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I brought Pokemon Y and a 3DS to play after a bad break up a few years ago. Got up to fighting the Legendary and haven't played since. This LP is making me want to play it again purely on the grounds of not being a poo poo Pokemon game.
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beru04 posted:Aw yes, Ludicolo! That link gave me exactly what I was expecting from it. Hau's battle theme from Gen VII is the only battle theme to even come close in quality.
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Mar 2, 2017 23:58
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beru04 posted:Aw yes, Ludicolo! You have no idea how much I was hoping this would be a picture of Lucio dressed as Ludicolo (or vice versa). 
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Mar 3, 2017 00:06
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That Jerboa needs a lightning bolt shape incorporated halfway down the tail, imo. Otherwise not a bad pokemon.
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Johnny Joestar posted:the weird little turd with a hat that turns into a nebulous dog/horse/deer thing with a hat doesn't really share that, unfortunately What I really don't get is that there are, already, horse and deer pokemon that have base evolutions that are fawns and foals, and they evolve into adult deer and horses. Like, this makes sense, and is how the animals they are based on work in real life. But, for some reason, whoever designed this ground/steel (or whatever it is) deerhorse decided that, instead of making the starter evolution of the horsedeer a baby horsedeer, they should make it a bipedal orb that wears a helmet. I just don't understand why, if you're going to design a Pokemon that is based on a real world animal, you would then make one of its evolutions have literally nothing in common with said animal, or any animal in general, or even the other Pokemon in its evolution line, and have the actual design be completely terrible on top. Like, they couldn't have been thinking "we have this cool design, what evolution can we make it a part of," because the design loving sucks and looks like zero effort or inspiration went into it. I can't wait to see the rest of this game's designs. turn off the TV fucked around with this message at 00:26 on Mar 3, 2017 |
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The tiny bat > giant hippo is pretty similar in that it just makes no sense at all. It's like the person who came up with that looked at Hippowdon, thought it made sense and that they wanted nothing to do with that. Why does a bat become a hippo?! This somehow bugs me more than the ball to a deer thing.
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Mar 3, 2017 00:31
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Uranium is a big fan of the Goodra method of evolution, I see
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I love some Goomy, but its evolution method is completely awful.
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Dragonatrix posted:The tiny bat > giant hippo is pretty similar in that it just makes no sense at all. It's like the person who came up with that looked at Hippowdon, thought it made sense and that they wanted nothing to do with that. Why does a bat become a hippo?! It really makes me think of Digimon, honestly, especially since the bat is such a Digimony design anyway. If they both have third evolutions that are weirdly humanoid and overdesigned, that'd basically clinch it.
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Antivehicular posted:It really makes me think of Digimon, honestly, especially since the bat is such a Digimony design anyway. If they both have third evolutions that are weirdly humanoid and overdesigned, that'd basically clinch it. It doesn't. Not like it couldn't use one.  (hp/atk/def/speed/sp.atk/sp.def order for some reason) BST of 430 is pitiful, and it's a boring-rear end pure poison type.
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Dragonatrix posted:The tiny bat > giant hippo is pretty similar in that it just makes no sense at all. It's like the person who came up with that looked at Hippowdon, thought it made sense and that they wanted nothing to do with that. Why does a bat become a hippo?! Let's not get ahead of ourselves here, I wouldn't call that thing a tiny bat. It's literally a ball with two nubs for legs, wings and Evee's tail slapped on. Like, I just looked at the game's wiki and it's literally called "poison ball pokemon" in its tagline description. Somewhere, some time, someone trying to design their own Pokemon, with thousands of animals and mythological creatures to draw inspiration from, was like no, gently caress all of that, I'm going to make this Pokemon literally a ball. But, not just any ball, hecause there's a twist. It's actually a purple, poison ball. And it has wings. And a tail. And a mohawk. It will evolve into a hippo.
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Bogart posted:I love some Goomy, but its evolution method is completely awful. Goomy's evolution method is at least tolerable in SuMo as there's a route where it's always raining.
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And it's named "Tofurang" for some reason? Like, "Tonemy" I kind of get (toxic + enemy), but... Tofurang?
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I would like to see a Tofu Boomerang Pokémon.
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Antivehicular posted:And it's named "Tofurang" for some reason? Like, "Tonemy" I kind of get (toxic + enemy), but... Tofurang? It makes me think of "Tofu" and "Boomerang". Is it supposed to be a jab at tofu not tasting good? gently caress if I know (That's going to be my response to every "original" pokemon in this game isn't it?)
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Mar 3, 2017 01:35
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beru04 posted:Aw yes, Ludicolo! I will never not prefer the other one
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Randalor posted:It makes me think of "Tofu" and "Boomerang". Is it supposed to be a jab at tofu not tasting good? gently caress if I know (That's going to be my response to every "original" pokemon in this game isn't it?) Its a very subtle reference to "Lurch" Tof, u rang?
