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No. 33729

What is your favorite Pokemon and generation? How did you get into this series? Discuss.

No. 33730

Favorite from each gen:

I - Mew / Meowth / MissingNo.
II - Jumpluff / Corsola
III - Skitty (obv)
IV - Probably Drifloon
V- Reuniclus / Chandelure
VI- Klefki / Flabebe line
VII - Eh, not sure.

I've played since RB came out. I remember being a little kid and my brother, who knew I loved cats, told me about this new cartoon with a bunch of monsters, called Pokemon. That there was even a talking cat! I was all over that shit.

Then he showed me Red version on the Super Gameboy we'd gotten, and I was super hyped. I don't even remember when, but I began playing on his file and catching MissingNo.
(The best pokemon, obviously)

The rest is history.

For the most part, I like every gen, I feel like they all have something I like. But my all time favorite is probably Gen II, but I also really liked Gen V.

No. 33731

I love cute Pokémon, like Jigglypuff, Oddish, Mudkip, Drifloon, and Vulpix. Gen III will probably always be my favorite, because it’s the first gen I played when it was new. I also love gen I. I’ve been working on a playthrough of Yellow where I use the Ditto glitch to fill the Pokédex. I’m mostly done with it, but I’ve taken a break for now.

I got into the series because kids at school liked it, and I tried (and failed) to make friends with them. I started watching the show, then my dad bought me a used copy of Yellow for $10. Now Pokémon is really nostalgic for me. I still watch a couple of indigo league episodes once in a while.

No. 33732

exeggutor…

No. 33733

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>>33732
Egg-cellent taste

No. 33734

I'm not an extreme fan of the franchise, but I love Solrock. Ever since I captured in on Emerald it's always been in my team no matter what.

No. 33735

>>33733
Wow this is so retarded

No. 33736

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>>33735



>>33735
Someone is cranky, take a hit from this, you'll feel better












>>33735

No. 33737

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>>33732

I think I've already posted this on lc but

No. 33738

When I was little I watched the original anime on tv and had a whole bunch of Pokémon books. I also saw the first movie in theaters and had some random merchandise like an electric pikachu toothbrush.

I didn’t play the games until a friend gave me an old game boy advance sp with a copy of pokemon crystal. My favorite 1st gen pokemon were Lapras and Sandslash

No. 33739

>>33729
I’m pretty old so I got into the series when I was subscribed to Nintendo Power as a kid and got those little Pokémon Power mini-magazines they included when Pokémon Red and Blue were about to be released in the states.

My favorite generation is probably gen II probably because it’s the one I played the most and was just such a significant upgrade from the first one. My starter was Cyndaquil so Typholsion is probably the closest I have to a favorite Pokémon. I missed out on gens III and IV though and have been meaning to play those for a while.

No. 33740

I'm 19 and I started with Pokémon Pearl on the DS.
I also loved Pokémon Ranger and Explorers of Darkness / Time, also on the DS.
The gameplay is kind of too shallow and repetitive for me now but I still love the pokémon. Piplup best starter

>>33737
Lol I love Pokémon memes

No. 33741

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favourite pokemon is and always will be espeon. best pink cat

favourite generation is X and Y, i know a lot of people dislike that generation and even i dont really know why its my favourite, it just is lol. second fave is 3rd gen.

got into pokemon when the first games came out in europe, i was like 4. have liked it ever since although never been quite as obsessed as i was between ages 4-11. i watched all the episodes of the anime back then too.

No. 33742

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I was aware of what pokemon is when i grew up but i never played the games bc we were too poor and 3rd world to have gaming consoles and the anime seemed too childish for me. then i really got into pokemon go when it came out (i still play lmao) and played moon and ultra sun when they came out. moon was alright but ultra sun was very boring and i felt like an adult playing a game for 8 year olds. I'm considering getting alpha ruby/omega sapphire once uni goes on winter break because a friend who's really into pokemon said it's her favourite and i don't want to be a fake fan that only plays pokemon go lol

anyways, my fav is tangela and i was quite upset when the cut 1st gen pokemon concepts came out earlier this year bc tangela's evolution looked mega cute

No. 33743

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i'm obsessed with pokemon. primarily the first two gens as they're the most nostalgic for me, but i still play almost all the games (at least the new gens if not the gen-specific sequels they always get). i'll admit i forget the names of most of them past gen 2, but i still love pokemon so much! it's a huge part of my life.

my fave pokemon is bulbasaur (the whole line really), and my fave gen is pretty evenly split between 1 and 2. r/b/y was a masterpiece, g/s/c was a masterpiece that expanded. it's too hard for me to choose.

i will always hold pokemon close to my heart. have some nostalgia from a simpler time.

No. 33744

My favourite game was Pokemon diamond for the DS, my favourite Pokemon in general are cyndaquil and bulbasaur

Was always more of a digimon girl tho

No. 33745

>favorite pokemon
I have a lot that I love, but absolute favs are probably Houndoom and Wailord.

>favorite gen

GSC, followed by DPP and XY.

>how did you get into the series

I was in 5th grade and had a huge crush on this kid in my homeroom who was super into pokemon like everyone else was at the time. We had the old ass brick gameboy at home so I asked my parents for one of the games. They got me Red and I wound up loving it so much I didn't even give a shit about impressing him anymore.

I was pretty obsessed with the series until being disappointed with RSE. I thought it was going to be a sequel more in the vein of GSC (which I was obsessed with to the point of actually completing the pokedex, the first and only time I've ever done that). I didn't really like the music, the style, or many of the pokemon that gen.

When DPP came out I put off playing it for years because I didn't have a DS. When I finally got the money for it I picked up Pearl and loved it a lot. Then BW came out and thought it was shit so I stopped caring again until XY. I wanted to play Sun and Moon, but my 3DS was lost on an international flight so I never got further than a few gyms and haven't bothered replacing it since the 3DS is being retired anyway.

No. 33746

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I only ever played SoulSilver when I was stuck in a mental health hospital, but I like the designs of a lot of the pokemon and think they're very cute.

My favourite is Misdreavus and his evolutions because he's a gothy lil shit.

No. 33747

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God,i missed pkm so much,eversince my brother sold the gameboy and most of the pokemon game that he had,i never got the chance to catch up with the pkm franchise in general.But,im getting my first console in years and a bunch of new games( including pkm sun and y) im so excited to play!!!!

No. 33748

I remember when the games came out and everybody at day care had 'em.
Weirdly, I didn't find a favorite Pokemon till after I dropped it when entering college and then rediscovering during gen 4. Good ol Baltoy is my pal.

Favorite gen is five because it's the most complete, there were a lot of cool Pokemon and it was the last before crap like mega evolution and z crystals. And Unova might be best region.

No. 33749

What's weird is having a favorite Pokemon from when you started playing (I started w/Red) and, like, I feel guilty changing it lol. So I like to have a top 5 for each generation.


I: Charmander (my first fav. It was also my favorite number–4. And the mascot of my favorite color. It was destiny). Flareon, Magneton, Haunter, and Gloom round out the rest.
II- Cyndaquil, Politoed, Lanturn, Magcargo, Porygon2
III-Mudkip, Skitty, Shiftry, Metang, Camerupt
IV- Empoleon, Luxray, Dusknoir, Toxicroak, Roserade
V-Eelektross, Chandelure, Swoobat, Audino, Trubbish
VI-Chesnaught, Litleo, Pyroar (yes, I'm counting them separate because I love both of them), Espurr, Klefki
VII-Litten, Rockruff, Mimikyu, Tsareena, Salazzle


My favorite gen is 2, 3 or 6. I really did not like 5 or 7. 5 was better when they released the sequels so you weren't bound to just Unova Pokemon, but I think I will always have negative memories towards it because an incel-tier guy asked me out by saying 'hey, will you check out my team?' and he had named them "Anon/will you/go/out/with/me". And that was… not good. Don't do that. Unless you absolutely know someone will say yes, don't do it.


I just haven't gotten around to liking gen 7. I finished Sun, never finished the sequel. I'm salty they didn't do any sequels for XY. Z was there… calling their name. But they didn't answer. They had way better trainer customization options than SM/USUM. Like. I just don't understand. XY brought back my love for Pokemon that was lost with BW. I know people say the plot was weak for it/mega evolutions suck, but I really enjoy the game every time I play through it. It's one of the games I'll do type-restriction challenge because they make it fairly easy to at least get half a team going at the start for various ones.


Remake-wise, I loved HGSS. So. Much. I loved having your lead follow you around and I loved Lyra's character design. It's a feel-good game for me. I liked the mini-game things that were next to the National Park.

No. 33750

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I fucking love this movie and probably will go see it again in a week or two! It's absolutely joyful and fun. I am looking forward to a sequel.
I really wanted to play the original game, but then I found out it's really simplistic and for kids only. Maybe that's for the better, since I am still paying for my Switch.
Really bummed about lack of merch where I live.

No. 33751

>>33750
This movie was super wholesome and a breath of fresh air between edgelord superhero movies. It's nice to just have a simple cute story with beloved characters once in awhile.

No. 33752

>>33750
I loved this movie, I thought it was so cute and sweet. It was like a dream coming true to see CGI Pokémon in the big screen. My friend didn't like the movie and it was her suggestion to go, she said it was "too childish"…

No. 33753

>>33751
>>33752
I really loved to see a more character focused Pokemon story. The Pokemon world is so interesting and yet Nintendo does NOTHING with it. You can tell so many interesting stories in it and yet all the Pokemon anime movies are a cliche fest centering on Ash (who's not a very interesting protagonist). I wish we could get more stories like Detective Pikachu. It's sad that I have to dig for the few good Pokemon fanfic and fancomics (like It's a Hard Life) to experience a good story involving Pokemon (other than the movie, of course).

Weird to hear that the movie was too kiddy for someone. To me it was clear that just like PoGo, it was targeting grownass millenials AND their kids. The plot was obviously easy to understand, but there were plenty of things for adult pokemon fan to enjoy.

No. 33754

>>33750
Loved the movie, hated the ending though. Also couldn’t get over how ugly a lot of the Pokémon were

No. 33755

>>33754
Hope you don't mean Mr Mime, there is no way this fucker is not ugly.
I also found the ending the weakest part I am always bored when the time comes for the Final Boss battle and all action Hollywood movies tend to do it recently.
I liked Mewtwo not being evil. I wish it was explained why Tim understood Pikachu. I assume cause he was his father but yeah…#

No. 33756

>>33750
I love the movie too, anon. The Bulbasaurs made me cry tears of joy.

No. 33757

>>33753
I saw it on the opening night in my country and there wasn't a single kid in the theatre, it was almost exclusively young adults.

No. 33758

I fucking love Pikachu. He's the mascot and the first that I saw when the first season would play on TV. I felt like a basic bitch for loving Pikachu when a lot of my friends around me would pick other pokemon as their favorite, but now as an adult I don't give a fuck because Pikachu has the most merch anyway so I'm never short of finding cute Pikachu things (both a blessing and a curse).

My dad bought and let me play the first generation of games when I was like… 4 years old or some shit but I didn't get too far (up to where the Snorlax is blocking the path) because I could barely read and understand what I was reading lol. The first game that I finished from beginning to end was ruby/emerald, but I didn't play any of the games before or after that until Sun/Moon came out. Sun/Moon was the first pokemon game I actually bought for myself with my own earned money lol. I really want to get alpha sapphire/omega ruby to play some day!

TV show wise, I fucking love the Sun and Moon series. Absolutely love it. All the seasons are really fun to watch and I'll watch them whenever I happen to catch them on TV, but Sun and Moon was the first one where I really watched all the episodes in order (I'm very much behind now, but I would watch it weekly when it first started airing for the first few weeks). I loved how much more slice of life-y it is, and even if people shit on the art style, I think it's fucking cute as shit and I love those moments where they switch from really simply and cutesy, to more detailed and ugly faces lol. At some point I was watching it subbed because the dub was taking too long to come out, and even though Netflix has it now, I'm too used to the subbed to want to switch back to the dub (which is only what they have). The OP/ED are cute as fucking shit and I downloaded the songs and sing along to them too. I haven't watched Detective Pikachu yet but I want to so bad.

