Pt 2

004 - Charamander
Kinda looks like Totodile mixed with Barney. On fire!

005 - Charmeleon
I actually like this sprite better than the new ones because it makes Charmeleon look cooler than he is.


006 - Charizard
Oh gosh, Charizard is demented! AAAAAAAAAH!

007 - Squirtle
Stupid chubby turtle.

008 - Wartortle
What happened to his face? I guess all that fighting makes these Pocket Monsters not as cute.

009 - Blastoise
Hmm.... so Blastoise is a tank? Interesting...

010 - Caterpie
This isn't cute... good! It's supposed to be an ugly bug, and the new games make it adorable.

Pokemon Sprite Guide, Japanese Red and Green Pt. 1

The sprites of Pokemon have evolved over time, from their original Japanese R/G renditions, to the current HG/SS sprites. Here is a guide to the original sprites.

001 - Bulbasaur
Bulbasaur was done decently, even though he looks a little chubby

002 - Ivysaur
This is just wrong. Ivysaur here looks like a really fat crouched dog, and its plant on its back is gigantic. 

003 - Venusaur                                                                                                                         Like Ivysaur, Venusaur looks squished. Maybe it shouldn't have grown such a giant palm tree on its back.

Chrono Trigger

I'm going to start with the classic game Chrono Trigger.

Chrono Trigger, the first game in the Chrono series, was released for the Super Famicom and Super Nintendo Entertainment System in 1995, and it was the third best-selling game of the year. It is one of the more popular SNES RPGs. The idea for the game was conceived in 1992 by Final Fantasy producer Hironobu Sakaguchi, Dragon Quest creator Yuuji Horii, and Akira Toriyama, the manga artist that created Dragon Ball.

The game was re-released for the PlayStation in 1999 with anime cutscenes, and for the Nintendo DS on November 25, 2008. A side game, Radical Dreamers: Nusumenai Hōseki, was released for the Satellaview online add-on for the Japanese Super Famicom. Another sequel, Chrono Cross, was released for the PlayStation in 2000.

Fans have been begging for new games in the series ever since 2001. Square Enix made a trademark for Chrono Break in 2001, but it was abandoned in 2003. A similar trademark, Chrono Break, is currently held in Japan.

A 3D fanmade remake, Chrono Resurrection, was shut down by Square Enix. It was originally for the Nintendo 64, but changed to the PC and Xbox.

The gameplay is fantastic. The battles are standard turn-based RPG style, with an attack, special moves (in this game known as Techs or Combos), and items that you can use in battle.

The story is excellent. Crono goes to the Millennial Fair and watches his friend Lucca and her father demonstrate their teleporter they invented. On the way there, Crono bumps into a girl named Marle. Marle volunteers to be teleported, but her pendant screws up the machine, making her go back in time. The game is mostly Crono entering and leaving different points in time, to defeat Magus.

                                                     

Open

This blog is now open. I'm going to review SNES, NES, GB, GBC, and GBA games, as well as chiptune music. This is going to rock.

Disclaimer:
Most of the reviewed games will be RPGs.