Jim_Cacher
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The Chinese version has the same entry, so... I think they are direct translation from the Japanese version.
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The Pokedex entries for Sun and Moon are outta control
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The Chinese version has the same entry, so... I think they are direct translation from the Japanese version.
El Sabroso
Member
Everything about Salazzle is so good in how pokedex entry, design, animations, moves it learns and abilities at its disposal are around the same theme
I'm in the middle of the Eevee Z-Crystal quest, and Jesus Christ, it gets dark.
The Jolteon user being hinted at having some of mental degenerative disease is all kinds of fucked.
EDIT:
Nooooooooooooooo @ the Sylveon user.
DrunkShogun
Member
When did Pokemon become shin megami tensei. I haven't bought these Pokemon games since I got the older 3ds model and apparently it's a considerable downgrade.
Megalosaro
Banned
This is what happens when a rotom possesses your pokedex
Treehouse hasn't worked on a Pokemon game in a long time. They're handled by TPC, due to the complexities of having to localize into so many languages for near-simultaneous releases.
Would be funny if it wrote ghost Pokemon in a lighter way ... "This sandcastle is awesome, go give it a hug", "look at how dark is this clefairy!" xD
http://www.serebii.net/pokedex-sm/708.shtml
"These Pokémon are stumps possessed by the spirits of children who died in the forest. Their cries sound like eerie screams."
"These Pokémon are stumps possessed by the spirits of children who died in the forest. Their cries sound like eerie screams."
Already Torn
Banned
Best non-legendary new Poke tbh
Neoleo2143
Member
The writing in this game in general makes me feel if Sea Mauville was the standard approach to most stuff. A generally lighthearted story gives way to darker themes on introspection. I recall some people saying that Pokemon was their successor to the Mother series. It seems that to be the case here. The thing is, the writers for this game aren't really different from past games, so it probably came from the change in direction.
Neoleo2143
Member
Probably, there are references to previous generations, but for the most part, it's rather self contained. I personally recommend going into the options menu and changing the game mode from Shift to Set and turning off the EXP share when you get it, it makes for a more satisfying experience in my opinion if you do get it.
peanutbutterlatte
Member
I don't like its minimalist design. Like it shrinks from its pre-evo, that's just weird.
Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
Poliwhirl comes out of the water to find bug Pokémon to drown.
openrob
Member
Yeah, I haven't played Sun/Moon yet, but all pokemon games are stand alone and have no overarching story to them. You play as different characters, etc.
Nocturnowl
Member
The contrast between versions for Araquanid is quite something
Moon: Despite what its appearance suggests, it cares for others. If it finds vulnerable, weak Pokémon, it protectively brings them into its water bubble.
Good guy Araquanid
Sun: It delivers headbutts with the water bubble on its head. Small Pokémon get sucked into the bubble, where they drown.
Oh...good guy status revoked.
Wait what? man I just got the moon version stuff about still being angry inside the pokeball, let me look this up...
"It has been known to become so angry that it dies as a result. Its face looks peaceful in death, however"
Awww, that's sweet.
Moon: Despite what its appearance suggests, it cares for others. If it finds vulnerable, weak Pokémon, it protectively brings them into its water bubble.
Good guy Araquanid
Sun: It delivers headbutts with the water bubble on its head. Small Pokémon get sucked into the bubble, where they drown.
Oh...good guy status revoked.
Wait what? man I just got the moon version stuff about still being angry inside the pokeball, let me look this up...
"It has been known to become so angry that it dies as a result. Its face looks peaceful in death, however"
Awww, that's sweet.
DownGrader
Member
I can't recall any Pokemon game which would require any prior experience.
So does Shedinja have Cheap Trick stuck on its back?No mention of Shedinja?
Pokédex Entry for Ruby:
Keep in mind that when using a Pokémon in combat, you have a view from behind it.
And the fact that this thing steals a Pokéball and invades your team as a result of you evolving another Pokémon (Nincada).
SliceSabre
Banned
Nah they're good Ahola region is just straight with people that some of these pokemon are straight up dangerous and will kill you in fact many seek out to just kill people.
Dhelmise
Dhelmise
Oh my god the very existence of Parasect is nightmare fuel.
Pokemon should have been banned day one
Poor Meowth.
Enter the Dragon Punch
Banned
Skeletos311
Junior Member
Forget Pocari Sweat, we got Pokésweat!
SliceSabre
Banned
Speaking of old fucked up entries
Cacturne
Cacturne eat people who get to tired in the desert.
Cacturne
-Sapphire
Cacturne eat people who get to tired in the desert.
Forget Pocari Sweat, we got Pokésweat!
forwarding this to the mass effect thread.
Nomadic Sparks
Banned
Jesus Christo
SomedayTheFire
Member
Literally always. Gengars entry has always been that. There's no downgrade between 3DS versions. Framerate is just bad.
d34thfrom4bov3
Member
I just kinda figured it was all because of Rotom screwing with people. I do love some of them though, like Mimikyu and Bewear.
Tacorona72
Member
This is the Sun entry...I have Sun and a Naughty natured Tsareena and never bothered to read this. Lol Game Freak don't give a sh*t anymore.
BlazeHedgehog
Member
I'm in the "Sun & Moon's pokedex descriptions are par for the course" camp. I remember hearing the Pokedex entry for Drifloon back in Diamond/Pearl, about how sometimes children mistake it for a balloon and get kidnapped as a result. And that was originally written ten years ago!
It's just there are like, 900 Pokemon now. That's a lot of room to write some pretty creepy descriptions. Sort of like how we have nearly 60 Legendary Pokemon as of Sun & Moon. You have five or six creepy Pokemon per game, and that really begins to add up over time.