No. 33759

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My favorite Pokemon is no one else's. That sounds snowflake-y, but it's true. When I test people they never guess. Coincidentally, it came from the Generation I played the least.

No. 33760

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I was into pokemon from 5 up until a few years ago (grew out of it? idk). At that age I just watched the show and had toys. I was only allowed to start playing at 10 when my mom bought me a gameboy advance and leafgreen for me for my birthday. It was a really fond memory.
Growing up my favourite games were by far the Mystery Dungeon ones, the humour appealed to my young self and I preferred interacting with pokemon as characters rather than owning/training them. I bought the newer PMD game a couple years back and I still haven't finished it since I'm just not into vidya much anymore.

Anyway Mime Jr. is cutest pokemon and you can't change my mind. Sinnoh/gen 4 will always be close to my heart since I played Pearl and PMD:EoT to death when they came out. Most of my other favourites (Darkrai, Gallade, Vespiquen) are also from that gen. Popplio is fave starter though.

Thinking about it makes me want to play again, but I know I don't have the energy anymore. Sad!

No. 33761

>>33758
Is Sun and Moon worth watching for someone who loves Pokemon world and slice of life, but isn't keen on typical Ash and Team R antics?

>>33759
Your fave one is Baltoy? Why? That is an interesting choice, I must say.

No. 33762

>>33761
Hm, that's tough to say. I only got about 15 episodes in before outside factors stopped me from watching/keeping up, so take my words with a grain of salt I guess lol.

As for Ash, at least the episodes I've watched, there's a good dose of focus on the other characters. The very first few in the series are centered around Ash and one of the companions in the group so you get to know them a bit more. I personally don't find that Ash overtakes the show that much this season because they have to balance out such a big main cast (5 companions instead of just 2 or 3). Also, I know pokemon is all about battling, but I loved that so far I've seen minimal pokemon battles lol. There's a big one in the beginning and I've seen the Brock/Misty scenes that come up later on, but I don't think there's a whole lot of it, mostly just school and life antics.

For team rocket, they didn't really seem to cause all that much trouble. There's like one episode I watched where they fucked shit up, but the majority of it is them dealing with the Bewear who's basically captured them, and I think the scenes with them dealing with Bewear are really funny and entertaining to watch. Most of the shots I was thinking about when I mentioned the "changing from a cutesy, simple style to a more detailed ugly face" were of Team R.

That said, I hope you decide to pick it up and watch it anon! I love it so much.

No. 33763

>>33761
I dunno. It's cute and I like the Jomon doll look.

What about you?

No. 33764

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This thing has my heart. I've played every gen since I was little and to me, the games just keep getting better. X&Y is my favorite tho. For now.

No. 33765

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>>33756
Same. And it wasn't even the story, just seeing the bulbasaurs got me so emotional… That scene looked so incredible, hopefully there's gonna be more scenes set in nature in the sequel(s)

>>33760
Gen 4 is definitely the one I've played the most, it was the first one that multiple of my friends had too, so finally getting to play with others (which other people obviously got to in earlier generations) elevated it sooo much in my eyes.

—-
My favorite is Totodile, probably because he was the one I got in the Mystery Dungeon quiz.
I got into the games because of my older brother, who had grown out of it by then so I got to play all his vidya.

Anyone here played Stadium?

No. 33766

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This dopey fuck is my fave Pokémon of all time. I don't care if they aren't particularly strong, look at it go.

No. 33767

>>33765
>Stadium
The N64 games? I clocked so many hours on them as a kid. I still think they're revolutionary in the way that they let you use your Pokemon from your RBY/GSC saves. Plus there were achievements in Stadium that gifted you special Pokemon you could use in your games too (Psyduck with amnesia was my favourite). Also, the minigames were TONS of fun with friends. Why haven't we gotten games like Pokemon Stadium for recent generations?

No. 33768

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I can't pick one favorite pokémon but this guy makes me smile

Also I really enjoyed the mystery dungeon:explorers of time/darkness games, but I held off on getting the new 3DS game because I didn't like the new look of them. Anyone played it and would recommend?

No. 33769

>>33766
And the likelyhood yours is actually unique is super high.

No. 33770

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this fancy bitch has been my fave for years but ugh honestly any of the bratty pink pokemon (jigglypuff, smoochum) were my shit when i was a kid playing pokemon channel for gamecube lul

No. 33771

>>33765
With rental pokes, yeah. I'm kinda sad my gameboy buds never got a crack at it, but then again that might make the play through way too easy.

No. 34436

There is a Pokemon Direct today. Livestreams on the Nintendo website: https://www.nintendo.com/nintendo-direct/06-05-2019/
Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/Nintendo
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osoPtXbAUUc

I hope they announce a new Eeveelution at least.

No. 34486

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>>34436
i dont know how to feel about the giant pokemon thing, it looks like another gimmick to replace mega evolutions. I will say the raid idea looks fun. I just hope they don't let this stuff fuck the framerate like it has for the 3DS games

sidenote, wooloo is so cute

No. 34527

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>>34486
I don't think the dynamax thing even works really. If someone dynamaxes their Pokemon then you'll just dynamax yours and it will be even again.

Wooloo is the best thing to come out of the direct, I do like the knight bird tho. I'm not sure how I feel about the legendaries.

No. 34539

>>34527
To me, as far as first encounter birds go, he's the best one to date. Looks like a pokemon you'd catch later in the game. Maybe he is, idk.

No. 34549

>>34539
Pretty sure they are late stage encounters, the dex entry says:

It is said that Corviknight is the strongest Pokémon living in the skies of the Galar region. It can often be seen fearlessly soaring through the air. Many say that any Pokémon foolish enough to challenge Corviknight are sent running with just a sharp glare and cry from this fearsome Pokémon. Corviknight possess superb flying skills and high intelligence. Because of this, many of them work for the company called Galar Taxi, helping transport people from town to town.

No. 34560

>>34539
Might be the middle evolution of whatever the first route bird is. Ravens are so important when it comes to British mythology, but IDK, maybe that one is a little too scary to have as a first encounter.

No. 34561

>>34527
exactly, I don't see how it will be strategic to use dynamax. In the gym battle they show, both pokemon are giant which makes the whole thing seem sort of pointless? Maybe they'll get special moves or something. Also, I hope they don't make every gym in the style of an arena just to accommodate the dynamax thing, that would be lame.

No. 34572

I haven't watched the Pokemon Direct yet but from what I gathered I'm not very interested with Sword/Shield so far. I think I'm growing out of the series somewhat, since I was already a bit disappointed with Sun/Moon.

No. 34580

>>34572
It lost me with the legendary reveal. One of them is essentially just an oversized winged Lycanroc with a sword in its mouth, which is just completely silly, and not even a fun way.

No. 35649

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What do you guys think of the recent outrage over no National Dex sparking the hate against Game Freak? To be honest this post ( https://www.reddit.com/r/pokemon/comments/bzyzfo/game_freak_pok%C3%A9mon_and_lack_of_ambition_this_is_a/ ) in particular triggered me because of the complete disregard of Mega Evolutions being all "just a little stat boost nbd".

>809 pokemon and Mega Rayquaza still banned.


Sorry for ruining this thread with sperging, I know everyone here wants to talk about cute pokemon…

>>34561

Dynamaxing raises the stats of a Pokemon as well as lets them use 'Max Moves' that they learn depending on what moves the Pokemon already knows. It only lasts 3 turns, but how I would see it as if a set-up Pokemon (like Ferrothorn) was Dynamaxed, it would give it an even larger health stat and if moves like say (Toxic) Spikes/Stealth Rock has a max version, your non dynamaxed Pokemon are already more than halfway to dead once they come in.

No. 35651

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>>35649
I dont give a shit about it, fuck the national dex. As long as they keep the super classic pokes in the new games, I'm absolutely fine with never having to see literally who shitpokes like cryoganal and basculin ever again. Some pokemon deserve to get thanos'd. Oldfags can stay mad.

No. 35652

>>35649
Eh, it must get expensive to make new models for every single Pokemon every game.

No. 35707

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>>35651
>>35652

I'm pretty sure we'll get the National Dex patched into or something. But right now the national dex whining is a big irrational circlejerk. Game Freak really doesn't deserve this.

XY was great when the meta was locked to give or take 200 pokemon (until everyone went back to using Blissey and Heatran). I'm excited to see what the Galar region pokemon can do.

>mfw "game freak makes so much money!!! why don't they just hire more people to make the models!!"

No. 35709

>>35707
imo the xy meta would've been super fun w/out birdspam

No. 35834

They could have just made it like Sun/Moon so that Pokémon not in the dex have to be transferred over and they don't get a dex entry. It seems a bit weird to cut out some Pokemon completely. Also it makes Pokemon Home a bit useless as you can put Pokemon from other games into it, but you can only take them out into Sword and Shield. So if you put in a Pokemon that's not in the Galar dex into Home, its locked there.

No. 38355

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People were harassing GF so much over National Dex that they had to make a statement telling them to stop whining. Pretty sure this has only being posted through the American Twitter account too, proves what audience are being brats over it all.

The /r/Pokemon Reddit has gone into meltdown and there's multiple threads saying that everyone should cancel their preorders and boycott the games and if you do buy the games you are contributing to the downfall of Pokemon LMAOOOOOOOOO. Any one who says they are still buying it is getting downvoted to obvlion. They are only mad they can't bring their ~perfectly IV/EV/whatever bred level 100~ shitlords through to yet another game and might have to use another fucking Pokemon for once.

No. 38373

>>38355
I'm happy that the new title (and to an extent Let's Go) both went against what the retarded hardcore fans want. Each iteration is an identical grindfest with no substance, people are using the same tactics over and over and are throwing shitfits about their particular fav pokemon.

These aren't the kinds of fans you wanna continue to please. I'm happy that GF is looking to change the formula, first with the pokemon go style catching mechanics and now with getting rid of the pokemon bloat over the gens.

No. 38387

>>38373
I agree. Like, if it was the same thing over and over, it would be so boring. I liked the trials of Moon/Sun, I liked Go, this new Masters thing looks cool.

But no, everyone is throwing shitfit cos they can't use the exact same Pokemon team from a previous game. Everyone was praising how cool it looks but as soon as the dex was getting cut all of a sudden its "the game is lazy, the graphics are shit, it is underwhelming, Pokemon is dying off, etc." Pandering to the tard fans only care about being overpowered fucks and not the actual storyline of gameplay is idiotic and I'm glad they are taking a stance on it. And if you dare say you are still looking forward to it, you are a "bootlicking corporate shill" (actual insult I've seen used today).

Also my fav Pokemon hasn't had official merch since like 2003 other than a card here or there, so these people can handle their fav not being in ONE game.

No. 38422

>>38387
The autistic fans have been holding the series back for so long tbh. I want them to keep fucking with the formula in more substantial ways than they have been.

No. 39524

https://youtu.be/xhIc6UwnHj8

"Gigantamaxing Changes the Game in Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield!"-trailer.

No. 39556

>>39524

Soooo… this is basically mega evolution but bigger? Idrc but they didn't need to make a new name for it

No. 39568

>>33729
Really loved when each new generations gimmick was something really small like "we've added berries!!!", insignificant but something cute to remember the region by. Now there has to be a big new gimmick every single time to base all their advertisement on.

Probably the worse thing is seeing all the other nintendo games getting better while pokemon is left in the dust, would be the end if autistic kids didn't love it so much. Spinoff games still best bois.

No. 39577

>>39524
Mega evolution sucked and this is a worse version of it… I really hoped they'd be ballsier in reinventing the formula. This is ass.

No. 39579

>>39524
Why does Pokemon Sword/Shield look so boring? I don't get why Game Freak is trying so hard to add useless and uninteresting features for battles when they would add or change the entire formula like they tried for Sun/Moon and spice things up. And the new pokemon don't look good either. I don't think I want to play this one when all the other games on the Switch look way more interesting.

>>39568
I agree, the changes in previous generations were small and yet they really added something worthwhile to the whole series, like the berries and holding items in general, contests, battle frontiers, the weather. This one is going to be like Mega Evolutions, it'll be fun for the first 5 minutes then everyone will forget or complain about it.

