4th Gen HeartGold/SoulSilver Speculation

[BurstX]

honestly id love a feature to have a pokemon follow you, but it would get annoying after a while. i can see like the ability to let them out of the ball and put them back. either that or make certain areas like the amity square.

also what about the skateboard

One of the many additions promised, notably, was a skateboard that could be used in addition to the Bicycle of the previous games and would allow users to travel to "unusual places".

it was gonna be in gold and silver but didnt get the cut. honestly i think it would be cool. any thoughts

 

[Mika555]

I do not mind the idea of the Pokemon following the player. I would just have to make due with it if it is a game feature.

Now someone mention earlier about the slient protagonist. Well the truth is that Pokemon are not the only games that has silent protagonist. Almost all of the RPGs published by Nintendo have silent protagonist like the playable characters in the Pokemon games.

I the Johto Starters new art look splendid. I am look foward to see what the artwork and clothing of the characters look like. I hope we get to see it this month or next month. I also want to see the new stock art of other Johto Pokemon as well who has yet to be updated.

 

[AJ™]

I'm glad the protagonist is silent. Knowing Nintendo, they'd make him say cheesy, unfunny lines.

 

[BugDystopia]

Based on the Pokemon Sunday teaser video

From the video i have a few theories on what is in the games
Looks like there is a new wind element, possibly having something to do with Ho-oh and/or Lugia.
I see the starter follows Gold around like in Yellow, possibly for the whole game (drawing this comparison from Amity Square in platinum).
There are also outdoor stairs and a brown bulge on the professor's lab, which could be a new game feature such as an observatory for whatever (purely hypothetical).
Lastly, as a simple plus, the shadows look larger and more defined, i mean there are shadows on the wind direction indicators and there were no (extending) shadows coming from the windmills in D/P/Pt.
I suppose that bases on the video that is all the information that i could extract. Sorry

Things i want to see? well it would be nice to have a story surronding the birds similar to how in r/s/d/p has a critical point here it is necessary to fight the legendary.
i want to see how they are bringing berries to this land, and i dont want to see that berry powder crap again like in fr/lg.

 

[AJ™]

I think the wind is only because Newbark is "the windy town".
I hope to see weather features elsewhere, and not just in the first town, LIKE PLATINUM FAILED AT.

 

[Heart's Soul]

Well, it won't get a skateboard, butthis is what I found.

A rooster for wind moving around
A second floor
Better shadows
Much better graphics
Following Starter
More defined areas

That rounds it to be a 256MB game!

 

[AJ™]

Well, it won't get a skateboard, butthis is what I found.

A rooster for wind moving around
A second floor
Better shadows
Much better graphics
Following Starter
More defined areas

That rounds it to be a 256MB game!

How could you possibly get any sort of accurate calculations on game size by looking at a 15 second preview of an incomplete game. :P

 

[Azonic]

I'd like more different kinds of places to visit. I don't really know how to specify. For example, the snowy areas were really cool in DPPt, so I'd want to see more of that. Also, the original cities and towns revamped, with new places / features, etc.

Basically I want cool features.

 

[AJ™]

^/agreed.

I really don't want to see a complete remake. I would love to see weather in every town. A new extra place besides Kanto, and whatever they can come up with.

 

[Heart's Soul]

How could you possibly get any sort of accurate calculations on game size by looking at a 15 second preview of an incomplete game. :P

After watching a video of a game, I was quickly able to see the little things in every map and give an estimated size. I was close, though. The person cut it down severely, but I was still close. He never got rid of the mp3 though, so I won.

Plus, Platinum is 128MB and it doesn't have much of this. This should be 256MB as it has less free space.

 

[Ooka]

I'm hoping they do something with the orange islands in the game. I know they were part of the anime, but it's not as if they are completely in the dark about how popular they were (And I'm sure they've heard of Pokemon Naranja, or at least some of their researchers have).

 

[Forci Stikane]

I sincerely doubt that the Orange Islands will be added into these remakes, especially when there is already a local game-canon series of islands that can be used just as easily. Regardless of how popular the Orange Islands might have been, these games are already fanservice in and of themselves, so the fans are going to be pleased one way or another.

