THE MUSIC! I think I can confidently say my favorite music in any pokemon game besides Legends Arceus which basically has these tracks in a more advanced state. It's such a toss up between Sinnoh and Unova for best region, but I think I would have to get Sinnoh the edge here. It's just such a joy to explore especially when you get into the ladder half of the game.
Team Galactic is a super fun antagonist and Cynthia is one of the best boss theme's and overall fight of all time. The pokemon in this region is probably the deepest the creators got in their bag with highlights like Luxray, Garchomp, Lucario, Gliscor, and all the Gen 1 third evo's.
Team Galactic is a super fun antagonist and Cynthia is one of the best boss theme's and overall fight of all time. The pokemon in this region is probably the deepest the creators got in their bag with highlights like Luxray, Garchomp, Lucario, Gliscor, and all the Gen 1 third evo's.
Look this game is great, really, but it's a horrible slog to go through. Apart from the famed slowness, it does suffer from terrible Pokémon distribution and a somewhat lackluster story. It did introduce great things to the franchise, like the Physical/Special split and easier ways to see all the Pokémon in the regional dex! But it's not the definitive gen 4 experience.
After playing Gen 1, 2, and 3 for years, I was quite hyped for Gen 4. It didn't really click however, I don't think I ever got past the 4th gym. Years later I picked it up again and got through it, and it might be the 'which pokemon gen did you play first'-syndrome, but it never felt as good as gen 2&3. Cool new pokemon, but many were new 3rd evolutions, creating less new interesting lines.
Never seen anything about gen 4 before and playing through it was extremely fun, story was cool as hell, I think team galactic is a bunch of nerds and the layout of the region is one of my favorites. I was excited to try out contests because it was one of my favorite parts of gen 3, but I was a bit disappointed at this game's version simply due to the fact I had no accessories and it was a nightmare to win anything lol. Very excited to try Platinum in the future.
I got this game at the age of like 7/8 for being in a local High School's musical that my mom was doing choreography for. It took me years to finish it completely but it was well worth the wait. While I will say I don't have as fond of memories of gen4 as a lot of other people, I will still never forget the Cynthia fight, and if for nothing else but that, this game will stay in my memory forever.