papertoonz
Member
yeah that was Brawly, he was just surfing with his pokemon
but his surfing was also a form of training about balance and stuff so it might not be the best example
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Pokémon Community Thread 4: "Your Portal to What's Hip and Happening in Sinnoh!"
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yeah that was Brawly, he was just surfing with his pokemon
but his surfing was also a form of training about balance and stuff so it might not be the best example
Professor Beef
Banned
Yeah, I just like that example because it was funny seeing Ash whine like that.
also wondering,was blue the first champion? why he didn't battle against the previous champion?
also,after he become a champion,why no one walked with him to the room?
why he was just waiting there?
Professor Beef
Banned
My guess is that they hadn't established an actual "Champion" title in the first games, so it would've probably ended after the E4. As for Gary being there, they actually say that he had just got done winning the whole thing, so he probably knew you were coming and decided to wait and challenge you.
I think that Kanto previous Champion retired sometime prior to the event of the gen 1 game and they were without one for a while and then decided to have an open challenge to find a new champion as evident by the e-mail on Oak's PC.
I assume that Lance probably did just that we don't get to see it.
Because we arrived not long after he became champion, remember Blue reign as the champion was short lived.
JPBrowncoat
Member
I haven't gotten it either.
Thequietone
Member
I've been playing Red and Blue a lot lately and I checked Professor Oak's email for the first time since 1990's and it says the E4 is looking for a new champion. I always assumed the old one retired before Blue even got there too.
LincolnTunnel
Member
Oh man, my bad then. Didn't check the dates, and I guess my memory isn't quite as good as I thought. In that case they probably moved Darkrai and Genesect up because a badass robo-bug and edgy nightmare ghost are more likely to get people coming to the store than an adorable sea fairy and a...weird singing person.
Icyflamez96
Member
tried to make a pokemon inspired by abstract lines and such on my bathroom wall
I straight up traced most of it from the wall. The random chaos makes for a lot of weird images if you look hard enough.
I straight up traced most of it from the wall. The random chaos makes for a lot of weird images if you look hard enough.
GiantBreadbug
Member
Pretty rad little dude :V You should color it and give it a type and stuff!
NotDreamcast
Member
what's the name of this pokemon
Wally
Icyflamez96
Member
I havent even tried to think of a name. I can see it being either ice, grass, or ground depending on how you fill in the details...
Rock/Dragon, that's how it looks to me.
Part II of my Gen VI post mortem is on the new monster designs. Honestly I'd say it's the second weakest generation overall, beating only Generation II.
Generation VI's Pokémon are a real mixed bag. It's scattered with strong designs like Greninja and Aegislash, but they're matched by ones I bounce off completely like Aromatisse and Slurpuff. Ultimately, the low number of new monsters means that every Pokémon I don't love stings that much harder. Coming off of Gen V which never stopped throwing cool designs at me, it was especially jarring.
Generation VI's Pokémon are a real mixed bag. It's scattered with strong designs like Greninja and Aegislash, but they're matched by ones I bounce off completely like Aromatisse and Slurpuff. Ultimately, the low number of new monsters means that every Pokémon I don't love stings that much harder. Coming off of Gen V which never stopped throwing cool designs at me, it was especially jarring.
woopWOOP
Member
So the first time playing Pokemon Y I was so underwhelmed and got so annoyed by the characters that I dropped it shortly after the first gym. With Sun & Moon slowly coming closer to release I figured I should reset and give it another chance and see it all the way through before then. Just beat the Elite 4 last night and you know what? Game's alright.
I mostly liked the game's locations and visuals. Fairy gym, pyschic gym and the elite 4 buildings were pretty neat as was the route with the broken forts. Some things like the oversized crystal and deadly snowpath between two sunny villages were kind of dumb (why were the winter clothes only sold in the last town? Traveling through raging winterstorm in my summer bikini, yeah sure that makes sense). Since I already expected my 'friends' to be a bunch of shallow, happy go lucky twerps I ended up finding them less annoying this time around. Sometimes I thought there was actually going to be emotional moment and them growing as a character, but those quickly turned to 'Pokemon are awesome, yeah!' so nevermind. The whole Team Flare and AZ thing was stupid and felt really pointless. Especially the Flare shit felt it was added in at the last moment, calling me from some faraway town to do this dramatic battle on the other side of the map before I could go back and continue. C'mon, just let me get to my final gym already.
Because people kept saying these games are incredibly easy I limited myself by turning off the Exp Share, actually using Set battles for the first time and using mid-evolution Pokemon only (made easier by farming/trading 6 everstones to my copy beforehand). I guess by doing so I also limited myself to not equip any items. This made the game rather challenging around the final areas, I liked it. I can see the difficulty being a total pushover otherwise tho, especially with Mega Evolution. On that note it's kind of disappointing there were only three battles where the enemy trainer used one. Was Calem supposed to use one in that final rival battle? I knocked out his monsters right away so I wouldn't know.
