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4th Gen BOOM! Voltorb Flip!

I quite liked Voltorb Flip and managed to rack up quite a lot of points on it, but not enough to win a prize. I managed to get up to about level 3 or so after getting the concept. Although it was frustrating, it was also addicting lol. The sad thing was.. I forgot to save at some point and my emulator suddenly crashed, making me start all over again with 0 points. I was like gahhh and gave up lol. ._.
 
I liked the old slot machines. It was easier to get tokens. Plus, you could talk to people who would give you tokens or find some on the floor (there was always a lot on the floor actually).

I like the Voltorb Flip but I can't seem to get the hang of it. Sometimes I do great, while other times I fail like ten times in a row. It is like Minesweeper but harder @.@
 
I got to level 5 once and it is actually kinda fun, untill you have to guess to get further in the game. It takes a lot of time and since you can't buy the coins or find them on the floor it gets pretty time consuming at least if you want to get a pretty expensive price.
What I don't get is why they changed it in gen four and not on a previous gen. Did kids begin to gamble because they played Pokemon? I don't think so.

Remember kids: gambling is good for you :P
 
I love voltorb flip! I think its a way easier way to win coins, plus its not entirely based on luck, there is some logic and skill involved. Its great to be playing a video game while thinking at the same time imo
 
I prefered the slots in Pearl than Voltorb flip, because if you get lucky, with the little Clefairy on the touch screen, sometimes it shows you what slots to stop first, and if you follow it, you are guaranteed coins. Voltorb Flip was annoying.
 
Voltorb Flip is an easier way to gain coins than the tradicional slot machines.

I liked of this change, but I'm still the kind of person that prefers buy coins that wasting my time on this minigame.
 
Voltorb flip is like a puzzle. You have to figure it out and once you do at least partially like me, you notice that the 1st 3 levels can be very easy/simple. I am in the process of figuring the rest of it out. One of the key concepts of dominating Voltorb Flip is knowing how to break down each level to the multipliers.

I disagree with this change in HG because this game is just too hard for younger kids like ages 12 and under. To figure this game out flawlessly takes pure intellect. If you can outsmart the guy who designed Voltorb Flip then it there will be no issue in it for yourself.
 
I never really liked game corners that much. Platinum's was actually more fun for me than previous ones as I just got free coins from the slots as opposed to losing more coins in them. But Voltorb Flip was much, much better than slots, roulette etc. (is it just me or is Hoenn's Game Corner the most like a casino? Excluding mobsters running it obviously, Kanto's has that).
Initially I was always losing, but unlike in previous games, eventually tactics meant I could progress. I happily spent a week of my game in Goldenrod City just trying to win more coins, whereas if I'd had to wait that long in a previous game, without being able to buy coins, I would've just been angry.
 
I very much did not like the Voltorb Flip minigame. I think GameFreak did a good job in creating something that passed as a gambling game without actually gambling as such, but I would have been happier just trying my luck with the slots or with the card flipping. I know Voltorb Flip wasn't ENTIRELY difficult but I still failed at it far too much for my liking and generally didn't win enough coins for it to seem worth it (I mean, they even took away the ability to buy coins, which I'd have easily done to get the prize Pokémon/TMs).
 
Personally, I didn't mind Voltorb Flip, but it could have been mixed with the original game corner for that extra enjoyability. I managed to get to level 8, and complete it (I don't think it goes higher than 8). What I did understand was the dropping in levels if you did hit a voltorb, it depended on how many squares you revealed before you hit the voltorb. The plus side to this game was, you didn't lose any coins.
 
Voltorb Flip was fun yet painful to play. Reasons? It's math(s). I played it a lot - when I first got to Goldenrod I played until I had enough coins for a Dratini (2,100 Coins); then after I got my 8 Badges I spend more time getting 10,000 coins for Ice Beam for my Nidoking. I dreaded the idea that most times it's chance/luck that gives you your coins in the end (although I guess that's the point of a gambling game, after all), especially in the later levels. And when I'm on Level 5+ and I instantly flip over a Voltorb, I just lose it. But all in all, VF is an okay mini-game, which requires thinking to get the most out of it.
 
I loved that mini-game. Much better to play than boring old slots. I could never really play slots very well. I could understand why those who play the slots on a device which slows down frame-rates would enjoy the slots, but otherwise, it just dumbs down to luck.

It's a shame that they no longer allowed us to purchase coins. Then again, it was ridiculous how much the TM for Tbolt/IceBeam/Fthrower costed compared to the TMs for Thunder/Blizz/Fblast, when you convert the currencies' worth.
 
I played it once and hated it. It was the worst part of the games for me, but wasn't a huge deal though. It was just nothing compared to the old game corner.
 
I hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate hate HATE Voltorb Flip! It is the flipping bane of my very existence!

And the worst part? I'm forced to play it to get those high-teir moves like Flamethrower.

I don't want to play a game for 2 hours just to get one TM!
 
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I think the main problem was that you had to be good at it to get reasonable rewards.
And seeing as TMs were single use back then I only went after the Pokemon prizes.

I definitely liked it more than the slots/roulette but I think it just needed a little balancing or perhaps an alternative because being logic-based it just doesn't appeal to a lot of people.
 
I really hated Voltorb Flip, It was just a boring puzzle-game which was mostly based on luck. The slot machines were fun and you just wanted to toss as many coins in as you can and buy that nice Pokémon/TM. Voltorb Flip just felt like a chore.
 
In previous games I've always bought my game corner tokens. I always seem to have an overabundance of money and an underabundance of places to spend it. Also, I've never really been one for gambling in the games. I never tried Voltorb Flip, so I can' really comment there.
 
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