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It did seem to pick up after seventh gym, yeah. Though, I feel it would have been nice if entire game were like this, or at least similar. This would have kept us on our toes and stay interested throughout, without feeling anything negative, so to speak.
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Team Galactic's goal was sort of far-fetched and unrealistic, if you ask me. In order to create a new world, they would have to take control of Dialga and Palkia first and foremost, which should be nearly impossible in itself; they're both legendaries, and quite powerful ones at that. Plus, there is also Giratina they didn't precisely seem to know about in Diamond and Pearl; if they were close to success in any way, even if there was no one else there to stop these guys, it must have done something to keep things from happening and whatnot.
Personally, I'm more fond of tasks organizations such as Team Rocket set out, as they're not over-top; primarily, their mission is to steal Pokémon, do what they'd like with them, and make themselves rich (or something along the lines). This group has been my most favorite from get-go, and still is. There might not be any other organizations precisely like Rocket, unfortunately, but if you ask me, would be nice if they were to put together one! |
Well, Team Rocket did do things like cut off Slowpoke's tails, and they wanted to control Pokémon with a radio signal, which isn't completely innocent. I still think it got nasty with the later teams and legendary Pokémon, but Rocket still isn't to be taken lightly I would say.
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Ah, right, they did do those things, haha. Even so, their primary objective were still rather straightforward, and not as complex as future teams'. If they could decide on introducing another organization as simple as them, I can't precisely speak for others, but personally, I know I definitely wouldn't mind. To me, less difficult some things are to interpret, more realistic the game seems to be, so to speak.
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I think Gen 1 Team Rocket and Gen 2 Team Rocket aren't comparable. While in RBY they focused more on being a mafia by controlling the black market (Fossils in Mt. Moon) and taking influence in Pokemon technology (Silph Co.) in Gen 2 they desperately tried convincing Giovanni to return in order to regain their power, but ultimately failed.
I mean there's a difference between taking over a company that develops hightech stuff, including Master Balls, that are able to catch every Pokemon and taking over a Radio Tower only to announce to be back. Sure you could say that the reason for taking over Radio Tower was in order to send those signals that make Pokemon supposedly evolve, but in the end, that never happened. I feel, Gen 2 Team Rocket wasn't nearly as organized, probably because their leader wasn't as much of a leader as Giovanni was. |
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I've always considered the last guy you fight on Radio Tower (that one with the Houndoom) to be the leader. He even got a name in the remakes. Although I've forgotten what his name was...was it Proton? Or was that someone else?
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I agree that Team Rocket's task of making their return was a bit unorganized, but it was still something simplistic, though--it was to make a statement that they are back. Although they weren't quite successful (they were stopped before they were able to get things completely done), I'm sure things weren't as difficult to interpret for majority of fans. If other organizations' goals had been similar as theirs--straightforward, something that we could imagine others doing in real world, things that we could relate to--I believe it would have been more good in long run.
Anyhow, have any of us completed playing ORAS yet? Me, I'm almost done; I've defeated gym number seven, and am making my way up to Sootopolis. I was stuck in Lilycove for a couple of days, as I didn't know what I should be doing; visited Magma-Aqua hideout place a couple of times, but nobody seemed to have been there. Then, friend told me to visit Slateport to trigger the event, and it finally did the trick. I didn't pay much attention to their dialogues, unfortunately; if I had, I wouldn't have had to go through this dilemma. Ah well, it's really not a big deal. |
O_O Wow, I'm still between Slateport and Mauville catching Pokémon. I don't even have three badges yet :( I've been really busy lately so that's mostly why, but it's really disappointing that I haven't been able to put more time into it. Completing the Pokédex slows it down quite a bit too, but with my staycation coming up next week, I should be able to get a pretty large chunk of it done without any setbacks.
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As I mentioned in the ORAS forum at least twice, yes, I did beat the game already and completed the Delta episode. And I transferred a lot of 5 IV extras I had in X that I got from breeding, such as two Ralts, an Eevee (which I actually evolved into Sylveon before I beat the league but didn't use then), a Venipede, Bagon, Deino, and a couple others, mostly because I haven't gotten to getting ready for breeding in this game yet. Once I had access to the Battle Resort, the very first thing I did was use some BP that I got off of Bank to teach Hyper Voice to my Sylveon and Ralts, which was nice.
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It's still a day until they release it in Europe and even then I won't be getting my version before Christmas. Until then I'll try to get the last couple of Pokemon in my X version. I'm already at 713 different species with a couple legendaries left. It's sad, though, that you can't use events as substitutes for non event Pokemon, you _have_ to get every non event Pokemon for the National Pokedex/Shiny Charm.
