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[Not75Drops]

So when does Masuda appear on Pokemon Smash again?

I mean even if Pokemon Z isn't announced there, I miss the times on Smogon when we'd huddle around Pokemon Sunday streams and watch the fucking bizarre shit that happened there, it was like the perfect buildup to new announcements

I remember when they first time said they would should ORAS footage.

There was some guy getting into a bath...

The funniest part was the only thing that was shown was Primal Groudon/Kyogre's 3D models.

 

[Exterminieren]

Wouldn't we have heard if there was to be new game news by now? They normally announce the subject of the episode a few weeks in advance, and new game announcements have been advertised as such in the past.

 

[Theorymon]

I remember when they first time said they would should ORAS footage.

There was some guy getting into a bath...

The funniest part was the only thing that was shown was Primal Groudon/Kyogre's 3D models.

lol man that's one of their tamer activities

I remember when we were jonesing for BW info, we watched crazy shit like this guy who was popping balloons with his butt to get Pokemon Cards

But seriously do you guys know when Masuda is coming to Pokemon Smash? Like even if he doesn't announce anything of worth, I wanna have some fun with Pokemon Smash

 

[Seil]

lol man that's one of their tamer activities

I remember when we were jonesing for BW info, we watched crazy shit like this guy who was popping balloons with his butt to get Pokemon Cards

But seriously do you guys know when Masuda is coming to Pokemon Smash? Like even if he doesn't announce anything of worth, I wanna have some fun with Pokemon Smash

Smash doesn't exist anymore so that'd be difficult =p

(It was replaced by Pokemon Get TV and I think that's actually been replaced recently too but not sure lol)

I think he's supposed to be on whatever it's called now on the 15th though?

 

[Boss Doggie]

Wouldn't we have heard if there was to be new game news by now? They normally announce the subject of the episode a few weeks in advance, and new game announcements have been advertised as such in the past.

Coro Coro is still a week away.

 

[ArchedThunder]

I will laugh if all we get in Coro Coro is more vague teasing that there is a new game on the horizon and it may or may not be called Z.

 

[lupinko]

I will laugh if all we get in Coro Coro is more vague teasing that there is a new game on the horizon and it may or may not be called Z.

You will get Pokemon GT and SSJ4 Charizard and you will like it.

 

[ArchedThunder]

You will get Pokemon GT and SSJ4 Charizard and you will like it.

Plz no, plz...

 

[lupinko]

Since Pokemon took after Prince before they should take after him again for Gen 7.

Pokemon and the Revolution and Pokemon and the New Power Generation.

 

[ArchedThunder]

Since Pokemon took after Prince before they should take after him again for Gen 7.

Pokemon and the Revolution and Pokemon and the New Power Generation.

But I want Purple Rain....

Oh, Nikki, oh.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Not-Freeza

 

[JoeM86]

Wouldn't we have heard if there was to be new game news by now? They normally announce the subject of the episode a few weeks in advance, and new game announcements have been advertised as such in the past.

We don't actually know the contents of Pokenchi episodes until the week before now.
As such, we'll find out Sunday!

Following that, we have CoroCoro.

We also have a Nintendo Direct coming in the next 7 weeks, probably sooner rather than later.

Plenty of opportunities. It all depends when the game is coming.

Remember, that's all it is now, not a question of if, but a question of when.

 

[ArchedThunder]

Not-Freeza

In five minutes this planet will explode!

 

[Boss Doggie]

Oh man, I can feel the sauce on Alain lol

 

[brinstar]

I was under the impression that Pokemon Bank deleted all your Pokemon if you let it expire but I just renewed it for the first time since release and they're all still in here, bizarrely.

 

[TimorousPanda]

I was under the impression that Pokemon Bank deleted all your Pokemon if you let it expire but I just renewed it for the first time since release and they're all still in here, bizarrely.

As I understand it, when you let your subscription lapse, you can withdraw Pokémon from Bank but you lose the ability to deposit Pokémon in the Bank.

 

[Mr-Joker]

So the Hoopla event in the UK is ending tomorrow and I didn't get mine yet and I am busy all day tomorrow... Welp looks like I am missing out on getting Hoopla.

Though I could get the event Zoroark but meh.

I don't think event Pokémon excite me anymore, like they did back in gen 4 and 5.

 

[Chase17]

Zoroark with sludge bomb event is nice. I have a question about the US hoopa event. Do I need to pull out my 3ds at it or can I just stroll by? I usually miss the non wifi events.

Edit: Found the page with the details, definitely looks like I will need to be pulling out my 3ds. I hope the McDonalds near me has internet/is eligible.

 

[-Horizon-]

In five minutes this planet will explode!

:0

what even

 

[PK Gaming]

YO

MY BOY ZOROARK GOT SLUDGE BOMB?

YEEESSSSSSSSssssss

EDIT: I think so, yeah

 

[Boss Doggie]

Zoroark is ORAS only yes?

 

[Chase17]

Zoroark is ORAS only yes?

Yeah, only ORAS covers are shown in the video so it looks like it.