Here's more, from previous Pokemon games:
Misdreavus (Emerald)
"A Misdreavus frightens people with a creepy, sobbing cry. It apparently uses its red spheres to absorb the fear of foes as its nutrition."
Shuppet (Black & White 2)
"It feeds on the dark emotions of sadness and hatred, which make it grow steadily stronger."
Duskull
"It loves the crying of children. It startles bad kids by passing through walls and making them cry. " (Platinum)
"It doggedly pursues its prey wherever it goes. However, the chase is abandoned at sunrise. " (Diamond/Pearl)
"If it finds bad children who won't listen to their parents, it will spirit them away--or so it's said. " (HGSS)
Haunter
"In total darkness, where nothing is visible, Haunter lurks, silently stalking its next victim. " (Gold)
"Its tongue is made of gas. If licked, its victim starts shaking constantly until death eventually comes." (Silver)
"It hides in the dark, planning to take the life of the next living thing that wanders close by. " (Crystal)
Gengar (Fire Red)
"It is said to emerge from darkness to steal the lives of those who become lost in mountains. "
Lampent
"This ominous Pokémon is feared. Through cities it wanders, searching for the spirits of the fallen." (Black)
"It arrives near the moment of death and steals spirit from the body." (White)
"The spirits it absorbs fuel its baleful fire. It hangs around hospitals waiting for people to pass on. " (Black & White 2)
Gourgeist (Pokemon Y)
"It enwraps its prey in its hairlike arms. It sings joyfully as it observes the suffering of its prey."
Marowak (Crystal)
"Somewhere in the world is a cemetery just for Marowak. It gets its bones from those graves."
Shedinja (Ruby)
"Shedinja's hard body doesn't move - not even a twitch. In fact, its body appears to be merely a hollow shell. It is believed that this Pokémon will steal the spirit of anyone peering into its hollow body from its back."
It's just there are like, 900 Pokemon now. That's a lot of room to write some pretty creepy descriptions. Sort of like how we have nearly 60 Legendary Pokemon as of Sun & Moon. You have five or six creepy Pokemon per game, and that really begins to add up over time.
Here's more, from previous Pokemon games:
Misdreavus (Emerald)
"A Misdreavus frightens people with a creepy, sobbing cry. It apparently uses its red spheres to absorb the fear of foes as its nutrition."
Shuppet (Black & White 2)
"It feeds on the dark emotions of sadness and hatred, which make it grow steadily stronger."
Duskull
"It loves the crying of children. It startles bad kids by passing through walls and making them cry. " (Platinum)
"It doggedly pursues its prey wherever it goes. However, the chase is abandoned at sunrise. " (Diamond/Pearl)
"If it finds bad children who won't listen to their parents, it will spirit them away--or so it's said. " (HGSS)
Haunter
"In total darkness, where nothing is visible, Haunter lurks, silently stalking its next victim. " (Gold)
"Its tongue is made of gas. If licked, its victim starts shaking constantly until death eventually comes." (Silver)
"It hides in the dark, planning to take the life of the next living thing that wanders close by. " (Crystal)
Gengar (Fire Red)
"It is said to emerge from darkness to steal the lives of those who become lost in mountains. "
Lampent
"This ominous Pokémon is feared. Through cities it wanders, searching for the spirits of the fallen." (Black)
"It arrives near the moment of death and steals spirit from the body." (White)
"The spirits it absorbs fuel its baleful fire. It hangs around hospitals waiting for people to pass on. " (Black & White 2)
Gourgeist (Pokemon Y)
"It enwraps its prey in its hairlike arms. It sings joyfully as it observes the suffering of its prey."
Marowak (Crystal)
"Somewhere in the world is a cemetery just for Marowak. It gets its bones from those graves."
Shedinja (Ruby)
"Shedinja's hard body doesn't move - not even a twitch. In fact, its body appears to be merely a hollow shell. It is believed that this Pokémon will steal the spirit of anyone peering into its hollow body from its back."
DrunkShogun
Member
Yeah frame rate being bad means it's worth skipping until I end up buying a better 3ds. Now I want smt Pokemon with smt being the more friendly game.
SomedayTheFire
Member
Better off waiting for Switch as there is no real benefit when I used my n3DS over my original.
Jonneh3003
Banned
Yep.
Well, in the earliest games, the Pokemon professors hired children to do Pokedex research for them, so it was all cozy campfire tales. Later gens, I wanna say around Black/White, featured teenage protagonists, so it was only a matter of time before the Pokedex begun to reflect that.
Man, these are lame. I know there were plenty like it before SM, but now it feels like 7 out of 10 pokemon have an entry like that and it feels like they're trying too hard lol, it's especially weird considering SM (and by extension its anime) are the goofiest installments yet. Like I'm just waiting for Stars to say Pikachu likes to curse and takes money from its parents. Did Ninja Theory help make these games?
Actually there is a downgrade. They both run awful but on n3DS the framedrops are way less frequent, among other things... I mean, the OG 3DS has literal loading times before move animations during totem battles lmao, it's awful. Still definitely not a Hyrule Warriors Legends situation.
Actually there is a downgrade. They both run awful but on n3DS the framedrops are way less frequent, among other things... I mean, the OG 3DS has literal loading times before move animations during totem battles lmao, it's awful. Still definitely not a Hyrule Warriors Legends situation.
Actually the Pokedex is being written by a ghost Pokemon this time, so that's probably a bigger factor. The player is just 11 again.
mrmickfran
Member
"Trails of Corsola bits" lmfao
Living the Dream
Member
You just sold me on the game.
I think this is great. It makes it realistic. Why should a ghost Pokémon be friendly, why don't Pokémon prey on each other? All of this happens in the real animal kingdom so why not Pokémon. I mean animals can kill us if provoke, so this realistic inclusion has made this my favorite gen since Silver. I welcome it