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There's a lot of Pokémon that I would like to have transferred from X and Y, but unfortunately, it seems that my new router isn't too fond of Nintendo products, so it's not connecting; have tried 3DS and Wii U, with no luck at all, as well as my sister's DSi. I've tried various things to fix, but sadly, nothing seemed to have worked. Every other device connects successfully, though, so that's good.
Also, I've defeated second Elite Four member couple of hours ago! They were quite tough, actually; perhaps even more than they were in original Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald. However, I've been avoiding trainer battles a lot throughout my play-through so I would get things done quick, and therefore, my team wound up to be slightly under-trained, so this could also be a reason as to why I'm finding them challenging. I'll be battling Glacia sometime tomorrow, but hopefully, she won't be as tough; my Machamp would have chance to get through most of her team members with Dynamic Punch. |
ORAS for Europe today, finally. n_n
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Aside from that, I just learned Gardevoir's Mega Stone is postgame-only, so there goes another great Mega option for my team. I've been using Diantha's Gardevoir in X/Y a lot lately so I guess I might give something else a shot in OR/AS because I want to try and use stuff I never used but also include some shout-outs to my original Ruby team. I really need to know which Mega Stones are postgame-only so that way some of us could plan teams a bit better. And I think I'll already have a Fairy-type covered in Mega Altaria (at least I can get its Mega Stone before E4) but the 6th slot is usually the hardest to decide. Maybe I might actually use Latias on my team for the story as well as for soaring? Also, maybe I might make Kyogre a permanent postgame team member because... I love how you're shown riding on it while surfing or diving. I'd surely love to ride on a Kyogre, since I plan to use Alpha Sapphire as my main and I do love Water-types. |
I've considered having a couple of legendaries on my team (not the non-Uber kind), but wound up leaning against; we're not allowed to use them outside of in-game, anyway, in most cases, and as their powers are much higher, they have tendency to make things a little too easy. Though, if I did go with it, it likely would have been Groudon; rest of my team members likely would have consisted of fire- and grass-types, so they would be able to take advantage of the sunlight.
Currently, my most valuable party member would be Swampert. I've gotten a hold of its mega-stone recently, and thanks to that, this Pokémon performs quite wonderfully. It's already good on its original form--it's could withstand a ton of hits, and strike back even harder--but with its mega-form, things get higher by about ten extra level. I'm pretty fond of its appearance, too! It really suits its battling style, if you ask me. In this regard, I believe they have done a wonderful job. |
Hmm I'm still waiting for alpha sapphire to buy, cause my parents have agreed to buy it on my birthday, and a few days feels and long months to me and yeah when a legendary pokemon is in team, whether its any game it makes things too easy, well not in competitive battling though, but having a legendary in the team seems a boost for anyone
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I have to brag guys. I got Pokemon Mystery Dungeon Explorers or both SKY and TIME, and Pokemon Ranger Guardian signs.
I've been looking for them for forever, and I finally got them for only 25$ lol :D |
Ah, that's good. I never finished Guardian Signs, but the Mystery Dungeon Explorers games are definitely worth your time. (= And considering how overpriced most older Pokémon games are nowadays that's not very shabby.
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Yeah absolutely. I finished PMD Darkness but I'll give my sister Time and I'll be replaying Sky.
As for Guardian signs, if it's half as good as is the Shadows of Almia, its gonna be awesome :D |
It's been ages since I had played any Mystery Dungeon game, unfortunately. I have been planning to give their latest one a go for the past few months (can't exactly put my finger on what its name is right now), but haven't managed to get around to it as of yet. Though, I've heard some good things about it, and hopefully, will give it a run at some point in future!
As for which PMD title is my most favorite, this would likely have to be Explorers of Sky; have gone through it a few times, and it has never seemed to grow stale in my eyes. Sky is a great game all-around, if you ask me, especially for a spin-off. |
Ah yes, mine too. (: Sky had so much to do, and there were so many dungeons and different Pokémon to get. It overhauled the mechanics from the original games, and while it did leave some things out from the Rescue Team games I still have my copy of Sky from a few years back and may come back to it sometime.
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When it comes to the Pokemon Mystery Dungeon games, I have to choose Explorers of Time as my favorite since it was the first Pokemon Mystery Dungeon game I both owned and played. As for Pokemon Ranger Guardian Signs, even though it was the third Pokemon Ranger game I owned, it was the only one I have beaten.
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I only played through Shadows of Almia (the Sinnoh game) once, but I did enjoy my time with it and there were improvements from the first game. Despite that I played the first game more than a few times when it was present. SoA made some notable adjustments, such as not needing to make the entire capture one loop, and the bosses felt more unique and less frustrating. That horrible Entei as the finale of the first games...