 

[ash_ag]

This Jessie figure, part of the G.E.M. series, is seriously good. James with Meowth will follow in a couple months. I want them to take on the rest of the cast as well seeing how nice their recent Digimon Adventure line was.

Incidentally, going by the time it took for Misty's HG figure to be revealed after Brock, Lt. Surge should be shown in a few days if they intend to produce more Gym Leaders.

 

[Atlantis]

Are we sure whatever is being announced is a mainline Pokemon game or just some random spin-off title?

Feeling the Pokemon itch and wondering if I should just wait on this.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Well today's ep is hilarious. Quilladin getting rejected. Thrice.

Also so weird to see Joy mega-evolve a Pokemon.

 

[ArchedThunder]

Are we sure whatever is being announced is a mainline Pokemon game or just some random spin-off title?

Feeling the Pokemon itch and wondering if I should just wait on this.

We are't sure anything is getting announce this month, people are just speculating that this could be a good month to announce since we've been hit with a metric assload of teasing and we know a main series game is on the horizon.

 

[ash_ag]

Are we sure whatever is being announced is a mainline Pokemon game or just some random spin-off title?

Feeling the Pokemon itch and wondering if I should just wait on this.

We aren't sure if anything's being announced at all. That said, Masuda rarely appears in the variety show for no reason. He has very little to do with most spin-offs, so it would be unexpected if he presented one (something TPC president Ishihara does lately). While he is involved in Pokémon GO, I somehow doubt that would be heavily promoted in an early Sunday morning kids' show. Past announcements that featured Masuda have also involved revelation of new Pokémon or forms, so that's on the table as well.

A Game Freak game being teased or announced isn't unlikely, but I wouldn't be surprised if that's not the case. For one thing, core game announcements are usually made globally nowadays via TPC's social media channels, meaning an announcement a couple days earlier should (normally) precede Masuda's appearance. Second, with the 20th Anniversary around the corner it would be a good time to announce Game Freak's plans for celebration, and Pokénchi might be a good place to do that. That's not to say the two scenarios (of a game announcement or a 20th Anniversary announcement) are mutually exclusive, of course.

 

[Boss Doggie]

oh right, the masuda showing is on the sunday next to the coming one

 

[JoeM86]

Are we sure whatever is being announced is a mainline Pokemon game or just some random spin-off title?

Feeling the Pokemon itch and wondering if I should just wait on this.

Based on the many forms of Zygarde, logically we're getting a main game at some point soon.

Whether it'll be revealed soon or not, that's up in the air.

 

[kaitain19]

So... I just got myself a shiny lv. 100 Zapdos in a Master Ball from Wonder Trade. This one is also hacked, right?

 

[LiQuid!]

Every time I go thru a phase where I'm really into Pokemon I go back and try to watch some more of the anime and it always only takes one or two episodes before I get sick of Team Rocket. Do fans typically enjoy these idiots? I watched almost all of the first two seasons and I can't stand them. They're like a speed bump that interrupts and prevents almost every single episode from being cool.

 

[StoneFox]

Every time I go thru a phase where I'm really into Pokemon I go back and try to watch some more of the anime and it always only takes one or two episodes before I get sick of Team Rocket. Do fans typically enjoy these idiots? I watched almost all of the first two seasons and I can't stand them. They're like a speed bump that interrupts and prevents almost every single episode from being cool.

A few months back I was watching pokemon episodes on youtube and the uploader skipped the motto every time and it certainly helped more than it hindered. If the motto was never implemented and Team Rocket just did what they wanted to do for that episode they would have much better pacing.

 

[JoeM86]

Thankfully Team Rocket aren't in every episode anymore, and some of the time they are actually competent.

 

[dakkumauji]

Team Rocket has a good balance now in the episodes

They aren't there just because they had to be there in the earlier seasons like Johto or Hoenn

They also aren't there acting all edgy and having no real point whatsoever like in Unova

 

[Man God]

X/Y fixed team Rocket. They are competent but no longer super spies that they were in Unova. They show up a lot but not every single episode. They've got Wobbuffet.

 

[Mr-Joker]

So I was researching on gen 6 lore and man it's so dark and sad

I mean AZ sacrificing living Pokémon to bring back his dead Floette and then using the machine as the ultimate weapon to end the war.

Then you have Sea Mauville sacrificing to create Infinity Energy. Heck even mega stone are said to be powered from Infinity Energy.

Plus Zinnia's back story is so sad, I think that she had a daughter and she died causing Zinnia to have a mental breakdown.

Just makes me think how dark "Pokémon Z" will be since Zygarde Pokédex entry says this,

"When the Kalos region's ecosystem falls into disarray, it appears and reveals its secret power."

Makes me think that "Pokémon Z" is going to have some end of the world shit going down.

Either way I soooooo can't wait for "Pokémon Z"

 

[-Horizon-]

I don't understand enough about IVs and EVs to post in that one thread lol.

 

[Mr-Joker]

I don't understand enough about IVs and EVs to post in that one thread lol.

IV is like Pokémon genetic stats and is is a random number between 0-31 for all their stats, HP, attack, defence, special attack, special defence and speed.

