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[Already Torn]

It takes place in Hawaii, so a lot of poison pokemon will be prevalent(in forests). Litten also produces oil from its skin. Being fire/poison would also help distinguish it from Houndoom, who is Fire/Dark

What poison animals are especially prevalent in Hawaii? AFAIK they don't even have a significant number of (or any?) venomous snakes. I'm not buying it.

Anyway, it would be cool if we got a nautilus Pokemon that was like a bunch of ooze leaking out of a rock shell. Rock/poison or some shit.

 

[digitalflame]

I bet they'll all be flying types at the final stage except for Rowlet

 

[Slamtastic]

I suppose, but either they're going to have to implement scaling to solve the game balance issue

All they have to do is put this in the game dialogue. It already makes sense for the world (what about all the trainers who start their journey from the strongest city?).

 

[Razmos]

Here's the best way to predict their evolutions:

First, picture what you think they'll become.

Now, imagine the complete opposite.

Bingo! That's their evolution!

What like Froakie becoming a Ninja frog? That one was pretty obvious from the start. Oshawatt becoming an ugly turd was also obvious from the beginning

 

[Neiteio]

What like Froakie becoming a Ninja frog? That one was pretty obvious from the start. Oshawatt becoming an ugly turd was also obvious from the beginning

Most of the fakemons predicting the final evo for Froakie depicted him as a fat toad with a great billowy bubble-beard. In fact, I don't recall seeing a single fakemon that predicted Froakie's final form would ditch the foam altogether.

 

[Already Torn]

What like Froakie becoming a Ninja frog? That one was pretty obvious from the start. Oshawatt becoming an ugly turd was also obvious from the beginning

When Greninja was leaked everyone thought it was fake.

"That tongue is so overdesigned. Looks legit fakemon. Where are the bubbles?"

 

[Kyzer]

I'm not too happy with the current state of the graphics. When they used sprites they had a AAA, definitive look. One that many companies tried to imitate. Their transition to 3D leaves them with a game that kind of looks like a generic kids 3ds game.

Im glad the groundwork is being laid for epic graphics in later gens, but overall everything looks generic. I think it's the trainer designs

 

[Neiteio]

When Greninja was leaked everyone thought it was fake.

"That tongue is so overdesigned. Looks legit fakemon. Where are the bubbles?"

I actually believed it, precisely because the shinobi-like tongue scarf was so clever.

I was still surprised, though.

 

[Belgian Dude]

All they have to do is put this in the game dialogue. It already makes sense for the world (what about all the trainers who start their journey from the strongest city?).

I know it'd be harder to set-up events, but this is the one thing I personally feel is missing from the games. Picking a city of origin, getting different starters based on where you start. Even if it's not a completely open order (maybe 1 or 2 different gyms before it gets linear again), I feel it'd add a lot to the early-game.

 

[DeployThatPizza]

What poison animals are especially prevalent in Hawaii? AFAIK they don't even have a significant number of (or any?) venomous snakes. I'm not buying it.

Anyway, it would be cool if we got a nautilus Pokemon that was like a bunch of ooze leaking out of a rock shell. Rock/poison or some shit.

In tropical areas, yes. Snakes and spiders. The region looks like a tropical area, so I could see poison types.

 

[Aaronrules380]

It was pretty obvious what direction the Kali's starters would go in after the first evolution, but base form? Nah

 

[Atlantis]

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.

They really did Jumpluff dirty by not giving it Prankster. They pretty much just made a superior version of it with Whimsicott and left it to rot.

I still love you Jumpluff.

 

[exhume]

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

As long as the character is still small enough on the screen that we can see a big chunk of the world around us, I'm good. But the video shows a lot of topsy-turvy zoomed-in action on the character which will really do my head in when I'm trying to explore.

 

[WPS]

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?

Gen 3's fairly linear. The main story path is linear but you have a few exploration options. You can return from fallabor either the way you came or via meteor falls, and you have the desert, verdanturf town, the route below mt pyre, shoal cave and pacifidlog as optional points irrelevant to the main path.

