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Zekrom is REX, Reshiram is RAY, Genesect is the Shagohod.
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The Beldum line is the most robotic pokemon, followed closely by the Golett line and Magearna, but Zygarde-Complete is the most super robotic.
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Mar 23, 2019 03:24
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Metang and Registeel I'd say are more "made of metal" than true robots. Golurk is kind of the opposite where he isn't mechanical or metal, but is very obviously meant to invoke such. Magearna it seems is the only one that seems to fulfill my completely objective and not at all pedantic criteria.
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Mar 23, 2019 03:50
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Where does Porygon and its ilk fit in?
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Mar 23, 2019 03:58
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Zuzie posted:Where does Porygon and its ilk fit in? As the worlds foremost expert on what counts as a Robot. I'd say some kind of electromagnetic virtual entity, thus not a robot.
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Mar 23, 2019 04:23
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I think Magearna might be implied to be the first fully robotic Pokemon, while Golett more raises the questions of where golems call in this dichotomy. (Golems do have a lot of precedent for robot myths, including raising the question of whether their labour will destroy the economy, and they are basically 'programmed' with text) Interesting and funny that we have at least one confirmed robot trainer. That said, we also have a lot of trainers with psychic powers too. Why can't we play one of those?
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Mar 23, 2019 07:35
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Ghost Leviathan posted:That said, we also have a lot of trainers with psychic powers too. Why can't we play one of those?
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Mar 23, 2019 08:26
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1st Stage Midboss posted:Well, the player is the only person to immediately understand what Pokemon their opponents will use next and switch out in that moment... Turning that poo poo off is the closest thing the games get to a hard mode.
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Mar 23, 2019 08:48
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Turning that poo poo off is the closest thing the games get to a hard mode. I do like that you can tailor-make your own various challenges though Nuzlocke, item budget, monotype, wonderlocke, etc...
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Mar 23, 2019 17:23
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My challenge as a kid was to never use a TM on any Pokemon.
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Mar 23, 2019 19:45
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That’s not a challenge, that’s proper fear of single use, rare items.
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Mar 23, 2019 19:55
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Ghost Leviathan posted:Turning that poo poo off is the closest thing the games get to a hard mode. 
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Mar 23, 2019 20:16
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the new type should be Cosmic. pokemon from outer space or other planets. they already have a couple right?
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Mar 23, 2019 20:25
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psychic is the space type
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Mar 23, 2019 20:27
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Gay Horney posted:they already have a couple right? yes
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Mar 23, 2019 20:30
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They don't add new types unless one type is dominating all the rest. Psychic was so broken in Gen 1 that that they introduced 2 types to balance them out: Dark, which is immune to psychic and does super effective damage and Steel, which only takes half damage from psychic attacks. The two types are also weak against the Fighting type, which needed a buff the most. Dragons were originally supposed to be the powerful but rare type but as more of them were introduced, they became a dominant force by Gen 5. So the Fairy type was introduced that were to them as Dark was to Psychics. They also are weak to Poison and Steel, which were kind of bad as offensive typings. As of right now there's no typing that's an easy answer for everything.
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Mar 23, 2019 20:34
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Gay Horney posted:the new type should be Cosmic. pokemon from outer space or other planets. they already have a couple right? Your homework assignment is to list the advantages and disadvantages that Cosmic typing would have against other types, and explain the reasoning behind each one.
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Mar 23, 2019 20:40
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Zuzie posted:They don't add new types unless one type is dominating all the rest. Psychic was so broken in Gen 1 that that they introduced 2 types to balance them out: Dark, which is immune to psychic and does super effective damage and Steel, which only takes half damage from psychic attacks. The two types are also weak against the Fighting type, which needed a buff the most. Dragons were originally supposed to be the powerful but rare type but as more of them were introduced, they became a dominant force by Gen 5. So the Fairy type was introduced that were to them as Dark was to Psychics. They also are weak to Poison and Steel, which were kind of bad as offensive typings. Another reason why Gen 1 Psychic was broken is that the types that were super-effective against it, Ghost and Bug, didn't have any real strong damaging moves (later generations fixed this). It also didn't help that all the Ghost types and half of the Bug types in the game were also part Poison, which Psychic is super-effective against.
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Mar 23, 2019 20:51
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The number of Psychic types with a space theme is getting a bit goofy but there's no real need for a new Type at this point. Biggest priority is probably buffing up the weakest types like Ice.
