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less laughter posted:Only Sun/Moon. Ah, lame. Guess I'll hold off on picking any of them up for the time being then. Another Q: my brother is gonna let me borrow either White 2 or AS and I don't know which to ask for; on one hand I'm sure AS will have a ton of improvements but I've also heard that Black/White 2 were fantastic games in their own rights. I'm extremely casual about my playing (I've got Y currently and previously had played Red/Gold, nothing in-between).
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im playing pokemon yellow and pikachu is Not Good and also a whiny rear end in a top hat who won't make himself better with an evolve
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Apr 13, 2016 21:17
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I got yellow and ditched pikachu for jolteon
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Apr 13, 2016 21:19
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I only nuzlocked Yellow in my adulthood, having never played it before (I went from Blue to Silver, Crystal was my first third version). Pikachu lived until Sabrina and her Alakazam. That Alakazam did a number on my team. Gen 1 Alakazam is the best.
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Apr 13, 2016 21:30
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majormonotone posted:I got yellow and ditched pikachu for jolteon Good decision, though a bit of an obstacle is that you can't get Bulbasaur then...
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Apr 13, 2016 21:39
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less laughter posted:Good decision, though a bit of an obstacle is that you can't get Bulbasaur then... I didn't ditch Pikachu until after I had gotten it
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Apr 13, 2016 21:39
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Pikachu is usable for the entire game, but it really falls apart towards the end. You usually rely on it to outspeed stuff and use Thunder Wave, which saved my rear end in a number of battles. But starting from Blaine, you uh kinda got outspeeded and then one shot. Still, you just can't help but grow attached to the drat thing and it feels a little weird to play Yellow without the rat following you all the time.
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Apr 13, 2016 21:47
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Crosspeice posted:Pikachu is usable for the entire game, but it really falls apart towards the end. You usually rely on it to outspeed stuff and use Thunder Wave, which saved my rear end in a number of battles. But starting from Blaine, you uh kinda got outspeeded and then one shot. No..No it doesn't. Pikachu has 2 uses in Yellow. 1. To help you catch a caterpie. 2. To get that lady to fork over Bulbasaur. Then you put it in the box, and enjoy the rest of the game.
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Apr 13, 2016 21:55
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Pikachu is fine because gen 1 trainers both do not know how to use TMs and are stuck doing the series-staple, ultra lazy auto-move-learns, only on the gen 1 learn lists instead of the loaded later-gen ones. Also stat experience instead of EVs means it's just all-around better than their stuff--of similar/close base stats at least--in every stat instead of only some stats. And its exp curve is decent. And Body Slam is a TM that exists. I mirrored Gary's run of the E4 with a handicap of pikachu instead of alakazam and level 40-45 going in instead of level 60-65 and still won easily because gen 1. edit: I guess at least the gym leaders/E4/gym trainers/rival might have better DVs than you though, if you're unlucky. They are all set to 8, which is something I had forgotten until I tried to mew glitch on them.
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Apr 13, 2016 22:38
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GobiasIndustries posted:Ah, lame. Guess I'll hold off on picking any of them up for the time being then. White 2 would be what I would go for. Gen V is the best gen imo, and while I prefer the first games for their story, the sequels do have more features and Pokemon.
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Apr 13, 2016 22:40
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Honore_De_Balzac posted:No..No it doesn't. Pikachu has 2 uses in Yellow. What is wrong with you. Did the anime not teach you anything?
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Apr 13, 2016 22:56
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Everything I needed to learn about pokemon I learned from the first 5 minutes of that episode with the guy who trained his sandshrew by whipping it and making it swim a lot
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Apr 13, 2016 23:02
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A.J.! That episode made me buy a Game Genie so that I could start with a Sandshrew and treat it right.
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Apr 13, 2016 23:15
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I always thought those results-oriented, min/maxing trainers were meant to represent players and their training style. At the end of the day they usually found some way to legitimize that style instead of condemning it, so as not to alienate players.
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hopeandjoy posted:White 2 would be what I would go for. Gen V is the best gen imo, and while I prefer the first games for their story, the sequels do have more features and Pokemon. Cool, thanks for the rec! I think he might actually have Black 1 also so I've got some options there too, I just assumed that BW2 were improvements, not sequels.
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Apr 13, 2016 23:32
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EDIT: There was a post here. It died. Do not mourn it, there was a reason it got Old Yeller'd.
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Apr 13, 2016 23:39
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At the end of the day, it's the main game of Pokemon. You can use more or less anything you want and I used Pikachu because I could do so, easily. Sure I could've used other Pokemon, but that's a reason to play through the games again later with a different team.
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Apr 14, 2016 00:13
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MTV Crib Death posted:A.J.! That episode made me buy a Game Genie so that I could start with a Sandshrew and treat it right. AJ invented the Macho Brace. He's everyone's friend.
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Diet Poison posted:I have two boxes on my Bank. I'll go through 'em after work and sort 'em into "probably/definitely hacked" "not hacked". I mean, it's not impossible to hatch a 6IV shiny. I've hatched at least two 5IV ones, personally, but we'll Occam's Razor this poo poo and assume the 6IV ones are hacked. I'm fine with a non Mawile hacked shiny, it just feels weird having a hacked one when the natural one is the only one I ever caught in the wild.
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Apr 14, 2016 00:44
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no one should ever aspire to be like Ash Ketchum he is the Chicago Cubs of pokemom trainers
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Ostentatious posted:no one should ever aspire to be like Ash Ketchum he is the Chicago Cubs of pokemom trainers But what about his CHUTZPAH?!
