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"Man, reseting for a Modest/Timid Xurkitree takes too long, maybe I should try with the second so I don't have to constantly see the pokedex registration screen"
*finds Timid Xurkitree on first try*
Well that was quick
I then went for Celesteela and got two Brave ones smh

Buzzwole (Adamant/Jolly) & Xurkitree (2 Modest) were the hardest to get good natures for myself. I got lucky with Kartana (4 Jollys).

If it makes things easier, use a Repel to guarantee that you only run into the beast you're looking for rather than "insert random wild Pokemon."

 

[Aurane]

Yeah Salazzle is this weird thing where its typing and abilities scream "toxic wall" but then you see her stats and she's like lol jk im a set up sweeper.

Yeah. I still whole heartedly believe that Salazzle was suppose to get Merciless and Toxapex was suppose to get Corrosion but someone at the Ability department lol'd and swapped them and was like, "dis gon b goooood"

 

[WeirdChillFever]

Yeah. I still whole heartedly believe that Salazzle was suppose to get Merciless and Toxapex was suppose to get Corrosion but someone at the Ability department lol'd and swapped them and was like, "dis gon b goooood"

I don't think I'd want to face Corrosion Toxapex but Merciless should've been Salazzle's ability, yes.

EDIT: I also want to slap the dude that went:
Person A: "Mmmm what HA should we give Toxapex?"
Person B: "I know! Let's give it something fair and an incentive to play more agressive"
Person A: "lol no lets give it regen for kicks and giggles"
Person B: "genius"

EDITEDIT:
Also wanna hug the hero that secretly gave Araquanid the water power boost part of his ability without his boss noticing it.

 

[Aurane]

"Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the most ****ed of them all?"

Staraptor@Flynium-Z
Ability: Intimidate (Until Reckless is legal again)
EVs: 252 Att, 252 Spe, 4 Def
Jolly Nature
Brave Bird/Mirror Move/Close Combat/Double Edge

I'm have a great time with this setup. Not a whole lot of people see it coming. Basically, Z-MM is effectively Swords Dance and allow Staraptor to sweep teams with ease. You could opt for the FlyNuke and trash whatever decided to try and wall you.

Its pretty nuts. I'm loving it.

 

[redfeatherraven]

Red's team was a pushover for me though.

Scuse me home skillet whatchu tryin to say.

 

[WeirdChillFever]

"Mirror mirror on the wall, who's the most ****ed of them all?"

Staraptor@Flynium-Z
Ability: Intimidate (Until Reckless is legal again)
EVs: 252 Att, 252 Spe, 4 Def
Jolly Nature
Brave Bird/Mirror Move/Close Combat/Double Edge

I'm have a great time with this setup. Not a whole lot of people see it coming. Basically, Z-MM is effectively Swords Dance and allow Staraptor to sweep teams with ease. You could opt for the FlyNuke and trash whatever decided to try and wall you.

Its pretty nuts. I'm loving it.

Mirror mirror on the wall, Z-Tailwind Honchkrow with Super Luck and Night Slash wants to talk....

 

[powerprotoman]

so having given it some thought and looking at all the angles
i have determined how many characters i think will be added
to smash on the switch.

8... as a max at any rate with 3 being a minimum, now then
the reason i think that 8 is a maximum is because with the
current CSS taking into account over scan there is room for
8 more characters with out the CSS radically changing.

now of course the reason i made 3 my minimum is because
the bottom 3 rows only need 1 character a piece to make the
CSS have a nice and full Square shape with every unlockable
character on screen (yes that includes the mii fighters).

so who do i think will get in? well Ice climbers and Inklings
are the obvious first 2 characters with wolf being a safe third.
honestly i could see them bringing back Squirtle & Ivysaur as
they had unique playstyles & have the benefit of having their
brawl data intact.

Which leaves me at 3 spots left that im unsure of i mean
he could go the route of bringing back every smash veteran
thus having a definitive end to his work, Or he could only
Bring back snake and give Namco, & Square a 2nd character.

its just too up in the air for me to call it definitively i will
however in a spoiler list the top non veteran characters
id like to see as this post have gotten a bit
long in the tooth so to speak.

Spoiler: the characters i would like see

First party
Bandana Dee, K. Rool, Sylux, Elma, Dixie kong
Fiora, Isaac, Ray 01, Wonder Red, Decidueye
Incineroar, Impa

Third party
Lloyd Irving, Laura croft, Heihachi, Chrono, Crash
Rayman, Simon Belmont, Ryu Hyabusa, Spyro,
Kasumi(DoA), Bomberman, Jade(BG&E)

 

[Burruni]

I found some adorable UB art.

Spoiler

Sauce: https://twitter.com/9999Gpera

I NEVER THOUGHT THOSE WERE ITS EYES.
THIS IS THE SECOND TIME I CAN'T SEE A POKEMON THE SAME WAY AGAIN.

Edit: for those curious on the first

I thought Litwick's yellow eye was an open mouth, it had hair covering its eyes (akin to Ralt's helmet hair) and that its mouth was one of four arms, given I knew it evolves into a Chandelier.

