After dragonomega made a similar topic on roaming legendaries, I thought another feature deserved such a topic. So, event exclusive Pokémon. Mew, Celebi, Jirachi etc. What are your thoughts on this feature?
Do you like this feature? Do you think this feature adds to the game by making getting certain Pokémon the ultimate bragging rights, or bogs it down? Is there something you would change about this feature? Do you have (legit) event Pokémon? Also, what do you think about using cheating devices to get these Pokémon?
As for me...
Do you like this feature?
I hate this feature with a passion, even more than I do roaming legendaries. Making some Pokémon completely unavailable while completing the Pokédex is a big part of the games' premise is just like selling an incomplete jigsaw puzzle while making the missing pieces available only on certain days in certain stores.
The only generation in which it was more or less OK was the first one, because the only event exclusive, Mew, was at the very end of the Pokédex. Nowadays (as parodied in a Pokémemes image I made a week ago -[link], sorry for the shameless plug) we can have a Pokédex that has ten obviously blank spaces, up to six in a row, but still somehow considered "complete", which is of course ridiculous.
Do you think this feature adds to the game by making getting certain Pokémon the ultimate bragging rights, or bogs it down?
It was acceptable in generation 1 and maybe 2, because the only way to make event distributed Pokémon special was to make them separate species. Pokémon distributed via events now have moves that aren't normally available, ribbons, are sometimes shiny, and are contained in special Cherish Balls, so in terms of bragging rights I think we can be covered without the need to make them separate species.
This useless feature is above all a thorn in the side of those who want to play for Pokédex completion, again, a big part of the main premise. As I mentioned above, how can a Pokédex with ten (I guess it's thirteen now) empty spots be considered as complete? It also hurts the games in the long run, if you ever want to replay Gen 3, 4 and 5 games and try to complete the Pokédex, let it go because it can't be done.
Add to this the fact that some events are completely unavailable in most of the world (Azure Flute, anyone?) , and you get a completely unnecessary feature that adds nothing to the games and renders one of their main objectives impossible to achieve.
Is there something you would change about this feature?
Just like what I said about the roaming Pokémon, the best way to improve this feature would be removing it altogether. But I have two other ideas that could be interesting:
Do you have (legit) event Pokémon?
Yes, two that I got with Wi-Fi events: a Deoxys and a Genesect.
Also, what do you think about using cheating devices to get these Pokémon?
My stance on this is: if a game belongs to a generation which is no longer the current one, and thus no more events are held for it, then Action Replay is OK to use. That's why I waited until X and Y were released to unleash the Action Replay on my Gen 5 games.
Do you like this feature? Do you think this feature adds to the game by making getting certain Pokémon the ultimate bragging rights, or bogs it down? Is there something you would change about this feature? Do you have (legit) event Pokémon? Also, what do you think about using cheating devices to get these Pokémon?
As for me...
Do you like this feature?
I hate this feature with a passion, even more than I do roaming legendaries. Making some Pokémon completely unavailable while completing the Pokédex is a big part of the games' premise is just like selling an incomplete jigsaw puzzle while making the missing pieces available only on certain days in certain stores.
The only generation in which it was more or less OK was the first one, because the only event exclusive, Mew, was at the very end of the Pokédex. Nowadays (as parodied in a Pokémemes image I made a week ago -[link], sorry for the shameless plug) we can have a Pokédex that has ten obviously blank spaces, up to six in a row, but still somehow considered "complete", which is of course ridiculous.
Do you think this feature adds to the game by making getting certain Pokémon the ultimate bragging rights, or bogs it down?
It was acceptable in generation 1 and maybe 2, because the only way to make event distributed Pokémon special was to make them separate species. Pokémon distributed via events now have moves that aren't normally available, ribbons, are sometimes shiny, and are contained in special Cherish Balls, so in terms of bragging rights I think we can be covered without the need to make them separate species.
This useless feature is above all a thorn in the side of those who want to play for Pokédex completion, again, a big part of the main premise. As I mentioned above, how can a Pokédex with ten (I guess it's thirteen now) empty spots be considered as complete? It also hurts the games in the long run, if you ever want to replay Gen 3, 4 and 5 games and try to complete the Pokédex, let it go because it can't be done.
Add to this the fact that some events are completely unavailable in most of the world (Azure Flute, anyone?) , and you get a completely unnecessary feature that adds nothing to the games and renders one of their main objectives impossible to achieve.
Is there something you would change about this feature?
Just like what I said about the roaming Pokémon, the best way to improve this feature would be removing it altogether. But I have two other ideas that could be interesting:
- Reorganize the National Dex every generation by putting event exclusives at the end, or, better, exclude them from the numbered list altogether; that way the missing event Pokémon wouldn't stick out like a sore thumb in a "complete" Pokédex.
- Another way could be adding special NPCs in the game that would give out items that allow catching event exclusives once a game is connected with a game from the next generation. For instance, it would be cool if transferring Pokémon from Gen 4 to Gen 5 could unlock the Azure Flute and the other items of the kind in D/P/Pt.
Do you have (legit) event Pokémon?
Yes, two that I got with Wi-Fi events: a Deoxys and a Genesect.
Also, what do you think about using cheating devices to get these Pokémon?
My stance on this is: if a game belongs to a generation which is no longer the current one, and thus no more events are held for it, then Action Replay is OK to use. That's why I waited until X and Y were released to unleash the Action Replay on my Gen 5 games.
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