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Dynamaxing
So the tl;dr is that you can make your Pokemon giant and that their moves would become significantly stronger as a result, apparently into different, more earth-shattering moves altogether. Preliminary thoughts on this? Do you see yourself using this often? This seems to be Galar's "gimmick", but I wonder if it's actually going to see more than a few uses? |
I'm never a fan a of the gimmicks and that is not changing with this one. I see myself getting more annoyed by this than mega-evolution and Z-moves though as it appears from the way they worded it in the direct that it'll be pretty necessary in gym battles since the leaders will be using them and dynamaxed Pokémon need to be dealt with properly either with a group (I shan't be bothering with that feature) or with another dynamaxed Pokémon. So I probably can't pretend this doesn't exist the same way I do for mega-evolution or Z-moves and will need to use it to progress. Urgh.
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Part of me isn't sure how to feel just yet. I think this can be potentially more exciting than Z-moves and less so than Megas. While Z-moves iirc weren't obligatory, that also made them, for the most part, forgettable. Making the gimmick obligatory to use would at least, for better or worse, give the player more and more experience in trying out the feature and seeing whether or not it'll grow on them.
Presumably, once they're done battling the Gym Leaders, they'll likely won't be obligated to use Dynamaxing against the Elite Four, but that's a giant assumpion. Seems like you'd have to do the same for the Champion. Not that it bothers me personally, but more for others who may be a bit disillusioned by generational gimmicks. |
eh, it's another gimmick that i won't end up using. just like mega evolution and z-moves, they look cool, but for me it's just something that doesn't interest me much.
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I'm like really not into this at all, but I don't know that I've ever enjoyed the gimmicks. At least this one has a good capacity for memes which is more than I could say about mega evolution or Z-moves, lol.
that said i want a giant cherrim |
It's the one thing I didn't like about the trailer.
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It seems incredibly unnecessary. I'd rather they make more Megas, Z-Moves, and regional variants than devise this mechanic. If we can get new Megas then I won't be as disappointed, but this seems like a feature that I won't even care for during Sword and Shield, and even less so in future games. And since they're tied to "special areas" they may not even see their way into online/competitive battles.
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The nature of Megas and even Z-Moves to some extent make them easy to turn into series staples that can keep coming back with little reasoning. But with Dynamaxing requiring all this set-up--only in "special locations"--I can't even imagine it returning for the next region. There's no way to know for certain if we won't be getting new Megas again but there's a chance we won't and to see them potentially getting sidelined again for what seems to be a mostly uninteresting mechanic that we may never even see outside of Galar is a bit... exhausting? At least with Megas being guaranteed to return with each new game (even if only for the post-game), making new ones always has long-term value. |
It's... megas for a limited time but they're just bigger Pokémon without even the cool designs (I don't like all megas, sure, but some are great). Not a fan of all of these gimmicks like megas, Z-moves, or Dynamax (which sounds like a battery brand name...) and if these are the premises the less they are present in the game the more I'll like it
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Not really a fan of it. It looks like unnecessary combination of Mega evolution (the form of Pokémon changes) and Z-moves (powerful move with special name). I loved Megas and enjoyed using Z-moves, but Dynamax.
As for that special in-game area with 4v1 battles, that's something from the trailer that I really dislike. I get that they're trying to be modern, but this looks like something straight out of free mobile game. |
I guess I'm in the same boat as everyone else so far in that I'm not a fan of Dynamaxing either.
Hopefully they'll realize for next gen that getting these superpower battle gimmicks every gen makes them less special/fun and stuff. Nevermind that the competitive scene doesn't need this either. |
Not a fan either, Dynamax doesn't have the same appeal that Mega Evolution had, I find seeing the same design bigger just boring. But maybe we see more than it was shown.
That being said I want a Dynamaxed Wailord. |
When seeing this, first thing that came to mind was this:
It’s a situational gimmick but like with Z-Moves, it appears any Pokémon can do it. While I’m not entirely a fan of Mega Evolution, it’s limited to certain species and therefore I can tolerate it by using Pokémon that can’t Mega Evolve. |
I've wanted kaiju-sized pokemon, but this wasn't really what I meant.
I would have preferred more megas (or the rumoured armor evolutions), but I don't hate this. |
Lmfao, what a silly name, "Dynamaxing" I actually think Dynamaxing seems interesting. It reminds me of totem Pokemon, just more limited. I don't think there's anything wrong w/a brand new gimmick that only lasts three turns and once per battle. Mega Evolutions were already broken as-is as were Z-moves.