 

[Aurane]

Mirror mirror on the wall, Z-Tailwind Honchkrow with Super Luck and Night Slash wants to talk....

Super Luck and Z-Tailwind guarantees critical hits, so there is no reason to run Night Slash. Use Sucker Punch instead. With Brave Bird and, in the future, Superpower.

 

[Coricus]

so having given it some thought and looking at all the angles
i have determined how many characters i think will be added
to smash on the switch.

8... as a max at any rate with 3 being a minimum, now then
the reason i think that 8 is a maximum is because with the
current CSS taking into account over scan there is room for
8 more characters with out the CSS radically changing.

now of course the reason i made 3 my minimum is because
the bottom 3 rows only need 1 character a piece to make the
CSS have a nice and full Square shape with every unlockable
character on screen (yes that includes the mii fighters).

so who do i think will get in? well Ice climbers and Inklings
are the obvious first 2 characters with wolf being a safe third.
honestly i could see them bringing back Squirtle & Ivysaur as
they had unique playstyles & have the benefit of having their
brawl data intact.

Which leaves me at 3 spots left that im unsure of i mean
he could go the route of bringing back every smash veteran
thus having a definitive end to his work, Or he could only
Bring back snake and give Namco, & Square a 2nd character.

its just too up in the air for me to call it definitively i will
however in a spoiler list the top non veteran characters
id like to see as this post have gotten a bit
long in the tooth so to speak.

Spoiler: the characters i would like see

First party
Bandana Dee, K. Rool, Sylux, Elma, Dixie kong
Fiora, Isaac, Ray 01, Wonder Red, Decidueye
Incineroar, Impa

Third party
Lloyd Irving, Laura croft, Heihachi, Chrono, Crash
Rayman, Simon Belmont, Ryu Hyabusa, Spyro,
Kasumi(DoA), Bomberman, Jade(BG&E)

'Scuse me someone else doin' the CSS math and I didn't notice it the first time??

Granted considering the leaks they could just do two characters and a DLC square but uh

Here I actually noticed it so hard I made a mockup a while back.

Spoiler: large image

I might actually swap Wolf and Ice Climber's positions of likelihood just because 8 Player Smash had to alter models just to work on Wii U and the Switch doesn't guarantee enough of a boost to handle 16 models running around with full AI at once, although if they removed 8 Player Smash or the Switch did jump power sufficiently then it's not an issue.

Wolf is from a series they're more reluctant to support after a big failure, but he also doesn't have anything technically in the way of him being added. . .and someone at the Nintendo store in NYC cried in public when Wolf didn't win the Ballot, so if any of the employees passed that along to their superiors it might contribute.

At the end of the day, I think the Ballot's going to have some level of impact on the character selection. If there's only two characters, it could just be someone like Wolf and then it's called a day depending on how people voted. If there's a larger selection, I see the roster being a bit more. . . unpredictable.

 

[praline]

I've been looking at pokemon fusions recently, they're a fun concept I welcome with open arms.

They can blend pretty well together and make something that seems pretty natural and cool.

Spoiler

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Or some even oddly blend well, but are, well... Pretty odd.

Spoiler

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Just lean towards the top pic if you do it(besides Kyurem-B/W) gamefreak.


Has he rejected the ways of the puffs?

I don't get it.

 

[Aurane]

You know, despite the setbacks, Salazzle is still a really cool Pokémon. I would still use it for Toxic punishments. Its Shiny variant is gorgeous too. Wouldn't mind hatching eggs for a Timid shiny female Salandit.

Of course my luck withstanding it'll be perfect IV shiny MALE. Guaranteed.

 

[praline]

Man Dead Rising 4 looks so much better than the first 3 games.

 

[Chrono.]

Niiiice, Namco are collaborating with NJPW so King got a costume based on current champion Kazuchika Okada.

 

[praline]

I've begun the UB hunt.

 

[Yellowlord]

Well everyone; I'm back from vacation now!

 

[Chrono.]

Final Fantasy XV has taught me that Square doesn't know what an open world is.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I dont think there is anything wrong with male Salandit tbh

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Just like there is nothing wrong with male combees

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Just like there is nothing wrong with male combees

and also male primarinas

 

[Chrono.]

I dont think there is anything wrong with male Salandit tbh

They can't evolve = automatically useless.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

They can't evolve = automatically useless.

Not really

There is this thing called Tinder loving care

I give all my pokemin some TLC and they become beast. Infact, the male salandit I had was a good fighter. I loved that little guy

You may think its usless, but who knows, It could be the best pokemon on your team if you give it a chance

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I wish you could grind pokemon into candy in this game

All the male salandits would be grinded into candy and fed to the females

 

[Chrono.]

Not really

There is this thing called Tinder loving care

I give all my pokemin some TLC and they become beast. Infact, the male salandit I had was a good fighter. I loved that little guy

You may think its usless, but who knows, It could be the best pokemon on your team if you give it a chance

Fine.

