The End of a Generation
After what seemed like an eternity of PokéJungle.net being offline, we’ve been back for a few days now and continued our theme week starting with Generation I. Sadly, we’re cutting Generation I short so we can move on to Generation II and keep within the time constraints that will allow us to finish our theme weeks with Generation VI when Pokémon X & Pokémon Y launch on October 12.
So, we announce Generation I Theme Week as after this article, and urge you to stick around for the start of the second week very soon!
Introducing… Jungle5!
Welcome to our latest column, Jungle5 (or Jungle10, from time to time!) No, we’re not forming some sort of alternative pop group, instead each article will take a look at the Top 5 according to the topic and we will then ask you to make your own list in the comments. This first article will be taking a look at the Pokémon of Generation I, and the Top 5 of each PokéJungle Staff member.
pokejungle
Kriffix
Mr.Bojingles
Sammydodger
JannyB
Daedardus
Dan
NL
moving
ozymandis
So there you have it! Which of the staff top 5 matches closest to your top 5? Let us know in the comments and have fun in the first Jungle5!
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Loads of respect for the first list, Parasect and Kingler are incredibly cool and get so little love.
My own top 5: Pinsir, Exeggutor, Primeape, Muk, Kangaskhan.
My persona Gen 1 top 5 are the following:
1. Pikachu, 2. Charizard, 3. Blastoise, 4. Butterfree, 5. Venasaur
x and y tv commercial: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1apfXdJkps
Get excited!!!
When i first saw this on the t.v I dropped to my kneels and cried because i NEED IT!
This is DISAPPOINTING for me presonally
http://i.imgur.com/On1jZXp.png
“2D game with SOME 3D gameplay”
There goes my hope for a 3D overworld. First disappointment of X and Y.
i’m actually ok with that. too much 3D hurts my eyes, and usually i just have the 3D off. is say keep it short a sweet! all the action is in the battles anyways. i also assume that cutscenes will be in 3D.
Me too 🙁 There is the proof in English. In my post it was in Japanese.
The battles, cut scenes, and special occasions are when 3D can be used.
I have started reading opinions and I have seen that
1) The over world graphics look better without the 3D option.
2) Most people don’t even use the 3D most of time.
3) That’s why they made the 2DS and it releases on the same day as X & Y.
4) Some people get headaches.
At first I was majorly disappointed and most because I haven’t dissapointed in the 9 months of knowing about X & Y but the more I think about it, the less I care because it’s still going to be an awesome game!
Sure it is great to have the option but I think I’m okay with the battles, cutscenes, etc. being in 3D and not the over world.
I ‘ll still buy the game, but I have other 3DS games also….and my eyes will automatically make comparisons. The lack of a 3D effect will take away something I’ve uniquely appreciated in a 3DS.
Me too and in games like SM3DL that shows the true potential of the 3DS. At least they are giving you a 3D game and not fully 2D game on a 3DS. 3D hurts the frames per seconds so it’s more of a good thing than bad.
I’m just really unhappy that they marketed the game to be “a breathtaking 3D world!”, and yet tell us now that it’s a 2D world. Why couldn’t they just tell us from the beginning that it wasn’t going to be 3D?
I guess there was a mishap and they couldn’t fulfill that promise! Considering all of the work they have put into these games and more we haven’t even heard about I think it is not that big of a problem. If we get remakes of R/S and Pokemon Z they could have a FULL 3D world, maybe, maybe not.
i think there is a difference between 3D graphics and 3D technology. when you say “a breathtaking 3D world” i expected the whole game to be made with 3D graphics, not using the 3D feature of the system. that’s what they meant to say
Told you all so that the 2ds was a hint 😉
Don’t really care as it doesn’t affect the gameplay. It also tells me that they spent more time on the actually game instead of trying to get a gimmick to work in a certain area of the game.
I personally always turn the 3D max. I’ve played plenty of games on 3DS like awakening ocarina,3D world. I can’t see myself playing a 3DS without 3D. Playing on an XL makes graphics look more pixely than a regular 3DS, so I always turn on the 3D.
It is a gimmick, but there’s nothing wrong with it being a gimmick. I don’t know why that word has such a negative connotation. If you like the 3D, that’s cool, I also like it, but it’s just an aesthetic change and usually doesn’t add anything to the gameplay. So I honestly think that it’s not a big deal and it won’t change my opinion of the game.
I don’t even use the 3D because it makes me really nauseous.
