Old Pokemon General(RIP)

[Prof Gallows]

That's sort of how the rest of the games are.
Supposedly your character has never been out in the world. They've only been to their own home town.

Upon receiving a pokemon they get to start their journey exploring the world. But the farm idea further pushes story into that, like you said. Giving a back story to your character and their family, even if it's just a tiny bit, makes a huge impact.
In B/W2, your mom used to be a nurse and worked at a pokemon center. That gets brought up a few times through the game and so many people probably missed it.

The tiny things are what make the biggest impacts.

 

[Juicebox]

Exactly. Something that I hope is implemented someday is having a sibling serve as the rival character. I feel like a very rich story could come from that. If you're willing to read further, this is the back story I've always wanted put in, but it's a little long.

The opening will be very similar to the past games, only instead of speaking to the professor directly, it will be a radio. The radio will ask you the questions to set up the game; i.e. gender, name, sibling's name. They will then tell you that you have won a contest and you have won a Pokemon. Your sibling however, will demand one as well and your mother will send both of you to retrieve the Pokemon. The town itself will be similar to traditional starting towns, but instead of exploring, you will automatically be put on the train/bus. You will be put into the big city, where you will be lead to get your Pokemon. You go in and the professor introduces his/herself. You will choose your Pokemon, and your sibling will choose the opposite, and you will receive a Pokedex without your sibling knowing. You will board the bus/train, only to have your rival discover your Pokedex. They will challenge you to your first battle. This battle will have you get kicked off the train/bus and your sibling will run off in a fit of rage. The professor will run into you and contact your mother, and you will be tasked with finding your sibling. Looking for your sibling and trying to convince them to stop being stubborn will be a recurring theme as you challenge the gyms and league and fight the evil team.

 

[Prof Gallows]

What if in that fit of rage, your sibling rival teams up with the bad guys?

 

[Juicebox]

What if in that fit of rage, your sibling rival teams up with the bad guys?

I've considered that too, and I think that could be really cool. Of course it's Nintendo, so the sibling would eventually learn the error of their ways. But I can also see the sibling sacrificing themselves in a big way (turning into a Pokemon, getting trapped in another world). It could lead to something very emotional and could turn into a real tearjerker moment if done properly.

 

[Stevey Queen]

Exactly. Something that I hope is implemented someday is having a sibling serve as the rival character. I feel like a very rich story could come from that. If you're willing to read further, this is the back story I've always wanted put in, but it's a little long.

The opening will be very similar to the past games, only instead of speaking to the professor directly, it will be a radio. The radio will ask you the questions to set up the game; i.e. gender, name, sibling's name. They will then tell you that you have won a contest and you have won a Pokemon. Your sibling however, will demand one as well and your mother will send both of you to retrieve the Pokemon. The town itself will be similar to traditional starting towns, but instead of exploring, you will automatically be put on the train/bus. You will be put into the big city, where you will be lead to get your Pokemon. You go in and the professor introduces his/herself. You will choose your Pokemon, and your sibling will choose the opposite, and you will receive a Pokedex without your sibling knowing. You will board the bus/train, only to have your rival discover your Pokedex. They will challenge you to your first battle. This battle will have you get kicked off the train/bus and your sibling will run off in a fit of rage. The professor will run into you and contact your mother, and you will be tasked with finding your sibling. Looking for your sibling and trying to convince them to stop being stubborn will be a recurring theme as you challenge the gyms and league and fight the evil team.

What if in that fit of rage, your sibling rival teams up with the bad guys?

This would be cool. Personally, I'm tired of a friendly rival. I want to hate them again because of their jerk attitudes like the ginger from G/S/HG/SS and also sorta kinda Gary Oak. Those make the best rivals.

Also they need better Pokemon, they are hardly a challenge ever.

 

[Juicebox]

Something else I've always thought would be cool is if the leader of the evil organization has your exact team. You end up getting your Pokemon put into one of the machines used to put your Pokemon into the hall of fame. They end up battling you with the exact same team. Depending on what Pokemon you have, this could be really difficult.

Maybe it shouldn't be for the final boss, but maybe for an admin.

 

[Prof Gallows]

Gen 2 Rival was probably the best. Blue had a lot of those stuck up comments but Silver was raised bad.
Son of Giovanni, stealing pokemon and downright hating them and forcing them to get stronger. That's the sort of rival you want to prove everything to. Not some weird kid who runs around screaming about feeling his rage and whining about his sister's cat.

 

[Juicebox]

Silver is my favorite too. He's a jerk, but a jerk with a back story. I hate Blue though, I've hated him ever since I was a kid.

The friendly rival thing is okay, as I think they did it very well with Cheren and Bianca. However, Barry and Hugh were both really lackluster, as I didn't care about them at all.

 

[Prof Gallows]

Cheren and Bianca were really great characters. I have to say that they are probably the best out of any Pokemon game in the series that are closely linked with the main character.

Other games have touched on the back story lightly. Gen 3 had your dad working as a gym leader, for example.
But B/W really pushed it to where it needs to be with Cheren and Bianca. They drove parts of the story way more than any other sort of method could have.

 

[Sora]

I want a new home town too. I think it would be cool if maybe your character lives on a farm or something. Nothing like that has been done before, and it could add some uniqueness the family structure. Especially since the game is supposedly set in France, and the game could be like a kid who's never left the farm gets to explore the most elaborate cities in the region.

