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Why was gen 4 so shit?
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Platinum is the GOAT though. Would have been a shit gen without it however.
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>>683866685
My major complaint was battle speed. Platinum increased the speed and made several minor improvements which made it much better. Gen.5 took everything from Gen.4 and improved upon it. Granted B/W tried to make a fresh start which was a bumo in the road. However, the rest of the DS games to follow were some of the best Pokemon games imo.
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WHAT the fuck are you talking about, Sinnoh was comfykino and has top tier designs like um... like um... deli deli deli woop
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>>683867197
Don't you dare talk shit about Kricketune. He'll deedeliwhoop your ass.
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The speed in general was the only real problem. Also no fire types.
Platinum fixed enough of the problems to make it great.
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>>683866685
It was the last good gen. I had 400 hours in Pearl before they shut down the GTS
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>>683867197
I know right? there's so much garbage like tangrowth, lickylicky, magmortar, the burmy line, the kicket line and so on. most new Pokemon have garbage cries, the great marsh sucks ass, despite me liking hms the region is super convoluted, it has a very underwhelming e4 and an overrated champion, a more than usual retarded evil team and much more

only thing I can praise is the ost that despite being borderline lethargic it has a few bangers like route 209 and the Pokemon league night time theme
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On the contrary, why was gen 4 so great?
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Platinum and HGSS are the peak of the series
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>>683866685
gen 4 was literally the peak of the franchise
they fumbled the football with DiaPer, but platinum fixed that
then you had the GOAT gen 2 remakes, explorers of the sky, conquest, the ranger games, gamefreak in general just trying new things in general that actually work

yes, it did start slow and I would even count pokémon dash as part of gen 4, which is objectively the worst pokémon game, but it really peaked by the end of it
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>>683866685
because it made zoomers like you piss and shit and cum in their pants from how slow the default speed was.
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>>683866685
You need to bait better, try something like

Why was gen 2 so shit?
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>>683867860
>it made u brap n pee! SEETHE EVEN....because it's bad (even compared to earlier gens)
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>>683866685
>Why was gen 4 so shit?
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Slow health bars
That's really all I know about gen 4.
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>>683867197
alll 3 starters are kino, staraptor, shinx, garchomp, toxicroak, weavile, froslass, gallade, lopunny, lucario, gliscor etc

dilate nigger

>>683867602
>most new Pokemon have garbage cries
lol what a fucking cope, gen 4 has the best cries in the series, sinnohs elite 4 mogs gens1-3, 6, and 8s all day, and cynthia's the GOAT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xhcjmNuJf_s
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>>683866685
b-but the heckin epic cynthia piano! she's the first female champion you know. hot, right? don't you like her? don't you like garchomp? please like her. look, she has a garchomp, that's almost as good as a personality trait
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>>683868095
Tangrowth, Yanmega, Honchkrow, Gliscor, and Mamoswine are great though. you're right about the rest being kind of shit. well i don't hate Electivire either.
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>>683868239
>hot, right
Yep.
Her team's iconic, theme is kino, and she's sexy.
>implying anyone likes pokemon characters for their "personality"
lmao
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>>683868154
>all 3 starters
stopped reading there
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>>683867814
Conquest is Gen 5
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>>683868095
Rhyperior still makes me mad. Hes not superior its trash and ruined my favorite pokeguy
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>>683868367
They are. Only the Kanto and Hoenn starters are better than Gen 4s. Only contrarian faggots will pretend otherwise.
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>>683868239
She may be cardboard but at least she's hot. The gen 9 champ whose name I forget has zero redeeming qualities.
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>>683868154
>cynthia's the GOAT
Most overrated trash champion
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>>683866685
Sorry, you need HM54 in order to talk to me.
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>>683868636
i don't particularly like cynthia but there's no way in hell I'm ranking her below leon and geeta
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>>683868636
Nah, she's the best. Even got a Miku recently kek
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>>683866685
2001 zoomer myself... and seeing the 2007 marker makes me feel dead inside
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>>683868327
nta but I can name at least one who is liked mainly for her character.
Except she is manga-only and nobody reads that
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Why were people so autistic over gen 5 pokemon designs in hindsight?
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I swear enemy status effect rates and crit rates were higher in gen 4
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>>683868870
unironic skill issue
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>only one genuinely new fire type
>it's the starter monkey
>only other one in the entire game pre-Platinum is Ponyta/Rapidash
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>>683868767
shouldn't you be in bed little nigga
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>>683867602
>Route 209
ONE, TWENTY ONE GUNS
https://youtu.be/67f9BUevgT4?si=bWvijpU-AQJn2GU4
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>>683868480
I don't like Sceptile because I can't imagine it moving as fast as it's said to with its posture and its big dumb tree tail, and I'm overall kind of mixed on Swampert. Blaziken wax cool, but Infernape managed to be so much cooler with the Sun Wukong inspiration and easier to recognize animal inspiration. Even though I now recognize what Blaziken is based on, I wouldn't call it obvious to a kid, even with the chick-based prior evolutions. Like why does Blaziken have claw hands if it's a chicken? It resembles some sort of Muppet more than an animal. Blaze Kick and Sky Uppercut were cool moves though.
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>>683868831
because bw1 forced you to use only new pokemon until you beat the game and people got really REALLY mad they had to play a game where they capture new creatures instead of using the same shit for the umpteenth time
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>>683868908
Magmortar was also introduced in Gen4
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>>683868154
Lopunny's cry was literally just sex noises. Young me kept one on my team for that reason.
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>>683868385
Rhyperior does have one thing going for him, and that is letting Rhydon hold Eviolite for +50% to his defenses
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>>683868939
I like all the starters gens 1-4, 5 is good too but emboar is pure shit and drags the group down
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>>683868908
I get this as a criticism but personally there are 5 fire types I even like, it might be my least favorite type overall since most of the designs are just "X, but orange/red"
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>>683868954
To be fair it's also because all the cooler ones had absurd evo level requirements and honestly vast majority of the designs is still shit compared to both older and newer ones.
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>>683868954
I couldn't even make a full team with new designs I liked
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>>683868095
The only one I dislike is Lickilicky, but who in their right mind liked Lickitung to begin with?
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>>683869030
Only young you?
I decided to try that Platqol romhack and Lopunny made it to the hall of fame.
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>>683868327
Steven still better sorry
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>>683868908
You can get
>Flareon
>Slugma/Magcargo
>Houndour/Houndoom
>Numel/Camerupt
>Torkoal
>Heatran
In DP's post-game though. And if you have the GBA games inserted, you can also find
>Vulpix/Ninetales (with LeafGreen)
>Growlithe/Arcanine (with FireRed)
>Magby/Magmar/Magmortar (with LeafGreen)
as wild Pokémon in certain locations.
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>>683869201
Rhyperior, Ambipom, Licky, and Magmortar are the only ones I don't like. Fags cherrypick the bad ones and pretend the whole group is bad
>>683869030
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPQL4ilfjWE
Glaceon's is also pure sex
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>>683868965
and magby cannot be caught until you beat the game
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>>683868910
no i have all night to stay up being suicidal and writing disgusting disgusting things
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>>683866685
Because the last good game was Crystal.
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>>683869221
>>683869273
What other Pokemon cry sounds are just sex for the ears?
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>>683866685
Why are you so fucking retarded?
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>>683868936
I fucking love gen 4's route tracks
https://youtu.be/ZkX63bgqwQQ
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>>683869351
Staraptor of course
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Platinum is my second favorite.
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>>683869386
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay46J539k_I
cozy ass music single handedly makes eating shit through the snow worth it
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>>683868239
right, let's pretend Lance had a personality for a second or something.
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>>683868095
>Magnezone
8/10
>Lickylicky
6/10
>Rhyperior
3/10
>Tangrowth
10/10
>Electrivire
8/10
>Magmortar
5/10
>Porygon-Z
10/10
>Togekiss
8/10
>Ambipom
7/10
>Yanmega
8/10
>Honchcrow
10/10
>Mismagius
10/10
>Gliscor
10/10
>Weavile
10/10
>Mamoswine
10/10
>Galade
5/10
>Probopass
6,000,000/10
>Roserade
10/10
>Dusknoir
7/10
>Froslass
10/10
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>>683869351
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gG5DF6JB29o
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>>683869441
I mean first game had the rival doubling as the final boss and you can't say he doesn't get a personality.
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what did they mean by this
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>>683868480
chikorita>turtwig
cyndaquil=chimchar
totodile>piplup

