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Pokémon Community Thread 4: "Your Portal to What's Hip and Happening in Sinnoh!"
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I would argue that's merely because he was so recent.
Give it 5-10 years and he will be completely gone from our collective memory.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Guzma is great... but as a lackey of Lusamine.
If we treat him as his own... he is kinda crappy.
I won't forget Lysandre but then again I watched XY.
If we treat him as his own... he is kinda crappy.
I won't forget Lysandre but then again I watched XY.
So, I was playing Heart Gold a bit (never actually finished it) and got knocked out by Sudowoodo the first time. When I went back again, it was shiny 
I just found it funny since I've been spending a long time trying to hatch a shiny Litten and then I just happen to find a shiny Sudowoodo.
I just found it funny since I've been spending a long time trying to hatch a shiny Litten and then I just happen to find a shiny Sudowoodo.
Dark Orchid
Member
Guzma
Lusamine
Giovanni (although this is mostly because he's had the most time to be developed compared to everyone else)
Archie
Ghetsis
Maxie
Johto Rockets (Individually they'd be way too low, together they're fine. Hell, Archer gets maybe 6 sentences maximum.)
Cyrus
Cyrus 2: Lysandre
Also found this when browsing: Hour long interview with Game Freak's sound team. Features Go Ichinose (Route 26, Frontier Brain), Junichi Masuda (All of Gen 1, most battle themes), and Minako Adachi (Anistar City, Team Skull Grunt) talking about the process of making the music, sadly I don't think there's English subs (yet). Feel like Game Freak interviews are kinda rare so I figured I'd link it.
Lusamine
Giovanni (although this is mostly because he's had the most time to be developed compared to everyone else)
Archie
Ghetsis
Maxie
Johto Rockets (Individually they'd be way too low, together they're fine. Hell, Archer gets maybe 6 sentences maximum.)
Cyrus
Cyrus 2: Lysandre
Also found this when browsing: Hour long interview with Game Freak's sound team. Features Go Ichinose (Route 26, Frontier Brain), Junichi Masuda (All of Gen 1, most battle themes), and Minako Adachi (Anistar City, Team Skull Grunt) talking about the process of making the music, sadly I don't think there's English subs (yet). Feel like Game Freak interviews are kinda rare so I figured I'd link it.
Exterminieren
Banned
Lysandre was at least half decent in the anime, not least because they basically chucked his role in the games out of the window. Archer and co. had NOTHING.
This is the first time my gf has not only played the game alongside me but finished the game and actually passed me... Shes at 72% pokedex completion lmao. Only alola dex might have made this possible tbh...XY she gave up, said she didnt get the point of the game and basically just liked catching pokemon and spending time with them in amie. She pretty much just likes small puzzle games and animal crossing. I got her to play TP HD and she almost beat it but forgets where to go after not playing for a while. I think that happened to her a lot in XY too. So yeah rotom dex helped with that i think.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Didn't ORAS expanded them?
with that said I find it hilarious they swapped the stupidity of the villain team in RS in ORAS
EDIT: Oh wait ArchER, not ArchIE. My bad. Actually you just proved your point lol
How was Giovanni developed at all
Dark Orchid
Member
FRLG/Fame Checker, HGSS, BW2 (not much). Origins/Generations? I mostly put him that high because of how well known he is to most people even faintly familiar to the franchise, otherwise it took him over a decade to even reach Ghetsis' level in terms of motivation. If we were only doing initial appearances he'd be under Maxie.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I thought HGSS kinda ruined him, like he ended up looking like a sore loser manchild.
Exterminieren
Banned
This all goes to show- most of the best Pokémon villains are shitty parents.
Exterminieren
Banned
The fact that I'm not sure whether or not that's canon tells you all you need to know about that. Is there even any evidence beyond her hair?
TBH now that you say that I'm not really sure. I just remember it's a popular fan theory since her redesign reddened her hair and made her hair spikier.
Thinking about it, Giovanni is an idiot. He revealed his identity in the Silph Co. raid and then went back to the Viridian Gym like the police wouldn't surround the place in minutes.
Hell, why even occupy Saffron City in the first place? Giovanni must have known his muscle was trash by that point. Not to mention there's four people at least that he knows would beat him in battle. He should have stuck to his Pachinko racket.
Hell, why even occupy Saffron City in the first place? Giovanni must have known his muscle was trash by that point. Not to mention there's four people at least that he knows would beat him in battle. He should have stuck to his Pachinko racket.
I dunno about bad parents, but the reason an overwhelming amount of japanese characters don't seem to have fathers is the long work hours meant a huge amount of the current generation of writers grew up barely seeing their own dads.
Though I'm more interested in what issues SM's writers (or maybe the localisation team?) were having with mortality. There is so much talking about death in Sun and Moon.
Icyflamez96
Member
Wow. Misty actually beat Ash in a battle for once. Good for her.
That whole Lugia arc was great. All the characters involved were fun. I'm really glad Richie, and especially Luca were there for that. Lugia is the best legendary
Bulbasaur leaving was just a little sad. I liked Bulbasaur a lot earlier on, but I kinda got over him lol. And it's kinda dumb that he had two grass types on his team. Speaking of that, how does Bayleaf even go on with her life after Ash leaves it for good? Now that will be a sad moment. At least Bulbasaur was content with the decision.
