Pokemon Megathread: I have very strong feelings about pokemons

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ImpAtom: May 24, 2007

Spacebump posted:

Were ice cream cones in the Pokemon universe invented to look like Vanillites? Did humans design trashbags to look like Trubbish?

Generally I assume it's the opposite and Pokemon are kind of yokaish in that they come into creation based off certain things. Trubbish didn't exist before trashbags but the existence of trashbags caused Trubbish to exist.

Voltorbs probably also either didn't exist or had some other form in the era before Pokeballs existed.

Considering Pokemon are capable of instantly evolving into different forms it seems entirely reasonable to assume they can change fairly quickly in response to new stimulus.

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# ? Jun 6, 2024 07:06

Bleck: Jan 7, 2014; No matter how one loves, there are always different aims. Love can take a great many forms, whatever the era.

my belief is that Trubbish learned, socially, to dress themselves in garbage bags after watching humans do it

# ? Sep 28, 2020 00:07

Plasbad: Oct 2, 2013

That's actually kind of a minor plot point in Pokemon BW and what the professor there was researching. She makes a mention of how Klink only came into existence around 100 years ago, so it's kind of assumed that maybe they were born from gears and not a naturally occurring thing. Pokemon are weird like that.

In other news, I was doing battle tower stuff for the fun of it and an interesting thing happened. I was against an Intelleon and I had a Maractus with Storm Drain out with another Pokemon, and the Intelleon used Water Pledge and totally bypassed the Storm Drain ability. As far as I could see there's no documentation about Pledge moves having that property, and Intelleon doesn't have an ability that lets it bypass abilities, so I don't know how that happened. I have to do some testing myself. And yes, it was definitely Water Pledge and not Snipe Shot that it used.

# ? Sep 28, 2020 00:15

Zore: Sep 21, 2010; willfully illiterate, aggressively miserable sourpuss whose sole raison d�etre is to put other people down for liking the wrong things

Also like there are a bunch of Pokemon that are aliens (Clefairy, Staryu, Deoxys, Elgeyem etc) and Pokemon that are explicitly pollution come to life (Koffing, Grimer)

# ? Sep 28, 2020 00:17

galagazombie: Oct 31, 2011; A silly little mouse!

Pokemon seem to be affected by evolution besides just "Evolution", hence Fossil Mon's and Regional Variants. I know Relicanth's Dex entry mentions the fact that it hasn't evolved (the real life way) in thousands of years being an oddity.

# ? Sep 28, 2020 05:49

Scholtz: Aug 24, 2007; Zorchin' some Flemoids

If there's ever a big open world Pokemon game where you can go to every region, Relicanth would be a really cool candidate for a pokemon that has an evolution based on every region, based upon the "shock" of being exposed to the modern world after existing in the depths of the ocean for so long.

# ? Sep 28, 2020 06:01

Spanish Manlove: Aug 31, 2008; HAILGAYSATAN

If evolution is real then how come there are still Mankeys?

# ? Sep 28, 2020 09:52

Scholtz: Aug 24, 2007; Zorchin' some Flemoids

Because humans were created by God, in His image.

..nevermind.

Scholtz fucked around with this message at 10:15 on Sep 28, 2020

# ? Sep 28, 2020 10:13

Zulily Zoetrope: Jun 1, 2011; Muldoon

Ice cream cones were based on Vanillite, which were hunted to near extinction for their smooth and creamy flesh. Actual ice cream is better for you, as the pok�mon absorb a lot of elements they cannot digest over their lifetime, which are harmful to humans. Mostly radon, but also more heavy metals than livestock. There's still a pretty large poaching and black market segment, and you should probably avoid wonder trading them.

Trubbish evolved organically alongside human development in waste processing, though. Their immediate precursors resembled middens and dung pits and no one thought to preserve them. Their closest extant relative is the Burmy family, curiously enough, despite the species existing across the world from each other, and neither having any relation to the Sewaddle family.

# ? Sep 28, 2020 12:04

MorningMoon: Dec 29, 2013; He's been tapping into Aunt May's bank account!
Didn't I kill him with a HELICOPTER?

https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/1310566023637143552

Tundra news tomorrow

# ? Sep 28, 2020 14:31

Electric Phantasm: Apr 7, 2011; YOSPOS

Why are they just sticking EX on everything?

# ? Sep 28, 2020 15:31

Blaze Dragon: Aug 28, 2013; LOWTAX'S SPINE FUND

Electric Phantasm posted:

Why are they just sticking EX on everything?

EXpansion, I'm guessing.

# ? Sep 28, 2020 16:02

Framboise: Sep 21, 2014; To make yourself feel better, you make it so you'll never give in to your forevers and live for always.; Lipstick Apathy

Watch them actually release the games as Pokemon Sword EX and Shield EX with the DLC included a year after Tundra's released. :v:

# ? Sep 28, 2020 16:15

hopeandjoy: Nov 28, 2014

Framboise posted:

Watch them actually release the games as Pokemon Sword EX and Shield EX with the DLC included a year after Tundra's released.

