Master Rudy
5th October 2009, 12:28 AM
I think it's about time that GD gets a nice discussion topic. Lord knows it's a bit inactive as of late :P
In any case I've found it intresting to see how Gen 4 and the DS have changed the Pokémon series. Years ago in order to trade/battle you had to know other people that also played in order to do so. As some people here know this had a potential to be problematic. From my experience playing the games in late middle school/high school had a way of getting the assholes in a group to label someone an outcast which is downright sad. I always went the route of saying nearly any game could be fun and enjoyable. Pokémon as we all know has a depth and complex nature that many people tend to overlook since all they see on the surface is a "kid's game." Granted I'm sure that some people in my high school did play but were like me and didn't go out of the way to make it public. With some of us in our 20's now we can look back and say it's silly and dumb but let's face it: how many of us had big enough problems in high school without giving the real idiots more stuff to give us hell over. Bottom line was due to a lack of people I knew who played I left RSE and the Red and Green remakes untouched until years later.
When the newer generation came out I think it wound up changing things for the better as far as being able to trade and battle went. The DS with it's WiFi features allowed you to be able to battle anyone online as long as you had their friend code. The GTS also allowed you to trade with anyone as well. The best part of it all was that people were no longer limited by region either. Anyone who's tried linking together a Japanese/English cart together knows what I mean. In short I think all the online features of the newer games have gone ahead and made Pokémon a much more accessable and fun series for any age group. It's simple enough for the younger crowd but can get pretty complex as far as older players a concerned.
As far as this topic goes feel free to discuss how you feel the DS games have changed the games compared to the older generations. This can be anything from finding new people to battle, how your view of the series has changed over the years, ect.
Also if you want to do this for fun here's an idea. As we all know in the older Pokémon games you were limited to pretty much trading with people in just your local area. As a way of showing just how much reach one simple game now has, access the globe in the GTS and share the places you've traded with ^_~
Home:
Kentucky, USA
Places I've connected to:
Virgina, USA
California, USA
Chiba, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Nara, Japan
In any case I've found it intresting to see how Gen 4 and the DS have changed the Pokémon series. Years ago in order to trade/battle you had to know other people that also played in order to do so. As some people here know this had a potential to be problematic. From my experience playing the games in late middle school/high school had a way of getting the assholes in a group to label someone an outcast which is downright sad. I always went the route of saying nearly any game could be fun and enjoyable. Pokémon as we all know has a depth and complex nature that many people tend to overlook since all they see on the surface is a "kid's game." Granted I'm sure that some people in my high school did play but were like me and didn't go out of the way to make it public. With some of us in our 20's now we can look back and say it's silly and dumb but let's face it: how many of us had big enough problems in high school without giving the real idiots more stuff to give us hell over. Bottom line was due to a lack of people I knew who played I left RSE and the Red and Green remakes untouched until years later.
When the newer generation came out I think it wound up changing things for the better as far as being able to trade and battle went. The DS with it's WiFi features allowed you to be able to battle anyone online as long as you had their friend code. The GTS also allowed you to trade with anyone as well. The best part of it all was that people were no longer limited by region either. Anyone who's tried linking together a Japanese/English cart together knows what I mean. In short I think all the online features of the newer games have gone ahead and made Pokémon a much more accessable and fun series for any age group. It's simple enough for the younger crowd but can get pretty complex as far as older players a concerned.
As far as this topic goes feel free to discuss how you feel the DS games have changed the games compared to the older generations. This can be anything from finding new people to battle, how your view of the series has changed over the years, ect.
Also if you want to do this for fun here's an idea. As we all know in the older Pokémon games you were limited to pretty much trading with people in just your local area. As a way of showing just how much reach one simple game now has, access the globe in the GTS and share the places you've traded with ^_~
Home:
Kentucky, USA
Places I've connected to:
Virgina, USA
California, USA
Chiba, Japan
Tokyo, Japan
Nara, Japan