Pokémon Live!... Turned to G/S remakes thread.

[A Forgotten Legend]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7llT8IgHkr4

There.

[Uberpwn_w00t]

To be completely honest, that has to be one of the most ridiculous things I have ever seen.

[A Forgotten Legend]

Much better to listen to than watch.

[Uberpwn_w00t]

I would imagine.

[Shady Ultima]

GIANT PIKACHU ATTACKS

[fruckert]

...that made me visibly cringe...

[Archem]

I know what you mean. I can't get my face to go back to normal!

[Shady Ultima]

Hey, so Pokemon Heart Gold/Soul Silver are coming out. I haven't bought a pokemon game since the original G/S/C and I think I'll get them before then, because even at 22, I'm loving Pokemon again for some reason.

[Archem]

Yeah, I know what you mean. I skipped the GBA generation (didn't really have a GBA for very long... Long story), but I've played every other generation (even the rebirth of Gen. I), so I'm really looking forward to this. Gold was my favorite one, by far.

Since I missed a generation, though, I'm finding Pearl to be quite difficult. Still haven't done everything because of how ridiculously underleveled I am.

[Shady Ultima]

I'm playing Sapphire right now, and I'm actually having a hard time. I didn't buy it, in fact, I found it in a laundromat I worked at, in a lint filter! But I decided to play it, and it's great, but it's HARD!

I'm gonna get Ruby/Emerald so I can get all of the pokemon, and then Pearl/Diamond/Platinum, and Fire Red/ Leaf Green.

I'm still waiting on Nintendo to put out a massive Pokemon game with Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, P/D/P's world and the orange Islands that they put in the show waaaayyy back before G/S came out and never referenced in the game.

Imagine that, 48 gyms, 4/5 elite fours, and when you've defeated all the elite fours, they could have like... the ULTIMATE elite 4, the champs from the previous game, Red, Gold, Ruby and Diamond's heroes.

That's just my dream. There's sooo much they could do if they did something like that. You could choose what nation to start in, and you choose from that nation's starters (so if you choose Kanto, you start with Charmander, Squirtle or Bulbasaur, etc)

[Archem]

Yeah, we've all been dreaming of that for years.

But it'll never fit on a portable game cart...

[Shady Ultima]

True, maybe Wii or something? Just keep the graphics simple.

[Archem]

But the games lose their charm a bit when you take away the portable aspect of it. Plus, trading is made a bit more cumbersome. Really, a console Pokémon game that's not mini-games/stadiums/etc. loses a lot of what makes the games fun.

...Not that it wouldn't be fun. It would just be a bit more difficult to pull off. Perhaps one that focused less on capturing and more on a traditional RPG party system?




No, that's boring.

[Shady Ultima]

They could make a seperate game for each continent, with a carry over effect.

Meaning, say I buy Pokemon in Kanto, I'd start with Charmander, and once I've beated the elite four, I can buy Johto and continue from there.
Of course the major problem is that your pokemon would be extremely overpowered. But you'd send your character and all pokemon and stats into Johto.

But if I buy Johto first I could start with Totodile and play the Johto world, beat the elite four and then buy Kanto (or hoenn, or w/e)

[Archem]

Or, perhaps, something else. Perhaps your Pokédex carries over, your Pokémon carry over in their earliest attained form (with stat boosts and EXP bonuses, possibly special items), and have the available Pokémon evenly divided between the areas. That way, you'll only get a small amount to discover per game, but almost all  of the existing Pokémon (promotional Pokémon obviously exempt) will be available if you have all the titles. Something to muse on. Perhaps, instead, there are new rules on gym battles. Level caps, move restrictions, etc. to keep things interesting. That could do away with the fear of being over-leveled.

It could work similarly to the GBC Zelda games, where after you beat the game, you receive a code (or something similar) that transfers your stats over into the next game, and unlocks secrets not normally available (like speech options, character events, Pokémon encounters, areas, items, the works). This is starting to sound really cool. Someone get on the phone with Nintendo and start pitching this idea!