I never got round to playing Gold and Silver completely, so this is a definite pick up.

I am quite looking forward to these. I was never able to get Silver/Gold/Crystal when it originally came out (but I wanted it badly), so it'll be awesome to be able to play it. I've always wanted a Totodile :D I have also been wishing for a remake of Yellow since FireRed and LeafGreen came out...mostly for the "Pikachu following you around" thing, so this kinda satiates that.

I like pokemon a little..... I also like the pikachu following around thing, I may not buy it though, I just don't feel like spending 30$ bucks right now.

Each pokemon regoin is worst than it's foebearer. So G/S/C isn't so bad. I hate ruby/sapphire and anything newer.

I liked ruby/sapphire/emerald more than I thought I would. Doesn't even come close to comparing with the original R/B/Y obviously, but still pretty good. Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum however, sucked the most out of any poke'mon related anything I've ever played. Yes, even worse than bootleg poke'mon games, though I really like Mismagius and Empoleon. (that's pretty much about it for the new gen.)

I'm really looking foward to Soul Silver and Heart Gold. :)

I like fire red/yellow, and ruby/sapphire the best, I don't really know if I like diamond and pearl that much though. Also I think it would be cool for them to have expansion packs instead of completely new games.They could have an expansion pack of a new city and gym or something, maybe new pokemon, or features.
EDIT- they made a game called platinum... also the Soul Silver and Heart Gold games haven't came out yet? well I guess that goes to show that I haven't messed with pokemon recently....... by the way I've never completed a poke-dex, although once I did a trade with my friend in like 3rd grade for the blue legendary pokemon in saphire ( i had ruby ) the thing I don't like about pokemon is that you have to buy all the games to complete a poke-dex...... or have a friend who's willing to trade all of his pokemon that he cought for all of your's, which is... unlikely.
lol, the abbreviation for this thread is NEW POKEMON GAMES FUCK... :D

How would expansions work on gameboy/ds games exactly?

Haha, nearly forgot about fr/lg. HOW COULD I?
Those were kickass remakes, though the numbered islands were a little annoying.

I don't exactly know how EXP. packs could work....... I guess they wouldn't unless they come out with a new DS that uses a memory card, my friend has one of the Dsi's maybe they could make it so that you buy it off the shop channel and it installs it onto your Dsi.

Y/R/B are probably my favourites, followed by LG/FR

As far as I know, Pokemon had much more emphasis on the trading/social aspect in Japan whereas the American release focused on catching them all and being the best. It wasn't so much buying the games and trading with yourself than it was finding people who had Pokemon they were willing to trade. I also imagine it may've been easier to find Pokemon players in Japan, especially nowadays.


Nothing beats R/B/Y for me, I still have my copies (although I think Blue is broken). FireRed and LeafGreen were badass, though, great nostalgia. Emerald was OK, but I lost interest half-way through. Pearl is quite boring in many respects =\ too many things you can do makes each objective less fulfilling.

I think the biggest thing about Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum I didn't like was the fact that I got through the base plot (beat the shit out of the poke'mon league) with a team of poke'mon that hadn't even reached level 50. Usually, I have to train my poke'mon to at least level 50 before they even stand a chance at the poke'mon league.

Actually Gold and Silver was the worst for that, but Kanto made up for it.

Also this was fixed in Platinum, in the final fight your rival is as strong as Red in G/S/C.

The E4 in G/S/C was so pathetically easy. Lol @ Lance's Dragonite going from level 62 in R/B/Y to level 50. Kanto's gym leaders sucked too. There was one of them with Pokemon in their level 30s... Come on.

I hope this is all fix'd in HGSS.

This is kinda random, but has anyone else done that thing in fire red were after you beat the game you go off to some Island were... I forgot the name of her but anyway that water pokemon elite four person is like there being robbed or something..... and then something happens and then i forgot, but has anyone done that before?

As I've said, they've finally fixed the underpowered gym leader/rival problem in Platinum so I hope they transfer the best of the new into the old.

I would also like a fight with Red where he has all level 100s, the fact that he has a level 85 in G2 is rather circumvented by the fact it's a PIKACHU -_-.

Yeah, I think everyone who's beaten the Elite Four has done that...

I know right? Should've saved the 85 for something else. Why Pikachu anyway, and not Raichu? I could understand if it was Yellow you were fighting.

The only thing I really rember from ruby is when you have to look up brail to find those pokemon. There's 3 of them. A steel, A rock and an ice I think.

oh yeah I remember that... I never got past that because I was too lazy to look up brail :D

You need a Relicanth and a Wailord and you need to use some HMs on rocks. Personally I liked my Wailord better than Regirock, -ice or -steel.

That's it, regirock. I kept getting him confused with ragnarok.

I'll end up getting both, childhood be damned!

If I had a level 100 Pika'chu I wouldn't feel gimped. Give that Poke a Light Ball and you're looking at a rather formidable sweeper.

Red/Blue/Yellow - The originals that set it all up. I have many child hood memories playing these games.

Gold/Silver/Crystal- The ability to breed was pretty awesome aswell as Poke'mon holding items.

Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald- These brought Poke'mon back into my life. I have many fond memories playing this one. The new Poke'mon abilities brought much more customization into a Trainer's party line up. Not to mention berries. The Poke'mon Contests were actually pretty fun. This is the first one I actually attempted to complete the Poke'dex. Got 199, but couldn't find someone willing to trade me a Latios.

Diamond/Pearl/Platinum- These are my favorite easily. Now instead of a particular type always being a physical or special attack (like Normal always being physical and Water always being special) each individual attack has its own typing. This was a gift from Fate Above for me. I've always used all Water type Poke'mon since the very beginning and this allowed my teams to be much more varied in strengths. Sure Gyrados lost his powerful Hydro Beam, but it was more then worth the trade off. With new wifi battling I took Poke'mon to the competitive field and have to say I'm a pretty good battler. It is in this franchise that I've clocked in over 400 hours. A lot of that being Breeding, planting berries everywhere, EV training, plowing through the Elite 4 over and over again, and battling people online.

I'm wondering what Heart Gold and Soul Silver will add to what I'm already so much in love with. I really hope we don't lose berries to the apricorn things. I can't imagine life without my Lum and Leppa berries.

You use haxx items? Totally not playing with you.

tl;dr: The series got better as it progressed but unfortunately the pokemon designs generally got worse.

You must not play competitively Joey boy. Light Ball isn't considered a Haxx item. Most stat increases aren't. Luck items like King Rock and Quick Claw are haxx items.

PS: My all water team never loses.

Does it have Kyogre in it? My Kyogre never lost a duel, possibly due to the fact it had Ice Beam and Thunder.

Nah I don't play with Legends. My line up:
Ludicolo(My favorite Poke'mon)
Gyarados
Lanturn
Milotic
Kingdra
SlowKing/Crawdaunt/Kabutops/Omnastar

Never managed to fill that last slot effectively. But I normally win without it so no biggy. Depending on my enemy's party make-up I tend to sweep their whole team with Ludicolo.