Wolf Dawgz
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So no Ice Cream pokemon? What about Trubbish, the garbage pokemon?
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Pokemon Go field test datamined
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We have Blastoise so I guess that's close enough for now.
You are trash
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
Whether they're "forgettable" or not is entirely subjective. This fanbase is made up of millions of people who like mons across multiple generations. It's a bit ludicrous to have a game that brags about letting you roleplay as a "real" trainer and celebrate a 20 year long legacy and yet only the first generation is getting spotlight. It should be pretty obvious why people would be put off by that.
Supermanisdead
Member
gen 1 best gen. im so down for this game now. let me get my rapidash and arcanine
They definitely didn't have the kind I'm referring to.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
Oh, it most certainly did.
Mr. Pointy
Member
I thought it was pretty obvious Go was just going to be Gen 1 at the start.
TheCongressman1
Member
How so?
JB-the-Hunter
Member
Magnets and slime > ice cream and garbage?
Dr. Benton Quest
Banned
I think people are assuming this is for the hardcore. Only having Gen 1 at the start gets nostalgic 20 somethings to install it. They might keep playing after they add 'new' Pokémon.
Hardcore fans will play regardless.
Hardcore fans will play regardless.
Nah it's cool if you prefer gen 1 Pokémon more, heck my favorite Pokémon is Charizard.
I think how they did the Pokémon April fool jokes was better as they mixed Pokémon from gen 1-5 to create a listing of 151 Pokémon, so that all fans are pleased.
The trailer had nothing but gen 1 Pokémon so it was clear that they were aiming at the gen 1 crowd, which was fine with me as I will be over there playing a real Pokémon game.
LumpOfCole
Member
Will I have to go to Detroit to scoop up a Koffing?
I believe LA, while Weezing is NY.
Darth_Caedus
No longer canonical
Worst gen only? That sucks. Hopefully it's just for the beta.
Admiral Woofington
Member
I'm in Texas and work in construction sites
Am I only going to get cowboy diglets and Cubones?
Am I only going to get cowboy diglets and Cubones?
peaceiscloser
Member
call me when my bae glaceon is in
SinCityAssassin
Member
Oh ho ho, someone's gonna get murdered.
PeakPointMatrix
Member
Your statements were absurd. You insinuated that negativity here toward there only being 1/5 of the Pokemon in existence available has to do with being young.
Just because you can't remember more than 151 Pokemon doesn't mean people should celebrate with you that there are less options for gamers in a Pokemon game.
I'm not even going to delve into the implication of post-Gen 1 Pokemon content not being "quality", considering Gold/Silver are largely regarded as one of the best video game sequels of all time.
And yes, actually, not knowing Pokemon = literally the definition of being ignorant of Pokemon. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you don't seem to have much familiarity with the series past the content from 20 years ago. Considering the sales, popularity, reception, and general consensus of Pokemon games since 1998, it doesn't really seem to be that you value "quality" as much as you think with these games, you just think people should have started ignoring the series with you 20 years ago.
balladofwindfishes
Member
That Pokemon based on home appliances is one of the most creative Pokemon in the series. It also opened doors to unique type combinations that would have been awkward to try and make a Pokemon for (like Grass/Electric)
This will be like the series?
we'll start with 151 pokemon, then we'll get others as time comes.
If you pitched this whole idea to me when I was a kid I would have bursted into a NO WAY THATS AWESOME mode instantly.
Thinking about it with my inner child like mind, it hopefully will be awesome.
we'll start with 151 pokemon, then we'll get others as time comes.
If you pitched this whole idea to me when I was a kid I would have bursted into a NO WAY THATS AWESOME mode instantly.
Thinking about it with my inner child like mind, it hopefully will be awesome.
IceDoesntHelp
Banned
151 Pokemon, fuck that noise.
torre_avenue
Banned
New York subway confirmed to have exclusive Pizza Rattata.
This sounds good, and it'll be fun to have a game that tracks steps and what not with a nice incentive. Only issue is how much battery this is going to drain if I keep the app on passively.
This sounds good, and it'll be fun to have a game that tracks steps and what not with a nice incentive. Only issue is how much battery this is going to drain if I keep the app on passively.
It's an electric ghost dude who gets into appliances to screw with people. Which is a fun and standard concept with ghosts, I don't get why people always get upset about Rotom's forms lol
R10Neymarfan
Member
There should have done different generations in each region. Since we are US/NA we should get generation five since that gen takes place in America. Likewise Europe would have Gen6 and 1. Japan gets 1,2 and 3
well not quite but majority of our Pokemon should be gen 5
Gen 5 is the only gen that comes close to gen 1 for quality of Pokemon designs. Each generation has great designs but 1 and 5 have the fewest number of bad designs.
Then there's everyone assuming Nintendo, who likes money and reusing old content, isn't going to eventually put the rest of them (or the best of the rest) in the game.
Then there's everyone assuming Nintendo, who likes money and reusing old content, isn't going to eventually put the rest of them (or the best of the rest) in the game.
Quoted for truth.
MaximumSpider
Banned
Reminds me of this.
Never thought I would see this on GAF
nephilimdj
Member
Honestly happy they went with OG rather then randomly picked pokemon, we have in other spinoff games.
Not sure why people get upset.
Not sure why people get upset.
Admiral Woofington
Member
pikachu libre > every other gen combined
MasterCheeze
Member
Welp, Snorlax is in so I won't complain.
1 and 2 are the only gens I give a fuck about at all, so whatever.
bye to the 4-5 of them. the vocal minority in the Pokemon fanbase are so fucking awful
I didn't say it in my old post but the gen I'd jump in would be 3. if they're adding Pokemon by the generation, I'd skip 1 and 2 and wait for 3.
A lot of people feel that way. That's why I think it'd be unwise to start off with Pokemon from the future gens. They tend to make people wince.
SomeRandomWeirdGuy
Member
ITT: "I only played the first gen or two until I "grew up", so obviously the entire rest of the series is shit"
The phenomenon of "genwunners" no matter the franchise never ceases to infuriate me. Pokemon, Digimon, Power Rangers, Transformers, you name it. Whenever they fell off the bandwagon is precisely the moment the series went to shit, coincidentally. And in Pokemon's case since you have a whole bunch of people that took part in it because of the early boom, you have a big subset of "Fans" that hate 80% of the series.
Gen 1 has some bad pokemon, it has some good pokemon, and it has some great pokemon, just like every Pokemon generation. It's just especially frustrating to those of us that didn't hop off the Pokemon train once it was no longer the "in" thing to see Nintendo/Game Freak/TPC cater and pander to a demographic that doesn't care about the majority of the series.
The phenomenon of "genwunners" no matter the franchise never ceases to infuriate me. Pokemon, Digimon, Power Rangers, Transformers, you name it. Whenever they fell off the bandwagon is precisely the moment the series went to shit, coincidentally. And in Pokemon's case since you have a whole bunch of people that took part in it because of the early boom, you have a big subset of "Fans" that hate 80% of the series.
Gen 1 has some bad pokemon, it has some good pokemon, and it has some great pokemon, just like every Pokemon generation. It's just especially frustrating to those of us that didn't hop off the Pokemon train once it was no longer the "in" thing to see Nintendo/Game Freak/TPC cater and pander to a demographic that doesn't care about the majority of the series.
MaximumSpider
Banned
So much truth in one post.