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Crosspeice posted:Have you gotten to the point where you become so underlevelled that REPELS stop working? XY was the first game in the series where that happened to me, it was very frustrating. did...did you turn off the EXP share?
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X/Y have lackluster story, and pretty good gameplay/Pokemon availability. I'm really looking forward to Sun/Moon, though, because the teases so far seem to be promising a very, very weird story, with a lot of deviations from the normal Pokemon formula (but using game mechanics in new ways, like with the Totems). Also the environments look amazing from the trailers, with a bunch of dense-looking areas. I think another thing with X/Y, that some have remarked upon, is the transitional nature of it. It's the first mainline Pokemon game with 3D models, but it doesn't really extend that to the overworld. Sun/Moon finally goes most of the way in having more realistic proportions. This will likely make even small areas seem larger. It's also not clear from the map what the overall path is. Although, it'll probably still be fairly straightforward, so there's an even leveling curve. Nobody really wants what we had in GSCHGSS.
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gosh, Gastrodon is just a really solid Pokemon. I have never heard a bad word about Gastrodon, because Gastrodon is A GOOD BUDDY. pink Shellos looks terrible, though, always go blue.
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Oct 5, 2016 05:22
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Oct 5, 2016 05:38
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Zuzie posted:After XD, I think Game Freak decided that the Colosseum universe should be axed. Hence why no references to it had been made since 2005 or whenever XD was released. XD also had a limited pool, though. IIRC there were only 3 or 4 places with wild Pokemon, only three species could appear at each, they were woefully underleveled, and the mechanic was weird and annoying. but XD does have the rainbow dudes with a wide spread of good shadow Pokemon to catch right before the first dungeon. There's Spheal, Houndour, Seedot, Baltoy, Mareep, and Gulpin. XD was the first time I ever used Gulpin, and I fell in love. Mostly 'cause it could tank hits like a champ, and I aggressively used Yawn. and not far after that you get Shroomish. The real problem with XD is that before Citadark Island there are 47 Shadow Pokemon. At Citadark Island, there are 35. The final dungeon is the sloggiest of slogs unless you use the strategy recommended by most guides (a Shadow Pokemon with Shadow Half).
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Oct 6, 2016 00:22
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oddium posted:magcargo love to help egg Magcargo has finally achieved its destiny by being everyone's egg-hatching buddy.
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Oct 7, 2016 00:50
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jarbv posted:I feel like event pokemon are pretty rare I've never had a Victini. I have all the other 5th gen event Pokemon, and now I have a Darkrai and Hoopa, but never a Victini. missing event Pokemon: Mew, Jirachi, Deoxys, Manaphy, Shaymin, Arceus, Victini, Diancie, Volcanion WHY ARE THERE SO MANY OF THESE FUCKERS?!
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Oct 8, 2016 05:35
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Hobgoblin2099 posted:I guess it would be a bad time to mention that most of these were available over the past several months? I have all the 5th gen legendaries except Victini, because I was actually paying attention to the events during that period of time. but I get in and out of being interested in playing Pokemon, sometimes going months without picking up my 3DS.
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Oct 9, 2016 02:13
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Zuzie posted:I wouldn't be surprised if they didn't include a new fossil duo this time around. However, I wouldn't mind including Tyrunt and Amaura again. Mostly because their evolutions require a specific time to evolve, and since a region based on Hawaii is also home to koala and orangutan Pokémon, they may just introduce new fossils anyway. it doesn't seem all that likely, but I would love Alola Form Omanyte/Omastar and Kabutop/Kabutops.
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Oct 9, 2016 03:55
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Zuzie posted:Yeah, but he was pretty much the star of the episode. Porygon Did Nothing Wrong.
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ArmyOfMidgets posted:The more I think about it the more I realize I don't really like that many Gen 3 pokemon. Slaking's cool tho I find the opposite is true with me. like: Sceptile, Mudkip, Swampert, Lotad, Ludicolo, Seedot, Nuzleaf, Shiftry, Nosepass, Mawile, Sableye, Zigzagoon, Taillow, Swellow, Pelipper, Shroomish, Breloom, Whismur, Loudred, Exploud, Makuhita, Hariyama, Aron, Lairon, Aggron, Gulpin, Swalot, Wailmer, Wailord, Carvanha, Sharpedo, Spoink, Grumpig, Torkoal, Camerupt, Trapinch, Flygon, Cacnea, Cacturne, Swablu, Altaria, Zangoose, Seviper, Lunatone, Whiscash, Corphish, Crawdaunt, Cradily, Armaldo, Banette, Tropius, Absol, Snorunt, Glalie, Spheal, Relicanth, Salamence, Metagross. and there's very few outright misses. Maybe I'm biased because Gen III was really My Generation, more than the others. Gen II was the first one I played, but Gen III was when the games took primacy over everything else about the franchise. and, I think Hoenn at the time had a deeper, more interesting range of features and climates, and a much better level curve, and a much better range of available Pokemon. I still remember encountering an Aron and realizing you could get a strong, tanky Steel type THAT early. I remember first running into Tropius. I remember dominating contests with my beautiful Torkoal and my cool Castform. maybe that nostalgia is why I haven't actually bought or played ORAS yet. I'm afraid it'll ruin my memories, that it won't be as good as it was.
