Red and Blue movesets SUCK!

[JohtoMotto]

Hey everybody, it's Surferboy here and I just recently restarted pokemon stadium :-D

This game is so much harder than the other games I have played mainly because of the fact you can't get some great moves on your pokemon (like flamethrower:bheart

So I ask the question. What are some of your worst movesets on your pokemon?

My arcanine had
Bite
Ember
Leer
Take Down

 

[glow]

Machamp with:
Karate Chop
Leer
Double Edge
Counter

Doesn't really matter since I didn't use it. If there was a mon I was using/alternating with, it would be at level 100 and know Hyper Beam.

 

[Blockhead Pippi]

Flamethrower did exist as a move back then. It was just limited to learning by level up, usually around the mid 40's to 50's. Even then, fire Pokemon in general kinda sucked in Generation I anyway.

Can't complain anyway, since the move was still limited to level up in overrated GS, but the required levels were a bit more forgiving, I think.

I can't remember any specifics, but I remember once posting somewhere to get a Red/Blue team rated, and it had all of these common moves that could easily be forgotten for better things. I think I remember things like Growl/Leer.

 

[Gligar13]

Gen I wasn't that hard. Just use psychic techniques, mew glitch, and YOU WIN!

 

[Blockhead Pippi]

Gen I wasn't that hard. Just use psychic techniques, mew glitch, and YOU WIN!

FYI, Mew wasn't that great in Gen I, or in other Gens. I caught it for my Pokedex quest and put it into my PC and nearly forgot about it afterwards.

Honestly, legendaries certainly do not equal win. I actually dislike using them.

And Gen I can be rather difficult. Most of the time when I do get to the Elite 4, my Pokemon are like 20 levels lower than their's, or something, and I have to train a great deal to stand a better chance. As much as I love Gen 1, it's terribly imbalanced. But hey, it was the first few games, so. Yellow made it a tad harder because the gym leader's Pokemon were at lower levels and as a result, gave less EXP. I typically have to grind a lot more in Yellow than I do in Red/Blue.

 

[winstein]

Well, I don't remember any movesets in Generation 1 because I am not even aware of the concept of "movesets". I usually taught new moves to Pokemon as I see them trying to learn.

I imagine that the Pokemon at that time had very little options on what they can learn, so they cannot really have a diverse moveset as they have now. One thing I wondered is if trading to Generation 2 and teaching them new moves count as diversifying the movepool, like Flamethrower. If so, I can imagine Starmie still be a threat in Generation 1 because of Psychic and those useful coverage moves (Surf, Thunderbolt and Ice Beam).

Thanks for reading.

 

[Blockhead Pippi]

Movesets simply refers to the four moves that a Pokemon can have at a time. It doesn't have to be special, as it can refer to any set of four moves.

 

[winstein]

Movesets simply refers to the four moves that a Pokemon can have at a time. It doesn't have to be special, as it can refer to any set of four moves.

I am aware of what it means. I am saying that at that time I wasn't aware of the concept of a "moveset" since Generation 1 was the old days, and just have any four moves a Pokemon has at that time.

Thanks for reading.

 

[Karpi]

Red and Blue movesets were SUPPOSED to suck. The game becomes significantly less fun when every pokemon learns powerful moves from several types! I mean, Lapras was one of the best pokemon because it got ice and electric moves, which was a huge deal back then! Now most pokemon can do that, and it's not special anymore.

 

[Sanic Hegehog]

Red and Blue movesets were SUPPOSED to suck.

No, they "suck" because Red and Blue had relatively few moves to work with (technically 165; 164 if not counting Struggle) which is further caused by awkward distribution via Level up and TM/HM. Since they we're technically the first installments in the series, Red and Blue have a decent excuse for the atrocious move distribution.

 

[AshK]

I thought the TM selections in Gen 1 were decent especially since it was gen. 1 and all, but poke move sets were kinda poor. I was most disappointed with Scyther's and Tauros'. Starting pokemon movesets weren't all that tantastic either since their best moves aren't learned for a very very long time.

 

[Blockhead Pippi]

No, they "suck" because Red and Blue had relatively few moves to work with (technically 165; 164 if not counting Struggle) which is further caused by awkward distribution via Level up and TM/HM. Since they we're technically the first installments in the series, Red and Blue have a decent excuse for the atrocious move distribution.

Quoted for truth. I couldn't have said it better myself.

Seriously, the games were rather experimental, so it's kinda obvious that the moves and distributions wouldn't be that great. I personally was never bugged by the moves, I was more bugged by the sheer amount of grinding that I have to do in every playthrough, but besides that, there weren't a lot of things that bugged me about Gen I.

 

[The Knights of Wario Land]

Red & Blue movesets sucked because the creators still were trying to perfect the concept back then. Psychic-type moves were the most broken thing back then.