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otherwise Pokémon Advance (and "Pokémon Stadium Cube" or whatever) will indeed be the last of the Pokémon games.

Pokemon was always basic. It didn't have extremly complictated puzzles or anything of that kind, but it attracted people because of it's playability and the fact you were absorbed into the game almost immediatly definately helped.

Maybe Nintendo still wish to keep the emphasis on the gameplay and not the graphics, in which case I'm sure the game will be amazing - well they might make up for it that way. Whatever happens the game will still fly off the shelves, but people may turn towards the golden sun sequel instead.

Part of the problem is that _many_ people have been put off by seeing those pre-release screenshots. People don't want to play a Pokémon game on GBA that has the appearance that it could just as easily have been a GB offering. It actually can't; there's a limit of 256 Pokémon using the GB's 8-bit system; the GBA's 32-bit system expands on this. But that detail would be too subtle.

Still, they will need to do something to draw in newcomers, otherwise Pokémon Advance (and "Pokémon Stadium Cube" or whatever) will indeed be the last of the Pokémon games.

I agree to alot of what you sed but, the overall gaming community do look mainly at gameplay, although the visual asthetics of games tend to obscure there vison as to wether or not the game is actually s##t.In the case of Pokémon Advance, the game itself looks like an extreamly old boot which has been polished for the last time. But the people who enjoyed the first games will, quite obviosly , have a blast on the new game...just like I will as soon as I purchase it.


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I know it's not right to judge a game's gameplay based on its graphics, but people will anyway. A lot of games of late have really become a matter of style over substance (like the PS Final Fantasy games), but Golden Sun has really raised the benchmark by providing stunning sound & graphics, while keeping a gripping storyline, believable characters, and great gameplay.

The other problem with the new Pokémon is the "quality" (or lack thereof) of the new monsters. I mean, a Wobbuffet (ｿ－ﾅﾝｽ) was bad enough, but do we really want a baby Wobbuffet (ｿｰﾅﾉ) now also (as shown on the right-hand graphic)?

I think the people are right about the "improved" graphics, but just judging a game by that, i think, is wrong. What you should take in to consideration aswell are things like the gameplay, the lastability of the games and the options. With the fact that it is Pokémon we're talking about here then I think that it will be a relitivley popular game,as all of the ogther games have proved on many occasions!!! The fight scenes looking better and also the option of playing as a girl or boy(like in crystle) are the things I believe will be looking for!!!




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Defective_brain wrote:
> Where can I see some screen shots of Pokémon Advance on the
> internet. This debate seems to be very interesting, but I would like

There are some screenshots in SR's news article on Pokémon Advance:
http://special.reserve.co.uk/news/story.php?id=1674

As far as I can tell, these are the only screenshots that have been released because these are the only that appear in magazines.

Where can I see some screen shots of Pokémon Advance on the internet. This debate seems to be very interesting, but I would like to make up my own mind before opening my mind about it.......After all, that would just be utterly pointless.



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what do you expect pokemon is rubish anyway

You have to wonder. Two theories:

(1) They're going back to the drawing board after seeing Golden Sun's graphics; I suspect a LOT of GBA RPG developers are, or

(2) They released those screenshots to force our expectations down, so in a month or so, they'll release better screenshots though not as good as GS... we'll still be wowing as our expectations have been lowered by what we've already seen. Shrewd, if this is the case.

Or, (3) this is really the final state of play. They're shooting themselves in the foot if this is the case!

I reported him for something he did in the WWF forum.

Anyway, I hope Pokemon Advance has something new. Maybe they should have more minigames to win pokemon as hunting for pokemon can get a little repetitive. They could also have tag team matches like on Stadium utilising the 4-player capabilities of the GBA. The improved move rules of G/S (no more endless wrapping) does make a difference. There are no real problems with the battle system that I noticed. Another improvement would to make character interaction better to create a more complete world and a better story.