+186 One of the reasons I find the old Pokemon games to be better is because there are so many sidequests and stuff that didn't pertain to the actual gym battle goal. The new ones are ike "Pokemon Gym! Pokemon Gym! Pokemon Gym! (small obstacle) Pokemon Gym! Pokemon Gym! Pokemon Gym! Pokemon Gym! (oh yeah, beat the Team Rocket rip-off guys) Pokemon Gym! Elite Four! Win, amirite?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Team Plasma is what you get when you combine the Westboro Baptist Church and PETA

by Anonymous 13 years ago

There are side-quests.. what?

by Anonymous 13 years ago

Mr. Fuji? Silph Co.? They technically had some stuff to do with the Gym battle part because there were people that blocked your way (basically a "you can't proceed until you finish this part of the game") but they were totally different parts and side quests.

by Anonymous 13 years ago

And in all the new pokemon games that practically hand you the rare pokemon. You used to have to look for them. Also, in the tv series the producers killed pikachus power. He used to take down legendary pokemon. Now he can't even knock out a starter pokemon. Saphire is the best :3

by Anonymous 13 years ago

I think you're completely wrong. No Pokemon game has ever had legit side quests, it's always just been gym, gym, gym, gym, trouble with villain team, etc. If anything the new games are much less focused on collecting badges, there's a more in depth story, deeper characters, the gym leaders and your rivals realize there's something going on and help defeat the villain team, Red and Blue didn't have that. It was GYMSGYMSGYMSGYMSGYMSGYMS team rocket GYMS!!!!!!!!

by Anonymous 13 years ago