Legends Arceus might be my favourite Pokemon game. It’s obviously missing competitive battling, but otherwise it’s got everything: fun catching mechanic, lots of exploring, good story and characters, wearable clothing, sidequests, Chimecho
Legends Arceus might be my favourite Pokemon game. It’s obviously missing competitive battling, but otherwise it’s got everything: fun catching mechanic, lots of exploring, good story and characters, wearable clothing, sidequests, Chimecho
Imagine, a game that not only has Gliscor in it, but added a new way-more-usable version of Electrode. Amazing.
Legends Arceus might be my favourite Pokemon game. It’s obviously missing competitive battling, but otherwise it’s got everything: fun catching mechanic, lots of exploring, good story and characters, wearable clothing, sidequests, Chimecho
Imagine, a game that not only has Gliscor in it, but added a new way-more-usable version of Electrode. Amazing.
yes I too loved my zappy-nut-boy who would OHKO two pokémon before KOing himself with recoil damage
So while listening to an older episode of Critical Role where some of the cast portrays various celebrities named Lance to promote Dragonlance I realized that Lance the Dragon Tamer from the first Pokémon game was almost certainly named for Dragonlance.
I have begun breeding for a shiny Froakie. I have not gotten the shiny Froakie yet, but literally every night I've sat down to make and hatch eggs, I've run into a random full-odds (with shiny charm) shiny in the wild. First night was a Diglett, second night was a female Combee, and then last night was a Kricketot. If only that luck would just transfer to the egg hatching! I want my black ninja frog.
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I have begun breeding for a shiny Froakie. I have not gotten the shiny Froakie yet, but literally every night I've sat down to make and hatch eggs, I've run into a random full-odds (with shiny charm) shiny in the wild. First night was a Diglett, second night was a female Combee, and then last night was a Kricketot. If only that luck would just transfer to the egg hatching! I want my black ninja frog.
I should do this. I haven't really been playing since Fire Emblem came out but shiny Greninja is cool.
Thank you, but I was looking to complete the Dex in Gen 8, not 9. Got it taken care of for the most part either way.
You can use Pokemon HOME to get everything. It's pretty easy to get trades going on the GTS there and then transfer everything back to Shield. I *think* you can use that without paying? I honestly forget. (edit: yes, you can do it with the free plan, you just can't do three at once, only one at a time)
Oh, the GTS is on HOME? I just thought they'd gotten rid of it for some inexplicable reason.
Yup! They basically moved all that stuff over to Home. It has GTS, Wonder Trade, Room Trade, Friend trades, etc. And the UI is a million times easier to navigate than any of the gen 7 or older GTSes. You can actually filter by forms, so like, if you're looking for a Polar pattern Vivillon, you can do that (serious pain in the ass in gen 6/7 for Vivillon in particular). Also by stuff like shiny status. It's really nice. I also feel like there's way more people using it since it's not split by gen anymore, so you're much more likely to get trades (at least if you aren't trying for absurd things like trading a magikarp for a mewtwo)
Edit: Also they finally fixed the god damn app freezing all the time when you have large pokemon lists a few months back That was seriously so annoying, and then they tried to blame it on having "hacked pokemon" and say they weren't gonna fix it - bullshit, own up to your own coding failures (seriously, literally anyone who has ever traded on GTS or wonder trade probably has hacked pokemon.. lol).
Thank you, but I was looking to complete the Dex in Gen 8, not 9. Got it taken care of for the most part either way.
You can use Pokemon HOME to get everything. It's pretty easy to get trades going on the GTS there and then transfer everything back to Shield. I *think* you can use that without paying? I honestly forget. (edit: yes, you can do it with the free plan, you just can't do three at once, only one at a time)
Thank you so much for this. I got a bunch of stuff I needed from this. And god, it's just a grim reminder of how awful the random link trade system is compared to the GTS. As long as what you're asking for is reasonable, someone will give you what you need in no time.
Finally hatched a shiny Froakie after about 18.5 boxes, so right around proper shiny charm/Masuda method odds. So glad to finally have my shiny frog after loving the design of it since it was introduced in X and Y. Think I'm gonna go for a shiny Fuecoco next.
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Thank you, but I was looking to complete the Dex in Gen 8, not 9. Got it taken care of for the most part either way.
