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Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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Infinitum posted:



Think I'm legally obligated to purchase Shield, even though it's Red

Rep Grookey Gang

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Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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OhFunny posted:

"I did it Goons! I found and collected all the Pokemon threads!"

"W-why OhFunny?

"Umm...to catch them all?"

Let's Go to the Pokemon Thready Thread
Pokemon Megathread 6.0: You'd have to have mega stones to not play this.
Pokemon Megathread 5.1: Land of the Butterfree and home of the Braviary
POKeMON Black/White Megathread: This series is older than its demographic.
POKeMON Megathread: Black and White versions due March 6th, 2011 US (racism)
POKeMON Megathread: HeartGold/SoulSilver 3/14/2010 US, Generation V sometime 2010 JPN
POKeMON Megathread: Asperger's Version/Image Spam Version
Pokémon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum/Heart Gold/Soul Silver: sweet merciful jesus
Pokémon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum: Platinum's out.
Pokémon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum: There is no Pokémon Platinum.
Pokémon Diamond/Pearl: Michael Vick sent out HOUNDOOM!
Pokemon Diamond/Pearl: The Pokerus+Power item EV gain formula is 2(x+4)
Pokémon Diamond/Pearl/Battle Revolution: Milotic Evolution Helpline
Pokémon Diamond and Pearl: My Translator is Fight
Pokémon Megathread: Holy crap, Diamond and Pearl are out.
Pokémon Megathread: Lickilicky Five Dollah!
Pokémon Megathread: JE SUIS EMPOLEON
Pokémon Megathread - Here Comes a Special Boy!
Pokémon Megathread: Metagame Appreciation Station
Pokémon Megathread: Good Rods and Great Balls
Pokemon Megathread
Pokémon Megathread 942: Everyone Loves A Wooper
Pokémon Megathread: Proving God Wrong By Putting Him in a Pokéball
Pokemon Megathread - Don't Worry, We're Only 34 (Diamond/Pearl out in Japan)
Pokémon Megathread - Fire Monkey Edition (Diamond/Pearl out in Japan)
Pokémon Megathread - This thread will last twelve days.
Pokémon Megathread - Pork Fat and Bacon Grease Version
Pokémon Megathread Chapter the 87th: Because Mime Jr. is a stupid name
Pokémon Megathread: For Gardevoir discussion we're simply the breast!
We put the POKE in pokémon-MEGATHREAD! PS Diamond and Pearl are online
Pokémon Megathread 47: THE DS VERSION HAS ONLINE PLAY, YOU DUMBASS
Pokémon Megathread: Diamond and Pearl are nearly upon us!
POKéMON MEGATHREAD: Goons Unorthodoxly and Neatly Eradicating Smogon
POKéMON MEGATHREAD: Rancid Meat Version/Political Science Version
POKéMON Megathread: Fabulous Pink Version
POKEMON Megathread: Republican Version
Pokemon Megathread

This is awesome. It's so nostalgic to peek back at a time when everyone was obsessed with catching Feebas, and every moveset had Hidden Power (before the phys/spec. split!) It's also cool to find my own posts, talking about my original Emerald playthrough– I still have those Pokémon! They're all multi-region champions now, except Swampert who is stuck in HeartGold. I need to bring poor Namor up to Alola.

Calaveron posted:

Will there be more UBs do you think

Not a single one, ever.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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Sick. There were definitely some moments in the trailer that had that "living cartoon" look that BOTW captured so well. I think the final version of this game is going to look gorgeous

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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chaosapiant posted:

That is TOTES ADORBS!!!! I used the black leather jacket looking thing with some kind of red trim. I called her "Pikachu," because i'm too lazy to name Pokémon.
I named her Fleekachu.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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Controversial opinion: All Pokémon are good. I know this because I have a Nuzlocke-Champion Illumise.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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If Grookey is "Passimian and Oranguru but useable" then I'll be happy. Some of the best new designs, but Pass is easily outclassed by other fighting types and Guru is only useful in double battles, which GF clearly don't really care about.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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hopeandjoy posted:

Except for that doubles are their official tournament format.

