In the original games, you knew which pokemon were rare, which were common. Now you see a pokemon and its like a foreign language. It could be a semi-rare and you wouldn't even know it! I just don't understand why that many pokemon are needed. You rarely ran into an unfamiliar pokemon, and I think thats what drew people to it. On the TV show when Ash was fighting somebody, I could always tell which pokemon he would use judging on the enemy pokemon. The enemy pokemon was almost alwayswell known, so I knew its strengths and weaknesses. (The only one that confused me was Mr. Mime...he was very very unknown lol)

Now with the new pokemon series, you see a tree/fish/rock that suddenly sprouts wings and flys. What the heck?