POKÉMON CENTER

[karmic imp]

Yeah. Fairy hyper beam

[arctic dagger]

If it has pixilate sure

My general assumption is that Pokemon in fiction don't have their hidden ability

Unless otherwise specified

[azure crane]

Last night, I dreamed that there was a Pokémon romhack where there were special versions of Pokémon with different types that were weak to the original version. Like there was a tire Mon that was Psychic, and then the special versions were Fighting and Poison.

It was about exploring a giant abandoned hospital, or at least one part was.

[umbral hound]

that sounds potentially interesting.

But, uh, very much like something that would be a dream.

[manic kindle]

Oooh like delta pokemon

[foggy mango]

Kinda reminds me of Cassette Beasts' Bootleg variants, which is its version of Shinies but instead of it just being an alternate color palette it also changes the Beast's type

[manic kindle]

I know Pokemon Insurgence had Delta Pokemon

[earnest nacelle]

Yes. Sylveon has Moonblast.

[near flower]

i remember when insurgence was kind of new and i was watching yt playthroughs of it on and off and was like 'woah a tcg reference' when i saw the delta mons in there
and then when alolan forms came out as having different typings and everyone was talking about how cool that was i was all like 'they did something like this in the tcg back in gen 3 🤓'
my favorite delta card is the totodile line (predictable)
theyre electric types! thats so cool to me!

[manic kindle]

i really liked the Holon Cards especially

[azure crane]

Yes, that's probably where I got it from, but I wonder why it's only types weak to it.

[graceful quartz]

Chapter 15 of my story, Shaded Silk, is now available.
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-105435071
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/151628068

[azure crane]

https://x.com/sasabunecafe/status/1841855737225437405

ささ☕️ (@sasabunecafe) on X

🪽ふわふわ天使🪽
#ポケモン天使化

Twitter · Oct 3, 2024, 3:00 PM

[azure crane]

https://twitter.com/chikidoodlez/status/1842226194512482572

rad/chiki ✨️ 💜 kofi/comms in bio! (@chikidoodlez) on X

day 4 is for poipole! don't get poisoned ;)

Twitter · Oct 4, 2024, 3:32 PM

[soft isle]

https://www.tumblr.com/zuccnini/763514740114866176/this-weeks-shop-update-10-remake-mini-paintings album!

[round perch]

https://x.com/Dantheartist67/status/1842738659545485475?t=PORgM0Yrz7c9LM7lWijWjw&s=19

Dantheartist ART FIGHT Team Stardust (@Dantheartist67) on X

Welp haven’t posted much have I been busy with collabs which this is on of them for Pokémon Sewaddle event so had to put my own cent to the mix along with 40 other artists

Decided to make mine more dark theme looking like a SOLID individual trained differently lol

Twitter · Oct 6, 2024, 1:28 AM

[graceful quartz]

Chapter 16 of my story, Shaded Silk, is now available.
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-105488144
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/151783051

[azure crane]

https://x.com/manokoto_/status/1498924323582607362

蝉舌 (@manokoto_) on X

鳥御三家
#ポケモンSV

Twitter · Mar 2, 2022, 7:33 AM

[earnest nacelle]

https://youtu.be/KSPh9ZCTlVo?si=_RXNDWA2stRs8AWi

[mellow robin]

https://fixupx.com/BOINBOISBOS/status/1105667520839610369

[azure crane]

https://x.com/nekonon_syano/status/1843208725756297223

ねこのん (@nekonon_syano) on X

みちみちのグレイシア

Twitter · Oct 7, 2024, 8:36 AM

[soft isle]

https://www.tumblr.com/foxdoc/763696670258167808/crimson-sun-welcome-to-jtv-pokecenter-please album

[obtuse ravine]

https://fixupx.com/Souen_643/status/1843258517177995369

at least i think these are pokemon

i have not seen a quilava in forever so i honestly cannot tell

[snow cobalt]

ye

[soft isle]

oh yeah these are Typhlosion. The one in the back is Hisuian

[obtuse ravine]

🥺

i’m a fake fan…

i wanna play legends arceus, but might wait to see if z-a ends up being a large improvement or something

but idk if z-a will have cyndaquil…

[soft isle]

Honestly we think LA is worth playing anyway. Best game they’ve released in a very long time

It’s up above all the 3ds games in our personal tier list of favorite pokemon games

[trail bridge]

LA is good

[graceful quartz]

Chapter 17 of my story, Shaded Silk, is now available.
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-105541379
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/151933786

[arctic dagger]

https://www.reddit.com/r/CuratedTumblr/s/PHegKZHAfY

I laughed out loud for this

[wispy yarrow]

Seconding legends arceus, it was a good twist on traditional Pokemon gameplay

[obtuse ravine]

[obtuse ravine]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-pokemon-scarlet-and-violet-koraidon-snack-sandwich-gif-14150804735977386653

loaf!!

[snow cobalt]

danny noooooo don't get eaten

[south laurel]

Delicious mongoose

[arctic dagger]

That's so cute

[azure crane]

The lomf

[soft isle]

[soft isle]

https://www.tumblr.com/catmask/763878440304771072/snapdex-day-32-dex-156

[snow cobalt]

@obtuse ravine

this u?

[soft isle]

Quilava our beloved

[azure crane]

[red rampart]

https://fixupx.com/DTierTL/status/1844103378579882324
@glacial ore

[soft isle]

Awwwww!

[obtuse ravine]

surprisingly relevant to the gif above

[obtuse ravine]

=]:3

maybehaps

[graceful quartz]

An Informational Chapter of my story, Shaded Silk, is now available.
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-105597887
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/152085673

[karmic imp]

Very cool

I love worldbuilding

[graceful quartz]

Glad to hear you liked it Mask!

[azure crane]

https://vxtwitter.com/kaminokefusa/status/1844336091501035569

[red rampart]

@glacial ore

https://x.com/MoxieBoosted/status/1738395585806499985

For the love of god, watch Look Back. (@MoxieBoosted) on X

Briar is in my top 5 pokemon characters entirely cause she's way too into her research.
"Yes Kieran keep pulling on the magic rock that might kill us!"
"Where does this elevator go? I'd love to find out!"
"ARE THOSE ABANDONED NOTES FROM A LONG DEAD COLLEAGUE?"
*hand flaps*

Twitter · Dec 23, 2023, 3:06 AM

[eager vine]

autism woman. yay!

[round perch]

She has very strange eyes.

[red rampart]

I'd say it's a Kitakami thing since Kieran and Carmine have the same thing, but she's from Unova

[arctic dagger]

https://youtu.be/xtBSqP-J_l8

[near flower]

DID YOU ALL SEE THE MASSIVE LEAK

[arctic dagger]

I saw that there was one

Apparently B/W source doe?

Code*

And a codename for gen 10 for the switch2?

[near flower]

more importantly beta pokemon designs and concept art (day one million of me asking gf/tpc to make fucking artbooks)

https://x.com/CentroLeaks/status/1845288813339246721

Centro LEAKS (@CentroLeaks) on X

Gen 3 starters original concept art

Twitter · Oct 13, 2024, 2:21 AM

LOOKS AT THIS MFER

[arctic dagger]

Woah

[near flower]

WARABBIT

[arctic dagger]

I like that

Also I like that Torchic better I think

[near flower]

i desperately need to see the alternate universe where warabbit made it into the final game

[arctic dagger]

I like the split ears rather than the one tuft

[near flower]

i want to know what warabbit 2 and 3 looked like
mega warabbit 3

[arctic dagger]

That said, Mudkip is fucking iconic

[near flower]

yeah i wouldnt trade mudkip for this little bud

[arctic dagger]

Also the uh, treeck is high as fuck

[snow cobalt]

wait this is real

[near flower]

seems like it

[arctic dagger]

Like I'm glad they made treecko's eyes yellows because he looks like he just did ALL of the weed

[near flower]

PEEP THIS EXTENDED BW OPENING SEQUENCE
https://fixupx.com/CentroLeaks/status/1845280958833922545

[snow cobalt]

OH original concepts gotcha

[near flower]

i think they should have let treeko smoke. as a treat

[snow cobalt]

makes slightly more sense but still a little skeptical

[arctic dagger]

It's part of the big leak with everything else that seems pretty confirmed

[near flower]

||supposedly gen 10 is codenamed 'gaia' but the leakers dont seem to be willing to release more info on it aside from that and that it's dropping in 2026||

[arctic dagger]

To be honest, the year of pokemon releases are like fucking clockwork

And who cares about the codename

So IDK how much I care about that

[near flower]

sumo dropped in 2016, usum 2017, swsh dropped in 2019 (2 year gap), sv dropped 2022 (3 year gap) ||and this one is 2026, a 4 year gap, longest so far. so not that predictable imo||

[manic kindle]

Yooo

https://vxtwitter.com/pkmnMusicImages/status/1845089069723685231?t=7fObNqn3YSf7rQMvDDmxeg&s=19

We got pokemon voter fraud

Some folk got caught cheating / influencing smogon ban votes

[snow cobalt]

no way

[manic kindle]

Kinda fascinating

[round perch]

https://fixupx.com/CentroLeaks/status/1845319528269468035?t=njQGyprxoRnnbqP1BUR56A&s=33

I'm glad they dropped one detail lol.

