What I love about the first 2 generations of Pokémon is that they feel interconnected. Even in the anime when Ho-Oh appears in the first episode. That Pokémon’s existence expanded the idea that there are more Pokémon then what the world tells you. It’s such a simple concept but it works. I loved it even more that both the Johto and Kanto regions are accessible. It doesn’t make sense that each new game has a new “undiscovered” region of Pokémon but everywhere else is inaccessible with fucking flying Pokémon at your disposal lol
Not to mention the designs are actually aligned with each other between gen 1 and 2. Gen 3 was when they really started the inconsistencies in what a Pokémon should look like.
3 years to develop and putting your heart and soul into a game, you get a masterpiece. With the later games simply being designed as fast as possible and for nothing more than a paycheck, you get a game like Scarlet and Violet. Broken, relying heavily on internet play and being plagued with DLC.
You think developers could learn something. Quality takes time. If the product is good, it WILL sell. The moment you do something for quick cash and nickel and dime people, the product will be trash.
Heart gold and Soulsilver are absolutely my favorite Pokémon games! Walking around with my Pokémon and seeing how happy they were always put a smile on my face!
To this day, I do not think there has been a time in the general Pokémon fandom with the type of excitement and unfettered optimism that came with the release of HGSS. At the time, FRLG were the only remakes Game Freak had ever done. And they were the original games, more likely to get special treatment than other titles, so we didn't know if there were plans to continue remaking older Pokémon games. But I remember discussing Pokémon with my friend, and when I expressed how badly I hoped they would eventually remake GSC she said "Wait. I think they are." I FLIPPED. She showed me an online announcement confirming HGSS, and we lost our minds. Gen II was so beloved by the entire fanbase at the time, the original sequels that expanded on a world we had never known would change when obsessively playing RBY as little kids, and the sequels not only lived up to the hype but exceeded it. Everyone had Pokewalkers, everyone was geeking over follow Pokémon, people were PUMPED. It honestly makes me a little sad to compare the hype for HGSS to the way the fanbase reacted to SV. The Pokémon Company has really let the games' reputation decline.
ss was the 1st pkmn game i owned & played through . no regrets whatsoever i absolutely adore this game . rlly wish this much effort was put into today's pkmn games
They should remake the extended versions of pokemon for gen 10. Emerald and Platinum would be a good paired release. I get by with just buying one version of the games, since it's pretty much like a pallet swap, so whatever. But a paired release of Em & Pl would be basically REQUIRED to buy both. and doing that, speaking of HG SS, maybe releasing a Jhoto/Kanto and Kanto/Jhoto version could be cool. take red and gold pokemon sets, start from Kanto and go on to Jhoto. Then do Blue and Silver to do Jhoto on to Kanto. So the game cart version choice is home region, not just baddie's hat flavour.
Black And White will always be my favorite, but Heart Gold and Soul Silver are undeniably the best in the series. I love Johto so much in those games, and Kanto is a nice bonus, that while boring to me, is still a ton of content.
There are so many trash pokemon, the story is just Team Rocket being all: "Notice us Senpai!", the leveling curve is garbage, there aren't any good places to grind your team up so you have to hack in rare candies (because who is gonna waste hours grinding for Red), some of the characters aren't that memorable, some of the gym leaders don't even use gen 2 pokemon (like why not give Bugsy a Heracross, Falkner the Hoothoot line, Chuck a Hitmontop, Jasmine a Skarmory and Morty a Misdreavus), Cyndaquil's line literally has the same base stats as Charmander's line, you can find pokemon under level 30 south of Blackthorn and in the post game.
I've played through Heart Gold twice and i just can't seem to enjoy it at least a little. If you like these games, that's fine.
Expected a section of the video about the Kanto region
Kingk starting the video instantly a 100/10 in my book
What I love about the first 2 generations of Pokémon is that they feel interconnected. Even in the anime when Ho-Oh appears in the first episode. That Pokémon’s existence expanded the idea that there are more Pokémon then what the world tells you. It’s such a simple concept but it works. I loved it even more that both the Johto and Kanto regions are accessible. It doesn’t make sense that each new game has a new “undiscovered” region of Pokémon but everywhere else is inaccessible with fucking flying Pokémon at your disposal lol
Not to mention the designs are actually aligned with each other between gen 1 and 2. Gen 3 was when they really started the inconsistencies in what a Pokémon should look like.
