Pokemon- Best of the Best :Generation 1

So with the 6th generation of Pokemon being announced only a few days ago I have decided to come up with a series of posts that will determine what is actually the best pokemon (out of the current 649) to have in your line-up. So we begin with generation 1.
The list of candidates are: Charizard, Dragonite, Mewtwo, Gyarados, Eevee and Gengar.

Charizard
Type:Fire/Flying
Advantage over: Grass,Bug, Steel, Fighting, Ice
Weakness: Water, Rock and Electric.

Charizard is considered to be one of the best pokemon ever due to it being; 1, from the original game, 2, stupidly rare to get in the original pokemon game( which I know anyone would sell there grandmother for before the invention of Ebay) and 3, It just looks so  badass.  The combination of both Fire and Flying gives it a major tactical advantage over types like grass and bug which were prominent throughout the first generation. Even when you get to the Elite 4 Charizard proves itself useful by learning dragon-type moves which easily allow anyone to cut through Lance, the final member of the Elite 4. Another thing which makes Charizard one of the best is the fact that is that it needs to be levelled up the highest of all three starter pokemon and it has the least advantage types over the Kanto gym leaders showing that it needs a lot of hard work in order to successfully train.

Dragonite
Type: Dragon/Flying
Advantage over:  Dragon, Fighting
Weakness against: Dragonite is one of the hardest pokemon to acquire in any game due to the fact that you need to be fortunate enough to catch a Dratini and then train it up level 55 (the highest of the game at the time) in order to get it. As well as being rare in any circumstance it also a dragon type which means its only has very little weaknesses, (the only real problem is Lance from the Elite 4). The only other type that it is weak against Dragonite is Ice which is also extremely rare in Gen1.

Mewtwo
Type: Psychic
Advantage over: Fighting, poison
Weakness:Dark and Ghost

Destined to be the most powerful pokemon out of the original 151 pokemon from generation 1. Whether it was in the first Pokemon film or in the game you knew it was special. Hell, you had to beat the Elite 4 even before you had a chance of catching it. Even then you had to battle your way through the cave of origins until you faced it at Level 70 (on of the few pokemon out of all the games that this applies to). Although it only uses psychic attacks, it's base stats are far beyond anything seen throughout the whole of the Kanto region. Being unable to catch it before the Elite 4 and your rival (for the final time) shows how strong and special this Pokemon actually is. When fighting through the Elite 4 for a second time its psychic type moves can be used to rip through them, especially Bruno, making Mewtwo a must have on anyone trainers team.

Gyarados
Type: Water/Flying
Advantage over: Rock, Ground, Fighting, Fire and Bug
Weak against: Electric, Grass and Ice

Evolving from one of the most useless pokemon ever, Magikarp,Gyarados is usually a must have for any trainer, no matter what generation they are playing. With its extensive stats from when it evolves from magikarp to the fact that it can learn a variety of different types of attack meaning that it can be used to wipe out a whole bunch of trainers that stand in your way without the need to ever switch out. If trained high enough, and with the right TM's, it can learn; Fire Blast, Blizzard, Thunder, Dragon Rage, Hyper Bean and Hydro pump as well as a number of others to make it one of the easiest and most dangerous pokemon to have on your team.

Eevee
Type: Normal
Advantage: None
Weak against: Fighting, Ground, Rock and Ghost

I know that Eevee is obviously not the strongest or faster on this list by any means but it does have that unique ability for trainers to use. What ever the trainers strengths or desires, Eevee can evolve in order to satisfy the needs of many a trainer. Whether it is just the first generation of Eeveelutions; Jolteon, Vaporeon  or Flareon, or whether you have the later generation of evolutions, having an Eevee probably causes the second most difficult choice a trainer has to face, what should I evolve it in to? (obviously the most difficult is choosing your starter pokemon right at the beginning of the game) Well this isn't much of a problem if you own  Pokemon Black 2 or Pokemon White 2 but shhhh.

