pokemon-winds-waves

[tepid moss]

Happy gastly is happy

[sturdy flower]

FROSLASS IS SO BEAUTIFUL RAHHH

I'VE ALWAYS LOVED FROSLASS THIS IS MY REWARD

[daring finch]

Dude I have been spoiled

My fav gen 7 and my fav gen 8 pokemon got megas

and it were like the only 2

[autumn musk]

If the shiny was normal I'd love it

[rustic rapids]

wdym

[autumn musk]

Dragonite is not a good mega.

[rustic rapids]

you liked zombie dragonite?

[rustic rapids]

it's peak though

in my eyes atleast

[autumn musk]

The shiny is blue like Dragonair. The mega is taking aspects of Dragonair and implementing them onto Dragonite

[rustic rapids]

only thing that could have been bigger is bigger wings on it's body

[woeful flume]

but green shiny dragonite was peak tho

[autumn musk]

It would have made SENSE if blue was normal

[daring finch]

Rubber band door strat ruined my controller

[rustic rapids]

nah

not a lot of megas get recolors if they don't have 2 of 'em

[woeful flume]

.... ofc it was going to do that

[rustic rapids]

and most of the time when they do recolor it makes no sense

for example

skarmory

[daring finch]

Its not that bad

[tepid moss]

Oof

[rustic rapids]

I'm honestly on the mindset that

[daring finch]

its just that the rubber band was small so it got around the joycon so I had to cut it off

[rustic rapids]

no megas should have a whole different palette

especially stuff like charizard x

[daring finch]

but now I accidentally cut into the rubber that was around the joystick

[rustic rapids]

cause if it was normal charizard colors not so much people would love it

[daring finch]

Mega skarmory

[robust wren]

Mega Skarmory needed a whole ass redesign

[rustic rapids]

this honestly lookis better

it doesn't look bad

doesn't look good either

doesn't look like a mega

[robust wren]

I get the idea was to make it look like a sleek flying sword bird, but the shade of yellow and horrible feet just utterly kills the design

[robust wren]

Also why is its ass trying to be a sweeper with a middling movepool like that

It's best coverage move was Body Press, which it can't even use as well anymore cause it lost 30 defense

[daring finch]

shalpha espurr

[woeful flume]

W

[daring finch]

the female one aswell

[spare roost]

My Partner Pokemon and I

[boreal turtle]

@copper sequoia i did photoshoot

[noble ice]

Mega’s in Legends-ZA that could have been better Part 1

This pokémon is not really a lot of favorites, but I was hoping that maybe the mega could’ve made it way better. Boy was wrong.

This is an absolute disgrace on Mega Meganium

All they really did was just take the flower and copied and paste

They could’ve done something different like this.

[noble ice]

I don’t hate Meganium, but this mega is not making it any better.

[frigid anvil]

Bruh.... i finally hit 500 and thought i was done..... what the hell is this increase about... this is evil. I only need 100 points and it gives 2k?

Like i was thinking i was about to get the shiny charm but they were like "nope"

This is actually kind of tilting as this isnt a hard challange or anything it just takes 9 years

I wanted to leave myself ready for the dlc and put it down but honestly idk if i have it in me to battle 500 more trainers after how long it took me to get to 500 the first time...

Yeah ima call it here and bet on the dlc releasing a few more research objectives along with the new content....

[spare roost]

isn't a fast way to get through battles like, put up a fire spin and then watch as it one shots mons coming in?

[frigid anvil]

Sure, and i can just 1 shot everything anyway, entire team lvl 100 but it still takes time

[robust wren]

Yeah, the only ZA Starter that really got a Mega that's not that terrible is Emboar. And even then it's just ok

[frigid anvil]

Honestly i have been running type move damage items and using plus moves instead of going mega and i like it more

Like the megas look cool but you lose charge while in idle anyway

[brave ginkgo]

https://tenor.com/view/best-man-holiday-black-guy-crying-black-guy-funeral-black-guy-crying-at-funeral-funeral-crying-gif-4006062888161857521

with my pen ultamate favorite pokemon being Feraligatr, I feel you

[edgy palm]

I just realized something... abilities aren't a thing here o.o

[brave ginkgo]

makes sense interms of gameplay

[edgy palm]

I wondered what was going on xD

[brave ginkgo]

we better get them in that pokemon torment game

[spare roost]

When Eelektross is getting hit by earthquake

[edgy palm]

I'm still early game but it's fun watching Pignite roll over everything

Grabbed me a Venipede and can't wait until I can have mega Scolipede

[frigid anvil]

honestly, the sale price aside entirely as far as modern pokemon games go I think this might be the best released, hate about scarlet aside it was enjoyable, and the dlc was honestly pretty good, ZA just feels a bit short but overall solid imo and a step in a good direction if I am being honest..... although this is strictly speaking in a vacuum where I compare all the switch era pokemon games against themselves

[hazy knot]

it’s one of my favorite megas actually, and I see nothing in particular wrong with it. one below it seems a bit over designed and kind of takes it in a completely different direction

I only chose it as my starter because of the pin I got, but it really made me like it

[frigid anvil]

honestly I get why they didn't include cyndaquil as it was a starter for the last legends but I would have loved to see a mega form....

[hazy knot]

also genuinely one of my favorite games of all time, and i accidentally bought the switch 1 version 😭 they cooked

[tepid flame]

I'm very certain whenever they make the next Legends game the starters are gonna be Snivy Litten and Popplio

Just to round it all out lol

[solar oriole]

I'd be down for it, if the head was just down normally.

[woeful flume]

i dont like it at all, just looks like an oversized head on totodile

[woeful flume]

all three finna gigantimax

[wispy kernel]

I love it it goes so hard

[storm tinsel]

The difference is that Regi Drago looks cool with the jaw open but Feraligatr just looks super weird

[noble ice]

Day four of trying to get shiny Honedge.
So far, no luck. I’ve gotten another Shiny Spinarak but I at least got a shiny alpha Gastly.

[woeful flume]

bro ive been looking for that shiny alpha gastly

i do have like 4 shiny spinaraks and 2 gastlys already tho and half of each just chilling in the gravyard

[noble ice]

I’m surprise, I haven’t found a shiny patrat yet

[woeful flume]

same

or spewpa

[robust wren]

I just realized how freakishly far Feraligatr's arms need to stretch to pull that off and I hate it even more now

[solar oriole]

Oh. That's supposed to be his arms? Neat. I thought it just randomly materialized.

There are so many good megas for feraligatr that they decided, rather than suing the entirety of the community for rights, they'd make... that instead.

