Pokémon Crystal, first released in English in 2001, is now available on the Nintendo 3DS eShop in some regions and will continue to roll out globally as January 26th arrives in different countries.
For the first time ever English speakers will be able to access the special GS Ball mini-event which ends with the player encountering a level 30 Celebi in Ilex Forest. Whether or not you’re motivated by Celebi or pure nostalgia, the game retails for $9.99. Don’t forget that this landmark game was the first to introduce players to a choice of gender when starting the game, animated sprites when entering a battle and was the first game to add the challenging Battle Tower gauntlet.
We have some QUESTIONS for our readers who are planning to play which you can answer in the comments below:
- What Pokémon are you thinking of using?
- Do you think your play-through will differ from when you originally played the game?
- What is your favorite animated Pokémon sprite in Crystal?
Good luck trainers!
Holy fuuuck I love being a girl https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/90cc643109afe72b0c55dd21d403c245693c708400eab6576dd6a868853a87d6.jpg
I just wanted to find a carbink but now a wobuffet showed up
I’m reading a book using old Polish and in old Polish ”Rad” meant happy, each time someone say ”Jestem (I’m) Rad” my brain thinks of Star
I can’t decide on Totodile or Chikorita…somebody please choose for me!
Cyndaquil
WRONG
Grass over water always
I was leaning towards Chikorita anyway because I don’t think I’ve never used it through a whole playthrough and want to use other Water types.
Chiko and then use Quagsire or Lanturn maybe.
Totodile
Totodile…you will regret chikorita
My Elite training program is working 😀
My team is already progressing twice as fast as it would’ve fighting stupid, trolly Durants
Are you fighting Audino?
I’m fighting the Elite 4 till my team faints (I got Pawniard up 3 levels in a half hour because of it)
Sir Kibble now knows Night Slash because of it
Oh I should mention why its called that
Fight the E4 till your team faints (Your team gains Exp. like double to triple of what Victory Road gives)
You don’t need the money I guess
I bought revives and full restores beforehand (I have like 250,000 some anyways and only need probably a few more till I believe my teams ready)
I think part of what makes X and Y so bland is that nothing is polished. It all feels a bit unfinished like they were reallly close to finishing it then just released it before they could.
Hell like, there are no idle animations for any trainers in the game
It took a long time programming sitting.
Almost 0 things in this game are polished other than maybe trainer customization? Even the color pallet they started using for pokemon was too dull. They need to brighten it quite a bit. I would argue a lot of Gen 7 feel this way as well. You can tell they spent a lot of time designing the cities and towns in Alola, but everything outside of those is so bland and so boring.
Gen 6 makes Sun and Moon look like a masterpiece
I would 100% agree with that
https://youtu.be/cgfS4JbrMnk Opened up YouTube and this was recommended to me.
I know these feels
Uhg
I’m really sick of traps
Writers are too scared to put actual trans characters in so they just call them boys for a cheap freak out
To be fair traps aren’t always that
Blend S handled the idea of a trap in a relatively nice manner. It was moreso done for the sake of being able to properly squeeze traits of both genders in one character
But yeah in most cases traps are dumb
Still it’s shitty and mildly transphobic
It is unless it’s done for a reason, again blend s
But I agree for other traps
The first one is actually trans, like a boy who wants to be a girl. And he actually achieved it via time travel
Felix from Re:Zero is also trans but the show made her a boy dressing as a girl
Also just calling them traps at all is really kinda a gross thing
I actually am pretty sure felix was always a boi
No in the newest novel she was confirmed trans
Wait for real? Show me
Also nice keepin up on that
https://www.reddit.com/r/traaaaaaannnnnnnnnns/comments/7r7pxt/felix_effectively_confirmed_genuinely_trans/
So that makes him a girl who became a boi who now dresses like a girl?
Yeah I can see your, it’s kinda tactless
Idk most of the time traps seem to be more equivalent to someone falling for a drag artist rather than a trans person – the ‘joke’ usually is that the ‘trap’ in question happily identifies as male
Of course, trap jokes are used with characters that are trans sometimes and that sucks
^^
I guess? I just don’t see any comedy in that.
If we lived in a world where we actually had good transgender representation in media then it probably wouldn’t matter much but since we don’t, it just comes off sour to me
I don’t really find them funny either tbh, especially with how much there are now
Based on your history.
Don’t judge me.
You asked for it
My lovelies https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/dd9063631b144e86d464b54334024447504407aa82c95646896cbb752801a88b.jpg
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Fire Lord Ozai?
Hell yeah my dude
I prefer Uncle Iroh because he’s cool.
