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BUT MAN ROLAND I'M GETTING SO SICK OF YOU AND YOUR COMPLAINING I'M ONLY TRYING TO MAKE YOU LIKE THE STORY AND YOU'RE YELLING AT ME SHEESH.THE ORIGINAL POKÉMON GAMES WERE JAPANESE RPGS WITH AN ELEMENT OF STRATEGY, AND WERE CREATED BY SATOSHI TAJIRI FOR THE GAME BOY. THESE ROLE-PLAYING GAMES, AND THEIR SEQUELS, REMAKES, AND ENGLISH LANGUAGE TRANSLATIONS, ARE STILL CONSIDERED THE "MAIN" POKÉMON GAMES, AND THE GAMES WHICH MOST FANS OF THE SERIES ARE REFERRING TO WHEN THEY USE THE TERM "POKÉMON GAMES." ALL OF THE LICENSED POKÉMON PROPERTIES OVERSEEN BY THE POKÉMON COMPANY ARE DIVIDED ROUGHLY BY GENERATION. THESE GENERATIONS ARE ROUGHLY CHRONOLOGICAL DIVISIONS BY RELEASE; EVERY SEVERAL YEARS, WHEN AN OFFICIAL SEQUEL IN THE MAIN RPG SERIES IS RELEASED THAT FEATURES NEW POKÉMON, CHARACTERS, AND GAMEPLAY CONCEPTS, THAT SEQUEL IS CONSIDERED THE START OF A NEW GENERATION OF THE FRANCHISE. THE MAIN GAMES AND THEIR SPIN-OFFS, THE ANIME, THE MANGA, AND THE TRADING CARD GAME ARE ALL UPDATED WITH THE NEW POKÉMON PROPERTIES EACH TIME A NEW GENERATION BEGINS. THE FRANCHISE IS CURRENTLY IN ITS FOURTH GENERATION. THE POKÉMON FRANCHISE STARTED OFF IN ITS FIRST GENERATION WITH ITS INITIAL RELEASE OF POCKET MONSTERS AKA AND MIDORI ("RED" AND "GREEN", RESPECTIVELY) FOR THE GAME BOY IN JAPAN. WHEN THESE GAMES PROVED EXTREMELY POPULAR, AN ENHANCED AO ("BLUE"😉 VERSION WAS RELEASED SOMETIME AFTER, AND THE AO VERSION WAS REPROGRAMMED AS POKÉMON RED AND BLUE FOR INTERNATIONAL RELEASE. THE GAMES LAUNCHED IN THE UNITED STATES ON SEPTEMBER 30, 1998. THE ORIGINAL AKA AND MIDORI VERSIONS WERE NEVER RELEASED OUTSIDE OF JAPAN.[7] AFTERWARDS, A FURTHER ENHANCED REMAKE TITLED POKÉMON YELLOW WAS RELEASED TO PARTIALLY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE COLOR PALETTE OF THE GAME BOY COLOR, AS WELL AS TO FEATURE MORE ELEMENTS FROM THE POPULAR POKÉMON ANIME. THIS FIRST GENERATION OF GAMES INTRODUCED THE ORIGINAL 151 SPECIES OF POKÉMON (IN NATIONAL POKÉDEX ORDER, ENCOMPASSING ALL POKÉMON FROM BULBASAUR TO MEW), AS WELL AS THE BASIC GAME CONCEPTS OF CAPTURING, TRAINING, BATTLING, AND TRADING POKÉMON WITH BOTH COMPUTER AND HUMAN PLAYERS. THESE VERSIONS OF THE GAMES TAKE PLACE WITHIN THE FICTIONAL KANTO REGION, THOUGH THE NAME "KANTO" WAS NOT USED UNTIL THE SECOND GENERATION.SCREENSHOT OF POKÉMON CRYSTAL, PORTRAYING A PLAYER'S LEVEL 18 CROCONAW BATTLING A LEVEL 13 SNUBBULL. THE SECOND GENERATION OF POKÉMON BEGAN IN 2000 WITH THE RELEASE OF POKÉMON GOLD AND SILVER FOR GAME BOY COLOR. LIKE THE PREVIOUS