[woeful flume]

i just got the luckiest

tree

kakuna and weedle on the same tree

[woeful flume]

if you guys want a good hunt for area 15 unlock the fly to the cafe inside and just spam flying to that spot and just check it

[forest topaz]

Hey anyone have some trade evos they need to do? I need to help with some for the shiny charm

[woeful flume]

i have 7 shinies spawned in rn

3 of them are the entire weedle line

[jade ocean]

I just realised that Rogue Mega Hawlucha does a full arena nuke if you don't stop it

Because like

When are you not stopping it

The only moves that are effective vs it are plus moves so you're spamming plus moves

And coincidentally that's how you stop it

You even get a nice long stun for doing so

[woeful flume]

soo i had 2 shiny pumpkins spawned in at night and then it turned day and they left so i thought the spawns for day and night for them were different however its night again and they are gone

yo chat shiny mega pyroar is insane

[sharp elbow]

You can shiny hunt in Area 20 by just running around right?

[lavish eagle]

so peak

[dusty forum]

has anybody done the math on how important speed is

like is mega steelix just worthless

[spare roost]

it affects cooldowns so pretty important

like at base a move could be 8 seconds, high speed could reduce that by 1-2 seconds

[dusty forum]

like how much does it affect them though? also are we sure? source online seem to differ on whether it affects cooldowns or just how long it takes moves to execute

I'm kinda fucked up there isn't just an equation for me

[spare roost]

im giving numbers, i also don't know if there is an equation

it also important to note, that a priority item: The Quick Claw: decreases the CD of moves

[dusty forum]

oh that's nasty

[spare roost]

like if it activates, the CD is reduced for the next use, so instead of waiting 8 you wait 6

which is probalby what i based my speed cd on

[dusty forum]

how far in the game are you rn

[spare roost]

Rank F

[dusty forum]

aight so pretty far
take like, idk, a high level gengar and a low level whatever and see what the difference on something with a long cooldown like protect is

I'm curious

huh, priority remains extremely strong in games with alternative baltting systems

flare blitz is pretty nuts tho eh

[robust wren]

Looks like Dnite spamming Extreme Speed is still the superior strategy. RIP to its irrelevant Mega

[dusty forum]

yeah Espeed is particularly nuts here

[spare roost]

i think thats why people are running Encore Gengars in competitive right now

since Dragonite comes in and Espeds, you swap and encore

[dusty forum]

that said, because obviously this isn't like raid bossing, high power moves have more frontloaded DPS due to their being charged at the start, so this isn't the whole picture

so priority is really good, but not that good

tl;dr why the fuck sludge bomb like that

yet another feather in gengar's enormous and ridiculously feathery cap

I'd be more than willing to wager from what I've heard that your ideal pokemon needs a good matchup into gengar, gardevoir, and dragonite

as those are the ones I hear everybody using

puts excadrill as a good all-round antimeta option

God o hope it comes out that speed isn't really all that, I was hoping for mega dragalge to be good

[jade ocean]

Dnite and Gengar are never in the same tier

Dnite is far too strong for Base Gengar

And Dnite is far too weak for Mega Gengar

I also want to note that in raw stats, Mega Dnite is a better Ddance sweeper than Base Dnite

Since Mega can afford to run Adamant while Base kinda does need the speed even with Extreme Speed

Adamant Mega Dnite hits harder and is faster than Jolly Base Dnite

[woeful flume]

no you have to fly or use the bench and swap times to change the spawns

[jade ocean]

However, Base Dnite can hold HDB

And thus has a guaranteed Multiscale turn

So I'd say Base Dnite is still better if you look past just stats

Realistically though, Mega Dnite will be used for its Special Attack

No Guard would be peak ngl

In the context of Legends ZA, I'm pretty sure Encore just doesn't exist

Like generally when I'm talking about how good these Megas are

I'm talking like

Gen 10

Or Champions

Which you could probably tell by me mentioning how Shell Smash absolutely breaks ||Barbaracle|| and sends it to Ubers

[pastel pond]

what even is this texture? previously bugged models tended to use other wrap texture, is this just random noise????

[slate loom]

Gardevoir, Gyrados, Dragonite, and Salamance are the ones I've seen alot of. Greninja is fairly common as is Emboar

oh and quite a few metagros

[woeful flume]

there may be no specific method of shiny hunting but i still love it in this game

[robust wren]

mega Delphox will probably be pretty popular once they get their Mega Stone

[slate loom]

hopefully ^~^

[robust wren]

Lord knows I would be using it as my starter transplant if not for that obnoxious online requirement

[slate loom]

can't even get their mega stone yet

but eh, I don't mind the requirement for online, the online is actually quite fun

[robust wren]

I imagine it is, but it's still annoying with how finicky the online connectivity of NSO still is+ this should absolutely be something available in the main game without restrictions like that

It's almost as infuriating as shiny locks

[storm tinsel]

Yeah what in the world happened there

Disco pichu

[robust wren]

Close enough, welcome back, Missingno.

BTW, has this game given us any answers on that weird hex maniac in XY that told us that we're not "the one," or has that well and truly been dropped?

[pastel pond]

i did get gaster sudowoodo in scarlet and violet so ig sometimes the textures decide to be creative

[surreal belfry]

Calling it shiny odds are buffed

[proven bridge]

Oop dropped a message on a different chat but would someone be willing to trade a kadabra back and forth rq? Just want to keep one in the luxury ball

[tame wraith]

||so uh....anyone else disappointed with Feraigatrs mega form?||

[woeful flume]

theres no way

i just found a shalpha roserade

[tropic girder]

Can we trade pokemon while holding mega stone

[woeful flume]

no

[tropic girder]

Me bro highly disappointed

[tame wraith]

yeeeaaaah.....major oof

[solar oriole]

Beyond. So many good options to go with for the starters and they.... I mean, I think somehow, they actually made the piggy more appealing than any other starter.

Which is almost embarassing to say.

[proven bridge]

Yeah I wish they’d done more with it

[lavish eagle]

Context: I'm not paying whatever sum of money over 60 for the pokemon games so I resorted to emulation :P ZA has been being difficult so I tried OpenGL render instead of Vulkan...

[proven bridge]

Also I got my trade situated lol

Also my shiny so far is a shiny vivillon 👍🏻

[lavish eagle]

@pastel pond @storm tinsel @robust wren

[storm tinsel]

Ohhh

[tame wraith]

The emboar is amazing. they kept the Journey to the West aesthetic

[lavish eagle]

I can probably produce more Missingno. Mons too

[storm tinsel]

They do look pretty cool

[lavish eagle]

It fucks everything up but it doesnt crash me

Side effect tho all trainers have no face

[proven bridge]

Also has anyone been messing with side quests? I have mostly just been competing wild zones before I move on

[lavish eagle]

AND its reversible

[lavish eagle]

I almost got my butt handed to me trying to get twigs for a sick fox

[noble ice]

FFFFIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNAAAAAAAALLLLLLYYYYYUYYYYY!!!!!!!!!!

I GOT SHINY HONEDGE!!!!!!!!!

[solar oriole]

The shiny actually looks pretty decent.

[shadow urchin]

Done with the story. Time for the post-game content

[pastel pond]

not sure if thats better or worse than this being on official hardware

[solar oriole]

I actually got it running substantially better than anything the switch could put out.

