Pokémon General Thread

Well, we got new Pokemon.

The English names are on Serebii, and i assume the English Pokemon S&M website, and imo, they all look pretty cool.

Wonder if i should do a new pokemon only run?

So we just got a fuckton of new Pokemon, two of which I'm assuming are Grubbin's second and final forms.

Railgun Beetle looks too cool for an early bug.

Yea I know, its actually pretty badass.

Agreed.

IT evolved from a minibus.

Also, our Pikaclone is a Porcupine. Is cute.

Dranpa gives me Valoo vibes.

edited 30th Jun '16 7:25:33 AM by AmethystLeslie

>Cutiefly

Yes, best name, very descriptive.

That's a lotta electric types though.

That Dragon's shiny color better have Valoo's color scheme.

I'm also totally using that bug.

edited 30th Jun '16 7:31:22 AM by Hungryguy

At least Cutiefly is Exactly What It Says on the Tin.

The name is Gen 1 quality, that can't be denied.

edited 30th Jun '16 7:31:58 AM by AmethystLeslie

Permanent auto-terrain? Assuming that all of that is true, it may just be useful...

Edit: Oh, wait, I misread. Still, it's a much needed buff.

edited 30th Jun '16 7:40:55 AM by GM_3826

Not gonna lie, I saw the auto-Terrain Abilities coming the second Terrains were introduced. I honestly am surprised it took this long.

So we have two new type combinations, so far^note Bug/Fairy and Normal/Dragon. And a Pokémon that's immune to moves with increased priority, and a Pokémon that has an ability that activates Electric Terrain.

This generation… is certainly going to be interesting.

Now we await the items the extend the duration of terrain moves.

Hmmm....Auto-Electric Terrain + Volt Switch.....holy shit.

Shaymin event is live in Europe and Australia. Those in other regions will have to wait just a little bit longer.

Electric Terrain just prevents anything touching it from sleeping, despite (or because of?) the dramatic appearance.

It powers up Electric attacks, too.

... Ah, right. Excuse me, I hadn't thought about it in a long time.

That actually makes it a good combo with Definite Sleep. Outright Status Immunity.

edited 30th Jun '16 2:28:36 PM by Blackie

GANJA DRAGON

Does anyone remember from Emerald where if you come across two separate trainers at the same time, you'll battle them both in a double battle? Has that been used in any other game since then? It doesn't seem like it, so I'm hoping for that feature to come back somehow.

And what are the chances of Volcanion being available to other countries before the new games?

I think from then on they intentionally space the trainers to never have 2 challenge us at at time.

So any double/multi battles we encounter in the future are more intentionally inserted in?

Since gen 3, many trainers in most games are set up in such a way you could battle them both at once, or one at a time.

Since trainer classes exist that only have 2 people, sometimes they are required double battles.

edited 30th Jun '16 6:14:41 PM by AmethystLeslie

Gen IV and V have "companion" trainers who follow you through a dungeon, initiating double battles.