Zero Punctuation: Pokemon White
- Thread starter Yahtzee Croshaw
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Pokemon games need the ability to reject most random battle chalenges. Or a machine gun. Or a katana.
Repels have been in the game since red/blue. So long as your pokemon is higher level than the ones in the area you are in, you will avoid random battles.
He may not be able to beat Emolga, but here's a level 1 beating a whole team of 100s. Enjoy.
http://youtu.be/oJxvmtCwAZY
http://youtu.be/oJxvmtCwAZY
Lol everyone cool with yahtzee when he reviews Halo, COD or Sonic unleashed. but diss a franchise that's been going 15 years strong and he's a satanist.
I use to play pokemon but a psp sounded more appealing. I sold all my game boy/advance games a long time ago, but those were the days.
I use to play pokemon but a psp sounded more appealing. I sold all my game boy/advance games a long time ago, but those were the days.
Gen1: Competitive battling was all about : Psychic types and Paper/rock/scissorsAce IV said:
Gen5:Competitive battling is all about : Setup and items
Setup what you may ask. well:
Weather effects: Suddenly all your fire/water/etc attacks do more damage and the opposed element less. Oh look all your speed stat have been doubled on pokemon with the corresponding ability.Sone of your pokemon are getting healed, some are cured of all aliments, and some even have increased evasion or some other stat.
Stat Boosts: fast pokemon too weak, Strong pokemon not fast enough, defensive pokemon wanting to make noobs cry more tears? Not anymore
entry-hazards: Hate pokemon that are weak to rock, want to poison all your opponents pokemon, or just chip away at their health? Then laying these down will punish your opponent for having the gall to even step into the ring.
held Items: Allow your pokemon to heal every turn, escape certain death once, damage/status your enemy,boost stats, and the list goes and goes
The games competitive metagame evolves each generation. I've been playing competitively over the internet through the various battle simulators for almost 2 years now and you have no idea how much this generation shuffled pokemon around. Ninetales and Politoed who have been crap pokemon for generations are two of the leading mons in the new BW metagame just from their new abilities.Mew,Garchomp,and Deoxis(one of the forms) are no longer Uber(last I checked) because nintendo has buffed the new mons enough that those two no longer break the game as they once did. I could go on and on about how much this gen has re-shuffled things but frankly I'm tired and so I depart for the land of dreams.
werewolfsfury said:
I think you'll find its made of ice. which is blue. or at least the pokemon family is blue. mores the point, vanilla ice cream is yellowish. Dunno what you've been eating... but it ain't ice cream...
And i'm not wanting something completely unrelated as a name, just something thats not a completely shite pun. 4th gen didn't have many pun pokemon names, what the hell went wrong this time?
(note i said MANY pun names. there will be some so don't quote me again saying names that are puns in the 4th gen. i just don't care that much...)
your ice is blue? you must have fancy ice cube trays because i've only have CLEAR ice that or you get it from glaciers and as for the ice cream we must but different brands mine is pretty much white unless it gets freezer burnt.. and I see about as many "pun" names in gen 4 as any other gen.Andrew_Mac said:
"I really must know, after all this time, do poison type Pokemon still suck?"
Short answer: as everything other than defensive walls... yes.
Short answer: as everything other than defensive walls... yes.
Primus1985 said:
Having read the game's plot and dialogue outlines from a few sources, I will say that while the plot and rivalry with N is very unique and much more intriguing than any other titles before, the game still pulls a Deus Ex moment right at the end and the game's progression is still no different from past titles.Brad Shepard said:
For one, the true mastermind twist of Ghetsis was never foreshadowed throughout the game, in any capacity, for one simple reason: Nowhere before the end do you get any inkling or hints that Ghetsis is N's father, even in casual conversation with NPCs. Even N himself doesn't know that's true until the end of the game. A plot point, yes, but to me, since it wasn't hinted at in some fashion, it sounds contrived instead of thought out.
And what was Ghetsis's goal by manipulating so many people in the game: Take over the Unova region by being the sole holder of any combat worthy pokemon, exactly the same core motivations as Team Rocket, but not quite the same as Team Galactic. Couple that with the Deus Ex revelation of him being N's father at the end, and the story has some pretty large holes in it.
And yes, the game is linear to a near fault. This coming from the games I have played, Gen 1, 3, and 4. It's not terrible, and in the case of this narrative necessary to tell a tale, but it certainly gets to be when from one game to the next, in order to do the same tasks, you have to jump through more hoops, such as the bell ringing task Yahtzee pointed out.
I can see that kind of thing working to help players who don't grind for levels, but here's another idea: Make those tasks into side quests and have some slightly dynamic dialogue to drop hints that maybe you should try them instead of forcing you to do so to level your pokemon.
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Now, in terms of Yahtzee's review, it was worth seeing him tear into certain parts of the game, such as not having an opinion to kick pokemon if you wish to be cruel. That I found hilarious.
Also, he is correct about not one person being indifferent about pokemon. That's like having no one who is indifferent to Facebook. It's simply not possible, no matter how big a phenomenon it's become or how much a part of life it is.
I doubt he'll review Pokemon Black anytime soon, outside of a possible brief addendum in a future video where he says, "Yep, the plot is no different. Now run along and use GameFAQs to find what creatures you're missing, because I'm not telling. Besides, I've been playing 'insert game here' for 'X amount of time' anyway, so I stopped caring."
See: That's where the katana/gun option comes in. You take the money at gunpoint and steal the gym-leaders pokemon. Then you beat them and don't have to train the pokemon yourself. (would probably end badly though, but not really since nobody goes to school)werewolfsfury said:
