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Forsythia posted:This really is a divisive game, and I'm surprised on where my opinion is landing. It's the first core Pokémon game I've played that hasn't resonated with me, and I've been there since the start of the series and played all of them (except for Let's Go and BDSP). Yes, I could get into and enjoy the troubled Sword/Shield generation, but this one is different. I keep poking around for a couple hours, feeling somewhat dissatisfied and frustrated by what I see and experience, and eventually stop. I haven't grown tired of the formula, as I was delighted by Legends Arceus just earlier this year. It's something else. I’m having a lot of fun with the game, but I totally feel you on the movement thing. Every time I switch between Pokémon and Animal Crossing, I’m reminded how much more fun it is to run around in Animal Crossing. The sound of your feet hitting the pavement/dirt/grass has a real weight behind it, while in Pokémon, everything’s a bit too light and you can run right through patches of dirt with no collision .Arceus was also better for that, and yeah, it felt great to run around on Wyrdeer. I’m still waiting for a Pokémon game where we can choose our own mounts from among our own Pokémon. I wanna ride around on my Mudsdale, surf on my Lapras, and fly on my Noivern.
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Chamale posted:I'm thinking about doing an all-pet themed team. Maushold and Houndstone are quite strong, Pawmot is an adorable battle hamster, and Persian is my favourite Pokemon. This is a good game for a pet run. Heck, you could even easily do an all dogs run. I only have 3 badges and have run into Growlithe, Fidough, Houndour, Maschiff, Rockruff, Riolu, and Greiveard.
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Nov 23, 2022 15:38
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I took on Mela first, but she wasn’t hard because I just stomped her with my Clodsire. Georgie is aces and with water absorb, he’s a free switch in on water moves. I’ve only had one loss and it was the fight against Arven. My guys were level 47/48 at the time. I managed to make it aaalll the way to his Mabosstiff and was one hit away from winning when my Dachsbun missed with Play Rough and she was K.O.’d. I was so close. Then I went and did my final Star Base and final gym and came back a few levels higher and beat him. It was still tough though. I appreciated the hard fight. I’ve now finished the 3 main stories and am just debating if I should do the Elite Four or hunt around for those stakes to unleash the beasts.
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Nov 28, 2022 18:51
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Wile E. Toyota posted:I wish you could decorate your dorm room in some way or like, do anything with it. Use the kitchen to make sandwiches, idk. Put different Poke Dolls on the desk like GSC. It's totally pointless. I thought the same thing. Why give us a dorm room if we can’t really do anything with it? It should work like a secret base as a place to put collectibles. They could even add another storefront for selling posters, dolls, bedding, and furniture. I’m pretty sure the home ec teacher even off handedly mentions students decorating their rooms.
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Nov 29, 2022 05:13
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THE AWESOME GHOST posted:I’m 16 hours in with 1 gym Badge left and 1 star base left - did I rush? This feels super short but I’ve been running around catching stuff, buying outfits, catching ditto to breed more fabulous duck starters 16 hours? What the heck? When I was at that point I had nearly 40 hours clocked. I just got to the end credits at 76 hours. I beat Shield in 35. This is the longest Pokémon game I’ve ever played.
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Nov 30, 2022 22:33
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HopperUK posted:I'm not sure it's going to be possible to separate out 'nostalgia' from 'I was a literal child when I played it' from 'it was my favourite game in all other ways' to find some kind of Objective Truth on this matter to be honest. I never played the original Gold and Silver, so I have no nostalgia for them. I did play HeartGold though (as an adult). Following Pokémon was absolutely charming and I’ve been waiting ages for that to come back as a main feature (just too bad most Pokémon can’t keep pace with you when you take them out in ScarVio). However, the game is extremely grindy by the time you get to Claire. Your team is under levelled and there’s only level 30 Gravellers and Gligars to train against. The postgame in Kanto is indeed quite barren and there’s only low level Pokémon to find there, so it’s just running away from endless amounts of low level Pidgeys and Zubats. The fight against Red on a mountaintop was cool though.
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Dec 1, 2022 23:53
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HopperUK posted:Apepleptic is particularly excellent. I don't think I've thought of any really good ones yet in this game. It's all movie references like calling the car engine one 'Christine'. I called mine Christine too! I have Lady the Dachsbun, Gremlin the Grafaiai, Echo the Finizen, and Elvis the blue Squawkabilly. Gonna name another Squawkabilly Fonzie. And since we started watching Gravity Falls with my daughter, I had to name my Oinkologne Waddles. My favourite though is Purregano the Meowscarada. The rest of my team has normal names. Wanda the Killowattrel Georgie the Clodsire Flora the Flamigo Brigid the Mabosstiff Gustav the Houndstone Diego the Ceruledge Jacques the Baxcalibur Tina the Tinkaton A rotating team of 13 by the end game, always remaining just a little lower levelled than my opponents with the exception of a higher level Killowattrel for Thunderwave. I’m kinda glad that a bigger team was needed to not over level because there are so many great new Pokémon this gen and I’ve gotten to use most of my favourites!
