Pokémon Thread XXX: Hot Skitty on Wailord Action!

[Lord Raziere]

I'm just checking, but we all remember the crypto-fascists that used slave labor to build a giant castle used a weapon of mass destruction on a city center, right?

.....I think your talking about BW2 team plasma? also momentary crises where things look bad but no one is really harmed and the villain is foiled in a short amount of time isn't that dark. but then again I think you might be talking BW2, and I only placed BW. I skipped those because I thought they'd just be a copy-paste of BW.

The Plasma Frigate isn't dark, its just a zany nonsensical supervillain plan. no matter how much you insist that it never gets resolved, if probably would be easily reversed if it was ever revisited. its pokemon, I highly doubt the darkness of it, even if its not reversed, that just means it gets done offscreen. especially if its not dwelled on.

[Emmerlaus]

If you want to go dark in Pokémon, just look at some of the Pokédex entries lol

[MCerberus]

.....I think your talking about BW2 team plasma? also momentary crises where things look bad but no one is really harmed and the villain is foiled in a short amount of time isn't that dark. but then again I think you might be talking BW2, and I only placed BW. I skipped those because I thought they'd just be a copy-paste of BW.

The Plasma Frigate isn't dark, its just a zany nonsensical supervillain plan. no matter how much you insist that it never gets resolved, if probably would be easily reversed if it was ever revisited. its pokemon, I highly doubt the darkness of it, even if its not reversed, that just means it gets done offscreen. especially if its not dwelled on.

Even if you pull a "everyone thawed out and was fine" the castle is actually something pretty messed up. These were the released partner pokemon of people who believed N and they were explicit about working them to death.

But you are right in that most of the stuff is letting your imagination run with the concepts. The Crown Tundra seems to be some kind of vault where something or someone is keeping the apocalypse, for example. The musketeers... are not friendly, and just what does it entail being the avatar of life or death when we knew one if not both have been used as a doomsday device.

[Lord Raziere]

If you want to go dark in Pokémon, just look at some of the Pokédex entries lol

do you say the same for bad campfire stories and Halloween tales? because that is all they amount to. as a spooky as holding up a white sheet with two holes in it and going "OoOoOoOooOoOOoOoOoOoOoOoOoo...."

they're nothing but the pokemon versions of collections of old folk tales to scare children so they behave. pokemonverse scientists would collect old myths as well, and they clearly aren't true given how they live in peace with pokemon.

[Rater202]

Gotta say though, I do love me those "IIf Pokedex Entries were literal" vids from Dorkly.

Making jokes about how dark or messed up some of those things are is one thing, but I'm particularly amused by episode 29

[Lord Raziere]

see, things like this is why I headcanon that normal animals still exist and somehow are eaten by both humans and pokemon, or else you get a world like that, which doesn't make sense with how pokemon is supposed to work.

Edit: though you might want to check out "Pokemon battle royale" videos by Lockstin and the something about guy. they basically take the literal-ness of the entires then put into pokemon fighting each other until one is left, they're pretty good.

[Rater202]

see, things like this is why I headcanon that normal animals still exist and somehow are eaten by both humans and pokemon, or else you get a world like that, which doesn't make sense with how pokemon is supposed to work.

There's a reason why I posted in the headcanon thread about synthetic meat and vegan alternatives becoming increasingly popular in the Pokemon world with each passing year"

Becuase normal animals are only ever referenced in the anime, and even then only briefly, and the games explicitly state that pokemon are eaten a couple of times.

Probably something else that PoBORI Inc is working on. "Cruelty-Free Cultured Slowpoke Tails" and mass-produced berry-based protein bars are probably available in every Pokemart.

Even if we just handwave away the food issue of o u can cheaply mass produce food in a sustainable manner in a way that doesn't unduly hurt anything that's basically a license to print money indefintly.

[MCerberus]

do you say the same for bad campfire stories and Halloween tales? because that is all they amount to. as a spooky as holding up a white sheet with two holes in it and going "OoOoOoOooOoOOoOoOoOoOoOoOoo...."

they're nothing but the pokemon versions of collections of old folk tales to scare children so they behave. pokemonverse scientists would collect old myths as well, and they clearly aren't true given how they live in peace with pokemon.

I like the idea that the pokedex just spits out random pieces of trivia and folklore to reward the kids collecting data while performing complex genetic mapping or some other sci-fi purpose.

