Pokemon Diamond 
Pokemon Red Overall Comparison The first-generation Pokemon games hold a special place in my heart; I was in middle school when the games hit, and everyone played Pokemon. I remember getting Pokemon Blue and a Gameboy Pocket for my birthday, and I remember the first time I was crushed in a link battle because my friend knew the infinite item glitch. The original 151 certainly had their charm, but we mustn't allow nostalgia to gloss over the game's flaws.
The graphics in Red were pretty poor even for its time. While the character designs were excellent, they weren't executed very well in-game. The close up of your pokemon in a battle was blocky and often not very recognizable. The battle effects were bland as well.
Mechanics-wise, the games are essentially the same, but Diamond is much more balanced. Remember Mewtwo and the Psychic type? What was he weak to? Bug and Ghost. But there are only a few moves of those types and they are pitifully weak. This has been ameliorated by the introduction of the Dark type and better moves.
Diamond has all of the charm of the original and only adds. Two-on-two battles are fun and require different strategy. Some of the new pokemon are duds (did we really need Bidoof, yet another Rattata clone?), but the gems make it worthwhile (who can resist Piplup!). Diamond also has the advantage of a decade's worth of advancing technology. The DS and its wifi capabilities multiply the game's lifespan a hundred-fold. Global competition gives you more reason to train your team and develop new strategies. Online trading makes catching all 493 much more feasible if that is your goal.
I could go on, but I have to go breed more Charmanders. Never before has eugenics been so fun!
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Comments
Yes, the graphics were slightly worse than most original gameboy games at the time, but they were far more innovative in their gameplay, extending the're reaches beyond 2D side scrolling and puzzle games, then think of what they had to work with...The Game Boy, didn't offer much, but yet they still pulled through. The sprites (outside of battle) were all the same depending on type, but one again, consider their working platform.
The balances just add confusion, in red you had...8? elements, each having one they were above, and one they were below, very balanced. Where as diamond has quiet a bit more, and sometimes one supreme element dominates all, tipping the favor to a certain pokemon or pokemons.
The things they added look like they're trying to milk what they can out of this game, such as the Global Trading Center, sure, it seems inovative, but consider those who can't get WI-FI, just another pokemon game to them, and think of what happens if you lose connection in the middle of a transaction, who gets what? ya never know.
The new pokemon just have a few flaws that I see, I mean, sometimes the order of the moves they learn seem to throw it off, like Shinx, it learns 'charge' before it learns any electric move, could have made it learn spark or SOMETHING in my opinion first, a lot of the pokemon are just copied representations of the old game with new names, and sometimes new moves (Starly = Pidgy, Bidoof = Rattata..ect.).
I'm sure I could think of more, but that was on the top of my head..So maybe a better argument later :D
Yes, the graphics were slightly worse than most original gameboy games at the time, but they were far more innovative in their gameplay, extending the're reaches beyond 2D side scrolling and puzzle games, then think of what they had to work with...The Game Boy, didn't offer much, but yet they still pulled through. The sprites (outside of battle) were all the same depending on type, but one again, consider their working platform.
The balances just add confusion, in red you had...8? elements, each having one they were above, and one they were below, very balanced. Where as diamond has quiet a bit more, and sometimes one supreme element dominates all, tipping the favor to a certain pokemon or pokemons.
The things they added look like they're trying to milk what they can out of this game, such as the Global Trading Center, sure, it seems inovative, but consider those who can't get WI-FI, just another pokemon game to them, and think of what happens if you lose connection in the middle of a transaction, who gets what? ya never know.
The new pokemon just have a few flaws that I see, I mean, sometimes the order of the moves they learn seem to throw it off, like Shinx, it learns 'charge' before it learns any electric move, could have made it learn spark or SOMETHING in my opinion first, a lot of the pokemon are just copied representations of the old game with new names, and sometimes new moves (Starly = Pidgy, Bidoof = Rattata..ect.).
I'm sure I could think of more, but that was on the top of my head..So maybe a better argument later :D