Gengar

Type: Ghost
Advantage over: Normal, Psychic and Fighting
Weak against: Dark

Gengar is one of the very few pokemon from generation 1 that needed to be traded in order to posses it (the others being Machamp and Alakazam) Gengar is also part of the only ghost type pokemon which appears in the original games meaning that if you possess it you were something of a pro back in the day of its release. Another reason why it being a ghost type has its advantages is the fact that certain moves have literally no effect on it at all (normal and fighting type moves) which means that when you are facing Bruno of the Elite 4 your going to be doing pretty well. Gengar can potentially possess some awesome and powerful combinations within its moveset such as hypnosis followed up by dream eater which prevents the enemy from attacking it whilst doing some serious damage with the Dream Eater attack

So there is my list of the potential ultimate pokemon from Generation 1. There's going to be a poll on the side of the blog for people to vote for their favourite choice. The pokemon with the most votes will be declared the best of generation one and will move onto the finals with the winners of the other generations will meet in an all out battle to the death! (bit OTT? :P )

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Pokemon Generation 6 is Coming!!!

So it was announced via live stream that Pokemon generation 6 will becoming to us all (for the first time ever) in October this year.  Initially I was excited about hearing of this announcement as so I watched the English version on the guardian.co.uk. After roughly 8 minutes of anticipation and the history of the pokemon games it was finally announced that Pokemon X and Y will be released towards the end of this year.

Watching the trailer I noticed some immediate differences between this up-and-coming title and its predecessors. First of all 'X' and 'Y' will be on the 3DS and there appears to be a lot of graphical changes to the gameplay, especially with the pokemon battles, in this new instalment  With the increased power of the 3DS compared to its previous formats, pokemon battles now appear to have a more animated feel, actually moving when attacking and dodging, similar to Pokemon Colosseum. With that said however, the trailer shows that this generation of Pokemon seem to have a more cartoonish feel to it which may put some people off.

Another addition with the 3D element is actually whilst you are roaming around. It appears that the player will have more of a eye-level view of the pokemon world when you travel across the routes, through the towns and cities, caves and across the oceans which I personally believe will immerse the gamer even more. Saying this, and from speaking to other people who told me where to find the announcement, as a group we feel that it is a big change to Pokemon and some feel that it could be losing its identity. For 15 years (17 if you're from Japan) Pokemon has had roughly the same birds-eye-view that we have grown up with although obviously there has been some graphic updates which was definitely necessary to help grow to be the phenomenon that it is. With the introduction of a fully 3D environment and player some people may find that nostalgia may get in the way when trying to determine whether or not it will actually be a good game or ,if they believe, Gamefreak and Nintendo are just trying to squeeze as much money as possible out of the pokemon franchise. Anyway enough of that, onto the starters.

It was revealed in the announcement what the three  starter Pokemon will be; Chespin (grass-type), Froakie (water-type) and Fennekin (fire-type). From first glance I have to say that I'm not impressed  with Chespin. Nothing about it shouts grass type to me other than its little green crown. saying this however, I am kind of excited to see what it involves to, probably (and hopefully) into something that looks epic. Although my feeling about Chespin isn't great at the moment, I do however like the other 2 starters. Froakie is your typical water type pokemon which GameFreak usually do well for each generation. Fennekin looks impressive already as a starter making me want to know what the fire-fox involves into at later stages of the game. These aren't the only new pokemon that were revealed in the trailer however, we get legendaries.

Towards the end of the trailer we get a brief glimpse at the two each showing symbolises with their respective games. the bird in the shape of the 'Y' and the many antlers on the blue deer represent the 'X' for its game. From the brief glimpse we got the legends, in my mind, look pretty impressive. Personally I think think that they are the best looking ones in a long time (excluding the black/white kyurem of course). These Pokemon will probably be an essential in any trainers team when facing the new Elite 4.

This concludes my little piece on the new Pokemon announcement. Hopefully it will be as good as Black 2 and White 2 that was only released last year. What do you think? Drop a comment below and express your thoughts.

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