gen 4 has the worst starters. everyone always picks the fire one because it was the only fire type. god damn gen 4 was shit
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>>683869351
Kricketune
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Reminder that Platinum and HGSS didn't fix the HP bar speed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VBfPgLiNEXM
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>>683869539
Gen 2's starters are gay and ugly as fuck. Meganium is the worst in the series, kek.
Torterra>>>shitganium
Infernape>Typhlosion
Emoleon>>>>Faggotr
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>>683869552
Reminder that we don't spend all our day hunting Blisseys so it doesn't matter.
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>>683869552
No one actually cares. I almost never see HGSS being called "slow", despite having the same HP scrolling problem as Platinum. It's a meme people only use for the Sinnoh games.
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silver>platinum>blue>emerald>moon>X>black>sword>scarlet

I also rank legends above black
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>>683869610
It made Battle Frontier a drag.
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>>683869539
>everyone always picks the fire one because it was the only fire type
Speak for yourself, I never use that type for flaming homos
I only ever pick water or grass for starters
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>>683868095
Weavile improves on Sneasel so much I completely forget he wasn't in Gen 2. It's the only one that feels completely natural and like it was always there.
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>>683869465
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D188Bt5iVco
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I'm just sad that they were never given proper remakes besides that fucking unityshit
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>>683869698
there's a recompilation project so that (You) can fix it yourself
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>>683869315
Yeah, but the thought they put into it was cool.
>Elekid can only be found with FireRed inserted because Electabuzz was exclusive to Red/FireRed
>Magby can only be found with LeafGreen inserted because Magmar was exclusive to Green/LeafGreen
>Both lines have always been treated as counterparts, being next to each other in the Pokédex, receiving babies at the same time, and receiving evolutions with similar evolution methods at rhe same time
>Elekid is found at the Valley Windworks where power is generated. You'll also find Pokémon like Shinx, Pachirisu, Electrike, and Mareep here. It has a chance of holding an Electirizer which you can have Electabuzz hold while trading to get Electivire
>Magby is found at Stark Mountain, an active volcano with a lot of Fire-type Pokémon. It may be holding a Magmarizer which Magmar can hold while being traded to get Magmortar

I like that so much more than when they litter a bunch of random Pokémon in one area.
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>>683869698
You know, being made in Unity is actually the best thing about BDSP.
It means people can go crazy with mods, and somebody is working to add in PBR animations to it.
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>>683869698
I find it poetic that the worst generation got the worst remakes
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>>683869692
How can a human being hate Froslass, Tangrowth, Mamoswine, Roserade, or Mismagius?
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>>683869828
HGSS wasn't that bad, and nobody made a Gen 9 remake yet
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>>683869828
Black and White still don't have them though
They started all the problems with modern pokemon
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>>683869678
Yeah but Battle Frontier has always been a drag. Doing an RNG fest for a hundred hours isn't my idea of engaging gameplay.
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>>683869828
Do you mean let's go pikachu?
My wrist still hurts from swinging my controller...
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>>683869525
Lance was champion for 2 gens though, even with all that time he never developed more of a personality than Cynthia or any of the other champions not named Iris.
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>>683869828
They haven't remade Gen 7 or 8, nigger.

