What do you miss most from the Gen. I era? - Page 2

MegaMewtwo · Feb 4th, 2010, 12:12:19 AM

I miss the Pay Day TM. That was always one of my favourite moves. Yellow Pikachu with Pay Day is the best starter ever. These days its learnbase has devolved to the point that Persian doesn't learn it, it needs to learn it as a Meowth.

Also the hilarity of Minimize keeping the user's sprite as the tiny thing, and Acid Armor making the user invisible. Yay for attacks coming from tiny or invisible things.

mtr · Feb 4th, 2010, 1:45:04 AM

Persian being good. It was one of my favorite Pokemon, along with Moltres. Also, I miss the simplicity of the game mechanics.

Midou · Feb 4th, 2010, 2:05:35 AM

Like many others, I miss being ignorant of IVs/EVs/competitiveness of pokemon in general. Now all I do is breed, clone, and research. Sigh.

133tSneasel · Feb 5th, 2010, 7:21:00 AM

Catching Legendaries are not the same as they used to be. I mean when it was Mewtwo, Ho-oh, and Lugia, they were tough to catch, now pokemon games just have legendaries all over the place. Even catching the legendary cats/dogs and birds was tough. Now, not so much, they have more legendaries and it's not as fun

En_Fuego · Feb 7th, 2010, 6:01:49 PM

I miss playing basketball with my neighbors everyday after school and then the loser always getting pissed off and challenging the other to a Pokemon battle x[

cantab · Feb 7th, 2010, 6:44:58 PM

Psychic types being the best.

imapedarsag · Feb 8th, 2010, 4:31:03 AM

Fissure as a TM. My BrainBoy. Ability to get all starters in yellow. Playing with my cousins almost every day. Watching the episodes and actually laughing or cheering on someone. The list goes on and on. It's obvious that those truly were the golden days. If GameFreak were to somehow make a live battle over wifi with RANDOM people, patch up all the holes, make ubers playlist and adjustable rules, and everything else, I'll take back every cuss word I said to them when they brought out DP. I also miss pokemon stadium and how mewtwo was impossible to beat. PBR is bullshit. it's the cheapest knockoff of pokemon stadium I have ever seen. If I've missed anything, look at Aether Nexus' post for reference because I agree with every word he uttered in that post.

Mr. Papaya · Feb 8th, 2010, 1:09:13 PM

Mewtwo being the be all and end all of Pokemon. Also, the MissingNo glitch stuff was always fun.

Jigglez · Feb 8th, 2010, 7:10:23 PM

Definetly tht my friends still played and i wasn't scared to talk about it in public

.JPG · Feb 9th, 2010, 6:25:32 PM

The simple graphics. Lavander's theme song. Never had friends who played it. :(

undone · Feb 10th, 2010, 9:59:06 AM

I miss always losing to Vinny...

Stylish Interval · Feb 10th, 2010, 10:31:12 AM

Turning down the volume on purpose every time I passed through Lavender town. That town had the fucking creepiest music.

Badal · Feb 10th, 2010, 11:07:26 AM

Just the simplicity, of the game along with all the craze around it....
even mewtwo being the best and charmander!!!

Galactic Boss Cyrus · Feb 10th, 2010, 7:43:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Fat Stylish Interval

Turning down the volume on purpose every time I passed through Lavender town. That town had the fucking creepiest music.

Are you kidding me? Lavender has some of the best music ever. There really isn't any other track in the game that captures a mood like that one does.

I really miss the intimidating Gym Leaders who didn't want to be my friend and trade My Little Pony figures with me. The sprites were also really good, some being weird like Golbat but otherwise capturing Pokemon very well. Today's sprites are great for showing what the Pokemon looks like but otherwise boring.

connoisseur · Feb 10th, 2010, 8:49:04 PM

I miss playing through a game that was actually very difficult to beat (pokemon stadium). Especially the Poke-cup which took forever, but I managed to pull through with my L54 Alakazam and L51 Jynx. I also miss how nicknaming the pokemon changed the pokemon's color in pokemon stadium.

