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 Apr 23 2010, 06:05 PM
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 Gym Leader  Group: Members Posts: 609 Joined: 4-August 08 Member No.: 2 546 Old Gen 4 Team 
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If you get an option of one or the other, how do you decide?
Some games (G/S/C, R/S, D/P/Pt, HG/SS) can easily be selected by the main legend of the game. Others are sooner broken down to personal preference. If you purchase both (or all three) games, which one do you get first and why? My selection is usually determined by what Pokémon I like better, but I also like to choose the game with as little early-game poisoning as possible (Gold over Silver, for example). --------------------  What if we were all just line segments living in a grid?  |
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Apr 23 2010, 06:33 PM
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 Gentleman Bastard  Group: Members Posts: 360 Joined: 15-April 10 From: Philippines Member No.: 93 071 smogon ban genies pls 
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I usually compare which games have pokemon I like better.
I go to Bulbapedia and see what are the pokemon differences between the two games. For example: I picked SoulSilver because it had more pokemon I liked. And that's how I get my pokemon games. -------------------- ayy
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Apr 23 2010, 06:36 PM
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 all i ever wanted was the world Group: Members Posts: 359 Joined: 6-June 09 From: the hole in the vacant lot behind the Ralph's Member No.: 31 286 Despair Squad 2k14 
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Well, I usually pick which one has a niftier name, and look up the Pokemon in it to see if it has a decent number of Pokemon that I like. If it does, then I go with that one. If not, then, obviously, I'll go with the other, despite not having a name that's as nifty as the other.
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Apr 23 2010, 06:37 PM
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 Hello.  Group: Members Posts: 4 013 Joined: 27-April 09 From: Virginia Member No.: 16 678 Active Squad 
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well i love shiny things so yeah... but i first see witch has the pokemon i want the most
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 Apr 25 2010, 07:47 AM
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 Pokémon Trainer  Group: Members Posts: 23 Joined: 6-October 09 From: New York Member No.: 66 931 The Night Team
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The one that has the coolest name or the one that has my fave pokemon in it.
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Apr 25 2010, 07:50 AM
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 Ashlie's Minnions  Group: Members Posts: 999 Joined: 10-August 09 From: Squirretopia Member No.: 55 679 the best ever 
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I usaually get the one who has the pokemon I like in it. -------------------- |
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Apr 26 2010, 11:34 PM
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 I'm Zangasexual. <3  Group: Members Posts: 491 Joined: 16-December 09 From: Zangland Member No.: 76 615 Friends
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I usually pick by what pokemon is on the cover. For instance, I got silver because of
 (sadly I never ended up playing silver), I picked Fire Red because of  , Emerald and Ruby because of  and  , Pearl because of  , and the SS because of again.
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Apr 27 2010, 04:48 PM
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 Pokémon Trainer  Group: Members Posts: 139 Joined: 2-April 09 From: Indiana Member No.: 7 583 My motley crew... 
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Being generally neutral about it, I choose the one my girlfriend doesn't.
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Apr 28 2010, 03:39 PM
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 Always Bored  Group: Members Posts: 98 Joined: 1-April 10 From: Sinnoh Member No.: 91 271 The Team
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It depends on what Pokemon can be found in each game.
If there's a version exclusive I want to get then I'll get the game with it. Howver, I got Diamond because I thought Palkia looked stupid. -------------------- I'm not the very best that ever was.  -       - |
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Apr 28 2010, 09:19 PM
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 Pokémon Trainer  Group: Members Posts: 39 Joined: 27-April 10 From: City of Angels. Member No.: 94 627 RockaSteel Hotel 
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I buy them all usually at the same time.
