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Generally with this series I just buy one version of each Gen and stick with that (except in the case of direct sequels like Black/White 2), is there enough new content in Ultra Sun/Moon to warrant a second playthrough or is it basically just the original game with a few extras tacked on?
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Larryb posted:Generally with this series I just buy one version of each Gen and stick with that (except in the case of direct sequels like Black/White 2), is there enough new content in Ultra Sun/Moon to warrant a second playthrough or is it basically just the original game with a few extras tacked on? It's a really solid upgrade but probably not worth it unless you're eager to go through Alola again.
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Nov 19, 2017 21:15
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Only now there's 5 new Pokemon that cannot be obtained elsewhere or traded to sun and moon.
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Nov 19, 2017 21:24
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Haifisch posted:Basically the original with some extras added & some parts of the intro sped up. Did they at least fix some of the problems with the original such as frame rate issues and having not much in the way of decent grinding spots?
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Nov 19, 2017 21:25
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Mantine Surfing is kinda cool, actually.
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Nov 19, 2017 21:42
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I still get major frame drops in doubles so thats still there. As for easier grinding there are 55+ Chanseys on Poni Island that SOS call in Blisseys and your Rotom-Dex sometimes gives you an item that boosts XP (along with a lot of other nice items). Main reason to get US/UM is there is actually an endgame now with a bunch of cool post game boss fights, recatchable Ultra Beasts, and every god drat legendary to ever exist. Lant fucked around with this message at 21:48 on Nov 19, 2017 |
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Nov 19, 2017 21:46
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JFC Hala, you're supposed to be the first Big Boss, not a wall of BS. Crabrawler and Makuhita I can deal with if I could get through them with more than 1-2 pokemon + Pichu. His Machop is a solid wall that's beefy enough on the defense I can do maybe 1/3 of its HP, at which point it just one-shots whoever hit it with Revenge.  Guess I'll have to equip the normal Z-crystal on someone for a suicide-bomb.Also, totally using a this run-through since I managed to snag one pre-trial. Love how they at least still give you Brick Break right before you face 4x weak to fighting Faticate.
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Nov 19, 2017 21:46
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Alkydere posted:JFC Hala, you're supposed to be the first Big Boss, not a wall of BS. Crabrawler and Makuhita I can deal with if I could get through them with more than 1-2 pokemon + Pichu. His Machop is a solid wall that's beefy enough on the defense I can do maybe 1/3 of its HP, at which point it just one-shots whoever hit it with Revenge. Rowlet + Peck = Dead Hala 
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Nov 19, 2017 21:49
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Alkydere posted:JFC Hala, you're supposed to be the first Big Boss, not a wall of BS. Crabrawler and Makuhita I can deal with if I could get through them with more than 1-2 pokemon + Pichu. His Machop is a solid wall that's beefy enough on the defense I can do maybe 1/3 of its HP, at which point it just one-shots whoever hit it with Revenge. You know you can get Flyium Z at ten carat hill right? And there are a ton of good flying types who can just delete all his pokemon with it.
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Nov 19, 2017 21:49
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Zore posted:You know you can get Flyium Z at ten carat hill right?
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Nov 19, 2017 21:54
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Larryb posted:Did they at least fix some of the problems with the original such as frame rate issues and having not much in the way of decent grinding spots? I think the only way to fix framerate issues is get a New 2/3DS.
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Nov 19, 2017 21:55
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God Totem Lurantis was a nightmare. Even with my Torracat five levels above it forced me to Work Up five levels to take out half its HP after it and Comfey demolished my Gumshoos.
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Nov 19, 2017 21:56
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Zore posted:You know you can get Flyium Z at ten carat hill right? And there are a ton of good flying types who can just delete all his pokemon with it. OgretailFood posted:Except you need the Tauros pokeride to acces the cave and you have to defeat Hala to get it Logic Puzzles! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WA109B2AwqE But yeah, just won due to luck. Machop used Leer this time which gave me time to give my swag-crow a Rotom Boost. Makuhita was a bitch, and Crabrawler died to Pichu due to a mixture of being burned and confused. TaurusOxford posted:I think the only way to fix framerate issues is get a New 2/3DS. Pretty Much. The framerate issue is because Gamefreak made some strange decision to future-proof every one of their pokemon's 3D models by giving them obscene polycounts. The framerate issue is you DS screaming in pain.
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Nov 19, 2017 22:00
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I feel like on some level, the games are loving with us just because they can. In Ultra Sun, Dexio has Espeon, obviously, because he's the Sun pokemon! In Ultra Moon, Sina has...Glaceon  Haifisch posted:Sweet, looks like I won't be messing with trading my planned Alolawak back to regular Moon for relearning after all. Don't forget that Kadabra used to not learn Confusion on evolution in SuMo. And his first attacking move was Psybeam at 21 otherwise.
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Nov 19, 2017 22:06
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The Kadabra thing was a glitch, though. The Marowak thing is deliberate trolling.
