Randomly found this on 4chan:
So beautiful. Gen 1 makes anything better. Especially the music! and the towns...
lol
nice
some of these are really well made
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Pokémon Community Thread 2: "This is the Real Power of Johto..."
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nice
some of these are really well made
Cute Dragon Here
Member
Have you wondered why the sprites for Red, Blue, and especially Japanese Red and Green look all kinds of wrong?
Professor Beef
Banned
Because it was the very first game in the series and they had next to nothing to go off of?
Chet Rippo
Member
Yes they did, they had Sugimori's art. It all boils down to bad sprite artists.
It better damn well not be empty. It he beats Ash using only 5 Pokemon to Ash's 6 that would be even bigger BS then him beating Ash in a full battle.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Wait, how can Eevee guy beat Ash if the final episode for the current season/arc is Pikachu vs Lucario?
Exterminieren
Banned
He isn't, as far as we know.
We've seen some Eevee merchandise for Episode N, though, so it's a reasonable assumption that he might turn up again.
dakkumauji
Member
Gotta ride that Eevee love train all the way to the movie!
BuggyDClown
Member
Eevee will always be awesome but I can't help but be dissapointed with all the evolutions they never gave it a normal type evolution. I think it would be pretty sweet to see an adult eevee evolutionthat isn't dictated by a type.
ScraftyDevil
Banned
Here's your laugh of the day, folks:
Ball's in your court, MikeMyers.
Hey man, I never capture Gyarados evolved. I always train it straight from a Magikarp.
Except for Red Gyarados obviously
Yah it's more fun that way to earn your Gyarados through blood sweet and tears of hard work. Thing is a pain in the ass to level up but once it does man is it epic
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I named my Magikarp -> Gyarados Bob... until I realized she's a girl.
Ha I've never had that happen to me since I didn't start nicknaming my Pokemon until the current generation.
Saw this today and it gave me a chuckle. The website doesn't allow hot-linking...
http://pokemonblackandwhite.net/?p=10473
It actually came out pretty nice!
http://pokemonblackandwhite.net/?p=10473
It actually came out pretty nice!
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
But then you'd have an explosive wreath with a dead Bronzor cursing your soul.
Finally something Christmas related I can actually get behind! Pokemon wreaths for all!
Exterminieren
Banned
Man, oh man, is today's anime episode ever going to piss you off, Stage On...
yankeeforever2
Member
You mean ash is going to lose to a trainer that took only 5 pokemon to a 6 v 6 battle?
Exterminieren
Banned
Cute Dragon Here
Member
The more I look at Exty's avatar, the more I feel... that the beard feels off.
That's better than losing to the guy who only brought two, like he did last gen.
ScraftyDevil
Banned
10 bucks says the rest of Tobias' team was Phione, Sunkern, Tyrogue and Magikarp as his trump card.
WE WILL NEVER KNOW
Maybe we would, if some genius didn't bring a Torkoal and a Gible to fight a Darkrai...
Cute Dragon Here
Member
Thequietone
Member
I'm curious now. If you had access to every one of Ash's pokemon and were facing that Darkrai what would be your team?
dakkumauji
Member
Still looks better than the Junior Cup.
Didn't we have this discussion, like, a couple of days ago? Anyway, my team would have been pretty much the same, although I would have taken Charizard and Buizel instead of Torkoal and Gible. Charizard is a seasoned Legend-Killer and Buizel is Ash's most competent water type.
So I decided to watch the Isshu league. It's pretty underwhelming as far as leagues go. All the fights have been stock fests, which is disappointing after the Sinnoh League actually looking pretty nice. And losing to the misinformed kid is weak (I don't actually know what his name is, since the subbing team seem to have stopped completely), even is his plot-powered Riolu is evolving mid battle. But there's not named characters left in the tournament and Ash has never lost a league battle to somebody who wasn't introduced before the match. And the last two people Ash lost to in a league went on to win the whole thing, so...
