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[cashregister9]

I dont normaly hate on starters...
But why Tepig?
We have Torchick, Finnekin, charmander, ****ing CHIMPCHAR
but they said "lol Tepig"

Because it's a silly lil pig

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I opened up twitter and was greeted with this amazing post

 

[Schnee117]

We straight up see Chikorita with Disarming Voice in this which it's never had before.

Grass/Fairy Meganium Stocks are on the up, invest now.

 

[Knight Dude]

I dont normaly hate on starters...
But why Tepig?
We have Torchick, Finnekin, charmander, ****ing CHIMPCHAR
but they said "lol Tepig"

I mean, Blaziken is my favorite Pokemon of all time, but he already got a Mega. Gen 1 starters get shilled enough, and Zard's in this game as it is. Tepig potentially getting a Mega is cool. Though I feel it's weird Samurott and Typhlosion got regional variants instead of all the starters getting Megas or Regional variants in equal measure.

Be it a mega or a regional form I do think there's a high chance we'll be getting the Grass/Fairy Meganium form a lot of people have wanted. But who knows, maybe Gamefreak is going to throw us a curve ball and make it a Grass/Dragon.

Anyway I think I'm going to go with Totodile as my starter of choice, but I'm unsure. I've always been a fan of the 'Dile but I think Feraligatr is a pokemon that looked a lot better in 2D then in 3D. Maybe they'll make it work this time.

Dunno why, but I'm thinking it'll be Water/Steel, Fire/Dark, Grass/Fairy. But I might be wrong. They could keep the Fire/Fighting type set-up, but give him some crazy ability or min-maxxed stats. That is, if they are getting Megas, but with them coming back in this game, that just feels what they should do.

I opened up twitter and was greeted with this amazing post View attachment 399593

I'm surprised you didn't post the "It should've been me!" gif from Yu-Gi-Oh!

 

[Noipoi]

It's not exactly what we were expecting, but uh...

Who're you picking?

I honestly have no idea. The gen 5 fanboy in me is leaning towards Tepig, but it's Tepig so I dunno. I think it'll depend on what they evolve into, be it regional forms or new Megas.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I'm surprised you didn't post the "It should've been me!" gif from Yu-Gi-Oh!

quickly closes my reaction image folder
Huh, what?

It's not exactly what we were expecting, but uh...







Who're you picking?



I honestly have no idea. The gen 5 fanboy in me is leaning towards Tepig, but it's Tepig so I dunno. I think it'll depend on what they evolve into, be it regional forms or new Megas.

I am legit a die hard Chikorita fan so them

 

[Knight Dude]

We straight up see Chikorita with Disarming Voice in this which it's never had before.
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Grass/Fairy Meganium Stocks are on the up, invest now.

They also gave a handful of Fire Types Flame Wheel, which should've been a more common move. Wonder if Flareon gets it now or not. Tepig and Talonflame seem to at least. Hopefully Flame Charge is still in, cause while Wheel hits harder, Charge boosts up speed. Which should still be useful in this game.

It's not exactly what we were expecting, but uh...

Who're you picking?

I honestly have no idea. The gen 5 fanboy in me is leaning towards Tepig, but it's Tepig so I dunno. I think it'll depend on what they evolve into, be it regional forms or new Megas.

Fire's my favorite type, and is less common than Water or Grass. Totodile's also peak. Even as someone who dropped modern Pokemon for a while, I'm sure I'll jump back in at some point.

 

[Will]

If them bringing back the blank slate looking trainer options means bringing back SV's limited customization in the Kalos game of all places I'm gonna have to write a very strongly worded email to the Pokémon company

And you expect them to change once you do send this email?

You know who’s making this game, right?

 

[ZephyrZ]

Do y'all think that (Mega) Feraligatr is finally getting Strong Jaw or do you think Gamefreak will be too cowardly too after the beautiful mistake that was Dracovish?

