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Dehry posted:Blue was just a kid trying to show off that he knew more about Pokemon than the player. Anime Gary leaked into your memories of the game. Blue was surprisingly helpful during the first game, telling you where you can get some pages for your pokedex, telling you you'll need badges to get through Victory Road, and battling you at inopportune times to keep you on your toes, almost as if telling you your pokémon need to be at a specific level going forward if you don't want to get slaughtered
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# ? May 18, 2018 21:01 |
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cheetah7071 posted:Sufficiently-enhanced remakes would be fine, Kanto sequels would be fine, spinoffs would be fine, just don't stick Pokemon GO elements into the mainline games like the titles suggest, please Pokémon Go's combat is probably not going to be included as its been noted that its weak compared to the mainline RPG. Other aspects such as seeing monsters in the overworld (which has been done in other RPGs like Chrono Trigger) and the actual act of catching (which is more interactive then selecting a ball and hoping for the best) would probably make it in though. Also looking at that phone case, I'm a bit surprised that some Gen 5 (Vanillite, Litwick and Solosis), Gen 6 (Swirlix) and Gen 7 (Bountsweet) are included. Could that mean anything or am I just seeing things.
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# ? May 18, 2018 21:29 |
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There's a movie coming out with eevee costarring, so the merchandise might be related to that.
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# ? May 18, 2018 21:32 |
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Vinylshadow posted:Blue was surprisingly helpful during the first game, telling you where you can get some pages for your pokedex, telling you you'll need badges to get through Victory Road, and battling you at inopportune times to keep you on your toes, almost as if telling you your pokémon need to be at a specific level going forward if you don't want to get slaughtered Otoh the player character kills his raticate and takes the pokemon champion title from him like 30 seconds after he wins it initially which kind of makes you the dick (although I always played Blue version so maybe I really was gary all along ) Speaking of, I know that "You killed Blue's Raticate" is generally one of those "retroactively applying edgy themes to a children's game", but did the designers ever say anything about what the actual intent of that whole "missing raticate and Blue's in Lavender Town" sequence was, or nah
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# ? May 18, 2018 21:35 |
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I'm a little nervous about the names even though I like both Pikachu and Eevee. Not because they break the naming conventions for mainline games, but because I was hoping for a new region, but focusing a new region on two gen 1 pokemon doesn't make much sense, even the 'series mascots'. A return to Kanto would make sense with the names, though. Can't wait for Eevee to have a ghost-type evolution. EDIT: I would seriously love a ghost-type Eevee evolution, the more dumb the better.
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# ? May 18, 2018 21:39 |
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Vincent Van Goat posted:There's a movie coming out with eevee costarring, so the merchandise might be related to that. Eevee is costarring because of the new games, duh.
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# ? May 18, 2018 21:43 |
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Oh hey, there's a good point that Kanto might not be a new region but it's also kinda teeny based on being the first with a lot of room to expand when it's not a straight remake.
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# ? May 18, 2018 21:50 |
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PetraCore posted:I'm a little nervous about the names even though I like both Pikachu and Eevee. Not because they break the naming conventions for mainline games, but because I was hoping for a new region, but focusing a new region on two gen 1 pokemon doesn't make much sense, even the 'series mascots'. A return to Kanto would make sense with the names, though. Ghost/Normal I mean all Eeveelutions get access to Shadow Ball anyway so why not.
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# ? May 18, 2018 21:55 |
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Vincent Van Goat posted:There's a movie coming out with eevee costarring, so the merchandise might be related to that. Why is everyone acting like eevee and its evolutions haven't been a huge portion of the merchandise for years now? There was even an eevee-themed 3DS in 2013. Not saying the leaks are real or fake, but its like saying they must be true because why all the pikachu all of a sudden?
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# ? May 18, 2018 22:12 |
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if it's really just a remake of Yellow with a bunch of Pokemon Go integration, that's very disappointing. USUM was so strong - easily my favorite entry in the series - and I worry this could be a big step back. also Pokemon Go loving sucks, don't integrate that poo poo
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# ? May 18, 2018 22:23 |
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Mizuti posted:I could live without its shiny, though. The shiny version is sooooooo much better than the regular version PetraCore posted:Can't wait for Eevee to have a ghost-type evolution. Let's Go Pokemon takes an unexpectedly dark turn on the SS Anne Fur20 fucked around with this message at 22:27 on May 18, 2018 |
# ? May 18, 2018 22:25 |
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to evolve into its ghost form, it has to level up and then faint within the same battle
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# ? May 18, 2018 22:30 |
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it'll be called Appariteon
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# ? May 18, 2018 22:34 |
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Dienes posted:Why is everyone acting like eevee and its evolutions haven't been a huge portion of the merchandise for years now? There was even an eevee-themed 3DS in 2013.
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# ? May 18, 2018 22:59 |
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Eevee is a better mascot because of how central evolution is to the series, imo
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# ? May 18, 2018 23:01 |
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eeveelutions are the homestuck trolls of pokemon
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# ? May 18, 2018 23:03 |
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Eevee is a good dog.