You can use Pokemon HOME to get everything. It's pretty easy to get trades going on the GTS there and then transfer everything back to Shield. I *think* you can use that without paying? I honestly forget. (edit: yes, you can do it with the free plan, you just can't do three at once, only one at a time)
Thank you so much for this. I got a bunch of stuff I needed from this. And god, it's just a grim reminder of how awful the random link trade system is compared to the GTS. As long as what you're asking for is reasonable, someone will give you what you need in no time.
Awesome! Yeah, it's super nice. I honestly think this is a better way to implement the GTS but of course, the problem is they don't advertise it AT ALL so a lot of people aren't even aware it's available
Finally got up to Ultra Ball rank in Ranked Battles. Here's my team if anyone wants to critique it (I especially wonder if I could be getting more creative with Tera Types):
Annihilape
Ability: Defiant
Tera Type: Ghost
Item: Punching Glove
Moves: Rage Fist, Drain Punch, Poison Jab, Bulk Up
Notes: Poison Jab is very useful against Iron Valiant and Azumarill (the former also often uses Spirit Break, helpfully boosting Annihilape's attack power with Defiant). Initially I put Annihilape on the team to guard against Maushold's Population Bomb.
Armarouge
Ability: Flash Fire
Tera Type: Fire
Item: Petaya Berry
Moves: Armor Cannon, Psychic, Reflect, Light Screen
Notes: The Petaya Berry's effect gets triggered more often than I expected it would, usually right before Tera Fire Armarouge uses Armor Cannon. I'm thinking about replacing either Reflect or Light Screen with another move, possibly Clear Smog to sabotage opponent buffs or Will-o-Wisp to burn physical attackers.
Baxcalibur
Ability: Thermal Exchange
Tera Type: Ice
Item: Choice Scarf
Moves: Glaive Rush, Icicle Spear, Crunch, Iron Head
Notes: TBH Baxcalibur uses Glaive Rush 90% of the time and Icicle Spear 9% of the time. I don't know if I've ever won a match where I used Crunch or Iron Head.
Clodsire
Ability: Water Absorb
Tera Type: Ground
Item: Leftovers
Moves: Earthquake, Megahorn, Toxic Spikes, Yawn
Notes: Yawn is very, very useful on its own. Megahorn is situationally useful and unexpected, though I may switch it back out for Gunk Shot, or perhaps even Recover (IIRC it's an Egg/Picnic Move for Clodsire).
Lokix
Ability: Tinted Lens
Tera Type: Bug
Item: Focus Sash
Moves: Axe Kick, Leech Life, Sucker Punch, Taunt
Notes: Axe Kick is a fun move that I've luckily not missed often with. Taunt also has been a lifesaver. I don't often use the Tera Orb on Lokix, but Tera Bug Lokix's Leech Life hits pretty hard.
Scovillain
Ability: Chlorophyll
Tera Type: Normal
Item: Loaded Dice
Moves: Bullet Seed, Crunch, Giga Drain, Overheat
Notes: I EV trained to make a mixed attacker. I had Tera Blast until recently when I faced a Dragapult that either resisted or was immune to all Scovillain's moves. Bullet Seed is on here primarily in case of Mimikyu, but with Loaded Dice equipped its pretty reliable.
so I was thinking about possible starter lines for a Pokémon fangame (not that anyone here would infringe on international intellectual property law in such a way), and I was thinking seedot/litwick/polywag might be an interesting idea, all being 3 stage guys with a stone evolution for their final evolution (maybe allowing for a stone reward for a story beat), and also adds the fight-ghost-dark secondary typing as an interesting wrench to throw into the normal fire/water/grass typing.
the only issue is that litwick is pretty good, polywag is pretty bad, and seedot is absolutely awful. also they each get their secondary typing at a different point. As a Pokémon enjoyer, do you think having these Pokémon changed (ie. stats, level up moves, etc.) to make them more even would be better or worse than just having a more normal starter trio?
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so I was thinking about possible starter lines for a Pokémon fangame (not that anyone here would infringe on international intellectual property law in such a way), and I was thinking seedot/litwick/polywag might be an interesting idea, all being 3 stage guys with a stone evolution for their final evolution (maybe allowing for a stone reward for a story beat), and also adds the fight-ghost-dark secondary typing as an interesting wrench to throw into the normal fire/water/grass typing.
the only issue is that litwick is pretty good, polywag is pretty bad, and seedot is absolutely awful. also they each get their secondary typing at a different point. As a Pokémon enjoyer, do you think having these Pokémon changed (ie. stats, level up moves, etc.) to make them more even would be better or worse than just having a more normal starter trio?
