Pokémon VG Megathread

[BlockoCrafter]

I haven't played Pokemon Yellow in ages... Someone explain the problem instead of me piecing it together through Google?

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lavender-town-syndrome-creepypasta

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[BubbaGum]

I haven't played Pokemon Yellow in ages... Someone explain the problem instead of me piecing it together through Google?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT_ZpHgiIKo

[Wynd_Fox]

Yellow is the best Gen I game, in my opinion.

[MegaScientifical]

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/lavender-town-syndrome-creepypasta

However, a specific ending was written by an unknown programmer upon losing the battle. In this ending, the Buried Alive was to have stated, “Finally, fresh meat!” followed by several lines of gibberish. He was to have then dragged the player character into the ground surrounding him. The scene would finish with a typical “Game Over” screen; however, in the background, an image of the Buried Alive character devouring the player was to have been shown.

Wait, are they saying some random dude made a fan ending? They know that isn't canon. That's like me writing an ending where it farts butterflies - you don't put that on the page.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FT_ZpHgiIKo

Ya, that doesn't really fit what he posted...

I clicked a video on the first link's webpage, the guy pointed out a tone in the original which wasn't in other releases. I know the Lavender town song - hearing it reminded me. But that noise... I might have heard it before... I do hate myself a lot, maybe even in the US version some copies had it...

Wait, so what does this have to do with Pokemon Yellow? It isn't mentioned there... Maybe the first link is wrong, too? You'd think Pokemon Yellow would be missing the problem, too.

[Cybersix]

gUys im playing pokemon yellow and i just got to lavender town. :o

And?

[BubbaGum]

And?

Its an important accomplishment in my life.

[MegaScientifical]

The music of the town did freak me out when I was little... You know, you guys are pretty young... I remember the days when you'd go and get games, they'd bug out randomly. And if you used the internet, the game resources would mention some oddities you weren't sure you could believe but could neither be proven or disproven... And the exploration to try what you hear out was just amazing... I miss those days, when the world was dark and the ones you knew knew just as much as yourself if not less... When you would discover for yourself, through rumor...

Now I'm sad...

[BlockoCrafter]

The part I found creepiest was slightly jumping at the first sight of the Ghastly sprite.

[Cybersix]

Its an important accomplishment in my life.

Why?

[Khorde]

The music of the town did freak me out when I was little... You know, you guys are pretty young... I remember the days when you'd go and get games, they'd bug out randomly. And if you used the internet, the game resources would mention some oddities you weren't sure you could believe but could neither be proven or disproven... And the exploration to try what you hear out was just amazing... I miss those days, when the world was dark and the ones you knew knew just as much as yourself if not less... When you would discover for yourself, through rumor...

Now I'm sad...

you know what sucks even more?

secrets in video games will no longer be secrets because of the internet. Every glitch, every exploit, ever little thing the developers add in a sneaky way will be found out by someone and posted on the internet for everyone to know about. there will no longer be something cool like the konami code, which was a secret only known by the most seasoned NES players... it's all a thing of the past. rip video game secrets

 

[MegaScientifical]

I miss Missingno the Sasquatch. Now it's Missingno the Whatever.

[Cybersix]

I miss Missingno the Sasquatch. Now it's Missingno the Whatever.

Ummm. What?

[MegaScientifical]

._. Missingno being a myth people can find, and not some everyday thing everyone knows about and just goes "bleh."

[Cybersix]

I didn't understand what "Missingno the Sasquatch. Now it's Missingno the Whatever." meant.
When I played Gen 1 Pokemon, it was never a myth to me, it was proven again and again.

[MegaScientifical]

When I played those games, all you got was rumors on the internet. It was so primitive back then, difficult to prove what you say on the internet (more so than today, perhaps). Just because you could find it didn't mean anything since no one else could be sure of your claims. Not just finding it, but finding how to get it. The ways, the variations. Rare and hard to find, not sure they even existed.