The formula for a pokemon games should just not work.
Catch pokemon, train pokemon , fight trainer.
Especially considering the last 2 in that sequence are usually completed by continually pressing A and then walking back and fourth to a poke centre.
I can only put the insane popularity of the games down to some kind of witch magic.
Today I added my 30th hour to SoulSilver...
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Pokemon shouldn't work.
The formula for a pokemon games should just not work.
Catch pokemon, train pokemon , fight trainer.
Especially considering the last 2 in that sequence are usually completed by continually pressing A and then walking back and fourth to a poke centre.
I can only put the insane popularity of the games down to some kind of witch magic.
Today I added my 30th hour to SoulSilver...
Well considering how incredibly popular the games are, pretty sure the formula works.
Oh yeah and welcome to GB.
It shouldn't but it does...and I still hope for better, but it'll never come, yet I'll still succumb to the urge to catch em....catch em all.
" It shouldn't but it does...and I still hope for better, but it'll never come, yet I'll still succumb to the urge to catch em....catch em all. "Well didn't they say there going to finally revamp the system with Black/White?
Catching pokemon is worse than getting achievements. Ohhh I want that one. Wait I NEED that one, etc.
Yeah that's true. You take a 30 second gamble on entering a random encounter just because there's a possibility something rare comes along. 30 seconds seems worth the chance, hence why you do it again and again maybe for even 15/20 minutes at a time.
I think its funny just to think of how many hours gameplay a person who has collected all pokemon must have spent shuffling their little character about in the grass.
" @DuhQbnSiLo: Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum was supposed to have revamped parts of the system but it didn't. it just slightly expanded on everything. (Poketch is nothing new except for it's touch screen functionalty, it's basically Pokegear but with "apps") "Pretty much but Pokemon was always been for little kids, 1st Gen fans will never get what we want. Thats why they have made new pokemon and forgotten about the old generation.
Erm, honestly there is a lot more to do in the games than what your original post suggests. Catching, training, and battling trainers is just a small part of it. For example one of my favorite aspects of the games since Gold/Silver has been exploring. There are a lot of nooks and crannies that serve no purpose other than to see what's there or maybe some small hold item or something of the like. Saying it's all about fighting/catching/training is generalizing way to much.
" @Scarlet_Rogue said:they did fire red/ leaf green on GBA though?" @DuhQbnSiLo: Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum was supposed to have revamped parts of the system but it didn't. it just slightly expanded on everything. (Poketch is nothing new except for it's touch screen functionalty, it's basically Pokegear but with "apps") "Pretty much but Pokemon was always been for little kids, 1st Gen fans will never get what we want. Thats why they have made new pokemon and forgotten about the old generation. "
I wouldn't call catching training and battling a 'small' part of Pokemon, its the main concept of the game. Sure there's exploring and items to find aside from the main path through the game, but I just find it interesting how such a simple concept can be so addictive even without those elements.
" @DuhQbnSiLo said:that was back when we were older but not too old, by now, were so far off nintendo's radar its not even beeping." @Scarlet_Rogue said:they did fire red/ leaf green on GBA though? "" @DuhQbnSiLo: Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum was supposed to have revamped parts of the system but it didn't. it just slightly expanded on everything. (Poketch is nothing new except for it's touch screen functionalty, it's basically Pokegear but with "apps") "Pretty much but Pokemon was always been for little kids, 1st Gen fans will never get what we want. Thats why they have made new pokemon and forgotten about the old generation. "
Yeah sure It isn't the only part. What my post is trying to say is that formula is the core of the game and a game based on what seems so boring just shouldnt work. Your point about it being all the other small adventure and collection parts to the game which help make it so addictive is probably very true though. I guess that helps to separate out the grind.
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