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[Sixfortyfive]

Do you think triple battles will get any love in the meta game?

Somewhere between 95% to 99% of the player base has yet to embrace doubles on a competitive level, so a big lol to that. Smogon doesn't have any doubles-specific analyses or stat tracking, so their tiering doesn't even apply to doubles in the slightest. Pokemon Online, the first competent doubles simulator, only came out a few months ago. If the community is two generations behind on doubles, I don't expect triples to take off for a while.

I'll probably at least experiment with them for a while though. It'd be nice if VGC11 had divisions for both doubles and triples.

 

[Gravijah]

Somewhere between 95% to 99% of the player base has yet to embrace doubles on a competitive level, so a big lol to that. Smogon doesn't have any doubles-specific analyses or stat tracking, so their tiering doesn't even apply to doubles in the slightest. Pokemon Online, the first competent doubles simulator, only came out a few months ago. If the community is two generations behind on doubles, I don't expect triples to take off for a while.

I'll probably at least experiment with them for a while though. It'd be nice if VGC11 had divisions for both doubles and triples.

Thanks, sad to hear I suppose.


In other news, I have found someone who actually likes the black dress psychic lady Pokemon. My friend happened to point her out specifically when looking through the new Pokemon. :lol

 

[Sixfortyfive]

Personally, I think the big thing that's holding back doubles is the fact that Shoddy Battle just doesn't support it. The serious play happens mostly on simulators because people like to cut out the training process and just get straight to battling. Most of the best players play primarily on Shoddy, a lot of battles take place every month on Shoddy, and all of that data gets archived and analyzed. That's the starting point for all of the individual Pokemon moveset analyses you see on the main site. There are no such tools for double battles yet, so the doubles metagame lags behind in general except when it comes to the VGC style specifically.

The next version of Shoddy will support doubles, but it's been delayed a lot and they might just wait for B&W at this point before making any more major changes. Haven't really been keeping up with that.

 

[Vanille]

I think most competitive players dislike doubles because they can't spam Stealth Rock.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Well the Global Link and Dream World had so much potential to be awesome, but falls flat for me Ill just go there to befriend the exclusive pokemon and that its.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Steel types in general are kind of weird. Machine? Animal? Who knows?

There was that thread about ghost Pokemon a while back, too.

Why does Kangaskhan hatch with its young already in its pouch?

Fucking Pokemon biology, how does it work?

♪ How do you do the things you do? ♪

♪ Share with us your secrets deep inside. ♪

 

[Forkball]

How does Hitmonchan already have clothes? Are his hands actually boxing gloves or is he wearing them? How does he pick things up?

 

[Firestorm]

Singles will be most popular for sure. Doubles vs Triples is all on VGC 11 and a competent battle sim as Sixfortyfive said. We'll see what Colin, bearzly, and Super do I guess.

 

[Black-Wind]

HEY EVERYONE!

Would like to start my first post after my ban with . . .

Those are really the only memorable ones to be honest, lol.

oh pokemon, people dont use ruby/sapphire ones

Uh, the best is obviously

Thanks!

OK, now time to restart the fan-art machine thats been missing since I was banned!

Yeah, I really like this guys stuff. Unrelated but I love this one . . .

This guy is also cool.

 

[Ravidrath]

They'd have said something if Gochiruzeru was the evolution of Jynx, wouldn't they? It's Psychic, and the design could fit...

I'm also surprised by all the new Psychic types they're announcing.

 

[cws]

Just saw the new information and scans - im officially hyped

 

[IntelliHeath]

HEY EVERYONE!

Would like to start my first post after my ban with . . .

Thanks!

OK, now time to restart the fan-art machine thats been missing since I was banned!

Oh right. I was wondering where you went but now I remembered that you got banned by Tales announcement thread.

Welcome back.

 

[Black-Wind]

They'd have said something if Gochiruzeru was the evolution of Jynx, wouldn't they? It's Psychic, and the design could fit...

I'm also surprised by all the new Psychic types they're announcing.

I think it looks more like a mid-stage Pokemon myself. Plus, it would be strange for Jinx to evolve into something that looks younger. I think it could be apart of a Ralts counterpart evol line.

But yeah, I am shocked by the amount of Psychic Pokemon should so far! 0_0

Oh right. I was wondering where you went but now I remembered that you got banned by Tales announcement thread.

