One thing you are right about is this was never intentioned to be a RSE vs GSC thread. While Gen II did introduce some seriously good concepts likes growing things, held items, and breeding, you cannot deny that each of those things were better in RSE. Breeding especially was improved drastically in Emerald. I don't think I can even list all the improvements that were made in that game alone! The Everstone helping control the nature is definitely one of the best, along with the Flame Body ability cutting the needed steps to hatch an egg almost in half!! You have berries that reduce EVs and I already mentioned the incredible benefit of Secret Bases. All of these things helped greatly in competitive battling. Anyone who thinks RSE "sucks", I just can't believe they were getting the full benefit of the game, or are just talking about the in-game storyline and gameplay, which I will whole-heartedly agree was far inferior to GSC. For true competitive battling though, Emerald has no equal.
It's an egg in Crystal that has a high chance of being a Shiny Baby Pokemon. It's given by the DayCare people.
and RSE did suck. Berries were nice, but G/S/C invented to concept of a plant that grew something on it (apricorns) so RSE can't be credited for that really. The only thing I liked that was introduced with RSE was abilities, natures, and double battles. The rest introduced in RSE is worthless, unless you really like in-game contests, but I'm speaking competitively. Compared to the second generation, which added held items, genders, breeding, shiny Pokemon, PokeRus, etc., RSE is crap.
But this isn't an RSE vs G/S/C thread :P
I'd like to have seen Kris in-game; the backsprite and trainer card sprite of Lyra is cute, but the overworld is terrible.
Also would have liked to see higher wild Pokemon levels. I'm 44 training on 22s. Not working well.
I really only do the battle tower, but it still felt lazy to me.No, it's 15% recycled from DP. It's 90% recycled from Pt.
Also, I said that no need for Orange Islands, it was for anime and manga (and that's a big if) only. We don't like them, really, and if you want them, play a hack, Pokemon Naranja.
And, RSE was, by far, one of THE BEST Pokemon games ever made.
Oh, yes. I loved the egg. Wasn't it 50% in JP and 12.5% everywhere else? I never got a shiny from that egg... wah. But I love it.
They didn't use the bigger cartridge because then they would have to justify why the game is so limited. We could have ALL the regions and actual graphics instead of shaking sprites. I know I would have paid extra for a better product.I think Sevii would have made a nice touch. Why didn't the developers use the 2Gb cartridge, why? And why is the team consisting of seven people that got credit (by being in Celadon)
2) I was hoping that the overall levels for the wild Pokemon of Kanto would run with the storyline, even though I knew that wouldn't make sense...
Haha sounds alot like lance.I'll like to see Red in the whole game (yeah, since you're in Johto until you fought him in Mt. Silver),sometimes battling you, sometimes helping you; when you're in Mt. Silver and have the final fight his Super Team, but when you find in, let's say, Mahogany Town, have a new team matching the levels of yours, come on he's the champion, he need to train all kind of Pkmn to be prepared =)
Also, i've been doing little things in hack roms and i planing a hack when you cand find all the mainly trainers in the games and i like that HG/SS have this, with Leaf, Crystal and the others one (maybe May, brendan and all the others trainers) =)