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Nov 19, 2017 22:19
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nuzlocke progress: i still have no idea how to cleanly identify new "zones" in this so i have a lot more pokemon than i expected, but i guess my intent was more to just increase the difficulty a bit and use new mons so its fine. lucked into a makuhita so first totem was a pushover lucked into a mime jr so hala was a pushover hoping i actually have something die soon when do people start using more than one mon again
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Nov 19, 2017 22:20
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Classtoise posted:I feel like on some level, the games are loving with us just because they can. Dexio has an Espeon because he's a Psychic type trainer, and Sina has a Glaceon because she's an Ice type trainer. Espeon being the daytime happiness eeveelution has nothing to do with it.
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Nov 19, 2017 22:24
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 The post-evolution photo shoots are pretty great.
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Nov 19, 2017 22:24
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Pokemon Megathread 7.5: IT'S NOT DIFFERENT AT ALL, IS IT, STEVE?
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Nov 19, 2017 22:29
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Haifisch posted:Sweet, looks like I won't be messing with trading my planned Alolawak back to regular Moon for relearning after all. I've been think about this a lot since my friend will not stop complaining about it (and might be the sole reason he wouldn't consider getting USUM). My best guess for this is the appeal of discovering cool moves that evolved Pokemon learn very early. Usually when people get to the move relearner they talk about all these cool powerful moves their Pokemon could learn at level 1 and how they now have access to them. But with the move relearner now giving you access to every move a Pokemon can naturally learn Gamefreak decided that it would be better to place him near the end of the game. With it more of a late game post game thing this appeal can kinda be used to show that there are still cool new things about Pokemon. Things you didn't get to see while playing the story. I guess to show that there are always new things to discover about Pokemon, even the ones you've already bonded with. Unfortunately they decided to do this with Shadow Bone, a decently powered signature move that was also A-Marowak's premier Ghost STAB. They put it one level below Cubone's evolution level which I guess was to evoke a "this cool thing was under your nose the whole time" kinda thing but it felt more like a slap to the face for those who really wanted it. dungeon cousin fucked around with this message at 22:49 on Nov 19, 2017 |
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Nov 19, 2017 22:44
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Squats posted:Dexio has an Espeon because he's a Psychic type trainer, and Sina has a Glaceon because she's an Ice type trainer. Espeon being the daytime happiness eeveelution has nothing to do with it. I feel like that still counts as loving with people because it's a giant goddamn coincidence that the Sun pokemon is in Sun
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Nov 19, 2017 23:03
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im pretty sure gamefreak doesn't actually know what the sun and moon are, and just picked random words from the dictionary. there's no other explanation for solrock/lunatone not being in their respective games
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Countblanc posted:im pretty sure gamefreak doesn't actually know what the sun and moon are, and just picked random words from the dictionary. there's no other explanation for solrock/lunatone not being in their respective games I think they're aware of solrock and lunatone and that you'd expect them to be in. SM has a really weird event with an amnesiac in the desert asking to see luna.../sol..., and then saying your lunala/solgaleo isn't the right pokemon. It just raises further questions about what Gamefreak is thinking though. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KqbRVsXKKkY
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Nov 19, 2017 23:23
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Alkydere posted:JFC Hala, you're supposed to be the first Big Boss, not a wall of BS. Crabrawler and Makuhita I can deal with if I could get through them with more than 1-2 pokemon + Pichu. His Machop is a solid wall that's beefy enough on the defense I can do maybe 1/3 of its HP, at which point it just one-shots whoever hit it with Revenge. He only has one pokemon that can damage ghosts
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Nov 19, 2017 23:28
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Alkydere posted:Pretty Much. The framerate issue is because Gamefreak made some strange decision to future-proof every one of their pokemon's 3D models by giving them obscene polycounts. The framerate issue is you DS screaming in pain. To be fair, it's a very logical decision. I can't blame GF for not wanting to remake 800 Pokemon models for when they finally had to transfer to HD hardware.
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I'm really loving Ultra Sun so far, but, and I hate to say it... It really feels like this is the Alola game that should have come out in the first place. I loved Moon, but I think them spending the extra year developing that gen would have paid off.
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PetraCore posted:I'm really loving Ultra Sun so far, but, and I hate to say it... Yeah, pretty much how I feel. I hope Switchmon isn't too rushed. Weren't some people angry over this game?
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Nov 20, 2017 01:25
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Japanese reviewers aren't happy, and those are the ones that publishers actually respond to.
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Cicadas! posted::tentacolbert: it was cruelbert
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Nov 20, 2017 01:27
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i'm not happy there's not a real pokedex
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Nov 20, 2017 01:31
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Rotomdex just asked me if I was in a hurry to become an adult
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someone awful. posted:Rotomdex just asked me if I was in a hurry to become an adult Being a manbaby is cool
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Violet_Sky posted:Yeah, pretty much how I feel. I hope Switchmon isn't too rushed. There isn't a 20th anniversary upcoming so I wouldn't worry about it
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It sucks that GF eased us in with sequels and then remakes, so we didn't see the enhanced version making a comeback. I hope it's the last one they ever do, cause they just suck, this is absolutely what SM needed to be to begin with.
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Zore posted:So, good news to anyone who wants to use Marowak ingame. So I just realized I've been playing the wrong game. My wife is only at the first Pokémon center and offered to trade. If we hard reset Moon, will she be able to get the special rockruff again?
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