They can't evolve = automatically inferior to Salazzle

I wish you could grind pokemon into candy in this game

All the male salandits would be grinded into candy and fed to the females

What the ****.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Fine.

They can't evolve = automatically inferior to Salazzle

What the ****.

It's a pokemon Go reference

 

[Deleted member]

I wish you could grind pokemon into candy in this game

All the male salandits would be grinded into candy and fed to the females

I would love to make candy out of a Blastoise.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I wish you could grind pokemon into candy in this game

All the male salandits would be grinded into candy and fed to the females

Just give all the males to me, Id treat them good lol

 

[Wario Bros.]

Reminds me of a Pokémon clone I've played (Crystal Monsters for DSiWare) that has an item that can instantly change the gender of the selected monster.

Doubt Game Freak will ever include such thing in Pokémon though.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

In IRL, the surrounding temperature can determine what gender a baby reptile is while it's developing in the egg

I wonder if pokemon would consider a system where you can warm or cool and egg to determine what gender it'll turn into

 

[Chrono.]

It's a pokemon Go reference

LOL I actually forgot about that.

My bad.

 

[Kirby Dragons]

I tried out Almost Any Ability. I built two teams, but only the first one was actually good.

I gave Volt Absorb to Drifblim for four immunities, but it didn't really do anything. I'm going to switch it with the other team's No Guard Genesect with Zap Cannon and Blizzard.

 

[WeirdChillFever]

I tried out Almost Any Ability. I built two teams, but only the first one was actually good.

I gave Volt Absorb to Drifblim for four immunities, but it didn't really do anything. I'm going to switch it with the other team's No Guard Genesect with Zap Cannon and Blizzard.

Welcome to my favorite metagame!
Prepare for Innards Out Chanseys

 

[Deleted member]

I don't get it.

And here I thought it wasn't subtle.

I say that because "Sonny" is the name of the mascot of Coco puffs.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

In IRL, the surrounding temperature can determine what gender a baby reptile is while it's developing in the egg

I wonder if pokemon would consider a system where you can warm or cool and egg to determine what gender it'll turn into

now that would be intresting

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Uuuuuurgh, overslept and was an hour late for work

*shrugs*

Then you have the shiny monstrosity that goes by the name of Guzzlord. Ol' Guzz was already pretty ugly......making him shiny didn't help.

The glutton needs to be on a diet anyways.

TO HIM IT'S EITHER RUIN HIS BODY OR INFLICT SERIOUS INJURIES YOU BULLY

 

[Coricus]

*has Splatoon on*

"Alright, I'm bored, let's draw an Inkling in a Santa hat. While I'm at it, I did post something to Miiverse a few days ago, so I guess I can see if that got any-"

Four Yeahs on the thing I just posted. Instantly.

I mean granted it came out a lot higher quality than the stuff I draw usually does, but GEE that was quick. Just some stock standard Merry Squidmas and *BOOP*

. . .

*checks Miiverse*

Then again, compared to the competition. . .

 

[WeirdChillFever]

*has Splatoon on*

"Alright, I'm bored, let's draw an Inkling in a Santa hat. While I'm at it, I did post something to Miiverse a few days ago, so I guess I can see if that got any-"

Four Yeahs on the thing I just posted. Instantly.

I mean granted it came out a lot higher quality than the stuff I draw usually does, but GEE that was quick. Just some stock standard Merry Squidmas and *BOOP*

. . .

*checks Miiverse*

Then again, compared to the competition. . .

You should've done Splatfest drawings.
I drew a shoddily drawn penguin on purpose but the team spirit was so pumping for some folks I got ten plus yeahs

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I can't believe I never thought of that, lol

Hacked Sturdy Shedinja

 

[Coricus]

*looks at my Inkopolis Plaza again*

Waiiiiiit a second, it's Squidmas not Splatmas you heathens.

Why? Oh I'll tell you why.

1. Squidmas rhymes better with Christmas than Splatmas.

2. Squidmas is what the wiki says the localization used when supplying the holiday (No such holiday is given in the Japanese version, but seeing as that's because no counterpart holidays at all were clarified there and Christmas is basically Valentine's Day in Japan, level of importance included, and thus wouldn't get as much attention there, I figure it's worth rolling with until further notice).

3. As much as the culture revolves around splatting, I'd imagine it wouldn't be very desirable for gift giving and instead the Inkling's species-wide ego would take over. There's slightly more things that revolve around squid shapes than splats when you look around, even if they often go tentacle-in-tentacle.

This has been yet another Pointless Coricus Rant.

 

[Aurane]

I wish you could grind pokemon into candy in this game

All the male salandits would be grinded into candy and fed to the females

I want a system like that too actually. Finally, I can take all those useless hatchlings and sacrifice them in favor of the chosen one.

But how could we implement that in Pokémon without it being literal sacrifice? I mean I could brainstorm some ideas but in the end, they're pretty questionable.

Like for instance, maybe there is a "Releasing Service" instead of the regular release system that, when you release a Pokémon, you get a Poké Candy used for making a Pokémon of its own kind stronger, such as leveling, etc..