I'm not excited about Pokémon Black & White. Who else isn't?

[Kenryoku_Maxis]

nordlead said:

Kenryoku_Maxis said:
I'm not excited, but for two reasons. One, because most of the changes look cosmetic and not related to any gameplay at all. But that's what has been done to most Pokemon game aside from adding things such as Breeding, 2 on 2 battles and 'types' to moves. When it comes down to it, Pokemon is a series that evolves so slowly, it takes 10 years just to add new content. And even then, it doesn't seem to change the gameplay unless you play Pokemon 'hardcore'.

The second reason I'm not interested is because they seem to just be releasing a main Pokemon game once a year now. What's the point in spending the 60+ hours to go through the main story, then start building up your team and get it 'competitive worthy' only for them to announce yet another Pokemon game coming out 6 months down the road. It makes you feel like you were just playing a game for nothing. Like playing an MMORPG only to hear them say an expansion was coming and you'll have to roll back all your characters stats.

uhh...

correct me if I'm wrong but (following Japanese dates)

96 - Red/Blue/Green
98 - Yellow
99 - Gold / Silver
00 - Crystal
02 - Ruby / Saphire
04 - Fire Red / Leaf Green (remake)
04 - Emerald
06 - Diamond / Pearl
08 - Platinum
09 - Heart Gold / Soul Silver (remake)
10 - Black / White

Including remakes, they have been putting out ~1 game/year for a while. If you don't include remakes, then it comes closer to every 2 years. Also, new generations were originally 3 years apart, and now they are 4 years apart. Complaining that they are making too many games now just seems stupid considering how long they've been making them and how many they've put out the door already.

@topic

I'm not really excited for the games, but then again I'm in the middle of one now and I'll see if I want more pokemon or not when the game releases. So far I'm really happy with my purchase due to the fun level and also due to the playtime per dollar. While trying to cut back on videogame spending this game has been great.

Well first of all, we got a much more staggard release fo the Pokemon games outside of Japan.  And that's why it doesn't feel like its year on year, aside from the latest games.  Heck, we use to get Pokemon titles 1-2 years later than Japan.  Now its much closer.

But just compare all the games now.  Games like Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald and Leaf Green/Fire Red arguably added more to the series than all of the games this gen.  And I think that's why a lot of people are losing interest.  The major 'draw' for Pokemon this gen was the online content and stuff like 'Poketech'...while the only major gameplay changes were on games like Ruby/Sapphire and Leaf/Fire actually added new content to the gameplay (what little it was) such as 2vs2 battles, barries and contests, more new moves, etc.  The only thing they've done this gen to the core gameplay is restructure the way moves are labeled (and their effects) and change certain Pokemons move pools...and that actually made certain Pokemon even more overpowered.