I never really liked the 3rd gen, to be honest. Then again, I haven't really played it all that much. I had a copy of Emerald a while back, and got through most of the game (not all of it, for reasons I will explain in a minute). It felt really stiff and clunky to me, but I'm not sure why. I don't like a lot of the Pokemon designs, though some of them are very nice (and compared to gen 4, they are wonderful). So, I wasn't incredibly affiliated with it to begin with, but what really killed it for me was that, after going through most of the game, I hit a rather serious bug. I checked a walkthrough, and apparently I was supposed to go down some stairs in a cave to talk with someone. When I went down these stairs, I ended up in a Pokemon Centre, with no-one there, and the exit. The only way out was using Dig or Teleport. Since I couldn't progress with the game, it kind of ruined it in my eyes, and I've never tried it again (for fear that the same bug will happen again). I do mean to pick up a copy of Ruby to try, though, because I feel I should.
I do like Black and White so far, though. The designs are much truer to the original style, for the most part, and playing it somehow felt really nostalgic (where the 3rd gen games just didn't feel anything like the Pokemon I was familiar with). My favourite games, though, are probably HG/SS. I loved Gold and Silver as a child, and also Red and Blue. I played Leaf Green, but something felt wrong about it. I still can't explain what it was, but something about the style of the 3rd gen just felt... off. Soul Silver, on the other hand, was wonderful. It reawakened all the nostalgia I had from playing Gold version. It was fantastic.
In short, I've never felt much of a connection to the gen 3 games, unlike all of the rest (though less so with Pearl. It was a little more of the right style than I felt the gen 3 ones were, but not quite). I have absolutely no idea, or reason, for saying this is the case, but something made the games just hit a discord with me. That's not to say I think they were bad, though. On the contrary, they did some wonderful things to the game engine, and some of the new Pokemon were great. (In fact, Gardevoir is one of my favourites, now, and is part of my general main team, which consists otherwise of Gen 1 Pokemon).
I do like Black and White so far, though. The designs are much truer to the original style, for the most part, and playing it somehow felt really nostalgic (where the 3rd gen games just didn't feel anything like the Pokemon I was familiar with). My favourite games, though, are probably HG/SS. I loved Gold and Silver as a child, and also Red and Blue. I played Leaf Green, but something felt wrong about it. I still can't explain what it was, but something about the style of the 3rd gen just felt... off. Soul Silver, on the other hand, was wonderful. It reawakened all the nostalgia I had from playing Gold version. It was fantastic.
In short, I've never felt much of a connection to the gen 3 games, unlike all of the rest (though less so with Pearl. It was a little more of the right style than I felt the gen 3 ones were, but not quite). I have absolutely no idea, or reason, for saying this is the case, but something made the games just hit a discord with me. That's not to say I think they were bad, though. On the contrary, they did some wonderful things to the game engine, and some of the new Pokemon were great. (In fact, Gardevoir is one of my favourites, now, and is part of my general main team, which consists otherwise of Gen 1 Pokemon).
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