I also got to give X&Y credit for allowing you to catch a huge variety of Pokemon right off the bat, altho with Pokemon Bank and GTS/Wonder Trade you can easily play the game with whatever you want anyway (like I did). Still the region itself is alright, I'll probably end up replaying it at some point.
Alright, now that's over with here's something completely different: Which one of you got a Manaphy? I missed the event myself. Could you trade me a newly hatched Phione? IVs and nature don't matter to me, just want one for a future playthrough I'm planning. Thanks!
I mostly liked the game's locations and visuals. Fairy gym, pyschic gym and the elite 4 buildings were pretty neat as was the route with the broken forts. Some things like the oversized crystal and deadly snowpath between two sunny villages were kind of dumb (why were the winter clothes only sold in the last town? Traveling through raging winterstorm in my summer bikini, yeah sure that makes sense). Since I already expected my 'friends' to be a bunch of shallow, happy go lucky twerps I ended up finding them less annoying this time around. Sometimes I thought there was actually going to be emotional moment and them growing as a character, but those quickly turned to 'Pokemon are awesome, yeah!' so nevermind. The whole Team Flare and AZ thing was stupid and felt really pointless. Especially the Flare shit felt it was added in at the last moment, calling me from some faraway town to do this dramatic battle on the other side of the map before I could go back and continue. C'mon, just let me get to my final gym already.
Because people kept saying these games are incredibly easy I limited myself by turning off the Exp Share, actually using Set battles for the first time and using mid-evolution Pokemon only (made easier by farming/trading 6 everstones to my copy beforehand). I guess by doing so I also limited myself to not equip any items. This made the game rather challenging around the final areas, I liked it. I can see the difficulty being a total pushover otherwise tho, especially with Mega Evolution. On that note it's kind of disappointing there were only three battles where the enemy trainer used one. Was Calem supposed to use one in that final rival battle? I knocked out his monsters right away so I wouldn't know.
I also got to give X&Y credit for allowing you to catch a huge variety of Pokemon right off the bat, altho with Pokemon Bank and GTS/Wonder Trade you can easily play the game with whatever you want anyway (like I did). Still the region itself is alright, I'll probably end up replaying it at some point.
Alright, now that's over with here's something completely different: Which one of you got a Manaphy? I missed the event myself. Could you trade me a newly hatched Phione? IVs and nature don't matter to me, just want one for a future playthrough I'm planning. Thanks!
GiantBreadbug
Member
I don't think a single Pokémon is trash soooooo
Gen VI has amazing and consistent designs. I think it's one of the strongest collective batches in terms of a generation's designs having a cohesive design flavor. Actually, the reason I was so mad about Gen VI having less than 80 new Pokémon is because the designs we did get were so good that I wanted more.
All three starters are great in both their first and last stages, which I think is the only generation I feel that way about. Ghost continued to stay winning with two new Grass/Ghosts and Aegislash (one of the coolest designs ever imo). The fossils are both goddamned masterpieces even if Aurorus is weak to everything. Fairy's debut was strong with awesome designs like Florges, Slurpuff (the shiny is its true form), Klefki, and even a new Fairy Eeveelution. Goodra is an immaculate design and a fantastic Pokémon. The legendaries are both great, too (Zygarde is awesome but I really prefer the look of its 50% form the most).
Basically this generation shits on the idea that "a few good Pokémon is better than a lot of bad ones," not only because the idea that a Pokémon can meet a metric for objective "badness" is absurd and stupid, but also because it shows that when there's not a Pokémon-based sense of discovery abundant in a new region, it suffers. I feel like Kalos has a less resolute identity as a result of its reliance on familiarity, and this includes the small number of new Pokémon.
Also Aromatisse is great (it's a plague doctor how cool is that), so everyone should stop it.
Gen VI has amazing and consistent designs. I think it's one of the strongest collective batches in terms of a generation's designs having a cohesive design flavor. Actually, the reason I was so mad about Gen VI having less than 80 new Pokémon is because the designs we did get were so good that I wanted more.
All three starters are great in both their first and last stages, which I think is the only generation I feel that way about. Ghost continued to stay winning with two new Grass/Ghosts and Aegislash (one of the coolest designs ever imo). The fossils are both goddamned masterpieces even if Aurorus is weak to everything. Fairy's debut was strong with awesome designs like Florges, Slurpuff (the shiny is its true form), Klefki, and even a new Fairy Eeveelution. Goodra is an immaculate design and a fantastic Pokémon. The legendaries are both great, too (Zygarde is awesome but I really prefer the look of its 50% form the most).
Basically this generation shits on the idea that "a few good Pokémon is better than a lot of bad ones," not only because the idea that a Pokémon can meet a metric for objective "badness" is absurd and stupid, but also because it shows that when there's not a Pokémon-based sense of discovery abundant in a new region, it suffers. I feel like Kalos has a less resolute identity as a result of its reliance on familiarity, and this includes the small number of new Pokémon.
