Your Pokémon Pet Peeves

lol to me the first generation rival is green and the girl (leaf) is actually blue. I don't jam that down people's throats though it's just what I see it as.

Idk I don't really see the problem with the op's pet peeves... like I don't see the irk in any of those things besides some of the dragon points. Whether someone says "Johto Pokemon" or "Kanto Elite four" we all get what they're talking about.

ultimately I just get annoyed with the emphasis on dragon types in the games and also on legendaries. I really enjoyed the last two legendaries because they weren't dragon types. I'd really like to see the games create a story that didn't revolve around a legendary.
 
The cool Pokemon and merch stuff being Japan only.

Genwunners.
 
I'm with Mandolore on this one, I absolutely hate AI opponents that spam moves like Protect and Detect. They do nothing except causing you to drain PP and prolong the battle.

Also, the fact that OR/AS are trying to make X/Y obsolete, like what Mew_Nani said. It's very evident they are forcing you to buy the new games by not patching them into X/Y, and also only allowing you to use the new stuff in tournaments.
 
My pet peeves are certain evolutions. I know most people will not take a second look at Wartortle but its the odd one out when you look at Squirtle and Blastoise. Or I should say blastoise is....its hard to choose.

The second evolution is Golem. Geodude's evolution into Graveler makes sense, but Golem doesnt. What would be a sentient rock with more limbs than the previous became a lizard with a rock for a body with less limbs.
 
  • Wild Pokemon that spam Protect/Double Team/Sand Attack/Roar
    Is there any reason to needlessly waste my time?
  • Static/Poison Point/Effect Spore
    I don't like status effects. Having abilities that give you them are quite annoying.
  • STURDY!
    Worst. Ability. Ever.
  • Critical Hits
    OMG How many Pokemon have I accidentally killed because the game suddenly wanted to give me a critical? Seriously, I might actually be tempted to use Pokemon Amie if it reduced the chances of critical hits instead of increasing their odds.
  • Friendly Rivals
    Most of them have the most unrealistically annoying personality tropes imaginable. Lately they've only gotten worse, as they can't make up their mind whether they want to be a rival or a BFF. (Not to mention the whole "Hey we just met but now we're BFFs whether you find me annoying or not" crap.)
  • When the above force you into double battles
    You're my RIVAL, for crying out loud! I don't want to team up with you, I want to obliterate your Pokemon, then take on the two opponents on my own.
  • Shauna
    She has the maturity level of an infant (or a Pikachu, either one is about the same) and at times I just wanted to get behind the wheel of a Mack truck and run her down.
  • Unfair Treatment of Pikachu
    It has a special edition version, an item that only it (not even Raichu) can use, its horribly irritating voice is now in the games (the ONLY Pokemon to get this treatment, mind you), and now there's one that dresses up. Not to mention being on a vast majority of the franchise's merchandise. There IS such a thing as taking 'mascot" status too far. It's not worthy of the attention, it's an ugly, bloated little rodent with crap stats, a horrible voice, and a creepy smile.
  • Giving Mega evos to Pokemon That Don't Need Them
    Did the likes of Salamence, Garchomp, Metagross, Mewtwo, Groudon, Kyogre, and Rayquaza really need a boost to their power?
  • Red
    Most overrated and underwhelming (trainer) character in the franchise, with a bad team and (of course) the most overrated and underwhelming Pokemon on said team. Not to mention he has the personality of a grocery bag and lacks basic communication skills.
  • Fanboys/girls who worship Red and the ground he walks on
    Given his awful team, why is he worshipped as a god among trainers by a good percentage of the fandom? Trying to debate with these people is an exercise in frustration, as any criticism of their hero falls on deaf ears.
  • Youngster Joey
    His calls are annoying, the "top percentage" thing is getting old, and it's winter in the US. Shorts are not comfy this time of year up in here.
  • "Emotional" storylines
    If I want "feels" in a game, I'll play a visual novel. In Pokemon games it feels tacked on. Plus, I play Pokemon games to kick everyone's butt and dominate as Champion, not put up with NPC BFFs and poorly executed drama.
 
Pokemon that try too hard to be other pokemon (Dedenne to raichu, luxray to arcanine, etc.)

People who hate cute pokemon for being cute

People who hate other pokemon for not being cute

People who whine about pokemon being overpowered when they have easily exploitable weaknesses (See any dragon types pre-gen 6, and maybe even after that)

People who hate pokemon just for being shown in the anime. Charizard, pikachu, things like that. Especially if they call theem "overrated", proving they don't know what the word means.

People who insist you can't have a gen 1 pokemon as a favorite without being a "genwunner"

People who ask for obscenely rare pokemon on the GTS

The lack of type diversity in legendaries (There are 2 good fighting types, no poison types, one decent bug type, way too many psychic types.)

The lack of diversity in competitive pokemon battles

People who cheat for shinies or legendaries. Or both

The memes
 
SumGai said:
My biggest one would have to be...

Starters: GRASS WATER FIRE

Every last game, most of the fan games, even the hacks!

Why? Why not ever offer me something else? There are other triads. Or you could offer more then 3 choices. I wouldn't mind. I just want something different.
Click to expand...

This reminds me of one of mine; early game starter balance. Fire and grass can each help you catch more pokemon, making team creating and nuzlockes much easier. Fire has a chance to burn, grass can poison or paralyze, water... can't do anything.

I don't use many water starters, but it's still unfair.
 
The main Pokémon anime quite a lot of the time is my biggest pet peeve. It completely ignores plot, story and even mythology elements from the games despite how increasingly prominent they've become. Some of the movies are great are actually follow those things from the games but they don't tie it to the series. I don't get it. The Sinnoh movies were fantastic, really felt like they drew up on the interesting mythos from the games. With both Black and White and their sequels you'd have thought there'd be some big epic story about fighting Pokémon liberation but it was cut completely. Even N, who was a very intriguing and made others question the morality of owning Pokémon, was watered down. That strange scientist who worked for Team Plasma went from being neither good nor evil, just interested in the science of Pokémon, to generic evil.

Seeing as Pokémon X and Y have the whole dramatic thing about the ancient Kalos weapon powered by dead Pokémon, destroying humanity and all that, I hope they don't turn Lysandre into evil-for-the-sake-of-evil and scrap the dark nature behind the Kalos war.
 
Last edited:
Judge Mandolore Shepard said:
Now for my pet peeves in Pokemon:
My biggest one would have to be those that spam certain moves like Double Team, Protect, and Detect.
Click to expand...

Basically this right here. i hate when trainers do this in the games. It's so frustrating for me. Just yesterday I was battling a pokemon that kept using sand attack on me. It was a trainer pokemon, and I couldn't hit the damn pokemon worth ****! It made so frustrated because I wanted to get the battle over with. DX
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top