[arctic dagger]

Context for this?

A gym leader for Gen 10?

[graceful quartz]

Chapter 18 of my story, Shaded Silk, is now available.
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-105678266
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/152314885

[near flower]

these are design notes for unova's gym leaders (poorly MTL'd by whatever group sprung the leak)

[wild thorn]

||https://fixupx.com/latiasite_/status/1845323937216921617|| leak spoilers

[azure crane]

https://twitter.com/yasaikakiage_/status/1142155177798991872

yasaikakiage (@yasaikakiage_) on X

＼Ivy？／

Twitter · Jun 21, 2019, 7:39 PM

[round perch]

It's the concept for Iris from B&W.

[manic kindle]

ah, the leaks are here too
gunna supermute the thread, much love to you all

[south laurel]

Terrifying to Jimmy Carter

[arctic dagger]

I think we can just mandate all spoilers are on mute

Er, spoilers?

[near flower]

whys rabbit scary to the president

[red rampart]

…oh wonderful
https://x.com/Stealth40k/status/1845417541033771104

Stealth (@Stealth40k) on X

Game Freak issued a statement regarding the data breach on October 10th.

CEO Satoshi Tajiri acknowledged more than 2,600 instances of personal employee information (past, present and contract workers) had been stolen.

This is his primary concern and the other leaks were not

Twitter · Oct 13, 2024, 10:53 AM

[south laurel]

Dude got attacked by a swimming rabbit

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Carter_rabbit_incident

Probably helped Reagan get elected, even

Villainous creature

[round perch]

https://fixupx.com/Caliginous_arts/status/1845580570434130020?t=SjNQw9AdT0O3NBfjP2-9Kg&s=19

[near flower]

'might have helper reagan get elected' that rabbit was an agent of evil for sure

[soft isle]

begging this channel to not turn the typhlosion thing into a meme

We know it’s a meme everywhere else now but like… come on

[languid lichen]

the what

[soft isle]

It’s connected to the leaks, you don’t want to know

[languid lichen]

oh

time to go digging i guess

[trail bridge]

https://vxtwitter.com/borrovvedwings/status/1845115198727741672?t=AHXw2TFef2L8uDubfhqF2Q&s=19

[trail bridge]

battle against a true dao

[languid lichen]

what

[snow cobalt]

ahahahahhahaha

[languid lichen]

this doesn't make any sense because the kyurem test actually had fraudulent votes

[arctic dagger]

Right and Kyurem didn't want to win

XD

I think someone just heard there was a Kyurem fraud vote and made this without looking into it

[languid lichen]

fair

[snow cobalt]

perfect

[foggy mango]

It's just a Tornadus causing the tornado. Clearly that's why Pokemon Go wants you to go out in dangerous weather

[trail bridge]

prepare for the tailwind

[obtuse ravine]

cyndaquil doesn't get much merch 😔

[obtuse ravine]

i get it... not very cool and pretty old

...

i still got a plush tho thank goodness it's a starter

[near flower]

the johto pokemon feel so neglected...
at the very least getting a hisuian form seems to have boosted the cyndaquil line's popularity

[languid lichen]

it's mostly just the starters, quagsire, and sneasel, I suppose

and a couple of the evos

(scizor, umbre/espeon)

little bit of heracross

[near flower]

mega feraligatr in Z-A trust (THIS IS NOT A LEAK THIS IS WISHFUL THINKING)

[graceful quartz]

Chapter 19 of my story, Shaded Silk, is now available.
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-105739424
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/152489410

[obtuse ravine]

silly

[snow cobalt]

😌

[trail bridge]

sillyquil

[languid lichen]

beta scrafty was fucking adorable...

[umbral hound]

idea: Water/Grass garden eel.

wait Wugtrio is already garden eels never mind.

[spring hedge]

doesn't preclude more garden eel mons

[azure crane]

https://www.tumblr.com/atompalace-official/763810215392051200/well-shes-got-the-spirit

[south laurel]

https://www.ddinstagram.com/p/C_2kllZyruX/

[graceful quartz]

Chapter 20 of my story, Shaded Silk, is now available.
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-105785645
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/152611819

[azure crane]

https://fixupx.com/cremechii/status/1846556478775439714

[karmic imp]

Cute spider

[languid lichen]

https://vxtwitter.com/ThatTugboat/status/1612548974178717696
https://vxtwitter.com/ThatTugboat/status/1754604325001732290

[trail bridge]

🤔 the Iron Obelisk looks like a pokey

[arctic dagger]

I love Iron Beacon

[azure crane]

Does that mean it can't move faster?

[round perch]

https://fixupx.com/Spyrook/status/1847358704393294023?t=b05s-bU2wJWVWhdlTWssiw&s=19

[fickle thicket]

anime ditched that fun ED...

[graceful quartz]

Chapter 21 of my story, Shaded Silk, is now available.
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-105838829
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/152752594

[umbral hound]

someone funny, help me figure out how to make a "gardevoir dire" joke, it's been bouncing around on my head and not resolving into anything.

[spring hedge]

pokémon mystery dungeon court drama spinoff

[umbral hound]

dangit that sounds potentially interesting actually.

...what pokemon would Phoenix Wright be? Or any of the other protagonists? Some part of me wants to say Whismur for Apollo but I know that's not quite right.

This is a weird one but I'm thinking about Hisuian Rowlett.

[arctic dagger]

IU mean decidueye is a detective basically

[umbral hound]

Why did I say Rowlet when I meant Rufflet? And why did I think Hisuian Rufflet was Psychic-type (Hisuian Braviary is, in my defense)?

Part of me is also thinking Riolu. There is a lot of magic in the earlier Phoenix Wright games. And a lot of we-won't-say-it's-magic in the later ones.

...I think Maya might have to be Cubone (if she were to somehow come along for the ride) and that makes me sad.

[languid lichen]

that would be fun

[umbral hound]

There's literally a pokemon called Gumshoos so that's also fun. And Alolan Ratata is evocative of a thief for that reason. I was originally thinking about just the idea of a PMD/Phoenix Wright crossover where Wright became a Pokemon, or possibly where one of the other protags did, but now somehow I'm thinking about the pokemon for other characters. Larry gets Shroodle. Not Smeargle, Shroodle.

Someone gets Whismur but I could see equal arguments for any of the protags.

espurr, how did I not get espurr for Athena.

and I have now seen some gifs of The Baby and must share.

[snow cobalt]

yaaaaaay

[arctic dagger]

Just read all of it, really enjoyed! 🙂

[trail bridge]

https://vxtwitter.com/aboxoftimbits/status/1847644456368955414

huh

ground tera Tentacruel

its only ground type move is mudshot

[graceful quartz]

Glad to hear you enjoyed it!

[languid lichen]

i mean i assume it's being used to catch incoming electric hits

not offensively

[arctic dagger]

Yeah, probably a Toxic set if I had to guess

Using it defensively

[trail bridge]

huh

makes sense

[arctic dagger]

It's uh, still weird to be clear

[trail bridge]

I once fought a Ground Tera Toedscruel that used spore or toxic once

it wasn't fun 😔

[arctic dagger]

Isn't Toedscruel normally ground type?