Plus Sinnoh got Legends kino kek.
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>>683869887
Gen 6 is when all the major issues started through, 5 was the last decent generation
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>>683866685
b caws
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>>683869887
That was XY. BW only added good QoL features, but didn't force you to play with party exp share(which doesn't even exist) nor was open world
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>>683866685
isn't there like, an entire fucking board for questions like this?
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>>683869843
I don't hate them, they were just clearly added later and done by a different designer.
Weavile is the only one that feels like it fits perfectly as an evolution.
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>>683866685
Because it wasn't gen 3.
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>>683866685
Everyone who played since the beginning was already disappointed when the GBA games didn't move the franchise forward much. DS games were just embarassing at that point.
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>>683869892
If you are doing it legit, then it's hours of RNG only to prepare you for more hours of RNG.
If you gen the team it ain't so bad, but still RNG
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>>683869992
>didn't move the franchise forward much
Aren't abilities and the physical/special split the two biggest changes to pokemon?
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>>683869992
I was checked out by gen 3. bought it, didn't finish it. pokemon as a fad was largely gone at schools by this point
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>>683869862
HGSS would be goat if they fixed battle speed and level curve
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>>683870042
Yes, he's an asshurt boomer mad he couldn't transfer up his CHARIZARD
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gen 3 is more shit than 4 though
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>>683869948
Gen V is end of the beginning, beginning of the end. A lot of issues really became noticeable then, like the more straightforward region and route design, or the story becoming overly intrusive. Game Freak themselves acknowledge it too, and say that Unova was designed from the ground up to be like this for newer players because they figured that veteran players only cared about the post-game anyway.
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>>683870049
Both meme complaints.
Johto games have real issues such as all the clock-based shit or making many new mons difficult to obtain/unpractical to use.
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>>683869745
PC port when?
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>>683869986
Froslass has the same face as Glalie, they're just based on separate legends. Now Snorunt doesn't look related to either of them.
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>>683870137
I'll give you BW cause being restricted to Gen 5's ugly dex is shit and the story really isn't all that good, but BW2 is honestly great. Easily the best postgame in the series with tons of great pokemon to use for the campaign.
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which gen introduced the set of keys and the trashbag and ice cream cone pokemon? whatever that one was, that was the worst
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>>683870214
Gen 5 has the best mons to actually play the game, in none other game I was shuffling my team so much, because every few areas there were new Pokemons that were actually viable and fun to use.
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>>683870265
Keys are gen 6.
And if you can put up with Muk, you can handle Trubbish.
No defending the ice cream though, what a shit design.
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>>683870159
Gotta love how the some of the new dark types are in Kanto for some fucking reason
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>>683870307
*except for starters, the only generation I played where the starters were made redundant.
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>>683870312
Muk is actually great you stupid son of a bitch
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>>683868239
Cynthia is a shit champion. People bitch about Diantha's lack of purpose in the story, well, all this slut ever did was give you Magikarp medicine.
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>>683870307
Hell no. It introduced the highest number of mons who will reach final evolution stage only right before the E4 or in post-game, and that's not just one pseudo like the previous games
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>>683870312
I like the ice cream though...
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>>683869948
>>683869973
It was the seed from which all modern problems started.
>no new battle mechanics like physical/special split, weather, items, or abilities causing battles to stagnate
>too much focus on story and cutscenes over just being an adventure
>bad animation for sprites/bad sprite work
>controversial (arguably terrible) dex
>tons of gimmicks they threw out the next gen like triple battles and pokestar instead of expanding on things like contests and battle frontier
>region doesn't even feel like the nation it is based on
>region feels like linear tour guides instead of sprawling, untamed wilderness with towns and cities on occasion
>biomes that feel less grounded (random desert in new york, magic floating rock cave, etc)
I could go on.
The only thing it did well imo was speeding up fight animation coming off of gen 4 but it comes with the monkey's paw of having to watch a shitty cinematic zoom for every attack animation and bad sprites
I agree that it is better than stuff after it, but it started a lot of the negative trends that have utterly taken root in the franchise now.
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>>683870373
Literally no one cares what she does in the story faggot, Diantha looks like a tranny and her team is dogshit
>Acemon is from fucking Hoenn
lmao
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>>683870312
>Keys are gen 6.
the keys were the moment they completely stopped trying and decided to put out shit because their fans will buy anything
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>>683870420
>bad animation for sprites/bad sprite work
Gen 5 sprites are peak though
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>noo I cant use that pokemon look at its stats I need a pokemon that's in the competitive meta to beat the game designed for 8 year olds
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>>683870037
God I can't be assed to deal with breeding autism. If I'm doing it, I'm doing it with RNG abuse, might save a couple hundred hours. But I don't find the battling to be particularly enjoyable when that's ALL I'm experiencing for so long in a row, and losing even once and ending a streak makes me beyond livid, especially when something like the Battle Tower only gives you its top rewards for a streak of 100. And the BP grind is a chore too. Like I enjoy all the new locations and Trainers and dialogue and music, but the endless battles with a team that needs so much optimization just take away whatever motivation I have. Not only that, but the Pokémon you see aren't even registered in your Pokédex. I remember playing Emerald as a kid and wondering just what was supposed to be fun about it. I got excited when I read that you could find all sorts of Pokémon in the Battle Pyramid and items like Sacred Ash, but you kept nothing, you didn't even gain experience, and a lot of locations had Pokémon equal to the level of your strongest, which for me was my starter while everything else fell way behind.
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>>683867197
Piplup, Croagunk, and Lucario are all pretty popular. Most nugen gens can barely keep one mon relevant past their gen.
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>>683870420
>bad sprite work
Stopped reading here. You have nothing worthwhile to say
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>>683870307
I don't doubt they're good to use for the campaign, i just dont (subjectively) like their designs. BW2 is better because it has a good mix of all the previous gen mons, too.
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>>683868095
All kino
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>>683870516
Wrong.
For mainline games it was gen 2 even though I think that region is boring.
Mystery dungeon has the best sprites overall though.
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Gen I & II.
Every other region? Shit.
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>>683870595
Oh yeah, another thing Gen 5 fucked up on
>lack of quality side games and movies
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>>683869698
still dont know why they haven't done a 2DHD octopath style pokemon remake its like its begging for it to be done
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>>683869539
Cyndaquil has way, way less moveset potential than Chimchar. Same for Totodile and Piplup. Chikorita can be pretty fun but it's mostly playing a support role. You picked a very bland set of starters for your shitpost.
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real enlightenment is knowing that EVERY mainline pokemon game is shit and the only way to enjoy the series is outside media
pokemon snap, arceus, pokerogue, the anime and movies, etc
and in every generation there are cool and shit pokemon, no gen1 isnt perfect jinx, tangela, venomoth, golbat, etc compared to rad new shit like dragapult
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>>683870663
Thank god, that style is garbage.
Not that SV looks any better
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>>683870331
It's not like Farfetch'd naturally appeared in Kanto. One guy trades you one in Gen I, but you'll never find it in the wild while Johto does have them. Same with certain Pokémon that are considered exotic like in the Safari Zone. They're not native to Kanto, but you can find wild Exeggcute in Johto. Scyther and Pinsir too, but it makes you wonder if they capture some and release them for the Bug-Catching Competition or if they're actually native.

But Pikachu was native to Kanto. It's not in Johto or Unova, it's only in Hoenn's Safari Zone, and it's only in Mr. Backlot's garden full of imported Pokémon in Sinnoh. Then Gen VI+ happened and of course it's found naturally forever.
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hot take
Scarlet/Violet > Black and White
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>>683867602
>hating kricketune
NNNNNNNI-NI-NI-NI-NIGANIGGeeEERRE
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>>683870420
>region doesn't even feel like the nation it is based on
It is funny how Sinnoh feels more like the US than Unova, and it even has an east/west split with mountains and east/west forms of stuff too
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>>683870747
I remember somebody did an indepth video about which pokemon are native to which region based on stuff like that, was rather interesting and would change the Dex quite a bit
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>>683869252
>post game
thats the problem, though you can technically just get around all of that issue if you trade with someone who has beaten the game but the argument is usually just playing alone or whatever
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>>683867602
>it has a very underwhelming e4
Compared to?
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Emerald, Platinum, HGSS, Black2/White2 ARE the best mainline games.
The best Pokemon game in general is of course Explorers of Sky (gen4) and OP is a faggot
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>>683870819
Kanto has Murkrow, Slugma, and Houndour specifically. You can't find wild Magcargo or Houndoom, and the Gen II evolutions/babies of Pokémon that can only be found in Kanto aren't exclusive to Kanto themselves. For example, Pichu, Cleffa, Igglybuff, and Elekid had to be bred in Johto and can be hatched anywhere. You can evolve Porygon2 and Chansey while in Johto. And even Misdreavus, Sneasel, and Larvitar are all obtained in Johto.

>>683870913
I never particularly minded what was and wasn't post-game. DP had brought back the Vs. Seeker which let you rematch any normal Trainer whenever you want in addition to the League, so it wasn't just grinding one place. And Platinum even upgraded the League and rival and added the Battleground rematches with the Gym Leaders and stat Trainers.
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>>683870928
Only Kanto's and MAYBE Gen 5's Elite 4 are memorable at all.
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>>683871154
>Kanto has Murkrow, Slugma, and Houndour specifically
It's bad enough that most people consider Slugma a gen 3 pokemon and not a gen 2 one, imagine being able to use Houndour in a normal gen 2 playthrough
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>>683870928
Bruno with two Onix
Agatha's all Poison team with two Gengar and a Haunter
Lance with two Dragonaire and a Dragonite (later three Dragonite)
Phoebe with two Banette and two Dusclops
Glacia with two Glalie, two Sealeo, and a Walrein
Drake with two Flygon, a Shelgon, and a Salamence
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>>683866685
D/P:
>Slow as fuck in every possible way. Downgrading from Hoenn's 60fps to 30, walk speed for surfing and a weird thing during battles where if you turn off battle animations, you have to still wait as if they were there.
>Awful type variety: 2 fire types, 3 electric types, 2 ice types in a region that emphasizes snow and 1 of then makes it hail, hindering the rest of your team. Gym leader and elite 4 can't even have complete teams of their type

"A-actually, it's good that the type variety is really shit because it makes those gym leaders hard--"
>DP has brain dead AI; if you lost to Cynthia, you lost to the same AI for a wild level 3 Bidoof.
>Third of new mons are post game. Some like Tangrwoth and Regigigas requiring another game to obtain.
>Too many HMs. Somehow made a worse version of flash
>Presentation is awful. The UI is revolting and has great world design such as the ghost gym being purple rooms with slow moving elevators and easy maths sums.