Gen 4 depends on the version. DP let's you double back after Solaceon Town and tackle Pastoria before you take on Veilstone's plot stuff. Platinum rejigs the story to be far more linear (Game Freak said the children were getting confused), but both versions still have a ton of side areas in caves and such with optional areas that open up with HMs.

 

[Aaronrules380]

I expect a handful of Hawaii inspired new pokemon and the bulk to be completely unrelated to Hawaii after that

 

[Already Torn]

In tropical areas, yes. Snakes and spiders. The region looks like a tropical area, so I could see poison types.

There are literally no snakes native to Hawaii, and no venemous snakes invasive in Hawaii.

There should be more poison types in literally every other region. You're thinking of PokeAustralia.

I'm not buying it.

 

[Neiteio]

I expect a handful of Hawaii inspired new pokemon and the bulk to be completely unrelated to Hawaii after that

Pretty much. They're not going to limit themselves by trying to recreate Hawaii's (very limited) ecosystem. The vast majority of species in Hawaii are invasive, anyways.

 

[Nocturnowl]

Here's the best way to predict their evolutions:

First, picture what you think they'll become.

Now, imagine the complete opposite.

Bingo! That's their evolution!

awwwww shit son...

 

[Slamtastic]

I'm not too happy with the current state of the graphics. When they used sprites they had a AAA, definitive look. One that many companies tried to imitate.

What games tried to imitate Pokemon sprites?

The ones I can remember are Robopon and Telefang.

Digimon/Monster Rancher etc didn't seem like they were concerned with the Pokemon graphics.

Also:

 

[DeployThatPizza]

There are literally no snakes native to Hawaii, and no venemous snakes invasive in Hawaii.

There should be more poison types in literally every other region.

I'm not buying it.

Gamefreak doesn't have to- and probably won't- stick strictly to Hawaii. They can incorporate other ideas/regions.

It also doesn't have to be snakes. There are spiders, scorpions (although rare) and other animals.

 

[Neiteio]

awwwww shit son...

Haha, amazing!

 

[balladofwindfishes]

I expect a handful of Hawaii inspired new pokemon and the bulk to be completely unrelated to Hawaii after that

Everyone knows about the stories of the great American Kami. And the American dragons of Ying and Yang.

 

[Already Torn]

Gamefreak doesn't have to- and probably won't- stick strictly to Hawaii. They can incorporate other ideas/regions.

Right... But that completely discredits the idea that it makes sense for the new region to have lots of poison types 😅

If you want to use the region to support typing, poison should be right before ice as the least likely typing. Anyway, my guess is Fire/Electric or simply Fire.

 

[KingBroly]

For some reason, I imagine Surf will be the first HM you get in this game.

 

[Joqu]

For some reason, I imagine Surf will be the first HM you get in this game.

At the very least it'd make sense to make it a late one. Assuming they're going to do lots of islands I imagine they'll restrict you to boats at first.

 

[DecoReturns]

For some reason, I imagine Surf will be the first HM you get in this game.

Would make the Seal Pokemon a bit overpower, no?

 

[orochi91]

Yo, she straight up look like a hood chick. That's why named that bitch Keylolo.

Lmao

 

[R10Neymarfan]

For some reason, I imagine Surf will be the first HM you get in this game.

Also that fire/lava suit from OR

 

[-Horizon-]

Gen 3's fairly linear. The main story path is linear but you have a few exploration options. You can return from fallabor either the way you came or via meteor falls, and you have the desert, verdanturf town, the route below mt pyre, shoal cave and pacifidlog as optional points irrelevant to the main path.

Gen 4 depends on the version. DP let's you double back after Solaceon Town and tackle Pastoria before you take on Veilstone's plot stuff. Platinum rejigs the story to be far more linear (Game Freak said the children were getting confused), but both versions still have a ton of side areas in caves and such with optional areas that open up with HMs.

That makes sense yeah

 

[Menitta]

For some reason, I imagine Surf will be the first HM you get in this game.

 

[Kyzer]

What games tried to imitate Pokemon sprites?

