Golden Goat posted:

I want more mega evolutions and gigantamax mons because I like them getting new designs. They're fun and good.

Except this boy

Framboise posted:

When SP comes out in a couple weeks I'm gonna challenge myself to only play with mons I never really bothered with before. Try something new and try to find some new favorites.


...probably. Clefable is my favorite pokemon so I still might make a beeline for one. Who knows.

Oxyclean posted:

Also, I hate that they made the special version of bigmax something, well special. Like I want to say during the Sw/Sh your rival or an NPC pulls out the specialmax of a starter pokemon....but your pokemon only does the normal boring bigmax?

Golden Goat posted:

He looks like he's about to cry. Mega evolving him is hurting him.

quote:

Sun: Gengar's relationships are warped. It has no interest in opponents unless it perceives them as prey.
Moon: Thanks to Mega Evolution, its child grows. But as the child is good only at fighting and nothing else, its mother feels uneasy about its future.
Ultra Sun: The explosive energy the child is bathed in causes temporary growth. The mother is beside herself with worry about it.
Sun: Mega Evolution also affects its brain, leaving no other function except its destructive instinct to burn everything to cinders.
Moon: When it Mega Evolves, it becomes more vicious than ever before. Some say that's because its excess of power is causing it pain.
Ultra Sun: It stores the excess energy from Mega Evolution, so after a long time passes, its body starts to melt.
Ultra Moon: It's better at beating things than grasping them. When it battles for a long time, the weight of its pincers becomes too much to bear.
Ultra Moon: A tremendous influx of energy builds it up, but when Mega Evolution ends, Heracross is bothered by terrible soreness in its muscles.
Ultra Sun: Its red claws and the tips of its tail are melting from high internal temperatures that are painful to Houndoom itself.
Ultra Sun: Due to the colossal power poured into it, this Pokémon's back split right open. Its destructive instincts are the only thing keeping it moving.
Ultra Moon: The effects of Mega Evolution make it more ferocious than ever. It's unclear whether it can even hear its Trainer's orders.
Ultra Sun: Extraordinary energy amplifies its cursing power to such an extent that it can't help but curse its own Trainer.
Ultra Sun: Normally, it dislikes fighting, so it really hates changing to this form for battles.
Ultra Sun: The yellow patterns it bears are old scars. The energy from Mega Evolution runs through them, causing it sharp pain and suffering.
Ultra Moon: The power of Mega Evolution was so strong that it smashed Glalie's jaw. Its inability to eat very well leaves Glalie irritated.
Ultra Sun: The stress of its two proud wings becoming misshapen and stuck together because of strong energy makes it go on a rampage.

Zore posted:

All the mega-evolution Pokedex entries are low-key calling out trainers who use it as monsters who enjoy torturing Pokemon.

Zore posted:

All the mega-evolution Pokedex entries are low-key calling out trainers who use it as monsters who enjoy torturing Pokemon.

Zore posted:

All the mega-evolution Pokedex entries are low-key calling out trainers who use it as monsters who enjoy torturing Pokemon.

Nanigans posted:

Nah, I’m pretty sure Hop only gets the Gigantamax starter once you also have access to it.

Remember that Gigantamax forms for the Galar starters were only included in the first DLC pack, not the base game.

Countblanc posted:

I like to think, given the general importance of the bond between trainer and pokemon (and how often people say yours is particularly strong), the mega dex entries are more that your mon is choosing to put up with the strain of mega evo because you both want to win so badly, rather than you forcing them into it

galagazombie posted:

I think people like the idea of the Orre games more than the actual games themselves:
Focus on double battles.
Older Protag whose part of an evil team.
A super curated selection of Pokémon to make you use new stuff in creative ways rather than the same guys you use every game.
A 3D game that’s an actual game and not just a simulator like Stadium or Battle Revolution.
The Johto Mons are back!

Of course the most important thing is that the games themselves aren’t really all that good in other ways, but even then:
All Pokémon is 3D now.
Johto mons came back with a vengeance in GenIV.
BW proved that you imagineless simpletons will whine if you aren’t allowed to use the exact same team you’ve used for the last twelve games.

Golden Goat posted:

I want more mega evolutions and gigantamax mons because I like them getting new designs. They're fun and good.

Except this boy

Blaziken386 posted:

every time i see this fukcing dog it looks like its going to comically fall over on its side

Shiroc posted:

I'm loving hyped to be very close to becoming virtual pals with this perfect Pokemon since I never had any of the original DPP games.

Ziddar posted:

Blaziken386 posted:

another part of the appeal: the orre games, colosseum moreso than XD, aren't afraid to let bosses be actually threatening

Twelve by Pies posted:

I remember the final boss of XD being incredibly difficult, but it could just be I knew less of what I was doing in Pokemon.

Neo_Crimson posted:

Didn't the final boss of XD have Shadow versions of all 3 legendary birds? I think the difficulty came with trying to catch 3 legendary Pokemon in 1 fight while they pelted you with always-Super-Effective moves.

Space Cadet Omoly posted:

Poor Audino. Does anyone even remember that they got a mega evolution?

Space Cadet Omoly posted:

Poor Audino. Does anyone even remember that they got a mega evolution?

Nodosaur posted:

Am I the only one here who cares about Pokeball matching? I've never seen anyone else talk about it.

Nodosaur posted:

Am I the only one here who cares about Pokeball matching? I've never seen anyone else talk about it.

Nodosaur posted:

Am I the only one here who cares about Pokeball matching? I've never seen anyone else talk about it.

Last Celebration posted:

I kinda figured they were just explanations for why the megas weren’t just new forms altogether, and they just ended up being downers cause they were from Gen 7 and really that tracks considering it’s also the Gen whose dex reminds you that Sylveon uses it’s adorable ribbon feelers to send good vibes to disarm it’s pretty.

Space Cadet Omoly posted:

No you are not the only one who cares, I care a LOT about PokeBall matching.

The Golux posted:

I also spend far more effort on ball matching than is strictly rational.

galagazombie posted:

I’m unhealthily obsessed with it. Every member of my team has to be in an appropriate ball and no one on the team can share a ball. This becomes obnoxious pre ball breeding when I have to find weird ways to find low level mons in the grass and then trade them to a new game so I can actually use them in story. Like using the radio in HGSS to get a mon usually only available late game at a low level in an apricorn ball then migrate them to Gen V. I legit need an intervention.

ajkalan posted:

I wish there were some kind of chameleon ball that auto-matched the ball colors with the captured Pokemon.

ajkalan posted:

I wish there were some kind of chameleon ball that auto-matched the ball colors with the captured Pokemon.

Geostomp posted:

They could replace the Premiere Ball with it as the bonus prize for shopping in bulk. Arceus knows nobody would complain about those things being dropped.

Geostomp posted:

They could replace the Premiere Ball with it as the bonus prize for shopping in bulk. Arceus knows nobody would complain about those things being dropped.

Geostomp posted:

They could replace the Premiere Ball with it as the bonus prize for shopping in bulk. Arceus knows nobody would complain about those things being dropped.

mandatory lesbian posted:

Why is slyveon being pretty a downer