I didn’t have a Gameboy until I was… too late.
Are the original Pokemon games worth visiting for the first time? I know there is some nostalgic reasoning to play them, but should I try it as someone who hasn’t ever played one?
Have any of you done this?
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Probably not unless you had nostalgia for it. It’s pretty basic. I played it a lot as a child, but what mystified me was the artwork (back then) and the immersive portability. I do not think that’s a selling point in this day and age
I never had a chance to play them but my friends did. I have FOMO from not ever playing it.
Well if fomo is making you want to play it, use an emulator because moving around is soooo slow ! :) But the music rocks and it’s nice. Idk I didn’t play many Pokemon games but as a kid I was obsessed with red blue and yellow. For some reason I didn’t enjoy crystal that much and I liked emerald kind of, but then I stopped playing Pokemon games pretty much after that
Now I understand why people were saying with fast forward. I’m wondering more and more why so many people loved it.
Well at the time of it being around, handheld was novel. Before pokemon was tamagotchi for me. So pokemon was hugely expansive. It was just a different time
I had a giga pet. It was the only choice and it was novel. Now it’s nostalgic.
Then just imagine for kids back then pokemon to be like tamagotchi/digimon with a story and collection haha! That’s basically what it was, and the artwork was so fascinating for what they had to work with back then. It felt so whimsical and alien with the designs back in those graphics.
Before yellow, red and blue just had this otherworldly look and feel to it. And the pokemon universe was brand new, so it felt so mysterious.
I’ll never get that. It’s too lat to heal my FOMO. :(
If you want to see the original games solely out of curiosity’s sake, I say go for it. If you’re looking to actually enjoy the games, you might like the GBA remakes more.
So don’t play it if I want to have fun, got it. Hahaha. Sounds like the GBA versions are way better but still not great?
I’ve had trouble getting back into them even with the nostalgia I have. They’re pretty tedious and there’s a ton of grinding. If you’re into that, it might be worth it but I can’t do it anymore lol
The more I learn about these games, the less I want to play them. Maybe they were good at that time but not so much now.
Honestly, not really. If you want to play the original you should try FireRed or Leaf Green instead. Or if you want more Pokémon SoulSilver and Heart Gold because the original Kanto region is also included there when you finish the game
They are the remakes of gen1 and 2 on the Gba. Objectively better games in my opinion
Okay cool. I recently got a GB Pocket; I never had one as a kid. I wanted to try some stuff out that I missed on it. It sounds like the Pokemon games are better on GBA+. So I either need to get a GPA bigger than my micro or emulate them.