Pokemon Black & White announced (http://corrupt, adulterating shitbags.com/5513079/new-pokemon-games-revealed-pokemon-black--pokemon-white) for the REGULAR the DS.
id rather wait for grey
i bet the white version is superior to the black version
just kidding
Not one of you thought to make a Michael Jackson reference?
Too obvious, if I had made it you would have said it was lame.
No I would have posted a Moonwalker GIF.
I don't believe you.
*insert zoom of ballade face here*
(http://img367.imageshack.us/img367/784/balladeavatar.png)
You people resort to this at a drop of the hat.
The trainer looks awful. (http://www.joystiq.com/2010/04/10/first-pokemon-black-and-white-images-revealed-in-color/)
The starters. (http://corrupt, adulterating shitbags.com/5536975/here-are-some-new-pokemon)
Warning: These are so bad you might laugh until you run out of air.
rofl the water one looks like it's copypasted from several creatures
also, the fire pig should be called bacon.
LOL
They don't even look like Pokemon anymore.
I can't even laugh. Just so sad how I used to play these games and see how much they've raped them.
:wtf: at the water one. Now I cant pick the water starter first, unless it evolves into something cool looking.
Quote from: Jesuszilla on May 12, 2010, 11:23:11 AM
I can't even laugh. Just so sad how I used to play these games and see how much they've raped them.
Well that was my reaction to the GBA games, so by the 7th gen you'll be laughing I think.
Edit: By the way the female trainer is sporting huge 80s hair.
Am I the only one that noticed that, with the exception of Cyndaquil, the Fire types seemed to be based on Chinese Zodiac animals? Charmander line is the dragon (obviously), Torchic line is the Rooster, and Chimchar line is the monkey. So I guess it works out that one of the starters is a Fire Pig.
Also insert joke about smelling like burnt bacon like every other idiot who made a joke about Chimchar throwing flaming feces.
Quote from: UHMEEEEBA on May 12, 2010, 01:55:38 PMEdit: By the way the female trainer is sporting huge 80s hair.
That guy better watch out then, he might get grizzled old prospector hair.
I always figured Charmander was based on the mythical salamander (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salamander_%28legendary_creature%29) (which actual salamanders were later named after). That aside you win an internet for the Final Sacrifice reference.
Oh and somebody showed me these earlier and its relevant to the thread so whatever.
(http://img200.imageshack.us/img200/561/gamefreakiamdisappoint.jpg)
(http://img188.imageshack.us/img188/5126/d9559ad0f6b8f789dc69322.png)
While on the subject of Pokémon.
Quote from: Kairu64
In gold and sliver,Route 34 is where they breed pokemon FFFFFFUUUUUUU
why did take so long for me to notice
Because nobody paid attention to Route numbers? They were literally just wastes of space between each city like every other RPG out there.
The cover legendaries. (http://www.joystiq.com/2010/05/28/pokemon-black-and-white-spring-2011-release-date/) Get ready to laugh and/or feel incredibly bitter on how Game Freak is treating the franchise these days.
The designers are also claiming this is going to be "rebirth" of the franchise... given besides the increasingly bizarre Pokemon designs the games haven't changed very much I am quite confused by that statement.
Unless they mean they're ditching the lame eco-terrorists and Scientology weirdos and bringing back Team Rocket...
Zekrom > Reshiram
But only by a little.
A LITTLE FURRY PENIS THAT IS
I see you still take Ambien Jesus.
No, it's a basic observation of terrible design for a children's game.
Ok I was joking before but Nintendo really is scrapping the bottom of the barrel in terms of Pokemon designs. (http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/More_Black_and_White_information_surfacing)
We have, a Chinchilla, a piggy bank, a set of METAL GEARS (as in clockwork not giant robots), Pidgy Mk V, two things I honestly have no fucking idea what they're supposed to be, and a desert crocodile.
Also the Professor is a woman this time. Who wants to bet she'll be named Maple to fit with the tree theme?
The Pokedex looks like an iPhone.
Edit: This thread should be renamed to something that indicates its content.
Munna (the small pig-looking thing) is probably a baby form of Drowzee since it's also a dream eater (http://serebii.net/index2.shtml).
Well every Pokemon game so far has had our generic annoying mammal Pokemon (Rattata, Zigzagoon, etc.) our annoying bird Pokemon (Pidgey, the thing from gen 3 whose name escapes me) and a Pikachu looking thing to sell as plushies (Plusle/Minun, that squirrel from gen 4. Damn I can't remember these names very well at all) and the like. It's true they repeat Pokemon designs a lot, now let us speculate what group legendaries (a la birds, dogs, regis, fairy things in gen 4) we will have to deal with.
Quote from: UHMEEEEBA on June 11, 2010, 06:28:13 PMAlso the Professor is a woman this time. Who wants to bet she'll be named Maple to fit with the tree theme?
Actually, an "Araragi" is a Japanese Yew, so you got the prediction half right.
I was referring to the localization.
No it'll probably still be Yew in the localization.
If it was Kaede, then it'd be Maple in the localization
That Zorak Pokemon from awhile ago apparently requires trading over an event Celebi, ergo you will probably not ever get to use it.
So hey, here's some more lame new Pokemon. (http://pokebeach.com/2010/06/new-pokemon-revealed-on-oha-suta)
Also a bat Pokemon because that's totally new! (http://pokebeach.com/2010/07/koromori-confirmed-as-a-pokemon)
[spoiler](http://img697.imageshack.us/img697/8651/403642zubatlarge.jpg)
It's not like Zubat is in every cave of every Pokemon game ever! ... oh wait...[/spoiler]
meh.
I'd still fuck White pretty hard.
Aren't most Pokemon protagonists in the 14 age range? That's pretty fucked up Jesus...
14 is the legal age of consent in Hawaii!
Introducing the zeroth Pokemon in the Pokedex this atrocity. (http://corrupt, adulterating shitbags.com/5596751/meet-pokemon-triple+zero)
This is bullshit, there already is a Pokemon Zero.
(http://img810.imageshack.us/img810/7133/missingnop.png)
Oh fucking bullshit.
I don't care if this is fake, it sounds a trillion times better than the real Pokemon Black. (http://corrupt, adulterating shitbags.com/5600284/pokemon-black-may-be-an-urban-legend-but-its-also-creepy-as-hell)
Yeah, read about that the other day. I'm still amazed how people come up with stories just because of the music in Lavender Town.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MK2iLnTR9V8
This is somewhat disturbing.
Well to be fair Lavender Town kind of sticks out like a sore thumb in an otherwise childish game.
BLACK CHICK (http://www.filb.de/1360)
also the Isshu region is based on NY and some of NJ.
Watch her be the leader of a dark type gym.
Could be worse. She could have a Jynx or Torchic.
Her name is Aloe so I'm expecting grass type.
The evil team is called Team Plasma apparently.
Ten bucks says they're trying to summon a legendary god Pokemon and use it's dark powers to take over the world/fuck up the worlds ecosystem so their favorite Pokemon type can be happy.
I miss Team Rocket.
well hope im not intruding but there is a good site i use for pokemon reference and pretty much has everything that has come out. intrested?
Here's the link:
[spoiler]
www.psypokes.com
[/spoiler]
as for the new generation of pokemon
i prefer a remake of pokemon yellow
who's with me? :)
Ok I clicked that and spent about two solid minutes laughing at Team Plasma's uniforms.
Wow that uniform's more ridiculous than Team Galactic's.
Yeah I definitely miss Team Rocket...
Hell they make the Ruby and Sapphire teams look respectable.
They make GALACTICA look respectable. I'm pretty sure that's worse.
LOL THOSE UNIFORMS AHAHAHAHAHA
Delayed response but whatev
They really should probably just drop the team thing all together, it's clearly not working and even if they brought back the Rockets they'd fuck it up.
:o
i haven't seen the site myself but those uniforms look to.... futuristic :fpeng:
I want team rocket back with classic uniforms. these make :pedo: want to leave the pokemon industry
Actually they more so seem to be inspired by knight armor than futuristic, either way they're still awful.