I should clarify that I'm talking about the primary single player RPG experience.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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Winklebottom posted:

if he cannot maintain his good boy status when evolving that's his problem

so, what are your bets on the new Eeveelution? I'm thinking steel to go with the sword/shield motif


Steel's not a bad guess, and as others have said Dragon would make sense, too. I think Poison would also make sense, given the Industrial-Revolution-vibe they've shown off with some of the towns.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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I've decided that the only way GameFreak can redeem themselves for going back to random battles, is to give us a new form of DexNav.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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indigi posted:

if you don't have five or six 5-star cafes in your Plaza, idk what you're even doing. you can get a pokemon from 60 to 100 in a day like ten minutes


e: the Festival Plaza is so easy to exploit once you have a handful of good favorite guests, I'm drowning in gold bottlecaps and big nuggets

Is there a good guide somewhere? I’ll admit this is one area of Gen 7 I’ve kinda ignored.

E: top of page

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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RatHat posted:

Apparently these 2 new Eeveelutions will be announced on April 15th in Corocoro

https://twitter.com/EMoOoHxEze6VDPu/status/1106395787100127233?s=19

They look pretty legit.

Here's the image itself in case the tweet is deleted



By the way, should I be spoiling leaks? Does anyone care?

I believe in Armoreon and Aereon.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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I'm ready for Armored Arbok & Armored Weezing.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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awesome

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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SuperKlaus posted:

Sound advice. Can I add a little message or turn on some option to check Abilities to help me hunt for HA starters?

Many people use the “markings”(star, circle, triangle, etc.) to denote 31 or 0 IVs, which IIRC can be viewed on the trade summary.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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Arcane nine

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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I don’t know about you guys, but I always use ‘mons that are new to me in each playthrough.

Speaking of each playthrough, I’m transferring up some champs from Gen 4 and currently have them in White 2. Are there any exclusive Move Tutors worth grabbing while here? And Unova has no ribbons, right? Not even champion ribbon?

The pokés in question:
Breloom
Swampert
Marowak
Tentacruel
Glaceon
Golduck
Pinsir
Alomomola
Golurk
Sneasel
Seviper
Altaria

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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We should all be able to agree by now that all starters are good, and anyone who says otherwise has simply not seen the light.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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Have you considered that maybe you are destined to be the world's foremost Zigzagoon trainer? It's a great Pokémon if you think about it... learns almost all the HMs, picks up items for you, won't KO whatever you're trying to catch, etc.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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Butterfree
Fearow
Arbok
Nidoking
Nidoqueen
Parasect
Venomoth
Golduck
Primeape
Arcanine
Poliwrath
Machamp
Victreebel
Tentacruel
Rapidash
Farfetch'd
Dodrio
Dewgong
Cloyster
Hypno
Kingler
Electrode
Hitmonlee
Hitmonchan
Weezing
Seaking
Starmie
Tauros
Lapras
Ditto
Omastar
Kabutops
Articuno
Zapdos
Moltres
Dragonite

Those are all the Gen 1 Pokémon that haven't received a generational upgrade (new type, evolution, mega stone, regional form, z-crystal, etc.) Well, I excluded the Eeveelutions too since they're kind of a special case. If Armor is in fact the New Thing in Gen 8, I feel like the only ones on that list that would be an obvious lock would be Nidoqueen & Nidoking. I personally think it would be really cool to see the fossils and the pathetic-but-cool fighting types like Poliwrath, Primeape, and Hitmonlee get armor as well. Honestly a lot of these Gen I pokés feel like they would fit in to a british setting–Parasect, Venomoth, Golduck, Arcanine, Rapidash, Dewgong, Cloyster, Hypno (you know why) Kingler, Weezing, Seaking, Starmie, Lapras, and Dragonite. Coincidentally, many of those would greatly benefit from a gimmicky buff item or form change.

Chill Penguin fucked around with this message at 02:08 on Apr 25, 2019

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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If Pokémon Armor is real, the Gen II starters are prime candidates.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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Is there a reason people need to post about the anime in this thread? Isn't there an entire subforum for the discussion of anime? Surely there must be a Pokémon thread in ADTRW.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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qnqnx posted:

I've also seen Pokemon Go discussion here so, I chalk it to posters not wanting to walk away to dispose of trash where it belongs.

At least that's a game.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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YggiDee posted:

What everyone else forgot to mention is that you unlocked the difficulty key by beating the Champion, and you lose it if you start a new game. So if you want to start a new game in hard mode, you have to find someone else with a copy of Black 2, who has beaten their Champion, and then connect to their game and get their key.

Or Gameshark.

But you have to do this when you start the game, or what? So if I have a completed White 2, do I need a copy of Black 2 that's just far enough in-game to unlock trading?

