Do Spin Offs Suck?

[Doc]

OK guys simple Poll here... do you think the pokemon spin offs suck, your vote and your reasons please.

[Girantina81]

I like spin offs

[Jayc]

Depends, but that's not an option.

PMD and PMD2 were fine, Dash was... I had no idea what Dash was meant to do, Pinball... I can't really comment and the two Ranger games were pretty decent.

[Zengetsu]

lets see how far do we want to go back....Hey You Pikachu.....the most worst spin off ever but there has been some good ones like Pokemon Mystery Dungeons were good the Pokemon Ranger series was ok......

[Okami]

I loved Hey You Pikachu. >.>

[ZMaster]

Mystery Dungeon, IMO, is extremely lame... You just mash A to attack, and that is all. The story isn't appealing, either.

Ranger was pretty cool, and kind of fun, where you just spam spin-stylus on your DS to cath 'em =D

[Torte de Lini]

I loved Pokemon Snap.
Sorry ):

I'm still waiting for Pokemon to make a server for Trainers to walk-around, challenge each other and such.
Maximum of like 100 per room or something, shrug.

[HottSushiz]

I loved all Pokemon Spin-offs except Dash, my 1st ever game is Pokemon Ranger, Pokemon Mystery Dungeon was like a game i doubted, something that i would never think of buying, i always made critical remarks about it, then my friend made me try the game out for a few minutes, then i came to understanding, and practically loved the game.

[Zengetsu]

I loved Pokemon Snap.
Sorry ):

I'm still waiting for Pokemon to make a server for Trainers to walk-around, challenge each other and such.
Maximum of like 100 per room or something, shrug.I completely forgot about pokemon snap its my fav spin off!

[ssj5goku5]

spin offs are the bomb because its like the real game but a little better

[GracideanoHana グラシデア]

Spin offs are pretty good.
My favourites are Pokemon Snap, PBR (good graphics), and Mystery Dungeon.

[Lady Aquarii]

Snap and Hey You! were awesome, which is hilarious since I played a friends copy at his house and got further than him on BOTH games XD It was funny because he got all askjdhskhc about it XD

I've only played MD:D and it was boring in gameplay, but I liked the plot (sheerly because I was a girl and I amused myself by thinking my partner was in love with me XDDDD;;). I competely AR'd my way through that game, but I did get Darkrai legally :D Whoo~

The plot was worth it I think. The anime version was so silly I bought the game after I finished Diamond, and it got me through last summer :P

I'm going to try Ranger: Almia when I get the money. I've heard good things about it :D

[randomspot555]

I rarely even touch them. At least now they usually come with a Poke or 2 or 3 you can transfer to the main DS games. But to me, they range from "decent" to "horrible crappy cash in" (Pokemon Racing)

[Torte de Lini]

I never liked Pokemon battles on the consoles, felt pointless. It didn't feel like a real battle.

[evandixon]

No!!!
- Greencat @ 6:16 PM
Don't use the biggest size you can. =/

[Greencat]

I like some of them. Especially Trozei. Trozei is a puzzle game and I usually like those kinds of games. :)

[Doc]

so far all the spin offs ive played i didnt like and put down within half hour, they just feel too childish to me

[Doc]

ok this is dead, i guess the result was, no... no they dont suck... even though i say they all suck out loud :D

[Fallen]

I wouldn't say "suck".

Most aren't as good as the original rpg, but some can be fun.

[Doc]

ok ive been reading all these threads about spin offs and ive decided to buy 1, i bought pokemon ranger: shadows of almia, ive noticed a few pokemon can be transfered to DPP so ill upload them when i get them, UT of course, i think its only Manaphy, Riolu and Darkrai, they will be the UK versions but i guess you might already have them here.

[Azelf]

I like the spin-off series. They offer a gameplay which is still familiar to Pokémon and the series as a whole, but with a different style of gameplay :)

[FLOOTENKERP]

I personally think spin offs are a waste of time. Pinball is the only one that amuses me, PMD gets extremely boring after a while, and we shall never EVER speak of Trozei again...
(Not trying to offend people who like it)

[girox]

Well IMO, mmm it depends, I mean, I'm no spin off fan, I only played Pkmn Puzzle league in 64 and pokémon Snap those were ok but not for buying.

They're also ok because it distracts (at least) the real pokemon trainers between "gotta catch 'em all (150)" and "still gotta catch 'em all (493...and counting)"

They're enjoyable yes but, well, I gave Mystery dungeon a chance and well... not my type

[kuoleva]

It depends. Ranger was okay. Trozei made me want to cry. Pinball was amazing, I still play it from time to time.

And does anyone remember Hey You, Pikachu!? Oh gawsh, that thing was........ I think I might cry. I was over at my ex's house (back when we were still dating >.> ) and he still had his old N64 and collection of games. As I was searching through them... I discover an odd thing called "Hey You, Pikachu!". Curious, I put it in. It hardly worked, and Pikachu had only one response, a happy little "Pika!". I called him every explicit in the book, he just kept saying "Pika!". >.< Lord. I think the sheer stupidity of that thing was why a broke up with him. There's no telling what he did alone with Pikachu. o.o;

[RD6]

PMD's are fine from time to time. I bought Blue Rescue Team a while back, and it was fairly okay. You get to do missions and stuff, but gets really really really(and I mean really!) boring once you've beaten the game. There's no point of even catching some of the pokemon, because they will never come to use, whereas the RPG's include competitive play, the reason I like Pokemon.

[FLOOTENKERP]

You get to do missions and stuff, but gets really really really(and I mean really!) boring once you've beaten the game. There's no point of even catching some of the pokemon, because they will never come to use, whereas the RPG's include competitive play, the reason I like Pokemon.
That's exactly why I think it's boring, a terrible waste of time.

[Concorde105]

Oops. I accidentally hit "yes". :eek: Anyways, I don't think they are bad at all, for example: Mystery Dungeon was awesome. Ranger... Umm... Pretty good, although the first was ridiculously hard for me to beat. Entei + Suicune + Raikou = death for me... :( The Stadium series was pretty good, dunno about the GameCube RPGs however. PBR was OK. I would've been better if you could actually train your Pokémon... :( Anyways, I think most spin offs were good, except the pinball and puzzle ones... No offense intended, Greencat. :p

[Mysteryman]

My first game was Hey You Pikachu!, i spent hours not knowing what the heck was going on. lolz