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Squilliam said:
But isn't a game like pokemon essentially identical between itterations besides a minor story rewrite?

 

 Who told you that?!



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But....but... the ps3, the cell powah, thy blu rayzzzzzzz..... Ps3 has no competition, thus is in first place... can't u see????? Ps3 4 eveRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR >.>



Squilliam said:
But isn't a game like pokemon essentially identical between itterations besides a minor story rewrite?

They have improved the gameplay incrementally and expanded the roster. That's essentially it aside from tech advances like graphics and internet play.

I've bought them up until now, but I won't buy the next one unless it's a rethink of the game. Although, I said that before Diamond/Pearl...



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Demotruk said:
Squilliam said:
But isn't a game like pokemon essentially identical between itterations besides a minor story rewrite?

They have improved the gameplay incrementally and expanded the roster. That's essentially it aside from tech advances like graphics and internet play.

I've bought them up until now, but I won't buy the next one unless it's a rethink of the game. Although, I said that before Diamond/Pearl...

 

 Buying a Pokemon game for the single player is like playing Halo solely for the campaign.  In short, Diamond and Pearl is all about the Wi-Fi Battling.



Pixel Art can be fun.

Well no, Pokemon is actually designed to be appealing for a variety of reasons, it created a big tent that allowed it to be such a cultural phenomenon. I bought Pokemon Pearl for that reason as you said, but I also bought it for the challenge of collecting everything etc.

The next one will have to be a serious rethink for me though. Go back to the basic principles: collecting, trading, training and battling, and work from there. It doesn't need to follow the same formula as long as they keep the principles that made pokemon good.



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I think they're being a little to hard on Sony and MS. The 360 and PS3 really are doing much better than the Xbox and GC were. And Nintendo has never had a competing handheld perform as well as the PSP.



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Demotruk said:
Squilliam said:
But isn't a game like pokemon essentially identical between itterations besides a minor story rewrite?

They have improved the gameplay incrementally and expanded the roster. That's essentially it aside from tech advances like graphics and internet play.

I've bought them up until now, but I won't buy the next one unless it's a rethink of the game. Although, I said that before Diamond/Pearl...

I played Blue/Red and they I played Yellow and it was essentially the same game! I was wondering if the later ones actually have any differences?

 



Tease.

Nintendo: BBC has no rivals



The features in Pokemon have evolved a lot more than the story, which is cut and paste every single game.



Squilliam said:
Demotruk said:
Squilliam said:
But isn't a game like pokemon essentially identical between itterations besides a minor story rewrite?

They have improved the gameplay incrementally and expanded the roster. That's essentially it aside from tech advances like graphics and internet play.

I've bought them up until now, but I won't buy the next one unless it's a rethink of the game. Although, I said that before Diamond/Pearl...

I played Blue/Red and they I played Yellow and it was essentially the same game! I was wondering if the later ones actually have any differences?

 

Yellow was more or less a special edition of Red/Blue to put focus on Pikachu and characters for the cartoon.

Typically Pokemon games come in a pair with each new handheld with a third speical version released after the first two.

Red/Blue/Green/Yellow are all essentially the same game, with a few different pokemon and Yellow with special features. Gold/Silver/Crystal were a different game, in a different location, with new Pokemon, types, moves, rules, etc.