28th February 2010, 5:33 PM
I'm not afraid to admit it. Not only did I play Pokémon back in the ONSP/Gaystation days, but I still occasionally play it. I own Fire Red on GBA and Diamond on DS and my girlfriend is going to get me Heart Gold for the DS when it comes out. She owns all the opposite versions: Leaf Green, Pearl (as well as Platinum), and Soul Silver when it comes out. It is pretty addictive, but you are right that one version is plenty to give you the full experience. There are new features in the later games that are pretty cool, but the overall concept is still the same.
My brother recently got a 360 and I was tempted to buy Batman: Arkham Asylum while at Walmart today as I've heard great things about it, but it was $60, so I decided I'd pass for now.
I kind of have the same problem as you, ABF, only instead of new games, I'm in a nostalgic swing and I've been playing old games sporadically without much focus on any single game. I finally settled on A Link to the Past for now, and by the time I finish it, I may not be in the mood to play old games anymore. I also started up Super Mario World and Donkey Kong Country recently and I also downloaded Metroid and Kirby's Dream Land 3 on the Virtual Console (I've already completed the latter since it's pretty short).
My brother recently got a 360 and I was tempted to buy Batman: Arkham Asylum while at Walmart today as I've heard great things about it, but it was $60, so I decided I'd pass for now.
I kind of have the same problem as you, ABF, only instead of new games, I'm in a nostalgic swing and I've been playing old games sporadically without much focus on any single game. I finally settled on A Link to the Past for now, and by the time I finish it, I may not be in the mood to play old games anymore. I also started up Super Mario World and Donkey Kong Country recently and I also downloaded Metroid and Kirby's Dream Land 3 on the Virtual Console (I've already completed the latter since it's pretty short).