The best outcome is obviously 31 for all the stats but that requires a lot of work and luck.

EV is when you train extra point for the Pokémon stats say like its' Attack stats, so you fight a Pokémon that gives EV point in attack.


It isn't needed for story mode and is more for competitive battle.

 

[Theorymon]

Holy fuck this is some crazy Rubik's Cube shit

 

[-Horizon-]

IV is like Pokémon genetic stats and is is a random number between 0-31 for all their stats, HP, attack, defence, special attack, special defence and speed.

The outcome is obviously 31 for all the stats but that requires a lot of work and luck.

EV is when you train extra point for the Pokémon stats say like its' Attack stats, so you fight a Pokémon that gives EV point in attack.


It isn't needed for story mode and is more for competitive battle.

Ohhhh gotcha
One is completely random
And one you can influence

 

[Mr-Joker]

Holy fuck this is some crazy Rubik's Cube shit

Whoa! ;

Since we're talking about Pokémon Amié, I like using to interact with my Pokémon and getting them to look at me during battle...buuuut I hate how slow it is to get full 5 hearts really grinds the adventure to a halt.

Ohhhh gotcha
One is completely random
And one you can influence

Yep pretty much.

 

[LiQuid!]

So I researching on gen 6 lore and man it's so dark and sad

Yeah, Gen 6 has the absolute worst story in a franchise that has no story. So bad. Trying to add gravitas to this series was the worst idea they've ever had.

 

[Rutger]

Yeah, Gen 6 has the absolute worst story in a franchise that has no story. So bad. Trying to add gravitas to this series was the worst idea they've ever had.

I mean, it's not like we didn't know wars exist in the Pokemon world, Lt. Surge has been there from day one.

I enjoyed the world building. I've always found the little details about the history of the regions far more interesting than then main story(though BW was cool) so I didn't mind them focusing on it a bit more.

 

[Boss Doggie]

Zygarde truly is the most environmental-friendly mon.

It recharges via solar energy!

Yeah, Gen 6 has the absolute worst story in a franchise that has no story. So bad. Trying to add gravitas to this series was the worst idea they've ever had.

I disagree. I feel Gen 3 is the worst still.

Honestly I think the problem with Gen 6 is that the story wasn't fleshed out thoroughly. It had the makings of a good one, and the world itself is pretty good (the NPC chatter for instance). It's how the whole thing was presented.

 

[jnWake]

Yeah, the story in Gen VI is pretty normal most of the time, you go through towns and encounter the Flare guys a few times, hear some blabbering by Lysandre and then, out of nowhere, the giant dude appears and you get some super sad backstory and it's like "Wut?". The whole backstory then is fully ignored until you beat the champion. It feels like something completely unrelated to the main game.

 

[Man God]

It is fitting that gen 3 is remade the same gen as this equally dumb story.

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

I mean, it's not like we didn't know wars exist in the Pokemon world, Lt. Surge has been there from day one.

I enjoyed the world building. I've always found the little details about the history of the regions far more interesting than then main story(though BW was cool) so I didn't mind them focusing on it a bit more.

Yeah but Lt. Surge was just a reference to soldiers stationed in Japan following World War II that people have taken to mean GIANT POKEMON WAR! when in reality it has a far more realistic basis.

The back story of XY is literally that old theory edgy Youtubers with no understanding of history or understanding of the background of Pokemon talk about made real.

That said the best plot beats of Pokemon are always the stuff hidden around the game, like the New Mauville stuff in ORAS which isn't part of the story and all optional, and effective I thought, and like in XY the dude who presumably dies as part of a sidequest with no real reward.

 

[Billyman]

Hating on Gen 3 lmao

 

[Rutger]

Yeah but Lt. Surge was just a reference to soldiers stationed in Japan following World War II that people have taken to mean GIANT POKEMON WAR! when in reality it has a far more realistic basis.

The back story of XY is literally that old theory edgy Youtubers with no understanding of history or understanding of the background of Pokemon talk about made real.

That said the best plot beats of Pokemon are always the stuff hidden around the game, like the New Mauville stuff in ORAS which isn't part of the story and all optional, and effective I thought, and like in XY the dude who presumably dies as part of a sidequest with no real reward.

I agree that the idea of there being some giant pokemon war is silly, like you said, it's going to be far more realistic. Still, there's no reason to assume the Pokemon world hasn't seen any wars, since soldiers exist there.

I enjoyed that XY wanted to have the history of its region play a bigger role, but there's no denying that the game's story is a mess. I felt Zinnia's story and her connection to the world was handled a little better(maybe I'm remembering it more fondly because her music greatly outclassed everything else from gen III though), hopefully Z will see an improvement too. If not, whatever, it's not why I play Pokemon games.

 

[Not75Drops]

While nothing really happens in XY until the end, I can't really understand when people say BW had a good story. It's probably the best in the main series but that's not saying much lol. It's pretty much talking about "what if Pokemon were liberated from humans/shouldn't be in Pokeballs" but it doesn't really go anywhere with it. Oh and Ghetsis being just evil and not caring was obvious but still pointless.