[pastel pond]

also it crashed my game and i couldnt get any other footage of it because if the game is closed, the recording function on the switch just... doesn't record

[solar oriole]

And didn't need to shell out enough to buy my computer again for a console that the company can reach into my house through and brick if they don't like the cut of your jib.

[pastel pond]

it did work out well with my nuzlocke since i had a sudowoodo on my team

[dusty forum]

I want to use mega froslass but
I'm faced with 2 truths
1: base froslass is terrible
2: this is the only game with megas where you have to actually use their base forms

[robust wren]

I already disliked it when seeing it ||with the pseudo Totodile head up,|| but it got even worse when I realized ||the Stretch Armstrong routine it needs to pull off to make its arms long enough to make the look work||

It's like the Dramatic Crossroads meme, where one path is ||looking like it's wearing a toilet seat|| and the other is ||Lanky Kong arms||

[lavish eagle]

If that's on official hardware then yes. That is worse. Jesus christ bro 😭

It crashed you too???

Oh no...

[tame wraith]

Pfffffft yeah true! Man its so weird they went abstract with it

[robust wren]

I think you're living in a creepypasta. Be on the lookout for hyper realistic blood

[radiant otter]

does anyone know if pokemon that live in little holes make the shiny sound before they pop out?

like wild zone 8 mons like sandile and drilbur

[solar oriole]

Wow. Those stats are really bad. Nevermind the typing

Not really ZA's fault, if they aren't allowed to change anything, but that's a pretty good looking pokemon in this game, and I'm disappointed

But the game isn't hard enough for stats to really matter outside of the vague feeling that you're using a "bad" mon.

[solar oriole]

Is it just me, or does aegislash have a substantial delay in its attacks when switching forms?

[jade ocean]

Probably not just you, since I'd imagine it'd have to do the full animation first

[solar oriole]

Certainly one way to nerf it lol

[pastel pond]

I think it was my only game crash which is a lot better than some other people's experience lol

[indigo mango]

Its all 3 swords. Them switching out and into their dormant forms after every attack makes them so slow. Gonna replace my Doublade once I finally get that Alpha Tyrunt

[proven bridge]

Catching deli bird made me want to get violent

[daring finch]

it made me want to get violet

https://tenor.com/view/legendary-miraodon-koraidon-pokemon-scarlet-gif-25835902

well shit

[scarlet bear]

Are you able to aquire the shiny charm and then continue to have it in a new game?

[daring finch]

Prolly not

[dusty mason]

I cant be the only one that things 80% of these new megas either look awful or just lazily designed

[daring finch]

You arent but you are just a hater

[dusty mason]

Games mid

Imho

[daring finch]

see

[dusty mason]

Yeah and Im just stating my opinion

[daring finch]

I mean sure

But I think most mega's arent lazily designed or awful

Just the ones that got attention are

[storm bone]

Post game grind to match 15 is a pain but hopefully I’ll get there soon

[daring finch]

And they get attention bc they are bad and lazy

[dusty mason]

I mean I do like some of them

Like zygarde

Zygarde looks sick

[daring finch]

I mean its decent

[dusty mason]

Bros holding a gigantic beam

Boutta bonk something

[storm bone]

It was so cool for the game climax

[daring finch]

https://tenor.com/view/josuke-josuke-higashikata-jojos-banana-banana-josuke-gif-10201327295238973330

[dusty mason]

Then again maybe Im having a new game bias moment

Because honestly even some of the gen 6 megas were mid design wise

Ttar is just more spikes, metagross is just flipped over

[daring finch]

I dont see anyone hating my goat mega gengar

[dusty mason]

Salamance is just big wing

[dusty mason]

Cause gengar is cool

Even the gmax is cool

[daring finch]

Most gmaxes are cool

[dusty mason]

Pikachu

[daring finch]

Old chonkachu

https://tenor.com/view/pikachu-belly-drum-smacking-gif-23335986

Honestly Mega Starmie has grown on me

[storm bone]

But people love them now so it must be bias

[daring finch]

Uh there really isnt a good designed mega pseudo in gen 6 imo

[lusty raven]

I'm gonna do it

time to make sprite

[daring finch]

Its not loading but fire

ah

it loaded

[lusty raven]

if you have ur discord as the darkest setting.

it won't be very visable

[daring finch]

Nah my wifi is very slow

I will do this aswell for a non IF mon

[lusty raven]

||Barb?||

[daring finch]

Nope

[lusty raven]

honestly...

based

I hecking love ||Drampa||

[daring finch]

I am coflicted on the design

[lusty raven]

its ||mega|| is aight.

but the pokemon itself

yeahhh

[daring finch]

My 2 images aint sending

Its doing

not well but its trying

[daring finch]

||Basically mega drampa||

[lusty raven]

LMAO

[daring finch]

I am sending my own concepts but they arent really sending

||I think the mega shouldve leaned less into Kaido from One piece and more into the goofy design, its a goofy pokemon and needed a goofy mega unlike someone like starmie that wasnt goofy and shouldve gotten a non goofy mega tho I do love it now||

[lusty raven]

ah

[daring finch]

lets hope this one sends

Its NOT sending

[lusty raven]

oof

[daring finch]

Give it like a few minutes

its slooowly loading in

CMON JUST SEND

ITS HALFWAY THEREE

[lusty raven]

lmao

[daring finch]

-# ohoo living on a prayer

okay were getting close

[lusty raven]

what bro wishes he got

[daring finch]

head close up

[lusty raven]

wait is that 4 eyes? or is that glasses lmao

[daring finch]

glasses

[lusty raven]

Drampa would have glasses-

[daring finch]

It kinda looks like a pokesona but we gonna ignore that

[lusty raven]

||https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cHsUAuArezc||

this song slaps btw

he's coming together slowly

[plucky escarp]

Finally beat the story, 29 hours and research level 37! Post game and online grinding starts today!

[lusty raven]

Good Luck for Mable Research- I'm over 60 hours in and still not finished 😭

[plucky escarp]

yeah im aware its a real slog lol

[lusty raven]

I'm mainly annoyed at the battles

I would've had it done by sixty hours if it just ended at ||500||

[plucky escarp]

yeah i aint looking forwad too that

i largely used the cards for the tickets so my battle count is probably low

[lusty raven]

if you focus on battles first you might even be able to skip out of some of the other stuff-

[plucky escarp]

had a few 20+ battle nights but thats a drop in the bucket

[lusty raven]

just

oh yeah

20+ Battles per night is like

the usual late game

but also still really slow

[plucky escarp]

i spend too much time playing pokemon assassin creed

[lusty raven]

considering you have to do ...

||1000||

...

Mable is getting sent to hell for this

I can forgive all the team flare stuff

but this...

someone use ||Nihil Light|| on her lab

[finite rapids]

That’s a thing???