I loved the music in generation I. It was the most epic music in the pokemon series discounting colloseum+XD.

-Eddie- · Feb 11th, 2010, 11:10:44 AM

This is more like something I dislike now compared to something I liked then, but I hate that there is still the Elite "Four," there is always a fifth person! Back then it was kind of unexpected, Lance's saying "You are the champion!... except Gary got here first." But now, after it happened in RBY, GSC, RSFRLGE, and DPPtHGSS, you know its going to happen again. They should just call it the "Elite Five" or surprise us by having a sixth person, like the mom from your hometown or the Professor, because they aren't fooling us anymore!

FreakShizzl · Feb 11th, 2010, 12:36:54 PM

The Pokemon. Obviously.

neo darkrai · Feb 11th, 2010, 3:14:23 PM

I miss the old 8-bit music and the fact that everything was original. I also sort of miss the Special stat, but that kind of made Psychic types a bit unfair in my opinion.

The Beast · Feb 11th, 2010, 6:20:18 PM

The cooler sprites of course but most of all the music.
Even though all the pokemon games have awesome music R\B\Y simply had the best out there.
Specially when you're in the team rocket building, when you fight Lance and your rival. But most of all the best one was deffinetly the regular battles against a trainer, classic.

nooKers · Feb 11th, 2010, 6:27:52 PM

I would have to say the number of pokemon. Even when silver and gold was released it wasn't too bad then with 250 as I recall. Wayyyyyy tooooo manyyyy now. Battling with the orginal 151. Playing with my buddies. Guess that's about it. Think that is everything.... Doh! Wouldn't mind seeing a R/B/Y type game done for the DS. I know they did FR and LG, but that was for the GBA. I am still new to the DS battle over wifi, but it almost seems too complicated. Would be nice to logon and not need to have all the FC stuff and what have you. Dunno just my thoughts lol.

Faladran · Feb 12th, 2010, 7:31:15 PM

I liked how Pokemon had no gender. I usually only choose one gender for my teams now.

Five of Swords · Feb 14th, 2010, 8:26:31 AM

Lt. Surge D:

He was the original badass American, talking about using Pokemon to inflict paralysis in World War II. Now they dumbed down his speech, drew sunglasses on him, and stuck him with a big, goofy smile...
[HGSS]

trungtu1441996-Vietnamese · Feb 14th, 2010, 9:11:28 AM

I miss Pallet town and Rival's sister,Daisy.

N-Man · Feb 15th, 2010, 12:13:36 AM

Being any good at the fudging game.

Pharaoh · Feb 15th, 2010, 6:32:06 AM

Beating my bro and his friend with my dream eater hypno.
Having friends who played and having debates about pokemon and all.
and Lavender town, I seriously was frightened of that town, I was about 6-7, and I used to ride my bike and go go go. I never wanted to even heal at its poke center. its music was so intimidating to me back then. :(

Feb 4th, 2010, 12:12:19 AM	#26
MegaMewtwo Join Date: Oct 2007 Posts: 2,398 Australia	I miss the Pay Day TM. That was always one of my favourite moves. Yellow Pikachu with Pay Day is the best starter ever. These days its learnbase has devolved to the point that Persian doesn't learn it, it needs to learn it as a Meowth. Also the hilarity of Minimize keeping the user's sprite as the tiny thing, and Acid Armor making the user invisible. Yay for attacks coming from tiny or invisible things. __________________ Platinum FC 1720 0005 1218 SoulSilver FC 0002 5714 0239 White FC 0647 5294 3536 My solo trade thread! (closed) Brawl FC 2277 8065 9005

Feb 4th, 2010, 1:45:04 AM	#27
mtr Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,754	Persian being good. It was one of my favorite Pokemon, along with Moltres. Also, I miss the simplicity of the game mechanics. __________________ Huehuehue