I'll be honest, I can't even remember what Seedot looks like. *Google Image Search* Oh, that one.
Changing existing Pokémon to make them better instead of just using better ones or creating unofficial new starter seems like an odd decision, IMHO. If I was making a fan game I'd probably give out Poipole as the starter since it's Pokedex entry says it is used as a starter Pokémon in other worlds.
so I was thinking about possible starter lines for a Pokémon fangame (not that anyone here would infringe on international intellectual property law in such a way), and I was thinking seedot/litwick/polywag might be an interesting idea, all being 3 stage guys with a stone evolution for their final evolution (maybe allowing for a stone reward for a story beat), and also adds the fight-ghost-dark secondary typing as an interesting wrench to throw into the normal fire/water/grass typing.
the only issue is that litwick is pretty good, polywag is pretty bad, and seedot is absolutely awful. also they each get their secondary typing at a different point. As a Pokémon enjoyer, do you think having these Pokémon changed (ie. stats, level up moves, etc.) to make them more even would be better or worse than just having a more normal starter trio?
Funny you bring that up, because I've been playing Legends, and was thinking about what they could do for a sequel. I realized it should be Pokemon Legends AZ, and be about the Pokemon War in X/Y. Then I thought about the starters, and realized if it's going to set in medieval not-France, then a good choice for the grass-starter would be Snivy (since Serperior is based on European nobility much how Samurott is based on Japanese nobility), and the water-starter would be Piplup (because...Empoleon). Still having trouble with the fire starter, or what the final form variant types would be (grass/Dragon for Serperior?).
Notes say that there will be additional changes that will be talked about closer to release. They're adding more Box functionality. All I want is the ability to release multiple Pokemon at a time.
Notes say that there will be additional changes that will be talked about closer to release. They're adding more Box functionality. All I want is the ability to release multiple Pokemon at a time.
those tera raid fixes should have come ASAP, not months later.
especially
A bug that can prevent an opposing Tera Pokémon’s HP gauge from properly reflecting damage done by certain moves (such as Play Rough) or certain status conditions may occur in Tera Raid Battles, resulting in the Tera Pokémon’s HP gauge fluctuating in an unusual manner. This will be fixed.
A bug that can temporarily prevent a player from entering any input into the game may occur if a Tera Pokémon takes certain actions while the player is choosing the target of their move. This will be fixed.
Better late than never, i guess, but that's why hotfixes exist.
Notes say that there will be additional changes that will be talked about closer to release. They're adding more Box functionality. All I want is the ability to release multiple Pokemon at a time.
those tera raid fixes should have come ASAP, not months later.
especially
A bug that can prevent an opposing Tera Pokémon’s HP gauge from properly reflecting damage done by certain moves (such as Play Rough) or certain status conditions may occur in Tera Raid Battles, resulting in the Tera Pokémon’s HP gauge fluctuating in an unusual manner. This will be fixed.
A bug that can temporarily prevent a player from entering any input into the game may occur if a Tera Pokémon takes certain actions while the player is choosing the target of their move. This will be fixed.
Better late than never, i guess, but that's why hotfixes exist.
Theyre pretty good about fixing it major issues if the game has an online component or it lets you get money in animal crossing
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I have a feeling that some of the stuff this patch will do is being withheld until late this month to coincide with announcements of new content at Pokemon Day. I assume some sort of announcement of supporting features that will tie into DLCs, or even adding a hype builder Paldean form Pokemon, sorta like they did with Galarian Slowpoke in the run-up to the SwSh DLCs.
I have a feeling that some of the stuff this patch will do is being withheld until late this month to coincide with announcements of new content at Pokemon Day. I assume some sort of announcement of supporting features that will tie into DLCs, or even adding a hype builder Paldean form Pokemon, sorta like they did with Galarian Slowpoke in the run-up to the SwSh DLCs.
