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Weirdguy149 The Camp Crystal Lake Slasher from A cabin in the woods Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
The Camp Crystal Lake Slasher
#180226: Jul 5th 2020 at 7:23:53 PM

Heck, its Gen 1 counterpart is much better.

Jason has come back to kill for Mommy.
Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#180227: Jul 5th 2020 at 7:45:05 PM

It was kind of a waste that we didn't get a tropical, Sun Stone Weepinbell evolution.

Vertigo_High Touch The Sky Since: May, 2010
Touch The Sky
#180228: Jul 5th 2020 at 8:27:45 PM

I was doing a fire type run in HGSS and just beat Blue but the rest of the game is such a grind I might just move on to a new game.

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#180229: Jul 6th 2020 at 3:44:42 AM

[up] I hear ya. After beating Blue in SS, I didn’t come back for years until I was finally assembling a living pokedex and needed a Groudon, so I beat Red using two Mewtwos (one from Leafgreen and the native SS one) to unlock it.

Edited by Anura on Jul 6th 2020 at 11:44:57 AM

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Crossover-Enthusiast from an abaondoned mall (Lucky 7) Relationship Status: Chocolate!
#180230: Jul 7th 2020 at 7:11:04 PM

So here's a question; how much chance is there that future mainline remakes will retcon in some regional variants?

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Weirdguy149 The Camp Crystal Lake Slasher from A cabin in the woods Since: Jul, 2014 Relationship Status: I'd jump in front of a train for ya!
The Camp Crystal Lake Slasher
#180231: Jul 7th 2020 at 7:23:10 PM

They retconned in Mega Evolutions for the Gen 3 remakes, so it'd make sense for them to do regional forms in the same manner.

Jason has come back to kill for Mommy.
Blueace Surrounded by weirdoes from The End Of the World Since: Dec, 2010 Relationship Status: Chocolate!
Surrounded by weirdoes
#180232: Jul 7th 2020 at 7:56:14 PM

Adding an incident in a reserve or something?

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RhymeBeat Bird mom from Eastern Standard Since: Aug, 2009 Relationship Status: In Lesbians with you
Bird mom
#180233: Jul 7th 2020 at 8:00:01 PM

If they don't do retcons well, that allows for later Gen Pokemon to get some love.

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RedHunter543 Team Rocket Boss. Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Team Rocket Boss.
#180234: Jul 7th 2020 at 8:48:04 PM

Unova remake better give Hydreigon some new toys to use.

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VengefulBale Dagded Dujardin from The Universe (it's his room) Since: Feb, 2016 Relationship Status: It's complicated
Dagded Dujardin
#180235: Jul 7th 2020 at 8:50:08 PM

[up] Gimme Gigamax Hydreigon or Mega Hydreigon, plz

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RedHunter543 Team Rocket Boss. Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Team Rocket Boss.
#180236: Jul 7th 2020 at 8:52:13 PM

Like since Ghetsis uses Hydreigon as his ace Pokemon, i'm pretty sure it will have a power up of some sort like Steven's Mega Metagross.

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MileRun Since: Jan, 2001
#180237: Jul 7th 2020 at 11:14:02 PM

I'm still waiting for a power-up to Arceus that puts it back on top of the BST totem pole, after being usurped by the Mega and Megalike Legendaries and E-Max Eternatus.

RedHunter543 Team Rocket Boss. Since: Jan, 2018 Relationship Status: Barbecuing
Team Rocket Boss.
#180238: Jul 7th 2020 at 11:15:14 PM

Arceus is from Gen iv and we most likely are getting Gen IV remakes soon.

If Rayquaza got a stupidly powerful form, why can't Areceus?

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PushoverMediaCritic I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out. from the Italy of America Since: Jul, 2015 Relationship Status: watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ
I'm sorry Tien, but I must go all out.
#180239: Jul 8th 2020 at 12:54:08 AM

Those "thousand arms" the Pokedex keeps mentioning seems like a pretty obvious way to go.