Feb 5th, 2010, 7:21:00 AM	#29
133tSneasel Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 964 Snowpoint City	Catching Legendaries are not the same as they used to be. I mean when it was Mewtwo, Ho-oh, and Lugia, they were tough to catch, now pokemon games just have legendaries all over the place. Even catching the legendary cats/dogs and birds was tough. Now, not so much, they have more legendaries and it's not as fun __________________ Butterfree up your day, because I'll bedrilling you all night

Feb 7th, 2010, 6:01:49 PM	#30
En_Fuego Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 24 America	I miss playing basketball with my neighbors everyday after school and then the loser always getting pissed off and challenging the other to a Pokemon battle x[ __________________ Platinum FC(Mitch: 2665 3365 0047)

Feb 7th, 2010, 6:44:58 PM	#31
cantab Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 3,358 England	Psychic types being the best. __________________ "If I may guess, Emboar might be an exception to the norm that the scalding liquid is expelled from the Pokémon's mouth" - Cobraroll, on Emboar learning Scald. "Nothing like a cup of tea to start off the day" - Professor Oak, EP025.

Feb 4th, 2010, 2:05:35 AM	#28
Midou Join Date: Dec 2008 Posts: 195	Like many others, I miss being ignorant of IVs/EVs/competitiveness of pokemon in general. Now all I do is breed, clone, and research. Sigh.

Feb 8th, 2010, 4:31:03 AM	#32
imapedarsag Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 580 Los Angeles	Fissure as a TM. My BrainBoy. Ability to get all starters in yellow. Playing with my cousins almost every day. Watching the episodes and actually laughing or cheering on someone. The list goes on and on. It's obvious that those truly were the golden days. If GameFreak were to somehow make a live battle over wifi with RANDOM people, patch up all the holes, make ubers playlist and adjustable rules, and everything else, I'll take back every cuss word I said to them when they brought out DP. I also miss pokemon stadium and how mewtwo was impossible to beat. PBR is bullshit. it's the cheapest knockoff of pokemon stadium I have ever seen. If I've missed anything, look at Aether Nexus' post for reference because I agree with every word he uttered in that post. __________________ Black FC: 1077 2076 6240 Soul Silver FC: 1978 2404 4146 The Pedarsag's Palace(Trade Thread)

Feb 8th, 2010, 1:09:13 PM	#33
Mr. Papaya Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 42	Mewtwo being the be all and end all of Pokemon. Also, the MissingNo glitch stuff was always fun.

Feb 8th, 2010, 7:10:23 PM	#34
Jigglez Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 297 Canada	Definetly tht my friends still played and i wasn't scared to talk about it in public __________________ Diamond FC: 4854 9338 4680<--Trades Heartgold FC: 0217 3095 5470<--Battles Trade Thread

Feb 9th, 2010, 6:25:32 PM	#35
.JPG Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 24 Brazil	The simple graphics. Lavander's theme song. Never had friends who played it. :(

Feb 10th, 2010, 9:59:06 AM	#36
undone Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 7	I miss always losing to Vinny...

Feb 10th, 2010, 10:31:12 AM	#37
Stylish Interval Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 908 Kentucky	Turning down the volume on purpose every time I passed through Lavender town. That town had the fucking creepiest music. __________________ RIP Delta RIP Delta RIP Delta RIP Delta RIP Delta if you love to lift heavy things, put them down, then lift them again, join #lifting!

Feb 10th, 2010, 11:07:26 AM	#38
Badal Join Date: Nov 2009 Posts: 1,908	Just the simplicity, of the game along with all the craze around it.... even mewtwo being the best and charmander!!!

