other-pokemon-games

[frigid copper]

THE BOOYY

he is such a good find

u are so lucky for him

[proper iris]

His name is Lord Q :3

[frigid copper]

yeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[proper iris]

Was really a good find, but still won't get me out of this bind I'm in.

[frigid copper]

what bind

OH right no fly

eeheheh

[proper iris]

Yeah

[frigid copper]

hmm

it's not impeding ur progress at ALL is it?

[proper iris]

I'm not even entirely sure

[frigid copper]

u can still trivago go places?

[proper iris]

But it's seriously making training these guys more dangerous

[frigid copper]

oof

do u have the tm for teleport/can anyone learn it

[proper iris]

Nope

[frigid copper]

zamn

[proper iris]

But I've got a good feeling for now.

Most of the team is now decently leveled for the area we're in

And if things start getting ugly, there's Helios the Luxray that's quite a few levels higher than anything here

So at this point, the flying issue is starting to become more a mild inconvenience than the danger it was a while ago

[frigid copper]

mmm

did u get bronzor evolved?

[proper iris]

Not yet

[frigid copper]

mm

what gym are u at n

[proper iris]

But i got nosepass to learn Toxic, Stealth Rock, and Thunder Wave, so I'd say my wall is going good already

[proper iris]

5 badges obtained, can't remember for the life of me what comes next in plat

Fought Cyrus already

[frigid copper]

badge 6 is candace I believe

[proper iris]

So ice ice baby

[frigid copper]

ah no she's 7

byron is 6

[proper iris]

Steel

Hmm.

That'll take a bit of planning

So many smiling faces

[frigid copper]

get that gon evolved

ooh yea quagsire too

will just obliterate byron

[proper iris]

Hell yeah

[frigid copper]

can onshot magneton

can easily dispatch steelix

and will also oneshot his ace

steelix is the only one not quad weak to ground

[proper iris]

I could theoretically also get rhyhorn in the team and evolve him.

Not as immune as some of the others but still gets ground stab

[frigid copper]

nah

quaggsire resists a lot of their moves too

and they also have no grass moves so at worst the moves will be all neutral

you could easily solo

[proper iris]

Let's hope you're right

[frigid copper]

if im not

u can quickly bail into peach or data for a safety net

[proper iris]

True that too

[frigid copper]

wow

quaggsire either resissts or is immune to every one of byron's pokemon's moves.

except for ice fang

whioch is neutral

[proven geyser]

i went into the other staircase in reflection cave and found a postgame legendary spawn area

i dont get fly until another city so im backtracking to water my berries and breed the mawile

[proper iris]

FINALLY

GODDAMN FINALLY

WINGULL

NOW FLYING IS DOABLE AGAIN

A good end to the day

[proven geyser]

ok, 5 eggs

i haven't managed to catch everything to this point, so i can do that while i hatch them

i already have a choice between hyper cutter and intimidate

the characteristic should give an idea of ivs

we have HP max 27
speed max 30
def max 30
spatk max 27, which is concerning bc neither parent had very high spatk ivs and if that's the highest then she's not very good

k, last egg

max 29 spatk

that was unironically my best one

[proven geyser]

mawile can actually take down the lv3 atk super trainer fairly easily, so i can get 252 atk ev quick

GOT DOUBLE BAGS TWICE IN A ROW 😩

fully trained atk hella

[proven geyser]

fully trained mawile w kelpsy berries otw for Delphox and venusaur let's ball

[frigid copper]

oooh... LMAO the leaker saved it for last and got kicked off

[candid spindle]

caught shiny aggron in gen 8

[earnest tide]

HOLLLY SHIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTT

https://twitter.com/Pokemon/status/1847292105737334949

Pokémon (@Pokemon) on X

Receive special Pokémon as Mystery Gifts for completing specific Pokédexes!

If you complete your Paldea Pokédex, Kitakami Pokédex, and Blueberry Pokédex from #PokemonScarletViolet ❤️💜, you’ll receive a Shiny Meloetta in the mobile device version of Pokémon HOME!

🔗:

Twitter · Oct 18, 2024, 3:02 PM

[candid spindle]

HOLY SHIT THIS IS EPIC

btw

what u think of shiny aggron tho

[earnest tide]

it's pretty good

[candid spindle]

yea

im so glad pokemon home exists so i can just store all my shinies there

[proven geyser]

i was totally right to backtrack bc all my berry trees had weeds

gonna mash thru the mega shit so i can get venusaur what he deserves frfr

thick fat to negate two of the scariest weaknesses is BALLER

fuck Charizard who gives a shit abt the golden child, gimmie fat frog boy that nukes fairies into oblivion

[toxic sedge]

I'm currently LIVID that Pokemon Home doesn't count things from previous games towards completing the S/V Pokedexes.. xD

[proven geyser]

well

to be fair

it's not from sv

which is what they specified

[toxic sedge]

Yes, they did say that. I'm not saying I wasn't told or anything. I'm just upset that all the things I've been moving forward over the years don't count for it. xD

The way Pokemon HOME handles tracking of individual game's Pokedexes means that they actually want you catching everything again when a new game comes out, even if you already have every form in HOME. :P

[proven geyser]

correct!

[toxic sedge]

Which... sort of defeats part of the purpose of HOME.

[proven geyser]

they want you spending money above else

[toxic sedge]

This doesn't make me spend more money, just more time. :P

And it makes me consider just dropping my HOME sub, because.. why have a living dex if it doesn't count?

xD

[proper iris]

Good news this morning, Gon the Bronzor is now Gon the Bronzong

And apparently the daycare and a bike are now my best friends for this nuzlite

[proven geyser]

real

god this fighting gym easy as shit i just psyshock everything

i checked and there's no scraggy line anywhere

the heracross i can sacrifice to mystical fire

fakeout only delays the inevitable

[proper iris]

Gotta love those sweeps

Or near-sweeps

[proven geyser]

the fact im not struggling using one mon is basically a sweep

i get surf after this i believe, so the last permanant member of the team i have planned is just a breath away

i let venusaur learn worry seed, too!

i can keep animations off to speed the process, bc i'd need them on to see the stat drop for intimidate method

[proper iris]

Makes sense

ALSO THANKS FOR REMINDING ME OF ANIMATIONS OFF

This will speed up my life for training

[proven geyser]

IT IS GIGA FROG TIME

LEFTIES

[proper iris]

BIG FROOOOOOG

[proven geyser]

i forgot there was a broken fence i can use to take skiddo out and avoid trainers

[dusky sable]

Looking for fan pokemon games

That doesn’t need an emulator

Good plot

[proven geyser]

??

[proven geyser]

THE FIRST POKE I CHECKED HAD REGEN

[proven geyser]

that has nothing to do with pokemon

[wraith musk]

Chinese rickroll

[proven geyser]

its not very funny

[proper iris]

The Last Nurse Joy.

Highly recommend that game if you like puzzles or want something way more story-driven

No emulator needed

[wraith musk]

kinda the point but ok

[proper iris]

Only complaint I have about it is that it's too short

[wraith musk]

hmm

[proper iris]

Also set a final rule for my challenge run:
I only win when all my pokemon are in the Hall of Fame. No having them in the team as an extra either, they need to be in the battle.

This is a challenge for me to see the strengths of pokemon i never tried using after all, so let's take it to its logical conclusion

...I swear I hate Barry's staraptor

Didn't kill anyone this time, it just double teams ALL THE FUCKING TIME

[toxic sedge]

So, back in Pokemon Moon, I got a French Absol through wonder trading. It had a good nature and Super Luck, and it was higher level than anything else I had at the time while still being within the range that it would listen to me. Night Slash + Super Luck + affection critical boosts carried me through the rest of the game against anything that didn't resist dark. That Absol is now at level 100 and joins my Elite 4/Champion team in any game it can come into. His original trainer name is Syaoran, so that's what I've always called him even though he doesn't actually have a nickname.

I know it's extremely unlikely, but if anyone here is that OT and remembers wonder trading away Absol(s) back in Sun/Moon, thanks for giving me a permanent addition to my "evergreen" Pokemon team. (:

[proper iris]

That's a lovely story!

Gotta love random kindnesses like that

[toxic sedge]

Roughly half of the Pokemon in that semi-permanent team that I keep moving forward to face the end game content is stuff I caught, the other half is from friends. He's the only one from a stranger, and I quite like that.

[proven geyser]

"lol" i say, throwing rocky helmet on mawile

"lmao" i think, as serana's pokemon use quick attack on a pokemon that's never outspeeding

two gyms weak to delphox, in a row

[proper iris]

Sweeeet

Meanwhile I got to Canalave.
Spending a moment in the library reading the mythos for fun, and being incredibly amused bc you know the very controversial leaked stories?
They're still there. The core of them, at least, is still in the games, the messages they were meant to convey are there, only simplified and sanitized.

It makes me happy for reasons I cannot really find words for

[proven geyser]

proof that pokemon fans have zero reading comprehension or want for environmental stuff

[proper iris]

Fact.

[proven geyser]

the amount of people you need to ask "did you read any of the dialogue or did you just skip past" when they ask a question that's very clearly answered by dialogue is

christ

[unkempt egret]

"no brain, only numbers"

[proper iris]

They want a more mature game but honestly, we could sneak all the maturity in the world past them in the dialogue and they'd not notice unless it had swears

[proven geyser]

theyre just the head caved in soyjack

[unkempt egret]

probably a reason why BW's opening is so aggressive with hammering in "talk to everyone" by making the first gym a complete pain to clear unless you explore and talk to everyone to find the one person with the monkey made for countering the gym

[proven geyser]

by "mature" they just mean cussing and edgy shit like murder, not real mature topics

[proper iris]

Although I will say, part of this issue could be solved with voice acting.

... but that's putting a lot of faith in their media literacy in general.

[unkempt egret]

they want Grand Theft Auto

much like how everyone wanted everything Grand Theft Auto with different asthetics for a period of time in the early/mid 2000's

[proven geyser]

they want palword honestly

[unkempt egret]

and most companies were wise and denied

[proper iris]

That was a fun era.

Not necessarily a good era but a fun one.

I'm still thinking of the exceptions.
Yes I'm looking at Shadow The Hedgehog.

[naive timber]

lemme forward u to one

[untold hill]

Fan games don’t need emulators at all 💀

[unkempt egret]

I thought the pokeball icon ones were all copies of IF for a second ROFL

[naive timber]

lol

[proper iris]

Some do if they're romhacks.

[untold hill]

That’s why they’re romhacks

roms

[proper iris]

Romhacks are fangames

[untold hill]

no

[proper iris]

But not all fangames are romhacks

"Square is a rectangle" thing

[untold hill]

Bruh

[proven geyser]

actually reverse that

not all romhacks are fangames

tho both are technically true

it's more like the overlapping circle chart

[untold hill]

which romhack is a fangame? 😭

[proper iris]

Pokemon Stranded

[shut granite]

https://x.com/andyocelotvt/status/1847381590655303685?s=46&t=7xA2fDFRwPrv7tmklZXTXQ

Andy Ocelot | Commissions closed! (3/3) (@AndyOcelotVT) on X

Shrine rent is high asf, leave him alone

#inktober2024

Twitter · Oct 18, 2024, 8:57 PM

[proper iris]

It's the first one that comes to mind

[untold hill]

hmm, never heard of it

[proven geyser]

i trust him

[proper iris]

Fire Red Rocket Edition

And honestly most romhacks i can think of

A few may be like, remasters or challenge versions

But most I can think of are fangames.

[untold hill]

I thought fangames are the ones which use essentials and stuff

And romhacks are just..romhacks

[proper iris]

A fangame is a game made by fans.

That's all there is to it

Essentials is just how you do it in RPG Maker

But there's other ways

[unkempt egret]

right yea

while hacks use the actual engine of the game itself

[proper iris]

And there's fangames that use neither

[unkempt egret]

so can be played on emulator and whatnot

[proven geyser]

kelpsy berries abt to pop up 🙏

[untold hill]

Then why do people say “best romhacks of 2024” and “best fangames of 2024” instead of just saying fangames

[proper iris]

Like Pokemon Close Combat, which is a fighting game

[proper iris]

Algorythm, is my guess

[untold hill]

Cool game

Got my ass kicked by a primeape

[unkempt egret]

since usually romhacks and fangames are counteed seperatley? both have different mentalities based on the limitations of what they can and can't do

[proper iris]

More views if you can compartmentalize stuff like that

[unkempt egret]

...limitations that got very blurry once gen 3's decomp was released and people were now able to do a lot more with the gen 3 engine than ever before

[untold hill]

O

[proper iris]

Hmmmmmmmmm

That's a foreboding name.

[unkempt egret]

||shame I think that's only tied to an online event I never got to experience since it was over by the time I got my copy of platinum||

[proper iris]

Mood

[untold hill]

I wonder why I shared this so late

[pallid mauve]

a fellow hoarder

[naive timber]

what

lol

[untold hill]

I wonder how long it would take me to complete fire ash if I start now 💀

[naive timber]

4 more added to my collection

[graceful osprey]

I had a nightmare the other day

I nought a copy of bdsp

Thankfully it was just a nightmare

[naive timber]

3* tentin isnt available

[pallid mauve]

did it get nixed?

[naive timber]

not sure

[pallid mauve]

ah no i see the issue

[naive timber]

just sayd download isnt available

[pallid mauve]

technically what i have is the remake

click on the creator's name so you end up loking at their entire catalog, it's the first on the list

[untold hill]

Noooo my Pokémon aren’t even healed

[pallid mauve]

then just backtrack to the main page

[naive timber]

ah yea found it thanks

[pallid mauve]

np

[untold hill]

Got wiped

[untold hill]

Got my Ralts to lvl 11. I’m getting sleepy to grind more

[graceful osprey]

Are you playing redux?

Please say you are

It has fairy type

[untold hill]

Yeah, why would I play normal again

[graceful osprey]

Good

There's multiple versions so I just wanted to be sure

Also have this

Behold!

The adorable mon that is alolan ninetails sleeping!

[proven geyser]

TAIL BLANKIE

[untold hill]

Comfy

[proven geyser]

nice n cool

also this random azurill i caught on like route 3 or whatever has perfect hp ivs and 30-31 defenses

i was gonna use him to breed a better regen slowpoke and just holy shit

[proud igloo]

Now fully translated

Do you prefer this or the Wimpod line?

[proven geyser]

wimpod :)

[proud igloo]

I expect its attack to be extremely high.

Because Mantis Shrimps can literally shatter aquarium glass due to the shockwaves they generate.

Also they can break your bones

[icy idol]

You mean, I have to choose???

[proud igloo]

Yes

I am cruel like that

[sweet crypt]

I'm sorry Golisopod but I'm taking the mantis shrimp

Well it's more of a mantis-shrimp

Than a mantis shrimp

[proud igloo]

Also Golisopod has an extremely awful ability.

[sweet crypt]

If you get what I mean

[proud igloo]

I doubt this beta Pokémon would have had Emergency Exit

[icy idol]

Remove the tail off this mon’s final Evo and it’s the mantis shrimp

[proud igloo]

Cut the tail off and it dies

As it’s literally how it breathes

[icy idol]

Fine I choose the mantis shrimp

I just think his face design is cool

[proud igloo]

I’m just imagining a rematch Viola with this Pokémon.

Or even Siebold having it.

It would be way better than Surskit.

[analog timber]

you know what I miss? XY when all dex's had different mon. I mean somehow Paldea and Kitakami have a lot of the same Pokémon, despite being on the other side of the world???

Kalos, all Pokémon in the same region and accessable by land: Different Pokémon per dex
Literally everywhere else: The same per dex

[proud igloo]

The most depressing thing about the Teal Mask was when I got my new dex and I had done half of it due to competing the baseline dex.

Literally a Thanos situation.

[icy idol]

I mean, maybe they had a bunch of different mons in the past, but they just went extinct because of all the mons. brought from other places

[analog timber]

I wish they didn't double-dip

[proud igloo]

So what killed the Mantis Shrimp?

[analog timber]

you mean like places CLOSER to Kitakami like Johto and Kanto???

[icy idol]

It could be that I’m dumb, but your words confused me

[analog timber]

I can forgive Blueberry, since it seems to be artificial

[analog timber]

I mean that Paldea is like 10000 miles away from Kitakami, so literally most other regions would make more sense to pick Pokémon from

[proud igloo]

And it did get a lot of Gen 5 Pokemon

[icy idol]

Ah

[proud igloo]

So you would have wanted more Gen 1 and 2 Pokémon?

Or even Gen 3 or 4?

Since those are the Japanese regions.

[analog timber]

no, my point is that there's 0 reason why half of its dex should be Paldea dex mon

it's why it feels like the bordered bit of Paldea was going to be Kitakami and that makes way more sense to share a load of mon (also school rivalry thing too...)

[proud igloo]

This is the Japanese map

Kanto is Kanto

Johto is Kansai

[analog timber]

even then Kalos was the ONLY region to do multiple Pokédex's right

[proud igloo]

Hoenn is Kyushu
Sinnoh is Hokkaido
Iku Islands are Sevil Islands
And Kitamami seems to be Tohoku

So in other words Kitamami seems to be between Kanto and Sinnoh

[analog timber]

1. Over 400 Pokémon in the base game in the dex
2. Each dex had different mon and no double dipping
3. Post-game had a load of mon you could still get elsewhere
4. Last gen to have a National Dex (SM and USUM didn't have dex entries for Pokémon outside of Alola)

SwSh and SV stuck to 400 base dex for some reason and both DLC areas double-dipped on Pokémon. Even then SV made it even worse, since Kitakami is just a copy-paste region

97/200 are exclusive to Kitakami

[frigid copper]

so... is it the place of the sinjoh ruins????

[proper iris]

Worth remembering that despite being based on real world locations, the pokemon regions don't necessarily are in the same geographical place as their inspiration

.... wait i just realized i misunderstood a conversation I just read half of

Ignore me and carry on

[proven geyser]

real

bro what the fuck you're holding destiny knot when i breed u

[proper iris]

Welcome to pain

[analog timber]

imagine talking to a sandwich maker guy and all he ever talks about are a bunch of legendary Pokémon going wild in your home region at least 4000 miles away

[proper iris]

The reason why my pals outsourced their breeding endeavors to me

Wishing you patience, bc if I wish you strength you may rip your console in two after doing this for hours

[proven geyser]

oh what the breeding

azu has 31 hp def and spdef wtf

[proper iris]

You playing on emulator or a real 3ds?

If you're on a modded 3ds, I could go look at my boxes and lend you some 5 iv mons of whatever egg group you're going for

Or give them to you. I got some overflowing boxes.

[proven geyser]

it's been a real 3ds

havent gotten the sd reader to mod yet

[proper iris]

Aaah

Well

[proven geyser]

but it's ok bc it's literally just a main playthrough

[proper iris]

Will still set aside a few little dudes for if/when you get it :3

[proven geyser]

i wouldn't i'm just fucking around

[proper iris]

Fair enough

Meanwhile I'm here happy about the Riley double battles bc oh my god. Heal after every single battle <3

I will abuse this to level up the team

Especially after the daycare did some odd stuff to togetic's moveset

Yawn, encore, follow me, and wish? Really??? Yawn and wish are good and all but the other two moves are not what I'd consider ideal

[coarse estuary]

how do we all feel bout a potential alolan chu prima pair in ultra sun wedlocke? i got a pichu as my first encounter after the static grubbin and i just ran for the hills to get the ship needed for pika

[naive timber]

its kinda similar to england

[analog timber]

when you realise why it's called Beldum

it was Metang all along

[proven geyser]

fuck this stupid azurill took forever to evolve

[proper iris]

i am so tired of this grind

also tired of gravelers all the time in this cave

[proper iris]

friendship evos are a hassle still huh

[proven geyser]

because friendship =/= affection

it's an entirely separate mechanic, unfortunately

[proper iris]

which honestly was a weird decision

[proven geyser]

true

[proper iris]

still, playing minigames with pokemon was a really darn cute addition

i used to be really good at the yarnball headbutting one. Good times.

