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Reborn tries to be a lot of things. Operative word, tries.
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Miss posted:and here's the lil fella, since I missed him earlier 
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Dec 17, 2018 08:26
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Miss posted:and here's the lil fella, since I missed him earlier I want one. 
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Dec 17, 2018 08:52
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I am sad there is no Snowlax (because late game shenanigans.) But Leaflax is acceptable second place.
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Dec 17, 2018 09:32
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Draxion posted:He can learn Seed Bomb by tutor at least by that's still a ways away. My entire life is a lie.
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Dec 17, 2018 09:52
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The tutor for Giga Drain, Seed Bomb, and Synthesis is in a hidden area, inside a different already tricky to find area, several cities from here. They definitely didn't make it easy to find.
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Dec 17, 2018 10:36
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iospace posted:It's why it's not a bad game compared to the trainwreck that is Reborn et al., if you ask me. It's at least trying to be funny between the edgy parts, instead of ALL EDGE ALL THE TIME like Reborn. Honestly, even the edgelord plot so far is mostly fine other than the human sacrifice bit. I mean, it's nothing I wouldn't expect to see in say, the old 90s spiderman cartoon or whatever beyond the explicit mentions of death being a threat on the table for some folk. I'm legit enjoying this game so far, so I really hope it doesn't ramp off a cliff while screaming EXTREME EDGE, Reborn style. Also those munchlax and snorlax delta arts are adorable. 
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Dec 17, 2018 10:42
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Honestly, a Grass type with Thick Fat is something I can actually get behind. I never use Grass because they're usually paired with something to give them tons of weaknesses
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Dec 17, 2018 11:31
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Miss posted:and here's the lil fella, since I missed him earlier
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Dec 17, 2018 12:52
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Miss posted:and here's the lil fella, since I missed him earlier I love everything about these and would buy plushies of these if they existed in a heartbeat.
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Dec 17, 2018 13:45
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Rabbi Raccoon posted:Honestly, a Grass type with Thick Fat is something I can actually get behind. I never use Grass because they're usually paired with something to give them tons of weaknesses Honestly, grass itself is usually the one giving the tons of weaknesses there. Fire, Ice, and Flying are all super common not just as types, but as off-type filler moves (how many water-types do you know of with easy access to Ice Beam? What about literally everything with Acrobatics or Aerial Ace?) and while Bug and Poison aren't nearly as common, they're still prevalent enough to poke holes in your defenses, especially in newer generations where they aren't poo poo on the attack like they used to be. Add in the fact that the only thing Grass itself hits super-effective is Ground, Rock, and Water, which have more versatile counters in Water and Electric, respectively, and it's just... usually Grass is the underdog of starter types for a reason. Weedlax is good enough to not care about a bad typing, though.
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Dec 17, 2018 16:53
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eee, there's some lovely deltas in this and some very nice art in the thread. snorlax is relaxo in germany and that is always my favourite I like his tree ears too treears however, kepler 452-b must be destroyed
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Dec 17, 2018 17:28
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KataraniSword posted:Honestly, grass itself is usually the one giving the tons of weaknesses there. Fire, Ice, and Flying are all super common not just as types, but as off-type filler moves (how many water-types do you know of with easy access to Ice Beam? What about literally everything with Acrobatics or Aerial Ace?) and while Bug and Poison aren't nearly as common, they're still prevalent enough to poke holes in your defenses, especially in newer generations where they aren't poo poo on the attack like they used to be. Add in the fact that the only thing Grass itself hits super-effective is Ground, Rock, and Water, which have more versatile counters in Water and Electric, respectively, and it's just... usually Grass is the underdog of starter types for a reason. Grass starters usually get their popularity based on their design rather than their utility or power, yeah. Grass starters are almost all really neat, especially in the first and final stages, though the middle evolution being unimpressive is a common problem among drat near everything that evolves more than once. I say 'almost' because I find Chikorita's line really boring.
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Dec 17, 2018 17:54
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Bayleef at least is the best looking middle stage line of a Grass starter. Too bad it's the worst Grass-type starter. 
