Pokémon General Thread

Money, Dear Boy.

Or lore, could be that.

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

Nah, it's so they can sell two different Keldeo figures.

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.

Don't know if I should feel spiteful for Let's Go's control scheme not being able to be used by the disabled. What do you guys think?

Let's Go is currently listed as "non-generational" on the main trope page, with the edit having a note that blatantly says that the editor is basically acting on personal feelings.

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.

Not the case. The word hentai (変態) exists for metamorphosis (yes, it's the exact same word as the one people use to describe porn, the kanji in it mean "change" and "form").

I'm sure everyone's aware that the English word evolution has a positive connotation of improvement, even though scientists are often quick to point out that's not true scientifically. Well the same is true for the Japanese word shinka (進化), except even more explicit since the kanji spelling it mean "advancment" and "change". So it's even more likely for the word to get used for something like Pokemon or Digimon transforming because it's a simple, relatively cool-sounding word that gets the idea across that they're changing into something better, more advanced. Even if that's not really the scientific meaning the word, even in Japanese.

And if it changes it'll start an edit war, won't it.

"Hope for our world, tragedy for another."

I remember One Piece using that as a joke.

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Edit Wars, as far as I know, only happen when something starts to be readded and redeleted. Let's Go is a main series gen VII game, no matter what you may feel.

So, bring it to the discussion page or Ask The Tropers.

Edited by Eriorguez on Nov 30th 2018 at 2:05:25 PM

To be 100% clear, it is not an edit war until the third step in the chain. For example:

• New example is added to the page.
• Example is removed for being wrong
• Example is put back

That’s the point where it’s an edit war.

What would all of you want out of a Normal/Ice type?

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A third type.

What I want is Ghost/Normal.

A society grows great when old men plant trees whose shade they know they will never sit in.

A way to remove the Ice type.

For it to be a fast attacker rather than a bulky tank.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!

Give it the Primal Groudon treatment by giving it the ability to No-Sell Fighting-type attacks.

Jason has come back to kill for Mommy.

What would a normal/ice type be? Like the animal or whatever.

Most of the more organic ones tend to be some other type paired with it or just pure Ice.

Normal dual-types are always a weird concept, in terms of what seperates them from a pure-type of their other typing (outside Normal/Flying of course, which is the default for Flying-types). Some Pokemon have some explanation, Girafarig has the duality element, Bibarel and Diggersby both fit in the early-game Normal-type role while not looking as much their secondary types as most Water or Ground-types, or Sawsbuck is more animal over plant than most Grass-types. Some basically have an extra type added on when they were originally pure Normal, like the Jigglypuff life and Azurill going from Normal to Normal/Fairy, Lopunny and Audino gaining Fighting or Fairy in addition to Normal when they mega evolve, or Alolan Raticate being Dark/Normal instead of pure Dark just because base Raticate is Normal.

But a the recent gens have added a number of Normal dual-types that whose Normal-type is tenuous. There doesn't seem to be reason Pyroar is any more Normal than other Fire-type animals, Drampa is any more Normal than other Dragons, or Oranguru is really more Normal than other Psychic-types, outside maybe them all having plainer color schemes. You could say Heliolisk generating electricity from the sun as a reason it's not pure Electric, or Bewear not having a clear martial arts for why it's not pure Fighting, but there's other Electric and Fighting-types this could apply to that aren't Normal.

So a Normal/Ice-type could be almost anything, but if I was imagine one, I'm thinking it could be a more plain-looking animal, that doesn't have any ice or snow attached to it, and that has a thick fur coat that looks like a human coat. While that's maybe not that different from other Ice-type animals, the human coat-looking fur would would visually give it the look like it's "adding" on the coat to deal with cold enviroments it would otherwise not be used to. Emphasised if it evolves from a pure Normal-type with thin fur.

I think, in the case of special attackers, the Normal type is there not just because the Pokemon is plain, but also because of the Normal Type's association with sound-based moves, in which Normal is basically an unofficial Sound Type. Pyroar and Drampa are part Normal partially because it gives them access to powerful sound-based attacks, which fits their designs and concepts.

Of course, this doesn't apply to everything, since Noivern is Dragon/Flying and not part Normal, but I suspect that's because Dragon and Flying fit it a little bit better, and if Noivern had a third Type, it would be Normal.

So it would be Cinccino then? :P

Edited by BaconManiac5000 on Dec 1st 2018 at 1:50:36 AM

what do you mean I didn't win, I ate more wet t-shirts than anyone else

Not exactly. Minccino and Cinccino have a cleaning theme, their tails are meant to be feather dusters. Cinccino's has some of its tail wrapped around it, but it's more like a fancy fur scarf.

Had a good Ultra Necrozma battle. Didn't want to Toxic Stall this time. Mimikyu led to Thunder Wave it. Necrozma still outsped it though and didn't let it do anything else. Thankfully it was fully paralyzed against Primeape, letting it Rock Tomb Necrozma twice. That let Togedmaru, Pelipper, and especially Oranguru (thank you Foul Play) chip away at its health before they fainted, leaving it just weak it enough for Incineroar to beat with Malicious Moonsault. All while my Pokemon are in the mid-40s.

Edited by Sterok on Dec 1st 2018 at 3:18:37 AM

Not bad.

...Is it odd that my biggest issue with that story is that I still hate they called the Z-Move Malicious Moonsault?

CAUSE THAT'S A GOD DAMN 450 SPLASH!!!

....

Sorry about that. What level was Necrozma at?

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60 with all stats boosted by one stage.

Damn.

Definitely good work.

Except for you Incineroar. Give your Z move the right name, and then you'll get the credit you deserve.

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