The Pokemon Thread

[DarrylWolf]

What does that have to do with what I just said?

Continuity errors. Or things that were in the TV series but not in the games. The anime series was loosely based off of the games but I think it would have been cool to have seen some of those things become interactive- saving Porta Vista from the giant Tentacruel, brokering peace between the Yas and Kas gyms, or taking part in the Laramie Ranch Pokemon-athon. Fans of the TV series remember those things but they don't exist in the games. And we never got to fight the two bumbling villains, Jesse and James in the handheld Pokemon games, which would have been funny. I understand that the creators of the game series would have suffered from time constraints and coding limitations, which might explain why we never saw them, but I thought it would have been awesome.

 

[Toshabi]

New topic: The Pokemon Manga. How many have read it? I personally would've rather preferred an animoo adaption of this story rather than what we got in origins.

 

[DarrylWolf]

New topic: The Pokemon Manga. How many have read it? I personally would've rather preferred an animoo adaption of this story rather than what we got in origins.

I did, and I can see why that never got popular outside of Japan. The story about Sabrina and Haunter seems particularly wrenching. A Ghost-type Pokemon which in the games and TV series like a mischievious specter is actually a cold-blooded killer who wants Sabrina dead, after killing her Pokemon when she was just a child. She bravely goes to try and stop it before it can kill her, but only survives because Ash and the gang show up and save her life. It was the creepiest adaptation of Pokemon I had ever seen.

 

[Wither]

Bringing out a Mew should cause your opponent to take notice that you are certainly no casual gamer. I have taken down several Mewtwos in linked battles but seeing a Mew in a linked battle was the most amazing experience in 15 years of Pokemon.

I honestly didn't even bother reading past this. That's just sad, mate.

I'd hump a Lopunny.

Bitch, Delphox is clearly better.
that and Ninetails, Arcanine, Floatzel, basically every starter + evos (with obvious exceptions where needed), and evees/eveelution,... I could go on. (unapologetically into the ferals, yeah :I)

 

[Teal]

I did, and I can see why that never got popular outside of Japan. The story about Sabrina and Haunter seems particularly wrenching. A Ghost-type Pokemon which in the games and TV series like a mischievious specter is actually a cold-blooded killer who wants Sabrina dead, after killing her Pokemon when she was just a child. She bravely goes to try and stop it before it can kill her, but only survives because Ash and the gang show up and save her life. It was the creepiest adaptation of Pokemon I had ever seen.

Electric tale of Pikachu is good because of it's art and how it builds upon the Pokémon world. The fan service is creepy though.

I think Tosh was referring to Pokémon Adventures (or Pokémon special).

 

[DarrylWolf]

Electric tale of Pikachu is good because of it's art and how it builds upon the Pokémon world. The fan service is creepy though.

I think Tosh was referring to Pokémon Adventures (or Pokémon special).

There were several Pokemon Manga released in the late 90's, but "Haunting Your Dreams" was one that was most definitely not aimed at children. As is commonly the case with Japanese manga released in the US, a lot of bowdlerization has to occur. I will admit that the manga looked good but things were a little more mature. Heck, things did get mature in the TV series, the story arc with Sabrina and the Ghosts scared children. And more importantly, that story arc made reactionary parents think that Pokemon promoted the occult.

 

[Seekrit]

New topic: The Pokemon Manga. How many have read it? I personally would've rather preferred an animoo adaption of this story rather than what we got in origins.

Oh goodness yes. I followed it up to the start of R/S/E, it's definitely my favourite interpretation of the pokemon world. Super-Top-#1-Inventor Satoshi Tajiri thinks of it as his favourite too. Also seeing an Arbok cut in half would be badass.

 

[BRN]

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I really hope this is sufficient to prove that Legendary teams just don't "win" when their player is shite.

 

[Seekrit]

That caterpie is glorious.

 

[Harbinger]

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I really hope this is sufficient to prove that Legendary teams just don't "win" when their player is shite.

Dear god Gen V looked like shit...

 

[Distorted]

Who lets that happen? Why would use swift....on a Gliscor.....when you're Mewtwo. I don't know anything anymore...