Also Aromatisse is great (it's a plague doctor how cool is that), so everyone should stop it.
Icyflamez96
Member
Wow I didn't even think of Dragon. That's a good pick. I'm thinking Dragon/Ice. The first thing I thought of was ice anyway because my bathroom wall makes the texture look all crystallic.
I hope I'm not the only one who sees the image in on the wall lol.
Icyflamez96
Member
Aromatisse seems fine to me. I like gen VI's designs overall. The only gens I don't like is V and so far, VII.
Icyflamez96
Member
I'm sure most people who say they don't like a gen of designs doesn't mean they don't like every single one, just that most of them are unappealing. I don't see how making a rather simple observation should be exhausting.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
How can people hate Luchalitten astounds me, it fucking smacked a table on Pikachu.
Barrow Roll
Member
I'm doing a FireRed Nuzlocke right now, would anyone be willing to give me some advice for my current team and their movesets?
Do not take the fighting Pokemon in Saffron; hold out for Lapras. With a moveset like Surf, Ice Beam, Thunderbolt, and Psychic, she can nearly solo the game and E4.
Don't forget the route west of Viridian City. If you get a Nidoran, it'll serve you well.
Mallow already confirmed them but then there's the Chinese leak backing them up with all that it's gotten right, including the rugby monkey. It's basically 100% at this point.
no, only speculation. but all signs point to grass/flying, fire/dark, water/fairy if true
I know that, but I like to keep it straight in my head about what is confirmed and what is confirmed.
Due to the low Pokémon count I actually have 7 gen 6 Pokémon that I want to use on future team meaning once I have found a place for them, then Gen 6 will be a footnote in the Pokémon series.
I disagree, Gen 5 brought across new interesting type combination, whereas Gen 6 lacked variety when it came to Pokémon typing and is already outclassed by gen 7.
Pfft, I used my Primeape against Sabrina's Mr.Mime and he tore him to shred.
I love my Primeape.
Not75Drops
Member
Gen IV was the first generation I started following new for. I remember first hearing about Diamond/Pearl back in 2005, and I later found out it was announced a year before that. The wait for that game was super long. Moving away from early announcements was probably for the best.
Something strange is that DP was supposed to release in Japan in 2005, but it got delayed an entire year and they never explained why. With how slow DP runs, I wonder what it would've been like if it did release earlier.
Something strange is that DP was supposed to release in Japan in 2005, but it got delayed an entire year and they never explained why. With how slow DP runs, I wonder what it would've been like if it did release earlier.
Sweet me and Diamond and Pearl share the same birthday, give or take due to time zones. 
Anyway it's no secret that gen 4 is my favorite generation and it does a great job in acting as an expansion as well as being able to stand on its two feet. Plus gen 4 gave us the best and toughest Champion who is yet to be topped.
I remember following gen 4 news the waiting period was rough as the delay meant that gen 3 got extended with gen 4 Pokémon being tied into it.
Gen 4 also brought about the renaissance of the Pokémon series and I went I got my copy of Pokémon Diamond I was so hyped to play it that I jammed it so hard into my DS lite that it couldn't read it and I had to pop it back out but I pushed too hard and it came flying out and went under the sofa...I had to tell myself to calm down.
Anyway it's no secret that gen 4 is my favorite generation and it does a great job in acting as an expansion as well as being able to stand on its two feet. Plus gen 4 gave us the best and toughest Champion who is yet to be topped.
I remember following gen 4 news the waiting period was rough as the delay meant that gen 3 got extended with gen 4 Pokémon being tied into it.
Gen 4 also brought about the renaissance of the Pokémon series and I went I got my copy of Pokémon Diamond I was so hyped to play it that I jammed it so hard into my DS lite that it couldn't read it and I had to pop it back out but I pushed too hard and it came flying out and went under the sofa...I had to tell myself to calm down.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
So Darkrai20 for Darkrai you missed.
Wish they'd do this to Mew and Genesect too
Wish they'd do this to Mew and Genesect too
PadWarrior
Member
Since no pokebank till January my sun/moon team will be
Nightrock
Salandit
Pikpek
Vikavolt
Fire turtle thing
Litten or rowlet
Would have zygarde but have a feeling he's a late gamer.
Nightrock
Salandit
Pikpek
Vikavolt
Fire turtle thing
Litten or rowlet
Would have zygarde but have a feeling he's a late gamer.
The latest Japanese expansion's booster pack is incredible. Fitting conclusion to the Gen 6 era too.
Additionally, the western edition, XYEvolutions:
they blew it.
Professor Beef
Banned
I like the US ones.
Icyflamez96
Member
Someone on reddit drew his rendition of the creature for me
