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[Francis]

I keep reading articles and forum posts about the new DS Pokemon game, and how everyone is soooo excited. Am I the only one who doesn't care? It just seems so boring, and has everything about RPGs that I don't like (random battles, grinding to level up, fighting with menus), and nothing that I do like (good story, interesting weapons/lands/creatures, exploration)

Its the only Nintendo franchise that I have no interest in. Someone please clue me into that which is Pokemania, cause I want to like it, I really do.

[Almaz]

Agreed. It's exactly the same thing for me and the Legend of Zelda series. The thing that Pokemon has, though, is replayability. After your first trip through the Pokemon world, you'll either never want to do it again, or just keep playing until you're sick of the stuff. With over 400-something species of the Pocket Monsters, there's lots of room for improvement and customization with attacks. Since, hypathetically, you can have over 1000000 different outcomes for a team of 6 Pokemon with specific attacks. And THAT is what gets people hooked in Pokemania.

However, I haven't really liked any Pokemon games since the original. And all Yellow, Crystal, and Emerald versions were were vehicles promoting the current season of the anime and the Pokemon movies. Why can't we just go to the original series, where everything was pure and fun, instead of all these unnecessary add-ons? Berries and Pokemon Contests are unnecessary and purely uninteresting. I'm not really sure if I'll hop on the Pokemon bandwagon this version.

Oh, and they edited the menues so you can stop fighting with them.

[Super Hario]

I really like the customization of Pokemon. It's just making the best team I can that keeps me playing. I also agree with Mister I, I thought that the first generation of Pokemon was the best.

[Goomba]

[Fleep]

If that's how you feel, then I'm not showing you my Pokeymans.

[Evan]

Each to his own, I suppose! I like how open-ended Pokemon is, and how much there simply is to do. Even just running around and exploring every nook and cranny can be fun. It's creative, I suppose, and appeals to the avid collector in me. It's also got a very unique battle system--simple enough for children but it has a surprising amount of intricacy when you dig into the depths of it.

[Marino Mario]

I'm a technical geek myself, but I love mainly not only the customization of the team, but also comparing stats, calculating the natures and attributes to create the best possible team.

Of course, a problem is the factor that most of the raising of the stats and particular movesets is mainly due to either breeding (which is time consuming and a LOT of work) or, depending on the Pokemon you want to find, catch, and raise, just SHEER DUMB LUCK (such as contacting the PokeRus--a beneficial virus that enables yours stats to climb twice as fast as before...or catching a "Shiny"/Alternate Color Pokemon, in which there's about in a 1 in over 8000 chance of happening)...which can turn you off.

Exploration (at first) as well as just plain seeing the new Pokemon released. Although, I WILL admit...some of them are just plain stupid, and the names are either extremely punny, or nigh-impossible to pronounce (I blame Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald for that...)

That, and the dumb spin-offs...and the equally dumb (in my opinion) card game...

But, I've been hooked on Pokemon ever since the show and Red/Blue. To be truly honest, I really have no idea WHAT attracts me to the damn series. >XD But, you know what? I don't care.

[Django]

R/B/Y were pretty awesome games, in my opinion. I must'v ebeaten them thousands of times over. G/S/C were also pretty good. Then the GBA games just took the series so many steps backwards. I've heard the new games are pretty good, but I'm a bit skeptical, I may or may not pick up a copy.

Regardless of how bad the anime was, or how the merchandise went too far, or how nobody actually played the card game, the original games were always good.


Personally, I loved playing around with every single glitch in Red, and further messing with the cartridge using a GameShark. My Game Boy bleeds hexadecimal.

[Shroopliss]

Well, there's not much to add to Pokémon games without ruining them...

though someone suggested something awesome; a full-scale war between all the villain teams so far in which a trail of destruction is left in their wake...

[Rawk Hawk]

Rawk Hawk isn't interested in the Pokemanz either.

(Red and Blue were good, and so was Gold and Silver but I lost interest afterwards)

[Thudley]

[Rawk Hawk]

[Lord Rattata]

No. way. I can't believe Francis doesn't care about pokemon.
I thought you collected everything?