Iroh deserves a better mon. Don’t know what that would be yet but it will come in due time
Maybe a Dragon since he was known as The Dragon of the West.
Probably either Reshiram or Zekrom. Reshiram since he’s a fire bender or Zekrom since he learned how to deflect lightning. Or Zygarde Complete because he’s just that awesome.
Reshiram could fit because of the White Lotus.
Hm, yeah dats good
Male Meowstic is better
Facts.
And it suits Morgana better for appearance and gender ey
True
Don’t get me wrong tho both genders are QTs
Which Morgana are we talking?
Persona 5
Ah, that game everyone here talks about
It’s pretty damn good yo. Haven’t been able to play it for like a week and it’s driving me crazy
I blame Govnah and Alex for spreading that game
Especially blame Alex
Nah, my irl buds got me into it
I love them both. I just picked female because it’s more offensive focused and its best for single player
For sure. My first run of X I thought the male one was the offensive one so I chose it only to later learn I was wrong.
Nice team Star :3
I love them
The gym leader theme starts off so hype then they forgot they have to follow build up with payoff
When is it hype again?
The very beginning with the electronic sounding bit
Ooooh
Honestly if they kicked up the tempo and added percussion the theme could be the best in the series
I might try to edit it sometime
I like the lil piano bit
Uhh what piano I don’t remember one
Imo the whole song sounds like buildup
Ehh the following part isn’t actually that bad, it’s just too slow or boring imo
Yeah
No pay off
Agh! I can’t tell what to do for when I get to White 2
Use Psyduck in White 2 or save it for Diamond?
I want to use one because I never tried one, but can’t tell which I want to use it in
Base it on the rest of your team
I’d plan the rest first, also depends just how much you want to use it and if it can wait.
I had originally planned to use it and two other to plan my Diamond starter
If Turtwig, I go Ponyta
If Chimchar, I go Golduck
If Piplup, I go Budew
Then I realized Psyduck is easier to catch in White 2
Well Chimchar is the best starter. Do you have any other Unova Water types you want to use? Or Sinnoh ones?
I have no interest in using the other Unova what types (I’ve used all, but Swana before and its meh)
Sinnoh I’m open to use any water type so pong as it isn’t Bibarel as I’ve used it before
Then I suggest using Pydick in W2 and Buizel or Shellos in Diamond.
I think sometime soon I’ll try redesigning Team Flare.
Also their battle theme is really freakin good
They should have a more French upper class/aristocracy style, since beauty is meant to be their theme.
That reminds me, do their motives have anything to do with fire or flames at all?
Nupe.
I wanna change Lysandre up too. New goona be a Steve Jobs type business dude who is the face of his company by behind the scenes he basically runs a cult (team Flare)
He and his team will be way less flashy
And pls make it less obvious that he’s the main villain of the game
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DN9DW4rrEjY
Yeah totally
They should have been dressed in Elvis Presley-style clothes rather than the abomination that appeared in X and Y.
Hippopatas has no redeeming qualities designwise
But….It’s a baby Hippo
Hippopotatoes.
It’s cute
What are you talking about
Your blindness apparently
https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/a/ab/449Hippopotas.png/250px-449Hippopotas.png
Are we looking at the same thing here?
https://img00.deviantart.net/01ce/i/2015/140/3/8/449___hippopotas_by_onixtymime-d8u2ob5.png
Likely
My only real problem is the eye placement.
Well it’s up so high so it can protrude out of sandbanks to see
I know it just looks odd, it looks OK on the female.
But it’s cute tho
No it isn’t
In this planet it is
Very much dead to me
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-shqvCXNpJEE/VuXwQxc5d-I/AAAAAAAACo8/-iFOoTebOwU/w500-h309-n/tumblr_m9qs0rLQgN1qd87hlo1_500.gif
Back off my team member dawg
Dead to me
I used to like Korrina
But now she’s trying to make me like Lucario again and I’m just not comfortable with that
I named my Hippopatas Anakin for reasons relating to sand
If you hate sand and you’re made out of sand, does that mean you hate yourself?
I almost made a really sick joke
Make it
The name Anakin would fit a sandygast better.
It’s part ghost ain’t it?
You should name Landorus Obi-Wan.
…It’s Flying and Ground…high ground…haha.
According to the meta it’s usage is livelier than ever and he’s dead so
He’s become one with the force actually, he can come back whenever he likes probably.
Hmm
Pre gen 6 hippowdon was 20x better cause it actually had sand around it
Yeah it showed the gourd like quality better.
;3
I
Hate
The
Reflection
Cave
Same
Why? The swooping stuff, the lack of skates/bike or the layout?
