VG Weekly Poll #55 Do you like the shaking spots feature in Black/White?

[TwilightBlade]

I quite like the shaking spots for Audino grinding. I like finding the occasional rare Pokemon too. I do not like swirling dust. Usually I'm trying to get to the end of the cave with repel and OHAI IM DRILBUR wow go away.

 

[Pyradox]

Yes. Audinos are excellent for grinding.

 

[Lugion]

Yeah, I like the concept, but I think the execution is a little lacking. They're already rare, so giving certain Pokémon a 5% encounter rate compared to Audino's 95% is pretty silly.

 

[CynthiaLover]

Yes, I like them. Not only are they a great way to get quick EXP, especially for lower level Pokemon, but they're a great way (and sometimes the only way) to find rare or even impossible-to-find Pokemon. If you asked about my favorite version of the shaking grass (shaking grass, swirling dust, surf spots), I'd have to go with swirling dust. No only can you find a useful and/or rare Pokemon, but the bonus of possibly finding items like Gems and Stones makes the hunt more fun, especially for treasure hunters like myself. So I'd have to say yes. It can be a bit time consuming to wait for the grass/dust/spots to occur, but all for the sake of a perfect team and a complete PokeDex.

 

[Hidden Mew]

I like them. They're really useful with finding Audino, which are a great way to level up a low-level Pokemon, and with finding rare Pokemon. I didn't go out of my way to look for them, but it's definitely a useful feature.

 

[Ghetsis-Dennis]

Of course, it makes finding rarer Pokemon easier, but it also makes EV training harder since Audino gives you the wrong EV points on a Pokemon you're training.

 

[Frazay]

I love it, because of the audino, which is a great way of level grinding, especially in the early portion of the game. The only other time I would look for the skaking grass if I was looking for one of the elemental monkeys, emolgas, etc.

 

[Dr. Buni]

It was an okay feature in Black & White, because it helped with the grinding.

In Black 2 & White 2 it was vastly improved, since now you can find pretty good Pokémon in the shaking spots.

 

[Dragonfyre]

I love them. Sure, I don't always get good Pokémon when I dive into those things, but it's awesome when I do. And even when you don't, Audino do grant a lot of exp, which is invaluable, especially at the earlier portion of the game wherein you always seem to be running behind level-wise. Plus, they're very visually amusing.

 

[Johan]

It was an okay feature in Black & White, because it helped with the grinding.

In Black 2 & White 2 it was vastly improved, since now you can find pretty good Pokémon in the shaking spots.

This pretty much. Although I never really cared about it in B/W, in B/W2 it's much more rewarding to take a look.

 

[Faye Scarlet]

Just like in my White 2 JP, I'm really appreciating the extra experience Audino gives in my White 2 US. o_o; Especially since in both games I'm using an all-prevo team, which considerably racks up the difficulty, since I have to be several levels higher than my opponent to not be totally curb-stomped.

 

[Faerie]

I like it, just because the shaking spots makes it much easier to grind(if it contains an Audino).

 

[MAZZ0Murder]

I like the rustling grass...though I do use it for Audino abuse, especially when you have a traded lvl 1 pokemon holding lucky egg! Then you switch out to Boldore or something and BLOW UP a lvl 50 Audino and you get 25,000+ EXP!

 

[Bolt Strike]

I'm not entirely sure Rustling Grass has added much to the series. Audino spam shouldn't even exist to begin with, it's only reason for being there is because they messed up the EXP system in 5th gen to make grinding higher level Pokemon too hard. Aside from that, there's almost no value in having them, not the way they're currently being used. Rare Pokemon are nice, but they don't need to be in a separate roster of Pokemon to be made rare. And having evolutions of Pokemon on the same route as their predecessors is rather pointless, and many of those evolutions are too rare and powerful to be catchable.

Now if we're throwing Double Grass into this discussion, that's a different story, because Double Grass allows for more flexibility in the distribution. But Shaking Spots? Not so much.

 

[Chief KazamiNator]

It was a neat feature, but REALLY annoying when trying to find rare Pokemon such as Relicanth when fishing.

 

[Xita]

I like it. There's something really exciting about it.