Pokémon General Thread

I just said those were the six I would like to own. Plus, I love foxes. Also I would eventually evolve Eevee into a Jolteon, which is more like a rabbit.

Edited by DelphineTheDelphox on Jun 6th 2020 at 8:24:27 AM

If it were me, I'd have to spend a long time thinking about all the different types of Pokemon and whether they would be safe in the real world and also please as many fans as possible, but I know the first two would definitely be an Eevee and Ditto (Eevee has a ton of crossover appeal with all its evolutions and Ditto is to make breeding easy, so I don't have to worry about egg groups).

Munchlax, Eevee, Trubbish, Lillipup, Meowth, and Munna. Munchlax evolves into my favorite Pokemon, Eevee and Lillipup are perfect pets, Trubbish is an excellent trash compactor, Meowth will help with cash, and Munna will help me sleep well at night.

Edited by Weirdguy149 on Jun 6th 2020 at 11:36:40 AM

Groudon, Kyogre (with no Rayquaza to stop their fighting), Necrozma, Eternatus, and two Guzzlords to eat whatever and whomever doesn't get destroyed by the first four.

Edited by Anomalocaris20 on Jun 6th 2020 at 12:38:16 PM

Some people just want to watch the world burn.

I'd definitely want some of my favorites like Scyther or Falinks, favorites who are also useful like Rotom and Castform, but... I kind of have to include some combination of Hoopa, Victini, Arceus, or other mythicals.

Goodra, Appletun, Banette, Alcremie, Audino, Togekiss. Id run a kickass daycare/teaching center with some family friendly mons that can also serve as body gaurds at a moments notice. I could also make snacks with appletun and alcremie, have a medic with audino and togekiss, and most of them make good playmates!

And Banette can be used for creeps or disciplinary action

Personal headcanon, Red has mild psychic powers and uses them to communicate with his Pokémon. It's the only explanation I can think of for how he can give them commands despite not speaking.

Or its body language,which is fairly typical with animals

I always just imagined the Pokédex had an interface similar to the ones we see in the games, and could call out a selected move on the trainer’s behalf.

Body language doesn't really make sense either, sense the trainer is usually behind the Pokémon.

If you accept Masters as canon, Red can talk he just chooses not to so he probably does verbally issue his commands. We as the player just can't see it.

I kinda figured "Their bond is SO STRONK!" that they can almost always figure out what he'd want.

Red looks straight at the camera, like "Yeah, you heard me!"

Edited by wanderlustwarrior on Jun 7th 2020 at 2:42:50 PM

I love how Flint is just staring at him as he tries to process what just happened.

My guess is Red has the same ability to understand Pokemon as N and that's why he's so strong.

....That'd be hilarious. I almost want to make it my own personal canon.

IIRC, the full context of that scene establishes that Red is, in fact giving commands without words, as you watch him give silent commands to Charizard.

So he's not actually speaking?

Well that joke is ruined.

Still, that seems like it'd take a lot of effort to teach without being an outright psychic.

Maybe Red is psychic. It's easy to forget, but humans being psychic is totally just a thing in the world of Pokemon.

He commands Charizard wordlessly, but ends that scene by actually speaking just to say words are unnecessary.

Granted I've only seen secondhand accounts and screenshots of it; I failed to actually pull Red myself.

There's plain psychic powers (humans who train psychic pokemon, and I think ghosts too) and of course there's Aura, though there are less trainers who use that (I think in the games it's only Riley).

So yeah, Red having psychic powers, while unlikely, could be a thing. I'd say if you want it as a fanon theory, there's no harm as it's unlikely to ever be brought up, but also doesn't contradict anything.

I suppose what seperate psychics and those who are in complete sync with their pokemon is a thin line

In general with Silent Protagonists, I'd argue by default it should be assumed that their silence is non-diegetic. They can and do talk, but the exact specifics of what they say is obscured to allow the player to fill in the blanks.

With Pokemon's player characters, I'd argue with their personality and such they're intended to be 'up to the player', in a manner similar to something akin to Skyrim, but to less of an extent. My Gold is not necessarily the same character as your Gold in the same way that my Dragonborn is not necessarily the same character as yours.

With Red, he has the distinction of breaking out and becoming an actual character. Canonically, he definitely can talk, as he's asked questions and such during the game. In fact, he apparently was rather talkative, as Blue calls him a 'chatty gossip' (though he might have been sarcastic, or it might be Early-Installment Weirdness). He also obviously talks in Pokemon Origins. One could also argue his silence is, like the player character's, non-diegetic, though I'd argue it is diegetic.

Personally, my headcanon for Red is that his silence is a sort of Character Development. By the end of the Gen 1 games, he's seen and done nearly everything. His journey has caused him to become stoic and hardened in a sense, perhaps even a little shell-shocked. He's become filled with a very pure sense of raw determination and wanderlust. Similarly, he's also become a legend and he knows it. He doesn't talk because he's become more of a legend than a person, and wants to maintain and embody that legend. He's a mysterious stranger-type character, if you will.

For example, when Gold approaches him, Red knows why he's come, to fight him. It'd be the only reason anyone goes all the way up this mountain. He also knows Gold is worthy of fighting him, since he made it all the way there, and he's probably even heard of Gold by this point. So, he doesn't waste any time, and disappears once the fight is over without a word.

I'd agree on that. I mean, I still barely understand the difference between Psychics and Aura users.

They both seem to allow you to communicate with your Pokemon in ways that wouldn't normally be possible. I suppose the biggest difference is that one is rather common, while the other isn't.

Also, I want there to be a Land Mine type attack that has a chance to interrupt any physical attack. Either that, or teach both Stunfisk Self Destruct or Explosion so they can act as land mines themselves.

Edit: Oh, I hear Teleport switches places with another mon in your party now? I kinda wish it was something more akin to how Fly or dig worked in battle, but this'll do. At least it has some potential use now.

Edited by HandsomeRob on Jun 7th 2020 at 4:32:29 AM