POKÉMON CENTER

[arctic dagger]

Water/Ice/Steel/Fire

Normal/Water I could see?

THeme it after water buffalo

As a pun

Bouffalant is a buffalo pokemon, but not a water buffalo

[deft path]

it's themed after highland cow already

[arctic dagger]

Oh.

Oh my god those are so cute.

Wtf

I want to snuggle them

[deft path]

that's why it has fur coat lol

and cud chew

and stamina

[arctic dagger]

Ok, why not just ice/normal, then?

4x fighting weakness in a bit rough

But all the weaknesses except fire are primarily physical offense

Fighting/rock/steel

So fur coat should help a lot

[obtuse ravine]

pls do not punch the cow

[deft path]

this is not bad idea

[near flower]

steel (or really iron) is famously something that fairies in real life are adverse too. if you consider elves and things of those sorts to be in the ballpark of fairies, then poison, associated with pollution, is a logical counter to beings so in tune with nature. fairies are described as being burned on contact with iron so maybe that's where fire resisting it comes in, but thats a stretch even for me. bugs can be considered fellows of fairies so maybe the bugs resisting them implies some reluctance on the part of fairies?
fighting because magic and martial are at odds, dark because dark is evil and fairies are good* and dragon because in fairy tales dragons always get the short end of the stick
of course thats all speculation and most of fairy's placements in the type chart are probably arbitrary balance, like you said

[languid lichen]

there are definitely watsonian excuses, yeah

but the mechanical reasons are "the" big reasons

[mellow robin]

it resists bug because bug always gets the short end of the stick

and also maybe something about u-turn

[eager vine]

the autism

[wispy yarrow]

I come up with my own little internal reasoning

[deft path]

You play Pokémon for 13 years and eventually you memorise most of them

@arctic dagger @honest cairn @manic kindle

Ground/Normal
Thick Fat/Cud Chew - HIDDEN: Fur Coat
HP: 100
ATK: 80
DEF: 120
SPATK: 30
SPDEF: 100
SPD: 75
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.```

the most minute adjustment to its stat spread

Added 5 to hp and Def, moved 10 from spatk to Def, moved 25 from SPD to spdef

[azure crane]

Man, Ice/Normal is rough defensively.

[deft path]

it's hard to find a good type combo for it

that's where fur coat comes in though

I've been cycling through type matchups all day for this

I honestly may just end up turning it into rock grass again and keep the thick fat to make it resist ice idk

it's fucked

I could also do ice ground but that's also got a few issues

Fuck it

Back to ground normal with thick fat

Neutral against ice with that ability, weak if you use fur coat but way better defense

much better defenses here

Neutral against most types, 3 resistances and two immunities

Balance is so hard

[arctic dagger]

Yeah

My main concern here is the similarity to Ursaluna

But it's defensively rather than offensively inclined

[deft path]

yeah I think it has a position as a tank in comparison to ursaluna

it's got a lot of staying power

and I don't want there to only be ursaluna ground normal

I like having weirder type combos out and about

[mellow robin]

a bulky ground/normal with access to recovery in milk drink would be quite fun to play with

[deft path]

this is very much meant to be a strong tank that stalls your opponent out

[mellow robin]

+1 88 Def Zamazenta Body Press vs. 248 HP / 252+ Def Fur Coat Abomasnow: 102-122 (25.3 - 30.2%) -- guaranteed 4HKO
(ignore the species here, I fixed the stats)

[deft path]

Guaranteed 4hko goes crazy

[mellow robin]

this is with booster(attack) active AND a dragon dance

[azure crane]

There's another Ground/Normal that everyone forgets about, which is also very attack oriented.

[deft path]

Diggersby doesn't count

It's just

it exists

[foggy mango]

It’s reliant almost entirely on Huge Power

And even then, it’s still outgunned by Ursaluna

But this is comparing a 423 BST Pokémon to a 555 BST mon

[covert saffron]

dont worry bud the rival in my pokémon rom hack that i might never make is named after you :D

||thomas :3||

speaking of which

im thinking about it again

[deft path]

Smarten
Psychic/Normal
Infiltrator - HIDDEN: Telepathy
This cunning Pokémon hunts for Ratata by perching in trees and surprising them. Its ability to predict their movements is probably due to some sort of telepathic ability. Though prized by some trainers, they run away from most humans.

Evolution: Marudite```

More fakemons

[arctic dagger]

It's... A bird?

I'd consider No Guard over Infiltrator maybe

[covert saffron]

is it not a marten

give it psycho cut or whatever it’s called

[covert saffron]

guys

let’s make a pokemon game

[deft path]

Marten, not a martin

slightly different

this is based on the pine marten, which is named for its like of climbing up trees and jumping on prey

[arctic dagger]

It looks like a weasel?

I've not heard of martens before

[deft path]

Related species

[spring hedge]

pine martens and weasels are both mustelids yeah

as are otters, badgers, and skunks

[covert saffron]

actually

skunks are musteloids

[spring hedge]

ah whoops

[covert saffron]

punishable by death i’m afraid

[spring hedge]

i'll get better

[near flower]

everyone has already said autism and im here to also say that it's the autism for me too

[arctic dagger]

Yeah

That

I just have them memorized.

[azure crane]

Same. Like, I don't have any mnemonics.

[spring hedge]

in my case it's partially recall of memorable ones and partially just opening bulbapedia

[soft isle]

Sorry to say it's just the autism

[covert saffron]

autism

also this

https://www.theverge.com/2019/5/6/18531287/pokemon-neuroscience-visual-cortex-brain-information#

very interesting thing

[spring hedge]

i manage to recall fairy is weak to fire and steel by way of heatran quad-resisting it

[snow cobalt]

pokemon phrenology????

[languid lichen]

it's not weak to fire

fire resists it

weak to poison and steel, nothing else

[spring hedge]

clarification: ineffective against, poor phrasing on my part

[covert saffron]

notably i am worse at identifying the matchups for fairy, a type introduced long after i first played pokemon, than i am the original 15 types

[spring hedge]

(second clarification: 0.5x damage multiplier, rather than 0x)

[obtuse ravine]

i see

[azure crane]

https://x.com/triomegis/status/1860024001768423859

lucid 🐺 (@triomegis) on X

angry klara 😡

Twitter · Nov 22, 2024, 6:14 PM

[covert saffron]

bide

[near flower]

gen 6 was the 3rd generation i played on release, the others were gen 4 with hgss and gen 5 with bw (i had also played gen 3 in that time but i did not experience them on release)
funny to think that at some point fairy will have been around longer than it hasnt. gen 10 will be the equal time existing and not existing mark

which is rather serendipitous considering we're getting a kalos themed game probably around the time that we'll start getting details on gen 10

[languid lichen]

this is the same for me lmao

[covert saffron]

i haven’t played gen 8 or 9

[languid lichen]

played gen 3 post-release, played gens 4-7 on release, stopped with 8 because i fucking hated basically everything I'd ever seen about it

[covert saffron]

for me pokemon as an official product is limited in its ability to get me to care

