#Best Pokémon game for someone that's never played Pokémon before?

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neon gulch
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Any. I don't like the Sword and Shield gimmick and Pokemons though

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Switch deviates from the traditional formula unfortunately

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Best Pokemon game to start is 3DS or DS generation imo

bronze depot
neon gulch
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Scarlet Violet has the biggest playerbase so trading probably easiest on that game. I think Legends of Arceus is the most fun one based on what people say

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only one I actually tried was Let's Go Pikachu which didn't take me long to drop because it was just hard to pick up coming from 3DS generation

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Idk why old Pokemon games are not on NSO+

wild pond
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I know I would

neon gulch
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fair enough 💀

bronze depot
noble hinge
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I started with arceus

worldly girder
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Pokémon Legends Arceus is a fantastic game whether you are new or a long time fan of the franchise.

bronze depot
worldly girder
bronze depot
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Thanks!

gaunt creek
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Just depends. The let’s go games are simple and fun and have the original 152 Pokémon in it but Scarlet/Violet and Arceus have this big open world that throws a lot more at you but there is more game to play as well. If you are worried about difficulty don’t be. Saying Pokémon is difficult would be like saying Mario Odyssey is hard or something like that.

bronze depot
gaunt creek
neon gulch
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are the Switch Pokemon games hard at all

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I hear ||Volo|| fight was a challenge

bronze depot
neon gulch
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The training Pokemons part happen naturally

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Pokemon requires you to think but it's pretty easy for the most part

bronze depot
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Sweet, yeah I juist like when there's a clear main story. I felt like BOTW was too open and I just don't do well with those lol

neon gulch
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There is a clear main story but it's not like super good or anything.

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Pokemon main stories are just nice

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aside from gen 5. That one is peak

bronze depot
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Alright sweet. Yeah I haven't really ever played any nintendo games except smash, mario party, and mario kart when I was a kit on game cub.

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So I'm now kind of in this mood where multiplayer games are just super boring to me so I want to play some more story and single player driven games

gaunt creek
neon gulch
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The story isn't exactly what you buy Pokemon for but do enjoy it

gaunt creek
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Yeah no the story isn’t good lol

bronze depot
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I mean whatever lol still that single player experience I'm after

neon gulch
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Gen 5 story 🥵

bronze depot
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I was also interested in Fire Emblem 3 houses, but it may be a little out of my skill range right now lol

gaunt creek
neon gulch
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I actually did quite enjoy the gen 7 story tbh

neon gulch
bronze depot
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I'm just not sure what other switch games I should be looking at. I mean I've really played basically nothing. I don't like platformers like Mario FYI

neon gulch
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To get into single player games, I'd try some fairly new good ones and then visit retro masterpieces sometime

bronze depot
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any other suggestions for stuff?

gaunt creek
neon gulch
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like other switch games? There really isn't much to say about Switch Pokemon lol

gaunt creek
bronze depot
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I am honestly not interested in Metroid, but Xeneblode, Bayonetta, and Stral chain seemed out of my skill lol

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No any other game not Pokemon specific lol

neon gulch
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Xenoblade and Bayonetta have easy mode

bronze depot
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I guess not skill as in difficulty, but just figuring out what to do where to go lol

neon gulch
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I played Xenoblade 1 on easy mode because attacks don't hit when a 6lvl difference between you and the boss and I didn't wanna farm

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Xenoblade have a very clear objective marker that you can toggle

bronze depot
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I am honestly an esports gamer which is super lame. LOL, CSGO,

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What Xenoblade game would you start with and is it hard to follow along with the story?

gaunt creek
neon gulch
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You can start with any but the expansion pass in XC3 requires understanding of both 1 and 2

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Playing in order is ideal though

bronze depot
neon gulch
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Xeno 1 gameplay isn't that fun for me. It's just single player mmorpg with 1 3 member party

bronze depot
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I've heard xenoblade 2 is amazing and it looks fun I just am not sure if starting there would ruin the story for me

neon gulch
neon gulch
gaunt creek
neon gulch
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Xeno 3 does pay some homage to the first 2 lol

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but understanding of both games isn't a required unless expansion pass

gaunt creek
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I’ve heard xeno 3 is the best overall

neon gulch
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most well rounded

gaunt creek
bronze depot
neon gulch
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Xenoblade 3 have the best sidequests I've ever played. I mean most games don't have good side quests so this one was real nice

gaunt creek
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I really like dark souls style games and Ashen on switch is a lot of fun. You might like Luigi’s mansion as well.

neon gulch
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There's a lot yeah

bronze depot
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Yeah Luigis mansion I've played for a little, but was borrowing the game from a friend and he wanted it back and didn't get to finish. Wife and I had fun playing together though.

