And Gen III was better? Not only was there no touch screen to choose whatever section you wanted immediately, but you had to memorize the order of the bags or just keep pressing left or right until you get what you want.
Pokemon Pokemon Pet Peeves: Video Game Edition
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Many people, considering it got a sequel.Blob55 said:
It's just a different style of gameplay. You aren't meant to get attached to Pokemon like you do in the main series; you're supposed to continuously rotate into stronger ones.
Bonus pet peeve: When I try to walk around an NPC, and they move to still be in front of me. Several times in a row. How.
Bonus pet peeve: When I try to walk around an NPC, and they move to still be in front of me. Several times in a row. How.
frezgle said:
Then why have all Pokémon in it? The first one was fine with only having mon from Gens 1 and 4.
I find it more annoying when you keep on Running/Cycling into the walls of the Pokémon Center.
Why does Dunsparce have its teeth below its mouth? It looks more like its mouth should be where its chin is.
Starboard Driger said:
I never knew about the badge restrictions. I guess I never picked up on that. Huh. I wonder why they did that.
TrainerSivan said:
I think badge restrictions are so that you don't get go too out-of-order. It would be pretty odd to get Cut from a friend at the beginning of the game and use it to go through Diglett's Cave and get to Vermillion City before even your first badge
I'm guessing BW took out the restrictions because they were already so painfully linear that it didn't matter.
That makes sense. It also puts people's complaints about Unova being a straight line into perspective. Personally, one of my pet peeves with the first gen was that you could get anywhere within five minutes because the routes weren't long and region was pretty much a square. But then again, you could choose when to get your badges. I would get them in different orders and always liked the ability to skip a gym. I missed that in Unova but I love the region as a whole so much that the linear aspect did not bother me so much.
Pre-Gen V: Needing HMs to do things. RAGE. So annoying. I didn't even really notice how much this bothered me until Gen V came along and mostly only uses the HM moves for optional things: shortcuts, items, etc. Surf is still needed, of course, but at least that's actually a pretty good water move. While there may have been other instances where HMs were absolutely necessary, I can't think of any of the top of my head. The Gen V model is really nice because it keeps the HMs useful without being annoying and interfering with the rest of gameplay.
Also, while I think most of the generational changes to sprites have been improvements for the most part, I'm really saddened by the fact that Pikachu keeps getting skinnier. His original fat form was the cutest.
Also, while I think most of the generational changes to sprites have been improvements for the most part, I'm really saddened by the fact that Pikachu keeps getting skinnier. His original fat form was the cutest.
Artemis said:
THIS X1000000000000!!!
Pikachu has always been my favorite Pokemon. I've loved him ever since I saw a clip from the first episode. However, the fact that he keeps becoming not only skinny but more of an elongated rectangle bother me. Fat Pikachu was the best Pikachu. I understand the animators had to change him slightly because it was harder to give a fat, round, object as much expression. However, there are times when an individual arm is fatter than his ENTIRE body. This upsets me. I want a rounded Pikachu again. Whenever I explain that Pikachu is my favorite now, I clarify by saying fat Pikachu is my favorite. At least Raichu stayed fat.
Not being able to delete HMs hurts, admittedly. I don't remember the reason why, but there's one for sure.
My own pet peeve is definitely having to manually sort Pokemon in boxes. Takes ages. Another one I have is that in cases, there's someone blocking your path and simply says "You can't pass." Oh really? Why can't I just beat him down with my Pokemon? Or fists?
My own pet peeve is definitely having to manually sort Pokemon in boxes. Takes ages. Another one I have is that in cases, there's someone blocking your path and simply says "You can't pass." Oh really? Why can't I just beat him down with my Pokemon? Or fists?