Social Swamp's Social Thread 3 - And now, the end is near, and so I face the final curtain...

[Deleted member]

Also i want to mention that i really would like to see Mega Zoroark dammit.

 

[Cutie Gwen]

Lilligant.
Galvantula.
Hydreigon.
Meinshao.
Bisharp.
Just some examples...

Which is why it took us 2 sets of megas for a Gen V one. And they used ****ing Audino out of all things. Until Gen V gets good megas, as Mega Audino is ****ing useless, I've lost hope

 

[Coricus]

And now I'm just picturing everyone in Smash taking a vacation.

*cue walking in with her Italian buddy Enzo, the latter nearly buried under a mountain of souvenirs*

: I'm sure glad you don't make me carry that many bags, Lady Palutena!
: Of course, Pit! After all, if you carried too many bags at once, you'd probably drop something. Now why don't you go take these two over to our hotel room so they don't end up getting damaged?

 

[Burruni]

Which is why it took us 2 sets of megas for a Gen V one. And they used ****ing Audino out of all things. Until Gen V gets good megas, as Mega Audino is ****ing useless, I've lost hope

I get what you mean.
Originally I thought you meant it like
"Gen 5 has nothing good to Mega."
And I was about to get upset.
Honestly..
Outside of starters..
I think Chanderlure's gonna get one.
Because of Pokken spiking popularity.

 

[Z25]

Why? It's a damn good wall that can't be hit by status moves, that ****'s crazy good

Don't know, maybe fairies made people not want to use it?

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

So, to the people who are planning to get their hands on a Pokémon Gen 1 game, which version are you gonna choose?

Personally, im going with Yellow

Yellow is best. All starters plus pikachu, who is kinda rare

 

[Ivander]

Someone told me that Galeforce is gone in Fates...

That sucks ***...

It's not gone. The Dark Falcon is still in with Galeforce, but you can only get it when you have all 3 paths. At the same time, you can't be paired up(Attack or Guard Stance) with a character to activate Galeforce.

 

[A Distant Demon]

Is there a reason why "we love smash" is still open, let alone stickied?

Submissions closed a while ago and the post was already made

 

[Aetheri]

I was thinking of the possibility of the region having a Hawaiian influence...It actually seems pretty cool...various islands and lots of water is definitely a step away from the norm...

But the Hawaiin influence has me thinking....
I guess we're getting our Dolphins afterall!!!
Sea snakes/kraits and perhaps non fossil sea turtles are a possibility also...maybe Iguana pokemon as well...

Perhaps one legendary we'll see will be a Tiki Sun God of some kind...which actually could fit well for a potential Fire/Grass type!! Could be a possible box-art legendary!

Also it would be pretty neat to have a fighting type pokemon based on the Lua, Maori, and Samoan warriors that are found throughout the Pacific...It's basic sprite animation could be something similar to the Haka War Dance, which would be somewhat entertaining to look at actually XD...Intimidate as an ability is a must, Probably Moxie for it's Hidden ability as well...

 

[Ivander]

I saw an interesting idea,

What if all pokemon that evolve through sun stones got megas exclusive to sun

while

All that evolve through moon stone, get megas exclusive to moon.

Spoiler: Moon Stone

-Nidoqueen
-Nidoking
-Clafable
-Wigglytuff
-Delcatty
-Musharna

I see Moon would be a big one for some people, simply for Mega Nidos.

Spoiler: Sun Stone

-Bellossom
-Sunflora
-Whimsicott
-Lilligant
-Heliolisk

I'd buy Sun just for Mega Heliolisk. Heliolisk was awesome.
And just to be nice, I'll add Shiny Stones for Sun and Dusk Stones for Moon.

Spoiler: Shiny Stone

-Togekiss
-Rosarade
-Cinccino
-Florges

Spoiler: Dusk Stone

-Honchkrow
-Mismagius
-Chandelure
-Aegislash

Actually, I shouldn't have. If there were Megas for Moon and Dusk Stone evolutions for Pokemon Moon, I'd wager people would get Moon more than Sun.

 

[Retroend]

the pokemon direct.... so many feels.... i miss my childhood. :'(

 

[Burruni]

Man...
I just realized...
I have to replay X or Y now.

To explain....
I got into the series because of my dad. I basically second-hand lived through Gens 1 and 2 off of his saves.
Ruby and Sapphire were the last real games that he touched.
So then, we come to the Gen 1 remakes. He let me choose one to play for myself on the SP and one he'd do on the regular.
I went with Fire Red.
That was the first real game I played on my own for the series.
With it, my two big Pokemon for like personal ties were my Blastoise Shellshock and Raichie... species should be obvious.
Timeskip to Diamond, I basically ported every Pokemon I owned up. Among this, Raichie had a semi-literal trophy wife (from the trophy garden haha puns) which gave me Pichuri, knowing Volt Tackle and I traded it into Platinum as a Lv1 Pichu with plans to eventually level up to be a post-game trained mon that never came to be.
And.. ultimately, I lost my copy of Diamond. With it, every trace of my efforts from Fire Red. Over 150 hours between two games utterly lost. But with one trace: Pichuri.
And this started a tradition.
Pichuri was part of my Heart Gold team, conquering Johto and her father's homeland of Kanto.
Her son, Pikaby, was part of my Black 2 team and conquered Unova.
His future "wife," being Chusplay, the contest Pikachu from my Omega Red team.
And I planned for their child to be one of my big members in my eventual Pokemon Z team.
This family is eventually going to take down every region, in honor of that first team.