Platinum fixes some issues, but then also creates others:
>Looker and Charon do nothing but add pointless text boxes to previous cutscene.
>The story gets worse as Cynthia; champion of the region comes with you to confront Cyrus and when the fate of the world is in the balance, she stands aside like a drooling retard and let's a child with 7 badges do it instead.

BDSP have obvious faults, yet they're better than original DP.
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>>683871178
I don't remember any of them besides 4 and part of 2
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>>683871761
1 and 2 have the same league
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>>683871342
>Lance with two Dragonaire and a Dragonite (later three Dragonite)
I'm glad this is a game for babies. Going up against three Dragonites would be terrifying if the game knew how to utilize them.
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>>683867602
>the region is super convoluted
please stop being brown and retarded, it's embarrassing.
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>>683866685
>>>/vp/
leave
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>BLUE LADY USES BLUE TYPE ONLY THEREFORE IT'S GREAT GAMEPLAY
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>>683872097
God RS teams are a fucking meme. Emerald really saved that gen
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>>683871423
Most of the shit you mentioned WAS fixed in Platinum, and you're the only person I've heard call the UI ugly. The problem is more so the bag scrolls slow. And Looker is cool, there's a reason he became a series' staple until the Shitch.

Gay post typed by a faggot.
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>>683866685
Garbage region
Half of the dex is legendaries/cross gen evos
Boring evil team
Garbage gym leaders/elite 4
Retarded rival
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>>683872570
sinnoh is comfy
legendaries and crossgen evos are mostly good
team galactic has mars, so automatically cool
candice is sexo, so nope
barry mogs your gay faggot that fucks off and doesn't evolve their starter in gen 3
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>>683870420
>>683870420
>>no new battle mechanics like physical/special split, weather, items, or abilities causing battles to stagnate
it literally introduced the hidden ability mechanic, eviolite, rocky helmet, balloon, gems, and a bunch of other shit you mong
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>>683871903
>Swinub uses Powder Snow!
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>>683866685
Because of all the dumbass decisions
>seeing every pokemon in the dex to unlock the post games
>locking several new pokemon to the post game
>once a day transfers in DP
>seeing every form of unown to increase the encounter rate for hippopotas
>that ungodly slow speed and the drop to 30fps
>making literal pokegods
>all enemies have the same AI for example, Cynthia has the AI of a first route Bidoof
>all that fucking backtracking and my coronet's awful dungeon design
>input lag in the underground regardless of if you're playing with someone or not
That's just off the top of my head
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>>683873671
>survives first turn due to multiscale
>dragon dance
>earthquake/fire punch
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>>683872097
>>BLUE LADY USES BLUE TYPE ONLY THEREFORE IT'S GREAT GAMEPLAY
Joke all you want but the Gen 3 trainers were objectively better purely because their AI wasn't straight fucking trash like gen 4's which basically used moves at random rather than focusing on SE moves first.
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>>683874768
Not really, her team is still dogshit in Emerald and the AI isn’t the same between DP and Pt.
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>>683874927
>and the AI isn’t the same between DP and Pt.
It is, dppt all have the same AI.
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>>683875752
no they don’t
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>>683868095
Man, they really saved the Piloswine line with Mamoswine
Also Honchcrow really needs a cigar in his mouth
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>>683866685
Because Gamefreak tried to make it more appealing to more demographics. They tried to make the game more competitive with more evolutions. They tried to give more diversity with the physical/special split. They tried to make a good endgame with the battle frontier. They tried to increase broad appeal with Battle Revolution and other spinoffs like Rumble for the console.

And every time they tried something, you fuckers sperged out at them. Yes they fell short numerous times, and each time they tripped you made sure to mock them. So what did they do? They stopped trying. We got slop ever since then, all because the only demographic that didn't complain were literal toddlers. So now here we are, stuck with a franchise crafted exclusively for the lowest denominator. All because you guys got pissy that Blissey took too long to KO.
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>>683876450
Yes anon, because we were supposed to just accept that gen 4 was leagues worse than gen 3.
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>>683876548
gen 3 had no day night cycle so it sucks ass actually
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>>683874689
>>seeing every pokemon in the dex to unlock the post games
meme complaint, why wouldn't you see all of the pokemon in the dex lol
>>locking several new pokemon to the post game
fixed in platinum
>>once a day transfers in DP
easily circumvented and better than 0 transfers
>>seeing every form of unown to increase the encounter rate for hippopotas
another meme complaint, nigga has a 5% chance no matter what and you can get ball seals for the unown
>>that ungodly slow speed and the drop to 30fps
true
>>making literal pokegods
based
>>all enemies have the same AI for example, Cynthia has the AI of a first route Bidoof
fixed in platinum
>>all that fucking backtracking and my coronet's awful dungeon design
based, way better than one and done areas like in the later regions
>>input lag in the underground regardless of if you're playing with someone or not
when you're running down the hallways to get to the next digging spot? who gives a shit
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>>683875752
Cynthia has the AI of a route 1 shitmon in DP only, retard.
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>>683866685
Because it was the start of handholdy tutorial nonsense that eats up several hours of the early game. There is a reason people only ever want to replay gens 1, 2, and 3.
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>>683866685
platinum and hgss were fine. pokemon didn't have a truly bad generation until 6
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>>683868095
Half of them are pretty fucking cool.
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>>683876672
>why wouldn't you see all of the pokemon in the dex lol
Why do you think think xe cries about backtracking? Xe doesn't fight every trainer lol.
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>>683876450
>It's your fault GameFreak is shit now
Fuck off, no it isn't. If you told people not at shit on Gen 5 at the time because Game Freak would go full retard after it (as opposed to the half retard they were in Gen 5) when you would have been laughed at. It isn't the fans' responsibility to make sure the devs don't make shit.
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>>683876793
i liked 6 just for the online, 7 is when things really became borings on-rails gay garbage.
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>>683876672
>why wouldn't you see all of the pokemon in the dex lol
Seeing every pokemon meant finding every single trainer in the game, not only will that lead you to being over levelled but it also means scouring the region for any trainers you missed along the way.
>fixed in platinum
It shouldn't have happened in the first place to need a fix.
>easily circumvented and better than 0 transfers
Every other generation other than 3 had infinite transfers anon, there's absolutely no excuse for it to be daily.
>nigga has a 5% chance no matter what
Which is wrong, it starts at 5%, then 10% and finally 20% once you've seen them all.
>and you can get ball seals for the unown
Right, that's another point for the list there was no reason for tedious grinding like that.
>based
No, not based, poke gods elevated pokemon to level they weren't supposed to be.
>fixed in platinum
False, the AI still uses moves at random in Platinum.
>way better than one and done areas like in the later regions
That doesn't justify the extreme amount of backtracking. Also, later regions? Every game before and after was like that.
>when you're running down the hallways to get to the next digging spot?
You know it's a multiplayer area, right?

