God I hate how Nintendo always seems to find a way to suck the fun out of games! Not to mention make you buy 50 things just to fully enjoy one damn game!
Take Pokemon for example. In order to "catch them all," you have to have Ruby, Sapphire and Colosseum! But that's not all, you also need two GBA's a friend willing to trade you a lot of Pokemon (Some very rare Pokemon like Groudon and Kyogre.) and a lot of luck. Because once again you see, they left Mew (Why god why?!) and Celebi completely out of the game!
Now don't get me wrong, I'm a fan of complex games. But I like the complexity to actually be a part of the GAME and not in having to buy three games, have two GBA's and track down at least three missing Pokemon... In the real world!
Here's a list of everything you have to do in order to collect them all:
Ho-oh - Island 8 (Need to get an item outside of the game.)
(Or you could get him from Colloseum)
Lugia - Also Island 8, but need an item from outside of the game.
Deoxys - Obtainable on Birth Island.(Island 9) However, access to that island requires in turn a ferry boat ticket that can only be acquired at a special Nintendo event.
Celebi - Nope! You can only get it by trading from Colosseum's Japanese Bonus Disc.
Kyogre - Found only in Sapphire.
Groudon - Found only in Ruby.
Jirachi - Can only be acquired from Pokemon Colosseum pre-order bonus disk
Rayquaza - Trade from Ruby/Sapphire.
Latias - Can only be found in Ruby.
Latios - Can only be found in Sapphire.
Entei, Raikou and Suicune - Can only get one.
(NOTE: You could get all three from Colloseum as well.)
NOTE: This next one angers me the most!
Mew - NO known way! (Why the F**K are they doing this again to us?!?)
Pokemon Not Available in Fr/Lg:
Found only In Colosseum:
Chikorita-->Bayleef-->Meganium
Cyndaquil-->Quilava-->Typhlosion
Totdile-->Croconaw-->Feraligatr
Hoothoot-->Noctowl
Mareep-->Flaafy-->Ampharos
Sudowoodo
Aipom
Sunkern-->Sunflora
Espeon
Umbreon
Girafarig
Pineco-->Forretress
Snubbull-->Granbull
Shuckle
Teddiursa-->Ursaring
Houndour-->Houndoom
Stantler
Smeargle
Miltank
Found only In Ruby/Sapphire:
Chinchou-->Lanturn
Corsola
Treecko-->Grovyle-->Sceptile
Torchic-->Combusken-->Blaziken
Mudkip-->Marshtop-->Swampert
Poochyena-->Mightyena
Zigzagoon-->Linoone
Wurmple
Silcoon-->Beautifly
Cascoon-->Dustox
Lotad-->Lombre-->Ludicolo
Seedot-->Nuzleaf-->Shiftry
Taillow-->Swellow
Wingull-->Pelipper
Ralts-->Kirlia-->Gradevoir
Surskit-->Masquerain
Shroomish-->Breloom
Slakoth-->Vigoroth-->Slaking
Nincada-->Ninjask
Shedinja
Whismur-->Loudred-->Exploud
Makuhita-->Hariyama
Nosepass
Skitty-->Delcatty
Sableye
Mawile
Aron-->Lairon-->Aggron
Meditite-->Medicham
Electrike-->Manectric
Plusle
Minum
Volbeat
Illumise
Roselia
Gulpin-->Swalot
Carvanha-->Sharpedo
Wailmer-->Wailord
Numel-->Camurupt
Torkoal
Spoink-->Grumpig
Spinda
Trapinch-->Vibrava-->Flygon
Cacnea-->Cacturne
Swablu-->Altaria
Zangoose
Seviper
Lunatone
Solrock
Barboach-->Whiscash
Corphish-->Crawdaunt
Baltoy-->Claydol
Lileep-->Cradily
Anorith-->Armaldo
Feebas-->Milotic
Castform
Kecleon
Shuppet-->Banette
Duskull-->Dusclops
Tropius
Chimecho
Absol
Snorunt-->Glalie
Spheal-->Seoleo-->Walrein
Clamperl
Huntail
Gorebyss
Relicanth
Luvdisc
Bagon-->Shellgon-->Salamence
Beldum-->Metang-->Metagross
Regirock
Regice
Registeel
Latias
Latios
Kyogre
Groudon
Rayquaza
Jirachi
And let's not even talk about all of the version specific Pokemon. (The exclusive Pokemon for each of the two versions of the game!)
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