GENERATION, AN ENHANCED REMAKE TITLED POKÉMON CRYSTAL WAS LATER RELEASED. IT INTRODUCED 100 NEW SPECIES OF POKÉMON (STARTING WITH CHIKORITA AND ENDING WITH CELEBI), FOR A TOTAL OF 251 POKÉMON TO COLLECT, TRAIN, AND BATTLE. A POKÉMON EMERALD SCREENSHOT FEATURING AN ENEMY PUPITAR AND SOLROCK FIGHTING IN A DOUBLE BATTLE AGAINST A PLAYER'S AGGRON AND SMEARGLE. POKÉMON ENTERED ITS THIRD GENERATION WITH THE 2003 RELEASE OF POKÉMON RUBY AND SAPPHIRE FOR GAME BOY ADVANCE AND CONTINUED WITH THE GAME BOY ADVANCE REMAKES OF POKÉMON RED AND BLUE, POKÉMON FIRERED AND LEAFGREEN, AND AN ENHANCED REMAKE OF POKÉMON RUBY AND SAPPHIRE TITLED POKÉMON EMERALD. THE THIRD GENERATION INTRODUCED 135 NEW POKÉMON (STARTING WITH TREECKO AND ENDING WITH DEOXYS) FOR A TOTAL OF 386 SPECIES. HOWEVER, THIS GENERATION ALSO GARNERED SOME CRITICISM FOR LEAVING OUT SEVERAL GAMEPLAY FEATURES, INCLUDING THE DAY-AND-NIGHT SYSTEM INTRODUCED IN THE PREVIOUS GENERATION, AND IT WAS ALSO THE FIRST INSTALLMENT THAT ENCOURAGED THE PLAYER TO COLLECT MERELY A SELECTED ASSORTMENT OF THE TOTAL NUMBER OF POKÉMON RATHER THAN EVERY EXISTING SPECIES (202 OUT OF 386 SPECIES ARE CATCHABLE IN THE RUBY AND SAPPHIRE VERSIONS).
IN 2006, JAPAN BEGAN THE FOURTH GENERATION OF THE FRANCHISE WITH THE RELEASE OF POKÉMON DIAMOND AND PEARL FOR NINTENDO DS. THE FOURTH GENERATION INTRODUCES ANOTHER 107 NEW SPECIES OF POKÉMON (STARTING WITH TURTWIG AND ENDING WITH ARCEUS), BRINGING THE CURRENT TOTAL OF POKÉMON SPECIES TO 493. THE NINTENDO DS "TOUCH SCREEN" ALLOWS NEW FEATURES TO THE GAME SUCH AS COOKING POFFINS WITH THE STYLUS AND USING THE "POKÉTCH". NEW GAMEPLAY CONCEPTS INCLUDE A RESTRUCTURED MOVE-CLASSIFICATION SYSTEM, ONLINE MULTIPLAYER TRADING AND BATTLING VIA NINTENDO WI-FI CONNECTION, THE RETURN (AND EXPANSION) OF THE SECOND GENERATION'S DAY-AND-NIGHT SYSTEM, THE EXPANSION OF THE THIRD GENERATION'S POKÉMON CONTESTS INTO "SUPER CONTESTS," AND THE NEW REGION OF SINNOH, WHICH HAS AN UNDERGROUND COMPONENT FOR MULTIPLAYER GAMEPLAY IN ADDITION TO THE MAIN OVERWORLD. CURRENTLY, SPIN-OFF TITLES IN THE FOURTH GENERATION INCLUDE THE POKÉMON STADIUM FOLLOW-UP POKÉMON BATTLE REVOLUTION FOR WII (WHICH HAS WI-FI CONNECTIVITY AS WELL) ONE OF THE CONSISTENT ASPECTS OF THE POKÉMON GAMES – SPANNING FROM POKÉMON RED AND BLUE ON THE NINTENDO GAME BOY TO THE NINTENDO DS GAME, POKÉMON DIAMOND AND PEARL – IS THE CHOICE OF ONE OF THREE DIFFERENT POKÉMON AT THE START OF THE PLAYER'S ADVENTURES; THESE THREE ARE OFTEN LABELED "STARTER POKÉMON." PLAYERS CAN CHOOSE A GRASS-TYPE, A FIRE-TYPE, OR A WATER-TYPE, POKÉMON INDIGENOUS TO THAT PARTICULAR REGION, ALL OF THE POKEMON ARE THE COLORS OF THEIR TYPES.