Thats a good idea except the whole family/farm thing was done is Pkm Ranger: Shadows of Almnia. I would like to see maybe that you start your game in a town with a gym leader, ie: you actually have to train a bit before challenging them. If they did that, it would be neat if it was a Ghost type gym with only normal type pokemon around it so you were forced to use your starter.
On another note, I would love it if double and triple battles were brought into the game more quickly. They could do this by having a man or woman, at those pit stops between routes, warn you that you may need more than your x number of pokemon here. It would continue with double or triple battles along the route. If you didn't heed their warning, you would simply have to fight 1 v 2 or 1/2 v 3 battles.
The biggest thing they should give us is more variety at the beginning regarding wild pokemon. Like a Gen 6 bird type and a Gen 4/5/3/2/1 Gen bird type, and so on. This would cause not everyone to end up with a Staraptor, if you understand what I mean.

 

[Treasu(red)]

Christmas. When I was 12. I'd seen an add in the Toys R Us magazine for gameboy colors, and the pokemon games. I've never agonized over a game and game system as hard. My parents got me a lime green gameboy color, and pokemon Red-- just what I'd asked for. I chose squirtle, I've always had an affinity for water types and I really liked Misty on the anime haha. They have a picture of me this Christmas, sitting on the love-seat bug eyed completely transfixed on the game. Even my grandparents were complaining I did zero socializing that Christmas. Haha. Ugh. Good times. I remember taking it to school and so many of my friends were jealous.

 

[Prof Gallows]

I don't consider the Ranger games canon, and I really think nobody else should. =p

As for the gym, that's the sort of forcing that needs to stay out of games. Pokemon is an extremely free game, allowing you to do whatever you want to do. Adding in restrictions like that would lose tons of fans, myself included. Some people just don't like the starter pokemon, and that's fine.

Gen 6 is doing what you've said. During the announcement video, it was stated that pokemon from the previous series would be available from the get go.

 

[Treasu(red)]

OH OH OH. And I remember the first time I saw Missing No.
Hahahah! I was like WHAAAAAAAAAAAT!?!?! This is real!?
And then the item cloning began! 999 rare candiesssss >=D

 

[Prof Gallows]

My school had a restriction against bringing in Game Boys, so I never got to take mine to school.
I also picked Squirtle the first time I ever played! =D

I didn't get a Gameboy color until G/S came out though. My normal one was used to play both Red and Blue.
Speaking of which, I still have my GB Color and attempted playing Silver and Crystal on it a while back. The batteries are dead in both of the games. =/

Really glad to see that Pokemon has been a part of people's lives for almost their entire life.

 

[oath2order]

Thats a good idea except the whole family/farm thing was done is Pkm Ranger: Shadows of Almnia. I would like to see maybe that you start your game in a town with a gym leader, ie: you actually have to train a bit before challenging them. If they did that, it would be neat if it was a Ghost type gym with only normal type pokemon around it so you were forced to use your starter.
On another note, I would love it if double and triple battles were brought into the game more quickly. They could do this by having a man or woman, at those pit stops between routes, warn you that you may need more than your x number of pokemon here. It would continue with double or triple battles along the route. If you didn't heed their warning, you would simply have to fight 1 v 2 or 1/2 v 3 battles.
The biggest thing they should give us is more variety at the beginning regarding wild pokemon. Like a Gen 6 bird type and a Gen 4/5/3/2/1 Gen bird type, and so on. This would cause not everyone to end up with a Staraptor, if you understand what I mean.

I hate the rotation battles. Triple are good.

 

[Roel]

I've been playing pok?mon since red.. and I still have a game of each generation! The games I own are:

- Red
- Gold
- Crystal
- Saphire
- Leafgreen
- Pearl
- HeartGold
- White
- White 2

I still enjoy pok?mon.. even though I don't play it a lot anymore. I do want to buy X or Y! Anyways, I actually won Crystal at a game event where I had to play pok?mon stadium. Still proud of that! I'll probably be a fan of pok?mon forever.. and I'll eventually get a tattoo of it.

 

[Prof Gallows]

I hate the rotation battles. Triple are good.

I cannot explain how much I agree.
Double battles were amazing when they were introduced. Triples battles even more so. But rotation battles? Neat idea, bad result.

 

[Prof Gallows]

I managed to go through my stuff and find all of mine. lol

I've got..
Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, Silver, Crystal, Ruby, Sapphire, Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Black, and White 2.
My gameboy color is also the special edition pokemon yellow/blue one. =D

A huge portion, and I mean really huge, of my life has involved Pokemon. I was constantly playing it, my two best friends growing up played it, and I used to watch the show on TV. I wonder if Nintendo and GameFreak ever think about how much of an impact the Pokemon series made on some people's lives.

 

[YanoShigun]

All of you have been playing since Red and Blue, I'm kinda jealous!

I always kinda liked Pokemon growing up, and I watched the classic anime and collected all the classic cards, most of which I still have today. I remember my first card was a Machop. I also have a Marill and Mew plush, from before Gen. 3. Even though I loved it, I was never interested in the games too much. I was still kinda young, I was born in '97.

Then in 4th Grade, we were having a read-a-thon at school and my friend brought a Pokemon pillow. It had Clefable on it and I though it was Wigglytuff, and she got mad and was all like "No, that's Clefable. >:U" We became friends over it and I started to like Pokemon more and more. Then she asked me if I wanted to borrow a game since I loved Pokemon so much, and she let me borrow her Pokemon Ruby for me to play on my DS. I chose Mudkip. And it was awesome. She eventually needed it back, so I never got to finish, but I bought other Pokemon games for my DS, Like Diamond, which came out the next year.

 

[Zen]

Hmm apprently a lvl99 Shiny Magikarp will be given away in Nagoya's pokemon center to celebrate its Grand reopening.

that ***** knows Hydro Pump. O_O

Oh and Junichi Masuda's lv100 Deoxys will be given away as well.