Feb 10th, 2010, 8:49:04 PM	#40
connoisseur Join Date: Oct 2009 Posts: 253	I miss playing through a game that was actually very difficult to beat (pokemon stadium). Especially the Poke-cup which took forever, but I managed to pull through with my L54 Alakazam and L51 Jynx. I also miss how nicknaming the pokemon changed the pokemon's color in pokemon stadium. I loved the music in generation I. It was the most epic music in the pokemon series discounting colloseum+XD.

Feb 11th, 2010, 11:10:44 AM	#41
-Eddie- Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 148 Maryland	This is more like something I dislike now compared to something I liked then, but I hate that there is still the Elite "Four," there is always a fifth person! Back then it was kind of unexpected, Lance's saying "You are the champion!... except Gary got here first." But now, after it happened in RBY, GSC, RSFRLGE, and DPPtHGSS, you know its going to happen again. They should just call it the "Elite Five" or surprise us by having a sixth person, like the mom from your hometown or the Professor, because they aren't fooling us anymore!

Feb 11th, 2010, 12:36:54 PM	#42
FreakShizzl Join Date: Jun 2008 Posts: 179	The Pokemon. Obviously.

Feb 11th, 2010, 3:14:23 PM	#43
neo darkrai Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 4	I miss the old 8-bit music and the fact that everything was original. I also sort of miss the Special stat, but that kind of made Psychic types a bit unfair in my opinion. __________________ SoulSilver FC:2407 8763 0856 (Use this for battles) Platinum FC:4726 3826 6538 Pearl FC:1890 7956 1544

Feb 11th, 2010, 6:20:18 PM	#44
The Beast Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 36 San Diego, CA	The cooler sprites of course but most of all the music. Even though all the pokemon games have awesome music R\B\Y simply had the best out there. Specially when you're in the team rocket building, when you fight Lance and your rival. But most of all the best one was deffinetly the regular battles against a trainer, classic. __________________ Death won't get me alive!

Feb 11th, 2010, 6:27:52 PM	#45
nooKers Join Date: Jan 2010 Posts: 6 Milton, DE	I would have to say the number of pokemon. Even when silver and gold was released it wasn't too bad then with 250 as I recall. Wayyyyyy tooooo manyyyy now. Battling with the orginal 151. Playing with my buddies. Guess that's about it. Think that is everything.... Doh! Wouldn't mind seeing a R/B/Y type game done for the DS. I know they did FR and LG, but that was for the GBA. I am still new to the DS battle over wifi, but it almost seems too complicated. Would be nice to logon and not need to have all the FC stuff and what have you. Dunno just my thoughts lol.

Feb 12th, 2010, 7:31:15 PM	#46
Faladran HEE-KUH Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1,140 Southlake, TX	I liked how Pokemon had no gender. I usually only choose one gender for my teams now.

Feb 14th, 2010, 8:26:31 AM	#47
Five of Swords Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 1 California	Lt. Surge D: He was the original badass American, talking about using Pokemon to inflict paralysis in World War II. Now they dumbed down his speech, drew sunglasses on him, and stuck him with a big, goofy smile... [HGSS]

Feb 14th, 2010, 9:11:28 AM	#48
trungtu1441996-Vietnamese Join Date: Dec 2009 Posts: 2	I miss Pallet town and Rival's sister,Daisy.

Feb 15th, 2010, 12:13:36 AM	#49
N-Man Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 68 Rotterdam, Netherlands	Being any good at the fudging game. __________________ Love is like crapping your pants: everybody around you notices, but only you have that warm feeling inside.

Feb 15th, 2010, 6:32:06 AM	#50
Pharaoh Join Date: Aug 2005 Posts: 188	Beating my bro and his friend with my dream eater hypno. Having friends who played and having debates about pokemon and all. and Lavender town, I seriously was frightened of that town, I was about 6-7, and I used to ride my bike and go go go. I never wanted to even heal at its poke center. its music was so intimidating to me back then. :( __________________ Gooner for life, Not removing this sig until Arsenal win the English Premier League or the UEFA Champions League.