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Flopsy posted:Hum...it also might be- and mind you in some circles this is considered a controversial opinion. Every Gen pokemon improves on itself. I've always felt that pokemon's greatest strength was to push the line each generation design and typing wise. But that's just my take on it. I've been playing since Red and Blue came out in the states and I've found the hardcore Gen 1 people to be a bit strange, I don't get the romanticism that much I suppose. I heard that a lot of the popular designs in gen 6 were by a new guy, maybe that has something to do with it
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I enjoyed B/W and B2/W2 a lot. I loved all the new pokemon, I loved the gym leaders, I loved Cheren and Bianca, I loved Pokemon World Tournament, I loved medals, I loved Join Avenue, I loved the Elite Four. Gen 5 was awesome. I would much prefer more sequel style games like Gen 5 over an "improved 3rd version". Starting in another place on the map was really cool, and it was also cool to have Cheren as a gym leader and Iris as the Champion. Iris and Cynthia are my favourite pokemon Champions.
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May 26, 2016 19:28
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Raar_Im_A_Dinosaur posted:I don't get Gen Wunners' blind devotion either, the first games are objectively worse. But lol if you think there's been a linear improvement, this series is uneven AF I've almost always found something in each generation I really liked and that I felt built on first. So yeah it might not be consistent but at least it always brings something to the table.
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May 26, 2016 19:31
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Hammerite posted:Who is the most Ron Paul pokemon, I wonder. Dunsparce or Stunfisk. I.e no one's sure who's joking and who's serious about loving, so we all just kind of awkwardly avoid the subject.
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May 26, 2016 19:35
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Killer Queen posted:It wouldn't be so bad if every HM was a solid, usable move like Surf or Waterfall. But nope, we still have boring, weak HM effects like Cut and Strength that will never be good in their current form. It just feels punishing to have to stick one of those crappy moves on your monster friend and I wish GF understood that. If they would just change those crappy Normal HMs into useful types and boost them to 70-ish power things would be so much better. Cut being an 80-ish physical Grass or Steel move or Strength Fighting would make them worthwhile. Probably the most important change would be to make them easier to overwrite. We don't need them to be permanent anymore since we have reusable TMs and no more bag limits. Geostomp fucked around with this message at 20:03 on May 26, 2016 |
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May 26, 2016 20:01
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Geostomp posted:If they would just change those crappy Normal HMs into useful types and boost them to 70-ish power things would be so much better. Cut being an 80-ish physical Grass or Steel move or Strength Fighting would make them worthwhile. You can still theoretically get stuck if you, say, surf to an island and release the pokemon you had that knew surf. Or trade your pokemon away when you're stuck up a waterfall. Its why you can't release/trade pokemon if its the only one you have with a HM move. Players are stupidly creative at getting themselves into fail states and having un-removeable HM moves erases most of those edge cases. Zore fucked around with this message at 20:27 on May 26, 2016 |
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May 26, 2016 20:18
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Zore posted:You can still theoretically get stuck if you, say, surf to an island and release the pokemon you had that knew surf. Or trade your pokemon away when you're stuck up a waterfall. Its why you can release/trade pokemon if its the only one you have with a HM move. This is why soaring in ORAS is so great. You can do so without that pokemon in your party and you can even fly to different routes. I would really like soaring to come back as a mechanic. It's way better than using fly, IMO.
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May 26, 2016 20:24
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Zore posted:You can still theoretically get stuck if you, say, surf to an island and release the pokemon you had that knew surf. Or trade your pokemon away when you're stuck up a waterfall. Its why you can't release/trade pokemon if its the only one you have with a HM move. It definitely speaks volumes that the only way you can get yourself stuck via no HMs in the entire series is Route 226 in DPP, where you can trade a Finneon with Surf as your only Pokemon for a German Magikarp, leaving you stuck on the island. But even then, it requires you to not have any Rare Candies to evolve Magikarp, nor any rods to catch a new Pokemon or raise up the Magikarp, or even faint to return to the last Pokemon Center. Since you can only obtain Finneon through the Good Rod, you need to have someone trade it to you and then avoid as much as you can to reach the postgame. It's nearly impossible to do so, but people have done it.
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It's annoying that they made cut look so cool in the anime when it's useless. It should totally be steel and at least 80 damage.
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Crosspeice posted:It definitely speaks volumes that the only way you can get yourself stuck via no HMs in the entire series is Route 226 in DPP, where you can trade a Finneon with Surf as your only Pokemon for a German Magikarp, leaving you stuck on the island. How would this even be possible to do without theorycrafting this ridiculous fail state and intentionally doing it? I find it very hard to believe that a real person could possibly fulfill all of those states and gently caress up that badly of their own volition without outside influence. But I guess I'm also underestimating crazy people...
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Raar_Im_A_Dinosaur posted:It's annoying that they made cut look so cool in the anime when it's useless. In the most recent Ash Greninja vs. Mega Charizard X episode of the anime Ash had it use Cut time after time after time for some reason, it was just weird "Here I have this awesome ninja frog that I can fuse with, let's just use this lovely weak HM move the entire time instead of something actually cool and good"
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Well, theoretically it seems all it would take is skipping the fisherman that gives the good rod and then getting a Finneon traded to you
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Crosspeice posted:It definitely speaks volumes that the only way you can get yourself stuck via no HMs in the entire series is Route 226 in DPP, where you can trade a Finneon with Surf as your only Pokemon for a German Magikarp, leaving you stuck on the island. It definitely speaks volumes that people have intentionally played a whole game just to put themselves in an unwinnable situation.
