Recent content by Ravenson

Nah man (ma'am? mon?). The reason that kids today wouldn't be interested in playing Pokemon Red and Green as they were is almost entirely going to come down to the aesthetics, with a bit of stuff like "What do you mean I can't catch that cool monster because my box is full?!". If Game Freak did...

One seventh (or one fifth) of the Battle Frontier is certified grind-free at least, so even players who don't like the grind have a part of the major post-game facility that they can interact with and potentially win at to their heart's content.

Care to elaborate? Johto's level curve issues would be more forgivable if you fought the E4 at a higher level, yes, but since fixing the level curve would get you to that higher level... I think there's a reason that not keeping the level curve as the front and center issue is an unpopular...

An interesting thing to add to this better AI discussion is: Let the gym leaders and Elite 4 members remember any Pokemon and moves you used against their underlings/earlier E4. Obviously a nightmare to code, but it hardly seems unreasonable to imagine Brock seeing what you use against that...

I've got what's clearly an actually unpopular opinion here: Gen 1 was good, actually. I'm not saying it's the best generation or that it's above reproach. Yes, the type chart was poorly set up. No, the multiplayer doesn't have much to offer compared to virtually any other generation except...

Your math is not mathing. I was born in 1991. I'm turning 34 later this year unless I'm very mistaken. I was 7 when I first played Pokemon (North American) and would have been 8 when it came out in Europe. So a 31 year old right now would have been 2 or 3 years younger depending on when their...

My team always ends up at the same level at the end, so while they were definitely over-leveled in that middle stretch, they really shouldn't be by the end because the experience only gets divided up so much. It's fascinating to me how we agree on some things (Venusaur, Ninetales, Slowbro...

I'll admit it got a lot of focus on my team - from leaving Cerulean City to getting to Route 7 or 8 or wherever Vulpix shows up, it was the only mon besides my Bulbasaur starter in rotation. This probably helped it avoid the experience you had, though I did get a full team in the end (Poliwrath...

But... Persian is actually quite fun in-game.

Counter-proposal: All Pokemon games should have voice acting but only in the language(s) spoken in the region depicting. No matter whether you're playing L:ZA in Japan, the US, or Nairobi, the characters speak French and that's it.

I mean, the initial rival battle in Pallet Town is a boss fight. You're allowed to lose, but you're clearly rewarded for winning.

Obviously he put the lower tier mons on the higher level so it would be harder to get them and accidentally use them in a gym fight.

I'd say HGSS is also a bit difficult when it comes time to take on the Elite 4 because you're not only struggling against the original's level curve, but you don't have the badge boosts that made it a bit easier. That part always made me have to stop and grind.

I don't think they knew that Freezer's American name was going to be Articuno when they gave it its stats.

It's a bit of a shame that this particular playthrough had more duds than usual. Poor mons. They should all have chances to shine.