The times I have purchased just one, I choose whichever one had the cooler looking legend on the front. --------------------    ]   I claim Shiny Onix  . Steelix  & Aggron  Amateur Wildlife Biologist/Ecologist/Herpetologist. Up coming work: Amazon Rain Forest Wilidlife Count 2010. |
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Apr 28 2010, 09:32 PM
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 Pokémon Trainer  Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 4-April 10 From: California Member No.: 91 709 Pseudo-Legendary 
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I usually decide based on a couple of factors:
1. the obvious which mascot is cooler or is to my liking 2. which has better version exclusives 3. which my friends don't get 4. which one my brothers don't get I picked Ruby version because red is my favorite, color, my middle brother got sapphire so that both of us could get all version exclusives I picked firered because of the color red and same reason for my middle brother getting leafgreen; my youngest brother got firered because I did All of us got emerald version I got Red Rescue Team because red and fire types go together, my middle btoher got blue rescue team because water and blue are associtaed with eachother My middle brother and i got ranger My youngest brother and I got Diamond version because Dialga wasn't water Type like Palkia and it looks cooler, my middle brother got pearl because it was a water type my middle brother got battle revolution I got explorers of time because because it is associted with darkrai meanwhile my two brothers got darkness because they like darkrai better I got my pokemon ranch all of us got ranger shadows of almia We all got platinum my youngest brother got explorers of sky My youngest brother got and i got heartgold because ho-oh was my favorite legendary and he gets whatever i get usually, my middle brother got soulsilver because his favorite legend is lugia --------------------  |
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Apr 29 2010, 03:57 PM
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 you got some nice boulders  Group: Administrators Posts: 740 Joined: 7-January 08 From: Boston Member No.: 795 porgeymins
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For the older games, I picked whichever one I thought had a nicer color (Gold, LeafGreen and Ruby). I got Pearl and HeartGold because my friend wanted Diamond/SoulSilver for her birthday and I like buying the opposite version.
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Apr 29 2010, 07:10 PM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 28-July 09 Member No.: 51 150 Active Squad
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I usually choose by what is my favorite legendary between the two. Since I never check the walkthroughs until I need them, I usually find out that in the other game there is another legendary that I want. Like I found out that
 is in HG and my favorite one of the two,  is in SS.
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Apr 29 2010, 07:10 PM
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Pokémon Trainer Group: Members Posts: 26 Joined: 28-July 09 Member No.: 51 150 Active Squad
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May 15 2010, 05:12 PM
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 bringin' back the originals  Group: Members Posts: 75 Joined: 12-August 09 From: SomeWhere Member No.: 56 274 Original Awesome 
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Well, first the game has to come out. Then I buy it. All of them. Eventually.
Do want! >3 -------------------- Claimed ~           日暮里 Nippori :: Shiny Pikachu Days Taken: 19 -- Eggs Hatched: 9 |
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May 15 2010, 05:16 PM
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 In reverence, she shall speak my name.  Group: Members Posts: 1 481 Joined: 28-July 08 From: Relegated to the obsidian of freezing celestial bodies. Member No.: 2 480 Sorrowful Frost
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QUOTE(Lazy Trainer @ Apr 28 2010, 02:39 PM)  It depends on what Pokemon can be found in each game. If there's a version exclusive I want to get then I'll get the game with it. Howver, I got Diamond because I thought Palkia looked stupid. Palkia = Man's set = nasty. Anyway, I choose depending on the color and pokemon, but very few of the times, I choose depending on features and if it's a remake of a good pokemon game or not. --------------------  Credits! (click to show) Gym Badges and Frontier Symbols! (click to show) If you like metal... (click to show) |
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May 15 2010, 06:44 PM
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 Pokémon Trainer Group: Members Posts: 10 Joined: 15-March 10 From: U.S.A Member No.: 89 184 Active Squad |
for me it has to be a game i can play on my DS cuz thats the only console i have
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May 18 2010, 08:19 AM
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OMG HANK MOODY I L U!  Group: +Donors Posts: 103 Joined: 27-June 09 From: Californication Member No.: 39 264 Fantard Party 
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For the main games, I get them all. If I'm not buying them at the same time, I'm getting whatever's available. With the other games, I look for a demo/ROM and play it for a bit. If it doesn't grab me, I get rid of it. I only buy it if I want to play it.
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May 18 2010, 03:33 PM
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 BLARGAGH  Group: Members Posts: 36 Joined: 5-May 10 Member No.: 95 511 Ghosties 
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I haven't gotten anything since Platinum, and don't plan to until the games get a genuine overhaul or entice me with a dozen or so snazzy new features. It's been the exact same thing with new names, updated graphics, and extra features since the beginning. It's a pretty stale system, multi-player or not.
This post has been edited by Dubstep: May 18 2010, 03:34 PM -------------------- :V
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May 18 2010, 03:59 PM
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MONSTER!!!1  Group: Members Posts: 50 Joined: 10-April 09 Member No.: 10 036 *whee* 
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QUOTE It's been the exact same thing with new names, updated graphics, and extra features since the beginning. It's a pretty stale system, multi-player or not. Well, it's the same thing with pretty much all gaming franchises, startying with Mario. *coughcoughgalaxysuckedcoughcough* I get them all. Usually at the same time. Whichever I play more is a heads-or-tails business. I'm bringing Explorers of Sky to Winnipeg with me. --------------------  |
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