Honestly it doesn't matter, gen 4 is already viewed as a mediocre gen.
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>>683877557
>You know it's a multiplayer area, right?
You're saying that like sinnohsperm had friends to play with.
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>>683877820
Zoomers definitely played gen 4 multiplayer. There were shittons of NDSs sold, you didn't need a link cable, and WFC existed. It was way easier to find friends to play than gen 3.
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>>683877820
u can do other shit down there tho
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>>683875752
Fake news.
However it's not necessarily a good thing, the AI is potentially more expoitable than clicking random moves. Here is an example webm just for fun.
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>>683877557
>gen 4 is already viewed as a mediocre gen.
By who? It’s usually considered one of the best
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>>683878282
nah
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>>683878303
yah
Sorry you couldn’t find a 5% Hippo, lol
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>>683878241
>fake news
>uses a mod
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>>683878730
AI is unchanged.
Both Platinum and HGSS "stronger" trainers use a basic damage calc, prioritize sure-hit moves and don't heal if they believe you cannot hit them. That's what the webm is expoiting.
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>>683877557
>Seeing every pokemon meant finding every single trainer in the game, not only will that lead you to being over levelled
stopped reading there. trying not just using your starter, retarded fuck
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>>683878918
>AI is unchanged
That's what they all say and then it turns out the mod fixed it.
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>>683878995
>Is the difficulty increased?
>No, all trainer fights are the same as Vanilla.
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>>683878995
Why are you denying shit you can easily google yourself, lol
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>>683866685
Man I miss playing these 3 games with my friends whenever I went to their house on the week-end and we'd just go underground and try to find each other's base and walk on the other guy's traps.
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>they're still seething over PokeGOD
Hahahaha, faggots your god's from Sinnoh and you all have to suck his dick.

Also the best game in the series was never after Arceus ;)
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>>683866685
gen 4 was what made me stop playing pokemon. the only redeemable parts about gen 4 onwards is the furry bait.
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>>683878973
>trying not just using your starter, retarded fuck
NTA but your whole team would end up overleveled if you chase every trainer unless you're using more than six. The game isn't designed around fighting everyone.
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>>683879193
this but gen 3 and gardevoir
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>>683868239
I like the concept of Cynthia because it finally answers the question of "How the fuck aren't these 10 year olds getting fucking wrecked by competent adults?"
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>>683867076
Platinum was a massive improvement over Diamond and Pearl, but those games were so poor in the first place that Platinum just ended up being okay
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>>683879216
really doubt it, that's why they give you the vs seeker to grind shit
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>>683868275
I like Piloswine and Swinburne better than Mamo but Mamo is such a fucking monster in gameplay you gotta use it
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>>683879041
>>683879062
So, not going to share the mod you used huh?
As expected.
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>>683879257
>"How the fuck aren't these 10 year olds getting fucking wrecked by competent adults?"
Because these adults including Cynthia think it's a good idea to just click Aura Sphere after knowing you can switch into Mismagius and straight up forget about sandstorm damage.
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>>683874768
>RSEfags think Gen 3 has some super AI that turns Body Slam Sealeo into a horrifying threat
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>>683868095
when magmortar first leaked I swore it was a fakemon
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>>683879360
You can google that line. But also it's Following Platinum/PlatinumQoL, not the fairy type version ofc.
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>>683879283
>battle factory
Nah, it's automatically one of the best.
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>>683871839
2s league is way too easy due to the dogshit level scaling gold and silver has
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>>683868135
slow surfing
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>>683877557
>gen 4 is already viewed as a mediocre gen.
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>>683879485
That was fixed in PT/HGSS.
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>>683878241
>Here is an example webm just for fun.
You just proved him right, in Platinum Cynthia's Lucario is also packing Shadow Ball but it instead of going for the SE like every other game it went for Stone miss.
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>>683879568
Stone Edge is assumed to do more damage.
This isn't random, it's always guaranteed. No matter how many battles I do, Lucario ties to Stone Edge Mismagius, hence why I was very confident about these switches.
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>>683867076
Fpbp
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>>683868821
I vaguely remember blue being art on the guidebook for the gen 1 games. GF probably intended for her to be playable, but they were(are still) all dogshit at code, so they couldn't make a character select
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>>683868910
2001 is 23 years ago anon
2 fucking decades
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>>683879619
>Stone Edge is assumed to do more damage
That's not how the AI is supposed to work, it's supposed to prioritise super effective damage over everything else.
Also Shadow Ball does more damage anyway both because of the SE damage and the fact that Lucario has a higher base special stat.
You don't have to lie just to defend your favorite game.
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>>683879971
You ignored the most important part of the post:
>No matter how many battles I do, Lucario ties to Stone Edge Mismagius
Always. 100% of the time. It literally NEVER went for any other move including Shadow Ball against Mismagius.
I suspect the reason is because it damage calcs against my real stats(otherwise even the 60Def/105SpD would not justify the choice here), and my SpD EV is making Stone Edge do slightly more damage.
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>>683877557
>not only will that lead you to being over levelled but it also means scouring the region for any trainers you missed along the way.
What kind of idiocy is this? Not only do you hate that you have to do some exploration, but you think your pokemon getting stronger from all the battles is a bad thing? This is the anti-Sinnoh force? Just switch if it's such a big issue for you.
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>>683880357
that faggot just hates pokemon in general; look how he acts over a 5% encounter or having to catch pokemon for optional ball stickers lol.
i doubt he acts like that when catching ralts in RSE.
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>>683880265
Can confirm
Lvl 60 0 SpA Lucario Shadow Ball vs. Lvl 54 32 HP / 72 SpD Mismagius: 80-96 (53.6 - 64.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
Lvl 60 0 Atk Lucario Stone Edge vs. Lvl 54 32 HP / 0 Def 15 IVs Mismagius: 90-106 (60.4 - 71.1%) -- guaranteed 2HKO
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>>683867602
>liking hms
did you sprinkle that bait in to ensure people knew you were joking?
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>>683866685
slowest laggiest 2d gen, bad mon variety, new safari zone is garbage, the new evos that are mostly trade only are abominations to the eyes..
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>>683868095
the magmortar seethe is so strange to witness like magmar had any redeeming qualities in design, it's literally just fat golduck with an ass on its head
nothing of value was lost and nothing of value was improved
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>>683867197
I don’t even like Gen 4 or Sinnoh, but seething about the designs of all things is a non-complaint.
>Froslass
>Porygon-Z
>Weavile
>Gallade
>Gliscor
>Magnezone
>Togekiss
>Garchomp
>Lucario
>Giratina
>Regigigas
>Heatran
>Darkai
>Shaymin
Gen 4 introduced some top tier mons.
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>>683880834
great marsh is the easiest safari to get everything from
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>>683877557
> not only will that lead you to being over levelled
Huh? Even going out of your way to fight everyone in plat will still put you around 10 levels below the final boss.
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>>683880567
Pretty bullshit when you think about it. Yeah players who are aware of how the AI picks moves can exploit it, but all the poor kids who went up against Cynthia effectively fought a damage calculator who knows your actual stats.
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>>683867197
like the best starter trio the best pseudo legendary the best mystical the main main legend trio the best the best early route bird the best pikaclone
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>>683872775
>barry poster
uh oh!
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>>683881564
you've probably already heard of it but renegade platinum is good
all pokemon are catchable and there's an optional patch that improves the shitmons so you can use pretty much anything
it's hard but not emerald kaizo level hard
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>>683881253
Plat/HGSS AI also learns which moves you use, however it does not know them in advance.