Or they could be doing this:
QuoteYou first encounter Team Plasma in Karakusa Town. As a team, they seem to empathize with Pokemon and talk about "liberating" them.
So Team Plasma is the Pokemon equivalent of PETA. Discuss. (http://www.psypokes.com/news/435)
I'm more concerned about Ash being followed around by a fop.
>gamefreak is implying that PETA is evil
i lol'd
A: Embedding is disabled on that video.
B: Jesus will chew you out for posting College Humor content.
Supposed leaked list of the new Pokemon, no pictures. (http://pokebeach.com/2010/09/leaked-black-and-white-pokemon-information)
Highlights include:
Horrendous final forms for the starters, which they do have pictures of.
More legendaries than you can shake a stick at, with two sets of trios. The former of which are half fighting types and the later are based on some Japanese god or something and part flying.
Still no Dark Type gym. At this point I think it's a running gag.
Well because it's a list really isn't much to say although there are some wierd types like Bug/Fire.
Edit: There are three first gym leaders, a fire, water and grass one. Who you fight is determined by your starter, you'll fight the one you're strong against.
Quote from: UHMEEEEBA on September 10, 2010, 08:31:05 PM
Still no Dark Type gym. At this point I think it's a running gag.
Dark Type gyms are the Defense Against the Dark Arts Teachers of Pokemon.
Slight update, you fight the one you're weak against in the first gym. Starters may be fake but the rest of the Pokedex leak was confirmed to be real as they just revealed several of the Pokemon he called. (http://pokebeach.com/2010/09/september-corocoro-apparently-leaking)
Fighting Legendary trio are wandering like the trio from Gold and Silver.
Second gym is Normal.
There is a ghost type sarcophagus Pokemon.
Electric/Bug spider. I dub thee Vriska.
Dark type cat.
Bull with an afro.
And other assorted crap.
Quote from: UHMEEEEBA on September 11, 2010, 01:35:13 AMElectric/Bug spider. I dub thee Vriska.
Can we name the new ghost pokemon Aradia then?!
Sure why not.
Some more info here, Team Plasma's leader is also stupid looking. (http://pokebeach.com/2010/09/september-corocoro-apparently-leaking) Also some dude named N who following Game Freaks record is going to secretly be the champion.
Afro Bull actually has an attack named Afro Break.
Quote from: UHMEEEEBA on September 11, 2010, 01:35:13 AM
Dark type cat.
CHORONEKO! I LIKE THIS ONE!
And did they have to have a Tauros clone?
Oh and there's a deer that's apparently the new Eevee, I think. When it evolves, it changes based on the season, which is kinda cool I guess.
I figured it was probably going to be an evolved form of Tauros but there will be no new evolutions for past Pokemon, if that Pokedex leak is true. So yeah they just threw an afro on Tauros and expected no one to notice.
Some more random information gleaned from articles:
Afro Break exclusive move to the Afro Bull, although Smergle can probably still sketch it. I expect fan art of Smergle with an afro has already been made.
Sarcophagus Pokemon has an ability than overrides other Pokemons abilities if they hit him and replace it with the same type. i.e. he is a zombie. I am ok with this.
Mushroom Pokemon with a Pokeball head, given the game supposedly features only new Pokemon until you beat the Elite Four, he's likely filling Voltorbs old role. Although without the chance of it self destructing in your face.
Mole Pokemon that is Ground/Steel.
Fire starter is Fire/Fighting in evolved forms, again.
Electric/Flying flying squirrel, finally a way to use an Electric type and ignore ground attacks and not be using Zapdos. Yay.
All the others revealed yesterday have fairly vanilla type combinations.
There will finally be a ground gym, although Givoanni's in the original was technically a ground gym.
Giovanni's gym was indeed ground.
And is it just me, or they seem to be throwing in way too many character-exclusive moves?
No more than they started with back in Gen 2 I think. A quick check with a wiki,
Beedrill: Twinneedle
Meowth: After Pay Day stopped being a TM he's the only thing that can learn it.
Kadabra: Kinesis
Exeggcute: Barrage
Cubone: Boneclub & Bonemerang
Porygon: Conversion, Conversion 2 & Sharpen
Spinarak: Spider Web (10 bucks says Vriska can use it though).
Pichu: Volt Tackle
Octillery: Octazooka
Delibird: Present
Smergle: Sketch (and by extension the rest of the moves in this list)
Hitmontop: Triple Kick
Miltank: Milk Drink
Lugia: Aero Blast
Ho-Oh: Sacred Fire
So yeah there is a precedent for this stuff.
I find it sick how Miltank drinks its own milk. Imagine if that happened in nature.
Yeah that is pretty fucked up.
I like that Bull with the Fro, that nigga cool
Quote from: Jesuszilla on September 11, 2010, 07:57:25 PM
I find it sick how Miltank drinks its own milk. Imagine if that happened in nature.
/me hides his "weird" porn collection
Beedrills scared the shit outta me
they always attacked in packs
Gentlemen BEHOLD.
(http://img651.imageshack.us/img651/6100/lolscream.jpg)
It evolves into a double scoop. No that's not a joke. And I thought Lucario was stupid.
LULZ
thats awesome
Some more stuff.
(http://img844.imageshack.us/img844/7527/denchpre.png)
Vriska is actually an evolved Pokemon this is what the unevolved version looks like more or less.
(http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/2061/bollita.png)
Grass/Steel Pokemon, hope you like double fire weaknesses. Also a Pineco rehash with Grass instead of Bug.
(http://img80.imageshack.us/img80/5165/aysrz8.png)
Tenacool's replacement, for some reason is a Water/Ghost. Jellyfishes don't exactly strike me as being ghostly. Now if they wanted a Water/Ghost they should have gone for some sort of undead pirate thing. Or a frog.
There's more stuff but it isn't interesting.
It's cool ranch Pringles!
Took me a minute to get it.
Edit: By the way Afro Bull is actually a Buffalo, Buffafro to be specific.
Quote from: UHMEEEEBA on September 12, 2010, 11:15:37 PM(http://img815.imageshack.us/img815/2061/bollita.png)
Grass/Steel Pokemon, hope you like double fire weaknesses. Also a Pineco rehash with Grass instead of Bug.
Green Demoman sticky bomb?
Given it's seemingly a Pineco rehash there is actually a good chance it can learn Self Destruct.
Introducing the first Legendary trio.
[spoiler](http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/3585/baffulon.gif)
(http://img543.imageshack.us/img543/8750/ee4185171187df53dfd085e.gif)[/spoiler]
Wandering legendaries like back in Gold and Silver.
Also there is a Ghost/Fire Candle Pokemon which evolves into a lantern and then a chandelier.
Rom has been leaked but is presently unplayable due to piracy anti-measures. Give it a day.
Quote from: UHMEEEEBA on September 14, 2010, 12:36:49 PM
Rom has been leaked but is presently unplayable due to anti-piracy measures. Give it a day.
I think that makes a bit more sense.
Gym Leaders and their types, turn your head 90 degrees.
[spoiler](http://img97.imageshack.us/img97/3599/gymleaders.jpg)
Types were determined by translators,
Grass/Fire/Water as mentioned earlier.
Normal.
Bug, Beetle Badge.
Electric, Bolt Badge
Ground, Quake Badge. Incidentally remember how this game was set in Not-America hence the cowboy.
Possibly flying, Gym Badge is titled "Jet Badge".
Ice, Icicle Badge.
Dragon, Legend Badge, located in a city with a punny dragon name.[/spoiler]
Game has been leaked, you can find all sorts of information if you look I'm a bit too busy to re-post it. Only thing I will state is the 8th Gym Leader is now a version exclusive.
Entire new Pokemon list with pictures, (http://www.serebii.net/blackwhite/pokemon.shtml) they're pretty damn awful. Also flying legendaries are palette swaps with minor changes.