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Dec 3, 2022 06:10
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Blackbelt Bobman posted:Endgame spoilers: I took that line to mean that Sada was also a researcher working with Turo, but she decided to raise their son instead of continuing the research. I could be totally wrong though, since Arven doesn’t mention his mom in Violet, but I would assume he was still raised by one of his parents.
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I’ve caught one Ditto and it was when I made a water encounter sandwich to find a water Tauros. I caught one and then went to catch a second one for trading, but the second one was a Ditto.
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Dec 4, 2022 19:39
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Carlosologist posted:I finally got the credits to roll in Violet and I had a great time. Lots of fun, was lucky to not experience many performance issues. I think we saw the beginnings of a varied quest system in Pokémon with the friend plotlines and the social link esque quests at the school. I think if we got a decent mix of side quests with their own centered plot lines in the next game we’d really be cooking with gas. I’d like to see quests like the ones in Legends. Just have a ton of NPCs ask to find stuff for them or to show them things with good rewards behind them. I’d also like to see more with the social link aspect too.
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Dec 5, 2022 03:26
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Stux posted:yep instead of the three interesting main plots it would be fa rmore epic to have little lovely fetch questsinstead for some reason Why not both?  The main plots are great, but after you beat the game, optional side quests are a fun way to give yourself something else to do. Tiffany in Alfornada wants to see a Tsareena use Trop Kick? Let’s go find one and we’ll get a reward of 10 Luxury Balls. I absolutely loved the scavenger hunt for the Unown in Legends. I had a blast hunting for them all and I’d love to see more stuff like that. Give quests where you’re supposed to find something in the environment like the clue of an ancient civilization or lost or injured pokemon. You can even tell little stories with quests asking to deliver letters or items to people across the region. Or uncover mysteries about what’s making a spooky sound in an abandoned building at night. I think stuff like that is fun.
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Dec 5, 2022 18:44
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Calico Heart posted:Is it possible/how early can I make a BIG BANYARD themede team and how viable would it be? Lechonk is a Route 1 mon, and Tauros, Mareep and Mudbray aren’t hard to find in the early game. Quaxly for duck gives you a start on the theme from the get go. Fidough and Maschiff could be good farm dogs and can be found really early as well. I haven’t seen any Bunnelby in the game so far. Grumpig is in the game too if you want to double up on pigs. Skiddo can be found around level 20-something I think. There are a lot of good options and you could fill out a team fairly early with a decent variety of types. Normal, Water, Fighting, Fire, Ground, Grass, Electric, Psychic, Fairy, and Dark. I had a good time with a larger rotating team since it’s so easy to swap guys from the box on the fly and experience is plentiful.
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Dec 5, 2022 19:01
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Yeah, the legendaries in this game are top tier. Honestly, the designs look more like something out of Shin Megami Tensei than Pokémon. I dig them a lot. Wanna see more Pokémon designed like that. I often find legendary designs to be underwhelming with a few exceptions (Cosmog is my baby).
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Dec 6, 2022 06:26
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I miss Poke Pelago. I could just send my little guys to the playground and the hot spring and to go farm berries. It allowed me to have fully EV trained level 1 Pokémon for when I started Ultra Moon and I didn’t really have to do anything but wait. I think I will try to make my ingame team somewhat competitive ready this time. I also managed to catch a Modest Paradox Hydreigon. When I can connect to Home, I might do that same with some of my shinies by giving them better natures. I’ve got a Luxray and a Sandaconda that might be fun to use.
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Dec 6, 2022 19:27
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LiterallyATomato posted:Hey! Yeah, if the Pokémon outside the town are higher level, you might be better off picking a different route. My first gyms were grass, electric and bug. I think I did water as my 5th gym.
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Dec 6, 2022 19:31
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I would have gone all over the place with the gyms, but I was catching all these cool Pokémon and then realized I wouldn’t be able to use them because I didn’t have enough gym badges. Then I went to do more lower level gyms so I could put my higher level guys in my party. I was rearing to climb the mountain to the ice gym, but put a pause on that until I could reliably command the Pokémon I was catching on that route. I think I did ice 6th, with ghost being my final one.