I tried it in the beginning, played about 5 minutes before I had to close the 3DS and just focus on not throwing up. XD
So I have no problems with there not being a 3D overworld. 😉
I’m guessing you put the slider all the way up then. Just push it slightly, that’s enough. It also depends on the game because it’s tuned by the developers too. Some games hurt and some games don’t.
I usually have the 3D set to either 1/4 or 1/2. Too much 3D makes me a bit cross-eyed, but that little taste of it makes some games (KI:U, KH:DDD and FE:A) really shine.
I’m not too turned off by this though- the graphics for the overworld are still loads better than previous gens.
The 3D effect in Kingdom Hearts 3D is great!
KH 3D looked even better than KH2 at some points. Something about KH’s style just worked so well on the 3DS. Everything was bright, shiny (is that redundant?), and flowed so seamlessly. Probably the best looking KH game so far.
Oh yeah. The colors looked better, and the whole layout was good. One of the best to date. The only thing I didn’t like were the spirits as sidekicks. That part seemed like a Pokemon ripoff.
I collected all the Dream Eaters with the best stats, but I never once felt inclined to play with them because they weren’t iconic or special (I much would have preferred Nobodies or Heartless). Even though they seem similar, I’m so much more excited for Pokémon Amie because these are creatures that I grew up with instead of ones just forced upon us.
This is true. I would’ve preferred something that was in between the nobodies and heartless. But I’ve unlocked the secret ending and defeated all bosses as Riku, so I’m done. Lol.
I so don’t care. 3D doesn’t work well for me. But it is a bit disappointing that a flagship series isn’t going to have the 3D feature the entire time.
So do you think it will only work during battles? That seems likely.
I think battles will have very basic/light 3D effect, but not to that extent as it might cause frame rate issues in Wi-Fi. At this point I’m hoping that aleast there are at the very least SOME over world areas that have 3D effect.
It still seems like the over world is pretty flat looking from the angle the game is at though. Would it really do much?
Most people think the 3D effect makes images pop out of the screen, when it’s really the opposite. It makes images push in to the screen. When you are a top a cliff and look down , you want to be able to feel how deep the canyon is. THAT is an example of where a 3D effect would really standout on a 3DS.
I do agree that the inwards 3D is really what is best on the 3DS. It makes rain effects look fantastic. But even with images pushing into the screen, it seems like it still wouldn’t do much for Pokemon. Hopefully there will be a nice showcase of it.
edit: Although if it uses it in any story sequences, you may forget to turn the 3D back on for them!
Stereoscopic 3D simulates how we see in reality, so it’s not just pushing it into the screen. It’s about depth, which is whether things are near or far away and it displays that the way our eyes do. Each eye sees a slightly different image and angle – e.g. You might see the side of a can slightly, whereas the other eye sees the front. Put them together, you get 3D.
Yeah the demo hinted at that. I suppose they didn’t feel it was necessary. Kind of weird considering it’s the first Pokemon game on the 3ds. You would think they would abuse the 3d gimmick.
I’m not happy with this… The whole game should be in 3D.
Disappointing. I really wanted a 3D overworld.
But this will let me play Pokémon for a longer stretch of time ’cause my eyes wont start to hurt. They start to hurt if I keep the 3D on for an hour.
Will the 3D remain in battles though?
http://i.imgur.com/Xj8aXWP.gif
LOL YES! All Xerneas did was buck a little and there goes Yvetal doing his signature attack out of nowhere??? XD
Yveltal: “Ima fire ma lazar”
xD No kidding. Xerneas just looks like ‘wtf man uncalled for’.
Exactly why I like Xerneas more :p
It looks like a lot of effort was put into this commercial! They actors even have european accents.
Can anyone who actually sees this commercial pause and then try to see what the sign next to the gogoat says… i can tell they’re names i’m just not sure what they say
It just says Santalune City, Lumiose City, Shalour City, and Vaniville Town so no new town names there.
When did we get those names? Are they on the official website, or Japanese translations? sorry for being out-of-the-loop
Both actually, English site and English translations of the Japanese names. Santalune and Shalour being gym cities, Vaniville being the hometown, and Lumiose at the center of the map and is the Paris of the region.
Oh yeah now i remember them. Besides for Lumiose, we don’t really know much about the others though.
can anyone read those town names on the signs pointing toward places in this trailer? I can make out vaniville and maybe lumiose city and santalune, but the top one looks like it says “Skylium” or something like that. Not sure, it’s pretty blurry. It could be shalour but it definitely looks like it ends in “lium”.
