I didn’t have a Gameboy until I was… too late.

Are the original Pokemon games worth visiting for the first time? I know there is some nostalgic reasoning to play them, but should I try it as someone who hasn’t ever played one?

Have any of you done this?

  • TheAndrewBrown@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    As someone powered by nostalgia that’s about halfway through Red, it’s definitely rough. I’d personally recommend playing one of the remakes (Fire Red/Leaf Green, Heart Gold/Soul Silver, or Omega Ruby/Alpha Sapphire) if you’re interested in the earlier games but want something that’s a little friendlier to a modern gamer.

    The Let’s Go games are also the same story (generally) as the Gen 1 games and more modern. It’s also available on the Switch, which is nice since it can be hard to find some of the older games (for not a ridiculous price).

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      1 year ago

      The Lets Go games are also the same story (generally) as the Gen 1 games and more modern. It’s also available on the Switch

      Doesn’t it changes too much the gameplay?

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        1 year ago

        The wild Pokémon work very differently and they replaced HMs but otherwise it’s fairly similar to the other modern games.

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            1 year ago

            A lot of it was to capitalize on Pokémon Go’s success (the catching mechanic is nearly identical), but also people had been asking that wild Pokémon be visible in the over world for years