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4th Gen Who thinks the characters talk too much?

Eggie Poo Poo

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    In Red version, all the way up to 3rd gen people didn't talk as much. Well they did, but it seemed to go by quicker and things in general are faster.

    Such as, battling a pokemon. The text messages appear quicker and can be pressed quicker, battle things are quicker, health bar drain/increase is quicker as well as the EXP. bar.

    In D/P/Pt, am I the only one who notices things are way too damn slow??
     
    That was the FIRST thing I noticed when I started playing it. Everything just seemed sllloowww.
     
    Yeah! This is so annoying! I mean, you listen (Read!) to them for a little while, then get bored. So, you keep pressing the A button 100mph, then you realise you missed a key part! XD
     
    I noticed that some of the characters talk forever.
    Besides that I didn't notice a slower speed of anything besides surfing in Diamond and Pearl.
     
    Autumn27 said:
    I noticed that some of the characters talk forever.
    Besides that I didn't notice a slower speed of anything besides surfing in Diamond and Pearl.
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    Like in-battle. Effects look pretty, but messages take a long time to display. When it says "Wild ??? Appeared!", it stays stationary for like 5 seconds then the next message, and after that it pauses for a while (I guess to give the player time to read).

    After every message, it pauses before it does what it says it's doing, like after I use a move like Thunderbolt or something, the whole text box goes blank for a second, then a few seconds later the move effect animation comes and it says "??? used Thunderbolt!". It gets on my nerves every single day when I play this game.
     
    I mean yeah, it's slow, but what'cha gonna do about it? It's just a thing. Maybe they'll fix it next gen, like they did with surf speed in Platinum. I just rapidly press A. You're not really going to miss anything important. The 4th Gen story is sorta meh.
     
    Platinum has to much talking not so much diamond and pearl
     
    Eh, I'm pretty alright with it, but I'm a pretty laid-back guy. Still, there are moments when I wish that the DS had a 4X speed button.

    At least it's never as long on the DS as in PBR online matches.

    Do you need to consult a handbook to see what move's going to be super-effective or something?!

    Gawd.
     
    Eggie Poo Poo said:
    Like in-battle. Effects look pretty, but messages take a long time to display. When it says "Wild ??? Appeared!", it stays stationary for like 5 seconds then the next message, and after that it pauses for a while (I guess to give the player time to read).

    After every message, it pauses before it does what it says it's doing, like after I use a move like Thunderbolt or something, the whole text box goes blank for a second, then a few seconds later the move effect animation comes and it says "??? used Thunderbolt!". It gets on my nerves every single day when I play this game.
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    I never saw anything wrong with the speed of the text. I've changed the options of it to be fast and it isn't so bothersome for me and in my conjecture, it is perfectly fine. Though I do have to agree with surfing being really slow. It is a good thing that in Pokémon Platinum, the surfing is much more improved in speed. I must admit, the text speed does get to be slow in Wi-fi battles and trades but I believe that is only because of the Wi-fi Connection and of how the transfers need to go through since you are trading and battling with people from all over the world...

    Overall, I do believe the speed of the Diamond and Pearl text, surfing, and the other things, are alright. They could be improved, but Nintendo is still, and will always be working in improvement.
     
    The very first thing I did in Platinum was change the speed of the text to fast, but other than that I haven't noticed anything seeming particularly slow or drawn out. I'm quite happy with the amount that the characters talk throughout the storyline, and I enjoyed reading it. To me at least, it positively added to the gameplay.
     
    For the talkative characters, Nintendo is trying to implement plot and personality in a Pokemon game.. Just let me beat up other Pocket Monsters. Don't spare the enemy the extra 5 seconds. D:<
     
    You can get through battle messages faster by tapping the bottom screen if it's going too slow for you. I didn't mind the all the talking, I'm a fast reader so it never took me too long to get through all the talking.
     
    I don't like the talking because the characters never have anything interesting to say.

    God, I am waiting for a story-oriented Pokemon game.
     
    By the time I got Platinum, I was used to the slow-everything.
    Diamond n' Pearl were the pains in the butt.
    I did not mind more text the character had to say, I think it gave me more in depth about what was going on.
    And sometimes, I just wanted to turn off my game. >.>​
     
    Yes! I think they dont shut up, i have my text on fast and just zoom through it unless i dont know what to do.
     
    Jas1995 said:
    Yes! I think they dont shut up, i have my text on fast and just zoom through it unless i dont know what to do.
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    I would have felt the same if I would have played them on a real DS.(I play on an emulator but am going to buy a real DS real soon! Believe it!) Emulators like No$gba can run the games at twice their speed so speed's not a problem for emulator users but I admit that it is very painful for DS users.
     
    Sure some of the characters may talk a lot but most of it is important to the storyline.
    As for the hp bars, I've gotten used to the speed
     
    I'm so happy that the Pokemon company has the option to speed up things because if not I will still be playing Pokemon Emerald right about now, still be talking to the 4th gym leader

    Anyways they do talk too much, it's like that with almost every game


    :t354:TG
     
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