DeadLizard wrote Even though they've lost me on the designs of Pokmon for the new generations, obviously geared towards children and cutiesy type shit, I'm still super pumped for it due to the nostalgia I got from playing "let's go" on my switch. Haven't played Pokmon in years.

Maze wrote I'm pretty disappointed we didn't get news on Shield and Sword, but I guess it makes sense that they would wait to reveal more about the game closer to E3. I can't wait to see what is done with the series and what will be implemented now that it's on Switch.
I'm a huge fan of the classic Pokmon games and how they are played. 8 gyms, elite 4, etc. so Sword and Shield will for sure be some of my first pick ups. I've heard mixed things about Lets Go, and I will be getting those as well, but getting a game like Sword or Shield on Switch is what I have really been waiting for!
I have been hesitant on getting a Switch because I really want to wait for a price drop, so I think getting one this holiday season is going to be a good fit for me. It's gonna suck waiting a few more months, but I'm sure gonna have loads of games to play! For all I know, maybe the release date will be closer to that time and I can pick up a nice bundle at a good price with the new games!

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DeadLizard wrote Even though they've lost me on the designs of Pokmon for the new generations, obviously geared towards children and cutiesy type shit, I'm still super pumped for it due to the nostalgia I got from playing "let's go" on my switch. Haven't played Pokmon in years.

Same here I have not played since I think I was 9? I lost track it was on GBA. And Gameboy. When they had the cool designs for Pokemon.

DeadLizard wrote Even though they've lost me on the designs of Pokmon for the new generations, obviously geared towards children and cutiesy type shit, I'm still super pumped for it due to the nostalgia I got from playing "let's go" on my switch. Haven't played Pokmon in years.

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DeadLizard wrote Even though they've lost me on the designs of Pokmon for the new generations, obviously geared towards children and cutiesy type shit, I'm still super pumped for it due to the nostalgia I got from playing "let's go" on my switch. Haven't played Pokmon in years.

There's a broad spectrum of fans of the Pokemon series now, the games are actually extremely technical when it comes to stats and farming. I honestly recommend playing the Nintendo DS titles if you're running from nostalgia, games such as Pearl/Diamond/Platinum, Soul Silver/Heart Gold are extremely good and cover a majority of the bases of Pokemon that you will have missed.

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Ahri wrote

DeadLizard wrote Even though they've lost me on the designs of Pokmon for the new generations, obviously geared towards children and cutiesy type shit, I'm still super pumped for it due to the nostalgia I got from playing "let's go" on my switch. Haven't played Pokmon in years.

There's a broad spectrum of fans of the Pokemon series now, the games are actually extremely technical when it comes to stats and farming. I honestly recommend playing the Nintendo DS titles if you're running from nostalgia, games such as Pearl/Diamond/Platinum, Soul Silver/Heart Gold are extremely good and cover a majority of the bases of Pokemon that you will have missed.

Adding onto this really quickly unless you want to grow old waiting on certain mechanics;

If you're going to play Gen 4, jump onto Platinum and just skip Diamond and Pearl. HP bars had a set speed before they wore out, meaning if you went against a Chansey or a Blissey, a OHKO you would be sitting there for 20+ seconds for one Pokemon. Also save times are horrendous and stupid random when you get the "saving a lot of data" message. Your save could take 45 seconds, could take 3 minutes, could be longer, and guess what, you might have just walked a few steps and picked a berry but nah "you did a lot in order to have data saved." And I do mean it's random, you can legit walk a few steps and pick a berry and it'll say saving a lot of data, but you can catch 20 Pokemon, defeat a gym leader and it'll just say "saving" that takes 10 seconds.

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DeadLizard wrote Even though they've lost me on the designs of Pokmon for the new generations, obviously geared towards children and cutiesy type shit, I'm still super pumped for it due to the nostalgia I got from playing "let's go" on my switch. Haven't played Pokmon in years.

Same here I have not played since I think I was 9? I lost track it was on GBA. And Gameboy. When they had the cool designs for Pokemon.

Nothing tops the gba pokemon's ever

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Ahri wrote

DeadLizard wrote Even though they've lost me on the designs of Pokmon for the new generations, obviously geared towards children and cutiesy type shit, I'm still super pumped for it due to the nostalgia I got from playing "let's go" on my switch. Haven't played Pokmon in years.

There's a broad spectrum of fans of the Pokemon series now, the games are actually extremely technical when it comes to stats and farming. I honestly recommend playing the Nintendo DS titles if you're running from nostalgia, games such as Pearl/Diamond/Platinum, Soul Silver/Heart Gold are extremely good and cover a majority of the bases of Pokemon that you will have missed.

Adding onto this really quickly unless you want to grow old waiting on certain mechanics;

If you're going to play Gen 4, jump onto Platinum and just skip Diamond and Pearl. HP bars had a set speed before they wore out, meaning if you went against a Chansey or a Blissey, a OHKO you would be sitting there for 20+ seconds for one Pokemon. Also save times are horrendous and stupid random when you get the "saving a lot of data" message. Your save could take 45 seconds, could take 3 minutes, could be longer, and guess what, you might have just walked a few steps and picked a berry but nah "you did a lot in order to have data saved." And I do mean it's random, you can legit walk a few steps and pick a berry and it'll say saving a lot of data, but you can catch 20 Pokemon, defeat a gym leader and it'll just say "saving" that takes 10 seconds.

