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Daily

Daily Article Series: Glaceon Edition

bobandbill, May 12: Pokémon of the Month: Daily Article Series Glaceon Edition At the start of Daily's launch, we had tried out a series of articles involving Eevee. Articles included nickname suggestions for Eevee (and ratings too), how you should care for Eevee,...
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Last Pokémon-related purchase you made

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Sheep, Mar 25: Some cute merchandise from the Pokémon Center Osaka DX store! New merchandise line is out and we decided to try for some of the random keychain packs. They all look cute. <3
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Favorite Pokemon

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Alex_Among_Foxes, Feb 12: Absol's been my favorite Pokemon since my Nuzlocke of X, I went through most of that run with her as my lead 'mon and was never let down. I liked her so much that I named my dog after her as well. (my Absol's nickname that is lol)
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🎀 Merchandise

Merchandise Exhibit!

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ReKoil, Nov 3: Some Halloween foxes =3 An Absol & Banette plush: Santa Delibirb plush <3 A Pair of oinkers!
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Started by colours

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Rules

Pokémon General Rules

Sheep, Jul 2016: POKÉMON GENERAL R U L E S What is this forum about?Welcome to Pokémon General, otherwise referred to as PGen or PG. This section is a catch-all for topics that aren't restricted to any of the other sections alone. If your Pokémon-related...
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Pokengine

Sheep, Jul 2021: A quick google search will give you a link to the website at the very top 👍
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Which Letter of the Alphabet has the most pokemon?

Retek, Jul 2021: I think X has the least, and E has the most(just like IRL alphabet)? opens spoiler Wait, it was C?! Close enough then, I guess! :D
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Started by ReKoil

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25th Anniversary Discussion

Figure, Jul 2021: I agree, a couple of months ago either my Emerald Cartridge or my GBA SP finally kicked the bucket 😢. I am really not a fan of doing emulators either so for now I really just cannot access the games.
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Started by Figure

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Dawn form Lycanroc

Nah, Jul 2021: I guess the monsters finally had enough of us mass murdering their populations for the sole purpose of making hats out of their corpses and decided to give us a taste of our own medicine by killing a young Sinnoh girl and wearing her hat and shoes ...
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Started by SplFFFFFFto

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We Need a Better Way of Determining What Is Legendary and What is Mythical...

Quagsire girl, Jun 2021: well mythical pokemon have more powers and can oftenly turn into other pokemon and legendarys oftenly come in different groups or pairs like all of the regis and the forces of nature and mythicals are loners oftenly...
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If the legendaries had a gender...

colours, Jun 2021: this thread is over 9 years old :x perhaps remake it?
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Favorite middle stage starter

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MiamiHeat305, Jun 2021: My favorite middle stage starter is between Grovyle and Charmeleon. Tough to pick which!
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Started by Sheep

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What animal is Arceus, wrong answers only

TheAlmightyBlaziken, Jun 2021: A baboon with the arms of Magnus Carlsen and the legs of a giraffe.
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Started by PageEmp

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Poll

Version exclusive battle: Sableye vs. Mawile

Poll
NikolaP, Jun 2021: These two are some of my favourite version exclusives and I love them both, but I'll go with Mawile! It's such a cool Pokémon, at the same time cute, monstrous and awesome. I have used Sableye in my Emerald team and he was super fun to play with.
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Started by Sheep

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Pokemon the Internet Ruined For You

Roni, Jun 2021: All that Pokesmut is pretty darn wrong for sure, but I tend to just ignore them. I dunno why, but it doesn't really leave that much of a lasting impression on me.
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Started by Palamon

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Article

Impatient for Sinnoh remakes? Chill out to this jazz cover collection

SadOldMan, Jun 2021: *smoll dawn likes this*
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Started by bobandbill

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Manga

Who is still reading Pokemon Adventures?

icycatelf, Jun 2021: I'm not, but I should get back into it (quit somewhere around HGSS-BW because the website was missing chapters). I adored the RS saga!
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Why are Food Pokémon SO overhated!

ethelbertmagnus, Jun 2021: Thanks everyone.
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What other Pokemon forums do you frequent?

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Astinus, Jun 2021: I started out on SPPf and Bulbagarden, then came here. Along the way over the years, I joined with several smaller Pokemon forums. All of those I'm sure disappeared as the Internet grew. The last forum that I joined was Lake Valor, which I know is...
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How does Pokecommunity rank amongst the other related websites you’ve been to?

