Pokemon Black/White Journal

[Angel of Iniquity]

When do you think they will make a Pokemon game like they do on the handhelds, on the systems? Not like coliseum which died horribly, I mean a 3d-version of the BGA ones, with the old school FF random encounter feel and stuff.
Is it because they want to preserve the Handhelds?

[SOLDIER #819]

I beat the third gym leader. Some of the battles were a bitch. The majority of my Pokemon are at equal or lower level than the opponent's, so if I didn't rush with Pignite it came down to a battle of volition. The gym leader himself was a bit harder than usual, but not unmanageable. Some of his Pokemon were a bit higher than mine, however. I'm going to need to grind more.

It's nice that they're giving the gyms solid themes that relate to the gym leaders' personalities, rather than the same elemental-themed room they've done up until now. They're also involving them with the story more, so I can actually remember them. Until I see their battle sprites they're a bit hard to tell apart though, since speech patterns are more or less the same amongst everyone.

There really does seem to be a bit more story in this game than usual. They are going out of their way to make it very obvious who's bad and who's actually trying to do what they feel is right, but that's okay. It's Pokeymans.

Also beat Bianca. She makes the story worth paying attention to. Probably my favorite of the rivals out of all the past games, this one included. Chardonnay or Cecil or whoever is pretty normal. I bet they'll develop him a bit too though. Still, Bianca. No clue why they felt they had to change her name from Bell... other than the blatant trans to "white", of course. I don't get what the other rival, Chevron's name means. Thus I can't remember it.

I took a peek at Route 4 before I turned it off. Sandstorm everywhere. Goddamnit.

When do you think they will make a Pokemon game like they do on the handhelds, on the systems? Not like coliseum which died horribly, I mean a 3d-version of the BGA ones, with the old school FF random encounter feel and stuff.
Is it because they want to preserve the Handhelds?

What I gathered from an interview I read was that the creator of the game wanted to sort of simulate an outdoorsy feel (playing the grass as a kid with bugs and whatnot) and felt that a handheld complimented the experience. So I wouldn't say it's an effort to keep handhelds popular so much as that they wanted it on a handheld from the very beginning. Nowadays there are a lot of cool things you can with the system's wi-fi, and so long as they don't completely ignore internet battling I think the pluses outweigh the minuses.

They did have one 3-D Pokemon game that wasn't a Coliseum iteration. I think it was similar to an typical RPG. Given that they haven't made another it doesn't seem like it caught on too well though.

[LocoColt04]

They did have one 3-D Pokemon game that wasn't a Coliseum iteration. I think it was similar to an typical RPG. Given that they haven't made another it doesn't seem like it caught on too well though.

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness!


Route 4 is a pain in my neck, fackin' sandstorm.

[SOLDIER #819]

"This parasol keeps off the sun and rain, but it can't stand up to sandstorms...
Ah! My tears are falling on Route 4."

Finally got through Route 4. It wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Started out with a rival battle with Cheren (?) followed by lots of walking through sand. That fire pokemon, Darumaka or whatever and Scraggy/Scruggy/whatever looked cool, but I already have a fire/fighting type so it seemed like it'd be overkill. I honestly need an annoyer or to replace Pansage at this point, as awesome as the evolution looks. I think I need less physical attack types in general. As I get further into the game I tend to become more conservative with messing up my team since I've invested so much time into leveling, so I'd better make my choice fast.

Not Victini though. FORGET LEGENDARIES.

So thankful that they have rest NPCs now. If I had to run back to the Pokemon Center to heal every time I think I'd have quit by now.

The Desert Resort, however, so far as been a lot worse. Just one huge sand pit with tons of random battles to wade through to get anywhere. It was hard finding most of the items when every step I took meant another level 20 Pokemon appearing. I guess it's still better than a cave though.

About to enter that temple. I am assuming that is the only place to go at this point. I couldn't find another exit.