No. 39583

>>39568
which Pokemon spin offs would you recommend?

No. 39590

>>39583
Almost all of the ones Pokemon fans regularly talk about. Any of the Ranger games, the older Mystery dungeon games, like Red, or Explorers of Sky. Rumble can be an acquired taste but I enjoyed it.

Serebii net has a lot of info if you don't want to risk the terrible nintendo prices.

No. 39654

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Minor sperg, but I am so fucking torn that my favourite pokemon is a piece of useless trash in game.
I love that funky little freak so much, but even his megaevolution while incredibly cute is basically worthless in battle.

Do you care about stats/moves when you pick your faves or do you go entirely by looks/pokedex entries like me?

No. 39655

>>39654
No one worries about stats except for autists. No one normal even looks at the stats. Go with your fave, anon!

No. 39668

>>39654
Usually just Pokemon I like, can be a bit of both sometimes, but stats only really matter if you do competitive features or if you're bad at the game/having a hard time.

No. 39676

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>>39654

Idrc about stats or battling as much as much as the pokemon iteself. I much rather like the designs and lore behind the pokemon. One of my favorites Phanthump is absolute trash at battling but I still used it through my X playthrough. I feel like if you use your favorites and build a good team with a variety of move coverage is more unique than having the same pool of 10-15 mons competative battling uses.

No. 39775

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Posted this also in the video game thread but it def belongs here as well since there will be a Nintendo Switch Lite: Pokemon Sword & Shield edition.

https://www.nintendo.com/whatsnew/detail/nintendo-switch-lite-zacian-edition/

No. 39820

>>39775
It's kinda nice but for a blatant money grab they could put a bit more effort in, Ds's have had way better designs than this.

No. 39842

>>39775
Ew. Those new legendaries are so ugly. Literal sparkledogs. Who the fuck would want them on merch.

No. 39845

>>39842
>Literal sparkledogs
oh my god they are. I can't unsee it now.

No. 40013

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i can't get over the fact that the legendary for sword looks like gaogamon

No. 40454

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Is there a way to play online battles and trade on Pokemon DS games on a DS emulator with people who have the original copy?

No. 40470

>>40454

Unfortunately I don't think there's a real good way of connecting a real game to a rom, but if you want to play through multiplayer I'd recommend Pokemon MMO. It's exactly what it is, you use a rom and connect to servers, and you basically play through the game vanilla with the bonas of other players/customization /battles/trading. Its a little bizarre to see players clip through each other & in cutscenes but imo its a better way to play the older games with more functionality.

I'm still miffed this isn't a feature in a main series game yet

No. 40545

I’ll sound like a dickhead for this but since SWSH is based on the UK I’m … surprised the Champion is a random anime brown guy. Like what? I legit thought he was supposed to be related to the dragon gym leader/champion in Black and White because of the stupid purple hair style but then they showed his brother. Is he a reference to something? His outfit is utter shite too, anything would be better than a football kit with a tacky ‘royal’ cape on top and a fucking chav hat. Why do we get so many good designs and then this clown?

And those legendaries. Literal dogshit.

No. 40691

>>40545
The champion is arse, everyone wanted some queen type character, his main pokemon is Charizard, not even a Galar region pokemon.

But I am hoping he's a red herring and is actually the bad guy, that'd be something interesting for once.

No. 62630

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So the new games come out tomorrow, anyone playing? I will be getting it delivered tomorrow after work.

No. 62650

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>>62630

I'm also getting the game tomorrow but I'm going to spend all day outside! Social life gets in my way.

What starters are you gonna choose? I'll get Grookey because I want to challenge myself with this game, I've always played with the Fire Starter and it's way easier than going with Water or Grass.

I don't know anything about the game (i mean, I know some things about mechanics and all of that but I swear I don't know how half of the new generation looks). I don't know how, but I managed to dodge 99% of the spoilers.

By the way, I'm getting tired of people saying this game "doesn't feel loke the others waa" or that they "are getting tired and growing up". Tinfoil but I think all of these people want the game but don't have the Switch and are just pissed off lol.
Also, people complaning about the Pokedex and the new generation are just childish. Getting all personal about a fucking videogame is plain ridiculous.

No. 62661

>>62650
I have a switch but the game looks like shit so I won't buy it. I got links awakening instead.

No. 62709

>>62661
Links awakening is my all time favorite legend of zelda game so I hope you have fun playing the remake, anon!

I wish I owned a switch.

No. 62712

Apparently the Japanese digital version Sword and Shield has a save bug that over time thinks the SD card is corrupted and they need to delete game saves. People have been saying it can be avoided by turning off autosave, but there is a video of someone else streaming it happening to them with autosave off.
Some people are speculating its because said users might be using counterfeit memory cards. Either way, I hope there's a patch soon.

No. 62716

Today's my birthday and I'm ready to pick up Shield in a few hours.
I want to play right away, but I still have to hold off for some hours until my brother gets out of class.

He bribed me with sushi, so it's all good.

>>62650
I'm also picking Grookey, because he cute.
Final evo looks kinda shit, tho.

No. 62720

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>>62716

Happy birthday anon!! I hope you have a good time with sushi, Pokémon and your brother lol.

I do like the final evolution, bulky pokemon are the best. The design looks so warm, powerful and welcoming. Idk I like it.

No. 63064

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wtf is this shit. and for the reference, i generally like object based mons

No. 63257

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The waifu pandering sucks so much. Every girl in this game is made for fucking hentai fanart, I swear. I'm so dissapointed, at least in Sun and Moon the waifu thing wasn't so explicit. It was there, but NOT EVERYWHERE.

Fuck lolis and thicc and everything. Why, just why.

>>63064
>when you had to send your design for review but spent too much time playing Club Penguin and couldn't think of anything better.

No. 63292

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>>63257
Don’t forget about the main offender lmao. I think gamefreak predicted the game wasn’t going to be well received on release so they threw in some waifubait to secure that horny neckbeard money.

No. 63336

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>>63292
Oh yeah the "women are evul musterminds that control you if u dont control them hurrrr durrr" one. I hate how she looks like a sex worker, who the fuck walks around with those huge ass heels.

I miss Pokémon Sun and Moon, really. It had lot of cute characters and strong women. There's not even a single female character I can recall being revelant to the story apart from Sonia and I'm already at the seventh gym. Or at least a female character with personality.
Idk, I'm thinking about dropping the game. Pokemon ended with Moon for me, and I think that's a nice farewell.

No. 63345

I don't know if I should get SwSh, I'm hesitating for many reasons. I'm ok with the lack of national dex because completing it is a hassle and it makes online battles boring when you keep finding random trainers with only shiny perfect IV and EV legendaries. Anyway I have a few questions for the anons who played or are playing the game:
>what do you think about the art direction and character design for the pokemon? imo some of them look good, some look out of place even if they look good, some are fugly, more than in the previous generations
>is the game balanced around the fact that you can't turn off the exp share? or is the game trying to encourage you to rotate between a bunch of pokemon/parties thanks to the pc being accessible all the time?
>does the game lag or crash? if yes, how often? I was annoyed everytime I had to do double battles or beat totem pokemon in SM because of how much slower the game got everytime. It even crashed once.
>are there proper dungeons and routes? or is it more linear like the 3DS games?
>how intrusive is the story? I hated being interrupted in SM and USUM every 10 minutes because of cutscenes
>do you have more info about the bug that makes some Switch brick? I keep seeing different info that contradict each others, hopefully none of you had to experience this

No. 63349

>>63345
>what do you think about the art direction and character design for the pokemon? imo some of them look good, some look out of place even if they look good, some are fugly, more than in the previous generations
I actually liked a lot of designs and art from this generation. I tend to lean towards the “cutesy” designs and this generation had a lot of that. I think a lot of details in some designs are clever too. Like Knickit. As for character design, while I do like a lot of the art and Marnie and Hops designs, Leon and some of the others was meh for me. I think it’s split. I liked 50-60% of character designs.
>is the game balanced around the fact that you can't turn off the exp share? or is the game trying to encourage you to rotate between a bunch of pokemon/parties thanks to the pc being accessible all the time?
Compared to Sun and Moon they really toned it down quite a bit. Even after wandering around for a few hours, fighting every trainer I ran into, and catching random Pokémon, I was still either around the same level as the gym leaders and even below the Champion. It was noticeably tougher. In a good way.
>does the game lag or crash? if yes, how often? I was annoyed everytime I had to do double battles or beat totem pokemon in SM because of how much slower the game got everytime. It even crashed once.
Offline, there’s no lag that I’ve ever noticed in gameplay. There was a noticeable lag in 2 cutscenes in the game but considering some of the other bugs people have found in the cutscenes, I’m sure they’ll do an update for it. Online in the wild area is definitely laggy. Then again, it’s an MMO styled area with no servers in place on a new game. Don’t know what they expected there. Local battles and raids have no lag either. So mainly just online.
>are there proper dungeons and routes? or is it more linear like the 3DS games?
This is what I was waiting to answer. In my opinion, this game is very nonlinear with the wild area feature. It doesn’t push you to leave it to continue the story since the wild Pokémon stay around if not above your level. You could spend forever in just that area catching a shit ton of Pokémon and camping. The main story itself is pretty standard, they direct you from gym to gym, but they let you explore wherever you want to go in between.
>how intrusive is the story? I hated being interrupted in SM and USUM every 10 minutes because of cutscenes
When I was trying to speed through the story, it definitely was being stopped every 10 minutes to have another conversation with an NPC. Granted as previously stated, they don’t really hand hold you through the game and don’t make it clear how long you’re meant to spend in the wild area or through routes. I feel like if I had broken it up by doing that stuff in between gyms, I wouldn’t have felt stopped so much. But I must admit as much as I loved the game, the story felt like it was yo-yoing me. It was a bit irritating being dragged back and forth.
>do you have more info about the bug that makes some Switch brick? I keep seeing different info that contradict each others, hopefully none of you had to experience this
Yeah. No one I know including myself has ever experienced this. Again, the only bugs I’ve come across are just silly art bugs that are easy fixes for them like Hops mouth not being filled in.

In short, I really liked the game and would say that it’s probably in my top 3. I liked all the new features it brought and I can see myself really clocking in a lot of hours. I did a standard run and finished in at 24 hours.

No. 63385

>>63345
>do you have more info about the bug that makes some Switch brick? I keep seeing different info that contradict each others, hopefully none of you had to experience this

I heard that the whole bricking bug was only caused by the Japanese digital download version of the game. Some people stated it could be fixed by just playing offline, but others have said that doesn't help.

No. 63399

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>>63257
>big titty gardevoir clone to pander to the neckbeards

No. 63489

>>63399
Ugh, ~sexy~ pokemon are a disgrace. It’s fucked up that nowadays they’re clearly intentionally designing them with r34 crowd in mind. It did start with gardevoir, which I don’t think was entirely intentional, but after it caused a huge wave of hentai fan art, they must’ve realized there’s money to be made in pandering to lonely nerds, because in every generation onwards you’ve got at least one pokemon that’s clearly coded as female and attractive, like lopunny or tsareena. Although I don’t think there ever was anything as blatant as T&A here.

Yes, I realize there’s plenty of manchildren playing these games, but they’re still marketed primarily to kids, with kid protagonists, ffs.

No. 63492

>>63489
Samefagging to add that I’m really fucking salty that with galar theme and all gamefreak had a perfect chance to make a cool witch pokemon, but nah, here’s bobs and vagene.
Oh well, at least there’s mismagius.

No. 63910

>>63257
That bugged me too, it felt like every female character was sexualized in some way except Gloria. I think what made it even more blatant was pretty much every male character was ugly.

>>63292
Is she wearing bondage gear?

No. 63925

>>63292
This character was designed by a popular manga artist. The one who made the manga about the girls with the gemstone hair. I'm not a big fan of Game Freak outsourcing their artists.

No. 63930

>>63925
Do you know who are the other character designers? For some of the characters' official art I feel like their styles are familiar but I can't put my finger on why exactly. Especially Raihan's.