I have a feeling that some of the stuff this patch will do is being withheld until late this month to coincide with announcements of new content at Pokemon Day. I assume some sort of announcement of supporting features that will tie into DLCs, or even adding a hype builder Paldean form Pokemon, sorta like they did with Galarian Slowpoke in the run-up to the SwSh DLCs.
I, for one, am stoked for Paldean Unown.
We do need an Unown for ñ, what with Paldea being Poke-spain.
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Paldean Meowth. Only main game variant that Meowth doesn't have yet
maybe the real panopticon was the friends we made along the way
I've been playing Violet for a bit and you know... I really like it. Technical issues aside I think it's one of my favorite overworlds... Maybe? I don't know. I have done 1 gym, 1 titan, and 1 Team Star grunt so I'm still early on and so maybe it starts to wear thin later but I am enjoying it. I just wish it didn't look like ass lol. But thankfully I haven't run into any real bugs that cause issues with my gameplay.
I've been playing Violet for a bit and you know... I really like it. Technical issues aside I think it's one of my favorite overworlds... Maybe? I don't know. I have done 1 gym, 1 titan, and 1 Team Star grunt so I'm still early on and so maybe it starts to wear thin later but I am enjoying it. I just wish it didn't look like ass lol. But thankfully I haven't run into any real bugs that cause issues with my gameplay.
if i could mentally disassociate that the pokemon company and nintendo make a brajillion dollars off this brand, i would think that the game was just fine. It's only that i expect better because i know it could be better that scar/vio becomes less. It's a fun pokemon game and they definitely did some good things. I would like to see a little more refinement to the tera raid stuff, including not having to fly around the map to get to them on my own world, being able to do them online without a 80% chance of disconnect, and changing tera-types a lot easier.
Honestly, I remain convinced that Scarlet is just the best Pokemon game, straight up. Good pokemon designs, fun writing, quite nice HTTYD-style story, mechanically solid.
About the only issue I have with it is the weird bugs - and even then, like, I've been a PC gamer for over two decades, I'm just used to NPCs every so often starting to walk on air, that's just stuff that happens, it doesn't even register until I actually stop to think about it., so it doesn't bother me.
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yes I too loved my zappy-nut-boy who would OHKO two pokémon before KOing himself with recoil damage
I should do this. I haven't really been playing since Fire Emblem came out but shiny Greninja is cool.
Hope they announce DLC soon.
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Thank you, but I was looking to complete the Dex in Gen 8, not 9. Got it taken care of for the most part either way.
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You can use Pokemon HOME to get everything. It's pretty easy to get trades going on the GTS there and then transfer everything back to Shield. I *think* you can use that without paying? I honestly forget. (edit: yes, you can do it with the free plan, you just can't do three at once, only one at a time)
Yup! They basically moved all that stuff over to Home. It has GTS, Wonder Trade, Room Trade, Friend trades, etc. And the UI is a million times easier to navigate than any of the gen 7 or older GTSes. You can actually filter by forms, so like, if you're looking for a Polar pattern Vivillon, you can do that (serious pain in the ass in gen 6/7 for Vivillon in particular). Also by stuff like shiny status. It's really nice. I also feel like there's way more people using it since it's not split by gen anymore, so you're much more likely to get trades (at least if you aren't trying for absurd things like trading a magikarp for a mewtwo)
Edit: Also they finally fixed the god damn app freezing all the time when you have large pokemon lists a few months back
Thank you so much for this. I got a bunch of stuff I needed from this. And god, it's just a grim reminder of how awful the random link trade system is compared to the GTS. As long as what you're asking for is reasonable, someone will give you what you need in no time.
Steam: pazython
Awesome! Yeah, it's super nice. I honestly think this is a better way to implement the GTS but of course, the problem is they don't advertise it AT ALL so a lot of people aren't even aware it's available
Annihilape
Ability: Defiant
Tera Type: Ghost
Item: Punching Glove
Moves: Rage Fist, Drain Punch, Poison Jab, Bulk Up
Notes: Poison Jab is very useful against Iron Valiant and Azumarill (the former also often uses Spirit Break, helpfully boosting Annihilape's attack power with Defiant). Initially I put Annihilape on the team to guard against Maushold's Population Bomb.
