other-pokemon-games

[north crow]

they released in less than a 4 year window

[frigid copper]

almost as if it's development cycle wasnt a wreck

[north crow]

which means they are directly comparable

because they are the same genre

and came out close enough

[frigid copper]

yea but noo....

you see

cyberpunk agai

[north crow]

theyre both open world action rpgs

[frigid copper]

hd 9 years of development time

botw had 4 IIRC

[north crow]

oh 100% but sadly it didnt happen like that

botw had 7 years

[frigid copper]

actually 5 I googled it

[north crow]

thats when their demo for the game was shown

[frigid copper]

and some sources do say 4 so thats how I got confused

[frigid copper]

no... not true

u can keep gaslighting to

[north crow]

watch their interviews

[frigid copper]

maybe start a poker career

[north crow]

Cyberpunk is also more detailed with more content

than botw

that's a genuine fact

[north crow]

people forget

but botw also ran like dog shit at launch

[frigid copper]

incorrect. hyperealism isnt detail

it's actually really lazy

[north crow]

not what im talking about

content

as in

quests

story

gameplay elements

[frigid copper]

yea on the WII U

[north crow]

things that you interact with

[north crow]

and on the switch

but more so on the wii u

it's original hardware

[frigid copper]

again

as a professional gaslighter

stop trying to out gaslight me

[north crow]

Im not trying to- what?

https://tenor.com/view/what-did-he-say-what-did-he-sayyy-gif-4430980842108543156

lmfao

botw has no content

repeated elements the entire game

only good part was the castle since it was an actual dungeon

but at least, it was better than ToTK.

[frigid copper]

im not even a zelda fan

[north crow]

i like the older games

[frigid copper]

but SOMEONE has to defend it

[north crow]

nah

[frigid copper]

ah so nostalgia

[north crow]

actually, no

gameplay wise they were just infinitely superior

story wise as well

the setting of botw is really well crafted

[frigid copper]

anything can give u nostalgia if exposed to it for a significant portion of your life

[north crow]

but they just didnt... do it justice.

nah

i didnt beat most zelda games i played back in the day

cause i was a dumb kid

[frigid copper]

still nostalgia

[north crow]

Nah

I can separate nostalgia and quality

[frigid copper]

lemme just test smthn

[north crow]

Despite playing gen 3 alot I can agree it sucks ass and most people only enjoy them nowadays for rom hacks

[frigid copper]

..

gen 4 is overrated as fuck

[north crow]

i guess

was ok when i played it a year ago

[frigid copper]

as weird as it is

pokemon had its best made games take place in... america -_-

[north crow]

i think they shouldve stuck with how gen 5 handled the dex

lock it to ONLY that gen until post game

[frigid copper]

with certain acceptions ofc like

...

like about say

[north crow]

just, make a good variety of them while youre at it

[frigid copper]

100 extra pokemon from previous games

[north crow]

yeah give or take

[frigid copper]

like gourgeist

they should be a staple

they're a haloween pokemon

[north crow]

something like ~50 of past gen mons thatd make sense

[frigid copper]

ow does delibird get to stay but not her

[north crow]

no starters.

I dont want no fucking charizard

no fucking any other starter in the region

until post game

[frigid copper]

nah cuz that doesnt take into account evolution lines an they take up slots

[north crow]

im taking account 50 w/ evolution lines.

thats about 23-25 pokemon from past gens

and then a dex of around 130-160 of base game

not how XY had a dex of like, 70, when you exclude megas

[frigid copper]

but...

gay magician cat.....

[north crow]

its just a magician cat

[frigid copper]

but like

look at the anims

[north crow]

its one of my favorite starters but

[frigid copper]

and snazzy mask

[north crow]

keep that shit to post game

in gen 10

[frigid copper]

tell me look me in the eyes

[north crow]

ok

[frigid copper]

that he isn't on ru paul's drag race

[north crow]

its not.

[frigid copper]

atleast make him tradeable

[north crow]

youre projecting

no

complete the game before you get that shit in

ofc theyd never implement that

[north crow]

yes

its a magicain

you dont need to label something gay

or trans or whatever

[frigid copper]

sometimes it's in the damn subtext

[north crow]

its not

youre just seeing something that isnt there

[frigid copper]

this is the same company that made beauty nova and had BORN THIS WAY as a placeholder track

[north crow]

...beauty nova?

oh that.

Pretty sure that's an english localization thing only

[frigid copper]

wow

thats just wrong

[north crow]

yeah i just looked into it

[frigid copper]

wanna see the japaneese text?

[north crow]

minor character

[frigid copper]

that explicityl mentions medical science

[north crow]

and place holders dont matter

[frigid copper]

air u are completlely missing the point

[north crow]

because theyre there as a place holder

[frigid copper]

gamefreak is a very queer company

[north crow]

no it's not

the point is youre inserting shit that isnt there

because you like the idea that theyre fulfilling your agenda

[frigid copper]

oh yea they just RANDOMLY selected lady gaga as placeholder music for the exact same game they included a trans character

[north crow]

yeah the game after that they used a minecraft re-creation of hoenn

to make oras

putting place holder music of stuff you listen to in the game isnt unheard of

[frigid copper]

yea gamefreak is just a really neat company who (unlike TPC and nintendo) really like fan stuff

[frigid copper]

ITS FUCKING LADY GAGA

[north crow]

yeah

and the song came out in 2011

when they were working on the game

youre looking too deep into it

[north crow]

they used it to make the 3d map from above

[frigid copper]

"oh I just happened to put chapel roan in this game im making with a character we actually made trans."

[north crow]

and to check how it looked

a random character

likely completely coincidental

but ofcourse

people love to look deeper into things for answers that arent there

just to self fulfill their own headcanons

[frigid copper]

cuz they wouldnt have been allowed too if she was easier to find

[north crow]

they wouldnt have cared

because its not a big deal

[frigid copper]

"censorship isn't real there's queer people online and I can see them"

ima enter a healthy convo with one of my friends

BYEEE

[north crow]

lol

it'd be healthier to stop imagining things that arent there

[graceful osprey]

What do you mean that's a den

[scenic whale]

THAT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A DEN??

[graceful osprey]

I guess

I have a wish thing gimme a sec

Wishing pieces don't work

Must've been for event raids or something?