That seems weird

[trail bridge]

🤔 yeah

stab boost, maybe?

no wait

[arctic dagger]

It's not like it attacks much

[trail bridge]

ehhhh this was like a few weeks after SV got released

[arctic dagger]

It just seems weird

[languid lichen]

yeah that does basically nothing good for it

it like

removes the quad ice weakness

[trail bridge]

so it might've been one of those Pre Gen 9 Meta things,

[languid lichen]

and a bug weakness

but it's such a waste of a type shuffle

[arctic dagger]

Tera didn't exist

Until gen9

[trail bridge]

as in like

Before Chi Yu and Flutter Mane even got their competitive dominance

when Gen 9 meta was still young

i mean

[languid lichen]

chi yu was dominant day 1

so was flutter mane afaik

[arctic dagger]

I mean, I think it was just dumb

[languid lichen]

yeah

[trail bridge]

🤔 yeah

[arctic dagger]

It's ok for a rando to have been dumb

XD

[trail bridge]

I mean same here!

[languid lichen]

pokemon is like 20 years into meta analysis

[trail bridge]

I was also a rando who never watched any comp vids like uhhh Wolfey or ElectricWindGirlfriend

[languid lichen]

seeing a fuckbroken fast strong special attacker with double stab and a nuke is like

"ah, this is The Meta"

same with type fuckery

[trail bridge]

maybe one of these days I'll brush off the dust of my switch

maybe

[languid lichen]

i am currently hyperfixating on abiotic factor

[trail bridge]

anyway have a funny
https://vxtwitter.com/kirbyotaku/status/1847374935863459900

[languid lichen]

but i also need to go do a replay of PLA

[snow cobalt]

https://x.com/miyaulait/status/1847713725031338364

🐟🐟🐟 (@miyaulait) on X

Twitter · Oct 19, 2024, 6:57 PM

[azure crane]

https://x.com/cco00oo/status/1847477490476077371

olyester (@cco00oo) on X

eepy morning

Twitter · Oct 19, 2024, 3:18 AM

[obtuse ravine]

https://fxtwitter.com/BlessThouSoul/status/1847772983844295164

this is how learn about this evolution line

I'm gonna go crosspost this in the monster hunter thread cuz it reminds me of the mh rise art

[manic kindle]

https://x.com/gladionfan/status/1847689054113960168

kathy ☆ (@gladionfan) on X

Twitter · Oct 19, 2024, 5:19 PM

[azure crane]

https://www.tumblr.com/kitschchris/764500537628622848/what-kind-of-sorcery-is-this

[umbral hound]

Miles Edgeworth has Pawniard/Bisharp/Kingambit for sure. Not sure which, but one of them.

There is admittedly a different prosecutor who does stuff with a sword, but Edgeworth is sword-themed, and also chess-themed, and it fits a little too well.

...meaning Wright needs Riolu to be a full counter, and also because Blue, and I could totally imagine a Riolu or Lucario pointing for an Objection! and admittedly part of that is just being bipedal, but... Phoenix Wright, as a pokemon, would end up as a Riolu probably.

my brain is not in the right place for writing, why am I getting plot bunnies

https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Sleep_style I just discovered this page. There's too much art there for me to pick one to link but it's worth seeing.

[snow cobalt]

Amazing

[umbral hound]

of note, both Totodile and Fuecoco's evolutionary lines are capable of unihemispheric sleep apparently.

and a lot of sploots.

and My Boy

...I need to not post good sploots because then I will not stop.

[near flower]

YES IT'S SO COOL!!! I LOVE MY GATORS!!!!
guess since sandile wasnt mentioned that they arent in sleep yet which is sad because all gators and crocs are beautiful

my little baba so cute....

MY GODDDD
if i didnt have school i would be downloading sleep right now to see my little baba but i cannot have my phone open all night i do not have a cord long enough

[snow cobalt]

https://x.com/RhafToze/status/1846686134740648240

TO ZE (@RhafToze) on X

Eeveesentai Water Vaporeon

Twitter · Oct 16, 2024, 10:54 PM

[obtuse ravine]

i love being a fire hazard when i’m sleeping

[fickle thicket]

Which pokemon would experience the greatest power increase by being given a gun

[obtuse ravine]

hmm

i guess you might look for weak pokemon that would be able to aim and use it somewhat well

and/or pokemon that have low physical attack so they can round out their offense 🤔

[languid lichen]

deoxys

speed form has horrible offensive stats but a bunch of extremely dextrous and prehensile tentacle-arms, and is

y'know

deoxys-speed

fast

speed loading, good repositioning, likes the power

[soft isle]

Togepi

Money ↩️

[Reply to:](#1160615504562638910 message) Which pokemon would experience the greatest power increase by being given a gun

https://tenor.com/view/togepi-pokemon-anime-evil-laugh-gif-5645933

[fickle thicket]

Good arguments. I wonder about Deoxys-speed, because it's already pretty strong.
My personal pick is Shuckle. Shuckle with a gun

[arctic dagger]

So different proposal: aura is what makes Pokemon attacks strong. So the strongest Pokemon with a gun is one that can use their steel type aura to assist with the gun shots, but otherwise has a really low attack power. Additionally it needs to have hands. I think that Huge Power would likely work with a gun, and so I'm going to say Mega Mawile with a Glock.

Mega Mawile is often just on the edge of super fucked up anyway, with iron Head as its strongest steel type attack

I suspect Gun is better than 80 base power, and likely has priority

Turning Mega Mawile into a zero set up sweeper into many opponents

[languid lichen]

normal bullet is probably similar to bullet punch

we could also probably justify saying steel extremespeed though

[arctic dagger]

Yeah, and then you put aura effect on top of it, as where bullet punch effect already shows the aura effect

Yeah steel type extreme speed I think is reasonable

With huge power?

Absolutely nuts

[soft isle]

laughing really hard at the fact that Mega Mawile using Gun gets stab

Tohu (Any) ↩️

[Reply to:](#1160615504562638910 message) So different proposal: aura is what makes Pokemon attacks strong. So the strongest Pokemon with a g…

[fickle thicket]

I love the idea that Huge Power makes the gun shoot twice as hard

[trail bridge]

hmm. Ledian has been suffering a lot. So.

Shotgun Shell. 150 BP 100% Accuracy Steel type Sp. Atk move that hits twice and is priority. It also cannot be used twice in a row, similar to Gigaton Hammer. Its exclusive to Ledian only
It whips out a double barreled shotgun, unloads it into some poor mon, then does another move while it reloads.
Being a priority move, Farigiraf is immune to it.

context: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I61LtcJ45gQ

that being said

it does not fix its abysmal... everything else.

[graceful quartz]

Chapter 22 of my story, Shaded Silk, is now available:
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-105893468
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/152910829

[arctic dagger]

Love the new chapter

!!

[graceful quartz]

Glad to hear!

[mellow robin]

Is it just me reading Falkner having a crush on Whitney here? Getting a little 'show off in front of my crush' energy from him.

[arctic dagger]

I believe that was explicit some number of chapters ago

Where he was being annoyed about bugsy getting the attention from her

[obtuse ravine]

felt

[azure crane]

https://fixupx.com/RhafToze/status/1847765861538623927 https://fixupx.com/RhafToze/status/1847419459625226505

[pliant violet]

The leafeon arm blade is a nice touch

[manic kindle]

gunna add this to my evergrowing ideas for pokemon ttrpg

[pliant violet]

Based

[snow cobalt]

Hammer Espeon......

[pliant violet]

How is flareon holding the staff

[languid lichen]

magnets

[fickle thicket]

Looking at this, I realize I've never seen a sentai where the core rangers have different weapons

[trail bridge]

"rare"

are swablu rare?

[languid lichen]

the original post is unrelated to pokemon

[trail bridge]

ohhhhh

[azure crane]

The OG Power Rangers had them.

[iron lake]

so very good

[graceful quartz]

Chapter 23 of my story, Shaded Silk, is now available:
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-105950864
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/153050323

[umbral hound]

...I think Swablu is kind of rare, actually?

No, they're available pretty early game in Scarlet/Violet; they're just later-game in earlier entries.

[arctic dagger]

Yeah depends on the series

I think they're often vaguely rare in that you don't tend to see them in multiple routes much?

[foggy mango]

IIRC, you can only find them in like one route in RSE?