That whole Lugia arc was great. All the characters involved were fun. I'm really glad Richie, and especially Luca were there for that. Lugia is the best legendary
OF ALL TIME
Bulbasaur leaving was just a little sad. I liked Bulbasaur a lot earlier on, but I kinda got over him lol. And it's kinda dumb that he had two grass types on his team. Speaking of that, how does Bayleaf even go on with her life after Ash leaves it for good? Now that will be a sad moment. At least Bulbasaur was content with the decision.
Oh we're ranking villain leaders okay here's my list.
-Cyrus
-Ghetsis
-Lusamine
-Guzma
-Giovanni
-Maxie=Archie (ORAS version)
-Neo Team Rockets
Not going to even bother putting Lysandre on the list because I feel that he isn't good enough to be on it as he did nothing to impress me nor did I feel that he was well fleshed out.
It's probably because they are getting older and realising that the Pokémon series is going to end up outliving them so there will come a time where they won't see the direction the series ends up going.
-Cyrus
-Ghetsis
-Lusamine
-Guzma
-Giovanni
-Maxie=Archie (ORAS version)
-Neo Team Rockets
Not going to even bother putting Lysandre on the list because I feel that he isn't good enough to be on it as he did nothing to impress me nor did I feel that he was well fleshed out.
It's probably because they are getting older and realising that the Pokémon series is going to end up outliving them so there will come a time where they won't see the direction the series ends up going.
I mean on paper Lusamine's goals are pretty simple: she wants to
capture and 'love' an Ultra Beast
Icyflamez96
Member
Do they always try to stick to the 4 move rule for the anime or are there exceptions?
Drake's Dragonite learned more than 4 during the Orange League filler arc.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
mob boss is too flattering for him when you try to reaccount his stuff
SciencePilot
Member
When I was playing Sun, I thought this might be because because Pokemon is aimed at kids and the parent / kid struggle is something kids would identify with. Just an idea.
kuroneko0509
Member
didn't expect they're showing that stuff in this week's episode lol
Icyflamez96
Member
Ash's Pikachu where I'm at now seems to use 5 attacks. Thundershock, Thunderbolt, Thunder, Quick Attack, Agility. Though, 3 of them are completely redundant as they're used up to Johto.
What's this about Trick Room?
Wow I forgot about that Dragonite. Here's what it says on the Wiki.
Not75Drops
Member
New anime preview https://youtu.be/okLq9SfVJFk. Looks like it shows:
-Kiawe focused episode
-Litten returning
-Rowlet using a Z-move
-Ash vs Hala
-Kiawe focused episode
-Litten returning
-Rowlet using a Z-move
-Ash vs Hala
Icyflamez96
Member
I don't really have a problem with Team Rocket being in every episode, but it's getting annoying how an episode sets up all of this context, new characters with motivations, plot, conflict, just for it to be resolved by Team Rocket doing what they do in every episode and that somehow fixing the issue in the end.
Oh wow, they didn't obscure Lusamine.
Trick Room can be broken by attacks on the show.
I think after Hoenn is when he sticks with 4 moves.
Trick Room can be broken by attacks on the show.
Why would you think that?
The egg pattern doesn't match up with its designs.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
You know I'm gonna say it here.
Follower Pokemon in SM wouldn't really work unless they re-do the whole routes and make them more open.
Follower Pokemon in SM wouldn't really work unless they re-do the whole routes and make them more open.
I mean they could do what they did with bigger Pokemon and just have them not appear in tighter spaces but...
Really, Follower Pokemon (for all Pokemon) wouldn't work period. Like you make a selection of Pokemon that don't look too janky next to your player character but like Alolan Exeggutor? Wailord? Celesteela? Joltik? Flabebe? Cutiefly? All either too big or too small to reasonably show next to your character. You could probably limit to starters/evos, Pikachu, and some fan favorites, but every Pokemon is too big a stretch.
I think it could easily work in HD. Obviously many pokemon wont be properly scaled though
Still holding out hope that this feature comes back along with a more natural following algorithm like in santalune forest
Not75Drops
Member
Isn't the egg pretty much confirmed to be
?
Alolan Vulpix
Aveyn Knight
Member
Are you sure it's not Vulpix inside? That would be much simpler than THAT coming out of an egg this early in the anime XD
Ah, comparing designs, you're probably right. Although in my defense, the puffs on the eggs do look more like flowers than actual puffs.
1) How does HD fix any problem I just mentioned?
2) I'm literally talking about the problems that come from scaling. The lack of proper scaling is bad enough in battles as it is. It's better to just leave them out.
OK well I thought you said it wouldn't work period, which it easily could. How does higher resolution and more screen space fix the graphical representation (specifically your claims of Pokemon being too big or small to be seen properly) of Pokemon in the overworld? Well it's pretty self explanatory...
Mmmm, them Z-move animations.
More screen makes EVERYTHING bigger. It explains nothing, especially not itself.
Icyflamez96
Member
Isn't there a point in the anime where Ash stops telling Pikachu to use Thunder because of recoil damage? I always found it weird how it just came up out of nowhere because of how much he used it before without any issue.