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ArmyOfMidgets posted:Now that I think about it... is Victini the only event legendary with an in-game event that we got his event for? like, everyone else was just via the legendary being handed to us despite a whole even being made for them. they only started really loving up with that midway through Gen IV. The Deoxys event happened. Jirachi never had an in-game event. Shaymin and Darkrai also both happened. but the Arceus cockup probably soured them on making the event legendaries really integrated into the game. So in BW they had things you could do with the event legendaries once you had them, with Keldeo having an exclusive move, Meloetta having a form activated by an exclusive move, and Genesect having that drive thing. with XY the event legendaries now seem mostly detached from the game, and I don't know what the point even is with them. I appreciate that Deoxys is no longer an event legendary, and I hope Sun/Moon resolves the problem with the rest in some way. at least there will be legit Mews everywhere thanks to VC Red/Blue and PokeBank.
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Countblanc posted:I'm so fuckin excited to make new teams in Gen 7 yall. Experimenting on showdown back in pre-bank X/Y, just seeing what worked and what didn't and trying to find the niche for all the new stuff was a hoot and I wanna do it again. bring on the mons praying for Pyukumuku to actually be usable.
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Oct 11, 2016 03:47
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I liked it when the sun and moon fire starter's final form was part fighting.
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Oct 11, 2016 07:05
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Countblanc posted:i want the mangosteen thing to evolve into something good, or just to be good, so i can name it lowtax and use it on showdown I will name mine Lowtax anyway. maybe even catch a whole bunch on release week, Lowtax1, Lowtax2, and so on, and wonder trade them all.
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Oct 12, 2016 05:12
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dang, a Dragon/Fighting. that's awesome. and it's basically a punchy anklyosaur. I like that Type: Null and its evolved form are crude attempts to replicate Arceus.
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Oct 13, 2016 07:24
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Crosspeice posted:
Wait, how does the box confirm that Drampa and Turtonator are single stage?
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Oct 15, 2016 23:31
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this one is in line with Alola Exeggutor in sheer silliness. Beautiful. I will bet it is Ground/Fairy.
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awww, I'm disappointed this happened. Stupid Nintendo, stupid dataminers, and stupid me for not bailing on this thread pages ago. really surprised that Komala is single-stage, and that the toucan is Pikipek's final form. I guess I'm not at all surprised that they didn't add that many more new Pokemon, though. at least we don't know anything about them. So, the Alola Pokemon lineup is like: 1. Rowlet 2. Dartrix 3. archer owl 4. Litten 5. Torracat 6. heel tiger 7. Popplio 8. Brionne 9. pop star siren 10. Pikipek 11. half-toucan/half woodpecker 12. toucan 13. Yungoos 14. Gumshoos 15. Grubbin 16. Charjabug 17. Vikavolt 18. Crabrawler 19. yeticrab 20. Oricorio 21. Cutiefly 22. Ribombee 23. Rockruff 24. Lycanroc 25. Wishiwashi 26. Lurantis 27. Fomantis 28. Stufful 29. Bewear 30. little freaky thing 31. big freaky thing 32. Morelull 33. shroomhead 34. Salandit 35. bigger Salandit 36. possibly a sea urchin 37. possibly a large sea urchin 38. Mudbray 39. Mudsdale 40. Turtonator 41. Drampa 42. anchor-thing 43. Sandygast 44. Palossand 45. Comfey 46. Wimpod 47. Badasspod 48. Komala 49. Bruxish 50. Type: Null 51. Silvally 52. Pyukumuku 53. Mimikyu 54. Oranguru 55. Passimian 56. Minior 57. Togedemaru 58. Bounsweet 59. Steenee 60. Tsareena 61. Jangmo-o 62. Hakamo-o 63. Kommo-o 64. Tapu Koko 65-67. Island guardians 68. little Lunala 69. Lunala 70. little Solgaleo 71. Solgaleo 72. Magearna 73. Marshadow are the Ultra Beasts actually counted as Pokemon?