[languid lichen]

picked up gen 9 post-release again

will probably do the same with legends ZA

so i can wait for a quality confirmation

[covert saffron]

the most fun i’ve had with pokemon in the last year has been the rom hacks that scratch an itch i have where i need to feel like things are novel and interesting again, or replaying my favourites in challenging ways like trying to catch them all

or colosseum which is a hot mess

[near flower]

nothing more flavorful than a little jank

[covert saffron]

mmm jank

this is why i wanna make a gen 2 rom hack of all things

• bright colours
• y2k
• tasteful amount of jank. not competitive with gen 1

[near flower]

true true
gen 1 jank is its own, stronger flavor

[covert saffron]

i love both

but gen 2 simply does not complete with the full on erectile dysfunction that is gen 1

that game

is held together

with the hubris of man, paperclips, and boat fuel

[near flower]

and 100% pure programming gumption

[covert saffron]

a game literally made of piss and of vinegar

it’s so impressive that we even have pokemon as a pop cultural pillar in the first place

i’d love to play a rom hack in the gen 1 engine with entirely original fakemon to be honest

would be really refreshing

and like

NO documentation

like a real shut the fuck up, knuckle down, and figure it out kinda vibe

new legendaries

new starters

cute first stages, fugly middles, badass endgame stages

new pseudos

no eevee. or maybe eevee and two new eeveelutions. but what kind of stupid cultural touchstone would that be

new HMs

new TMs even

NEW MOVES EVEN

fuck all y’all. pocket monsters PURPLE

[trail bridge]

Oh I think I know a romhack

https://www.pokeharbor.com/2021/06/pokemon-quarantine-crystal/

this one!

@covert saffron sorry for the ping, but maybe you'd be into this?

[covert saffron]

holy shit

nuzlocccke V DECIDED

[trail bridge]

🫡

https://www.pokecommunity.com/threads/quarantinecrystal-full-fakedex-12-gym-demo-out-now-v-0-804-updated-03-02-2024.436807/

you might want this

this is from 2024

[arctic dagger]

Oh that looks nice.

[covert saffron]

NUZLOCCCKE V

the year is 2020

[trail bridge]

WOOOO

[covert saffron]

but first we gotta finish the kanto expansion pak

which i literally started today

so

join that thread if you’d like to keep up with it

#1310349217511768126

[mellow robin]

hot team: magmar in vgc top 8
https://x.com/WolfeyGlick/status/1860792871231566248?s=19

Wolfey (@WolfeyGlick) on X

???????????????

Twitter · Nov 24, 2024, 9:09 PM

you love to see a fave

[near flower]

porygon 2 three times
eviolite i assume?

[languid lichen]

that's why you run it, yep

it's been a staple stall mon since gen 5 because of it

[near flower]

swag
i dont really keep up with competitive closely so its a nice surprise seeing my favorite weird duck as a power pick

[wispy yarrow]

yo that's my boy boober

[near flower]

sidenote, id drop hella dollars for a rubber ducky shaped like porygon2

[trail bridge]

wait what the hell is wolfey's team

[pliant violet]

He probably wanted to prove a point

[trail bridge]

ahh fair

[mellow robin]

he's using the pledge moves

[deft path]

Pokémon trainers will be like "strong Pokémon, weak Pokémon, there's no such thing" and then not have a counter to +6 dragon dance kings rock 255 SPD 255 atk dragapult using dragon darts

[azure crane]

https://x.com/emf_ru_/status/1860975473712595450

えもふる (@emf_ru_) on X

Twitter · Nov 25, 2024, 9:15 AM

[eager lantern]

just started Seaglass - not especially keen on the Gen3 starters so might use one of the built-in cheats to get a random monotype pokemon

question is, what type?

[near flower]

dragon

[eager vine]

water

[deft path]

bug

(fighting is my more serious suggestion)

[eager lantern]

nvm Growlithe and Vulpix are in the fire pool so I'll be fishing for a good natured one

[azure crane]

https://bsky.app/profile/eiroru.bsky.social/post/3l7hv76q6ph24

eiroru (@eiroru.bsky.social)

Likes

119

Bluesky · Oct 27, 2024, 5:40 AM

[eager lantern]

Timid Growlithe or Hasty Houndour? (IVs shown)

[deft path]

Houndoor

[eager lantern]

ooh final option Naughty Vulpix

I was leaning Houndour but also my poor Arcanine

[deft path]

It's a hoenn original so I think it's more fitting

Well it's not a hoenn original

But it feels mor ehoenn

[eager lantern]

that's fair, yeah

I'll hunt down a Growly boi some other time

okay not sure I'm too keen on starting every battle with "THE OPPOSING TEAM IS TOO NERVOUS TO EAT BERRIES" though

[covert saffron]

B A S E D

he has a weak neck

[covert saffron]

and it was already good in gen 2, 3 and 4

i would argue p2 is pretty top notch in gen 3

[fickle thicket]

didnt he break up with incineroar or something

[manic kindle]

https://vxtwitter.com/JoeMerrick/status/1861351458626527673

its so weird seeing them out of costume

[pliant violet]

no no nononon

[arctic dagger]

Bottom right o.o

Is trhat.... Eri?

[manic kindle]

yes

[arctic dagger]

She's so prettyyyyy out of costume. Also she looks tired AF lmao

[deft path]

my Spanish queens

Eri is very cute but I can't take her seriously because this is literally exactly what my fucking classmates looked like in middle school

they made eri and gio so Spanish looking it's insane

Mela also feels very spanish

[obtuse ravine]

i like her

very pretty

the others look cool too

maybe i should play through violet a bit

[eager lantern]

"Oh hey, I caught a good nature high IV Abra with a Twisted Spoon; I wonder when it learns a psychic move for those sweet sweet stabs "

[arctic dagger]

When it evolves! 😄

[eager lantern]

Fortunately it's a rom hack that incentivises route exploration by having certain Pokémon appear with egg moves in lieu of a normal starting move, so he does actually have Fire Punch

And I don't have to play the first-position-juggle game

[red rampart]

Oh yeah, this is them during the teal mask thingamajig isn’t it?

[deft path]

https://x.com/pkmhell/status/1861268519498780903

🌸 Q 🍎 (comms open!) (@pkmhell) on X

𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙢𝙥𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙣𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙘𝙧𝙮.

Twitter · Nov 26, 2024, 4:39 AM

[snow cobalt]

the garchomp

[eager vine]

yuri....................

[eager lantern]

is the red icon here the "phys" indicator of a move?

as opposed to special?

oh yes it is, after checking other 'mons moves

[deft path]

Yeah

Phys is a red icon with a star

Special is a blue icon with a circle

[eager lantern]

just discovered that Seaglass splits on a per-move basis and not damage types

which makes my incredible Fire Punch Abra actually kinda dogshit lmao

[pliant violet]

Ah so it works on the gen 4 onward model

[eager lantern]

apparently so, and here's me who never played Gen 4 onwards

[pliant violet]

There ya go!

I think it tends to be more of a benefit than a detriment but that’s just me

[eager lantern]

oh for sure I appreciate that it'll likely make things overall more interesting

I just dun got got haha - suddenly the "oh wow I can catch an early game abra with an elemental punch??" isn't as nuts as I thought it was

[deft path]

It's honestly I thj k super healthy

[pliant violet]

It allows for a lot more variability

[eager lantern]

I'm guessing it increases viability of different mons within their typing?