I dunno

[graceful osprey]

Yep

Event raids

Well

[warm rose]

Hi

[graceful osprey]

"Dynamax crystals"

Hi

I'm tired

Hows your day going?

[warm rose]

Good good

[graceful osprey]

That's good

[warm rose]

Love swsh dynamax aventures

[graceful osprey]

I dont

The ai ruined it for me

[warm rose]

the fact that legndaries can be shiny

Is what i love ab it

[graceful osprey]

Valid point

[warm rose]

BUT

zygarde

[graceful osprey]

2nd try

[warm rose]

Dang

[graceful osprey]

Man just folds to ice moves

[warm rose]

I have 1 shiny legend

[graceful osprey]

Get two ice types

You win

[warm rose]

And thats suicune

[graceful osprey]

Ph

[warm rose]

From 26

[graceful osprey]

Not the shiny

I mean killing it

[warm rose]

Oh yeah thats quite easy

[graceful osprey]

The only legendary I'm gunna shiny hunt is ray

[warm rose]

but not when u have to do it tens of times

[graceful osprey]

Wide guard and two ice types

And you hope to ice types have ice moves

Gunna get shiny ray

[warm rose]

weather ball + dynamax ice move

[graceful osprey]

And hope it can be transfered to legends za eventually

[warm rose]

Do u have nso

[graceful osprey]

?

[warm rose]

Nintendo switch online

[graceful osprey]

Yea

But I'm gunna eep soon

It's 2am

[warm rose]

Ok

[graceful osprey]

Anyways

[warm rose]

These also arent shiny boosted??? Why do they not have boosted odds anymore

Ah how beautiful this lighting is

[delicate hollow]

Oh how I wish scarlet and violet ran on 60 fps with smooth gameplay performance

[naive timber]

fr

[proper iris]

At this point I've convinced myself the jank is part of the charm

We just need missigno back and we can say it's as good as Red and Blue

Ah yes. The final stretch before fighting the league. Aka: "WHERE THE HELL ARE THE MOVE TUTORS"

"I NEED THEM BEFORE I GO IN THERE"

Also i may need help figuring out a few movesets bc my main guys are all benched and the team I do have is not one I really know how to build.

At least not when there's Cynthia at the end of all this.

[burnt basin]

Woah

[proud igloo]

I haven’t been on PokeRogue for ages and now I learn they added the Starmobiles.

Maybe I should give it a go

[proper iris]

That is a really really big revavroom

...i just realized how dang underleveled my whole team is for this.

What do you mean that garchomp is level 62

Also no one in my team knows ice moves so that's. Something.

No wait pelliper got one

... it's mist.

[coarse estuary]

do yall think pikachu can survive 1 hit from totem araquinid and get a t wave off or should i just lead with brione?

[proper iris]

I think brionne is a better lead

Nuzlocke or regular run?

[coarse estuary]

this is still my ultra sun wedlocke i was talking bout earlier

[proper iris]

Aaah

In that case, err on the side of caution

Don't risk the chu

[coarse estuary]

well heres the problem if i use the brione i have to also use the chu as they are paired. but i cant use the alolan persian pair as both are weak to bug so

[proud igloo]

What you really need is weather control

Water Bubble Bubblebeam hurts at best but with the rain? Yeah no unless you tank water you don’t survive that

[coarse estuary]

well please inlighten me where i could have gotten any weather control before this totem as you cant encounter anything with a weather move or ability before this a the weather tms are after this totem

[proud igloo]

No but I’m sure the protect TM is available at this point.

Most Pokémon can learn it and it’s really good for stall. Which you want in the rain.

As it only lasts five turns

Now T wave is a option but Pikachu doesn’t have the best defence and as I mentioned, Aranaquid bubble beam hits like a nuke

[proper iris]

Unrelated but I'm thinking of it again:
We need a pokemon based on this cute little synapsid just so things can go full circle.
Why full circle? Bc this little dude is called Bulbasaurus phylloxyron

[proud igloo]

Bulbasaur is already based off a synapsid.

[untold hill]

Where is bro’s bulb

[proper iris]

Yes

[proper iris]

Nose

[untold hill]

Oh

[proper iris]

It was named "after the bulbous nose"

But it was named in 2017

And "phylloxyron" means "razor leaf"

[proud igloo]

Doesn’t surprise me

[proper iris]

And the scientists who discovered it basically went "we can't officially say it was named after bulbasaur but–"

[coarse estuary]

i dont think you have ever played usum. the rain simply doesnt just end after 5 turns in thsi fight.

[proud igloo]

Most Palaeontologists are nerds so it was probably deliberate

[proud igloo]

I have but it’s not been for years

[proper iris]

It was definitely deliberate

[untold hill]

Nintendo be searching for scientists

iirc smth is named pheromosa

[proud igloo]

But since the last time Pokemon got named after something scientific Nintendo forced them to change the name I don’t expect this name to stick

[proper iris]

They cannot.

It's already published.

[proud igloo]

Granted it was a cancer causing protein that time so I could understand

[proper iris]

Plus pikachurin is still a thing

And so are the beetles named after the three legendary birds

Also one of my favorites, and more recent:
There's a fossil that was thought to be of a type of leaf for a long long time, but recently that fossil was discovered to be of baby turtles.

It was named "turtwig"

[proud igloo]

Did some checking and I think the reason Nintendo can’t sue is because nobody can profit from scientific discoveries.

[proper iris]

Thank goodness

[proud igloo]

On the other hand

[proper iris]

Bc that'd be so much bull

[proud igloo]

Those extinct and extant species may not be allowed to show up in media.

Because the documentaries, films etc could probably be sued.

[proper iris]

The ones that use the literal name like the three beetles, no.
But stuff like Bulbasaurus, which while similar were technically named after anatomical traits of the specimen? That would be harder to sue.

Binburrum articuno, B. moltres, and B. zapdos

[proud igloo]

These guys are Australian beetles.

[proper iris]

Yep! There's only these specimens of them and no recordings or photos of them alive, iirc.

[untold hill]

No way

[proud igloo]

Does this mean that if Nintendo bother to do an Australia region, these guys might be tied in with an event to catch the birds?

[proper iris]

So the naming was to bring attention to their scarcity

[proud igloo]

Besides Pokémon is just glorified bug collecting.