[proven geyser]

puzzle shuffle thing is my best game

[coarse estuary]

i really wish how many affection hearts you had equated to how much more friendship you gained

[proven geyser]

yeah at the very least have it gain friendship faster

[proper iris]

i think they ended up fusing the systems in some more recent game.
But without the minigames :(

[proven geyser]

will these stupid bastards breed faster

[proper iris]

get some back-crossing going and it's quicker

it's faster if they're the same species

[proven geyser]

what

ohhh

[proper iris]

basically cross one of the hatched ones with the parent

[proven geyser]

stare

[proper iris]

it's. Weird.

But it works

[proven geyser]

tbh in the time it takes to hatch egg 1 i can get all five

[proper iris]

you'll have to hatch so many more.

IV breeding takes an eternity

hoping you do get lucky and it works out in just a dozen eggs or less

[proven geyser]

im not in comp so it doesn't need to be perfect

[proper iris]

but get a talonflame.

and pray

[proven geyser]

i dont think u quite understand how little it matters, it just needs to be useable

[proper iris]

fair

still recommend a talonflame

flame body helps a lot.

[proven geyser]

no kidding

i hatched 2 sets of phione and an extra

[coarse estuary]

well thats someone who ill hide the messages from

[covert fiber]

?

[proven geyser]

posting random spoilers

[covert fiber]

oh

[coarse estuary]

im just saying i dont want to see the spoilers for the new game so ill hide messages from you so i cant see any more spoilers you post

[proven geyser]

thank you

[covert fiber]

i deleted them

[graceful osprey]

I have a spider for the next game

There's gunna be pokemon in it

God my humor sucks sometimes

[proven geyser]

real

[graceful osprey]

I wonder what the legendaries will look like

Hopefully cooler than a bike

[covert fiber]

wow

the bikes were cool bro

we got tron bike and ancient bike

[graceful osprey]

They feel more

Generic?

[covert fiber]

wow

[graceful osprey]

It's a cyclizar

But different

[covert fiber]

yea

[graceful osprey]

And it's implied that hundreds exist

If not thousands

[proven geyser]

theyre only special because the prof brought just two

[covert fiber]

unrelated but both of (i forgot his name)'s parents are scientists right? we only saw one per game tho

[graceful osprey]

Yep

[covert fiber]

if they were both canonically alive at the same time then how come we dont see 2 professors in 1 game

[proven geyser]

yes, one left and the one you see was killed by the 2nd box lizard

[covert fiber]

so in scarlet turo is alive and in violet sada is alive

[proven geyser]

*sada

probably

[covert fiber]

so arwin (i think thats his name) just completely doesnt contact the other parent

[proven geyser]

stop pinging

[covert fiber]

my bad

[proven geyser]

u also dont need the reply thing when we're the only people talking

also i never actually played sv so i wouldn't know the specifics

[covert fiber]

i played both and that hasnt crossed my mind but now it is

cuz if arwin doesnt like one parent then why wont he try to stay in touch with the other?

[proper iris]

sometimes you have trouble with both

[proven geyser]

it's implied the other parent is neglectful or just not present

[covert fiber]

true

[proper iris]

I am only in the start of the game but I've been spoilered enough

[covert fiber]

but his mom is sada and his dad is turo and he talks to both but just in different games

[proven geyser]

and then you get outright told the one that you meet is dead

[proper iris]

so I am guessing it is likely he's estranged from both

[proven geyser]

and?

[covert fiber]

so the other parent is just straight up neglectful but in opposite games

[proven geyser]

that's the implication

[covert fiber]

aight

how is that gonna work in the anime tho

[proper iris]

either as a life lesson on found family

or it'll be toned down

[covert fiber]

will he have 2 parents that are just neglectful or will he have 2 parents that are dead but have robots replaced with them

[proper iris]

or

hear me out

they will change it

[covert fiber]

true

[proper iris]

bc it is another continuity

if he is in the anime, maybe they won't even mention his parents

also real talk, I kinda love this game has some more tense character relationships like that

talking about dysfunctional families, growing up too fast, bullying, all that

i am here for these more serious themes amidst the parallel world chaos

i've actually once seen someone analyze a lot of the songs in SV

and they mentioned how Arwin's theme sounds like it was made for someone way older

and how fitting that was for his character

honestly loving that

... I forgot to leave a spot open for the riolu egg

time to angrily backtrack

WHAT DO YOU MEAN I CAN'T FLY BACK TO THE ISLAND

[brisk hedge]

Is there a Pokémon centre there?

[proper iris]

No

[west depot]

It simply n
Means that you are screwed

[proper iris]

but still

[brisk hedge]

Then you can’t fly there

[proper iris]

logically i know that

but i will still be very annoyed

[west depot]

Aren't there usually some houses or buildings that have pcs in them

[proper iris]

none in the island

[west depot]

😭

[proper iris]

the issue isn't the island itself

...actually it is

it is all a cave

i have no escape ropes

and am out of repel

so this is just annoying.

[brisk hedge]

Then go buy some escape ropes and repels

[proper iris]

but i did get out and buy some stuff

so now we should be ok

[brisk hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/modern-problems-solutions-dave-chapelle-gif-13450651

[west depot]

What abiut dig?

[proper iris]

also I suck at navigating.

no one with dig in the team and no one I want to teach it to

[west depot]

Wait what game are you playing

[proper iris]

platinum

[brisk hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/leon-leon-charizard-pose-gif-25357318

[west depot]

Can't you teach it to a pokemon that already knows a tm or hm and then replace it later

Surely one of your pokemon has a hm

[proper iris]

it's not a problem anymore anyway

i did get out and buy repels and ropes

the issue now is getting back to Riley

[west depot]

Oh ok

[proper iris]

bc as said

i suck at navigation

and keep getting lost in a very simple cave system

ok finally

[brisk hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/one-piece-one-piece-zoro-zoro-zoro-smirk-one-piece-smirk-gif-26290707

[proper iris]

got there

got the riolu egg

and I know there's a shiny stone on the next floor and I need it for Cherub the Togetic

so time to get more lost

[west depot]

I still have no clue what shiny stones do

[proper iris]

evolve togetic into togekiss

[brisk hedge]

Evolve certain Pokémon

[proper iris]

shiny stone and dawn stone are very underutilized

[brisk hedge]

And Rosalia into Roserade

[proper iris]

oh

oh damn

i forgot about that

i will need another of these

ughhhhhhhhhhh

[brisk hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/pixel-trombone-playing-musical-instrument-prank-joke-gif-15407543308447681253

[proper iris]

next guaranteed one apparently needs rock climb to reach

so it will be a while

[brisk hedge]

Can they be found in the underground!

