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Why is it that Pokémon is one of those games you either love or hate? Many people criticise the games thinking that they're only for young children, whereas you see thirty-year-olds heading for all the competitions and public meetings. So what reasons are there for this?
Here's a chart full of probable reasons for and against the Pokémon games (for Game Boy):
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Innovative games ..............|...... "childish"
Brilliant Gameplay ............|...... "Babyish"
Excellent battle system .......|...... "Kiddies game"
Good use of Link Cables .......|...... "Too cutesy"
Good puzzle and adventure syst-|...... "For tots"
em ............. ..............|......
Well as you can see, the comments given by people on the right show that most people criticising the games have no idea what they're like, having only seen the cartoons, movies and the toys that are in most toy shops at the moment.
I admit the games aren't perfect, seen as the originals could have been made graphically better (Gold and Silver proved that) and they could have been longer games.
Notice I didn't include the N64 games. Although they are in 3D, they're not as good as the Game Boy and Game Boy Color games. Pokémon Stadium is basically a fighting arena game, a bit like a turn-based Street Fighter, which just features the same stuff all the way through, and the Pokémon Snap game may as well be made into one of those cheap Disney rides you get in the slow rides areas. The game looks good, but isn't much to play.
Pokémon Puzzle League is a lot better mind, featuring a 3D version of Tetris Attack from the SNES, it gives fun and action with a bit more speed and variety on the N64, allowing people to relive the SNES era for a little while longer. Though it wasn't technologically ground breaking to say the least, meaning it would have probably done better on a Sony license on the original Playstation.
The main concern about Pokémon is the fact that young children are getting bored, and us gamers are getting fed up of waiting for the new games to arrive. It's been ages since a new Pokémon game hit the she;ves and that is what is causing some previous Pokémon videogame fans to revolt against it.
I reckon Nintendo will get back the publicity in the future though, as long as they create a brand new Pokémon adventure, preferably in 3D on the GameCube. We don't want a Pokémon Stadium 3, though I wouldn't mind the opportunity to use my future Game Boy Advance trained Pokémon. We want an action/RPG with the turn based battling, a bit like Skies of Arcadia with a bit more freedom of movement. This would certainly make Pokémon as successful as it once was.
Pokémon fans don't want more electronic organisers, soft toys, movies, another TV series, or even the Pokémon Mini! We want brand new adventures on our consoles, and to have just as much fun as we did a few years ago when Pokémon Red and Blue first hit UK shelves.
Here's a chart full of probable reasons for and against the Pokémon games (for Game Boy):
************** for ************|****** against *********
Innovative games ..............|...... "childish"
Brilliant Gameplay ............|...... "Babyish"
Excellent battle system .......|...... "Kiddies game"
Good use of Link Cables .......|...... "Too cutesy"
Good puzzle and adventure syst-|...... "For tots"
em ............. ..............|......
Well as you can see, the comments given by people on the right show that most people criticising the games have no idea what they're like, having only seen the cartoons, movies and the toys that are in most toy shops at the moment.
I admit the games aren't perfect, seen as the originals could have been made graphically better (Gold and Silver proved that) and they could have been longer games.
Notice I didn't include the N64 games. Although they are in 3D, they're not as good as the Game Boy and Game Boy Color games. Pokémon Stadium is basically a fighting arena game, a bit like a turn-based Street Fighter, which just features the same stuff all the way through, and the Pokémon Snap game may as well be made into one of those cheap Disney rides you get in the slow rides areas. The game looks good, but isn't much to play.
Pokémon Puzzle League is a lot better mind, featuring a 3D version of Tetris Attack from the SNES, it gives fun and action with a bit more speed and variety on the N64, allowing people to relive the SNES era for a little while longer. Though it wasn't technologically ground breaking to say the least, meaning it would have probably done better on a Sony license on the original Playstation.
The main concern about Pokémon is the fact that young children are getting bored, and us gamers are getting fed up of waiting for the new games to arrive. It's been ages since a new Pokémon game hit the she;ves and that is what is causing some previous Pokémon videogame fans to revolt against it.
I reckon Nintendo will get back the publicity in the future though, as long as they create a brand new Pokémon adventure, preferably in 3D on the GameCube. We don't want a Pokémon Stadium 3, though I wouldn't mind the opportunity to use my future Game Boy Advance trained Pokémon. We want an action/RPG with the turn based battling, a bit like Skies of Arcadia with a bit more freedom of movement. This would certainly make Pokémon as successful as it once was.
Pokémon fans don't want more electronic organisers, soft toys, movies, another TV series, or even the Pokémon Mini! We want brand new adventures on our consoles, and to have just as much fun as we did a few years ago when Pokémon Red and Blue first hit UK shelves.
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Edgy wrote:
> ok, that table kinda didn't go to plan....but you get the idea.
That's shoddy workmanship, that is. You just can't get the staff these days....
As for the Pokémon games.....well, I've kinda gone off them recently. In fact, I ain't played them for God knows how long. But they're still great games, even though I won't be playing them for a while due to me purchasing Ecks vs Sever today. It's just that with the GBA having shown us what new things the handheld market is going to be churning out, the Pokémon games just seem somewhat lacking at the moment.
