Pokemon: What's wrong and what it needs

[Mr Khan]

KylieDog said:
This thread inspired me to finish Pokemon Platinum (I last turned it off after the 8th Gym badge).


I suddenly remebered why I haven't been playing it.


HMs -


Seriously, there are too many and most of them suck balls in battle. This results in you having to carry HM mule pokemon about with you just to navigate the world. I managed to fit all HMs onto 2 pokemon but still, that is 2 slots I could have been leveling a proper team with.

I only have 4 (semi-) decent Pokemon and the rest all went into my box.


So yeah, HMs suck, make them an item the human character uses, not the pokemon. That or make them all really useful in battle.

I kinda liked the HMs this time. The only one that was wasted was Defog, the others were pretty useful. Rock Slide and Strength are decent, Rock Smash was what helped me beat the first gym leader (fighting beats rock, so my geodude cleaned up), Cut i find ideal for helping catch wild pokemon, and Surf, waterfall, and fly are divine. Quite glad they got rid of Flash, though.