Example: I hate the bike music.
Seriously, I don't use the bike as much, just so I won't have to listen to that. I'd rather run to nearby places, or Fly. And when I do use it, I go out of my way to exit or enter a different town or route, to make the music change back. How annoying is that??
So, yeah. Let the dogs out.
I actually
like the Bike Music, but sometimes I dislike how it overrides the background music that is playing. Especially in the Hoenn Battle Frontier of
Emerald Version. The Battle Frontier overworld music sounds like a triumphant, grand engagement or something, and the bike music sounds
very out of place... However, walking is very tedious in the Battle Frontier, so I just end up letting the bike music play. The only way to get the Battle Frontier music to play naturally while on a bike is riding it while exiting from Artisans' Cave. But you have to surf just to
enter Artisans' Cave, so this method is not exactly feasible. I wish there was an option where you could choose whether it overrides the current overworld music or not... :(
PlatinumDude, why do you find it funny that they made them not shiny? Why would they make a legendary shiny the first time you encounter it?
...You could soft-reset for shiny legendaries in past generation games, right? Why should Reshiram and Zekrom be any different? I mean, the spriters
bothered to actually make shiny sprites for them, so why make such an encounter impossible? (I heard that they're under ownership of N at one point, so that might be a reason...?)
Strange:
- Every time you re-challenge the Elite Four, somehow the old Champion has usurped the title without you noticing
- How Ponyta are found inside Cinnabar Mansion. I thought horses only lived outdoors
I always disliked how the Champion just effortlessly takes back their title. There was one theory IIRC that said the player establishes an agreement with the Pokemon League that permits the player to travel around, while relinquishing the Champion title to the prior Champion. Though I still kind of think that's unfair, because Steven and Cynthia get to be reigning Champions while traversing the regions... I guess they just need someone to fill the vacancy as you travel around or something. :\
Another Elite 4 quirk is that their dialogue is odd! You can complete an Elite 4+Champion run in 10-20 minutes, and mere
minutes after you see the credits, restart the game, and fly back to the regional Pokemon League headquarters, they'll say "I'm amazed by your power! Never before have I encountered such strength!" -_- At least have them recognize you being a recent claimant of the Champion title, or acknowledging having becoming accustomed to your powerful Pokemon skills, or
something!
Another thing that "grinds my gears":
Wild Abra used Teleport.
or
Wild Suicune fled.
This, too! Right now I'm even
more annoyed because the fleeing-while-sleeping (:cer_laugh: :cer_pissed:) Legendary Dogs in
FireRed Versions all
suffer from the Roaming Pokemon glitch, causing them to only have a maximum possible Attack IV of 7, with all of the other IVs being zero, excluding the HP stat. And I learn this after having completing
FireRed twice (prior to the news of HGSS)
just for obtaining Entei and Raikou, which consisted of defeating the Gym Leaders, Elite 4, and Champion, taking down Team Rocket in Kanto
and in the Sevii Islands, and hunting down the Ruby and Sapphire just to fix the Pokemon Network Center's networking machine on Knot (One) Island. I also have to have the National Pokedex
and the Rainbow Pass in my inventory. T_T WTF. All that work, and the Pokemon are
destined to be crappy. -_-
Also, I find it weird that Trainers are only supposed to battle "when their eyes meet," but in 99% of the cases, it's the Trainer that looks at you, and you're not even looking at them. I find that a tad unfair tbh. :(/rant
Those Trainers will travel through hail, sleet, rain, and snow, no matter how many tiles away they are,
just to challenge unsuspecting, rushing Trainers; if even so much as a
glint of eyes appears in their line of sight. Sheesh. Sometimes I just want something to use Thunder Wave on them to stun them, so I can RUN AWAY quickly. Those people are too challenge-crazy; I don't care if they call cowardice. I HAVE THINGS TO GO DO DARN IT I DON'T NEED TO BATTLE YOUR POOR TEAM OF
SIX PICKACHEW! :t025:
Hmm...also, there's a
1% of encountering Koffing and Grimer while Surfing/Fishing with a Super Rod, respectively, in Celadon City's lake next to the Rocket Game Corner. :D I thought that was quite neato when I first read about it in a walkthrough.
EDIT: Also, there are items that actually
respawn on Tresaure Beach of the Sevii Islands in
FireRed/
LeafGreen Versions! Very cool! :cer_nod:
