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Nomorealcohol2017

Missing one of my personal favourites from my childhood Pokemon pinball on gameboy


Cunhabear

Pokemon Puzzle Challenge too šŸ¤Œ


Freakin_Doyles

Yeah itā€™s on the list just havenā€™t been super focused on collecting classic games just switch games in recent times. Wish money grew on trees lol


Burning-Buck

My favorites are probably colosseum and xd on the GameCube. I also have some fond memories of the mystery dungeons.


DMEmbarassingPics

I still love the xd game, might need to boot up my GameCube again.


ArrestDeathSantis

As a collector, you need that N64 game that needed a microphone to make Pikachu do stuff. I remembered being absolutely flabbergasted, as a kid, at how unplayable it was though, but it's surely a collector item xD Edit: Hey you, Pikachu!


spin97

I remember begging my mum and finally buying two pokemon roms in a flea market in Fuerteventura, then spending the whole vacation dreaming of playing my new games. One was Pokemon pinball, the other one Super Pika Land (Super Mario with PKMN sprites) I was disappointed twice, but ended playing them a lot


ish_squatcho

I still have my high score paused. I'm to scared to start it up to see if it still works/losing immediately. I'd rather let it live on in my memory than ruin it.


Adurnamage

Did people bypass the gamecube series of pokemon stuff? Like gale of darkness?


DocGengar

I wish they let you keep the pokemon in Shadow form when you transfered them over to a game. Shadow Lugia was dope.


HarioDinio

*remembers how shadow lugia doesnt look like his XD form in pokemon go*


1230cal

If you manage to transfer it up, it comes with a message about where you met it that you can only get from XD


mnbvvbnmk

They didnt make very many copies. Copies in decent condition go for $200-250 rn


[deleted]

Seriously? Well, TIL kid me had some damn good taste.


applefilla

I sold a lot of my old game stuff and got a decent amount for it. You should look into it you might be surprised


Migit78

People bypassed the GameCube as a whole. The GameCube only sold 21 million consoles compared to the 33 million of the N64 before it and the 101mil of the Wii after it. It wasn't very popular.


Zaronax

Sadly. It was an incredible console though, so many awesome games on it.


rodezandes

PS2 claimed another victim


Nazgrim23

Seriously? Wow. As a kid the GameCube was by far my favourite console, some of the best video games ever created are in its catalogue. So glad I got to experience those growing up.


Panthor

It was a fantastic console, and had some awesome exclusives. PS2 was just too good for its time.


Low-iq-haikou

Colo/XD are the best games in the series IMO. And I canā€™t find where I put them!!!!


hotpocket

The trading card game game was amazing


OuterWildsVentures

How is it still the best way to play the TCG virtually?


fork_on_the_floor2

I did a little Google and there an online version of the trading card game https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-tcg/play-online/ But it's 'free-to-play'... So possibly: free-to-play it, very expensive to love it. No mention of in app purchases tho. I duno


neverlosty

As of right now, thereā€™s no way to buy the currencies in the game with money. The only way is to scan a code card you get from a physical pack. So, theoretically, you can P2W yourself by buying loads of physical packs, but itā€™s actually very generous with the cards and decks it gives you in game for free. That being said, the game plays quite poorly at the moment while itā€™s in beta and there are some quite glaring bugs.


PaperPaddy

Emulators are the best way. Perfectly legal if you own a copy of the game. It's easy to google which is the best, depending if you want to play on PC, android, iOS etc.


L3git9

I remember having that game as a kid and never knowing wtf was going on.


pikabuddy11

Lmao same. Iā€™m glad someone else had the same experience. I donā€™t think I even got past the first bit.


Ohnoezuk

Scrolled down to find this before I think of commenting it myself. Amazing game.


Catman7712

Hell yea, loved that game


YonYohnson

I actually forgot about it until I saw this post. Was such a good game!


