Something I noticed about Pokemon D/P

It's attracting tons of gamers both hardcore and casual that have never played a Pokemon game or stopped playing a looooong time ago...myself included. i'm a Kanto veteran and I thought that I could never get back into Pokemon with all the new characters and 100s of new Pokemon and whatnot, I always felt out of place. This game though is calling me to come back and I'm really excited for it. I wonder why it has this effect. I feel like I'm eight years old again:D Any thoughts? Anyone?

As a veteran, from Kanto through Hoenn, I think I can come up with a reason.

The first games took a forumla that hardcore gamers and little kids could play and appreciate. The game had a certain 'character', a 'charm' if you will, that made it popular.

The Johto games were sort of fan-oriented. It brought new features to the game, but remixxed old ones too. Like FF7 is to Final Fantasy Fans, Johto was to us Pokemon fans. Some say the inclusion of Johto and Kanto bogged it down, but fans loved it.

Hoenn just, well, was fun, but lost its charm. They left out the Day/Night cycle (well, it was there, but for Eveelutions and Shoal Cave), some of the Pokemon were unoriginal (Butterfree - Beautifly, Kingler - Crawdaunt, Gyrados - Milotic, granted a few changes, like type), and its just didnt have the zing the other games had, despite being great games (the games were good, no doubt, but could have been better). A lot of things did change for the better this generation though.

FireRed and LeafGreen remade the Kanto games (besides Yellow) for the GBA, and fixxed the glitches that plagued the game. Due to certain additions, it seemed more bogged down gameplay wise - They held your hand through the game, until the extra stuff, which kicks your ass if you dont use Ubers (which isnt really fun, using Ubers). Still fun, but it was just too easy.

Diamond and Pearl are taking the charm of the first two games, taking the best features from the last three generations of game, implementing things that push the DS to its limit, and are delivering a great game. Its coming back with a charm, a finess, that could easily recreate a phinominom. Its hard to explain how they do it. But there pumping life into a franchise so that it will appeal to more then its already huge fanbase.

^^^good sir, I think you are onto something there. If a game is pulling back so many people it has to be something truly special, right?

Wow...its amazing how many people have the same feeling as me! The last (and only) pokemon game i actually really played was red..then blue. All the other pokemon like leaf green and fire red etc. didnt really hit me...i actually felt left out because Ash, Misty, Brock, Prof. Oak and Gary didnt even exist anymore, pickachu was just an average joe and there was like another 500 new pokeman that i didnt even bother about. When I heard about Pokemon Diamond and Pearl...i felt different about it. It reminded me about whn i was 5 years old and i got a Gameboy Pocket from mom and dad and Pokemon red from santa!! I remember how fun Red was (i kinda still play it...lol) , and i have some feeling like Diamond and Pearl will be like it too. I CANT WAIT TO FEEL LIKE IM 6 AGAIN!!

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