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Zore posted:No Dolphin though. the blank spaces could have something. There's four blank spaces in a row, which means there could be a 2-stage line that just didn't get programmed into the demo. but ugh, if there's no dolphin, I am sad. This was the PERFECT OPPORTUNITY. also, does anyone else think the Alolan Geodude line might be Rock/Electric? and Alolan Diglett/Dugtrio may be Ground/Fairy?
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Internet Kraken posted:Do we actually know for sure that the yeti crab is ice/fighting? I thought the leak didn't have any info on types. We don't know it for sure, no, but it's the easiest guess ever. Crabrawler is Fighting type. the yeti crab looks all abominable snowman like, which lends itself to Ice type. done.
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less laughter posted:It might be possible to chain breed Power-Up Punch onto it. Start with Lucario who learns it by level-up and then via e.g. Rhyhorn to Kangaskhan. lol that's a lot of effort. RIP godKangaskhan. and speaking of, I was telling a couple of guys the other day about Mega Kangaskhan, which they hadn't heard about before, and about how it learned Power-Up Punch. their jaws dropped. "That's broken." they said. well, I told them, Game Freak doesn't care about balance. but I guess that's changed? Speaking of all that, I'm wondering if it's possible very few Gen VII Pokemon will see OU competitive use. Kinda doubt either Robinhoot or Heeltiger will be up there, but Water/Fairy is a strong type combo, so if the siren has the right stats it could see use. Turtonator might be decent, considering Fire/Dragon is a solid defensive typing with only three weaknesses (Rock/Ground/Dragon). I guess Lycanroc Middday Form might see use as the rare fast rock type. possibly Kommo-o, because it's likely the pseudolegendary. Silvally will get booted to Ubers right quick. maybe the Island guardians, if they're not too strong. They're all good typings (Electric/Fairy, and I assume based on Oricorio, Ghost/Fairy, Psychic/Fairy, and Fire/Fairy).
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nice to see confirmation Aether is as evil as we thought. definitely wouldn't have a bunch of unique battle intro screens if they were on the up and up.
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Dr. Fetus posted:Offensive wise, it shouldn't do too bad in the coverage department at least. Ghost is a very good attacking type right now, what with only 1 type resisting it, and 1 type immune to it. I don't use Unova starters in my Gen V game runs anymore. Emboar is boring and slow, Samurott has some fun moves but I don't really like the way it looks (and it's just Water type, eeeeugh), and Serperior...I found Snivy only slightly less challenging to use than Chikorita in the Gen II games, so it never got to Serperior before being ditched. Even when I did a grass type run. I replaced it with a Maractus bred with Wood Hammer. Worked out way better. Just from how these starters look and their typings, I suspect they'll all be usable. Grass/Flying with actual good stats and level-up moves will probably be decent, and then Grass/Ghost will be mostly excellent. Incineroar will easily outclass the only others of its type, the Houndour line, but prior to that Litten/Torracat might be a bit limited by being quadrupedal. The Popplio line will be good from the get-go, but will get crazy good upon final evolution. I think Primarina will probably see competitive use, even.
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Oct 29, 2016 05:39
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 finally got my Volcanion! Dunno if I'll do anything with it. ...why is the original trainer named Helen?
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I wonder who else will appear at the Battle Tree. I don't imagine there will be as many surprise appearances as in PWT, but I still expect to see a few more characters from past games. Not sure if we'll see any gym leaders. but I would expect Lance, Steven, Alder, Iris, and Barry. Cynthia indicates we'll see Champions, and Wally indicates we may encounter other rivals. Would love to see Silver. I also wonder if we might encounter Giovanni. Giovanni truthers unite, he ain't dead, he just thought Neo Team Rocket was pathetic and not worth his time.
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I just don't understand not liking the Whismur line. They're cool and fun to use! Especially because Gen VI gives them a nice big present in the form of Boomburst. I actually had both Exploud and Noivern on my first X team, they were the Boom Bros. I guess my least favorites are mostly awkward middle evolutions, and pointless trash like the Burmy family and the Pidove family. AND MILOTIC. gently caress MILOTIC. it is not beautiful. 
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I feel like people are coming around on Incineroar, which is good, because the design is excellent, and it is HEEL TIGER. still going with owl, but there should be no more Incineroar hate in this thread.
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oh, this is neat. Seems like Decidueye doesn't have an ideal stat build, but WHATEVER. Owl Buddy will prevail, I don't need him/her (depends on my patience for reloading) to be OU. ALSO, Absolutely everyone was right about the Aether Foundation, and something the leaker posted suggests that not Guzma, but Gladion does a heel face turn. Probably he went undercover in Team Skull to begin with, which is cool. Still hoping my theory that Lillie, Gladion, and Lusamine are siblings is correct. I mean, they have exactly the same eye and hair color. THAT CAN'T BE A COINCIDENCE. Also, relieved Wimpod's evolved form stays Bug/Water, and it looks like we have another Bug/Water family to go with it, maybe one more special-oriented.