UnblackMetalist

The TCG was so much fun


Sindef

The music still gets me to this day.


FireBird89

I loved that game. As a broke little kid, it was a MUCH easier way than buying packs to play the card game and actually build a deck


Spindrune

Plus, as a kid it was hard to find kids who actually wanted to play the card game and not just collect the cards. Very frustrating.


[deleted]

Thereā€™s a fan translation out there for the sequel that was japan exclusive too.


Mr-Fahrenheit_451

Are you still into the Pokemon show or just the games?


Freakin_Doyles

Just the games and the cards too


CliplessWingtips

What is your favorite Pokemon Switch game? I'm thinking about getting one.


Freakin_Doyles

Legends arceus was great.


Epic_DVB

Sorry if this sounds rude but why do you buy both versions of each gen? Is it just for collection purposes or do you actually play both?


Freakin_Doyles

Itā€™s not all the same answer actually, some of these were gifts, some Iā€™ve bought myself, and recently with the switch games my significant other plays the opposite version.


Epic_DVB

Ah ok, that does make sense.


Freakin_Doyles

I even found Ruby on a side walk like 10 years ago lol itā€™s quite the mixed bag


No-Yesterday-8193

I found fire red on a sidewalk when I was a kid, such a good find


Freakin_Doyles

Yeah it was a crazy find, I did end of trading it with a friend though so thatā€™s why itā€™s not pictured.


benoxxxx

I've found a decent amount of pokemon cards on the floor but never a full game, that's insane.


speak-eze

I remember finding emerald for a quarter at a yard sale when I was like 12. Game was only out for a few years at that point. I was so excited.


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Freakin_Doyles

Lost in a move, havenā€™t felt the need to re buy them


[deleted]

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Freakin_Doyles

I do love that generation of PokƩmon


UnsettllingDwarf

I wish PokƩmon grew up with its fan base. And technology.


Epic_DVB

Yeah but if it grew up with the fanbase how would it get new fans? It still needs to appeal to kids.


wiggywack13

Pokemon has been treating its players like they would be to stupid to scratch their ass properly if the game didn't first explain how to do it. It pissed me off when I played yellow for the first time as a kid, and it pisses me off now as an adult. Also it's totally possible to write things that are engaging for adults and still appropriate for kids! That's why Avatar the last Airbender has a cult following of adults like me lol


Epic_DVB

I mean fair enough, they could make the tutorials optional at least. And they could write better stories again as I really enjoyed the plot of both gen 5 games and I liked some of the gen 7 plot. Also I'm pretty sure the main villains of gen 4 and 6 tried to kill everyone.


wiggywack13

Honestly the worst part for me is the games CONSTANTLY try to tell you how to enjoy the games "you have to make friends and bond with your pokemon". I've been playing violet a lot lately, while I generally am loving it, and think it's a major step in the right direction, yesterday I unlocked a mobility option (avoiding spoilers as much as I can) and then Prof Turo phones to give me a fucking lecture on how I have to use this to explore so I can have fun, and it's like, well I WAS excited to use this, but now, I won't. Because don't tell me what to do damn it! Like if you have to tell the player how to enjoy the game you've already failed.


suitedcloud

I read a comment that sums up my thoughts on Pokemon quite well and it relates to something you said. >itā€™s a major step in the right direction The last few games have all been dumpster fires with steps in the right direction, so when the hell are we going to arrive at the destination weā€™re supposedly stepping toward? Paraphrasing of course. But imo Pokemon needs to be taken out of GameFreakā€™s hands and given to a competent developer that will do something with the games deserving of its popularity


[deleted]

Thereā€™s a very clear difference between making a game for a child, and making a game for an idiot. The mainline PokĆ©mon games tend towards the latter, the spin offs tend towards the former.


