MidnightScott
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The coffin Pokemon, I predict Psychic & Dark/Ghost. That way it can own the fighting type 
Pokemon sequel is under development for DS
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ColtraineGF
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Triple battles just open up a whole other range of possibilities. Hopefully, they don't forget about double battles. Then again, double battles have been around for 2 gens already, you'd think people would get used to it 
Then again, the games didn't use them much...
Also, I guess people won't stop using this thread, instead of the other one(http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=22097864).
Then again, the games didn't use them much...
Also, I guess people won't stop using this thread, instead of the other one(http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=22097864).
perfectchaos007
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I can't help but feel like this game won't be out in the states until Summer 2011. A March release would take away from the 3DS launch and I'm sure at that point, Nintendo wants the 3DS front and center, at least during launch month. I would say this game would launch before March but we all know Gamefreaks translation team takes their sweet time. And thats fine because I have never noticed a grammatical error in a pokemon game. Can't say the same about my harvest moon games NATSUME! But yeah, No way is pokemon and 3DS releasing in March so I'd bet on June or July next year for Black or White in the US. Then again, I'm a pessimist
ColtraineGF
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Nah, you don't have to worry. GF has been releasing recent Pokemon games solidly in the latter period of March for years. Also, what would be the best way to promote the 3DS than with new Pokemon?perfectchaos007 said:
They could even produce a special Pokemon Black/White themed 3DS, and sell it at Nintendo World Store. And then you can watch as you'll never get one, as they'll all be sold out within minutes...
ThatObviousUser
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jump_button said:
:lol This is like a YouTube comment.
neo2046
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Gaming Truth
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I know we live in different worlds and all, but I really can't see how I'd ever be convinced to dress in a very unflattering Teletubbie suit and monkey dance on national TV. You can't pay me enough (maybe ...)neo2046 said:
Why did the main character gender change when walking across that left/right road?
Little Green Yoda
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jump_button said:
I hope there's more to 3v3 battles than just 2v2 plus one. I believe somebody on here was speculating on having positioning of Pokemon in a 3v3 battle matter. Something like choosing an attack to hit the two Pokemon on the left or the two Pokemon on the right would be nice.
jump_button
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Andrex said:
:lol I know but Im sick of this shit now
adding 3 - 3 will add so little im sick to death of them just adding things on and never really taking any real change, just keep adding that will make it better right...........
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Wait, is that the Irekuna guy in Pokemon?
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
After spending a weekend at the Indy VGC I never want to play single battles ever again. The competition was so fun that it even made me forget how horribly broken Kyogre and the rest of his uber crew are.parasight said:
You can keep your Stealth Rock and counterswitch-ridden singles game and do whatever you like with it.
You can keep your unpopular will-become-even-less-popular-now double battles tooSixfortyfive said:After spending a weekend at the Indy VGC I never want to play single battles ever again. The competition was so fun that it even made me forget how horribly broken Kyogre and the rest of his uber crew are.
You can keep your Stealth Rock and counterswitch-ridden singles game and do whatever you like with it.
ThatObviousUser
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jump_button said:
You're not one of those nuts who wants it to be exactly like the anime are you?
jump_button
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Andrex said:
No Im not the anime shit, Its a pokemon game and they need to look at themself and think what can we change. I think leting you keep all the movies a pokemon lean will be a start, maybe that will be too big of a change but done right.
Maybe speed things up by take out the silly its super effective and add it on screen as it happens and just speed thing up do we need to be told what poping up on screen?
games should never just keep to "but that how we always do it"
ThatObviousUser
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jump_button said:
Meh that'd be lame. No obvious benefits.
jump_button said:
They are doing that. Animations play out at the same time text is displayed, and the weather effects are now shown in a status area on the bottom screen.
And besides that, isn't this what you're criticizing? None of the above is changing anything, just streamlining it.
jump_button said:
:lol It's like we watched completely different trailers. B/W are gonna shake things up hardcore, yo.
I think most of it is just the atmosphere and people. Goddamn I am soooooo envious of the people who got to go to Indy. Just looking at the few pictures so far is making me nuts and once people start posting their experiences I'm just gonna be QQing like nuts. We could have the worst rules possible at VGC and it would be awesome. Next year I'm starting a VGC topic here so we can try to drum up more GAF interest. Only you, me, and I think Delio went to any events this year? Little Green Yoda I think could've done well but couldn't goSixfortyfive said:After spending a weekend at the Indy VGC I never want to play single battles ever again. The competition was so fun that it even made me forget how horribly broken Kyogre and the rest of his uber crew are.
You can keep your Stealth Rock and counterswitch-ridden singles game and do whatever you like with it.
jump_button
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Andrex said:
Dont be fooled by a new angle its the same game maybe the hardcore fan's feel safe and that all you guy care about, But it still no good to stagnant and tape thing on the sides.
The Pokemon competitive community (and a few others...) needs to learn a bit from the Smash Bros. competitive community. Tournaments every weekend all over the fucking place (seriously, there's almost always at least 1 -- often 2 or more -- medium-to-large (30-60 people or more) tournaments every weekend just in Ohio, and it's not even the most active smash scene).
