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Pokémon Community Thread: Gotta Catch 'Em All!
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UltimateIke
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Strong Pokemon - Flash Animation
Gyarados's name in the original beta was "Skulkraken." Take it as a sign.
EDIT: How in the world did I manage to time three posts in a row each exactly one hour after the previous???
Gyarados's name in the original beta was "Skulkraken." Take it as a sign.
EDIT: How in the world did I manage to time three posts in a row each exactly one hour after the previous???
Cute Dragon Here
Member
I don't know, but a one-minute window is actually sorta big, if you aim for the middle, huh? Either way, it's a cool coincidence.
After changing the lights out in the room, my, I can see the plushies much better now, and they're really bright and cheery! Gotta love the Bigtini!
UltimateIke
Member
I think I was the first one to come into my GameStop for Keldeo, but (just as I was about to leave) a kid probably 9 or 10 years old came in to get it too. I guess school had just gotten out. He looked younger than I was when I first started playing Pokémon. ;~;
And to follow up on this, Ray just put up what he used to take 1st place this year for a third time in a row and basically cement himself as the best goddamn player in the world:
http://nuggetbridge.com/reports/third-times-the-charm-masters-world-champion-team-analysis/
(If you're wondering about the references to his 2011 team, it's because he surprised the world with Gothitelle which he made excellent use of as well as really the first major appearance of Bold Thundurus).
Exterminieren
Banned
Misty dressed as Dawn is an enormous improvement.
Chet Rippo
Member
But the suspenders!
Exterminieren
Banned
But the hat! But the skirt!
Pokegaf, good news. Garchomp has been temporarily unbanned!
The stipulation: Rough Skin is the only ability of choice!
More details here:
http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4375323#post4375323
If things turn out right, it could lead to bigger things.
The stipulation: Rough Skin is the only ability of choice!
More details here:
http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?p=4375323#post4375323
If things turn out right, it could lead to bigger things.
Chet Rippo
Member
You do have a point there.
Who needs Garchomp when you got Moxiemence?
But seriously, I may have to start playing on Smogon's server again now.
It made a lot of sense although this season the most popular variant was Calm due to the more specially-based metagame.
Wait, I thought they said they'd never do something like this because it'd be too complex or something. I thought this was the reason that Blaziken as a whole is banned instead of just Blaziken with Speed Boost.
Now he can't dodge them XD
I swear, my (and other players) could get garchomp to dodge on command.
I don't know many people who used Mixed Garchomp, I've seen Fire Fang on him plenty of times.
Garchomp is also insanely broken in-game because in Platinum you can get Gible after the second gym.
And in the anime Cynthia's Garchomp destroys everything.
Garchomp....the ultimate troll of Pokemon?
Nah. Last time that was an issue was 2009.
Do you mean for some tournament? I don't remember anything in game that you had to be a low level for.
Well, for badges. Pokemon over-leveled may disobey you, Charizard Style.
ColtraineGF
Member
Isn't that just for Pokemon who come from other people, though? Like, your own pokes would obey you no matter what.
Yeah. Multiplayer battles locally wouldn't adjust you down to 50 so anything above 50 was banned (which also banned Dragonite and Tyranitar). Now we can do flat battles which brings anything above 50 down.
Yeah, just traded mons.
Chet Rippo
Member
No, if you go over that level they all start disobeying you.
I like encountering him, makes it easier to to grind my Water types since I Ice Beam him and Surf the Rock/Ground types.
Plus I have a Shiny version of him.
Never had that happen. It has always been the ones traded over for me. I especially remember my Red runs where I'd grab Bulbasaur and Squirtle from my brother and they'd be complete douchebags whereas my sweet little Charmander would be obedient ^_^
Or maybe it's because Bulbasaur and Squirtle are douchebags whereas Charmander is the best idk
Do you remember the episode where the Pokemon could talk (its the episode after SS Anne)? Bulbasaur is an asshole, he kept claiming Ash had abandoned them or something.
Ekans and Koffing: We are not bad, our masters are bad
Professor Beef
Banned
It's not Bulbasaur's fault that he was a cynical jerk.
UltimateIke
Member
I taught my Keldeo Secret Sword! I like the extra scene with Keldeo, Cobalion, Virizion, and Terrakion.
B2/W2 Spoiler (?)
B2/W2 Spoiler (?)
Does this mean it will be in its Resolute Form when I trade it over, or will I still have to assemble the four of them again?
Yeah, that is it. I remember they all thought James's Gyarados had knocked them into the next dimension, sadly Gyarados isn't as strong as Saban DBZ characters and cannot send characters to the next dimension.
And I always pick Bulbasaur in Kanto. I prefer Growth + Mega Drain over Razor Leaf though.
Chet Rippo
Member
Blastoise is great.
"Bulbasaur and Meowth appeared to get drunk at the stand, which is backed up by somebody talking to a "barkeep" in the original episode."
oh my
That Gastly will always be the most powerful Pokemon of all time.
Second is Ash's own Haunter.
Exterminieren
Banned
They should do this again. I for one want to hear what Oshawott has to say.
It's a shame they never showed it again.
I tend to stay away from stuff like that, but that does remind me of a poor decision I made a while back in 2003 with Ruby. As I picked Ruby, I didn't have Kyogre, and a lot of people I played against utilized Kyogre's Sheer Cold move, so I leveled up Aggron not realizing how susceptible it was to Kyogre.
This is just a misconception caused by the vague "Pokemon up to level xx will now obey you" text.
A Pokemon you catch will never disobey you since the disobedience system is in the game to stop you from getting a Pokemon from someone else then cheesing your way through the game. The only exception to this I can think of is Mew in FR/LG where it was coded to always disobey you if you cheated for it and didn't get it from an event.
This might have been different in the original games but I'm certain this is how it has worked for a long time and all the searches I've done about it say this as well.
Heh, I noticed we generally agree with a lot of stuff.
I took picked Ruby, Groudon was just too badass.
AnkiRendan
Member
Didn't he meet Giovanni in that Mewtwo Returns special? Well it's been a while.
Oh, and Venusaur is cool. As a kid, I was always salty about Island of the Giant Pokemon because I wanted to hear what Pidgeotto and Butterfree had to say. Hell, I'm still salty about Butterfree leaving without accomplishing much. Poor thing.
I'm still playing Japanese Yellow and I was absolutely shocked that Ivysaur doesn't learn Sleep Powder for quite a long time. These new games have really changed things around, holy shit.
Oh, and Venusaur is cool. As a kid, I was always salty about Island of the Giant Pokemon because I wanted to hear what Pidgeotto and Butterfree had to say. Hell, I'm still salty about Butterfree leaving without accomplishing much. Poor thing.
I'm still playing Japanese Yellow and I was absolutely shocked that Ivysaur doesn't learn Sleep Powder for quite a long time. These new games have really changed things around, holy shit.