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Post by The REAL Joey on Mar 29, 2010 13:13:19 GMT 11
Gone are the days of slot machines (Well, still gone if you count the censored PAL copies of Platinum that saw you unable to interact with ANY of the slot machines. You'd be lucky if you got even 5 coins from talking to them). Either way, it puzzled be a little at first but it's actually an addictive addition I wouldn't mind returning in future outings. I've already racked up about 1,000 coins. ;D I'm aiming for some TMs.
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Post by revolvingscott on Mar 30, 2010 0:13:07 GMT 11
I have 8, 360. Very addictive and I got me an Ekans!
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Post by Arzadon on Apr 1, 2010 17:09:34 GMT 11
D: I fail at voltorb flip. Pretty badly too. I've gotten like 32 coins so far, but its much more exciting then the stupid slot machines.
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Post by Nada on Apr 2, 2010 4:08:36 GMT 11
I hate this game. I really do. Maybe Mine Sweeper fans will love it because that's what it reminds me of... which I hate. I picked up on patterns pretty well and the highest I got was level 5. But I hate how if you make one mistake from the beginning, it goes "AW WELL YOU MADE A MISTAKE BACK DOWN TO LEVEL 1 FOR YOU LOLOLOLOL"
I about threw the DS out the window. Can't even go back down one level, or even 2 levels. Nooooo, it HAS to be a prick and send you back down to level 1.
And you have any idea how disappointed I was to go running into the game corner, expecting slot machines, only to find a weird old guy there just sitting at a table?
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Post by The REAL Joey on Apr 2, 2010 10:59:08 GMT 11
I'm disappointed about the lack of inclusion of the slot machines. If they added that AND Voltorb Flip I would be a very, very happy man but instead it seems like they shot themselves in the foot on that one. Just to confirm, the original GSC games had slot machines right? Oh well, Voltorb Flip is better than nothing. *glares maniacally at PAL copy of Platinum which has NO gambling whatsoever*
The whole level thing is pretty stupid too I must agree. Especially as a lot of it rests on sheer luck.
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Post by Arzadon on Apr 2, 2010 11:05:47 GMT 11
Gold, and Silver had just Slot machines. Where Crystal had slot machines AND a game similar to Voltorb Flip, but I really wish we had more then just Voltorb flip. It would have been nice even if it was just some other pokemon themed mini-games. Btw, the guy that makes you sit across from him is definitely a creeper.
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Post by The REAL Joey on Apr 2, 2010 23:17:50 GMT 11
Thanks for that Arza. Its been an absolute age since I played GSC so I had completed forgotten. I was definitely getting similar vibes from the guy as well. Plus when you're in game and he adds to the suspense of "IS THIS WHAT YOU WERE AFTER" just really doesn't help out his dubious morals as a character. I must admit, some of the prizes this time round seem infinitely harder to get as you can't go crazy like a capitalist swine and just buy your coins.
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Post by Arzadon on Apr 3, 2010 7:23:47 GMT 11
I had to look it up on bulbapedia. I remembered some weird card game and slots. And have you ever tried to play the game while not sitting across from him? He tells you it would be better to sit across from him or something. When I first heard him say that I was like, o.o STRANGER DANGER! Ugh, I miss being the crazy capitalist swine in pokemon [Hahaha, on a side note, this makes me think of a Mamoswine with a tophat, moncole, and a load of cash]. I was never good at the slot machines, or other games they added. So I always bought a few billion coins. EDIT: Here he is. Mr. Money Bags M. Mamoswine. The crazy capitalist swine pokemon. He replaced his old, poor man's tusks, with solid 24 karat gold. And his fur was dyed green after taking to many bathes in the money he got from you in the stock market. He evolves from a Piloswine after being exposed to large amounts of cash.
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Post by mekasoundwave on Apr 3, 2010 8:50:59 GMT 11
^ Scrooge McMamoswine is win. XD
And yeah, Voltorb Flip...Makes me feel Like I'm diffusing a bomb. Like if I make one tiny little mistake, My DS will explode in my face.
