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Ziddar posted:
He does the weird shakey heads thing Gidrah does! If only he had a high pitched ring tone cry.
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i don't like how the head necks come down and then forward like arms. i would rather they go up and then forward like necks. also i don't like its giratina wings
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Mar 28, 2019 23:53
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Cipher Pol 9 posted:So Smogon is a thing and Dogasu's Backpack was a thing Koffing is cute and round and my friend
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oddium posted:i don't like how the head necks come down and then forward like arms. i would rather they go up and then forward like necks. also i don't like its giratina wings But they are arms? I assumed the previous 2 heads “died” and became new hands, with a new real head growing in between them. He’s got heads for hands.
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Mar 29, 2019 00:02
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Nessa posted:But they are arms? I assumed the previous 2 heads “died” and became new hands, with a new real head growing in between them. He’s got heads for hands. Yeah, this exactly. Those previous heads braindead as gently caress.
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Mar 29, 2019 00:04
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Fraxure is cool, to me.
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i take it back it's cool then actually but i don't like the wings still
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Mar 29, 2019 00:26
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Cipher Pol 9 posted:So Smogon is a thing and Dogasu's Backpack was a thing Azure Heights used Koffing as a mascot, too. It probably has to do with how goofy it was in the anime. I remember a lot of people back then being a fan of it. (I can't believe people are still posting on Azure Heights in the year 2019.)
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Mar 29, 2019 00:35
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https://www.twitch.tv/twitchpresents Remember when Twitch streamed the Pokemon anime last August? they're in the first season of Black and White right now. 
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I’ve been partly watching the anime lately (and partly reading episode recaps on Bulbapedia, because I’m not going to subject myself to actually watching all the formulaic character of the day episodes in early to mid Johto), and I’m now on Hoenn, right after May wins a Contest for the first time. Is it just me, or is May’s goal actually a lot harder than Ash’s? He just has to beat 8 people one-on-one to get a slot in the big tournament, and if he loses to one of them, he can rechallenge the Gym the next day. To get a slot in her big tournament, May needs to win 5 other tournaments, which can have as many as 50 competitors, and are apparently only held every few weeks. I guess we’re supposed to assume that only the top 4 or so Coordinators in each Contest are serious and the rest are just local dilettantes? Edit: It might have been more "logical" to implement it more like the games, where Contests are impromptu 4-person affairs, and the difficulty lies in collecting 1 per category per contest hall (20 total). But I guess the number of Contest-centric episodes that would require would lead to May displacing Ash as the main character. Silver2195 fucked around with this message at 02:17 on Mar 29, 2019 |
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Mar 29, 2019 02:05
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Silver2195 posted:I’ve been partly watching the anime lately (and partly reading episode recaps on Bulbapedia, because I’m not going to subject myself to actually watching all the formulaic character of the day episodes in early to mid Johto), and I’m now on Hoenn, right after May wins a Contest for the first time. Is it just me, or is May’s goal actually a lot harder than Ash’s? He just has to beat 8 people one-on-one to get a slot in the big tournament, and if he loses to one of them, he can rechallenge the Gym the next day. To get a slot in her big tournament, May needs to win 5 other tournaments, which can have as many as 50 competitors, and are apparently only held every few weeks. I guess we’re supposed to assume that only the top 4 or so Coordinators in each Contest are serious and the rest are just local dilettantes? The logistics behind contests tend to break down when examined closely as they all seem to be MCed by the same host and judged by the same two people and a local Nurse Joy. Assuming that the Ribbons needed were won in the same "journey" (as once they've been used to enter a Grand Festival, they can't be used for a different one), by the time a Grand Festival comes around, there may also be up to 50 competitors, which means that at least... 250 different ribbons from 250 different contests.
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Zuzie posted:The logistics behind contests tend to break down when examined closely as they all seem to be MCed by the same host and judged by the same two people and a local Nurse Joy. Assuming that the Ribbons needed were won in the same "journey" (as once they've been used to enter a Grand Festival, they can't be used for a different one), by the time a Grand Festival comes around, there may also be up to 50 competitors, which means that at least... 250 different ribbons from 250 different contests. I assume most Coordinators win their 5 Ribbons over a multi-year period, since while Drew appears to be May's age, the other strong Coordinators in the episodes I've seen so far seem to mostly be adults. Plus there might be alternate methods for eligibility, like Pokemon Tech and the Pokemon League Entrance Exam for the Indigo League.
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Vandar posted:Azure Heights used Koffing as a mascot, too. It probably has to do with how goofy it was in the anime. I remember a lot of people back then being a fan of it. Jfc I can’t believe Azure is still up and running. Man that brings back memories, I was hardcoreinto using thier rby battle simulator. Dogasu was the jam too. 12 year old web me loved reading his write ups on the JPN episodes.
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The only dragon types I don't like are Druddigon, Shelgon, and Reshiram. The rest are all my favorites, especially Kommo-o and Noivern.
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Mar 29, 2019 03:55
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I continually forget that Druddigon exists.