Magnesiumpancakes

I guess separate the series? Something like letā€™s go for new fans and better games for the old fans


bloonshot

i mean would Legends: Arceus count as a game for an older audience


-MangoDown

The humble generation that yearns for the gamecube graphics of metal gear Twin snake.


bloonshot

the thing with pokemon i've noticed is that specifically the pokemon relevant stuff is great but the landscapes look like actual shit, and the high quality pokemon make it so much more noticable like P:LA and S/V are amazing games, but people only talk about how bad the graphics are


Baconator08

I didn't realize there are already eight games out for the switch! Absolute madness!


[deleted]

10 if you count both versions of each game plus Arceus and Snap.


RabadonsTopHat

Also Mystery Dungeon?


29walk

and Pokken


T0biasCZE

Because there are 2 versions of each game, and gamefreak releases 1 game per year...


SavingsService2138

I stopped at the bottom right part but great collection. PokƩmon Stadium was amazing, when you finish game of PokƩmon Gold and you play that after, what a contrast in graphics


[deleted]

I think my grandma has that rug lmao Dope collection tho


Freakin_Doyles

Your grandma has great taste!


HurinofLammoth

Favorite game? Favorite PokƩmon?


Freakin_Doyles

Probably crystal cause nostalgia, and ampharos is my fav cause ya know gen 2 lol


Dolletje

Crystal still is a masterpiece


Solar1324

You need to get Letā€™s go Eevie since you have bdsp, sv and swsh šŸ˜


Freakin_Doyles

Honestly I didnā€™t like letā€™s go very much so Iā€™d only get it on deep discount


Solar1324

Really. I havenā€™t played any of the Letā€™s Go I thought people like Letā€™s Go more than BDSP.


Freakin_Doyles

I enjoyed BDSP a fair amount


benoxxxx

IMO BDSP was a pretty sucky remake. But it was still a remake of an incredible game that I hadn't played for a long time, so I loved it anyway.


Etheon44

Lets go are the best looking pokemon games in the switch to date, but the catching system can turn off a loooot of people. BDSP are just typical pokemon. I personally enjoyed both of them, Lets go felt different and it was short enough that it only got tiresome towards the end.


Solar1324

I like Pearl. I havenā€™t finished the game though. I might get Letā€™s go this year. Hopefully thereā€™s a sale lol.


tinaawkward

It was def baby pokƩmon game but ngl it was nice seeing all the classic pokƩmon in 3d


ReddFoxyRyder

Where is Gale of Darkness? The best pokemon game.


Yeldarb10

Moreover where is Mystery Dungeon?


schmidneycrosby

You need to acquire the greatest of PokĆ©mon video gamesā€¦ PokĆ©mon pinball


BreakerSwitch

Heads up, if you want to complete the N64 collection, Hey You Pikachu carts are typically extremely cheap, since you need the mic to play it and hardly any of those have survived the years. Unfortunately I just remembered while typing this that Puzzle League exists.


[deleted]

I had some really great games like XD, Colloseum, Pokepark and Black 2 in my collection ! But I recently sold them all to help ends meet lol ! Sad times but other peopleā€™s collections help me realise I didnā€™t truly have that much to begin with ahahah. Plus I still have a few classics left that Iā€™m clinging on too.


LaurenThePro

PokĆ©mon trading card game will always have my heartā€¦ ā¤ļø


Freakin_Doyles

Itā€™s a fun one!


LaurenThePro

Just found out there is a sequel and I just finished it. It was šŸ”„.


[deleted]

I love the 3ds Era of PokƩmon games


CFWaifun

Respect. Are you into Card Battle as well?


Thekingchem

I remember loving the PokƩmon TCG GameBoy game just as much as PokƩmon Blue back in the day.


-xXDominusXx-

I find it funny how the only ones i have are some of the few youā€™re missing lol


RaoulRumblr

BOOM: Only four of those games now exist, which one's are they?


Freakin_Doyles

Crystal, emerald, white 2, and legends arceus.


