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krisslanza posted:The only issue I have with it is, I think in this 'story' all this nuclear radiation issues is a very recent problem, right?
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Orange Fluffy Sheep posted:
 "hey puppet pal mitch, what do we call the actual dark quick attack that didn't need to exist because sucker punch exists, and is good" "get out the thesaurus, puppet pal clem" I eagerly await the ghost-type version Rapid Aggression and fire-type version Speedy Service.
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Jun 13, 2017 21:37
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KataraniSword posted:fire-type version Speedy Service.  Ahem.
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Jun 13, 2017 21:38
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Touche, but at least they put more thought into that one. Except for making it just Fire ExtremeSpeed and also putting it on Inflagetah. God drat, Inflagetah is the worst design decision in a game of bad design decisions.
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Jun 13, 2017 21:40
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KataraniSword posted:
....Shadow Sneak?
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Jun 13, 2017 21:49
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and we're not even done with Inflamageddonwhatever madness also its me I am the guy who played Xenoblade X clearly the hazmat pokemon was a ripoff
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Jun 13, 2017 21:52
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KataraniSword posted:
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Jun 13, 2017 22:01
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Know what? Credit where it's due. This part feels like Pokemon. Here you have a site where a disaster happened, but it's okay there are cute critters cleaning the place up. Gold star, Uranium.
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Jun 13, 2017 22:53
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I would like to point out that, at least, there is a dumber use of magical radiation in a video game, though the game itself was significantly better because the gameplay didn't suck. The endgame of Megaman Battle Network 2 involved electromagnetic radiation so powerful that it was supposedly lethal to humans (though this didn't happen to anyone, including multiple people who were at the epicenter without any protective gear), and its effects were expressed by uncontrollably walking sideways and the internet bleeding into the real world. Just in case you thought Fallout took some liberties with how radiation works.
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Jun 13, 2017 23:03
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You are my good good radinosaur.
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Jun 13, 2017 23:15
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KataraniSword posted:Speedy Service.  
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Jun 13, 2017 23:43
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EclecticTastes posted:I would like to point out that, at least, there is a dumber use of magical radiation in a video game, though the game itself was significantly better because the gameplay didn't suck. The endgame of Megaman Battle Network 2 involved electromagnetic radiation so powerful that it was supposedly lethal to humans (though this didn't happen to anyone, including multiple people who were at the epicenter without any protective gear), and its effects were expressed by uncontrollably walking sideways and the internet bleeding into the real world. I vaguely recall some handwaves about there being protective gear... that just happened to be invisible on the sprites, which looked same as always. I'll be honest though. The thing that really gets me is how out of place the entire concept of nuclear radiation as a major plot point feels in a Pokemon game. It's a game about magic critters, something as scifi as radiation just... doesn't match for me.
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Jun 14, 2017 00:49
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Hazma does have a fun design. I had a crack at massaging the pixels but I've never been much good at matching Pokemon's style.
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Jun 14, 2017 00:56
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Seaogre posted:I'll be honest though. The thing that really gets me is how out of place the entire concept of nuclear radiation as a major plot point feels in a Pokemon game. It's a game about magic critters, something as scifi as radiation just... doesn't match for me.   (The difference is that the sci-fi part of Mewtwo is just an excuse for more Pokémon-appropriate plots. God only knows what a Mewtwo written by Uranium's team would look like.)
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Jun 14, 2017 01:26
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Haifisch posted:(The difference is that the sci-fi part of Mewtwo is just an excuse for more Pokémon-appropriate plots. God only knows what a Mewtwo written by Uranium's team would look like.) I mean you're basically describing this  I'm just being facetious, please don't let it actually be that
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Jun 14, 2017 01:31
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Top Boy is the best thing to come out of this trainwreck.
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GeneX posted:Top Boy is the best thing to come out of this trainwreck.
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PMush Perfect posted:I'd say the only good thing, but this thread exists. Counterpoint: the name Daikatuna
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Jun 14, 2017 02:33
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krisslanza posted:The only issue I have with it is, I think in this 'story' all this nuclear radiation issues is a very recent problem, right? I'm not giving Uranium a pass here, buuuuut, naturally occurring radiation is a thing. Granted it wouldn't be nearly as bad as nuclear fallout, but it does exist.
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Jun 14, 2017 02:36
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There's actually a common form of pokemon that's powered by radiation and uses it to shoot massive lasers.
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Silver Falcon posted:I'm not giving Uranium a pass here, buuuuut, naturally occurring radiation is a thing. Granted it wouldn't be nearly as bad as nuclear fallout, but it does exist. Just have to look to Australia for that. There's actually a ton of uranium deposits near the surface in Australia and the ancient Aboriginals would actively avoid them and referred to them as places of sickness since the plants and water around them were also contaminated.