[9] FOR EXAMPLE, IN POKEMON RED AND BLUE, THE PLAYER HAS THE CHOICE OF STARTING WITH BULBASAUR, CHARMANDER, OR SQUIRTLE. THE EXCEPTION TO THIS RULE IS POKÉMON YELLOW (A REMAKE OF THE ORIGINAL GAMES THAT FOLLOWS THE STORY OF THE POKÉMON ANIME), WHERE PLAYERS ARE GIVEN A PIKACHU, AN ELECTRIC-TYPE MOUSE POKÉMON, FAMOUS FOR BEING THE MASCOT OF THE POKÉMON MEDIA FRANCHISE; IN THIS GAME, HOWEVER, THE THREE STARTER POKÉMON FROM RED AND BLUE CAN BE OBTAINED DURING THE QUEST BY A SINGLE PLAYER, SOMETHING THAT IS NOT POSSIBLE IN ANY OTHER INSTALLMENT OF THE FRANCHISE.[10]
ANOTHER CONSISTENT ASPECT IS THAT THE PLAYER'S RIVAL WILL ALWAYS CHOOSE AS HIS OR HER STARTER POKÉMON THE ONE THAT HAS A TYPE ADVANTAGE OVER THE PLAYER'S POKÉMON. FOR INSTANCE, IF THE PLAYER PICKS GRASS-TYPE BULBASAUR, THE RIVAL WILL ALWAYS PICK FIRE-TYPE CHARMANDER. OF COURSE, THE EXCEPTION TO THIS IS AGAIN POKÉMON YELLOW, IN WHICH THE RIVAL PICKS AN EEVEE, BUT WHETHER THIS EEVEE EVOLVES INTO JOLTEON, VAPOREON, OR FLAREON IS DECIDED BY WHEN THE PLAYER WINS AND LOSES TO THE RIVAL. THE POKÉDEX IS A FICTIONAL ELECTRONIC DEVICE FEATURED IN THE POKÉMON VIDEO GAME AND ANIME SERIES. IN THE GAMES, WHENEVER A POKÉMON IS FIRST CAPTURED, ITS DATA WILL BE ADDED TO A PLAYER'S POKÉDEX, BUT IN THE ANIME OR MANGA, THE POKÉDEX IS A COMPREHENSIVE ELECTRONIC REFERENCE ENCYCLOPEDIA, USUALLY REFERRED TO IN ORDER TO DELIVER EXPOSITION. "POKÉDEX" IS ALSO USED TO REFER TO A LIST OF POKÉMON, USUALLY A LIST OF POKÉMON BY NUMBER. IN THE VIDEO GAMES, A POKÉMON TRAINER IS ISSUED A BLANK DEVICE AT THE START OF THEIR JOURNEY. A TRAINER MUST THEN ATTEMPT TO FILL THE POKÉDEX BY ENCOUNTERING AND AT LEAST BRIEFLY OBTAINING EACH OF THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT SPECIES OF POKÉMON. A PLAYER WILL RECEIVE THE NAME AND IMAGE OF A POKÉMON AFTER ENCOUNTERING ONE THAT WAS NOT PREVIOUSLY IN THE POKÉDEX, TYPICALLY AFTER BATTLING SAID POKÉMON, EITHER IN THE WILD OR IN A TRAINER BATTLE (WITH THE EXCEPTIONS OF LINK BATTLES AND TOURNAMENT BATTLES, SUCH AS IN THE BATTLE FRONTIER). IN POKEMON RED AND BLUE, SOME POKEMON'S DATA IS ADDED TO THE POKEDEX SIMPLY BY VIEWING THE POKEMON, SUCH AS IN THE ZOO OUTSIDE OF THE SAFARI ZONE. ALSO, CERTAIN NPC CHARACTERS MAY ADD TO THE POKEDEX BY EXPLAINING WHAT A POKEMON LOOKS LIKE DURING CONVERSATION. MORE DETAILED INFORMATION IS AVAILABLE AFTER THE PLAYER OBTAINS A MEMBER OF THE SPECIES, EITHER THROUGH CAPTURING THE POKÉMON IN THE WILD, EVOLVING A PREVIOUSLY CAPTURED POKÉMON, HATCHING