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Duck January 23rd, 2022 3:38 PM

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Fair enough. I do mostly challenges nowadays and when I want a harder experience I do a ROM Hack / difficulty mods but I get that's not for everybody.

Mario and Zelda are doing great though, Odyssey is amazing, it's definitely a recommendation from me.

Starlight January 23rd, 2022 5:01 PM

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Originally Posted by StCooler (Post 10461020)
This is basically the problem ^^
They give me the feeling that I grew up, but Pokémon didn't :(
Spoiler:
I don't play Pokémon games because I grew tired of playing the same games + I became more interested in strategic Pokémon battles and the main games are clearly made to annoy the strategic player (EV, IV, egg moves, tutor moves, one-use TMs, version-exclusive Pokémons) + I also grew tired of the fact that any new content they add in a game, disappears in the next game (beauty contests, rematches, following Pokémon, triple battles...).

An awful lot of that has changed in gen 8 but I get your point! Better playing Crystal anyway ;)


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Originally Posted by Pikaboo (Post 10461037)
Mario and Zelda are doing great though, Odyssey is amazing, it's definitely a recommendation from me.

Never played Odyssey yet, even though I own it... must give it a whirl.

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Roni January 23rd, 2022 7:33 PM

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The main thing that keeps my love for Pokemon alive these days is solely the community. Whether it be LPers, streamers, ROM Hack makers, or Pokecommunity regulars. I wouldn't ever be as into this franchise if the fandom wasn't so alive <3

Sheep January 23rd, 2022 8:58 PM

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Yeah, the community is a big part of why I love it so much!! Honestly this series has really changed my life for the better. <3

Megan January 23rd, 2022 9:08 PM

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Not a fan of BotW, tbh. I probably just too different from what I'm used to in regards to Zelda games. I want my Grappling Hook and my fancy unbreakable sword! D:

The only games that are tempting right now are L:A and that open world Kirby game...

Duck January 24th, 2022 4:52 AM

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Yeah, Pokemon lives more on the community nowadays for me too.

As for BotW, I haven't played it, I'd only just heard good things about it. Although I gotta say I'm surprised they didn't have a Hookshot equivalent in an open exploration game.

ReKoil January 24th, 2022 12:21 PM

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I usually just wanna see the new mons in Pokemon games and don't really care much for anything else.
(until I got addicted to shiny breeding, but shhhh.....)

The community is much newer for me as I didn't really partake in it at all until I signed up here lol
(definitely not regretting that decision 😊)

Jazzy January 24th, 2022 5:01 PM

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Oh wow! What’re some shinies you’ve found through breeding? What are some that you’re currently hunting for?

StCooler January 24th, 2022 6:59 PM

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It's funny how we somewhat detached ourselves from the games to just love everything that's around them ^^

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Originally Posted by Pikaboo (Post 10461037)
Fair enough. I do mostly challenges nowadays and when I want a harder experience I do a ROM Hack / difficulty mods but I get that's not for everybody.

I don't mind the absence of difficulty of Pokémon games though. Also, as Nuzzlockes are most of the time a self-imposed rule, I try to cheat and resurrect my dead Pokémon 😇

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Originally Posted by Starlight (Post 10461072)
An awful lot of that has changed in gen 8 but I get your point! Better playing Crystal anyway ;)

HGSS ftw :)

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Originally Posted by Roni (Post 10461124)
The main thing that keeps my love for Pokemon alive these days is solely the community. Whether it be LPers, streamers, ROM Hack makers, or Pokecommunity regulars. I wouldn't ever be as into this franchise if the fandom wasn't so alive <3

I so agree with you!

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Originally Posted by Megan (Post 10461150)
Not a fan of BotW, tbh. I probably just too different from what I'm used to in regards to Zelda games. I want my Grappling Hook and my fancy unbreakable sword! D:

Honestly I don't understand the breaking weapon mechanic in videogames. A friend let me try BOTW for an hour or so, and OMG the fact that you can't rely on your weapon annoyed me so much XD
And as a pretty complete Skyrim player (300+ hours), I like to collect and display a variety of weapons.
I saw critics defend this mechanic but to me it's a passion-killer. It's like they didn't want the game to be perfect so they added something to annoy the player XD

Roni January 24th, 2022 8:04 PM

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Good morning, finally back on 8 hours of sleep agenda today~

Megan January 24th, 2022 8:52 PM

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Actively sleeping 8 hours? How do you pull that off? I'm just glad when I manage to sleep period.

