Pokémon Discussion Thread

[Prairieland]

... A 26 year old man probably shouldn't have probably watched all 52 episodes over a span of three days, but hey I'm on spring break from the school I teach at.

You're 26 and your first games were gen II? Got a late start, eh?

[Western cuba]

... A 26 year old man probably shouldn't have probably watched all 52 episodes over a span of three days, but hey I'm on spring break from the school I teach at.

You're 26 and your first games were gen II? Got a late start, eh?

Little late, but better late than never!

Got my first Game Boy in christmas of 2000, still remember my first starter pokemom being Totodile.

[Anemos Major]

Furthermore, I'd still just like to know why everyone in Kalos has a stiffy for my mom.

She used to race Rhyhorns.

[Prairieland]

She used to race Rhyhorns.

I used to race Ridgebacks over at the dog track but I don't see no pokeyminz professors writing me love letters.

[New haven america]

I know I'm gonna get hate for this, but just in terms of gameplay, not actual pokemon designs, I thought Gen III was the worst. Just couldn't really get into the plot, and I hated the way the region was formatted.

I agree. Let's just say there's a reason Gen III won't get a remake.

Which gen was the worst one in Pokemon? my vote is gen five. I just couldn't accept it as a Pokemon game but I still completed it because I stick with something once I start it. I still don't know why I hated it I just do

I actually quite enjoyed five. I got Blue the winter it came out in the States; there was a certain wonder about playing through the adventure without the meta and without *knowing* three-quarters of the game's monsters, plot, and format before the game was released. The secrecy about Gen V's release did about as much as it could to recapture that element, and I appreciated it for that.

Gen IV blows porpoise cock.

Considering they constantly hint at it all throughout X/Y, Gen. 3 most likely will and I'll be pretty damn happy about it.

[Prairieland]

I keep seeing insistence of "GEN III REMAKE CONFIRMED!!!" all throughout the intertoobs, but I've yet to see any reference to Hoenn in X/Y that's distinct from mention of any other region. But at the same time I'm only just scratching the surface of Gen VI; what sort of markedly specific hints are there?

[New haven america]

I keep seeing insistence of "GEN III REMAKE CONFIRMED!!!" all throughout the intertoobs, but I've yet to see any reference to Hoenn in X/Y that's distinct from mention of any other region. But at the same time I'm only just scratching the surface of Gen VI; what sort of markedly specific hints are there?

There is this couple in a hotel talking about how their wedding anniversary falls in the time of "Ruby and Sapphires" and that their first date was in the Oceanic Museum(Located in Slateport city in Hoenn)
A lady talking about how where she's from, they have Hot Springs right next to their Pokecenter(Lavaridge Town)
A girl talking about her uncle in Hoenn

Also, hints or people talking about Hoenn has a higher number then the other regions(Minus Kalos, obviously)

[Edward Richtofen]

She used to race Rhyhorns.

I used to race Ridgebacks over at the dog track but I don't see no pokeyminz professors writing me love letters.

she rode on the horn

[Prairieland]

she rode on the horn

/thread

[MERIZoC]

I *liked* Gen III. But that might have to do with the fact that it was my childhood generation.

Gen IV was the worst, I think? Overblown plot, and more or less a wholesale shift of Gen III to a dual screen format. I'm playing Gen VI right now on dual screens, and I like it a whole lot more.

meanwhile - Protean Greninja, y/y? It's ridiculous.

I dunno. I like Gen IV, though I am almost certainly 99% biased due to Pearl being my first Pokemon game. I liked the mythology element to it, and I thought the graphics were an improvement (not large, mind you) from Gen III. FR/LG and Black and White were probably my favorite games. The biggest complaint about X and Y I have is the complete overhaul of the graphics, which I now despise. There was nothing wrong with the original style! Why, Gamefreak, why?

Also, what do you guys think of the Fairy type? Was it necessary to balance out Dragon? Does Fairy actually do its job? Could something else have been the new type instead of fairy? Personally, I feel that:
A: Dragon was OP
B: In theory, Fairy is now OP, due to being weak to about 6 viable moves, but in actuality, almost all Fairy-types suck, so it doesn't matter. Dragon still rocks.
C: I had two ideas for this one. Firstly, Sonic/Sound-type, which would include pokemon like Exploud and Chatot. However, almost all the retyped pokemon and moves would come from the Normal type, so it wouldn't really feel like a new type. Secondly, the Cosmic type. We could retype pokemon and moves like the Clefable line, Deoxys, Jirachi, Lunatone/Solrock, Cosmic power (we could still even have moonblast. ) In addition, while dragons are the strongest things on earth, these pokemon are from outer space, so it would make sense if the beat dragons. I know that most of the re-typing would come from Psychic types, but there wouldn't have to be too many re-done pokemon. What are your opinions on the topic?

[New haven america]

I *liked* Gen III. But that might have to do with the fact that it was my childhood generation.

Gen IV was the worst, I think? Overblown plot, and more or less a wholesale shift of Gen III to a dual screen format. I'm playing Gen VI right now on dual screens, and I like it a whole lot more.

meanwhile - Protean Greninja, y/y? It's ridiculous.

I dunno. I like Gen IV, though I am almost certainly 99% biased due to Pearl being my first Pokemon game. I liked the mythology element to it, and I thought the graphics were an improvement (not large, mind you) from Gen III. FR/LG and Black and White were probably my favorite games. The biggest complaint about X and Y I have is the complete overhaul of the graphics, which I now despise. There was nothing wrong with the original style! Why, Gamefreak, why?