Turn on 720p It’s Shalour, Lumiose, Santalune, and Vaniville.
Gotcha. Thanks for the clarification!
Did Xerneas use Geomancy at the end against Yvetal because it looks more like a ball was shot rather than the usual ring and laser.
You’re right, that didn’t look like Geomancy. Maybe it was Moonblast (a new Fairy move). I don’t know where the trailer where Sylveon used it was, but I think that they looked similar.
You’re right, found the video of moon blast. It is exactly the same.
Ya, that is definitely not Geomancy..
It was Moonblast.
I didn’t think it was. I just thought maybe moves would change action depending on who they were used against especially if they were dual-typed. It is moon blast though.
love how the people are older then 12 LOL
Finally! (although I think they used older teenage actors in the UK commercial for HGSS, probably to emphasise the uber-nostlagia of them)
lol, that epic song and jumping with skiddo just don’t go well together, haha. Still amazing looking vid.
They should have added a fifth person who would say “I dreamed that I could jump ledges”, then the commercial would be complete xD
“I dreamed that I could sit down.”
BENCHES MUHBLUKA!!
We’ve all been dreaming that for years 😀
HAHAHAHA (I’ve been dreaming about that since RBY)
“I dreamed that I could look myself in a mirror”.. BOOM! Done.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8REihYxB5Y0#t=156
At 0:13 – could that be Yveltal’s cry or in the first trailer when he swoops through the sky?
My top 5:
1: Charizard
2: Arcanine
3: dragonite
4: pikachu:
5: rapidash
I’m surprised no one had ninetales :-O how do you make an avatar for your account O_O on this? Any help would be thoroughly appreciated 🙂
You have to go to your profile, and edit that stuff. You can put in your info and whatnot. I’m probably not giving the most reliable info, but I’m trying.
My top 5 with number one being my favorite.
#5. Eevee: I have fond memories of it, and it is the cutest Pokemon to me.
#4. Haunter: While it has an evolution, I always found Haunter cooler. Two words: Floating arms. The fact you had to trade to get Gengar made Gengar less appealing to me.
#3. Cubone: It really makes you think about it, and the whole theory about Kangaskhan being related to it and Marowak was interesting. Not to mention the whole sad factor to it.
#2. Blastoise: Having Squirtle as my first starter, it’s no wonder why I would place it so high. I always thought of Charizard as being “ehhh” looking due to the fact it was just a winged lizard that could breathe fire. Venusaur I still don’t know what to think of, but Blastoise was one of those awesome ideas I never would have imagined as a kid, so it was very appealing to me. IT HAD CANNONS ON ITS SHELL!
#1. Arcanine: When ever I think of this Pokemon, I always think of how I wish I could have one in real life. It makes for the perfect loyal pet. It was so awesome, and could be adorable. Officer Jenny has several Growlithe that she trains to track down criminals. THAT’S AWESOME! It has insane speed and attack, and so many great qualities stat related or not. All I know is, it is one Pokemon I probably couldn’t live without.
My favs:
Charizard
Snorlax
Starmie
Vaporeon
Cloyster/dewgong
Honorable mentions: Gengar, Lapras, Dragonite, gyarados, mew, arcanine and butterfree.
I couldn’t decide between cloyster or dewgong…it depends really! When I was really little and there was only 1 generation of pokemon I remember vaporeon and starmie were my favorites and are still 2 of my favorite water types 🙂 If I were still little my favorites would have been: Blastoise, vaporeon, starmie, dugtrio, hitmonlee :3 Not sure why I included that but I just kinda wanted to so…
Top 5:
1: Kangaskhan
2: Hitmonlee
3: Marowak
4: Machamp
5: Exeggutor
I’m not even bothering with this because I liked too many!
Me too xD
Hahaha, name the first 5 at the top of your head
Hm….