So it’s come full circle

[untold hill]

Literally

[proud igloo]

I remember an interview during the development of Ruby/Sapphire where Masuda and Sugimori talked about using insects to think how Pokémon adapt and their designs.

And given how there are so many bug species, it wasn’t gonna take someone long to do that.

[proper iris]

Definitely

[proud igloo]

Also this has to be Pika clone for that region.

If not Game Freak have lost their mind

[proper iris]

But what's less expected is a protein that's part of the synapse formation to be called "pikachurin"

[proper iris]

DEFINITELY AGREED. WE NEED POSSUM.

[proud igloo]

Honestly half the animals in Australia qualify as real life Pokémon

[proper iris]

then again there's a gene called "sonic hedgehog" so yeah scientists are nerds with a degree

[proud igloo]

Oh that gets better

You see they found a gene which cancels out the sonic gene, and they named it Robotnikum.

[proper iris]

Oh

My

God

I'm living for this

What a time to be alive

[untold hill]

True

[proud igloo]

It’s also an important gene as it’s the one why we have fingers.

Which is hilarious given that when Sonic gets human hands everyone screams

[proper iris]

Of course, he should've given the human hands to us, not kept them

BRO THERE'S A BUG NAMED AFTER PHEROMOSA

[proud igloo]

I have some more funny prehistoric animals named after pop culture stuff

[untold hill]

Lets gooo

Told yall

[proud igloo]

First Gojirasaurus, a small theropod in the Triassic Period.

[proper iris]

Named just last year

[proper iris]

Starting out great

[untold hill]

I saw it in a short first

[proud igloo]

It’s also larger then then average coelophysoid.

Which checks out

[proper iris]

...There's a pterosaur genus named "Aerodactylus".
This couldn't be more perfect

[proud igloo]

Irony is that animal is way smaller than the Pokémon.

You could literally hold a Aerodactylus in your hand

[proper iris]

Yeee

[proud igloo]

Thanos simonattoi is another funny.

[proper iris]

... there's a spider.
Named "Rathalos treecko"

[proud igloo]

Don’t post that picture in here

[proper iris]

They weren't content with one reference.

[proud igloo]

Some people hate spiders

[proper iris]

They went for two

Dw not going to trigger anyone's arachnophobia

[proud igloo]

Anyway Thanos dinosaur

It’s a Carnosaur which ironically enough is smaller then it’s namesake

[proven geyser]

aw thr spiders lame 😔

[proud igloo]

No seriously it’s Wikipedia page literally has a size reference between the two

[proper iris]

But I will share what a rathalos is for those that don't know Monster Hunter

[proven geyser]

[proper iris]

Small carnosaurus? Huh.

[proud igloo]

It’s bigger then a human

[proven geyser]

no, big thanos

[proud igloo]

Just smaller then Thanos

[proven geyser]

2 meters is 6ft

[proper iris]

Love when dinos famed for their relatives being gigantic are... not as big as said relatives

[proven geyser]

im sure the standing size is

[proud igloo]

Oh I know what Rathalos is as I killed it enough times in Ultimate.

[proven geyser]

foot to vertibrea isnt tho

[proud igloo]

And I found a Charizard one!

Chilicola charizard

It’s a bee

[proven geyser]

:D !!!!

[proud igloo]

Found in Chile

[proper iris]

Had to farm for plates in the older games. It was hell but I miss it.

[proud igloo]

And I’m pretty sure the reason the researcher gave it that name was because he picked Charmander as his starter.

No seriously that is literally why

[proper iris]

Seems like the most recent pokemon to name a creature was dreepy

[proud igloo]

And one for the bugs Stentorceps weedlei

[proper iris]

It's a spider too. Phrynarachne dreepy

AND THE ENTIRE TREECKO FAMILY NAMES SPIDERS. THE HELL.

Anyphaena grovyle and A. sceptile.
The treecko one used to be this family too before being reclassified

[proud igloo]

Which actually fits because it’s a wasp which Weedle eventually evolves into

It has a horn on its head so that’s why it got the name

[proper iris]

I love that it's a wasp

Just saw pics, it's also delightfully chubby for a wasp

Basically a fuzz-less black bee

With a little horn

[proud igloo]

It’s actually the first one I’ve seen when the naming makes sense.

You just know as soon as alien life is discovered on other worlds there’s gonna be all kinds of cheeky names thrown in.

[proper iris]

Ok just looked at this one, i can see the vision, the head shape is similar

Especially seen from the front

[rose dagger]

Y’all whats a reliable website/discord server for pokemon card values

[proper iris]

Guess who's just realized they never got the gift eevee that could help the team immensely in this challenge

... if I can figure out what to evolve it to.

Opinions on glaceon, against the sinnoh elite four

[frigid copper]

dark horse

[unkempt egret]

so going through one by one

Arron: can snipe the yanmega to start and probably maim the heracross it U-turns out to. can deal with vespiquen decently too
Bertha: if you get hit you die but if you have a decent hidden power grass then you can plow through everything.
Flint: no.
Lucian: can do... okay but maybe not against the gallade
Cynthia: if it's not BDSP then it can tank a hit from garchomp and OHKO back (unless you flinch, then you're dead), but if it is BDSP then you're gonna get iron head'ed into oblivion

[proper iris]

It's platinum

Also isn't ice super effective against ground, or am I misremembering?

Ok yeah I'm not misremembering

So mmmmmaybe Bertha won't be that threatening either. Maybe.

But if it can live long enough to OHKO garchomp then I'm gold.

Out of all the eeveelutions, seems like glaceon may be my best pick for the elite.

Flareon can deal with Arron but that's it. Jolteon isn't gonna do much. Espeon either. Umbreon could be decent against Lucian, I guess. Leafeon could deal with Bertha but can't do much against Cynthia's pokemon. And I already got a water type in the team so Vaporeon is redundant.

Now to remember where on earth is that boulder

[unkempt egret]

...this might be the dumbest totem mimikyu fight I've ever seen rofl

it mimic'ed baby-doll eyes on the first turn and now insists on getting my (special) attackers down to +2

[graceful osprey]

I didn't get to fight my totem mimikyu

It jusy

Fell over and died after the second hit

[unkempt egret]

...totem mimikyu is female?

huh that's a new one for me

[graceful osprey]

We're you doing the wierdloke?