[proper iris]

no

unfortunately they cannot

also i'm in a nuzlite.

so if anyone gets KO'd in this stone hunt

I will be unable to use them for a long while

i should've picked another game to go for a challenge run

[brisk hedge]

Platinum’s the best Pokémon game though

[proper iris]

but now i got a togekiss at least~

it is one of the best games if not the best, indeed

but not a good one to nuzlocke or do anything nuzlocke-inspired

but now most of the team is level 40 or almost there

and I got Cherub evolved

so it's byron time

[brisk hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/byron-pokemon-byron-pokemon-gym-leader-gif-20122373

[proper iris]

aaaand Reinier the Girafarig is down

[graceful osprey]

Yknow

[proper iris]

... Welp. The 'Sire is down

so my plan for this gym has been messed up

[graceful osprey]

I think i understand why I yet accused of liking broken mons

I'm a gen 5 fanboy

And a lot of gen 5 mons are really good

One of my favorite gen 5 mpns os volcorana

Never claimed I could spell

[proper iris]

tbh i haven't ever met anyone who dislikes volcarona

[brisk hedge]

I dislike the fact that it takes 10 million years to evolve, does that count?

[graceful osprey]

Cries in egg

[proper iris]

nah that there is fair

[graceful osprey]

I played back when I didn't know what was good and what wasnt

I thi k my first team was

Surperior
Seismitoad
Krookidle
Volcorona
Hydreigon
Golurk

[proper iris]

not terrible for a childhood team

[graceful osprey]

It's crazy how squisy Golurk

The massive iron monster

Is

Like....

192 on each defense stat

At level 100

With perfect ivs

I didn't know back then

Moxie is really good

And so is ground water

If krookidile didn't have such awful typing he'd be a lot better

Hes already good

But dark ground hurts

[proper iris]

... Gon the Bronzong is also down

I am down to half my team

...And Helios the Luxio.

[proud igloo]

Profiles for Catilin and Looker are out

[proper iris]

ooh nice

[proud igloo]

It says Catilin is 17 in Platinum

So if we find her BW profile and her age it will tell us how much time has passed between the two games

I can’t believe leaks is how we solve the Pokémon timeline

[proper iris]

honestly I can

[proud igloo]

Hoenn takes place before Kanto

[proper iris]

i don't think GF would've told us directly

[proud igloo]

By 7 years

[proven geyser]

damn then they lied abt the master ball being new

[proper iris]

maybe that version of it was

[proven geyser]

[proud igloo]

Corporations lying?
Who would have knew?

[proper iris]

i take it the same way as "oak created the pokedex"

like, yeah, that version of it

[proven geyser]

like oak w the pokedex, it's just his version of it

[proud igloo]

Then again by SV Master Balls are so common they are like candy

And besides Devon Master Balls might be different from Sliph Co Master Balls

[proper iris]

...Cherub went down

[proven geyser]

i'm sure they're at least research aids for pokemon professors

[proper iris]

I am just accepting defeat at this point

[proven geyser]

which is why turo/sada had so many

[proud igloo]

Seriously by Indigo Disk I had four Master Balls

That’s not even funny

[proper iris]

..............

.........................................

..............................................................................................

the

battery

ran out.

oh my god.

[proud igloo]

This is why you plug it in

[proper iris]

no no no no no

you don't get it

all those deaths

and the battles where they happened

I have saved before all that

[proud igloo]

That has got to be the worst DS I have ever seen

[proper iris]

i paid literally a single dollar for it over 13 years ago

won it at a roulette-ish game in a walmart.

so

maybe you're right

[proud igloo]

Could have been a bootleg console

[proper iris]

unlikely

it was in a box and all

but may have been stored improperly for a long time

[proud igloo]

It depends on the serial number as well

[proper iris]

no clue what serial it has. That rubbed off years ago.

[proud igloo]

If it was an early DS i.e. one of the first ever created then it could be buggy

[proper iris]

but I've opened it up a couple times, it does have the nintendo logo on the circuits

[proud igloo]

As early consoles tend to run into issues in later life

[proper iris]

had to clean a few contacts a few times

it's a lite

[proud igloo]

Is that it’s called a Nuzlite?

[proper iris]

kadkjlasdjlasdl

no

[proud igloo]

I was joking

[proper iris]

oh ok

i'm bad at picking up on jokes

anyway

this was a saving grace

bc that means the team didn't die

yet

but time to get the charger and give the DS a break

[proud igloo]

At least it’s not my cursed Pearl game which freezes at random times, doesn’t spawn event flags and had to replace it once due to it bricking.

[proper iris]

oof

that there sounds awful

[proud igloo]

I get the entire spectrum on that game.

I either get Pokerus and Shinies easily

[proper iris]

meanwhile I've decided to continue to be masochistic, and got BD on emulator

[proud igloo]

Or I get Missingno

With Halloween coming up I’m thinking of getting some Halloween food in to tie in with Pokémon

[proper iris]

oooh that sounds fun

[proud igloo]

And since my local shops literally sell Mochi and Matcha, well….

With the Ghost Pokemon tied to them I could try

[proper iris]

my brain says "gulpin matcha mochi"

not a ghost

but would be silly

[proud igloo]

Eating Mochi makes me realise that scene in Mochi mayhem where Pecharunt files Mochi into Arven’s and Penny’s mouths and they swallow them before Kieren can tell them to spit it out is inaccurate af

[proper iris]

ksdkfafjk

how do they do it

[proud igloo]

Because Mochi is extremely sticky and you need to chew it a lot to get down.

[proper iris]

i've never eaten mochi and even I know that

[proud igloo]

You can’t swallow it

[proper iris]

also people have literally died from eating mochi

bc of that

[proud igloo]

Maybe that was the true horror

Arven and Penny almost died

[proper iris]

(mostly little kids and very elderly people. Cut mochi small for them)

[proud igloo]

Don’t get me wrong it tastes great

It’s just be prepared to chew a lot

[proper iris]

sounds like my type of treat

... How much will I regret going from Plat to this

... Emulator crashed on the intro

i guess even the emulator doesn't want me to play this

[proud igloo]

If you are emulating download mods

[proper iris]

will likely do it

[proud igloo]

Since the only good thing about BDSP is that it’s made in Unity

[proper iris]

oooo fun

[proud igloo]

And as such it’s very easy to mod.