[fickle thicket]

two routes, 114 and 115 (between rustboro and fallarbor, not very late), where they're among the most common encounters

[azure crane]

https://fixupx.com/kiwibeewee/status/1129673508034928640

[trail bridge]

hey.

look at me in the eyes

look at me.

and please tell me

why can munchlax learn self destruct

[snow cobalt]

You know how it is with munchlax

[mellow robin]

tummy ache (no survivors)

[spring hedge]

feed munchlax an bomb. gains power to detonate. like kirby

[blissful needle]

I love the concept of celebi

instead of this "I time traveled back in time in an attempt to stop some worldwide destruction"

is "Hey, I come over to say you guys are doing GREAT, keep going b" *disappears"

[snow cobalt]

I should do that

[near flower]

this concept tied with celebi appearing as an important character in the explorers mystery dungeon games....... oough theres something to cook here but i need to big my brain over it

[azure crane]

https://www.tpmblr.com/pkmntrainertrix/731619093554331648/follow-me-for-more-zweilous-feeding-tips

[trail bridge]

https://www.tumblr.com/pintitledploose/737407956745879552/i-just-realized-i-can-post-this-video-i-made-in

also does anyone have the original source of that "Neutralizing Gas... My Favorite" image of regigigas

https://www.tumblr.com/pi-the-unbreakable/762830279631142912/i-love-this-image

this image

since i can't find the source

[umbral hound]

okay, which Guilty Gear character's theme is this?

[trail bridge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nfx_BacSZ1c

[trail bridge]

https://vxtwitter.com/FR0STlZ/status/1678160347117518849 FOUND IT

[obtuse ravine]

i think it's the opening theme for xrd revelator

[umbral hound]

randomly found this again, and... yes

so basically im creacher

[iron lake]

amused by the idea of cofagrigus clapping their hands together

[snow cobalt]

got a lot to clap

[pliant violet]

So basically I’m bastard

[graceful quartz]

Chapter 24 of my story, Shaded Silk, is now available:
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-106005998
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/153192484

[eager vine]

i Amn just........ a litle Creacher, Thatse it. i canot change this

[arctic dagger]

I'm sure you're just copy pasting but I'm pretty sure that's not chapter 24

[spring hedge]

there have been 2 interludes not factored into the intended chapter enumeration, but ao3 autogenerates chapter numbers

[arctic dagger]

Ah

[foggy mango]

claps hands together oh I am just a bastard

[graceful quartz]

Yeah, unfortunately Ao3 doesn't let me do .5 chapters or X-1 chapters.

[arctic dagger]

TIL

[fickle thicket]

https://tenor.com/view/wallace-and-gromit-hammering-fast-hard-at-work-working-gif-26932115

today's episode

[arctic dagger]

Holy shit

They just banned Miraidon from Ubers

Fifth pokemon ever banned from Ubers, and first box legendary

Arceus, Mega Rayquaza, Zacian Crowned, Calyrex-Rider, and now Miraidon

[languid lichen]

understandable

that thing was fucked

also

when was arceus ever banned from ubers?

gen 4 or 5, i'm guessing?

[arctic dagger]

4, yeah

Every pokemon there was banned in their debut game

[manic kindle]

koraidon bros stay winning

[azure crane]

Yeah, Electric is a better type than Fighting, and synergizes with the field it sets up better.

Like, what can wall both Electro Drift and Draco Meteor?

And it also boosts Iron Bundle.

[trail bridge]

Isn't Zacian Crowned a box legendary?

[languid lichen]

yeah

[trail bridge]

but damn, pour one out for the motorcycle

why wasn't Coraidon banned?

[languid lichen]

because it's not broken?

same reason zamazenta wasn't banned

[pliant violet]

k not c

[languid lichen]

miraidon has the benefit of STAB on its pivot move (volt switch), on top of a brutal pair of STAB nukes in electro drift and draco meteor

and koraidon is fighting, not fire

so it doesn't gain the extremely important extra benefit of also benefiting from its terrain on its stab

[trail bridge]

ahh okay

Koraidon

[languid lichen]

there are just

[trail bridge]

ohhhh I see

[languid lichen]

five different ways miraidon is broken

that koraidon isn't

[pliant violet]

not that koraidon is bad

[languid lichen]

box legends getting banned doesn't mean their paired legend gets banned as collateral

yeah kora is a really strong uber

it's just

as normal for the tier

[red rampart]

I always forget koraidon isn't a fire type

[languid lichen]

it would probably be miraidon-tier if it was

even without a fire-type pivot move to also spam

[pliant violet]

Helps that it has the better weather/terrain

[trail bridge]

🤔

[trail bridge]

ohhh right. No fire type means it can't benefit from sunlight STAB fire moves, right

[arctic dagger]

Feels a bit more like a mega to me in the same way Rayquaza is a box legendary but mega ray kinda isn't

[trail bridge]

ahhh I see

[arctic dagger]

Zacian is absolutely a box landscape

Legendary

Crowned? Ehhhhh

I get the argument it is I just feel like it's clearly closer to a mega.

[obtuse ravine]

might try the pokemon mystery dungeon remake on switch's demo tonight, i've never played the series before and don't really know what to expect

[languid lichen]

crowned is literally the box legend

if anything, base zacian wouldn't be

if you want to claim that for whatever reason they're distinct and one version of zacian/zamazenta isn't a box legend

[arctic dagger]

One is the crazy super form

One isn't

[languid lichen]

yes, but one is on the box

and one isn't

box legend means the one on the box

[azure crane]

https://twitter.com/verFyhi/status/1845600410993648066

Satori (@verFyhi) on X

Soft Flygon

Twitter · Oct 13, 2024, 11:00 PM

[south laurel]

https://bsky.app/profile/cco00oo.bsky.social/post/3l7fmwchs2k23

[fickle thicket]

Tap on at full blast

[graceful quartz]

An Interlude of my story, Shaded Silk, is now available:
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-106058060
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/153337960

[azure crane]

https://x.com/JPhattaosuzo/status/1850493059169194269

八太 雄三🍑Hatta Osuzo (@JPhattaosuzo) on X

Twitter · Oct 27, 2024, 11:01 AM

[graceful quartz]

Chapter 25 of my story, Shaded Silk, is now available:
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-106113128
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/153485977

[arctic dagger]

Tftc

[languid lichen]

https://www.neka.cc/composer/11762 blorbo generator

the mons in this are fucking adorable

[arctic dagger]

My ice type team for hot environments

XD

[languid lichen]

if you bring enough ice types, they'll generate enough cool air to not melt in the sun

[arctic dagger]

Exaaaaactly.

I die in heat

So ice types have always been one of my favored types

I can always put on more blankies

[azure crane]

https://x.com/avHYCcH3x80KCUE/status/1851240155090235421

フキダシコットン『1日1枚‼』 (@avHYCcH3x80KCUE) on X

ヤドンがナックラーに嚙まれたら
#ポケモン #Pokémon #イラスト #ポケモンSV

Twitter · Oct 29, 2024, 12:30 PM

[umbral hound]

If Beeheyem got an evolution, what would it be named? Yuefoe? Yuaypie?

[distant silo]

https://open.spotify.com/episode/7ENpN46OP34dsrp6j9eL5M

Hello! I just launched a new TTRPG actual play podcast series today. This is a cosmic horror game set in the Pokemon universe during the early 20th century, using a modified Call of Cthulhu ruleset. I'm really proud of it and I've poured so much of myself into its creation. Please give it a listen if it sounds like something you would enjoy!

[fickle thicket]

no shedinja? i sleep

[umbral hound]

does it have sableye?

[foggy mango]

The good thing about having at least 30 favorite Pokemon is that its hard for a given thing to not include one of my favorites

[azure crane]

Flygon my beloved.

[near flower]

no gator sadge.... however other of my little guys are in here
garchomp gets to be honorary gator

[blissful needle]

wtf we could have had a Flying Eeveelution but we didnt because it was "too similar to fanart"?

wait does that mean that we will never have more eeveelutions because it might be considered plagiarism?

[arctic dagger]

Depending yeah

But it's telling that they say they could still make it

Just not as a main character

That said Eevee is popular enough that making a new eeveelution and not making it a main character is kinda dumb

It's why writers and designers are often told not to read any fan fiction or look at custom designs

Because then they could be sued if they end up looking anything like previous designs

[languid lichen]

sorry, what do you mean "a main character"

like

in the anime

[arctic dagger]

Fuck if I know

I'm just reading what it says

[languid lichen]

fair

[arctic dagger]

As much as it would be cool if I had an uncle that worked at Nintendo

I cannot read the poke devs minds

XD

I'd bet that they mean main Pokemon of main character or rival too?