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Glad to hear you all liked them. I played Darkness and ever since wanted to play Sky just for the extra stuff. The game is absolutely amazing and only PMD can bringout any real emotions out from me. Not just among Pokemon games but among any game I've ever played :D
Pokemon ranger too, just not to the same extent, together with the rest of the Pokemon Franchise. I am also just about to finish Pokemon Soulsilver and then play Pokemon white for the first time lol |
A Generation V newcomer, are you? Between BW's various aspects such as exclusively new Pokémon, and most importantly its plot, there have been a lot of division on it even today. Me personally, it's high among my favorites in the series, and there was a period of time where I used to hate it because people were hamming it up to be the best thing ever while completely trashing B2W2. That one deserved way more credit than it got.
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Yeah, newcomer here lol.
I started my Pokemon marathon starting with Pokemon Yellow last year, I have been playing Soulsilver for 3 months now which is kind of a lot. I will probably take a brief pause after this one before moving on to White (I might only do some Emerald cloning and Platinum shiny chaining). I dont know where to put PMD Sky and Guardian signs cos they jumped in unexpectedly lol but I'll figure it out. I actually read a lot online about how fifth generation is great and I am actually really looking forward to it, specifically cos its the first Pokemon game I'll be playing that I didnt at least try playing. I know almost nothing about it except for its Pokemon. So yeah, I definitely am looking forward to it :D |
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I just spent AN HOUR (ish) battling Lance! Dragonair being the only lvl 50, all the others being below. Gyarados was 38 and he took some huge hits and gave some even bigger. Also Umbreon is such a tank what the heck! (my team was the one in my signature) Anyway, I have finally (not that I was trying that hard till today) beaten Indigo league in SS. Such a relief. This was harder that Cynthia lmao. Anyway, I rarely feel so good about doing something virtually related, but this felt gooood. |
Which game are you playing, Sven, HGSS? Yeah, Lance was sort of difficult in this one; it'd taken me about five tries to get him defeated when I had faced him in Pokémon League during my first run, haha. In my second play-through, though, I took things more carefully, and had my team leveled-up enough, so thankfully, he didn't wind up to be as difficult as he was in the first.
Also, as for spin-offs, aside from Mystery Dungeon series, I really, really Pokémon XD. It's got shadow Pokémon, which I believe is quite an interesting feature; although I don't remember much about it, if I'm not mistaken, one thing about this is that this would give certain Pokémon an alternative form, which would allow it to have slightly different(?) stats as well as access to a different move-pool. Plus, their skin would be dark alongside, which is a rather cool touch, if you ask me. I believe it would have been nice had this feature made it into main-series titles instead of mega-evolution. Although megas aren't bad, I feel that shadow Pokémon have more of an unique vibe. |
Yes I'm playing HGSS.
Honestly, heaving decently leveled Pokemon makes it easier, but there is no better feeling then beating someone who has a much stronger team. I mean, he has three Dragonairs. I had a Dragonair with Draco meteor and Dragon rush, but it was slower then all three Dragonites. And Gyarados (12 levels less then Lance's Pokemon) with Blizzard. Haunter saves my ass tbh. And Arcanine, he didnt hit much, but he took enough hits for me to heal all the Pokemon I needed to heal. I spent about 15 revives, several max revives and max potions, bunch of super and hyper potions, all in one battle. This is going to ctick it for me so it was definitely worth it :D I never played Pokemon XD D: |
Yeah, Lance could be a bit tiresome to face. I've wound up using just as much items when going up against the guy; it was kind of unbelievable. Though, who I found to be even more tough than him is Red and Mountain Silver. Although for some, it was a piece of cake, he was quite difficult on my end. All of his Pokémon seemed to have been more bulky than average, making them withstand more hits, and on top of that, they were also hard-hitting; one attack would deal a good portion of damage. I was finally able to get this person defeated mostly thanks to Gyarados; it's set up a few Dragon Dance, and took out some of his team members. Others then came in, and finished off the job.
Battle Frontier Brains are also challenging; going up against these people head-to-head could be even more tough, as we're not allowed to use any items at all, if I'm not mistaken. Their team might consist of only three Pokémon (and so would ours), which would save some time and have us end the battle earlier, but it's still difficult nonetheless! In HeartGold and SoulSilver, I've defeated only two Frontier Brains in total, I believe. |
Ah yes, Gyarados with Dragon Dance can beat Lance almost single-handedly, but that's not for Level 44 (which he said he hadn't reached). Having a Mamoswine with the Choice Scarf makes the Dragonites easy mode basically, but doesn't fare as good against Charizard and Gyarados.
In Heart Gold I think I beat all the Frontier brains before I wiped my save, and I know I have all five on my main Platinum version. Never even reached any of the brains for the Gold rank, though. |
When it comes to the Frontier Brains, I admit that I have never beaten any of them. This is because I have never battled any of them due to the fact that my winning streak tends to end before I can reach them.
