Link is here as much as I do love Pokémon, what the hell have they done? There are abut 3 Pokémon I like the look of. One Pokémon is an Ice Cream? A literal ice cream. Another is two gear cogs. What do you guys think of them?
Pokémon Black/White
Game » consists of 8 releases. Released Mar 06, 2011
Pokémon Black and White are the fifth generation of Pokémon games for the Nintendo DS. Both introduce several new game play innovations to the series including a more complex battle system, fully-animated 3D models and environments, extensive online integration, and a refresh of the entire selection of Pokémon.
List of Pokémon found in Black and White
"Thsoe are all terrible designs. Not surprised, though. lol, annualized franchises. "
What? While there is a steady stream of Pokemon games, the ones in the main series only come every 3-4 years. Diamond and Pearl were the last main games to be released and that was in 2007.. since then we've had Platinum, which was merely an upgrade. Heart Gold and Soul Silver which were remakes and a few other spin-off games, and none of these introduce new Pokemon.
As for the new critters.. We go through the same thing everytime. The old school players complain that they're bad, or weird.. but eventually get used to them when playing through the games. Many of the original designs were pretty odd or hell, even bad, but most got used to them because they're familiar with them after playing the game so much. Even the new guys introduced in Gold/Silver were heavily criticized at first, but again, people got used to them, and they're now widely considered the best.
I think many of the new designs are pretty odd as well, and I completely hate most of the new legendaries.. but I'm willing to give them a chance. The cog Pokemon, for example, is very reminiscent of Magnemite, who was just a magnet. I think many of the new guys like this were pretty obviously designed as counterparts to the original 151, and as someone who did grow up playing the original Red and Blue, I really like how this game is a fresh start, something that Ruby and Sapphire took a half hearted attempt at.
IT'S CALLED TAUROS, GAMEFREAK, YOU FUCKERS!
Phew... I'm glad that's out of the way. The game still looks badass. Some of the Pokemon designs... well, I'm sure they'll grow on me. I don't see me drawing 600 odd drawings and having all of them be unique and well designed.
I can't even make one drawing that's unique and well designed...
EDIT: On that site, I quote the user, Dragons Rock: " Why the he’ll is evee there it’s a peice of sh*t dragonite is way better than all of them"
Truer words never spoken.
Yeah, see my point about the counterparts. Quite a few of them look like they're supposed to be the new Tauros or Magnemite, etc.
And some of the new designs are pretty bad, like that flat fish.. thing.. But all the generations have had bad designs.
However, I have to say that garbage bag Pokemon is just the greatest thing ever. Totally disgusting, but awesome.
I was the same way when I first saw them, but they've all really grown on me.
Except for the ice cream. I don't care how good it's supposed to be or whatever. Pokemon shouldn't look delicious.
Honestly, anyone who says the original designs were just as bad as the recent ones is kidding themselves at least a little bit. That's not an argument anyone can win, though there's some hyperbole on both sides of the discussion.
However, since I might be getting this, I'm glad it will conform to my usual Pokémon play style of catching about ten things I like and never bothering with anything else.
Meh, they look alright. People who grew up playing Red, Blue, Yellow, Gold, and Silver, are never gonna like the newer characters.
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