Also, what do you guys think of the Fairy type? Was it necessary to balance out Dragon? Does Fairy actually do its job? Could something else have been the new type instead of fairy? Personally, I feel that:
A: Dragon was OP
B: In theory, Fairy is now OP, due to being weak to about 6 viable moves, but in actuality, almost all Fairy-types suck, so it doesn't matter. Dragon still rocks.
C: I had two ideas for this one. Firstly, Sonic/Sound-type, which would include pokemon like Exploud and Chatot. However, almost all the retyped pokemon and moves would come from the Normal type, so it wouldn't really feel like a new type. Secondly, the Cosmic type. We could retype pokemon and moves like the Clefable line, Deoxys, Jirachi, Lunatone/Solrock, Cosmic power (we could still even have moonblast. ) In addition, while dragons are the strongest things on earth, these pokemon are from outer space, so it would make sense if the beat dragons. I know that most of the re-typing would come from Psychic types, but there wouldn't have to be too many re-done pokemon. What are your opinions on the topic?

The other graphics didn't look as amazing as X/Y does. :3

MY opinion on them is that they're fucking annoying if I have to fight one.

[Edward Richtofen]

I *liked* Gen III. But that might have to do with the fact that it was my childhood generation.

Gen IV was the worst, I think? Overblown plot, and more or less a wholesale shift of Gen III to a dual screen format. I'm playing Gen VI right now on dual screens, and I like it a whole lot more.

meanwhile - Protean Greninja, y/y? It's ridiculous.

I dunno. I like Gen IV, though I am almost certainly 99% biased due to Pearl being my first Pokemon game. I liked the mythology element to it, and I thought the graphics were an improvement (not large, mind you) from Gen III. FR/LG and Black and White were probably my favorite games. The biggest complaint about X and Y I have is the complete overhaul of the graphics, which I now despise. There was nothing wrong with the original style! Why, Gamefreak, why?

Also, what do you guys think of the Fairy type? Was it necessary to balance out Dragon? Does Fairy actually do its job? Could something else have been the new type instead of fairy? Personally, I feel that:
A: Dragon was OP
B: In theory, Fairy is now OP, due to being weak to about 6 viable moves, but in actuality, almost all Fairy-types suck, so it doesn't matter. Dragon still rocks.
C: I had two ideas for this one. Firstly, Sonic/Sound-type, which would include pokemon like Exploud and Chatot. However, almost all the retyped pokemon and moves would come from the Normal type, so it wouldn't really feel like a new type. Secondly, the Cosmic type. We could retype pokemon and moves like the Clefable line, Deoxys, Jirachi, Lunatone/Solrock, Cosmic power (we could still even have moonblast. ) In addition, while dragons are the strongest things on earth, these pokemon are from outer space, so it would make sense if the beat dragons. I know that most of the re-typing would come from Psychic types, but there wouldn't have to be too many re-done pokemon. What are your opinions on the topic?

Fairy types are just another fuck you to fighting types

[Prairieland]

Fairy types are just another fuck you to fighting types

You say "another" as if there were a lot of them already.
Given what they're used for it was pretty fair to put another chink in the armor of the ultimate tankbuster type.

[Constaniana]

[The Blazing Aura]

(Image)

lol

[Auremena]

I don't get why Bulbapedia merely describes Mewtwo as a bipedal, humanoid creature with some feline features. I think it's pretty obvious Mewtwo looks like a kangaroo.

Kangarootwo.

[Swyftlandre]

Woohoo! Perfect IV Protean Shiny Female Greninja after 400 Eggs over two weeks.

:3 For reference, I found a calculator after I got her:

Breeding parents 31/31/31/31/31/31 and 31/31/x/31/31/31, with a 0.0073% modifier,
will produce a 31/31/x/31/31/31 Pokemon 0.0014% of the time or 1 out of every 70849.7297 eggs!

Chance of hatching Goal within X number of Eggs:
Eggs...Chance
1...0.0014%
500...0.7032%

[Bukjoseon]

400 Eggs over two weeks.

Now that's what I call commitment.
This is why I can't commit myself too deeply to the meta.

[Swyftlandre]

400 Eggs over two weeks.

Now that's what I call commitment.
This is why I can't commit myself too deeply to the meta.

It was very much a side-project. The best thing about the 3DS is I could just breed while doing other more important thing .

[Bukjoseon]

I just picked up a 2DS two weeks ago. Best 30% of my net worth I ever spent.

[The Rich Port]

I don't get why Bulbapedia merely describes Mewtwo as a bipedal, humanoid creature with some feline features. I think it's pretty obvious Mewtwo looks like a kangaroo.

I'm pretty sure Mewtwo is Nyarlathotep, He That Is The Messenger Of Chaos, and they never talk about THAT. We can't always get what we want.

[Bukjoseon]

We can't always get what we want.

But if you try sometimes,
you just might find,
you get what you need.

And what I needed was Mewtwo X as a respectable mega-counterpart to the fetal abomination that is Y.

Remember when those images of it came out before any of us knew what mega-evolution was gonna be? How worried everyone was that Pokemon had finally and utterly been destroyed?

[The Rich Port]

We can't always get what we want.

But if you try sometimes,
you just might find,
you get what you need.

And what I needed was Mewtwo X as a respectable mega-counterpart to the fetal abomination that is Y.

Remember when those images of it came out before any of us knew what mega-evolution was gonna be? How worried everyone was that Pokemon had finally and utterly been destroyed?

Well, no, because I have no idea what mega-evolution is.

[Bukjoseon]

Bro.
Bro.
*sigh*
Bro, bro, bro.
Gotta hook yourself up with Pokeymens #X, bro.

[The Rich Port]

Bro.
Bro.
*sigh*
Bro, bro, bro.
Gotta hook yourself up with Pokeymens #X, bro.

I probably will after I finish watching the Indigo League anime.