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Not to mention that luck also plays a HUGE factor for some facilities (idk if there are any "exploits" or "RNG" abuse to get over these, but I'm talking about playing the vanilla way), such as the Palace, Pyramid and the Pike. Factory and Arena being gimmicky - in an interesting way, that is - but doesn't require as much luck as the previous mentioned. Oh and, not all facilities actually prevent the use of items. For example, the Battle Tower has always allowed hold items for as long as they're not being held by two or more pokemon. On the other hand, the Battle Castle (Gen IV) and the Battle Pyramid (Gen III) remove all items in your inventory (and held items), but within the facilities themselves you may find/purchase items to use in or out of battle, and even equip! There's also the World Tournament in B2/W2, which is a better version of Battle tower, with a pinch of Factory somewhere within. So how about that for a little bit of spice and challenge in your epic adventure? On a side note...I've never really got into Gen IV's frontiers (might do so someday) - except for the factory, although i did manage to get all gold symbols on my first (but now gone) pokemon Emerald save. How i wish i took a picture at least ='( took forever to get those. Oh god, the Battle Palace. *shivers* |
Ugh, luck is sometimes such a bad thing to rely on, but sometimes also the only one.
Since none of my Pokemon were faster than Dragonite, I could only rely on two things. Dragonite's outrage and self-confusion. (which ended up in hurting itself MOST of the times), and Haunter Hypnosis. I've used it bunch of times, missed only once, which was crucial. You guys talking about all of that make me realize how much Im missing in games, even from playing through it very slowly so I could enjoy lol. |
The goal to catch-em-all, contests, competitive battling, EVs/IVs, safaris, breeding, these facilities, mega-evolution...well, welcome to the world of pokemon! Hahaha.
Don't worry, just enjoy it as you do right now. It all sinks in over time. Some of us probably are just YEARS ahead of you, hence why you see it that way - but you shouldn't, really. That's a pretty nostalgic team you have btw. My first team (Yellow) had Haunter (that also played an important role in the team) and Pidgeot, while my first silver team had Umbreon in it. The Elite Four definitely were tough during those times as well and I'm sure we've all been through it. I got swooped by the 8th gym leader, Claire, many times...since typhlosion was my strongest and was not good against her Dragons, moreso Kingdra. I also lost once or twice to Lance in the same Silver run, due to the surprise of THREE dragonites and an aerodactyl to boot, which once again, my Typhlosion was weak against. I'm pretty sure it was lv62 or 63 when i finally beat the game...lol. I could even remember training a Rhyhorn to a Rhydon (caught in Victory Road..to Horn Drill/OHKO a Dragonite or two) as well on that run, and using lots of revives (literally waited until dragonites' PP and HP, from confusion, got depleted), to finally get through. These moments are among the best memories of pokemon we could probably keep. So you're doing just fine. lol. |
Lol yeah, I agree.
And thanks. This would be my ultimate dream team actually. No matter how awesome Pokemon from new generations are, nothing beats these. The closest some Pokemon replacing them got were Mightyena/Absol instead of Umbreon, and Sharpedo instead of Gyarados. Long story short, these prevailed lol. And yeah, kinda funny how all of them, with umbreon being an exception, are from the first Gen. :D |
Hmm..i do see where that's coming from. Most of my faves come from Gen I-II, specifically (The pidgey line's my favorite bird pokemon!) But generally speaking, I think "it only gets better." For example, I've become so obsessed with bugs when I started challenge runs years ago, so seeing new pokemon of those types have since been thrilling. Some love the newer cutesies, some the new dragons. I would have to juggle around every new guy to see who among them will I end up really liking.
I'd suggest trying a few challenge runs in the challenge forum, for that matter. When you get used to the game a bit more and have a ton of time to spare, that is... cause some are incredibly hardcore. lol. They introduce you teams that you've never imagined before. Who knows, some new team you form there may add to (or even replace) your current one! |
Yeah, it has to be the same for me; a lot of my favorite Pokémon comes from generations one and two, such as Ninetales, Vulpix, Charizard, Blastoise, and so forth. Though, there's also a handful of gen three ones, such as Metagross and Jirachi. From generation four and onward, things seemed to have started dwindling a little (at least in my eyes), causing Pokémon to become a little more tough to like (in terms of appearance, anyway; for competitive purposes, that's a completely different story).
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Although my #1 favorite Pokémon comes from Generation I (Lapras), Generation V is my favorite in terms of Pokémon overall. Between Scolipede (my second favorite ever), Hydreigon, Scrafty, Jellicent and several others, there are very few from that generation I dislike. My least favorite in terms of such is probably Generation IV, but second is Generation III (which ironically, is my second least favorite in terms of adventure).
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I never really bothered with any Battle Facilities in the games until X and Y. In Crystal I tried the Battle Tower once and failed and in Sapphire I tried to get to 50 consecutive battles, because of some rumors stating that ou could get to Johto and Kanto afterwards. At that point I didn't even know IVs and EVs existed, which is why I just keeped failing.