[deft path]

hugely, yes

it's the reason why uh

Well. Why like 90% of post geniii Mons can exist at all honestly

And hugely increases mind games

[pliant violet]

They keep fucking up ice types though

Ah yes one of the worst defensive types

[deft path]

Since certain types tend towards Phys/special generally still

[pliant violet]

Let’s make them slow and bulky

[pliant violet]

Fighting and psychic for example

[deft path]

But there's still special fighting and physical psychic

So there's huge mind games

it's literally like uh

[deft path]

Sacred sword? Psyblast? Psyshock? Close combat? Wide guard?

HIGH JUMP KICK HIGH JUMP KICK HIGH JUMP KICK

[pliant violet]

You know may, I have this panel saved on my phone

It’s very culturally important to me

[deft path]

I play showdown like this with mawile

and zacian

It's degenerate... I love it

my favourite Pokémon are unironically zacian hero of many battles, flutter mane, and roaring moon

[pliant violet]

I’d say that too

[azure crane]

I like Aurora Beam's sound better though.

[covert saffron]

images u can hear

[red rampart]

https://bskyy.app/profile/jdzombi.bsky.social/post/3lbsesnqqz22n

[deft path]

Zacians Dex entry is really funny

Gender unknown pokemon

Look in dex entry

"its the older sister pokemon"

[snow cobalt]

we stan a demiqueen

[deft path]

I'm pretty sure she's meant to the lady of the lake

since she carries Excalibur

[snow cobalt]

oooooh

[deft path]

they call zacian xiexie lol

"there is a problem in galar"

Whatever. Go my 252/4/252 doggy

[karmic imp]

Jiejie zacian

[deft path]

They literally call zacian xiexie in the Mandarin and canto versions

No joke

Also its xiexie

jiejie means thank you

Wait

Wrong way round

Sorry

the romanisations are silly

WHAT THE FUCK

I was browsing the honorifics page to remind myself and realised that for TWENTY years

I have been referring to my grandfather in Cantonese rather than spanish

and never knew

[manic kindle]

ive just come to an understanding that the dex gender is just for daycare/breeding equipment and not the pokemons identity

[deft path]

Oh yeah, 100% it's just really funny

it's to stop legendaries from laying eggs

but it's very funny in certain cases (e.g. zacian/zamazenta, reshiram/zekrom) which are like

very clearly meant to be male/female

Lunala and solgaleo

[karmic imp]

So older sister zacian

[deft path]

Yes

[covert saffron]

sweet boy

grass type magnemite when

[languid lichen]

naruhodo

i assume this is something forwarding-related?

[arctic dagger]

yes

Cute pictures from twitter

Of the weed cat

[deft path]

325/400 galarmons

I'm a hard worker

[deft path]

@pliant violet

la emu (Espathra) @ Leftovers  
Ability: Opportunist  
Level: 50  
Tera Type: Fairy  
EVs: 152 HP / 244 Def / 112 Spe  
Bold Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk  
- Dazzling Gleam  
- Protect  
- Calm Mind  
- Stored Power  

papilloser (Vivillon-Fancy) (F) @ Focus Sash  
Ability: Compound Eyes  
Level: 50  
Tera Type: Ghost  
EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe  
Timid Nature  
- Sleep Powder  
- Tailwind  
- Bug Buzz  
- U-turn  

intimidate (Incineroar) (F) @ Heavy-Duty Boots  
Ability: Intimidate  
Level: 50  
Tera Type: Water  
EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD  
Careful Nature  
- Fake Out  
- Knock Off  
- Protect  
- Parting Shot  

dog with the bow (Sylveon) (F) @ Red Card  
Ability: Pixilate  
Level: 50  
Tera Type: Steel  
EVs: 252 HP / 252 Def / 4 SpA  
Bold Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk  
- Hyper Voice  
- Baton Pass  
- Calm Mind  
- Protect  

traviatta (Primarina) (F) @ Assault Vest  
Ability: Liquid Voice  
Level: 50  
Tera Type: Steel  
EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD  
Modest Nature  
- Surf  
- Flip Turn  
- Psychic Noise  
- Moonblast  

brooklyn (Archaludon) (F) @ Choice Scarf  
Ability: Stamina  
Level: 50  
Tera Type: Steel  
EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe  
Timid Nature  
IVs: 0 Atk  
- Draco Meteor  
- Thunder Wave  
- Foul Play  
- Flash Cannon  

rate my team

i think sylveon is a pretty weak link

i will probably replace it for a better choice

oh boy I sure do love taking a nap I hope that no fairy types become involved

[azure crane]

Opportunist rather than Speed Boost?

[deft path]

I already have tailwind and opportunist works to both threaten the opponents desire to set up and rewards me for them setting up

[arctic dagger]

I'm guessing this is doubles?

[deft path]

yes

its standard vgc format

which means doubles

[red rampart]

https://x.com/GOOMYLOID/status/1862622375788872138

goomy 🌈 on bsky (@GOOMYLOID) on X

mimikyu miku… mimiku..?

Twitter · Nov 29, 2024, 10:19 PM

[snow cobalt]

important

[red rampart]

(Sidenote: something about that image is weirdly gender and I don't know why)

[umbral hound]

I appreciate the fairy wings on the ankles.

[eager vine]

AAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I LOVE THIS..........

[arctic dagger]

https://youtu.be/aS4QsMxbJSg

[pliant violet]

Honse

[graceful quartz]

A new chapter of my story, Shaded Silk, is now available. Apparently might be a bit contentious. https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-106966517
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/155742316

[arctic dagger]

Bug types are weak to poison??

Oh right they were in gen1 or something

But if we're going on that they were super effective vs each other

And it just said poison type is not very effective on bug

[manic kindle]

Gen 1 funniness

[arctic dagger]

@graceful quartz so we're using... Partial gen1?

I feel like you should either be using the super effective on each other gen1 or the not very effective of later not a mix

[graceful quartz]

... Huh. I forgot that bug types weren't weak to poison in later gens. Thanks for pointing that out.

[arctic dagger]

Yeah should either be wheezing weak to bug and ariados neutral to poison or both resist each other

[graceful quartz]

Made a tweak to the chapter about it!

[manic kindle]

rip my fabhar-unique type chart

[arctic dagger]

LMAO

" Bug types were notorious for their weakness to Poison, she was pretty sure. Or maybe that was something from the earlier generations?"

You'd think she'd have realized by now that she's poison resistant

Given the horrible toxic jungle

[soft isle]

Oh gosh, we had a lucky run of packs in TCG Pocket. Two Mewtwo ex (one is the portal), two articuno ex, and a venosaur ex in 11 packs.

[snow cobalt]

yoooooo

[azure crane]

https://x.com/_0bon_/status/1862525903362039930

おぼん (@_0bon_) on X

風呂に落ちる2秒前

Twitter · Nov 29, 2024, 3:55 PM

[wispy yarrow]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KirTc9gUmMM

wake up babe new temp6t video dropped

[south laurel]

Did he just throw out a chord progression from a muddy waters song

[graceful quartz]

Chapter 30 (Revised) of Shaded Silk is now available:
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-107019533
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/155895967

[arctic dagger]

What was so contentious about it?

As someone who doesn't read comments at all

[graceful quartz]

I'm not going to dig through all the comments and list each gripe they had - I certainly don't want to read them again myself - and my ability to paraphrase is terrible. If you'd like to know, I'd rather you read the comments. My apologies.

[arctic dagger]

No problem! Just was looking for quick summary of what changed I guess?

[graceful quartz]

The fight got significantly extended, a scene previous to it was added, and a bit of the dialogue was tweaked.

