Greg Wrote:Think back to when you first played it on the Gameboy Color. Did it suck back then?
Of course not. I even made note that it only felt awesome at the time. It was good because we didn't know any different. I'm not denying it was awesome back then or even that it's a good game. I'm saying it's the worst of the versions. I have seen people that still truly believe R/B/Y is the BEST, even now. Those are the people my comments are directed at.
My general point was that the Pokemon versions aren't "milking" the franchise because they continually get better. I think they've improved every single time. Sure, maybe releasing near identical copies of the same game in the same gen is a little money grab, but it gives you an excuse to play the game again (with slight differences even), which I don't mind at all. Yellow/Crystal/Emerald/Platinum were all excellent improvements over their originals and definitely worth the time and investment.
D/P/Pt -> LG/FR = R/S/E -> G/S/C -> R/B/Y
And overall: Platinum and Emerald reign supreme as the most fun. I have no doubts HG/SS will claim the number one spot once I play them. It takes an awesome series to continually improve like Pokemon has.
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Definitely agreeing that the spin-offs, however, are milking the cash cow something fierce. My goodness just STOP. Stadium style ones stopped being fun after Stadium 2. Snap was enjoyable, but a little silly. Everything else...little pathetic or just plain stupid.