As for favorite generation in terms of design, I like the later gens 3-6 a little bit more than the first gens. Although, since I never played DPPt, I never really bothered with most of the gen 4 Pokemon until X and Y, which was when I was able to actually obtain and use them. |
The Battle Tower in Crystal was really weird. o_O I remember fighting a Bug Catcher with an Alakazam, which was messed up. But in Ruby and Sapphire it was even worse, because you had to go in with Pokémon at Level 50 or 100 - if they were even one level above 50 they had to be used in Level 100. This was something I appreciated that DP's Battle Tower (and all future ones) fixed, in that they automatically made all of them Level 50 upon entering them. That's part of the reason I never really got into Emerald's Battle Frontier, possibly because I hate training in those games.
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Emerald's Battle Frontier is the one I had liked most, to be honest.
In comparison to the one from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum (also HeartGold and SoulSilver), Emerald's one was more big, giving us opportunity in explore. In former games, it was rather straightforward; one facility is directly next to another. Though, they did have places such as Fight Area, Survival Area, and so forth, which, I suppose, does make up for it, in a way? Speaking of those places, I wish they had given us a little more events there. What they did have (Heatran event, for example) might have been enough for post-game, but it definitely would have been satisfying (at least in my eyes) had there been some more. |
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Instead of magnets they just stuck together a bunch of icecreams. Birds with haircuts? no thanks. Female looking machop/machoke/machamps with those things in their hands added. Not very happy with Dragons either. The yellow one (idk the names yet, just learning) just screams yugioh too loud :/ , the same with the Hydreigon. (plus arms as heads) Not bad, but I expect much more for a type that is rare in every gen. On the other hand, Generation 3 is absolutely stunning and my favorite overall. Unique designs. Colorful but not an eyesore. First Generation where I love EVERY SINGLE LEGENDARY. And Region is flawless. As for the battle facilities, I'd never get into them tbh. I knew no one to compare my records, and just plain battling was kind of time wasting for me. I would love to play in the wifi zone but ofc that is closed. I'll probably get back to Battle frontier and all the others at some point. though. |
I didn't get to defeat much battle facilities, personally, unfortunately. Only one I do remember beating is Battle Pike (one with Seviper-like design) from Pokémon Emerald. Although the brain herself was sort of tough, reaching her wasn't too difficult; all we had to do is go through correct rooms one-by-one, and once it's time, we'll reach her.
My favorite facility, even though I haven't beaten it, would likely have to be Battle Factory. It's very fun to be renting Pokémon and whatnot, as they test our skills on how good we are at battling with whatever that we are given. Most of the time, we don't wind up getting the we hope for, which sucks. Good thing is, though, it does add to its difficulty! I don't remember, was Factory able to make it into other Pokémon games aside from Emerald? |
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I liked the battle facility in Pokemon Platinum. I dont remember the name and Im too lazy to google it but it's the one with castle and whatnot. it is also not that hard. I will probably get back to it soon.
I have to go shiny chain and visit Distortion world. Also make some money for mah villa and stuff. |
I've gotten up to battling the Frontier Brain in Castle once, but wasn't able to get her defeated; she might not have been to difficult to reach, but she, herself, is quite tough. I've had a strategized (not precisely a word, but you know) Togekiss with me alongside, with Serene Grace ability, competitive EV spread, and the moves Air Slash, Roost, Thunder Wave, and Ominous Wind; it didn't seemed to have helped much, unfortunately. Though, I shouldn't have given up. I'm sure I could have had her defeated if I'd tried a little more hard.
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Ok I checked which ones I playe. Battle casle and Arcade.
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I do remember getting all the Silver symbols in Platinum, but sadly none of the Gold symbols, as I never got far enough to even see any of their rematch teams.
But I have all four trophies for the Battle Maison in X, and am sure i'll get to them again in Omega Ruby eventually. And someday i'll get the Double Battle trophy for the Battle Subway in White 2, as well... I never did in White before I wiped the save on that but I did win in singles in both games. |
I've wanted to get a hold of gold symbols in the past, but was never able. Getting silver ones are tough on its own, at least to me, so anything higher than that are sort of a no shot, unfortunately.
Also, I've finished battling Wallace in my second run of Omega Ruby few days ago, and he seemed to have been pretty tough. I already knew about his team and whatnot as I'd battled against the guy once previously, but his Pokémon in general were rather difficult to get around; regardless of how tough I've trained my team, he always seemed to have found a way to have me defeated. Thankfully, I've managed to get this guy beaten eventually. He's got to be one of the most challenging Gym Leaders I have faced in a while, that's for sure! |
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Have you guys ever took a pause from Pokemon games? In a year and a half, if not 2, I've been constantly playing Pokemon (Yellow- Crystal -Firered - Emerald - Platinum - Soulsilver) including PMD Darkness and Pranger Shadows of Almia.
