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My thoughts on the mega starters:
Sceptile- good ability, awesome design Swampert- awesome abitity, awesome design(this is how I imagined mega swampert would look :p The new designs for Team Aqua, not so much Team Magma(they give me Team Flare vibes and I despised Team Flare, just not Lysandre, maybe its the red and Maxie), llloooks soo freaking awesome that I want go to GF amd give there design team a big hug. Steven, in my theory, will either have a Charizard X as tutorial purposes, OR, you can battle him postgame, and he will have a Charizard X. |
Hoping for HUGE Defense and Attack buff on Mega Swampert for competitive purposes. It's already got monster defense, and I doubt Special Defense or Speed would get a boost, given its shape and size. As for Mega Sceptile... anything will be amazing since it's already really fast and decent offensively.
btw can I just say that Matt and Tabitha are pretty whack looking? I loved Tabitha before but he was kind of screwed up for me. :( |
I think they'll boost it's speed by at least 10. It's special defense will probably go up by the 20, and 10 to special attack, 30 will be given to attack, and the other 40 to defense.
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I hope they leave Swampert's speed untouched, simply because its only boosting move is Curse so if they boost its speed it would have to sacrifice boosting unless it gets some great Attack. :3
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The whole idea of Swift Swim kind of ruins the "sacrifice speed for strength" idea, which I think is a shame. I think giving a boost to Speed when it Mega Evolves would be a waste, but again it's kind of necessary to even make Swift Swim worthwhile. I also kind of hope they focus on its physical attack and not special...I don't want what happened to Mega Gardevoir to happen to Mega Swampert, especially since it's already fairly iffy as it is.
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In that case, Mega Swamperts wont be carrying curse. And we will probably only see it on rain teams anyways. But a nice attack boost and defense boost is the most likely option. They may lower its speed though, which will not benefit Swift Swim at all.
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Maybe, since they mention that de-evolution regresses evolution, it lowers base stats, though makes the ability different. Maybe an infinite lasting weather effect for Groudon and Kyogre. Would link to why they nerfed the duo's ability. And that would be amazing if they made Primal Archeops.
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If they made a Primal Archeops it may lose it's flying type considering that the only thing before one of the first flying dinosaurs is...well feathered dinosaurs that are merely jumping. But then again Dodrio is based on a flightless bird yet can fly... If they made a Primal Genosect it'll probably be weaker as Plasma is said to have made it stronger. |
Speaking of which, did anyone see the screenshots of Primal Kyorge and Groudon. I believe they are shown using a signature move, since Eruption is way different from what Groudon is doing. And Kyorge's is kind of hard to make out, im guessing its a new Surf variant, maybe Tsunami. I mean Groudon is surrounded by rocky pillars and is standing on lava, THATS INTENSE
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Though, giving mega swampert swift swim is kinda odd given the overall fall out of favor of weather teams.. Quote:
I'm kinda scared of seeing professor Birch, now.. And they better not mess up Wattson's look >:( |
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It standing on Lava is likely the battle field. |
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(I also don't want any of the female Gym Leaders or Elite Four to become over-sexualized, they had perfectly fine designs originally.) |
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Except Kris and Lyra aren't technically the same character.
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And even if we consider Kris and Lyra separate characters, since Kris also never appeared as an NPC, to replace the female player character is still considered a drastic change in design. And yes, Team Aqua also got pretty major redesigns, too. Archie looks incredibly different from before, so it's clear Game Freak isn't against changing characters who not only had official art, but also played prominent roles in the anime and other media. |
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Everyone got a "clothing and skin color change" though by that logic lol. Shelly's hair color is just also different. Archie's facial hair is different, I think, and his clothes are 100% different so if you think about it's very drastic. Maxie just got boots and I think the top is different? Plus glasses. I really think everything is very different from the originals.