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Mar 23, 2019 20:57
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Wyvernil posted:the types that were super-effective against it, Ghost Psychic was immune to Ghost in gen I.
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Mar 23, 2019 20:57
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Was it? Or was it the only ghost line at the time was half poison and that tripped it up. I'm serious I don't even remember. Also I just got a shiny Roserade in so if anybody wants that it's up for grabs.
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Mar 23, 2019 21:23
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less laughter posted:Psychic was immune to Ghost in gen I. This was a bug, but even if the game was functioning as designed Ghost had Night Shade (fixed damage), Lick (20 base power) and, er... Flopsy posted:Was it? Or was it the only ghost line at the time was half poison and that tripped it up. This too. Bug-type fared a little better, in that Jolteon had high Special and was one of only two pokemon to learn Pin Missile.
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Mar 23, 2019 21:25
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We need a new typing to really bully Ice and shove it in a locker!
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Mar 23, 2019 21:26
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Flopsy posted:Was it? Or was it the only ghost line at the time was half poison and that tripped it up. No it was literally immune, try it out for yourself with Lick if you don't believe it. Psychic went from one weakness in gen I (Bug) to three in gen II (Bug, Ghost, Dark).
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Mar 23, 2019 21:26
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Mierenneuker posted:We need a new typing to really bully Ice and shove it in a locker! Due to Global Warming every other type is going to slowly get worse for ice anyway.
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Mar 23, 2019 21:28
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less laughter posted:No it was literally immune, try it out for yourself with Lick if you don't believe it. No I believe you, it's just been over 20 years since I played a first gen game so I couldn't remember for the life of me.
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Mar 23, 2019 21:32
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I like how Ghost used to be Physical and Dark used to be Special even though none of the relevant moves or mons reflected that, and then when Gen 4 rolled around they swapped almost literally every Ghost/Dark move to the opposite damage type like they should have been in the first place. Thanks Gen 1 Lick for ruining mons like Sneasel for several gens.
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Mar 23, 2019 23:18
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When Gold/Silver came out, was anyone surprised to discover that Magnemite and Magneton became steel type?
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Mar 23, 2019 23:30
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I had a dream that the new game had a new type called “Jump” and Charmander and Charmeleon were retconned into being Fire/Jump.
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Mar 23, 2019 23:34
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Mraagvpeine posted:When Gold/Silver came out, was anyone surprised to discover that Magnemite and Magneton became steel type? I was more surprised voltorb wasn't also made steel type.
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Mar 23, 2019 23:37
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Dienes posted:I was more surprised voltorb wasn't also made steel type. I always thought that they were made out of some sort of plastic, which explained why it wasn't a steel type.
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Mar 23, 2019 23:43
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It's made of flesh and feels unsettling to the touch.
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Mar 23, 2019 23:48
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Kite Pride Worldwide posted:I like how Ghost used to be Physical and Dark used to be Special even though none of the relevant moves or mons reflected that, and then when Gen 4 rolled around they swapped almost literally every Ghost/Dark move to the opposite damage type like they should have been in the first place. Thanks Gen 1 Lick for ruining mons like Sneasel for several gens. Yep. All the damage-dealing Dark moves in Gens 2 and 3 were flavored as physical dirty fighting rather than blasts of black energy. The moves that actually were flavored as blasts of black energy (Night Shade and Shadow Ball) were Ghost-type. Dark finally got a blast of black energy in Gen 4 with Dark Pulse, and it was the only Special Dark move in Gen 4.
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Mar 23, 2019 23:55
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Pokemon is such a good series for being fun to such a wide range of people with it's many friends and ways to set em up. Game good, can't wait to get Grookey and hang with a full monkey team. Edit: Did they show starter evos before release of the previous games?
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Mar 24, 2019 00:07
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Vapor Moon posted:Did they show starter evos before release of the previous games? Yes, always
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Mar 24, 2019 00:15
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Dabir posted:
The gen 1 Pokemon, even in the remakes are so bad about this. The type matching Pokemon for the best move is often just terribly statted so you do more damage without the STAB.
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Mar 24, 2019 02:45
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Psychic Pokemon being from space is fitting given Psychic is basically The Force.
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Mar 24, 2019 02:48
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As long as I still know every pokemon, I will never be old.
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Mar 24, 2019 06:21
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Bongo Bill posted:As long as I still know every pokemon, I will never be old.
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https://twitter.com/throrok/status/1109817788544110597
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