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How dare you completely overlook the best pokemon in Glimwood Tangle? For some reason, this forest is full of teacups. It's by far my favourite pokemon of this generation, although I don't have the slightest clue why it lives here of all places. (I guess there isn't any indoor area with encounters in Galar, is there... they'd have been perfect in an abandoned mansion or something like we had in Gen 1.)Falconier111 posted:Not to mention a literal Otherkin over here. He wants us to put on some clothes that will inspire a fiery spirit, whatever that means. I’m assuming he wants me to put on a Fire Gym uniform or something. I’ll consider it, but I have something else I need done first. This is a bit more annoying than a Fire gym uniform, unfortunately (pretty sure I tried that and it didn't work); as far as I can tell, the only way to get it to work is to buy all the fire versions of the clothing sold in Hammerlocke and wear those. He gives you the Acrobatics TM, so decide if that's worth it; it's a nontrivial chunk of change to buy all those clothes.
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I'm perfectly fine with talking about how this franchise has changed over the years, especially since dumb knowledge like that is what I enjoy talking about for other series I've played or followed. As for our new Galarian Ponyta, let's call it Lite Brite.
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Explopyro posted:How dare you completely overlook the best pokemon in Glimwood Tangle? For some reason, this forest is full of teacups. It's by far my favourite pokemon of this generation, although I don't have the slightest clue why it lives here of all places. (I guess there isn't any indoor area with encounters in Galar, is there... they'd have been perfect in an abandoned mansion or something like we had in Gen 1.) That TM is so worth it. I know I named things but let's go with Rhiannon for the Ponyta
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I spend a long time looking for those cup pokemon in the woods there. Still haven't found the one I want. Going with this incident was Rose's idea? Doesn't really fit. But someone else does, we saw that Oleana told Bede to meet with her privately recently. Who's to say she didn't lie to him in order to get Bede thrown out so Rose has less people to focus on?
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Robindaybird posted:That TM is so worth it. Alright, you got me curious. I wonder what Bulbapedia has to say about that move ![]()
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Falconier111 posted:
I'm not familiar with the Sherwood area but there are some villages in the New Forest in Hampshire that are a less overgrown/mushroom-filled version of this. Not full of fairies though. At least in daylight ![]() I really love Ballonlea's aesthetic as well. Falconier111 posted:Alright, you got me curious. I wonder what Bulbapedia has to say about that move Yeah, Acrobatics is a very, very good move and a lot of things learn it that can put it to very, very good use. I'm sure someday they'll nerf it to 70% accuracy or something.
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I wouldn't be surprised if they think that "can't hold an item" is a good balancer for competitive. There's still some great combos that can come from it, sure (with consumable items mostly, like the White Herb, though one of the ones that made it probably the most famous is no longer available at all) but beyond that you'd be either sacrificing giving your other moves some extra oomph to boost just one. Or using up a move slot in case you get Knock Offed. It's great for in game but in-game is for dumb baby children, they wouldn't care about that.
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Update 24: Neath Shadowed Boughs![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Falconier111 fucked around with this message at 06:16 on Nov 21, 2020 |
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Oh, and as a reminder for the new page; we still need a name for our Ponyta and who we should kick out to fit it in.
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Let's name the pony Twi. Sporkle.
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LiefKatano posted:I wouldn't be surprised if they think that "can't hold an item" is a good balancer for competitive. There's still some great combos that can come from it, sure (with consumable items mostly, like the White Herb, though one of the ones that made it probably the most famous is no longer available at all) but beyond that you'd be either sacrificing giving your other moves some extra oomph to boost just one. Or using up a move slot in case you get Knock Offed. I had a lot of fun in the Battle Tower with a Hawlucha that had the Unburden ability, using Sky Attack with a Power Herb. That does ridiculous damage and then immediately activates both Acrobatics and Unburden ![]() Can't really do that in the main game though, I think you have access to like two Power Herbs total unless you get lucky with Pickup. Acrobatics is a really solid move, I only meant "it might not be worth it" in that you're effectively buying the TM from that guy and you might not have anyone who can learn it. Sorry I don't have much comment on the actual writing here, I like what you're doing with these characters though.