No. 64058

>>63492
mismagius isn't even in the latest game…. sad

No. 71617

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New Pokemon direct this morning. Mostly covered sword/sheild paid dlc, but what really got me excited was the beginning of the direct- remake of Mystery Dungeon rescuers! I would have liked a new game, but the art style is so adorable and true to the games art that I'll take it. Demos out now

No. 71618


No. 101025

Is anyone interested in a pokemon showdown tournament??
https://play.pokemonshowdown.com/

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>>33729
Generation 4.
My dad found a Game Boy with Pokemon Red in the cartridge slot and gave it to me at the age of 6.

No. 127670

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Anyone esle just…think that the concept of the post malone polemon concept is just…what??

No. 127673

>>127670
yes, oh my god. i find it so painfully cringe

the katy perry collab is also immensely weird to me. the throwback video they posted a few weeks back for the 25th anniversary was actually really sweet but the random katy perry thing at the end ruined it completely imo

No. 129670

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What does everyone think about the Pokemon news announced today? I think the gen 4 remakes look like dog shit but I am excited for whatever that Arceus game is

No. 129677

>>129670
I actually choked laughing when they revealed the graphics for the Sinnoh remakes. Years people have been begging for them and that's what they get kek it's almost like GameFreak just wanted to say 'fuck you' and churned out a mid-2000's bargin-bin JRPG looking mf

No. 129678

>>129670
It’s shit. The legend of arceus looks decent, but there’s no way in hell I’m buying the Diamond Pearl remakes. I knew they would be shit so I’m not surprised in the slightest.

No. 129680

>>129670
this has interesting potential but the fact they're showing it off now worries me. It tells me this is near the final product rather than proof of concept, and my concerns are:
- implied 1 town area, the rest of the map is a large empty open world
- no gyms or league, therefore no battling goals, literally just a capture and explore game (which could be solid if the world design delivers, and I don't think it will from the trailer)
- graphics aren't incredible, which I mean Pokemon isn't known for high quality graphics anyway
- bigger concern is poor framerate. Rewatch the trailer and that Chingling and Chimchar was painful, barely hitting 10fps by the look of it. So I worry this game will have poor performance.

I hope to see more at a higher level of development, but I'm doubtful.

No. 129681

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loool

No. 129700

>>129670
Im so upset at the gen 4 remake. I expected the bare minimum, just a gen 4 remake with pokemon lets go graphics. But instead we get this ugly ass chibi models and the shadows in the game are whack everything looks so dark. I hate the people who are defending this decision by saying that its follows the game more by having those chibi models. Pokemon lets go and the gen 3 remakes also didnt have that shit so why the hell would we want it with gen 4? Barrys chibi models hair looks so bad and when they run they look like lego.
I hope legends wont be shit, they still have a year but the trailer gives me low expectations because it seemed laggy as hell and really empty.

No. 129703

>>129670
They literally have the same camera shot in the video as the one in BOTW. It just looks like they're trying to copy that.

No. 129718

>>129670
I feel like the only one who's genuinely excited for both games. I think the chibi art style is cute but I've wanted gen 4 remakes for so long that the art style wouldn't be a huge dealbreaker for me anyway. I'm also really glad they're finally using arceus in a game

No. 129730

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>>129680
I'm concerned about the performance as well. I'm not sure if Game Freak has it in them to create a well-designed open world game that isn't an unpolished lag fest like the wild areas in SWSH. Even BOTW still had framerate issues. Hopefully the game gets more polished before release because as is it looks pretty rough in terms of visuals.

>>129700
Yeah same. I'm kind of annoyed that all of the other remakes were done in-house but the gen 4 remake gets outsourced and ends up looking like wii shovelware

No. 129745

>>129681
Oh my god that’s exactly what it reminded me of! I find the style kind of cute in a retro way, but holy shit I’m not paying full price for a game looking like this.

No. 129846

>>129670
DP remake looks worse than the original 2006 game (platinum was better anyway)
Legends has more time to improve but I hate how the 5 FPS shiny ass Pokémon look.

No. 129856

>>129846
Don’t worry anon! They’ll give us platinum content as a $30 DLC expansion pass!!

I hope this isn’t the case but I don’t trust GF after SWSH

No. 136120

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Ladies, any concepts you'd like to see as Pokemon designs? I like to make Fakemon in my free time and I find object-based Pokemon near impossible to come up with. Any creative ideas you could spare?

No. 136136

>>136120
Is animal ok? I really want a pug-inspired Pokemon (Snubbul is clearly a bulldog, and not even a french one). Preferably with a non-hideous evolution that keeps everything nice about first form and adds to it. I would love to do it myself but IDK what to mix the pug with so that he looks like a proper pokemon (even if pug inspired).
Anyway bet other anons will have better ideas, but wanted to throw in mine anyway lmfao

No. 136143

>>136136
Any suggestions are welcome, sorry if that wasn't clear. A pug pokemon would be amazing, maybe it would be best as a single stage mon with a unique ability that gave it an edge in battle, so it can remain cute.

No. 136161

>>136120
i'd really like to see a compact mirror pokemon, maybe even one with a powder puff? or some actual cute electric pokemon. not just small chubby pikachu clones but… let's say feminine electric pokemon. think primarina levels of elegance.

No. 136194

>>136120
A three-stage evolution mold pokemon. It starts out as something pathetic, like a piece of old cheese, but with each evolution the mold takes over and makes it more sentient until it turns into a badass fuzzy monster with a pretty dark green/silver color scheme. The final evolution could be a poison/fairy type.

No. 136198

>>136161
mirror is a great idea!

>>136194
I like this, maybe the entire line would be food based too, becoming more moldy as it evolves.

No. 140130

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Anyone playing the new Pokemon Snap? It looks cute but I've never tried a snap game before, curious if anons think it's worth it.

No. 140132

>>140130
All the reviews I've seen are positive which I'm surprised about but it makes me happy! It looks cute and relaxing but I'm still on the fence atm.

No. 153100

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Anyone tried Pokémon Unite yet? Played a couple games, it’s kinda fun but I’m not seeing any real strategy yet so the gameplay feels kinda shallow at the moment

No. 153192

>>153100
is this the moba?

No. 153208

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I forgot there was a dedicated Pokemon thread. I already posted about it on the vidya thread, but if someone has a Zacian I'd like to trade because I only need this one to complete my pokedex in Shield. I can give it back to you right after trading of course.

By the way, I'm seriously thinking about replaying all the mainline games (except Shield since I'm not completely done with it). I've been thinking about some habits I had when playing long ago, before I got used to playing other JRPGs. Like how I always kept shitmons until the end because I started with them, they were cute and using more powerful pokemon I also liked felt like cheating. Or how I gave HMs to all my pokemon instead of having a HM slave, or how I sometimes avoided doing some of the side quests like the contests in Platinum then again I did too many contests in Emerald, the Pokeathlon in Soul Silver or the Hollywood stuff in Black 2. I'm also thinking about transfering most of my pokemon from older games in the Pokemon Bank, but I hate how long it takes to transfer from gen 4 to gen 5 first.

No. 153575

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>>153100
I've been trying it out. I'm really bad at it but it's tonnes of fun. Not a super deep game or anythign but the random matches are unpredictable enough to make it entertaining.
I got a gengar and it's what matters most tbh

No. 160077

>>136120
A Cheshire Cat Pokemon would be pretty neat but was disappointed with Galarian Meowth and Perrserker. Also a dolphin Pokemon needs to happen. It was a missed opportunity for Alola.

No. 160188

>>160077
iirc gengar was inspired by the cheshire cat

No. 160436

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A big boy.

No. 160438

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Pokémon discussion irl.

No. 160440

>>160438
Not much is being said.

No. 160447

A slightly unpleasant childhood memory about Pokemon games follows. Spoiled not to creep out anons just enjoying cuteness of this thread. Sorry, I randomly remembered and wanted to get it out.
I want to complain that I understood the concept of a furry/zoophile before I even learned those words thanks to Pokemon games on Gameboy. There was this Pokemon Fanclub and I think a radio show where characters were uncomfortably fawning over Pokemon. I found it fucked up and it creeped me out. Those people were salivating too much over vulpix's shiny coat for that to not have some sinister connotation. Has anybody else been weirded by that? An even weirder thing was that I got scared of getting squirtbottle because I didn't understand what it meant and somehow assumed it's sexual. I did not know about squirting porn, or so I think. Why the fuck did I assume it means something bad instead of something related to Squirtle? What was wrong with me

No. 160450

>>160436
perfect hugging size

No. 160459

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>>160436
i have this plushie and he's the perfect size for hugging. also a very good boye

No. 160461

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>>160459
What a perfect and round boy.

No. 165139

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>>63257
How long would it take for Game Freak to make one chubby/fat female character that isn't a big titty thicc milf? Such cowards.

No. 165158

>>63257
I don't think pokemon was this balant before

No. 165500

>>140130
I'm 5 months late but it's really fun.
I got it as a gift and it's very relaxing and nice.

No. 165758

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Post your favorite Pokemon of each type.

https://www.cpokemon.com/seccion/herramientas/tipos/en/

It's pretty tough to choose since they're are others I like and their evolution families.

No. 165765

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>>165758
absolute faves are gengar, marshadow and mimikyu
i couldn't fit him in the graph but psyduck gets an honourable mention

No. 165768

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>>165758
It was so difficult to pick from all of the Pokémons i love and those that I have no idea of who the hell they are. The last game I played was emerald.

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No. 165813

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sometimes i think about how wonderful it would be to live in the pokemon world and my heart hurts

No. 165823

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>>165758
I'm boring

No. 165827

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>>165758

yes i unironically like the garbage monster

No. 165837

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No. 165838

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That was tough, aside from Arcanine, my OG pokemon forever

No. 165839

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No. 165840

>>165813
It would be great if suddenly all animals became Pokémon, but it would also be awkward.
Like, would everyone would just turn vegan or something?

No. 165859

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>>165838
Got bored and made a chart of my least favorite ones as well.

No. 165861

>>165859
stantler dummy thick

No. 165862

>>165861
I call it assdeer

No. 165864

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>>165840
Pokemon are being eaten by humans in canon, though…

No. 165876

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>>165827
based. marshadow needs more love

No. 165879

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water is so difficult… also want whiscash, relicanth, stunfisk, bruxish

No. 165880

>>165859
I 100% assumed this was a favorite list until I saw the cube penguin. the rock thing looks like a grubby 80s action figure, I like

No. 165881

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No. 165885

>>165879
why do you like those water pokemon?

No. 165887

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rate mine!!! pls

No. 165888

>>165887
0/10 horrible taste. jk theyre all very cute

No. 165890

>>165885
idk, they just embody likeable pokemon designs to me, cute but also strong, those few are also that sweet kind of ugly cute. imagining a screensaver aquarium with all these fish pokemon drifting around a tank. basically all ghost pokemon are good too. grass was also difficult, I like weepingbell, roselia, lileep

No. 165924

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I see we all have similar tastes. Nice.

No. 165940

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>>165758
Sinnoh4Eva.

No. 165945

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>>165838
>>165859
You have great taste anon!

>>165940
Are you excited for the remakes? Sinnoh is my favorite region also but the remakes look so cheap and soulless

No. 165972

>>165945
Thanks nona, you too! I was really debating putting Appletun, Hydreigon, Snom and Altaria in my chart, they definitely deserve honorable mentions.

No. 165973

File: 1634986065093.jpg (334.71 KB, 1366x768, favorites.jpg)

here's mine!

>>165940
>>165945
another sinnoh lover here! i'm not sure if i want to get the remake. like you said, it seems very cheap and soulless. i also didn't like the pmd remakes for the exact same reason. i miss the squishy, "retro" graphics from 4th gen, now everything just seems so perfect, pretty and smooth. maybe it's because i've been playing these games ever since they first came out, but pkmn completely lost its charm for me.

No. 165985

>>165945
I am devastated my favourite region is getting the shit deal.

No. 165998

File: 1634999623516.jpg (7.54 KB, 190x265, images.jpeg.jpg)

Do any of you nonnies play Pokemon Go? Would you like to share trainer codes for gift exchange?
Mine's 7780 3313 8682

No. 166005

>>165973
I personally don't want to get the remake, but I would gladly get the old japanese setting inspired ones. They look super fun

No. 166012

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No. 166014

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>>166012
good taste anon

No. 166020

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No. 166025

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I love seeing everyone's different favs! >>166012 Zigzagoon based
Here's mine! Does anyone else think stunfisk is fucking hilarious?

