Pokemon's Best Locales #1: Relegram Tower

Ever played Half Life 2? You should. Ever been to CIty 17? Try and avoid it if you can. 

In City 17 of Half Life 2, you are always graced with the presence of a large tower hulking in the distance with immense size and power. That's the sort of feeling you get with Realgam Tower in Pokemon Colosseum. The first time you go there, it will be a wreck of construction materials and junk with workers telling you "It't nearly finished, we've just got a lot of cleaning up to do" Cool man, I can wait. At the very end of the Game you finally go to Realgam Tower and Holy MOTHER OF GOD!!!! Without a doubt, Realgam Tower is the most impressive spectacle in all of Pokemon with long elevators taking you up and up to face more challenges. And the sheer design of the place is just...wow. It's the sort of place that could be seen in a sic-fi movie. In Gale of Darkness, it's less impressive, because the place had been turned into an amusement centre. 
Realgam Tower: Give it a visit someday!

Pokemon's Best Locales #2: Citadark Island

There are not one, but two Volcanoes in Pokemon XD: Gale of Darkness. Both of which you fight on. Me personally, I was always worried whenever somebody used the move dig...

Anyway, Citadark Island is a fabled place of merry wonder and joy without anything evil or bad going on, aside from the criminal organization Cipher using it as a base and a place to create Shadow Pokemon. This is where you will face a whole bunch of Cipher Peons, as well as every boss in the game on top of four new ones, including the fabled Pokemon XD001. This is such a climactic, dangerous and atmospheric place that it does so well as set the stage for the end of days.

Pokemon's Best Locales #3: Pallet Town

Home. Home is a place no-one else can describe. It belongs to few people the true experience of being home. One person's home is simply theirs. Coming home always feels relaxing don't it? As soon as players enter the game, they are treated to their very own bedroom and home equipped with their own mother (where does she sleep?) Eventually, you wander around the small Pallet Town and talk to people who give you some easy and early advice about the world of Pokemon. The music is suitably quaint and has a nice homey feel to it. But there are only two houses, yours and your rival's. What's up with that? Oh, and there is of course the famous Oak Laboratories where you acquire your first Pokemon and begin your Journey. This place has been spiritually emulated across all Pokemon games in the forms of Littleroot Town, New Bark Town and various others, but Pallet Town was the first and although there have been improvements in the whole world of Pokemon, there is nothing quite like Pallet Town.

Pokemon's Best Locales #4: Phenac City

The City of Water is by far one of the prettiest places in all of Pokemon. It;s shiny, it's watery and it makes you want to live there. One of the many reasons this place is so well loved in Pokemon Colosseum is because it's almost like a safe haven. The rest of the Orre region is desert and waste (with a few exceptions) but this is a sparkling place with mostly friendly people and... just looks at it man...
Ever tried to describe water? That's how hard it is to describe Phenac City.

Pokemon's best locales #5: Pyrite Town

Pokemon is such a happy and colourful game with many happy memories to take from places such as Pallet Town, Petaburg City, Goldenrod City and New Bark Town. All such wonderful and happy places to go with happy people to talk to and things to do with nice old women and children and...




What is this? WHAT IS THIS!?!/ A Shanty town in Pokemon? Pyrite Town is the strangest place to go to in Pokemon pretty much ever. When you arrive, you're greeted with a dark tune and gritty character designs. These are basically thugs, criminals and although this isn't new to the Pokemon lore with such foes as Team Rocket and Plasma, but these ones are nowhere near as colourful. Pyrite Town is like a Pokemon Redfern. This town also involves corruption, kidnapping (of Pokemon) and even a form of Gambling. Whoa man, gotta catch em all? A strange change of tone from the other Pokemon games makes Pyrite Town one of the best Pokemon Locales ever.

The Top 5 Nintendo Heroes

5.) Kirby.

Kirby

The pink blob, marshmellow thing has been on many adventures throughout his life, never losing his childlike charm and cuteness, even when devouring the bodies of his foes and stealing their souls. This little guy has seen a lot and has done some pretty epic things throughout his life such as blowing up a giant galactic robot and fighting a dark wizard. Yep, this guy is up there, rubbin' elbows with the great. (if he had elbows)









4.) Samus Aran.

