Which pokemon game?

[Harry Livesley]

long story short, got a 2ds, no games i like, fuck it ill try pokemon (never played). X/Y has a higher metacritic score, OR/AS is newer. Which game do i get and which variant, also, is it really worth it? OR/AS are £35, thats as much as a AAA title and £10 more than the witcher 3, which i assume i would enjoy more and get more hours out of.

[NanoTech56]

the games are the exact same just the legendary pokemon is different so whatever legendaries you think looks cooler get that one. so X if you think that deer looking pokemon is better and Y if you think that red flying one looks cooler 

[Guest]

you'll get more hours out of Pokemon js~

I would really buy a used gameboy and play it in order, Start with Fire Red.

[Harry Livesley]

you'll get more hours out of Pokemon js~

I would really buy a used gameboy and play it in order, Start with Fire Red.

js? and my 2ds has an emulator built in.

 

EDIT: Nvm it doesnt have any gameboy games.

[Harry Livesley]

the games are the exact same just the legendary pokemon is different so whatever legendaries you think looks cooler get that one. so X if you think that deer looking pokemon is better and Y if you think that red flying one looks cooler 

Would an average non pokemon fan manage to get 35 hours out of that game?

[NanoTech56]

Would an average non pokemon fan manage to get 35 hours out of that game?

yes, just leveling up a single pokemon can take hours. and you'll need to level them up by doing trainer and wild battles to take on the "bosses" so  easily 35 hours . i still have pokemon red (not fire red the original red) from like 10 year ago i play on the same save file to this day trying to catch every single pokemon and level them all up to at least 100.

[Harry Livesley]

yes, just leveling up a single pokemon can take hours. and you'll need to level them up by doing trainer and wild battles to take on the "bosses" so  easily 35 hours . i still have pokemon red (not fire red the original red) from like 10 year ago i play on the same save file to this day trying to catch every single pokemon and level them all up to at least 100.

yes but you seem like a fan, ive never played one before and only "sort of" like it, i played the demo for AS/OR and thought it was alright, nothing special, i wouldnt be levelling up every pokemon, how many hours would someone like me get out of it?

[NanoTech56]

yes but you seem like a fan, ive never played one before and only "sort of" like it, i played the demo for AS/OR and thought it was alright, nothing special, i wouldnt be levelling up every pokemon, how many hours would someone like me get out of it?

i mean you need to level them up or you wont win  any battles it can be grindy but you'll easily get 100+ hours 

[Guest]

js? and my 2ds has an emulator built in.

 

EDIT: Nvm it doesnt have any gameboy games.

just saying

[Harry Livesley]

i mean you need to level them up or you wont win  any battles it can be grindy but you'll easily get 100+ hours 

if i trade in a game i have but no longer play, i can get OR/AS for £13-15, which ill do, so which of the two is better?

[NanoTech56]

if i trade in a game i have but no longer play, i can get OR/AS for £13-15, which ill do, so which of the two is better?

i like AS but they're pretty much the same

[Harry Livesley]

i like AS but they're pretty much the same

dont they have different pokemon?

[NanoTech56]

dont they have different pokemon?

some yes but its mostly the legendy in the end that you can catch that is different. because in poken poken very by the games region not the game

[Tsuki]

i mean you need to level them up or you wont win  any battles it can be grindy but you'll easily get 100+ hours 

ive never had to go out of my way to level up pokemon in order to win. especially in the newer ones.

 

as/or are a great starting point. x/y were also very good.  the story is basically identical within the same generation, the difference is the legendary you get. and a handful of other pokemon.  also in or/as its whether you fight team aqua or team magma. which doesnt matter, at all.

even if you arent a major fan, i expect you'll get a good 40-50 hours out of it.

 

keep in mind though, its not the witcher, dont expect 100+ hours unless you get super into it. 

[Paranoid Kami]

Pokemon Red and Blue are getting re-released digitally on the Nintendo shop in January for only 10 bucks. I consider them the best Pokemon games since you can tell what element of Pokemon you're fighting just by looking at it rather than having to use another screen to constantly look up stuff with the newer games.

 

http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/12/9725816/pokemon-red-blue-and-yellow-re-releasing-for-3ds

[Harry Livesley]

Pokemon Red and Blue are getting re-released digitally on the Nintendo shop in January for only 10 bucks. I consider them the best Pokemon games since you can tell what element of Pokemon you're fighting just by looking at it rather than having to use another screen to constantly look up stuff with the newer games.

 

http://www.polygon.com/2015/11/12/9725816/pokemon-red-blue-and-yellow-re-releasing-for-3ds

Is that an updated version like they did for ruby and saphire? Or is it the same game?

[Paranoid Kami]

Is that an updated version like they did for ruby and saphire? Or is it the same game?

Same game, but it's wireless to trade and fight other people.