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Brendan I have the least problem with, the Wet-suit styled clothing, though impractical at least makes sense and looks consistant as opposed to May's apparent mash up of random things thrown together. If she was given the same wetsuit theme I'd be pretty fine with that... its just that huge bow that bugs me. I liked may because she looked tough, and badass, in her original scheme... now she just looks like an ametuer first-timer... Man... I'd be a bit better at ease with Brendan if he didnt have that exaggerated, anime happy-go-lucky look in his face from that picture. It was fine when he had that normal smile in the old artwork and confident look, now he looks weird to stare at. |
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The only thing about Brendan's design I'm disappointed about is that they showed some of his brown hair xD. I for one, wouldve loved for the "Brendan has white hair" joke to continue. cx
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Them making her super skinny too is also a bit of a head scratcher, her stalky body was more realistic of a 10 year old. Though, its not whether shes tall or bowl-legged as she is now; I can live with it. But what they did in this "new" art direction was just too over the top, even for a remake, look at Red and Ethan. They still at least mirror their old selves but have more detail to their original outfits. Arguably they did more for Brendan in the same respect. They completely redressed may with no intentions or idea of theme whatsoever besides just making her cute - because all female protagonists must be adnorable at priority right? Not in my regard. The thing with her bandanna is that the bands were swept to the back, this ribbon is thrown to the front of her head. Thus negating her badassary in favour of making her supposidly more innocent and naive, babyish even. I don't like moe fodder. Quote:
Winnona > Skyla. Yes I said it. Design wise at least. I miss the fiece, warrior feel the old gym leaders used to have. I dont like all this fanservice and moe pollution used just to appeal to that audience. Where are my strong tough women? at? |
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I hope that Flannery is also kept looking tough. Roxanne could get a more mature, strong look as she looks a bit childish. Liza is a child so her child like appearance is alright. |
Thinking Skyla might have some sort of flying mechanism for sky battles ;) /shot
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Brendan sent out Swellow Skyla sent out Skarmory Skyla used Flash Swellow fell out of the sky Swellow fainted GG No re. |
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I totally meant Winona but someone was talking about Skyla oops
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May just looks quirky now. Brendan was well-updated to avoid confusion about his hat (thankfully), but May's bangs are just blah. She doesn't have any hips, either; she just looks like a plank. I hope customization returns.
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Gen1 had the basic look and themes to be found in a series beginnings Gen2 had the somewhat of the same themes but were more fresh and refined. Gen3 had the conflicting themes are tropical and mountain-esque rough looking, along with alot of nature Gen4 had a lot of atmosphere, conflicting godly Pokemon, it had an epic feel Gen5 went back to the basics had that with a combination of style to it(Alder, and the starting gym) Gen6 had obviously the beauty theme |
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you can't honestly think May could be confused as an entirely new character ahah
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Do you know how much i will laugh if that was the case. and here we were so worried.
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LOL @ Team Magma looking like Team Flare. The differences are obvious. The only similarity is that they're both red, and not even the same shade of red.
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No its mainly Maxie, who looks like one of their tacky scientists.
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What annoys me the most in the designs is the slenderman look they give their characters since gen 6.. Well, actually, they were always kinda thin, but now, its just approaching uncanny valley.. The characters in X/Y looked kinda creepy at times.. :/ I guess I'll have to live with it.. Hopefully, they still got a couple more chances of not disappointing me enough to skip this one.. Quote:
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Well, by identify, I don't mean I don't like any other villains, because the Rocket Trio and etc, are still some of my favorites. But still, if they freaking fix mightyena/poochyena for the remake, that would completely make everything right for me :3 With the physical / special split from the types, the never ending upgrades to all the other pokes in Hoenn, and the lack of updates on poochyena/mightyena I can't really see how it'll be able to do its job better, or even just as well as it used to during the SP campaign in Emerald.. |
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I'm happy Team Magma and Team Aqua, were given individuality, more so than expected. Getting the team Galactic treatment is fine with me but would be even better if they added new Admins rather than distort the old ones. Shelly looks like the polar opposite of what she used to be. I don't even know whos who anymore, thus the nostalgia factor for these remakes to work is lost. If they were going to just change all the characters this might as well be a sequel. Though I do like to assume the Team Aqua members are all black now considering we barely have any black people in the games but would rather they be their own characters. |
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Team Flare were just a lame rocket clone. Anyway I love the new mega-evos. Megadiance looks beautiful.
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Calling 1st gen fans "genwunners" doesn't help your case, too. Do you want me to call you a "hoennbabby" because you feel so sad about the redesigns? Quote:
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I think Barry was the last true hard rival. Anyways after the redesigns perhaps this is what GF meant by "New World" in their ad...some of them are unrecognizable xD. |
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Anyone who disagrees will pay me $10000000000000 |
Hugh and N were alright, but I think Barry truly embodies the perfect rival. Cocky enough that you want to beat him at everything he does, but nice enough that he can be your friend and supporter in times of danger. Of course, that's not to say other rivals haven't achieved those traits to some degree, but Barry's personality is perfect. Of course, this all relates to the story line of the games, and if Wally becomes more of a prominent rival in these games, he could have less of an arrogant, overly confident feel, but more of a mysterious, unknowingly sinister persona. I'd like to see that d:
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Woah, what happened to Archie? He's barely recognisable. Steven on the other hand looks like he's rocking that Wolverine factor. Hasn't seem to age a day in 10+ years.