I now have White prepared for when I am done with Soulsilver, and just recently got PMD Sky and Pranger Guardian signs. Do you guys have any suggestions on what I could do? I defintely want to make a short break from the main series. Maybe like, one week entire break. Then new Ranger, and then White, or? Idk what to do, I want some advice lol. |
Wanted to share a bit of an odd Pokémon dream I had last night. (Posting this in General and Gaming DCCs)
I was playing a game that looked like it was between Gen I and Gen II. I'm about to cross some lava and apparently I needed to use Fly to successfully cross. None of my Pokémon can learn Fly except Nidoking (what the heck), so I go to teach it and instead of asking me what move to delete, it just bumps the first move away and teaches it Fly (think the way they learn moves in the day care). Very odd how that worked. Clearly my subconscious doesn't know how Pokémon works. |
Ooooor, it's showing you how you want it to work?
Because lets face it, flying Nidoking? Who wouldn't want that? |
I remember playing some ROM hack before which would allow me to teach almost any TM and HM to any Pokémon we choose; if I remember correctly, I wound up teaching Typhlosion the move Surf. It was weird, but also rather helpful, as it lent a hand on it defeating ground-types, which fire is super-effective against.
As for Pokémon game-related dreams, I've definitely had one before, that's for sure. In it, I was at a picnic with few of by buddies. There, I was playing Emerald version on my phone (via an emulator, most likely). It's kind of weird as to how we dream of video games of all things, haha. I understand that anything is possible when it comes to this, but still. |
Why the stagnant DCC? What's going on in everyone's games?
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I have beaten all the Johto gyms so now I have 16 badges. my journey is coming to an end.
LOL NO, my journey is never ending, I am, however about to battle Red. I just discovered how awesome it is to rebattle gym leaders in the fighting dojo. Currently I am training Arcanine, I bet Erikie is having so much fun playing with my Arcanine. After that I'll be training Gyarados against Blaine and others. I'm planning to get rid of Venosaur, and possibly Pikachu and Snorlax with Arcanine, and Gyarados should be able to get rid of Charizard, plus Lapras and Blastoise since I taught him Thunder. Haunter and others should be supporters. Probably while I revive the main players. It's been almost 2 years that I have consistently been playing Pokemon games, it has been a good marathon ride till now :D |
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Fun Fact: a fully invested Special Attacking Gyarados using Hyper Beam doesn't do nearly as much damage as fully physical invested Furret using Return I've been playing OR for like 20 full hours and I only have 5 badges so far. So much for the new games being too short. Then again I haven't been using the EXP Share and I caught almost every Pokemon I came across in this game. |
^ I beat Omega Ruby (at least to Steven) in just over 25 hours and I didn't use the Exp. Share at all, and there were specific backtracking areas I did in the game.
Anyway, the only significant Pokémon playing i've been in on recently has been on Black 2 for my Chandelure challenge, and I did complete my Hoenn Dex in Omega Ruby last Saturday. I will go for the National Dex eventually, but right now i'm not as motivated for that. |
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Well you can see my team in my signature, if you have any suggestions feel free to suggest :P Cool guys. Kinda makes me want to play all the new games but I gotta follow The Order. {XD} discovered new smiley woot! |
I've gotten around to finishing off my second run of Omega Ruby a couple of weeks back!
To be honest, I loved going through it both times; I loved original Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, and have been wanting to see remakes for them for a decently long time. Being able to finally happen was a dream come true. I'm not sure if I'll be heading towards a third play-through, but it's likely that I will; regardless of how many times I do play, I'm not sure if it'll ever grow tiring in my eyes. Hoenn is great. If I do go for another run, I'll start on it after I get myself a new router, so that I would be able to connect online and whatnot. My current one doesn't seem to be cooperating with any of my Nintendo devices, unfortunately. I wish this weren't the case! |
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lol, well, as for the types, they arent very balanced. There are few types that are really hard to beat because my team doesnt cover it, starting with water type. Other then that they do really well. I was able to beat the entire game excluding Red with all of them being 52 or less. Umbreon is such an awesome tank, Dragonair with Draco meteor and Dragon rush deals with most of enemies. Arcanine and Gyarados help, Haunter is the speedy one, and Pidgeot deals with Fighting Pokemon. They are definitely not competitive, especially since I prefer Dragonair and Haunter over their evolutions, but they are a good team, good enough to beat the game {XD} Quote:
I still havent played X/Y so pretty much anything I see in 3D is an eye candy lol, cant wait ^^ |
While Umbreon and Pidgeots aren't very strong, Gyarados and Dragonite are pretty strong in HGSS with the physical/special split. But in the original GSC, Gyarados was terrible as it had no good physical moves (at least in RBY it had decent Special Attack, but that was tossed out the window in GSC).