Whatever that is

[unkempt egret]

this one is just fairy + poison + dark types

[graceful osprey]

Ah

There's like 5 runs going on and I'm remember them

Just not who's doing what

[unkempt egret]

ROFL

play rough and lick are both doing the exact same damage as I'm recovering from leech seed

pretty sure this would work in mono-fairy since I haven't used any of my non-fairy mons and my backup (carbink) is also a fairy

aight done

mimikyu died with the diguise still up from leech seed

[proper iris]

Leech seed is one of the best things since gen 1

Leech seed + toxic may not snowball like it used to in the first gen but it's still a solid combo, too.

[proven geyser]

2mantypes and jut got tbolt, of course it's OU bc the ou mons need their high output STAB

[hard plume]

can't wait for that velvet worm and that scorpionfly representation

[hard plume]

yep! It's how that little tower guy gets that cool beacon effect

[hard plume]

a male primarina doesn't have to be gay to be a beautiful merman

[frigid copper]

this was 13 hours holy shit why are u starting this convo up again

[hard plume]

he can be manly as hell and still slay

screw gender norms. don't let your dreams be dreams

[frigid copper]

there's backreading and then there's whatever the fuck this is

[proven geyser]

dude

[frigid copper]

like? u werent even online for that convo??!?!?

[proven geyser]

have you nnever heard of reading the backlog

what is your problem

[hard plume]

i just wanted to throw my two cents into the ring

[frigid copper]

the convo ended 13 hours ago. I don't wanna continue it anymore

[proven geyser]

not everything has to be a slight against you sea

[frigid copper]

I'm not disney I don't wanna make sequels for convos that ended half a damn day ago

[graceful osprey]

What conversation

[proven geyser]

the strong reaction isn't necessary tho?

[hard plume]

https://tenor.com/view/big-lebowski-blathering-gif-5761607

[graceful osprey]

😄

[graceful osprey]

Don't worry about it

Seriously

Don't

[proven geyser]

jesus christ is this channel high school or something

[hard plume]

oh god I'm laughing so hard right now

[proven geyser]

like same

what even

[graceful osprey]

I came back cause I saw shit bout yesterday

And wanted to say no

Stop talking about that

[hard plume]

plus I wanted to catch up on what I missed

[graceful osprey]

No you don't

[proven geyser]

yeah i like catching up

[graceful osprey]

You really don't

[frigid copper]

no seriously I just wanna move onto something new. I ended the convo I don't need people jumping in HALF A DAY LATER to trya nd argue something I'm sick of talking about.

[graceful osprey]

Guzma you wete here for most of it

[proven geyser]

its nice to scroll down from oldest to recent

[graceful osprey]

If you wanna now just

Go read it

[proven geyser]

https://tenor.com/8vWk.gif

[frigid copper]

....

[graceful osprey]

It's still there

[frigid copper]

do I neeed tone tags? I'm not yelling

[graceful osprey]

Anyways

[proven geyser]

your tone is very aggressive

[graceful osprey]

Pft

[frigid copper]

i'm tired as shit rn -_- I don't got the energy for this

[proven geyser]

if that's not the intent then i suggest calmer wording /gen /neutral

[graceful osprey]

Gen?

[proven geyser]

genuine

[graceful osprey]

Ah

Got it

[frigid copper]

/gen can be used when yelling or being angry too tho

[proven geyser]

i mean if you're genuinely mad?

[hard plume]

ok you might be right about that
At least I learned that there are some bugs that have been given pokemon names as their scientific names

[proven geyser]

i realized after i put it that that particular tag doesn't help much

[hard plume]

you are damn right for saying that
and I freaking love collecting bugs

[graceful osprey]

What bugs?

[proven geyser]

yeah the bug thing is cool

[graceful osprey]

I hate bugs

[proven geyser]

mean

[hard plume]

spoilered for bugs

[proven geyser]

i came back to say i accidentally triggered the mew event in too many types while looking for the mart that sold super repels

[hard plume]

is that a good thing or a bad thing?

[graceful osprey]

The mew what

[proven geyser]

i mean i caught him

[graceful osprey]

There's a mew event?

[hard plume]

well that's good!

[proven geyser]

it's under a truck in slateport

[proud igloo]

Classic

[graceful osprey]

Please tell me mew is little baby man

[proven geyser]

nah he's prime bc prime number

[graceful osprey]

Dammit

[proud igloo]

Actually that could be a good catch for my Nuzlocke

[hard plume]

always has been
...oh you mean typing

[graceful osprey]

I wish he was at least silly

[proud igloo]

Since Mew learns every TM in the game

[hard plume]

silly little baby

[graceful osprey]

Mew in movies is such a silly little guy

[proud igloo]

And Prime is such a good type

[hard plume]

still not as powerful as a uno reverse baby

[proven geyser]

baby has the most weaknesses, he wouldn't benefit unless he was also uno

[graceful osprey]

That thing scares me

[proud igloo]

It’s also the only type with a quad weakness

[hard plume]

why not?

[graceful osprey]

Isn't baby weak to literally everything

[graceful osprey]

AH

[hard plume]

not when you have an uno reverse attached to it

[proven geyser]

a natural quad?

[hard plume]

then it becomes UNSTOPPABLE

[graceful osprey]

Baby baby type

I meam

Unless they gave it moves

Its movepool is still garbage

[proud igloo]

Yep
The Right/Republican type is 4x strong against it

[graceful osprey]

Agaonst baby?

[proud igloo]

Yes

[graceful osprey]

why

[proven geyser]

i hear wynaut can turn you into baby which makes it worse to be against

they eat babies i think

[proud igloo]

I think because abortions or something

[graceful osprey]

Entrainment is a hell of a move

[proud igloo]

I don’t know I’m not American

[graceful osprey]

I am

That's why I'm asking

Did I miss something big?