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

I suddenly remeberd Pumpkaboo is a kalos pokemon

Im back on the pokemon legends train. I lost my ticket but dont worry about that rn

 

[Aurane]

I'm picking Totodile for sure.

 

[Noipoi]

Small thing, but

I really like the glowy rainbow aura the Megas now have.

 

[Hydreigonfan01]

Do y'all think that (Mega) Feraligatr is finally getting Strong Jaw or do you think Gamefreak will be too cowardly too after the beautiful mistake that was Dracovish?

Strong Jaw was never the issue with Dracovish, the issue was Fishious Rend.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

You wont hear the last of me if they decided to say "**** it, give pumpkaboo a mega"

 

[Noipoi]

You wont hear the last of me if they decided to say "**** it, give pumpkaboo a mega"

Well they wouldn’t, it’d be Gourgeist

 

[Knight Dude]

Do y'all think that (Mega) Feraligatr is finally getting Strong Jaw or do you think Gamefreak will be too cowardly too after the beautiful mistake that was Dracovish?

It's either that or Tough Claws like Zard-X and Aerodactyl.

Or literal command grabs. Input a half circle to do a Gator Deathroll.

 

[Laniv]

These are the player characters for Legends Z-A

...are these Ethan and Lyra??

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

Now the big question Is Will the legendary pokemon musici Legends ZA be as cool as Giratinas in Arceus

 

[Noipoi]

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These are the player characters for Legends Z-A

...are these Ethan and Lyra??

No they’re Sycamore’s kids

For anyone who played X/Y, Sycamore canonically boinked your mom

 

[Guynamednelson]

It's not exactly what we were expecting, but uh...

Who're you picking?

I honestly have no idea. The gen 5 fanboy in me is leaning towards Tepig, but it's Tepig so I dunno. I think it'll depend on what they evolve into, be it regional forms or new Megas.

The broken image.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

The broken image.

Good pick, Broken Image is badass

 

[Lamperouge]

All I'm saying is, Real-time battling is similar to Xenoblade's MMO-esque combat so Lamperouge can be happy for once on Pokemon Day

This is probably the only way Pokemon fans will ever play Xenoblade so I'll take it I guess

 

[Arcanir]

Quick thoughts:
-On the Starter choices, all three need more love so I'm happy they're getting it, though I can understand why many wish we got more of a mix over Gen 2 + Tepig. I look forward to seeing what they do with them, though my hope is Regionals if we had to choose between that and Megas if we don't get both (picking Totodile).
-Visuals I'm mixed on, the locations looks nice, but the Pokemon look flat again and I'm not that fond of the human characters either. It's not a dealbreaker, but I would've liked something more stylistic.
-Speaking of locations, it does seem like we're locked to the city, at least for the most part. As long as it's fun to explore it should be fine, but I'm interested to see how they play around with it.

All in all, a neat proper first look, but nothing too exciting either. As said before, we'll probably get more in the Summer so hopefully that'll give us a better idea on the game.

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These are the player characters for Legends Z-A

...are these Ethan and Lyra??

I still get a bit of Calem vibes from the guy, though the girl definitely reminds me more of Lyra then Serena.

Strong Jaw was never the issue with Dracovish, the issue was Fishious Rend.

Understood.

Giving Regional/Mega Feraligatr Fishious Rend.

 

[SneakyLink]

Cast of Shrek 5 has been revealed.

Shrek, Donkey, and Fionna retain their actors.

Zendaya joins the cast as Shrek’s daughter.

 

[Noipoi]

First look at Shrek 5

Animation has changed so much since the last Shrek movie holy ****

 

[Hydreigonfan01]

Shrek 5 teaser

Edit: I got 'd

 

[Aurane]

Small thing, but

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I really like the glowy rainbow aura the Megas now have.

God, Mega Ampharos looks so cool.

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

First look at Shrek 5

Animation has changed so much since the last Shrek movie holy ****

Oh no... it starts with zoomer humor..

