vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
It's going to be a snorlax year for them. Get it!? Aha
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Pokemon Company Achieves $2.1 Billion in Retail Revenue in 2015
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It's going to be a snorlax year for them. Get it!? Aha
Fat and lazy? Or does Snorlax finally get up and start wrecking shit this gen?
Shadow Broker
Banned
You'll be fine jumping in. I jumped back in after OG Gen 2 to Gen 6 and I was able to jump right in with no problem.
The game will teach you how to play it. Don't go back to old games unless you want to.
Metroidvania
People called Romanes they go the house?
Yeah, start with either this, or X/Y.
Red/Blue are really, really dated at this point, and while its cool to see how far things have come, unless you want to get an appreciation for how the series has evolved, you'd be in for some distinct oddities in playing through those again.
Then again, there's a lot of potential for getting a bunch of mews or what have you into Sun/Moon if you plan on using the pokemon bank transfer.
There was Super Mystery Dungeon.
I wasn't counting spin-offs, fair enough though.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Well I was more inclined in thinking that they are going to have a big year, hence the snorlax pun lol
DownGrader
Member
All that
Ruble sign is almost Pokedollar sign. ₽₽₽
Heart gold soul silver, opposite of dated!
It's a right machine.
I live in a small English village, the type of people you'd expect to play games here are fans of COD and GTA. Chavvy kind of people. I went to pick up my Darkrai code today and the cashier said it's been none stop with people asking for them.
I think everyone loves Pokemon deep down.
I live in a small English village, the type of people you'd expect to play games here are fans of COD and GTA. Chavvy kind of people. I went to pick up my Darkrai code today and the cashier said it's been none stop with people asking for them.
I think everyone loves Pokemon deep down.
You won't really miss out on anything by skipping the games before, BUT, the Pokemon that you college on X, Y, Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire will transfer over to Pokemon Sun/Moon. So if you play any of the previous Pokemon games, make it the ones that you can transfer Pokemons from.
You can also transfer Pokemon from the original Pokemon games available digitally but you will need the Pokemon Bank to do transfers and I believe you have a 30 day free trial of it but have to pay for it later.
TheSlySoul
Member
Honestly I much prefer Emerald to ORAS. I say GBA+ for new fans.
Also I hope YW2 is October so I can enjoy both it and Sun.
tablet only 😥
Pokemaniac
Member
Pretty much any of the game's are fine to start with. The only ones I'd really recommend against starting with are Black 2/White 2, since those are direct sequels to Black and White, and any of the first gen games, since they haven't aged well.
I wish there was a way to get the actual pokedollar sign in text rather than images. Just some extra lines on the ruble sign and it's there.
Give it some time. Snorlax only just stood up this generation.
Neff
Member
When Warner is falling over itself to make a string of Pokémon movies, I can see why.
Hopelessly so.
Hopelessly so.
Game Freak surely isn't. They'll make bank whatever they do with Pokémon.
Outtrigger888
Member
My daughter is 7 and huge into Pokemon cards along with her friends. Hell I get excited if she pulls an EX card from a pack. The excitement never dies
Not surprised Pokémon appeal to all ages and with 722 Pokémon you're bound to have a favorite.
Plus the fact that The Pokémon Company have branched out into other medium, so Pokémon is always in the public's eye.
Probably the nicest thing that your mother could say about Raichu as he's always ignored for Pikachu.
You should be fine jumping into the series with Sun and Moon but if you want to play a Pokémon game before hand then playing X and Y is also fine.
You only need play past Pokémon game if you fancy trying them out or if you have nostalgia value.
Don't listen this, Pokémon Red/Blue/Green/Yellow are not newcomer friendly and have trapping of a old RPG game.
Which he can do in X and Y, not that it matters since he never played a single Pokémon game so he probably has no attachment to the gen 1 Pokémon.
Probably would have been had Miyamoto not stood up for Satoshi Tajiri when Nintendo originally rejected Pokémon.
Praise Miyamoto, praise Satoshi Tajiri and praise Game Freak for making one of the best franchise that I love deeply.
Plus the fact that The Pokémon Company have branched out into other medium, so Pokémon is always in the public's eye.
Probably the nicest thing that your mother could say about Raichu as he's always ignored for Pikachu.
You should be fine jumping into the series with Sun and Moon but if you want to play a Pokémon game before hand then playing X and Y is also fine.
You only need play past Pokémon game if you fancy trying them out or if you have nostalgia value.
Don't listen this, Pokémon Red/Blue/Green/Yellow are not newcomer friendly and have trapping of a old RPG game.
Which he can do in X and Y, not that it matters since he never played a single Pokémon game so he probably has no attachment to the gen 1 Pokémon.
Probably would have been had Miyamoto not stood up for Satoshi Tajiri when Nintendo originally rejected Pokémon.
Praise Miyamoto, praise Satoshi Tajiri and praise Game Freak for making one of the best franchise that I love deeply.
X and Y are a great starting point. You could do Pokemon Red, Blue or Yellow, however, they don't have a quality of life improvements of the later games.(things like reuseable TMs, beeding Pokemon, a more flushed out pokemon economy, much better distribution Pokemon of various types, etc) Furthermore, X and Y are still being supported by the Pokemon Company with event Pokemon.
foxuzamaki
Doesn't read OPs, especially not his own
Pokemon is stronger than ever
sixteen-bit
Member
it prints money
Exterminieren
Banned
Well, no surprises here, but that should (finally) kill off some of the tinfoil conspiracy theories.
SinCityAssassin
Member
Prints more money.
The story and character are never the focus of the game, so you can start with any game you like. I suggest you just start with Sun/Moon.
This is really surprising to me.
This gives me hope for something expensive and crazy like a pokemon VR MMO .
I wonder would Nintendo place special credit for Iwata in the VC relauches of Gold/Silver/Crystal, considering the work he did to get them to fit on on a GB game cart.
SinCityAssassin
Member
He already had a special thanks in the original games. This probably won't change if those came to VC.
Iwata was one of the producers for Crystal too. If they do anything, they'd just have like a dedication for his direct involvement, but nothing else
DecoReturns
Member
I wonder how a movie would do?
Like Pixar or Dreamworks type
Like Pixar or Dreamworks type
Yeah, that Yo-Kai Watch death blow is coming. It just needs time to charge.
Neff
Member
Live action would be my guess, and an indefinite money printer if the scripts were solid.
FunkyDealer
Banned
Here's to another twenty years!
MaximumSpider
Banned
Woah
http://m.neogaf.com/showpost.php?p=199100762
Remember that Pokemon is continuing its downfall to irrelevancy!
Dang, I was only a child when I lasted played those games. Must of skipped over it.
vinnygambini
Why are strippers at the U.N. bad when they're great at strip clubs???
Seriously. Nintendo struck gold, don't know if the company would be standing as strong if it weren't for the Pokemon franchise.
DragonOfWisdom
Member
X/Y are probably the best starting points, but you'll be fine either way since there's no real continuity in the series except for B2/W2 which were sequels. The most you'll miss is references made to previous games which never really matter.
DecoReturns
Member
Wasn't Iwata responsible for convincing them to localize the first game? I'm sure Nintendo would still be around and a big company at that, they made Pokemon way bigger if they just stuck to Japan.
BluePikmin11
Member
Given its anniversary, there's probably going to be huge sales in Japan. But you never know, YW3 might beat S/M in JPN sales.
Just keeping things open minded.