LMAO A CHIPMUNK AND SCOTTISH TERRIER
I GOTTA GET THIS
EDIT: WHAT THE FUCK #518. ABORTED FETUS POKÉMON.
and #645, ground/flying how the FUCK does that combination work
Quote from: Jesuszilla on September 16, 2010, 04:22:45 PM
and #645, ground/flying how the FUCK does that combination work
(http://img185.imageshack.us/img185/8562/gligar.jpg)
Like that.
On an unrelated sidenote the bug Pokemon in this game are apparently competent for a change, I'm shocked too.
Late night final post of more miscellaneous information.
There are two Pokemon that evolve by being traded with each other, more specifically one of the Pokemon steals the others shell causing both to evolve. Kind of funny really.
New item that lets Pokemon ignore type immunity so you can finally shove a thunder down Sandshrew's throat if that makes you happy.
[spoiler=Elite Four typings and post game stuff]
The Elite Four (and even the Champion) now only have 4 Pokemon each. Get it because they're the Elite Four. At least they don't have a bug type trainer.
Ghost
Dark
Psychic, member is apparently a minor NPC from the previous set of games.
Fighting
Champion is one of your rivals throughout the game, uses mixed types.
Upon completing the game old Pokemon will start appearing in places or something.
After whomping the Elite Four you get a quest to find Seven Sages. *insert Zelda joke here* Given there are technically 10 Gym Leaders (due to 3 being in the first gym and you only fighting one) and 17 types these guys are probably quasi Gym Leaders.
The Champion from the last set of games shows up after the end as an optional fight in certain seasons.[/spoiler]
Good thing they didn't make something with higher stats than Arceus. That would be silly.
I noticed 3 "starter" monkeys. Grass fire and water, but they only have one evolution.
The monkeys are a sort of secondary starter, you get the one your normal starter is strong against early in the game.
After beating the Elite Four once they get stronger teams and a new Champion.
The rom is unplayable as of now as you do not gain exp thus making progression sort of impossible.
I love games that have interesting anti-piracy measures.
The hilarious thing was suddenly all the Pokemone websites "got their copy in the mail" but reported they couldn't level up in their impressions. All of their impressions have since gone mysteriously missing.
Double posting for a bit of music...
[spoiler]
Sound familiar? It's the final boss from Blue Red and Yellow. The DP champion gets her music so there are people wondering if Blue/Gary is hidden away some where and no one has found him yet.
There's also an old Team Rocket theme but it's probably a left over from the Gold and Silver remakes.[/spoiler]
... When the hell did DS start to sound this great?
If it can play a heavy rock version of Jumpin' Jack Flash, then it can play good music. Also I can't believe I missed this earlier:
Quote from: UHMEEEEBA on September 15, 2010, 02:19:32 PM
Gym Leaders and their types, turn your head 90 degrees.
okay twist your head to read this you stutid fuckass
DS carts now are probably better made than the earlier ones, it tends to happen with cart based systems. Hell compare the NES Mega Man games and you'll notice they get a bit better musical as time goes on.
Well some more random tidbits,
After beating the game you can access a new area in Wifi to get older Pokemon with new abilities, such as Ninetails with an automatic Sunny Day effect and a Seaking immune to Electric damage for instance.
Exp gained now diminishes as you level. The professor gives you an item that doubles exp though but I don't think it evens out.
The seven sages are part of Team Plasma.
Nintendo's recently been trying to shut down sites who have screenshots of Black and White posted. (http://serebii.net/index2.shtml) The game's already out and... they don't want it spoiled? Huh?
This is pretty damn stupid.
There is speculation that they are forgeries of some sort.
Edit: On an unrelated side note to really drive home the fact it's set in not-America there are now Football and Basketball player type trainers.
Double Edit: Getting in critical health no longer causes the beeping sound effect, it instead changes the music.
To a song composed of the beeping sound effect.
Great, you can potentially hear that song SIX TIMES PER FIGHT
I'm not sure whether that's more or less obnoxious.
Quote from: Jango on September 19, 2010, 07:08:13 AM
Great, you can potentially hear that song SIX TIMES PER FIGHT
Actually it changes back if you use a potion or other such healing item. So you could hear it as for as many healing items you have + 5.
If you're poisoned and have leftovers I think it could in theory change 3 times in one turn.
In response to Nintendo being a dick, which apparently they actually did, PokeBeach has replaced every single new Pokemon with a picture of Ditto, (http://pokebeach.com/news/0910/black-white/new-pokemon/list.html) and also bitched about it. (http://pokebeach.com/2010/09/no-black-white-images-for-you)
Go those guys!
Oh also Serebii didn't get a C&D, turns out they were indeed fake.
Take a wild guess who it was and you win nothing.
My guess is it's some guy who posts only male genitalia on 4chan.
You sure? Since corrupt, adulterating shitbags is reporting on it now and haven't issued a correction yet. Also the affected sites haven't brought their pictures back or issued a correction themselves yet...
It probably is a fake just because I don't see Nintendo doing it, but I haven't seen anything that said they haven't either.
Apparently in said letters, "Sincerely," was misspelled or someshit, and someone traced it back to a troll board.
Well people admitted to faking the starters of this game... that were real. So I wouldn't hold my breath until the sites add their images back.
Back on topic, version exclusives. (http://serebii.net/blackwhite/exclusives.shtml) Really not too much different. Flying type legendaries are the ones that wander, but only one per game and to get the third you need both.
DREAAAAAAAAAAAAAM WOOOOOOORLD
AND WHO ARE YOU, THE SANDMAN
(http://img408.imageshack.us/img408/931/mrsandman300x262.jpg)
No, he's the Sandman. As for Dream World I don't really understand it but you access it after you beat the game to get Pokemon with special abilities, such as the Auto-Sunny Day Ninetails as previously mentioned.
Only after the game? Because every single one of them on that list seemed to have it listed as a move.
After you beat the Elite Four. Those aren't moves, they're abilities and Dream World isn't one it's the site owner specifying the last one can only be gotten from there.
Copyright violation claims have been filled on both gameplay and music footage on youtube. Hell the ones I posted here are gone now, leading to the suspension of the uploader. So yeah, those letters might not be so fake after all.
Nintendo did indeed send their lawyers after Poke Beach, (http://pokebeach.com/2010/09/nintendo-follow-up) the Poke Beach owner even talked to them over the phone about it.
They were going to have the entire site pulled by contacting their registrar had they not complied.
So the pulled youtube videos are probably also their doing.
First Impressions after a few hours:
[spoiler]
- The intro... holy shit for a minute I thought I bought the wrong game.
- I love how Bianca is such a bitch that just fighting her WRECKS YOUR ENTIRE ROOM
- Oh yeah and in product placement fashion, the Wii in the room is MYSTERIOUSLY OKAY
- The other rival in the game has a name I forget but he's cooler.
- I didn't play any of the Pokemon games between Gold and HeartGold, so I dunno if it's just me, but I love how streamlined the first ten minutes or so are. You get your pokedex and pokeballs before you even set foot in tall grass.
- LOL TEAM PLASMA
- Also Near (http://deathnote.wikia.com/wiki/Near) is there. And by that I mean there is a character named "N"
- I like how they do a double psychout on the first gym by making it have a type advantage over your starter, but then shit on the concept by having a trainer who will give you a type-advantage pokemon for it.
- YOU CAN GO TO A HUMAN DAYCARE AND BEAT UP PRESCHOOLERS
http://www.pokemonblackwhite.com/en-us/news/secret-egg/
Haha, way to go Nintendo. Instead of giving out a rare pokemon at an event, you give out... an egg that, judging by the silhouettes, are going to be either two of the most common Pokemon in the game, or one that you CANNOT AVOID GETTING if you picked Smuglea... errr, I mean Snivy.
UP's told me they've done "common" prizes before in the past. Generally in that case they either are shiny, have moves they normally can't, or unlock a side quest somewhere.
sad thing is all those shillouette pokemon suck so that outside of any potential rarity they might have, they have no use beyond that
the green haired rival in this game is a weirdo creeper
Entering a Pokemon tournament tomorrow, using only Pokemon from the first gen. Show these bitches you can't beat the originals.