The ones I can remember are Robopon and Telefang.

Digimon/Monster Rancher etc didn't seem like they were concerned with the Pokemon graphics.

Also:

All sorts of mobile RPGs and indie games. I mean it was basically the definitive grid based sprite rpg

 

[Neiteio]

I could see you relying on boat patrol for the first few islands before you get Surf halfway through the game

 

[KingBroly]

Would make the Seal Pokemon a bit overpower, no?

yeah, probably. But the setting looks like it necessitates it. So I imagine a lot of the Gyms will be anti-water, like Dragon, Grass and Electric.

 

[GamerSoul]

Dat cat looks cool.

 

[RionaaM]

I hope they make Magearna available worldwide when they eventually distribute it.

And Mega Vaporeon needs to happen. Hell, give a mega to each eeveelution after adding a few more of those.

 

[Battlechili]

Litten looks cute! I'll definitely be grabbing him as my starter! Also I really like the aesthetics of this game so far. Not so much the designs for the legendaries though...They look kinda...dumb.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

They should fill up some of the double type holes. I think there's no Grass/Fire, Ice/Bug, Ice/Fire, Bug/Dark, Electric/Grass, Electric/Fire, Ice/Electric Pokemon. And there should be at least one other Water/Fire other than Volcanion because its ugly with all those sharp edges and that hoop on its back.

 

[Neoleo2143]

They should fill up some of the double type holes. I think there's no Grass/Fire, Ice/Bug, Ice/Fire, Bug/Dark, Electric/Grass, Electric/Fire, Ice/Electric Pokemon.

Minus Rotom forms right?

 

[Crimson_Echidna]

I think the problem is that Chikorita is legit the worst of all time, so it drags the whole group down.

Still better than Gen 5.

That and Typhlosion just got a crap movepool in general. While it had a cool design, it still pretty much ended up as Charizard-lite.

 

[PsionBolt]

For some reason, I imagine Surf will be the first HM you get in this game.

I'm more concerned about when we get Soar.

...Actually, I'm making the assumption that we get Soar, and that might not be a safe assumption to make. But it damn well should be. Soaring across the new archipelago would be the best.

 

[ffdgh]

Would make the Seal Pokemon a bit overpower, no?

Good...

 

[Menitta]

Minus Rotom forms right?

Aren't they still Electric/Ghost even in different forms?

 

[EndlessSky]

All they have to do is put this in the game dialogue. It already makes sense for the world (what about all the trainers who start their journey from the strongest city?).

This should definitely be a thing. Opens up the adventure to the player's choosing. Makes even more sense because it's not like you are forsaking a great story for an open world.

 

[StoneFox]

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

Umbreon's Leafgreen pokedex entry straight up says it secretes poisonous sweat but it's still not a poison type, so this argument doesn't hold much water to me.

 

[-Horizon-]

For some reason, I imagine Surf will be the first HM you get in this game.

HMs should be gone and removed. It's an old outdated method that forces people to carry HM only Pokemon rather than ones that I actually want to use.

 

[NipplesAndToes23]

Minus Rotom forms right?

I thought Rotom was Ghost, but yeah.

 

[Riposte]

Ugly, but all three are still better looking than Oshawott.

All they have to do is put this in the game dialogue. It already makes sense for the world (what about all the trainers who start their journey from the strongest city?).

That's nice, although Elite Four still doesn't make any sense.

 

[Kinsei]

Aren't they still Electric/Ghost even in different forms?

No. They become electric/a type based on the transformation. Electric/Ice is the fridge and so on.

 

[EulaCapra]

I could see you relying on boat patrol for the first few islands before you get Surf halfway through the game

I think the player will just have to ride the waters on a Surfboard/Paddleboard as per Hawaiian culture. It defeats the purpose of basing the game on the islands if you need to rely on Pokemon to carry you out to water. It'll be such a dumb move if ocean movement is still restricted in this one.

 

[orthodoxy1095]

Ugly, but all three are still better looking than Oshawott.

Take that back.