It’s really pretty at least
So what are you buttholes up to this quiet Saturday afternoon
Playing Y
Why
Seraph
Well just to let you know I’m still gonna try for a Shiny Celebi
I’ll save the master ball for it
Thanks fam! Once you get it just hang onto it and I’ll start getting that wimpod
Man I’m gonna go insane for something I despise
Make sure when you transfer it to look up the exp needed for the right nature.
^^^
???
The Nature when transferring is set by the exp it has. It needs a certain number at the end. I believe it is the same as RBY so this https://pbs.twimg.com/media/C2_tQ5QWEAE_5y5.jpg
If you find this confusing I’d test it on another ‘mon to be safe.
No Y.
https://www.youtube.com/embed/HBz7G114hME
Still swap breeding for a shiny Golett
WOAH MEOWSTIC GETS SHADOW BALL AT LEVEL 31???
HOLY SHIIIT
Dude it gets like a attacker’s dream movepool
Meowstic is becoming one of my favorite Pokémon ever
WOAAAAH
How far are you two through XY anyway?
He’s a bit ahead of me because I’m slow.
I just got to Shalour
I feel the urge to redesign half of Kalos
We’re gonna need a shovel and 43 metric tons of dirt
I did the impossible
I out rollouted Whitney’s Miltank
Defense Curl boosted Phanpy and I got three in a row and the Quick Claw kicked in and flattened her out!
http://pa1.narvii.com/5778/88099ad8d6381bb7b39ad901b7d971d1ccf93f71_hq.gif
Congrats man! 😀
Phanpy truly is a terrific Ground type (I’ve always wanted one in a playthrough, but they only appear in Johto I believe)
Honestly might use it. Though that means no Quagsire so idk.
Love that gif. One day I will use Phanpy. Love the line so much, but never used it. That and the Larvitar line. I really want to use them both one day.
Dang I forgot how adorable phanpy is… Once I get the shiny charm I might breed one.
I love the photo features in Pokémon games https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/224f78d940861a17600d613d7985528b38609cb202e39281d416c2fea85ac1c9.jpg
XYs was good, shame no Pokemon in them though.
what
XY has awesome pokemon
I mean in the photos.
I wish we had Rom hacking software for gen 6 that’s on the level of gen 3
I would make my own damn Z version
Agreed
Agreed
Zygarde needs more love
Up to the league in Uranium, looks like I am really underleveled and they use items and don’t allow the use of the bag so guess I need to do some leveling up.
What’s your team? :0
Luxelong, Theriamp, Herolune, Villucard, Glavinug and Pajay. I bred Luxelong and Theriamp because I got some in WT so thought I might as well. Theriamp with Energizate is pretty much my most powerful.
That’s awesomeeeeeee
It shows what a good type combo Electric/rock can actually be. I also wanted a Megatherium Pokemon for ages so had to try it. Luxelong is a rabbit dragon so that was obvious. Pajay I caught and happened to have Hidden Power Fighting which has been so useful. Villucard with its’ Blood Lust+Shell Bell+Drain life is great and I got a Naughty one which I liked thematically.
I actually had issues on my first playthrough so I’ll redo it soon
What issues?
So does anybody believe we could get Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald on the Virtual Console in the future? I know there aren’t any GBA games on the 3DS eShop, but I’ve had them on my system for over 5 years because of the Ambassador program. Maybe it’s more likely to happen on the Switch?
I think Switch if anything. ORAS are still recent enough that it would likely be next year earliest. Also they’ll do R/S first then Emerald because otherwise everyone will just get Emerald. It then would open the question of if they’d do FRLG. I would have liked HGSS but who knows really.
That’s a good point, remakes sort of throw a wrench in things. However, I could still see them bringing RSE and FRLG as the absolute final 3DS Pokemon games before Pokemon Switch in 2019. I would say maybe August for RS, then November for Emerald, and maybe February for FRLG to coincide with the anniversary. Then Pokemon could come out in April or something.
Hm maybe, I kind of hope they do Switch and put Colosseum on it too.
I would love it because I love Emerald but I’m not too big a fan of ORAS
I think it’s very possible. But I do think they may start moving things to the switch (hopefully)
I think it’s possible
Beforehand I need to get my Gulpin out of Emerald (Yes I still have a DS Lite to use, despite its insane amount of problems)
I believe so but I’m really looking forward to Leaf Green and Fire Red, for some reason I’ve always loved the Sevii Islands and it sucks that we haven’t made a return to them yet.😔
Why weren’t gym leaders deemed important enough to have 3D models for battles in gen 6
Even Diantha too, like Steven even had one in ORAS.