BEFORE I START THIS: NO FLAMING!!! EVERYTHING I SAY IS MY OWN OPINION AND IF YOU THINK OTHERWISE, THAT'S FINE. JUST DON'T CALL ME GAY OR WHATEVER FOR WHAT I THINK.
So I bought SoulSilver on Saturday and have been playing it for about ten hours now (I don't play that much).
And I must say I really liked it. First of all because it's Johto and Johto is awesome (Explained later), second because of the new additions (some of 'em, not all).
The Pokéathlon is fun to play once, but I can't see myself actually spending more than an hour on this.
Also the Voltorb flip game is amusing and kept me hooked for a while, but I would've preferred the slots.
Also WHY change Tin Tower to Bell Tower? Not that I don't like the game, but they might as well have kept to the original name.
Gotta love the Battle Frontier and the new Safari Zone though.
Another thing I thought was really funny is that Falkner beat me on my first try (which never happened to me in the original games), while I run over Whitney on my first try. I beat her Clefairy with my lvl 20 Quilava, her Miltank deafeats my Quilava, I send out Hoothoot which gets defeated by a first-turn rollout, I send out my Onix and pwn Miltank with headbutt. It was kool ()
So now why I find Johto so awesome. For this, I will compare Johto to other regions and compare what was intoduced in those regions (counting the remakes as separate games).
1st Gen (R/B/Y)
New things: Everything, this was the basis of Pokémon.
Pros: Nice high levels, epic bad guys.
Cons: Hideous sprites.
2nd Gen (G/S/C)
New things: 100 new Pokémon, Breeding, Bug Catching Constest, Two regions to visit, day/night system, Radio, Trainer Rematches, Hold items, lots of new moves that are still used often nowadays, roaming Pokémon, swarms, berries, new ways of evolving, trainers that actually have names, shiny pokemon, happiness (for all pokemon instead of just Pikachu in Yellow) moving sprites (Crystal only)0 etc. You get the idea, these are the most innovative games in the series, and the best IMO
Pros: Awesome music, awesome characters, awesome pokémon, awesome sprites, awesome region, awesome backstory, awesome games
Cons: Low-leveledness, too many Kanto Pokémon in Johto and too many Johto Pokémon in Kanto.
3rd gen (R/S/E)
New things: Definitive berry names, Town map in trainer device instead of being a seperate item, 130-something new pokemon, effort values, trick room, two different bicycles.
Pros:They were the new Pokemon games back then I guess.
Cons:Bad music, horrible pokemon design, Hoenn had too much water, characters were stupid, these are the worst pokemon games IMO.
1st gen remakes (FR/LG)
New things: Sevii islands, trainer tower.
Pros: Nostalgia
Cons: We've played this before, Sevii islands were kinda boring. And they remixed the awesome 1st gen music into abominations that sounded just like Hoenn's music.
4th gen (D/P/Pt)
New things: Underground, couple of new pokemon, wifi, a pretty awesome team of bad guys, pokeradar, reintroduction of the day/night system.
Pros: Cool region with cool legends, pretty long adventure, cool bad guys, lots of Johto references.
Cons: New Pokémon are generally meh, surfing at walking speed (D/P only), slow battles (D/P only)
2nd gen remakes (HG/SS)
New things: Pokeathlon, customisable safari zone, Gym leader rematches over and over again.
Pros: Nostalgia, everything the original games had.
Cons: Almost none, since they basically fixed everything I found bad in the original games. But some of the names are really bad.
Discuss, fellow tempers!
So I bought SoulSilver on Saturday and have been playing it for about ten hours now (I don't play that much).
And I must say I really liked it. First of all because it's Johto and Johto is awesome (Explained later), second because of the new additions (some of 'em, not all).
The Pokéathlon is fun to play once, but I can't see myself actually spending more than an hour on this.
Also the Voltorb flip game is amusing and kept me hooked for a while, but I would've preferred the slots.
Also WHY change Tin Tower to Bell Tower? Not that I don't like the game, but they might as well have kept to the original name.
Gotta love the Battle Frontier and the new Safari Zone though.
Another thing I thought was really funny is that Falkner beat me on my first try (which never happened to me in the original games), while I run over Whitney on my first try. I beat her Clefairy with my lvl 20 Quilava, her Miltank deafeats my Quilava, I send out Hoothoot which gets defeated by a first-turn rollout, I send out my Onix and pwn Miltank with headbutt. It was kool ()
So now why I find Johto so awesome. For this, I will compare Johto to other regions and compare what was intoduced in those regions (counting the remakes as separate games).
1st Gen (R/B/Y)
New things: Everything, this was the basis of Pokémon.
Pros: Nice high levels, epic bad guys.
Cons: Hideous sprites.
2nd Gen (G/S/C)
New things: 100 new Pokémon, Breeding, Bug Catching Constest, Two regions to visit, day/night system, Radio, Trainer Rematches, Hold items, lots of new moves that are still used often nowadays, roaming Pokémon, swarms, berries, new ways of evolving, trainers that actually have names, shiny pokemon, happiness (for all pokemon instead of just Pikachu in Yellow) moving sprites (Crystal only)0 etc. You get the idea, these are the most innovative games in the series, and the best IMO
Pros: Awesome music, awesome characters, awesome pokémon, awesome sprites, awesome region, awesome backstory, awesome games
Cons: Low-leveledness, too many Kanto Pokémon in Johto and too many Johto Pokémon in Kanto.
3rd gen (R/S/E)
New things: Definitive berry names, Town map in trainer device instead of being a seperate item, 130-something new pokemon, effort values, trick room, two different bicycles.
Pros:They were the new Pokemon games back then I guess.
Cons:Bad music, horrible pokemon design, Hoenn had too much water, characters were stupid, these are the worst pokemon games IMO.
1st gen remakes (FR/LG)
New things: Sevii islands, trainer tower.
Pros: Nostalgia
Cons: We've played this before, Sevii islands were kinda boring. And they remixed the awesome 1st gen music into abominations that sounded just like Hoenn's music.
4th gen (D/P/Pt)
New things: Underground, couple of new pokemon, wifi, a pretty awesome team of bad guys, pokeradar, reintroduction of the day/night system.
Pros: Cool region with cool legends, pretty long adventure, cool bad guys, lots of Johto references.
Cons: New Pokémon are generally meh, surfing at walking speed (D/P only), slow battles (D/P only)
2nd gen remakes (HG/SS)
New things: Pokeathlon, customisable safari zone, Gym leader rematches over and over again.
Pros: Nostalgia, everything the original games had.
Cons: Almost none, since they basically fixed everything I found bad in the original games. But some of the names are really bad.
Discuss, fellow tempers!