Don't forget the level 1 Rattata.
Would've, but it won't work, it's a tournament standard flat battle, so all pokemon are auto-adjusted level 50.
Aron with Endeavor, Sturdy, and Shell Bell however...
Got put in the Psychic Gym (players who are 18+), and lost the first round (damn you, Garchomp!), but since it was double elimination, I beat everyone in the loser's bracket and won a badge anyway fun highlights:
TEAM (Nicknames):
Machamp (Snoop Dogg)
Gyarados (Ludacris)
Jolteon (DMX)
Venusaur (Tupac)
Gengar (Flava Flav)
Snorlax (Fat Joe)
- First round, my opponent sent out a Gallade and I sent out a Machamp, and she was bragging about how she had a speed advantage and would kill it, and somehow I did a DynamicPunch and One-Hit KO'ed it before it could attack. Keep in mind Gallade is SUPPOSED to excel at Speed and Machamp is one of the slower types.
- She also had a Shiny Magnezone that I killed in one hit with... Gyarados.
- She beat me with the aforementioned Garchomp.
- First elimination fight, an old dude apparently never realized that he should switch his pokemon of they are close to fainting. Leveled his whole team with a Gengar. It was a shame too, I thought he would've put up more of a fight since he got Stealth Rock and Toxic Spikes out very early on.
- Snorlax got me out of so many jams I could do a whole post about all the times he survived a hit that I thought would kill him, only for him to use Return to turn the tide around.
- My last opponent was a black dude and all my team was named after rappers. He was cool about it though, we had a good last match (which he killed me in)
Anyway picture proof of my badge
[spoiler](http://oi56.tinypic.com/2zqfpmg.jpg)[/spoiler]
That badge is cool. Psychic was (and still is) my favorite type.
I'm just glad you managed to kick some ass with Gen 1 it sounds like.
Yeah, I think I'll do it again (they announced that due to the turnout, they're gonna host these monthly), hopefully I can get more badges. I might still majorly use Gen One Pokemon, but might start incorporating some newer ones, especially seeing some cool tricks the higher level players were using. For example, my last opponent used Tyranitar/Krookodile as a tag team, the first setting up a sandstorm while the latter used Sand Veil to raise evasion in it while resisting the per-turn damage. This strategy however was rendered useless with my Machamp's No Guard ability which makes all attacks he makes 100% accurate (the disadvantage being all attacks against him are also 100% accurate). Add that both are weak to fighting, and it's a cakewalk.
In hindsight, most of my team was sweepers, so I need to work on my defenses and trap setups a bit more (although Snorlax was awesome for mixing offensive and defensive strategies, and Machamp/Gengar are pretty good at making Substitutes to bait attacks that would normally kill them).
tl;dr wanna do it again but will probably change a few things next time.
EDIT: forgot to mention this
QuotePsychic was (and still is) my favorite type.
Was mine too. Gen II introduced Steel (which has 0.5x resistance to Psychic) and Dark (which Psychic cannot hit at all, AND is weak to), which also are both weak to Fighting. That and all he weird nerfs and additions Psychics got over the generation (ie: Zen Headbutt, which draws from the Attack stat. Uhhhh...) It's really sad reading Double's Pokemon Yellow review where he jokes about leveling whole teams with Alakazam, and now if you go on pro boards like Smogon, he's unofficially the "running joke" of Gen IV and V. Almost nobody ran Psychic at the tournament, save for my first opponent who put on a surprisingly good show with an Espeon (although she lost the second round).
Having said that, on the other end of the spectrum, Fighting has been getting shitloads of buffs and new Pokemon, so most teams have at least one fighter, and since Psychic is the only real threat to it, there are a few reasons to consider one for the team. Right now Reuniclus and Musharna are the most popular ones, but Alakazam is getting a small comeback since it's TM movepool got bigger.
If you win eight separate brackets do you get to fight the Elite Four?
Unfortunately no. It's restricted to your gym (age bracket), otherwise the final round would have disgruntled 20-somethings fighting 8-year olds, and if my kid bro (he's 9 and also entered) gave any indication, they are nowhere near as prepared (ie: not switching out, not diversifying the movepool, etc etc).
If you win in your gym, you get the prize (which in our case was a $50 gift card to Gamestop).
I figured, it was just too obvious of a joke to pass up.
Yeah, heh.
Oh yeah forgot to mention that all the refs were dressed to reference what gym they were (ie: the fire gym ref wore clothes with flames on them, the Dark gym ref had a tuxedo, etc). The Psychic gym one was the best: he dressed up like a Shintoist priest, and wore wooden sandels anr everything.
So I'm retooling my team for the next tournament and I'm trying to be more lenient with my members. Venusaur was a liability, so he gets axed. So I decided to put Skarmory in his spot, as it only has two weaknesses due to its dual Steel/Flying typing (only fire and electricity) and a buttload of resistances and immunities. Additionally, it has the ability Sturdy which acts as protection against OHKO's. I lucked out and found a shiny (!!!) Skarmory on GTS that was being offered for a mere Reuniclus (you can easily find their evolutionary family in White). Perfect, right?
Well the stats were pretty shitty (from experience, most legit shinies are) and the ability was not as good (Keen-Eye which prevents accuracy from lowering. Uhhhh) so I ended up having to chain breed it to get a stronger one. Not shiny but am I here to win or look pretty?
So Skarmory's main role is to be a Physical Wall and a Support Spiker (basically it takes hits while it sets entry traps) according to most competitive boards. Competitively, the universal recommended strategy is to have Spikes, Drill Peck, Roost, and Substitute. To illustrate, Substitute provides an extra net of safety while you set up Spikes, Roost heals yourself to repeat the process, and Drill Peck is safety so you don't get trapped if the opponent uses Taunt (keeps you from switching and forces you to use attacks only).
Drill Peck and Roost were both egg moves in Gen IV so I instinctively looked for a Pokemon with both. I had a Fearow with both, so boom, into the daycare it goes. The baby comes out with almost impossibly good Individual Values and a Complementary nature! Just one problem: Roost didn't transfer.
I check Bulbapedia and it turns out that Roost stopped being an Egg Move and is now a Dream World exclusive move. Aside from the computer access, what's the problem here?
All Skarmory's in the Dream World have their standard ability replaced with Weak Armor, which lowers Defense on every physical attack and increase speed to compensate. This would sound alright if it weren't for two things:
1) Skarmory's best stat is physical walling.
2) Skarmory's second worst stat (next to special attack) is Speed.
This means Skarmory gets weaker and the Speed boosts won't do jack shit. And no, breeding Dream World Pokemon will not let them carry their moves, only abilities (and only of they're female). Of course all the Gen V competition movelists praise Roost and Sturdy as assets for this set. So basically most boards are supporting an impossible moveset as of this generation. Granted if I don't switch it out, I can put Roar or Whirlwind in that slot, which will be good for annoyance, but is inferior to infinite substitutes.
Longstory short: Nintendo gave the bird (or in this case, the Skarmory) to the Pokemon simulators.
Couldn't you trade over one from the last generation of games though that knows the move you want?
No because then I'd have to breed it again anyway to keep tournament authenticity + correct nature/behavior, so it wouldn't carry the move over. Not to mention losing it forever in the other game.
This is of course ignoring that I need 2 DS'es for it, which I don't.
Welp gave up on Skarmory and put a new Pokemon on my team that is so unbelievably BROKEN I'm surprised he's official tournament-legal. Also he's a Team Rocket Pokemon, and while I considered making my whole team be Pokemon that the anime Team Rocket owns, that's hardly practical at all.
Welp, tournament time again. Lost first round so no badge (would've been Dark, so no biggie, but still) :( now for the mandatory highlights with my opponent and thr losers I hung out with.
TEAM: This time we were allowed to pick ONE legendary per team.
Skarmory ("Robin")
Gyarados ("Bedevere")
Snorlax ("Galahad")
Machamp ("Lancelot")
Jolteon ("Patsy")
Reshiram ("Arthur")
- Lot of Stealth Rock users this time around, as well as Sunny Day users.