Figure, Jun 2021: The fandom as a whole has been quite stagnant due to lack of big news <----- This for sure. This is what I just don't understand, I have talked about this iin another thread as well, tpci has such a big opportunity here that they totally whiffed on....
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Started by PageEmp

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What team would x character have?

H e a p., Jun 2021: I've seen this trend of "if (insert non-pokemon character here) is a Pokemon Trainer, what will xis team be?" Kind of a thing, and I don't want to remind this thread ever again. 😞
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Your Gym type and Pokemon

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Neb, Jun 2021: I would be a ground type gym leader with a hiking trail themed gym! You’d have to switch from trail to trail in order to avoid gym trainers. If I was the seventh gym leader, my team would be something like this: - Runegrigrus, LV 37 - Camerupt,...
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Started by Blazikenn

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What do you call the Pokémon currency?

colours, Jun 2021: i could've sworn that one game had "poké" as an abbreviation for them, so i've been calling them that ever since.
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Started by Sheep

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Underrated Shinies

Neiratina, Jun 2021: I have a soft spot for teal-colored shinies! Like Koffing, Croagunk and Relicanth ;v; Also Ariados. I was gifted one once named "Candy Legs" and since then it's been one of my favorites.
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Started by H e a p.

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What type fossil Pokémon actually were in the past?

ReKoil, Jun 2021: I'd be tempted to say they gained Rock type due to being fossilized. Not really sure how their original typings would be for most, but Lileep/Cradily would definitely be water types instead of Rock. You can fish it up in Sw/Sh and in New Snap...
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Started by Corveone

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*tweets about the shiny I caught*

Megan, Jun 2021: When I still used social media I didn't. Most of my Pokemon experiences I talk about I talk on PC. Here I can at least be sure that people are actually interested in that stuff. ^^"
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Started by Palamon

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Creatures you barely remember exist

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Megan, Jun 2021: The Spearow line, Gulpin line, Glameow line, Purrloin line, Tympole line, Grubbin line and a bunch of gen 8 mons. This is more of a case of me never using them which is why they all went under my radar until I looked them up.
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Started by PageEmp

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2021 Pokémon goals

Figure, May 2021: I have hit most of my shiny goals since it is super easy to get shinies now but I do have one goal I really want to hit! I want to beat Pokemon Platinum, I have never beaten a Sinnoh game. The furthest I have gotten is Fantina because the game just...
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Started by Sheep

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Favorite electric rodent?

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NikolaP, May 2021: Plusle and Minun for me, followed closely by Pachirisu! I remember drawing my own versions of multiplication and division-themed Minun/Plusle relatives when I was young (I'm sure I was less than 10). They had × and ÷ on their cheeks and tails and I...
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Started by Sheep

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Why Rhydon Can Learn Surf.

colours, May 2021: this is over seven years old @[email protected] this
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Started by Puddle

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How are single-gender pokemon determined?

Sheep, May 2021: Honestly, I do feel like the staff have reasons for which Pokémon can only be a set gender, even if some of them are hard to figure out. I found this comment on Reddit when researching: Not something I’d have thought of myself. The reasons...
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Uncommon Favorite Pokemon

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Sheep, May 2021: Yeah, that's one way to look at the difficulty. Pretty much anything is viable. :D Though I admit, my fully unevolved run with some favorites (like Fennekin) was very hard even by the second gym, so that would've required a lot of grinding aha.
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Started by ZeoStar

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Worst pokemon species names

Sheep, May 2021: Dwebble being referred to as the 'Rock Inn Pokémon' and Crustle as the 'Stone Home Pokémon' is so strange to me considering how open they are to calling many other Pokémon as animals outright (chinchilla, mouse, bird, turtle, etc).
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Started by PageEmp

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🎀 Merchandise

how would you feel about having your own plush dragapult alongside FIFTY dreepy?

Palamon, May 2021: I don't have space for that many Dreepy plush, but I'm sure someone does. But that begs the question, why did Tomy do this? This is a very odd choice for merchandise...
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Started by colours

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Event

PokeCommunity's Top 50 Favourite Pokemon!

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Devalue, May 2021: Is not surprised by Garchomp. Fared well in other polls. Mentioned a Google and Reddit poll earlier. Grabbed information from both. Notes: - Google Rank: From the 2020 Google poll. Voted once per generation. (Skews the results when...
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Media

'Electric' by Katy Perry

Sheep, May 2021: ojpTpT5i-PI Katty Perry's new song titled Electric, costarring Pokémon, is now out! What do you guys think of it?
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There were a few things about Emerald that i didnt like compared to the original RS

faf, May 2021: Locking this since you have reposted this in the correct section~
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Started by yamibakura95

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if you had a pokedex entry, what would it be?