[proper iris]

.... I may need to pester my programmer friends

just for shenanigans

[proud igloo]

Seriously people have fixed almost all the performance issues, added the National dex, and so much more.

[proper iris]

as they should

gotta love modders

... Huh. Ryujinx won't even open it anymore.

[proud igloo]

Probably because Nintendo nuked it

[proper iris]

it sure did

but previous versions still work

PLA is loading fine

OH THERE IS A MOD TO ADD THE JAZZ SOUNDTRACK I SHARED EARLIER

but first i gotta make it work vanilla

it was just a case of too much stuff on the C drive, we good now

[proud igloo]

Early AZ

He was meant to be Professor Sycamore’s ancestor

Also since everyone loves it so much

Boom

Cassowary Pokémon fully translated.
And it looks like it was meant to be Fire/Dark like I said it would be.

[proper iris]

ok so it seems BD works again AND the mods seem to work, at least the soundtrack mod is working from the title screen already

[proper iris]

...Anyone knows if Sigma Platinum is still downloadable anywhere?

I am struggling to find it

[icy idol]

I wish we had gotten this man

He’s just so cool

[pallid mauve]

looks like the author nuked the most updated version

im only able to find a base v1.0

[proper iris]

found the 1.2 on the wayback machine

managed to talk to people on the official server of the author, it's still being worked on but they no longer support the older versions

and this older version is crashing a lot but oh well

unsupported and all

[proper iris]

Ok apparently if I get my starter unmodded, save, and then turn on Sigma Platinum, then it runs smoothly

also I must say

the chibi style, it is both adorable and incredibly goofy

i can see why it was so controversial

[proven geyser]

chibi cyrus is totally tone shattering but he's. dare i say it. the little meow meow

[proper iris]

like just look at him. That expression.

[proven geyser]

the patting hand gif but patting chibi cyrus

[proper iris]

wait a sec

[proven geyser]

https://tenor.com/riix1jsokUY.gif

depressed asian man jumpscare

[proper iris]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-cyrus-pokemon-team-galactic-brilliant-diamond-shining-pearl-gif-24609664

he just like me fr fr /lh

[proven geyser]

REAL

ASD wrongs headass

:0

omfg every time im reminded of this i lose it

[proper iris]

here you go

[proven geyser]

YESS THE SKRUNKLY

im very very normal abt cyrus

[stray heart]

Ok, this is just embarrassing. Imagine losing to Nemona https://youtu.be/G0CkQ9eFb-4?si=F_ra-a0gUBr0cmMK

[unkempt egret]

I mean

||I'm pretty sure the speedrun does just that to skip most of her fights but considering it's DSP I doubt it's intentional||

[stray heart]

I mean, if you look at his team…..

It’s a total mess

His team got swept by Skeledirge

[unkempt egret]

yea the speedrun strat is just the single lechonk you catch at the start for a quick throw except the fight after the 5th gym where you try to leave it as weakened as possible

(and final nemona which is fought as normal lol)

[stray heart]

Oh and we can’t forget he charged people 20$ to name any Pokemon he caught

[unkempt egret]

stream moment

also I like "again" in the title

[stray heart]

20$ is way too much for that

[stray heart]

Yeah, because Nemona curbstomped him the first time

[unkempt egret]

yea 20$ is more worth somethin like "make me delete one of my mons on the spot"

[stray heart]

Yeah

He also claims that Nemona’s Skeledirge cheats

[proper iris]

Sounds like an interesting online persona to have.

[proper iris]

the big question is, did people pay

[proven geyser]

i wouldn't give him an unwrapped hard candy from my pocket

[stray heart]

Yes

[proven geyser]

anyway

i need this with wo chien

[proper iris]

it's just cold brew coffee

the most sinister of drinks

[proven geyser]

as a hot coffee drinker, real and true

[proper iris]

hot coffee no matter the weather <3

[proven geyser]

it's just water bottles with oversaturated grape koolaid mix-in and looks bad bc of the lighting

that's all thats in the fridge

[proper iris]

(unless it's like. A VERY sweet latte or sth. Then it's just a coffee milkshake anyway)

[proven geyser]

again, i am very normal abt cyrus and team galactic

like 25% of it is projection

minimum

anyway i was able to get my kelpsy berries and axed delphox's atk evs

[proper iris]

if you don't project onto your faves, are they even your faves?

[proven geyser]

REAL AND TRUE

shakes cyrus like a snowglobe
this lad can fit so much ASD projection

bro fixated on robots and i was obsessed w transformers so that doesn't help

[proper iris]

and now so can Cyllene <3

[proven geyser]

aw damn i can feel the hyperfixation shifting back to him

[proper iris]

bro i literally went into mechatronics engineering bc machines are easier to understand than people.
...Or so I thought until I had to take calculus

[proven geyser]

hey, my brother is a math wiz going into engineering, not too big of a stretch

[proper iris]

Calculus is hell tho. Dropped out of that course but at least I'm still damn good with soldering and can probably still build some simple stuff with an arduino.

one day I'll figure out how to make a pokewalker now we have the software.

I just wanna take my mons on walks again.

[proven geyser]

TRUE, i thought i wanted to do programming but for some reason my brain just. doesn't comprehend languages. like i can recognize patterns after a while and acknowledge them, but it'll never really understand them enough to make my own sentences(or lines in the case of code)

i can also do basic algebra but that's it tbh

then again i grow things so

[proper iris]

oh, plant parent?

[proven geyser]

yes! i also intend to be paid

[proper iris]

that's so cool

I can barely keep a mint plant alive

so i envy you

[proven geyser]

weird, theyre usually like weeds

[proper iris]

exactly

[proven geyser]

you're either undercaring or overcaring

[proper iris]

only thing I ever maintained for a long period of time was like. A pothos.

And the lucky bamboo that stays half-submersed in my aquarium

[proven geyser]

tbh i dont have a green thumb, i have green up to the shoulder

i couldn't kill something unless i was trying to

[proper iris]

i got the animal side of nature handling

[proven geyser]

maybe im of the woodland fey or somethin

[proper iris]

can capture and hold most critters you can imagine

and generally they chill after a bit

from spiders to frogs to dogs to horses

[proven geyser]

i love jumper spiders

we need a jumper mon

[proper iris]

though honestly all it takes is reading their body language

[proper iris]

joltik

[proven geyser]

OH TRUE

brainfart

[proper iris]

which is understandably the cutest thing ever

[proven geyser]

the eyes are literally the correct situation im dumb

[proper iris]

bc that's just a teddy bear disguised as a spider, as are jumpers

[proven geyser]

https://tenor.com/sBGTlfqG1WV.gif

[proper iris]

jumping spiders literally cured some of my pals from arachnophobia

joltik helped

[proven geyser]

they are THE grower's bestie

so if you dislike spiders immensely then plants aren't for you

[proper iris]

oh that reminds me of something only tangentially related

[proven geyser]

pest control is a must in polebarns and greenhouses, and jumpers eat pests

[proper iris]

I am very fond of snails and slugs, but I know plant growers are definitely not

[proven geyser]

they have their place,,,,

[proper iris]

so how to make everyone happy?
https://packaged-media.redd.it/nf495jre0j6c1/pb/m2-res_268p.mp4?m=DASHPlaylist.mpd&v=1&e=1729404000&s=8452a6ce1b17c6f46328c601d89dad4f6cd7d15a

this is just my favorite thing to show people who have plants bc it also works with a few other soft-bodied critters, without harming them.