Armarouge
Ability: Flash Fire
Tera Type: Fire
Item: Petaya Berry
Moves: Armor Cannon, Psychic, Reflect, Light Screen
Notes: The Petaya Berry's effect gets triggered more often than I expected it would, usually right before Tera Fire Armarouge uses Armor Cannon. I'm thinking about replacing either Reflect or Light Screen with another move, possibly Clear Smog to sabotage opponent buffs or Will-o-Wisp to burn physical attackers.
Baxcalibur
Ability: Thermal Exchange
Tera Type: Ice
Item: Choice Scarf
Moves: Glaive Rush, Icicle Spear, Crunch, Iron Head
Notes: TBH Baxcalibur uses Glaive Rush 90% of the time and Icicle Spear 9% of the time. I don't know if I've ever won a match where I used Crunch or Iron Head.
Clodsire
Ability: Water Absorb
Tera Type: Ground
Item: Leftovers
Moves: Earthquake, Megahorn, Toxic Spikes, Yawn
Notes: Yawn is very, very useful on its own. Megahorn is situationally useful and unexpected, though I may switch it back out for Gunk Shot, or perhaps even Recover (IIRC it's an Egg/Picnic Move for Clodsire).
Lokix
Ability: Tinted Lens
Tera Type: Bug
Item: Focus Sash
Moves: Axe Kick, Leech Life, Sucker Punch, Taunt
Notes: Axe Kick is a fun move that I've luckily not missed often with. Taunt also has been a lifesaver. I don't often use the Tera Orb on Lokix, but Tera Bug Lokix's Leech Life hits pretty hard.
Scovillain
Ability: Chlorophyll
Tera Type: Normal
Item: Loaded Dice
Moves: Bullet Seed, Crunch, Giga Drain, Overheat
Notes: I EV trained to make a mixed attacker. I had Tera Blast until recently when I faced a Dragapult that either resisted or was immune to all Scovillain's moves. Bullet Seed is on here primarily in case of Mimikyu, but with Loaded Dice equipped its pretty reliable.
the only issue is that litwick is pretty good, polywag is pretty bad, and seedot is absolutely awful. also they each get their secondary typing at a different point. As a Pokémon enjoyer, do you think having these Pokémon changed (ie. stats, level up moves, etc.) to make them more even would be better or worse than just having a more normal starter trio?
I'll be honest, I can't even remember what Seedot looks like. *Google Image Search* Oh, that one.
Changing existing Pokémon to make them better instead of just using better ones or creating unofficial new starter seems like an odd decision, IMHO. If I was making a fan game I'd probably give out Poipole as the starter since it's Pokedex entry says it is used as a starter Pokémon in other worlds.
Funny you bring that up, because I've been playing Legends, and was thinking about what they could do for a sequel. I realized it should be Pokemon Legends AZ, and be about the Pokemon War in X/Y. Then I thought about the starters, and realized if it's going to set in medieval not-France, then a good choice for the grass-starter would be Snivy (since Serperior is based on European nobility much how Samurott is based on Japanese nobility), and the water-starter would be Piplup (because...Empoleon). Still having trouble with the fire starter, or what the final form variant types would be (grass/Dragon for Serperior?).
Steam: pazython
Notes say that there will be additional changes that will be talked about closer to release. They're adding more Box functionality. All I want is the ability to release multiple Pokemon at a time.
those tera raid fixes should have come ASAP, not months later.
especially and
Better late than never, i guess, but that's why hotfixes exist.
Theyre pretty good about fixing it major issues if the game has an online component or it lets you get money in animal crossing
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I, for one, am stoked for Paldean Unown.
Steam: pazython
We do need an Unown for ñ, what with Paldea being Poke-spain.
I presume it's actually a thin casing for the GS ball.
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if i could mentally disassociate that the pokemon company and nintendo make a brajillion dollars off this brand, i would think that the game was just fine. It's only that i expect better because i know it could be better that scar/vio becomes less. It's a fun pokemon game and they definitely did some good things. I would like to see a little more refinement to the tera raid stuff, including not having to fly around the map to get to them on my own world, being able to do them online without a 80% chance of disconnect, and changing tera-types a lot easier.
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About the only issue I have with it is the weird bugs - and even then, like, I've been a PC gamer for over two decades, I'm just used to NPCs every so often starting to walk on air, that's just stuff that happens, it doesn't even register until I actually stop to think about it., so it doesn't bother me.