Example: Togekiss thinks it's safe against Hippowdon because I only revealed EQ, but my other attacking move is Stone Edge.
In my dealings with Cynthia, I also made Spiritomb switch out in two different mons(Milotic or Lucario) depending on whether my lead Houndoom spams Flamethrower or Dark Pulse. The latter is the optimal choice, because if the AI chooses to switch then I'm faster than Lucario and OHKO by revealing Flamethrower
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>>683881308
it's certainly the only gen besides 1 where I like all 3 starters
gen 2 has the worst starters by far, all dogshit
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>>683882407
Gen 8 has the worst for me, never played the games doe
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>>683866685
Emerald set the bar too high. Also I personally fucking hated all the new evolutions like Lickylicky and all those trashmons.
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>>683868095
Mismagius and Weavile are extremely based.
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>>683882452
probably true, I never played past gen 5
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>>683882692
True. Togekiss too
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>dogshit HM distribution
>saving a lot of data
>rock climb animations
>saving a lot of data
>cross evolutions for pokemon that weren't even available in either game
>saving a lot of data
>2 (two) fire types, including the starter despite there being a fire specialist elite 4
>saving a lot of data
>excessively linear for no reason
>saving a lot of data
>taking all the optional stuff from Johto and making it mandatory because God forbid the player being incentivized to explore
>saving a lot of data
>not fixing the Kanto levels
>saving a lot of data
>Diamond and Pearl's dogshit speed
>saving a lot of data
>God awful cave designs, including Mt Coronet being a complete letdown
>can't use the pc without...
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>saving a lot of data
Fuck gen 4 and fuck DS babies.
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>>683883605
>>saving a lot of data
That was the fucking worst and somehow they made it trigger more often and take longer to save in Platinum than DP.
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>>683883846
I don't think it changed much in Plat. It still shares the same common trigger for when you use the PC for sure, and I have no idea if any other trigger is known.
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>>683883930
>I don't think it changed much in Plat
No it definitely took longer to save. Let me see if I can find a comparison.
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>>683867089
nostalgiafags complained about not having their charizard in it so thats why gamefreak has to put him into every gen since then. what's the point of a new region if you want everything like some globalist wet dream? can't they figure out how to build new strategies with new tools?
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>>683883605
gsc is shit
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>>683866685
it still baffles me how game freak did not realize the lack of fire pokemon when one of the elite 4 is supposed ti be a fire-type specialist
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>>683866685
>slow
>2/3 of the map is a shitty cave
>muh god pokemon
>awful evil team
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>>683884820
>can't they figure out how to build new strategies with new tools?
Somehow, I don't think the issue is strategy. Especially since new mons tend to be better in terms of stats, learnsets and abilities to the point of having at least 2 or 3 instances of powercreep: the first was at gen 4, then I believe somewhere around gen 7-8 we got more minmaxed mons than ever along with ultrabeasts and some really good abilities, then gen 9 went full retard with it.
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>>683874927
o>>683885028
how retarded gen 9 went? i dropped it at gen 6
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>how retarded gen 9 went?
Yes
This thing has 550 BST, is immune to status moves(you read that right), has two great types(Steel/Ghost), and gets STAB off a 133 SpA with a 120 BP move.
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>>683885292
Don't check this thing stats or you might faint
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>>683885589
This thing is an absolute fucking monster in pokerogue.
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>>683887824
It's a monster everywhere really. Singles, Doubles, be it PvE or PvP.
And I didn't post straight up retarded shit like some of the paradox mons.
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>>683880265
Wtf are you guys talking about even
Cynthia has the random AI, she picks moves at random like every non battle facility trainer
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>>683866685
t. unovabortion
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>>683889220
only in dp
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>>683889220
Only in DP. Platinum updated the trainer AI and it does various things, most notably calculating damage accurately and remembering which moves you used.
Other quirks include not healing when it thinks you don't have a move to deal damage, occasionally switching out into something that takes not very effective damage and favoring sure-hit moves(as in, things like Aura Sphere, but not 100 accuracy for some reason) as long they are the same damage range.
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>>683889309
>>683889685
I know there is a trainer AI that exists but I don’t think Cynthia has access to the intelligent version, it’s post game trainers only. Cynthia will make the wrong moves frequently.
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>>683890252
Cynthia does have it and I have observed it myself, as certain choices that only make sense when damage calcs are involved become guaranteed.
For instance the Stone Edge in >>683878241 happened on every single try, it never goes Shadow Ball. The reason being >>683880567
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>>683866685
platinum is fine
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>>683870782
I can get it. It's a fun game, but holy shit did it need way more time in the oven. Just fucking around and looking for neat rare pokemon is fun though.
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>>683866685
>first F*MALE champion
It was the start of DEI woke bullshit infiltrating the franchise.
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>>683866685
This is the gen I played the most, it just didn't vibe with you.
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>>683890975
Nice try
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>>683866685
Bad engine that was slow and clunky.
Overreliance on HMs.
Extreme power creep.
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>>683866685
Its my favorite gen
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>>683892014
Tucker isn't DEI
Not a male or female either, Tucker is Tucker.
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>>683892469
was it also your first gen zoomie
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>>683881069
>Togekiss has the Gen 5 Starter's evolution design problem
>Garchomp is the poster child of Gen 4's problem with overdesigning/overdetaileld Pokemon
>Lucario started/enabled the furbait designs in Pokemon
>Gen 4 has too many Legendaries+Mythicals that Genwunners never fail to mention
The rest on your list are okay
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>>683893892
Gen 4 doesn't just have a problem with too many legendaries, it has a trio that are all identical except for the shape of their hat.
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>>683893892
>I-IS THAT A SPIKE?? AIIEEE ITS OVERDESIGNED SAVE ME NIGGERMAN
faggot
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>>683893892
What's wrong with Togepiss
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>>683866685
I didn't think it was shit. Just not quite as good as gen 3.
Gen 4 is about where I hopped off the bandwagon even though I really enjoyed Pearl and consider HeartGold one of my favorites. I skipped gen 5 and only showed up for gen 6 because of the novelty of a mainline game being in full 3D.
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Gen 4 was way too similar to gen 3. Gen 1, 2 and 3 all felt very different, especially the jump from gen 2 to 3. Gen 4 mainly changed things for competitive play but very little for the main story. In fact, the story itself felt pretty much the same as gen 3 with some meniacal guy trying to destroy the world using a legendary Pokemon.
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>>683896369
gen 3 was different in a bad way, gen 4 simply continued that trend
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>>683872274
>My anecdotal experience, this is the only person I've seen talk about the baby's first UI so it can't be true!
>Adds another problem DP has
>"Looker was cool and definitely not forced into other post games!"
>Calls others faggot while posting lewd Frosslass

Kys
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>>683896369
Gen 4 was the first to use 3D and I wouldn't say changes to gameplay mechanics like the p/s split are exclusively for "competitive".
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>>683896438
Each game being different is important, even if you personally think the old way was better. Gen 4 started the trend of every game just being a slight improvement of the last one (or even worse). The same plot, the same gameplay, similar Pokemon designs. Nothing changed after gen 3.
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>>683879283
>but those games were so poor in the first place
what was the problem with them i haven't played since diamond came out only played platinum since so dont remember the differences
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>>683896559
platinums ui looks better than that doe
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>>683866685
No fire mons.
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>>683866685
I think you mean gen 5
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>>683896601
>Gen 4 was the first to use 3D
If the game was fully 3D I would agree that might have been a significant change. But it was only barely 3D, most of the game is still 2D. And I don't mean that you're moving on a 2D plane, I literally mean that most of the assets are 2D.