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And yeah, the Special split in gen 2 nerfed quite some Pokemon for the worse, like Gyarados, Ninetales and Flareon. |
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I do use a lot of revives. I let my tank deal with the enemy hwile I recharge my entire team, or at least a part of it. Still, at all of them being 52 or less, its still a good deal if you ask me :P |
X items are more than that - they come in quite handy, because not only can you use them before the opponent attacks (as to if you were slower and would have to take a hit before using, say, Calm Mind), but they don't take up a moveslot. So in reality they're borderline game breakers, yet nobody thinks they're any useful.
But I don't use them in challenges nowadays, except in HGSS (particularly with Red), mostly because I don't use any items in most challenges anyway. |
I'm too lazy to use any item cos I just think "I would have hit twice by the time I use that item and hit after it". Basically I start the battle with the intention to just wreck the enemy and get done with it. Maybe when I get into competitive battling I'll use other items more often but for now, I'm fine with not using them.
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Myself--I do use items, both in-game and competitively.
When it comes to games, I don't find myself bothering with held items in particular, unless it's something that could give me an advantage of sorts in the long run by earning myself extra battle rewards (Experience Share and Amulet Coin would be two, great examples of this), but I do tend to utilize some decent amount of recovery things, such as Revives, Full Restores, and so forth. Otherwise, it'd likely have been sort of tough to get through and whatnot. In terms of competitive battling, we're not permitted to use healing items at all, but we could use as much held ones as we like. Two of my most favorites of them all are Life Orb and Leftovers, as they respectively give attack boost to your Pokémon and recover portion of their health every turn. They're quite helpful! |
There are some moves and items that, way back in the days of Generation III, I thought nobody could like yet everyone would use them, like the Choice Band (because it locks the user into the same attack) and Focus Punch (a 150 power attack that fails if the user is hit before it attacks). But if the latter didn't have the failing side effect, it'd probably be the best move in the game. Almost every move with 120+ power does have a drawback of some sort.
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And as for powerful attacks, I think the strongest without a side effect that isn't a signature move is Earthquake, and that one's only downsides are that it can't hit Flying-types or Levitate users, and that it hits your partners in Doubles and Triples. |
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Sure it can be neutralized with Soundproof, but nobody uses that ability anyway. |
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In general it seems like signature moves aren't as special as they used to be.
I remember watching one of Wersters runs, when suddenly he started talking about how signature moves tend to downgrade quite a bit. Take for example Mach Punch: originally it was Hitmonchan's signatur move, but then Move Tutors happened and now basically every fighting type Pokemon can learn it. Another example is Mystical Flame. Originally being Delphox signature move, now in ORAS Mismagius can use it, too. I wonder how long it will take for Origin Pulse and Pretzel Blade to become mainstream... |
I'm not too concerned about signature moves, to be honest.
Generally, they tend to be available to legendary Pokémon only, such as Dialga, Ho-oh, Lugia, Palkia, and so forth, most of which who banned to Ubers tier. I believe this would be one reason as to why we don't find ourselves running into their sig attacks in the scene. In-game, however, it's likely a different story; if we find ourselves having a legend on our team, we're probably going to have their sig in their set. Of all signature moves out there, I would say one of my most favorite would have to be Roar of Time. First is that it has quite a catchy name; if you ask me, it seems to suit Dialga's role pretty well, which is guardian of time (or something along the lines). Second, its animations are pretty beautiful-looking, especially one from Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum. After this, is Sacred Fire, and third, it's probably Spacial Rend. |
Ah yes Roar of time is pretty cool. It's my favorite move name-wise.
Although I cant get this picture out of my head lol. http://i.imgur.com/1W0mM.jpg |
Of the new signature moves I think one of my favorites would have to be Reshiram's Blue Flare. Its animation is pretty sick, that and it has a very high 130 base power and even has a better chance than most Fire-type attacks to burn the foe. Afterwards would be Palkia's Spacial Rend and Rayquaza's Dragon Ascent.
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I decided to take on entire Red's team in SS with only my Arcanine. Fireblast for everyone except for Lapras and Blastoise who will get bitten by a Thunder Fang. Im training it to level 100. It will also be my first trained level 100 :D
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I've already hit 40 hours in OR and the last thing I did was beating Wallace without any problems at all. With exception of my Latios, which is still level 30, my team's around level 45, but I feel so overpowered. That Groudon fight, though: my first attempt was an utter failure, only Latios survived its onslaught and watched how Groudon Struggeled itself to death. On my second attempt I just teached my Azumarill Bulldoze and caught Groudon with only one ball...oh Pokemon, y u so random?
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Well, I'm going through Crystal, with my goal to train at least one of my Pokemon to level 101 by using the Rare Candy glitch that raises a level 100 Pokemon up to level 101.