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# ? May 18, 2018 23:06 |
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I like eevee more because eevee's evolutions are praised and uplifted meanwhile raichu is sitting on 20 years of poo poo treatment. Like from the in-universe point of view, yeah, not evolving is a valid path to take because you shouldn't just be throwing your pokemon's preferences aside for strength boosts. Out of universe, it's also totally fine to like the design of a pokemon more than what it evolves into, and that's actually fairly common I feel. But the way raichu has constantly been sidelined and even portrayed as bad up until Alolan raichu is... weird?
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# ? May 18, 2018 23:11 |
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I just hope Flareon either gets a brand-new movelist or a complete stat rebalance. There's a good chance all of the Eeveelutions get some boosts if this rumor is true, but Flareon needs it most. (I know Glaceon is poo poo too, but that's more a function of its typing.)
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# ? May 18, 2018 23:23 |
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less laughter posted:it'll be called Appariteon Fighting type is Takemeon, ghost type is Illbegeon This will be confirmed in a day or two
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# ? May 18, 2018 23:27 |
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PetraCore posted:I like eevee more because eevee's evolutions are praised and uplifted meanwhile raichu is sitting on 20 years of poo poo treatment. Was it ever actually portrayed as "bad" outside of literally one anime episode with a "be yourself" moral though?
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# ? May 18, 2018 23:28 |
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People project a lot over one mon getting no attention.
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# ? May 18, 2018 23:40 |
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they’ve had a whole Project Eevee initiative to push eevee as a top mascot since november
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# ? May 18, 2018 23:50 |
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when are we getting Project Guzzlord
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# ? May 18, 2018 23:52 |
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indigi posted:to evolve into its ghost form, it has to level up and then faint within the same battle nah you take you eevee to a facility where they evolve it into a steel type and the coincidentally you also get a ghost type evolution.
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# ? May 18, 2018 23:58 |
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We won't get a ghost Eevee because only types that were Special in Gen 1 get eeveelutions. Which means maybe we'll get a dragon Eevee! Wait what do you mean fairy wasn't in Gen 1
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# ? May 19, 2018 00:09 |
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Give me all the eevees. All the types and then double types. All combinations.
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# ? May 19, 2018 00:11 |
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fairy type was in gen 1 you just had to use cut on that truck 100 times to activate your zandatsu and slice it in half to free the typing
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# ? May 19, 2018 00:12 |
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PetraCore posted:Yeah, it's much more likely eevee was picked along with pikachu because it's super popular. Pikachu's the mascot (although iirc GameFreak thought clefairy would be the mascot pokemon and the shift to pikachu was either last-second or unexpected, I forget) but eevee has been played up as a secondary mascot for a while, it's cute and fluffy and has the evolution gimmick so if you have a specific type you like chances are good eevee can help you. Based on an interview I read recently, the shift to Pikachu was mainly due to people just really liking it as the game was developed. A lot of people commented on how cute Pikachu was, so it was made the mascot by popular demand. As much as I'd like to see a world where Clefairy was the mascot, I doubt Pokemon would have achieved such massive popularity. Pokemon probably would have been labeled a game "for girls" in North America, despite the fact that you couldn't even play as a girl in the original games. Put a cute, pink fairy creature on something and many little boys won't go near it. :/
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# ? May 19, 2018 00:13 |
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Pikachu is cuter than Clefairy and a superior mascot. Jigglypuff is better than both though.
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# ? May 19, 2018 00:18 |
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the mascot should have been starmie
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# ? May 19, 2018 00:21 |
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Nessa posted:Based on an interview I read recently, the shift to Pikachu was mainly due to people just really liking it as the game was developed. A lot of people commented on how cute Pikachu was, so it was made the mascot by popular demand. pikachu wasn't on either of the games that came out first though
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# ? May 19, 2018 00:32 |
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Ursine Catastrophe posted:Was it ever actually portrayed as "bad" outside of literally one anime episode with a "be yourself" moral though? Nah. Every Raichu but one was a dick, even the Alolan ones. One of the little fuckers would impale you to a tree and Hyper Beam your face point-blank. Rudoku fucked around with this message at 00:37 on May 19, 2018 |
# ? May 19, 2018 00:35 |
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Countblanc posted:eeveelutions are the homestuck trolls of pokemon
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# ? May 19, 2018 01:00 |
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Ursine Catastrophe posted:Was it ever actually portrayed as "bad" outside of literally one anime episode with a "be yourself" moral though?
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# ? May 19, 2018 01:23 |
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less laughter posted:Cute new Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee merch: Targeting the main audience for these new games; adults
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# ? May 19, 2018 01:24 |
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Dizz posted:Targeting the main audience for these new games; adults pokemon center sounds like a store for kids but most of the clothes they sell are only sized for adults
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# ? May 19, 2018 01:28 |
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Nessa posted:Based on an interview I read recently, the shift to Pikachu was mainly due to people just really liking it as the game was developed. A lot of people commented on how cute Pikachu was, so it was made the mascot by popular demand.
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# ? May 19, 2018 01:28 |
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Son of a bitch. I was breeding truant durants in Ultra Sun. The fifth egg hatched as a 3V shiny....with the ability swarm, so I can't even capsule it.
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# ? May 19, 2018 02:20 |
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Dienes posted:Son of a bitch. I was breeding truant durants in Ultra Sun. The fifth egg hatched as a 3V shiny....with the ability swarm, so I can't even capsule it. Then again I'm the wrong person to talk to about this since I'm deliberating leveling a shiny wooper to level 100 for the axolotl joke.
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