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Post by gigglefit on Dec 9, 2012 17:10:06 GMT -4
I think Fantina was probably my favourite Sinnoh gym leader, actually. She was really... over-the-top, in such a fun way xD I really liked Volkner too, however. Le fashion xD I like how Gen 5 really gave the Gym leaders more of a significant role in the plot, each one of them actually got out and helped out or did something in the story rather than just standing in their gym waiting for challengers. Yeah, the game creators are learning from the anime, which has gym leaders act in the plot a lot more. I hope this stays in the future games too
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Post by Sai on Dec 15, 2012 0:08:01 GMT -4
It's great! I'm only about half way through Black (I think) but one of the things I'm enjoying the most is how story-driven it is. Cheren and Bianca are pretty cool, too, as far as "rivals" go - they actually have a decent bit of character development (for a Pokemon game) and I like how they're so present in your journey. I also really like that the Professor actually goes out and does stuff! It's so refreshing xD
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Post by meikyuutie on Dec 24, 2012 2:01:02 GMT -4
thats teh charm of gen 5... soo manny good characters n such a good story//plot. ive done so many great RPs from gen 5 stutff ^.^
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Post by noknuckles on Jan 7, 2013 19:01:26 GMT -4
For some reason, I started looking up Pokemon theories (eg. Cubone theory) and weird pokedex entries. There's some pretty cool/weird stuff, though a lot of it is well known and you've probably already heard of a good portion of it. From now on, I'm reading every single pokedex entry of pokemon that I encounter. I always thought Charmander was messed up, and from then on never paid much attention to pokedex entries. And seeing as how Charmander was my first pokemon, that pretty much meant I never paid much attention Pokedex entries: Similar to above video: www.comicsalliance.com/2011/03/15/weirdest-pokemon-black-white/Conspiracy theories: jiggmin.com/threads/58477-Pokemon-Conspiracy-Theories The ones I found cool was Red killing Blue's Raticate, Cubone theory (Cubone's pokedex entry was really sad even without the Cubone theory), and the war wiping out an entire generation of men. The Brock Obama one was pretty hilarious
MUST READ theory about the anime: www.killcure.com/2009/10/02/pokemon-conspiracy-theory/
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Post by gigglefit on Jan 8, 2013 15:03:17 GMT -4
6th generation of Pokemon announced today: Pokemon X and Pokemon Y. They will be released for the Nintendo 3DS in October, having completely 3D graphics. The release date will be same for Europe, Japan, America and Australia for the first time. The game looks nice, it seems to be based on France. However, i think this is completely unnecessary. Black 2 and White 2 are still very new, you can't even find them everywhere yet. It seems that Nintendo was in a hurry since there were no Pokemon for 3DS yet (which is partially why the 3DS is selling so badly compared to DS and the Gameboys). I just hope it doesn't affect the game's quality. So, which version will you be getting? Also, which starter? For me, i think i'll get Pokemon Y and the fire starter. I usually take water starters, but the frog looks ugly xD Edit: noknuckles I have read the post about the anime conspiracy a year before or so. I am still hoping to this day that Ash is truly in a coma, and that that is what they will reveal when Nintendo runs out of Pokemon games (Pokemon is no Final Fantasy, so i expect it will be gone after Generation 9 or 10; the best days of pokemon already passed). Also, after reading all of the conspiracy theories, i concluded that Pokemon is one of the cruelest, most morbid games any human could of come up with. I am writing a Kanto war fanfic definitely!
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Post by noknuckles on Jan 8, 2013 18:14:06 GMT -4
I've been browsing bulbapaedia, and while the creepy entries are not as common as that video/article would suggest, the details are still a lot darker than the show would suggest. There's a huge food chain, and you read about how, for instance, Ekans eats baby Pidgeys and Spearows whole, which you'll never ever witness in the show. There are tons and tons of details on how wild pokemon would hunt for food. What about Blastoise being able to split steel with his water cannon? What if a Blastoise starts attacking my Pidgeotto and splits it into chunks with a water blast?
It's like the developers created this enormous dynamic dangerous world just for their own personal roleplaying purposes, and then they just tacked on a cockfighting element that, while violent, never involves death. Reading the pokedex entries, you'd think there'd be 5 accidental deaths per battle due to how viciously dangerous a lot of these pokemon are. And then you have these vicious creatures that can kill you with one drop of poison, facing off against docile creatures, geez...
