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Personally I've seen about 5 or 6 shiny Pokemon in my 40 hours of gameplay while shiny chaining. It's never things I'm looking for, I'll just be trying to get a Scyther to spawn and instead get a shiny Pidgey. Even with all that I haven't gotten a single shiny Pikachu.
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so there's no way to teach alolan Raichu surf in this game right?
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Nov 24, 2018 20:23
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Dehry posted:Personally I've seen about 5 or 6 shiny Pokemon in my 40 hours of gameplay while shiny chaining. It's never things I'm looking for, I'll just be trying to get a Scyther to spawn and instead get a shiny Pidgey. Even with all that I haven't gotten a single shiny Pikachu. I haven't seen any shinys in any of the chaining I've done. I also can't get a loving Scyther to spawn for the life of me
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Nov 24, 2018 20:58
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ImpAtom posted:Yeah to be 100% honest if the next Pokemon game goes back to random battles it's gonna be unironically the biggest step backwards in the franchise. It is such an improvement. I haven't played Let's Go, but I wouldn't mind if battles were overworld encounters rather than random, but I definitely want traditional battles back.
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Nov 24, 2018 21:24
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Hunter Noventa posted:I haven't played Let's Go, but I wouldn't mind if battles were overworld encounters rather than random, but I definitely want traditional battles back. Why? It feels so much better only battling other trainers and the overworld pokemon being there to capture instead of having to beat the poo poo out of them first.
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Nov 24, 2018 21:26
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Personally I don't really care whether they have traditional battles against pokemon or the throwing minigame. Neither is particularly engaging.
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Nov 24, 2018 21:29
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Taear posted:Why? The catching mechanic sucks rear end for a number of reasons. I feel like I have more control over being able to catch the Pokemon not using this game's dogshit catching system. I just don't want random battles ever again. Bring back wild battles but keep the Pokemon being in the overworld
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Nov 24, 2018 21:31
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Maybe someday they'll release a Pokemon game where you skip everything and jump straight into endgame collecting/training/battling Pokemon.  Pokemon: Galaxy Brain Edition
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Nov 24, 2018 21:31
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The throwing game is boring but nothing is more annoying than having to make sure you've got a pokemon that can hit enemies without insta-killing them and all the associated bollocks.
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Nov 24, 2018 21:34
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Macaluso posted:The catching mechanic sucks rear end for a number of reasons. I feel like I have more control over being able to catch the Pokemon not using this game's dogshit catching system. I just don't want random battles ever again. Bring back wild battles but keep the Pokemon being in the overworld this
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Nov 24, 2018 21:34
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I keep running into people doomsaying about how every new pokemon game is going to be like Let's Go from now on. I can't say the 'spam captures' method of gameplay has any more or less appeal to me than 'spam attacks' but other than that, what's the big deal? It looks fine otherwise.
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Nov 24, 2018 21:35
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Pyrotoad posted:I keep running into people doomsaying about how every new pokemon game is going to be like Let's Go from now on. I can't say the 'spam captures' method of gameplay has any more or less appeal to me than 'spam attacks' but other than that, what's the big deal? It looks fine otherwise. It is fine! It is however missing quite a few features that mainline pokemon games have which can be a bit disappointing if you like that stuff. People are just being idiots with the doomsaying though.
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Nov 24, 2018 21:40
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The only feature I'm really missing is everstones especially if they're gonna make me level a bulbasaur to 65
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Nov 24, 2018 21:42
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I remember when everyone said the game would be even more handholdy and railroady than before when the opening cutscenes last all of five minutes and the most hand holdy part of it is Trace giving you some revives and potions.
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Nov 24, 2018 21:43
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Just got to Lt Surge, it's great how everyone was having a meltdown over the red and blue trashcans when the switches aren't even in them.
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Nov 24, 2018 21:44
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Nodosaur posted:I remember when everyone said the game would be even more handholdy and railroady than before when the opening cutscenes last all of five minutes and the most hand holdy part of it is Trace giving you some revives and potions. Yeah it's actually pretty refreshing after Sun and Moon
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Nov 24, 2018 21:45
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I was in Cinnabar Mansion and found a shiny Raticate. He was just sitting there. I wasn't chaining at all, just happened to find one. I left to go to Seafoam Island, then came back to Cinnabar Mansion later to beat the Elite and Coach trainers I couldn't beat, since I went a little early. There was another shiny Raticate.
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Nov 24, 2018 21:46
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RazzleDazzleHour posted:I was in Cinnabar Mansion and found a shiny Raticate. He was just sitting there. I wasn't chaining at all, just happened to find one. "May I offer you a sparkling rat in this trying time?"
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Nov 24, 2018 21:48
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RazzleDazzleHour posted:I was in Cinnabar Mansion and found a shiny Raticate. He was just sitting there. I wasn't chaining at all, just happened to find one. Even without a chain the odds aren't atrocious, it's unlikely to find one but not like it was before. I do wish they'd get rid of the need to trade stuff to make it evolve, it was impossible when I played Blue/Red when I was a kid (nobody could afford the cables) and it's just as annoying nowadays (nobody I know even owns a switch).
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Nov 24, 2018 21:49
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Oh, also I was trying to finish my Pokedex and was getting ready to buckle down and do the soft reset trick for fossils in Cerulean Cave, but I decided to open Pokemon Go to send over a Flareon and like seven Eevees just to save myself some time. I haven't played Pokemon Go in two years, I installed it just after hitting Fuscia just to see what I could send over. There was an Omanyte on top of my house. I swear I wish I had the ability to swap my video game and gachapon mobile game luck into my real life because this is ridiculous.