Am I just stupid

Whatever

If I ever play to many types

In getting the fore starter

Everything burns

[proven geyser]

no

[graceful osprey]

[proven geyser]

prima is th best actually

[hard plume]

when you fight an uno reverse baby:

[graceful osprey]

Oh god

oh god

[proven geyser]

water/silly/song is a great type

[graceful osprey]

Baby reverse shedinja

[proven geyser]

no

[graceful osprey]

I know that's not possible

[proven geyser]

it's sans dw

[unkempt egret]

WOW okay

just find the mimikyu on the second encounter rofl

[graceful osprey]

Hi Neo

[proven geyser]

hewwo newo

[graceful osprey]

How the fuck

[hard plume]

bro you unleashed something cursed upon this land

[unkempt egret]

also heya

I'm not sure my plans kinda had klefki in mind

[graceful osprey]

I love how there's 3 steel fairy

[hard plume]

really the f--king keys?
they're just a bunch of keys! /ref

[graceful osprey]

And only 2 matter

[unkempt egret]

I forget if pawniard is even in S/M since if it isn't then that means I get no steel type rofl

[proven geyser]

it should be

[graceful osprey]

Probably?

[proven geyser]

it's in usum

[unkempt egret]

(for reference I have dupes on so it's basically 75% klefki 25% mimikyu but I wasn't expecting one to pop up on encounter two rofl)

[proven geyser]

so maybe maybe not

[unkempt egret]

yea US/UM encounters here are "allowed but discouraged" if nothing else is on the location

like with Houndoom on route 12

[proven geyser]

mmm

who should i swap for mew

[graceful osprey]

What type is mew?

Prime something?

[unkempt egret]

yea with TMT I legit don't know

[proven geyser]

mew's pure prime type but i already have two(cottonee becomes prime)

klinklang is prime/steel/guys

[unkempt egret]

maybe either crawdaunt (two waters) or just skip mew?

[graceful osprey]

What type is whimmdacoot?

[proven geyser]

fluffy/prime

[graceful osprey]

So

Replace that

[unkempt egret]

what even is prime type?

[graceful osprey]

Flully is

[proven geyser]

oh no he's crab angy

[graceful osprey]

Not good

[graceful osprey]

Prime numbers

I think

[proven geyser]

but cotton is shiny,,,,

[graceful osprey]

Than get rid of the gears

It's up to you

Fuck it

Prime mono run

[proven geyser]

hes immune to three types

[graceful osprey]

then don't use mew

[proven geyser]

JXNBSCWNB CHOICES

[graceful osprey]

I wonder

[proven geyser]

i dont have access to sun stone so maybe i can just bench cotton for now

oh ill grab screenshots lols

[graceful osprey]

I love democracy

[proven geyser]

dont hurt my gears :(

[graceful osprey]

UGLY

Why is he ugly?

[proven geyser]

idk the makers were MEAN

[proud igloo]

They also called Dunsparce Boring

[hard plume]

that face is considered by most to be a face only a mother could love

[proud igloo]

Who can you PLEASE DIE TO MY LOTAD

[graceful osprey]

To be fair

[hard plume]

THEY SAID WHAT TO MY BOY?

[graceful osprey]

He looks a lot worse with his mouth closed

[proven geyser]

i mean i lot of normal types that ended up being normal ass animals got stuck with boring

[graceful osprey]

Does crab type

Do anything?

[proven geyser]

idk it seems fairly strong

also i spent 25k on an ability patch im not benching klinklang

i mean no but hilarious

[proud igloo]

About to enter Petalburg Woods what do you think my catch will be?

[graceful osprey]

THAN BENCH THE MEW

AAAAAAAAAA

[proven geyser]

benching cotton bc he cant do much rn,,

[graceful osprey]

Ok

[proven geyser]

i never agreed!!

[proud igloo]

My encounter is a non shiny Cottonee

[proven geyser]

:(

hilariously it was my first cotton that was sparkly

[unkempt egret]

tentacool #5

these are basically only relevant as sacs since the third tentacool already rolled modest anyway

alright zydoge obtained

and since this is route 16 that means I don't have to bother catching anything to swap it for the US/UM-only scraggly/scrafty

incidentally its BST is only like 486 or something so it'd be legal to use under my normal rules if it weren't for the type trio thing

[proud igloo]

PRANKSTER LETS GO!

[proven geyser]

pog!!

since it's a nuzlock i think, i guess it doesn't help for encounters, but you can use your L bumper keybind to check teams

tho for doubles it only does the right side's team,,,

[proud igloo]

I also have the type chart because no way am I gonna learn all these type matchups

[proven geyser]

if it helps, steel is immune to stinky alongside poison

and guys is immune to silly

[proud igloo]

Marill is Gender. I guess because its a trans Pokemon

[proven geyser]

tru

i dont recall the roselia gender lore but it looks gender

aw hoppip is grass friend :)

FRIEND IS IMMUNE I DARK

[unkempt egret]

makes sense since yea azurill had that uneven gender ratio thing in gens 3-5

[proven geyser]

ye and the glitch that transed the orbs

[unkempt egret]

I think it was an oversight more than a glitch since azurill had a 25/75 ratio while marill/azumarill have a 50/50

so if it was like MFFF on azurill and MMFF on the other marills if you rolled that second one you'd get the swap

[proud igloo]

Still cool that the Marill line for a while could be canonically trans

[proven geyser]

or just kinda like clownfish

[unkempt egret]

I believe the uneven ratio still exists in later games but the game just forces the gender to stay put if it rolls that chance

[proven geyser]

if you REALLY wanna get technical

but trans orbs is funnier

[unkempt egret]

I remember gen 8 also had a glitch where you could "evolve" pokemon into female only mons if they otherwise qualified but I forget what that exact glitch was

but I think that one did also change the gender ratios

[proud igloo]

This is why if there is a third Finding Nemo film Marvin would transition to female

And its backed by biology.

[proven geyser]

ok as good as sparkling aria is, hyper voice is also song and only hits enemies

of course boltbeam are ou

[sleek jewel]

Cool

[proven geyser]

OMG A SHINY /j

[sleek jewel]

It's the shiny in the lake of rage

[proven geyser]

im aware, hence the /joke

lol

you'd have a stronger reaction if it wasnt

[sleek jewel]

Yeah

Is this the first time where players see the first shiny

[proven geyser]

well, assuming you aren't insanely lucky

[unkempt egret]

hot take: liquid voice + hyper voice is purely to make up for sparkling aria being a flavor move rather than a battling move

[proud igloo]

My next catch

[proven geyser]

watch out for water moves!!

