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Pokémon Community Thread 3: "Soon, All of Hoenn Will Be Under Its Withering Glare "
- Thread starter UltimateIke
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You should be able to trade and battle just fine. Its that you cant transfer mega stones?
NormalFish
Banned
Can't use any new items/moves/megas in battle with XY. Totally ridiculous since that doesn't even require a patch if gamefreak actually knew how to make games. :\
Really? That was confirmed? So does it give you a warning or something before battling or trading?
That would be pretty annoying to set up a fight with a friend or someone online, only to have some message pop at the last minute, or an X across the icon...
NormalFish
Banned
that's what serebii currently states as fact. Apparently it comes from a gamefreak official statement, so I'm inclined to believe it. No clue about how it stops things though. Guessing it works like Gen 1/2 where it just tells you that one of your pokemon isn't eligible.
If you want to use the OR/AS-related stuff online, there's an OR/AS league you can select that will only set you up with other OR/AS players... so I don't think that's really going to be much of an issue
I suppose...but that does put a kinda damper on the whole thing, especially in this day and age. I mean i'm still getting the game since i'll feel like a whole new adventure, and i'm sure most people i'll fight against will have ORAS regardless...but it just feels off.
I can understand not being able to access the stones in XY, but not having the data to fight, not so much. Oh well.
Im surprised Raticate hasn't received a mega yet.
Yep. http://3ds.pokemon-gl.com/information/ac78b42b-6759-441d-8da1-5f3116defe06
When trading, it will likely give the message it gives you when trying to trade the Discount Coupon
I'm just wondering if there will be a note saying as to what game the person on the PSS is playing so you can prepare accordingly
NormalFish
Banned
Since I have an account now, I gotta say it's weird talking to the person who's site I've used for the majority of my life :lol.
I think gamefreak will make the warnings clear. They're bad at the technical stuff, but I find usually things are pretty clear in-game. I'm just hoping they actually give us a VGC ladder in-game, since they've been promoting the scene more.
No chance
If my theory for VGC2015 is correct, then the ΩR/αS League (Battle Spot Rating Battle on ORAS) will essentially have a VGC ladder as its Doubles option. National Pokédex. Gen VI native. No main legends. This would make Double Battle on Battle Spot Rating Battle the go-to place for VGC training.
But we won't know the rules until December, so who knows.
I'm also glad you like the site
Hope you stick with it!NormalFish
Banned
That's my guess as well. I didn't realize the or/as league would use that ruleset, though. if it does i"ll be very happy. sick of cresselia/blaziken/thundurus in battlespot when my team isn't designed to deal with them.
dakkumauji
Member
Acceptable choices.
I guess I'm gonna go with and keeping with Hoenn Pokemon only:
Exploud
Manectric
Altaria
Glalie
Gardevoir
Breloom or Hariyama
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
Think i'm gonna choose Mudkip and import a Gligar.
NormalFish
Banned
Sceptile, Ludicolo, Exploud, Ninetails are 100%. Not sure on the last two. Might go with flygon or skarmory.
Yeah, I tend to stick to region exclusives, at least on a first playthrough. The only consistent exceptions are Gallade (being my favorite regular poke), Starmie (Who's also one of my favorites and insanely useful if I can be arsed to catch Staryu) and Crobat (who is basically a staple of mine since Ruby and Sapphire and consistently an MVP).
And Manectric wouldn't be a bad choice if I ever get to do an Omega Ruby playthrough...
I was considering doing the same thing for nostalgia purposes but then I realized I didn't like Ludicolo and Swellow to begin with. > __ >
And it's good to try different pokemon you've overlooked before.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
in case you guys haven't gotten the memo
This is Pokemon XY's ED3 and yes you did not stumble into another anime
This is Pokemon XY's ED3 and yes you did not stumble into another anime
that last outfit of her's got me thinking:
next gen, I want Ash's female companion to be a Pokemon hipster. have her constantly rag on him for using the franchise's mascot and other popular pokemon, which he'll have plenty of since he serves as the character that pushes merchandise for new and popular pokemon. bring his Charizard back solely so she can make snide remarks about how he only likes it because he grew up with it.
and have her starter be, like, a Relicanth or something. seriously just have the most obscure pokemon make up her team.
next gen, I want Ash's female companion to be a Pokemon hipster. have her constantly rag on him for using the franchise's mascot and other popular pokemon, which he'll have plenty of since he serves as the character that pushes merchandise for new and popular pokemon. bring his Charizard back solely so she can make snide remarks about how he only likes it because he grew up with it.
and have her starter be, like, a Relicanth or something. seriously just have the most obscure pokemon make up her team.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
That's like churning out an Iris only more annoying
it's brilliant isn't it?
have her not want to use any pokemon from Kanto either as she deems them "too popular", and have her rival be a huge genwunner while competing with her solely with Kanto pokemon and decreeing that the rest are "inferior trash". Make sure both of them respectively have a Vanilluxe and Electrode on their team so the two can trot out the "but it's a fucking ice cream cone! / it's just a rolling Pokeball!" remarks while battling.
getting meta is exactly what the anime needs to be fresh, the money is on the table writers.