A POKÉMON EGG (FROM THE SECOND GENERATION ONWARDS), OR THROUGH A TRADE WITH ANOTHER TRAINER (EITHER AN NPC OR ANOTHER PLAYER). THIS INFORMATION INCLUDES HEIGHT, WEIGHT, SPECIES TYPE, AND A SHORT DESCRIPTION OF THE POKÉMON. LATER VERSIONS OF THE POKÉDEX HAVE MORE DETAILED INFORMATION, LIKE THE SIZE OF A CERTAIN POKÉMON COMPARED TO THE PLAYER CHARACTER, OR POKÉMON BEING SORTED BY THEIR HABITAT (SO FAR, THE LATTER FEATURE IS ONLY IN THE FIRERED AND LEAFGREEN VERSIONS). THE GAMECUBE GAMES, POKÉMON COLOSSEUM AND POKÉMON XD, HAVE A POKÉMON DIGITAL ASSISTANT (P?DA) WHICH IS SIMILAR TO THE POKÉDEX, BUT ALSO TELLS WHAT TYPES ARE EFFECTIVE AGAINST A POKÉMON AND GIVES A DESCRIPTION OF ITS ABILITIES. SO STOP YELLING AT ME, OR I'LL START CRYING AND LANA WILL COME AND TELL YOU TO STOP BEING MEAN. OH YEAH, BY THE WAY, HE LOSES THE FIREBOLT TOO.
Man you are so retarded, "Cloverfield" is the code name of an upcoming science fiction film produced by J. J. Abrams, directed by Matt Reeves, and written by Drew Goddard. First publicized in advance screenings of Transformers, the secret project is slated for a January 18, 2008 release. Paramount is carrying out a viral marketing campaign to promote the film. The film concerns a small group of people who witness a monster attack on New York City. In February 2007, Paramount Pictures secretly greenlighted the project "Cloverfield" to be produced by J. J. Abrams, directed by Matt Reeves, and written by Drew Goddard. For the film, Abrams conceived of a new monster after he and his son visited a toy store in Japan that had Godzilla toys. The casting process was also carried out in secret, with no script being sent out to candidates. It has been confirmed that Michael Stahl-David, Odette Yustman, Mike Vogel and Lizzy Caplan star in the movie. With production estimated to have a budget of $30 million, filming began in mid-June in New York. Location filming, using hand-held video cameras, has taken place on Coney Island, with scenes being shot at Deno's Wonder Wheel Amusement Park and the B&B Carousel. One report asserts that the film will not be "a sequel or a remake" of any previous motion picture. At Comic-Con 2007, J. J. Abrams was reported to feature the official title and details about the film. Abrams did not reveal an official title for the film and also denied that it would be called Monstrous. He added that the marketing campaign would continue, in which a full trailer, more clips, full posters and more would be released in the coming months, so shut up or else I'll come burn your house down.