I will probably try Dynamaxing in game, it looks a lot of fun, but maybe there's more to it than we got to see in the new trailer? I'm honestly glad we got this over "armored evolution" anyway. I wasn't sold on that one at all. |
I was surprised when I see Dynamax for the first time. Still, making the Pokémon into giants might look awesome, having kaiju vs kaiju vibes in it. Still, I need to know the good timing to use it. After all, it seems that it'll be limited to once per battle, and the 'mons will revert to normal after 3 turns. Not sure if the same limitation will apply to Max Raid battles or not, though.
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and the opposing Pokemon stays Dyanmaxed for the entire encounter |
I like the idea for the simple fact that giant versions of Pokémon have appeared many times in the anime and we finally get the see them in the games. Especially if we get to have alakazam vs gengar or treecko vs gulpin.
However, like other people have said, I’m kind of tired of every new generation throwing in a new “super powered” battle mechanic that doesn’t even get expanded on in further generations. I would rather see new mega evolutions and z moves. And depending on how they restrict things in competitive it could just be overwhelming having one mega, one z move user, and a dynamax Pokemon. So while I like the idea of dynamax Pokémon, I just feel like game freak needs to stop with these gimmicks and focus on improving older stuff. |
Competitive will get pretty interesting with this mechanic and the rumored Gigantamaxing! I'd love to see how it changes up the competitive scene. I'm honestly just open to whatever Game Freak decides to add into the games, because the fanbase has been pretty good at telling which ones are broken and which ones aren't, creating custom rulesets that have been pretty enjoyable in their own right.
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It seems to be somewhere between mega evolution and Z-moves. One was somehting that lasted until the Pokemon fainted, and it could be switched out and back in with the same form. Z-Moves meanwhile were a one turn affair that could be (mostly) blocked by Protect or the like. Now we have a 3 turn thing. Did Game Freak think that both were too extreme in a sense?
More importantly, what does it mean for mega evolutions/z-moves in gen 8? |
This is earning a pretty big, “ehhhh”, from me. It’s not awful, just not something I’m crazy about. Interested in learning more though!
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i don't throw this word around lightly, but this is extremely lazy. giant pokemon just seems so juvenile to me. anybody could have come up with that. at least there's more creative thought put into mega evolutions and z moves, whether you like them or not. i guess we're going to see where they take it from here, but i don't plan on using it if this is literally all it is. and i'm going to totally omit the dirty joke i could make about it.
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Juvenile is the word.
I also just... So the trainers are standing around there in the middle then? When the big badaboom moves go on? Okay. |
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Fortunately, I already love her. I had been both hoping for and anticipating an older, classical, female professor. A “Fairy Headmistress”. I had hoped she’d be black and I’d called her Mary Alice Whitebeam, but I’m still very, very excited about Professor Magnolia. I hope the bird on her cane really is a Corviknight. What will really help Dynamaxing for me is if the “super” version is called Gigamax instead of the rumored Gigantamax. Also, I’m hoping that it somehow references Alola’s Totems. Somehow, the Dynamax Band has found a way to charge certain Pokémon with enough Aura to make them even more OP than Totems. Bonus points iff this inclusion means that Pokémon Home will allow transfer of Totems from SM/USUM — finally with their powered-up Aura glow via the Dynamax Band. That would 100% sell me on it! I also like when the lore from various Regions is connected, like when the next Region adds to or deepens the lore of the previous. So if we dive deeper into Totems, Aura, and Zenith energy — maybe even Zygarde? — in order to flesh out Dynamaxing, I’m game. I don’t really like the idea of Z-Moves being used with electronic tech, though. I think that’s at odds with everything that made Alolan culture so unique and specific. Everything in Alola is spiritual and natural or observing nature, except Aether. Arguably, though, by the end of USUM, Aether’s goal really is protecting Pokémon/nature. Especially if we can finally freely take photos outside, posing would be nice… But if Z-Moves appear in Galar, I hope we have to acquire a Z-Ring somehow. Dynamax Bands could incorporate Mega tech, but Z-Rings are made of “rock” (or Necrozma’s body?), so I don’t think that works. Plus, do the dances work outside of Alola? Maybe they’d just cut the dances? |
I'm in a weird place opinion-wise, in that I'm apathetic about it as a game mechanic (leaning towards dislike, I agree with the common sentiment that we don't need a new battle mechanic every generation), but I like the concept. Like, we've always been able to shrink Pokemon down to put them in Pokeballs, so the opposite makes a strange sort of sense. (Plus, you've got giant Pokemon appearing in the anime all the time, and more recently, Totem Pokemon.) Honestly, I'm just drawn to it because I like gigantic things, haha.