No. 166028

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Holy shit amogus pokemon

No. 166029

>>166028
That guy…. Hes lookin pretty sus

No. 166037

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>>165758
Here are mine, when making the chart I realized there is almost no water, fire, electric, ice, poison or ghost pokemon I really like. I like grass, dragon, steel, ground and rock pokemon best because they're more likely to be cool tough looking pokemon, and I like pokemon who look dragon like best.
>>165879
I like your pokemon too
>>165887
It looks to me like you decide who is your favorite by who is the cutest, it's funny to me because when I was a kid I'd look up on bulbapedia to see which pokemon was the strongest with the best stats before I'd catch any because catching pokemon you like is for LOSERS and winners take pokemon with the best stats no matter if they are boring! I think I might be autistic

No. 166042

>>166037
If they had chosen by cutest they would have picked Audino for normal like you did and not friggin Ditto

No. 166043

>>165879
Omg fellow xatu lover, good taste

No. 166047

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>>166042
Ditto is VERY cute though, watch your mouth nonnie

No. 166054

>>166037
yee thank you anon. I almost put sceptile for grass, actually that whole evolution line is high favorite. & somehow I forget about neutral kyurem, it looks so cool.
>>166043
thanks! I like its design with its wings brandished most of all.. kind of wish xatu evolved into sigilyph so it could be eviolite boosted & more popular.

No. 166073

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>>166042
how dare you. ditto is the cutest

No. 166087

If you had to be Isekai'd into one Pokémon region, which one would you pick and why?

No. 166089

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>>166042
I'm the one who made that chart and I like ditto a lot because he has a dumb face and when he transforms into other pokemon he retains that dumb face and I like it. My other option was blissey (cuter than audino imo)

No. 166090

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>>166087
I think my most autistic dreams are
1.Being offered a contract to become a magical girl (sadly too old for that now)
2.Offing myself just so I can live in the pokemon world
Just the other day hit me that these things are media made by people so they don't exist. Sad shit
anyways I would pick Sinnoh. Cute flower fields

No. 166092

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>>166087
I would definitely pick Hoenn, I’m a nostalgiafag because emerald was my first Pokémon game that was like, actually mine, not a hand-me-downs from my brother.
I loved the secret bases a lot, i would spend hours just decorating my favorite one.
And if I was just a random character, I would definitely get a poohyena as my starter because I love them, then I would get a zigzagoon and a pikachu, we would win lots of pageants together and I would go to the outdoor baths to relax every once and then.

No. 166102

>>166092
I would go to hoenn too, I'd love to bathe in the hot springs and I loved secret bases too. I think hoenn seems the most diverse geographically but maybe that's because I know it like the back of my hand and the other regions I don't really know. But imagine, one day you can go to the desert and dig for fossils, the next day you can collect soot to get pretty decor and look at skarmories and spindas while you collect it. Then you can bathe in hot springs, play with spoinks and admire Flannery, and then maybe next day you can go to Lilycove, to the huge mall and watch some pokemon contests and treat your pokemon to pokeblocks. Then you can go to Slateport for a swim and some icecream and check out the museum and market. I would have a Tropius and it would fly me to wherever I want and when I got hungry I'd eat the bananas under its neck. I feel like a kid again

No. 166105

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>>165758
i am a filthy genwunner

No. 166106

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>>166087
kanto or johto! they're connected so i can easily slip between them and the regions are definitely the most nostalgic and comfy for me. i'd like to live in either celadon or goldenrod city.

No. 166111

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No. 166132

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No. 166166

>>166087
upopular choice but kalos

No. 166343

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>>166087
If you didn’t pick Alola, then what the fuck is wrong with you?

No. 166368

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No. 166370

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i hate pokemon's new style. everything has become overdesigned to hell or super rounded and "toy"-like as if it's literally just made to be turned into a figurine

No. 166371

>>166343
alola would be my vacation spot. i feel like i'd be annoyed with all the tourists if i lived there. it's basically hawaii

No. 166373

>>166370
What does this image mean? It reeks of autism. Anyway I just googled Lapras and its japanese name is Laplace, like Pierre Simon Laplace. I love lapras now, it is a physicist pokemon

No. 166374

>>166373
are you retarded? it's style differences

No. 166375

>>166374
But they're made up

No. 166376

>>166375
it's ok to be retarded but you don't have to start an argument just because you don't understand that pokemon's style has changed over the years

No. 166377

idgaf about competitive pokemon but I've watched like a hundred of this guys showdown videos in the past week. the AAA, monotype, and nuzlocke laddering videos are so cool

>>166370
gen 4 was the peak,reuniclus is #1 cute pokemon. togekiss high tier too. but mimikyu #2, gen 7 was definitely definitely better than 6.

No. 166380

>>166377
anon, i love showdown. i play it all the time. i always just do random battles which are super fun to me, i've made teams in the past but i really enjoy just doing a random battle and trying to win with what i've got. i especially love monotype random battles! i suggest you try

No. 166382

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>>166380
i want to but i hate losing and feel like I'm too stupid to do well! which other metagames do you like the most?

No. 166385

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>>166382
you will get the hang of it! most pokemon have only 1-2 movesets in randoms so you learn what to anticipate and how to play them.
i am also a genwunner and love the rando gen 1-2 battles but they are much wonkier and slower. anything in the current gen is very fast-paced and winning usually comes down to sweeping or saving your gmax for later.
1v1 can be silly and fun too

No. 166386

>>166343
I found Alola boring and repetitive. It would probably be a good vacation spot but you'd get bored quickly living there

No. 166419

File: 1635105370241.png (1.78 MB, 1361x758, pokemon.PNG)

I love gallade so much

No. 166425

>>166419
gallade is really cute. i hate gardevoir. stupid shitty waifumon

No. 166429

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>>166425
I loved gardevoir growing up as a kid, I thought she was a beautiful regal looking psychic pokemon. I loved how they animated the whole gardevoir line in PokemonXD / Colosseum, the way she moves is very ethereal and reminds me of forest spirits. Her shiny mega version looks very cool with her black dress.
Coomers might ruin a lot of things, but I'll never let them ruin pokemon for me. You can like pokemon (or any franchise really) and ignore waifufags all together.

No. 166430

>>166429
I loved her too, I thought she was so elegant like a fancy princess. I love Gallade too, she's like a queen and he is her gallant knight. I've never seen that one with the black dress, she looks like an opera singer, wonderful

No. 166431

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>>166377
>>166380
>>166382
>>166385
Nonnies I also love playing showdown and I play it all the time!! I made a thread about it (here >>>/m/164379) but it never gained traction. I wish we could play together.

No. 166436

>>166429
i'm kind of biased against humanoid pokemon anyway, i don't particularly like them in general. but good on you for not letting moids ruin a thing you like

No. 166437

>>166429
Based. I think someone must be pathetic and weak minded to let other people ruin things for them.

No. 166440

>>166437
Weird take

No. 166461

>>166440
I think that "take" is correct though.

No. 166468

>>166437
>>166461
but you're weirdly aggro about it

No. 166469

>>166468
I'm not even the same anon sis

No. 166488

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>>166429
gardevoir has a lovely design and she's great for battling. fuck the haters

No. 166491

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speaking of this what pokemon do you like that everyone seems to hate?
i love eiscue, i think it's adorable and it actually has a pretty cool gimmick for battle

No. 166495

>>166491
I'm >>166020 so I guess just about any from my list

No. 166498

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>>166491
Calyrex! Until we acknowledge the atrocities committed in gen 6 I don't want to hear any gen 7/8 slander! You look at volcanion and tell me there's a god

No. 166502

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>>166491
i like eiscue too, it's pretty cute and its gimmick is cool.

i love tangela, it's useless but i always thought it was adorable

No. 166511

>>166498
>Until we acknowledge the atrocities committed in gen 6
Like what? I thought everyone liked that one…

No. 166518

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Woobat and Swoobat. Their stats and typing are meh but I love their designs so much. The heart-shaped pig noses, the tails that curl into a heart, and the underbite are all such cute details. I think they capture the so-ugly-they're-cute quality pig board bats have IRL.

No. 166520

>>166498
I never understood the hatred for Volcanion, I think it's cool. I like Pokemon with weird typing.

No. 166521

>>166511
some of the legendaries were fug, but that happens every gen.
plus yveltal is based. love his CHARGIN MAH LAZORS signature attack

No. 166526

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all of my favorites seem to give the same vibe…just a team of cute little squishy babies

No. 166537

>>166440
How
Letting strangers ruin things for you, that you would enjoy without them, is literally just letting there be less happiness in your life
When I look at Gardevoir I don't think of coomers

No. 166538

New Pokémon Snap is really fun. Very cute game.

No. 166567

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>>166419
I love Gallade too!

>>166429
And Gardevoir! Her coomer fanbase can burn in hell.

>>166491
I think Gallade is pretty mixed. People dislike him for having ridiculous round hips like he just swallowed a dawn stone while evolving and I guess some Gardevoir fanboys hate him for being Gardevoir's love interest so they get jealous and make cuckshit of him.

No. 166646

>>166520
the typing is cool and great for battle but i find the design extremely unappealing to look at. it feels like it was made in a haste.

No. 166662

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>>165758
We have the same favorite rock type. I didn't think anyone else would pick Minior as their favorite lol. I just love the concept and its different forms.

Fire, dark, grass, and ghost were hard for me because I like so many of those.

No. 166675

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>>165758
I haven't played pokemon in years but these guys have a special place in my heart.

No. 166686

>>166567
I think gallade is supposed to be some kind of old japanese movie super hero so this is why he looks like he has wide hips? kind of like an armor. I never saw them as hips
Also wtf why do they do that to a pokemon? coomers into cuckshit are fucking insane

No. 166748

Gen 4 remakes are less than a month away from being released. I am still sad that we aren't getting proper remakes. What's the point of getting these "faithful remakes" if I can just play the originals?

No. 166758

>>166748
Is anyone here even going to get it?
They look awful to me. I'll probably just be lazy and watch some playthrough.

No. 166768

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>>166686
It's truly pathetic, picrel. Some even think that Gallade is unnecessary to the Ralts line for being the male counterpart for Gardevoir even though male Gardevoirs are already a thing. They also wished for female Gallades as well.

No. 166771

>>166768
This is fucking weird and disrespectful to pokemon and I hope those coomershits die

No. 166772

>>166768
Speaking of nasty shit, I hate how they have sexualized ditto. I've always loved ditto because he could transform into any pokemon and I thought that was cool. Now I have to be careful if I want to find art of ditto because they do this weird shit and draw ditto in disgusting ways.

No. 166860

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Have some cuteness instead
I really like their colour schemes

No. 166892

loving the gardevoir appreciation in this thread. it's what she deserves

No. 167166

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Funko pop

No. 167167

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>>166860
anon wtf is this subliminal message

No. 167168

>>167166
Tinfoil: they did it on purpose to sell toys

No. 167169

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>>167166
they did minato so wrong

No. 167170

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Speaking of gen 4 I used to find this one kinda hot. I don't know why really

No. 167177

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Volkner used to be my husbando when I was 12, I even preferred to call him by Denji, his Japanese name kek

No. 167179

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>>167177
Damn that reminds me of how smitten I was with N. That ferris wheel scene awakened something in me

No. 167238

>>167179
Why do people say that he is a Kaworu clone and a fujo bait? Only played the beginning of the game, so didn't have a chance to truly get to know him. Pokémon has fujo bait?

No. 167380

>>167167
They're trying their best ok

No. 167512

>>165998
I love pokemon go! Just sent you a friend request!

No. 167516

>>167512
Thanks nonnie, I added you!

No. 169085

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>>167238
>Pokémon has fujo bait?
absolutely

No. 169130

>>169085
I want to marry both Leon and Raihan. They literally the best thing from this half assed game.

No. 169198

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has anyone seen the leaks?

No. 169203

>>169198
what are they anon?