 

[Captain Shwampy]

https://twitter.com/kymg/status/703421472249778176

Fire Emblem artist drew Red

 

[Deleted member]

I have to make an embarassing cofession here.

I held back on purchasing Pokémon X because i thought they were actually making Z sometime later. I regret making that coice now.

 

[Chandeelure]

Why are some people saying Nintendo/GameFreak wants to make the Pokemon games simpler?
I don't think they said that in the Direct.

Some people are speculating about that, even saying that it maybe means that they are getting rid of the IVs in Sun/Moon.
Maybe thanks to the Gen 1 Pokemon from RBY being in Pokemon Sun/Moon?

No IVs would be so cool, I would be able to play Pokemon again.
Like seriously, who has time for that?

 

[Captain Shwampy]

Getting ivs and evs is so easy in X and Y, I have managed to train every pokemon I have ever wanted perfectly to the point where I got bored of Pokemon because there was nothing else to train

 

[Chandeelure]

Is that true?
The last game I played was Black 2/White 2.
And after that, just Showdown.

Well, I still hope it's true.
IVs are just a waste of time for me.

 

[Burruni]

Is that true?
The last game I played was Black 2/White 2.
After that, just Showdown.

IV breeding is a BIT of an issue. Easier managed due to items really allowing you to "lock" certain IVs in.
But EVs are pathetically easy to get in Gen 6 because the friggin super training app thing for the bottom screen feeds you more of them than you could ever need. Use a high EV pokemon to do one of the late trials and get a Large bag of a stat you need. Use those a few times to get ~50 basis for the pokemon and then you do the rest with the actual pokemon in the "shooting gallery"

 

[Chandeelure]

Yeah, EVs and Natures are actually fun.
IVs are the problem for me.

I also hope the games are not easy, one of the solutions to make it harder would be just removing the thing that says "The trainer will send this Pokemon, do you want to switch?".
Like why does this exist? You can read the mind of the other trainer or what? It ruins everything IMO.
The main game battles need to be just like the online ones.

 

[PushDustIn]

I think raising Pokemon was made too easy the last game. Mostly my fault for using the Experience Share item, I don't think I'll be using it again (if it still exists). It made Y go by tell fast for me. Nice option for those who want it though.

 

[Aetheri]

Yeah, EVs and Natures are actually fun.
IVs are the problem for me.

I also hope the games are not easy, one of the solutions to make it harder would be just removing the thing that says "The trainer will send this Pokemon, do you want to switch?".
Like why does this exist? You can read the mind of the other trainer or what? It ruins everything IMO.
The main game battles need to be just like the online ones.

You could already select that in the options in pretty much all of the games...Battle Style [Shift] [Set]...

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Does anyone know of the new 3ds pokemon edition is in store pick up early, or is it already sold out of gamestop?

 

[Soul.]

IVs would be more tolerable if breeding for Hidden Power/Trick Room wasn't so frustrating. I really hope they make that part easier.

I feel like having the option to skip the Legendary Pokémon cutscenes would be beneficial, just so you can catch them right away and check their stats. If Hidden Power types were visible like EVs in Super Training I would actually love that.

 

[Chandeelure]

You could already select that in the options in pretty much all of the games...Battle Style [Shift] [Set]...

Yeah, but I would like the set option as an obligatory thing.
I want the game to be hard, I don't want to make the game harder for myself.
That's why I dislike Nuzlockes.

But that will not happen, so yeah, it doesn't matter.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I prefer to avoid Hidden Power if I can

Not to mention attacks with a power of 60 don't seem that great to me

I think raising Pokemon was made too easy the last game. Mostly my fault for using the Experience Share item, I don't think I'll be using it again (if it still exists). It made Y go by tell fast for me. Nice option for those who want it though.

As much as I'd hate to admit it, because I'm super lazy

The EXP ALL item made the WAY too easy. And less, involved.

I probably played this gen less than any other gen.

 

[Aetheri]

Yeah, but I would like the set option as an obligatory thing.
I want the game to be hard, I don't want to make the game harder for myself.
That's why I dislike Nuzlockes.

But that will not happen, so yeah, it doesn't matter.

The thing is, what your asking for is already in the game...it's not a self-imposed challenge like a Nuzlocke where you play around these obligatory fan-rules for teh lulz...it's an option already implemented into the game that allows you change the battle styles up...Switch the Battle Style to Set and it straight up doesn't give you the option to swap your pokemon out...think of it like picking Easy and Hard mode in other games in a way...some games you can even change the difficulty part of the way through, it's no different...

