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EthanSteele
Nov 18, 2007

I can hear you
In conclusion: Love that tiny kaiju and use him all the time, let him shoot a million beams and bolts from his mouth and never let him bust his knuckles with a punch.

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lezard_valeth
Mar 14, 2016
Is there any Gen 1/2 mon worth getting from the virtual console releases? I mean, those games had very wacky TM selections, is there any worthwhile?

Truecon420
Jul 11, 2013

I like to tweet and live my life. Thank you.

notoriousman posted:

Event Pokémon can't be traded through WonderTrade or the GTS. Specifically, anything with ribbons such as the Classic Ribbon, Premier Ribbon, Event Ribbon, or Wishing Ribbon prevent them from being traded this way.

Ah, so I can't deposit a pokemon through GTS and hope to trade for a Marshadow? I don't know how to get one then :(

White Light
Dec 19, 2012

Kikas posted:

America has no mythos so they had to improvise with some rejected japanese legendary designs.
Still mad we didn't get a Bigfoot legendary in Gen V.

No mythos? Where do you think the design for Zapdos came from :shepface:

Dehry
Aug 21, 2009

Grimey Drawer
Just click through here a bit and you'll have a Pokedex in no time.

http://www.native-languages.org/legends.htm

quote:

The Water Panther (or Water Lynx) is a powerful mythological creature something like a cross between a cougar and a dragon. Water Panther is a dangerous monster that lives in deep water and causes men and women to drown. The legends of some tribes describe Water Panther as the size of a real lynx or mountain lion, while in others, the beast is enormous. Water Panther has a very long prehensile tail which is often said to be made of copper. Details of the monster vary from community to community, but in many stories, Water Panthers are described as furry with either horns or deer antlers and a sharp saw-toothed back.

Steel/Water type cat thing

Zuzie
Jun 30, 2005

I got this for a Ratatta on GTS.


Had Pokémon been invented in The West rather then Japan, we probably would have gotten more designs that were based on classical monsters.

Although I do wish that they would create a Jackelope, since that would make a perfect Pokémon. However, I get the feeling that its too obscure to Japanese people.

Fur20
Nov 14, 2007

すご▞い!
君は働か░い
フ▙▓ズなんだね!
Jackalope is so unknown to Japan that they made an entire Yo-Kai Watch game set in America and didn't include it

Rollersnake
May 9, 2005

Please, please don't let me end up in a threesome with the lunch lady and a gay pirate. That would hit a little too close to home.
Unlockable Ben
(Dave Coulier voice) You can try to catch 'em all, but you'll never catch meeeeeeeeee!

:suicide:

White Light
Dec 19, 2012

oddium posted:

i don't think kizaru would be psychic. probably electric maybe or normal. or fairy

akainu and aokiji would obviously be fire and ice

Kizaru ain't electric when Enel is right there!

I am Reverend
Sep 21, 2008

Pheromosa's Special Attack rose!

lezard_valeth posted:

Is there any Gen 1/2 mon worth getting from the virtual console releases? I mean, those games had very wacky TM selections, is there any worthwhile?

Sheer force body slam Tauros if you've ever wanted something like 3 bp stronger than return and with a cooler name

Rich Uncle Chet
Jan 20, 2005


The Law? Law is a Human Institution.


Man poor Tauros. He's the biggest Gen 1 victim of changing mechanics and power creep.

He's like the kid who's starting QB in High School, then when he goes to college he becomes second string then eventually he's benched.

