Old or New? - Poll

[Dillyne]

Old or new Pokemon? Black and white or Gold and Silver? I choose old

 

[Crimson_Pearl]

Definately old! Even though the new ones are 'upgraded' I like the old ones more because of the pokemon in it, the simplicity in a good way, and the fun. The 5th generation (no offence to anyone who disagrees) looks like very little thought was put into the pokemon.

 

[Dragon Master]

I agree. The magical, creative flow has left Nintendo in the Pokemon franchise. Now we need a savior to replenish this creative drought in order to resurrect the good in Pokemon.

 

[willguitarlink]

Old! Most of the new Pokemon are spin offs of old Pokemon. Besides, Squirtle's in the the old generations, nuff said.

 

[KirbyBBQ]

I think it's pretty much a given that whatever you grew up with, is gonna be your favorite.
So, old for me. ^^

 

[Azure Kite]

No Ruby, Sapphire or Emerald?
I don't think the franchise is struggling as much as people think it is (perhaps in America, but in Japan, I imagine it's still pretty strong), but it is evident that the designs are becoming a bothersome issue. Although Black and White had some odd and rather stupid designs, 80% of them, imo, were pretty alright and somewhat original, while I enjoyed all the designs of the Pokemon games before B&A. Are we discussing the game itself or just the Pokemon themselves? If it's one or the other, my answer for both is; everything before Black and White. So... I suppose I'm mixed, but, just to not ride the fence, I'll say old.

 

[Crimson_Pearl]

old. I remember when there was less than 300 of them.

When you could remember all the pokemon's names/types easier too

 

[guapo2003]

I'm not into Pokemon, but I would say nothing can beat the old and original ones.

 

[Mibbleng]

New. I find that the majority of the time, when people say old, they are just blinded by nostalgia. The new games have introduced so much to the series and i actually quite like the new Pokemon designs. They are definitely not as bad as people say they are. Except maybe the Ice Cream Family. Don't get me wrong, I still love the old games, I just think that the newer ones are better. I feel that the only way Red and Blue could be as amazing as everyone makes them out to be is if they had a 5th gen remake. I played Blue on an emulator again a few days ago and it was just nowhere near as good as Black and White.

 

[toonlink]

Old. I like when you could imagine what things were, because of the simple graphics. Also,getting 150, OK 65-something, I don't think so!

 

[Jing]

I'm actually going to go with new (also why no R/S/E), I know many people like to bash the new designs and yeah the Vanellite and Trubbish family is a bit odd, but still there have been some pretty great designs from Gen IV and V (Garchomp, Braviery, Lucario etc)

 

[NaviSword]

Soo does Emerald/Sapphire/Ruby count as old or new? Cuz I'd pick the one that has Gen3 in it.

 

[dazzsheil]

Red and Blue FTW

 

[Koosholts]

The old games are 10x better.

I've had a chance to play Pokemon White recently and holy crap does that game suck. The Pokemon are bland and ugly, no commical funny dialogue, the main antagonists had little thought or motivation put into them, the Elite Four had only four Pokemon, I didn't particularly like the layout of the landscape, just in general a terrible game.

The old games were so fresh, crisp and clean. I'll still to this day bust out the old Gameboy and play Red/Crystal from time to time. Those games never get old.

 

[Patayha]

Of course I choose the old ones. I became a video gamer through Pokemon Red. For me, it was the most epic thing at that time!:clap: The old games had an special atmosphere (Lavender Town!), it's very hard to describe. Most of the old Pokemon were designed with passion and love, but many of the new ones...:yuck:! The new games are OK, but nothing more.
I still got my very, very worn out GB Color, just to play these terrific Gen I/II games!