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Jun 14, 2017 04:01
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Hazma is incredible
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Jun 14, 2017 04:24
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krisslanza posted:The only issue I have with it is, I think in this 'story' all this nuclear radiation issues is a very recent problem, right? Grimer exists because industrial sludge on a seabed was exposed to X-ray radiation from the moon. Pokemon just loving happen sometimes, man.
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Jun 14, 2017 05:20
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I just realized what you're going to use Hazma for and I love you you goddamned maniac.
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Jun 14, 2017 05:27
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Testekill posted:Just have to look to Australia for that. There's actually a ton of uranium deposits near the surface in Australia and the ancient Aboriginals would actively avoid them and referred to them as places of sickness since the plants and water around them were also contaminated. That explains so much. Not only does all of the flora and fauna want to kill you, but the very ground you walk on has the potential to have uranium deposits. Are there any parts of Australia not actively trying to murder everything?
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Jun 14, 2017 06:28
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Dirk the Average posted:That explains so much. Not only does all of the flora and fauna want to kill you, but the very ground you walk on has the potential to have uranium deposits. Are there any parts of Australia not actively trying to murder everything? The possums.
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Jun 14, 2017 06:29
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The Unlife Aquatic posted:The possums. They're loving thieves, though. I once caught one attempting to steal an entire eski.
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Jun 14, 2017 06:32
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Coq au Nandos posted:They're loving thieves, though. I once caught one attempting to steal an entire eski. That's an incredible mental image. 
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Jun 14, 2017 06:45
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Coq au Nandos posted:They're loving thieves, though. I once caught one attempting to steal an entire eski. A hero for our time.
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Jun 14, 2017 06:56
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What in the ninth layer of austhellia is an Eski? Get it? It's a portmanteau of Australia and hell! Aren't I so funny? Anger at people who don't know how to do word play aside, the question is an honest one, I don't understand what's shocking about a possums stealing one of those eski things
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Jun 14, 2017 07:50
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masam posted:What in the ninth layer of austhellia is an Eski? Get it? It's a portmanteau of Australia and hell! Aren't I so funny? Anger at people who don't know how to do word play aside, the question is an honest one, I don't understand what's shocking about a possums stealing one of those eski things in the civilized world, eskys are referred to as coolers. they're like 3-10 times the size of a possum
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Jun 14, 2017 08:04
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The Unlife Aquatic posted:The possums. That's because there was a misshipment and the aussie possums got sent to north america.
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Jun 14, 2017 08:56
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All hail Shadow, heroes rise again! Obliterating everything that's not your friend! Nothing can stop you now, No ghosts to bring you down. When there's nothing left to lose, you win!
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krisslanza posted:The only issue I have with it is, I think in this 'story' all this nuclear radiation issues is a very recent problem, right? To be fair, radiation has been a problem since that power plant blew Ranger Ninja Good Human Hokage Dick Solomon's mom up like 10 years ago, and this game plays faster and looser with science than even official Pokémon games.
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Jun 14, 2017 10:02
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Silver Falcon posted:I'm not giving Uranium a pass here, buuuuut, naturally occurring radiation is a thing. Granted it wouldn't be nearly as bad as nuclear fallout, but it does exist. Yeah it actually makes sense that these things were all hiding somewhere chilling with unfound deposits until some jerk started smearing radiation all over the place and they had to come find it. Less so that no one ever discovered one near a newly found uranium deposit, but oh well.
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Jun 14, 2017 10:32
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So I guess Hazma's got a fixed ability or something that makes it resist Nuclear?
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Jun 14, 2017 11:55
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Glazius posted:So I guess Hazma's got a fixed ability or something that makes it resist Nuclear? it could have a nuclear version of water absorb of flash fire
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Jun 14, 2017 12:56
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Coq au Nandos posted:They're loving thieves, though. I once caught one attempting to steal an entire eski. I read eski as ski and that was a wonderful mental image.
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EclecticTastes posted:I would like to point out that, at least, there is a dumber use of magical radiation in a video game, though the game itself was significantly better because the gameplay didn't suck. The endgame of Megaman Battle Network 2 involved electromagnetic radiation so powerful that it was supposedly lethal to humans (though this didn't happen to anyone, including multiple people who were at the epicenter without any protective gear), and its effects were expressed by uncontrollably walking sideways and the internet bleeding into the real world. It also helps that the execution was really cool. I loving loved that weird-rear end hotel and the music in the dungeon proper owned hard.
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Looking at Hazma again, he is great as-is and all, but what if....
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