[plucky escarp]

sneaking around spending longer than needed to get sneak attacks

[finite rapids]

Is it good

[plucky escarp]

when i could just run in and one tap without 😛

[lusty raven]

I love Z-A personally

[plucky escarp]

same tbh

[finite rapids]

Oh nvm

[lusty raven]

I don't really get why people hate on it so badly.

[plucky escarp]

i am not going to like the grind for battles

but i do love the game

[finite rapids]

U guys emulating

[lusty raven]

no

what

[finite rapids]

[plucky escarp]

i was doing a try before i buy pre-release, bought it though

[lusty raven]

I didn't even try to-

[finite rapids]

I ain’t giving greedendo a cent

[lusty raven]

I just pre-ordered

and waited

[plucky escarp]

honestly though i really like the online battling too

[finite rapids]

Yh za is fun but is slop they fucked us

[lusty raven]

yeah ranking up was pretty easy for me

[plucky escarp]

i got to K in 5-6 games with my story team, but now that im post story gonna put a proper team together and get to A

[lusty raven]

idk about slop... if its Fun its Fun, theres no reason to hate on something thats fun.

[lusty raven]

real

[finite rapids]

Quality

[lusty raven]

my team in Ranked was always Emboar, Gyarados and Victree

[lusty raven]

who cares... its fun.

I don't care for quality if its fun.

[plucky escarp]

i was using mega gyara and mega chomp, the third slot didnt really matter honestly, mostly delphox in that slot

[lime spire]

if u care about graphics pokemon is not for u

[finite rapids]

How can 2D 3d texture be fine

When this game is the highest selling franchise ever

[lusty raven]

uh

they do that to reduce lag

[lime spire]

mimimi

[lusty raven]

wouldn't want it to lag like the lake in SV on switch 1

so uh

I'd rather the buildings be flat

[finite rapids]

Why settle

[plucky escarp]

i should replay SV with my new switch 2 tbh

[finite rapids]

So they can make games for cheap
And milk us

[lime spire]

why perma complain and ruin fun for others

[pseudo nest]

The money put into the games is very low

[finite rapids]

Cus I want btr for the franchise and I hate greedendo

[pseudo nest]

I mean, for a triple a game

[plucky escarp]

imo, a games fun or it isnt, im having fun

to each their own though

[finite rapids]

Yh like I’m having fun

[lusty raven]

a games graphics doesn't render its fun-factor 😛

[finite rapids]

I like this game

[plucky escarp]

eh, meeting time, gotta lurk

[finite rapids]

I’m just saying that we deserve btr

[lusty raven]

what honestly would you change it to, I bet I could find problems with that too...

[pseudo nest]

The budget is 13 million

[finite rapids]

That so low damn

[pseudo nest]

Explains a lot

[lime spire]

when they released b/w it flopped and now when they do a more lazy approach everyone complains

[finite rapids]

Tru

[lusty raven]

I just don't know what people want from them, they'll always complain about something.

[finite rapids]

Why defend them?

[lime spire]

where did i defend

?

explain

[lusty raven]

thats a fact not a defense-

[finite rapids]

Then why say ppl are complaining

We should complain more

[lime spire]

cause u literally are

[lusty raven]

why complain more

[lime spire]

XD ?

[pseudo nest]

Uh i wonder why

[finite rapids]

We should not buy their games

[lusty raven]

why?

its fun

[finite rapids]

And wait for them to improve and give us quality we deserve

[lusty raven]

improve them how

like actually how

[pseudo nest]

You mean... adding depth to windows

[finite rapids]

No bro like why can’t we have Aaa graphics

[lusty raven]

what does that even mean

like

[pseudo nest]

Yuckers

[finite rapids]

They have the hardware now

Like pal worlds looks btr than

[lusty raven]

ah yes my favourite game... Pokemon Legends: Z-A

[pseudo nest]

I dont want my pokemon looking like they're from the detective Pikachu movie

[lusty raven]

its cartoony for a reason

[lime spire]

u dont play pokemon for graphics

[pseudo nest]

Thats one reason why sv is ugly

[finite rapids]

Ok forget graphics

Why can’t I go inside building

Why

Greed

[lusty raven]

so they don't have to make over 300 buildings-

make the production time another year

just for useless buildings that do nothing

[lusty raven]

have random talking npcs

idk

[finite rapids]

Why so greedendo can make more money why

[lusty raven]

wha

[pseudo nest]

ITS GAMEFREAK

Nintendo just owns the rights dude

[finite rapids]

I want them to spend a lot more money and make something that’s is actually amazing

[lusty raven]

why do you want to have access to 300 random building that are most likely just peoples apartments/houses and stuff

[pseudo nest]

They dont do nothin

[lime spire]

gamefreak has it bad enough with the tight release windows

[finite rapids]

Ok

[pseudo nest]

Its like once a year

Way too much

The employees aint gettin payed enough

[lusty raven]

real

most of the pokemon companies money is from merch

that doesn't go to game freak

[pseudo nest]

yea

[lusty raven]

that goes into making more merch and all of the people in that field

actually a ton of the games money goes into merch too

[pseudo nest]

People are saying "biggest franchise" when gamefreak doesn't have all that

[lime spire]

im pretty sure zelda and mario are biggers or same as big

[pseudo nest]

Nope

[lusty raven]

erm-

[pseudo nest]

Look ot up

Biggest franchise ever

[lime spire]

oh damn

[lusty raven]

113.7 Billion

thats the ENTIRE

pokemon company

meaning

[lusty raven]

Pokemon Merch, Pokemon Games, Pokemon Events, Nintendo's Shares, Pokemon Cards, Creatures. Inc's Shares.

The Retail Sales alone are 103.6 Billion

so uh

they don't need anything other than retail

[pseudo nest]

The pokemon company needs to give some of that to gamefreak

[lusty raven]

real

[pseudo nest]

A lot actually

[lusty raven]

expand the team fr

2.05 Billion a year

thats just the Pokemon Company

[pseudo nest]

Damn

[lusty raven]

you know how much of that 2.05 Billion the game creators get?