ColtraineGF
Member
Ooh, that really burned me watching that. It was such a perfect counter at the time, and yet...
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Yeah Tobias is pretty terrible.
Arcus damn it! How can they keep screwing over the main character like this? It's insane since I can't think of any other series where the main character is NEVER allowed to win a big tournament at some point and advance.
I hereby rename Kotetsu Trollketsu.
I am really really sad that after the fantastic DP league we got this mediocre league with out even one proper 6 vs 6 battle.
This is just beyond pathetic. Even his loss to Richie was better then this bullshit. At least then he only lost due to Team rockets interference and Charizard's disobedience.
The only possible redemption Best wishe's could have now is if Ash brings back his reserves and absolutely STEAM ROLLS Trollketsu back to the black abyss of the writers hearts.
UltimateIke
Member
It really is sad that Ash keeps losing. It's the #1 reason I get frustrated with the anime. Dude should be a world-class trainer by now with all of the crap he's been through.
He won the imaginary Orange League!
He won the imaginary Orange League!
Pft, at this point I have no hope seeing at how bad the first half of this battle has been handled. Literally full of fail.
Even if Ash somehow beats Trollketsu by using his last unrevealed Pokemon any further battle against Virgil would be so rushed that it couldn't possibly be satisfying.
dakkumauji
Member
Eevee sweeps Ash's whole team!
The worst part is that after Diamond and Pearl he DID feel like a world class trainer. Even though he finished in the top 4 everyone knew he was really the second strongest in the league.
Ash has taken out Legendary Pokemon and is supposed to be good enough to be a Frontier Brain, trainers that are strong enough to be comparable to Elite 4 levels and then this Tarous poo that is Best Wishes happens
That's only a minor victory compared to winning a REAL league since he only had to fight one trainer.
I've seen other anime say stuff like that and even then at least the Main character in those is able to win SOME major victories.
Ash winning the Orange League was probably the best thing to ever happen to the series (and why I love the saga so much despite it being filler). It was pretty much a redemption story for him after losing the Indigo League, and him taming Charizard and beating Drake was pretty much the conclusion to that story. A very satisfying one too.
Nowadays there's really no reason for him to lose any of the tournaments. It was silly in Diamond and Pearl (contrived, even) when a guy with not one but TWO legendaries comes out of nowhere and slaps the shit out of him, but losing to some scatterbrained fool is beyond silly. It's downright idiotic. And sure, it'd be boring if he won all the time, but when he loses and just treats his losses like nothing (because friendship's more important or whatever) then what's the point of even spending 50+ episodes to get to that point?
Nowadays there's really no reason for him to lose any of the tournaments. It was silly in Diamond and Pearl (contrived, even) when a guy with not one but TWO legendaries comes out of nowhere and slaps the shit out of him, but losing to some scatterbrained fool is beyond silly. It's downright idiotic. And sure, it'd be boring if he won all the time, but when he loses and just treats his losses like nothing (because friendship's more important or whatever) then what's the point of even spending 50+ episodes to get to that point?
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I honestly can understand his loss in Johto and Hoenn league. It's the fucking Sinnoh one that annoys me a lot.
Exterminieren
Banned
In fairness, Ash's greatest triumphs tend to come in filler sagas; Orange League and beating Brandon.
Gives me a certain amount of hope for Episode N.
Gives me a certain amount of hope for Episode N.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Was the battle frontier really filler? I consider it canon in a sense that it has some semblance in the games.
Losing to two legendary's is better then him losing to Blaziken despite having a type advantage over it and then later losing to a freaking Meowth in boots.
Exterminieren
Banned
Well, in the sense that it was used to pad time after the main league, it generally is considered as such, I think.
Chet Rippo
Member
The anime is its own canon.
Didn't that trainer also have a Latios?
Seriously, they allow legendary Pokemon in the Pokemon League? That's BS!!!
ScraftyDevil
Banned
Another dude had a Heatran, but he never appeared outside of one shot.