5th Gen Do you miss the older generation Pokémon?

[GlitchCity]

Hmm, never thought of it. Not really since I haven't really noticed xD Im loving Unova's pokemon

 

[userpr]

Personally, I love not knowing what any of these pokemon are. I go into a battle and I look at my opponents and I have absolutely no idea what to expect, it keeps things fun for me. Now if it were impossible to get any older Pokemon at all, I would be very upset. Luckily, however, that is not the case.

 

[PlatinumDude]

Just by looking at the Pokedex, I slightly miss seeing Zubat, Geodude, Machop and Tentacool in the Pokedex. I don't miss Magikarp as much.

 

[Roughsponge]

Not really, I love that you don't know any of the pokemon at the start, makes it feel fresh and exciting. Plus it means I'm forced to make teams with pokemon I've never used before. :)

 

[miakalina]

Suprisingly, I don't miss them at all. I love all the new Pokemon I've seen/caught in my game so far.

 

[Heart Gold]

I miss Generation 3 sometimes so I grab my Gameboy and play it for nostalgia. Then when I get bored of that I go back and appreciate the new games for their features and graphics.

 

[Weavile05]

There are some that I wish I could use...

 

[PKMN trainer Sean]

not at all, I have played since gen 1 and its got abit boring see the same pokemon over and over. It adds to the fun that gen 1 had thats been missing since, a complete mystery of what this pokemon is and how to catch/faint it because the other gens had alot of repeats. in short love their absent until post game

 

[Bluerang1]

No. It was fun thinking of a team to plan with brand new Pokemon. And playing Platinum, I freakin' hate how Geodude is EVERYWHERE! I can't wait to play Black with fresh Pokemon. It's a great thing GameFreak did here. I can't wait to see beautiful Frillish when I surf the seas instead of hideous Tentacool.

 

[Astinus]

Not at all.

I like that there's no opportunity to use older Pokemon easily in B/W. It means that I have to use new Pokemon that I haven't learned a thing about instead of ones I know I can rely on. There's new strategies to think of, new experiments to try. It's fun to raise my team because I don't know what will work, compared to the basic formula I used to follow in other games.

 

[Kunny]

Gen 1 is my favorite. I will always miss them =(

 

[j2y8n2x]

I think it's nice to only have new Pokemon before beating elite4.
It gets you to familiarize the new Pokemon sooner.

 

[AshyBird]

Perhaps they'll recreate the first generation on nintendo ds. and than ruby/sapphire,that'll be fun because I miss first generation too.It begin to have too much pokemons,more than 500 .. woaw

 

[Blue Nocturne]

I found it a little difficult working out an effective team that worked for my fighting style, I'm so used to having roughly the same team in each of the games. It was great fun experimenting though, and I'd say my new team (or planned team), is on par or better than my old one. That's not to say I don't miss them and the personalities I assigned them, but I can cope.

 

[BenjiTheKid]

I love the older gen Pokemon and my top favorites will always be from Gen 1. But to be perfectly honest, I've enjoyed this new generation of Pokemon so much that I've hardly even noticed the lack of Pokemon from previous generations. So, no I don't really miss using them.

Also, it was interesting building a team with Pokemon that I didn't know. It truly felt like I was starting all over again. I usually plan my team out before I even play a game and I confess, my team usually consists of as many Pokemon from the earlier Generations as are available in the game. This time, I couldn't do that. So, I was encouraged to learn about the new Pokemon and in doing so, I found a few that I like just as much as I like the older Pokemon. And even strayed a bit away from the usual formula I use in making a team.

 

[Livewire]

I do, but I don't. I'm perfectly content with using just the Unova Pokemon. You can migrate your previous generation Pokemon later anyways.

 

[The Nightmare]

I do miss the old generation pokemon, but now I like the new generation.

 

[Phototoxin]

I hated the dog and patrat's at the start. It's frustrating that ther's no grass or cute bug types at the beginning until you get to the pinwheel forest. It picked up there for me.

 

[lamby101]

Not really, I've liked the fact that every pokemon I come across is new. It gives me more opportunity to look at the new pokemon instead of cluttering up my team with pokemon I know inside out.

 

[Raichu1988]

I do to some degree, but I like not knowing which pokemon is really which right now. I like having to get to know new pokemon. It makes it more exciting for me for now. Plus, I can get my older gen pokemon later, so no biggie!