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Dec 6, 2022 21:01
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Eiba posted:Here's my solution to that which I would totally have done if I knew the structure of Paldea and I really want to try on a subsequent playthrough: I did something sorta similar. I went east and then came back to the main city to go west. When I saw all the low level Pokémon on the route, I ended up boxing most of my team and using new lower levelled guys. Caught a Maschiff and a Smoliv and a Nacli and rolled with those guys until they were just about on par with the ones I boxed. I just swapped guys around to always have the lowest level mons in my party with the exception of Killowattrel for Thunderwaving catches. By the time I got to the Elite Four, I had a rotating team of 13 and was just a few levels lower than the four, which kept things slightly more challenging. There were a couple moments where I was sure I’d have to refight them because Larry threw me for a loop. My final rotating team was Purregano the Meowscarada Waddles the Oinkologne Lady the Dachsbun Georgie the Clodsire Diego the Ceruledge Elvis the Squawkabilly Flora the Flamigo Gremlin the Graffaiai Wanda the Killowattrel Brigid the Mabosstiff Tina the Tinkaton Gustav the Houndstone Jacques the Baxcalibur
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Zuzie posted:So many ghost types could have been rock type as well. I really wish Galarian Corsola and Cursola were rock type. I have no idea why they made them pure ghost.
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I’m working on making my ingame team competitive ready. Purregano the Meowscarada has been EV trained and Hyper Trained, I just need to give him one of the 2 Adamant mints that I have. I wanna try some ranked battles when I have enough mons ready.
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Looking through my mons to find more I’d like to train and it seems I caught a Timid female Vaporeon. It was an over world tera mon with 3 IVs and a move set of Surf, Ice Beam, Wish, and Curse. Swap Curse for Shadowball and it’s basically the first Vaporeon I ever trained. Vaporeon is one of my all time favourites, so I’m definitely going to use her. I’m short on special attackers anyway. I’ve also got 2 different Mabosstiffs to train. My ingame one and a Stakeout Psychic tera one. They’re going to be a pair of very good girls.
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Flopsy posted:Interesting little bit of food for thought: They've reworked the sprites for this game and actually improved the candid anatomy of the eeveelutions. So watching them move around in the overworld is actually pretty neat now. Espeon got the best of it but Jolteons legs still look a little hosed up unfortunately, still I do love watching Vaporeon swim around like a seal though. Oh yeah, the animations are pretty ace. I’m particularly fond of the sleeping animations. I could just stand around watching my sleeping Pokémon all day. They still haven’t fixed Eelektross’s model though. I don’t like him hovering in the air. I like him with his little fins on the ground to waddle around on.
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I tried out a casual battle with the Pokémon I’ve been training and wiped the floor with someone with their ingame team in the low 30’s. Then I tried ranked and have lost 5 out of 5 battles. A couple came close, but then I got swept by normal tera Dragonites with Extremespeed twice in a row. Will I ever win a ranked battle? Unlikely, but not impossible. I’ve been brining Meowscarada, Mabosstiff, Dachsbun, and Gyarados. I’m looking to train a Vaporeon, a Hatterene, and an Iron Jugulus next. Muscle Tracer posted:Its one and only ability is levitate... But its gen 5 sprite stands on its fins and waddles and hops. It’s way cuter.  I haven’t seen one out of battle though, so if it has waddle mode out of battle, I’d be satisfied with that.I do like how Pokémon like Flamigo will either fly or stand depending on how you encountered them. Nessa fucked around with this message at 03:39 on Dec 10, 2022 |
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Xander B Coolridge posted:Don't get discouraged. There's a huge leap in skill from in-game battles to competitive. I don’t watch YouTubers. I’ve played ranked in other gens and would win some and lose some. Hell, 5th Gen I got a few rage quits when my Cinccino would one shot their Hydreigons. That was glorious. I loved beating up big scary teams with my cute Pokémon. I guess I just want to play against other folks at my level and have fun playing with my favourites. I thought that was what casual was for, but I don’t want to steamroll literal children with a 4 IV, steel tera, moxie Gyarados. I was playing doubles, cause I love doubles (and really miss triples). Maybe I’ll have better luck with singles.
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KRILLIN IN THE NAME posted:Golduck was a missed opportunity to have the colours reversed with evolution, so blue psyduck becomes a gold golduck, a gold golduck would have been so nice Agreed. I caught a shiny Psyduck in Legends and put her on the team. Shiny Golduck is underwhelming comparatively. It should be gold!
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Heliotropical posted:My favorite thing about Maushold is that its evolution requirement apparently ignores the effect of an Everstone. You can't tell them to stop reproducing, they will do so anyway (well, unless you give them a bit of the B button). Only if you get a chance to use the B button. I had mine evolve without me realizing it. I had a picnic and suddenly there were 4 of them.
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Blaziken386 posted:
That’s really a shame. I’m still bummed I had to leave my totem Araquanid in Ultra Moon (he was a party member!) and now I’ll probably have to leave my beeg boi Boris the Ursaluna in Legends.
