Gotta Catch 'Em All - A N00b's Perspective By HullBreach

By @HullBreach Premium64

POSTED: 16 Oct 2013 23:10
CATEGORY: Gaming
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So... my birthday was last weekend, and Skunkman surprised me with a copy of Pokemon Y. I just wanted to share a little bit about myself and Pokemon, which puts me square in the middle of Dr. Seuss's book Green Eggs and Ham.

Let me start off by saying that I saw Disney's The Little Mermaid at the cinema when I was in 3rd grade and was surprised when another guy in my class actually admitted seeing such a "girly" movie like that. (Though, I secretly had the catchy song "Under the Sea" looping through my head, and I didn't hate it one bit.) See, when you are school aged, you can be very self-conscious about what those around you think.

Later, in my college years, I had an elderly friend who was part of the barbershop quartet. The songs the quartet would sing were fun. I enjoyed them. The harmony and the catchy tunes were entertaining. Around that time, I started hearing boy bands on the radio and initially thought they were the dumbest things ever. Then, I noticed that some of their songs sounded like that barbershop style, so I got a few of their CDs. I had stuff by Boyz II Men, All 4 One, Backstreet Boys, *NSYNC, 98 Degrees, and whatever the names of all the other clones were. Most of their songs were junk, but as someone who was studying recording arts in college, I enjoyed just listening to the harmony of the voices (and ignored the atrocious and whiny lyrics and pre-programmed keyboard beats). When I joked around about liking some of the songs with some friends, almost all of them admitted that they liked the same songs. The thing about growing up is that you quit caring what other people think about you, and you become your own person.

Fast forward to this past weekend. I had the preconceived notion that Pokemon games were for kids. I'd been exposed to side games like Pokemon Snap and Hey You Pikachu. They seemed targeted toward elementary school age. Thus, I never tried the RPGs. I didn't want the green eggs and ham. Yet, when I tried it last weekend, I had a great deal of fun! The green eggs and ham known as Pokemon Y may not have the greatest storyline, but it is as enjoyable as any old school Final Fantasy or Earthbound. It brings back memories of when video games were just fun! What ever happened to those days?

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@DarkGhost
23 Oct 2013 20:28

Final Fantasy is still awesome

@Thi500
19 Oct 2013 01:13

I LOVE old video games.

@AaronCool
18 Oct 2013 23:35

My friend bought the game after waiting 48 hours outside for it, and he's had it a week now and he's been playing it maybe 16/7 with breaks for sleep. It's scary- I might never beat his team once I get the game! D:

@HexiDecimator
18 Oct 2013 04:06

I was the first person in a town of 3000 - 4000 people to own Pokemon X. Yeah, epic title that is to tell people of.

I really like the game, it's a lot more involved the any Pokemon game I've played. But of course, coming from Platinum and Pearl, never touching B/W or B2/W2 or any other game, that's not saying much. Haven't gotten the chance to try any of the previous Pokemon games yet.

@Waffle King
17 Oct 2013 17:33

Black and White, and Black 2 and White 2 had the best story. But I guess very much of it went over the head of the Pokemon fanbase.

I'm kind of hoping for a Black 3 and White 3, or maybe a Gray remade in the X and Y style. All of the big city areas in Unova would look so good if done in 3D.

But there are still loose ends. Reshiram and Zekrom were supposed to be one Pokemon. By fusing with Kyurem, they become slightly more complete. But never do we see the original Pokemon that all three fused would be.

Not to mention the complete character development for all of your rivals and such. We see them growing up, but they still seem like they're growing.

But yeah, Black and White. They had rivals that were more than just fat kids that liked to dance.

Not that there is anything wrong with dancing fat kids.

@Raisons du Coeur
17 Oct 2013 23:56
In reply to Waffle King

Wiffle, isn't it obvious what the complete being would be? Zekreshirem, of course!

@PokeNerd
17 Oct 2013 15:28

Nice blog. I like Pokemon (obviously), but it's something that is generally looked at as a kids game.
Have you ever tried Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games? I really liked the story lines on those games, and I thought they were a bunch of fun. Just a recommendation.