1. Arcanine
2.Arbok
3.Raichu
4.Venomoth
5.Psyduck
Ozymandis’ list is close to mine but vaporean instead of eevee. 😀
Here are mines..i loves me some water types 😀
ps- Loved the PJ ranking numbers so had to use them lol
1. Golbat
2. Blastoise
3. Electabuzz
4. Golem
5. Haunter
#5 Eevee (It’s adorable and it evolves into some of my other favorites)
#4 Squirtle (The anime Squirtle was a cool bad boy and he’s fantastic in Brawl)
#3 Charizard (As a kid, Ash’s Charizard was probably the single-handed most awesome character in anything)
#2 Pikachu (I’m a sucker for the classics. He’s adorable and the anime immortalized him)
#1 Bulbasaur (The first Pokeball I picked up as a 6 or 7 year old boy in Pokémon Red. Between that and the anime, Pokémon #1 will always be my #1)
Yeah, I’m a copout with 3 starters, Pikachu and Eevee, but I honestly think that these 5 were some of the best Pokémon has ever had to offer. I’ll also say that my opinion was tainted (some would say) by the anime, as I watched almost every episode from Kanto to mid Sinnoh (I got too busy to keep up).
Top 5:
5.) Charmander- Just look at it. It’s so fiery!
4.) Pikachu- Everyone’s favorite little electric mouse, even my mom who’s afraid of mouses likes Pikachu xD
3.) Eevee- Having a Pokemon that could evolve into 18+ types! (Cute too) 😀
2.) Arcanine- It’s so majestic!
1.) **Drumroll** Ditto! A Pokemon that could transform into ANY Pokemon! (Mew counts too) Breed with any non-legendary Pokemon except for Manaphy. It’s so awesome and the anime episode made me like it even further!
–WARNING– This list is subject to change.
5. Gengar
4. Dragonir
3. Charizard
2. Mew
1. Arcanine
Also I love snorelax
1. Gengar
2. Ninetales
3. Ivysaur
4. Parasect
5. Golem
Oh god no Pokemon X and Y’s overworld is not in 3D Whyyyyyyyy!!!!!
Where did you read this.
http://i.imgur.com/On1jZXp.png
Doesn’t necessarily mean the overworld will be what’s in 2D.
No 3D inside buildings is fine…..but outside there needs to be 3D
Exactly.
Only battles, cut scenes and special occasions will be in 3D.
Hm… Oh well.
There’s nothing we could do now…unless they release an update with the 3D effects on the eShop.
They may eventually. Or wait for the next one.
Because almost no one uses the 3D
I use 3D ALWAYS….and I love it
But don’t you eyes hurt
Not at all because I always keep my 3DS fixed and motionless and don’t move it around. If I keep figeting with the 3DS, then my eyes will definitely hurt. I think this is why most people don’t like #D, because the can’t hold on to the #DS for too long without figeting it.
It only hurts mine if I haven’t used it in a while. I like it when it doesn’t though.
It has already been confirmed by the Japanese site a long time ago. We just never saw it in English. (I made a post about this in MMC and a comment a long time ago in another article :P)
Create to the artist for this!
Oh how cool would it be if they did a little TV add or something as a tie in to the anime with Team rocket doing this exact thing but getting caught! it would advertise the product and emphasisize it’s “security” lol
It would be! I actually got a picture of the trio in my head robbing it when I read about this!
Its supposed to be credit to the artist. I just realized my mistake…
No one’s actually matches mine. D:
5. Dragonair- I love the sleek serpentine design of it.
4. Arbok- I love snakes.
3. Sandshrew- So freaking cute!!!!
2. Wartortle- Imo, one of the best and most creative designs in Gen. 1.
1. Kabutops- Two word: bad ass.
My list:
1. Machamp
2. Blastoise
3. Nidoking
4. Blastoise
5. Alakazam
6. Dragonite
7. Arcanine
8. Poliwrath
9. Gengar
10. Victreebel.
1. Arcanine
2. Charizard
3. Snorlax
4. Machamp
5. Alakazam
6. Gengar
7. Exeggutor
8. Vaporeon
9. Nidoking
10. Dragonite
you said alakazam twice… is that because its so awesome??? lol
oh…dang i meant to put snorlax…but yeah it is awesome!
25 Days until a new adventure… :D( if you cant see the imagene, you should know what to do)
I usually don’t correct people, but I feel that I must in this situation. It’s only 24 days. Even better right? 😀
noup becuase this day doesnt finished yet
Touché. Here’s a compromise: 24.25 days. :p
this is for you
Actually, that really depends on your timezone… When he wrote 24 days, it was already right for me 🙂
1.) Charmander (my first pokemon ever!)
2.) Lapras
3.) Alakazam
4.) Exeggutor
5.) Electabuzz
1.) Blastoise
2.) Lapras( the best pokemon ever )
3.) Gengar
4.) Alakazan
5.) Pigeot
6.) well a random pokemon