Thanks! I guess I'll just stand in a spot with good visibility and wait for rings to show up.
Pokémon Sun & Moon |OT| Ultra Beasts and where to find them
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Thanks! I guess I'll just stand in a spot with good visibility and wait for rings to show up.
Name a game that doesn't have minor complaints on GAF
HammerOfThor
Member
Haha exactly how I was
36 for me, trying to catch most of the new pokes along the way.
Already Torn
Banned
No problem! I recommend saving once one shows up and soft resetting until you get what you want.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
It wouldn't be a problem if they let people throw Pokeballs even if there's another Pokemon on its side of the field.
But they don't. I don't care how easy SOS battles make getting shinies/HAs. When something as simple just grabbing a mon to help round out your team in the main campaign can potentially turn into a 20+ turn trial of tedium, there's something wrong.
PadWarrior
Member
Can someone help me figure it the festival plaza? Can't earn coins or register friends as VIP
Any QR codes work. I've been using http://pokemonqrcode.com/ since it's super easy to generate QR codes.
Already Torn
Banned
Paralyze it and it can't do shit.
Inferno313
Banned
Paralyze/Sleep it.
Thank you! Do I have to be "introduced" to SOS battles during the trials or will they just happen in the wild? Haven't encountered one yet, but that could be because battles aren't lasting long enough...
You have to do the first Trial.
Also someone above mentioned Pikachu and Pichu; Pichu can be found alone, but Pikachu is SOS exclusive. It might be worth getting Pichu first as it can learn Nasty Plot.
Lil'DigiOp
Member
Ill give you a starter for one of those virus contagious pokemon.
Man oh man... Just finished the (story spoiler after Ula Ula)
Aether Foundation raid. That was actually pretty difficult using set with no EXP share! I was at a serious type disadvantage and my team pretty much went to war every meaningful battle. Lusamine straight walled me with her Clefable and I had to do hella work just to take it down.
Im dying to replay that whole section with a ultra hard mod, it would be crucial.
Im dying to replay that whole section with a ultra hard mod, it would be crucial.
I freaking love Guzma, I washed him twice then on the third fight he utterly decimates my team, I think it was the
Masqurain, oh and the damn Pinsir!!
Again, I can't wait for this game to get difficulty mods, With the story, I bet you could make some awesome ass encounters.
Just got to Poni Island, so the Jangmo-o is on. Wanna hear a joke? So I read through y'all chatting about Delmhise a few pages back, and as soon as I dock at Poni, I go to that weird fishing spot by the house.
2 attempts, Lvl 20 Delmhise Lol
balladofwindfishes
Member
Pichu is a pain to evolve, though, and super weak. Especially since you can get Magnemite around the same area just a few minutes later and it's much better. But Magneton takes awhile to get to Magnezone, since it's a location evolution, and Raichu is super easy to get.
Elaugaufein
Member
I thought about it, but it doesn't seem very suitable for in game battles , it's Shielded Form is sort of bad, it's okay but not great defensively. It's Core Form is okay but not great offensively (nice Speed though). Seems like it's only real use is to do setup in Shielded Form and then try and sweep, which it's not bad at , thanks to eg Shell Smash, but it seems like far too much work to do every battle, especially given how fragile it is when in Core form, when there's pokemon you can just straight up wipe in game battles with.
Living Proof
Member
Thanks, that's perfect
Finale Fireworker
Member
Honestly, I think most of the new Pokémon are slow because the game is just intended to be harder. There is no greater benefit in an in-game battle than being able to outspeed your opponent. Previous Pokémon games have allowed you to always go first and always hit hard with the likes of Infernape and Greninja and never have to suffer actually being hit or possibly have to deal with a status condition.
Slower Pokémon with higher attack and HP, which is how most of the new Pokémon are balanced, prevent you from always going first no matter what even if you are over-leveled.
PadWarrior
Member
Guess no one can help with the festival plaza.