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Dec 17, 2018 18:15
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KataraniSword posted:Honestly, grass itself is usually the one giving the tons of weaknesses there. Fire, Ice, and Flying are all super common not just as types, but as off-type filler moves (how many water-types do you know of with easy access to Ice Beam? What about literally everything with Acrobatics or Aerial Ace?) and while Bug and Poison aren't nearly as common, they're still prevalent enough to poke holes in your defenses, especially in newer generations where they aren't poo poo on the attack like they used to be. Add in the fact that the only thing Grass itself hits super-effective is Ground, Rock, and Water, which have more versatile counters in Water and Electric, respectively, and it's just... usually Grass is the underdog of starter types for a reason. I keep saying that Grass needs to be severely buffed. It needs to lose two weaknesses and have at least two more types lose resistances to it. It’s not cute or fun for one of the three starter types to be so much worse than then other two. Off the top of my head, Grass could become immune to Fairy under the logic that Fairy would never harm nature and Flying types could lose their resistance. They should also resist Rock and be flat out strong against Electric. Possibly resist Fighting as well, but that’s not that big of a priority. Hobgoblin2099 posted:Bayleef at least is the best looking middle stage line of a Grass starter. I think you’ll find that Grovyle takes the place as the real best looking mid-stage Grass starter. Geostomp fucked around with this message at 18:20 on Dec 17, 2018 |
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Dec 17, 2018 18:15
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Geostomp posted:I think you’ll find that Grovyle takes the place as the real best looking mid-stage Grass starter. This is Dartrix erasure and I won't stand for it.
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Dec 17, 2018 18:33
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So after all my doubting which version to get to again get back into pokémon the local ebay analogue solved it for me: A p much immaculate New 2DSXL, Ultra Moon, Y, Alpha Sapphire and some animal Crossing game for €100,- 
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Dec 17, 2018 19:53
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that's a pretty good deal except for the 2ds
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Dec 17, 2018 20:31
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The new 2ds folds now and the 3d feature was always the most useless part of the 3ds, seems pretty good to me.
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Dec 17, 2018 20:37
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and has a built-in amiibo scanner if you're into unlocking the extras in AC (including unique decor and a way to force move in villagers you like)
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Dec 17, 2018 20:40
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should have gotten X just so that way they were all blue games :P
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Dec 17, 2018 20:56
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Zedd posted:So after all my doubting which version to get to again get back into pokémon the local ebay analogue solved it for me: That seems it would've just made the doubting worse, now you have three different games to go for! UM is the best of the lot, AS is the worst, Y is solidly mid-tier. You probably want to start with either Gen 6 game before moving into Gen 7 though.
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Dec 17, 2018 21:37
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Geostomp posted:I keep saying that Grass needs to be severely buffed. It needs to lose two weaknesses and have at least two more types lose resistances to it. It’s not cute or fun for one of the three starter types to be so much worse than then other two. Grass has nothing on the suffering Ice has gone through since Gen 1. Weak to god damned everything, good against nothing not covered better by other types. Exists pretty much just for it's moves, since it's actual pokemon are simply not good enough to survive against non-NPC trainers. Poor Ice...
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Dec 17, 2018 23:54
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Kitfox88 posted:Honestly, even the edgelord plot so far is mostly fine other than the human sacrifice bit. I mean, it's nothing I wouldn't expect to see in say, the old 90s spiderman cartoon or whatever beyond the explicit mentions of death being a threat on the table for some folk. I'm legit enjoying this game so far, so I really hope it doesn't ramp off a cliff while screaming EXTREME EDGE, Reborn style. The post saying the plot for this is "Saturday morning cartoon villains for twelve-year-olds instead of Saturday morning cartoon villains for six year olds" is honestly a perfect description, with all that statement implies. And the Delta Pokemon are obviously doing something right if they get this kind of adorable fanart: Miss posted:and here's the lil fella, since I missed him earlier Saladin Rising fucked around with this message at 22:14 on Dec 18, 2018 |
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Dec 18, 2018 00:15
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Saladin Rising posted:There's been like, the hiker and the person with them The Hiker and his family survived, though. Jaern was mentioned to have rescued them.
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Dec 18, 2018 00:17
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Kyrosiris posted:This is Dartrix erasure and I won't stand for it. I had a really hard time evolving my Dartrix in Pokemon Moon. He's just so dapper and cute
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Dec 18, 2018 03:41
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Hell, in the original anime Ash actually gets murdered by a pokemon when the Ghostly Trio crush him and Pikachu with a chandelier in Lavender Tower. Mewtwo wasn't even his first murderer. Once again, a ghost owns a psychic.
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Dec 18, 2018 05:43
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I guess that explains why he doesn't age. He's been a pokezombie for years now. Looking pretty sharp for a dead guy, though.