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Update 25: My Morning Tea is Kicking In Postwick - Pokémon Sword and Shield OST ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() … Professor Magnolia's Laboratory - Pokémon Sword and Shield OST ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() … Wyndon - Pokémon Sword and Shield OST ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() … Gym Lobby - Pokémon Sword and Shield OST ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Before we go toe to toe with Opal at last, we have someone to talk to! ![]() ![]() The Love Ball helps you catch Pokémon… Of the opposite gender of whatever Pokémon you have out ![]() ![]() Fairy is my weakest type. It came out during Gen 6, long after I stopped playing, and mechanics are foreign to me. I’ve been avoiding playing with a type chart open because of the sheer cheesiness of it all, but I’ve actually had to consult it in order to stand a chance. I am good at Pokémon ![]() Speaking of which… ![]() ![]() Gym - Pokémon Sword and Shield OST ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And there you have it; in one paragraph, Opal made my commentary on this Gym nearly irrelevant. In short? The entire Gym is a quiz show. Here’s the format for our lucky contestant: ![]() Gym Trainer Annette: …Gym Leader. We get three Trainer fights in a row, without breaks; the only true endurance match in the game thus far. So to speak. Partway through the fight, each interrupts you with a question: ![]() This first question is a lowball; both are right. I’ll choose Poison here because that’s the type I’ll use against most of the local Pokémon (spoilers!) ![]() ![]() The trainers fight you one by one, each interrupting you during combat by demanding you answer some question. Some of the answers are obvious; one asks you what the previous Trainer’s name was, for example. Others… ![]() ![]() ![]() Screw you, lady. But they ultimately aren’t all that scary; we don’t even get a Gym complete screen after we finish. Time for the lightning round. ![]() ![]() ![]() Pokemon Sword & Shield - Gym Leader Battle Music ![]() ![]() ![]() She opens with the most incredibly British floating bong I’ve ever seen. I was counting on riding the Poison weakness all the way home, but I forgot that Weezing’s inherent dankness makes it Poison-type– ![]() Yes, she interrupts combat to ask you more questions. Since Weezing is Fairy/Poison, Poison does normal damage, so I just hammer away at it for a couple hits until it falls. Next up is Mawile, which I BELIEVED was partially Steel type, which I ALSO believed was weak to Fire. So I brought out Bruce and had him show off his signature move (he picked it up when he evolved)... Which then missed. And it only has five PP ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And I was right ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The music changes tone through Gym Leader fights to amp you up as you reach the end (see the link above). This question interrupted the track and jarringly reverted it to the earlier, darker theme until I answered it. OPAL ![]() My plan was to throw out Dietrich, hit the Togekiss once with a normal attack, then Dynamax it to seal the deal… Which in retrospect probably would have wasted a turn of Dynamax. Instead, my Poison attack Poisoned the enemy and I just took the opportunity to heal Dietrich a bit while it choked itself to death. She’d still taken some substantial damage, so I switched her out for Chairman, who I’d given a Poison attack while adventuring earlier. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Did a lot less damage than I hoped ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The funny thing about all that production? It wasn’t very effective. It did some damage AND healed it too – but not enough to keep up with the damage Chairman could put out. So this point, my strategy was pretty much to have Chairman absorb the layer cake’s G-Max moves and, whether or not she ended up biting it, have someone else clean up the wreckage. Turns out, Chairman was just tough enough to survive all those hits, despite… ![]() ![]() … That. My first time through, I picked 88 because “I bet she’d appreciate honesty ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() I think the game has a theme is trying to get across. Do you think the game has a theme is trying to get across? Anyway, we scraped past another knockout again; even taking Type weaknesses into account, that Alcremie would've just pasted Dietrich. But once again, I managed to take down a Gym Leader without casualties. For context, I remember regularly losing two or three Pokémon out of six in earlier games to Leaders. I almost never lost outright, even the first time I ran into them, but they didn’t fold like this. I’m not sure I’d call Pokémon games HARD, per se. If you didn’t grind, they could be deeply challenging, but the mechanics encouraged grinding even more heavily than most JRPGs (you end up leaving a lot of debris behind you when you try to catch them all). If you were willing to sink some time into, say, scouring the last Route for new Pokémon and kitting yourself out with an appropriate team before hitting the Gym, it didn’t really matter how tough they were because you could just pound them down with bigger numbers. In fact, it’s part of why Pokémon games stand out from members of the genre; while grinding inevitably gets boring, no matter what game you play, Pokémon rewards you for grinding by giving you rare Pokémon to hunt for and objectives to achieve instead of just making you bang your head against random enemies. It’s a brilliant way to extend gameplay Still kind of grates how easy this game is. Ballonlea - Pokémon Sword and Shield OST ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() … ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]()
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I think Opal's my second-favorite Gym Challenge. I like the messing with stat changes thing, though it doesn't really get a chance to shine in most of the battles (and they're undone if you switch out at all, so eh.) Opal's pretty great in general though, if for no other reason than her amazing Dynamaxing animation: https://twitter.com/lief_katano/status/1196865593040728064?s=20 It's subtle, sorta, but I enjoy her pose when she recalls Alcremie and her struggling under the weight of the Dynamaxed Ball. In general I really like the bits of personality the Dynamax animations have.