[proven geyser]

https://tenor.com/bUIm2.gif

[proper iris]

he eat

[proven geyser]

nompf

[proper iris]

same sp as the ones i keep, it seems

likely giant african land snail (L. fulica)

contrary to the name, most are not giant.

[proven geyser]

awawawa i want to keep giant millipedes or mybe even an isopob colony kjkjjfsdjkjccs

[proper iris]

though the outliers are outliers

isopods are great

[proven geyser]

theyr elit ttle friend

[proper iris]

highly recommend cubaris murina if you want a good starter species

[proven geyser]

the EYEHSYSSYSWDNWNDNEKCL

[proper iris]

they're adorable like their ducky-faced cousins, but way easier to keep

also they are amazing in planted terrariums

so if you like making little ecospheres, they're the ones

[proven geyser]

THEY LLOOK LIKE JELLYBEANSSS (cw bugs)

[proper iris]

they doooo

can't tell if these are the regular color and my monitor is odd, or if it's the "papaya" morph

the papaya ones are expensive but adorable

[proven geyser]

i think theyr papaya :)

theyre all adorablem,,,,

[proper iris]

but the little garden variety gray-brown ones are the ones I used to keep

...Until another species got in the tank and kinda out-competed them.

still got isopods at least.

just not the ones I used to have.

all the more reason I love wimpod and golisopod

we need more pod appreciation

[proven geyser]

RRAL AND TREUE I ;OVE THEM!!!!

[proper iris]

https://tenor.com/view/wimpod-gif-26500976

[proven geyser]

YESYEEYYES BABY

[bitter wagon]

new oras run just beat roxanne

[ornate scarab]

WHAT A GUY [DEAFENING CHEER]

[proven geyser]

BUG BABY !!!!!!!

[proper iris]

ooooh nice team there so far

remember to keep an empty slot on the party

[proven geyser]

and regular pokeballs

[bitter wagon]

never knew about the makuhita trade in rustboro so im now using him

[proper iris]

shedinja may be a bit underrated but its gimmick helps a lot

[bitter wagon]

im gonna keep a spot open but prolly just use ninjask

[proper iris]

also fair, really fast buggo

[bitter wagon]

also forgot about how op dexnav is i scanned a level 16 tailow with mirror move next to rustboro when i had a level 14 starter

[proven geyser]

i

forgot golurk can learn fly

i dont. need a flying type

[proper iris]

i still love the thought of just. Jet engine copper golem

[proven geyser]

dodrio was considered for a flier bc of how funny it is

ill catch a bunch of golett to see if i can get adamant iron fist

eh, now that i think of it, i think id rather have dodrio

has the same niche on my team as farfetchd, just being the better kanto bird

yeah, dodrio is literally just the best kanto regional bird

[proper iris]

also it's a fun bird in general

ok so. I know my BD is modded and all but

I am so, so, SO happy with the exp share in this

Y'all have seen my struggles with leveling up my plat team in recent days

so this is just

where was this feature all my life

[proper iris]

... I think this geodude ain't doing ok

at all.

[untold hill]

Someone save that pebble

[tight granite]

in every pokemon game that came after sumo?

[proper iris]

yes

[tight granite]

exp all is kinda very normal

[proper iris]

yes but i was playing platinum earlier today.

[tight granite]

ye plat is before sumo

so only exp share

[proper iris]

yes

emphasis expressions.

I was expressing emphatic joy at this feature after having to grind painfully earlier

[tight granite]

there are many people mad at exp all lul, guess they like grinding

[proper iris]

i know it's been around a while

anyway

it was a good addition to the games.

though I guess the ability to turn it off could be nice for some players

not me but other people

[tight granite]

i mean. i guess? but like the other mons never out level your main (unless you use a main that has very low exp gathering) so its still your own training setting the levels. i dunno if ya really need an off button unless you wanna grind

[proper iris]

challenge runs and whatnot could use it

[unkempt egret]

yea I noticed people only really having an issue when swish forced it

...mostly because it was one of quite a few design choices that worked in Lets GO but was carried over to swish and no longer worked due to the different context

[delicate hollow]

What if... Pokemon Diamond/Pearl/Platinum had a demake for the GBA?
Imagine Sinnoh games on the Gameboy Advance? Some dual screen features would have to be removed or downgraded to work on the GBA like the Poketch app etc (or use the Pokemon Emerald and Fire Red game engine)

[wraith musk]

there's a rom hack alr

[wraith musk]

CUTEEEE

[untold hill]

Yay finally

mf’s rng was so good that dude’s oshawott killed my ralts with water gun and crit aqua jet + rain and one shot my tepig which was 3 levels above the oshawott

Like oh my god, I got my ass kicked on the first battle

I had to reset and beat him

In conclusion, rain + water type goes hard

[naive timber]

what game

[proud igloo]

More translations are out and Skyla’s profile has been translated

[simple quartz]

Is that certified real

[proud igloo]

Aside from confirming that the gym was supposed to resemble a plane, which would have been a seriously cool idea

[simple quartz]

I've been hearing a lot that a lot of the 'leaks' are horribly translated (fuckin duh we really out here trusting machine translations fully)

[proud igloo]

But it also confirms an issue that comes with Japanese developers.

[simple quartz]

Or that some of it is some fake concoction from 4chan

[proud igloo]

Yeah people are properly translated them rather then use AI which naturally is imperfect

[naive timber]

whats that

[proud igloo]

Here you can there are 4 versions of Skyla

Interesting she was supposed to be the 8th Gym Leader instead of Drayden/Iris

And unfortunately Japan being quite xenophobic and racist means some problematic stereotypes have leaked into Skyla’s character.

Lenora is a bigger example of that tbf it’s not a coincidence her apron was removed from the anime.

[simple quartz]

I'd actually be shocked if there's nothing weird about their design docs for any of these non-white female characters tbh

[proud igloo]

Like I do go into expecting it because of Japan’s general attitude towards foreigners.