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Post by The REAL Joey on Apr 3, 2010 13:23:42 GMT 11
EDIT: Here he is. Mr. Money Bags M. Mamoswine. The crazy capitalist swine pokemon. He replaced his old, poor man's tusks, with solid 24 karat gold. And his fur was dyed green after taking to many bathes in the money he got from you in the stock market. He evolves from a Piloswine after being exposed to large amounts of cash. Best. Image. Ever. I've saved this multiple times to ensure that it's glory will never falter. Now if only there was a way to hack into HGSS and make the Voltorb Flip owner have Moneybags M. Mamoswine as his Pokemon and the guy challenges you to a fight. Only his Mamoswine is ultra hax as MONEY = POWER.
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Post by Arzadon on Apr 3, 2010 13:28:47 GMT 11
Of course Mr. Moneybags M. Mamoswine's stats are higher then Arceus, because he can afford AR and a few trillion pokemon drugs. Although I think his top hat, and monocle would be of higher quality.
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Post by The REAL Joey on Apr 5, 2010 22:03:22 GMT 11
I can't believe it. Censorship strikes again in the world of Pokemon it would seem! I was just browsing Serebii for information on the Voltorb Flip and came across something incredibly aggravating. It would seem that Japan got the Slot Machines and every other region outside Japan were horribly cut from the game and Voltorb Flip was stuck in place.
I, for one, am incredibly aggravated by this move. Why do they think we wouldn't want the slot machines? Not only this but it'd seem they had a person you could purchase sums of coins from. I'm pretty worried too as this is just the start. Imagine what else they'll cut next due to 'cultural differences' or whatever else is being paraded around these days for censorship.
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Post by Nada on Apr 27, 2010 13:57:18 GMT 11
I just wanted the original slot machines. I said it before and I'll say it again, but I was so expecting the slot machines in the game corner and not some weird old guy.
Even in the Celadon game corner... I was hoping maybe for slot machines there and the Team Rocket poster reference! But nope, just that creepy "Mr. Game" guy again. I cried.
...but I won't lie. I sometimes want the stuff badly. So I've been playing the game a lot more recently and I'm getting good. Yesterday, I won the Voltorb Flip Lv. 7 three times in a row and it doesn't go beyond level 7. I racked up about 5,000 coins in the entire game before being sent back to level 5, then ultimately back to level 1.
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Post by Deleted on May 25, 2010 1:45:57 GMT 11
I just wanted the original slot machines. I said it before and I'll say it again, but I was so expecting the slot machines in the game corner and not some weird old guy. Even in the Celadon game corner... I was hoping maybe for slot machines there and the Team Rocket poster reference! But nope, just that creepy "Mr. Game" guy again. I cried. ...but I won't lie. I sometimes want the stuff badly. So I've been playing the game a lot more recently and I'm getting good. Yesterday, I won the Voltorb Flip Lv. 7 three times in a row and it doesn't go beyond level 7. I racked up about 5,000 coins in the entire game before being sent back to level 5, then ultimately back to level 1. Wow you are good. Still I myself would have liked the roulette wheel. You could only rely on luck and you could win up to 36 coins a spin.
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Post by The REAL Joey on May 26, 2010 0:34:55 GMT 11
If generation 5 doesn't have a fully fledged Game Corner with slot machines, voltorb flips and just about every other gambling activity under the sun I am going to quite literally, and if you'll excuse the pun, flip.
I still find it pretty annoying in retrospect that Japan got the gameslot machines and for some reason, the Western heads of Nintendo deemed us more deserving of this game. If it's to do with OH NO WE CAN'T MAKE OUR KIDS SUSCEPTIBLE TO GAMBLING then that's a load of bull. Voltorb Flip still encourages gambling as you're putting coins on the line to rake in more. Pfffffft!
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