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Waluigilicious · May 26, 2017

If an Amiibo were to be made for each Pokemon at £12 each it would cost £9,624

Even if they made something like cards that cost £1.50 each that would set you back £1,230

If you were to read out a list of them and it took you one second per Pokemon it would take you over 13 minutes.

If you were playing a game and it took you on average 10 minutes to catch/hatch each one for a living dex it would take you over 130 hours.

Gotta catch em all!

I love new Pokemon and I hope they don't stop, and in fact I was upset about mega evolutions because I feel they took slots that could have been normal evolutions (see gen 4). I wish they were for legendaries and stage 3 evos only.

But when is it too much? If we can't even buy them all in any way what so ever, or even collect them all time wise... When does it end? Pokemon Bank does exist but what about non RPG games? It goes against the slogan if they don't get you to catch em all!

Where do you think this is all heading?! The big 1,000?

DMONKUMA · May 26, 2017

Gotta catch them all

What did he mean by this? · May 26, 2017

Series needs a reboot

Blackquill · May 26, 2017

What did he mean by this? said:
Series needs a reboot

You need a reboot

Maxim726X · May 26, 2017

So I haven't played a single Pokemon since Red.

Is there some kind of system to transfer the ones you have caught from previous generations?

Blackquill said:
You need a reboot

DAAAAAAAAAAAMN

Kazoo pls · May 26, 2017

Maxim726X said:
So I haven't played a single Pokemon since Red.

Is there some kind of system to transfer the ones you have caught from previous generations?

Pokemon Bank, only for 3rd gen and up. The VC Pokemon Red and Blue are compatible with it however

LotusHD · May 26, 2017

What did he mean by this? said:
Series needs a reboot

No

Sealtest · May 26, 2017

And I'm afraid I'll lose my entire pokedex by one corrupt save.

These Pokemon have been with me since Diamond and I'd hate to lose them.
If the switch version is real I hope they make cloud saves so I won't ever fear losing everything.

I don't see them stopping anytime soon. Maybe 1k being the big number before they stop and re-think what should be done.

Zyrox · May 26, 2017

This isn't even counting alt forms either. I love the large number of Pokémon personally. The more the better. Gen 6 and 7 were kinda disappointing with their low number of new Pokémon. Hope Gn 8 can get to 100+ again.

Kevinroc · May 26, 2017

Don't worry. There will be even more Pokemon in the future.

T.O.P · May 26, 2017

I still only care about Gen I&II

Nights Owl · May 26, 2017

I actually think the new Pokemon is the only thing that keeps the series going. If they stopped now and made like 4 new games (Not like R/B, 4 new full games) with no new Pokemon, I think we'd see sales drop and keep dropping.

The issue I have is there's too many Pokemon to only have a party of 6 now.

In Sun/Moon alone I wanted at least 12 different Pokemon to be in my party, but there was no point to have them all be around the same level while going through the story.

And difficulty selection would be nice.

isaacnukem · May 26, 2017

Gotta catch them all, no I'm not

PS: Stopped caring after the first gen

Sheentak · May 26, 2017

I want a high number of new pokemon

Manu · May 26, 2017

What did he mean by this? said:
Series needs a reboot

How do you even reboot pokemon.

Feep · May 26, 2017

I view this as the primary issue with modern Pokemon games.

"Collecting them all" was an obsession, the primary driver in Gen's 1 and 2. After that, it became infeasible.

mebizzle · May 26, 2017

Zyrox said:
This isn't even counting alt forms either. I love the large number of Pokémon personally. The more the better. Gen 6 and 7 were kinda disappointing with their low number of new Pokémon. Hope Gn 8 can get to 100+ again.

I'm the opposite, Pokemon is my favorite series but I don't want them to keep throwing in huge sets. It results in Pokemon getting a little bit of attention and then thrown away like they're generic anime characters if they're not the select few that always seem to show up regardless of region.

LotusHD · May 26, 2017

Manu said:
How do you even reboot pokemon.

Really though...

Like doing something like Sun & Moon where you mix things up is one thing, but if you're talking about getting rid of Pokemon or something, then that's an awful idea.

SomedayTheFire · May 26, 2017

What did he mean by this? said:
Series needs a reboot

Done. Pokemon Black & White.

Giga Man · May 26, 2017

I can't wait for the 1337th Pokemon.

SomedayTheFire said:
Done. Pokemon Black & White.

I love Black & White for that. A game with only new Pokemon excites me.

OmegaFax · May 26, 2017

LotusHD said:
Really though...

Like doing something like Sun & Moon where you mix things up is one thing, but if you're talking about getting rid of Pokemon or something, then that's an awful idea.

We're just talking about an extinction level event/spin off to the Faller saga introduced in SuMo, right?!

Alex_Mexico · May 26, 2017

Is there a legit way of being able to catch 'em all into one cartridge? Even if it involves trading from GBA all the way to 3DS games?

Hacking doesn't count.