Finale Fireworker
Member
Nobody has ever answered my questions about Festival Plaza either. I think people just don't know.
I'm not sure how to register people as VIP's (never tried it), but in order to get coins you need to walk around and talk to the people with red thought bubbles. Once you get your plaza level high enough you'll be able to do missions that give you coins.
Inferno313
Banned
You're not really clear with what your problem is. Why can't you earn coins or register friends? Is it giving you an error code or something?
As far as earning coins, you need to find the visitors with their name displayed in Red instead of Blue. Those are the ones who have tasks you can do for FCs. You also get FCs just for doing link battles and trades with people.
PadWarrior
Member
When do those with bubbles show up? Haven't seen them at all.
Lil'DigiOp
Member
Ive been saying this for a week. The new pokemon are slow because they attack better overall. I guess HP is straight too because most them don't faint overall even when getting SE damage. Of course a handful of them are glass., but I can't wait to go postgame so I can properly respec my team, and see just how optimized they can be.
Time to get me a Totodile.
Inferno313
Banned
Walk past a visitor, and it pops up above their head. If it's blue, you just get to shoot the shit with them, if it's red, you have a chance to win some FC.
Elaugaufein
Member
You'll probably have to wait a bit. A lot of the features are locked behind levelling it up and the explanations are pretty crappy. But the short story is: connect to the Internet, look for trainers who's dialogue box is red , talk to them, and answer whatever question they ask, you'll get Festival Coins (FC), when you have enough your plaza levels up unlocking more features and giving you the option to swap out one stall. You can also earn FC by doing "challenges" once you hit Level 2, by talking to the lady right outside the castle.
Just walk up to a person. Normally a blue text/thought bubble will appear on the screen, but sometimes it's red. Here's a picture (Sorry it was made for ants)
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
The game is still enjoyable, just not up to par with admittedly what older games did. There's not much exploration here unlike say, Gen IV. There's much more cutscenes and linearity than Gen V and VI. The training and new implements are a massive downgrade from what did before (no, I will walk to you and say SOS is frustrating in many ways). And there are some questionable Pokemon builds that's asking for a third version which is par for the course of an original release.
I just really wish that with the end of the 20th anniversary, they'd be less rushing on "ANNIVERSARY GUISE!" and actually focus much on the mechanics.
I just really wish that with the end of the 20th anniversary, they'd be less rushing on "ANNIVERSARY GUISE!" and actually focus much on the mechanics.
Durrzerker
Banned
Anyone know a good guide to finding Zygarde pieces? I found one but its WAY off, so I am looking for a better one.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Doesn't Joe's site have a guide?
Man it sucks that they lack an indicator on which cell/core you're missing.
Durrzerker
Banned
Thanks
PadWarrior
Member
Thanks I'll check again about to finish up second island.Just walk up to a person. Normally a blue text/thought bubble will appear on the screen, but sometimes it's red. Here's a picture (Sorry it was made for ants)
hemo memo
You can't die before your death
I'll go with ever. Finally gone the grid world design and you don't go through 5 buttons to throw a pokeball. Streamline the Amie, visible status effects, removal of HM, More character customization, Type effectiveness indicator, removal of gyms and more. This is a gigantic jump for the series.
Bad memories of Mario sunshines blue coins are coming back to me...
Inferno313
Banned
I think that's a plus for me, personally. I never enjoyed exploring the areas of Pokemon games that felt like D-Tier Zelda dungeons. Wandering through twisty caves, solving silly Team Rocket teleporter puzzles, those always felt like obnoxious padding to me. I much prefer the more stream-lined environmental design here. It still features a diverse array of different environments, and I feel like my time in each of them feels meaningful, rather than drawn-out.
Alola in general is a huge reason I'm liking this game as much as I am. There's a specificity to the design of the region that is fantastic. When previous regions, like Kalos, based their design on a real-world place. It felt like very surface-level homages. Yeah, there's a big central city with an Eiffel Tower stand-in and some bakeries, but by-and-large, most locations in Kalos felt interchangeable with previous Pokemon regions.
