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"Back To Pokémon?"

Should I go back to Pokémon?

Let's be honest, the first two games were amazing; building up strategies and making your beasts powerful was something created best by Nintendo. I honestly think I spent over have of my life on that game. Up until about getting my 12 Pokémon to its highest level I got sick of it.

But until then, the experience was great; getting my first monster to level 100, getting all 150 Pokémon and managing to get an official Mew all stand out as some of gamings greatest moments. Plus all the secret glitches like Missingno kept me playing.

But what really stopped me buying any more were the constant cash-ins with no meaning, around every corner there was a stupid little yellow freak annoying by repeating his name constantly.

Now it's the present day, and I looked at the Ruby and Sapphire games and thought: "This looks good" So, does this mean I should get it? Making your own house, choosing from 3 Pokémon (again, like it's some sort of tradition) and the apparent substance created within the games. The second Pokémon looked pathetic; like all the creations were forced upon the creators mind, not like the natural creatures that have been seen in the first games, and now, the third.

But, furthermore, I want more. It's easy to sit down and play on Pokémon Blue, training my monsters to the max, but where's the challenge? I need a new quest, I need to find new strategies, I need a new Pokémon. A new-old Pokémon. This is one of the hardest contemplations I've come across. The chance of destroying memories of a brilliant game or getting something new that boosts them and feeds my appetite once and for all.

What could make this even better is the four-player option. Strategies and element fighting would go up a level and it would test you to the max. I really, really like the look of it and it promises to be new and original.

There are still doubts though, spawning another series could make the series dig itself a deeper hole. So many things could fail. What's to say that there will be no inscentive whatsoever to complete the game? The first series had so many new faces wanting to be caught, plus the 3 birds and the elusive Mewtwo to be caught after beating the Elite Four was enough to keep me playing, I can tell you that! To play until you got all 150 Pokémon was another challenge that I - and many others_ faced up to and succeeded. I have no idea what the plot is and, alough some may argue, the plot is what kept me playing, because I had something to look forward to. Simply 'Find more Pokémon' won't do in this instance.

But there are many places where it could improve on the series. For one - secrets. Getting all of the Pokémon - for me - was good, but when I found out that no kind of secret was around the corner disappointed me. All I got was a dimploma. Whoop-de-doo. Also, more! The first adventure was huge, no doubt about it, but even after that I wanted more, it would be great see a bigger world, so months of gaming could be enjoyed.

So, I may only have screenshots and info to whet my appetite, but until I see something that makes me say: "Wow!" I'm not sure I'll get Pokémon. Here's to Pokémon, here's to battling, and here's to me getting it!

Thanks for reading

RiCkOsS

Yeah, Pokémon online would be great for trading and battling.

I got Gold when it was released, brilliant game, much better than the original.

And I got crystal later, which really does improve on it Gold/Silver.

Definately get Crystal, it's worth it.

And you only need to save up £28 for when Ruby/Sapphire are released.

I might get Sapphire or Ruby. It depends on what other games I want to get at that time. If it comes out in the same month as Zelda, or Metroid, then it'll have to wait.

Or, I might just leave getting it until the Special Edition - (Like Yellow and Crystal) - version comes out.

OK... i'll have to see how cheap I can get it. As for the changes, are these the same changes from Yellow?

Get Gold/Silver. Actually, get Chrystal (Gold/Silver + - the new equivilant of Yellow - not worth getting AS WELL as the other two but the best of the three).

And while you're playing it, your savings will rebuild and the UK release date of Ruby/Saphire will draw closer.

Besides, it should be reasonably cheap by now...

Ok, I may, but I can probably only afford either gold/silver or ruby/sapphire, not both, with that in mind, what do you think I should get?

Rickoss, get Gold or Silver.

I know you said that they looked pathetic, but I can tell you that you're wrong. They're everything that made the original great + more.
Also, you'll find some great new TM's that your Level 100 teams are imcomplete without.

It's great fun catching them all again and new new Pokémon seem weird at first, but they do fit in as you get to know the world in which they're in.

Having said that, if you know the original island (from Blue/Red) as well as I did, you won't like some of the changes that's happened over the 3 years since the first one was set...

Cinnabar Island...
Pokémon Safari...
Mewtwo's cave...


No I won't tell you what's happened.
You'll have to get the game and see for yourself!!!

That's whole lotta money!

Does anyone know if either games have come out in Jap/USA? Also, any Uk reviews of these versions?

Cheers

Yeah well you'll have to deal with 386 poke'mon now!

But at least you can get Mewtwo, Celebi and Mew in the game itself (I hope!)

You can't tranfer your fav monsters from Gold and Silver, that's a real shame.