The Damned Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 So, if you watched the November 12th, 2015 Nintendo Direct, they dropped some serious bombs for 2016. Stuff like Cloud from FF7 in Smash Bros, and, oh, something about MOTHERFUCKING POKEMON RED AND BLUE AND YELLOW ON 3DS!! Not remakes, but the actual old Game Boy games, on the Virtual Console. It will be out world-wide for February 27, 2016, which is the 20th anniversary of the release date for the firs Pokémon game back in 1996! The VC versions will keep the game identical to the originals, but will use the 3DS wireless system to allow for battling and trading. That means you should still be able to get 99 Rare Candies and then go catch Missingno. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirby Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 technically it was 128 Rare Candies, and 128 Master Balls too. but yeah pretty excited. if only it utilized WiFi too lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexy Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Oh my! I felt really surprised when I heard about RBY coming onto the 3DS, but equally surprised to see the Link Cable also getting a workaround. I'm game for going back to Kanto the old-school way! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 technically it was 128 Rare Candies, and 128 Master Balls too. Uh, you don't get to correct me, this is a safe space! CHECK YOUR PRIVILEGE! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipez Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 But can you trade up? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 You could only transfer to Gold, Silver and Crystal originally. Anything from Ruby and Sapphire and on was a different system for not only stats but also storage in the game, making them pretty much incompatible with older games. It simply wasn't feasible at the time to make some sort of conversion system. Though, I have heard of someone using some very specific custom hardware to emulate hardware and then use some self-made conversion software to allow trading from GSC to the GBA games... but that's just far too much work for something like that. I doubt Nintendo will do so now, seeing how there would only be the DS and 3DS games, and those are still playable and transferable to current games. So there isn't really any point to transfer and convert something from Gen 1 to gen 4, skipping two whole iterations altogether. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toadofsky Posted November 13, 2015 Share Posted November 13, 2015 Question, as someone who has never really played Pokemon, which of these versions of the original games are great for a noob? I'm leaning towards Yellow but I hear that one isn't as good. If not, what Pokemon aren't in the other games respective versions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted November 13, 2015 Author Share Posted November 13, 2015 I would say no version is better or worse than the other. Red and Blue are mostly identical, while Yellow has as few unique features. http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Pok%C3%A9mon_Yellow_Version#Changes_from_Red.2C_Green.2C_and_Blue For what's different from Red and Blue. http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Red_and_Blue#Game_exclusives For the pokémon on each version. If you want a Pikachu to follow you around, and get Squirtle, Charmander and Bulbasaur without trading, Yellow is the answer. If you want the original experience, Red or Blue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mirby Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Yellow also lets you beat up Jessie and James from Team Rocket. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rexy Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Basically, Yellow is based more on Season 1 of the Pokemon anime (aka the one that most of us grew up with). You can actually get access to more Pokemon in that game than Red and Blue, with obvious exceptions in Team Rocket's Pokemon, the Beedrill line that tainted Ash's time in Viridian Forest, the elemental-humanshape-trio (Jynx / Electrode / Magmar)... and of course, Raichu. You also still have a choice between the two Hitmons and the Dome or Helix Fossils. In addition, your Rival starts off with an Eevee (in which you eventually get and you get to pick what form you want to give it). The Eeveelution he gives it at the end actually depends on how well you do in your first two fights against him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 Not to mention that, supposedly (I never owned Yellow) you can't find any Pikachu in Virdian Forest, nor any Raichu. Combined with the fact that you can not use a Thunderstone on your Pikachu, you can not obtain a Raichu without trading. So... you know, minor thing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalcyonSpirit Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Oh man, I might just pick one up for the nostalgia alone. It's been so long since I played the originals. Hell, might get all of them just because, but Yellow might be the first. Something about having that little yellow rodent following behind you still makes me grin a little to this day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pipez Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Assuming the game is unpatched, the one Mew glitch might be reason enough to trade up, since Mew's pretty much an event one nowadays. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HalcyonSpirit Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Now that I'm thinking about it, with RBY getting a re-release, I wonder if there's any chance in the world that we'd get Pokemon Stadium as well. I think I spent as much time in Stadium as I did in the main games, and the thought of reliving that with online functionality... The nostalgia is strong tonight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yangfeili Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 Weird timing... I bought Blue at release, casually played it a bit, and then never played another game in the series. I pulled it out again just last week after reading about Nuzlocke rules. I'm enjoying it now a lot more than I did when it first came out. I think at the time I found the quantity of Pokemon and Moves a bit too much to process, so it's been fun to come back and focus on maximizing a smaller subset of the available options. (Sort of like Four Job Fiesta for FFV.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MES Records Posted November 14, 2015 Share Posted November 14, 2015 While the games are still fun, there is about 75% nostalgia involved when I say that. So many things have been improved in the newer Pokemon games that I just can't go back anymore. I have many good memories playing Red and Blue as a kid. But games have come a long way since then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Damned Posted November 14, 2015 Author Share Posted November 14, 2015 Agreed. Fire Red and Leaf Green are far superior in every way to Red and Blue. They look better, they sound better, they play better, more content, everything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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