[pseudo nest]

How much

[lusty raven]

33000

thats like

nothing

2,050,000,000 vs 33,000

PER YEAR

the workers ain't paid enough to deal with everyones wants

and tbh

I don't wanna hear em either

cause their games are fun

I play em no matter what, BECAUSE they are fun

and thats that ig

[daring finch]

Got spoiled on this shiny mega, looks sick tho

[wispy kernel]

this is fucked up

how do I even get it

[daring finch]

why are you standing on the air

[wispy kernel]

I dont know

[finite rapids]

Bruhhhhhh

[finite rapids]

Yet this will still milk us with a 70 dollar game

That isn’t finished

Like just look at how the game is made fundamentally

They game work all 1 asset

[lusty raven]

wha

it doesn't

[finite rapids]

So the whole world renders in allllllll the time

[lusty raven]

no it doesn't

[finite rapids]

Bro imma stop

[wispy kernel]

I finally fucking got it

[lusty raven]

the buildings are seperate models

I've seen the rumor

but no

thats the museum version

its small

its not the actual lumiose

[finite rapids]

No bro the whole game is 1 asset that is fully rendered at all times

[wispy kernel]

no its not

[lusty raven]

if it was my switch 1 would lag

lmao

and it doesn't

[wispy kernel]

same

[lusty raven]

also they literally de-render buildings

I've seen screenshots of it

[finite rapids]

https://80.lv/articles/pok-mon-legends-z-a-s-entire-lumiose-city-is-a-single-model-with-355-000-vertices

Go read

[lusty raven]

thats the one at the museum-

its literally right here

clear as day

(not my screenshot btw)

idk man

also

even if it was

it works fine

if it ain't broke don't fix it lmao

but also

if someone is playing a game

WHO THE HELL IS GOING "hmmm I wonder if this is all one asset?"

lmao

I don't get it

the game is fun

I'ma leave it at that

[daring finch]

I forgot layers

[lusty raven]

idk if I'm doing well or not

I think theres multiple errors in the outlines

[daring finch]

dont see much rn

Mostly the right arm from our pov ]has a jaggie

[lusty raven]

yeah

there wasn't much else to do with it though

its got a weird angle

I don't want to have it just be perfectly diagonal for really long

but idk what else to do

idkman

[wispy kernel]

https://x.com/FruitsPoke/status/1980323415472107675

PokeFruits (@FruitsPoke)

MINIONS. TONIGHT WE WILL STEAL ZE MOON!

X · Oct 20, 2025, 5:21 PM

[sweet crag]

Aww, a sleepy arbok

[forest egret]

https://tenor.com/view/ishowspeed-try-not-to-laugh-gif-7682731162751353849

[autumn shore]

Has Mega Dimensions come out yet?
I thought the announcement said the DLC paid content is out the same day as Legends ZA or is that a later date?

[lusty raven]

it was never labeled to come out the same day, it was just labeled as "soon after the game releases"

depending on what they think soon is

it could be months

[plucky escarp]

https://tenor.com/view/intensifies-sooning-soontm-midsizedonkey7-nowhere-gif-12050318

[lusty raven]

I kinda wish it wasn't Soon™

but instead.

like

i dunno

[plucky escarp]

a date

[lusty raven]

Same day release, a specific date, even if it was a month from now

they could just say "Pokemon Day 2026" I'd be somewhat okay with it

but nah

they gotta say

"soon"

[plucky escarp]

i saw a wild xillo typing

but they escaped

[forest egret]

I need more content for my content shaped void in my heart

[plucky escarp]

could always get the shiny charm unlocked

[sweet crag]

So it is available

[plucky escarp]

to buy, yes
to play, no

[forest egret]

More content for the content hole

[lusty raven]

I don't think the date was ever confirmed, I feel like the only place I remember it was the Mystery Gift Expiry date.

[forest egret]

https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/additional-story-content-70050000062491-switch/

It's right there on the website

[plucky escarp]

feb 28th is soon i guess

[storm bone]

I thought they said the dlc would release by febuary 28th

[lusty raven]

it is NOT soon

yeah

BY

[forest egret]

It says it there on the page with the date

[lusty raven]

BY ≠ IS

[lusty raven]

yeah...

but if thats true

[lusty raven]

they lie about it being soon

[storm bone]

I already purchased it because plza gave me a strogn impretion

[lusty raven]

I dunno why they picked the day after pokemon day

and why it counts as "soon"

[storm bone]

guys I have a theory

[forest egret]

It is soon. I've lived aeons and it's but a drop in the bucket

[storm bone]

it probably is going to be 27th but due to japan's presentation beign so late it will be the 28th for them

[forest egret]

Tooth

[spare roost]

I meant ZA competitive

Not Showdown

[plucky escarp]

ngl i have never looked at encore in ZA, assuming it does what you'd excpect?

[spare roost]

I’ve been hearing so much about how people are running encore gengar

Because dragonite e speed spam

Since you’re locked into the last move the others are disabled so you gotta wait out the cd of the move you’re encores into

So it’s good since you are effectively removing fast move spam

[compact flame]

chat theres a lost girl leitmotif in jacinthe's song at 0:54

go give it a listen

its not even hidden

it is there

how did they sneak that one in

im going outright insane over it

wtf

like

holy flying shit

[jaunty comet]

Are you high mayhaps?

[compact flame]

no just

listen

jacinthe battle theme

go to 0:54 timestamp

it really is a lost girl leitmotif

im not even insane

im not high either

just trust me on this one

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJ_uLivez9I

go to 0:54

it is there

and this isnt even toby fox

how did they sneak it in

HOW

WTF

WHEN

WHY

WHAT

[plucky escarp]

dude, spam. stop

[compact flame]

ok but im going insane over it

lost girl leitmotif in a pokemon game is wild

[odd cave]

Honestly I don't hear it

[daring finch]

My mega shiny guy is called pretty fly

(for a white guy)

[robust wren]

I can Kinda hear the Lost Girl motif, but that's more than likely just a coincidence

[lime compass]

What should i shiny hunt for

[plucky escarp]

me

[daring finch]

drampa

[plucky escarp]

im gonna wait until i get a shiny charm before hunting i think

at least until i lose motivation on the battles needed

[narrow tide]

it's a funny coincidence but i think you're identifying things with deltarune too much for your own good

[compact flame]

its literally there, those notes

[compact flame]

nothing's a coincidence

[compact flame]

its literally too obvious to be a coincidence

or i might be too deltarotted

[narrow tide]

you are
you're also annoying other people with it at this point

[compact flame]

some people are also spotting star wars cantina band too

in some parts of the song

but i mean literally every electroswing song has a simillar melody to that

[robust wren]

Deltarune fans being brain rotted as usual. I'm a Deltarune fan so I can say this

[daring finch]

Anyone else thinks jacinthe's theme sounds like gigi dragostanitea?

Or numa numa

[compact flame]

that i dont hear

but i do hear some bits of star wars cantina band too

but i mean alot of electroswing songs sample that or have a slight reference to that

so dont mind it

[daring finch]

this game is so grindy

[compact flame]

but lost girl at 0:54 is way too funny

to not overlook

[daring finch]

you average like 15 wins per night you need 1000 how much is that? like 75?