Water colour is objectively better
3 years to develop and putting your heart and soul into a game, you get a masterpiece.
With the later games simply being designed as fast as possible and for nothing more than a paycheck, you get a game like Scarlet and Violet. Broken, relying heavily on internet play and being plagued with DLC.
You think developers could learn something. Quality takes time. If the product is good, it WILL sell. The moment you do something for quick cash and nickel and dime people, the product will be trash.
Ethan being a ninja is giving me ideas for a possible story.
Heart gold and Soulsilver are absolutely my favorite Pokémon games! Walking around with my Pokémon and seeing how happy they were always put a smile on my face!
Hopefully, the next Jotho remix they add crystal progagonist
When people ask me how to get started in pokemon I tell them to get a ds or an emulator and play fire red – hgss – then ORAS in that order
To this day, I do not think there has been a time in the general Pokémon fandom with the type of excitement and unfettered optimism that came with the release of HGSS. At the time, FRLG were the only remakes Game Freak had ever done. And they were the original games, more likely to get special treatment than other titles, so we didn't know if there were plans to continue remaking older Pokémon games. But I remember discussing Pokémon with my friend, and when I expressed how badly I hoped they would eventually remake GSC she said "Wait. I think they are." I FLIPPED. She showed me an online announcement confirming HGSS, and we lost our minds. Gen II was so beloved by the entire fanbase at the time, the original sequels that expanded on a world we had never known would change when obsessively playing RBY as little kids, and the sequels not only lived up to the hype but exceeded it. Everyone had Pokewalkers, everyone was geeking over follow Pokémon, people were PUMPED. It honestly makes me a little sad to compare the hype for HGSS to the way the fanbase reacted to SV. The Pokémon Company has really let the games' reputation decline.
ss was the 1st pkmn game i owned & played through . no regrets whatsoever i absolutely adore this game . rlly wish this much effort was put into today's pkmn games
My favorite HGSS moment was when I interacted with my Mewtwo and was met with the following textbox: "Armageddon is coming along nicely!"
They should remake the extended versions of pokemon for gen 10. Emerald and Platinum would be a good paired release. I get by with just buying one version of the games, since it's pretty much like a pallet swap, so whatever. But a paired release of Em & Pl would be basically REQUIRED to buy both. and doing that, speaking of HG SS, maybe releasing a Jhoto/Kanto and Kanto/Jhoto version could be cool. take red and gold pokemon sets, start from Kanto and go on to Jhoto. Then do Blue and Silver to do Jhoto on to Kanto. So the game cart version choice is home region, not just baddie's hat flavour.
I prefer Crystal version, but the dev history is always interesting.
HGSS is super overrated and fixed none of the big flaws in the original games like bad pokemon availability and the level curve
Black And White will always be my favorite, but Heart Gold and Soul Silver are undeniably the best in the series. I love Johto so much in those games, and Kanto is a nice bonus, that while boring to me, is still a ton of content.
I genuinely don't like the johto games.
There are so many trash pokemon, the story is just Team Rocket being all: "Notice us Senpai!", the leveling curve is garbage, there aren't any good places to grind your team up so you have to hack in rare candies (because who is gonna waste hours grinding for Red), some of the characters aren't that memorable, some of the gym leaders don't even use gen 2 pokemon (like why not give Bugsy a Heracross, Falkner the Hoothoot line, Chuck a Hitmontop, Jasmine a Skarmory and Morty a Misdreavus), Cyndaquil's line literally has the same base stats as Charmander's line, you can find pokemon under level 30 south of Blackthorn and in the post game.
I've played through Heart Gold twice and i just can't seem to enjoy it at least a little. If you like these games, that's fine.
So we know who to thank for these beautiful remakes
easily my favourite and best imo pokemon games to ever come out. there's nothing like playing through johto
That ds lite in thumbnail looks nice. I got the black one cuz it hides the cheeze doodlz grease on the buttons 😊