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Pokémon Community Thread 2: "This is the Real Power of Johto..."
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Skyfireblaze
Member
First of all I hope it's okay if I post this here since the Black and White OT hasn't been bumped since February and well in anticipation of the release of Black and White 2 I wanted to finally beat White 1 which I stopped playing for various reason though that wasn't because I thought the game was bad.
Now I'm debating if I should simply start over with White 1 as after so many months I kind of feel "disconnected" to my save but after a bit trial and error I figured out that my next target is actually beating the third arena in Stratos City which I have some trouble with
Since the steamroll approach isn't working anymore thanks to the gradual EXP system and I didn't want to steamroll anyway anymore starting with Pearl I'm now trying to equally level my team which currently consists of a:
Servine lv 27 (yeah I wonder how that happened myself...)
Victini lv 17
Tympole lv 18
Venipede lv 16
Pidove lv 14
Timburr lv 14
and I'm currently trying to grind them all towards level 23-24 on Route 4, is that alright?
I just want a bit of advice to get back into it as I feel it's been years since I last played a Pokémon game extensively...
And a little-side question, I pretty much stopped watching the anime after the Ruby and Sapphire "arc" with May so would I miss much if I jump straight back in with the Black and White arc?
Thanks for help in advance!
Now I'm debating if I should simply start over with White 1 as after so many months I kind of feel "disconnected" to my save but after a bit trial and error I figured out that my next target is actually beating the third arena in Stratos City which I have some trouble with
Since the steamroll approach isn't working anymore thanks to the gradual EXP system and I didn't want to steamroll anyway anymore starting with Pearl I'm now trying to equally level my team which currently consists of a:
Servine lv 27 (yeah I wonder how that happened myself...)
Victini lv 17
Tympole lv 18
Venipede lv 16
Pidove lv 14
Timburr lv 14
and I'm currently trying to grind them all towards level 23-24 on Route 4, is that alright?
I just want a bit of advice to get back into it as I feel it's been years since I last played a Pokémon game extensively...
And a little-side question, I pretty much stopped watching the anime after the Ruby and Sapphire "arc" with May so would I miss much if I jump straight back in with the Black and White arc?
Thanks for help in advance!
And a little-side question, I pretty much stopped watching the anime after the Ruby and Sapphire "arc" with May so would I miss much if I jump straight back in with the Black and White arc?
Thanks for help in advance!
Well the Diamond and Pearl arc is pretty rad ultimately it doesn't mean much to skip it due to how the Black and White almost acts like a reset. And When they do reference something from the past which is very rare they give you all the info you need to understand what's going on.
Skyfireblaze
Member
Ah alright thanks now that you say it a friend of mine also said that Black and White acts like a reset but I forgot about that :/ Well it's not that I really want to skip the Diamond and Pearl arc but due to German TV taking ages to get new seasons back then when the Ruby and Sapphire Arc ended the restarted somewhere in Jotho and when they finally went on with Diamond and Pearl I missed it
Ah alright thanks now that you say it a friend of mine also said that Black and White acts like a reset but I forgot about that :/ Well it's not that I really want to skip the Diamond and Pearl arc but due to German TV taking ages to get new seasons back then when the Ruby and Sapphire Arc ended the restarted somewhere in Jotho and when they finally went on with Diamond and Pearl I missed it
If you want to watch the dubbed english version I'm pretty sure they have a lot of episodes up to watch for free online if not the entire set.
Skyfireblaze
Member
Hmm if these are legal I might go for that, thanks!
Ideally I would like to continue with the German dub simply because I grew up with the voices but beggars can't be choosers Also you have a pretty awesome Pikachu avatar
Hmm if these are legal I might go for that, thanks!
Also you have a pretty awesome Pikachu avatar
I wouldn't event mention it if it wasn't legal.
http://www.pokemon.com/us/tv-episodes/pokemon-episodes/
The only problem is they cycle episodes so not all of them are up at the same time.
You could always check if they have a German version of the site that offers the same service.
