Talk:Generation III

New environments can be explored: Underwater, Desert, Mountain and Jungle. - Jungle? Where is there jungle? Are you talking the really tall grass? I wouldn't call that jungle at all. And mountain is hardly anything new either. - Ferret 02:40, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

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Well, that is what Route 119 area seems to be. I mean what else can it be? It rains all the time there too. It could also be a rain forest. And I meant climbing the mountain.

L_X

Indeed. I remember mountains in Gen I and Gen II - but you always had to go through them or under them. Gen III has quite a few that you can go over. Mt. Ember, Mt. Chimney, Pyre, etc. etc.

Mt. Moon and Mt. Silver - you had to tunnel under things.

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Hmmm. Okay, I'll give you the mountains, but I still think it could do with a slight word-change. Although I still don't agree with the jungle part. It's just really tall grass, it's not a crazy thought you know. And I know Pokémon is often random with climate placement, but to just stick a rainforest there seems way too random for me. - Ferret 03:05, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Also, are Channel and Box not Generation III games? I know they don't really feature proper gameplay, but they are released during generation 3. And they have the right Pokémon.... - Ferret 03:07, 21 Feb 2005 (UTC)

Gen III

We decided only games that involved at least the basics of pokémon (ie, battling, trainers, etc) would be considered for generations. Games like Snap, Hey You Pikachu, Channel, etc are not considered in the Generations.

-Damian Silverblade

New Pokemon

This article claims that 134 new pokemon were introduced, bringing the new total to 386. Now I'm sure there were 251 pokemon in Generation II, so surely this means there were 135 new pokemon?Gastlys mama 18:43, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Change is 'style'

I'm not sure if anyone has openly stated this or discussed it. It just seems to be obvious to me and a couple of my friends that the Pokemon art styles and the way they look and feel has changed dramatically ever since Generation 3. The individual chracters seem to be in a different style. I am one of the people who are old enough to remember the good old days when there were just 150 Pokemon (latter, 151). Then Generation 2 was brought out and you adapted quickly to the new names and features. But Generation 3...I dunno, it just seemed to break a barrier and I'm pretty sure it's due to the new Pokemon 'style'. The art changed. The way things were done. Maybe they were just modernized. It's even more evident in Genration 4. In fact, the differences between Generation 1 and later releases have turned one of my friends off the games. She'll only play Red, Blue (or FireRed and LeafGreen). Maybe it's silly. Maybe if a Gen 4 Pokemon was taken back in time and released with Gen 1, I wouldn't have noticed the difference between it and the other 151. Am I being stupid or did Gen 3 change things? Bttsstewart 15:52, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, it definitely did. I couldn't say definitively what, but I remember getting Generation II and it wasn't all that different from Generation I, but Generation III was just hugely different.Gastlys mama 17:49, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

It may have something to do with the fact that Ken Sugimori isn't solely in charge of designing Pokemon any more. But I think this kind of thing is more suitable for discussing in the forums. Lucentas 18:40, 18 December 2008 (UTC)

I would take it to the forums except I'm not really sure how to start a new discussion or anything like that... Bttsstewart 12:16, 29 December 2008 (UTC)

About sprites,and the general style

When you compare the Hoenn sprites to the sprites of the other regions,they seem..Different. More 3d,I suppose? Like,for example(bad example,but still),on the main trainers,their faces seem..Odd,you can't really see their eyes and expressions as clearly as the others sprites from this generation(FR/LG) and other generations. Is this me,or did the sprite style change for R/S/E? Lovely Rose 23:10, 6 March 2009 (UTC)