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[Kirby Dragons]

I tuned out of the Pokemon anime a few years ago, but this tournament arc in Journeys is too interesting for me not to watch. Hopefully missing the first hundred or so episodes of Journeys won't affect my enjoyment.

 

[Hadokeyblade]

You know what ganes were also good? Coliseum and XD. Too bad those are canon and are ignored by GF APPARENTLY

I don't care what anyone says, if Legends and Lets Go are main series so are those games.

I tuned out of the Pokemon anime a few years ago, but this tournament arc in Journeys is too interesting for me not to watch. Hopefully missing the first hundred or so episodes of Journeys won't affect my enjoyment.

Poor Allain, was the cool guy in the anime at one point but now is being used entirely for fodder to show how strong Leon apparently is.

And then Let’s Go happened.

And then Dexit happened.

And then BDSP happened.

We’re doing better now. The fanbase still sucks, but it’s better.

But god DAMN

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All it took was Legends to make things better, by far the best 3D Pokemon game that isn't named XD.

 

[TheMightyP]

And then Let’s Go happened.

And then Dexit happened.

And then BDSP happened.

We’re doing better now. The fanbase still sucks, but it’s better.

But god DAMN

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I said this so many times before but I can't get mad at Let's Go. It's exactly how they advertised it, and idk how people got fooled into thinking otherwise.

Now the rest of the Switch games, yeah ouch. I will say that it is crazy how it took all the way up to BDSP for people to wake up and realize that the old Gen 1-4 system of Pokemon sucked, which is both a plus and minus against BDSP.

 

[Hadokeyblade]

I said this so many times before but I can't get mad at Let's Go. It's exactly how they advertised it, and idk how people got fooled into thinking otherwise.

Now the rest of the Switch games, yeah ouch. I will say that it is crazy how it took all the way up to BDSP for people to wake up and realize that the old Gen 1-4 system of Pokemon sucked, which is both a plus and minus against BDSP.

I don't know what your talking about, all the new additions were the problem lol They broke the game in two,

 

[Noipoi]

I said this so many times before but I can't get mad at Let's Go. It's exactly how they advertised it, and idk how people got fooled into thinking otherwise.

Now the rest of the Switch games, yeah ouch. I will say that it is crazy how it took all the way up to BDSP for people to wake up and realize that the old Gen 1-4 system of Pokemon sucked, which is both a plus and minus against BDSP.

Let's Go is fine. The only thing I really find wrong with it is the waggle controls, but that's subjective.

But at the time it started a lot of ****

 

[TheMightyP]

I don't know what your talking about, all the new additions were the problem lol They broke the game in two,

The new additions made D&P bearable, OG D&P was doodoo. The issue was that BDSP didm't do enough because the game dragged after while with nothing to make up for it.

 

[Hadokeyblade]

The new additions made D&P bearable, OG D&P was doodoo. The issue was that BDSP didm't do enough because the game dragged after while with nothing to make up for it.

I dont think we played the same game lol BDSP were way too easy.

 

[TheMightyP]

I dont think we played the same game lol BDSP were way too easy.

I never said it wasn't easy, I was just saying it made OG D&P actually playable.

 

[Jondolio]

Can't sleep

I have to wake up for work in almost 6 hours

I would like to unalive myself

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Can't sleep

I have to wake up for work in almost 6 hours

I would like to unalive myself

Sometime i dont even people who have corporate jobs because half the stories are just this

 

[Jondolio]

Sometime i dont even people who have corporate jobs because half the stories are just this

Does being a cashier at a restaurant qualify as a corporate job

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Does being a cashier at a restaurant qualify as a corporate job

Wait, you retail? Thats even worse

 

[MooMew64]

I’mma be real

None of the Pokemon games are hard

 

[TheMightyP]

Wait, you retail? Thats even worse

I worked as a cashier for general store over school breaks and there's a reason why I'm not doing that again for the same store.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I’mma be real

None of the Pokemon games are hard

Unless its the Orre games, those game bang and they bang hard

 

[Schnee117]