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Can you imagine a dynamax Magicarp using a giant-sized splash?
SCHPLOOOSH!!! |
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Well, apparently dynamaxing is replacing megas and z-moves. That at least solves the issue of having too many battle gimmicks. However it makes me more irritated that gamefreak would just scrap those mechanics rather than expand on them.
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Opinions on the Dynamax feature
As you may have already heard the upcoming generation of pokemon games are going to have this feature called "Dynanmax" ing where one's Pokemon will transform into larger version of itself. As someone who has played Pokemon for more than a decade now, I really don't understand the appeal of dynamax. During the release of Pokemon X and Y, the Mega Evolution feature was something I looked forward to because to a certain degree it made sense for certain pokemon to evolve and stay in its new form for a while. Then in Sun and Moon we got the Z moves feature, which really didn't get me as interested as before but it was a cool feature and it made sense. But now the dynamax feature is something that I really don't know how to feel about. Yes, it may look cool to see your Pokemon transform into a larger form for 3 turns. But that's about it. I am also curious if the player could use this feature at all times. For example, I think players can only use Dynamax during gym leader battles, elite 4 battles and raid battles because it wouldn't make sense to be able to use the dynamax feature during a normal trainer battle in my opinion. Most importantly since the upcoming games will not include all Pokemon from the previous generations due to hardware limitations, people have started to dislike this feature more than ever. So I wanted to know your opinions regarding the Dynamax feature? Is it something you are all looking forward to? Is it a feature you really don't mind having and don't know how to feel about it yet like myself or do you simply hate this feature? Leave your thoughts below.
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Honestly, the news about the Pokedex has taken a lot of the thrill out of Dynamaxing for me. :/ I was getting pretty excited imagining things like, "Dynamax Lunatone will be big enough to sit on like the Dreamworks logo", "Dynamax Gliscor could hold your entire body safely in its claw while it battled if it had to" "Dynamax Ariados or Araquanid would be straight out of my nightmares", etc. Yeah, we can still imagine these things, but...
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The biggest issue that I have with this new mechanic is how they used it as something that is supposed to bring balance to the game. Honestly, how this is going to help in any way? Because I can't see anyone choosing to Dynamax his Butterfree instead of a Tyranitar. Everything that is strong will keep being strong while the unused will keep their way being still unused. Seriously, Z-Moves was a heck of a time waster through game, but damn, at least it almost broke stall and gave some mons funny combinations when combining Z-stones with different moves like Z-Snatch, Z-Laser Focus, Z-Fly and Z-Mirror Move. Megas (if wasn't for the fact they gave many based on popularity) also had their way to contribute. I seriously can't see a scenario where this will give any kind of balance to the metagame. |
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Love the Dynamax mechanic? Perhaps its primary appeal is even that it provides the opportunity to see your favorite Pokémon splashed HUGE across a big HD screen for the very first time? Specifically, maybe you were excited because your personal favorite was never gonna star in something like Pokken or Smash Bros? Welp, too bad. From now on Game Freak is picking “fan favorites” even for the core games. I hope your favorite Pokémon makes the cut… Love the Galar Region and what looks like the opportunity to camp and take photos with your favorite mons? What a great bonding experience, right? Too bad if your faves didn’t make the cut. You will never be able to share that Region with those mons. And it will always be like this, apparently. In fact, the longer the series goes, the fewer “legacy” slots there will be, as new fan faves like Wooloo and Corviknight emerge. Just to be safe, you’d better learn to like what everyone else likes. And what about Legends, Mythicals, and Starters? Pokémon that are in many ways the most iconic, and probably the most likely to be excluded from the sound of it. Pokémon that we’re pushed hard throughout all of Gen 7. And if they are included, how will that make sense? It’s a mess. My first thoughts with Dynamaxing included thinking it would be fun to see specific favorites of mine towering over the competition. Now I’m hesitant to even think much about it or try to feel excited about it until I see a definitive list of which Pokémon will even be in the game. Going forward, I’ll care about the legacy Pokémon in the Regional Dex more than I ever have, on par with seeing the new ones. It completely changes the way I anticipate the game, and I hesitate to get too excited about any part of it until I see the legacy roster. |
On a lighter note, has anyone else seen the footage of the Dynamaxed Yamper just exploding upon being fainted? LOL
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