No. 169220

>>169203
The sinnoh remake leaked, but all the discussion is on 4chan, and I don't want to go near scrotes today tbh
But apparently it is a very shitty remake

No. 169226

>>169220
>But apparently it is a very shitty remake

wasn't that obvious from the trailers though? the game looks like a weird mysims pokemon hybrid

No. 169227

>>169220
>>169203
this twitter is usually pretty reliable: https://twitter.com/CentroLeaks(post screenshots)

No. 169276

>>169198
Yeah and I'd rather replay Platinum tbh. I played Shield and it was an ok experience because I found a cheap version with the DLCs included and they're the best parts of the game. After that I'll just ignore new releases and replay the Pokemon games I already have, so all the mainline ones released so far. Now that I think about it it's funny that these past few decades Pokemon and Final Fantasy progressively lost popularity among dedicated gamers at the same time as other JRPG series got more and more accessible in the West.

No. 169326

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>>169227
You'd swear this was fake, but with the Pokemon franchise you just know it's real and really sad.

No. 170819

I admit, I didn’t keep up with any news or watch trailers for DP remake. My mistake. I picked up Brilliant Diamond for my birthday yesterday and WTF. It’s so ugly. Why did they make it like this instead of full sized characters like Sun and Moon? These chibis are hideous. It’s like they didn’t actually finish the game or something.

No. 170821

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>>167177
I’m so sorry for what they did to your husbando, anon.

No. 170824

>>170821
This looks like an unholy fusion between a Funko Pop and a MySims character. I get they were trying to channel look of the squished 2D-era sprites, but this is pretty bad.

No. 170832

>>170821
nta but also a volkner/denji lover kek but dppt used to be my life but currently i'm not very into gaming so i decided not to pick up the remake yet… and seeing this shit makes me glad i didn't. ew.

No. 171097

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I couldn't find a decent way to save this gif on my crappy phone but it's really cute. I wish more offical Pokemon media gave this vibe.

https://twitter.com/oshiruko_s2/status/1462330001303302151?t=V8ERQkJs34vRee0Ab0O0pA&s=19

No. 171107

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>>171097
this is so cute, thank you for sharing! hope the gif works…

No. 171108

The avatars are so distracting in bdsp. Its fine until it zooms in on them and they animate. Even the pokemon look bad and the blurry effect they do tends to just make a lot of areas look really bad too. It's disappointing.

No. 171304

I hate that my Pokemon center preorder for BDSP won't get here until this friday.

Like, what is the point of preordering if it'll get to you a week after the release date? I want to cancel my legend of arceus preorder now despite how much I want the little plushie it comes with.

No. 172109

How is the new game is it worth it to buy if I hated the past 2 games?

No. 172111

>>172109
By new game do you mean Sword/Shield or the DPPt remake? Either way if you hated the past 2 games then I'd say it's not worth it. Pokemon games feel more and more like the devs have horrible deadlines so the Pokemon Company can sell toys and plushies for Christmas.

No. 172123

>>172109
bdsp are beat for beat remakes of the original diamond and pearl, and disregarding platinum sinnoh is worst region so no.

No. 172618

dumb question but can you customise your trainer in bdsp?

No. 172630

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i want a few certain mirage plushes so bad but people hoard them and act like elitist assholes over them. boohoo.

No. 172632

>>172630
oh my fucking god, I've been forever fascinated by mirage plushies. Which ones do you want and is there a good reasource for them? I only saw a livejournal post

No. 172634

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>>172632
basically just scouring ebay and the like and trying to get lucky. really, really lucky. rn there's a prominent mirage seller on ebay who has many, but they aren't pokemon i want. apparently some people get them shipped directly from taiwan but they always refuse to say where. it's infuriating.

my dream mirages are the following. someone just posted a month ago that they got this blue pikachu and i wanna cry with jealousy. what are yours?

No. 172636

>>172634
I don't want to be mean but why do you like such weird looking plushies? they look like knock offs

No. 172639

>>172636
i like them because they're silly knockoffs and extremely rare. they were only manufactured in a short time period and done illegally so people could cash in on the pokemon craze that was sweeping the world. there is something so charming to me about the strange proportions, colors, and shittiness. you could only find them in claw machines and at fairs and things like that. they are a product of the 90s and feel nostalgic to me.

No. 172640

>>172639
Is there a community for this? This is pretty interesting. Do you have more plushes to show?

No. 172641


No. 172642

>>172641
AYRT
I live in Mexico and I see these kinds of derpy plushes here all the time, I mean I never leave the house nowadays but I still see them on the streets
I actually love the idea of this (although I'm not a plush collector) and if you want to I could find some for you?

No. 172643

>>172634
I fucking love these kinds of plushes. I used to be really obsessed with looking up bootleg Pokemon plushes. Does anyone remember the site TRsRockin? It's been so long.

No. 172644

>>172642
oh my god! well if you see anything similar to what i posted here >>172634 i'm willing to pay quite a lot tbh… and a blue pikachu is my white whale.

No. 172645

>>172634
omg a real pikablue. Do you have a link to the eBay seller? If you don't want to share it's fine, not buying anything either way. Just want to look.
Play by Play weirdos are considered normal plushies, right?

No. 172646

>>172644
Wait anon don't close the thread I'm going to do some digging right now. We have a website in Mexico called Mercadolibre which basically is a mexican e-bay, hold on

No. 172647

>>172646
samefag but I bet there's stuff like this in mexican facebook too

No. 172648

>>172645
dw i won't be a hoarding dick about it lol. there's a few consistent sellers. here are the ones i found:
https://www.ebay.com/usr/sassyseller168?_trksid=p2047675.l2559
https://www.ebay.com/usr/meowingmeowth?_trksid=p2047675.l2559

simply searching "mirage pokemon plush" on ebay nets results, however, the problem with mirages is that 99% of ebay sellers are not going to know what that is. they might mark it "vintage" or "retro" if you're lucky but more than likely they're going to just list it as a generic "pokemon plush" or put it in a lot full of other toys.

>>172646
crossing my fingers

No. 172649

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>>172639
I think the lore is that some of those knock-off looking plushies were licensed, but quality control went out of window. Please correct me if I am wrong! I love the comparison to MLP Nirvana ponies, also a bunch of bizzare licensed creatures.

No. 172650

>>172648
omg i love meowingmeowth, i considered buying a raichu plush from them

No. 172651

>>172647
>>172646
please give links to Mexican resources if you can!

No. 172652

>>172649
yeah, some mirages look like official shittily-done plushes, so for me the biggest appeal and proof that it's a legit mirage is strange colors!

No. 172653

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>>172651
The thing is you can't buy from mercadolibre unless you're from mexico
But I found this snorlax I'm still digging hold on

No. 172654

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>>172653
also this charmander

No. 172655

>>172653
>>172654
you're awesome, anon
oh, and here's a fun video on it

No. 172656

>>172653
man, is there any proxy shipping services that run in mexico? there's so much stuff i'd like to get from there.

No. 172658

>>172653
>>172654
it's okay, I'm a data hoarder and just want to educate myself. Those two look quite recent, make me think of AliExpress bootlegs (i may be wrong)

No. 172659

>>172658
How can you tell if they're recent or not? Legit question
>>172656
It's easier if you have a family member or friend living in here, unless you want to import things in bigger quantities

No. 172660

>>172659
NTA, but more recent plush in general don't use the more plush fabric, such as the caterpie and mankey in >>172630

No. 172661

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>>172659
for mirages at least, you'll be looking for "cheap-looking" material like the sort of crap you'd get from a claw machine or at a fair. they're all very old and weren't made past 1999. lots of taffeta and rough fur and plastic eyes.

No. 172662

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>>172661
I found this weird looking bulbasaur, does this look recent too?

No. 172663

>>172662
i think it does. most of these recent plushes have embroidered details.

No. 172664

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>>172662
unfortunately yes, but your search is valiant

i gotta sleep but i leave with some more pikablues i have found pics of in the wild…

No. 172665

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>>172659
It's just a feeling. The pattern looks too correct (the Pokémon don't look bizzare) and the fabric (the soft plush with short fur) looks like recent AliExpress Pokemon plushies I saw. The old Nirvana ones are often made with some furless cotton (like picrel). I think they are suspicious to me since they aren't bizzarely off model and made with super cheap materials. I may be wrong, of course. I remember seeing a similar Charmander on Ali though

No. 172666

>>172664
Alright anon, I'll keep you updated if anything comes up, will keep searching (I use mercadolibre all the time anyways)

No. 172667

>>172665
idk if you like flareon anon but there are two mirage flareons on ebay right now, pretty adorable! i would buy but i'm trying to save my money for my favorite mons
https://www.ebay.com/itm/324912969046?hash=item4ba6527556:g:PMMAAOSwaaBhpXJS
https://www.ebay.com/itm/324890669767?hash=item4ba4fe32c7:g:8ckAAOSwNTFhlYMq

>>172666
you are so fucking cool thank you

No. 172672

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>>172667
AYRT, not the original mirage anon but those are precious! Would buy either buy the shipping and tax would kill my wallet.
Looking at my local auction site and found some weirdos that I doubt are Nirvana. WTF is that Pikachu thing? Looks sloppily enough that it almost registers as Nirvana. Charmander I think is Play By Play, but the fabric is really poor. Squirtle wouldn't be weird except he's filled with styrofoam balls (is that normal?). Any comments appreciated

No. 172696

>>165998
Sent one to you too! Have plenty of gifts to give but not many that give back.

No. 172699

>>172634
Question to the original mirage anon. I've seen people on livejournal debate if an obviously old bootleg is a mirage or not. What makes an 90's/early 00's bootleg plushie a mirage? It cannot be a bizzare pattern cause some mirages are made from official ones. Does the Pikachu >>172672 qualify as mirage or just a bootleg? Clearly bootleg, most likely not recent (challenge me on this please, wonky despite being made from an official pattern.

No. 172706

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Mirage anon, is this a mirage?

No. 172707

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>>172706
I also found this squirtle with a red tail

No. 172708

>>172699
hey anon! a mirage plush has to be from that year or two years when they were mass-produced to cash in on the pokemon craze to be counted as a true mirage. the eevee and squirtle might be mirages but i don’t think the pikachu is.

No. 172709

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>>172707
these too

No. 172710

>>172709
the mew is actually somehow an official model (or it’s a bootleg off the official model lol), but the others may be mirages!

No. 172711

>>172710
Do you want any of these anon???? the squirtle is like 7.99

No. 172714

>>172711
you’re sweet but i mostly just want a blue pikachu… or even other weird colored pikachus, if you find any of those. i don’t plan to resell them or anything, i want them for my plush collection. someone else may want those though!

No. 172716

>>172714

Alright, thank you for helping me learn about this anon! I will definetely keep searching. If I find anything I'll put it on thread

No. 172736

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>>172716
sure! it's a fascinating subject many pokemon fans aren't aware of

here's another example. left is official and right is a mirage. mirages often have those suction tags as well and you can tell if they're legit by the aging plastic (it's become yellow.)

No. 172742

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>>172708
Why does the Pikachu doesn't seem like a mirage? I saw someone else talk about a very similar one (sorry if I sound confrontational, I do not mean to — I genuinely want to reach the truth). See picrel. It seems to me like it's the same Play-By-Play plushie. I
It seems to me that people are using the mirage term wrong (not you). According to the person who coined it, mirage cannot be based on official pattern. But plenty of people sell bootlegs ripping off official plushies as mirages:
>1. They are old (so far nothing beyond Gen II has been found), made at least a decade ago.
>2. The were not mass produced, and are very rare. Usually less than five people are known to own the same kind of mirage plush, and the majority have only been seen one or two times total! The reason these plush were never mass produced is probably because:
>3. They have unknown origins (probably unlicensed), but ARE company-made, with limited-info tush tag or none at all, and created by small/independent companies that lacked the ability to mass market (see above). Notice this does not specify Europe – but 90% of these plush do come from there.
>4. They are created from a 100% unique pattern (not a reject or a copy of an existing product). The PPP is a great resource for comparing what might be a Mirage Plush to plush made by, for example, Play-by-play (which often resemble these Mirage Plush). If it's a mass-produced copy, bootleg, or factory reject of something official, it does not count as a Mirage Plush.
https://pkmncollectors.livejournal.com/10092541.html
I love the topic and has been fascinated by it for a year or so, but hate how difficult it is to find information! It has not been collected and systematized.