The last you see him he's playing team sports at he park, and he gets escorted off because he got all angry the ref is making him recharge after that Hyper Beam even though he got the KO

I am Reverend
Sep 21, 2008

Pheromosa's Special Attack rose!
252+ SpA Life Orb Sheer Force Tauros Fire Blast vs. 248 HP / 156 SpD Celesteela: 190-224 (47.8 - 56.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery

Think again sweetie

White Light
Dec 19, 2012

I am Reverend posted:

Sheer force body slam Tauros if you've ever wanted something like 3 bp stronger than return and with a cooler name

Nah dawg, do some easy glitchwork and get yourself a Sheer Force lvl 100 Nidoking before you take on Brock at Pewter Gym :thumbsup:

oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

sabeleye is american mythos so there you go

less laughter
May 7, 2012

Accelerock & Roll

oddium posted:

Vanilluxe is american mythos so there you go

Nth Doctor
Sep 7, 2010

Darkrai used Dream Eater!
It's super effective!


oddium posted:

Snorlax is american mythos so there you go

We've been there since gen I.

CascadeBeta
Feb 14, 2009

by Cyrano4747
http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7uu-723898752

Nidoking is the best and I won't have anyone tell me otherwise.

less laughter
May 7, 2012

Accelerock & Roll
Random question: are there any Water Pokémon that can actually turn themselves liquid (even temporarily), for instance like Alex Mack and the Liquidator from Darkwing Duck can? It's a cool superpower and I seemed to remember that Suicune could turn itself into water, but going over its Pokédex entries those don't actually mention anything like that (though it can purify it and walk on it, like Jesus and Surskit). Are there any others?

If not, that would still be a cool theme for a future mon. It could be Poison-type as well instead of Water. Also a Ground or Rock mon that can turn itself into a sandstorm or a storm of glass. Or an Ice one that can itself become a living snow- or hailstorm. We do already have living lightning (Mega Manectric) and electricity (Rotom), so that's covered already.

Rich Uncle Chet
Jan 20, 2005


The Law? Law is a Human Institution.


I am Reverend posted:

252+ SpA Life Orb Sheer Force Tauros Fire Blast vs. 248 HP / 156 SpD Celesteela: 190-224 (47.8 - 56.4%) -- guaranteed 2HKO after Stealth Rock and Leftovers recovery

Think again sweetie

Finally the meta shifts back to a Bull Market.

iospace
Jan 19, 2038


less laughter posted:

Random question: are there any Water Pokémon that can actually turn themselves liquid (even temporarily), for instance like Alex Mack and the Liquidator from Darkwing Duck can? It's a cool superpower and I seemed to remember that Suicune could turn itself into water, but going over its Pokédex entries those don't actually mention anything like that (though it can purify it and walk on it, like Jesus and Surskit). Are there any others?

If not, that would still be a cool theme for a future mon. It could be Poison-type as well instead of Water. Also a Ground or Rock mon that can turn itself into a sandstorm or a storm of glass. Or an Ice one that can itself become a living snow- or hailstorm. We do already have living lightning (Mega Manectric) and electricity (Rotom), so that's covered already.

Ditto.

Avalerion
Oct 19, 2012

less laughter posted:

Random question: are there any Water Pokémon that can actually turn themselves liquid (even temporarily), for instance like Alex Mack and the Liquidator from Darkwing Duck can?

That's what the move Acid Armor does afaik, remember a Vaporeon doing that in the anime very early on.

less laughter
May 7, 2012

Accelerock & Roll
Oh right, Vaporeon can! It says so right in its Pokédex entries. That's who I was thinking of when I thought it was Suicune, both Water-type canids so that's why I got them mixed up.

Alxprit
Feb 7, 2015

<click> <click> What is it with this dancing?! Bouncing around like fools... I would have thought my own kind at least would understand the seriousness of our Adventurer's Guild!

Phione is also shown and known to be able to do so.

Zore
Sep 21, 2010
willfully illiterate, aggressively miserable sourpuss whose sole raison d’etre is to put other people down for liking the wrong things
Also remember Grimer/Muk just straight up are liquid.

Nth Doctor
Sep 7, 2010

Darkrai used Dream Eater!
It's super effective!


CascadeBeta posted:

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7uu-723898752

Nidoking is the best and I won't have anyone tell me otherwise.