This is what I've always assumed they'll end up doing tbh.

They might not even wait a year.

# ? Sep 28, 2020 16:16

Spanish Manlove: Aug 31, 2008; HAILGAYSATAN

PokemonSSEX

# ? Sep 28, 2020 16:24

Shneak: Mar 6, 2015; A sad Professor Plum
sitting on a toilet.

I guess today might be a good day to buy the DLC and play Isle of Armour.

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# ? Sep 28, 2020 17:49

Vinylshadow: Mar 20, 2017

#PokemonSwordShieldEX

# ? Sep 28, 2020 18:24

Zwingley: Sep 20, 2011; "My dear Seth, you look absolutely dashing!"; Hair Elf

Electric Phantasm posted:

Why are they just sticking EX on everything?

EX in this case probably refers to it being an expansion :v:

E: beaten like a recent-gen rival character

# ? Sep 28, 2020 18:26

Blackbelt Bobman: Jul 17, 2004; I don't need friends! I've been
manipulatin' you since the start!
All so I can something,
something X-Blade!

Here�s the link to the stream:

https://youtu.be/ayIZaCMKpYE

Only 43 more minutes

# ? Sep 29, 2020 13:17

The Golden Gael: Nov 12, 2011

I bet it'll just be confirmation of the Hoenn starters or something rudimentary like explaining some new attacks.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 13:48

Shneak: Mar 6, 2015; A sad Professor Plum
sitting on a toilet.

I definitely saw Galarian Slowking in there but they didn't acknowledge it.

edit: never mind, here he is

https://twitter.com/SerebiiNet/status/1310931442789122048

Shneak fucked around with this message at 14:21 on Sep 29, 2020

# ? Sep 29, 2020 14:08

hopeandjoy: Nov 28, 2014

What did I say about them selling a combo pack for the holiday season.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 14:10

Bobulus: Jan 28, 2007

October 22nd release date, as guessed.

Also, mystery gift ash-hat pikachu with code P1KACHUGET

# ? Sep 29, 2020 14:11

Hammerite: Mar 9, 2007; And you don't remember what I said here, either, but it was pompous and stupid.; Jade Ear Joe

Next DLC releases on the 22nd.

Lots of legendaries will be obtainable.

Code for special hat pikachu: P1KACHUGET

# ? Sep 29, 2020 14:11

dungeon cousin: Nov 26, 2012; woop woop
loop loop

This is a really pretty music video.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 14:13

Blackbelt Bobman: Jul 17, 2004; I don't need friends! I've been
manipulatin' you since the start!
All so I can something,
something X-Blade!

That was kinda underwhelming but it�s nice to have a release date finally. And no surprise at the DLC bundled with the game, makes sense at this point.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 14:15

The Golden Gael: Nov 12, 2011

Bobulus posted:

October 22nd release date, as guessed.

Also, mystery gift ash-hat pikachu with code P1KACHUGET

I'm delighted, I was expecting mid-November.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 14:19

Bleck: Jan 7, 2014; No matter how one loves, there are always different aims. Love can take a great many forms, whatever the era.

edit: spoilered in case you're going in blind, but galarian slowking

# ? Sep 29, 2020 14:21

Bobulus: Jan 28, 2007

So, here's my guess how this will work, based purely on images and speculation:

- You form a party of four players in a raid lobby. Everyone picks a pokemon, like they do in current raids.
- You enter the 'caves' below the island. This puts you on a branching pathway.
- Each node in the pathway is a raid battle. You somehow pick which path you take ( voting? Leader decides?)
- If you get to the end of the path (after, say, three raid battles?), You can fight and capture the legendary at the end.

Lots of ways to tinker with this. Does everyone have exactly one pokemon for the whole raid? Or does everyone get to pick, say, three, and switch them between raids? Is there healing between raids?

My big worry is that Nintendo is bad at online and probably won't let you bring in new people if someone drops out between raids.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 14:25

Marx Headroom: May 10, 2007; AT LAST! A show with nonono ~~commercials~~!; Fallen Rib

It always weirds me out when Pokemon evolve clothes...

# ? Sep 29, 2020 14:25

RatHat: Dec 31, 2007; A tiny behatted rat👒🐀!

Bobulus posted:

So, here's my guess how this will work, based purely on images and speculation:

- You form a party of four players in a raid lobby. Everyone picks a pokemon, like they do in current raids.
- You enter the 'caves' below the island. This puts you on a branching pathway.
- Each node in the pathway is a raid battle. You somehow pick which path you take ( voting? Leader decides?)
- If you get to the end of the path (after, say, three raid battles?), You can fight and capture the legendary at the end.