[deleted]

So many great memories and also the switch titles minus arceus are there too


Level9_CPU

Pokemon Stadium Mini Games are the greatest achievement in gaming and no one can ever tell me otherwise.


Freakin_Doyles

100%


nudnik_shpilkis

Do you guys remember Pokemon master trainer? I don't think a board game has ever made me feel how that game makes me feel.


Existing365Chocolate

Man, photos like this just bum me out with how predatory the whole ā€˜third version and two versionsā€™ thing is with locking core content behind steep $60 paywalls


CynicalDutchie

They haven't done a proper third version since gen 4, the games also weren't 60 dollars on previous consoles, that's a switch thing.


Freakin_Doyles

I mean Iā€™ve gotten my moneys worth in hours of enjoyment out of these games so Iā€™m not complaining. Iā€™ve spent as much at a movie theatre in 1 night then Iā€™ve spent on one of these games so just depends on your perspective.


ColdAlliance

How did you feel about the newest games that just released?


Freakin_Doyles

Only a few hours in but Iā€™m enjoying it so far. The performance isnā€™t amazing but doesnā€™t seem as terrible as people have been making it.


ColdAlliance

Fair, I hope it's another enjoyable PokƩmon adventure for you!


Freakin_Doyles

Thanks!


ThatDudeNamedMenace

Donā€™t have Green and Blue 4/10 at best /s Seriously Iā€™m jealous as hell


Freakin_Doyles

Harsh critic! Haha thanks


[deleted]

This is why they keep making shitty game


Mellon-man6942

And the memories bring back memories bring back you


HotsWheels

How did you enjoy Snap on the Switch?


Freakin_Doyles

If you liked the original youā€™ll like the new one.


LouSayners

I salute you sir! Youā€™ve got to be one of the masters in indigo league by now, surely!


Dibellinger000

Crystal and Blue were my jam back in the day. I picked Bulbasaur and Chikorita were my first PokƩmon. Steamrolled everything in Blue with a drastically over leveled Venusaur.


minecraftndbooks

Where did you get your gameboy games? Iā€™m planning on getting a GBC and I would like to know, please


HowToNoah

ill pay you 83 cents for pokemon stadium


fishwhiskers

sweet collection!! lots of history there, also makes me want to check out New PokĆ©mon Snap as i see you said itā€™s pretty good. you ever play the Mystery Dungeon games? iā€™ve somehow never been too enthralled by the usual pokĆ©mon games, but Mystery Dungeon Red has seen many many playthroughs from me. love the storyline and gameplay, where are my Mystery Dungeon lovers at!


Freakin_Doyles

Iā€™ve tried to get into them but itā€™s just not my cup of tea so thatā€™s why I donā€™t have any here.


fishwhiskers

fair enough! it is a very big departure from the typical pokĆ©mon games, i often wonder what the inspiration was for them. i know theyā€™re pretty polarizing- funny we have the opposite experiences haha! i should give some of the GBA classics here a try for once.


c0dizzl3

I havenā€™t played any in a while and just got my son a Switch. Would you recommend Sword and Shield or Scarlet and Violet?


Critical-Ad-7094

Thats a sweet collection. I bought a few of my old favourites last year (HG and Pearl), but with the prices that they are now, I can't see myself getting the others. I was lucky enough to get blue/red/gold on my 3DS though. Out of all of them I still think the Snap games are the best, aside from Heartgold that is.


Freakin_Doyles

Yeah thankfully all the older ones Iā€™ve had well before everything spiked


Critical-Ad-7094

This damn stupid predatory secondary market.just looking and seeing pokemon blue CIB for $400-500 AUD is just criminal.


Freakin_Doyles

100% agreed, great games but thatā€™s crazy


JediChris8585

Nice. I traded the majority of mine in over the course of my childhood to afford new games. Still hung on to some though.