Welcome back.

Thanks!

And yeah . . . thats part of the reason I try not to talk reply to Twig too much. When I get banned its for lil shit that doesn't affect the thread nearly as much as my convos with Twig. -_-

 

[Rocksteady33]

What really seems to bug me is that battles still don't appear to be moving that much faster. This series struggles on how slow it moves. I'm actually somewhat shocked I finished SoulSilver.

 

[markot]

If this one doesnt let you use wpa on the dsi to go online I will go mental >_<

 

[Black-Wind]

The more I read about the news the more hyped I get!
I love the new Pokemon art from the scans and I also like this focus on Dark and Psychic types so far.

Also happy that they have yet to reveal a water Pokemon. Hopefully thats a sign thats theres only a few new ones this time.

 

[Shiggie]

Clearer scans are up with newer information.

With the DS's infrared signal, you can have speedy battles with up to four players and speedy trades directly from your party or PC box. You can also automatically exchange friend codes over infrared now.

FIna-Fuucking-lly!
EDIT:kinda old nut no one is talking about it.
I like the new rival already

N will keep challenging you in order to confirm his ideas of justice. He calls Pokemon his "friends," but one of the screenshots shows him saying that he wants to split humans and Pokemon and divide them so that the world is black and white. He has the unique idea to set Pokemon free from people. He's looking for the power to grant these ideals.

 

[IntelliHeath]

The more I read about the news the more hyped I get!
I love the new Pokemon art from the scans and I also like this focus on Dark and Psychic types so far.

Also happy that they have yet to reveal a water Pokemon. Hopefully thats a sign thats theres only a few new ones this time.

Dolphin pokemon please. They are overdue for one.

I meant they finally bring us what we want for awhile; Eagle, Crocodile, Chipmunk, Gorilla, Zebra, and Otter. I neglected to mention a new fuzzy bat.

I would love to make team of real life animal pokemons.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Black-Wind was banned? I was wondering why this thread was actually getting enjoyable again.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

Dolphin pokemon please. They are overdue for one.

I meant they finally bring us what we want for awhile; Eagle, Crocodile, Chipmunk, Gorilla, Zebra, and Otter. I neglected to mention a new fuzzy bat.

I would love to make team of real life animal pokemons.

A Tyrannosaurus Rex pokemon would be nice!

 

[Shiggie]

A Tyrannosaurus Rex pokemon would be nice!

 

[Rocksteady33]

A Tyrannosaurus Rex pokemon would be nice!

edit: GOD DAMNIT

 

[kman3000]

With the information on Cheren and N it is interesting to note that this means 3 characters are attempting to become the Isshu champion.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out in the game.

 

[Shiggie]

With the information on Cheren and N it is interesting to note that this means 3 characters are attempting to become the Isshu champion.

It will be interesting to see how this plays out in the game.

Epic final tripple battle

 

[IntelliHeath]

edit: GOD DAMNIT

Rampardo is pachysaurus but Tyranitar is more likely to be T-Rex.

 

[Black-Wind]

Dolphin pokemon please. They are overdue for one.

I meant they finally bring us what we want for awhile; Eagle, Crocodile, Chipmunk, Gorilla, Zebra, and Otter. I neglected to mention a new fuzzy bat.

I would love to make team of real life animal pokemons.

I would like a dolphin . . .just no more "draw random fish!" Pokemon. That shits just lazy :/

And I fucking love that American ass Eagle! But . . .I feel they should have made it a fire/ flying type. >_>

Black-Wind was banned? I was wondering why this thread was actually getting enjoyable again.

Oh you!

We both know you missed me.

 

[Firestorm]

Black-Wind was banned? I was wondering why this thread was actually getting enjoyable again.

I knew he was banned so no wondering here.

I'm on the not importing camp. Even if I dis know Japanese I don't think I could go through singleplayer twice to get to the good stuff.

 

[Gravijah]

Playing GSC in Japanese/broken English has forever made that game feel odd to me. I think I'll wait.

 

[Dedication Through Light]

I would like a dolphin . . .just no more "draw random fish!" Pokemon. That shits just lazy :/

And I fucking love that American ass Eagle! But . . .I feel they should have made it a fire/ flying type. >_>

Wait is there still just one Fire/Flying type? Moltres.