No. 172743

>>172742
My dumb ass just read the topic and it was concluded that it's not a mirage. Hmmm. But Play-By-Play is responsible for a lot of Mirages… so I guess the Pikachu wouldn't be one cause it isn't that rare?

No. 172750

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>>172742
>>172743
it's honestly not easy to describe exactly how a mirage looks vs just a bootleg of an existing official pattern. i guess the easiest way would be that they seem to be made of parts that were meant for other toys, because they were. a mirage also has little inconsistencies from what the actual pokemon is meant to look like. i'm sorry if this is too vague. my advice would be to just look at the gallery of mirages and compare them to existing plushes to try and get a feel for which are mirages.

No. 172752

there's also some SUPER wonky looking official plushes so you have to compare them to the others at the time. another hint at mirages is that they had models of pokemon in plush form before nintendo ever did. basically every pokemon was made into a mirage plush long before nintendo decided to make plushes of the more unpopular mons

No. 172760

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>>172750
>>172752
>i guess the easiest way would be that they seem to be made of parts that were meant for other toys, because they were.
I genuinely think this is the best advice!
>my advice would be to just look at the gallery of mirages and compare them to existing plushes to try and get a feel for which are mirages.
I genuinely hate that people show bootlegs of legitimate Pokemon plushies and call them mirages. It really muddles the term.

The whole mirage thing made me remember that I have quite a few Pokemon plushies (probably by Play-By-Play) that have the 'not for sale, only for fairs' tag. Sadly, they all look legitimate (never thought I would say it, lfmao).
Super weird that some people incorrectly call bootlegs mirages. Picrel is being sold as a mirage right now even though it's a bootleg of a legitimate plushie (IDK if by Hasbro or what, but I have it). I guess maybe they are trying to sell it for more, but people online genuinely also refer to bootlegs as mirages.
Super disappointed since the original post mentioned Poland as a source of a mirage bootleg and I haven't gotten the luck of running into any so far!

No. 172762

>>172760
yeah, that's also part of why it's hard to find them. i see some plushes online right now listed as mirages that aren't. that's why, for me, i especially seek out weird colors like i mentioned before because that adds more legitimacy.

they also look "old" in a way that simple bootlegs don't but again that's so vague and hard to describe to someone unless they look at a lot of comparisons.

No. 172763

>>172641
samefag i also wanted to mention some of the plushes HERE aren't even mirages! they're just old ugly officials or bootlegs of officials. but again, it's easy to mistake.

No. 172776

>>172762
>>172763
It all starts to make sense in my head. God, what wouldn't I do to time travel and get some of those ugly pokemans! Weirdly enough, I wouldn't look twice at them as a kid cause they look inferior to legitimate plushies.
I have found vid related. While the youtuber is really obnoxious and there are no new information through 3/4 of the video, at the end she shows a mirage (it was suspiciously cheap?) Clefairy that she bought. It looks interesting.

No. 173193

Is there no way to move your secret base in bdsp? I’ve googled, but can only find how to make one.

No. 173239

>>173193
When you make a new one it keeps all your statues etc. Basically if you use the digger to drill to create a ‘new’ one it relocates the one you already have

No. 173673

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Would let them take all of my food if I could rest on Ursaring with Teddiursa by my side for the rest of my life.

No. 174303


No. 174347

>>174303
Its stuff like this that made me wish Pokemon was real, I'm third world and pokemon(the series more then the games) was my escapist fantasy
a world filled with adventure and love, where bad guys get defeated and no matter how the bad world is, it was still safe for women and children

No. 174372

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Oh cool a pokemon thread, i don’t have to go through the coomerism of /vp/ anymore yay

No. 174462

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Guess Im late to the game, I just picked up a used copy of Shield because I wanted to play poggy but didn't want to shell out 60 bucks for a worse remake. So far only on the third gym but it feels like the only thing to do is fight the gym battles. Which is pretty much like the other games but this one keeps stopping me every five seconds for a stupid cutscenes (& I actually didn't think Sun/Moon were this bad) I am enjoying the wild area when it isn't a buggy mess for the variety of pokemon and things to find there. Idk maybe I've just outgrown this franchise now. Unless they make another good mystery dungeon game

No. 174549

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>>174462
>this one keeps stopping me every five seconds for a stupid cutscenes (& I actually didn't think Sun/Moon were this bad)
It's funny, my opinion is the reverse. I thought being interrupted every 5 seconds by pointless cutscenes in Sun/Moon was unbearable, which made playing USUM a pain in the ass because I thought it'd be a proper sequel and not just a third version. But I thought the cutscenes in Sword/Shield were less intrusive. By the way, if you like the wild area you'll probably like the DLC, but I recommend you play them after beating the main game and only if you don't want to shoot yourself after completing the pokedex.

>Idk maybe I've just outgrown this franchise now

Maybe, it depends on what made you like the series in the first place I guess. I feel like I've outgrown Pokemon sometimes, and then I compare previous games with the recent ones and I feel like the real problem is the direction the franchise has taken. I could definitely replay the first 6 gens no problem and have a lot of fun, but after that I'm not so sure. I grew up playing all the mainline pokemon games, and now that I'm way more familiar with way more JRPGs I feel like the first games felt way more like standards JRPGs, while the more recent ones feel very simplified. Not because of the target demographic but because of laziness, shitty deadlines and because the franchise is taking the same direction as Disney, were the "main" products, the games, are now here to advertise retarded merchandises instead of the reverse.

No. 175797

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>>174372
Yeah same here. The reasons I stopped coming to /vp/ is because it's full of coomers, furries and pedos. Men especially on 4chan are truly toxic.

No. 177877

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No. 180174

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BREAKING NEWS

Legends arceus looks like complete dogshit toe to tip. Get fucked, sinnohfags.

No. 180183

What are anons favorite Pokémon games? Mine is X and Y. When I played it in high school I really enjoyed the story and remember crying at the end, I hadn't really connected with any Pokémon game like that before. I also really love Pokémon Amie, and the super training. I loved watching the little sprites beat on the punching bag, kek. The little bedroom rest area for Amie was soooo cute, I loved seeing other people's Pokémon come by and sit with mine and leave cute gifts, holy balls that's adorable. I was bummed to see the changes in Sun/Moon and didn't much care for the carnival area. I also have a bias for X/Y because of the Pokémon available, Sun/Moon didn't have my favorite Pokémon except by transfer. Linoone is my fav, btw. I think he's a really well rounded little creature. He's able to use both Cut and Surf, super mega useful, and he also can learn Return which you can get pretty early as a TM and it makes him a hard ass of you bond with him. I beat the elite four with just my Linoone, that's how much of a tough guy he was.

No. 180184

>>180174
I'm done with Pokemon. What the hell is this trash? I'm glad I had absolutely no expectation for this game and no intention to buy the game.

No. 180186

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>>180174
>>180184
there are many, many duds among those designs but none upset me more than the sneasel evo. shout out to the Him bootleg 4th nature genie, doodoo bear, and busted palkia though.

No. 180189

I hate that it's like an inescapable established rule that anytime there is a new game there needs to be new Pokémon. We have enough, we've had enough. And all of the new "discoveries" of random Pokémon technology and evolutions just don't make any sense and are so shoe horned and unnecessary. I don't need my Pokémon to evolve five times into three different versions of itself with special bracelets and stones and whatever the fuck else. I will admit that I enjoy some of the newer Pokémon, but mostly because their designs are still grounded in reality and look like animals and aren't literally bags of garbage and candelabras. How does Nintendo not get it though their heads that this isn't necessary? Put that energy you use making shitty designs for shitty Pokémon into new features and environments for us to interact with the Pokémon in? And they need to stop coming up with new types as well. It's over saturated. No wonder so many people are turned off to this franchise, it's ridiculously clunky.

No. 180192

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>>180174
typhlosion and arcanine didnt deserve this shit

No. 180197

>>180183
I also like XY best! Just like you I cried super hard at the end, I remember bawling all through the credits. I loved dressing up my trainer to match the environment, or sometimes to colour coordinate with my team. The château battle system was awesome, too; I'd spend all day just beating down these rich sons of bitches and taking their money with my amulet coin kek. All to fund my clothes hoarding habit. My favourite pokemon Dedenne is from gen 6, so I am biased for that reason as well. I named mine Plick and she was super cute and strong. I wish I still had the game so I could feed her sweets and pet her in Amie…

No. 180232

>>180174
are you fucking kidding me

No. 180237

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>>180189
I've been thinking about this ever since the national dex cut debacle, that the developers shot themselves in the foot way back in the day when they established the norm of introducing 100+ new pokemon with EVERY single new game released. One of the most retarded choices they make is always introducing some pokemon with shitty stats and bland designs that are clearly filler, when these pokemon will inevitably be cut from the next game now that there are too many.
On the other hand, the new pokemon are probably a huge factor in why people continue to buy the mainline games that literally have the same basic plot and gameplay with minimal improvements in graphics despite it being 2022. Releasing the starter silhouettes every gen builds a lot of hype and is basically easy marketing for the new games. I wonder if Gamefreak could create less new pokemon every generation from now on (say, 25-50), or if fans would start to feel the games are devoid of new content.
Imagine if GF stopped releasing new pokemon after gen 2, or heck if they stopped with the original 151, and focused on improving the gameplay of pokemon instead. Maybe we would have better games now, but imo Pokemon might not be the best selling video game franchise of all time if that were the case.
Honestly I'm curious to see just how long pokemon can keep selling games with the formula they have, it boggles my mind that despite all the complaints there are millions of hardcore fans who keep coming back every few years for a whole lotta nothing.

No. 180243

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>>180174
Wtf most of these designs are kinda lame and lackluster. The only good designs are the ones that are shown in trailers (except for Kleavor). So disappointed with Pokemon yet again.

No. 180250

>>180243
The cute voltorb looks so out of place next to those sonic oc meets chromatica meets patio furniture lookin' deviants, free him!

No. 180251

>>180174
i know the white guy at nintendo designed some of these.

No. 180253

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cmon gamefreak this looks like some shit I made in spore when I was 8 years old

No. 180254

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>>180174
YO WTF. I thought Gen 8 pokemon looked bad. These are atrocious. They look like bootlegs. Pokemon designs really went down the shitter with that new artist.

>>180183
I can't pick my absolute favorite main games, its either HeartGold, Black or Moon. Heartgold was my first and had the most heart(ha) put into it with the simple but beautiful graphics and following pokemon made it feel alive, and there was so much to do in these games. I played X a ton as a teen and liked exploring it, but after I finished the game I haven't really touched it. B/W probably have the best plot in the series, but Sun/Moon were really close & I love almost all the characters in those games. Though I consider the absolute best game in the franchise to be Explorers of Sky. Kinda hope they remaster/remake it at some point, but idk I still love the pixel art to this day and I feel like they would screw up the soundtracks too much

No. 180255

>>180183
My taste aligns with the first poster of this thread perfectly, which stuns me because I've never met anyone else who adores gen II, meowth AND klefki kek.
I honestly really like the older gens because they are a lot faster to play, and I felt like I could come up with stories based on my own imagination with them since they had no plot. When pokemon started getting into the really long animations and cutscenes, it became a slog to play and I pretty much couldn't take it anymore by Black and White. I play the pokemon games on and off still (I played Y and managed to get halfway through Moon) but I just am really meh on the new pokes, the boring gameplay, and the weird shoehorned plot that gets more PG each iteration.
Anyway sorry for the rant, I can't talk about this anywhere because I get mobbed by brainlets who crucify you for saying you didn't like B&W, kek. My favorite gen is of course II, I loved the mafia stuff with team rocket so much.

No. 180265

>>180174
I was trying to go spoiler free before the release but I'm kind of glad to see the new evolutions because jesus. I may be in the minority in this thread but I ADORE seeing new designs. But agree they need to cut back by a lot. Cut all the filler Pokémon since no one cares anyway. But I do get super excited to see new designs and see the pokedex entries. Gen 8 had Alcremie who I used all through my run of Galar and she really carried my whole game. She's so cute. So I'm confused how they went from designing my favourite Pokémon in Gen 8 to….. this trash. This doesn't even look like the same franchise of creatures. They look so off brand.