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Nov 24, 2018 21:52
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I've seen shiny spearow, rattata, sandshrews and zubat. Only caught the zubat, saw the other 3 when I was trying for shiny charmander
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Nov 24, 2018 21:52
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Macaluso posted:The catching mechanic sucks rear end for a number of reasons. I feel like I have more control over being able to catch the Pokemon not using this game's dogshit catching system. I just don't want random battles ever again. Bring back wild battles but keep the Pokemon being in the overworld Yeah this. Both the catching mechanic and the leveling mechanic are kind of dumb.
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Nov 24, 2018 21:57
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I don’t want the catching mechanic to make it into gen 8 exactly as it is now, but that’s because I think that the motion controls are a bit of an accessibility issue and it sucks that the only way around it is handheld mode. Not that Game Freak thinks that hard about accessibility. I have a photosensitive friend who couldn’t play any gen 7 game despite playing every other Pokémon game because Rotomdex constantly blinking in their peripheral vision was giving them migraines.
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Nov 24, 2018 22:04
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hopeandjoy posted:Not that Game Freak thinks that hard about accessibility. I have a photosensitive friend who couldn’t play any gen 7 game despite playing every other Pokémon game because Rotomdex constantly blinking in their peripheral vision was giving them migraines. If modding Pokemon was as easy as modding Skyrim that would've been the first thing to go. Without hesitation.
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Nov 24, 2018 22:13
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Slowly making my way through let's go and I ha e to say, the rival is very likeable.
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Nov 24, 2018 22:16
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Darth TNT posted:Slowly making my way through let's go and I ha e to say, the rival is very likeable. I miss having a rival I don't like and actively want to beat. That's what made Gary/Silver such a good rival, now I just feel like I'm bullying the unpopular kid in the high school cafeteria
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Nov 24, 2018 22:21
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My experience was "Ugh, this guy again" with Blue and I thought Silver was a pretty shallow "Vegeta" type until HGSS expanded his story to give him context for why he acts the way he does. Trace has something of an arc with how his being kindhearted causes him to hold back and take fewer risks. There's something there, however scant, beyond just being a 90's kids show's idea of what a bully is like. Meanwhile, a mentor Blue who is still as boisterous and full of himself as ever while still being helpful makes him more entertaining than he's ever been.
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Nov 24, 2018 22:24
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RazzleDazzleHour posted:I miss having a rival I don't like and actively want to beat. That's what made Gary/Silver such a good rival, now I just feel like I'm bullying the unpopular kid in the high school cafeteria But I'm comparing him to the rivals from x/y who were all doormats. This guy shares and you share with him. He has normal conversations and seems to be an all round good guy. At least I don't feel bad defeating him like I did with Serena.
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Nov 24, 2018 22:28
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BGrifter posted:Maybe someday they'll release a Pokemon game where you skip everything and jump straight into endgame collecting/training/battling Pokemon. showdown ftw
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Nov 24, 2018 22:28
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53 hours later I finally reached the Indigo Plateau. My team is in the high 50’s and the game is fun. But because I hate myself I went ahead and caught all 3 legendary birds. With premier balls. Took like 80 balls to get the 3 stupid things.
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Nov 24, 2018 22:30
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RazzleDazzleHour posted:I miss having a rival I don't like and actively want to beat. The next mainline Pokémon title will feature a rival that’s a MAGA chud. He’ll talk about how Alolans will not replace him and quote Jordan Peterson a lot.
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Nov 24, 2018 22:48
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Licarn posted:Just got to Lt Surge, it's great how everyone was having a meltdown over the red and blue trashcans when the switches aren't even in them. yeah they turned it into an actual puzzle instead of a stupid rng guesswork, very good change!
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Nov 24, 2018 22:49
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I don't mind the recent trend of the player character being the rear end in a top hat rival to other characters who are also on their pokemon journey and trying to enjoy it, only for us to come along with our competitively bred shiny team of sweepers
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Nov 24, 2018 22:52
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I don't remember Silph Co being 11 loving floors!
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Nov 24, 2018 22:56
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AlBorlantern Corps posted:I don't remember Silph Co being 11 loving floors! It's always been eleven  Just doesn't feel like it thanks to the teleporters
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Nov 24, 2018 23:01
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I've been trying to not go on the teleporters cause then I can't tell where the hell I am
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Nov 24, 2018 23:09
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I like Gladion best of the rivals. It's mainly because he's doing his own thing and you're interfering with it at first - you're not just totally outperforming him at his own dream, and he's antagonistic for reasons other than just arbitrarily being a dick. But I hadn't realized the significance of the fact that you actually give things to Trace, not just the other way around. Really sells the idea that you actually are friends.
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Nov 24, 2018 23:24
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One thing I hope doesn't ever carry over to other games is having random wild pokes running away. It sucks poo poo dumping a bunch of ultra balls on an annoying dude only for them to run away. The entei/raikou/suicune runaway poo poo in gen 2 was bad enough.
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Nov 24, 2018 23:27
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Taear posted:I have a question about shiny pokemon that nobody may be able to answer but we're confused. This has been answered, but if it makes her feel better: Shiny Pidgey was really hard to get for me, too. I got two shiny Pikachu in under 200 catches, but it took me 500+ to get Pidgey. If she's best the Elite Four, make sure she takes a Charizard or one of the other flying Pokemon with, because mine spawned in the air. Good luck!! E: Lol I meant beat the Elite Four but I guess besting them works too. Thanks autocorrect
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RazzleDazzleHour posted:I miss having a rival I don't like and actively want to beat.
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