[sleek jewel]

Yes

[proud igloo]

But it will be good for Roxanne

[sleek jewel]

Does/Did anyone noticed that this statue looks like

[proud igloo]

coz she uses Ancients

Its supposed to resemble Persian actually

I know there is a frightful amount of foresight in these games (Munna in Gen 1?) but I think that's a bit of a stretch

[proven geyser]

i think it's significantly more likely that chien pao is based on older beta art of early catmons, including the statue

even thats a wee bit of a stretch

but an icy snow leopard is fairly original

in terms of current pokemon

[proven geyser]

ok, gamer is immune to dark

thankfully water is super effective

KLEFKI IS LITTLE BORING

[proud igloo]

About to face Roxanne now

[unkempt egret]

also shoutouts to US/UM dropping a level 33 bisharp on you instead of having that be a pawniard for like 20 levels

[proven geyser]

if nobody got me i know lvl 5 salamence 1% call encounter got me

also VIABLE

!!!

STAB ICE BEAM

I NEED TO GET MY OWN AFTER THIS

[proud igloo]

I legit found a shiny Bagon before the 1% Salamence

[proven geyser]

accurate

[proud igloo]

And gave up on getting the 1% because a shiny is more valuable.

Beaten Roxanne

[proven geyser]

lvl 5 mence is funni but shiny is better

[proud igloo]

That Baltoy wasn't easy

[proven geyser]

yeah that fucker got me

[proud igloo]

Didn't lose anyone though

Axe Spray helped out big time

Oooo that's a good nature for a future Gyarados

[graceful osprey]

How rude

[proud igloo]

Typing doesn’t change when it evolves

[proper iris]

It is time to deal with the E4 and I'm not too confident about my team but let's do it.

... what.
There's a Barry battle before the league

... That means that if I beat him I get access to everyone that's been benched instead of being forced to use these six.

..............
I'm not sure if I'm mad or happy about this.

[proven geyser]

incorrect! itgains angy in exchange for something

i dont currently have pc access so i

wait i have the dex

...or it doesnt show

water/angy!!

one of the best things abt tmt is that to circumvent the fact that you can't delete hms, the leader who allows use of it will give an item that replaces it

so i get a surfboard when i got surf

and an axe when i beat the leader that allowed me to use cut

[graceful osprey]

Shears

Oh wait

Not fusions

Fuck

Why is fusions shears?

Are they canonicly bushes?

[proven geyser]

i did jut say axe

type/ type kecleon still gets me

[proper iris]

Aaaaand Aaron is down.
The e4 member, not my Lucario :D

It feels weird to deal with bug types with no fire

[proven geyser]

oh wow

p sure the kanto hitmons r right and left types(not sure which), but hitmontop is dance

ah yes the third on the compass, dance party

WAIT THATS THE JOKE

right and left parties, and DANCE PARTY

[proper iris]

Also hitmontop is based on capoeira

Which is both a martial art and a dance

(Basically enslaved people disguising their martial arts training from their enslavers by making it look like a dance)

[proper iris]

...I spoke too soon. Aaron and Data fell to Bertha.
Things may get a little more dangerous now.

[proven geyser]

winona tried to sweep me w her altaria and i kept forcing her to swap out of being poisoned

[proper iris]

Did it work?

[proven geyser]

i think ym wording implied it was working

[proper iris]

You are

But it's often fun to ask it bc people tend to elaborate and tell fun stories

[proven geyser]

the first time she swapped was after it ddanced so i was confused until it came back clean

REAL

i checked it and it had natural cure

so every time it ddanced it had to run bc i'd toxic'd it the same turn

and i got to chip her other mons

with a roselia

[proper iris]

That's actually impressive

Not even a roserade

[proven geyser]

entire time i was like FUCK FUCK FUCK

and then. stall worked

song and dance are mutually SE unfortunately

[proper iris]

It's so satisfying when stall works

[proven geyser]

real

hm. i'll need to actually use fly, since it doesn't seem like i get any sort of teleporter

[proper iris]

Meanwhile, over here, my team didn't make it.
But thanks to the Barry fight, I got access to the rest of the squad again, so time to go back to the drawing board and figure out how to beat the E4

[proven geyser]

apparently i CAN fly by calling on someones altaria

[proper iris]

AltariUber

[proven geyser]

ok, space immune to dark

[proud igloo]

Space is also SE to Sus

Because y’know you eject the Imposters

[graceful osprey]

.......

Oh even better

Ok giants cap during blizzard

It only took

Half the page of gamerant

[proven geyser]

I HAVE CONTEXT ACCESS

CONTEST

[modest fable]

the urge to skip through the story

i love reading normally, but god

I don't think I can w this one

[proven geyser]

shiny stone isnt available in the mall but fucking LINKING CORD IS???

NO SUN STONE EITHER

[proud igloo]

I believe evolution stones are available where the herb shop used to be in Lavaridge Town.

[proven geyser]

omg they sell both

could have had roserade since lavaridge

:)

[unkempt egret]

guzma 2 down

clicked acrobatics 3 times with crobat and got slapped once by sucker punch

I'm pretty sure guzma 3's gonna go the same way ROFL

masquerain may hurt but that dont matter when acrobatics hits like a truck off 130 speed

[proven geyser]

decided to ditch the heal move i never use for moonblast on prima, so i'll probably head back to lilycove to get her an assault vest, since that was my last status move

[unkempt egret]

makes sense

[restive raptor]

Does anyone play reborn??

[unkempt egret]

now time for nanu but probably not tonight since I gotta griiiiind

also I have not played reborn myself

[proven geyser]

nanu my beloved

[unkempt egret]

with 2/3 of my required typings resisting dark he shouldn't be too bad

[coarse estuary]

i will never play that game after it scorned me

[restive raptor]

@coarse estuary since you did play it how do you tell the damn time? trying to get umbreon

[coarse estuary]

i didnt. but iirc it goes off cpu clock and i didnt really play past gym 2 as the game was trying to force me to use the specific mons and strats it wanted with the team perfectly ev/iv trained if i was not to struggle

[proven geyser]

oh we love an anti-fun game

[sleek jewel]

Type gender does it have the power to cry about how "brave" they are and scream and cancel people

[proven geyser]

oh fun a shitty person

nah im not dignifying any of that with further response

[proper iris]

Best option really

But roserade is indeed gender

[proven geyser]

i keep finding trainers i forgot i avoided

oh it is SO gender

[proud igloo]

Galarian Ponyta is also Gender

[proper iris]

Not my gender but still VERY gender yes

[coarse estuary]

we need a run where you can only use pokemon typed right or left

[proper iris]

Anyway what does the type do in- game?