[languid lichen]

right yeah, that makes some sense

i don't actually rememeber, has every eeveelution post-g1 been part of a main character's roster?

i vaguely remember a glaceon

but that's all

[arctic dagger]

Don't know

Not a huge Eevee fan TBH

I've always had a bias against single type Pokemon

[near flower]

i dont think any of the kalos rivals had sylveon
but also theyre all kinda not that memorable so maybe they did
it's also (eurgh) been a decade (❗️❗️❗️) since i played xy

[manic kindle]

yeah its a valid design concern

[red rampart]

I've just become aware that this exists and I have to share it with you all

[foggy mango]

https://tenor.com/view/pokemon-pokemon-xy-espurr-rinya-gif-25178171

[spring hedge]

https://tenor.com/view/espurr-pokemon-meowwwwww-espurr-pokemon-gif-3992422962731875559

[manic kindle]

espurr was the mascot of my first major pokemon ttrpg campaign

[snow cobalt]

ideal

[languid lichen]

espurr is adorable

i once saw a one-chapter story of a depressed espurr and hex maniac duo and i was in love with the concept, but

alas

never continued

fitting for the angtsdepressen

it, too, was abandoned

[manic kindle]

Jean-Luc Espcard was the party inventor's partner pokemon and was oft used by the GM as a plot enabler because they loved to use psychic powers for mischief

[obtuse ravine]

😭

[azure crane]

https://vxtwitter.com/dtiertl/status/1851752933337240063

[fickle thicket]

Shauna has one but only as your Battle Maison partner

[near flower]

interesting
never did much with the battle maison myself

[red rampart]

https://bsky.app/profile/cco00oo.bsky.social/post/3l7u74okwh32d

@glacial ore

[graceful quartz]

Chapter 26 of my story, Shaded Silk, is now available! Chapters are still delayed due to a trip I'm going on:
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-106228562
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/153792772

[arctic dagger]

Well I hope you have fun

[azure crane]

https://x.com/Veevee_Volley/status/1851623156550971815

ろしぇるん｜音舞星㷔🎷🍓 (@Veevee_Volley) on X

この子達可愛すぎん…！！？？

Twitter · Oct 30, 2024, 1:52 PM

[trail bridge]

https://x.com/TommyN_PTCG/status/1853165901014532206

Tommy N. (@TommyN_PTCG) on X

This one's for the pokemon players that follow me

Twitter · Nov 3, 2024, 8:02 PM

this also goes here

[azure crane]

https://x.com/mellowmellow666/status/1852275286701981835

사돈팔촌 (@mellowmellow666) on X

Twitter · Nov 1, 2024, 9:03 AM

[umbral hound]

...I just abruptly remembered that moment in the S/V DLC where Penny ||says the main character's mom is hot|| and now you have to remember it too.

[obtuse ravine]

⁉️

[foggy mango]

||IIRC, it’s also implied that Penny’s dad is actually Peony, since she’s heard saying she’s not going on an Adven-Tour while she’s on the phone in Kitakami||

[azure crane]

https://x.com/nebulami/status/1852562545673974267

ami 🫐🐈‍⬛ (@nebulami) on X

Its his season 🍁🍂🍃 #pokemon #raichu

Twitter · Nov 2, 2024, 4:05 AM

[umbral hound]

Yeah, but there were some previous hints at that in Japanese based on wording choice iirc?

[foggy mango]

Oh was there? I didn’t know

[umbral hound]

yeah, something to do with the phrasing she used to describe her father matching?

[umbral hound]

but this is what I was talking about.

I would like to reiterate: she's talking about ||the main character's mom||.

Everyone in the DLC was just having a very normal one.

[umbral hound]

I mean, I guess?

I guess she's bi (she reacted kind of similarly to Atticus IIRC, though it might have been less... Like That) and I can't figure out how much to make it clear that I'm not judging her orientation but I am judging her reacting like that to ||her friend's literal mother||.

[foggy mango]

On the one hand, there’s a lot of fun moments in Mochi Madness in general like ||Kieran getting beamed by the mochi, Nemona being so battle-crazy that she’s able to still say the word match even after being taken over by Pecharunt, or everything involving Carmine (who already was a great character)||

On the other hand, ||Penny thinking the PC’s mom is hot is probably one of the funniest things in the entire storyline||

[obtuse ravine]

😭

[umbral hound]

I'm sorry you have to know this now.

[obtuse ravine]

very interesting

..

[languid lichen]

have you never been a teenager before

that's literally like the most typical high schooler thing i can think of

[umbral hound]

telling your friend out loud that ||their parent is hot||???

[languid lichen]

yes?

[umbral hound]

...at least one of us was quite atypical.

[languid lichen]

ignoring personal friend group anecdotes, it's like

a very common trope to see in media

[pliant violet]

I’ve definitely thought friends have hot parents

[umbral hound]

There's a difference between thinking it, and saying it out loud to that friend.

[languid lichen]

it's especially a thing in like..visual media with a focal character who has a young-ish mother

where characters will go "wow dude you never told me your mom was hot"

[umbral hound]

Okay fair. Even then it seems like usually a joke. Whereas Penny is just... as I said: having a normal one.

[languid lichen]

and this isn't entirely divorced from reality

[languid lichen]

it's "a joke" in that it's always a thing people say seriously and it's treated for comedy

[umbral hound]

fair.

[languid lichen]

but yes, this is both a normal and entirely un-noteworthy high school thing, and also a thing in media

[umbral hound]

I suppose. Just something about the way in which it was being said made me go "WTF, Penny?"

[languid lichen]

it's def a you thing

the only really noteworthy thing is that she's so casually saying it about a woman, which is nice to see

[umbral hound]

I guess also because it's "my"/the player's mother that makes it stand out.

Also from being a pokemon game, where expressions of attraction are rare in general.

[south laurel]

Teenagers, not respecting each other's boundaries in ways that seem likely to make each other really uncomfortable? Say it ain't so, chief! :P

[arctic dagger]

OK SO

It's strongly implied IMO that pokemon evolve alongside humans and human PERCEPTION

In history, what did humans fear flying in the skies to get them?

Dragons!

In the modern era?

Jet planes/bombers.

The same role in the human consciousness is taken

Welcome to my TED Talk

[manic kindle]

https://tenor.com/view/you-keep-talking-explain-idris-elba-point-question-gif-4892661

[red rampart]

https://x.com/02monya/status/1853756275722760261

monya (@02monya) on X

ハロウィンお疲れさま😌✨

Twitter · Nov 5, 2024, 11:08 AM

[languid lichen]

https://bsky.app/profile/cco00oo.bsky.social/post/3laauzms22z2r

[umbral hound]

I'm so glad that veevees now have a canonical group name.

[karmic imp]

How good is Me First

[south laurel]

Welcome to my TED talk, there’s abundant evidence that not only are Pokémon animist spirits, but that the slight onmyodo coding of trainers is very, very intentional

[manic kindle]

it has its niche uses in competitive

[graceful quartz]

Chapter 27 of my story, Shaded Silk, is now available:
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-106335200
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/154077529

[arctic dagger]

Tyty, seeing a chapter always perks me up 🙂

[graceful quartz]

I hope you enjoy it! Do let me know what you think.

[arctic dagger]

Enjoy! My only issue is they're so short! I want mooooore.

XD

I... Had thought that she had been aware of the professors wanting to do something?

As a note?

So I was a little surprised there, but figure I must have forgotten

[graceful quartz]

Oh yeah, he had mentioned it before while on the boat, for sure, but he never actually got her approval for anything and went ahead and started negotiations with the professors without her being present.

[arctic dagger]

Ah. Hmm, yeah, I mean, that feels reasonable to me? I don't think people expect pokemon to negotiate specifics or anything generally, yeah.

[graceful quartz]

I didn't mean to imply that she'd be negotiating, so much as she would approve whatever research was agreed to. Bugsy's offhand comment on the boat didn't really mention anything like recording footage, or taking silk, or anything that could potentially be considered intrusive like taking a blood sample or having the pokemon engage in tests the researchers set up.

At the very least, having her present when he began planning out what was going to happen in that regard would have been appropriate.

It's like if you found out your mom went behind your back and scheduled you for therapy without telling you, just because she'd brought up the topic once beforehand.