[arctic dagger]

kk

Getting through it, I definitely like the new fight better.

Both seem more intelligent about their move/tactic usage.

Hmm. I think neither of them win then? I went back and read the terms of the deal, was expecting "If you get knocked out" vs "If wheezing gets knocked out" so that they both "win" if wheezing KOs them both.

But nope, it's "win"

The Insomnia/Neutralizing Gas thing is clever as a reasoning for why the sleeping gas works.

And previous ones might not have.

So, I like it better, but I don't think the original was bad, I guess is my personal feedback.

The finding out we're closer to Yellow universe than Anime is neat.

[graceful quartz]

Glad to hear you liked the new chapter.

[arctic dagger]

I'm sorry people were so harsh.

Your fiction has been one of the ones I'm consistently excited to see

❤️

[graceful quartz]

Thank you for the kind words. I appreciate them.

[azure crane]

https://x.com/_0bon_/status/1863611846030430660

おぼん (@_0bon_) on X

KOTATSU

Twitter · Dec 2, 2024, 3:51 PM

[graceful quartz]

Chapter 2 of Ghost in the Machine now available:
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/ghost-in-the-machine-pokemon-isekai-si.1201547/post-107044049
https://archiveofourown.org/works/60965176/chapters/155960896
https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/ghost-in-the-machine-pokemon-isekai-si.137294/post-33514901

[azure crane]

https://bsky.app/profile/follylolly.bsky.social/post/3lchfzyhcec2m

Tabi 💖 Folly Lolly (@follylolly.bsky.social)

Have a politoed stack for #pokecember day 3 🐸
#pokemon #pokemonart

Bluesky · Dec 4, 2024, 5:24 AM

[arctic dagger]

Cuuuute\

[graceful quartz]

A new chapter of Shaded Silk is now available:
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/shaded-silk-pokemon-oc-isekai.1184962/post-107104997
https://archiveofourown.org/works/59124394/chapters/156111379

[arctic dagger]

Nice

Love it

Nothing happening we didn't know but good to have the tie ins back together

[wispy yarrow]

6 days until Emerald Legacy's (intended) release

I'm excited

[graceful quartz]

Thank you for the kind words Tohu.

[arctic dagger]

@graceful quartz sometimes a chapter just pulls threads together instead of making new ones, this was well done at that

[azure crane]

https://x.com/June_buns/status/1864879950534455433

June 🍉 (@June_buns) on X

Maushold reminds me of marshmallows , so cute and soft

Twitter · Dec 6, 2024, 3:50 AM

[obtuse ravine]

[pliant violet]

I mean look at reality

Where some of the biggest games are fifa and madden

[arctic dagger]

Yeah there would be a ton of inaccuracies which I think is my favorite part

Even for what some of the legendaries look like

[deft path]

mew can't learn every move that's stupid

get off the forums kantonian

[azure crane]

I have an aesthetics question. If you were to put a cheese slice on Cyndaquil the way they did Scorbunny and Fuecoco, would it work better on its face or its belly?

[manic kindle]

ooooh interesting

a little bandit mask cheese slice could be fun

[red rampart]

@obtuse ravine we need your expert opinion

[manic kindle]

the danny cheese query

[south laurel]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/1115788957289037844/1315401309121151026/image0.png?ex=6757466f&is=6755f4ef&hm=f0fe3e1a62f3279b0587cdc827630446e31ddc59c1e916f26c3d7414326a548a&

[obtuse ravine]

yeah this would be fun if it was draped above the eyes with holes :D

i’m more personally inclined to add it to the belly somehow since cyndaquil already has so much yellow

[soft isle]

https://bsky.app/profile/aliiwa.bsky.social/post/3lcnhok4f7q2h @obtuse ravine requires a log in to see, we dunno if you have a bsky account

Aliiwa (@aliiwa.bsky.social)

Holds u like this

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[obtuse ravine]

i do! it's just dannyquil, feel free to follow! i repost bunnies

and this is adorable

[red rampart]

Bunnies you say 👀

[obtuse ravine]

https://tenor.com/view/anime-ok-okay-okey-nice-gif-8558857022530023115

[red rampart]

Isn't that a cat?

[obtuse ravine]

https://tenor.com/view/nodding-nod-yes-bunny-gif-3833903548620088432

ok i didn't think there was a bun nodding

but now there is

[umbral hound]

https://tenor.com/view/excited-spongebob-excited-spongebob-sponeggobv-sponegbouv-gif-11137162548210108037

(I never even watched spongebob and yet that was all I could think of)

[azure crane]

https://vxtwitter.com/thxzmgn/status/1866098342440423614

[azure crane]

https://bsky.app/profile/stickerdust6.bsky.social/post/3lc2n7cb6622k

Sticky (🎨IC0N C0MMS 0PEN🎨) (@stickerdust6.bsky.social)

It's a beautiful snowy morning! 🌨️❄️
Commission for @nuklearnachos.bsky.social !
#pokemon #commission

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Bluesky · Nov 29, 2024, 3:28 AM

[red rampart]

Wonder what would happen if you did that to Carmine

[obtuse ravine]

aaaaa

[eager vine]

she'd for sure do absolutely nothing about it

meanwhile penny also would do absolutely nothing about it i feel

[wispy yarrow]

24 hours until emerald legacy

https://tenor.com/view/excited-jumping-jumping-spongebob-happy-wooooo-gif-3391112725106361395

[umbral hound]

fun fact I randomly remembered: you can impersonate a Gastrodon by saying "wheeee squishy squishy squishy".

[azure crane]

I did that just now, and the guy sitting next to me at the bus stop asked, "What's a Gastrodon doing here?"

[graceful quartz]

Chapter 3 of my story, Ghost in the Machine, is now available:
https://forums.spacebattles.com/threads/ghost-in-the-machine-pokemon-isekai-si.1201547/post-107267051
https://forums.sufficientvelocity.com/threads/ghost-in-the-machine-pokemon-isekai-si.137294/post-33601787
https://archiveofourown.org/works/60965176/chapters/156545656

[azure crane]

https://x.com/NicolasGravelQC/status/1865732158213489084

Nico Neko Art (@NicolasGravelQC) on X

💙 Misty - About Spheal 💧 #Misty #Pokemon #PokemonTimeSkip

Twitter · Dec 8, 2024, 12:16 PM

[azure crane]

https://vxtwitter.com/yd_barun_178/status/1867172100240466311

[arctic dagger]

I want mega meganium

And it has an even more giant neck

[wispy yarrow]

first shiny

[wispy yarrow]

Emerald Legacy is very fun

[arctic dagger]

Nice

What's emerald legacy theme?

[wispy yarrow]

It's basically a modernized Emerald

Pokemon and trainers rebalanced and given updated learn sets and base stats

Small story updates, making all pokemon catchable in a single playthrough

It doesn't add in the physical/special split, but does swap ghost and dark to special/physical respectively

As Arceus intended

Also built in options for Hard Mode and Hardcore

I'm going for a national dex completion first run

[azure crane]

Wurmple sippy soup.

[manic kindle]

Yeah the Legacy series of games aim to keep the same core experience but update the games & patch the potholes

[manic kindle]

https://x.com/draw_pann33/status/1867583714722820199?t=XZOuFqpHIDESb7twfibqLw&s=19
@obtuse ravine

バオ🥐 (@draw_pann33) on X

#今年も残りわずかなので今年一番伸びた絵を貼る

これ

Twitter · Dec 13, 2024, 2:53 PM

[iron lake]

you're telling us a weird hedgehog fried this rice.....