> I wouldn't say changes to gameplay mechanics like the p/s split are exclusively for "competitive".
Well, you'd be wrong. These things are completely irrelevant in playing through the story. Beating the braindead CPUs in the story does not require or in any way reward effectively managing things like the physical special split. Ruby and Saphire introduced new ideas like double battling and two evil groups, but DiaPer introduced almost nothing for the story mode.
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>>683896804
>Beating the braindead CPUs in the story does not require or in any way reward effectively managing things like the physical special split.
Well yeah have fun clicking physical moves on your Misdreavus I suppose.
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>>683896559
That’s definitely not as ugly as base RS’s UI.
>complaining about lewd froslass
Yeah you might be a faggot.
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>>683893892
>>683894278
The "too many legendaries/mythicals" thing has never made sense to me. So people are complaining that... there's too much optional content and too many optional areas? Or it ends up being some weird emotional argument that you can't have 9 Legendaries and 5 Mythicals, you just CAN'T, okay?! 8 Legendaries and 2 Mythicals is fine because Hoenn is this arbitrary bar I've set. But Gen III treated Ho-Oh and Lugia as Mythicals in addition to Jirachi, Deoxys, Mew, and Celebi. And I thought Mew was best when they gave it the Southern Island event in Emerald. Deoxys is better in FRLG/E with the Birth Island event. I like Navel Rock too with Ho-Oh and Lugia. And yeah, I would have preferred getting Celebi in a manner closer to Crystal with the GS Ball as opposed to it being a reward in a side game (and only in Japan), but there's still something interesting there. And Jirachi never gets anything other than being a Tanabata distribution, but at least the theming is interesting even if distributions of lame. And then you see Gen IV with getting the Manaphy egg from Ranger which I think is a bit more interesting than Celebi since there's some unique stuff actually in the Gen IV games themselves for receiving it, and Phione can be obtained from breeding Manaphy with Ditto, which is better than a distribution even if the theming isn't as interesting as Jirachi. Darkrai, Shaymin, and Arceus all have full in-game events with unique areas, items, and lore that you'll encounter separately to them.
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>>683868095
>Magnezone
0/10
>Lickylicky
0/10
>Rhyperior
0/10
>Tangrowth
7/10
>Electrivire
0/10
>Magmortar
4/10
>Porygon-Z
10/10
>Togekiss
0/10
>Ambipom
0/10
>Yanmega
7/10
>Honchcrow
10/10
>Mismagius
Monster Fucker/10
>Gliscor
0/10
>Weavile
8/10
>Mamoswine
0/10
>Galade
9/10
>Probopass
0/10
>Roserade
Monster Fucker/10
>Dusknoir
0/10
>Froslass
Monster Fucker/10
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>>683867076
>>683867089
>>683867197
>>683867602
you cant deny the music is the best
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>>683893892
>Lucario started [headcanon]
Gardevoir
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>>683896894
>gliscor
>0/10
shit taste desu
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>>683896965
And yet it was better than whatever nugen trash the retard in your pic is praising.
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>>683897138
not really
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>>683897252
Yeah really.
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>>683897252
Ya really. I will replay even DP, not even Platinum, over anything that came after BW2
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>>683866685
You can tell they're shit because whenever anyone recommends these games they tell you to play some ROM hack that fixes half the blatant issues
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>>683894278
just like latis
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>>683868095
Magnezone may look like shit, but thanks to it, you can use Eviolite Magneton in gen 5 onwards which is pretty based
Also Honchkrow, Mamoswine and Froslass are based
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>>683896874
>Well yeah have fun clicking physical moves on your Misdreavus I suppose.
Like I said the game is braindead and generally most of the moves your pokemon will learn conform to their type split anyway. Of the 4 main damaging moves Misdreavus learns in Gen 4, 3 of them are special. So even if you didn't know the physical special split existed you'd probably have no issues clearing the game with it.
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>>683897273
not really

>>683897315
>I'm a retarded nostalgiafag
no one cares
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>>683896369
Gen IV feels like a combination of Gen I, II, and III. Gen I doesn't really have any features that Gen II and III don't, but it does have certain iconography like a Pokédex of 150+1 and Professor Oak who returns in Sinnoh's post-game. At the time, people were comparing it to Gen II since it brought back a ton of the mechanics and features that Gen III dropped from it, Pokémon Centers even have a gold and silver Poké Ball decal in the middle and Park Balls at Pal Park are gold and silver with a crystal lining. The game even starts off with a red Gyarados news story. And of course it takes all the stuff Gen III introduced like Abilities, Natures, Contests, etc. And the Pokédex is a solid mix of all existing regions, compared to Gen III which tried to pretend Johto never existed.
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>>683896804
double battling and 2 shitty evil teams instead of 1 have no effect on the brain dead NPC battles
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>>683897360
But worse because there's 3 of them.
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>>683897446
Make a good pokemon game and maybe I will play it. I was about to try BDSP just because it's a remake of a better gen, but holy fucking shit, I noped out very quickly.
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>>683866685
Best map and postgame, the roster just sucks cock until plat
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>>683897337
Yawnigger samefagging to the OP btw.
Gen VII is sogshit btw.
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>>683868095
gave us magnezone, weavile, mismagius, yanmega, gliscor, mamoswine...... holy fricking peak,..
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>>683897584
>I noped out very quickly
yeah it's almost like DPPt is dogshit or something
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I'd buy Brilliant Diamond for a quick run if it dropped to $20 but as it, it can fuck off.
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>>683897446
yeah really
nigger
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Pokémon is shit.
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>>683897437
>and generally most of the moves your pokemon will learn conform to their type split anyway.
As the should since that's the whole point of the split. It's still important to know outside of comp in case you end up thinking gen1-3 mechanics are still in effect and end up using one of the few "wrong" moves.
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>sinnohtards will defend this
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>>683897570
regis are pretty shit too now that I think about it
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>>683897620
Except for the part where I decided to just replay the DS games including those.
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>>683897818
>Except for the part where I'm a braindead nostalgiatard
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>>683896804
The whole fucking map and overworld is 3D, including all the building interiors. Map placement always has a z-axis. It only looks 2D because it's still grid-based movement and the textures they use for most stuff tries to give it that appearance so character sprites fit in.
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>>683897708
I don't think it is important to know though. As a kid I didn't know about the physical special split, whether it not existing at the start or existing later. But I never had an issue because I'd use a move once, see it did less damage than another move and then not use it again. The physical special split legitimately only changed gameplay for competitive.
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>>683897846
Again, make a good new pokemon game and I will play it. Don't care about whether it's old or not, it has to be good.
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>>683897767
Now you're just being a contrarian.
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>>683897857
I don't give a fuck if it's "technically 3d" if it's completely flat geometry with a flat texture. It was extremely unimpressive as a "3d" game and you know it. Pokemon didn't really go 3D properly until the 3DS.
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>>683897974
Literally everything on the bottom is better kek
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>>683897914
>I'd use a move once, see it did less damage than another move and then not use it again.
Slightly more complex than that since you also have two defense stats but that still means it mattered. Otherwise you would have just picked the higher BP move, or the one with the best compromise with accuracy.
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>>683897974
Literally everything on the top is better kek
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>>683897948
>it has to be good
clearly not since you like DPPt KEK
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>>683897985
>brown rock, grey rock, blue rock
not really
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>>683898013
>i don't care if it's 3d, it's 2d because i want to win an argument while being wrong!
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>>683897974
Crazy how hard the crossgen evos, Cyrus, and Cynthia kalos slop
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>>683897974
Lysandre had no aura. Same with the champion, i don't even remember her name.
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Yawnfag has entered the thread. Reply at your own discretion.
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>>683898083
Said no one ever
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>>683898120
>totally unique silhouettes
>the only shared feature is the dot eyes
>even those have distinct patterns for each
Either yawnfag or someone under 25.
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>>683897974
Cyrus had no aura. Same with the champion, i don't even remember her name.
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> Same with the champion, i don't even remember her name.
Hahaha yawning her is so funny
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>>683866685
>DP
4th worst mainline.
>Platinum
Best rerelease.
>HGSS
Best remake.
>Explorers or Sky
Best spinoff game.
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>>683898293
>wasting a turn with yawn
Your compoundeyes Vivillon?
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>>683866685
Too many HMs. Washed out colors. Honestly rather boring locales, overall.
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>>683897974
* The most forgettable Rivals/Friends/Gym Leaders/E4/Champion/Villain/Villain Team.
* Super Easy
* The most pathetic rematches against Gym Leaders/E4/Champion.
* Only 72 new pokémon
* Santalune forest and Viridian Forest
* Snorlax roadblock
* 12 out of 28 megas introduced in XY were kanto megas and only 1 Kalos mega (in ORAS)
* Legendary hunt only has one Kalos mon. It has Mewtwo and Kanto birds
* Pidgey is always the first wild encounter
* Gift Mega Kanto Starter
* Gift Mega Lucario
* Mewtwo and Zard get two megas
* Lysandre is a copy of Cyrus
* Team Flare is first encountered the exact same way as Team Rocket was, right down to picking one of two fossils
* Lysandre labs is a copy of the Rocket hideout with the spin tiles and elevator key hunt
* Poké Ball Factory shares several similarities with the Silph Co in Saffron City: both places are involved in creating Poké Balls, are located in the same city or town as the sixth Gym of the region, get taken over by a villainous team at some point, and both companies' presidents reward the player with a Master Ball after driving the villainous team out of the building.
* Immigrants from or tourists to Kanto talking about how great it is
* The kalos regional dex is made up of kanto pokemon more than any other region (Kanto: 111 (24.2%), even more than fucking kalosmons who make up 15.7%)
*the first of many obligatory generational gimmicks
*native Pokemon are excluded from said generational gimmick
*box legends have zero lore
*bloated encounter tables
*not a single interesting trainer battle in the game
*another shitty circle region but with somehow even less interesting landmarks
*lumiose blackout when the lights are obviously still on
*anything that could be called a dungeon is braindead
*literally nothing to find in the postgame beyond one of the aforementioned braindead “dungeons” and the first of several reskinned battle towers
* It created the most autistic, self-inserter and toxic anime fandom
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>>683898498
>th-they're forgettable!! and it has kanto pandering!
Yeah I agree DPPt sucks ass
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>>683866685
gen 4 contains the best current gen and the best remakes. platinum absolutely mogs emerald virgin, low IQ homosexual.
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>>683869105
Fuck you don't shit on emboar.
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>>683898559
>platinum absolutely mogs emerald
nah
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yawnfag is a notorious troll who shits up any and all Pokemon threads. You can identify him by his use of wojaks.
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>>683897734
I mean when your complaints boil down to
>This RPG is slow
>It's unplayable because Fire-types are the most important type and I always have all 17 types on my team of 6
>It has too much content
>There are 8 HMs which means you need two Pokémon to use all moves, no game has ever required two Pokémon to use all HMs (even though that's always been the case if you have between 5 and 8 HMs and Hoenn also has 8 HMs)
I think it's a lot better than the previous outing where they just fucking gave up with everything 2/3 into the game.
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>>683869105
samurott sucks ass
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>>683866685
Slow framerate. Two fire Pokemon. All the new evolutions of previous gen Pokemons like Electabuzz, Magmar, Murkow, etc can't be accessed til post game. Shit story. Shit main villain. Shit team villain.
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>>683898663
>This RPG is slow
sounds like a valid complaint that could ruin the entire game desu
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>IV
the best gen
>Platinum
the best game
>Diamond and Pearl
the best anime series
>PLA
the best 3D game
>HGSS
the best remakes
>Cynthia
the best champion
>Sinnoh
the best region
>Dawn
the best MC
>Piplup
the best starter
>Lucario
the best pokemon
>Garchomp
the best psuedo
>Glaceon
the best eevee
>Rotom
the best phone, dex, bike
>Giratina
the best legendary
>Gliscor
the best cross gen
>Darkrai
the best mythical
>Arceus
the god
>pic
it's you, NIGGER