 

[Ooka]

I suppose you're right, but you can't blame a Pokemon fan for hoping right? xD

 

[Starmario]

I'd actually like to see a DS version of White City from Stadium 2 somewhere in there, personally, with some minigames and the cups and whatnot. May not be as much as Stadium 2 had, but I think it would be cool. Besides that, the only other thing I'd like to see is better(Read: Higher)levels in certain areas, but not like in Fire Red/Leaf Green where you couldn't have the old levels again if you should want them.

 

[Forci Stikane]

I suppose you're right, but you can't blame a Pokemon fan for hoping right? xD

True, as I certainly have hopes of my own for this game.

I'd actually like to see a DS version of White City from Stadium 2 somewhere in there, personally, with some minigames and the cups and whatnot. May not be as much as Stadium 2 had, but I think it would be cool.

That actually reminds me of something else: now that these remakes have been announced, I would like to see Nintendo re-release Pokemon Stadium 2 on the Virtual Console, with connectivity to HeartGold and SoulSilver similar to that of the original games as well as a filter to block out compatibility problems with the two recent Generations. They will at least need to update My Pokemon Ranch at some point in time.

...My Pokemon Ranch could even be the distribution method for the Celebi event.

 

[Ooka]

I'd expect that to happen more if they would have made Stadium again for GC, although I suppose they didn't have all the resources then that they do now, so you never know.

 

[jmadude]

I don't want to sound like a buzzkill but the game is months away we can't call ideas good or stupid, we won't know what's going on until it comes out. I can't wait for the game to come out but I think it's to early to post dozens of threads.

 

[Volkner's Apprentice]

In Platinum, there's a way to change the form of Shaymin (from Land Form to Sky Form) and Rotom's form. It's better explained here.

I still doubt that the starter will follow you throughout the entire game. Pikachu's tiny, a one-foot critter. Also, Yellow was based on the anime. The final stage of evolution for the Johto starters are big (Feraligatr is six feet huge, which is around two feet taller than the player, if one rounds.), and not all trainers have their starter follow them. So I still stand by what I've been saying for the past few days: the starter follows you up to the Mr. Pokemon/first rival battle event because it isn't technically the player's yet.


Unfortunately, EVs/IVs aren't going away. You can just not use them for your Pokemon (but have fun in competitive battles) and let those that like EVs/IVs use them. And as others have said, they've been in the games for years.

Who the heck said EVs should go away? XD

I agree completely with Astinus; I think the starter only follows you for a short time (or maybe, we even get a feature to turn it on and off.)

But as adorable as 'Dile would be following me, Gatr can stay in his Pokéball. O_o

 

[The Red Chain]

I don't want to sound like a buzzkill but the game is months away we can't call ideas good or stupid, we won't know what's going on until it comes out. I can't wait for the game to come out but I think it's to early to post dozens of threads.

I'm having trouble understanding what you mean..
Since we don't know much about the games yet we speculate our ideas between each other and get opinions.. nothing wrong with that.
It's not too early to share our thoughts on all the changes that are about to take place from Gold and Silver.

 

[Akira Uchiha]

Um. Hey everyone! I can't believe they're actually making a remake!!!!!!!!!! lol, sorry about that. So does anyone know when the release date is? So, my ideas:

-I think they should include contests. I mean, after all if you don't like them you don't actually HAVE to do them! Just ignore it.

-They should incude Kanto! I never played original GSC (didn't have the necessary console) but it sounds really good to go to 2 regions in 1 game. Although I also heard Kanto was way shrunk down in theoriginal so maybe they should expand the new one.

- I think you should be able to toggle on and off for the pokemon-following you, so everyone's happy. Like on your party screen there is a button that says "Let (pokemon) out of its pokeball for a walk?" or something.

-Or else, maybe at the beginning you befriend one of the pokemon, and it follows you cause you don't have a pokeball, then the professor returns it and gives it to you or something.

-I also hope there will be a girl character along with a Boy's...

-And lastly, I believe they should include the Hoenn and Sinnoh Pokemon, but only after you got the National Dex, which you get either after you beat the E4 or maybe if you like have seen all Johto Pokes or something. -Well that's all, Bai!