[compact flame]

considering that mega starmie is literally purple starwalker

i wouldnt be surprised at this point

[daring finch]

Yup youre just too brainrotted

Mega starmie is a nod to patrick

my dad works at game freak and said this

https://tenor.com/view/patrick-star-rock-long-legs-spongebob-spinning-gif-15932840

[river anvil]

[compact flame]

i once seen a cosplay that was this but deltarune starwalker at a con i went

yea, sexifying the starwalker is funny

https://tenor.com/view/mega-starmie-starmie-legends-za-pokemon-legends-za-starmie-gif-5605139881054775002

but srsly

[daring finch]

Okay Yeah I cant

[compact flame]

this thing

is just

[daring finch]

Goodbye legends za chat

[compact flame]

https://tenor.com/view/starwalker-wordle-deltarune-the-original-starwalker-this-wordle-is-pissing-me-off-gif-11888270741885527567

this thing

[daring finch]

They arent similair besides being stars with legs

[compact flame]

This Copycat is Pissing me Off Im the original Starmie

[daring finch]

thats like saying mega drampa literally just is a straight copy of kaido

https://tenor.com/view/kaido-one-piece-gif-25974213

[compact flame]

hmm i see the simillarity but nah they different its just that starmie is the original starwalker

[river anvil]

lil bro's still talking about delta rune, this is a pokemon channel, nobody cares that much, it aint that deep.

[harsh oasis]

I have gripes with the customization system in this game. But it's still pretty good
Progress over 25 odd hours:

[novel atlas]

https://discord.com/channels/302153478556352513/1430218608092385407

[acoustic igloo]

Best tea name ever

[robust wren]

Leaked Infinite Fusion Triple Fusion name?! 🙀

[scarlet bear]

10 minutes of shiny hunting. I'm so glad she's a female

[solar oriole]

Eevee can be found here, during the day (at nearly 0% catch rate). Spoilered in case you want to simply find it yourself.

[daring finch]

Its also in a wild zone

[wispy kernel]

awesome pictures with an awesome guy

[acoustic igloo]

It is, but the above Eevee is found much earlier in the game.

[desert current]

I still can't believe they gave my least favorite character the BEST SONG in the whole game...

[compact flame]

0:54

funny easter egg for yall deltarune fans

[harsh oasis]

Shoutout to this one tree I found a few hours in

[compact flame]

theres a man behind it he offered to give you something

(ok i stop the deltarot now)

[harsh oasis]

Lmao

[desert current]

I love how you can combine two colors together for some of them (like how you can change the belt buckle color by selecting two of the alts using the minus button)

[storm tinsel]

Scolipede is leaning into the camera to give you a kiss

[harsh oasis]

Yes! I would hate some of the clothes otherwise

Some of the colour combos are horrid imo

[desert current]

https://tenor.com/view/rotom-phone-floating-cell-phone-gif-11093528383270429451

I think you mean giving Rotom Phone a kiss XD

[shadow urchin]

||How many infinite battles do have todo on main mission 39?||

[woeful flume]

bruh i just got another spider which makes 5 and a 3rd gastly i just want my shalpha gastly

[woeful flume]

15 or so i heard

[indigo mango]

Is it the fact that you gotta run through like 50 stores

[harsh oasis]

It's the lack of variety. Especially that there's no dresses

[indigo mango]

None? There are plenty stores who sell a full set of clothes. But true only found skirts

I haven't found any helmets or mouth covering atleast. Loved the Daft Punk Helmet in Violet and couldn't find it

[woeful flume]

we need drip where we can customize the colors on our own cause some of them look fire but the color scheme throw them off

[indigo mango]

Eh I would just theme myself around one part of my clothing

[woeful flume]

i havent seen any helmets our masks in the game

[indigo mango]

Like i themed my hair and pants around my shirt

[woeful flume]

i did the same but some of the pants i dont like with it and the other pants i cant change them

[plucky escarp]

Just heard the shiny sound, not a single pokemon nearby I can see, I save, reload, still nothing, check rooftops, nothing. Guess that one's gone before I ever saw it

[woeful flume]

oof did the time happen to change after you heard it?

[harsh oasis]

Luckily most clothes have a decent variety of colours but yeah free colour picking would be sweet. My best friend just wants a purple bucket hat but there aren't any

[harsh oasis]

Ouchie :(

I haven't missed any that I'm aware of yet but I have been playing without sound fairly often

My eventual goal is to completely buy out all the clothing stores and make a bunch of curated outfits

[harsh oasis]

We have ||Canari|| why can't we have ||her facemask|| ;-; [Rank E or smth spoilers]

[woeful flume]

thats a nice goal, ive spent 1.5M already and that was just between 2 shopping areas.... tbf they were the more expensive spots

[harsh oasis]

Dang

I don't think I've had more than like 300k

At any one point

[tepid moss]

Damn, you wealthy

[woeful flume]

well those 1000 battles will get you good cash

[harsh oasis]

Oh true lol

Gotta do that soonish

Still haven't beat the story

[woeful flume]

i spent ALL day sunday doing that

[harsh oasis]

How'd you grind? Restaurant or Royale?

[woeful flume]

royale

i grabbed zygarde and just used him with E speed but ive heard dragonite is good for it as well

[harsh oasis]

Yeah that's what I've been seeing

Exspeed dragonite in la nah is apparently fast

In terms of grinding 1000 fights is ever fast at least lol

[woeful flume]

honestly as long as you have a mon with a priority move youll be moving through them battles

just gotta know where the next battle is and start moving as you use your last attack on the trainer

[wispy kraken]

I finished the game last night. At ending is beautiful and sad at the same time I liked it. And the updated version of Kiseki was so great

[woeful flume]

if you can get it right you can make like 70 battles in about an hour

[plucky escarp]

Got a shiny spinarak, don't really care for it but sure why not

[harsh oasis]

What does shiny spinarak even look like?

[solar oriole]

Like spinarak but shiny

[tawdry flame]

Blue

[eager lance]

It's like a soft blue with pink legs where the yellow is. You can not miss it

[harsh oasis]

Okay, I just haven't seen it before

I think that sounds neat

[eager lance]

It's a really nice shiny and you can not miss it. Good luck.

[robust wren]

Fun fact: Spinarak actually changed shiny colors. It used to look purple back in GSC.

[harsh oasis]

Oh I'm not hunting it. Gastly just said they found one so I was making conversation

[eager lance]

Here you go then

[harsh oasis]

Good ol' shiny purge of gen 3

[eager lance]

I'm more upset with the dulling of Flareon's colours in gen 4. Bright yellow main with a nice red body to....Brown and dull orange.

[woeful flume]

im cursed with area 4, looking for shalpha gastly and i have 5 spinaraks and 3 gastlys and the tree with weedle and kakuna were both shiny at one point

[plucky escarp]

@daring finch I have joined the shiny pansage club

[plucky escarp]

I haven't got a shiny gastly yet much as I'd like one, though I haven't hunted yet either

[harsh oasis]

I should look up some shinies to see which ones I want to hunt

Once I finish the game and do 900 more battles

[woeful flume]

gl with the battles its a grind

[harsh oasis]

[plucky escarp]

I'm gonna work on the other researches first I think

[harsh oasis]

I do gotta do those too, but they'll take less time I assume

[plucky escarp]

They will

[woeful flume]

far less time

[plucky escarp]

Why the fuck is my first reward match in end game against the rank z guy with level 10 mons

[woeful flume]

zach so goated he has his own nickname

[wispy kernel]

it’s guaranteed

youre always going to fight him first

he can show up again later with the same low level pokemon as before

he probably keeps losing because he never fucking levels up his team

[plucky escarp]

[jade ocean]

Bro thinks he's Glass Joe

[tropic girder]

Does anyone has shiny froakie??