Blue Ninja
Member
Man, Meta Metagross looks weird with those eight arms. :lol
As for my team, Swampert, Salamence and Gardevoir are definitely in. Might get Blaziken and Manectric too. Probably round off with Aggron.
I also want to transfer my shiny Rayquaza to the game so it can Mega evolve.
Should probably get my perfect aforementioned Pokémon in X/Y to breed some eggs and transfer them, but I think I'll wait until after I've finished the main story.
As for my team, Swampert, Salamence and Gardevoir are definitely in. Might get Blaziken and Manectric too. Probably round off with Aggron.
I also want to transfer my shiny Rayquaza to the game so it can Mega evolve.
Should probably get my perfect aforementioned Pokémon in X/Y to breed some eggs and transfer them, but I think I'll wait until after I've finished the main story.
dakkumauji
Member
now we idol here
I'm completely ok now with Serena wanting to be an idol
Hopefully she starts catching more things now she has a Pancham
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
No, that would be terrible. Honestly it's fine as it is - just make the battles more interesting and the characters be bearable (which XY is doing). Trying to make the anime "fresh" is a poor goal and is best just to make a different series altogether for that.
And honestly a character who just nags is really grating to the ears. Iris is terrible both in English and Japanese.
I also blame the dubbing. TPCi really, really blows and there's a lack of effort in Pokemon dub. Removed audio, context of lines being changed (mirror world Serena for instance is pretty much a "Southerner" yokel), there's just so much wrong in the dub.
to be fair she only caught Pancham because it wanted to perform
lol jeez Boss I'm joking, I think you're being a little too high-strung from that other conversation if you think I actually want a hipster character in Pokemon.
Anyways, I'll just catch what I find instead going in with a pre-planned team on AS. I know I'm starting with Torchic and I'll probably grab an Aron when the time comes, but beyond that I'll decide when I run into them.
Anyways, I'll just catch what I find instead going in with a pre-planned team on AS. I know I'm starting with Torchic and I'll probably grab an Aron when the time comes, but beyond that I'll decide when I run into them.
dakkumauji
Member
Iris just brings out the worst in everyone
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Pokemon discussion just fires me up, and I don't even like Charizard.
IDKAboutThat
Member
So I have a question about the widespread complaints about lowered difficulty in X and Y. Were pokemon games ever hard? They have the most forgiving checkpoint system ever and as soon as you know the type chart you're basically untouchable. X and Y took a lot of the grind out of it, but that's not difficulty, that's artificial game-lengthening.
ArchedThunder
Banned
No, Black and White took out the grind, XY basically took out the gameplay.
IDKAboutThat
Member
What gameplay did it remove? This is why I'm confused.
NormalFish
Banned
Issue with XY was that the pacing was off. The game wasn't necessarily easier per se, it's just that since the last half of the game was such a ridiculous pace, if you got a bit overleveled (which you definitely did if you used the XPshare) then you'd cruise.
silenttype01
Member
To add onto this, there was a long stretch between the first and second gym, lulling the player into believing the pace will be the same between the other gyms. In my opinion, I thought it was cool that it took forever to get to the second gym.
However, past the third gym, everything becomes a blur because the game is now rushing you into the gyms to get to the Elite Four.
oh god, are you kidding me?
NormalFish
Banned
Exactly. I actually think gen 3 has the best pacing
(though I think BW2 are probably better, I like gen 3 more :lol)
God I hope so.
I like longer distances between gyms too, it makes the world feel a lot bigger.
dakkumauji
Member
Who wants to watch two people try and be a Pokemon Master?
Who wants to watch two of every gym battle?
Especially based on what the Hoenn Dex is looking to be, a lot of us are expecting it to be National Dex with Pentagon requirement I think so the Doubles ORAS ladder should be fine. If not I'm going to be annoyed as shit.
NormalFish
Banned
That's certainly the consensus on nugget bridge, and it makes sense. I'm looking forward to Sun being dominant
/s
**Realizing I totally misread the OR/AS requirements. Wasn't including the XY dex in my mind. This makes more sense.
dakkumauji
Member
Don't worry, X/Y is pretty much have 3 characters doing nothing.
dakkumauji
Member
Never had a chance to go to a Gamestop so meh.
Well May had a goal, since she was basically there to hax her way through contests.
So there was only two dead weights in Gen 3 anime.