[obtuse ravine]

https://tenor.com/view/nodding-nod-yes-bunny-gif-3833903548620088432

[soft isle]

Our LGS is having a fun bracket on Tuesday where a lot of the meta staples are banned, so we have a homebrew list we're trying out!

Here's the banlist, if anyone is interested.

The following Pokemon Cards will be banned:
Archaludon ex SSP 130
Archeops SIT 147
Bloodmoon Ursaluna ex TWM 141
Ceruledge ex SSP 36
Charizard ex PAF 54
Chien-Pao ex PAL 61
Comfey LOR 79
Dragapult ex TWM 130
Dusknoir SFA 20
Fezandipiti ex SFA 38
Gardevoir ex PAF 29
Gholdengo ex PAR 139
Greninja ex TWM 106
Iron Hands ex PAR 70
Iron Thorns ex TWM 77
Klawf PAR 105
Mimikyu PAF 37
Miraidon ex SVI 81
Munkidori TWM 95
Pidgeot ex OBF 164
Pikachu ex SSP 57
Radiant Charizard CRZ 20
Radiant Greninja ASR 46
Raging Bolt ex TEF 123
Regidrago VSTAR SIT 136
Roaring Moon ex PAR 124
Roaring Moon TEF 109
Snorlax PGO 55
Teal Mask Ogerpon ex TWM 25
Terapagos ex SCR 128

The following Trainer cards will be banned:
Prime Catcher TEF 157
Unfair Stamp TWM 165

[azure crane]

Didn't someone win a tournament with only 4 Iron Thorns ex?

[pliant violet]

no dipplin ban?

[manic kindle]

https://vxtwitter.com/Normalssbbbx/status/1868481751787720887?t=NfoC4LR_u6-3_CRLamahJg&s=19

[pliant violet]

The Zone

[arctic dagger]

I assume these are like, references to something

[deft path]

The right half are pretty much all strictly bad choices

The rest are references to her content

[arctic dagger]

Ah, we're "Doing lots of damage is better than anything else" I guess

[deft path]

personally my thoughts are that in current meta the best restricteds are koraidon/miraidon, terapagos, zamazenta, and groudon

[arctic dagger]

Restricted is like, a one per team thing right?

[deft path]

yeah

The main reason the SV legendaries are so good is that they instantly enable paradox teams, particularly koraidon

And the legendary paradox count as paradox, not legendaries

So you can take koraidon and raging bolt and gouging fire

[arctic dagger]

The fact some of these are on restricted but the Paradox aren't is hilarious to me

[manic kindle]

not only do they enable, they also hit like a brick as well, both korai and mirai put up great damage numbers

[deft path]

well yeah

they're scarlet and violet pokemon

this is the generation of Pokémon where everything is a nuclear bomb

[manic kindle]

its awesome

[deft path]

I hope we get more reg h after this reg g set honestly

[manic kindle]

my favorite space is "Do you have any pretenses of winning"

[deft path]

Those four are SO bad in current meta its not even funny

[arctic dagger]

Is the restricted list literally just box legendaries?

[deft path]

yes

[manic kindle]

yes

[deft path]

that are available*

[manic kindle]

oops may beat me

[deft path]

other legendaries and mythicals are also restricted

E.g. darkrai, zygarde, etc

they're just not in gen ix

[arctic dagger]

Huh.

[deft path]

generally restricteds have to fill the role of either being the best support or the best dps

This is why the right half is bad

[arctic dagger]

Because none of them are the best support?

[deft path]

Aside from lunala

[deft path]

Because they're the best nothing

ho oh and Lugia are just bad choices, they're not amazing support, and they're not amazing DPS, and they're not amazing bulk

calyrex with no steed is just. worse version of calyrex

Lunala has VERY bad typing for competitive and is too frail

[manic kindle]

vgc doubles is a harsh world

[deft path]

Dialga and giratina arent contributing a huge amount because they're bulky but don't do anything that other people can't do better

lunala sucks in singles too

She just has very unfortunate typing

[arctic dagger]

I feel like the selection for what is restricted kinda sucks

[manic kindle]

being able to use them at all is kinda nice

normally you cant touch these at all

[pliant violet]

Terapagos is the only winning choice

[deft path]

You get a single restricted and for the past year we've been banned from using any restricted or paradox

[manic kindle]

reggie wants to go fast in like 1 turn

[deft path]

lunalas issue is ghost/psychic

Alongside weak physical defence

Because it means that incineroar can ohko it l

[manic kindle]

nothing standout in luna's moveset either

[pliant violet]

wait the bears aren't here

can you use the bears?

[deft path]

wdym the bears

the legendary Beasts?

[pliant violet]

no uhh

urshifu

[deft path]

his ass is RESTRICTED as fuck

jk

[pliant violet]

he is not on the chart

[deft path]

Urshifu is unfortunately allowed unrestricted

Reg G is kinda

nuclear

[pliant violet]

that's

he's stronger than anything there

[deft path]

alongside the treasures of ruin

[manic kindle]

im used to not getting to use Protect

[deft path]

false actually

he's not

he's stronger than most things there

[pliant violet]

being able to turn off protect is bullshit

[deft path]

Urshifu is out competed by miraidon, koraidon, and zamazenta

reg G is kind of a bullshit format ngl

[manic kindle]

its not quite rocket tag theres a lot of weird nuances but it is def all about hitting your bombs

[pliant violet]

look I do not play vgc or consume much vgc content

some wolfy sometimes

[manic kindle]

wolfy con perish

[pliant violet]

what why

did I miss something

[deft path]

the thing that makes reg G bearable is that your opponent is rolling up with a team of nukes

But you also get a team of nukes

[manic kindle]

oh sorry reggie wolfy is okay, its a new vgc meme thats spread

[deft path]

it's divisive

[pliant violet]

Wolfe not wolfy, I spell names poorly

[deft path]

Wolfey con perish... no

[pliant violet]

I know he loves a perish song comp

[manic kindle]

https://vxtwitter.com/Wiltank/status/1865079182281093622

[deft path]

I'm hoping we get reg h or reg i tho

i just prefer them

I think there's a lot more ability to play unusual teams

it's still super high powered but like

it's not unbeatably centralised

there's a very standard team format but you can 100% beat it with good play

[manic kindle]

for context here, Marco is one of the best vgc players to ever play the game, and his palpable dread upon matching into Wolfey on regular ladder is so so funny

[deft path]

reg G is just full of a bunch of Pokémon I hate too

actually it's just groudon and urshifu

But everyone is running those bitches

[pliant violet]

Explode Urshifu

[deft path]

• reg G
• Reg H

Another four years of incineroar

[manic kindle]

incineroar is so fun to use

[deft path]

wolfey is gonna find you

murdocc would you like to play against me on showdown sometime to test teams

If you do comp

[manic kindle]

if you dont mind me being incredibly rusty and available at odd times, yeah

[deft path]

yay

I'm gonna show you my worst teams ever

[azure crane]

So what kind of team would want Mewtwo?

Probably not any, it just loses to Calryrex-Ghost. D:

Unless...

[deft path]

none.

[deft path]

koraidon

Mewtwo is by far the worst restricted Pokémon sadly

[azure crane]

Except Calyrex not a rider.