Duck January 25th, 2022 5:24 AM

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Originally Posted by StCooler (Post 10461499)
I don't mind the absence of difficulty of Pokémon games though. Also, as Nuzzlockes are most of the time a self-imposed rule, I try to cheat and resurrect my dead Pokémon 😇

There are more to challenges than Nuzlockes and personally I don't think Nuzlockes are that great either because they're just punishing and promote the annoying - to me at least - part of the games (grinding), but at the end of the day it's still a way to have fun, if you're having fun with the vanilla experience, that's great!

Eleanor January 25th, 2022 9:49 AM

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Nuzlockes would need a very high amount of planning time in order to really be done "flawlessly" and not many people really have the patience and time for that, uh? But I can see the appeal at least - and that's even more true if you're just looking for some thrill... or some Youtube clicks :woop:

ReKoil January 25th, 2022 11:51 AM

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Originally Posted by MewTheMega (Post 10461472)
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Oh wow! What’re some shinies you’ve found through breeding? What are some that you’re currently hunting for?

Currently completing the National Dex in BDSP so the shiny breeding is on pause atm.
But before that the most recent ones were me Shiny breeding the entire Bagon line and Galar Ponyta line ^.^
So basically breed 3 shiny bagons and then keep one as Bagon, evolve on to Shelgon and evolve the third all the way to Salamence.

Once I return to it I'll probably either shiny breed the Goodra line or pick up where I left off with the eevee line (my sig pic is basically a progress tracker for eeveelutions I've shiny bred lol The ones with balls have been shiny bred in that ball, the ones missing a ball haven't been done yet).

Starlight January 25th, 2022 6:04 PM

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Originally Posted by ReKoil (Post 10461406)
(until I got addicted to shiny breeding, but shhhh.....)

That is sooooo gonna be me when I eventually figure out how to get hold of a foreign ditto in BDSP. No home support sucks :(

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Eleanor January 26th, 2022 8:57 AM

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you all do shiny breeding? where do you find the patience? :pleaplup:

ReKoil January 26th, 2022 12:26 PM

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More like where do I find a life?
Patience is actually one of my strongest points ^.^

StCooler January 26th, 2022 2:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Eleanor (Post 10462276)
you all do shiny breeding? where do you find the patience? :pleaplup:

+1
However, I used to watch a shiny-hunting streamer, and for him, shiny-hunting was like a relaxing break after a hard day of work.

Duck January 26th, 2022 6:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Eleanor (Post 10462276)
you all do shiny breeding? where do you find the patience? :pleaplup:

I don't and I don't, lol.

Some people enjoy highly repetitive things - it's meditative, I gather - but that's not for me. Although I suppose that it could be more fun in LGP/E, I suppose given the dynamics of how that works - active participation and all that.

Jazzy January 26th, 2022 8:52 PM

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Originally Posted by ReKoil (Post 10461837)
Currently completing the National Dex in BDSP so the shiny breeding is on pause atm.
But before that the most recent ones were me Shiny breeding the entire Bagon line and Galar Ponyta line ^.^
So basically breed 3 shiny bagons and then keep one as Bagon, evolve on to Shelgon and evolve the third all the way to Salamence.

Once I return to it I'll probably either shiny breed the Goodra line or pick up where I left off with the eevee line (my sig pic is basically a progress tracker for eeveelutions I've shiny bred lol The ones with balls have been shiny bred in that ball, the ones missing a ball haven't been done yet).

Oh wow! Finding three shinies of one Pokemon. That’s some insane luck, good luck!


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Originally Posted by Eleanor (Post 10462276)
you all do shiny breeding? where do you find the patience? :pleaplup:

I once did shiny hunting a while back. Tried for about an hour and gave up :( I have basically 0 patience

Sheep January 26th, 2022 11:52 PM

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I have patience for shiny hunting but not really enough to do it for hours without stopping like I used to! So I guess a poorer attention span than when I was young.. lol

Eleanor January 27th, 2022 1:27 AM

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I can get super hyped about that stuff and do it for hours on end if I'm really in the mood but that goes away very, very quickly... I kind of struggle to complete my Pokémon Challenges because of that :pleaplup:

Roni January 27th, 2022 3:38 AM

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I operate pretty much the same on several things Loomie haha. It's either I'm purely obsessed on something, or have zero interest at all. It's the hype of starting out; all these plans and goals to reach etc., but then getting burned out eventually after a short while.

ReKoil January 27th, 2022 12:29 PM

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I nearly didn't finish a shiny breed when my Alolan Sandshrew/Sandslash breed took 3000 eggs total for the pair.
My patience was getting really thin lol
I find myself spreading it out more & more lately. Like breeding up boxes one day, hatching them next, rather than doing hundred of eggs on a single day. Makes it easier to stick with it ^.^

Eleanor January 28th, 2022 3:00 AM

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Tfw you found more shinies doing forum challenges than on cartridge...


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