Pokémans thread

[WherewolfTherewolf]

(you can tell because they still included ball capsule seals)

Well with the addition of ball capsules in D and P, that meant that other people could see these personalizations when you player online (I believe they can, I'm not entirely sure though) - not including it in HG SS would be unfair to the players of it while not including the poketch, which was only specific to your own game, wasn't much of a lose.

 

[N1ck0]

yeeeah, i guess your right, but there were all sorts of new things in DP that were not in HG/SS, like contests, they had the Pokathelon instead, so in that perspective, you can only connect between games in battles and trades, so I felt that was a little unfair (i'm the only one out of my friends and family that has HG/SS, some have DP though) and the poke-radar, I still don't have one, so i can't chain!!! i can't find any shinies

 

[Pyritie]

pokethelon > contests anyway

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Well the pokethelon is definitely a bit more fun, but the original contests from Ruby and Saphire were a bit more in depth, of course before they turned them into the shallow piece of crap no one played in Diamond and Pearl.

I thought the idea of moves having extra effects just for contests were interesting when there was a bit more diversity in R/S (in D and P they pretty much killed that) and the move combo's were pretty sweet (I believe one was Sunny Day and Fire Blast - groudon was amazing at cool contests).

Though in HG and SS the Pokeathelon recorded much less planning and overall strategy - many events you can win with pokemon that are terrible at the stats it's in if you yourself get good enough at them.

 

[N1ck0]

i have to admit, i loved the emerald contests, but the 3-judge scheme as opposed to the killing-opponents scheme was a real letdown, it had way less strategy involved and it seemed that they were trying to get kids back into pokemon (which they've kinda ruined their chances of now that they have reached the 500 pokemon mark)

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Yeah, they SERIOUSLY screwed up contests in diamond and pearl.
That and how pokeblocks got replaced with essentially a scaled down version of cooking mama for the poffins guarantied that no one would play them.

 

[Pyritie]

hate poffins

pokeblocks were the shit, man

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Hehehe - I could hit that machine perfectly every time
Sucks I never had enough friends with the game to get the full machine going.

 

[N1ck0]

yeah, i was the same, i actually beat the berry master on several occasions
but because i didn't have friends with RSE, i couldn't get perfect pokeblocks, only good ones (not in the only stat i wanted, so i could never max the pokemon out correctly)

then in came poffins - once again, trying to capture young-uns, my sister loves it, but that's all she does. she doesn't even use them, and she SUCKS at battling

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Tried making an icon of dragonair - seems like I failed

 

[Pyritie]

http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Nuzlocke this looks interesting

 

[En_Fuego]

Seeing as how I only catch 1 of each and my Pokemon never faint, that sounds terribly boring.

 

[Wazzz]

This challenge sounds nice, I'm considering trying it when I stop playing Starcraft 2

 

[Pyritie]

Seeing as how I only catch 1 of each and my Pokemon never faint, that sounds terribly boring.

Then add some of the optional rules to make it harder

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Seeing as how I only catch 1 of each and my Pokemon never faint, that sounds terribly boring.

New challenge - beat the game using only a team full of caterpies (or their small inset equivelant from whatever game your playing) hehe.

 

[Vosty]

That sounds like a terribly difficult challenge, unless you just tank a single pokemon, like I did on gold once. Got a level 28 Cyndaquil before the second gym, and from there, only caught things that were clearly better, like that cow thingy (forgets name), but never used them unless weakness type was in play.
The only problem is leveling that way is slow and REALLY boring.

 

[Pyritie]

Oha Suta aired new information about transferring Pokémon from Pokémon Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, HeartGold, and SoulSilver to Pokémon Black and White. The feature, called "PokéShifter", will allow players with two DS systems to transfer their Pokémon to the Generation V games in a Pal Park-like manner. Pokémon caught via PokéShifter will presumably be caught in a timed minigame.

Man I'm glad I kept my old DS

EDIT:

well they certainly haven't been dicking around since the last one o__o

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

I see they're getting more and more ridiculous with the enemy "team" design - seriously, what are they supposed to be? Space knights?

 

[Pyritie]

I liked team aqua's outfits ;n; FREAKIN' PIRATES, BITCHES

but yeah, the enemy costumes are just getting sillier with each game >__>

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

-Red/Blue/Yellow/Gold/Silver - Team Rocket: mainly a group of thugs that has access to an insane millionairs vast resources - overall pretty believable, though they take the evil factor a bit far - back in black
-Ruby/Saphire - Team Magma/Aqua - Opposing teams, both with good intentions but an "evil genius" interpretation of how to go about achieving their goals - a bit more believable - well aside from looking like pirates or smokey the bears reverse twin they don't look that bad.
-Diamond/Peal - Team Galactic - WE WILL CONTROL SPACE AND TIME - Excelsuer!!! - The leftover costumes from the jetsons meet chrome paint.

 

[En_Fuego]

I liked the view of the Isshu map. The overall terrain looks interesting. Much more interesting than any of the other ones. How many times have we run around in a forest or on grass? D:

EDIT: Also, I'm getting my wi-fi back up in the upcoming week, so maybe we can has some battles.