[arctic dagger]

Nod I guess my assumption would be that the specifics on those wouldn't be agreed to until they made sure the pokemon were ok with it anyway?

Like, these are still giant potentially dangerous "animals"

[graceful quartz]

Fair.

[arctic dagger]

And these are professors who would understand better than most what a swarm of animals from a truly wild area would not be aware of

Or might be like

And thus would have like, probably a slowly phased approach for familiarization/etc

Just like we do for actual wild animals IRL for zoos and medical rescue and such

[graceful quartz]

You make an excellent point.

[arctic dagger]

Even if a lion is sick you can't just do whatever you want without getting mauled

And it's NOT the size of a barn with near-human intelligence

[graceful quartz]

XD

[arctic dagger]

So yeah, that'd be my main thing on it, is I feel like everyone would just... Be more reasonable about that kind of thing, I guess?

Like, "At least a month just to get settled before anything even slightly invasive, then familiarization, then light contact/requests, ramping up to see what they're comfortable with"

Is pretty standard for anything you want to do with a large dangerous animal that you want to interact with while not heavily sedated

[graceful quartz]

True.

[soft isle]

https://bsky.app/profile/macco0928.bsky.social/post/3lafwdrhrb62a @obtuse ravine

[obtuse ravine]

me (i’m doing laundry tonight)

thank youuuuuu

[foggy mango]

TIL that in Emerald, if you pick the Male Trainer and you pick Torchic as your starter, your rival will send out Torkoal when you fight her in Rustburo City.

So imagine my surprise when I wheel up to this fight thinking it’ll be a breeze especially since she only has two Pokémon, only to see the following:

Pokémon Trainer May sent out Torkoal!

And apparently, she never uses it ever again. Like after this fight, she switches to the more reasonable Slugma.

[wispy yarrow]

Yeah, it's a weird bug

Love it tho

[obtuse ravine]

started the pokemon mystery dungeon rescue team dx (what a mouthful) demo, it's pretty adorable so far i think i'll play out the demo and try explorers of sky before deciding to buy the switch one or not

[snow cobalt]

woooooooo

[obtuse ravine]

they assigned me pikachu but i declined it

[fickle thicket]

pikachu behaviour

[azure crane]

https://x.com/minmin_157/status/1855582566948151321

蟬太 (senta) (@minmin_157) on X

Twitter · Nov 10, 2024, 12:05 PM

[soft isle]

https://bsky.app/profile/stubby.bsky.social/post/3laorcea6es2r @obtuse ravine

[azure crane]

[azure crane]

https://x.com/nose_poke000/status/1855957715669147684

のせ (@nose_poke000) on X

💥

Twitter · Nov 11, 2024, 12:56 PM

[obtuse ravine]

[karmic imp]

Shout-out to tgat time I tried to build a shedinja to fight lysandre and it got wrecked because thief can't take megastones and the other pokemon knew bite

[azure crane]

https://bsky.app/profile/cco00oo.bsky.social/post/3laqabbajcb2r

[soft isle]

We love this artist’s work. They have an amazing style.

[karmic imp]

Man, how do you even use shedinja considering the varied movepools pokemon have?

[soft isle]

in pvp? You kinda don’t unless there’s something extremely specific you’re countering with it

[arctic dagger]

Yeah, it has niche use specifically in some of the older games where when if you died the opponent turn ended

So it guaranteed some switch ins if you swapped into spikes with shedinja

Those were generally its best use cases?

XD

[soft isle]

there’s some early Ubers metas where you can very situationally run Shedinja as we understand it? Iwrc some gen 3 kyogre sets don’t usually run anything that can hit shedinja?

[arctic dagger]

I believe it

But it's uh, gen3, so enough teams probably have perm sand...

[soft isle]

Yeah, there’s the problem lol

[arctic dagger]

And even the kyogre teams will often have spikes

[soft isle]

It’s really a shame that the entry hazard immunity boots got added so late into the franchise

Getting those in earlier could’ve given Shedinja more of a niche

[arctic dagger]

Mayyybe

Hard to know tbh

[soft isle]

Yeah because those boots would’ve completely upended the meta on a fundamental level lol

[arctic dagger]

Maaaaybe

Like they're strong but no item clause leftovers is also pretty great

[soft isle]

Take whatever we say with a mountain of salt because we’re not good at competitive pokemon and we have a hatred of entry hazards

[arctic dagger]

And later we have like, gems and shit

Fair. I mean it's really good on pivot characters

I don't remember if it had U-turn

[foggy mango]

~~On the one hand, I’m pretty sure Focus Sash would allow Shedinja to survive hazards once.

On the other hand, why would you give Shedinja Focus Sash for hazards?~~
Zen spreads fake news

[arctic dagger]

But even if it did, it's SO SLOW

[foggy mango]

I don’t think it learns U-Turn

[languid lichen]

it does not

[foggy mango]

It doesn’t? Man…

[arctic dagger]

Yeah, focus sash specifically only works vs moves

[languid lichen]

Shedinja is bad for many reasons

this is one

[arctic dagger]

Honestly

If Shedinja had like

80 speed instead of 40

It might have been pretty strong anyway

But like, flying, rock, and dark are some of the best offensive types in pokemon historically too

So that's pretty rough

Yes you ignore all damage unless it's from one of the 3 better offensive types in the game and also fire and ghost

And if you get hit by those you die instantly

If it could outspeed literally anything maybe

But it was 40 speed

Just, miserable.

[soft isle]

shedinja being bad always makes us sad because it’s one of our favorite mons ;_;

[arctic dagger]

Shedinja deserved better stats tbh

[soft isle]

It did!

[arctic dagger]

Better speed and Sp Atk were both deserved IMO

If it had 90 in both it still would have been a 330ish total bst

But it would have been a decent mixed attacker

Instead of one of the worst gimmicks in the game physical attacker

My favorite part of Shedinja is sitll that it can learn Sandstorm

And Rest

Like

What

[foggy mango]

Rest is pretty funny

[arctic dagger]

I don't remember if it can actually use substitute

Since it has no way to sacrifice hp

But it learns it

Either result is kinda funny tbh

[foggy mango]

Wait really?

Oh my god it can

[arctic dagger]

Again it's so slow

There's no point

But uh

It does have it

[languid lichen]

it can't sacrifice a 25% that isn't there

[arctic dagger]

Yeah I didn't think it could but

[languid lichen]

bc sub works off of "if you have enough health for 25% hp without dying"

[arctic dagger]

I didn't remember for sure

[languid lichen]

if it had 2 it could do it

but anyway, Shedinja being good would be bad for game health, but it being this bad probably isn't necessary

[arctic dagger]

Yeah

[foggy mango]

I just had an idea. Imagine, if you will, an Electric Tera Shedinja with Air Balloon.

[arctic dagger]

Points at stealth rock

[foggy mango]

If you open with this thing, you don't have to worry about entry hazards. Pop Terastalization, and it's pretty much invincible. Only thing you'd have to worry about is Switcheroo, Trick, or Sandstorm.

Oh right. Whirlwind/Roar

[arctic dagger]

Or forced switching

Also burn

Or poison

Or confuse

[foggy mango]

Right

Well it depends. If it's singles you're right.
If it's doubles, just pair it with something that can pack Taunt and/or Safeguard. All you have to worry about are Tyranitar/Hippowdon (and if this prior to Gen IX, Abomasnow and Alolan Ninetales).

[soft isle]

can't taunt both mons at once

[foggy mango]

Listen. I'm trying my best, okay

[arctic dagger]

Your best cannot save Shedinja

Because even if you manage to keep it alive

It doesn't do enough

[languid lichen]

also it's physical so it kills itself instantly on rough skin or a rocky helmet

[arctic dagger]

Or aftermath

[foggy mango]

Fuck I forgot about rough skin

[arctic dagger]

I guess

[foggy mango]

Yeah it's beyond saving

[arctic dagger]

THAT is what pushes you over the edge???

ROUGH SKIN???