I always thought HP bar speed is the same across all three versions, but Platinum introduced faster walking, surfing and battle animations because they were incredibly slow in D/P.

But yeah I agree go with Platinum for a more enjoyable experience.

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DeadLizard wrote Even though they've lost me on the designs of Pokmon for the new generations, obviously geared towards children and cutiesy type shit, I'm still super pumped for it due to the nostalgia I got from playing "let's go" on my switch. Haven't played Pokmon in years.

There's a broad spectrum of fans of the Pokemon series now, the games are actually extremely technical when it comes to stats and farming. I honestly recommend playing the Nintendo DS titles if you're running from nostalgia, games such as Pearl/Diamond/Platinum, Soul Silver/Heart Gold are extremely good and cover a majority of the bases of Pokemon that you will have missed.

Adding onto this really quickly unless you want to grow old waiting on certain mechanics;

If you're going to play Gen 4, jump onto Platinum and just skip Diamond and Pearl. HP bars had a set speed before they wore out, meaning if you went against a Chansey or a Blissey, a OHKO you would be sitting there for 20+ seconds for one Pokemon. Also save times are horrendous and stupid random when you get the "saving a lot of data" message. Your save could take 45 seconds, could take 3 minutes, could be longer, and guess what, you might have just walked a few steps and picked a berry but nah "you did a lot in order to have data saved." And I do mean it's random, you can legit walk a few steps and pick a berry and it'll say saving a lot of data, but you can catch 20 Pokemon, defeat a gym leader and it'll just say "saving" that takes 10 seconds.

I always thought HP bar speed is the same across all three versions, but Platinum introduced faster walking, surfing and battle animations because they were incredibly slow in D/P.

But yeah I agree go with Platinum for a more enjoyable experience.

Platinum sped up the HP bar, but not by much. You would probably shave off a few seconds, but I can't begin to tell you how much of a drag Diamond/Pearl was due to the horrendous time wasters in that game lol That's why I said just jump onto Platinum because any time saved on Gen 4 is better than getting annoyed with how much things seem like a chore due to just un-optimsed times to get things done. I don't recall if SS/HG fixed those at all for the HP bar though. I didn't spend nearly as much time on those games as I did Sinnoh. I also completely forget about the damn surf speed because holy hell that was annoying, another reason to just jump to Platinum since because I remember that making me not even want to bother surfing around for any Pokemon I may have needed, let alone shiny hunting.

i Agree Platnium was my favorite Game by far it was so Simple but good

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DeadLizard wrote Even though they've lost me on the designs of Pokmon for the new generations, obviously geared towards children and cutiesy type shit, I'm still super pumped for it due to the nostalgia I got from playing "let's go" on my switch. Haven't played Pokmon in years.

There's a broad spectrum of fans of the Pokemon series now, the games are actually extremely technical when it comes to stats and farming. I honestly recommend playing the Nintendo DS titles if you're running from nostalgia, games such as Pearl/Diamond/Platinum, Soul Silver/Heart Gold are extremely good and cover a majority of the bases of Pokemon that you will have missed.

Adding onto this really quickly unless you want to grow old waiting on certain mechanics;

If you're going to play Gen 4, jump onto Platinum and just skip Diamond and Pearl. HP bars had a set speed before they wore out, meaning if you went against a Chansey or a Blissey, a OHKO you would be sitting there for 20+ seconds for one Pokemon. Also save times are horrendous and stupid random when you get the "saving a lot of data" message. Your save could take 45 seconds, could take 3 minutes, could be longer, and guess what, you might have just walked a few steps and picked a berry but nah "you did a lot in order to have data saved." And I do mean it's random, you can legit walk a few steps and pick a berry and it'll say saving a lot of data, but you can catch 20 Pokemon, defeat a gym leader and it'll just say "saving" that takes 10 seconds.

I always thought HP bar speed is the same across all three versions, but Platinum introduced faster walking, surfing and battle animations because they were incredibly slow in D/P.

But yeah I agree go with Platinum for a more enjoyable experience.

Platinum sped up the HP bar, but not by much. You would probably shave off a few seconds, but I can't begin to tell you how much of a drag Diamond/Pearl was due to the horrendous time wasters in that game lol That's why I said just jump onto Platinum because any time saved on Gen 4 is better than getting annoyed with how much things seem like a chore due to just un-optimsed times to get things done. I don't recall if SS/HG fixed those at all for the HP bar though. I didn't spend nearly as much time on those games as I did Sinnoh. I also completely forget about the damn surf speed because holy hell that was annoying, another reason to just jump to Platinum since because I remember that making me not even want to bother surfing around for any Pokemon I may have needed, let alone shiny hunting.

i Agree Platnium was my favorite Game by far it was so Simple but good

Pokemon Soul Silver was great too. Only prob is if you wanna replay some old Pokegames your looking at paying solid 80$ for a used game. Was researching Pokemon Soul Silver last night for example 80$ just for decent used. Up to 100$ or more for brand new.