ReKoil, May 2021: ReKoil Type: Ice/Fairy Ability: Ice Body Hidden Ability: Ice Scales Species: Returning Pokémon Pokédex Entry: A solitary pokemon. Seldom seen outside of the cave it calls home. It is apparently quite generous to the kindhearted, while...
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Started by colours

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Pokemon Battle Stop Motion

pokemon fan person, May 2021: sorry that this is a month late but you should put the links of those videos in your signature. a signature is a part under every post you make, like that thing under this post that says: “VPP: tapu bulu”.
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Started by PokeWrest

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🎀 Merchandise

New Grassy Gardening plush set

colours, May 2021: you know, i haven't been super huge on snivy but it looks adorable here ;_; and rowlet, too!!
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Started by Sheep

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Pokemon nature logic

Palamon, May 2021: Adamant Chansey, because Chansey has like 5 attack and is also a kind and gentle mom Pokemon... I literally cannot imagine her to be angry, ever. I can't think of anything else, though.
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Started by PageEmp

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🎀 Merchandise

Pokemon Clothing Collab 25th Anniversary out now with Criminal Damage, London

Sunny Aytan, May 2021: Hey Fellow Poke Community, there is a new Pokemon collab out now by Criminal Damage. It is an official Pokemon collab. Does anyone know if there is a discount code? I downloaded their lookbook from their thread. The website is...
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Started by Sunny Aytan

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The place you live in exists in the Pokémon world now

Sheep, Apr 2021: Currently living in Cape Town/western South Africa, so... Wingull Pachirisu Treecko Sizzlipede Pidove Ducklett Deerling Pyroar
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Started by Sheep

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If we got an entire generation where all the non-starter creatures were based off inanimate objects...

Bellsprout, Apr 2021: I think a mix is better only because I find there's a greater risk of really bad designs going down that route.
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Started by PageEmp

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Article

The Truth Behind Arceus

pokemon fan person, Apr 2021: wow, good article!
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Started by Arcaneum

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Now it’s time to discuss...

colours, Apr 2021: im with brendan in that draconite seems like the best sounding one, however im doubtful that's what pokemon game devs would probably go with lol....
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Started by PageEmp

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Pokémon become real but...

pokemon fan person, Apr 2021: maybe some pokemon can be real but definitely NOT their evolutions
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Started by faf

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Theory

MissingNo. and the Creatures in the Cracks

Mercurybro, Apr 2021: This is a captivating deep-dive into the impact of some of the very quirky features in the first generation of Pokémon games, and a must-read for anyone interested in rom hacking. I hope to read it a few more times.
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Started by punishedfelix

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Poll

Top 10 Most/Least Popular Pokémon Survey Polls

Thomas Wiencek, Apr 2021: Hello, I'm just wanting to know if you can please go ahead and select these these here to fill out my survey polls which top ten Pokémon by their evolution families you like the best or dislike the worst? Please let me know, thanks. Survey poll...
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Media

Opinions on Pokemon Survey

Devalue, Apr 2021: Completed it. Why are you distributing this survey? For fun? For a project?
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Started by Kristiano10o

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Controversial pokemon opinions

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punishedfelix, Apr 2021: Pokemon should have ended after gen 2. And then after gen 4. I mean, I like gen 5 but the later games just don't stick with me. I think people really forget what the first pokemon games were like to experience when they came out. I think there's...
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Started by PageEmp

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Article

Arceus - Our One True Lord and Saviour

bobandbill, Apr 2021: We were busy prepping for this! (But also, we had an article in March anyway, and several in feb - not been that big a break. :<) This is an excellent response, haha. Article worthy in itself tbh!
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Started by bobandbill

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Media

Rate Every Pokémon - A daily bitesized review podcast!

SammyBloo, Apr 2021: Hey y'all, A friend and I are making a daily review podcast called Rate Every Pokémon. We give each Pokémon a rating out of 10, and mix in fun facts and hot takes along the way. Episodes are ~3 minutes long, with an irreverant tone. We're also...
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How much do you know about each aspect of Pokémon?

Bellsprout, Apr 2021: My strongest area would be the games because that's the only aspect of Pokemon I've continued with since early middle school. I'm pretty solid on gens 1-4, anything past that starts to get hazy. I only watched the anime up to the end of the orange...
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Started by Sheep

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Pokémon you like more than their evolved forms?

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Bellsprout, Apr 2021: off the top of my head whismur, tepig, staryu, ivysaur, wartortle, mudkip, rhydon, and quilava.
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