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Pokémon Games

DarkElf

For some reason it's always been seen as a stereotypical autistic interest (even before Satoshi Tajiri's diagnosis was public?) but does anyone here play the pokemon games? The main series ones not just Go (although I also play Go) or some of the other spinoffs. I've played them all now and I'm replaying Leaf Green, I've just beat the Elite Four with a Pinsir, Starmie, Exeggutor, Jolteon, Nidoking and Clefable, I don't like using the same Pokemon in multiple games so i tried hard to use ones I hadn't used before, they're all very good team members but Nidoking is 100% broken considering you get a moon stone before the second gym.

I'm thinking of playing the original Diamond next as I've never beaten that one, only Platinum. A lot of complaints about it so I'm curious as to how bad I'll actually find it. I'm in two minds on if to import a randomized team or if to just use Pokemon in the native pokedex (of which hardly any are that good sadly...well, if they are like Staraptor and Garchomp I've already used them all numerous times).

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  • I'll always have a soft spot for pokémon, I had red first time round and was probably the only one that was fully complete with the pokédex too. I took a break around black/white as I wasn't keen on the style of those games. And only played some of X and Sun. I had a big resurgence with Sword and completed that -though I don't play the battle tower, but did all the post game story.  

    That's not a bad team for leaf green, interesting combination (fire types were always hard to come by in that gen). Back then I had an attempt to beat the elite for with a 'cute' team of unevolved and no candies or boosts. Never quite did it without having mewtwo as a back up though, despite 300 hours on it before silver came out and I went on to that instead. (Poliwag, nidoran female, jigglypuff, pikachu, oddish. sandshrew).

  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing

    Growing up playing BW first never had that for me, but I always wondered how long term fans felt about the tone shift. It speaks volumes they've never been remade and Unova hasn't been referenced much. X and Y felt more like Gen 4 in 3D than gen 5.  I completed Sword but don't recall much of it, I preferred Scarlett. 

    Yeah I would have had an Arcanine but it's sadly FR exclusive.

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  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing

    Growing up playing BW first never had that for me, but I always wondered how long term fans felt about the tone shift. It speaks volumes they've never been remade and Unova hasn't been referenced much. X and Y felt more like Gen 4 in 3D than gen 5.  I completed Sword but don't recall much of it, I preferred Scarlett. 

    Yeah I would have had an Arcanine but it's sadly FR exclusive.

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  • in reply to Cinnabar_wing

    Oh yeah definitely to the last part, you can basically estimate someone's age from their favourite generation...that said I know a 22 year old who loves Gen 5 the most, weird as they'd have been tiny when that one came out. I guess mine would be 3 or 4. Maybe at a push 5. I have barely ever played Gen 1 due to owning Leaf Green as a kid and also having Crystal.

  • in reply to DarkElf

    I was ready for a break as we were playing a lot of other things, but I had a major resurgence when my kids got into it. Finally my encyclopedic knowledge of Pokémon (first few gens anyway) had an audience who appreciated it! 

    I just find it funny that everyone has their own first encounter gen with Pokémon that becomes their own nostalgia. That's kind of cool that it's still going and has become something I share with my kids!