Your naming was more consistently solid, though I laughed at Z Belly Drum.

less laughter
May 7, 2012

Accelerock & Roll

Zore posted:

Also remember Grimer/Muk just straight up are liquid.

Depends on your definition.

Wikipedia posted:

Sludge is a semi-solid slurry and can be produced as sewage sludge from wastewater treatment processes or as a settled suspension obtained from conventional drinking water treatment and numerous other industrial processes. The term is also sometimes used as a generic term for solids separated from suspension in a liquid; this 'soupy' material usually contains significant quantities of 'interstitial' water (between the solid particles).

Zulily Zoetrope
Jun 1, 2011

Muldoon
Slugma/Magcargo are liquid. :colbert:

Vinylshadow
Mar 20, 2017

Zulily Zoetrope posted:

Slugma/Magcargo are liquid. :colbert:

You'd think sentient magma would be a cause for concern
There's so many pokedex entries that make me wonder just what PokeEarth humans are made out of that they can stand next to Macargo and not burst into flame, or use Ghost types that seem seconds away from dragging them to another dimension or cursing them into oblivion

OgreNoah
Nov 18, 2003

Gengar's entire line would make sleeping terrifying.

Flopsy
Mar 4, 2013

less laughter posted:

Random question: are there any Water Pokémon that can actually turn themselves liquid (even temporarily), for instance like Alex Mack and the Liquidator from Darkwing Duck can? It's a cool superpower and I seemed to remember that Suicune could turn itself into water, but going over its Pokédex entries those don't actually mention anything like that (though it can purify it and walk on it, like Jesus and Surskit). Are there any others?

If not, that would still be a cool theme for a future mon. It could be Poison-type as well instead of Water. Also a Ground or Rock mon that can turn itself into a sandstorm or a storm of glass. Or an Ice one that can itself become a living snow- or hailstorm. We do already have living lightning (Mega Manectric) and electricity (Rotom), so that's covered already.

I think Vaporeon is supposed to....

edit: Ah too late!

Countblanc
Apr 20, 2005

Help a hero out!

Vinylshadow posted:

You'd think sentient magma would be a cause for concern
There's so many pokedex entries that make me wonder just what PokeEarth humans are made out of that they can stand next to Macargo and not burst into flame, or use Ghost types that seem seconds away from dragging them to another dimension or cursing them into oblivion

they too are pokemon, but ones smart enough to engineer pokeballs that they're immune to.

Rudoku
Jun 15, 2003

Damn I need a drink...


OgreNoah posted:

Gengar's entire line would make sleeping terrifying.

But then you prank that Gengar back and show it a real curse.

indigi
Jul 20, 2004

how can we not talk about family
when family's all that we got?

Rudoku posted:

But then you prank that Gengar back and show it a real curse.

is this a euphemism

oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

OgreNoah posted:

Gengar's entire line would make sleeping terrifying.

agreed, imagine not being able to look at gengar for 8 hours

less laughter
May 7, 2012

Accelerock & Roll
I got Gengar tattooed on the inside of my eyelids so that I would never have to go through that

Dehry
Aug 21, 2009

Grimey Drawer
https://twitter.com/SerebiiNet/status/982077079746310144

Zeraora most likely.

NewFatMike
Jun 11, 2015

OgreNoah posted:

Gengar's entire line would make sleeping terrifying.

Drowzee and Hypno my dude

Quotey
Aug 16, 2006

We went out for lunch and then we stopped for some bubble tea.

NewFatMike posted:

Drowzee and Hypno my dude

im the guy hiding behind a bush in viridian city in frlg that teaches your pokemon dream eater

The Golden Gael
Nov 12, 2011

Throh is my MVP so far in this White run, anything the rest of the team can't handle I send his way and he takes care of it.

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I am Reverend
Sep 21, 2008

Pheromosa's Special Attack rose!
Throh's white pokedex entry is so hilarious to me. It just came a generation too early.

When they encounter foes bigger than themselves, they try to throw them. They always travel in packs of five.

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