[dLtMs0 v 5.4] ITT SHINJI IS CONFIRMED FOR GROSSEST; Days till Pokestick Day: check new thread

[Pokestick good times.]

12

Cripes, forgot about Looker. Guess the mega stones etc count too.

I'm just bummed out that we hardly got any post game-exclusive areas, and the ones we got (the caves especially) were ridiculously basic.

 

[machomuu]

13

Which reminds me, I have really don't like what they did with the capture rates for legendaries.

I went to face Mewtwo, got his health low, and captured him on my fifth try with an ultra ball (I think). Curious, I restarted from my save, battled him again, and threw a pokeball at it. A regular pokeball. Caught it on the first try, without even having attacked him.

IIRC, the mascot pokemon was easy to catch, too.

 

[Pokestick good times.]

14

Mascot legendaries have been ridiculously easy to catch since gen four (which I really dislike). Dunno about Mewtwo, they don't usually change catch rates of already existing mons but it wouldn't surprise me tbh.

They now give caught legendaries and traded mons guaranteed good IVs, too. Don't know how to feel about that.

 

[machomuu]

15

It's really to be expected, though. After all, prior to BW, there wasn't such a thing as a "Required Legendary". Heck, up until Gen 4, you didn't even have to fight them as part of the story.

 

[Pokestick good times.]

16

Groudon and Kyogre are looking angrily in your direction, William.

You had to fight them, you had one shot, and they were pretty tough to catch iirc.

 

[machomuu]

17

Ah, didn't know that. I played Emerald growing up, and you just had to wake up Rayquaza and then all the legends were optional post game catches.

...Though it is weird. I hacked Ruby for years and I never actually beat it.

 

[Yukari]

18

Gee... Things have been really quiet around here...

Anywho, I had Ruby back when I was 7. I remember running away from Groudon on my first playthrough thinking that I could come back later and catch it. :( I restarted that game even though I had beat it so I could try to catch him again.

 

[machomuu]

19

I have fond memories of murdering Ho-oh and then saving directly after in my Gold version when I was young.

 

[Rainbow-Dash]

20

I never thought I'd hear "murdering" and "fond memories... when I was young" in the same sentence/post.

 

[Twilight-kun]

21

Ahhh, fond memories of murdering thousands of Bidoofs when I was but a wee lass...

 

[antemortem]

22. murder itt

 

[Pokestick good times.]

23

Don't murder things, that's really mean.

 

[Twilight-kun]

24

But they looked at my Starly funny

So they had to die

 

[Netto Azure]

26

Back in my day Pokeballs actually missed hitting legendaries like the Birds and Mewtwo.

 

[Rainbow-Dash]

27

Ahhhh, the forums are glitching so much for me!

 

[Twilight-kun]

27

Oh GOD I hated that mechanic in Red and Blue (Yellow?)

That's why I always carried a pokemon that could paralyze them

 

[Yato]

29

Don't forget missing Pokemon like Chansey! (Though, I forgot if Safari Balls also missed in FRLG; it's been too long since I played them.)

Also don't forget how moves like Bind and Wrap would prevent Pokemon from attacking until they were freed, and Pokemon couldn't attack immediately after waking up.

 

[machomuu]

30

All things considered, that made sense.

I mean, bind and wrap (and constrict) work as moves because they're supposed to be squeezing your pokemon.

But I don't mind the whole "pokeballs missing" thing. In universe, that makes sense as well. A lot of sense, really. I'm more surprised that it hasn't been contested. What, does everyone in Pokemon just have super accurate aiming?

 

[Twilight-kun]

31

Because it'd become a rather stale gag if a trainer kept missing trying to catch a pokemon

I also think they might have slight homing capabilities

Because logic

 

[machomuu]

32

I dunno about that. I mean, there's not really much you can throw at Pokemon that can miss. Other than Pokeballs in gen 1.

And to avoid bad game design just base the chance for a miss on the opponents evasion level and multiply the catch rate by the evasion level over two. That way it'd be fair and make in-universe sense.