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Hi There! I'm very interested in Pokémon and would like to disscuse!
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My fave signature move has to be Xerneas' Geomancy, the colors in its animation are so beautiful and it makes Xerneas even more powerful, especially if you run a Power Herb with it.
Close second would be Roar of Time, Fusion Flare/Bolt and Dragon Ascent. I mainly love all the epic animations of those moves which explains it. |
I like Volt Tackle and Bonemerang for signature moves. Don't use legendaries much so I'm not as familiar with their moves :O
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Volt Tackle is pretty cool. I feel it'd be rather nice if they were able to create more variations of Tackle attack like this (one for fire, one for water, another for ice, one for grass, and so forth). Similarly to Volt Tackle, they could have them portrayed as signature moves for certain Pokémon if they wish, particularly those that are more popular among fans like Breloom, Milotic, Metagross, and others.
Also, Arcanine is a pretty great Pokémon! Its design seems to suit itself without much trouble at all; it's meant to be a combination of dog and a lion, I believe, which it does seem like. On top of this, it's got access to some decent attacks as well, such as Extremespeed and Flare Blitz, helping it stay relevant when it comes to battling and whatnot. I'd love to see a mega-evolution form for Arcanine at some point in future, if they're planning on giving it any! Hopefully, this will boost the Pokémon's overall popularity even more. |
It was rather unfortunate that Volt Tackle was an exclusive move and only obtainable starting with Emerald, with difficult methods (I think you needed a Light Ball, which were pretty hard to get back then), and it doesn't really help that Raichu's Attack isn't the greatest to begin with. But i'm sure there are hacks that give that move to other Pokémon, and Gen V gave us Wild Charge which is a poor man's Volt Tackle but still definitely decent.
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Im not really sure about Arcanine's mega evolution. If they make it more wolf-like, awesome, if they make it bulkier with a lot more fur, like that 5th generation's dog, please no.
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I agree, I want a faster Arcanine with perhaps another type. If not, just better stats and an ability that helps it attack better. I like the wolf idea too.
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Fire/Dark or Fire/Electric sounds alright.
Although I think they could really pull off a Fire/Dragon Arcanine. He WAS supposed to be a legendary anyway. Or Fire/Psychic. I think Fire/Electric or Fire/Dark could be the best option though, especially F/E. It can learn Thunder Fang so yeah, would make sense. Alsoo I finished my first Soulsilver run! ^^ I took on Red with a level 99 Arcanine. Fireblast OHKO-ed Pikachu and Venusaur. Snorlax was tough, but apparently Extremespeed did insanely well against gim, Charizard couldnt stand a chance against the Thunderfang, and nor did Lapras and Blastoise. Used only 1 revive and Raikou, Gyarados and Umbreon as substitutes while I was healing Arcanine. Just as I had beaten Venusaur which was Red's last Pokemon, Arcanine leveled up to a level 100. It was cool to see the credits again :D Anyway that's it, after 4 months and 73 total hours of playing, I've finished Soulsilver. I'm planning to return, plus I will be returning since its one of my transferring points from 3rd to newest generation, but the main story is completed ^^ |
I don't precisely believe fire-dragon would precisely be fitting, as cool as it might sound. I've seen a few fan-art of Mega-Arcanine before, and judging by those, I would imagine it to be fire-dark. If they were to make it official, Mega-Arc's design would likely seem rather intimidating, and I feel this type-combination would go along quite smoothly.
I'd also like to see a mega-evolution form Ninetales alongside, if possible! It's decent as its own at the moment, especially thanks to its hidden ability--Drought. With this, it sets up sunlight as soon as it's out of its Poké Ball, allowing it to take advantage with the moves it has access to, such as Morning Sun (it does have it, doesn't it?), Flamethrower, and so forth. If Ninetales were to gain mega, its overall stats would probably be boosted just like every other, and this would lend a huge hand to the Pokémon when it comes to battling and whatnot. Also, congrats on finishing your SoulSilver run, Sven! I hope you've enjoyed! |
I have, thanks!
Yeah, my bet would be Fire/Dark too. I would still prefer Fire/Thunder cos of type coverage, design, and I dont know. Arcanine is in general supposed to look and friendly, and Dark type doesnt usually fit that description. To be honest, in the end, I dont care, as long as it gets a mega one day. Just dont make it a huge furry cloud lol. |
I'd rather let it keep its Fire monotype; as long as there's no interesting background story to Arcanine's creation (besides it being originally meant to be the original third member of the bird trio) that'd justify a second type, of course.
Then again, GF seems to really like giving Mega Evolutions a secondary typing, if they don't already have one. Like Ampharos and Sceptile who all of the sudden became dragons. xD |
Hey, they make awesome secondary Dragons! Kinda odd, but still awesome lol. Ah, everything is awesome as dragon, even when it doesnt make sense.
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