[languid lichen]

lol

yeah hat is a much bigger deal

because it's less easily telegraphed and more widely available

[foggy mango]

Basically the same thing

[arctic dagger]

I

Or Iron Barbs

[languid lichen]

i mean, that's literally just a rough skin flavor clone on ferrothorn

[foggy mango]

Iron Barbs only exists when Ferrothorn is in a game /s

[arctic dagger]

Oi

Togedemaru exists

[languid lichen]

yeah, yeah, and dorito rat

[arctic dagger]

And is way more likely to be in the same tier as Shedinja than Garchomp or Ferrothorn

[languid lichen]

fair

[arctic dagger]

Or Sharpedo I guess if you ever ran anything but Speed Boost on Sharpedo

[languid lichen]

but druddigon and anything with a hat are also lurking in shitgarbage tier

[arctic dagger]

Oh fuck Druddigon exists

Lmao

Doesn't Druddigon usually go Sheer Force or Mold Breaker though?

[languid lichen]

no

[arctic dagger]

Huh

Ok

[languid lichen]

it's not a dedicated attacker, so it doesn't really want sheer force

[arctic dagger]

I'd figure 120 attack would be enough to be a dedicated attacker on its usual tiers

[languid lichen]

and in the bad tiers, there really isn't very much magic bounce to be blocking rocks and glare

i mean it's a setup mon

with an attack stat

[arctic dagger]

Sure

[languid lichen]

rocks and status are the most important things for it

it often doesn't even run a big dragon stab

but dtail instead

[graceful quartz]

Chapter 28 of my story, Shaded Silk, is now available:
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-106510919
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/154531264

[red rampart]

https://x.com/quikyu_art/status/1856770201934549243

quikyu (@quikyu_art) on X

Twitter · Nov 13, 2024, 6:44 PM

[eager lantern]

oh boy extreme yellow is an interesting start

rattata is part-ground so pikachu does nothing to it, it also keeps napping 🙃

but on the plus side I've got a Nidoran!

[eager lantern]

?????

use thunderwave, pikachu fell asleep instead, missed the pokeball and mew teleported 👍

It is encounterable in every single map, with a 0.4% probability, and it will always be level 1 with only Teleport 😉

[torpid pivot]

..Why'd pikachu fall asleep >:|a

is it being Show Pikachu and being sassy about things

[eager lantern]

it sure is

the first rival fight in Oak's place it instantly just slept and died to Eevee tackles#

just did 8 consecutive turns of being asleep

I laugh to hide the tears

[eager lantern]

oh god all trainers have maxed DV/IVs

[graceful quartz]

An Interlude of my story, Shaded Silk, is now available:
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-106605248
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/154755808

[arctic dagger]

Wow ok that was a turn for the serious

[soft isle]

We figured out how to use Skytemple for modding Explorers of Sky. 😌 It is very silly to see Diglett at the start of the game being confused by the player Eevee's pawprint not even a full minute after seeing the partner Eevee's pawprint.

[snow cobalt]

hahahhahaha

[soft isle]

(In Diglett's defense, the player Eevee is shiny and the partner is not.)

[obtuse ravine]

😌

took 3 tries to get cyndaquil

didn't know munchlax was a partner option

[pliant violet]

I always do what I can to get cubone

[obtuse ravine]

https://tenor.com/view/dhd-nskkvr-gif-5752557

is this u

i also have to get used to playing a game that's not a gba fire emblem game

if you turned off your gba (or closed/crashed your emulator) it would create a suspend state

but most games don't do that! so i have to remember to save regularly

😩

[pliant violet]

It could be me

I’m waiting for a regional cubone that dragon fighting type

[covert saffron]

just jumped on showdown :) still got it

smashed a mfer

[covert saffron]

pocket monsters reggie version

[manic kindle]

reggiebone would have killed team rocket

[obtuse ravine]

why is my partner doing 2.5x as much damage as me in mystery dungeon 😭

[snow cobalt]

power of love

[languid lichen]

better build, stats, and/or moves

[covert saffron]

plot armour

[manic kindle]

https://vxtwitter.com/AxoIotIMan/status/1858117267868778770 this is A+ editing

spoilers for jjk i guess also

[obtuse ravine]

😔

[obtuse ravine]

😌

[eager vine]

the psychic type is so cool i wish i was a psychic type trainer

[manic kindle]

yeah it seems really chill

i know im destined to be a bug catcher or some weird water trainer

[south laurel]

I like how some humans have psychic powers in Pokémon

And it’s just not a big deal because Pokemon do it better

[manic kindle]

https://vxtwitter.com/playpokemon/status/1858234699854041140

[manic kindle]

crowdsourcing suggestions on what pokemon rom/romhack to take with me on my vacation so im not bored on my plane flights

[mellow robin]

gaia is my personal fave

[manic kindle]

I love gaia. It could be worth a fun rerun its been a while

[wispy yarrow]

Radical Red

[languid lichen]

well, both because pokemon (usually) do it better and because humans can also do like five other magic things too

like the occasional person with aura superpowers or the actual sorcerers

[azure crane]

And also people are apparently super strong and tough.

[languid lichen]

https://youtu.be/eeLatClspXk

always a bit late, but always gotta post new electricmudkip stuff

they do neat work

[covert saffron]

thinking about it again guys

gonna fuckin

make a pokemon game

[azure crane]

https://x.com/pakkopako/status/1546039008173891584

ぱこ🧂塩分控えめ (@pakkopako) on X

なでなでウパー
なでなでヌオー

Twitter · Jul 10, 2022, 7:49 AM

[covert saffron]

quagsires better live forever >:(

[red rampart]

Given what quagsires are like, they probably can die but are too stupid to notice and continue to exist physically

[covert saffron]

that’s so like them

[round perch]

https://girlcockx.com/badafra/status/1847324595197534271

[snow cobalt]

ooooooh

[round perch]

https://girlcockx.com/badafra/status/1847676862555668495

https://x.com/badafra/status/1846947599116652661

Badafrart (OPEN COMMISSION) (@badafra) on X

New format! Pokémon forms based on their abilities

Blaze: Ups Fire moves in a pinch, Charizard's tail flame extends across its entire body

Solar Power: Boosts Sp. Atk, but lowers HP in sunshine. In this form, Charizard strengthens its flames but loses HP, resulting in a slimmer

Twitter · Oct 17, 2024, 4:13 PM

[arctic dagger]

Neat

[obtuse ravine]

started violet, put on my hat and my ponytail was gone

[graceful quartz]

Chapter 29 of Shaded Silk is now available:
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-106736168
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/155110426

[arctic dagger]

I'm dying

I love it

[manic kindle]

Your hat was hungry

[obtuse ravine]

NOOOO

[graceful quartz]

:D

[arctic dagger]

I kinda hope they don't stay a big part of the story

But I do think it's great they're here

[red rampart]

I’ve been informed that this exists/will exist and god it’s so pretty I love it!

[snow cobalt]

!!!!!!

[soft isle]

We want the full art umbreon so badly…

[red rampart]

Ooh, what's that look like?

[soft isle]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1306750325272870984/1309190495259332608/20241121_094023.jpg?ex=6740ae29&is=673f5ca9&hm=8a6e7205d3b599fa2fe71835f199df6561e4803dd061d6f77fc8ac8325f3d94f&

It’s too bad decks with the tera eeveelutions probably won’t be very good.

[manic kindle]

Dont let it stop you

Dont let your dreams just be dreams

We can COOK

[pliant violet]

Too many different types to play them together

[trail bridge]

https://vxtwitter.com/WeSpikeANDSpin/status/1800626852572147750

[near flower]

pidove :) (originally posted in gacha chat funnily enough)
https://fxtwitter.com/sketchtablet/status/1859363891932954788

[arctic dagger]

?

Is this pokemon related?