ThatObviousUser
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jump_button said:
I'd rather things not turn out like FF13, kthx. Change for the sake of change is dumb.
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
Troof. The two guys I took with me had a lot more fun than they expected to, despite doing poorly in the tournament.Firestorm said:
Fighting games don't have a 20-100 hour singleplayer RPG and a rigorous training element standing in the way of the competitive mode. There is unfortunately a huge barrier of entry for competitive Pokemon, and I would wager that this is the main reason that few places have a local scene.Jokey665 said:
Actually, as someone who has been an active part of both communities, the Pokemon community needs to do everything in its power not to be like the Smash community. Although most of the Smash players I know from 05 / 06 are awesome people, a lot of them are the most obnoxious douchebags I've had the displeasure of meeting. I just stopped going to the events after a time.Jokey665 said:
Pokemon has less local events because it's a turn based game with an online simulator. No lag to worry about and all the tedious bits in-game are done for you online so you can concentrate on the actual fighting. There are tournaments always going on Smogon with the best Pokemon players in the world. The local tournaments are more a chance for all these people online to meet up and have an awesome time. The best part is it's Nintendo-sponsored with some awesome prizes and travel money at times.
That said, I'm looking into starting up a local scene here too to get Nintendo's attention so they know that some Canadian cities wouldn't mind regionals either!
I just wanted to say that if you are a part of both Smogon and SmashBoards and somehow prefer SmashBoards you must have the highest tolerance for idiocy in the world. I can't fucking stand that place. I never venture out of the BC thread at this point. Ugh. Moderators in that place needs to step it up.
I still think if people tried it that it would work, noobs go to smash tournaments all the time. Tons of people play Pokemon, and you could probably get a lot of people to come even if they just play casually and never even heard of competitive pokemon. Especially anywhere where there's a college; just put fliers up all over the place. It would also lead to growth of the competitive scene in general, which of course is a good thing.Sixfortyfive said:
I tend to just stay in the tournament section and the midwest board/social board. Get to know the players in your region and know when/where the tournaments are. Maybe it's just that the Midwest has awesome people and your area doesn't? /shrugFirestorm said:
Sixfortyfive
He who pursues two rabbits gets two rabbits.
The previously-mentioned friends of mine also used to compete nationally in the Smash scene, and they were pretty good at it. They related similar comments to me on the drive back from Indy.Firestorm said:
Sixfortyfive said:After spending a weekend at the Indy VGC I never want to play single battles ever again. The competition was so fun that it even made me forget how horribly broken Kyogre and the rest of his uber crew are.
You can keep your Stealth Rock and counterswitch-ridden singles game and do whatever you like with it.
With pleasure.
I'm not really worried about the new designs at all. I'll probably grow to love them all in time. When I first saw Drapion I thought it was hideous. I hated most of the gen II Pokémon when I first saw them too.
perfectchaos007
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I don't care what pokemon they add, as long as there are plenty of Zubat in the caves. Me and my team of Zubat rule all!!
Hmm... Not really feeling the new Pokemon yet, but I'm sure within time they'll be more appealing to me.
3-on-3 battles sound epic though. Imagine if at some point during the story you had to fight Reshiram, Zekrom AND the third counterpart legendary at once? GASP!
Also if that Wotter evolution is real then mine wasn't too far off - at least I got the seashells on the knees locked. :lol
3-on-3 battles sound epic though. Imagine if at some point during the story you had to fight Reshiram, Zekrom AND the third counterpart legendary at once? GASP!
Also if that Wotter evolution is real then mine wasn't too far off - at least I got the seashells on the knees locked. :lol
SuperAngelo64 said:So, to revive this previously debated topic. Apparently the Poke-obsessive players over at 2ch got together and came to the conclusion that Isshu is based on Shanghai, China. Apparently all the landmarks and points of interest match up.
I guess it's kind of obvious now. Every single city in the original versions of the games have Japanese names. 'Hiun' is Chinese sounding.
Interesting. I guess it was only natural for them to move onto a new country. Shanghai's an interesting choice and actually is fairly close to Kyushu/Hoenn.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Wait, that pic is legit? o.o
If you even increase the amount of moves that Pokemon can learn at the same time by one, they'd have to rebalance a lot of Pokemon.jump_button said:
Good luck getting past a Starmie that has Surf/Ice Beam/Psychic or Grass Knot/Recover/Thunderbolt.
Being able to learn all the moves it can learn would just make tons of Pokemon broken.
If anything, they just need to work on the presentation better, the gameplay's solid, and judging by the trailers, they seem to be going in that direction just fine. What they could change up is what you do in the main game itself, but that's still yet to be seen.
Cosmo Clock 21
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From a design perspective, letting Pokemon keep all learned moves will kill the game in terms of variety. All Starmie will have the same moveset. You don't have to choose between a defense-oriented Bronzong or a more offensive one, as you now have access to all the moves necessary to make it a wall or a beater.
ColtraineGF
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TacticalFox88
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Still wish HM's didn't take up any move slots.