neon gulch
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nice

gaunt creek
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Oh you might like Final Fantasy Crisis Core it has a good story

neon gulch
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Play the OG FF7 first tbh

gaunt creek
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Super liner and easy too

neon gulch
gaunt creek
neon gulch
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Crisis Core debunks the main mystery of OG FF7

bronze depot
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FF always looked kind of interesting but wow am I confused by the games and everything. One is a huge MMO like wow, some are old single player games lol doesn't make any sense

gaunt creek
bronze depot
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Yeah it's very confusing lol I don't know if you have to start with one to understand the story or what lol

neon gulch
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It's just spin offs from a particular game lol

neon gulch
bronze depot
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Well, I will start with Pokemon Arceus and then was looking at Xenoblade, but should I start at 1 or 2?

neon gulch
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I watched Crisis Core, 7 Remake. Played 6, 7, 9

neon gulch
gaunt creek
neon gulch
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Crisis Core clears up misconceptions about OG 7

bronze depot
neon gulch
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Ye

bronze depot
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Or "definitive edition"

neon gulch
gaunt creek
bronze depot
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?

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I see lol

neon gulch
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XC1 gameplay isn't the selling point of the game. The story is

bronze depot
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So is FF just a "world" where different stories of people are told each game?

neon gulch
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Yes

gaunt creek
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Now he’s getting it

bronze depot
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Like Mario? Except (usually mario is in every game) While FF not every character is in every game or not one single character is in every game.

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The world of Mario

neon gulch
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Well FF is just a title that sounds cool

neon gulch
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So Cloud is only in FF7 and some spin offs of that game. He gets collabed with other games like Kingdom Hearts

gaunt creek
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FF is just a marketing name and the number is just telling the audience “hey we did this thing again for the #th time”

neon gulch
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but Cloud isn't in other mainlines

neon gulch
bronze depot
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Or like the star wars world, except instead of them all being about Anakin it's like it could be a new story about someone random?

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I mean you know what I mean I guess lol

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not the best example, but just the Star Wars universe

gaunt creek
neon gulch
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^

bronze depot
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Yeah that's what I meant ^

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Ok I got it lol

neon gulch
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Even the universe isn't the same lmao

gaunt creek
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Like FF 10 has a sequel but it’s just called 10-2

bronze depot
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I know people love FF, but why is it not talked about much on Switch? Just because they are old games and so well known everyone has played them all or what?

gaunt creek
neon gulch
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I gotta play FF10

gaunt creek
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Ff games on switch go up to FF 12 and we are currently on FF 16. I believe FF 13 came out on Xbox 360

bronze depot
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Ah yeah just old

neon gulch
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12 is on Switch??

gaunt creek
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So switch is behind

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Yeah it is

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1-12 are on switch.

neon gulch
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well 11 aside

gaunt creek
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Yea

bronze depot
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So... I know there is a lot of great games, but... how do I pick just a couple or one to play for now lol? I've gotten Xenoblade, FF, and both have multiple games. Probably gonna start with Pokemon tho

neon gulch
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I'd say just pick 1

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Like play a Xenoblade, play a Pokemon, play a Final Fantasy, see what franchise you like best

gaunt creek
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Well if you get a crisis core it’s only like a 30hr game but xenoblade is like a 70hr game

neon gulch
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XC1 is less than 40hrs

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installments after that are longer for sure

gaunt creek
neon gulch
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2 is 70+ I think. 3 took me 90

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3 is very big

gaunt creek
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Wtf lol

neon gulch
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Persona 5 took me 140+ 🔥

gaunt creek
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Not gonna like I’m 80hrs in totk and starting to get bored. I have a hard time committing that much time to a game.

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@neon gulch gotta say Zuko is my fav character of all time btw

neon gulch
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one of the best written characters ever

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in one of the greatest piece of fiction ever

gaunt creek
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Yeah, hopefully the next installments will be good. Idk how they could match the original though.

neon gulch
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yeah the comics don't live up aside from The Search trilogy. I do like the comics still

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I haven't seen Korra yet

gaunt creek
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Korra is good. I have such a bitter sweet taste with Korra. They made some really weird decisions with the story that caused it to not hold your attentions as much.

neon gulch
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oh

gaunt creek
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Like they tried to mimick the same character types from the original and they just weren’t nearly as likable and there was never a main villain. Just different villains through each arc

neon gulch
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oh

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Picking up Korra is a bit of a challenge for me since it's just so hard to detach from the Last Airbender cast

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but I'll get to it soon

bronze depot
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I guess this is the best way I should put it

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I have always loved the idea of playing singleplayer games when hearing about them, seeing reviews, etc... I just wouldn't stick them out when I was a kid because I wanted to play competitive games and went down that rabbit hole. Now I'm kind of realizing single player games are where it's at. However, I get uninterested fairly quick and so something to get me started and interested that holds my hand a little, isn't too difficult, has an ok story, and isn't 30 hours+ wouild probably be what I should start with.