[Bartmanhomer]

I wonder how good Meltan and Melmetal are in competitive play? I know that Melmetal is stronger than Meltan because Melmetal stats are very good. By judging the stats it definitely overused or maybe uber tier.

[Techwarrior]

Heya. I was wondering how interested the community here is in discussion of nuzlockes of older gen games? I'm specifically doing Emerald right now but am working my way through the series to refamiliarize myself with the franchise.

[Bartmanhomer]

I really can't wait for Generation 9 next year.

[Rising Phoenix]

I got pokemon shield on a whim a few days ago...I was not expecting to find the game very enjoyable...

Anyway I am working on my Galarian Dex. I am at 371 mons... Would anyone be willing to help me complete it? Don't have much to offer in return but happy to try fulfill any basic requests (I haven't started any breeding projects).

Cheers

RP.

[Lvl 2 Expert]

Heya. I was wondering how interested the community here is in discussion of nuzlockes of older gen games? I'm specifically doing Emerald right now but am working my way through the series to refamiliarize myself with the franchise.

Yeah, sure. Go for it. What were you going to post? Just some notes and remarks on stuff you notice while playing?

[Rater202]

I'm not the only one who keeps forgetting that Tangela exists, am I?

Unrelated: Since Rotom was introduced in Diamond and Pearl I kind of hope that the remakes of those introduce more Rotom formed.

I have the mental image of a jackhammer that becomes Ground Type that won't leave me alone.

[Rising Phoenix]

Managed to nab a shiny HA clefairy today...Unfortunately I missed on a pansimian and a gothitelle...both of which I need for the dex... Only 21 to go to 400...

[LibraryOgre]

We're all agreed that people who put dross down in a Gym are the absolute worst, right? A 23 Poochyena, your Blueness? Why are you GIVING this gym to Red or Yellow?

[MCerberus]

We're all agreed that people who put dross down in a Gym are the absolute worst, right? A 23 Poochyena, your Blueness? Why are you GIVING this gym to Red or Yellow?

That's why you have physical security at any and all gym locations *reveals team Mystic Evolve or Die tat*

[Kareeah_Indaga]

We're all agreed that people who put dross down in a Gym are the absolute worst, right? A 23 Poochyena, your Blueness? Why are you GIVING this gym to Red or Yellow?

I went for a walk today and ran into some of these in the Gyms I cleared out. The thing with the lower-level Pokémon is that you still have to battle them three times to boot them out at full HP. And the lower-level a Pokémon is the slower they lose health so they can still be at or near full HP a day later, in contrast to the 3000+ CP behemoth next to it. I spend more time transitioning between Pokémon then I do actually fighting them.

[RayGallade]

I decided to introduce my three-year-old to Pokémon Sword since she loves helping to play Pokémon Go with my parents whenever she visits them.

I'm letting her play as I read all the text to her. She sometimes gets too excited with the text for me to read it all, but so far she and I are having a blast.

Spoiler: Summary of the first 90 minutes

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She chose Sobble as her starter and named it Mommy. She knew my wife had wanted it as her starter.
She is very concerned for Grookey since she hasn't seen it since picking out her starter.
She loves Wooloo and wants to say hi to every one that she sees. She was somewhat upset she couldn't go say hi to the ones in the background.
Apparently Rookidee, Blipbug, and Grubbin are too scary to catch or fight since she runs away from each one.
As soon as she saw Yamper, she told me she loved it and wanted one.
Current party:
Mommy the Sobble
6666666iiioo the Caterpie
xxxxxxxxxxxx the Wooloo.

[Emmerlaus]

I decided to introduce my three-year-old to Pokémon Sword since she loves helping to play Pokémon Go with my parents whenever she visits them.

I'm letting her play as I read all the text to her. She sometimes gets too excited with the text for me to read it all, but so far she and I are having a blast.

Spoiler: Summary of the first 90 minutes

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She chose Sobble as her starter and named it Mommy. She knew my wife had wanted it as her starter.
She is very concerned for Grookey since she hasn't seen it since picking out her starter.
She loves Wooloo and wants to say hi to every one that she sees. She was somewhat upset she couldn't go say hi to the ones in the background.
Apparently Rookidee, Blipbug, and Grubbin are too scary to catch or fight since she runs away from each one.
As soon as she saw Yamper, she told me she loved it and wanted one.
Current party:
Mommy the Sobble
6666666iiioo the Caterpie
xxxxxxxxxxxx the Wooloo.