[deft path]

that's not even a real pokemon

it's made up

like pichu

[azure crane]

It sucks that a Pokémon with 154 SpA, 130 Spd, and 106/90/90 Defenses doesn't have any use.

[deft path]

I mean that's because this stat spread is just comparable to a very strong final evo

The thing Is that Mewtwo is obviously Good

but there's no space to use it when you're giving up some of the best pokemon ever to use it

If Mewtwo wasnt restricted it would obviously see use, but it just can't compete with koraidon, groudon etc

It would have to be much better to have a spot, cause as is there's not a niche it properly fills that someone else cant

tldr Mewtwo is a great Pokémon but a terrible legendary

[azure crane]

Fucking ghost horse.

Well, that's at least part of it.

[languid lichen]

monotype psychic that's carried by its stats and movepool isn't enough to cut it in this context, tragically

because its numbers are nutty, and psystrike is fucking meaty, and nasty plot makes it even more of a threat - but no second stab and no ability

[deft path]

mewtwos been dead in restricted since gen ii

it's not a new issue

the only gens its ever seen use was access to mega evos

[arctic dagger]

I assume the megas aren't available?

[deft path]

it's gen ix

[arctic dagger]

Also yeah, man, VGC is so painful for how many cool mons you just can't use.

[deft path]

this is official VGC so yeah, no megas this season

this Is true of basically any format tbh

[arctic dagger]

I mean, I like that singles has formats for different levels

Even if something isn't good in OU, you can probably use it in UU etc

[deft path]

many mons suck competitively

Singles is atrocious though

[arctic dagger]

Well, just gonna disagree with you there.

XD

No more atrocious than doubles anyway.

[deft path]

i think the singles metagame is really unfun

[arctic dagger]

We're all playing a game not designed for comp gameplay.

[deft path]

Doubles is atrocious too

[arctic dagger]

The singles... Gen9 OU metagame?

[deft path]

but at least you can't stall

[arctic dagger]

Oh, see, I think some degree of stall is way more interesting.

[deft path]

I really heavily dislike stalling

[arctic dagger]

There are things that go too far (Regenerator PP stall strategies)

[deft path]

I think stalling is super uninteractive

[arctic dagger]

But I think stall and hazards/status are a really interesting way to play.

[deft path]

Status still sees a lot of play in doubles

[arctic dagger]

As long as you're actually making progress I don't mind it at all.

[deft path]

hazards less so

but status moves are actually some of the most widely run

[arctic dagger]

Its' the "Haha, I made you use 1 PP off of this mon so in 80 turns I'll win!" things I don't like

[deft path]

E.g. sleep powder, spore, encore, taunt, dire claw

[arctic dagger]

If it's just a 10-20 turn stall, w/e

[deft path]

Yeah this is what I mean

10 turn stall isn't unusual in VGC

[arctic dagger]

Like my favorite mega was mega slowbro

[deft path]

When I say stall I don't mean like

using protect and dive to dodge fissure pp

[arctic dagger]

Who absolutely did stall but always would make progress too

[deft path]

I mean the 300 turn game shit

[arctic dagger]

Well, ok, sure

Yeah I hate that too.

But you don't see that basically since... Gen6, much?

[deft path]

And there's WAY too much of that online

[arctic dagger]

With a bit of a departure in gen7 I think

[deft path]

I started playing around then competitively so it's just ruined my perception of singles

That and also I like the official comp format more than smogon

[arctic dagger]

Megas, Z moves, just current pokemon power...

All kinda make that kinda thing just not viable

[deft path]

I actually went to worlds as a kid*

[arctic dagger]

Too much offensive strength to sustain that kind of stalling power outside of specific (banned) strategies with shadow tag

[deft path]

attended, not compete

[arctic dagger]

Like, you just could not use even the old stall strategies vs the current paradox pokemon

THey just hit too far

Hard*

Offense has overall outstripped defense

A 100 power move with good accuracy used to make Earthquake basically the best offensive move in the game for a long time. Now lots of things get that kind of stuff just kinda casually.

[deft path]

I like how much doubles enables in terms of support as well

And silly strats

Like clangorous soul+ oricorio

[azure crane]

https://x.com/toneko1225/status/1867694888269369705

トネコ / Illustrator&Designer (@toneko1225) on X

#今年も残りわずかなので今年一番伸びた絵を貼る

Twitter · Dec 13, 2024, 10:15 PM

[pliant violet]

how'd they make him so small

[wispy yarrow]

Man, the Hoenn elite four sucks when you have a psychic type at the front

I forgot that the first two were Dark and then Ghost.

[eager vine]

I LOVE HOENN

[pliant violet]

7/10 too much water

[eager vine]

uhmmm

11/10 BUT not enough water

imho

it needs MORE water

it needs to be larger and more oceanic

[snow cobalt]

team aqua member^

[eager vine]

FUCK

i do have a team aqua pin in fact

and a thalassophobic team aqua member has fantastic comedic value

[manic kindle]

Archie: ok everyone get in the submarine
Thalassophobic Grunt: everyone?

[arctic dagger]

"Look just because I'm scared of the ocean doesn't mean it's not the giver of all life."

[red rampart]

The four fire types in hoenn are all dead now

[deft path]

Hey hoenn has more than four fire types

You're thinking of sinnoh

[red rampart]

Oh right, ninetales is also in hoenn
Five fire type families*

[deft path]

there's 10 fire type Pokémon in hoenn

sinnoh in comparison has 2 fire type families

[deft path]

Uh well technically 11

in the original at least

in oras they like doubled the number

[arctic dagger]

I like to pretend the remakes are in general the true canon

Because just regional Pokemon with such low overlap makes me sad sometimes

[deft path]

in oras I think they definitely are

[manic kindle]

Emerald Legacy has been nice for giving some of the fire types nice new niches

[deft path]

Oras is such a huge redux

[manic kindle]

Legacy added Ponyta early and buffed Slugma line

[deft path]

original Archie isn't real

[eager vine]

me as fuckkkkkk

[manic kindle]

that one aqua admin that stays behind to hold off the player

[deft path]

oh I just got an amazing pickup in my moon nuzlocke

I got a makuhita just before normal trial

the quad weaknesses will go crazy

[red rampart]

[deft path]

Currently the team is

Popplio/makuhita/pikipek/yungoos/magnemite/meowth

[pliant violet]

Slugma?

[arctic dagger]

What'd they do?

I always liked the water immunity

[manic kindle]

Magma Armor ability gives Slugma line x2 water resist instead of weakness

its really nice, gives it a niche

[languid lichen]

oh, it inverts that type interaction?

