I've recently gotten to play a bit of Green, and I've played up to the クチバジム - sorry, Vermilion Gym. I kinda had to stop there because, yeesh, that original Thunderbolt animation is gnarly; I don't blame 'em one bit for toning that down. Dunno if I'll pick it up again, but if I do, I ain't running Thunderbolt in my team, that's for sure. Even one of the best moves in the game ain't worth that kind of eye damage!
But yeah, those original scuffed sprites are pretty charming in their own way. And I'd argue that a few of 'em are actually pretty good; Clefairy's sprite is okay, and Koffing's sprite is honestly way better than in RBY.
I can only somewhat relate to playing the Japanese games blind because I did that with HeartGold and Black about 15 years ago, but being able to actually read the text (to an extent, anyway) has been pretty interesting to me, seeing the little differences from the localized script. I know not everyone feels they have the time or whatever to study a whole other language, especially one so wildly different from English, but I can tell ya, it feels rewarding when you actually understand things.
But yeah, those original scuffed sprites are pretty charming in their own way. And I'd argue that a few of 'em are actually pretty good; Clefairy's sprite is okay, and Koffing's sprite is honestly way better than in RBY.
I can only somewhat relate to playing the Japanese games blind because I did that with HeartGold and Black about 15 years ago, but being able to actually read the text (to an extent, anyway) has been pretty interesting to me, seeing the little differences from the localized script. I know not everyone feels they have the time or whatever to study a whole other language, especially one so wildly different from English, but I can tell ya, it feels rewarding when you actually understand things.
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