- I hate Starmie so much with its entry hazard removal and its FUCKING THUNDERBOLT THAT PARALYZED MY RESHIRAM OH MY GOD I HATE YOU
- Snorlax saved the day again, but only reservedly so this time.
- Skarmory is really a one-use Pokemon (set up spikes), and is rendered useless by the aforementioned Starmie.
- Reshiram also sucks if you bring him in too late. Because by then all the traps are set like a bag of penises and you'll receive them like a bag of vaginas.
- Gallade is a terrible Pokemon, I don't know why people use him.
- Someone's Leafeon outsped my Jolteon! AKDHFORJDOAHGFJW
So yeah, sucked
Nintendo is having their first official Wi-Fi tournament this month (http://www.pokemon.com/us/news/pgl_autumn_friendly-2011-10-06/)
The downsides are that only the first 10,000 who register will get in, and you can only use the Unova Pokemon (which means I can keep Scrafty from my current team and that's it). Double Battling seems to be the rap name Nintendo has been pushing for a while and it's a damn shame since a lot of staple sweeper moves (ie: Earthquake, Surf, etc etc) hit your teammate as well, so you have to neuter your team to keep them alive longer.
And since Pokemon under 50 dont get leveled up... Actually that's alright, the only Pokemon to abuse FEAR are not BW Exclusives.
Could probably avoid earthquake by teaming the user up with a flying type.
Don't some also now just ignore ground attacks for arbitrary reasons? I recall not being able to Earthquake a Koffing in one of the games.
Doesn't Koffing have Levitate as one of it's abilites? (Levitate is immunity to ground attacks obv)
Yeah shitloads of Pokemon have Levitate. As to which Gen V pokemon have it that are worth using... Eelektross (pure electric type, rendering it with no weakness) and Hydreigon (Dragon/Dark) off the top of my head, forget if Chandelure had it too. The big problem with making compromises to the Pokemon to make room for Earthquake is:
1) Flying types in Gen V that arent legendaries are absolute SHIT except for Thundurus. The main problwm being weakness to Stealth Rock which is really common and will chip off at least 25% HP on switch in on a flying type. This isnt to say they sont have uses (I mean, I have a Scyther on my team which loses half of its health on switch in because of quadruple weakness to rock, but is fast and strong enough to kill suff before that matters) but their uses are extremely limited.
2) Haxorus, who is the current cool kid Dragon has the ability Mold Breaker which nullifies Levitate
3) Probably less orthodox, but swapping out Cofagrigus at just the right moment into a physical attack will remove the ability and replace it with Mummy.
4) Anyone with Simple Beam can wreck your ability. Namely Audino, who will be filling in for the standard Blissey/Snorlax Special Walls.
Don't get me wrong when those work it's great, but there are a lot of considerations when doing so, and 2 on 2 is a whole nother animal.
Oh what the fuck is this shit. (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Burst)
Oookayyy... After seeing that art, I no longer approve of the idea...
Though now I can make a relative reference back to TMF.
Next thing you know, they're gonna be like Yugioh and fight Pokemon on top of motorcycles (okay they already do it in SUBWAYS, but still)
Quote from: Jango on October 07, 2011, 03:57:41 AMthe only Pokemon to abuse FEAR are not BW Exclusives.
DISREGARD THAT I SUCK COCKS
I found ONE Pokemon that CAN and make things a living hell for the enemy. Not saying who it is, but here, have a music video for your hint.
So doing it for the tourney
Alrighty, just won my first two matches, will be doing more tomorrow and will keep you posted on them. So here's my tournament team:
Whimsicott ("Mr. Jones") IMPORTANT, THIS POKEMON IS LV. 1
Scrafty ("Moonie")
Reuniclus ("Sollux"
Eelektross ("Hitcher")
Druddigon ("Cornjob")
Chandelure ("Rowsdower")
So my two match highlights:
- Unlike local infrared tournaments, you are shown a preview of all the Pokemon your opponwnt has, and you can pick four total per fight. For both fights, I left out Eelektross and Chandelure.
- My first opponent was a Texan and his lineup was Whimsicott (Lv.50), Mienshao, Basculin (what), and Galvantula.
- Whimsicott is probably the most unpredictable Pokemon since you can run so many sets on him. While I was running the Trick Room setup, he ran a support Whimsicott that eventually forced me to switch Scrafty out after too many stat drops.
- Reuniclus can tank shit like crazy, I was amazed at how it just took attack after attack, even STAB super effective hits.
- It also hits ridiculously hard.
- After I won my first round, I called my platonic friend and apologized for insulting her decision to have a Druddigon on her team. Don't get me wrong, outside of this set it's shit, but if you run Trick Room, you can outspeed all other BW Dragon-types and usually KO them. Havent fought any Dragons with him so far tho, but Druddigon's attack is awesome, especially when combined with the ability Sheer Force.
- Second round my opponent was from Greece and he had Mienshao (AGAIN?!), Volcarona, Serperior, and Hydreigon.
- What I find funny is that both of my opponents had Mienshao, but only one of them used it to go after Whimsicott. My second opponent thought Scrafty was the bigger threat. He wasnt, at least not yet.
- Volcarona may be strong but my opponent wasted him first on Whimsicott who shrugged it off and ran Trick Room, and then Scrafty who got x4 super effective on him with Rock Slide and OHKO'ed him, giving him a Moxie boost without Whimsicott's help!
- Trick Room + Drain Punch + Scrafty w/1 Moxie boost = dead Hydreigon and fully healed Scrafty.
- Scrafty is quite simply my favorite Gen V Pokemon if you havent guessed by now.
DAY ONE IS COMING TO A CLOSE, HERE'S WHERE I STAND
Wins: 30
Losses: 11
Rating: 1710
General notekeeping:
- Apparently I didnt notice this yesterday, but due to demand, the number of entrants increased to 35,000 members.
- Another thing I didnt notice, this isn't an American tournament; it's international except for Japan since they already had their own tournament. Fought against some German, Mexican, and UK folks, with a surprise noobish Brazil rox team. I'm not kidding either, the lone Brazillian I fought SUCKED.
- UPDATE: AHAHAHA THE BRAZILLIAN DUDE COMPLAINED ABOUT ME KICKING HIS ASS ON SMOGON (http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3918236#post3918236)
FIGHT NOTES
- Goddamn if I see another Conkeldurr or Amoongus. It's always the same strategy too; every Conkeldurr burns itself with Flame Orb and uses Mach Punch, while every Amoongus Spores everything in sight. I mean come ON........
- Fought (and lost) against a team consisting of nothing but shinies that took little damage against STAB super effective moves. Yup, nothing suspicious about that.
- I find it funny that more and more, most people will NOT harm the Whimsicott even after it Endeavor's most of the team. Because somehow it's worse to be left with 1 HP than 12 HP (not really that big of a difference).
- Only ran into two Anti-Trick Room teams so far but only one of them worked against mine.
- Someone attempted a weather team. Yeah that'll REALLY work here.
- So far had two instances of Ragequit. One counted as a win in my favor, the other stated it was a draw. Weird. Maybe the rules are different in Singapore, because losing would BRING SHAME TO THE FAMIRY.
- Guess it's probably not so good to play at night. Not many players out and about.
Link doesn't seem to work, even if I remove the %22
Fixed, but yeah it's nothing big, I registered and said hi and he was impressed and then a few other dudes I beat came out as well.
So it's more of the same today with a few goodies at the end.
Wins: 39
Losses: 14
Rating: 1723
- I fought a dude named Vegeta, and he almost kicked my ass with a Basculin!
- Musharna with Yawn is surprisingly a pretty scary thing to fight.
- GUYS STOP FIGHTING WITH THE GENIE TRIO. GOD.
- Fought someone's Dad. Just guessing here because it looked like his ingame team, including the designated Fly-user (Swoobat), and he named himself "Big Papa"
- Last fight was super intense, didnt think I was going to win.
