Pokemon Showdown Draft

Discussion in 'Forum Games and Activities' started by Lukic, Oct 24, 2012.

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  1. Jager LO Townsend

    Hahaha yeah, Mousey's on the ball. I remember I tried that argument when I was new here and had it comprehensively dismantled, so I've switched sides since then. There are several shockers in each generation, just comes down to our unfamiliarity and hostility to the new additions
     
    Jager, Oct 24, 2012
    #21

  2. Captain SSD Dong

    The older pokemon basically looked more natural and simple with their colourings and designs. They didn't have that many extra appendages/decoration thingies and weird patterns on their bodies like they do now, e.g Arceus, Spiritomb off the top of my head. There were exceptions such as Girafarig and Xatu of course but overall they were less complicated than the ones now. Saying that I think there was a massive improvement in Gen V over III and IV, except for the couple of oddities here and there.
     
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    Captain, Oct 24, 2012
    #22

  3. Howe JHF Howe

    Yeah there's something to that, they've definitely had to try to get more creative after hundred of mons, and you can argue that it hasn't worked all that well.
     
    Howe, Oct 24, 2012
    #23

  4. Alex AJ O'Driscoll

    Don't see how it's stupid, I tried to watch the 2nd gen series and play Gold and Silver, I thought it was ridiculous. Generation 1 was clever without going well and truly over the top, which in my opinion get more ridiculous with every generation.
     
    Alex, Oct 24, 2012
    #24

  5. Verigoat S Verigotta

    when the fuck did yates come back
     
    Verigoat, Oct 25, 2012
    #25

  6. Arheiner SIA Yates

    Yesterday, why?
     
    Arheiner, Oct 25, 2012
    #26

  7. Escath LE Schaw

    I think anyone who thinks only the first 151 Pokemon are good are stupid.
     
    Escath, Oct 25, 2012
    #27

  8. Arheiner SIA Yates

    This is true, most people who do were the ones who were young when they came out. First 250 were fine IMO, after that a few decent things in each set but now they're running out of ideas somewhat unsuprisingly.
     
    Arheiner, Oct 25, 2012
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  9. Lukic L Popovic

    Yeah, 250 are decent. Bar a few cool gen 3, there is nothing good. Great pokemon like Electabuzz, Magmar etc ruined by dumb evolutions.
     
    Lukic, Oct 25, 2012
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  10. Escath LE Schaw

    Gotta worship'em all (as long as they came out in gen I/II)
     
    Escath, Oct 25, 2012
    #30

  11. Jager LO Townsend

    Yeah personally I bloody hate the add-on evolutions that you've mentioned!
     
    Jager, Oct 25, 2012
    #31

  12. MASTERS S Masters

    dont dis the Voltorb :cursing:
     
    MASTERS, Oct 25, 2012
    #32

  13. Cribbage RG Cribb

    As I've said before, for me it's because whenever I dig up Pokemon once a year, I'm basically looking to be nostalgic, primarily. If Pokemon didn't exist when I was 10 I wouldn't be getting into it now, so I really am just too lazy to learn in-depth about new Pokemon. I've long thought that if I actually played Black or White - versions that would force me to use new generations - I'd like them more, but I haven't done that yet.

    I'm under no illusion that the older generations were actually better in design, structure or realism, but if I'm honest about what I'm looking for out of the game/discussion/whatever, why is it wrong that I don't have any interest in learning about another 200 Pokemon that bring back no feeling of lost youth for me at all?
     
    Cribbage, Oct 25, 2012
    #33

  14. Escath LE Schaw

    Nah that's all good and fine.

    However, it's one thing to say "I like the old ones more because I remember growing up with them as a kid" and a totally different thing to say "I like the old ones more because they are just superior to all the new ones and the new ones can all go DIAF because they suck"
     
    Escath, Oct 26, 2012
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  15. Hunter AD Hunt

    Escath on his rags.
     
    Hunter, Oct 26, 2012
    #35

  16. Lukic L Popovic

    But it's both.

    They are just better too.
     
    Lukic, Oct 26, 2012
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  17. Veez DJ Veza

    This part I agree with.
     
    Veez, Oct 26, 2012
    #37

  18. Jager LO Townsend

    Cribb's got a great point, I was trying to explain what Escath's saying though - definitely nothing against people who enjoy the older versions for nostalgic reasons
     
    Jager, Oct 26, 2012
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  19. Athlai JJD Heads

    One issue with the new pokemon from the point of view of anyone who started the game with Red, Blue and Yellow is that the game made a point that this was all the pokemon there were in the world. So the constant addition of new pokemon is taking the piss a bit. There are pokemon seemingly well established for centuries in parts of the world that were never mentioned in the original game or any preceding games to whatever generation you are at. It just takes the piss a bit.
     
    Athlai, Oct 26, 2012
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  20. MASTERS S Masters

    The Original 151 > rest
     
    MASTERS, Oct 26, 2012
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