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staroverthebay
2013-01-11 04:51 am UTC (link)

I love Black and White (and their sequels) for one major, major thing: TMS ARE NO LONGER ONE-TIME-USE! You can use them as you need them -- if you need Flash for a particular cave, you can use it and then replace it later. They're harder to find and to buy and you can't sell ones you will likely never use, I don't think (you can't in BW2 anyway, and I think BW give you a pittance for any you try to sell) but in exchange, you don't have to worry about using up the TM on a pokemon you later decide is inferior to another one you've just caught, whatever.

I love HG/SS though with the adorable walking sprites. I think they're cute as hell. And the sheer amount of shit you can DO. But I hated how you had to play at different times of day to get certain pokemon, which is difficult if you work full time. I'm not home in the mornings much cuz I work so early, so trying to catch morning-only pokemon is really tricky (especially since on my days off, I tend to sleep in) but you had TWO WHOLE WORLDS to explore and craptons of pokemon to capture and play with. And 16 badges to collect! And tons of new bosses! And Suicune was just such a cute tease, dammit! (Prior to Keldeo, Suicune was my favorite Legendary!)

The only Pokemon game I didn't really enjoy was Diamond -- because it felt so terribly slow, having played Platinum, HeartGold and SoulSilver. I never attempted Pearl because Diamond just bored me with how long the battles took, how slow it all felt. :\

I've been playing Emerald on an emulator (I couldn't get Ruby or Sapphire to work on the emulator, but Emerald did work. Guess it's the rom or something?) but I'm still struggling against the third gym, so I think I'll take my pokemon out and train some more. Get another level or two on my Geodude and my Shroomish.

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