[manic kindle]

ive also enjoyed moveset updates, Treecko line getting Razor Leaf at 16 feels so good

[languid lichen]

that's real fuckin strong, i respect it

mfs need that

[manic kindle]

ive also enjoyed a lot of the classic Legacy diversity while maintaining just the Hoenn-dex

having pokemon like Spoink really early gives them a use case

also their documentation is really nice, i love that i can view encounters sorted by gym availability https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1euQCVphGYMXH9cEX2CwEztvbxzvF9Hik6fAoxq0_e7k/edit?pli=1&gid=2026161017#gid=2026161017

[manic kindle]

i do need to figure out two more goobers for my team, im on Grovyle, Magcargo, Tentacruel, Meditite rn

[deft path]

I cannot believe they banned tera typing in smogon

That's genuinely too funny

[snow cobalt]

no way

that's

wow

[deft path]

Specifically in national dex

Which is just like lmfao

it's so funny though

[snow cobalt]

it's hilarious

[deft path]

singles is such a style of play that the game is just not designed around

at least in regards to competitive viability

[pliant violet]

despite that being the singleplayer experience

[deft path]

it's weird tbh

[pliant violet]

which is like... the majority of pokemon play

[deft path]

yeah its quite odd

I do find it really interesting they consciously acknowledge this in the most recent SV dlc

the premise there is that it's a competitive Pokémon academy for specifically raising future champions

So every trainer fight is a doubles

because they're all playing VGC

[pliant violet]

like I wouldn't mind if more stuff was doubles

hell I think they should mix stuff up more in general

[deft path]

I would like it

I love doubles

[pliant violet]

different bosses doing different shit

[deft path]

I think doubles is the most interesting stuff in the game

[pliant violet]

you fight the third leader and it's a rotation battle

[snow cobalt]

competitive assumes you're at endgame right
During single player you have like... idk access to different mons becomes a part of dungeon design (except in the most recent more open world stuff so)

[pliant violet]

because you had the hubris to believe the game likes you

[deft path]

yeah the new dlc is post game

doubles does require more availability

just because what makes doubles strong is the access to support Pokémon

And also coding doubles AI is much harde

[pliant violet]

also protect becomes much much better in doubles

[deft path]

protect is already great in singles but in doubles its so cool

Because double ups are a big risk

[arctic dagger]

I mean

Pretty much every generation gimmick since megas have been kinda rough

Imo

I like tera, but many things had to go to Ubers because of it

So likely a bunch of stuff will get to go back to ou without it

I do think allowing it in Ubers would be fine

[deft path]

I understand why it's banned but I do think it's undeniably funny

[arctic dagger]

Yeah

Tera was the closest to doable in a long time

[deft path]

also the moon nuzlocke is going well

[arctic dagger]

I think they could continue to not ban it, but banning it lets a lot of other stuff that was just very hard to deal with be a lot more reasonable

[deft path]

I just OHKO the totem lmao

[arctic dagger]

So I understand the trade-off

[wispy yarrow]

What's the pokemon that comes before magcargo

[deft path]

Slugma

slugma poké balls

[wispy yarrow]

Slugma baaaaaaaaaaaaaalllllllsssssss

Dammit

I wasn't fast enough

[pliant violet]

I like tera more than most mechanics

[deft path]

I think tera is the single best gimmick introduced

[pliant violet]

mega is cool but they poisoned the well by giving them to the wrong pokemon

[deft path]

I hope it continutes into gen 10 unironically

[pliant violet]

I'm pretty sure I'm there as well

[deft path]

megas are cool but overrated imo

I think a lot of people are just very nostalgia eyed

[pliant violet]

it's fun, it has interesting stuff for team comp and is usable on just about every pokemon

[deft path]

I expect in gen X we'll discover that usum were slept on and z moves were the best mechanic ever invented

[pliant violet]

Z moves were the worst

even dynamax was better

[deft path]

and by gen XII we'll be posting "I miss classic Pokémon like scarlet and violet"

I think dynamax had a little sauce

[pliant violet]

May do you think I would ever post like that?

[deft path]

just because of the kaiju factor and also the way it worked as like

performance enhancing drugs

[pliant violet]

yeah I didn't hate it but I think tera has it beat

[deft path]

Dynamax was less of a nuke like a z move, and less of an outright permanent power up

[pliant violet]

it's just good

[deft path]

I think tera is the realisation of megas/dynamax

[pliant violet]

my only complaint about tera is it looks kinda silly

which I'm ngl is an important thing

[deft path]

Reggie did you hear?

[pliant violet]

no I cut my ears off

[deft path]

there was this level 7 eevee

over in the galar region

It visits paldea, comes back, and its terastalising into fairy type

i just can't understand this new generation ...

[pliant violet]

may

friend

the internet is eating holes in your mind

[deft path]

Wrong

United states presidential election results are eating holes in my mind

Internet brainrot is filling them

[pliant violet]

I don't think we'll see tera in gen 10

[arctic dagger]

I thought dynamax was the worst because it was the most boring. Then Z moves because while they were super busted, it is theoretically possible to balance, then megas because they're the same in concept but more interesting mostly, and finally teras because they're by far the most balanced and can apply to every Pokemon on your team

[deft path]

I hope gen X is uh idfk where gen X could take place

[pliant violet]

just storywise it doesn't seem like it'd work

[deft path]

gen X being German would be really funny

[pliant violet]

australia

[arctic dagger]

Megas could have mostly been evolutions and they would have been fine

[pliant violet]

If they'd only given megas to weaker pokemon I'd have been very happy

[arctic dagger]

Yeah that too

[deft path]

what up bro here in the Borlin region we hate our first partner Pokémon, don't value friendships, and our regional food is sausage slop

[arctic dagger]

But at that point they could just give evos to the weaker Pokemon

And I'd be even happier

[deft path]

the weaker Pokémon that did get them honestly should have had the megas as permanent evos

[pliant violet]

unless 3 stagers

[deft path]

Mawile and her across and pincir

[pliant violet]

mega beedrill for example

[arctic dagger]

Nah I'm ok with 4 stages

[deft path]

there's no law that stops you from evolving a fourth time

[snow cobalt]

whose across

[deft path]

it's just not been done before

[arctic dagger]

Hera's Cross

Don't get in her way

[pliant violet]

I like 3 as a number better than 4

[deft path]

stepnix did you hear

[pliant violet]

4 is death

[snow cobalt]

oh okay

[arctic dagger]

Zeus has been a dick again

[pliant violet]

may if you do it again

I'll just delete it

[snow cobalt]

i gotta know

[pliant violet]

abuse my mod powers

[deft path]

they're sending these Pokémon to the kalos region and mega evolving them

a fourth stage of evolution!

[pliant violet]

ok this one is different

[snow cobalt]

whoah

[deft path]

it's unheard of, it shouldn't be done

[snow cobalt]

how dare

[deft path]

I just can't understand this generation

And over in alola?

[pliant violet]

but yeah I think Gen X is gonna be aus

[deft path]

they're putting chemicals in the water turning the grimers dark type

[pliant violet]

it's gotta be right

finally?

[deft path]

monkeys paw curls, aoterra gen X upon ye

[pliant violet]

should've said making the grimers rainbow

[pliant violet]

you say that like I wouldn't like that too

[arctic dagger]

I'm betting Africa with mega tododile

[deft path]

there's not gonna be megas in gen x

[pliant violet]

Aotearoa btw

[arctic dagger]

Oh right I was thinking of the Z game

[deft path]

ah yeah th
Ank you for the Correction

[arctic dagger]

Not Gen 10

[pliant violet]

np, that's one I mess up often too

[arctic dagger]

I have no thoughts on gen10

[deft path]

i would be highly concerned if legends a to z would be african

[pliant violet]

A-Z is in kalos in the future

[deft path]

Considering its FRENCH

[pliant violet]

lumiose city in the future

[deft path]

first pro colonial Pokémon game!?