neon gulch
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I don't really play the same franchise back to back to avoid burn out tbh

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Average JRPGs are around 40hrs

bronze depot
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I mean I guess I could do that, but IDK where to start. I was thinking Pokemon was a good starting point. I know it's not in that class but...

neon gulch
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Old Pokemon is what you actually missed out on

gaunt creek
neon gulch
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miss those days 😔

bronze depot
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Yeah lol

neon gulch
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For me it was just Fortnite died, watched enough anime, time to play single player games

bronze depot
gaunt creek
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When I think of single player games I’ve actually enjoyed the first ones that come to mind are god of war, last of us remake, Elden ring, and totk

bronze depot
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Maybe Pokemon Legends Arceus is the best to start

neon gulch
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on Switch probably

bronze depot
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Tears of the Kingdom looks super interesting even though I just didn't want to finish BOTW

neon gulch
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idk how interesting the Legend of Arceus catching Pokemons open world is

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instead of traditional wild encounters

gaunt creek
gaunt creek
neon gulch
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I love traditional JRPG practices but wild encounters do get annoying sometimes, in final fantasy specifically since there isn't repel item

gaunt creek
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Octopath Traveler 🙄

neon gulch
gaunt creek
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@bronze depot don’t count out all the titles that are on switch online. There are some great storyline games like Earthbound and Golden Sun.

neon gulch
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Actually infuriating that Nintendo does not put old Pokemon games on it

gaunt creek
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Idt they can

bronze depot
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I don't see why not

gaunt creek
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@neon gulch why don’t you get an emulator and replay the old stuff or play some of the great fan made games made off of the originals?

gaunt creek
neon gulch
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I always pirate old games yeah

bronze depot
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I mean I could but tbh I'm not even that interested in the Og's probably because I don't know much about them and I don't feel like playing an emulator either

neon gulch
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but Pokemon on a handheld does hit different

gaunt creek
neon gulch
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what is pokemon unbound

bronze depot
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Haha I appreciate the suggestions but I'm not really too interested.

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I think I'll go with Pokemon Arceus

neon gulch
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Sounds good

gaunt creek
neon gulch
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is mother 3 on NSO

gaunt creek
neon gulch
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O

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Pokemon fans are built different

gaunt creek
gaunt creek
neon gulch
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I haven't touched fan things

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Only actually played X, and Sun

gaunt creek
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Well if you like old school Pokémon you should definitely try Unbound

neon gulch
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but I read a lot of Pokemon books and manga

gaunt creek
neon gulch
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no

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I played parts of white

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when I was 7

bronze depot
neon gulch
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I'm a gen 6 kid. More or less says my age

gaunt creek
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You should get you a Ds or a 3DS and buy a $14 R4 card and have fun

neon gulch
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I do have 3DS

gaunt creek
neon gulch
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Earthbound is the Ness game if you ever played Smash

gaunt creek
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An R4 card doesn’t require any custom software and jail breaking your 3DS and all you do is just play it like a normal game but it hold all the Ds games you could possibly want. It can’t play 3Ds though.

neon gulch
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oh

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is it just a 3DS cartridge with DS games in it

bronze depot
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Yeah idk if Earthbound is my thing lol

gaunt creek
neon gulch
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Games that are inspired by Earthbound like Undertale and Omori seem easier to get into

gaunt creek
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Ds cartridges work with 3DS

neon gulch
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Oh

bronze depot
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Not sure those games are my thing like at all lol

neon gulch
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If Pokemon ends up being your thing, it should be fine

bronze depot
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Not gonna be closed off to them though, I'd keep my mind open

gaunt creek
bronze depot
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yeah for sure

gaunt creek
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Undertale story is amazing though and it’s funny too

neon gulch
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iconic soundtrack

bronze depot
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I have heard great things, but it's definitely not for me yet lol

neon gulch
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if Pokemon ends up being for you, a lot of masterpieces might be too

bronze depot
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@gaunt creek @neon gulch Played Pokemon Legends Arceus for a little and man it's been quite boring so far lol

neon gulch
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kip did say the tutorial is long

gaunt creek
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Also if you don’t like Pokémon then that’s fine. Maybe pickup a game with a good story too. Pokémon is all about the collecting and battling aspect and how you can move your Pokémon to the newer games.

bronze depot
neon gulch
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yeah there is

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filling out pokedex is just a part of it

gaunt creek
neon gulch
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there are post game things in Pokemon too

honest turtle
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Its probably not what you are looking for, but Pokemon snap is my first and I find it good to get to know the pokemons. Obviously, you dont catch any of them

bronze depot
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yeah lol