As much as I'd hate to admit it, because I'm super lazy

The EXP ALL item made the WAY too easy. And less, involved.

I probably played this gen less than any other gen.

Once again you have the option to turn it off...which is what I did most of the time unless I wanted to grind, which I believe is the actual purpose of it, to save time while grinding...

Leaving it on for the entirety of the game will result in a team of level 70+ by the time you reach Diantha...

 

[Ivander]

I prefer to avoid Hidden Power if I can

Not to mention attacks with a power of 60 don't seem that great to me.

The type isn't the only problem. Hidden Power can actually go higher in base power depending on your IVs. Meaning that you have to get the right IVs for both the type you want and the base power you want.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

The type isn't the only problem. Hidden Power can actually go higher in base power depending on your IVs. Meaning that you have to get the right IVs for both the type you want and the base power you want.

That was pre generation 6

It's always 60 now

 

[IceBreakerXY]

So which track will you be adding

 

[Ivander]

That was pre generation 6

It's always 60 now

Oh, I thought that was always still a thing. Still, not bad for Pokemon with Technician.

 

[Radical Bones]

I wonder if Game Freak will still make a Pokemon Z. Just a random thought, but I could almost see it happening after Sun and Moon... a return to Kalos rather than a DP remake, as they aren't even that old.


I love DP, and it is in no need of a remake.

 

[wedl!!]

jesus christ why are the costumes in bayonetta 2 so expensive

all i want to do is play virtual dressup with six foot tall lesbians but capitalism reigns supreme in hell. rip.

 

[Chandeelure]

The thing is, what your asking for is already in the game...it's not a self-imposed challenge like a Nuzlocke where you play around these obligatory fan-rules for teh lulz...it's an option already implemented into the game that allows you change the battle styles up...Switch the Battle Style to Set and it straight up doesn't give you the option to swap your pokemon out...think of it like picking Easy and Hard mode in other games in a way...some games you can even change the difficulty part of the way through, it's no different...

Once again you have the option to turn it off...which is what I did most of the time unless I wanted to grind, which I believe is the actual purpose of it, to save time while grinding...

Leaving it on for the entirety of the game will result in a team of level 70+ by the time you reach Diantha...

Eh, it is a self-imposed challenge, the game doesn't reward you for choosing "hard" mode like practically all the other games (with endings, more points, unlockable things, etc.).
Why would someone choose the set thing over the "easy" mode?
The only reason is because you want a self-imposed challenge.
Same thing with the Exp. Share.

 

[Burruni]

@AwesomeAussie27 So.
I have news.

I don't know the PAL Date.
But it isn't getting censored in the English releases.
Sony do what Nintendon't.

 

[Captain Shwampy]

I wonder if Game Freak will still make a Pokemon Z. Just a random thought, but I could almost see it happening after Sun and Moon... a return to Kalos rather than a DP remake, as they aren't even that old.


I love DP, and it is in no need of a remake.

I think they will remake gen 4 to add it too the new Fairy/Mega dimension

Maybe gen 5 too

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I want to see gen 1 remade with all the changes they have come out since generation 3

If generation 3 is too old, generation 1 is too old IMO

 

[Captain Shwampy]

You guys think Moon and Sun will have memory link like B2W2

Cause I want to replay XY but I dont want to delete everything if there's a memory link

 

[Substitution]

@AwesomeAussie27 So.
I have news.

I don't know the PAL Date.
But it isn't getting censored in the English releases.
Sony do what Nintendon't.

To be fair, it is an M rated game, so what you see is what you'll get.
Hell I'd be more surprised if it was censored. Especially with the stuff GTA (or hell Rockstar as a whole) and such gets away with.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

Would you quit your job for a non permanent position that pays a lot more and has better benefits hoping you can make a permanent position in it?

My friend is trying to convince me to, but I dunno

 

[Aetheri]

Eh, it is a self-imposed challenge, the game doesn't reward you for choosing "hard" mode like practically all the other games (with endings, more points, unlockable things, etc.).
Why would someone choose the set thing over the "easy" mode?
The only reason is because you want a self-imposed challenge.
Same thing with the Exp. Share.

Like I said the option is there...you want a way to play the game without being able to swap out your pokemon, it's there...You don't want to give yourself that option then don't complain about the game not having it...It's not like a Nuzlocke because a Nuzlocke is just another way to play the game, like a Solo Run, or a Mono-type...We're talking about an option that actually changes in game mechanics as opposed to showing restraint because of made up rules...

As for the Exp. Share, it's not meant to be an easy button...it's an item you can choose to use, just like Potions...some people play without using Potions or healing items at all, does that mean Potions should be removed from the game because it makes it too easy so players don't have to choose to make it harder to heal their pokemon?...

If anything I wish GameFreak would give us more options....like for example stop forcing us to watch a tutorial on how to catch a pokemon at the beginning of every playthrough...the option should still be there for newer players, obviously, and older players don't have to bore themselves with it...same goes for tours of the Poke Centers/Marts, or how to use certain devices and items I almost never use in any playthroughs...but removing these options entirely defeats the purpose of why they were put in, in the first place...