[hazy knot]

you can shiny hunt one at route 16 i don’t though

[woeful flume]

so i got another spider on the wall

[daring finch]

Damn I am sorry to hear that

[woeful flume]

This will be know as Spinarak's Wall of Shame

[harsh oasis]

How are you resetting btw?

[woeful flume]

running throught and the second i past the wall and im out of combat i fly back

[harsh oasis]

Ohhh I see. That respawns the pokemon? (Other than shinies obviously)

I've never fast travelled in this game

[woeful flume]

it does reset all the pokemon besides shinies, other methods are running in and out of render distance (this is good for dratini spawn and a few others that dont have fast travel spots) and swapping day and night through the benches are all the methods (only works if there close enough to spawn or certain wild areas have them

[harsh oasis]

Wait shinies stay even out of render distance?

[woeful flume]

yes

[forest egret]

https://x.com/Volteon1/status/1980396847312302203?t=VWMr2YYPdl6wFrLUB-6TMw&s=19

Volteon (@Volteon1)

Holy shit i never checked this area when I was shiny hunting Eevee for like 2 days. WHAT THE FUCK

X · Oct 20, 2025, 10:12 PM

[woeful flume]

you can have up to 10 shinies in a world only exception are one that run away but they will stay if you dont have them run away

[woeful flume]

wtf

ngl same thing happened to me while hunting in area 4 yesterday but it was only with 2 mons

[forest egret]

Shinies don't grow on trees

[harsh oasis]

What does it take to despawn them?

[harsh oasis]

OMG BUG TREE

[woeful flume]

example when a fledling or budew runs and despawns its gone

any skittish pokemon

those are the only ones that can despawn

[harsh oasis]

So with enough effort... The whole map could be shiny?

[woeful flume]

no max is 10 at a time

[harsh oasis]

Oh okay

Does that mean you can max it out? Or does it despawn the first one in the list?

[woeful flume]

ive heard that it despawns the first on the list but ive never tested it

[harsh oasis]

Ok ok thank you for all the info

[woeful flume]

yw

also some areas you can just keep fast traveling to if they have close spawns

[woeful flume]

forgot about Elesa

[harsh oasis]

Not a streamer

[woeful flume]

the shows probably get streamed tho

[harsh oasis]

Mm, possibly

[wispy kernel]

holy shit shuppet prevented a divorce

[woeful flume]

i have hours of reseting the gravyard and ive only gotten shiny spinarak and gastly out of the 6 possible pokemon i can get

[slate loom]

Funny little dialogue change I think || I dunno if she just always says this, but I refused to heal both times because I was mostly full health, feels satisfying lol.||

[woeful flume]

this part was so funny to keep denying it

[slate loom]

i'm like- the first fight I didn't get touched and the second fight I barely took a sliver, it was funnier to be spiteful

[woeful flume]

complain and you shall recieve ig

[woeful flume]

easily one of the best interactive moments in the game

[slate loom]

So, is swords dance actually a bad move in this game since it only buffs a single stat?

[daring finch]

Its probably one of the best

[harsh oasis]

I'm not exactly sbc, but I don't think it's worse than it ever was in other games. There's even some new functionality in truly long range fights like rogue megas and ranked, where you can find time to use it without getting hit

[daring finch]

It keeps the stat boosted for a long while

But why did I decide to shiny hunt drampa

I must hate myself

[woeful flume]

its shiny ||mega|| is

[harsh oasis]

It really is

That's one of the ones I want

[daring finch]

I want em all

Except for ||Skarmory|| that one can rot in hell

[rustic jacinth]

even the kid is pissed off 😭

[woeful flume]

i cant wait to fill up the spinarak wall of shame

[dim plover]

can i get an alpha tyrunt from a fossil?

[woeful flume]

yes

[dim plover]

just reroll the fossil?

[woeful flume]

yes, i dont know exactly what people are doing for that so i cant help much

[dim plover]

i just have a jaw fossil and im reloading a save infront of the fossil guy

[woeful flume]

ok then yeah that will work

[tepid flame]

Man graphic fidelity aside ZA has a lot of good aesthetics going on in it huh

I've been hearing Yakuza/Like a Dragon comparisons even lol

[solar oriole]

looks at the textured-on "balconies" and stick-figure trees
I mean, at least they managed to port over the 3d models of the pokemon.

[indigo mango]

i been rerolling my jaw for 50 times now, its like a 1% chance so eh

doing around 10 resets every day before i play

[tepid flame]

Yeah I said graphic fidelity aside lol

Think it's pretty clear they definitely are not improving on that front anytime soon

[dim plover]

im about to fight ||grisham|| so i want to get alpha tyrantrum before i enter the end game

[harsh oasis]

Idk if I'd go that far but I do really like it

And tbh, I don't know how much better graphics would have actually improved the experience. Not without MAJOR improvements

Also, holy crap [Main Mission 27 spoilers] ||Mega Froslass|| gets bodied easily by a mega absol

Fastest ||Rogue Mega fight|| so far

[jade ocean]

||My Mega Absol was underleveled as fuck lmao. Thankfully, my Mega Emboar is overleveled, and I killed it before it even used its ultimate move||

[tepid flame]

These 3D Pokemon games are exactly the ethos of "I want worse graphics and expensive purchase prize so the devs doesn't have to crunch and I'm not kidding!" meme lol

[jade ocean]

||Helps that Mega Froslass is very light, allowing Heat Crash to have its full maxed BP||

[harsh oasis]

Same!

[harsh oasis]

LMAO

True

[jade ocean]

God I fucking love having a starter that is 30 levels over everything

It's so hilarious

I even dumped like a fuckton of Proteins into it

[harsh oasis]

I just mean that the graphics as they are are just... so bad that small improvements would mostly just be work for the devs for little actual benefit

[tepid flame]

Like of course ideally they'd have graphic fidelity mattering to the level of AAA and maybe more TLC to it but as far as I'm concerned that's probably gonna never happen

[spare roost]

its just they reinvent their graphics each and every game

instead of reusing it

[tepid flame]

So having ZA be completely outside of the typical Pokemon gameplay bounds for this game and having a more open world feel to it is something I appreciated a lot more

[harsh oasis]

I wish that was even a thing I could do. All my mons seem to be overlevelled regardless and I haven't bought a single expup plush

[jade ocean]

I see a few people be relatively normal leveled

[tepid flame]

Yeah they kept their old ethos of doing everything from scratch and haven't learned asset reusing lmao

[jade ocean]

Mainly people who just don't pay much attention to sidequests

[slate loom]

Listen I know everyone (that I've talked to) hates mega starmie, but it's grown on me...