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Dyslexic writer
#180240: Jul 8th 2020 at 7:49:44 AM

I use fossil as a fan type because I don't like the types bringing even.

However, I forgot to write down what their type matchups are besides remembering that they are weak against ice. Does nybody have suggestions?

How's this for the type trope? Prehistoric Monster

Edited by Shyhero on Jul 8th 2020 at 11:04:09 AM

TheLovecraftian Since: Jul, 2017
#180241: Jul 8th 2020 at 12:19:35 PM

Hey, does anyone know a site I can go to to see how much damage a certain move will make? Because sometimes I'd like to be able to tell if, for example, my Metagross would be better served using Psychic or Zen Headbutt, but I don't want to have to seek out someone else everytime I'm curious about something like that. The only decent site I found was Pokémon Showdown's damage calculator, but that requires that I know my Pokémon's ivs and evs, which is not something that I always check or have at hand.

MileRun Since: Jan, 2001
#180242: Jul 8th 2020 at 12:43:49 PM

Just plug this into a Google sheet.

=((2*B1/5+2)*B2*B3/B4/50+2)*B5

  • B1 is your level
  • B2 is the move's power
  • B3 is your raw Att/SpAtt
  • B4 is the enemy's Def/SpDef
  • B5 is a the product of effectiveness, STAB, and any other external multipliers that might apply

The formula represents this one from Bulbapedia.

Edited by MileRun on Jul 8th 2020 at 12:45:30 PM

RAlexa21th Brenner's Wolves Fight Again from California Since: Oct, 2016 Relationship Status: I <3 love!
Brenner's Wolves Fight Again
#180243: Jul 8th 2020 at 1:48:44 PM

Edited by RAlexa21th on Jul 8th 2020 at 1:50:12 AM

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#180244: Jul 8th 2020 at 3:37:53 PM

Rather than give Arceus a new form when it already has 18 different forms, I'd rather they just give it a +10 to all 6 of its stats.

Boost its BST up to 780 without drastically changing how it actually plays, let it be the top god of the land without even needing to rely on transformation like all those losers below.

You cannot firmly grasp the true form of Squidward's technique!
AgentKirin Since: Aug, 2017
#180245: Jul 8th 2020 at 4:05:23 PM

Well, almost at the top. There's still Eternamax Eternatus sitting at 1125. You'd have to add a lot more than that to even make it a tie. As in about +70 per stat. Or just put the darn thing at 255 across the board so it won't get power-creeped ever again.

On that note, an unobtainable boss-battle form with 255 across the board would be insane.

alekos23 𐀀𐀩𐀯𐀂𐀰𐀅𐀡𐀄 from Apparently a locked thread of my choice Since: Mar, 2013 Relationship Status: [TOP SECRET]
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#180246: Jul 8th 2020 at 4:12:18 PM

I feel like any Super Arceus would be more defined by their ability and signature move

Secret Signature
AgentKirin Since: Aug, 2017
#180247: Jul 8th 2020 at 4:45:41 PM

Hmm, how about... Capped HP, at least +45 everything else (minimum to tie with Eternamax), Judgment becomes a version that picks a type that's super effective on the target, and it gets a new ability that changes its type to match (like Protean, but for that move specifically). Maybe give the super-Judgment negative priority so the player has a chance to exploit its current weaknesses before it changes them.

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#180248: Jul 8th 2020 at 5:53:32 PM

Why does Arceus have to be on top? All it needs to be is superior to the Creation Trio.

Chariot King of Anime Since: Jul, 2014
King of Anime
#180249: Jul 8th 2020 at 5:55:40 PM

Because it's the Pokemon multiverse's version of God.

Eriorguez Since: Jun, 2009
#180250: Jul 8th 2020 at 6:00:34 PM

It is no Yahweh; a demiurge if anything. Not abrahamic stuff.


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