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Yep. But I believe Archie always had that awesome beard.
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Yes...And there a vague emulation of his old moustache there as well or am I imaging it?
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I like the way Archie looks now. To me, he looks more like the Archie from the anime. Which I like.
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That's why I said fix Mightyena, not mega-evolve. I seriously doubt a mega-evo would be all that useful right now on it. Its stats and etc are awfully close to being viable in general. But a lot of oversight from the devs made it fall short. Intimidate worked wonders in single player in gen3. And it added up to its typing nicely given all ghost moves being physical at the time, and dark being super effective against them. But now that's not gonna work in ORAS.. And you'd be surprised, in general / multiplayer, in gen 6, its not as weak as people may think when it has moxie. But it comes short as a physical sweeper.. Meaning that, you won't one shot most things until you're at +2 / +3 moxie boosts, even when super effective sometimes.(all its moves have under 90 base power, and the most powerful don't have STAB) But +3 and up one shot most commonly seen offensive pokemons. The main issue is getting there, and lack of versatility, given right now there is basically one set viable for mightyena, and sucker punch is unreliable, and cant protect against burns crippling and etc.. In essence, the tools to make it work exist already, but the devs haven't lightened up, and just come up with the weirdest ideas ever. Like, it can't learn pursuit, but poochyena's entry go on and on about it chasing its pray to exhaustion.. Go figure.. And it doesn't lie in slapping the most OP ability you can think of, its just a question of moves and adding a little into its stats. Azumarill got +10 into its sp attack in X/Y, I really don't see why that was justified, and given they took such liberty, its kinda odd they didn't add up a little into other pokemon's stats.. But if they'd give us a mega and nothing else, its still better than nothing in the end.. Quote:
Call me crazy, but I actually liked Cheren and Bianca as well ! I disliked all the "friends" in gen 6 though. And I kinda don't like Wally at all. Well, actually that's not true. The Adventure comics gave him such a fantastic role and made him interesting ! But in the game, I find him kinda arrogant at times.. And overall fighting him is a little more than a HM puzzle's worth in terms of fun or interest.. Quote:
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Does anyone think these new Primal Formes will have its own signature move? And besides, im not even sure ubers can handle them if they get a 100+ boost to their base stat total.
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Also I think that we shouldn't call them formes yet. If they're like Megas then they should simply be called Primal, if not that'll be like calling Mega Mewtwo X Mega Mewtwo X forme :P |
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Tomorrow is Nintendo's E3. Hope they give us a long trailer and not some 10 second teaser.
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So exciting, especially with the CoroCoro leaks. Maybe a full battle sequence with Sceptile and Swampert Mega evolving with Brendan and May's new bangles, as well as showing off Groudon and Kyogre's devolution animation. If they announce anything new, I think right now I'm most interested in customization of playable characters and the Battle Frontier's return.
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I honestly wanna see a fully revamped Secret Bases, with some furniture, and the whole nine yards. Especially, if it gets streetpass functionality. |
They could showcase how Streetpass works with secret bases, for sure. I mean, anything's in the realm of possibility here for E3. No one can be absolutely positive that they're going to show a certain piece of information, except maybe the new Megas in action. As it gets closer, the more anxious I become. :c
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Well we've got the Nintendo Digital Conference at E3 to look forward too tomorrow! I've no doubt that we will see something ORAS related. :]
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What do you guys hope they don't talk about? I'd like for them to not spend any time on useless things and give us substantial information on the more pressing questions spawned by the leaks. I don't know about anyone else, but I know I'm dying to hear the story behind prehistoric devolution.
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I guess I'm abnormal, because I want to know everything now, haha. Don't want them to save anything for later, just give us the main information of the games and leave the little details up for speculation. Of course, it's also fun to only release little pieces at a time in order to build up hype for the games.
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If I had to speculate, they would probably reveal something really big in E3 tomorrow. Maybe what Corocoro has shown will obviously be there, maybe something big about Mega Diancie and its purpose? I mean why would they add a Kalos Mega in the game? Unless there is a big revelation ingame.
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