[simple quartz]

They're definitely better now but yknow it's all slow steps and all

[proud igloo]

And this was made back in 2010-11

Unova was the first region outside of Japan after all.

And for those who wonder what the pronouns are in Japan you have different honourifics and pronouns when addressing people. And generally in fiction characters have different ones they used to reflect their personality.

The 1st draft is quite curious given how different Skyla would have been.

And something tells me a Dragon user who is a musician was later used for Ryuki.

Meanwhile superior Flamigo profile has been translated.

[proper iris]

My brain is still on this image.
Cyllene with glasses.

(Also I wonder how much of her posture in this concept was to capture her personality, and how much was the artist going "I don't feel like drawing hands, there's no big detail to show on them anyway")

[proper iris]

Also imma be real with you, it took me reading this to realize Skyla is a liiiiittle more tan than some other characters.
Girl had to go through all these versions and stereotypes, and they didn't even give her enough melanin, dang.

[warm rose]

...do these have increased odds?

I dont see anythin ab the shiny odds

[proper iris]

Welp, we're back to the nuzlite, this time with the ds plugged in bc while last night's battery running out was a saving grace, it would be unfair to rely on it (also. My progress.)

[proper iris]

Data the Porygon2 is down, but so far the rest of the team is still perfectly healthy. This is going smoothly this time. Fingers crossed it stays that way.

[proper iris]

Managed to get to Byron with only that one loss. Now we pray and we fight

[sleek jewel]

one could wish they can evolve there pokemon

[frank lily]

I evolved one

[proper iris]

....Leading with Gon the Bronzong was a bad idea. That first magneton has magnet pull. Gon is down.

[sleek jewel]

the regular?

i cant evolve my shiny gallar one 😢

[frank lily]

Yeah

[frank lily]

The Galar one evolves by winning 10 raids with it as your buddy

[sleek jewel]

yet which that one can go suck themselfs at a blackhole

[proper iris]

Finally beat Byron. Goddamn this was one of the toughest of the run.

But that means ALL THESE GUYS COME OUT OF TIMEOUTTTTT

FUCKING FINALLY

Took too long

Now the tough part, getting everyone who was left behind to decent levels bc I don't remember what's the next major story battle or who I'll need for it

(Yes I could look it up. No I will not.)

[proud igloo]

It’s the Galactic Commander gauntlet

Starting with Saturn

[proud igloo]

This would have been good last year

And shiny odds it’s SV so the odds are you will get one

[proper iris]

Thanks for the heads up, will level up the team for that

[proud igloo]

Also there’s a PLA prototype online that people are trying to figure out how to play

Because apparently it requires drivers which only Nintendo has so some clever workarounds are required.

And it’s password protected but that last one will be cracked

[warm rose]

yes but normally the outbreaks have increased shiny odds do these have those

[bitter wagon]

team update

[hard plume]

Nah I believe flamigo and that flamingo would be fashion friends

considering how flamigo walks

[hard plume]

time to get the fellas out of the penalty box

[proud igloo]

Also I feel the beta Flamingo would be a Fairy type

Now the question is would it be pure Fairy, Fairy/Flying, Fairy/Fire or something else?

[graceful osprey]

PG COURSE

OF COURSE ITBSTARTS RAINING WHEN I GET INTO A FIGHT WITH WO-CHIEN

And it's gunna end right before I catch it

And I'm gunna have to wait fucking forever again for more rain to evolve this DUMBASS SLIGGO

There it goes

[proud igloo]

Welp the prototype was cracked open as I thought it would

[warm rose]

Do close yet so far

I need master 1 for the old gold power plant things

[naive timber]

which game'

[naive timber]

ah yes the worst pokemon game

[proven geyser]

endgame team obtained

jolly doduo, bold regen slowpoke, +atk tyrunt, jolly max atk evs mawile

[unkempt egret]

dang nice job getting the regen slowpoke since those are horde battles only right?

[proven geyser]

correct! i got worry seed on venusaur and went to check, the first one i checked was regen

fran, doduo, and crush needed a round of breeding just bc they're not fantastic playthrough mons alone, so their evs had to be decent to keep up with my starter and mega

it does help that dodrio is probably better than pidgeot just due to stat spreads after split, and talonflame would be good but really basic of me

[coarse estuary]

lol 2 of the 3 special attacking encounters ive gotten in my wedlocke are minus special attack

[proven geyser]

YIKES

both the starters i didnt mind they were neutral bc that's something you can actually work with

mawile isn't intimidate but hyper cutter as an answer to opposing intimidate or charm/baby eyes helps her naturally not awesome atk

giving her fairy in gen 6 was a bold choice and absolutely necessary, considering i can just fully wall poison and dragon types, and venu eats tox spikes if something sends em

i dont recall if any npcs like hazards, but sometimes the level puts it in opposing move pools

the guy in the south connection to the sand/power plant route gave me black sludge, so if i dont feel like i need a mega i can just make the frog fatter

i also have hondew berries now!! i can get rid of those pesky spatk evs from tyrunt and mawile and put them into some defensive beef

im going to play ghe game as if it's a challenge

cant wait to get mawilite and rip thru the chateu

i think, and ill have to check, luvdisc gives speed evs so i can train doduo while farming scales

i think most early things in xy give speed evs

[stray heart]

What would y’all do with this cat?

[proven geyser]

https://tenor.com/q5AsGG1AjPg.gif

[stray heart]

why

[graceful osprey]

Thow it

https://youtu.be/lsv-IMi9Hpw?si=gzDlCIgNwLP9f1W5

This is a Persona vibe in pokemon

[graceful osprey]

Based

[radiant leaf]

Proof that the team star boos theme was one of the best themes to come out of sv

But ye gives me Iwatodai dorm vibes

[stray heart]

Why

[graceful osprey]

To much responsibility

The evil teams would be on my ass trying to steal it

[west depot]

Can't you use it to stop said evil teams

[graceful osprey]

Mew is basically a child

It's a 50/50 if it listens

[stray heart]

Also can we just talk about that one smile Hatterene does?

[graceful osprey]

Adorablr

[stray heart]

That’s the face of someone who wouldn’t hesitate killing you if you show any emotion near her

[graceful osprey]

Still adorable

I wonder if that rule applies to babies

Nope

Not typing that

That's not rated E at all

[stray heart]

[graceful osprey]

I ask the questions nobody else will

[proven geyser]

i can only pray you mean that the hatterene line hates babies

[graceful osprey]

Going off the dex entry

How it beats up anyone with to powerful emotions

And babies are nothing but emotion

[proven geyser]

yeah

saying thatis a fact