UltimateNinja
Praying for the holy relics
So this is something I wanted to talk to you guys since a long time and I am suprised there wasn't much of a discussion, since we're slowly entering the " the next generation is coming" phase ever since we know about the 2019 Switch games.
I am talking about how different the pokemon series, especially DP and the Johto part of OS would be if the games were never delayed.
Some background information: Gold&Silver and Diamond&Pearl were both games with a delay during the development phase. During the development of GS, there were major engine problems and the games got delayed because of that (the original release date was confirmed to be early-mid 1998 instead of late 1999). Then we have DP, which was originally ment to be released in fall 2005, so one year prior of the final release date. There was no clear statement of why Game Freak did that, but it was rumored to be problems in the online play department.
Why I am telling that to you? Well because there were several arcs serving as a bridge between the old and the new generation. With that I mean the Orange Island and the Battle Frontier arc.
The first pokemon series (called OS), or to be more accurate the Kanto saga was also ment to be the only one ever existing. But then Pokemon gained huge popularity not only in the West and they deciced to continue the series after the Indigo league. Since the Indigo League was already over in early 1999, they needed something to bridge the time until late 1999 and the result was the Orange Island arc.
For DP we know that the games were set to be released in fall 2005, so that means that AG was ment to be over after the Hoenn league, which means the Battle Frontier arc was never ment to happen in the first place. Once again the games got delayed and they needed something to fill in between Hoenn and Sinnoh. Pokemon Emerald, the latest game which was already more than a half year out by the time had an area with facilites where you could earn something similiar to badges. There was also Firered and Leafgreen, which came out not even two years ago. So why not mixing things a little bit up was what they probably thought and they did an arc about the Battle Frontier in Kanto. May and Max suddenly came back and we once again got contest.
And all those things come together to the actual question of this thread: What if these games were never delayed? Would Johto be even longer if they started with it earlier? Would DP be as good as we know?
Discuss.
I am talking about how different the pokemon series, especially DP and the Johto part of OS would be if the games were never delayed.
Some background information: Gold&Silver and Diamond&Pearl were both games with a delay during the development phase. During the development of GS, there were major engine problems and the games got delayed because of that (the original release date was confirmed to be early-mid 1998 instead of late 1999). Then we have DP, which was originally ment to be released in fall 2005, so one year prior of the final release date. There was no clear statement of why Game Freak did that, but it was rumored to be problems in the online play department.
Why I am telling that to you? Well because there were several arcs serving as a bridge between the old and the new generation. With that I mean the Orange Island and the Battle Frontier arc.
The first pokemon series (called OS), or to be more accurate the Kanto saga was also ment to be the only one ever existing. But then Pokemon gained huge popularity not only in the West and they deciced to continue the series after the Indigo league. Since the Indigo League was already over in early 1999, they needed something to bridge the time until late 1999 and the result was the Orange Island arc.
For DP we know that the games were set to be released in fall 2005, so that means that AG was ment to be over after the Hoenn league, which means the Battle Frontier arc was never ment to happen in the first place. Once again the games got delayed and they needed something to fill in between Hoenn and Sinnoh. Pokemon Emerald, the latest game which was already more than a half year out by the time had an area with facilites where you could earn something similiar to badges. There was also Firered and Leafgreen, which came out not even two years ago. So why not mixing things a little bit up was what they probably thought and they did an arc about the Battle Frontier in Kanto. May and Max suddenly came back and we once again got contest.
And all those things come together to the actual question of this thread: What if these games were never delayed? Would Johto be even longer if they started with it earlier? Would DP be as good as we know?
Discuss.