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Pokémon UltraSun & UltraMoon |OT| What is this, a crossover episode?
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But they weren't the first option. Reason that matters is in case there was ever a future World Tournament Hau will most likely be the Champion representing Alola. (That or the Professor but I doubt it.)
And by giving him that title means he would be considered the main rival Champion for Gen 7 and that's just disappointing.
I really hope that the battle agency's leveling system does not stunt its long term viability. If I'm at level 80 and all my guests are at level 50 then I'm screwed.
we are never getting a world tournament again, so I would not worry about this
Hey guys a good pal here was helping me get my Mega stones over to my Ultra moon and about half way through we got disconnected. How long do those trade bans last? It sucks when you really were just trading with a friend.
I've got a question about unlockable music.
In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire (ORAS), Ho-Oh and Lugia were version-exclusive legendaries, and you could only unlock the battle theme of the one in your version for use in online battles. Ho-Oh's battle theme could only be unlocked in OR, and Lugia's battle theme could only be unlocked in AS. Is that also the case for USUM?
In Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire (ORAS), Ho-Oh and Lugia were version-exclusive legendaries, and you could only unlock the battle theme of the one in your version for use in online battles. Ho-Oh's battle theme could only be unlocked in OR, and Lugia's battle theme could only be unlocked in AS. Is that also the case for USUM?
I beat Necrozma, because my Incineroar loves me and didn't get 1 shotted, or something. Then they send me on a trial against 50 somethings, when I had to level most of my Pokemon to 65 to get by Necrozma? What? My Pokemon are leveling past my obedience cap.
Your not supposed to be a higher level than Necrozma most people's teams are mid 50s when they beat/cheese him.
My strategy was constantly reviving decidueye to sucker punch and eat way at it's health. Survived on 7hp to get the final hit in.
Yeah this is my concern too. So far I'm rank 4 and I've only found one guest in my Plaza who isn't rank 0. Most trainers aren't even selectable because they've never used the Agency and possibly never will. The Agency is a fun facility tainted by the continuing shittiness of the Plaza.
The agency could have been a fun facility if they had just copied the factory instead of trying to put another stupid spin on it.
Once Pokémon Switch comes out, the agency is going to be deader than a doorknob. It was really poorly thought out.
It'd be nice if, when that happens, Gamefreak patches the game so that guests auto-rank with you or something, so it at least functions like a psuedo-Battle Factory. Of course, they won't, and the Agency will be unplayable. Oh well.
Totem Lurantis was pretty easy...badly poisoned it with Grimer's Toxic Fang and watched as it wasted turns healing itself with Synthesis as Poison kept taking more and more health. Died on the turn it finally took down Grimer, and then Flaafy easily took down Comfey.
I still don't get why they just don't use Nintendo ID or Nintendo Accounts for that, global link is a mess to set up.
Or just count everything of anyone who is connected online. Anyway i think the goals can be possible but not with how bad global link works.
But yeah the festival plaza is such a downgrade to the passerby system. Hopefully Pokemon Switch gets something like the latter.
Nevermind. I sat down and thought about it and realized this means a Tapu and Ultra Beast dominated format. Definitely not fun at all. They should have banned a lot more Pokémon.
And it's a shame the Battle Agency is so bad. I really wanted a factory, but just flat out refuse to use this poor excuse. Festival Plaza was a huge mistake and I hope it doesn't plague the Switch games. Bring back PSS; the Switch has enough screen real estate that you could easily implement a new version of it.
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Incaneroar's Darkest Lariat move reminds me alot of Crash Bandicoot in a way lol, the Spin really does look simular to Crashes one.
By the way how is that move called that shoots his belt out? I don't have that one yet.
Just beat the ghost trial, now trying to catch a Mimikyu.
By the way how is that move called that shoots his belt out? I don't have that one yet.
Just beat the ghost trial, now trying to catch a Mimikyu.
That's just its animation for when it uses special attack. Flamethrower I guess is the canon move though lol.
I see thanks! Was wondering if i was missing a exclusive move or something lol, did not know it was something that simple:P
Cool, haven't really started collecting them but surely will look out for them now. Mimikyu is one of my most favorite new pokemon this gen and overall. Will surely get that totem in my team.
I am struggling so much with my run that I NEED to re-work my team. It's currently Salamence, Ribombee, and Glaceon. Yeah I know my team's really bad, but we've managed most situations fairly well...until I got to Poni. Between the trainers of Vast Poni Canyon, the Totem battle, Legendary battles, and even Mina's trial, Ribombee and Glaceon have become dead weight due to so many weakness and/or how frail they are. May end up grabbing some mons from Bank and cheese the last bit of the game.
I probably know the answer to this, but I wonder if Game Freak has any plans to update the Pokemon available in the Ultra Wormholes at any point.
I suppose it's possible that there is an internal mechanism to cycle them, but I think that would've been discovered by now if so? There are a lot of unobtainable Pokemon still, so there's room to do so.
With only 20 Pokemon available in them, just seems like the marketplace is going to get absolutely flooded with those shinies.
I mean, I've already got two shiny Sigilyphs and one Barbacle.
Related: Would love to trade a shiny Timid Sigilyph for a shiny Altaria, Lombre, Nuzleaf, or Abomasnow. Preferably with a good nature.
I suppose it's possible that there is an internal mechanism to cycle them, but I think that would've been discovered by now if so? There are a lot of unobtainable Pokemon still, so there's room to do so.
With only 20 Pokemon available in them, just seems like the marketplace is going to get absolutely flooded with those shinies.
I mean, I've already got two shiny Sigilyphs and one Barbacle.
Related: Would love to trade a shiny Timid Sigilyph for a shiny Altaria, Lombre, Nuzleaf, or Abomasnow. Preferably with a good nature.