No. 180598

>>180174
I've long stopped enjoying Pokemon years ago and every now and then when I check in to see how things are going it's like a total clusterfuck, so nobody can accuse me of being a hater when I say these designs look like bad fan designs. It's like they took a regular Pokemon and used the liquify tool to shrink/grow some parts then drew a different pattern on it, that purple slime dragon especially so. And some of these have really fucked silhouettes.
Honest question, what is that pink reptilian cloud thing? A Torkoal? And even if she's the least offensive, that Lilligant with no dress on or hair fucking sad, give the girl her leaves back. Dialga and Palkia are like ancient Pokemon 'splice art' I used to make as a kid (it's when you do pixel art with the sprites but combine or recolor them in certain ways that had their own names)
>>180186
It really looks like those fan designs where people tend to take the base form then make it larger and stick more spikes on it rather than a radical change in shape (think Morgrem -> Grimmsnarl or Kirlia -> Gardevoir)

No. 180621

>>180598
That's not a torkoal, anon lol thats a genie of all things. A fairy type to go with the Landorus, Thundrus, Tornadus nature trio… because everyone knows the *4 main forces of nature are thunder, ground, wind, and FAIRIES! The torkoal version is its therian form.

No. 180669

>>180621
I'm guessing it's a fairy type because fairy type is supposed to represent a 'life' typing. Like how Xerneas and the Tapus all have the fairy type. It looks like it has two snake heads which could maybe be part of a caduceus, which to some is a symbol of life and healing. Not excusing the dogshit design but that could be what they were trying to go for.

No. 180762

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No. 182030

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Legends Arceus is pretty fun.
Pic unrelated I just really like it.

No. 182033

>>182030
her pokemon art makes me feel kinda nostalgic

No. 182109

>>182030
That's so cute, I wanna be there

No. 182174

>>182033
>>182109
Same. If there's anything XY did right it was the art direction. So many beautiful places in that game.

No. 182265

>>182030
I'm really miking legends so far, really fun they changed a lot of things but it still feels like a pokemon game

No. 184365

I see a lot of people saying that the new Legends game is their favorite since HGSS. What do you it’s think?
I love HGSS but I fucking hated the Sword Shield games so much it made me not want to ever give Pokemon my money again. But now that I keep seeing people sharting themselves over how amazing this new game and how GF ACTUALLY LISTENED!!!! it’s making me curious.

No. 184378

>>184365
I just know I can't go back to old Pokemon if they don't keep some of these features and I've played every mainline game.

No. 184379

>>184365
The game's hideous to look at, so if you're a person who really values graphics then skip it. It's an improvement but honestly nothing special compared to Breath of the Wild, it's really just bootleg Breath of the Wild with Pokemon so it's all about whether that premise is enough for you.

No. 184387

>>184379
It looks like an iPad game.

No. 184425

>>184365
The graphics are shit but honestly? I'm having a great time. But maybe it's just because I'm autistically into Pokémon. But I think Legends is a big step up from Sword/Shield. I like the crafting and openish world. It's just fun. Where you basically sprint through gen 8 since it's linear with little story, this one allows for more adventure. I actually enjoyed Gen 8 overall, though, but it was after not playing any games for several gens so maybe that's why. Shit story but it was nice to be back in the Pokémon world after years since I was big into it as a kid.

No. 184534

>>184425
>autistically into Pokémon
>not playing any games for several gens
which is it

No. 184537

>>184425
Legends is part of Gen 8.

No. 184560

>>184534
There's this thing called the trading card game. I forwent the games for several years but stayed up to date with the cards, mostly. I didn't collect much for x and y but other than that. Not complicated, the franchise is a lot bigger than the games.
>>184537
I meant Sword and Shield aka the Galar region specifically. I wouldn't consider Legends Gen 8 either…. It's Sinnoh but way in the past and we don't know yet if this will become a running line of games in it's own right. You knew what I meant, though, surely.

No. 184564

Does Legend of Arceus have actual dungeons and puzzles to solve or is it more like BOTW and the Xenoblade games were you explore somewhat empty spaces and hope to find hidden places? Honestly the game doesn't interest me all that much, maybe because I already played Xenoblade 1 and 2 a lot last year and it feels pretty fresh in my head. Plus, I have a copy of BOTW and haven't started that yet but I will soon.

>>184560
>I wouldn't consider Legends Gen 8 either…
Not her, and I get what you meant but that's not how that works. The RBY remakes are considered gen 3 games, the GSC remakes are considered gen 4 and the RSE are considered gen 6 games, it's not linked to the region but to the national pokedex at the time of release. So by this logic the DPPT remake and Legend of Arceus are part of gen 8.

No. 184569

>>184564
I mean, yea, I can see how it's all Gen 8 if you consider them all like waves of games grouped together. Which I know lots of people do, I just personally don't. But I'm glad you understood what I meant! I just don't feel like writing out Sword and Shield over and over so I tend to shorten to Gen 8 without care. Some people use SwSh, too.

Also no there are not dungeons, sadly. There are Noble Pokémon in each section of map you unlock that you have to fight and calm down. But unlike mainline games with gym puzzles, there's nothing like that. There's a few puzzles around, like I can think of 1 that's a part of the story that I distinctly remember at the moment. But I'm drawing blanks remembering any other required puzzles. It's mostly you just roaming the different sections of map, battling/catching Pokémon then unlocking the next section with story beats in between. You have to go back to the village in order to change which section of map you are on so you go back there often, it's the hub. Doing requests for people are also a big part of the gameplay but not actually necessary to progress the plot. It just fluffs out gameplay time with stuff to do, tbh. I like it in more of a relaxing game kind of way, something to unwind with - but if you are looking for actual challenges then this is not the game. Which does seem disappointing to most because it's not as grand scale as the whole hype train build up made it out to be. Doesn't mean it's not enjoyable, just not what other fans probably wanted, I can see that.

No. 184587

>>184569
Yeah, your description of the map(s) reminds me too much of the exploration in Xenoblade games and the DLCs in Sword/Shield, I feel like I'd get sick of it pretty quickly because I played them not that long ago. Maybe I'll be more interested another time though.

By the way, you said here >>184425
>Where you basically sprint through gen 8 since it's linear with little story
That reminds me that I took my time beating Shield and it only took me 24 hours to beat the main game, but I spend like 80 hours trying to complete the pokedex for the main map and the two DLCs.

No. 184592

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>>184365
I do like Legends but HGSS is still better to me. I don't know what it officially is but I consider Legends a side-game, and it actually reminds me of Pokemon Snap in a way since the focus is on how the Pokémon behave.
I hope we get more Legends games. One set in Unova in the past would be interesting to me.
>>184425
I definitely like how it allows for more adventure. I did rush the story a little to get all the rideable pokemon to make exploration easier though.
>>184564
The only puzzle I remember was just a memory puzzle in the final area of the game. There's a side quest involving Mr Mime making invisible walls which made me chuckle, but I'm not sure if that's necessarily a puzzle. It's more exploration and catching focused.

Anyway here are three psyducks sleeping (do not be loud or you will wake them up sshh)

No. 184597

>>184569
>I just don't feel like writing out Sword and Shield over and over so I tend to shorten to Gen 8 without care. Some people use SwSh, too.
Then use "SwSh", it's not that hard. And I didn't mean to be an asshole at all, it's just that the way you use "Gen 8" makes it confusing for everyone else to know what games you're talking about.

No. 184612

>>184587
Same about Sword / Shield, it was probably the fastest I've beaten any Pokémon game. Even Let's Go took me longer. I worry what the mainline Gen 9 game will be like.

No. 184631

>>184597
Yeah, SwSh for sword and shield, and DiaPer for diamond and pearl

No. 184642

>>184631
>DiaPer
yeah, this is working well

No. 184676

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I laugh when pokemon get sent to pasture. Anyone else laughs too?

No. 184721

>>184676
I love seeing my alpha Pokémon there. Alpha Rapiddash is so big it's a little scary.

No. 184724

>>184676
I saw my Machoke out there laying flat on her back

No. 184742

>>184724
She dieded

No. 184783

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I just first saw this pokemon a few hours ago and I think it's my favorite pokemon now
>looks like a silly dragon
>cool name
>it's both electric and ice
>it generates electricity by static from shivering because it's cold all the time (aww, don't you just want to give it a scarf and some hot cocoa or like whatever pokemon drink)
>it looks like it has a cloud around its neck and above it is lightning and snow is falling onto its feet
>its head looks like a chocobo (cute)
>its nose is runny (cute)

No. 184785

>>184783
Hmm I just realized it's a heap of snow around its neck, but I prefer to imagine it's a cloud

No. 184817

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>>184783
>>184785
It's supposed to be an amalgamation of two different fossil pokemon, it's actually suffering kek

No. 184818

>>184817
These mons make me so sad. They're abominations.

No. 184841

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>>184818
Even Type: null/Silvally makes me sad

No. 184844

>>184817
The second one is probably the most gruesome
I hate it
I also hate that we'll never know what those pokemon actually look like. Also, their pokedex entries are so stupid

No. 184849

File: 1644186883856.gif (246.88 KB, 320x240, croagunk.gif)

him

No. 184889

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>>184844
Thought it was just me. Every gen after 5 was retarded. Also picrel was the best Pokie

No. 184896

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>>184844
At least some fan artists have done renditions of what they could have looked like. I wish they could somehow release the correct fossils but they definitely never will.

No. 184926

>>184896
Literally a million times better.

No. 184948

>>184817
It's ok I will hug them all to ease their suffering

No. 185197

File: 1644315295720.jpg (97.77 KB, 896x720, chansey.jpg)

Even a Chansey got my heart racing! But if you take overworld damage near a non-Alpha Chansey or Blissy it will cause them to come check up on on you. Very cute.

No. 185234

>>185197
Alpha Blissey is an absolute menace in the best way possible. I love that whole line. Such cute little pink blobby nurse Pokémon. I had no idea they'd come to check up on you! So cute…

No. 185269

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Is this a fokkin tranny? He wears a skirt and a choker

No. 185270

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>>185269
>Melli is Melli, whether is boy or girl doesn't matter, I think.
>No it doesn't matter. But it's still a valid question.

Why is gender shit everywhere

No. 185272

Im in stitches

No. 185370

>>185269
It's a guy. Also the worst new character by far.

No. 185405

File: 1644425733947.jpg (35.92 KB, 1024x576, shinycroak.jpg)

>>184849
I caught a shiny croak just the other day on Legends. So cute.

No. 185457

>>185405
That's a nice shiny! Good job nonna.
I got a shiny Roselia, Kricketune and Bidoof so far. Roselia's is nice but the other two are just gold-ish versions so, meh. Honestly most shinies are meh but the rarity still excites me.

No. 185478

>>185405
Why are shinies so freakishly common in Legends? Seems like everyone has five.

No. 185503

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>>185478
Shinies used to be rare encounters, but the way modern Pokemon games are there's almost nothing to do after you beat the main story but shiny hunt. There are some streamers that spend hundreds of hours hunting for shinies and Gamefreak must've took notice bc with each new game they are easier to get. I guess they just want to entice players who want all shiny teams even though making them easier to encounter is essentially devaluing them

No. 185538

>>185478
Because they're in the open world instead of just the grass. You're literally seeing more Pokémon than ever before, so seeing more shinies just comes along with it. The rates also improve once you've completed a pokemon's Pokédex entry.

No. 185560

That reminds me that I haven’t gotten any new shinies in poke go in forever, sad

No. 186280

I just suddenly remembered that everyone wanted to fuck Sycamore when Pokemon XY was the latest game in the franchise. I miss those days.

No. 186296

>>186280
For me, it's N. Steven is hot too though…

No. 186314

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>>186280
>>186296
i had such a huge stupid crush on N when i was a kid. this guy was also cute.

No. 186320

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>>186296
Steven is godtier husbando tbh. Good taste.

No. 186335

>>186320
I'd go as far as to say he's the best champion. I feel like he was the one most involved in the story.

No. 186357

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i love hisuian typhlosion so much. the floppy ears. the chill expression. the purple flames. it's so adorable.

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