[pliant violet]

it's all paris now

[deft path]

i hope gen x adds an important pokemon

Bun with a gun

don't actually

I don't want pal world comparisons

They should instead add a Holland lop that uhhhh

Im just describing regional bunnersby

[pliant violet]

no that would be gen v

[arctic dagger]

I think I'd want a Chinese or Indian generation most

When I think about it

[deft path]

i did think gen x india could be cool

[pliant violet]

I don't trust a japanese company doing china inspired stuff

for reasons

[arctic dagger]

For good reasons but

[pliant violet]

India would be cool though

[arctic dagger]

IDK it's child friendly enough it might be ok

[pliant violet]

yeah not saying it couldn't be excellent

[arctic dagger]

That it doesn't get weird

[deft path]

Too many secret Koreans in Yakuza moment

[pliant violet]

I'm just paranoid

[deft path]

Yakuza when they gotta make a character a villain so now he's secretly korean

[arctic dagger]

I'm sorry what

[pliant violet]

oh yeah you cannot have a korean inspired pokemon game

[arctic dagger]

Is that a thing

That's so weird

[pliant violet]

there's a lot of anti-korean sentiment in japan

[deft path]

Up until Yakuza 7 there was like four yakuza games where the twist was the enemy Yakuza were ACTUALLY the Korean geomijul

and the Japanese guys you were fighting? they're secretly HALF Korean

[pliant violet]

but yeah I'm biased because australian but also like, I think it'd make for a good region

[deft path]

Like a dragon works to fix this a lot

[pliant violet]

Ala Alola

[deft path]

Reggie how do you feel about the fact that komala would be in gen X but not original

[arctic dagger]

Yes that I'm aware of

I just was not aware of the specific instance in the Yakuza games

[deft path]

the secret Koreans trope is real though

it's in so many of their games

[pliant violet]

I don't think it bothers me but I'd actually rather see a dropbear regional komala

[arctic dagger]

I choose to believe you

That would be hilarious

[pliant violet]

that's explained by being nightmares or something

[arctic dagger]

Giratina-corrupted komalas

[pliant violet]

it's also always asleep but it's an asshole because it's having nightmares

[deft path]

Bob semple tank regional metagross

[pliant violet]

low blow

[arctic dagger]

Kangaroos obviously fighting type

[pliant violet]

we've got an insane level of biodiversity to pull from, for shit that's not really suitable for other regions

[deft path]

That's not in its learn set

[arctic dagger]

Maybe fighting dark?

[pliant violet]

fighting ground

[deft path]

There's already kangaroo Pokémon iirc

[pliant violet]

kangaskhan sorta

[arctic dagger]

Kangakhan ish but

It's more lizard

[deft path]

Just make it regional kanghaskan

[arctic dagger]

I think we'd get an actual kangaroo

[pliant violet]

it's got the pouch

for starters you'd get a kangaroo, an emu, and like... a platypus?

[deft path]

I should work more on my fakemons

[arctic dagger]

I'd rather get an actual mammalian one than a regional kangaskan

[pliant violet]

not pokemon just those animals

[deft path]

Magmell is a funny lil region

[pliant violet]

definitely the first two, unsure on the third

maybe a monitor lizard?

[arctic dagger]

Platypus is a water type that starts as just a duck and gets weirder and weirder traits as it evolves

[deft path]

I need to come up with starters tho

[arctic dagger]

Ends as water poison

[deft path]

For context magmell is my fakemon region based on Ireland

[pliant violet]

kangaroo grass type, emu fire type

[deft path]

where I made the highland cow Pokémon

For regional miltank

[pliant violet]

fun fact did you know emu feathers are super oily?

[deft path]

yes I am aware that the isle of armour already exists

But that is the isle of MANN

Not ireland

[arctic dagger]

Kangaroos grass/fighting, and emus fire/ground maybe?

Another grass/fighting physical attacker is kinda rough

[pliant violet]

I was thinking get weird with it

Grass Flying

cause they jump

[arctic dagger]

Hmmm.

What about grass/normal?

[pliant violet]

that is an option, never been a normal type starter

[deft path]

A dolphin starter is fairly obvious for the region

[pliant violet]

I like platypus better

starters should be able to come on land

and everywhere has dolphins

[arctic dagger]

I was just thinking it has a hidden move that boosts kicking moves

Hidden ability I mean

And thought of mega kick, which admittedly is terrible

[pliant violet]

do you know that male kangaroos are called boomers?

[deft path]

Not for aus

For ireland

[pliant violet]

Grass Electric? boom is thunder?

[deft path]

Eevee.

[pliant violet]

Ireland has dolphins?

[pliant violet]

in what game

[arctic dagger]

But it could get trop kick, high jump kick, and a normal type kick unique kick move

Let's go Eevee

[pliant violet]

lalalalalala not real game never heard of it

[deft path]

they were the coinage until the euro

[pliant violet]

huh, cool fact

[deft path]

The punt

[pliant violet]

Emu actually might be better as an electric type but then the matchups get less perfect (which I don't mind)

cause they're fast

[deft path]

The Irish coin traditionally displays the harp and an animal/king

This has been true since uhhhh

1400? 1300?

[pliant violet]

and bushfires in aus are often started by lightning

ok I'm cooking with a bushfire emu fire/electric type

[arctic dagger]

Electric is tough with a starter

Because you end up with ground type as the outlier

[pliant violet]

I actually don't mind if the final stage starter triangle isn't perfect

[arctic dagger]

In order to make any triangles

Yeah me either just noting

It often isn't

[pliant violet]

it's final stage, you're gonna have coverage

[deft path]

The old punt kinda cooked

[pliant violet]

I don't want to do grass fighting, grass normal is an option but I'm not really feeling it, grass fairy is overdone

[arctic dagger]

Pure Water, fire/electric, and grass/ground maybe?

[wispy yarrow]

Psychic > Fighting > Dark starter trio

[pliant violet]

Water Poison

[arctic dagger]

Water is then neutral into both the others

[wispy yarrow]

Give it to us Gamefreak

[arctic dagger]

Water poison has ground good into both types

Is my concern there

[languid lichen]

monos with multis is cringe though

[pliant violet]

yeah

[arctic dagger]

looks at gen1

[pliant violet]

and mono starters in general feels like a letdown

[arctic dagger]

Poor blastoise

[pliant violet]

should've been water steel type

[deft path]

facts honestly

[arctic dagger]

Yeah but steel didn't exist yeah

[languid lichen]

i still want a starter trio that's all dragon secondary

[pliant violet]

oh wait, grass steel? he's a mining kangaroo

[deft path]

Reggie did you hear?

[languid lichen]

Blastoise walked so empoleon could run

[deft path]

They're turning the magnemites into steel types

They can't do that

[pliant violet]

should've said waddle

[languid lichen]

hm, let me amend

blastoise shuffled so empoleon could slide

[deft path]

for magmell I think I'd do deer/dolphin/dog

[languid lichen]

i want to see a rock type deer pokemon with petrified wood antlers at some point

[mellow robin]

I really want a regional rock/ghost rotom that possesses fossils

[languid lichen]

baby form that's grass/fire, evos that are grass/fire and rock/fire

[languid lichen]

this would also be based

[arctic dagger]

Grass/steel, fire/electric, water/ghost

It's my main thought

The secondaries all are completely neutral to each other

[mellow robin]

fire/electric is sick typing

plasma vibes

[languid lichen]

we need more of them than just rotom

[pliant violet]

actually it's a bushfire emu

[languid lichen]

and uhhh