It's good to hear that the game gets harder.
It's probably due to bank or Isle level up but I have a ton of pokemon that seem overpowered for where I am on the third island.
But yeah use bank, it definitely adds some variety.
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We can get a Surfing Pikachu? Can I evolve it and breed it? I would love a new Raichu with fake out and surf!
Battle Agency is pretty fun. I just got to Grade 10 and apparently I have to contend with constant weather conditions now. I had to fight Giovanni as a boss to get past Grade 9 and he had an Arcanine that did me in twice before I was victorious. Thankfully the enemies don't change until a completed challenge or the next day, so I was able to tailor my team better for the third try.
However, I am running into a wall. Most other players are at Grade 0 or nothing at all. I assume a large number of the latter are regular SM players. Maybe it will get better as more players reach the post-game, but I believe it will still be a constant problem.
However, I am running into a wall. Most other players are at Grade 0 or nothing at all. I assume a large number of the latter are regular SM players. Maybe it will get better as more players reach the post-game, but I believe it will still be a constant problem.
Caught a new member of my team, Sandygast and I love the little guy.
This also means that I had to say goodbye to Zorroark, he may have confused me at times with his ability but he was a fun Pokémon to use.
Well whatever they use for gen 8, I sure as hope that Game Freak remember to make the tutorial for it optional for the players.
I know that feeling, so many Pokémon but only 6 slots.
Which is why I pre-plan my team as I don't having a team that is 3x weak to one type.
This also means that I had to say goodbye to Zorroark, he may have confused me at times with his ability but he was a fun Pokémon to use.
Well whatever they use for gen 8, I sure as hope that Game Freak remember to make the tutorial for it optional for the players.
I know that feeling, so many Pokémon but only 6 slots.
Which is why I pre-plan my team as I don't having a team that is 3x weak to one type.
I don't expect much better than the plaza for Gen8
Nintendo still set on gimped online functionality, and GF seems to be moving toward "cinematic" single player stuff
This actually worries me a bit as it feels like that over time Game Freak will strip out the gameplay element and the series will no longer feel like a Pokémon game. It's already bad enough that trainers in gen 7 were so few and only carried 1-2 Pokémon, with Ultra Sun and Moon not fixing that problem.
Gen 5 was story driven but yeah still managed to feel more like a Pokémon game than gen 7.
Fixing the number of Pokemon the trainers have isn't a trivial thing, even if it seems like it. Because the real issue there is how quickly you get Exp.
Catching Pokemon and fighting only trainers, my team of traded mons was always right at or just above the control cutoff on every island. And adding more Pokemon means more exp., which means that I'd have completely lost control of my team if I'd fought everyone.
So while I get what you're going for, I think the exp. curve with the current number of Pokemon is near-perfect. And to accommodate more Pokemon from trainers they'd need to completely change the exp. system. Which, arguably, could also make it feel more like a grind.
And as much as I like BW2, going back and playing them after G7 felt like a real slog, exp-wise.
So instead of having a pathway of 5 team skull grunts with 1 pokemon each, have 3 with 2-3 pokemon at least
This was a real situation that happened in S/M and it really stood out for me
whats the purpose of having so many filler npc battles?
Oh hey, I didn't forget to catch Rotom today
So that was nice.
Rotom doesn't care that I caught Rotom.
So that was nice.
Rotom doesn't care that I caught Rotom.
It's a fair point, but I think they see value in the pacing / tension of going up against a whole bunch of guys instead of just one or two big ones.
Definitely makes it feel like you're taking on a gang instead, at the very least.
If trainer team sizes increased as you got farther in the game, it'd completely kill the game's pacing. Regular trainers having small teams for the best. The problem is that all random trainers have small teams. There are like, 3 or 4 non-boss trainers in the game with more than 3 pokemon, and that includes postgame. While it's good that the majority of trainers have small teams, there should be occasional, optional trainers with larger, tougher teams. I feel like this is what the Z trainers were supposed to be, but those guys still only ever have 2 pokemon for some reason. BW2 probably handled this best, where Veterans were usually hidden behind optional HM usage scattered around the region and these guys used tougher theme teams with 5 pokemon. If you beat them you often got a TM they were guarding.
For bosses though there's no excuse for team sizes to not keep increasing as you get farther in the game. There needs to be more bosses with teams of 5 prior to the E4.
The irony is this is a problem created by the exp share. It's impossible to balance the games around having a permanent 3.5x exp multiplier unless they're willing to let trainer levels reach the 90s by postgame.
For bosses though there's no excuse for team sizes to not keep increasing as you get farther in the game. There needs to be more bosses with teams of 5 prior to the E4.
The irony is this is a problem created by the exp share. It's impossible to balance the games around having a permanent 3.5x exp multiplier unless they're willing to let trainer levels reach the 90s by postgame.
Anyone who has access to the move reminder or the TM for Dragon Pulse want to help teach it to my Poipole?
I feel like the game needed a Victory Road, a real one. Just an ending area filled with puzzles and strong trainers before the E4. I think that would have helped a lot.
I will say that I really liked the route kahunas though. They either used unique moves or strategies that you'd normally only see in post-game multiplayer situations.
I mean yea, but not really. It's really short and not a lot of strong trainers are there.
I think the real issue for me with trainers having one Pokemon is there's no reason to think about using Z moves.
Every fight I've been able to just mindlessly use my Stoutland's breakneck blitz and win instantly. Having trainers with more than one Pokemon should've been a no brainer considering how hard the game pushes you to use the different Z moves.
Every fight I've been able to just mindlessly use my Stoutland's breakneck blitz and win instantly. Having trainers with more than one Pokemon should've been a no brainer considering how hard the game pushes you to use the different Z moves.