It's kind of hard to miss the Pokemon games when they seem to spawn a fresh instalment every year or two. 2009 saw the launch of the well-received Pokemon Platinum, and with it came some fresh new features to what has traditionally remained a relatively static formula series. While Pokemaniacs will argue about which game in the franchise's expansive back catalogue has been the best so far, Nintendo has taken it upon itself to relaunch what it believes are the most popular versions with a new lick of paint.
"Andrew and I finally shed our thoughts on the Pokemon Let’s Go reveal. From the game’s new features to what we want to see the Pokemon title. Will motion controls be forced? How will battles work? So many questions! Let’s jump into this drunken Pokemon discussion." -- Nintendo Enthusiast
NL:
With each new generation of Pokémon, the overall number of Pokémon in the National Dex has climbed far beyond the original 151. Obviously, Pokémon has been spread over multiple generations of hardware, and this has further made it more difficult to "catch 'em all". On the Game Boy Advance, Game Freak began a method of alleviating this somewhat with remakes of the first generation games, giving gamers a more streamlined method of collecting the original Pokémon. This was continued on the DS with remakes of the second generation of games, Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver.
Because if you play it like I do and are constantly adding newly caught Pokemon to your lineup it takes an eternity? Thank goodness for EXP share in the later games haha
GR:
Sometimes it's the simple things in life that make the greatest difference. Consider the minigame: a bite-sized experience nestled within a larger video game. We all know some terrible examples - ones that force you to complete arbitrary nonsense so mind-bogglingly boring, you'd rather watch your theoretical future son be left at the theoretical future altar by his theoretical future spouse then finish one more hacking puzzle.