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Honestly, Opal's just great in general. She's a crazy old woman, she's irreverent, but understands that yes, she's old, and honestly should step out of the limelight in favor of the next generations, and is sorta trying to, but at the same time, just can't help but still having a bunch of fun with it. Her "I'm getting serious" face is also terrifying. She's wonderful.
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Opal is indeed the best I also like that her gym has easy questions, but then hers are trick ones - ie: she talks up the color pink a bunch, but has a giant purple feather boa. That, and the "correct" choice for the age question is 16, because she's not entirely serious. Plus, her eyeshadow and big nose makes me think of Studio Ghibli old lady characters, and that's always an A+ BlazetheInferno posted:Her "I'm getting serious" face is also terrifying. ![]() whatever could you mean
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Opal is indeed the best ![]() I see her as being great friends with Professor Magnolia. Old ladies who take no poo poo and enjoy the world's inability to cope with it. And once they're both retired, with nothing to do except terrify the region? Hell yeah.
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inflatablefish posted:It would be lovely if we had our own version of the Petra temple carved into Cheddar Gorge, but, alas, our ancestors were too busy drawing dicks on every hillside. Oh, missed it then, but I think the secret meaning of a town's name is enough to qualify for a ![]()
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I feel like Stow-on-Side is just Game Freak's weird fixation in having a Desert Area in every game even if it doesn't make sense for the region.
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Falconier111 posted:Oh, missed it then, but I think the secret meaning of a town's name is enough to qualify for a Heh, I wouldn't say no! Though it occurred to me to look up the name, and while it most calls to mind Stoke-on-Trent (a fairly nondescript city in the Midlands), according to Wiki there's a parish of Stowe in Buckinghamshire - the name of Stowe referring to "a holy place of great significance". Though I don't know if either have a magical ancient mural with hidden statues behind. (On-Side could be a reference to anything from Teeside to Merseyside to the offside rule in football, which is incomprehensibly arcane.)
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inflatablefish posted:Though I don't know if either have a magical ancient mural with hidden statues behind. Wait, you're saying football doesn't have a magical ancient mural with hidden statues behind?
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Quackles posted:Wait, you're saying football doesn't have a magical ancient mural with hidden statues behind? 1966 isn't exactly ancient...
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I love that Galarian Wheezing's poison clouds have formed into a moustache and a goatee on its respective faces. ![]()
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inflatablefish posted:Heh, I wouldn't say no! Though it occurred to me to look up the name, and while it most calls to mind Stoke-on-Trent (a fairly nondescript city in the Midlands), according to Wiki there's a parish of Stowe in Buckinghamshire - the name of Stowe referring to "a holy place of great significance". Though I don't know if either have a magical ancient mural with hidden statues behind. There's also a Stowmarket in Suffolk, with the same root of a significant place. So yeah, Stow-On-Side's name means an important place on the side of something (a river? A lake? A gorge? Who knows)
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Tenebrais posted:There's also a Stowmarket in Suffolk, with the same root of a significant place. So yeah, Stow-On-Side's name means an important place on the side of something (a river? A lake? A gorge? Who knows) Well, the magical mural is on the side of the cliff, maybe it's that rather than the geographical location of the town? (Now I'm wondering if Galar has an equivalent of Weston-super-Mare.)
