So what are our thoughts on Pokemon FireRed and LeafGreen coming bacc?

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sworddude:

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--- Quote from: bikingjahuty on February 23, 2026, 10:45:10 am --- but unless they're over $100 loose, I'd say you might as well just get the physical cart and skip the digital copy.

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so unironicly they are over a 100$ each for loose carts and not even from retro stores that put a markup on em, actual market value

--- Quote from: weirdfeline on February 23, 2026, 11:03:05 am ---Pricing is pretty crazy and the Let's Go games already exist to experience the first gen on Switch. I'd like a way to experience the second gen again.

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while you are right and while it's technically gen 1. that game got baby vibes it's not ideal for everyone. While 20$ is a scam for an old retro port I'd easily pay that over let's go at 20$. even if let's go was 5$ or free i'd take a port of the gba games at 20$ each over it. it's a godly deal in comparison. let's go is not a good gen 1 experience it's a terrible game. if let's go was released back in the day as the first games I really doubt pokemon would have been as popular as it was today. kids would drop it at really young ages, ain't anything cool about that game. it's really kiddy like 5yo kiddy. yes pokemon games are made for kids but let's go is too on the nose while older gens looked cool and made for all ages, let's go looks like a game for 5yo's. ost also murdered and disneyfied.

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I played Let's Go, Eevee! with the Pokéball controller and enjoyed it quite a bit. My initial reaction to it was that it's just for non-gamers that played Pokémon Go to introduce them to the full series but it was a more memorable experience than I had playing X or Omega Ruby which I just breezed through. I'd say X/Y with a fairy type Pokémon is a more of a "kiddy" game than Let's Go is. Slurpuff one hit KO'd everything in that game. I also only paid about $30 new for the bundle with controller and traded it into eStarland for double what I paid lol.

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while I don't think X & Y are as kiddy in terms of art style and music they aren't that great either so i will tolerate the X & Y bashing. only good thing about gen 6 are mega evolutions but it came at a cost.

X & y where a huge downgrade for the series. while previously it seemed like the games arguably only got better in terms of content. I was still really satisfied with BW 2 on release, but X & Y where massive dissapointments, really ez games, the 3d grapics are fine for 3ds but it does hit different than 2D and really bare bones content.

kamikazekeeg:
The only issue I had with Let's Go is the Pokemon Go mechanics, especially since they made the great decision that if you are playing docked, you are forced to use the motion controllers, even though they have the option to not use it when playing handheld, I swear that Game Freak is one of the most frustrating companies around lol Otherwise, I was fine enough with Let's Go, it's not the best remake, but it did enough and was enough of a nostalgia trip that I was good with it. I feel if I tried to replay it though, I wouldn't like it as much due to how much my views have soured on Pokemon with the games that released after it.

weirdfeline:
The mostly positive reaction to Winds and Waves make no sense to me. It still looks like garbage despite being a Switch 2 exclusive. The waves in the trailer look fine but the ground textures still look like garbage. Those starters though.. wow. They are really out of ideas. I'd say starters started falling off around gen 5 with gen 9 being particularly bad but now they aren't even trying.

Weird choice to show very little gameplay of Pokémon Champions which is finally releasing for free on the original Switch in April.

kamikazekeeg:

--- Quote from: weirdfeline on February 28, 2026, 08:30:47 am ---The mostly positive reaction to Winds and Waves make no sense to me. It still looks like garbage despite being a Switch 2 exclusive. The waves in the trailer look fine but the ground textures still look like garbage. Those starters though.. wow. They are really out of ideas. I'd say starters started falling off around gen 5 with gen 9 being particularly bad but now they aren't even trying.
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I think it looks okay, basic dirt textures aren't all that important to me, it's when its more like the buildings in ZA or the mountains in Scarlet/Violet where it looks really horrid looking due to how badly used they are. Not that I'm excited for the game after all the poor games from before, I'm just curious to see how the game turns out after getting extra development time, if it actually matters in terms of content and features or if it's just as barebones and lacking as always.

marvelvscapcom2:

--- Quote from: weirdfeline on February 28, 2026, 08:30:47 am ---The mostly positive reaction to Winds and Waves make no sense to me. It still looks like garbage despite being a Switch 2 exclusive. The waves in the trailer look fine but the ground textures still look like garbage. Those starters though.. wow. They are really out of ideas. I'd say starters started falling off around gen 5 with gen 9 being particularly bad but now they aren't even trying.

Weird choice to show very little gameplay of Pokémon Champions which is finally releasing for free on the original Switch in April.

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I personally love the Pomeranian starter, so long as it doesn't evolve into Macho Man Randy Savage like Litten in Pokémon moon. They keep making cute animals evovle into humanoid wierdos that walk like humans. I do agree the Bird is so redundant but the gecko is pretty cool. I do feel Pokemon is suffering from the Call Of Duty effect. What can they really do to make the product feel new that also doesn't change too much to become somethings it's not? Its tough.

If it plays anything like Violet or Legends Arceus i'm an instant not buy. If it plays like a gentlemen's pokemon i'm gonna be hesitantly pumped. Sadly pokemon has become kid centric and alienated its loyal player base with garbage difficulty. The day I beat Brocks Onyx with a low level electric type was the day I gave up. Nintendo seems to insist that kids are drool lipped morons incapable of concious thought. We were beating final four on a unlit gameboy color in a moving car at like 7 years old. It can be done and it makes kids smarter to challenge them. I know Pokemon was never Chrono Trigger hard. But a boss should still require skill at some level. I can mash A and beat Pokemon lets go pikachu. It's a joke.

Like before, you had to preplan. Choose move sets wisely. Evolve when optimal. Know your enemies weaknesses. The bare minimum. You had to grind xp to beat Sabrina ect and it felt rewarding. The golden era of pokemon spawned so much fun on the playground. Now it feels like a interactive Leap Frog game. "Attack brocks higher level rock type with a thunderbolt that it is literally immune to? Yayyy. You win. Here is your sticker star. We all love you"

Metroid, DK Country and Zelda all have stayed perfect. Easy to enjoy. Hard to 100 percent or master. I wish pokemon remained the same.

The last 5 pokemons have been open ass imo for that reason alone. Why play a rpg game that has no challenge. It's like reading a boring book.

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