Post by torchickens on Nov 29, 2015 11:19:45 GMT
What are our thoughts on monsters in monster-battling games that can only be obtained through distributions?
Illusory monsters may be difficult to obtain legitimately, depending on one's circumstances.
Obtaining an illusory monster may involve travelling away.
For example, an early event to obtain Mew in Pokémon Red, Green, Blue involved travelling to Nintendo Space World '99 (in Japan). Mew was made available outside of Japan in various other places, such as Bluewater Shopping Center (in England, 2000). During this period, Mew and Celebi were distributed using Mew and Celebi machines.
Legitimate event Pokémon were rarer at this time, however various people obtained Mew using glitches, such as "second-type glitch" from the Japanese versions of Pokémon Red, Green, Blue being one of the earliest (although it affected Pokédex bytes and may leave Mew unregistered) and the later well known "Mew glitch" which is also often called "fifth's method" in Japan, and the Trainer-Fly glitch.
Some monster battling games may not have illusory monsters, and only rare ones that can be obtained in regular gameplay.
The internet:
When the Internet grew larger and more accessible, it may have improved communications about when events happen. Despite that, people living in certain areas of the world may have difficulties, if the nearest event is relatively far away.
Japanese Pokémon Crystal, and other games such as Monster Guardians supported the Mobile Game Boy Adapter (a peripheral in which a game boy is linked to a mobile phone for paid Internet access), which made the idea of using the Internet for event distribution a thing.
This included distribution of the GS Ball that activated an event for the illusory monster Celebi, and the special Mirage Mail, and linking with the Mobile GB Adapter granted access to the Battle Tower.
The Mobile GB Adapter sadly was not much of a commercial success, and it was never released outside of Japan.
Interestingly, Hudson Soft released a GB Kiss Link Modem from as early as March 6, 1998 and this makes me wonder whether the game Robopon had any event distributions(?)
At the present time, many consoles support wireless Internet connection and as long as you have an access point you can access the Internet. Various monsters can be given away as gifts, which makes illusory monsters less rare.
I feel that this is a good thing, but some may view it that it makes the monsters less valuable. However, not everybody has access to wireless Internet connection on a console. Fortunately, there have still been events where one can visit a place and download a Pokémon distribution without using the Internet (however, the last event I visited provided a serial code that required Internet connection so a staff member at the event may have to help).
Due to the internet, one may argue that illusory monsters have been made less 'mysterious' (acknowledged better), since websites will document them as they are announced and it is easier to find information in a website. This may eliminate an element of the announcement not being known if it was only announced in Japan.
With the development and increase in the number of people who data-mine a game's code it means that illusory monsters one isn't supposed to know about are revealed before they are officially announced, such as the Pokémon Volcanion. This can remove the element of surprise.
Illusory monsters may be difficult to obtain legitimately, depending on one's circumstances.
Obtaining an illusory monster may involve travelling away.
For example, an early event to obtain Mew in Pokémon Red, Green, Blue involved travelling to Nintendo Space World '99 (in Japan). Mew was made available outside of Japan in various other places, such as Bluewater Shopping Center (in England, 2000). During this period, Mew and Celebi were distributed using Mew and Celebi machines.
Legitimate event Pokémon were rarer at this time, however various people obtained Mew using glitches, such as "second-type glitch" from the Japanese versions of Pokémon Red, Green, Blue being one of the earliest (although it affected Pokédex bytes and may leave Mew unregistered) and the later well known "Mew glitch" which is also often called "fifth's method" in Japan, and the Trainer-Fly glitch.
Some monster battling games may not have illusory monsters, and only rare ones that can be obtained in regular gameplay.
The internet:
When the Internet grew larger and more accessible, it may have improved communications about when events happen. Despite that, people living in certain areas of the world may have difficulties, if the nearest event is relatively far away.
Japanese Pokémon Crystal, and other games such as Monster Guardians supported the Mobile Game Boy Adapter (a peripheral in which a game boy is linked to a mobile phone for paid Internet access), which made the idea of using the Internet for event distribution a thing.
This included distribution of the GS Ball that activated an event for the illusory monster Celebi, and the special Mirage Mail, and linking with the Mobile GB Adapter granted access to the Battle Tower.
The Mobile GB Adapter sadly was not much of a commercial success, and it was never released outside of Japan.
Interestingly, Hudson Soft released a GB Kiss Link Modem from as early as March 6, 1998 and this makes me wonder whether the game Robopon had any event distributions(?)
At the present time, many consoles support wireless Internet connection and as long as you have an access point you can access the Internet. Various monsters can be given away as gifts, which makes illusory monsters less rare.
I feel that this is a good thing, but some may view it that it makes the monsters less valuable. However, not everybody has access to wireless Internet connection on a console. Fortunately, there have still been events where one can visit a place and download a Pokémon distribution without using the Internet (however, the last event I visited provided a serial code that required Internet connection so a staff member at the event may have to help).
Due to the internet, one may argue that illusory monsters have been made less 'mysterious' (acknowledged better), since websites will document them as they are announced and it is easier to find information in a website. This may eliminate an element of the announcement not being known if it was only announced in Japan.
With the development and increase in the number of people who data-mine a game's code it means that illusory monsters one isn't supposed to know about are revealed before they are officially announced, such as the Pokémon Volcanion. This can remove the element of surprise.