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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I would never wear a graphic T in-game anyway.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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Thinking about heading for Victory Road in my Alpha Sapphire Wonderlocke today. I just booted it up and I'm at Sootopolis City with all 8 badges, and my team is currently:
Lv. 54 USA Swellow @ [no item]
-Roost, Brave Bird, Thief, Quick Attack
Lv. 54 SPA Umbreon @ Amulet Coin
-Charm, Wish, Bite, Last Resort
Lv. 54 USA Delphox @ Leftovers
-Calm Mind, Flamethrower, Dazzling Gleam, Psychic
Lv. 54 FRE Gogoat @ Big Root
-Leech Seed, Bulk Up, Earthquake, Horn Leech
Lv. 54 FRE Stoutland @ Bright Powder
-Crunch, Rock Tomb, Reversal, Last Resort
Lv. 55 KOR Seaking @ Rocky Helmet
-Aqua Ring, Dive, Megahorn, Surf

Do I go for Victory Road or is there a side quest/dungeon I should clear out first?

Chill Penguin fucked around with this message at 17:25 on May 27, 2019

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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less laughter posted:

Mine is lots of new evolutions for old mons, like gen IV.

I hope they do that, or pull a Gen 5 and do exclusively new pokémon.

Chill Penguin posted:

Thinking about heading for Victory Road in my Alpha Sapphire Wonderlocke today. I just booted it up and I'm at Sootopolis City with all 8 badges, and my team is currently:
Lv. 54 USA Swellow @ [no item]
-Roost, Brave Bird, Thief, Quick Attack
Lv. 54 SPA Umbreon @ Amulet Coin
-Charm, Wish, Bite, Last Resort
Lv. 54 USA Delphox @ Leftovers
-Calm Mind, Flamethrower, Dazzling Gleam, Psychic
Lv. 54 FRE Gogoat @ Big Root
-Leech Seed, Bulk Up, Earthquake, Horn Leech
Lv. 54 FRE Stoutland @ Bright Powder
-Crunch, Rock Tomb, Reversal, Last Resort
Lv. 55 KOR Seaking @ Rocky Helmet
-Aqua Ring, Dive, Megahorn, Surf

Do I go for Victory Road or is there a side quest/dungeon I should clear out first?

Nasgate posted:

I'd say go for it, you seem to have good enough type coverage for the elite 4. Also, maybe it's just me, but I felt like victory road was a lot quicker in ORAS than RS

Well, we made it through Victory Road... rest in peace Gogoat. Your Leech Seeds will be missed. One of the first Ace Trainers’ Rhyperior took him out with a critical Hammer Arm.

Now, facing the elite 4, do I proceed with my team of 5? My box options are pretty sparse. Everything I have is sub-Lv.25, barring a Lv. 50 shiny Diancie that I’m sure is hacked or at the very least cloned.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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I want a sequel to an older gen game. OmegaRuby/AlphaSapphire 2 let’s go.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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OgreNoah posted:

I just realized I totally forgot to do my 3 battles this weekend. I was so busy doing stuff that it just totally slipped my mind.
Oh well 3/4 shiny Tapus is pretty good.

I still haven't even caught all the regular Tapus. Totally lost track of where to go after beating the main game in Ultra Sun.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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Y’all are forgetting Poochyena.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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YggiDee posted:

Hyenas are feliforma, but if we're counting that as a 'cat', then Furret, Ursaring and Spheal are all 'dogs'.

OK well I’m talking about Poochyena, who looks like a dog, walks like a dog, barks like a dog, and has “pooch” in its name.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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Dehry posted:

We're about 4 hours away from the Pokemon press conference.

It starts at 8 EST? Where is it streaming?

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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indigi posted:

I want a pokemon design inspired by Georgia O'Keefe

Victreebel? Cloyster?

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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Dehry posted:

The Pokemon twitter might have it.

Indeed they did. There’s a link to the Twitch stream here: https://www.pokemon.com/us/press-co..._term=1hourtogo

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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Oh gently caress yeah.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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Motherfucking Pokémon Sleep

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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Super No Vacancy posted:

he's talking about my pokemon

This was the best part of the presentation for me. Masuda’s touching acknowledgement of players like us with our 15yo Pokémon from gen 3

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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What if the gameplay is fun?

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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Love Ball (or Heal Ball) are the obvious choices.

Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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lmao this "talonflame" has flame body or gale wings? i cant believe how fake this is

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Chill Penguin
Jan 10, 2004

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Tropius, Flygon, and Maractus are all getting PokéArmor

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