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Tenebrais posted:There's also a Stowmarket in Suffolk, with the same root of a significant place. So yeah, Stow-On-Side's name means an important place on the side of something (a river? A lake? A gorge? Who knows) What a great lead-in! Update 26: PINK! Hammerlocke - Pokémon Sword and Shield OST ![]() ![]() … And, that’s it. Bye, Opal! But don’t make it past the town square before… ![]() Bede's Theme - Pokémon Sword and Shield OST ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Bede spots Opal and glances over. ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() And they head out. Hammerlocke - Pokémon Sword and Shield OST ![]() … ![]() ![]() We’re back in Hammerlocke, folks. Previous games usually laid out their map in a single circuit, passing through every Gym along the way and a giant circle (albeit with a bunch of detours and skips along the way). The way Galar’s laid out as a tree with branches strikes me as kind of – Sonia's Theme - Pokémon Sword and Shield OST ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() As a reminder: if you spot any vocabulary or expressions that aren’t present in British, I’d appreciate you pointing them out to me so I can fix them. Not sure if it’s a problem in this post specifically, but I do want to keep this at least marginally authentic. Falconier111 fucked around with this message at 06:01 on Nov 28, 2020 |
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There's something useful for Bede to do after all!
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Character depth is always nice but the non-LP version where Opal just cackles and gleefully drags off a very confused and horrified Bede with no explanation is probably my favourite moment in any Pokemon game.
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Robindaybird posted:I feel like Stow-on-Side is just Game Freak's weird fixation in having a Desert Area in every game even if it doesn't make sense for the region. It’s biome representation, I think. Water route for water Pokémon, cave route for cave Pokémon, desert route for desert Pokémon. Doesn’t matter how well it fits, gotta give the kiddies some variety in what they can catch. Black Robe posted:Character depth is always nice but the non-LP version where Opal just cackles and gleefully drags off a very confused and horrified Bede with no explanation is probably my favourite moment in any Pokemon game. ![]() My favorite image in the LP thus far. inflatablefish posted:1966 isn't exactly ancient... So they DO have a magical mural somewhere?
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And here begins the trend that bothers a lot of people about this game; Interesting Plot Stuff™ happens! And everyone else goes "We'll handle this, you go on with your gym challenge" and send you off to not see the interesting stuff happen.
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BlazetheInferno posted:And here begins the trend that bothers a lot of people about this game; Interesting Plot Stuff™ happens! there's a number of moments like that where it feels like the plot is about to do something, and then gamefreak realized they had no budget and cut it
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BlazetheInferno posted:And here begins the trend that bothers a lot of people about this game; Interesting Plot Stuff™ happens!
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The whole romance side plot was kind of interesting, but it feels a tad off to me. Marnie never struck me as the kind of person interested in that sort of thing during the game. I know you've added character depth, but it still sticks out at me. The funny thing is had you added that to Sun/Moon, it would work so freaking well. Lillie is perfect for the role of love interest. Even XY would be a great place for it too, given how close Shauna gets to the protagonist. There's even a moment in game that just screams "they ought to share a kiss here", though that moment comes kinda early.
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Sword_of_Dusk posted:The whole romance side plot was kind of interesting, but it feels a tad off to me. Marnie never struck me as the kind of person interested in that sort of thing during the game. I know you've added character depth, but it still sticks out at me. Have some faith, brah. We haven't reached Spikemuth yet. That said... my microsd card just kind of shat itself and derailed my updating for a while ![]() ![]() Also, I just caught a Crustle after it loving wrecked multiple pokemon, holy poo poo. Looking for names. Falconier111 fucked around with this message at 03:33 on Nov 24, 2020 |
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Falconier111 posted:Also, I just caught a Crustle after it loving wrecked multiple pokemon, holy poo poo. Looking for names. ![]() Suggesting the name Baklava, because I can't help but see its boulder as a layer cake thingy. ![]()
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Blaziken386 posted:As someone who's crazy enough to have a monotype team for Ranked Battles, can confirm that Crustle is far more fun than it has any right to be. I've swept teams with one after a little bit of setup, it's glorious. Dwebble is my favorite Pokémon! And lemme guess. Shell Smash?
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Quackles posted:Dwebble is my favorite Pokémon! And lemme guess. Shell Smash? especially with a +Spd nature and a salac berry ![]() nobody expects something with 45 base speed to go that fast
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I second Baklava.
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I always named my Dwebbles Dwebbie if they were female. But it left me at odds when they evolved...
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limeicebreakers posted:I second Baklava. Yeah, I'm trying to shoehorn a pun in there like Baklawva or Baklobtsa, but it isn't really coming together so I'll just chime in as another voice for Baklava. And now I want some baklava, haven't had any in ages.
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