 

[Noipoi]

Oh no... it starts with zoomer humor..

I know it’s off putting, but there’s a way it could be done cleverly.

The original Shrek was a very of it’s time movie, making tons of pop culture references and jokes that were relevant in 2001. It was like a South Park episode that secretly had a touching, timeless love story inside

If they’re channeling that energy and using modern zoomer humor as another vehicle to tell a good story, they’d actually be staying true to the original Shrek movies. Of course I could be wrong and they’re just tossing in things they think the kids like. We’ll see.

 

[ZephyrZ]

Strong Jaw was never the issue with Dracovish, the issue was Fishious Rend.

I thought it was the combination of the two tbh, Fishious Rend was boosted by strong jaw and Dracozolt was never as much of a problem.

I guess I was imagining Gatr getting a new water-type biting attack in ZA or a new secondary type like Dark, which with access to Dragon Dance or a mega could be over the top. But I guess for a mega that stuff would be par for the course.

 

[SnakeFighter64]

They actually fixed my major problem, not only with Legends Arceus, but with the entire pokemon series.

Pokemon MOVE during battles! That is genuinely more exciting than anything else they could have done.

Also Champions looks cool. I can wreck y'all with my level 100 SwSh team.

 

[ZephyrZ]

Also I think we need to talk about the Copperajah in the room with Pokemon Champions.

It's a mobile game. Probably live service too. Which has its advantages, but like...How is the monetization going to work?

Is it going to be Free-to-Play? Subscription based? I hope it's something you just buy once but seeing it playable on a phone gives me doubts.

 

[Guynamednelson]

Also I think we need to talk about the Copperajah in the room with Pokemon Champions.

It's a mobile game. Probably live service too. Which has its advantages, but like...How is the monetization going to work?

Is it going to be Free-to-Play? Subscription based? I hope it's something you just buy once but seeing it playable on a phone gives me doubts.

Pay for Rental Pokemon with decent movesets and EVs.

 

[Noipoi]

Okay so Furfrou and Patrat are confirmed for the game. Meaning the only Pokemon left that have never appeared on the Switch are the elemental monkeys.

Considering they also appeared in the original Kalos dex, I’m hoping we’ll get them too.

 

[Will]

First look at Shrek 5

Animation has changed so much since the last Shrek movie holy ****

Where are his other kids?

 

[Professor Pumpkaboo]

The male protag looks so close to Sycamore Im at least 80% sure Sycamore is that boys dad

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Shrek 5 teaser

Edit: I got 'd

Yep go on DreamWorks. Continue milking this franchise until its dried up and nothing is left. Continue milking it like what's been happening with Ice Age and other sequels like Jurassic World and such.

The Last Wish was an anomaly.

Hollywood is all just sequels, remakes and reboots, barely any originality anymore. Nostalgia is one helluva drug.

 

[Hydreigonfan01]

There's already fanart of Taunie.

It has been around 3 hours btw.

Would.

 

[Lamperouge]

Yep go on DreamWorks. Continue milking this franchise until its dried up and nothing is left. Continue milking it like what's been happening with Ice Age and other sequels like Jurassic World and such.

The Last Wish was an anomaly.

Hollywood is all just sequels, remakes and reboots, barely any originality anymore. Nostalgia is one helluva drug.

Your movie rants have barely any originality anymore.

 

[Michael the Spikester]

Your movie rants have barely any originality anymore.

I'm just stating the truth regarding Hollywood that many doesn't want to hear.

Love it or hate it. It's true. Considering these last few years, most if not all highest grossing films has been either sequels, remakes and reboots. Audiences just wants the same thing over and over again.

I'm sorry if I want more originality in Hollywood has been sequels.

And yes I'm a Godzilla fan before you point it out but doesn't mean that I want there to be more original movies and stuff and yes I'm aware original films are still made but not as much as there used to be. Nowadays its mostly sequels, remakes and reboots.