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Steven may be the better Champion overall, but people underestimate Wallace when you really look at it. The thing with Wallace is most of his Pokemon have high Sp Def or typings that keep you from abusing Water's typical weaknesses as easily (ie Milotic's high Sp Def, Tentacruel's high Sp Def...

Non-food: BOGO six packs of socks at Dick's Sporting Goods on Saturday amidst their "Black Friday" sale. Food: Had deep dish pizza from UNO.

For me, B2W2, PMD Explorers of Sky, and Platinum, though the last one is interchangeable and might be some other like BW or maybe even XY depending on my mood and all.

I feel like it'd be a little much. As mentioned, people might find themselves bored without as much to do after a while. They'd have to give DLC on more than one occasion to keep it alive. Which they did with Sword/Shield and Scarlet/Violet, admittedly. But the game by itself isn't going to prop...

As far as I can recall... Red, Blue, Yellow Gold, Silver, Crystal Ruby, Sapphire, Emerald Fire Red, Leaf Green Diamond, Pearl, Platinum (x2) Heart Gold, Soul Silver Black, White Black 2 (x2), White 2 (x2) X (x2), Y (x2) Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire Sun, Moon Ultra Sun (x2), Ultra Moon Let's Go...

I'm very guilty of this. And it's not that I don't like to play other games, I just keep saying I'll get to them but Pokemon keeps sucking me back in and I struggle to.

Exactly. While the later generations may have opponents that appear stronger on the surface, the newer games give you so many more items and other benefits to use against them. For example, while the original Sun/Moon has Totems not as strong as Ultra's, Ultra has more Pokemon and the Move...

Yeah no. When I first played, I was amazed at how many times I had opponents be faster than me, survive hits they shouldn't, or take way less from my attacks than I felt like they would previously. It took me more than one run to figure it out: those EV trained big battles can be a chore.

Oh my god, that is wonderful news! Congrats to the both of you! Best wishes! ^_^

Since the pandemic started I've completed seven Nuzlockes - White, Platinum, Alpha Sapphire, Heart Gold, Y WonderWedlocke, White 2 Challenge Mode, and Sword. The WonderWedlocke notwithstanding, as well as a Shield Nuzlocke I did in July with some really tough rules where I wiped, my starter...

Yep. I have one for XY, one for USUM and recently got one for SwSh. It's fun to have even though for the latter I'm not focused on keeping any one particular file.

I got Sword on release then Shield for Christmas six weeks later. I've restarted them both multiple times, but Shield I have over 80 hours on my current save, which I started the run on mid-October, mostly in part to my completing the Pokedex. I'll likely restart it in due time.

Ruby and Sapphire. While I enjoyed them a lot more for their time, nowadays there are things that just don't stand well the same way. The characters are a joke (a rival that you never see their starter's final form, and a villainous team with redundant schemes and use all of THREE Pokemon), and...

Ah yes, BW. It did take a little while for me to REALLY appreciate these games. But with lots of Pokémon I really loved, an epic plot, very good characters and great final battles it made for one of the best experiences in the franchise. Thank you BW (=

I'd say Flame Body for Volcarona over Swarm. Flame Body can save you on the off-chance you switch into a contact move. Swarm isn't bad, but it's situational.