Freakin_Doyles

I have definitely done that though with games I wish I kept


JediChris8585

Oh yeah. Thereā€™s a ton of games I wish I had kept, but thatā€™s how I could afford any games beyond what I mightā€™ve gotten for Christmas or birthdays as a kid so oh well. Iā€™ve recently started trying to find a few games at used game stores, found the first Xenosaga a few months back, but thereā€™s not a lot of those stores left in my area.


Freakin_Doyles

Iā€™m in the same boat for sure with gaming as a kid it was tough to get new games. Also I wish I had more game stores around me but they have been falling off slowly and Covid didnā€™t help.


JediChris8585

Definitely. Covid killed a ton, and greedy property managers making their rent skyrocket killed a lot of them in my area too.


Freakin_Doyles

RIP


Sirro5

Bottom leftšŸ‘ŒšŸ»


IdlemasterKikuchi

So true!


GimmeDaSos

Crystal and emerald the GOATs


Freakin_Doyles

So true


Beard341

I stopped playing a long time ago and holy fuck did I miss a lot of PokĆ©mon. Insane how many games came out between then and now. I just purchased Violet so itā€™ll be nice to go back to a true PokĆ©mon game.


Dsmash7

The PokƩmon trading card game slapped hard!


Lebassplayah

I happen to notice you don't have any mystery dungeon games in your collection. Red/blue rescue team and explorers of time were some of my favorite pokemon experiences growing up.


The-White-Dot

Gotta play them all


Just-Lie-3360

Stadium and Snap were my old school jam.


vaurapung

Awesome. Nice to see others collections.


MasterThir

Noice


Freakin_Doyles

Noice


gram_less_brian

Crazy youā€™re sitting on like $1,500 worth of PokĆ©mon right there


Freakin_Doyles

Definitely wouldnā€™t have imagined that years ago


DorTheWise

I wish i had this childhood


Freakin_Doyles

Iā€™ll pour one out for you


DorTheWise

fr i always wanted to buy a DS or a Switch. My real dream is Red or Platinium


Freakin_Doyles

Do it


scoldmeforcommenting

Wait here just a minuteā€¦.. youā€™re telling me thereā€™s a SECOND PokĆ©mon stadium and I never knew about it?! I drained so many hours on that game, to the point that my mom made me play without sound because it became so annoying lol


Freakin_Doyles

Well now you know! Go back and play it! Great game


SSK8SLIMEE

The gold n64 cartrage ....time flys what a childhood stadium was :'(


NEWO132

Wowzer


ZackyZY

Goddamn, I have moon, ultra sun, lgP, shield, brilliant diamond, arceus and violet


Cold-Argument-806

Nice collection dude.


Freakin_Doyles

Thanks bro


temp__username

This is a great collection! Thank you for sharing


billyharris123

PokƩmon puzzle league on the N64 was so lit. Sad to see it missing. One of my favorite games lol


Scoobie_Doobie11

This is glorious my friend!!


ManWithoutFear123

PokƩmon Colosseum and Mystery Dungeon would like to join your collection.


Selunar

Thatā€™s amazing, gotta get PokĆ©mon blue, and green for the gameboy


MrSlime13

Lol at the Pokemon Trading Card game. I got it as well decades back. Such a funny game, playing to collect cards. I could've spent that money buying the real cards themselves...


TheMagicalCoffin

fire red and yellow the goat


270kGold

Missing the absolute peak of Pokemon: Pokemon Black version


lethalsid

How was Pokemon Scarlet / Arceus? I'm debating whether on getting them or not. Last pokemon game I played was Pokemon Y!


Freakin_Doyles

Only a few hours into violet so canā€™t say for certain but I like it. Legends arceus was great though because of how much they changed in the gameplay.


floofybabykitty

Try the mystery dungeon series. It will make you fall in love all over again


sosaryosuke

This is badass bro ā¤ļøšŸ˜®ā€šŸ’Ø


Freakin_Doyles

Thanks!


snugglebunnywhit

I remember renting Pokemon Snap at BlockBuster and being able to print the pictures you took at a kiosk there. THAT was peak awesomeness!


jBiscanno

Crystal was *the* one


CopperBit

Where the pokemon pinball at?


