The lake guardians are fine because they're story related. It's things like Phione that didn't really need to exist at all.
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Pokemon Sword and Shield discussion thread (spoiler-free) [see staff post]
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it's cause they're barely related to the games they're apart of
there's like no lore about them within the games like everything pre-gen 6
I miss when event pokemon had cool locations where you fought them. It just adds to the sense of wonder
the hall of origin will forever be the sickest shit (even though it was never officially a thing)
the hall of origin will forever be the sickest shit (even though it was never officially a thing)
Mew and Celebi at least exist in the lore of the region they're part of. There's all the journal entries in the mansion and Celebi's shrine is a direct reference to it. Arceus also gets a shoutout with the various lore bits tied to the plates in Sinnoh and the direct connection it has with the box legendaries.
Heck even Victini got the not-statue-of-liberty island to go with it and Keldeo has ties to the Swords of Justice and the marsh.
Yeah, Heatran is the one I consider legendary overkill. The lake guardians at least have some cool lore/plot implications
I've honestly had like zero interest in catching event Pokémon ever since they did away with this.
I just really want to see starter evolutions because it helps get me hyped even more, and influences my selection!
I don't know why Gamefreak even creates legendaries anymore if they're going to half ass them as basic event Pokemon and not include quests/cool locations to find them. They're basically just creatures to center movies around nowadays and it's incredibly disappointing
On another discussion.
The fact that we may have a new competitive scene without any ultra beasts/mega evolution/most legendary means it could get a lot more balanced simply by default rather than because of some stats adjustments. When you check out the uber list on smogon, out of the 64 (including each different form) banned Pokémon, 62 are either mega evolutions, ultra beasts or legendaries. The only one that isn't any of those is Aegislash (absolutely based).
I think we'll still have a few uber legendaries in the game but if they balance them, maybe we won't even need an uber tier at all.
The fact that we may have a new competitive scene without any ultra beasts/mega evolution/most legendary means it could get a lot more balanced simply by default rather than because of some stats adjustments. When you check out the uber list on smogon, out of the 64 (including each different form) banned Pokémon, 62 are either mega evolutions, ultra beasts or legendaries. The only one that isn't any of those is Aegislash (absolutely based).
I think we'll still have a few uber legendaries in the game but if they balance them, maybe we won't even need an uber tier at all.
Ties to the abysmal lack of secondary quests in the games.
Most surprising moment in any Pokémon game for me. I didn't know that it was in the game so I was shocked when that black triangle appeared on screen.
please do the same for Arceus in the Diamond and Pearl remakes too Game Freak I'm begging you
they stopped caring with DPP and the Azure Flute. makes me wonder how the remakes will even handle it. maybe make it like Episode Delta?
The entire mythical/legendary split will never not be dumb.
Outside of GameFreak's marketing department, no one cares to separate them. And most casual Pokemon fans either ignore or are outright unaware of the mythical tag, and just call them all legendaries regardless.
Outside of GameFreak's marketing department, no one cares to separate them. And most casual Pokemon fans either ignore or are outright unaware of the mythical tag, and just call them all legendaries regardless.
i found out about it this year i think,
its weird haha
Mew is not a legendary right? it is a mythical
the distinction exists to me to show they aren't needed to complete the pokedex and aren't always available to people
Like NPCs, Gyarados has no need to turn smoothly when swimming lol.
Thinking of doing a randomizer nuzlocke of Emerald to build up my hype for Sword and Shield.
Thinking of using these parameters for the randomizer:
Thinking of using these parameters for the randomizer:
- Randomized trainer Pokemon
- Swapping with pokemon of similar strength
- All trainer pokemon will be forced to be fully evolved at level 36
- Randomized Starter Pokemon
- Must be a pokemon with two evolutions.
- Randomized held item (no bad items)
- Randomize Static Pokemon (Encountered in overworld, gift pokemon, revived fossils)
- Change impossible evolutions (trade, trade with held item, use of night/day system)
You can see it before entering the Raid battle:
Yeah, but once you catch it and you have it on your box, or your party, or if you receive a Butterfree from a trade, how are you gonna be able to tell if it Gigantamaxes or if it only Dynamaxes, before going into battle? Is it a mark, an ability, a move, an item?
I guess the distinction between mythical and legendary doesn't bug me because like I said earlier the mythicals (which as far as I know is a localized term) don't always have the same kind of "gravitas" the legendaries do, some are just very rare Pokemon. Like what's legendary about Meltan? It's on Ash's team in the cartoon like any other Pokemon lol
Have they elaborated on how Pokemon Home is going to work with Pokemon Bank (if at all) and older games? All my Pokemon are currently sat in Bank, and I don't know whether to keep them there or not. I know not all Pokemon will be compatible with SwSh, but do we know anything about the ones that are?
You can see it before entering the Raid battle:
I wish this was more flashy
Probably from the stats screen, there's still that weird part about "Dynamax levels" we don't know about
You will be able to transfer all Pokémon from your Bank to HOME, whether or not they're in the Galar pokédex. So supposedly since HOME will have additional features, you'd be better off to transfer all of them as soon as you can.
Huh. That's much better than expected. In theory, anyway.You will be able to transfer all Pokémon from your Bank to HOME, whether or not they're in the Galar pokédex. So supposedly since HOME will have additional features, you'd be better to transfer all of them as soon as you can.
Not trying to attack you or something, because I know not everyone is aware, but we had an entire year of Mythical distributions for the 20th anniversary.
That was highly publicized across their social media platforms, I think we even had some Youtube videos, and they were tied with TCG sets too
I admit there wasn't much talk about it before (when they started doing the distinction outside of Japan) but I think they've made it more evident in recent years.
Mythicals are supposed to be unique in the world?
Different from, say, Lugia, that actually had offspring in the anime...
Different from, say, Lugia, that actually had offspring in the anime...
my assumption is that the dynamax level will determine it, and raid Pokemon that start out gigamaxed will just come with a maxed out level from the start
Not trying to attack you or something, because I know not everyone is aware, but we had an entire year of Mythical distributions for the 20th anniversary.
That was highly publicized across their social media platforms, I think we even had some Youtube videos, and they were tied with TCG sets too
I admit there wasn't much talk about it before (when they started doing the distinction outside of Japan) but I think they've made it more evident in recent years.
this is why i know there was a difference
Same, plus each of the legendary Pokémon in Sinnoh actually had a role and lore to fulfill. So I ended up liking it more as it added to the mystery.
I actually like Phione as it's a real world reflection on how sea temperature can have an affect on sea marine life.
Same, I barely remember the new one and I didn't even bothered getting Zeraora.
Ever since gen 6, event Pokémon have existed in their own little bubble and don't really fit with the Pokémon world as the game does not acknowledge them via lore or folks tales.
For example with Zeraora, I am like okay it exist but what is its connection with Alola and what is its lore?
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