@inSein
18 Oct 2013 03:39
In reply to PokeNerd

Mystery Dungeon is so fun. @-@ And surprisingly, scary. I genuinely got feelings from it. The freaking Sableye, though, my god.

@The Unknown
17 Oct 2013 11:22

My brother is 20 yrs old and has a Pikachu onesie, and the other day he went to his friends house for a party wearing it, but he took the train going there xD. You wouldn't belive how many stares he got.

@HullBreach Premium64

17 Oct 2013 11:44
In reply to The Unknown

Hahahaha! That is awesome!

In college, a friend and I dressed as Pokemon for a talent show. I was Pikachu, and he was Charmander. The DJ played the TV show's theme song, and we just kept saying our character's names as the lyrics.

@The Unknown
17 Oct 2013 19:51
In reply to HullBreach

Sounded like fun xD

@Icarus
17 Oct 2013 13:08
In reply to HullBreach

That is almost as crazy as some of the stuff I've done!

@Kion127
17 Oct 2013 11:07

The storyline for Y got pretty dark for a pokemon game I thought. I won't give an spoilers out.

@Raisons du Coeur
17 Oct 2013 23:58
In reply to Kion127

Everyone dies...

Eventually, that is. You don't see it in the game though. Still, you know it happens.

@inSein
17 Oct 2013 02:48

Pffft, your thought was lame. Pokemon is rad. Storyline got interesting only in Black/White though, TBH, but they were always really fun. I can't wait to get X.

@NillocSkywalker
17 Oct 2013 03:23
In reply to inSein

The problem with B&W was that there was so much left to be explained. They had to make the sequel understandable to 10 year-olds who didn't get the first game. But with X&Y, the sequel can be an add-on, which'd be great. B&W was just at an odd time. Half of the people at the VGC had 3DSes, while the other had DSis and DSes. Quite a few had original DSes they got 8 years ago.

@TRINSTER
19 Oct 2013 14:45
In reply to NillocSkywalker

3ds's and Ds's

@NillocSkywalker
19 Oct 2013 15:07
In reply to TRINSTER

wutev

@TRINSTER
19 Oct 2013 15:12
In reply to NillocSkywalker

*Whatever. -_-

@SmashedDreams
17 Oct 2013 02:48

Relive le classics.

@LaZerWoLF
17 Oct 2013 01:13

Sounds sexy. O.o

@spideer
17 Oct 2013 00:43

my brother's friend-enemy (an annoying 11 year old) hates me and my friends because we are freshman and still like pokemon. This kid told my brother than I'm a noob because i like pokemon which is "so 2nd grade". Tell that to my large group of video gamer friends who like pokemon who either have/want/cant afford the game. xD That's what came to mind while reading that.

@Zero Lives
20 Oct 2013 12:32
In reply to spideer

Phhhpht. I hear you. I'm a freshman too. But when people do that, we hide a radio around their home and turn it to full blast in a loop the theme song.

@spideer
20 Oct 2013 15:30
In reply to Zero Lives

Well I don't think i could do that....

@atreyufan1500
17 Oct 2013 00:24

Pokemon is awesome. I'm getting X or Y in a few weeks! Still can't decide.

@HullBreach Premium64

17 Oct 2013 00:25
In reply to atreyufan1500

I still don't know the benefits of each game in the dual releases, so a coin flip will be my future determining factor.

@Blarphemyexpress
17 Oct 2013 02:32
In reply to HullBreach

There are usually certain pokemon you can only get in one version, as well as determining which legendary you get, and, as of X and Y, which megastones you get for certain pokemon(Charizard and Mewtwo, for now).

@Samurai Bob
17 Oct 2013 02:14
In reply to HullBreach

Not sure about X/Y but in the past games, the legendary pokemanz obtained at the end differs. Pearl had Palkia, Diamond has Dialga, Platinum had Giratina.

@LaZerWoLF
17 Oct 2013 03:09
In reply to Samurai Bob

Queeritina Aguilera. Jus sayin.

@atreyufan1500
17 Oct 2013 00:41
In reply to HullBreach

I kinda want X for the blue mega Charizard.

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