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:I'm fine with a non Mawile hacked shiny, it just feels weird having a hacked one when the natural one is the only one I ever caught in the wild. Here's a breakdown, including all kinds of poo poo. Gengar (Kor) Chansey (nn: Mint Julep, self-caught, in Master ball 'cause why not) Starmie Mr. Mime (nn: Cardigan, self-caught, in Dusk ball) Magikarp (Japanese name, likely hacked, Jolly 5IV) Furret (nn: Edmund, 6IV Jolly Pokerus) Two Dunsparces, Jesus and no nick, self-caught Ho-oh (nn: Oh-No, 6IV Hardy, Luxury ball) Wingull (nn: cSic, self-caught) It did not take long for me to decide not to effort-list so much anymore. Rocket the Zigzagoon SHINE ON the Beautifly (from Sinnoh) Illumise Bluestreak the Kecleon Zangoose BuckNut the Bibarel ROSEBLOOD the Roserade Angrir the Garchomp Lumen the Watchog Goldhound the Stoutland Tirtouga Trubbish Mienblue the Mienfoo (Jolly, bred in Unova) Smaug the Druddigon Heatmor (in a Master ball) BlackNBlue the Bisharp. Adamant with Defiant, 31 in Speed, bred in Unova. Crimsonclaw the Clawitzer Wow, Furret, Ho-oh, and Magikarp are the only hacked-up ones. I assumed there was more. At least half of those are caught/bred by me. If for some reason anyone is super fuckin' taken with the idea of having one of these guys, speak up. These are just the ones I'm willing to trade. Y'all can't have Heicenberg the 5IV blue Cloyster bred to destroy his enemies, though I will brag about his existence.
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Diet Poison posted:You know you can Bulbapedia routes, and it always gives a detailed breakdown. That's cool if you wanna be a masochist, though; lord knows I've done more boring poo poo than that to kill time. I just transferred my living dex to Omega Ruby when the remakes came out, and instantly platinum-crowned every area.  Also, seeing your list of shinies makes me want to shiny-hunt/shiny-breed.  Even though I've already had like 40 shinies since gen 3!
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So I finally found a Chesnaught set that I liked. Admittedly I just cribbed it off of Smogon but this is my 5th mono-grass sweep in a row playing in OU  http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-358922612
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Regardless of playing in OU, Typhlosion has always been a mainstay of my team. Decided to switch up his set and try something different - I love how much he can demolish with Eruption. http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/ou-358933427 Xander B Coolridge posted:So I finally found a Chesnaught set that I liked. Admittedly I just cribbed it off of Smogon but this is my 5th mono-grass sweep in a row playing in OU Hahaha holy poo poo, that was great. Cant Ride A Bus fucked around with this message at 14:47 on Apr 14, 2016 |
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Xander B Coolridge posted:So I finally found a Chesnaught set that I liked. Admittedly I just cribbed it off of Smogon but this is my 5th mono-grass sweep in a row playing in OU You pretty much won that game on turn one when Will 'O Wisp missed. The RNG, she is a fickle lady.
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Xander B Coolridge posted:So I finally found a Chesnaught set that I liked. Admittedly I just cribbed it off of Smogon but this is my 5th mono-grass sweep in a row playing in OU Holy poo poo  this was very awesome. I love the Grass type so I'm really glad to see it dominating.
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Xander B Coolridge posted:So I finally found a Chesnaught set that I liked. Admittedly I just cribbed it off of Smogon but this is my 5th mono-grass sweep in a row playing in OU I just love to see Chesnaught get some use. It's always been my favorite Kalos starter.
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Mozi posted:we built this city
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Honore_De_Balzac posted:No..No it doesn't. Pikachu has 2 uses in Yellow. Look, guy, pokemon is an easy game. Extremely easy. And pikachu has a cute sprite while it follows you around. So you keep the pikachu.
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Amppelix posted:Look, guy, pokemon is an easy game. Extremely easy. And pikachu has a cute sprite while it follows you around. So you keep the pikachu.
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Amppelix posted:Look, guy, pokemon is an easy game. Extremely easy. And pikachu has a cute sprite while it follows you around. So you keep the pikachu. I'm sorry I don't buy into this pika propaganda. The little rat who refuses to live up to it's full potential sits in the box. It's that simple. There is a world of pokes who would love to join my team, and help me become the best there ever was.
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Apr 14, 2016 17:46
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"Just take the thunderstone!"
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When I was a kid and found out that Pikachu will always refuse to evolve, I just traded that sucker to Blue, used a thunder stone and traded back. I'm the pokémon trainer, I call the shots.  I was only a little disappointed that I didn't have a Raichu waddling around behind my player sprite for the rest of the game.
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Apr 14, 2016 18:25
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Lotsa hosed up haters itt
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Apr 14, 2016 18:30
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Pikachu hating is so last gen.
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Apr 14, 2016 18:37
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Raichu is and has always been 10x as cool and adorable as Pikachu.
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Apr 14, 2016 18:56
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:Raichu is and has always been 10x as cool and adorable as Pikachu. Raichu is the real Chu!
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ZenMasterBullshit posted:Raichu is and has always been 10x as cool and adorable as Pikachu. This, this so much. Raichu supremacy, now and forever.
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So did they want to keep him Pikachu because he's supposed to be cuter? I remember that Pikachu was picked because he looked cool enough for boys and cute enough for girls. Is Raichu leaning too hard on the cool side? Seems cute enough to me...
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