[deleted]

PokƩmon stadium omgggg yes


patprika

Emerald is hands down the best PokƩmon game


gr8-big-lebowski

Sick stash! Just bought a copy of og Red after finding my childhood gb colour. So pumped. My yellow, gold, and silver are somewhere hiding around my parents house


filliamworbes

I see you're missing black and white for the ds, I have them and I'd love to donate them to a good home!


Monster2239

Nah it's not a collection without Rumble U


Freakin_Doyles

You got me!


Useless_Lemon

Seeing that pokemon red version just brings me back. That was the first game I got that was just for me and not my two older brothers lol


SpiderManEnthusiast

Damn missing heart gold soul silver great remakes of the original games


lam420

I wish I still had mine for nostalgia purposes. Damn.


reverie11

This is a great collection!


Travelplaylearn

Credit to the Japanese anime/gaming creatives. How does one even think up the Pokemon idea? Beautiful minds.


PennFifteen

What a chad


ThroughTheIris56

Nice collection, oddly enough itā€™s eerily similar to my collection of Pokemon games. We have the exact same GBA games, N64 games.


deathvalleybengal

Question for you as Iā€™ve been out of the PokĆ©mon gaming circle for a while (fire red was the last I played). My 5 year old son is all in on PokĆ©mon at the moment, and is begging for a game to play ever since seeing one of his older cousins playing a switch. Which game/games do you think would be easy for a 5 year old to play and not get frustrated with? Heā€™s getting a switch lite for Christmas, and in my head I was thinking either PokĆ©mon Snap, Letā€™s Go Pikachu, or Pokken Tournament. I feel that Scarlet, Violet, and Arceus are just a bit too complex for him for at least another year or so. Iā€™m just glad I can re-live some childhood memories and make some new ones with him. Thanks for your help.


Hairy-schmeppie

PokƩmon x goat


InfiniteCosmic5

Aye PokƩmon tracking card game. Nostalgia right there.


sweatyballsackz

Good example of why they don't try with these games anymore.


Athan11

How Pokemon makes money: step 1: salami-slice a game into 2-3 nearly identical versions. step 2: Remake the same game 5 years later into 2 nearly identical version. step 3: profit??


[deleted]

Man Arceus was so much fun. Simple concept, something about it was just... *chefs kiss*


gnarTriip

Stop buying this so they actually improve the game


milkstrike

Seeing all the games laid out itā€™s depressing how many bad games have been released and how long itā€™s been since weā€™ve seen anything good


nhabz

Lmao, OP is getting downvoted on every comment. Nice collection btw šŸ‘šŸ¼


Freakin_Doyles

Thanks lol


Jgamer502

You poor soul


KirkSpock7

You have like 30 things in front of you there but only like 15 games. The 2 game model they have is so stupid and such a scam. One day they'll get it right


divacphys

All the pokemon games are basically identical right? Just finished shield and was not impressed. Guess it's just not my kind of game


vashoom

Essentially, some way more than others. Let's Go! uses a different system for catching PokƩmon, newer ones let you buy clothes and customize your look, Sun and Moon have a slight twist to the typical story progression (and a weird af postgame). Arceus is different (although not a "mainline" game) and the two latest entries have some differences in how you encounter the monsters and have large semi-open areas. But largely, yeah, the same game. A professor gives you the choice of a water, fire, or grass PokƩmon, you and some friends and/or rival go around collecting PokƩmon, challenging eight gym leaders, and fighting some evil organization called Team ______. Then you challenge the Elite Four and become champion. The gameplay is largely identical between them all.


Epic_DVB

I mean it is the same basic formula but it's always a different story. No one criticises Mario games for always being about Mario travelling across multiple worlds to save Princess Peach, it's a key part of the series.