Recent content by Vagabond+

Mechanically it's a great gimmick. It's just far too absurd and silly to take seriously and get excited about. Gigantimax is better since the designs are made with being huge in mind. Visually I prefer SWSH raids to SCVL ones because of it, but it probably doesn't help that SCVL looks bad

For sure. AZ dropping to his knees followed by the absolutely sweet poem at the end of X & Y did it. End of ORAS definitely got me, Hoenn means a lot to me and the fact that they added the scene of you walking with your rival before giving us an actual final battle was emotional for me. Lillie...

People listing outdated trends in the game makes total sense, but I'll say a modern one. Wasted potential. Tons of older game routes are just obstacles you never want to return to unless there's a pokemon there you're looking for. I think with all the concepts they've introduced, it wouldn't be...

It's nice that a lot of people have cooled off about this now. I think it's less important that every pokemon is available in a game, and more that a modern pokemon game exists with your favorite in it. If you can get the one you want in SCVL or SWSH, that should be enough. But I also think if...

Black & White I recently replayed Black & White alongside a friend who had never finished it before. He got me to notice that the writing is very straightforward, and characters from scene to scene are basically spelling out what you're supposed to take away from it all. Even with that being the...

I'm going through the various generations to find optimal methods of grinding. With modern save editing like pkheX, you can make full lv100 teams with maxed stats and ideal movesets in a matter of minutes, and I think that's really cool. But there's a different satisfaction to being able to...

In my eyes, Gen 7 has replaced Gen 5 as the new most controversial generation. I have praise, but I'll start with criticism first. The year Sun and Moon released was a massive high for Pokémon. People who hadn't touched the franchise in a long time were suddenly very hyped for it because of...

I racked up 400+ hours during the games' lifespan, and couldn't believe it had been that much so effortlessly. Raids really added a whole other element to the experience. I put them down for a while as new games came out. But... for all the things I appreciate about Scarlet/Violet, the way the...

The Hoenn GBA games are like breathing to me. I can knock out the main story in a day or two if I'm just running through it for the sake of it. As much as I love most of the mainline games, there comes a point where I feel I need to take a break because I feel tedium from the nonstop playing...

X/Y were the games in the series I saw the least value in replaying for a long time. Their QoL additions to the series cannot be overstated, and the jump to 3D was a boon for the franchise. I think they single handedly crafted the original poketubing scene too. But as we got new entries with...

I think it's important to note exactly *why* the pokémon initially listed as team staples are the way they are. Those pokémon are practically handed to you. Half of them are gifts (Starter, Egg, Bill) and one is a mandatory encounter (Sudowoodo). The other two (Mareep & Wooper) are early game...

When I learned about the Hyper Beam thing I was happy. Definitely one of the cooler things about the gen. Toxic + Leech Seed stacking is interesting too. However I don't love freezing being permanent, fire not resisting ice, or draining moves not being able to hit subs. Every gen has...

Thanks for the well wishes! Even casually there is so much to do in almost every generation if you know where to look. I'm slowly going through the gens and completing tasks I looked over on previous playthroughs. And I appreciate the offers for help. I'll make sure to not be a stranger!

Thank you for all of the suggestions! I'll check them out :) My favorite games were definitely Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald. Crystal was my first love and not far behind. Stadium 2, Colosseum and Gale of Darkness all were super important to me as well, but nothing matches my soft spot for the Hoenn region.

I'm far from new to this site, but this is my first time sitting down to write and participate. I have a lot of experience and interest in all sorts of things Pokemon, mainly the mainline games and battling. But I recently have wanted to try and chase that spark that made playing the games so...