[proud igloo]

Hold on let me pull up the type chart

[coarse estuary]

no not the type chart of terror

[proven geyser]

i think it's pretty good, a lot of fairy moves were swapped to gender, plus you get renamed geomancy, wave dash, double jump

double jump is a celeste thing i think

[proud igloo]

I don’t understand why Wave Dash is Gender

That seems like a Gamer move to me

[proven geyser]

a lot of trans ppl are gamers, so it's probably a circle chart thing

gamer is generally more of the lurky toxic stereotype

[proper iris]

Maybe a "programmer socks" type joke

[proud igloo]

Anyway Gender is strong against most of the official types

[graceful osprey]

Oh

[proven geyser]

as it should be

[graceful osprey]

This works too

[proper iris]

Fun that

[proper iris]

A baby

[graceful osprey]

I don't need to grind for one later now

[proven geyser]

so wild that budew swaps from baby to such an amazing type damn

[proud igloo]

As for the added types it’s strong against Monke, Baby (but literally everything is), Liquid, Vibes, Bad, Ancient, Silly, Magic, itself, both political types, Zoomers, Gamers, Ugly, Ohio (Yes that’s a type don’t ask me why) and Normal2

[proven geyser]

trans people are beyond politics

[proud igloo]

It’s weak against Poison and Fairy on official types

[proven geyser]

ah, so roserade is neutral to fairy attacks and probably weak to poison now

[proud igloo]

Added type weaknesses are Bad, Silly, Stinky, itself, both political types (I guess because both parties hate trans people) and Ugly

Gender is immune to Vibes

[proven geyser]

hm, seems to be a lot of SE trading

[proud igloo]

Yeah seems like it

Gender resists Friend, Sus, Furry, Gamer, DEEZ NUTS, Boomer and Smash

That resistance list is the most cursed thing I had to read

[proven geyser]

well, i know who i'm leading when i get to the 4th e4 member

[proud igloo]

Oh I saw the original Alpharad video

And I am dreading that cursed fight

[proven geyser]

sussy baka oooo

the imposter vented into e4

[proud igloo]

Hopefully I get a Space Pokémon by then

[proven geyser]

also psychic is good against space bc i was neutral to a steel/space

[proud igloo]

I don’t even know what Pokémon are political aside from Snover being Democrats

[coarse estuary]

electivire is republican

but my fave type in the game is gun

[graceful osprey]

Eat led evildoer!

I mean uh

I don't wanna say that

[burnt basin]

Wow

That's something else

[graceful osprey]

that looks so goofy

[burnt basin]

Lol

[proud igloo]

That actually does electrical damage and causes paralysis

The funny thing about Cramorant is I see their real life counterparts quite a bit and can’t stop thinking about the Pokemon.

[proven geyser]

apparently the bikes don't work on the raised platforms in tmt

nevermind i was doing it wrong

fuck am i walking for i can relearn sweet scent

[woven tapir]

Working on Stats for my Own Pokemon, How good are these Stats for the Final Form Water Starter

[coarse estuary]

i think its neat. it gives empoleon vibes

[proper iris]

Y'all talking about TMT and a YouTube video about it just made me get the game myself. Let's see what kinds of hijinx, shenanigans, and tomfoolery happens

[coarse estuary]

pick the bean starter

[proven geyser]

primarina is the bulbasaur of the game 🙏

[proper iris]

I'll trust y'all

[coarse estuary]

i like chicorita because its bean type

[proper iris]

Going with popplio bc i feel primarina will be gender at the end

And I have an obligation to myself to have more Gender than I should (even if that screws me up in the game later)

[proven geyser]

i've said her typing before, do you want me to tell u or do you want to find out?

[proper iris]

Either is OK with me

I tried looking at the type chart and only got more confused so

[proven geyser]

prima's 3rd type is ||song ||

[proper iris]

Makes sense

[proven geyser]

ye

the free egg in the spa town is a ||g ponyta|| and can't be obtained otherwise, according to the dex

[proper iris]

Oh niiiice

[proven geyser]

i don't think it's possible to complete the dex bc the other two starters but im catching and evolving as much as i can

no need to grind mons i'm not using, so inf candy is nice

[proper iris]

I just remembered how much i hate playing on a mobile emulator, so time to try something silly and see if I can run TMT on the 3ds

[coarse estuary]

you can

ive done tmt on my 2ds

[proper iris]

Niiiice

I tried a couple other romhacks and it's been a bit of a mixed bag

A few run, a few don't

[coarse estuary]

the only downside of the hacked 2ds/3ds is the emulartor it uses doesnt support speed up for any games that arent gb or gbc

[proper iris]

... huh. Didn't work with mine

What emulator are you using in yours?

[coarse estuary]

im using whatever one it uses when i load in tmt as a virtual console game and sometimes twilight menu

[proper iris]

Huh. Gotta look up how to do that

Bc mGBA is not working

... oh the way to make them virtual console files needs a computer. Dang. I'm out of luck then bc mine is broken.

[proper iris]

And today in "things I desperately need but can't hope to afford"

Real sized furret

... have i already shared this before? My memory is bad.

In any case, I'm pretty sure all my posture problems would go away by cuddling the long boi

[proven geyser]

https://tenor.com/ix5XfPayLoJ.gif

[hard plume]

god I want that

[proven geyser]

pokemon scenes with the onion headlines

[burnt basin]

I love gen 1

[sleek jewel]

God ditto has been through better days

[sleek jewel]

Is there a demon in your game?

[burnt basin]

@sleek jewel maybe

[burnt basin]

Why is the game pointing towards my guy's open head

[proud igloo]

About to fight Brawly

Well had my first deaths as both Axe Spray and Pima died in that fight

And if you guessed it was due to the Sawk you would be right

I love this line here

[fallen nebula]

Hey is there a way to skip your turn in Pokémon emerald?