[jade ocean]

Me? I literally did EVERY SINGLE SIDEQUEST that I could before beating the game

[tepid flame]

I don't

It's such a goofy ass path for them to make a Mega Starmie it loops back to being based for me

[jade ocean]

And even when I didn't have sidequests I spent a lot of time just fucking around

So that's probably how I'm so ridiculously overleveled

[harsh oasis]

Oh yeah, that's true, I do sidequest not long after they show up, and clear a wz soon after too. But that's just the way I like to play. I wish there was a way to have my fun and also not be overpowered

[jade ocean]

30 level lead is wild

[tepid flame]

Of course you're gonna turn it into Earthbound Starman with model legs GameFreak sure why not y'all gonna have to live up to the latter part of your name

[spare roost]

I was a hater of Mega Starmie, and then i saw it move in game and fell in love with it

Same thing happened with Malamar

[jade ocean]

I'm still not a fan of Mega Starmie but its animations saved it from a D or F tier

[harsh oasis]

I think the only new mega i've seen that I really don't like is ||Feraligatr|| and it's not even that it's poorly designed (although I don't love it) I just want better for my ||starter||

[jade ocean]

It's such a fucking goober lmao

[tepid flame]

Oh I think Mega Feraligatr sucks lmao

It's like a worse version of Regidrago

[harsh oasis]

Mmm

[tepid flame]

And I hate Regidrago

[spare roost]

Literally the only thing they could have done was make the hood go completely back OR keep it fully on the head

not halfway like it is

[tepid flame]

It doesn't even look like Totodile to me

It looks more like a giant mutated Shroodle

[harsh oasis]

It's....

supposed to look like toto?

[tepid flame]

If it isn't why do they make Feraligatr's head form like that

[spare roost]

when the hood closes, the full thing is a totodile head

with no arms

[harsh oasis]

[indigo mango]

i like the idea of the head but either make the giant head permanet with only seeing feraligatrs actual face whenever it attacks ir just have the giant face hover over him like a cloak then just straight upwords (Artist Doodlelot)

[harsh oasis]

I... can see it

[tepid flame]

See exactly this one is way cleaner

[spare roost]

one speculation is that it was a quick change because before the game released someone did fanart

[tepid flame]

Also I've finally actually seen like

Mega Meganium

Man I guess I gotta have to take the wins I can get

[harsh oasis]

It's not awful imo

[spare roost]

fanart that came out weeks before release

[harsh oasis]

But I didn't pick chikorita so I imagine it would hurt more

Just like how I hate mega ferali

[spare roost]

and then with nintendo's policy on fanart and their official models....

[jade ocean]

And then there's me who picked Emboar primarily based off the Megas lmao

[tepid flame]

I don't hate it I just think it's the most dull Mega design it could've done

[indigo mango]

i have Emboar and Chesnaught on my Team and both turn into Megas with a giant Stick...too bad that i cant use Mega Chesnaught

[tepid flame]

Anything it could've played around with and instead it's just

Stacked flowers neck

[spare roost]

Silver on their way to become a fighting Expert, just gotta grab Barbaracle

[indigo mango]

i mean i have one on my team

an Alpha

[tepid flame]

Like there's no grace or elegance or cute majesty to it it's just

[jade ocean]

Unironically I think I ended the game with 3 Fighting types

[spare roost]

yeah but as a primary team member?

[tepid flame]

Stacked flowers around the neck

[indigo mango]

ye

[spare roost]

Lets go!!!

[jade ocean]

An early-game Alpha Riolu that I ended up just keeping, Bois and my starter

[spare roost]

Mine is an alpha Budew

currently a Roselia, since i want to use roselia until I deemed. " Yeah this is an important part of my character's story so the power of stone, Roserade

(I evolved Budew when i got Absol)

[jade ocean]

Tbh all 3 Fighting types ended up being my 3 most useful members lmao

[harsh oasis]

Bois is really good

[spare roost]

Fighting is just a great offensive typing, it destroys

[harsh oasis]

MVP of the game

[indigo mango]

Emboar, Chesnaught, Dueblade (Gonna be replaced cause its so fucking slow with an Alpha Tyrantrum ocne i get it), Barbaracle, Krookodile and Pangoro

[jade ocean]

I'm not gonna sugarcoat it

I wish I could use Flare Blitz more but most of the actually difficult battles are vs Pokemon with heavily magnified HP

So you just kill yourself in a single move

I still use Head Smash over Rock Slide though

I can't say no to literally doubled BP

[hazy knot]

if we’re talking about teams, mine is ||Meganium, Froslass, Excadrill, Barbaracle, Houndoom, and Slowbro atm||

looking for someone to replace houndoom and slowbro with though

[dim plover]

still no luck on alpha tyrunt

[slate loom]

My team is primarily Delphox, Goodra, Hawlucha, Scoliopede, Noivern, and Currently Salamence, was vaporeon until recently

[edgy palm]

Finally playing and boy is this fun!

[hazy knot]

True!

[dim plover]

Blastoise, Absol, Tyrantrum, Chesnaught, Emboar, Alpha Avalugg

[hazy knot]

i just got Nintendo switch online so i could do the greninja thing but i suck at battles and my team sucks so wish me luck 🙏

[dim plover]

nice

[edgy palm]

How much stronger are Alphas that you catch?

[dim plover]

they're like the ones in arceus

[edgy palm]

Ran into a nasty Alpha Houndoom earlier

[hazy knot]

they also get a special move

[dim plover]

by the time i started catching alphas i was already over their levels

[edgy palm]

Friggin thing hurts xD

At least we get a free Absol

[dim plover]

yeah

[edgy palm]

I just want my piggy to fully evolve

[spare roost]

You see, free absol, but consider, Shiny Alpha Absol?

[edgy palm]

Assuming I find it

I assume the mega alphas are hella strong

I caught an Alpha Bellsprout the other day xD

[hazy knot]

i mainly use alphas my favorite team member is my alpha froslass

in fact meganium is the only team member i have who isn’t alpha

[edgy palm]

I might look for an Alpha Venipede since I want Scolipede as my mega

[harsh oasis]

You made the trilby look good!

[harsh oasis]

You get points even if you lose real bad. You should be fine

[woeful carbon]

color is legal again

[hazy knot]

oh cool, thanks!

[spare roost]

My goal right now is an Alpha Living Dex (I did one for Arceus) and maybe ill push for a shiny alpha dex this time

since they changed it so that Shinies don't despawn, so im thinking its possible to reroll stuff so that the alpha buff lands on the shiny

[harsh oasis]

That... seems like a lot of work. Good luck

[woeful carbon]

for context this is raichu in gen 5

[harsh oasis]

I have a raichu so this change is felt keenly

[woeful carbon]

since theyre changing colors I will mail nintendo my credit card if they change shiny golurk to be the anime colors

[edgy palm]

Thanks! It was fun trying out new looks

[hazy knot]

just did my first battle and won

[woeful carbon]

I am 46 hours into legends za

and i am on mission 7

[hazy knot]

rank u!