 

[SirRob]

Dear god Gen V looked like shit...

To be fair, it looks better on the actual DS. I think it's stretched out in the video.

 

[Rilvor]

Who lets that happen? Why would use swift....on a Gliscor.....when you're Mewtwo. I don't know anything anymore...

Who doesn't have Sucker Punch on an Absol?

 

[Jags]

Oh goodness yes. I followed it up to the start of R/S/E, it's definitely my favourite interpretation of the pokemon world. Super-Top-#1-Inventor Satoshi Tajiri thinks of it as his favourite too. Also seeing an Arbok cut in half would be badass.

The original series was pretty good, much better than the TV series.

I loved Red's Eevee. So cool.

 

[Judge Spear]

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stil shit pokmon

 

[Stratelier]

I know Pokemon Origins is a tribute to the games, but seriously, you can swim a Lapras through all the plot holes....

Namely, GIOVANNI YOU CANNOT KO A JOLTEON WITH THUNDERBOLT BECAUSE JOLTEONS HAVE VOLT ABSORB AND YOU DON'T HAVE MOLD BREAKER. (Unless Red's Jolteon ended up with Quick Feet instead of Volt Absorb.)

 

[Seekrit]

I know Pokemon Origins is a tribute to the games, but seriously, you can swim a Lapras through all the plot holes....

Namely, GIOVANNI YOU CANNOT KO A JOLTEON WITH THUNDERBOLT BECAUSE JOLTEONS HAVE VOLT ABSORB AND YOU DON'T HAVE MOLD BREAKER. (Unless Red's Jolteon ended up with Quick Feet instead of Volt Absorb.)

Maybe it was Gen I mechanics? It seemed to copy the core concept of R/B verbatim.

 

[Alexxx-Returns]

Who lets that happen? Why would use swift....on a Gliscor.....when you're Mewtwo. I don't know anything anymore...

That strategy was a huge gamble though, you'd probably need​ a rather bad player to prepare like that.

There were a lot of times in that battle where the other play could've had it through brute force.

 

[Stratelier]

Beat the Chatelaine in Single Battles. That really was a fluke victory, though...

1 - Made the mistake of NOT U-Turning out my Talonflame against her Grumpig (packing Power Gem). Gardevoir couldn't quite KO it with a Calm Mind + Shadow Ball either, so I'm down to just my Megalucario and I haven't even scored any KO's yet! Well, at least ExtremeSpeed mops up the pig....
2 - Mega Lucario is very lucky NOT to get hit by Wigglytuff's Focus Blast. In return, two Aura Spheres and it's down.
3 - Her Purugly is faster and puts Lucario under with Hypnosis. Next turn, I use ExtremeSpeed and Lucario wakes up JUST in time to dodge a Dream Eater. I win on the next turn.

 

[CaptainCool]

Well, I guess you can't blame them for including a tutorial, right?^^;

 

[SirRob]

So looking at the list of egg moves Serebii posted, Carvanha can learn Destiny Bond now. I haven't seen anyone really talk about this... but that's like, amazing, isn't it?! With speed boost, you'll pretty much nab anything that's not using priority.

 

[TransformerRobot]

Well, after a painstakingly long attempt to do so, I now have Cresselia.

 

[Harbinger]

Next time you ask for a battle Dingo at least let me knock down a bit of HP of one pokemon at least

 

[Rilvor]

So, the big question for you all:

Are you a "Karenfag" ("Strong Pokémon. Weak Pokémon. That is only the selfish perception of people. Truly skilled trainers should try to win with their favorites.) meaning you use what you like, regardless of how good they are i.e. someone who uses Ariados, Exeggutor, Cacturne, etc.

Or are you a "Smogonfag", better known as a Munchkin or Powergamer, who prefers to use what is strong despite them not being your favorite.

I subscribe very much to the former, I'm not a competitive gamer in general but I still enjoy battling. Despite that I lose 9/10 times haha

 

[SirRob]

A competitive battler should definitely try to make the smartest choices when choosing their team. But as an individual I think it's also important to add your own personal flair. It's been my policy since HG/SS to strike a balance between that.