NOW FOR THE BONUS
If you own Pokemon Black or White, here are the video download codes for two fights:
VS Vegeta and The Basculin of Caerbannog
62-87645-75445
VS Some other dude that almost killed me with Archeops
56-38280-99401
As time goes on, I might upload more.
EDIT: Psssst, if you can, I herd you can download these onto emulated Pokemon games and record them with Snagit or something. Could you do this for me? Extra points if you also use the gameshark codes that disable music.
EDIT 2: Oh and if you want to see me actually own an entire team without dying or switching out:
22-18887-22996
So the results are back
Of the 35,000 that entered, all but less than 11,000 were disqualified for cheating or excessive disconnects.
Of those 11,000, I ranked at number 63! I'm just blown away that I got that high in the tournament. Was a lot of fun and will definitely enter the next one.
Holy crap, nice.
Kind of disappointing that many people are cheating or rage quitting. Good job on getting that high though.
Yeah, I am so proud of my Scrafty and Whimsicott <3
Now for some fun drama, watch as the fourth place winner admits D/C'ing in the tournament, only to get into a minor flamewar with the second place winner (who claims moral superiority for disconnecting less) and a MODERATOR who says it's perfectly acceptable to D/C if you feel that your opponent is winning by luck (read: you missing, him getting critical hits, etc).
http://www.smogon.com/forums/showthread.php?p=3936195#post3936195
EDIT: Whoops link was for single post. Fixed.
LOL
IT'S OK TO RAGEQUIT IF YOU'RE LOSING
What great sportsmanship, Smogon.
Wow that's fucking stupid.
In oher news, Nintendo is holding a vote for the next Dteam World giveaway. (http://www.pokemon.com/us/vote/#/about) This is the first American one, and you are allowed to vote for ANY of the pre-BW Pokemon. The winning Pokemon will be distributed for four weeks and will feature its DW-exclusive ability (if t has one). They already had this event last year in Japan (who picked Arceus of course) and Korea (who picked Rayquaza because they're stupid).
Debating on voting for Ho-oh (who would be fucking brutal with its DW ability) or Deoxys (who hasnt been in a giveaway for a while)
EDIT: Smogon is currently at civil war with itself in a three-way between Ho-oh, Ditto, and Shroomish.
Assuming people like them are the majority, it will probably be one of those 3. Ho'oh being the most likely.
What. (http://corrupt, adulterating shitbags.com/5868953/new-pokmon-game-revealed-its-not-what-you-expect/gallery/1)
I could really go for a pear right now.
When I heard the news all I could think of was how awesome it would be to see Mewtwo PIERCE THE HEAVENS WITH HIS HYPER-WEAPON
Boy I am GLAD I'm not the only one who thought of that, Jango...
THE REGION IS CALLED RANSE
quick somebody rename the thread to reference Sengoku Rance
LMFAO
No news about Pokemon with Hyper Weapons, but if you have fond memories of the TCG, get ready to shit a brick
(http://www.serebii.net/dragontype.jpg)
What the hell? What type is that?
The newly announced DRAGON TYPE
Meaning Dragons are no longer going to be classified as "normal" as they have been since the TCG's conception. They also won't have their traditional "weakness to nothing" and now have a weakness to themselves, just like the game.
Granted, the TCG added Dark and Steel type when the Gen II games came out, but this is the first time they've gone back and changed existing Pokemon.
Would that also mean that previous dragon cards with the "normal" type are affected by this change?
Probably not (I mean they had a set with some dragons released like two months ago). Although if the Energy card for Dragon types is special it will probably offer buffs to them (like how the first Darkness energy gave damage buffs to both Dark types and "Pokemon with Dark in their name").
Also I recall that the DP TCG had a set where the typings were all screwed up to show all tbe Pokemon were being genetically mutated so you had bizarre shit like Grass-type Jolteon and the like, so they might handle it like nothing.
EDIT: Excuse me, I meant Steel type Jolteon (http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Jolteon_%CE%B4_(EX_Delta_Species_7))
I still have a few booster packs of the old game (up to around the Team Rocket decks with the aforementioned "Pokemon with Dark in their name") somewhere in a crawl space.
I have like two boxes fucking full of cards. Literally. One of those boxes actually being one of those plastic tubs.
The other is just a Pokémon-themed card carrying case, where I keep all the GOOD cards.
I keep the good cards in a binder, although I still don't have space for my oversized Victini card.
Amazon Japan accidentally leaked the official boxart, the fact that the game has Wi-Fi functions, as well as a release date of March 17th.
(http://i.imgur.com/mhJcm.jpg)
At least Nintendo knows how to keep IMPORTANT secrets lol
So wait, if the pokémon past gen 1 are in this, and the game takes place IN FEUDAL JAPAN, how the fuck does that account for the FIRST generation not having these pokémon around?
For that matter, WHAT IS MEWTWO DOING THERE IF HE WAS A GENETIC EXPERIMENT OF TEAM ROCKET'S?!
Wait a second, TIME TRAVEL! I'm fucking calling it.
I'm pretty sure they changed the plot with the GBA re-releases of 1st gen where the later Pokemon are just chilling on some islands after the main game is over.
Still doesn't explain what a Team Rocket experiment gone awry is doing in the past other than TIME TRAVEL! :D
THEORIES FOR KANTO NOT KNOWING ABOUT ALL OTHER POKEMON AFTER ITS GAME:
1) Ranse is its own region, so I imagine the diversity of Pokemon isn't an issue.
2) Both Kanto (RBY) AND Unova (BW) are unexposed to Pokemon outside of their region (well except for the Sevii Islands in Kanto, and post-game "swarms" in Unova), so it's not unnatural for a region to not know about other region's Pokemon.
3) The game is a crossover with the Nobunaga's Ambition franchise and thus doesn't count.
THEORIES FOR MEWTWO BEING IN FEUDAL JAPAN
1) Mew is the ancestor of all Pokemon and has knowledge of all Pokemon abilities, which means it could potentially have Dialga's control over time. Since Mewtwo is a clone of Mew, it could potentially use these time-bending powers itself.
2) The Pokemon the warlords carry all correspond to that warlord's inner spirit (ie: Nobunaga has Zekrom, the dragon of Ideals). Uesugi Kenshin was Nobunaga's most powerful rival, his faction only losing because Kenshin died of illness and that no one else had his military prowess. Thus his spirit comes in the form of Mewtwo, one of the most powerful Pokemon in existence (his BP total is second only to Arceus). Therefore it's possible that Pokemon are summoned via willpower rather than being seperate entities.
3) The game is a crossover with the Nobunaga's Ambition franchise and thus doesn't count.
NEW DETAILS
- Battles are 6 on 6, one Pokemon per trainer with teams of 6 trainers.
- You befriend wild Pokemon to help you
- After you capture 17 castles in a region, you control the region
- The warlords of the title can join you for additional buffs in combat.
NEW WARLORD/POKEMON PARTNERS CONFIRMED
- Hideyoshi has a Monferno, even though the trailer showed him with Infernape so... Evolutions?!
- Motonari has a Servine
- Motochika has a Dewatt
COROCORO SCAN
(http://i.imgur.com/ZvEml.jpg)
Trailer 2 out, evolutions confirmed, warlords are defined by preferential type (ie: Kenshin uses Psychic, Hirayasu uses Fire, etc etc), and some warlords/characters were revealed but I can't be damned to read the Katakana and tell you who they are.
Woah some Pokemon BW news.
So last month you may remember the USA having a poll for most wanted Pokemon GL download, and Arceus predictably winning. While this was happening, Japan had their poll and got Rayquaza, and in the ultimate "running out of cool ideas" move, they're giving Rayquaza the signature move from the movie promo Victini, V-Create.
(http://i.imgur.com/vbJc1.png)
Granted it's a shit idea, but V-Create is the strongest Fire-Type move in the game and they just stuck it on one of the best physical sweeping Pokemon. It's like giving Heavy Weapons Guy a can of Crit-A-Cola.