Samus Aran

People get mixed up about this bounty hunter. Firstly, her name is not Metroid and she is in fact a girl. That came as a huge surprise to gamers when they discovered the truth, but it was kinda cool. Samus has been through so much and on just so many wild adventures with interesting and varied experiences that you almost wish you could be her (not really because her parents are dead) She's tough, cool and has a lot of epic journeys. Samus Aran...willing to save the planet, even if there's back tracking involved...











3.) Mario

Mario

The Italian Plumber has done it all! He's an adventurer, an acrobat, a golfer, a Kart Racer, a Tennis player, as Basketball player and avid partyer. Yep, this one his been with us for son long, not having him around would be like losing a friend. He's always there, knowing that he has another game right around the corner is so satisfying that it feels like he's your buddy. He adds a bit of theatricality to everything, making his endeavours all the more enjoyable to play through. HERE WE GO!










2.) Link

Link

The time weathered hero has saved the world countless times, without hardly saying a word. His skill is unparalleled and he has been in some of the greatest games of all time, including the highest critically acclaimed game of all time "The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time" and my personal favourite game: "The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword" There are almost no occasions where this hero doesn't shine, and those where he hasn't are never spoken of. He's such a cool character, with a great sense of heroism about him. He is truly: AWESOME! There is only one greater...








1.) Red

Red.

The King of Kings. The Lord of Lords. The Master of Masters. Pokemon Trainer Red. The most powerful trainer in the whole of the world: Red's sole purpose is to train, and to win. He has never met defeat. It is rumoured that he has a brother by the name of Ash, someone who is nowhere near as talented as he is however. From the beginning, Victory was always his. He never lost a single battle, training his Pokemon to perfection. He has given up the normal life us normal people take in favour of gruelling power that can only come from true dedication. He is perfection.(turns out, he taught Batman how to play Pokemon)
While the other Pokemon Protagonists prefer to smile and laugh, Red prefers not to screw around with pointless socalizing. He is power in it's purest form, ready to win whenever the opportunity presents itself.
Red. The Pokemon Master.

The Doctor rants: Black and White 2

OOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHH Boy! What happened here. OK  now black and white 2 are far from being bad games, they're actually better than the originals, but it does something so unforgivable, so irritating that i had to talk about it. Pokemon black and white 2 have a hard mode. now I bet you thinking, 'it does?' yes they do. but my gosh its an effort to get. for starters, its only unlock able in black 2 after you beat it. OK hold up. its only unlock-able in black 2 AFTER YOU BEAT THE GAME? AFTER? WHY? WHY IS IT AFTER I BEAT THE GAME? AND WHY ONLY BLACK 2? Really bad choice on gamefreak's part. seriously. if you going to put a hard mode in your game, make it available from the beginning, unless your going for replay value. which is fine, and fair enough if thats why they did it. BUT WHY ONLY FOR BLACK 2? WHY DO THE PEOPLE WHO GOT WHITE 2 GET EASY MODE? you could say that pokemon's style is to make players interact with each other. BUT DON'T MAKE DIFFICULTY EXCLUSIVE! IT ADDS NO REPLAY VALUE IN THIS CASE! 
aaaaand dont you dare get me started on the 4th gym. ITS A LINE! A STRAIGHT LINE! ITS BORING ITS GENERIC IT SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCKS! WHERES THE ORIGINALITY? THE 4TH GYM WAS A ROLLER COASTER! IT WAS AWESOME! WHY DOES THE NEW ONE BORE ME TO TEARS?

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when pokemon games look like this, then you have my permission to die

gamefreak, next pokemon game you make, consider this. if your going to add a hard mode, dont make it game exclusive. And if your going to have an easy mode, make it available from the start for less experienced players. and most of all COLLUSEUMGRAPHICZ I'm sorry that was uncalled for. old wounds guys. old wounds