Pokemon probably has an affect on 3DS sales, but I don't think it's the driving factor to the decline of Nintendo as the dominant handheld superforce. I think it has more to do with the rising popularity of cell phone games. Phones are just so powerful nowadays that it can double up as a mobile gaming platform. It's not quite as good as a 3DS or Vita, but it's good enough, the games are hella cheap and you have good variety. Why shell out money for a 3DS when your phone can double up as a gaming device? Of course, there are games you can't experience on your Galaxies, but the increased competition is there
As for starters, I don't have a 3DS, but if I did and I decided to get this game, I would probably choose the fire one. I don't like the other two's looks
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Post by meikyuutie on Jan 9, 2013 17:01:27 GMT -4
GEN 6 LOOKS FLIPPIN AMAZIN!!!!!!!!!!! GAAAH I MUST HAVE IT NAOW!!!! O____O
n i dont think its 2 soon... b2/w2 are basicallyteh platinum of gen 5. even tho they r much bigger n grander games but they fill ther ole of the "extra game" of the gen. n its been 3 yers now since b/w... thats usually how long a genration lasts, nee? o.o
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Post by Sai on Jan 9, 2013 20:25:50 GMT -4
The new generation looks amazing so far. Definitely the biggest graphical jump since Gen 2 -> Gen 3, and I love the new starters already! I've traditionally gone with fire starters, but deviated with Gen 5 because I wasn't really fond of Tepig and was one of the few people completely charmed by Oshawott XD I think I'll go back to fire with this generation, though. Fennekin is adorable - it kind of reminds me of both Vulpix and Zorua.
Although... I'm already seeing myself develop a bit of a soft spot for Chespin. He kinda seems like the Grass Oshawott, haha.
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Post by meikyuutie on Jan 19, 2013 1:00:06 GMT -4
nyaa, i want a fennekin >.< tho i wish 1 day they had mor than 3 starters lol
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Post by noknuckles on Jan 19, 2013 23:39:58 GMT -4
3 is a good number. It's not too many so that new (even returning) players get confused over the choices. But it's also enough that it feels like a meaningful choice that will shape the way you build your team
You typically don't want to flood the player with choices early in the game. The amount of meaningful decisions the player makes should be tied to how long they've played the game for. The way it's setup, you make a meaningful but not overwhelming decision to start the game, then as you play more and more, and more areas get opened up, choices in how you build your team get expanded
If there's something I want in starters, it's different types. I'm sick of seeing fire, grass and water starters all the time! How 'bout psychic/fighting, grass/flying, and bug/dragon? That would be wild
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Post by meikyuutie on Jan 23, 2013 20:48:39 GMT -4
hai, i just want diff types @___@ soo tired of firre/water/grass lol. i want lyk a pokemon yelow again where u get a special startter ^^
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Post by Singy on Jan 29, 2013 23:32:22 GMT -4
Though 6th gen really does look amazing, it would indeed be nice to get a little starter variety, or even starting area variety. There are so many different grass and water types to get that having such a powerful one available at the start almost seems like a waste. It might be good to keep fire though, given how few there seem to be in a game. A region with a large amount of fire types would be really interesting actually. Anyway, noknuckles, your suggestions are really interesting. Having a psychic or fighting starter would be really different and really fun. Granted, meikyuutie's idea for an innovative single starter could be interesting too. Dragons anyone? *___*
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Post by noknuckles on Jan 30, 2013 22:09:17 GMT -4
Hey, I didn't say Psychic or Fighting. I said Psychic AND Fighting, as in the evolved form of the starter would be Psychic/Fighting. That would be so sweet... like the fighter knows what attack is coming in advance and is always able to deflect the blows the enemy dishes out. I imagine it as a Fighting starter that gains the ability to read the opponent when it evolves. Fighting -> Fighting -> Fighting/Psychic
The Grass/Flying would be a pure Flying starter. In its first evolution, it gains Grass. So it goes Flying -> Grass/Flying -> Grass/Flying. Its initial form pokedex entry would be something like "Its parents plants its eggs atop as tall a tree as possible so that their newborns can absorb sunlight." When it evolves, it will be "It flies as high as possible and absorbs sunlight for nutrients."
The Bug/Dragon I don't have worked out yet, but the basic idea is that it basically gets shafted, being a Bug, but the reward is it turns into a frickin dragon
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Post by Singy on Feb 19, 2013 21:45:05 GMT -4
That is actually a rather ingenious idea. I mean, we normally see the generic starting types gain another as they evolve, but these combinations do seem really interesting. Also, I do like that a practical explanation for its evolution through the pokedex entries. I know that should be a standard, but sometimes the entries don't explain the new type.
By the way, what does everyone think of the new Eevee starter? Some say that it might be a flying type, but I'd like to hear other theories~
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Post by meikyuutie on Feb 20, 2013 16:00:29 GMT -4
u mean sylveon/ninfia. she's rly cool n she remindde me of skyla n i hought flying 2 @___@ tho my ifrst thought was it was jsut another normal type but idk y they'd do that
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