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Pokemon Gold / Silver for DS announced
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MichaelEM3
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Masked Man
I said wow
Welcome back. <3
Golden Darkness
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VOOK said:
It's usually leaked by the 10th. Although with the 10th being a Sunday, bet it on the 11th.
Black-Wind
Member
Same here.JKBii said:
I actually really like the PLT sprites.
Regulus Tera said:
Pal Park gets locked out for 24 hours if you touch the DS internal clock even slightly, and I vaguely recall the rest of time-specific events getting the same lockout if you change the time by too large a margin or too often. Never done it myself for anything other than daylight savings and moving between time zones, so I'm not clear on the details.
Point is, Gamefreak actively coded the previous games to discourage DS clock abuse, there's no reason to assume they won't with these as well. It's not an issue in DPP because the time limited events are so scarce and insignificant, but it would be problematic if large amounts of sidequests or even plot evens depended on very narrow time slots or if there was some significant sidequest that was only available for a day or two per month, which some people seemed to be suggesting earlier in the thread. Nintendo has good reasons to go light on time-based stuff that isn't primarily cosmetic.
Incidentally, it was completely impossible to change the clock in Crystal beyond one hour for daylight savings. This created some issues when I went over to China on vacation for several months.
flipping_heck
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Cyndaquil.. yay!
Adam Prime
hates soccer, is Mexican
Okay someone clue me in on this... I played Gold, in fact it's the ONLY Pokemon game I've played all the way through. I didn't think it was a marvelous/amazing RPG back when I played it, and I really don't think so now. It's fun and addicting yeah, but it's also a real fucking grind.
So why the excitement over these two games? I'm ignorant, I don't get it. Is it the fact that you all played this game when you were 10-13 and you get to relive the experience over again? I mean it's getting updated GB Color graphics to DS graphics... umm, that isn't exactly mind blowing. Knowing Nintendo, they'll probably just use the sprites from the latest Pokemon game, right?
So someone set me straight: Why is this a big deal and any different from any other of the Pokemon games?
So why the excitement over these two games? I'm ignorant, I don't get it. Is it the fact that you all played this game when you were 10-13 and you get to relive the experience over again? I mean it's getting updated GB Color graphics to DS graphics... umm, that isn't exactly mind blowing. Knowing Nintendo, they'll probably just use the sprites from the latest Pokemon game, right?
So someone set me straight: Why is this a big deal and any different from any other of the Pokemon games?
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Deleted member 30609
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First Pokemon game that I'll have played through to completion since Gold/Silver, funnily enough. :lol
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I'd wait for SS/HG, but I haven't played The P/D/P series so I can't fairly say.HUELEN10 said:
Not Diamond.HUELEN10 said:
Silver vs. Platinum is impossible to determine for me until we know more. I can tell you that Platinum is my favorite incarnation of a Pokemon game while Silver is a remake of my least favorite (edit: narrowly so), but Emerald's staggering improvements over Ruby/Sapphire proved to me that GameFreak is completely capable of kicking a region that's on the bottom rung with me up to top tier. Even I wouldn't count Silver out right now.
Black-Wind
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Why is that?Jiggy said:
I haven't really looked at Plt (other than the "mostly-cool-from-what-I-have-seen" sprite changes and a friend telling me it was really good). Whats soo grand about it?
AzureNightmare
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I originally imported Silver way back in the day and god damn it, I will do it again. 
Eteric Rice
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Isn't this the happiest looking motherfucker ever?
He's happy because we'll be playing together again in Gold/Silver!
This is certainly good news. I never played them. I wasn't much of a Handheld guy until the DS came out (I regret so badly not getting into handhelds when the GBC or GBA were out) and i've gotten all the GBA versions... so for sure i'll be getting both versions Silver and Gold.
jump_button
Banned
I never got any of the other pokemon remake but this one i will
What Firestorm ownage? Any idiot could have "confirmed" this and had a 90% chance of being right :lolDanthrax said:
You know, I know I said Platinum before... but at this point I think you should just pick up Fire Red or Leaf Green. It'll make the end-game of Soul Silver / Heart Gold that much cooler.HUELEN10 said:
Eteric Rice
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Firestorm said:
This is correct.
This means absolutely nothing to me.
Perhaps I'm not like others here, in that I quit the Pokemon franchise after Ruby demonstrated to me that Nintendo seemed interested in nothing but sticking slavishly to the same formula in every Pokemon game they would make. I was a huge fan playing Blue and Gold, but the series didn't seem to be going anywhere. Nothing that has happened since has shown otherwise to me, especially not the emergence of yet another remake.
Wake me up when Nintendo decides to make some real changes to the franchise.
Perhaps I'm not like others here, in that I quit the Pokemon franchise after Ruby demonstrated to me that Nintendo seemed interested in nothing but sticking slavishly to the same formula in every Pokemon game they would make. I was a huge fan playing Blue and Gold, but the series didn't seem to be going anywhere. Nothing that has happened since has shown otherwise to me, especially not the emergence of yet another remake.
Wake me up when Nintendo decides to make some real changes to the franchise.
perfectchaos007
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So I wonder what the Pokemon Sunday show in Japan is going to reveal?
CharminUltra
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Awesome. I totally missed these two back in the day.
These are my friends, see how they glisten
These are my friends, see how they glisten
MindCollizion
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Neo Child said:Before this gets posted on "Videogame secrets that will shock you" in 5 years time:
(Obviousely, Ho-oh's wings shape a heart and Lugia shapes a flame (burning soul).
Isn't that... the whole point of those?
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Masked Man said:
Welcome back. <3
<3 Espeon.
And wow @ that 10 years thing, that's absolutely ridiculous if you think back on what you were doing then.
It's Diamond/Pearl except better.Black-Wind said:
Which of course raises the question of what I like about Diamond/Pearl. I always love Pokemon multiplayer, so let's just put that aside--as far as single-player goes, Diamond/Pearl (and now Platinum) as close as the series has come to making me feel like that can stand on its own. Sinnoh has unmatched diversity in its terrain and weather, the numerous double battle partner sections added some flair, next to no surfing is needed, music's great.
My only serious complaint is that the entire game displayed a reluctance to let non-gym trainers have teams of more than three Pokemon, but that's nothing compared to second-gen's wuss level-40 Elite Four or third-gen's water-fest.
xs_mini_neo
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cooljeanius said:
My poor copy of Gold suffered the DBoD (dead battery of death).
It was sad because I had so much good stuff on it.
my copy of Silver lives
sixteen-bit
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This might be the first Pokemon I buy since Silver
BishopLamont
Banned
Gold Heart/Silver Soul sounds better, but what the hey.
I'll be getting gold this time, since I went for silver last time.
I'll be getting gold this time, since I went for silver last time.