Alola feels like a really specific place with it's own culture and identity, it feels like a wholly different part of the world from previous Pokemon regions and I love that.
balladofwindfishes
Member
Why are swimmers so pale? Most of the rest of the trainers have tans or are generally darker, but the swimmers, the ones most likely to actually have a tan, are ghostly white...
Finale Fireworker
Member
I was just thinking about how the type-effectiveness appearing in battle if you have caught the opposing Pokemon actually motivates me to catch all the Pokemon I see.
Despite the series being built on the "catch em all" mentality, this was never how I played the games. I would only catch the Pokemon I wanted to use, or that seemed very rare, and usually finished a game with less than 50 Pokemon owned. I don't know how typical this is. I've been playing regularly since Gen I and it simply never appealed to me to catch creatures I had no intention of using.
Now I catch everything because I look forward to completing Dex pages, what Rotom has to say about the capture, and to have type information on the Pokemon appear in battle.
This is the first time in my twenty year relationship with the series that I am actually doing what the game wants me to do: catch them all. The only other time I was motivated to do so was during the early culture of Red/Blue, but even then, it was about the Pokemon you wanted, not the ones you didn't have.
Despite the series being built on the "catch em all" mentality, this was never how I played the games. I would only catch the Pokemon I wanted to use, or that seemed very rare, and usually finished a game with less than 50 Pokemon owned. I don't know how typical this is. I've been playing regularly since Gen I and it simply never appealed to me to catch creatures I had no intention of using.
Now I catch everything because I look forward to completing Dex pages, what Rotom has to say about the capture, and to have type information on the Pokemon appear in battle.
This is the first time in my twenty year relationship with the series that I am actually doing what the game wants me to do: catch them all. The only other time I was motivated to do so was during the early culture of Red/Blue, but even then, it was about the Pokemon you wanted, not the ones you didn't have.
Otakumegane
Member
Zygarde power construct is busted.
That's an auto ban in the tourney right there.
That's an auto ban in the tourney right there.
hemo memo
You can't die before your death
Catch the pokemon or just fight it before?
Inferno313
Banned
While I wouldn't say I played the same way, I did try to catch everything I came across, I just didn't really ever dig for the hard-to-find stuff that I didn't intend on using. I feel similarly, my fianceé and I were talking last night about how this is the first time we both feel really compelled to finish up the Pokedex once we get to the post game, and discussing strategies on how we could work together to do it haha.
Aaronrules380
Member
Pro tip for festival plaza. Best way is to set in your responses that you're always up for missions, go online, join in other people's missions, and watch the fc roll in
balladofwindfishes
Member
I catch Pokemon to fill up my slave labor camps.
Those shards aren't going to mine themselves. Those berries aren't going to plant themselves.
JayWood2010
Member
Does anybody have a Pokemon with Pokerus they would like to trade?
Already Torn
Banned
Catching Komala is a goddamn trial
Sure, if you happen to have a spare Rowlet, I'd love one. Can toss you a contagious Eevee 'cuz I've got like five or six in the box from using that grass patch to infect a box and a half in the PC. At work right now, but we can get in touch. Last time I played a Pokemon game was Diamond, though, so I'm a bit unfamiliar with how you do long-distance trades these days.
Finale Fireworker
Member
This is a good question and I'm not entirely sure. Let's not look into it as to not ruin it for me.
I remember in Silver Version, my final haul was Feraligatr, five other Pokemon I don't remember, and a Misdreavus. Misdreavus was the only remaining Pokemon in my PC. After it became clear I wouldn't be using it anymore, I would release it, so my final end-game collection was seven Pokemon. Misdreavus was just cool and rare and I didn't know what it was.
Oh, and the legendaries I guess. But those are sort of a separate deal.
I force my Pokemon to perform plays I wrote, in which I also star in and direct.