Wow this is starting to get annoying with over 520 Pokemon so far, this is getting harder than it was for me in school trying to remember animals in all of the major clades in the animal kingdom, just sayin, lol.

 

[DarkWish]

LOVING the new info! Black and White just have so much new stuff and look so much better, even though they're still on the DS. I just can't decide which to get now. I was going to get White version for Zekrom, but now apparently the cities look different depending on which version you get and I kind of like the industrial looking one which is in Black version. So now I'm not sure which to get.

 

[upandaway]

From that description I think N is kind of like the villain.

That's really weird.

 

[Soloist]

I thought porygon and magnemite were man-made, not that they are legendaries or anything. I thought Entei was also a human at one point?

I thought for a second there you were talking about castform

Spoiler

which is man-made

 

[joetachi]

it seems game freak got the memo that we like rivals.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Oh you!

We both know you missed me.

>_>

I guess I missed feeling better about myself.

 

[CoolS]

Since when does the DS have a infrared signal?

 

[upandaway]

EWWW HOLY SHIT I never thought I would see a humanoid uglier than Jynx

On the other hand, Cell looks really awesome and Valor is as usual the best use of ink and wood I've ever seen.

Since when does the DS have a infrared signal?

I think HGSS had infrared in the carts themselves for the Pokewalker no?

 

[CoolS]

I think HGSS had infrared in the carts themselves for the Pokewalker no?

Yeah but would you be able to link up four people with that? I really don't get it.

 

[survivor]

So from the new information, N probably won't have any starter Pokemon. Unless maybe he will get all 3 and have a triple battle against you and your rivals.

Also now I'm wondering what the evil team will be this time. It looks like N is evil enough so maybe he will have his own followers.

 

[NeonZ]

Rampardo is pachysaurus but Tyranitar is more likely to be T-Rex.

It always looked more like Godzilla to me...

 

[IntelliHeath]

Wait is there still just one Fire/Flying type? Moltres.

Wow this is starting to get annoying with over 520 Pokemon so far, this is getting harder than it was for me in school trying to remember animals in all of the major clades in the animal kingdom, just sayin, lol.

Heh, There is rumor that there will be 100-ish new pokemon.

I really love those new pokemons. I love how they look and all that but I have a problem with it. How can they expect us to pick 6 to 9 pokemons out of those 20 to 30 awesome pokemon so far; yet they haven't shown us rest of them.

I already want Eagle, Crocodile, Zebra, Fire Ape, Fuzzy Bat, Chiramell, Baby Pigeon, Kigago, Chipmunk, Green Ghosty thing, Three starters and list would keep it going on.

 

[Travado]

N will keep challenging you in order to confirm his ideas of justice. He calls Pokemon his "friends," but one of the screenshots shows him saying that he wants to split humans and Pokemon and divide them so that the world is black and white.

That's racist.gif

 

[QuiteWhittle]

I don't think N is the leader of the evil team. It's already hypocritical that he uses Pokemon to fight, why would he lead an entire organization of people using Pokemon?

I wouldn't be surprised if the Evil team is the cause of N's beliefs.

 

[ILikeFeet]

N is prolly so damn powerfull that he doesn't need a team

 

[ThatObviousUser]

N is prolly so damn powerfull that he doesn't need a team

That'd be a nice twist. The teams in previous games were already pretty useless, or at least the grunts were. If it were just N and two or three other baddies, it'd be pretty cool.

 

[overthehill99]

I know I'm probably really late, but DSi features! Now I don't have to switch off my router every time I want to play Pokemon online because I don't use 1999 WiFi settings!

 

[MidnightScott]

I know I'm probably really late, but DSi features! Now I don't have to switch off my router every time I want to play Pokemon online because I don't use 1999 WiFi settings!

As long as you aren't importing a Japanese copy. If you are then you probably can't use it on your region DSi. :/

 

[QuiteWhittle]

two or three other baddies

Known as the Elite Four.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Known as the Elite Four.

Hire this man.

 

[ILikeFeet]

Having the E4 bing the villians would be awesome. That would make it like the manga

 

[EzLink]

Unrelated, but here are some way badass fanart drawings

http://www.comicsalliance.com/2010/07/12/pokemon-evolve-into-frighteningly-realistic-artwork/

I just KNOW somebody wants to make me an avatar of Gyrados' face from this picture!