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Dec 18, 2018 06:01
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Cardiovorax posted:I guess that explains why he doesn't age. He's been a pokezombie for years now. ♪ And all the liches say I'm pretty fly for a dead guy ♪
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Dec 18, 2018 07:43
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BioEnchanted posted:Hell, in the original anime Ash actually gets murdered by a pokemon when the Ghostly Trio crush him and Pikachu with a chandelier in Lavender Tower. Oh yeah, that did happen. Man, early Pokemon was weird.
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Dec 18, 2018 07:59
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Zedd posted:So after all my doubting which version to get to again get back into pokémon the local ebay analogue solved it for me: Excellent choice. Just...for the love of god, send your DS into nintendo if it gets a screen broken somehow...I'm on about a MONTH of waiting for mine to get fixed on a third-party shop. Because screens keep coming in and they either don't work for my N3DS or they don't work on my model (the black-friday ones from a few years back).
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Dec 18, 2018 09:17
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limeicebreakers posted:I had a really hard time evolving my Dartrix in Pokemon Moon. He's just so dapper and cute I'm gonna be "that guy," and say that I hate Dartrix's design. He's just the wrong kind of emo-dorfy style for me. More power to you for liking what you like, though.
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I have a recommendation because I think I like this failed franchise that tried to compete with Pokemon and got totally stomped more than actual Pokemon - I've been playing Telefang on an emulator and it totally owns, it's got so many quality of life aspects. For example the game makes it so you barely have to grind - the Main guy you get at the start has absolutely monstrous stat growths to be point that at level 16 he was doing more damage to a level 26 boss that the more recently obtained level 21 monsters, and it keeps the pace going at a breakneck speed - instead of stopping to throw a billion balls at wildlife getting more and more frustrated (because Pokemon capturing can really suck) you just beat the guy and he'll probably give you his cell number, and BOOM. A guy who is on par and close by. Proximity mechanic also means that you don't waste time trying to get a level 6 dude to level 20, unless you really want to, because unless you put him in front he won't be any use anyway. Every ally who isn't the one directly following you (who you can swap out at any time if needed) you need to call in via their phones, and they travel to your side from their homes. This means early game characters just won't get to late game areas, so you're just best using the newest guys, who often have interesting designs and movesets. Also it keeps varying what you do - you go from a guy who simply forgot to fetch water, to a girl planning on performing a landgrab and using the town as her base of operations, both who are from the same Team Rocket analog, but then you also get a short tournament arc after meeting a more primary villain, and negotiating a peace treaty between snakes and birds in a desert. It's just fun, and doesn't slow down. I kinda wish it hadn't bombed.
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Dec 18, 2018 21:39
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I think part of the reason Pokemon did so well while its competitors didn't is that it doesn't pressure you to swap out your mons all the time. You can use whatever you like for as long as you like. Some people like using the same 6 guys all game, some like swapping out all the time. Pokemon accommodates both.quote:because Pokemon capturing can really suck quote:I kinda wish it hadn't bombed
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Dec 19, 2018 02:13
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Let's Go is a better grind than the others tbh, if you get a chain going you get insane amounts of xp very easily. I went shiny hunting before gym 6 and ended up with a level 70 team
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Dec 19, 2018 02:19
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My reaction mostly comes from the fact that apparently one of the Let's Go gyms flat-out won't let you challenge it unless you have a certain (high) number of Pokemon caught. gently caress that noise. Having to go out of my way to catch Pokemon all the time would be my personal hell. For context, I'm the person who has Repels going 24/7 the instant my team is finalized & doesn't grind wild mons at all outside the first couple of routes. Any captures outside of that are halfhearted Quick Ball spam that gets fed directly into Wonder Trade.
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Dec 19, 2018 02:30
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I thought Let's Go wild pokemon weren't battles like that specifically so they'd be less of a grind
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For reasons I've never understood, the actual monster capturing is usually awful in monster-capturing games, and Pokemon is probably the one that does it the best out of all of them. There's much less RNG involved, it's not a once-per-battle chance, there's no tedious minigames involved, etc.
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Dec 19, 2018 06:30
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Sadly the Telefang translation is incomplete. Happily it's still actively being worked on, the last patch update was 2 days ago.
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U.T. Raptor posted:For reasons I've never understood, the actual monster capturing is usually awful in monster-capturing games, and Pokemon is probably the one that does it the best out of all of them. There's much less RNG involved, it's not a once-per-battle chance, there's no tedious minigames involved, etc. It's either that, or subpar monster designs. Sometimes (more often than not, imo), it's both. As much as some people yell at Game Freak to change up the formula of things, there's a reason they've stuck to the formula so closely.
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