【公式】『ポケモン＋（プラス）ノブナガの野望』CM（30秒） (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsiVzT2v0jU#ws)
Kunoichi just got confirmed, and she is partnered with Scraggy, who evolves into the Hoodie-Wearing Scrafty which means:
mc chris - Hoodie Ninja - MC Chris Is Dead (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YG1HKSjoXEA#)
Thought Reshiram and Zekrom were bad? Wait till you see KYUREM'S ALT FORMS
(http://i.imgur.com/7uSHy.jpg)
The new movie wil not only unveil these forms but also Keldeo and Meloetta, who are both event exclusive Pokemon, but fuck them, Kyurem with alt forms not found in the games currently can only mean one thing...
Quote from: serebiiIn this announcement, he unveiled the release of Pokémon Black 2 & Pokémon White 2. This game is the third game of Generation V and follows in a similar pattern to past releases and is due for release on the Nintendo DS in June 2012. We'll bring more as it comes.
(http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lzy4l2e3ov1qip3fk.jpg)
I seriously hope you guys don't seriously release it under that name
also
Quote from: BulbanewsPokémon Black 2 and White 2 are NOT 3DS titles. They are DS titles. All its official website is saying is that it's usable on 3DS as well.
oh what.
(http://desmond.imageshack.us/Himg100/scaled.php?server=100&filename=yfzbj.jpg&res=medium)
Yeah they're still DS games. I guess it's something they put together to stall while they still work on the 3DS entries. They're on the american site now as well. (http://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-video-games/pokemon-black-version-2-and-pokemon-white-version-2/)
The site calls them Black Version 2 and White Version 2, but the originals were called Black Version and White Version so they might still be actual sequels and not updates.
That's the first Pokémon gets a direct sequel.
I still updated the topic title accordingly because lol.
I think the Game Cube game had a direct sequel. Never played it so I could be wrong.
That's not in the main series though.
Gold and Silver could TECHNICALLY be seen as sequels, although they weren't same gen as RBY obviously. By that same logic, however, DPPt are sequels to RSE.
But yeah this is the first direct sequel in the same generation.
American release for Black 2 and White 2 will be this autumn. (http://www.joystiq.com/2012/02/27/pokemon-black-and-white-version-2-coming-this-fall-to-north-amer/)
What. (http://corrupt, adulterating shitbags.com/5890728/a-pokemon-team-was-thrown-out-of-a-hotel-for-throwing-shit)
LOL what the fuck?!
Why the hell would they do that?
I had no idea they had GG Allin on their team!
Pokémon + Nobunaga's Ambition will be localized in America after all as Pokemon Conquest. (http://corrupt, adulterating shitbags.com/5899004/pokemon-conquest-brings-hit-japanese-game-to-america-for-the-ds)
Great, as if the name "Rayquaza" didn't sound ghetto enough, they had to go and give him an essentially blackface color scheme.
Isn't that just his rare version though? You know like Red Gyarados in Gold and Silver.
My point still stands.
theyre gonna make him purpel are they
That Rayquaza palette has been in the game since his introduction, but it's impossible to get through normal means because of the game coding, and it was really only there to keep the game from shitting itself if you broke the Gameshark out. So in a way, it's weird that they're using the failsafe colors for Nobunaga's Rayquaza, but it looks kinda neat (and hilarious for blackface).
The bad news is Nintendo changed the region's name to Ransei, so all jokes about hyper weapons piercing the heavens will be as valid as Sinasta's XBOX360.
Pokemon + Nobunaga's Ambition Music: Normal Battle (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q-USeBiZZZo#)
This soundtrack is awesome
So after being announced over a month ago they finally released some information on Black 2 and White 2. (http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/May_issue_of_CoroCoro_magazine_leaked)
Same place as the last game only with new player characters some new areas and at least two new gym leaders set two years later and there's also a new professor. There's more Pokemon available in the game with some older ones being brought back in game such as Psyduck and Eevee. Most of the areas from the original have frozen over.
There's never going to be a dark type gym is there?
Rival's quote is awesome: "From now, I'm going to rage!"
And the trainers look less ridiculous this time around IMO, and a rock house-themed gym is awesome, even if it's poison type and they missed the obvious joke (thank god)
Well there hasn't been a poison gym since Janine back in GSC right? So I guess a new one was a bit overdue.
That link has since been updated and has pointed out that a few of the areas not frozen over have had things removed, seems kind of odd.
Quote from: Jango on April 12, 2012, 12:39:42 AM
And the trainers look less ridiculous this time around IMO, and a rock house-themed gym is awesome, even if it's poison type and they missed the obvious joke (thank god)
You forget localization coming into play.
Pokemon Black 2 / White 2 - Official Gameplay Trailer #1 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8CzpencHCoU#ws)
IT'S BEAUTIFUL
Woah back the fuck up are those Team Rocket cronies a little more than half a minute in?
Dunno, only a side view so I can't tell.
Is it just me or does this one look like it has a LOT of detail put into it compared to the other games?
Indeed. Why, check out this gameplay footage from yesterday's Pokemon Smash.
★ Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2 - Gameplay Footage Part 1/2! VS Rival (Pokemon Smash 4-15-12) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJlA3hbi0JU#ws)
The rival's animation is beautiful, but what the hell kind of name is "Hihihiroshi"
★ Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2 - Gameplay Footage Part 2/2! Reshiram VS Black Kyurem! (Pokemon Smash 4-15-12) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VjvE91IzZG0#ws)
Witness Black Kyurem and White Kyurem in action, and also the announcer do a piss poor Joseph Joestar impression
They also posted the games intro I guess looking at the uploaders related videos.
★ Pokémon Black 2 and Pokémon White 2 - Official Black 2 and White 2 Intro! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zUfp8np0F6s#ws)
Man those announcers all need to calm the fuck down.
Yeah, really... it's just a simple intro. Nothing too special.
EDIT:
(http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o19/Yesujira/85dae9e3c178e52997198a2c7f502c32.jpg)
HMMMM. HAIR DONUT
AAGHLKAGHLAGAHLHLGAGHARHGHGHGHBHALHGHHHHHHHHHHHJ
Pokemon Green - SPEED RUN (4 Minutes) (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Va7NlFsWZsk#)
Excuse me while I pick up my jaw from the floor and reattach it to my skull.
Some new B2W2 information released (http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/CoroCoro_reveals_new_information_on_Black_2_and_White_2), some more Pokemon had new forms or some shit who cares.
It's still being translated as I post this but the immediate highlights:
The two rivals from BW are still around one gives your starter the other is a Normal Type Gym Leader. Also that N dweeb is still around.
Speaking of Gym Leaders you can fight old ones from past games and past champions as well.
Is that augmented reality that I see in the second image?
I believe so, it's part of a 3DS exclusive feature they announced in a Nintendo conference like a month ago. You can still play it on the DS but obviously you won't be able to do that, whatever it entails.
Wait WHOA WHOA WHOA. HOLD THE FUCK UP. GIOVANNI IS BACK?!
Just a heads up Black 2 and White 2 are out in Japan so there's a lot of info about the game if you want to look it up. I'm too lazy to post if for you.
My kid bro just got Pokemon Conquest (aka Pokerance) and they actually do address the Mewtwo thing... Kinda.
Ransei is basically a region that is currently co-existing with the other Pokemon regions but isolated from all of them. At one point, one of my bro's warlords said that he visited another region and was shocked to see Pokemon trainers keeping their Pokemon in "balls," and something along the lines of that going against Ransei's principles.
So canonically, Mewtwo probably just said "fuck you guys" and flew over to Ransei and became Kenshin's partner.
I am ok with that explanation. As part of the Nintendo conference tonight they announced B2W2 will have an autumn American release.
Remember those dumb anti-Mario games PETA made?
Well they've made a Pokemon one now. (http://features.peta.org/pokemon-black-and-white-parody/)
(http://i.imgur.com/1RibN.png)
Edit: Speaking of that, BW2 came out yesterday.
a (http://www.pokemon.co.jp/ex/pokedex/ja/)
So THAT'S why Nintendo was sending all those C&D's to all the Pokedex apps on Droid (sure it happened to the iOS ones as well).
