Pokémon General Thread

I always liked the idea of Dragon being the first Gym, since it's similar to Normal in that there's no bias one way or another towards any of the starters.

In that it resists all of them, yes.

I think that might be a bit unfair to make as the first gym.

Oh God! Natural light!

I like how Hoenn and Sinnoh handle the first gym by having all the starters have access to super effective STAB to counter the gym's typing.

"Strategy? Spacing? I just keep punching until I hit something." - Sol Badguy

For starters (not the starter pokemon), have no fighting type specialists in the region. Literally every generation had them, and we're sick of them.

For the first gym leader, I have the idea of being type-less (like Viridian's in Gen II), with four Pokemon, three of each starter type, and one small Dragon type.

edited 21st Mar '17 6:03:18 AM by RainingMetal

here's a realization

if s/m's gaiden game does have gyms in it

who's to bet that nanu'll turn down the position and deny us the proper dark gym we all been screaming about

And then there was silence

I'm not sick of fighting-type specialists, therefore you are wrong.

How about "more diversity on type specialists"? Then again, Gen VII had specialists of all types but Ice, so they are on the right track.

You can have diversity without explicity pissing on somebody else's parade, you know.

How many Gyms are being built in Alola? Is it the full eight? I can't remember where all the construction sites are.

Heart of Stone

More double/triples/rotation battles would be fun and a good change of pace ever now and then,

OK, a quick search through the game and I found construction sites in Hau'oli City, Heahea City, Royal Avenue, Konikoni City, Malie City, Seafolk Village

Heart of Stone

i'd like for more significant bosses to be double battles

like the only double battle gym in the whole series was tate and liza for pete's sake, totem mons shown us how scary the AI is when they have a partner

And then there was silence

None because Mega Evolution is a recent discovery in universe and Z-Moves are implied to be unique to Alola.

I would hate it because I think it's a terrible idea. Singles are slow enough and Double Battles just makes things even slower. Yeah the opponent has more Pokemon out at one time so it looks like you're beating them more quickly but in actuality you're now taking more time to beat them than you would in a single battle because now you have to defeat two Pokemon at once before you can move on to beating the rest of their team.

edited 21st Mar '17 10:25:58 AM by Chariot

Except the game is full of Area of Effect moves and the Doubles meta is a whole lot faster than singles.

On average battles would go much faster.

you don't have to beat them both in one round man

i will say i dont get the hype on triple battles i think they're bland and unintuitive as hell

edited 21st Mar '17 10:30:02 AM by Trip

And then there was silence

There's a paved spot on an island west of Tapu Village, too.

I sure said that!

Well Dark and Steel types were implied to be recent as well, and that didn't last.

Also, Mega evolution was originally implied to be unique to Kalos as well, until the Omega Ruby / Alpha Sapphire alternate universe retcon.

I'm pretty sure Z moves being unique will be ignored later on.

And even if Mega Evolutions due remain a recent discovery and Z Moves remain unique to Alola, the fact that the bond between a trainer and Pokemon (which is how it's likely going to be played from now on) can grant a pokemon a new form or a new super move shows that there may be more to things than he originally thought.

Or at least that's how I see it.

One Strip! One Strip!

If I had to choose, I'd pick Triple Battles making a return over Rotation Battles any day.

I can agree. I don't like to rotate my Pokémon every turn cause the opponent also rotated theirs

I never post, but if you're reading this... I wish you good luck on life.

I just want Triples back, period.

Goddammit, Schezo... || *insert incredibly thirsty copypasta about Dr. Ratio*

Wynaut

Eating a Vanilluxe will give you frostbite.

Happiny was introduced in Gen 4.

Dance of Quivers.

The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.

I love Gen IV's metagame.

"Strategy? Spacing? I just keep punching until I hit something." - Sol Badguy

I learned never to let a Volcarona set up like this. It was my doom once.

Edit: being effectively able to stop it is an entirely different thing, though...

edited 23rd Mar '17 6:33:46 PM by KusaMigeru

... And that's called jazz!

x3: Are you running Bright Powder or something on Volcarona? I'm wondering how Shadow Claw missed, and that's the only thing I can think of.

As for why that Garchomp even had Shadow Claw at all, or went for it over STAB Earthquake, I assume the answer is "lower ladder."

edited 23rd Mar '17 6:47:44 PM by Yomegami

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Yeah I used Brightpowder. Changed to a Charti berry as it's intention was to delay rock moves from killing her anyway.

The Crystal Caverns A bird's gotta sing.