June 2018 Game of the Month: Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen

lilbud

@mediamogul Going down to North Wildwood for a week or so. It's been a yearly tradition for about 10 years or so. So I usually put a game or two on my 3DS to play. 3DS is perfect because I don't have to lug a controller and cables for my phone. Last year was Metroid: Zero Mission. This year will be FireRed. Mainly why I made the challenge just to beat the League Champ, no cheevos needed and only need a screenshot.

mediamogul

@lilbud

Sounds fun. Be sure to bring us all back a slice of Sam's pizza.

lilbud

@mediamogul That and a bucket of Curley Fries

Ecks

Um yellow was sort of different just because you can get instead for a starter pokemon a Pikachu and if i remember in Fire Red/Leaf Green you can get more than 151 pokemon anyways since after the pokemon league you could travel to another area.

mediamogul

@ecks said in June Game of the Month: Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen:

Um yellow was sort of different just because you can get instead for a starter pokemon a Pikachu

Very true. 'Pokemon Yellow' was based more on the anime that was popular at the time. It's still a red/blue variant, but the art style differs in some places and the story has been altered a bit to better fall in line with the anime. Seeing as how Pikachu was a constant companion to Ash there, the option to pick your starting Pokemon was removed, as you say, in favor of Pikachu being the only option. He also tagged alongside Ash on the overworld map as a unique animated sprite.

after the pokemon league you could travel to another area.

From what I've read, those other areas are also where you can find and capture some of the otherwise unobtainable Pokemon in 'Ultra Violet'.

KN4THX

As much fun as this sounded, it got even better when I learned about Ultraviolet. I always disliked having to buy multiple 'DLC' games so to speak or make friends with someone who had another variation to transfer Pokemon. I'll have to give this a go between homework sessions and see how far I can get.

lilbud

@thedatacereal said in June Game of the Month: Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen:

I'll have to give this a go between homework sessions and see how far I can get.

How do you still have homework? School's out in about 2 - 3 weeks.

Ecks

@lilbud said in June Game of the Month: Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen:

@thedatacereal said in June Game of the Month: Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen:

I'll have to give this a go between homework sessions and see how far I can get.

How do you still have homework? School's out in about 2 - 3 weeks.

Different state or country could be the reason he/she has homework still.

MapleStory

Just adding in that there's an (better/more up-to-date) alternative to Ultra Violet that I began playing this week that I found overall to be a better experience. It's called "Pokemon Throwback" and I'm using the current, unofficial version. Besides being able to capture all Pokemon, it also has a "GB Player" item that gives you the option to listen to the original Game Boy tunes on the GBA. Here are a couple of relevant links:

http://www.romhacking.net/hacks/1981/ (a bit outdated)

https://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=285094 (latest builds)

lilbud

@maplestory I'll give this a shot. But will have to see if I can backup my save and use it. I'm playing on my 3ds and I don't know about backing up my current firered save and using it with a different game.

mediamogul

@maplestory said in June Game of the Month: Pokemon FireRed/LeafGreen:

there's an (better/more up-to-date) alternative to Ultra Violet

I've seen this one around also. It's not so much better, or more up to date than 'Ultra Violet', but rather another approach to achieve a different goal. The purpose of the 'Ultra Violet' hack is to include all the available content from 'Fire Red' and 'Leaf Green' into one playable experience without changing the narrative or the core game play. 'Pokemon Throwback' is more what you would call a "vanity hack", in that decisions are made by an individual or a team to where core game play elements are changed to suit their particular sensibilities. For example, the types and number of Pokemon are greatly reduced in in 'Pokemon Throwback' and their locations have changed. Also, many items are now located or given at different locations or times. Battle effects have also been altered to behave differently. Just to be clear, I am not making a judgement as to which hack is better. This is just to illustrate that the two hacks are very different in their intentions and executions.

obsidianspider

I cannot get into this game.

lilbud

@obsidianspider That's fine, thanks for giving Pokemon another try.

obsidianspider

@lilbud I really did. I put about five hours in and I am just not seeing anything to do aside from grind.

obsidianspider

lilbud

Y'all know what time it is...game picking time!

Taking into consideration that this was an rpg & it was pokemon. I don't think anyone beat it. Would gladly love to be proven wrong though.

Lemmie know if you beat the elite four.

lilbud

2ND THING

I was also thinking of no more RPGs as a guideline.

What do y'all think?