I grew up with Pokémon red and gold. In those games, you can kind of just ignore the story and play through the game.

At some point Pokémon seemed to switch, and have so much more dialog forced upon you, especially in the early game.

When did this start? Was it with Pokémon X and Y or did it come later? I know Sun and Moon felt that way to me.

  • porotoman99@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 day ago

    I’ve played through both. The switch versions are very faithful to the originals, with a few things that stood out to me as different:

    The bikes are implemented differently, so some of the bike puzzles can be easily cheesed.

    Fairy type is present.

    The underground has been redesigned to focus on catching Pokemon instead of multiplayer.

    Elite 4 rematches are much more difficult.

    There are a variety of small improvements throughout the game otherwise, so I think it would be fine to play these ones. If you want to experience both versions of gen 4 in some way, you could also play Platinum on the DS.