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Almost finished Gold and looking forward to starting Emerald. (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
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I’ve been replaying Gold on my game it color. I just beat the elite 4 and started going through the Kano gyms.

The elite 4 battles, were tough and it was really close. I genuinely was feeling the tension as I landed my last few hits.

The Kanto gyms seem really easy so far. Much easier than the elite 4, so that’s a bit disappointing.

I did decide against fighting red after getting the badges. I estimate my team will be around level 50 when I finish getting the ka to badges and I do not want to grind 20 levels to match red’s level.

After this, I’m going to play emerald, which I’ll emulate on my 3ds. I’m really looking forward to it as it seems like a huge technological leap compared to red > gold.

I played these games as a kid, but only have good memories of red, I had 0 memory of gold, and I have 0 memories of emerald. I never played the platinum generation so I’m extremely excited for that one.

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[–] YewEyeOwe31@lemmings.world 8 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Get ready for the brass section when you play Emerald! Memes aside - the Hoenn soundtracks are some of the coziest, most nostalgic set of songs.

I think it’s fun to do the brail puzzles without looking up the solutions online - other than a brail alphabet.

[–] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

And the bike puzzles And the secret bases And the weather effects in different areas

God i love that game, still have the cartridge for it my grandpa got me when i was a kid.

Also, dies a little

Emerald... is retro now?

[–] Jax@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

It's 21 years old.

Yes.

Edit: 20 and a half.

[–] _NetNomad@fedia.io 4 points 1 week ago

while i wouldn't go that far, there are people out there who would call the 3DS remakes retro now

[–] YewEyeOwe31@lemmings.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yep we pretty old now lol.

So many of the things they did in gen 3 (and started in gen 2) like the weather, secret bases, and the daily events and activities (Lilycove lottery, TV announcements, outbreaks) added so much depth to the game.

It’s like a pure version of modern daily activities in games, without all the toxicity. And they did this all on cartridges with built in batteries.

[–] kusttra@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

IIRC, you don't even need to look up a brail alphabet - the game lays it out for you in one of the ruins

[–] YewEyeOwe31@lemmings.world 1 points 1 week ago

That’s true, but from what I remember wasn’t super intuitive. Maybe I’m wrong though - I was a child the last time I ran through it all.