PEEKABOO MADEU LOOK FAGGOT loolllolollolololol
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>>683898749
Based
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>>683898663
Most of Hoenn's HMs are only required once or twice before they can be discarded. The most egregious example is needing Rock Smash for Victory Road. But something like Dive is only necessary 2 times in the story.
Meanwhile, Rock Climb is necessary all throughout Sinnoh.
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>>683898749
>Didn't read but
>Nigger
Nuff' said.
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>this is peak fire gameplay bros
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>>683898612
Funny how DP still have almost 2.5x the number of Pokémon as RS.
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>>683898552
>editing out Pokémon from the routes like altaria
>post game oak
lol shit image
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>>683898919
funny how you need to lie to pretend your game is good
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>>683869608
>Meganium is the worst in the series, kek.


chikoritacels are thriving stay mad
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>she’s dumping her whole folder
yawnie having a melty
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>>683898975
The fact that HOENN, which has a tropical climate, somehow has more ice Pokemon than SINNOH, whose entire identity is le snowy northern mountain region, will never stop being funny to me. God Gen 4 was such dogshit.
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>>683899063
>somehow has more ice Pokemon than SINNOH
It doesn’t. Weird how always reply to yourself with this same text too, stop making it so obvious faggot.
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>>683899134
>It doesn’t
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>>683868936
lmao never thought of that, there's a part of the song that reminds me of chiquitita by ABBA though
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>>683898836
That's because land Hoenn essentially stops once you hit Lilycove apart from some cave puzzles. It's 17 routes of water from there, though there are water sections in the land section of Hoenn.

Either way I'm still bringing two Pokémon for all of Hoenn.
>Tropius (Cut, Fly)
>Golduck (Surf, Waterfall, Dive)
>Either (Strength, Flash, Rock Smash)
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>>683899252
Those aren’t PT’s encounters, stop being retarded. Even BDSP has more Ice types than that.
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>>683866685
>SOVL SILVER
>HEVRT GVLD
yeah nah only sinnoh sucks ass. Hisui on the other hand. . .
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>>683899349
>j-j-just pay $40 for the game to slightly fix its problems bro i-i-i-it's le peak
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>>683899420
Yeah faggot, how am I supposed to get a Ditto is RS?
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>>683868154
god I wish luxray was electric/dark maybe one day with a regional evo.
>inb4 OH HES BLACK SO HE HAS TO HAVE DARK TYPE?
no nigga he has crunch and bite and impressive for single player speed and attack him being electric/dark negates psychic switch ins and a bunch of other shit it. god if only they just made him dark/electric. I got a fucking shiny in violet and kept that nigga to the very bitter end level 100 my nigga. I think I even got a shiny him in like XY or sun moon. He's always been my clutch ass budget dark type with his coverage I just fucking wish he had dark type.

also needs a signature xray vision move that lowers speed or defense. like hawlucha has flying press make it a dark/electric move or give him an ability that boosts his dark type attacks if fucking only.
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>>683898975
Ruby and Sapphire - 200/386
Diamond and Pearl (no Pal Park) - 441/493

Hell
Diamond or Pearl (no Pal Park, no trading, no events, no Ranger, no dual-slot mode, no Spiritomb, nothing but a single DS cartridge and DS) - 357/493
Gold or Silver under the same conditions is 199/251, and keep in mind Ruby and Sapphire are TRADING to hit 200.
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>Have a containment board
>Can't use it because its full of literal retards

Pokemon belongs on /vg/
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>>683899398
>HEART MOLD
>SHIT SILVER
nah, johto’s sucks ass. at least they remembered to put sinnoh’s mons in the game for platinum. no part of sinnoh is as gay as the rocket hideout shit either



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