FINALLY! =D We have a review for Pokemon! *triggers noisemakers* I'll start with the 1st generation of Pokemon games for now, then 2nd gen will be in the next post. So let's get into it!
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Whew, well... where do I start? I guess I just say that... well, Red/Blue was my childhood. I chose to play Blue first because everyone else looked like they were doing Red. Also, I started off with Bulbasaur because it would help me against Brock, Misty, AND Giovanni, though I'd always struggle against the Gyms in the middle. My first playthrough, I had no idea what I was doing and just used my starter all the way, but I eventually got smart... and used the Missingno Glitch. Then I was able to beat the Elite Four and my Rival easily!
Then I played Yellow. I think they took the Missingno. Glitch out of Yellow, but I liked playing it for an entirely different reason: not only could I get a game that closely resembled the first season of the anime, but I could even get a Pikachu that stayed with me all the time! Aw... Better yet, I could get myself ALL THREE STARTER POKEMON, and almost all three were freebies! (I remember you had to beat Team Rocket out of Cerulean City to get Bulbasaur) Those, plus catching the Legendary Birds, I had an awesome team that could beat pretty much anything! I also liked being able to battle Jessie and James, though I now wish they had double battles back then because that would've made the experience even better.
All of that was really cool, but what are my favorite Pokemon out of those games, you ask? I didn't really think about any favorites when I was playing the games at the time, but the Bulbasaur line has been and always will be a favorite of mine, though I've grown a liking to Charmander too since then. Vulpix and Ninetales were always the under-valued Fire-type Pokemon--at least until 5th gen showed up, but I'll get to that later--and I've always had sympathy for the underdog... or fox, in this case. I also have a soft spot for Clefairy, just because I like how cute they are, and I'd certainly have picked Clefairy to be the mascot over Pikachu. Recently, I've come to like Ekans a lot since I've developed a love for snakes in general, even though I don't have any, and by that token I like Onix too, and not just because it was the longest Pokemon at the time, though it certainly helped. Other Pokemon I like, along with their evolutions, include Eevee, Scyther, Lapras, and Dratini.
GSpark Light Says: As I said before, Pokemon was my childhood and is still a huge part of my life. Why? Because it's an RPG that made things simple. Every attack has a hard limit on the number of uses instead of having everything run on mana or MP, and typing was also very simple, the choices of type for each Pokemon being realistic to resemble either an actual animal or a myth or legend in Japanese culture. Also, it's just plain fun to catch 'em all!
GSpark Dark Says: There were some issues I wish were handled differently. First, Poison-type attacks could hit Bug-types for double damage when the typecharts would always say Poison hit Bug neutrally. Second, I did NOT like how dual-types were dealt with sometimes. For example, Gyarados, a Water/Flying type was resistant against Grass-type attacks in Red/Blue when, according to the typecharts, Gyarados should be hit neutrally because Grass is good against Water but bad against Flying. Another inconsistency with the typing was that Ghost attacks couldn't hit Psychic Pokemon at all when they should have been good against Psychics. The other issue I had was that two of the same Pokemon were very hard to distinguish between if you didn't have nicknames for them other than stats, and even then, they sometimes had the same stats too!
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Wow, so there's Gen 1! Gen 2 will come up in another post, and there I'll go over what problems Gold/Silver fixed from Red/Blue. Until then, waving out!
--Gemini $park
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