That is pretty early game and that doesn’t take up a moveslot

I’ve tried using antidotes (doesn’t work), running from trainer battles (doesn’t work) so I don’t know what to do

I know that Flutes skip your turn but they are pretty late game

[proper iris]

I love how language changes.

Spoopy

Also somehow they made the lavender town theme sound playful for this???

[burnt basin]

What the fuck.... since when did May ever caught a torkoal... I literally just beaten the first gym by using only shedinja that I had to grind it for hours 😭

This is fucking bullshit 😭

Fuck sakes I don't wanna grind all the way to 35

[unkempt egret]

yea that one might actually be a legitimate mistake

since both brendan's fight in that spot and every other may fight in the future has a slugma in that team slot

[burnt basin]

Wow...

[unkempt egret]

I believe that fight is optional but still ouch

[burnt basin]

This sucks ass because Now I'm forced to grind myself to 35 since I can't lower torkoal's accuracy

[unkempt egret]

doing a damageless run?

[burnt basin]

https://tenor.com/view/tf2memes-tf2-gmod-ragdoll-gif-26075798

[burnt basin]

Shedinja only run

siggggggghhhhhh fuck you gamefreak

Oh well

[flint lagoon]

the talk of shedinja is reminding me of this playthrough of a pokemon fangame I saw someone play. the game was made before fairy type was introduced and they added a bunch of fake mons and one of them was a dark/ghost with wonder guard

the guy playing was so mad when he figured it out

[proud igloo]

Probably the mistake that is Snakewood

And Wonder Guard Pokemon can be dealt with

The ability blocks direct damage but not indirect damage. Its why as a rule if I'm playing a pre Fairy type ROM Hack I always make sure to have a Pokemon that can poison or has Leech Seed.

Because its such a cheap technique mostly amateur hackers put it.

[flint lagoon]

yeah that was it

felt sorry for the guy, Pikasprey I think, he actually played through all of pokemon snakewood

[proper iris]

Yeah that happens in one team comp only

[brisk hedge]

Sounds like u are indeed mad bro

[burnt basin]

Ok

[lucid scarab]

Apparently Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee just came out in China

[burnt basin]

Today?

[lucid scarab]

A couple days ago

[burnt basin]

Also I thought nintendo was banned from china

[lucid scarab]

No. Nintendo has a bunch of Chinese stuff. Pretty sure Pokemon Unite was made directly for Chinese market

Oh sorry? It came out last month in China

Still, that's 6 years late

[burnt basin]

Okay... out of all abilities they chose wonder guard

[lucid scarab]

Apparenrly there were quite a few changes in the Chinese version. The Pokemon Go Complex was blocked off by a trainer and 61 move animations had to be changed from red/orange to blue

The Go Complex being removed is because Pokemon Go isn't in China

The move animations being changed I have no idea

There were also a few translation differences, like "Secret Technique" Chop Down being changed because apparently the original translation could also mean "Behead"

[burnt basin]

Wow

[proper iris]

Finally was able to stop and record it.

[proper iris]

Also iirc it's not that it's banned, it's that Nintendo itself ignored the Chinese market until a few years ago bc legislations and bc rampant piracy and emulation made them not want to deal with all that.

[burnt basin]

Ah

[proud igloo]

I also expect Unite to be banned at some point in the West.

[burnt basin]

My shedinja is almost at level 38 that way I can finally get shadow ball (ignore my torchic as I'm using it as a tool)

[untold hill]

Eat the torchic

[radiant vector]

🙂

[proper iris]

The lengths we go to in order to figure out what's causing constant issues with my platinum...

(Though everything suggests it's not this, but it's still fun to see a naked ds)

[coarse estuary]

took 1 turn

[hard plume]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5uudGkm2UE8
Reminds me a lot of Angry Birds

it's very sneaky and goofy

I love it

[proper iris]

Oooooh I'm glad someone uploaded it!

[hard plume]

ah yes
the legendary snakewood.

[hard plume]

when there's music that slaps, someone is bound to upload an extended version of that song

it's one of the rules of the internet

[proper iris]

But yeah, it is so sneaky, like at any moment you could get a silly ghost pokemon popping up from random places and l going "boo" along with the beat

[hard plume]

https://tenor.com/view/leslie-nielsen-good-luck-pressure-were-all-counting-on-you-gif-11218612

[brisk hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/will-ferrell-elf-buddy-the-elf-throne-of-lies-christmas-gif-3580667

[proven geyser]

i think im gonna restart my tmt game

i overleveled to a point where it wasn't fun anymore, just tedious

lowkey wanna use chiko

seeing from may that it gets fairy is funky

ok so meganium is bulky and fairly even with its attack stats, so a neutral nature is best

ok grass and normal are not effective vs angy, but conversely angy isn't effective against bean i think

[proper iris]

Huh. I can get why grass and normal wouldn't hit it too hard, but how on earth does bean resist angy

Trying to find the logic

(Bc usually there's some logic in those type matchups, even when it's way out there)

[proven geyser]

maybe coffee calms you down? or chocolate makes you happy?

[proper iris]

Ooooh true

"Don't talk to me until I've had my coffee" type thing

[sweet crypt]

I feel like bean refers more so to body shape

Than actual coffee beans

[proven geyser]

probably the exact joke

no

it's type resistances

so the reason the mon has the type is irrelevant

[proper iris]

I'm still dying at how oddly clever the ||Sans|| type is

[sweet crypt]

Yeah but doesn't change the question of what bean refers to

[proven geyser]

bean is anything that's a bean

[proper iris]

Bean is bean

[proven geyser]

in terms of the type itself

[proper iris]

It's more about the vibes

[sweet crypt]

I feel like the more likely joke is that people generally just really like bean shaped Pokemon

And that calms them down

[proper iris]

Also possible

[proven geyser]

it's probably more the chocolate thing

[sweet crypt]

So many bean shaped Pokemon have been worshipped to death

[proper iris]

Is a lil bean, you can't be angry at a lil bean

[proven geyser]

all bean attcks are jokes abouts different beans, so it's probably a chocolate thing

[proper iris]

Someone gotta ask the modders someday

[proven geyser]

probably lol

tho my favorite joke is the tyrogue evos

the kanto hitmons are repub and demo party

[proper iris]

The family is divided