Pokemon.com

http://www.pokemon.com

Personality:

Prettiness:
Adam: Well, it looks better than any other site I've seen(pokemon-wise). The pictures are not scarce, but not overdone, and the color scheme is excellent... Let's say a 3.5
Flash: Too graphics-heavy... Even if it's not pictures, so many graphics make slow load time... And the pictures I want to see (screenshots, character pictures) are not done nearly as well as on a site like Pojo. I'll give it an average 2

Friendliness:
Adam: Very nicely organized, and the pokédex is one of the cleanest I've ever seen. It's hard to get lost on this page. Whatever you're looking for is clearly placed in one of the sections. Another 3.5 for Pokemon.com
Flash: Well... The episode guide is nicely done... And you can easily access all the info without annoying frames...But there's no humor or anything, like on most of the fansites... So I can't give them more than a 2.8

Originality:

Adam: Well, this is like when we reviewed wizards.com/pokemon/ in that it's got max originality. Seeing as the people who make this site are the people who invented pokemon, I've gotta give them a 4 on originality, especially since Pokemon is such an original game. Of course, Steve hates fours, though, so I guess this is a 3.9.
Flash: Original? That's a laugh! The info here is the same sort of thing on any official site. List of characters with brief description? Check! Episode guide? Check! FAQs? Check! Game lists?Check! Call me when there's something unique to official sites. Let's pop these guys in with a 1.5

Content:

Information:
Adam: Info? Hmm... The pokédex is good, but as an official site, they'retrying to avoid spoilers... So in a way, they're lack of info is good... Kinda... The hard part about this is deciding whether or not I consider Pokemongold.com and pokemoncrystal.com part of this site... Well, they give basic info, but I'd like a BIT more... How's a 3 sound?
Flash: ...Nothing... No codes like on Nintendo.com, no reviews, just basic information that just tries to convince us to like pokemon, despite the fact that we're all huge fans. This is barely worthy of the 0.5 I'm giving it.

Fun Stuff: Adam: There's a pokédex and a crossword puzzle... That's it... All the other fun stuff is on the offshoot sites... 2
Flash: This site's info... Not fun... I need more fun... I want games! Maybe they should pull some of the games off their other sites and put them onto this. Pokemon.com would be a lot better if it included all the pokemon stuff. PokemonCrystal.com... Pokemongold.com... all redundant, and if they were part of Pokemon.com, this site would be getting a much better rating, as it is, 0.7

Raw average (33%, 33%, 33%): Adam: 3.3 Flash: 1.5

Tilt average (25%, 25%, 50%): Adam: 3.1 Flash: 1.3

Steve's Final Say: Wow! What a difference! Come on, Flash, the site is way better than that!

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