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indigi posted:you should be able to summon them to do raids with or at the union circle for battles This is something that was sorely missing from SwoShi as well. You got all these trainer cards of people you met, and even upgraded some cards, but they don’t have any added function. Having the upgraded trainer cards should have allowed you to call that trainer into a raid battle. And your own trainer card should have been usable as your online avatar. Like, why did I have to pick a generic NPC icon as an avatar when I have a specially created card I made of my character? Trainer cards were pretty cool, but they really could’ve been utilized more.
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Larryb posted:Ultra Sun/Moon was just a remake, I was thinking more along the lines of a full fledged sequel like what Black & White got Agreed. I would love if they did a proper sequel again. Sequels are superior to remakes because they allow room for improvements on the original game, while still feeling like you’re playing a new game instead of the old one a second time.
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HopperUK posted:I got 70 premier balls for almost nothing because the game values them super-low (I guess because you acquire them for free so it can't be an endless money exploit) and that was pretty satisfying. I catch all Tera pokemon in them. Same. They’re great for tera mons. I wish I could get stuff like Love balls for such a good deal.
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I levelled up my Dachsbun a bit more and was able to do the Charizard raid with a team of 3 Sylveon. My doggy managed to avoid most uses of Hurricane, so we pulled through!
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Space Cadet Omoly posted:Arven getting super excited over Mabosstiff being able to open his eyes again was one of my favorite moments in the game. Mine was ”It’s been so long since I heard that ‘woof’!”
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Larryb posted:Speaking of, not sure if you can get either of the previous evolutions in SV without breeding or trading but I do like that you can finally catch wild Raichu (aka the best Pikachu form) in Area Zero I just caught a wild, roaming, fighting tera type Raichu on a island off Port Marinada. She has both Surf and Thunderbolt, with Perfect Special Attack IVs and is Modest to boot. I think I’m gonna have to train another Raichu.
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Xtanstic posted:So now that the launch brouhaha is over, is Scarlet/Violet patched to an acceptable state or should I wait a bit more? I haven't played a single Switch pokemon game (haven't played since Black and White/ORAS really) and am thinking about getting something for the holiday season. SV or Sword and Shield will give me the most "modern/fun" experience with the most QoL features? Or should I shift completely and grab Legends Arceus instead? Even including the game jank, ScarVio blows Sword and Shield out of the water. I beat Shield in 35 hours, while it took me 75 to get to the end credits in Violet. There are tons of cool Pokémon around to catch and the freedom of just going wherever you feel like makes you feel like this is how Pokémon games should always be. At least, that’s how I feel about it. I wouldn’t want to go back to the hallways with random encounters.
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I am down to mostly version exclusives and a couple trade evolutions to fill out my dex. Managed to get a Skrelp through Wonder Trade. I also got 4 Charmanders in Luxury balls in a row. All from different people. I’m building a nice little collection of French and German Pokémon. They go in their own box.
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Man, I knew Violet would outsell Scarlet, but I didn’t think it would be nigh impossible to do paradox trades. I keep trying to use the trade codes and only ever encounter others with Violet.
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Flopsy posted:Need any help filling out your dex? I only have 12 more dex entries left to go! Duck starters Umbreon Scizor Slowking Armarouge Scream Tail Slither Wing Brute Bonnet Flutter Mane Koraidon I wouldn't be opposed to anyone helping me get the last few entries.
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Finally caught that wascally wabbit. I levelled up a Pelipper I caught in a raid and beat it with 3 Slowbros.
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Diet Poison posted:I don't mind it for clothes but the sandwich ingredients and accoutrements (where the gently caress are the picks, again? And not being able to make a sandwich without a pick is infuriating) and battle items being spread around multiple shops that don't have the exact same inventory from place to place is god drat asinine. There's a couple "loving WHY?" things like that in the game that I wish they spent more than 5 minutes thinking about. Not being able to picnic in Area Zero? Why? Weird game limitation or some dumb thematic idea that they didn't care would be annoyingly inconvenient? The most frustrating thing for me is when you invite other people to a raid, but forgot to turn on online mode and the game doesn’t let you back out. The game should just ask you if you want to go online instead of just searching for players that will never show up.
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Had a Vaporeon outbreak, so I made a shiny sandwich and caught me a pink boy. I already have an EV trained Vaporeon in this game, but I’ve always wanted a shiny Vaporeon. He’s Jolly, but whatevs, I’ve got Modest mints for days.
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HopperUK posted:Nice! what did you call him? I know I ask this a lot but I love hearing other people's pokemon names I decided on Valentino! My other Vaporeon in Violet is Valencia and I have Amphritite and Triton from previous games. Vaporeon is a longtime favourite of mine.
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