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After doing more arduous research on the game's wiki I've learned that Barewl is the "iron sphere pokemon," while Tonemy is "poison ball pokemon," which means that there are at least two pokemon in the game that really just amount to "I'll make a ball." They both have different designers.Antivehicular posted:And it's named "Tofurang" for some reason? Like, "Tonemy" I kind of get (toxic + enemy), but... Tofurang? According to the wiki Tofurang is toxic, fur, and fang. It makes sense, since it is poison type, has fur, and also has teeth that debatebly could be called fangs. It's all accounted for. What the hell Barewl is supposed to mean, on the other hand, is beyond even the wiki's understanding, so I imagine the only way to find out would be to ask the designer.
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turn off the TV posted:What the hell Barewl is supposed to mean, on the other hand, is beyond even the wiki's understanding, so I imagine the only way to find out would be to ask the designer. Unfortunately, that's impossible, as the original developers stopped providing updates before they even hit v1.1, thus leaving the fan community (IE Reddit) to finish the game and continue to provide updates and maintain the online server functionality.
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:It doesn't. Not like it couldn't use one. Its best attack stat is 60. That's some Ledian tier poo poo right there. E: I'm guessing Barewl/Deerewl's head thing is supposed to be a crown somehow, and it's Ball + Rewl (Rule). Which, if true, is... not a better rationale for the name than "I just typed letters at random." the holy poopacy fucked around with this message at 02:31 on Mar 3, 2017 |
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turn off the TV posted:After doing more arduous research on the game's wiki I've learned that Barewl is the "iron sphere pokemon," while Tonemy is "poison ball pokemon," which means that there are at least two pokemon in the game that really just amount to "I'll make a ball." They both have different designers. Keep in mind that English isn't the only language to consider when trying to decipher names here. It's likely that some of the designers hail from Europe and Latin America at the least, meaning names could be derived from any number of other languages and dialects thereof (like how many of the names in Quartz were taken from Castilian Spanish). Granted, the official English localizations of Pokemon draw somewhat on other languages, but usually in way that a non-speaker of those languages won't be confused about the general etymology of the name.
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one of the bigger problems uranium has is that you can never be able to buy lemonade, and only being able to buy soda pop on one day of the week.
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Caves Gym sounds like a terrible idea, and I guess it is.
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I honestly can't wait to see what other gym "themes" we will get. So far its been Sleep and Caves. I assume at least one gym will have an actual consistent type by being Nuclear themed, but otherwise its all up in the air. The only assured thing is that its bound to be disappointing.
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mandatory lesbian posted:
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Mar 3, 2017 04:49
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That is a god drat electric Moomba.
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 The name may be lousy, but honestly that design isn't half bad. I could actually buy that being a real pokemon.
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Mr. Vile posted:
yeah, uh, that is probably the first good-ish design, total. It's streamlined, clear in its influences, and has a good color scheme.
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 You can't fool me! This is just a landorus hiding underground! 
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Begemot posted:
Wait, wait We've been looking at Bob Dennis all wrong. He's just a jigglypuff seen from above.
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Mar 3, 2017 07:01
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Landoris and his brothers would right into this game's aesthetic
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Tunicate posted:Wait, wait Barewl looks like the result of a mad scientist attempting to splice a Bidoof with a Seedot, held together by shoddy cybernetics and the blood of unpaid interns.
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In honor of his name, I made a lovely edit for the main character's sprite
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Burger Flipper posted:In honor of his name, I made a lovely edit for the main character's sprite This is much funnier than it has any right to be
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Okay, I worked out Tofurang's evolution.
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Don't spoil future to-be-patched-in Pokemon like that, man.
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Johnny Joestar posted:in the back of my mind i'd known i'd seen something like that before but didn't know the name, and yeah, this actually works a lot better than going a literal route. i would personally make the brain colors match the body more and keep it eyeless, maybe add some weird markings. would look a lot more official, in my opinion That does seem to help it be less jarring:    I thought maybe cutting down on the pink and brain lines would help but instead it went from Brailip to Testilip.  E: Burger Flipper posted:In honor of his name, I made a lovely edit for the main character's sprite The Splash fucked around with this message at 16:06 on Mar 3, 2017 |
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The Splash posted:This is great. Going forward it'll be impossible to not read OFS's comments in John Lithgow's voice. You mean it's not normal to read everything ever in his voice? Also, I really need to get better at sprite shading. I might actually make an updated version of that sprite some day. To say something about the actual game being played though, I'm glad I never actually downloaded this game. It's already hitting all my fan game no-no's. I can forgive the somewhat questionable spritework. I'm personally not a fan of memes or really pop-culture references in general. A few here and there are fine though. I just get a feeling this won't just be a few. Also, the unnecessarily dark start to the game is just a major turn-off. Not to mention the difficulty. Which I've heard is pretty bad, even before this LP.
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The Splash posted:That does seem to help it be less jarring: I borrowed your sprite for convenience for this, but: I think we're missing the forest for the giant pulsating brain when it comes to brainfish. The problem's not the brain (that's creepy but fine). The problem is the lips that jut way out and don't look like they attach to any part of the fish's actual body. Make them smaller, add some gill lines, and it's... alright? 
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Mr. Vile posted:
Who doesn't like a fire farting ant???
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