Pokemon Thread: Now with two versions!
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Speakeasy wrote:
I am Professor Oak, and I am the authority on all that is Pokemon!
Are you a boy or a girl?
Now what is your name?
Now, let's introduce you to the games that started it all...
GENERATION I|
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Originally released in Japan as Red and Green in 1996 with critical and consumer praise, the Pokemon games came to the US in 1998 with similar results. Players began the game as a brand-new trainer, sent to Professor Oak's house to start his adventure. Along the way, he meets his rival, and discovers his task: to catch all 151 pokemon, to get 8 badges and become champion of the Elite 4. As the game progresses, he meets and eventually beats Team Rocket, a generally evil organization bent on taking over the world. In the end, your trainer discovers that his rival became the champion, and after a battle with his high-leveled team, you overthrow him and become top dog.
Pokemon Yellow was released later on in 1998 (JP)/1999 (USA). This included tie-ins with the anime series, including starting off with a Pikachu, Jessie, James and Meowth from Team Rocket, and new sprites for each Pokemon and trainer.
Pokemon Stadium was released for the Nintendo 64 console. With the included transfer pack, you were allowed to take the pokemon that you trained in your Red/Blue/Yellow game packs, and upload them to the system. There, you could play with your team (or with any random set) in full 3-D. It also included mini-games, the gyms and the Elite 4 from the GB games (also in tougher modes), and a GB emulator.
GENERATION II|
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Often referred to as the Metallic generation, Gold and Silver brought on many changes to the game. Primarily, about 100 new pokemon were introduced, bringing the total to 251. Included in that 100 are new evolutions and pre-evolutions of the original 151. Other notable ones include Day and Night, in which different kinds of pokemon and events would be available at different time of the day; genders for almost all of the pokemon, which leads to breeding, another change, and the Special stat found in the original games is now split into Special Attack and Special Defense. Pokemon can now hold items, some of which can improve their stats or situation in battle. Alternate colored pokemon, also called shinies, are also in the game, albeit rare to find and catch. In Crystal, the player is also allowed to choose their gender in the beginning of the game. Also included in Crystal were animated sprites for each pokemon.
Pokemon Stadium 2 was the Gold/Silver/Crystal to the original Pokemon Stadium. It allowed compatibility with the original games, as well as the new ones. In this game, you were allowed to face the gyms and the Elite 4 once again, or participate in Cups, which were tournaments of various styles. The mini-games also returned, as well as new ones added, bringing the total to 12.
GENERATION III|
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The Advance generation (named because of the transfer to the Game Boy Advance console) provided the most changes to the game. First, even more pokemon are introduced (135 to be exact), bringing the total to 386. Abilities and Natures for each pokemon are introduced, affecting their gameplay and stats, respectively. Gone is the Team Rocket of old, replaced with teams Magma and Aqua (for Ruby and Sapphire). Another major addition is the double battle, in which you (and possibly a partner) face off against two pokemon at the same time. Because of this, certain old moves are changed to reflect this. Speaking of which, the total amount of moves is brought up to a whopping 352. Finally, is the addition of Pokemon Contests, in which you feed your pokemon PokeBlocks to raise a specific trait (such as Beauty or Coolness), and enter them in contests in which an audience votes on the contestants, and then each contestant appeals to the judges using their pokemon's moves.
Emerald added even more, bringing back animated sprites for the pokemon, as well as adding the Pokemon Battle Frontier, which was a group of facilities where you can do battle with other trainers in different modes, such as random battles with random pokemon, or a tournament-type system.|
Two Pokemon games were brought over to the Gamecube: Pokemon Colosseum and Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness. In both, you follow another trainer which, instead of catching pokemon the typical way, you "snag" pokemon which turned dark. In order to turn them normal, you had to fight with them, or in the latter game's case, you take them to a transfer machine. These two games also included the features brought on by the previous Stadium games.|
Also included in this generation are remakes of the original Kanto games. These include the changes brought on by Ruby and Sapphire.
GENERATION IV|
The latest and greatest to come out of Japan, Pokemon Diamond and Pearl is what we are primarily talking about now. This game adds at least 107 pokemon, and includes DS wi-fi functionality, a new evil team (Team Galaxy), more abilities and natures, a revamped overworld, and a new version of contests, called Super Contests. The day/night system of G/S/C returns as well. There's also a way to transfer your pokemon from the third generation onto your D/P cart, and even though the kinks are being worked on, the premise is that your pokemon are released in a Poke Park, and you have to recatch them with Park (read: Master) Balls. New ways to evolve some pokemon are also added upon, such as combining two pokemon to make one. American release date is rumored to be for February/March 2007, even though Gamespot recently said November.
Coming soon for the Nintendo Wii, is the new iteration of the Stadium series, Pokemon Battle Revolution. This also includes wi-fi connectivity, as well as what seems to be real-time battles, with physical contact and environment manipulation.
OTHER POKEMON GAMES
Other pokemon games include:
Game Boy games:
* Pokémon Card GB
* Pokémon Card GB 2
* Pokémon Puzzle Challenge
* Pokémon Pinball (GBC)
* Pokémon Pinball Ruby/Sapphire
* Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon Red
Nintendo 64 games:
* Pokémon Snap
* Pokémon Puzzle League
* Hey You, Pikachu!
GameCube games:
* Pokémon Channel
* Pokémon Box
Nintendo DS games:
* Pokémon Dash
* Pokémon Trozei
* Pokémon Mysterious Dungeon Blue
* Pokémon Ranger
Other games:
* Pokémon Pikachu
* Pokémon Pikachu 2
Well, that's it!
Hope to see you soon!
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Edit: YESSSSS
Oh man, one of the best ever.
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I remember that, and also something about people getting squirted with ketchup.
3d towns, but that's about it I think.
Oh, and male and female sprites for pokemon have subtle differences.
And sorry for starting what ended up to be madness in the last thread. Shows what that board is capable of.
What other board?
There was no other board.
LEt me see it.
The game uses a psuedo 2D/3D style, and it looks great.
It looks even better in motion,
http://www.jeux-france.com/downloads6738_video-pokemon-diamond.html
Between Pearl and Diamond, you can catch/raise a total of 445 pokemon, but the grand total is 493.
Keep in mind, this means old and new pokes.
Utensil pokemon.
Why isn't the screen showing up in my sig
Edit: Forget it.
I see the picture two posts above...
Nope, it's turned on.
Anyway, can we get some starter sprites in the OP?
I see it.
Me too.
Also, Starters:
NAETORU: The Grass Starter.
HIKOZARU: The Fire Starter.
POCHAMA: The Water Starter.
edit: I was gonna get the penguin but I heard it sucks late game, so I'm getting the turtle.
Enter Dragonite.
Edit: Also, Sheimi, the pure-grass legendary, is only obtainable through a Nintendo Event.
Cute as hell, though.
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Hi, Imran
Comparison pics for whoever wanted them.
You could still probably trade for one online.
Wow, that was a long fucking time ago.
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I would want to keep mine, just because it's so fucking adorable.
Also, I live near Nintendo World.
If you guys want pokedex credit for him...I can only hope they do an event in the city
Either buy Gold/Silver or Emerald.
Do it NOW.
Edit: Blankspace, it totally does