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Bongo Bill posted:I want to know when I'm going to die. Pretty sure that if there isn't already a ghost Pokemon that does that, there will be.
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I'm focusing on going through the game before exploring most of the game's deeper features, but I kinda love the SOS system. It's very silly. It hasn't yet caused my team to wipe out, but then I'm always a bit overleveled now. Also, I got an underleveled Shelgon (lv 16, lol), so yeah, love it forever. also just kept running into Panchams that like to summon Pangoros tonight. Caught the first one I saw, and the next few were bags of experience. My big issue is an embarrassment of riches in terms of usable Pokemon. I did a team rotation in my first run of X, and I remember that fondly. But here is the thing about that - I got bogged down at multiple points making sure all of my friends were equally leveled. Every time I'd make a tough call and swap one out of the party, I'd catch another one that I'd want to try out. ugggh. as I write this, also caught a level 16 Gyarados in Paniola Town.
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Chill Penguin posted:I think it's really dumb if it truly is a strict "original 150" pokédex and doesn't include the added evolutions and baby forms from later generations. Also, throw some Alolan forms in there, at least the less climate-related ones (Rattata, Meowth) yeah, I feel like by all rights the Kanto Pokedex shouldn't ignore the Pokemon related to the originals. It'd be too much like in FRLG when your Golbat just won't evolve, for REASONS. 
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hangedman1984 posted:Why are you a hateful cruel person? Tie-dye Muk is beautiful and if you can't understand that then you don't deserve it. co-sign. adding Dark type also made Muk crazy-better. It is only weak to Ground type moves, and offensively counters Psychic and Ghost types.
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Super No Vacancy posted:whos your favorite pikachu clone i like emolga I like all of them except Plusle and Minun. I have a plush Pachirisu, and would buy an Emolga, Dedenne or Togedemaru if I ever saw one for sale at GameStop/Barnes & Noble/wherever else has plushies for sale.
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Funky Valentine posted:HMs wouldn't have been as offensive to me if any of them besides Surf and sometimes Waterfall were worth using in battle. depending on when you get it, Strength can be pretty decent. Rock Climb was...okay.
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I've never used Lileep before, but it's shockingly decent in Alpha Sapphire once it starts learning good moves. Also teaching it Toxic helps, it's damned tanky. also I've never thought about it before, but Rock/Grass is such a bizarre typing because those two types nullify each other's weaknesses six times. Water is good against Rock but Grass resists Rock Fire is good against Grass but Rock resists Fire Grass is good against Rock but Grass resists Grass Poison is good against Grass but Rock resists Poison Ground is good against Rock but Grass resists Ground Flying is good against Grass but Rock resists Flying and its weaknesses are the random grab bag of Fighting, Steel, Ice, and Bug. I also came to the shocking realization I've never seriously tried to use Jigglypuff before, and am now rectifying that.
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Furnaceface posted:Exploud is the superior noise maker pokemon, even if it doesnt get a second typing. I used Exploud in both X and Alpha Sapphire, lol. Boomburst is, as the kids would say, lit. 140 base damage, 100 accuracy, and 10 PP. With no bad consequences outside of doubles. lmao what is this OP nonsense? and Exploud is the only one that can really take advantage of its power to the fullest. In competitive that still might not be enough to rocket Exploud to the top, but using Exploud in-game in gen VI is just pressing the win button over and over.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VOF-SijlAU8&feature=youtu.be This is a pretty cool lecture about how Masuda made the Lavender Town and Pokemon Mansion tracks so unsettling. The same guy also transcribed the entire Red/Blue score (which is more insane than you'd think, 99.99999% due to Pokemon Mansion). really made me think about how Masuda's music has been crucial to the success of the games, because of how good he is at evoking the desired emotions in the player.
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Once I learned there would be a proper Gen VIII game in 2019, I lost all ability to be angry about the Let's Go games. They look cute and kids will have a good time. and surfing Pikachu is now 100% real and cool. And having wild Pokemon encounters be overworld is a welcome change that should carry over to the main games. And Repels could mean when you get anywhere near them, they freak out, have a cute panic animation, and scamper off.
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Late to the Charjabug is great party, but it really is, and I have a plush one. I was shocked to find a high quality one at GameStop, and it was the plushest Pokemon plush there. Also it pisses me off that it evolves from a strong physical attacker to a special attacker. Next time I run through Moon, may just not evolve mine. Very usable anyway.
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