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I didn't have a Gameboy until I was... too late.

Are the original Pokemon games worth visiting for the first time? I know there is some nostalgic reasoning to play them, but should I try it as someone who hasn't ever played one?

Have any of you done this?

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[–] kratoz29@lemmy.world 8 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (11 children)

Have you played newest entries?

They are hard to play because they lack a lot of QOL stuff and one big motivation to play them is nostalgia.

If you are open minded and want to visit them for the history go ahead, if you think you could invest your time in something better then don't.

I finished Pokémon Yellow recently but for me it was easier because I played Pokémon Red in its day, and this time I used a Miyoo Mini which has some perks on its own, like fast forward, rewind, save states and fast shutdown and quick resume (basically all good things emulators have but on the go) I could say I abused of FF except to listen its great OST, also there are the GBA remakes which improve them a lot... so there are my two cents 😀

[–] jgrim@discuss.online 1 points 2 years ago (2 children)

I have the Miyoo Mini+. I was planning to try it out on there. What are the QOL things?

[–] kratoz29@lemmy.world 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

In the original games you can't run, the battle system is not as polished as the newer entries, your inventory is way limited, to the point you won't be able to pick up things unless you get rid of stuff first, and even your PC is limited so you need to ration stuff, those are some that come at the top of my mind.

[–] jgrim@discuss.online 1 points 2 years ago

Okay, that makes sense why you say QOL is missing then. haha

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