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Out with the old, in with the new.

What'll happen to your Gen. 4 games?

  • I'll play normally like I do now.

    Votes: 11 34.4%

  • I'll play them every once in a while.

    Votes: 17 53.1%

  • I gotta transfer some stuff to Black/White, I'm done with them after that.

    Votes: 4 12.5%
  • Total voters
    32
  • Poll closed .

avolonsaber

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    So as many(if not all)of us know, Black and White are due out real soon, like the 4th or the 6th(I don't remember exactly). There's tons of hype for the games, and I myself am getting Black, but I digress. What's going to happen to your old games when Black and White find their way into your DS's? Are your copies of HS/SS on standby because you're waiting to transfer your favorite teams or Celebi/Crown Beats, is your Platinum Version collecting dust until you can transfer over that shiny Giratina, or will you just lay your 4th Gen games to rest?

    I myself usually stop playing whatever previous game was out when I get the newer one, but since I love Johto, and I have some Pokes' to transfer, I'll probably pick up SS now and again.
     
    I made a thread like this before HGSS' release last year, haha.

    But no, I never abandon any generation. Not all the time do I want to play gen V. And I like to have gen IV stuff ready in case someone wants to battle. Plus, I hate migrating/transferring. I just...I don't know, I just don't like it. I want to leave Pokemon on my storage games in their respective generations. That's not too much to ask!
     
    Sydian said:
    Plus, I hate migrating/transferring.
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    My brother and I spend six straight hours a few weekends ago transferring all our Pokemon, From Soulslver to Diamond for me and Heartgold to Pearl for him. I'm going to transfer everyone from my Diamond to Black.
     
    I'm not really playing my fourth gen games much right now anyway, so I'd say the first option xP Blue has once again captured my attention temporarily, but that will get laid aside for White soon enough D:
     
    I can never usually bring myself to play previous games after new ones come out - they just seem to primitive after that. However, I will make an effort with HGSS especially, because I love Johto so much.
     
    I think I may restart my Pearl version sometime in the future. I never completed my dex or got any of my pokemon to Lvl 100 because SoulSilver came out and distracted me. Pearl is the only Sinnoh game I own and I've only played through it once so I am going to restart it with another starter. I think I will trade the pokemon I can't let go of (I get very attached to certain pokemon) to my SoulSilver or Black.
     
    I love my SoulSilver game too much to give it up for good! D: I'm very much looking forward to getting Pokémon White (or Black, haven't fully decided yet), but I certainly won't be giving up the other generations so easily. For the first little bit after buying it, yes, I'll be obviously playing it a lot, but eventually I think I'll come back to my other games. Plus, I can't be bothered to do all that migration stuff, so I'll want to go through the other generations to make parties with the Pokémon I like then.

    I'm replying SoulSilver and FireRed, as well as starting games in Crystal and Blue, so I clearly have a hand in all generations right now. XD;
     
    My DS cartridge games are sold, my DS roms just taking up space. I don't feel really enthusiastic about gen. 5 either though, I'll stick with the first three ones.
     
    Since White will be my very first DS game, I'm pretty sure that I'm going to buy HG or SS or maybe even Platinum after that. It's nice to have different Pokemon DS games.
     
    I still play all of my cartridges, from RSE/FRLG onward (I just got too snobby, graphics-wise, to play the real originals). I love having all the different maps to play on. I don't see that changing at all.
     
    It's probably going to be a while before I'm actually getting Pokemon White. So, I might as well stick to Platinum when I still can. I have no plans on dropping it for a new generation. Even though I might be playing mainly Pokemon White when I first get it, I wouldn't think of ever playing Platinum again.
     
    I'm going to transfer all of my in-game teams & breeding Pokémon to White, while all of my Pokémon that might be traded over WiFi (Shinies, EV'd, Events..) are going to Black. :)

    I'm excited, I want to be able to play Platinum again, but I can't because I don't want to transfer a million boxfuls of EV'd and Shinies and Events over to HG or SS. I'm going to still play HG or SS, but probably only to catch Pokémon I can then EV.
     
    I'll probably keep Pearl as my storage game, and maybe play Platinum again. But Heart Gold didn't interest me too much... so I suppose I'll be playing White more often than anything, depending on how often I play Emerald. I still play Emerald a lot...
     
    I'm going to transfer all of my Pokemon worth transferring to my Black/White. I'd always done this, every new Pokemon games, I transfer all my rare and strong Pokemon.

    Like this: Emerald -> Pearl -> Platinum -> Soul Silver -> Black/White.
     
    As rigorous as it is to traverse Sinnoh, I doubt I can fully abandon it for another game, albeit an overrated one. Same goes for all of my games, even Yellow has ceased to be abandoned.
    I may use my games to store Pokemon, but nothing beats a fresh start, even if it's in a familiar region.
     
    avolonsaber said:
    So as many(if not all)of us know, Black and White are due out real soon, like the 4th or the 6th(I don't remember exactly). There's tons of hype for the games, and I myself am getting Black, but I digress. What's going to happen to your old games when Black and White find their way into your DS's? Are your copies of HS/SS on standby because you're waiting to transfer your favorite teams or Celebi/Crown Beats, is your Platinum Version collecting dust until you can transfer over that shiny Giratina, or will you just lay your 4th Gen games to rest?
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    Considering I haven't even stepped foot in Sinnoh or Johto yet, I'll be using Platinum or HeartGold while most other Trainers ransack their Generation 5 spoils. I plan to get optimal playthroughs of those two games once I get a Nintendo 3DS, and I still have to properly complete Emerald and FireRed as well. All four Pokemon games will help to tide over the time until I get either Pokemon Black Version or Pokemon "Gray" Version.

    I tend to play older Pokemon games once a newer one comes out. I've replayed Emerald much more than FireRed, particularly due to Emerald's introduction of ability effects on the overworld, move tutor availability, Everstone breeding, EV-reducing effects for certain Berries, the Battle Frontier, Pokemon Contests, and Pokemon animations. I hate to say it, but FireRed seems "primitive" in certain respects. The Gen 3 games will seem even more primitive compared to the new Pokemon and other features that HeartGold and Platinum introduce. It's kind of similar to my playthrough of the Super Smash Brothers series: ever since getting Brawl, I'm playing through it much more than the classic, original Super Smash Brothers 64. :( Finally, (in the future) it would be a bit strange to limit myself to only 386 Pokemon when 263 additional species are available in the newer games.

    Karpman said:
    As rigorous as it is to traverse Sinnoh, I doubt I can fully abandon it for another game, albeit an overrated one. Same goes for all of my games, even Yellow has ceased to be abandoned.
    I may use my games to store Pokemon, but nothing beats a fresh start, even if it's in a familiar region.
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    For nostalgia, I may return to my older Pokemon games once I've moved on to newer releases, particularly because of their unique statuses. FireRed is the only Pokemon game I have with the original Kanto Game Corner. Emerald is the last Pokemon game that precedes the Generation 4-instituted "physical-special" split, utilizing the traditional physical-special move classification based on type, rather than the move itself. Finally, both games are remnants of the first Pokemon generation that I had the chance of playing. :)

    Come Black or Gray Version, however, I will be transferring all my Pokemon to the Generation 5 game that I receive. Prior to that, I will probably trade Pokemon between Platinum and HeartGold, so that all of my Pokemon can acquire Pokemon Contest and Pokeathlon victories and Ribbons, along with having those Pokemon obtain any other Ribbons that are unobtainable in Generation 5.
     
    I'll use D/P/Pt/HG/SS to transfer my older Pokemon to B/W. I'll play them every once in a while, though.
     
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