Orange_Flaaffy said:
Oh, and something else, a subject that troubles me at least: Do you think the pokemon of this current set of games are going to be basicly thrown out by fic writers in favor of the D/P ones?
I don't think the third generation of Pokemon will be forgotten that easily. See, the difference between them and the second generation is that the second generation simply wasn't given half a chance. In the Gold, Silver, and Crystal versions, there were so many older Pokemon in the game that several players would've just overlooked the newer Pokemon completely and just focus on building a team with their favorite oldies. Basically, the entire Jouto region was being forced to share a game with Kantou, never getting its own spotlight. The anime never did the second generation Pokemon justice neither. The Jouto saga has been seen by several as the worst episodic plotline in, not only Pocket Monsters, but probably all anime in general. I'm sure quite a few people here even gave up watching the anime during that point, never to return again until Advanced Generation started up and the franchise's popularity went up again. Even for the people who did stick around to watch all of Jouto, the Pokemon didn't get their fair share of screentime neither. One of the biggest complaints I've heard about the tournament at the end (and the 8th gym for that matter) is that all of Satoshi's old Pokemon came in to save his butt, while Pokemon like Bayleef were tossed away in a matter of seconds (1st and 2nd generation Pokemon were sharing spotlight in the manga as well). Let's not forget that in this current set of games, the only possible chance generation #2 had at redeeming itself was Pokemon Colloseum, and.... well, I don't think I need to explain that one (though I wish the game was given a bit more credit than it gets).
Basically, the third generation's not gonna be dumped by the fans so easily because they've already made such a name for themselves. In their widely successful set of games, players were being forced to use them most the time rather than be overshadowed by the older guys, and several consider the anime to have never been better since Advanced Generation started. In particular, Satoshi's Houen team throughout the anime was one which was enjoyed by many, because it seemed as though the writers finally gave up on giving him nothing but cutesy Pokemon and allow him to use bada
ss fighting machines. When he's got guys like Juptle, Oosubame, and Heigani, his team and their performance is much more likely to be recognized than his Jouto team, which is perceived to be undertrained and not have any good Pokemon (though, I personally liked Bayleef, though not as much as Juptle, but definitely more than Fushigidane. And some guys on the green forum think Yorunozuku should have been given more of a chance considering its potential as an extremely intelligent fighter that's pretty much lethal when pitted against ghost-types).
Orange_Flaaffy said:
Come to think of it, other than being used as just a 'magic force' in fics and a movie, the Unknown don't get much press anymore do they? I mean, in the way of thinking that each one, each letter, is a pokemon in a way...
I like Unknown. Sure, they may not be fit for battling, but I find it neat to collect them, as well as try to figure out what their Hidden Power types are (not like the typing would actually be important, but I find fun in just going around simply slaughtering wild ingame Pokemon with an overpowered level 100). Anyway, I definitely intend on using it in future plots.
