Watch Out For Ghosts... (Read first post!)

[Hikamaru]

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*bulbagarden.net image removed*

My fave sprite animation from Emerald was probably Poochyena. It backs up and makes a quite menacing impression when it does that.

 

[Charlie Brown]

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*waits patiently for inevitable ghost*

 

[Winter]

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Who wants to join the netherworld? ;3

 

[Who's Kiyo?]

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I would like to be a shiny Dusclops, please. :3

But, yeah, thanks Charlie! I scope the internet frequently for all kinds of GSC devamps, since I love the retro and quaint feel to them. There's just something ... novelty, and enclosed about them that I like. I certainly wish I had enough talent in spiriting to make my own, but my skills are really in making custom trainers and amalgamation fakemon. If you wanted to know where I get any of those GSC sprites, there's a CREDITS link in my signature.

Although I'm certainly not complaining how cool it is that we have 3D games nowadays with all their fancy environment-based backgrounds, but there's something about how small the screen was on the Game Boy Color that made battles feel way more grand to me. Left parts to the imagination. I also like GSC since Game Freak had finally figured out how to competently sprite their own Pokemon by then.

I'm kind of embarrassed I made this post an hour ago and was camping this whole time.​

 

[Charlie Brown]

^ I saw you posting errywhere and was hoping you would post here too so I could be a ghost </3

And thanks for pouring out the credits link in your sig! Will take a look.

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[Who's Kiyo?]

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My evil plan was quite the intricate web of deceit and false hope, was it not? ;)

you cannot imagine how many tabs I had open

I feel like someone would be up in my business if I didn't have a sheet like that stating that I didn't own any of the sprites personally. If you need any help tracking them down, let me know! Most of the stuff I find is through simple Google search. I do hope the original artists wouldn't mind, since I don't use the sprites for hacks or anything, but a lot of sources just want you to credit them.

However I did make the trainer in my avatar all by myself like a big boy. :3​

 

[Who's Kiyo?]

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we could always do that by throwing someone off a cliff but no-one ever listens to my suggestions​

 

[Winter]

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I'm down with throwing you off a cliff. :3

 

[DyingWillFlareon]

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I wanna throw a non ghost off the cliff. I have nothing left to lose, being permanent. 8D

 

[Who's Kiyo?]

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All of you are so nice as to fulfill my cliff-leaping dreams. <3​

 

[Meadow]

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I'm actually surprised that this thread still has conversations about the ghosting process, haha.

 

[Lycanthropy]

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It really is a recurring topic, but not a really interesting one after all those times, although I still do want to become a ghost again. To throw in something random, what do you guys think about weather conditions?

 

[Meadow]

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Weather is alright in competitive play, but I absolutely detest things like Hail and Sandstorm in-game. Heck, the hail on Mt. Silver is one of two reasons that I couldn't enjoy the battle against Red in HG/SS. =(

 

[Hikamaru]

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The 5th Gen competitive scene was remembered as nothing but a huge weather war. And they all blamed it on a frog with a certain rain-summoning hidden ability.

 

[Lycanthropy]

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Yeah, those hidden abilities. But I don't see that many weather teams lately, that's probably because of the introduction of the Megas then.

What I find weird about weather is that there exist many places with natural rain, but nearly none with natural sun. Those rain routes make it impossible to train your fire Pokémon.

 

[Hikamaru]

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How the hell did you mess up the counter again...

Anyways, the reason why weather wars died was because 6th Gen nerfed those weather abilities from infinite to 5 turns. As a result, they are more difficult to use because it means the inducer now has to hold a Heat/Damp/Icy/Smooth Rock and switch in and out so you have to keep it alive as much as possible.

 

[Who's Kiyo?]

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Personally I'd like to see a lot more weather conditions be made and specific to areas. There was something really cool and satisfying to fighting in that stormy weather in AlphaSapphire ... Weather adds a quirky challenge to an area. Which, as a Pokemon Trainer, you should be able to accommodate during your journey. I'd love to see a completely redone Kanto that's not afraid to change up areas to include weather and other things.​

 

[Hikamaru]

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I feel like the occasional storms on Hoenn's Route 119 was Game Freak's attempt at souping up the typical rain. I guess they really took ideas from a rainforest when they were thinking of that route, and that's probably why it rains there a lot.

 

[Who's Kiyo?]

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I like the variety of routes there were in Hoenn, actually. I absolutely covet Route 113 because of its unique terrain. I dunno if it was the emphasis on weather themes that made Hoenn such a diverse region, but I guess I'm just trying to say that I would love future regions following its example.​

 

[Who's Kiyo?]

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What was your opinion of ORAS? I'm actually a tad disappointed about the aesthetic. I feel like they tried too hard to emulate the tileset of the gen three games.​