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Pokémon Sun and Moon Starters Revealed. Releases November 18th 2016.
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Slamtastic
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It doesn't matter how good they are on their own, it's what they have to compete against!
Hm fair enough! I think I'm gonna take a look at the typings though, I'm curious to see if I can notice any influence on the order design-wise.
Would love if anyone else could chime in by the way.
I can't stand May's design in ORAS. The bandanna isn't right. It looks like a bow.
Cute and simple is better than rambunctious and cute-ugly imo
Japanmanx3
Member
Both Title Pokemon look kinda cool.
My biggest regret in life will forever be evolving my shiny Braixen :'(
I don't hate Delphox, but it's such a massive downgrade from its previous stage.
Hot Coldman
Banned
It doesn't matter how good they are on their own, it's what they have to compete against!
ok so he had the worst girl trainer in years to compete against, what's your point
don't get me wrong, the women have been slaying the men almost every game since Crystal, but this is the one exception
All the female companions have been Serena in disguise all along. Truly a master of her craft
Already Torn
Banned
Exactly. Cute ugly is bad.
What exactly do you think this
is then, exactly?
Because it's definitely not 'simply cute'.
ignoring how i NEVER said cute ugly is bad like wtf
wow, couldn't be more wrong
DrForester
Kills Photobucket
Good point?
Fix-It Felix. Jr.
Member
That's a good solution. But there are some pretty huge Pokemon that would not only take up a large part of the screen, but also potentially create problems with the framerate.
I'm definitely not against the idea, though. Having pokemon walk alongside is something that I have always, and will always, want incorporated in the games. I just don't know how realistic it would be for this gen. Maybe they are trying to make-up for that by having animations at the end of battles where the trainer and active pokemon interacts. (assuming following isn't in)
Hopefully the NX will allow GF to create stuff like having multiple pokemon out of their ball in the overworld. I'd be on cloud 9 having all my favourite pokemon running around and being by my side every step of the way.
We already have three Pokemon with this typing, one is good and two are bad.
Things like movepool, stats, HA matter a lot. Not sure why everyone treats a quad weakness as a death knell in these threads.
Guess I gotta pick Litten now.
I dont think we're gonna see it in SM yet honestly. Just seeing the groundwork in motion
SatelliteOfLove
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Fix-It Felix. Jr.
Member
Litten's whiskers actually remind me of Doctor Eggman's mustache.
Nocturnowl
Member
Bless this fandom.
Already Torn
Banned
Nah dude, Grass/Dark. You gotta believe!
I like the idea of fire/poison.
Doominated
Member
ITS FUCKING LIT
EN
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peaceiscloser
Member
Japanese trailer made me all watery-eyed. US trailer made me feel that this made me feel like we may be getting an epic RPG ! At least, the theme music variation did.
Seems to me like Alola is a blend between Hawaii and the Ryukyu islands. Funny enough, I feel the Japanese trailer would have been more appropriate for the stateside ver. seeing as it plays off nostalgia, as opposed to the US ver. which showed more direct screens and actual game info.
Going Grass/Flying and brown girl. The skin tones are super on point in this game.
Seems to me like Alola is a blend between Hawaii and the Ryukyu islands. Funny enough, I feel the Japanese trailer would have been more appropriate for the stateside ver. seeing as it plays off nostalgia, as opposed to the US ver. which showed more direct screens and actual game info.
Going Grass/Flying and brown girl. The skin tones are super on point in this game.
Aaronrules380
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I'd probably care more about Rowlet's ice weakness of I didn't already have experience with Torterra as a starter. It'll hurt it competitively, but main game you just don't keep it in against ice types. And really, no starter is competitively viable without a mega or a good hidden ability anyways
Captain Europe
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I miss the chibi overworld style already.
The old games overworld sprites were always chibi style compared to the portraits, in classic RPG fashion.
might as well be yokai watch now
That's a good thing, cos yokai watch looks a lot better.
MegaManTrigger
Banned
That would be neat to see something like that. And some gens weren't linear. I remember in HGSS and GSC that you could choose to go to Mahogany Town and get the Ice Badge before entering Olivine City and completing the Ampharos sidequest. So there was a bit of a choice given (even if it completely crapped on game balance). Gen III and especially IV also wasn't linear since you moved to different areas and weren't confined to one path like in Gen V and VI.
Black-Wind
Member
Hmmm, anything else pointing to it being Poison?
That seems like such a random typinging for a black and red cat but IDK anything about what may have inspired this design based on it's region.
Yuuuup.
:'(
Dark Cloud
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Who thinks Popplio will be dual type? Just going off of what we see I think it could be water/psychic or just stay water.
Already Torn
Banned
I'm expecting pure Water and pure Fire for Litten.
4, 1 good, 1 mediocre, 2 bad
I could see Water/Fairy. If Mr.Mime can be a fairy type then a clown seal certainly can be too
Hot Coldman
Banned
It won't be Ice, because, well, you know
I can't imagine it being any other type right now, but then again I never expected Chespin to become a Fighting type ever so anything goes
digitalflame
Member
I'm guessing Water/Fairy based on the design and the clown theme
RIP, I just noticed my post you quoted was incomplete, the two sentences aren't actually meant to be related.
What I thought I had written was what you said, there have been 3 families of grass/flying and only one has been good, and that good one was a legendary, so my hopes for Rowlet being good are in the toilet.
Neoleo2143
Member
I suppose, but either they're going to have to implement scaling to solve the game balance issue or they probably should simply just keep it linear and have side areas and areas that you have the player return to (like what they seem to be doing with Sun/Moon's first island), which maintains the balance curve and preserves the feel of exploration.
Jumpluff, Shaymin-S, Tropius, and...?
NipplesAndToes23
Member
It doesn't matter how good they are on their own, it's what they have to compete against!
Yo, she straight up look like a hood chick. That's why named that bitch Keylolo.
DeployThatPizza
Member
It takes place in Hawaii, so a lot of poison pokemon will be prevalent(tropical area). Litten also produces oil from its skin. Being fire/poison would also help distinguish it from Houndoom, who is Fire/Dark
HawthorneKitty
Sgt. 2nd Class in the Creep Battalion, Waifu Wars
Garchomp sux
Didn't even know you could get those badges in gen 2 out of order lol
But are you sure gen 3 and 4 are non-linear? Its still funneling you down a path, just not a straightforward path right?
Big-ass Ramp
hella bullets that's true
no thanks to circus clown seal. give me the owl
Aaronrules380
Member
To be fair, starters usually have pretty high bst compared to tropius and jumpluff. And a good hidden ability and move pool could do wonders
SatelliteOfLove
Member
I've played alot of Divinity: Original Sin lately and setting poison ablaze is a big thing there. Add in the description and voila. Double weakness to quake but whatcha gonna do.
Not really, but its a start at least. But its honestly no more of a jump than assuming its gonna be a dark subtype simply because its black. I mean, we've had "dark" looking pokemon that weren't dark type before (specifically, the Luxray line).