_Nemo · May 26, 2017

There will always only be 151 true Pokemen.

Waluigilicious · May 26, 2017

Alex_Mexico said:
Is there a legit way of being able to catch 'em all into one cartridge? Even if it involves trading from GBA all the way to 3DS games?

Hacking doesn't count.

Yes. You can just trade online, if not then you can get 99% and for the special ones wait for online events in the future.

Kinsei · May 26, 2017

Alex_Mexico said:
Is there a legit way of being able to catch 'em all into one cartridge? Even if it involves trading from GBA all the way to 3DS games?

Hacking doesn't count.

Not entirely. You'll need to wait for events to get Pokemon like Celebi and Jirachi.

lvl99 Pixel · May 26, 2017

they will continue until theres one based on every existing inanimate object, and then regional variants of those inanimate objects
basically this

BooJoh · May 26, 2017

I'm impressed that we're nearing 1000 Pokemon and they're all mostly pretty memorable designs. Even the Pokemon that are frequently called out for being "badly designed" have their fans.

Sure, I can't name them all at a glance anymore, but I don't think that needs to be a requirement for the series.

Pop-O-Matic · May 26, 2017

802 and only the first 151 are any good.

Also, #1000 needs to be Yoshi.

Dark Orchid · May 26, 2017

Manu said:
How do you even reboot pokemon.

Usually when people say this they mean "cut most of the Pokemon... that aren't Gen 1 and definitely cut the remakes in Gen 5 and also that fucking ice cream cone".

A nice way to do it would be to semi-Gen 3 it (now that stats are just randomized when transferring from Gen 1 anyway) and redo most of the mechanics to further cut down on prep time for competitive and make competitive more appealing for the mass market in the process buuuuuuut that'll never happen again.

WhiteRabbitEXE · May 26, 2017

_Nemo said:
There will always only be 151 true Pokemen.

Unless you're from Japan, there's been at least 152 Pokémon since three weeks before the first games even came out.

-MD- · May 26, 2017

I know like 151 of them.

Masterspeed · May 26, 2017

802 Pokemon and I've only ever caught 2 shinies... A shiny Butterfree in Gold and a Unown I in Crystal...

Frumix · May 26, 2017

Back when I was but a wee lad there was that kid who claimed to have pictures of a thousand pokemon.

The little bastard was onto something.

balladofwindfishes · May 26, 2017

What did he mean by this? said:
Series needs a reboot

Tried that with the 3rd gen

Had to spend the next few games making sure everyone could still get their favorite Pokemon. Gen II Pokemon were particularly tedious to get until the GS remakes 7 years later.

QisTopTier · May 26, 2017

I wish there was 3000

_Nemo said:
There will always only be 151 true Pokemen.

People that actually think like this don't actually care about the franchise at all.

Brawly Likes to Brawl · May 26, 2017

What did he mean by this? said:
Series needs a reboot

We've already had two. (Gens 3 & 5)

Lunafreya Nox Fleuret · May 26, 2017

I know every single one of them and I'm proud.

cyba89 · May 26, 2017

Rumors are the franchise will end when it hits 999. Current Pokedexes are not capable of storing data for 1000 Pokémon (often regarded as the "Poké1000 problem").

Diprosalic · May 26, 2017

i thought it was a mistake from them to not go to 849 so they could do 151 in the next gen and go up to 1000.

AlexFlame116 · May 26, 2017

And I love them all.

My mind will be blown when we reach 1000.

Smeags · May 27, 2017

All I need is Weavile. :3

pinkurocket · May 27, 2017

We still need a salt pokémon that appears whenever someone says gen 1 is the only true Pokémon gen.

celsowmbr · May 27, 2017

What kind of things you buy with £9,624? Maybe a car?

Sandfox · May 27, 2017

No such thing as too many Pokémon.

ffdgh · May 27, 2017

Hope we get more regional variations that aren't pointlessly kanto only.

PSqueak · May 27, 2017

What did he mean by this? said:
Series needs a reboot

Play Sun/Moon, it's basically that.

Alex_Mexico said:
Is there a legit way of being able to catch 'em all into one cartridge? Even if it involves trading from GBA all the way to 3DS games?

Hacking doesn't count.

GBA games can be transferred to DS games and then into the 3ds games.

That's all you'd need.

GunBR · May 27, 2017

I would love a new game with just gen 1 and 2 of Pokemons

Actually, a Pokemon Gold and Silver 2

with Kanto included

would be a dream come true

entremet · May 27, 2017

PSqueak said:
Play Sun/Moon, it's basically that.

GBA games can be transferred to DS games and then into the 3ds games.

That's all you'd need.

You only need the 3DS these days.

Quonny · May 27, 2017

I'm waiting for a fusion system to reduce the 'effective' number of Pokemon out there.

I think it would be a smart way to reduce the numbers while at the same time adding new Pokemon.

lvl99 Pixel · May 27, 2017

PSqueak said:
Play Sun/Moon, it's basically that.

it really isnt

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