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MorningStar1337 The Encounter that ended the Dogma from 🤔 Since: Nov, 2012
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#205026: Nov 17th 2024 at 7:16:46 PM

FWIW she's prolly a shoo in for UNITE at least.

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#205027: Nov 17th 2024 at 7:35:11 PM

I still think that Vespiquen could have been really cool in Pokken, using Combee soldiers to heal her, attack, or create walls.

Lymantria Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph from Toronto Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
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#205028: Nov 17th 2024 at 8:12:00 PM

I’m not entirely convinced that Vespiquen’s English name wasn’t misspelled and never fixed.

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#205029: Nov 17th 2024 at 8:16:54 PM

I thought it was due to a character limit for Pokemon names, like with Feraligatr.

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#205030: Nov 17th 2024 at 8:24:03 PM

Except the limit was 10, and Vespiquen is 9.

Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#205031: Nov 18th 2024 at 12:33:38 AM

Quen is a Middle English spelling of queen, so I don't think it's a typo necessarily.

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Lymantria Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph from Toronto Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
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#205032: Nov 18th 2024 at 12:52:42 AM

[up] Still, why would they use Middle English?

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The-Azure-Star-Of-Orion Long time lurker from a deep dark hole Since: Mar, 2022 Relationship Status: Above such petty unnecessities
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#205033: Nov 18th 2024 at 1:27:26 AM

[up]why would they use Spanish for the legendary birds? Because they did.

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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#205034: Nov 18th 2024 at 8:04:24 AM

(Japanese) Famitsu says that SV have become the best selling set of mainline games in Japan, surpassing Red and Green.

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#205035: Nov 18th 2024 at 8:35:32 AM

Does this beat Sword/Shield's total sales worldwide though? Not yet?

Edited by leafsaber47 on Nov 18th 2024 at 11:35:44 AM

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tclittle Professional Forum Ninja from Somewhere Down in Texas Since: Apr, 2010
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#205036: Nov 18th 2024 at 9:01:53 AM

As of September 30th, Sw Sh has a 750,000 unit lead over SV, so, unlikely.

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#205037: Nov 18th 2024 at 2:58:15 PM

[up][up]No, because this is just Japan's sales.

So peeps, what are your thoughts when they reveal a new Pokemon, it's the final evolution of the line (not counting cross gen evos)? I am looking at you, Cetitan.

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#205038: Nov 18th 2024 at 3:07:37 PM

its another Charizard form

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ShiningStardust Since: Jun, 2017
#205039: Nov 18th 2024 at 7:39:30 PM

Unfortunately, at this point S/V probably will never beat swsh's total worldwide sales, that boost from casual first timers during covid era is just so closenote  yet so far note  to overcome.

But well, at least it beat even R/G in Japan, I guess.

Edited by ShiningStardust on Nov 18th 2024 at 10:43:47 PM

dragonfire5000 from Where gods fear to tread Since: Jan, 2001
#205040: Nov 18th 2024 at 7:43:43 PM

So peeps, what are your thoughts when they reveal a new Pokemon, it's the final evolution of the line (not counting cross gen evos)? I am looking at you, Cetitan.

I don't really mind too much; I love seeing new Pokemon in general.

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Shadow-Whisperer Comedy guy from Tacoland Since: Jun, 2022
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#205041: Nov 19th 2024 at 5:52:05 AM

[up]x2 I disagree, the difference in sales between Scarlet & Violet and Sword & Shield is small (relatively speaking), and the fact the former is a 2 year old game, while the latter is 5 years old should make it obvious S & V are selling better in comparison.

Really, it's important to remember that Scarlet & Violet are still the most recent mainline Pokemon games, and just because of that, they will be the ones receiving a bigger sales boost for the holiday season. I'm sure that for the next sales report, they will have sold better than Sword & Shiled.

ShiningStardust Since: Jun, 2017
#205042: Nov 19th 2024 at 7:55:58 AM

We'll see in the next 3 years (or in the next sales report) I guess, but you're right, in terms of how fast S/V reached the numbers, it's definitely much better than swsh.

Edited by ShiningStardust on Nov 19th 2024 at 10:56:39 PM

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#205043: Nov 19th 2024 at 7:21:12 PM

Welp, guess which absolute clown just found out Poké Transporter is incompatible with Gen IV? Looks like I gotta make my decision on whether to play as a boy or a girl for my White run. (Gotta beat the story to unlock the Transfer Lab.)

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diddyknux (4 Score & 7 Years Ago) Relationship Status: Anime is my true love
#205044: Nov 19th 2024 at 8:07:37 PM

Girl. The female player character designs in Black and White 1 and 2 are just so good. BW 1 also has a really good male pc design (I'm not a fan of 2's look at all), but that's up against, in my opinion, one of the best girl pc designs in the series.

Kiobi20 Since: Sep, 2016
#205045: Nov 19th 2024 at 8:10:14 PM

I hate that each generation tries a lamer version of mega evolutions instead of just keep using and building up from mega evolutions which worked perfectly fine already

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#205046: Nov 19th 2024 at 8:13:50 PM

I like Terestallizing. I have no strong opinions on Z Moves or Gigantamaxing. They're.. Just kinda there to me.

Lymantria Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph from Toronto Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
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#205047: Nov 19th 2024 at 8:17:59 PM

Still, Terastalization works on virtually all Pokémon the same (that are programmed into SV, that is). Z-Moves and Dynamax worked for all but had special effects for some, and Mega Evolution only worked at all on some. I wouldn’t call the other gimmicks Mega Evolution ripoffs, but it will be nice to see Megas return in Z-A.

Edited by Lymantria on Nov 19th 2024 at 11:18:39 AM

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Anomalocaris20 from Sagittarius A* Since: Sep, 2010 Relationship Status: Love blinded me (with science!)
#205048: Nov 19th 2024 at 8:19:24 PM

I dislike all four.

Z-Moves are the least offensive to me simply by virtue of being the least intrusive. Then Megas, then Terastalization, and finally Dynamax is the worst.

I like the idea of giving a boss trainer's final Pokemon something special to make the battle feel more cinematic, but I really don't like these gimmicks at all and how they often misbalance or centralize battles around themselves.

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Lymantria Tyrannoraptoran Reptiliomorph from Toronto Since: Apr, 2015 Relationship Status: Historians will say we were good friends.
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#205049: Nov 19th 2024 at 8:19:46 PM

What would your ideal gimmick be?

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dragonfire5000 from Where gods fear to tread Since: Jan, 2001
#205050: Nov 19th 2024 at 8:21:51 PM

Since I do a lot of Tera raids, I'm having a lot of fun with Terastilization. It's kind of fun trying to solo 5-star and 6-star raids, and how a Pokemon raid boss can end up being a different experience when they have different tera types.

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