Pokemon Thread
When I met my gf she had never played a handheld console game before, so for her 18th birthday I bought her a 3DS and gave her my Pokémon X copy. Now she's even more into it than me. She completed Omega Ruby in the first two weeks, and I'm still not done with Alpha Sapphire myself.
I actually just recently purchased a GBA SP from Japan, along with Pokémon Blue, Silver and Sapphire (all japanese, but still cool to have). The package should be shipping soon, and I can't wait to finally have a game from every generation.
This thread has inspired me to get a DS and a couple of Pokemon games. I think I'm gonna get Soul Silver and Omega ruby. Is there a special NDS I need to play these games or will any old one do?
You need a regular DS for Soul Silver (I have Heart Gold, might be my favorite Pokemon game other than the originals) and you need a 3DS or 2DS for Omega Ruby. If I were you, I'd get a 3DS.
It feels so great in my hands, and it's the perfect size for me. Their cases are made of the same type of hard plastic the original Gameboys and Gameboy Advances were made of, and it feels more like a modern Gameboy than any other DS console ever did.
I know it seems weird at first, but the shape of it is kinda like an axe head; it narrows down towards the bottom, and the sides are slightly concave to fit your fingers. Think about it like a Gameboy Color. It's about the same size top to bottom, except it's a bit wider side to side to fit todays need for bigger screens.
You can purchase a carrying case for it, or get screen protectors like for your smartphone if you're worried about it getting damaged or scratching the screens. In reality it's actually sturdier and built to last longer than all of the folding DSs. I can feel the hinges on my original DS collapsing after 10 years, and I think this 2DS should outlive any 3DS by a long time. It was actually produced to cater to a younger audience (the lower price, cheaper but harder plastic casing, no fold), and kids aren't exactly known to take the best care of their toys.
finished gold with: Feraligatr, Espeon, Piloswine, Heracross, Noctowl and Houndoom. always try to pick the pokemon of different types, but still having in mind who i'd think are cool to have if pokemon would have been real, not picking the strongest ones per se. Also, which of the newer pokemon games are most fun (everything after emerald)? need to try to get that on my phone next
finished gold with: Feraligatr, Espeon, Piloswine, Heracross, Noctowl and Houndoom. always try to pick the pokemon of different types, but still having in mind who i'd think are cool to have if pokemon would have been real, not picking the strongest ones per se. Also, which of the newer pokemon games are most fun (everything after emerald)? need to try to get that on my phone next
Im playing pokemon Y right now, its pretty fun but not the most fun ive ever had playing pokemon. Omega ruby is probably my favorite pokemon game now (only because ruby was my favorite pokemon game before, i love gen 3 so much). I think platinum was pretty fun, never played black or white or black 2 or white 2.
would link to a ROM but idk the site's rules anymore. theyre pretty easy to find tho.
also i suppose i could contribute to this thread if anybody wants recommendations for Pokemon ROM hacks, i've played quite a few in passing. top recommendations that you should play right now if you haven't: Ash Gray, Dark Rising, & Prism.
Other Good Ones: Pokemon Armageddon, Pokemon Brown, Ash Quest, Pokemon Snakewood, and Pokemon Light Platinum.
just caught yveltal! right now in my party is delphox, charizard, bibarel for hm slave, talonflame for fly, blastoise and i just traded out tyrantrum for yveltal. I chose the jaw fossil and leveled up tyrunt and evolved to tyrantrum and lvled up to 54 before storing him for yveltal. I have blastoise in my party because ive been trading on the random pokemon i catch on the gts for the starter pokemon cant get. so i got squirtle, trained him into blastoise, ive got froakie trained up to greninja, chespin trained up to whichever one it's last evolution is, and bulbsaaur trained up to venusaur. I don't plan on trading for anything I can't catch on my own because I'm one of those nerds who actually goes out and tries to cath 'em all....
http://i.imgur.com/BIrPyGn.jpg
This purchase pleases my inner child.
Fucking a man, that's sick. I always thought japanese cards looked so goddamn good. The art styles always seemed so much better than the english versions.
I buy cards onc every couple years. Would love to buy some booster packs but not interested in spending $10+ for one pack.
btw Giovanni cards are my favorite cards. Giovanni's Nidoking is my all time fav