That is adorable! Can't wait to hear more about her adventures lol

[Kareeah_Indaga]

That is adorable! Can't wait to hear more about her adventures lol

+1 this!

[Bartmanhomer]

I decided to introduce my three-year-old to Pokémon Sword since she loves helping to play Pokémon Go with my parents whenever she visits them.

I'm letting her play as I read all the text to her. She sometimes gets too excited with the text for me to read it all, but so far she and I are having a blast.

Spoiler: Summary of the first 90 minutes

Show

She chose Sobble as her starter and named it Mommy. She knew my wife had wanted it as her starter.
She is very concerned for Grookey since she hasn't seen it since picking out her starter.
She loves Wooloo and wants to say hi to every one that she sees. She was somewhat upset she couldn't go say hi to the ones in the background.
Apparently Rookidee, Blipbug, and Grubbin are too scary to catch or fight since she runs away from each one.
As soon as she saw Yamper, she told me she loved it and wanted one.
Current party:
Mommy the Sobble
6666666iiioo the Caterpie
xxxxxxxxxxxx the Wooloo.

Awww. That's cute.

[MCerberus]

Scary bugs and birds? Wooloo will stop them

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[Bartmanhomer]

I just discovered a long time ago that Mr. Mine got two genders (a male and a female Mr. Mime) I find it very interested because I always thought that Mr. Mime was only a male Pokemon since it has the name Mr. Which I assume was a male Pokemon.

[GearsX]

If anyone is interested in a free to play pokemon rpg on either pc or android check out Pokemon Revolution Online, its pretty great.

[RayGallade]

Ready for another tale of a toddler's journey through Galar?

Spoiler: I think we are at 4 hours? Nope, 6:46 apparently

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Since my first update, we have made it past Wedgehurst. She spent about a half-hour running back to Route 1 and Postwick to see more Wooloo and say bye to her Mum.
The following Pokémon were all caught: Yamper, Yamper, Chewtle, Wooloo (2). All except one Yamper have been named xxxxxxxxxxxx.
Whenever she battles another trainer, she gets worried after beating their Pokémon. The highlight quote for this is "Lauren's sad when I take her Pokémon away."
Discovering the small ledges was a great treat. "I jumped? Whee! That's fun!"
We then take a gap between me playing with her and my wife being the reader. Unfortunately, I don't have many notes here, nor have played it myself yet to know exactly what I missed. All I know is she ended up in Motostoke, she managed to beat a level 26 Onix with Mommy the Sobble while the whole party was levels 9-11, and was swept by a wild level 16 Roselia.
The Wild Area is a hoot to her. She has caught all sorts of Pokémon, mostly naming them xxxxxxxxxxxx, though there is a Goldeen named " úúúúúúúú" in there.
We've since managed to get back to Motostoke and advanced the story. She thinks Team Yell is scary, but doesn't want them to be sad when she beats their Pokémon. We are back to running around the Wild Area where she has discovered Pokémon Camp. I suspect there will be hours of fun throwing the ball for her Pokémon, talking to them over and over and over and over again, and whistling for them.

Current Party:
Sobble "Mommy", level 15
Butterfree, "6666iiiiiioooo", level 11
Tympole, "xxxxxxxxxxxx", level 14 {Holding a potion, fainted}
Wooloo, "xxxxxxxxxxxx", level 11 {Holding a potion, fainted}
Yamper, level 12
Goldeen, " úúúúúúúú", level 12.

Hope you all enjoy these updates. I tend to write them down as I see something happen, so they may come off as a stream of consciousness.

[Emmerlaus]

Ready for another tale of a toddler's journey through Galar?

Hope you all enjoy these updates. I tend to write them down as I see something happen, so they may come off as a stream of consciousness.

Thank you for the update!

[Kareeah_Indaga]

Discovering the small ledges was a great treat. "I jumped? Whee! That's fun!"

*loud squeeing* So adorable! Glad to hear your little one is having fun!

[MCerberus]

You daughter may actually be a pokemon protagonist.

[LibraryOgre]

yes!


three nice curveball throws in a row! Suck it, buizel!