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It's a bit strange how quickly they went for out there Dragon-type designs when there's an awful lot of more obvious designs you could think of when you hear "dragon".
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YaketySass posted:It's a bit strange how quickly they went for out there Dragon-type designs when there's an awful lot of more obvious designs you could think of when you hear "dragon". There are some pretty out-there ones, aren't there? You have a land-dwelling shark-kaiju, a landmine-turtle, a dinosaur with heads for arms, a palm tree with coconuts for heads and a tail with another head on it, a colonial organism in the shape of a giant robot... I'm not entirely clear about what being a Dragon-type means, though. A lot of Pokemon that look pretty dragon-like (Charizard, Gyarados) aren't dragons, while a line of slugs are dragons (though to be fair, they're based on a weird French legendary creature). Reminds me of the argument in TBB's Bonfire of the Genres thread about whether an acorn can be a dragon. Silver2195 fucked around with this message at 04:47 on Mar 29, 2019 |
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Silver2195 posted:There are some pretty out-there ones, aren't there? You have a land-dwelling shark-kaiju, a landmine-turtle, a dinosaur with heads for arms, a palm tree with coconuts for heads and a tail with another head on it, a colonial organism in the shape of a giant robot... Dino with head for arms is clearly Gidorah though, right down to Japanese name (Sazandora)
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For all its disturbing pokedex entry, my parasect is surprisingly cute and friendly. He loves to shakeshakeshake and spore the enemy. Clefable's doing pretty well, but I was shocked Clefairy stopped learning moves at level 38. I wish I could nickname my Alolan Golem. She's really putting in some work.
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Silver2195 posted:a colonial organism in the shape of a giant robot...
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Xander B Coolridge posted:You're gonna have to help me with this one Zygarde.
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Also I wish I could get turtwig in let's go because he's cute and grass/ground that learns earthquake is fun.
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Ziddar posted:
Hydreigon and so many other gen 5 Pokemon went from weird and busy to cute and brilliant when put in 3D and animated it really feels like Gamefreak designed them with 3D prioritised to their detriment in the games they debuted in.
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There are also unfortunate casualties of the transition from gen V (sprites) to gen VI (3D models), like Haxorus.
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If something's type doesn't make sense to you assume it's a pun in Japanese
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less laughter posted:There are also unfortunate casualties of the transition from gen V (sprites) to gen VI (3D models), like Haxorus. *Remembers all those flying types that are now stuck in a flying models to facilitate Sky Battles*
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Zore posted:That dudes like 20+ years older than her Steven's 25 in RSEORAS, 28 in HGSS, 33 in BW2 People ship Dawn with Cyrus, and he's 17 years older than she is Shippers be whack, yo
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A Sometimes Food posted:Hydreigon and so many other gen 5 Pokemon went from weird and busy to cute and brilliant when put in 3D and animated it really feels like Gamefreak designed them with 3D prioritised to their detriment in the games they debuted in. Except for Eelektross. His 3D animation just has him floating in the air, while his old animated sprite had him waddling on his little flippers and he looked so cute. https://pokemondb.net/sprites/eelektross Flappy flappy, flippy flappy, hop, hop!
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Mar 29, 2019 15:07
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Eelektross actually moving like an eel is better.
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Mar 29, 2019 15:16
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Eelektross should have its  French name, Ohmassacre
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Ignite Memories posted:Hydreigon is gorgeous and its your fault if you dont like weed King Weedorah
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I too prefer flying eel Eelektross.Vinylshadow posted:Steven's 25 in RSEORAS, 28 in HGSS, 33 in BW2 And Cynthia. If anything they ship her and Cynthia more and Cynthia is.... uh how old is she? Definitely too old for Dawn but I forget if Cynthia is meant to be young or middle aged or what.
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I suppose they can get away with it because the protagonist is supposed to be you so you can project whatever feelings you have for the other characters onto the character you are playing as.
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A Sometimes Food posted:I too prefer flying eel Eelektross. Considering Cynthia's a mature adult woman in an anime, I'd guess she's maybe 29 years old.
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lightrook posted:Considering Cynthia's a mature adult woman in an anime, I'd guess she's maybe 29 years old. 29, isn't that like grandma age for anime?
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Mar 29, 2019 17:26
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Ash’s mom is 29.
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Oak is 34.
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Pikachu is 40.
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I'm pretty sure most of the people who write for these games don't know, don't care and/or have forgotten how old most of these characters are meant to be. Pokemon's actually always been pretty good in having characters and trainers of all shapes and sizes, from young children to elderly people, spirit mediums, construction workers, martial artists, psychics, office workers, scientists, etc etc. There's a whole world going on out there besides the adventures of one vaguely defined adolescent, and Pokemon are explicitly an equalising medium between people.
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A Sometimes Food posted:I too prefer flying eel Eelektross. Old enough for her doppelganger in another universe to have a ten-year-old daughter, so unless they're going with the "once you're ten, you can get married and do all that adult crap like filing your taxes and taking out a fifth mortgage" she's somewhere in her late twenties/early thirties
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