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Twitch Plays Pokemon Emerald: Right A Down, Right A Down
Owlowiscious
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/ once again struck down.
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Yes! They made it! Now to teach Azumarill Rollout again.
Winterfang
Banned
5 is the worst. Boring region, bad starters, bad additions like triple battles and rotation battles, lack of any important gameplay change. (2 has new typed and special stat divided, 3 has abilities and natures, 4 physical and special split, 6 fairy typing and mega evolitions)
Edit: the got ember on the first slot? Miracles exists.
everyday math
Banned
So I'm at the flying gym....this will be a nightmare for us.
The Silver
Member
How the heck did we evolve bloody marill and not Torchic?
That motherfucking Altaria. Resistant to Fire and Water, and it knows Dragon Dance IIRC, so after about 5 moves it's unstoppable. Shedinja won't help either, everything in the gym can OHKO it.
WildEagle18
Member
2 Levels t'ill lvl 36 for Torchic, can we actually get it to Blaziken to be able to grab Blaze Kick?
Maintenance
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Time and luck. Marill evolved on the morning, while the Aussies and other people were playing, while Torchic is always getting leveled when trolls are playing.
Winterfang
Banned
Nobody expect it maybe. Also I just read that they gave a rare candy to Torchic and not only it didn't evolved but it didn't slash neither. (come one that would be cool for the lore.)
everyday math
Banned
Not only that, but getting to her will be a challenge.
The puzzle will take a few hours to get through...so every time we die.
We will be there awhile. Only hope is to out lvl her.
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Not only that, but getting to her will be a challenge.
The puzzle will take a few hours to get through...so every time we die.
We will be there awhile. Only hope is to out lvl her.
Yeah, we're screwed.
I'm looking at Emerald cartridge prices and they are pretty ridiculous. There must have been so many of these carts printed yet used prices are still $40+, and who knows if the batteries will last much longer.
Maybe it's best to wait for the remake. I'd just like to catch up on games I missed or didn't spend a lot of time with. Emerald, FR/LG, SS/HG, Platinum... I want to build my collection for when Z releases, since I plan to hop back in then. How else can you access older Pokemon, especially starters and legendaries?
Maybe it's best to wait for the remake. I'd just like to catch up on games I missed or didn't spend a lot of time with. Emerald, FR/LG, SS/HG, Platinum... I want to build my collection for when Z releases, since I plan to hop back in then. How else can you access older Pokemon, especially starters and legendaries?
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Nope, this run is good as dead.
Winterfang
Banned
Holy shit that Magneton.
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Don't even remember me that. I sold my Pokemon Sapphire and I'm still mad about it. About the starters and legendaries, here is what I remember:
- Groudon you can get on SoulSilver, but you have do to something about the pokedex, like get the National one, etc.
- Kyogre you can get on HeartGold, with the same process as Groudon.
- Rayquaza you can get on both of them, but you need Kyogre AND Groudon.
- 3rd gen Starters you can get from Steven Stone after you beat Red on SS/HG.
- Most of the pokemon from FR/LG you can get on SS/HG, I think.
- 2nd gen Starters you can get by resetting SS/HG or on Emerald by completing the pokedex.
- The birds are on HG/SS.
- The dogs too.
- The Regis you can get on Black2/White2, with Regirock on both, Registeel on B2 and Regice on W2, on the Underground Ruins.
- Latias is on W2 and HG. Latios is on SS and B2.
The rest I can't remember.
Winterfang
Banned
Wasn't Zangoose a bitch to get, until Pokemon X. I have yet to actually being able to catch one.
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Well, if you think those Hidden Grottos are a bitch and want one with the Hidden Ability, then yes, but you can get one on B2/W2 on the tall grass too.
The only pokemon that I want and cannot get is Groudon, since I don't have SS, only HG, and I don't freaking know where he went into on my Ruby cartridge.
Hyperactivity
Banned
We've already done it a couple of times'
EDIT: whoops, you said final gym. We should have democracy by that point/streamer reinstates it for that
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What? Azumarill is already dead? GG this run.
Hyperactivity
Banned
Every single time we lose to potions, in any battle, it's funny to see the mass outcry of CHEATS!
i just caught my first Latios in B2 yesterday. He sucks, has some nature that lowers his special attack and generally seems to have really poor IV distribution. I saved before checking his stats like an idiot. But I caught him in a great ball, which was nice since it matches his colors.
I have Pearl, White, and Black2, but there are Pokemon I really want from older games. It seems so trivial but TPP has got me in a Pokemon mood.
Don't you need to swap that key garbage in B2 to access all the Regis? I have no one I can trade.
On topic: this entire run seemed doomed from the start.
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Heh, I remember when I got Mewtwo on Fire Red I think and he was like Impish or something (Def+, SpAtk -)
Damn, most of the old ones I only remember being able to get on HG/SS.
Yes, but to get the key to the other Regi, if I recall correctly. Getting the Regirock unlocks 1 key, and you can swap keys to get all three on 1 game, but I think that if you play alone you can get 2 out of 3
On topic: We must get Rock Smash on Azumarill to get at least a chance against the Magneton.
Winterfang
Banned
This is it. I believe in my team.
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Bloody Marill will save us.
No, it forgot Rollout to learn Bubblebeam.
Yeah, but it just learned rollout again from the fat guy in town.
Unless I saw it incorrectly, they got rid of defense curl, I think?
Winterfang
Banned
I think we just learned Roll Out, from the tutor in front of the gym.
Hyperactivity
Banned
YESYESYEYSYESYESYESYESYESYAYAYESYESYESYAY
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Not true, Gen 5 introduced hidden ability, which changed the flow of competitive battle. Also Gen 5 changed the EXP formula making it easier to level grind and speeded up the battle flow.
HA was terrible in B/W1&2. Fuck using a facebook game to get those. Adding a 3rd ability is great, but how they implemented it was garbage. At least now, in gen 6 it's attainable in-game albeit through a garbage safari zone.
EXP ramping was garbage in B/W 1 right when you get to the elite 4. Becomes a grind way more than previous games. I actually transferred over a couple level 70's, thinking they'd rush me through the elite4, but that too was such a prolonged and difficult affair I was just even more outraged at the idea that had I NOT transferred I would have wasted even more time grinding for it. I haven't gotten to that point in B/W2 yet, so maybe they balanced the EXP gains there. Outside the E4 in BW1 the pokemon were too low of a level to fight to level up at a decent rate.
Faster battles are what made gen 5 for me. Gen 4 was painfully slow.
Lightning Lord
Banned
I think the biggest game changer in Gen 5 for me was toning down the messages on the weather status in battle.