Hello everyone! I have made great progress in my quest to replay and rank all five generations of Pokemon video games. I have beaten Gold and Sapphire, and I will soon start Platinum.
Gold was pretty easy, as usual. I'm always surprised by how easy the Generation 2 games' (Gold, Silver, and Crystal) main storyline is to progress through. The highest level Pokemon you face in the Elite Four is Lance's level 50 Dragonite, which can be easily defeated with a well-placed Ice Punch. The Kanto gym leaders may be a notch above the Johto gym leaders, but the Johto gym leaders weren't much to begin with. The last Kanto gym leader, Blue, has some Pokemon in the mid-to-high 50's, but they're nothing to be afraid of. Of course, one realizes how misleading the whole game is when you reach the end of Mount Silver and face the high 70's team of Red.
Sapphire was as usual. The main storyline is somewhat compelling, with the environmental well-being of the Pokemon world at stake. But none of the battles were particularly challenging, and the Elite Four is fairly mediocre. There's not even the promise of some premium endgame content to keep you going, the way that you could gain access to Kanto after defeating the Elite Four of Johto in Generation 2.
Oh well. I'm pretty pumped to play Platinum again. I know a lot of people hate on the newer Pokemon games, but I've always really enjoyed them. Platinum especially, because the main storyline is long and epic, with the very concepts of time and space at stake of being unraveled completely, and the battles are interesting. But we'll see.
Will we be getting an update any time soon?
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