Lots of ways to tinker with this. Does everyone have exactly one pokemon for the whole raid? Or does everyone get to pick, say, three, and switch them between raids? Is there healing between raids?

My big worry is that Nintendo is bad at online and probably won't let you bring in new people if someone drops out between raids.

For whatever reason Dynamax Adventures are rentals only

quote:

In Dynamax Adventures, you�ll team up with three other Trainers to explore a Pok�mon Den where Dynamax Pok�mon are said to lurk!

Instead of your regular Pok�mon team, you and your fellow Trainers will choose rental Pok�mon to bring along into the depths of the den. If you encounter a wild Dynamax Pok�mon during your exploration, you�ll need to work together with your three teammates in a Max Raid Battle! If you win the battle, you�ll have the chance to catch the Pok�mon, and one Trainer on the team can swap the newly caught Pok�mon in for the Pok�mon they had before. But if you lose a battle, you�ll be ejected from the den!

Try swapping out your Pok�mon as you explore so you�ll be prepared to face whatever comes next as you seek the Legendary Pok�mon said to lurk in the depths. And if you want to delve even deeper into the den, Endless Dynamax Adventures may be the thing for you! Endless Dynamax Adventures let you keep on going until you lose a battle.

Give them a try if you want to test your mettle.

If we have to battle legendaries with rentals then the catch rate had better be higher...

# ? Sep 29, 2020 14:42

Hammerite: Mar 9, 2007; And you don't remember what I said here, either, but it was pompous and stupid.; Jade Ear Joe

The hidden ability capsule is called an ability patch.

The Ability Patch: A new useful item for raising Pok�mon
In The Crown Tundra, you may get new items called Ability Patches. They�re hard to come by but worth the effort. If you use one on a Pok�mon, its Ability will change to its species� Hidden Ability, if it has one! With an Ability Patch and a helping of Max Soup from the Isle of Armor, you can bring out the Hidden Ability of the first partner Pok�mon you chose at the beginning of Pok�mon Sword or Pok�mon Shield and give it the capability to Gigantamax as well.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 14:51

KungFu Grip: Jun 18, 2008

Silvally is a legendary pokemon

# ? Sep 29, 2020 14:54

Procrastine: Mar 30, 2011

Galarian Slowking, Poison/Psychic. Its signature move, Eerie Spell, is Psychic-type and removes 3 PP from the target when it hits, along with dealing damage. It has a new ability, Curious Medicine, which resets its allies' stat changes when it's sent out.

G-Max Melmetal, it has G-Max Meltdown which has a torment effect, I think this was datamined before but hey

Dynamax Adventures have you use rental Pok�mon. After winning a battle, one trainer can swap their rental for a different rental Pok�mon. There are also Endless Dynamax Adventures that go until you lose a battle.

Every Legendary Pok�mon is here! (Note: some legendaries are version-exclusive)

The Galarian Star Tournament unlocks after enough story progress in the Crown Tundra. There's special dialog depending on who your ally and opponents are.

The Ability Patch is an item that gives a Pok�mon its Hidden Ability. Where do you get them? Do they switch Hidden Abilities back to normal abilities? Such are the mysteries.

Go -> Home connectivity. Get a G-Max Melmetal for using it! Terms and conditions apply:

quote:

Please be aware that Pok�mon HOME Mystery Gifts are only available on the mobile device version of Pok�mon HOME, and the ability to connect to Pok�mon Sword and Pok�mon Shield is available only on the Nintendo Switch version of Pok�mon HOME. Also note that you cannot feed Melmetal the Max Soup from The Isle of Armor, the first wave of content for the Pok�mon Sword Expansion Pass and Pok�mon Shield Expansion Pass. Depending on your OS or device, you may not be able to use certain features.

Wow!

# ? Sep 29, 2020 14:56

Golden Goat: Aug 2, 2012

Welp dynamax adventures sounds bad now

# ? Sep 29, 2020 14:57

Hammerite: Mar 9, 2007; And you don't remember what I said here, either, but it was pompous and stupid.; Jade Ear Joe

Bobulus posted:

My big worry is that Nintendo is bad at online and probably won't let you bring in new people if someone drops out between raids.

There's all this stuff about picking mons, and only one person being able to swap in a mon after a battle, and so on. It seems like the kind of thing where people will disconnect if they don't get their way. Hope I'm wrong.

Every legendary will be catchable:

With The Crown Tundra, you�ll be able to encounter every Legendary Pok�mon that�s appeared in the main series of Pok�mon games! Find Legendary Pok�mon during your travels in the Crown Tundra or while you�re on Dynamax Adventures, and you�ll have a chance to catch them! Some Legendary Pok�mon appear only in Pok�mon Sword with the Pok�mon Sword Expansion Pass, while others appear only in Pok�mon Shield with the Pok�mon Shield Expansion Pass.

# ? Sep 29, 2020 14:58