 

[dead-man-walking]

I liked the view of the Isshu map. The overall terrain looks interesting. Much more interesting than any of the other ones. How many times have we run around in a forest or on grass? D:

We will run around on grass again in White. Black will have more hi-tech looks on its landscape.

So, we will finally have more differences on Versions than just Legendaries and Exclusives.

 

[En_Fuego]

We will run around on grass again in White. Black will have more hi-tech looks on its landscape.

So, we will finally have more differences on Versions than just Legendaries and Exclusives.

I know, but from the looks of it, there's more actual terrain other than just grass. A lot, actually (mountains, snow mountains, some desert, and white will have a city landscape as well, just not a metropolis iirc)

 

[Pyritie]

I know, but from the looks of it, there's more actual terrain other than just grass. A lot, actually (mountains, snow mountains, some desert, and white will have a city landscape as well, just not a metropolis iirc)

Sinnoh had a lot of those things too :\

 

[dead-man-walking]

Guys:

http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/New_Black_and_White_info_revealed

Team Plasma has a ridiculous costume, but at least those are more awesome than TR's bland black garbs and Galactic's laughable outfit.

 

[Pyritie]

team rocket had the most believable one at least >__>

 

[En_Fuego]

Sinnoh had a lot of those things too :\

Sinnoh was horrible though. It had 2 unique zones: the 8th gym city (can't believe I don't remember the name) and the snowy city/route/mountain.

 

[Pyritie]

Did I post this here yet?

 

[N1ck0]

WHAT IS UP WITH THE EVIL GANG!!!!!

Definately trying Nuzlocke technique, looks cool
can't wait for B/W - do you think it might be a 3DS only game? (the 3DS is omming out close to B/W)

NONE SHALL DEFY LORD WHISCASH!!!!!

 

[Pyritie]

No it's definitely DS

 

[En_Fuego]

WHAT IS UP WITH THE EVIL GANG!!!!!

Definately trying Nuzlocke technique, looks cool
can't wait for B/W - do you think it might be a 3DS only game? (the 3DS is omming out close to B/W)

NONE SHALL DEFY LORD WHISCASH!!!!!

No, otherwise they wouldn't create DS compatibility like they have.

 

[Vosty]

Pokemon on the 3ds would be the shit. Hopefully they would improve attack animations even more.

 

[N1ck0]

hey peoples, wat to write some fail techniques? (something nobody in his right mind would do in PKMN) e.g. shedinja used substitute

 

[dead-man-walking]

Compo team consisting of six 'Karps.

 

[N1ck0]

Compo team consisting of six 'Karps.

...and they win every match

 

[Pyritie]

Say hello to gen 5's electric rodent: (electric/flying)

also two more:

(grass/normal)

(rock)

 

[D a w n]

that shellos bambi is sooo creative......

 

[Pyritie]

it changes with the seasons too

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

So seasons are going to be in the game?

 

[supertoinkz]

Seasons? I'm so gonna buy this game.

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Hehe damn - waiting a few hours to find a certain species was pain enough already sometimes

 

[Pyritie]

Yeah, there were seasons in that 6 minute or whatever trailer video if you looked carefully. It showed a summer route transforming into an autumn one

 

[N1ck0]

woah, seasons? its becoming more like animal crossing, isn't it? lol

can't wait. i'd love to find ice-types in the starting town

 

[Pyritie]

well it'll be coming out in sprint next year, so you'd have to wait a while if you wanted to see the winter one D:

 

[N1ck0]

its called a time change?

anyways, yay! i'll get it for my Birthday!

 

[En_Fuego]

I imagine it's based off of the DS's clock so you can change the season at your will.

 

[N1ck0]

thats what i said!

 

[Pyritie]

august corocoro finally up: http://pokebeach.com/2010/08/clear-scans-of-august-corocoro-leaking


tl;dr version:

* While the Sturdy ability originally negated one-hit knockout moves (like Fissure, Guillotine, Horn Drill, and Sheer Cold), it now prevents ANY move from knocking out the Pokemon in one hit (similar to the Focus Sash item).
* TMs will no longer expire after one use - you can use them as many times as you want, like HMs!
* Rotation Battle - Another three-on-three battle mode. You can only choose one of your Pokemon out of the three out to attack each turn. You have to predict which Pokemon your opponent will use and what attack they’ll use for the greatest success. This type of three-on-three battle is in addition to the regular three-on-three battle mode and the one revealed last month where you can constantly rotate the position of your Pokemon.
* Miracle Shooter - Allows you to use items in wireless battles; you collect points each turn and can use them for the chance to use items. You can choose whether to use Miracle Shooter or not.
* A Vaporeon you meet in the Dream World has Hydration as its ability, meaning Pokemon can now have non-standard abilities! The other Eeveelutions you can obtain in the Dream World will also have different abilities than usual.
* CoroCoro states that many Pokemon you meet in dreams will have different abilities than usual.
* There are no Berries in the Isshu region. They only appear in the Dream World.

 

[Vosty]

Non-expiring TM's!
That's the most ultimate shit I have ever heard. Now I don't have to be paranoid about giving and deleting them.

 

[Dragonite The 1337]

Same here, but what about a Dream World?