And from these other posts, I'm feeling that the Triple/Rotation Battles are going to take some first-hand experience for many to find out how they feel about it.
 
Moving sprites I love. Back and front.

Triple battles I'm iffy on as I feel that they really are unneeded, Rotational ones too, the screen will be too cluttered for once.

Merge moves I also not sure about seeing as I'll probably not use them as their Power is low xD But making the battle a rainbow is cool :D

I think that's all the Battle Systems :)
 
I won't be able to get the new games since my ds lite 'd batterybroke down :/, BUT I saw the new battle styles and It seemed as if the pokemon were dancing around, and it's not my cuppa tea.
 
Im fine with it, I like the new attack's plus the animated sprites were a big addition for me.
 
haha I'm glad I found this forum... It goes along with a topic I'm about to make as soon as I get 15 posts :P So I can post urls... haha ANYWAY! I hate to sound like a complaining child, but I am unhappy with the battle system that pokemon seems to have... It was great on the gameboy and gameboy color, and it reached it's peak on the GBA, but it's reached the point of just being repetitive now, and it needs a heavy revision... I guess I could give a little demo of my topic to be...

Look at the FireEmblem games, (6 and 7 to be precise), and then watch any gen pokemon battle.. Which looks more lively? More fun to watch? If you say Pokemon, well, then good. :D haha But I favor the FireEmblem look. I love sprites, and I think pokemon should take a page from that book and apply it. No more of this looking at the back of your pokemon's head. :P Call me crazy!
 
I do like the way the Pokémon are animated and moving in-battle, it makes it more realistic and it looks so awesome.
 
It really dose not matter to me much how the battle system is set up as long as I can follow it. So far I have been able to therefore, I guess I don't mind it.
I do like the animations though. I think they make a nice tough to it. The camera I could have the same as the older style but it dose not matter that much either.
 
I haven't seen loads of the new system, but I guess it is alright.

It will take getting use to, but then it will be fine after a few times.​
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Seems a little more 3-D but it could be shorter I'd say dunno why.
 
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