With tremendous and heartbroken regret, we must inform you of the passing of @BillyKametz. Please see his obituary: https://t.co/uKFSt28pXi pic.twitter.com/73fPZoCAmV

— Point of Contact Booking (@POCBooking) June 11, 2022

Man, **** cancer

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

With tremendous and heartbroken regret, we must inform you of the passing of @BillyKametz. Please see his obituary: https://t.co/uKFSt28pXi pic.twitter.com/73fPZoCAmV

— Point of Contact Booking (@POCBooking) June 11, 2022

Man, **** cancer

I wasnt ready for this. I knew it was going to happen with the cancer being stage 4 and all but that doesn't make it hurt any less

 

[TheMightyP]

Man, **** cancer

Damn, I hate cancer. RIP

 

[Hadokeyblade]

I’mma be real

None of the Pokemon games are hard

True none of them were ever hard but it was difficult enough where you actually needed to have a bag of revives and potions on you.

Most recent games you can just steamroll everything with little effort, i had to put a self imposed challenge to make sure this doesn't happen in Sword and even then by the time i got to the seventh gym i was still strong enough to beat Piers in a couple minutes.

Legends kinda understood this better since i got my butt kicked by some of the trainer battles there.

 

[TMNTSSB4]

With tremendous and heartbroken regret, we must inform you of the passing of @BillyKametz. Please see his obituary: https://t.co/uKFSt28pXi pic.twitter.com/73fPZoCAmV

— Point of Contact Booking (@POCBooking) June 11, 2022

Man, **** cancer

I hope he gets to have peace in Heaven. Will be missed by family, friends, and fans

 

[TheMightyP]

TBH, I feel like the old gens having outdated or just garbage game design does some heavy lifting when it comes to perceived difficulty. The lack of physical special pre Gen 4 made a lot of mons just unviable even in a normal playthrough, unbalanced/bad regional dexes (Johto, Sinnoh) made accessibility to a lot of types and by extension moves of said typing much harder to achieve, and HMs just crippled team building and required garbage mons with ****ter builds.

Like if you found the old games harder then by all means I can't argue, but there's a line between difficulty because of bad mechanics and difficulty that is actually intended.

 

[Lamperouge]

With tremendous and heartbroken regret, we must inform you of the passing of @BillyKametz. Please see his obituary: https://t.co/uKFSt28pXi pic.twitter.com/73fPZoCAmV

— Point of Contact Booking (@POCBooking) June 11, 2022

Man, **** cancer

Loved his performances as Maruki and Ferdinand von Aegir, and the little bit I've heard of him in 86 impressed as well.

R.I.P., we lost a good one.

And yeah, **** cancer.

 

[Guynamednelson]

unbalanced/bad regional dexes (Johto

The real imbalance is that you're constantly seeing Kanto mons, not the new ones. Sentret's only on two routes in Johto+Kanto while Rattata can be found anywhere!

 

[Pokelego999]

TBH, I feel like the old gens having outdated or just garbage game design does some heavy lifting when it comes to perceived difficulty. The lack of physical special pre Gen 4 made a lot of mons just unviable even in a normal playthrough, unbalanced/bad regional dexes (Johto, Sinnoh) made accessibility to a lot of types and by extension moves of said typing much harder to achieve, and HMs just crippled team building and required garbage mons with ****ter builds.

Like if you found the old games harder then by all means I can't argue, but there's a line between difficulty because of bad mechanics and difficulty that is actually intended.

Not to mention the level curve tended to suck balls unless you grinded for hours

 

[RamOne]

Unless its the Orre games, those game bang and they bang hard

Picture taken a second before disaster:

Spoiler: Colosseum spoiler

 

[Hydreigonfan01]

Picture taken a second before disaster:

Spoiler: Colosseum spoiler

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Evice was the best final boss in the franchise until Volo.

