Pokemon: Missed, Regrets, Idea

I need to learn to not overdue than what is needed. That being said, need to also keep my curiosity in check as it may remind me of my past.

I was using Bulbapedia (Pokemon Wiki) to look up weaknesses in wild Pokemon I face, in Ruby, to plan which Pokemon to bring with me. I then got curious on one thing to another. I haven't been up-to-date with Pokemon since Ruby and Sapphire came out, game wise. As for Anime wise, somewhere in the first series (Johto and Kanto regions). Looking at new characters, missing information of what happened with the old character(s) and where the new one came from. Just seeing all that made me feel so... outdated and old.

I was interested into Pokemon as a kid, but at times I would miss some episodes or lose track of them, at times schedule change or lack of interest after awhile. Can't believe Pokemon has been going on for over 10 years and counting still. One of my ex-friend's said "I'm selling all my Pokemon stuff soon as it's not famous." or something along those lines. That was in early 2000's, before middle school. I believe I commented that it'll be a long time till Pokemon is no longer famous, or ends. Guess I was right on that mark.

I remember seeing some of the movies, first two in theaters, and some on TV on Cartoon Network, before it took out Toonami and made a wrong turn in shows.

I just can't help but feel ashamed to no longer be interested in something that started when I was a kid. However... something erks me.

It's in regards of the games like Red, Blue (Green in Japan), Yellow, (Generation I), Gold, Silver, Platinum (Gen II), Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald (Gen III), etc., including the Gen I and Gen II remakes. While I agree with some Pokemon not in one version (of the same Gen) but only in the other to encourage trading, along with evolving some, I don't really agree of adding a third version of the same gen like Platinum and Emerald.* Yellow was a third version of Gen I, but was more of having Pikachu as a starter Pokemon and somewhat following the story of the series of the Indigo League (First 81 episodes of the series), but still the same as Red and Blue in a sense.

I'm not really sure why this erks me... probably because I feel they are adding extra to a game that should have been in the original versions of that gen. It's like... adding more features to a finish product, and players have to start from scratch to get to the new features. Something about that really bugs me... I suppose I would feel better if they scratched the third versions (except Yellow), and offer an "expansion pack" for the two versions, where the added features can be added in. I know this is hand-held gaming and not PC or modern consoles... but I find it as a better solution so players won't have to go with the hassle of starting over or doing a lot of trading.

Then again... can't really add programming information in a game cartridge once it's out of development. I do recall seeing some sort of hard wear for the Gameboys, Game Shark I think it was call, where you can insert cheats and such into a game, if the Game Shark had it. I think you could download GB cheats in the Game Shark... I'm not really sure, only seen it, but never really used it. Game Shark had it's own cartridge, with a slot to insert a game cartridge that you wish to add cheats in.

I assume Nintendo could have used something like that for the expansion packs, but I guess that was beyond their technology. Maybe the reason they didn't use it was because they would probably lose money and would be used multiple times. To me, the expansion would download/install the instructions, information etc. in the game and it'll stay in that game forever, even if you started a new game. After it's done doing all that, it can no longer be used again. Because of that, the expansion packs would probably have to be purchased from a store (probably at like $0.99 or something), and only used at the store. Maybe at a booth (that would resemble a ATM machine) in the store? Plug the game in the cartridge slot to implant the expansion of the current gen version and be on your marry way. Payment would be dollars/coins inserted in a slot since it's just added features and not a new game.


Just a thought really... but I suppose some companies would think about it in the future.

*However, some Pokemon in the third version weren't not in it and needed the aid of the other two versions (for some Pokemon, only one is needed) via trade to get them, so I'm okay with that.

Some wait for the third version so they don't have to go through a big repeat. Some are just good at RPG's that they didn't really mind buying the third version and starting from scratch. Some would trade from the other two versions to the third version and use those Pokemon later in the game to save time.