im quite ready to get back into the swing of competivive pokemon...so leave your freind code and get back to me

game stop is a freaking monopoly that must be crushed....has any one noticed that you buy the game for 30 bux USED and whenyou trade it in its worthe between 5 and 10 and then they turn around and sell it again for the same price theat almost a freaking 50 percent profit and somtimes they game trade is almost a 75 percent profit witch is FREAKING REDICULOUS....no one should have to part with 5 games tobe able to buy one...by the time some one creates a decent library its cleaned out when the latest game comes out....and we all know the feeling of having to go all the way back to square one...i think its time for some one to step up with lower costs and higher trade in rates....cuz right now we can do nothing about it...i think that the game should be priced, based on the number of times it has been traded in...so say a game was traded in once the price goes for 50 dollars to 30....for each time the games has been traded in i think it should decrease at least 3% in value...that would be fair and each game would no the difference between slightly used and wethered games...so we get what we pay for....no im not saying game stop should go burn in hell....im actually quite greatful for the trade in system...but im also greatful for my snail mail but we all know how most americans feel about the USPS

The year was 1999. I was 7 years old and my sister handed me a huge hulking box and says “Merry Christmas” it was my first gamboy, and hands me a bright red box with my favorite thing ever on the front…Charizard. It has been ten years later and while my tastes have indeed changed, Charizard and Pokemon as a whole still hold a special place and my heart and my library. While I may be a “closet fan” I still have a close knit circle of friends who share my love. But one thing irritates me more than any other ALL YOU FREAKING POKEMON BASHERS OUT THERE! You call us childish, you call us nerds, you call us LAME, but you know not of what you speak. The entire Poke’industry has boomed and grown with its audience and still continues to sell millions of copies of RUBY AND SAPHIRE versions EVERY DAY. The hundreds of innovations that the pokemon franchise have added over the years keeps the game play fresh and the gamer happy, and trust me you want to have a happy gamer, because if gamer aren’t happy you industry dies. There are a few main reasons why that those who hate pokemon should really reanalyze their opinion and those who played in their early gaming days should really pick up the genre again. 1. Selection- this is one of the biggest arguments for those who played the game then put it down should reassume trainer status. The mere 150 critters that were originally roaming around the kanto region have expanded to nearly 500 over 4 very distinctive lands such as Kanto, Johto, Hoen, and Sihno. 2. Strategy- gone are the days when you simply wanted to grab and bag the three legendary birds and then surround them with your starter Pokemon, and 2 of you other favorites. Now each pokemon has its own nature with alters its stats ( HP, ATK, DEF, SP. ATK, SP. DEF, SPD ) every Pokemon comes with what is called and Individual Value or, IV. This concept can get very complex and I feel that www.serebii.net has the best explanation of this new innovation. Each pokemon also comes with an Effort Value or EV. Witch means that for every one you fight a certain stat is boosted on you pokemon. For example fighting and Starly will give you one ATK point. And fighting a Magmortar will give you 3 SP. ATK points. 3. WiFi Community- for years the pokemon community has been in away scattered, what I mean is you were limited to pretty much who ever had the game at your school, and god help you if none of you had a link cable. However with the release Pokemon Diamond, pearl and platinum, the utilization, of the DS WiFi capabilities, the community has been connected and reborn. Now you can trade with people down the street and battle with people as far away Japan. With out the use of a link cable! If there is wifi there is communication. All and all I hope that this blog post will change your mind about what you think of pokemon and the games and such.