Pokemon Black and White

[Archem]

This conversation is stupid. You guys are stupid for having it. Stop it.

[Valiere]

Wow, thanks for enlightening me about how stupid this discussion about racism in Pokemon is, Archem. This is clearly the most inane and meaningless debate that has ever occurred on All of All.

[Prpl_Mage]

I always saw Jynx as an opera singer or something while mr.mime was a mime.

The design of Jynx always reminded me of all these opera / valkyre caricatures that one could see in shows back in the days the moment they showed what was on the stage. Odd skirt and armour with boobs, broad body and fair hair.

well what do you know. The opera I was thinking about is called Valkyria.

[Archem]

Wow, thanks for enlightening me about how stupid this discussion about racism in Pokemon is, Archem. This is clearly the most inane and meaningless debate that has ever occurred on All of All.

I saw that I needed to point it out, since everyone is still going on about it.

[Valiere]

Jynx resembles an opera singer to me, too. You could make a lot of arguments as to what she is...Bulbapedia suggests that she could be some sort of Japanese spirit or, since an episode showed Jynxes as Santa's helpers, she could be based on "Black Peter" -- although Black Peter is still pretty racist. Nintendo hasn't exactly been forthcoming about Jynx's origins.

[Cerebus]

People get offended over nothing, really. Just pointing that out.
On a semi-related note, I've just kicked the third gym leader's arse in HeartGold with Mew. I love Mew.
However, I hate the Voltorb Card game thingy in Goldenrod.

[Archem]

I enjoy the game, but the fact that I've collected a grand total of eight coins makes it horrible. I can't buy coins, I can't earn more than a handful on my best game, I still need to pay out the nose for prizes, the end result is kind of horrid.

[Cerebus]

I've got about 150... which isn't even enough for the cheapest prize; Abra, costing 200 coins. God damn Dratini costs 2,100 or something... though maybe there is an alternative for getting one, I'd have to check. For me, it's usually "Alright, the Voltorb is either there, or there... *flip* -Voltorb, you lose-"
Is this really the only way to get coins?

[SaiKar]

The game's not hard. When I was obsessing over HeartGold, I would trade people the 10k TMs for rare trades.

Hint: play the easiest odds first. If you get a voltorb, you fall levels depending on how many cards you've flipped. So if you're on level 4, and you get an orb first card, you fall all the way to 1, but if you've flipped 4, you don't fall any levels at all.

I played the hell out of that game. It's fun for 15-20 min or so. I can usually get at least 5k coins in that time period.

[Archem]

Jesus, how? I couldn't get more than 10 or so in one sitting, and then I'd start losing.

[coasterkrazy]

All I can say regarding the Jynx debate is OVERREACTION. Besides the fact that the whole complaint is excessively whiny to begin with, it's ignorant of all the positive aspects of Jynx, who is a rather well-respected Pokémon. It's not like she's a Bidoof or something.

Anyway, as far as the coin game is concerned, I haven't played the one in Black and White yet, despite being far into the post-game. It doesn't sound fun, though. I've avoided the game corners more and more as the generations have passed.

[Valiere]

"Excessively whiny"...please. Just don't. I'm getting close to bursting into a rant about how all you white boys don't have a right to decide whether or not it's okay to complain about perceived sexism or racism.

ANYWAY, I quite liked Voltorb Flip, even if it does gradually become more luck-based as the level progresses.

[SaiKar]

Us white boys are a little tired of every minority on the planet making as big of a deal as possible about every honest mistake or good-faith joke. It's okay to trumpet feminism or black heritage, but God help us if we show the slightest bit of pride in being a guy. And being okay with being white is a downright hate crime.

That’s alls I’m going to say about that.

Voltorb Flip is back, cool. And how is Voltorb Flip worse than the slot machines in the originals? Those were totally luck based and slow to boot. I had to buy coins to get a freaking Porygon in the original Red. At higher levels in Voltorb Flip you can make 500+ coins in a single game. Yes, there are elements of luck and you’ll blow up a lot, but by playing the odds you'll eventually win and win big.

I never understood how Voltorb Flip was added in response to complaints about gambling. It’s MUCH more of a gambling game than the “pull a lever and the game tells you that you did not win” slot machines.

[Robotam Plus]

Is there a game corner in B/W? I've beat the game and played for 100+ hours, how could I have missed it?

[Prpl_Mage]

I love voltorb flip, too bad there was no other way to get coins in HG/SS though. I thought that atleast the Celadon game stor would have the cash in and the slots.