> ok, that table kinda didn't go to plan....but you get the idea.
That's shoddy workmanship, that is. You just can't get the staff these days....
As for the Pokémon games.....well, I've kinda gone off them recently. In fact, I ain't played them for God knows how long. But they're still great games, even though I won't be playing them for a while due to me purchasing Ecks vs Sever today. It's just that with the GBA having shown us what new things the handheld market is going to be churning out, the Pokémon games just seem somewhat lacking at the moment.
ok, that table kinda didn't go to plan....but you get the idea.
Why is it that Pokémon is one of those games you either love or hate? Many people criticise the games thinking that they're only for young children, whereas you see thirty-year-olds heading for all the competitions and public meetings. So what reasons are there for this?
Here's a chart full of probable reasons for and against the Pokémon games (for Game Boy):
************** for ************|****** against *********
Innovative games ..............|...... "childish"
Brilliant Gameplay ............|...... "Babyish"
Excellent battle system .......|...... "Kiddies game"
Good use of Link Cables .......|...... "Too cutesy"
Good puzzle and adventure syst-|...... "For tots"
em ............. ..............|......
Well as you can see, the comments given by people on the right show that most people criticising the games have no idea what they're like, having only seen the cartoons, movies and the toys that are in most toy shops at the moment.
I admit the games aren't perfect, seen as the originals could have been made graphically better (Gold and Silver proved that) and they could have been longer games.
Notice I didn't include the N64 games. Although they are in 3D, they're not as good as the Game Boy and Game Boy Color games. Pokémon Stadium is basically a fighting arena game, a bit like a turn-based Street Fighter, which just features the same stuff all the way through, and the Pokémon Snap game may as well be made into one of those cheap Disney rides you get in the slow rides areas. The game looks good, but isn't much to play.
Pokémon Puzzle League is a lot better mind, featuring a 3D version of Tetris Attack from the SNES, it gives fun and action with a bit more speed and variety on the N64, allowing people to relive the SNES era for a little while longer. Though it wasn't technologically ground breaking to say the least, meaning it would have probably done better on a Sony license on the original Playstation.
The main concern about Pokémon is the fact that young children are getting bored, and us gamers are getting fed up of waiting for the new games to arrive. It's been ages since a new Pokémon game hit the she;ves and that is what is causing some previous Pokémon videogame fans to revolt against it.
I reckon Nintendo will get back the publicity in the future though, as long as they create a brand new Pokémon adventure, preferably in 3D on the GameCube. We don't want a Pokémon Stadium 3, though I wouldn't mind the opportunity to use my future Game Boy Advance trained Pokémon. We want an action/RPG with the turn based battling, a bit like Skies of Arcadia with a bit more freedom of movement. This would certainly make Pokémon as successful as it once was.
Pokémon fans don't want more electronic organisers, soft toys, movies, another TV series, or even the Pokémon Mini! We want brand new adventures on our consoles, and to have just as much fun as we did a few years ago when Pokémon Red and Blue first hit UK shelves.
Here's a chart full of probable reasons for and against the Pokémon games (for Game Boy):
************** for ************|****** against *********
Innovative games ..............|...... "childish"
Brilliant Gameplay ............|...... "Babyish"
Excellent battle system .......|...... "Kiddies game"
Good use of Link Cables .......|...... "Too cutesy"
Good puzzle and adventure syst-|...... "For tots"
em ............. ..............|......
Well as you can see, the comments given by people on the right show that most people criticising the games have no idea what they're like, having only seen the cartoons, movies and the toys that are in most toy shops at the moment.
I admit the games aren't perfect, seen as the originals could have been made graphically better (Gold and Silver proved that) and they could have been longer games.
Notice I didn't include the N64 games. Although they are in 3D, they're not as good as the Game Boy and Game Boy Color games. Pokémon Stadium is basically a fighting arena game, a bit like a turn-based Street Fighter, which just features the same stuff all the way through, and the Pokémon Snap game may as well be made into one of those cheap Disney rides you get in the slow rides areas. The game looks good, but isn't much to play.
Pokémon Puzzle League is a lot better mind, featuring a 3D version of Tetris Attack from the SNES, it gives fun and action with a bit more speed and variety on the N64, allowing people to relive the SNES era for a little while longer. Though it wasn't technologically ground breaking to say the least, meaning it would have probably done better on a Sony license on the original Playstation.
The main concern about Pokémon is the fact that young children are getting bored, and us gamers are getting fed up of waiting for the new games to arrive. It's been ages since a new Pokémon game hit the she;ves and that is what is causing some previous Pokémon videogame fans to revolt against it.
I reckon Nintendo will get back the publicity in the future though, as long as they create a brand new Pokémon adventure, preferably in 3D on the GameCube. We don't want a Pokémon Stadium 3, though I wouldn't mind the opportunity to use my future Game Boy Advance trained Pokémon. We want an action/RPG with the turn based battling, a bit like Skies of Arcadia with a bit more freedom of movement. This would certainly make Pokémon as successful as it once was.
Pokémon fans don't want more electronic organisers, soft toys, movies, another TV series, or even the Pokémon Mini! We want brand new adventures on our consoles, and to have just as much fun as we did a few years ago when Pokémon Red and Blue first hit UK shelves.
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