I have this on my 3DS. Granted if you're a hardcore competitive player the Pokedex comes up short, but it's still cool to see all the mons in 3D, and the quizzes are pretty challenging after a while.
Plus I guess it's nice to look up Pokemon stuff while you play the game.
EDIT: Oh and Pokemon had an iOS app in Japan last year called "Pokemon Tap" but who cares
(http://i.imgur.com/daHAh.jpg)
Just putting this here.
Pokémon X and Pokémon Y Announcement (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4bIrWryFc7A#ws)
HOLY SHIT
Well it's nice they announced the starters first for a change instead of junk like Lucario and Zorak.
OH MY GOD YES
(http://i.imgur.com/nDg5g.png)
I'm probably going to go with Froakie so I can have a rain team with Politoed, Toxicroak, and Seismitoad
I'll go with Fennekin cuz it's a small, fuzzy animal and fire starter ftw.
So according to the official Pokemon website, the legendaries have been named Xerneas and Yveltal. This also makrs the first time in history that the English names were released before the Japanese names.
There's also rumors that they're based on Norse gods
Norse-based legendary? I'm almost sold. Bring back Team Rocket and it'll probably be a done deal.
They will never bring back Team Rocket it'd make too much sense.
We'll probably have mad scientists or something this time.
Better than Team.... whatever the last one was, the PETA wannabes.
Quote from: Jango on January 09, 2013, 03:14:27 PM
There's also rumors that they're based on Norse gods
Bearded pokemon with axes.... Aweshum! :P
Quote from: Jesuszilla on January 10, 2013, 12:57:36 AM
Better than Team.... whatever the last one was, the PETA wannabes.
They got better in B2W2, after they ditched the PETA angle and just focused on world domination. They froze most of Unova probably leading to a lot of offscreen deaths, and
[spoiler]Ghetsis actually tries to kill you[/spoiler]
IMO the worst one was Team Galactic that wanted to REBOOT THE UNIVERSE, but was so disorganized it's no wonder they didn't accomplish jack.
The ecoterrorists in Ruby and Sapphire win my award for worse just on account of how stupid they were.
Side note, the thread could probably use a new name since there are new games in the works.
I nominate "Pokemon Sex" as the new title
Kinda didn't think this through. (http://pbs.twimg.com/media/BBFO6oGCQAANyDe.jpg:large)
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So I registered for the 2013 International Championship Wi-Fi Tournament. Instead of my usual Trick Room setup, I am going for a goodstuff team under the guise of a Rain Dance team.
Team:
Sableye
Metagross
Raikou (Shiny event)
Shedinja
Kingdra
Politoed
I unfortunately gave my Kingdra a useless hold item :(
From Corocoro
(http://i.imgur.com/N47d1J4.jpg)
Ignoring that it looks radically different from Eevee, what possible typing could this be?!
Maybe it's just normal but with better stats.
Ninfia... dunno if that name means anything.
So its name is now confirmed to be Sylveon
Pokémon X and Pokémon Y: A New Pokémon Has Been Revealed! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pse_I1klRhA#ws)
Lame trailer aside, something tells me this one will be a Steel type, since the name sounds a little like "silver"
Sylve (http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sylve) is a somewhat depreciated word that pertains to forests (it's where Pennsylvania and Transylvania get their names). But there's already a grass Eevee so unless they're going for bugs with that name Jango is probably right.
Now I can finally say I was able to apply that one year I studied Latin to something.
Quote from: UHMEEEEBAunless they're going for bugs with that name
And right after I read that I found this fanart
(http://25.media.tumblr.com/b2d6190f45d0865f7a433f593f310fbc/tumblr_mi3oyeqe9I1rc2534o1_500.png)
LOL
Mewtwo is pulling a Freeza for the next movie:
(http://i.imgur.com/8uGRJ41.jpg)
Gross.
mewsperm
Oh what the hell. It's Mewtwo. He didn't need that.
Well Genesect IS a Bug/Steel, which resists Mewtwo's STAB and can OHKO him with a Super Effective, so maybe it was necessary???
It's still stupid-looking though, here's hoping it's a clone and not an evolution/clone.
(http://gengame.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/mewtwo-pokemon-xy-1.jpg)
It was a shop.
Thank God.
They did a similar thing with a Pokemon last movie having two posters with a second one coming later.
I still think it's bull but I don't think that's enough evidence to discount it.
(http://www.serebii.net/smash4131.jpg)
GOD DAMN IT
That's literally what I just came here to post.
Right down to GOD DAMN IT.
Edit: Here's a video of the abomination
A New Pokémon with a Familiar Look! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vk_YC0MXJ-0#)
The good news is that the video title says "A new pokemon with a familiar look," so it's more likely this is the Mewthree everyone was waiting for since Gen One and not an alt forme.
(http://24.media.tumblr.com/de07c36739f1d2b0e0256a1c6c084d2b/tumblr_mkuz2gpq0W1s1v6bdo1_500.jpg)
BRO HAVE
BRO HAVE YOU SEEN MY BERSERK JEANS
AROUND ANYWEAR
Someone got nacho dip in the DNA again
So that guy who leaked BW's pokedex says XY will introduce a new type, Fairy. (http://pokejungle.net/2013/04/21/upcoming-rumour-xerneas-yveltal-and-sylveons-typing/)
Hopefully it's fake cause that sounds dumb. Maybe they can take the opportunity to make Poison not suck though.
I wonder what purpose the type would actually serve. Isn't "normal" enough?
The only thing I could see they'd gain from a new type is an attempt to balance things like they did when they made Dark and Steel to deal with Gen 1's overpowered Psychics.
Four new Pokemon and some other miscellaneous information was released. (http://pokejungle.net/2013/05/11/june-corocoro-leaking/)
BIRD
There's a new attack called "Parabola charge." I think it's for Elictel, who you can probably guess from the name is the yellow electric Pokémon (or however the proper Romanization of Elikiteru would be).Well damn the news post had it. I just thought it was an image.
Not really digging the new male character's design, tho-
QuoteYou are able to customise a little — "You can choose the way you look". Skin tone and hair colour can be changed.
... Well fuck me. It's about time.
And from what I've heard, the female character design shown (which I LOVE by the way, extravagant and classy-looking) is different from the one in the previews from before. So it's possible that we could have outfit changes, too.
Would like to have hair style changes, but then we're getting into Animal Crossing territory.
Pokemon X and Y's launch date is October 12th.
Also Fairy type is actually a thing and is super effective against Dragons. Sylveon is a Fairy type and Jigglypuff, Gardevoir and Marill are now at least part Fairy types too.
Edit: Trailer
Pokémon X and Pokémon Y Gameplay Trailer 2 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gmywDbnC5oc#ws)
Some new information was released this evening,
(http://serebii.net/index2.shtml)
Pokémon X and Pokémon Y Gameplay Trailer 3 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=si7oFO5y1e8#ws)
Some new Pokemon and the first look of the new Team, Team Flare. (http://pokejungle.net/2013/07/11/august-corocoro-leaking/)
Mega Pokémon. (http://www.nowgamer.com/news/2035594/pokemon_x_y_new_pokemon_revealed_mega_evolutions.html) What?
I think we may be seeing fusions in one of the later games since Nintendo is clearly running out of ideas.
Man and I thought Lucario looked bad before.
Oh hey look it's the Pokegods. (http://corrupt, adulterating shitbags.com/charizard-venasaur-and-blastoise-will-have-mega-evolut-1250403624)
Pokemon XY is officially out.
:mrox: whooooooo!!!
Just a heads up so you don't run into it, X and Y have a game breaking save bug. (http://venturebeat.com/2013/10/14/some-pokemon-x-and-y-players-reporting-game-breaking-save-glitch/)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywGSON9tNq0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywGSON9tNq0#ws)
HOENN FUCKING CONFIRMED
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a7/ColorfulFireworks.png)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2W1Wi2U9sQ (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2W1Wi2U9sQ#)
Prepare for the Mudkip revival.