 

[Mellowy Yellow]

With tremendous and heartbroken regret, we must inform you of the passing of @BillyKametz. Please see his obituary: https://t.co/uKFSt28pXi pic.twitter.com/73fPZoCAmV

— Point of Contact Booking (@POCBooking) June 11, 2022

Man, **** cancer

Absolutely soul crushed by this. Godspeed Dr. Maruki

 

[Hadokeyblade]

TBH, I feel like the old gens having outdated or just garbage game design does some heavy lifting when it comes to perceived difficulty. The lack of physical special pre Gen 4 made a lot of mons just unviable even in a normal playthrough, unbalanced/bad regional dexes (Johto, Sinnoh) made accessibility to a lot of types and by extension moves of said typing much harder to achieve, and HMs just crippled team building and required garbage mons with ****ter builds.

Like if you found the old games harder then by all means I can't argue, but there's a line between difficulty because of bad mechanics and difficulty that is actually intended.

The past games also never just handed you legendaries before you were supposed to have them, like Jirachi, Mew and Latias/os lol
Like, i dont mind getting legendaries but at least let me have 8 badges before handing them over. Most players are gonna feel like using them on their teams during the main game.
And the low level opponents don't help either, your usually very overleveled during the course of the games.

Evice was the best final boss in the franchise until Volo.

Now he was a chad of a Pokemon villain

 

[Hydreigonfan01]

Video that describes the Sonic fanbase currently.

 

[TheMightyP]

The real imbalance is that you're constantly seeing Kanto mons, not the new ones. Sentret's only on two routes in Johto+Kanto while Rattata can be found anywhere!

Gamefreak after introducing a brand new type and then making it unavaliable until you clear more than half the game

 

[Hadokeyblade]

Gamefreak after introducing a brand new type and then making it unavaliable until you clear more than half the game
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I'm pretty sure the intention was that since Dark is supposed to be the "Evil type" in Japan then it's supposed to be used by villainous characters and since your character is a goody two shoes in Johto they dont feel inclined to use them?

It's stupid but it would make sense.

 

[TheMightyP]

I'm pretty sure the intention was that since Dark is supposed to be the "Evil type" in Japan then it's supposed to be used by villainous characters and since your character is a goody two shoes in Johto they dont feel inclined to use them?

It's stupid but it would make sense.

It's more more than likely that GF just didn't know how to make a good dex at the time because they only added 1 ghost type and that was in Kanto as well with Ghastly being the only one you could get in Johto.

And then they did the same thing with Sinnoh and Fire types man I'm really glad they learned the definition of balance after that.

 

[TheCJBrine]

there’s no one like him.

Spoiler

 

[Guynamednelson]

I'm pretty sure the intention was that since Dark is supposed to be the "Evil type" in Japan then it's supposed to be used by villainous characters and since your character is a goody two shoes in Johto they dont feel inclined to use them?

It's stupid but it would make sense.

I think Dark Type was just added late in development with that happening and Umbreon still having a Pokedex entry talking about it sweating poison.

 

[Dan Quixote]

The past games also never just handed you legendaries before you were supposed to have them, like Jirachi, Mew and Latias/os lol
Like, i dont mind getting legendaries but at least let me have 8 badges before handing them over. Most players are gonna feel like using them on their teams during the main game.

To be fair some Legendary Pokémon also just suck in battle, anyway.

 

[Hadokeyblade]

I think Dark Type was just added late in development with that happening and Umbreon still had a Pokedex entry talking about it sweating poison.

Is that a thing? I never raised an Umbreon in G2.

 

[TheMightyP]

To be fair some Legendary Pokémon also just suck in battle, anyway.

Legendary Birds moment

 

[Guynamednelson]

Is that a thing? I never raised an Umbreon in G2.

"When agitated, this Pokémon protects itself by spraying poisonous sweat from its pores. "
-Pokemon Gold

 

[CannonStreak]

Guys, I have the cold, stuff nose and all. I think I will stay at home for a few days.

 

[Shroob]

Legendary Birds moment

Zapdos has always been pretty good, and for awhile, Moltres ACTUALLY was in OU in Gen8. Heavy Duty Boots saved its ass hard.



Articuno's the sore thumb of the trio.