The dvd box sets are also fairly cheap. In Canada I see them listed at $9 a set, but I figured you'd rather take the free option since that $9 would add up fast considering you'd need to get about 12 of them for the entire set.
As for you earlier question grinding to Level 23-24 on Route 4 would be just about right to tackle the next town.
Glad you like my avatar! Your's of Mei is pretty rad too
Skyfireblaze
Member
Whoa whoa whoa thanks for linking me to the site, the German one has episodes streams too, just not many but they have them!
And not only that but thanks to it I also noticed the German dub is already all the way up to Season 15 o.o Ever since they regulated Pokémon back to 7-8am on weekends here on TV I lost track of it but it seems they actually improved their dubbing speed as of late I'm amazed! Now if there only were German DVDs of the later seasons :/ Though your idea with the Canadian DVDs isn't that bad as I only need to catch up with Season 10 till Season 14 so I might consider it And thanks for confirming that Route 4 is okay, I will go on as soon as my DS is charged
Also I'm glad you like mine too! I originally wanted to use another picture of Mei but it lost so much detail when I downsized it to avatar-size
What
Canis lupus
Member
DO YOU WANNA BE HIT BY ASS SEEDS?
You bought both of em?
Yep, my collection wouldn't look quite right with only one...
ScraftyDevil
Banned
Probably Pikachu vs. Raichu for me, if only because it contains one of my favourite exchanges in the series:
"Pikachu is immune to Electric attacks because it grounded itself with its tail!"
Lt. Surge: "What."
Nocturnowl
Member
Charizard/Magmar of course, manly fire type fury at its finest.
The Raichu fight gets points for that window shattering thunderbolt from Raichu.
I'm struggling to remember this one fight from the pokemon league section on the ice field, I think an Arcanine was involved?
The Raichu fight gets points for that window shattering thunderbolt from Raichu.
I'm struggling to remember this one fight from the pokemon league section on the ice field, I think an Arcanine was involved?
Yeah, that episode is called Fire and Ice, where UltimateIke used his Arcanine to battle Ash's Kingler.
ScraftyDevil
Banned
That was almost as good as my cameo episode in Black and White.
Nocturnowl
Member
Oh yeah, didn't Krabby evolve by like snipping Exeggutor's head?
Exterminieren
Banned
This is the objective truth.
More than a decade later, and it's still Ash's greatest achievement.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Maybe in the series final, he'll become the Champion.
Nah there'll be another plot device with a team of legendaries to screw him over....
and pikachu will magically warp back to level 100
tiggerkiddo
Member
No, I was just thinking they'd make it where he was just dreaming he became the Champion.
There are scans floating around online of the league including a trainer with an all Eeveelution team.
Flareon is going to bring the heat.
FUCK YEAH FLAREON.
As obvious as it may be, I do hope its not true....
Let buizel tie with his future lucario to troll the fans
I think they are saving that for the post league filler since it's going to be a bit before the next game.
dakkumauji
Member
Considering he finally has enough Pokemon to rotate through them, I would say why bother, but this is the anime.
So, probably just to shun half his Gen 5 Pokemon!
Professor Beef
Banned
The Lt. Surge gym battle is still the best one in my book. I'm even counting all the way up to Diamond/Pearl (since I haven't bothered with those episodes).
dakkumauji
Member
Sounds like a potential episode whenever they reach Undella Town!
Well iris already beat him to that and she actually made chompy flinch fall....sooo never.
After he finally wins a Pokemon league...
Professor Beef
Banned
He won the Orange League.
tiggerkiddo
Member
Not officially official enough.
nintendoman58
Member
Well if the Pokemon League's coming up then Gen 6 better start soon. That is unless they do RS remakes, which will probably happen.
Then we'll probably get Wii U HD Diamond and Pearl!
Then we'll probably get Wii U HD Diamond and Pearl!
Yeah, I went overboard.
The better question is where has ho-oh been in BW. Yeah yeah far away region but birds fly
He hasn't been seen since the end of Advance Generation. It'd be nice if he showed up at the end of Best Wishes as Ash heads off towards the next region.