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May 26, 2016 21:27
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less laughter posted:In the most recent Ash Greninja vs. Mega Charizard X episode of the anime Ash had it use Cut time after time after time for some reason, it was just weird The power of moves in the anime do not always equal their power in the games.
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May 26, 2016 22:03
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Thanks Captain Obvious
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Killer Queen posted:How would this even be possible to do without theorycrafting this ridiculous fail state and intentionally doing it? I find it very hard to believe that a real person could possibly fulfill all of those states and gently caress up that badly of their own volition without outside influence. But I guess I'm also underestimating Children can do dumb, dumb things. Like waste their Master Ball on a Metapod. My step-brother did that. He also got himself permanently stuck in Blue. He somehow got access to Cut without going through the SS Anne. Thus the policeman blocking the entrance to the Dig guy's house never moved. He went in the back way once, got stuck in the doorway, unable to move either forward or through the policeman. So, what does the little idiot do? He saves his game. He had no Pokemon with Fly in his party. He had the TM for Teleport in his bag, but no Pokemon in his party that could learn it. I told him he was a dumbass and his game was boned.
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May 26, 2016 22:21
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Nessa posted:This is why soaring in ORAS is so great. You can do so without that pokemon in your party and you can even fly to different routes. In ORAS you can use fly on routes, too. I would fly directly to the route with the day care.
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May 26, 2016 22:26
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I really hope Sun/Moon has flying directly to routes like ORAS did because it's a wonderful quality of life feature (and even better paired with DexNav route resetting), but it's Pokemon so this won't happen...
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May 26, 2016 22:32
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As long as the roller skates come back, those are sure to have made their way from Kalos to Alola right
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Dienes posted:In ORAS you can use fly on routes, too. I would fly directly to the route with the day care. Really? I guess I never noticed since I started using soaring exclusively. It finally made it worthwhile to have a secret base on one of the little islands. Soaring needs to be in every game.
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May 26, 2016 23:35
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less laughter posted:As long as the roller skates come back, those are sure to have made their way from Kalos to Alola right I wish, but probably not.
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Hammerite posted:Who is the most Ron Paul pokemon, I wonder. Gold Stantler
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Takoluka posted:Gold Stantler
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May 27, 2016 00:26
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I hope soaring doesn't take the place of fly. I like the concept of flying by using an item to summon a pokemon. But I don't want to have flying just be a different route style area. I like going"fly here", then having the pokemon fly me there, then I continue playing.
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Por que no los dos?
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less laughter posted:In the most recent Ash Greninja vs. Mega Charizard X episode of the anime Ash had it use Cut time after time after time for some reason, it was just weird Ninjas need swords, I guess. Dexie posted:The power of moves in the anime do not always equal their power in the games. Next you'll tell me that water and leaves don't create explosions on contact.
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May 27, 2016 03:09
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Gotta use the right LEAVES BROOO *Sick bong rips* Hey, you guys, Hawlucha has become my favorite pokemon, followed by Volcorona. Yes, I DO have good taste, thank you.
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May 27, 2016 03:45
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Raar_Im_A_Dinosaur posted:Hey, you guys, Hawlucha has become my favorite pokemon, followed by Volcorona. Yes, I DO have good taste, thank you. nice nice
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Silver Falcon posted:Children can do dumb, dumb things. Like waste their Master Ball on a Metapod. Good a use as any, in my opinion
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May 27, 2016 03:59
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I still haven't used my Master Ball...what would I even use it on? Maybe an errant shiny.
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Yeah save it for a shiny that knows self destruct
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May 27, 2016 04:25
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No no no... Masterballs should be used on hard to catch Pokémon, like a Tentacruel or Fearow.
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shoutout to my good friend missingno for giving me infinite master balls that I then never used for anything
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Raar_Im_A_Dinosaur posted:I still haven't used my Master Ball...what would I even use it on? Maybe an errant shiny. use it on the level 100 magikarp you can find in the resort area in platinum
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May 27, 2016 05:06
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Ruggington posted:nice nice very nice caesar-chan
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Raserys posted:real outstanding work, caesarino
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Ampharos is a fun and cute Pokemon.Nessa posted:I enjoyed B/W and B2/W2 a lot. I loved all the new pokemon, I loved the gym leaders, I loved Cheren and Bianca, I loved Pokemon World Tournament, I loved medals, I loved Join Avenue, I loved the Elite Four. Gen 5 was awesome. You have good taste.
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BillmasterCozb posted:Kasich is Pichu holding an everstone
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May 27, 2016 08:09
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Muk is probably the best match for its counterpart though. Muk is what Cruz looks like when he takes out his artificial skeleton and pours himself into a bowl of Campbell's chicken soup
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sharrrk posted:Good a use as any, in my opinion Zuzie posted:No no no... Masterballs should be used on hard to catch Pokémon, like a Tentacruel or Fearow. Actually, I found out what he had used it on when he was complaining to me that Mewtwo was too hard to catch. I told him to just chuck the Master Ball on it and have done. He told me he'd used it already. On what? A Metapod. Why? I wanted to catch it... I am a nice sister, though, and I temporarily traded him my level 100 Venusaur that knew Sleep Powder, so he could catch his giant psychotic kitty.
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