Pokemon is not just big, it's old. And the Pokemon creators had a really great idea at one point. Instead of just making a slippery slope of new games (that could easily become increasingly worse) why not just remake the old titles?
As I said before, I came in on
Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire versions, so I didn't know much about
Pokemon Red/Blue or
Pokemon Gold/Silver. Well now I've got a better idea, because I've played the remakes!
Pokemon Fire Red/Leaf Green Versions...
Pokemon is big. Really big. It has seeped into so many different mediums of entertainment. But it has also become many different video games.
Hopefully I'll be able to hit some of the best, and most nostalgic ones.
Pokemon Colosseum/XD: Gale of Darkness (2004/2005 Gamecube)
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Like I said in my announcement for this upcoming three part installment on the Pokemon universe,
Pokemon Ruby was the first game of this franchise I owned. I watched people play
Pokemon Red/Blue, and I played maybe five minutes of
Pokemon Gold.
Never fret, I will be getting to those games eventually, I just feel I need to begin where I began.
Pokemon Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald Version (2003/2005 Gameboy Advanced)
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One of the first ever video games I owned was
Pokemon Ruby Version. But even then, my fanaticism for that franchise began elsewhere. I loved the show and the movies, and while it took forever for me to actually get a video game, I ate up whatever
Pokemon stuff I could. And now it all adds up to this: Pokemon Week!
For my final hurrah of Nostalgia Video Gaming, I will be spending a whole entire week looking at the various adaptations of the colorful Nintendo video game franchise:
Pokemon. Since this is 'video gaming,' I won't be going into the show or movies,...
