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Wanna see a true controversial opinion?
Ahem ...Whitney is overrated. She's not even that difficult.
Ahem ...Whitney is overrated. She's not even that difficult.
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I'm sure there are people who will disagree with that.Wanna see a true controversial opinion?
Ahem ...Whitney is overrated. She's not even that difficult.
What sort of themes? Something like weather?Don't know if it's popular or controversial, but Gym Leaders being made around a single type has been a terrible idea since Gen 1 and it should have never been implemented in the first place. The main reason is that it causes most, if not all, Gym Leaders to be a joke that get swept by a single pokemon.
Gym Leaders should have been made around themes that can encompass two or more types, this way they could have a good team and not be swept by a single pokemon.
Of course it would make the games harder and if there had to be a compromise, i would have been fine with the first maybe three gyms being single type, and then the remaining gym leaders be made around a theme.
This. This is why I find him so frustrating. And the worse thing is, due to Pokémon being Pokémon, it doesn't give any satisfaction beating him. It's why I can't tolerate him but can stand guys like Adon or Hwoarang.Hm, not sure how many of these are actually controversial and how many are just taking sides on an issue, but:
Blue is hugely overrated as a "mean" rival. Everyone that praises him always talks about how "Oh, you want your rival to be someone you feel good about beating!", and while I definitely agree there, victories against Blue just feel annoying. Look at his dialogue when you beat him:
And in conversations after that, he just continues to act like he's won every match."Awww! You just lucked out!"
- After being defeated
"What!? I was just careless!"
- After being defeated
"What? You stinker!" I took it easy on you too!"
- Being defeated
I get that it's supposed to be unintentionally funny- Blue thinks so highly of himself, even though he's always behind you- but it's just annoying to me. If the fun of having a mean rival is that you get to feel satisfied shutting him up, then Blue completely fails on that front because he never admits to any loss. Blue's just this guy who makes you battle him and won't acknowledge the results, like receiving a bunch of texts from someone who won't read your replies. And people put that over rivals like Wally, Hau, Bianca, Cheren, etc. just because he insulted you?My rival should be strong to keep me sharp.
Oh yeah, right. I feel sorry for you. No, really. You're always plodding behind me.
Then I'll whip you, <player>, as a warm-up for the Pokémon League!
Funny thing is that the manual of the Sapphire copy i got came with a Braille section in it and that's how i did the puzzle (it was before i even had internet). It doesn't excuse not having it in the game, but i still find it very cool that they did add it to the manual.Require the player to read Braille without giving any way to look up Braille in-game? Meaning that your players have to go online to look it up, and at that point might as well just look up a walkthrough?
May I ask you where did you get that copy? The US version didn't have that, and I only managed to understand the puzzle because by chance I had a book with the braille alphabet.Funny thing is that the manual of the Sapphire copy i got came with a Braille section in it and that's how i did the puzzle (it was before i even had internet). It doesn't excuse not having it in the game, but i still find it very cool that they did add it to the manual.
European version's manual came with a braille section. The game did come out in the US four months prior to their release on Europe, so i guess they realized they messed up by not having braille explained in the game but it was too late to change the game, so they just added it to the European version's manual to make up for the fact they didn't add it to the US version, possibly after US players complained about it.May I ask you where did you get that copy? The US version didn't have that, and I only managed to understand the puzzle because by chance I had with the braille alphabet.
Okay, that's legitimately epic. I retract that criticism, then, that's almost exactly how I would have wanted a secret like that played out. (Only better thing would be something in the game, so players who buy secondhand can get it, too)Funny thing is that the manual of the Sapphire copy i got came with a Braille section in it and that's how i did the puzzle (it was before i even had internet). It doesn't excuse not having it in the game, but i still find it very cool that they did add it to the manual.
Technically, it is there. They just don't tell you what it means (check the stones around the Wailord/Relicanth part). In other words, it's borderline useless.Okay, that's legitimately epic. I retract that criticism, then, that's almost exactly how I would have wanted a secret like that played out. (Only better thing would be something in the game, so players who buy secondhand can get it, too)
This. I’m the first one to admit it isn’t an easy comparison. There are legitimate points for “both sides” (if there even can be two sides, I think there’d be more). I was fairly confused while writing that post myself because enjoyment and value is subjective. What people’s priorities are matters. And even little stuff like how people afford to get those games (saving up, getting money from parents, doing a job and using your hard earned money) matters in shaping an opinion.Sure. I think there's a lot of angles you can take to compare the situations and ultimately it's going to come down to the customer.
No offence but those are hardly controversial opinions among a lot of fan circles...
- Kanto Starter are the best(not talking about Pikachu and Eevee)
- Unova starter are the worst
- I prefer simple desing than pokemon with a too complicated design
Actually Gen 2 onwards began modifying the battle system to make it “complicated”. Gen 1 and 2 are still guilty of that. The stuff which makes Pokémon useless for competitive (EV and IV) were introduced in the first Gen itself. And Gen 1 didn’t even have breeding so good luck trying to catch a good Pokémon randomly. And compared to latest generations, the older ones are less streamlined. With each new generation the effort to get into competitive is drastically less. As of Gen 8 you can train any Pokémon to be the “best version of itself” with no breeding. So I find this opinion factually incorrect to be honest.It was better in gen 1 and 2 for the battle system , now it's just too complicated for nothing. I was better when it was simple and when you could take your actual pokemon that you use during your adventure and being force to bread and lost hours and hours just for being at least a bt competitive.
Again... it’s such a popular opinion that it gets obnoxious sometimes.Gen one have the best roster of pokemon
Me for instance, I'm a massive fan and I've been consistently pleased with the last several entries in the series, so there's an extent to which I'm a sure-buy no matter what. From that perspective, it makes sense that I would prefer DLC over enhanced versions, because like I said, I'm paying about the same for less redundancy.
I appreciate for some people that they feel too much like replaying the same game but for me even the small changes like what Pokémon are available on each route changes the flavour of the game enough to make it worth the replay, especially with the third version typically releasing around a year after its predecessor- for me that’s a good point to replay the game.
The DLC has made replaying feel messy and more confused to me - I started a new file when IoA dropped and it throws off the level scaling a lot, which was already a bit of an issue with this gen.
Trying to roughly match the IoA story to the main story made it all feel even more disjointed but feels like it was intended - why the hell else does a trainee gym leader not know who the current champion is?
Also I really prefer to have physical media so prefer the cartridge bundle but even though I thought they’d wind up doing that I didn’t want to wait and potentially have all the DLC content spoilered for me. So now I’m in the position of trying to decide if I should buy the Sword DLC bundle to go with my Shield base game and digital DLC despite the fact my wife already owns Sword but not the DLC.
it would be far more redundant to buy the bundle pack than it would ever be to buy any third version, yet here I am, with my collector's impulse
Well, there are other methods, but that's the legal (and possibly virus-free) alternative...Let me “help” you out - having a physical bundle version helps you future proof your collection in case the Switch eshop gets shut down and you lose your DLC data for some reason!
there you go, I’ve given you a perfect excuse
The digital download that people got would disappear one day?I'm kind of relieved that I'm not the only one who thought of buying the physical bundle. I've bought all of the other main series titles, so my collector impulse is going strong for those games despite how I would have virtually no reason to do so. I'd probably have an easier time leveling up any new teams with everything already unlocked instead of starting a new save file too. I didn't think of how the Switch's eshop could potentially affect the digital Expansion Pass though. I just figured that they released a physical copy for people who haven't already bought the game and so that they don't have to rely on the eshop for everyone to get the Expansion Pass. I'd be absolutely heartbroken if I lost my digital Expansion Pass.