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My Pokemon Black & White Wishlist
Jun. 5th, 2010 03:30 pmI have a weird history with Pokemon. By the time it came out, I was in my late teens, and my brother and I never had Gameboys growing up anyway. I did watch the first couple of seasons of the anime, though, and I played the CCG for long enough to have a favourite type. Now that I'm a grownup with my on DS, I've become well and truly adicted to SoulSilver. This means that I finally have a Ninetales, and that I'm looking forward to Black & White.
Despite not having played the previous games, I've already formed opinions on the future of the franchise. I would like:
1. For the Pokemon follow ability from HGSS to continue into the next generation. Having your Pokemon walk around with you enhances the fun. Their reactions are adorable, even if it's slightly worrying when my Yanmega or Feraligatr snuggle up to me ...
2. More filtering options for the GTS, especially the ability to search by which Pokemon someone wants instead of by what they're offering. This would cut down on the frustration of going on to look for a Chikorita only to find everyone who's offering one demands a Level 100 Mew in return.
3. More Fire types in general. Everything is better when it's on fire.
4. Type combinations that don't currently exist. I like the idea of a Fire/Grass combo, but anything new would be interesting. Dark/Water, maybe?
5. A couple of new Eevelutions, perhaps Ghost and Steel. Eevee has no trade evolutions at present, so it would be simple to introduce a couple of previously unavailable items and have it evolve that way.
6. Despite the huge number of Pokemon based on animals, there are still a lot of real world critters that are unrepresented in the games or not there at all. We only have Ponyta/Rapidash when it comes to horses, for example. There are no dolphins, and we don't really have a wolf or a tiger. Filling in some of those blanks would keep the designs from getting stale. And on a different note, how about a flying squirrel? Or a turkey? Silly Pokemon are fun, and not everything can be a cool-looking superpowered monster.
7. An evolution for Pachirisu. At the moment it's pretty much Pikachu only less useful. They are very cute, though, so if they evolved into something decent I'd have one for my Electric type in an instant.
8. I'd like evos for Tropius, Corsola, and maybe Torkoal as well. Pre-evolutions for Pinsir and Lapras seem obvious.
9. A Dark type gym. It's past time.
10. No more playing !@#$&ing Voltorb Flip for coins to get Pokemon and TMs not available anywhere else. I just want a Porygon, why do I have to spend hours upon hours playing Minesweeper?
As for what's already been revealed, I'm pleased that Isshu seems to be more urbanized than the other regions, as it makes it stand out. I like the new Pokemon we've seen so far - looking forward to using Zorua if it's not too difficult to acquire. (I suspect the player may be given an egg to hatch, actually.) I'm leaning toward Pokabu as my starter; it looks cute and as we've established that I love Fire types. And it's probably just Mamoswine making me think this, but I wonder if Pokabu's evolutions might be Fire/Ground type? We've seen the combination before in the form of Cammerupt but another one would be fun. A double weakness to Water would be more than worth STAB for Earthquake.
Despite not having played the previous games, I've already formed opinions on the future of the franchise. I would like:
1. For the Pokemon follow ability from HGSS to continue into the next generation. Having your Pokemon walk around with you enhances the fun. Their reactions are adorable, even if it's slightly worrying when my Yanmega or Feraligatr snuggle up to me ...
2. More filtering options for the GTS, especially the ability to search by which Pokemon someone wants instead of by what they're offering. This would cut down on the frustration of going on to look for a Chikorita only to find everyone who's offering one demands a Level 100 Mew in return.
3. More Fire types in general. Everything is better when it's on fire.
4. Type combinations that don't currently exist. I like the idea of a Fire/Grass combo, but anything new would be interesting. Dark/Water, maybe?
5. A couple of new Eevelutions, perhaps Ghost and Steel. Eevee has no trade evolutions at present, so it would be simple to introduce a couple of previously unavailable items and have it evolve that way.
6. Despite the huge number of Pokemon based on animals, there are still a lot of real world critters that are unrepresented in the games or not there at all. We only have Ponyta/Rapidash when it comes to horses, for example. There are no dolphins, and we don't really have a wolf or a tiger. Filling in some of those blanks would keep the designs from getting stale. And on a different note, how about a flying squirrel? Or a turkey? Silly Pokemon are fun, and not everything can be a cool-looking superpowered monster.
7. An evolution for Pachirisu. At the moment it's pretty much Pikachu only less useful. They are very cute, though, so if they evolved into something decent I'd have one for my Electric type in an instant.
8. I'd like evos for Tropius, Corsola, and maybe Torkoal as well. Pre-evolutions for Pinsir and Lapras seem obvious.
9. A Dark type gym. It's past time.
10. No more playing !@#$&ing Voltorb Flip for coins to get Pokemon and TMs not available anywhere else. I just want a Porygon, why do I have to spend hours upon hours playing Minesweeper?
As for what's already been revealed, I'm pleased that Isshu seems to be more urbanized than the other regions, as it makes it stand out. I like the new Pokemon we've seen so far - looking forward to using Zorua if it's not too difficult to acquire. (I suspect the player may be given an egg to hatch, actually.) I'm leaning toward Pokabu as my starter; it looks cute and as we've established that I love Fire types. And it's probably just Mamoswine making me think this, but I wonder if Pokabu's evolutions might be Fire/Ground type? We've seen the combination before in the form of Cammerupt but another one would be fun. A double weakness to Water would be more than worth STAB for Earthquake.