3rd generation disappointment

in my personal opinion they downgraded most of the gameplay mechanisms when they went from gold/silver to ruby/sapphireSecond Generation
Real Night/Day
adjustment for daylight savings
ability to make prints
16 badges
2 regions
radio
portable clock
day/night events
no pokemon abiliies
no weatherthird generation
no night/day
no radio
can't adjust for daylight savings
8 badges
weather
pokemon abilities
you have to go home to check the in game timeeven when you factor the improved graphics and other things in my opinion its still behing gold and silver lucky for my they fixed that problem when they came out with diamond and pearl.here is the argument for your vote

anything after yellow is just milking the cash cow.

i sorta agree, but you know they have to come out with new storylines and new adventures somehow

No, they could have thought of another, original game. 12+ years is far too long for a single craze to last.

true, but the games go along with the anime, but they could have made it without the games, but the games are fun to play and there is a lot to look forward to when platinum releases here in the us

The day/night clock events were returned in Diamond/Pearl/Platinum also, the Poketch has some interesting functions as well, a calculator, an in game clock always visible & more.What Nintendo & Game Freaks should do is actually try to restructure the game, I tell you once Digimon Online hits America & the rest of the world, Pokemon will eat the dust, unless they follow suit.

Loonylion · #4No, they could have thought of another, original game. 12+ years is far too long for a single craze to last.

the loony one and i share opinions on this one

even though loony and artifactor are my buddies, i must say i disagree. pokemon is awsome, and they should come up with a better story line, and make the games loooong!

i think the point is that they are just milking this one original idea until the word pokemon makes most people cringe. sure these games are probably still good, but it doesnt detract from the underlying fact that god himself cant even count all of the pokemon games that have been created, and the short amounts of time in between these games just blows my mind.