[languid lichen]

yes

[arctic dagger]

OH NO IT'S A DONUT

[languid lichen]

it's a jelly donut

[azure crane]

https://twitter.com/ARC_draws/status/1711346156062773725

ARCdraws (@ARC_draws) on X

#100日チャレンジ 42
Water bed💧

Twitter · Oct 9, 2023, 11:41 AM

[snow cobalt]

Imprisoned

[azure crane]

https://x.com/7_phi_3/status/1859597394599608484

70̸3 (@7_phi_3) on X

Absols *❄️·̩͙

Twitter · Nov 21, 2024, 1:59 PM

[south laurel]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/668840724216807444/1309613604978298991/IMG_8260.png?ex=67423836&is=6740e6b6&hm=68da757c339a5bde3be291caed804cc864fdd7e13438b3323451ee8c6155680f&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=846&height=415&

@covert saffron @glacial ore

[covert saffron]

goooood

the best eeveelutions

they should call every other member of this line “not espeon”

based on the fact they’re all objectively worse

[soft isle]

hey just saying, that kinda sucks for us to read :/

you can have a favorite sure but you don't need to dunk on every other eeveelution in the process

(yes I am saying this is in part because we literally have an umbreon in our system)

MillieCoyote ΘΔ (it/its) 🐺🌲 ↩️

[Reply to:](#1160615504562638910 message) hey just saying, that kinda sucks for us to read :/

[iron lake]

also other people have other favs :P

[covert saffron]

don’t worry gang, the beauty of having favourites is that all of your favourites and in some cases your headmates are superior to stupid stinking espeon, no hate meant <3

nothing but love for my umbreons all the way down to the flareons, those whom consensus has betrayed the deepest

[soft isle]

Okay but like, this also isn’t a great response either? This reads as pretty condescending. You don’t have to talk to us like we’re children :/ “sorry, won’t happen again” is what I’m looking for here. This response reads like “I get you’re bothered and I’m going to keep doing it anyway because you know I don’t mean anything by it”

rat boy [random generic loot] ↩️

[Reply to:](#1160615504562638910 message) don’t worry gang, the beauty of having favourites is that all of your favourites and in some cases y…

[covert saffron]

literally not my intention and i don’t want to fight you on this because that’s also not my intention and it’s not that deep and i understand i’ve offended you and i’m sorry and i want to share that i respect your takes on the situation and i hope you know that i respect those takes and the preemptive takes of you obviously having an emotionally invested stake in holding the opinions you hold which are no less valid in any way than the somewhat frivolous message i had sent espousing my own take early, and im sorry. the important takeaway is not any sort of import that im putting on the pokemon preferentialism but at the respect i have for everyone else, their opinions, and identities at the heart of this upset, and it won’t happen again

again, didn’t mean to cause upset for anyone, we all like us some pokémon

that’s a really long run on sentence for the most part btw so my apologies

[arctic dagger]

https://www.reddit.com/r/PokemonROMhacks/s/Vm0mWbt3IM

So

List of best romhacks in a set of pretty arbitrary categories by a subreddit

@deft path I seem to remember you were looking for recommendations?

[deft path]

I was

[obtuse ravine]

I'm unbounding rn

[obtuse ravine]

i like how streamlined some of violet's stuff is, like level ups and prize money and stuff being conveyed faster

i don't like how the player model looks, maybe I'll tweak it a bit later but it looks kinda bland

[obtuse ravine]

🪨 🪨 🪨 ❌

what a funny animation

[near flower]

rock tomb?

[obtuse ravine]

yems

that poor oricorio

cool concept for a pokemon

i only played a little of sun, so the alola pokemon are pretty novel to me

should i play sm or usum if i decide to try gen 7?

[languid lichen]

usum

there's just more content

[deft path]

usum is just sm but with more

[obtuse ravine]

all i know is there’s some smol story changes and a bunch more ultra beasts

and the wormhole minigame

ty for da advicee

the sun and moon will be ultra

[pliant violet]

Game is better but they ruined Lusamine by trying to redeem her somewhat

Fortunately Guzma is still my boy

[deft path]

The story changes are only slightly worse for lusamine

The rest are great

Alola is one of my fave regions Honestly

in terms of difficulty and competition it's not very high but the vibes are immaculate

[pliant violet]

Alola is one of the hardest regions to nuzlocke ime

Z Moves and weird Pokémon distribution

[deft path]

That is also true

Not to mention unless you do some stuff to balance routes you get like

One Pokémon for the entire first island lmfao

plus if you end up somehow getting pyukumuku

Lol lmao

Not to mention to that you only really get access to good alolan variants after the first boss

[pliant violet]

But they are some of my favourite games

They’re just a fun time

[obtuse ravine]

pokeballin

[pliant violet]

Plus they have the borb

[obtuse ravine]

i should finish x first tho

[deft path]

love them

[deft path]

They have the Guinness pokemon

[soft isle]

we're haters for what USUM did for the story, however there's so much more to do in USUM that we're not sure we'd ever got back to SM

[pliant violet]

Also poipole

[karmic imp]

Forgot I started a shedinja convo here

Years ago I had thought of some regional variant to make it less bad

I think it had low health but reduced all damage it received

[deft path]

Shedinja is fine as it is I think given that it's just a weird gimmick Pokémon

Tera electric air balloon shedinja

[pliant violet]

Toxic

[deft path]

Skill swap shedinja onto elektross

[pliant violet]

Caught you in the solution/accusation mixup

[deft path]

no, that's my solution to getting poisoned or burned

air balloon skill swap elektross + aromatherapy comfey

[pliant violet]

Are you having fun?

[deft path]

yes

fire punch on the elektross

fire fang actually

tera flying kingambit

[manic kindle]

Tera very funny

[deft path]

tera dark zoroark hisui

[deft path]

Posted it in the main Vidya channel but thought I should post it here too cause I liked the idea

Ground/Normal
Fur Coat/Cud Chew - HIDDEN: Stamina
The Miltank of this region have adapted to the highland cold with heavy coats. In the dark, it is easy to mistake them for a Piloswine. The sound of their chewing is said to be so loud that it causes deafness, but their milk is so delicious that farmers will wear earmuffs to gather it.```

Irish fakemons

evil stall miltank

[near flower]

cute...
id love to see poke-ireland in the games one day

[deft path]

technically this is based on the highland cow

[manic kindle]

I like this a lot

[near flower]

cute...

[covert saffron]

rahhhhh

[red rampart]

Love the bi bird 😌

[honest cairn]

love the coo and the idea but it is funny that it is now weak to cold despite its new coat and clime

[obtuse ravine]

how do y'all remember type matchups

i'm only used to remembering a weapon triangle so i've got the starter trio down pat

and like

rocks bring down birds

electricity does too

uhh

you can punch and dent steel

water erodes rocks

but i feel like there's always big gaps in my knowledge outside of these kinda common sense ones

like poison

and ghost

[pliant violet]

Depends on the type matchup

[obtuse ravine]

and fairy

[languid lichen]

autistic hyperfixation since i was like 6

fairy's easy because its type matchups are horseshit

weak to poison and steel (which were extremely bad offensively prior to gen 6, where it was introduced)

resistant to fighting, dark, and immune to dragon (because those were the three most dominant types in gen 4-5, and it was introduced entirely to counter them)

resisted by its weaknesses and fire

i dunno why fire, fuck you i guess

(it was supposed to be resisted by all three starter types in beta testing aiui, but that got changed and fire's a relic of it)

[pliant violet]

This is likely no small part of it

Except I’m not autistic

[obtuse ravine]

dang..

i played hgss when i was... 8? then some kid stole my cartridge (95%) sure

then i binged gen 1-5 when i was 11 or 12 but nothing really stuck too much

[obtuse ravine]

[languid lichen]

oh wait right it's also resistant to bug

do not ask me why

that one i have zero possible trivia explanations for

it just is

[manic kindle]

Yeah its mostly that I've been playing pokemon nonstop since i got Blue version at age 6

[deft path]

I considered thick fat but that's literally just Miltank two

[covert saffron]

thinking about

them pocket monsters

[deft path]

By the way

I named my treasures of ruin

they're named Lowry, Halligan, Melanie, and Sinclair

[pliant violet]

Not one named Reggie?

Death

[deft path]

You're not empowered by the magic of the druids

[arctic dagger]

@deft path what does fur coat do again?

[pliant violet]

You have inspired me

[deft path]

Halves damage from all physical moves

Effectively +2 defence at all times, but you can still increase defence further

Very good tank ability

[pliant violet]

It’s just like furfrou and alolan Persian that have it atm

[deft path]

yeah

So basically nothing serious

[arctic dagger]

Damn that's really good

Maybe use a type that isn't ground so it isn't weak to cold?

It's my only thought

[obtuse ravine]

woag

new reggie

[arctic dagger]

Ends up as an alt ursaluna is my main thought

[deft path]

yeah that's the awkward

Rock/grass was my alt idea

and I think that's a much better defensive typing though it still is neutral to ic

[languid lichen]

nah, weak

rock doesn't resist ice

resists fire, flying, poison, normal

[deft path]

goddamn

It's hard to make a thing that fits the theming and is actually resistant to ice lmao