Games The Pokémon Thread

[xi0]

I don't know, I'm actually struggling with the leveling up. I've been removing the strongest members of the team with some that needed to be evolved to fill the dex as it goes, now to the point that the ace trainers are whipping the floor with me.

But I also havent fed any of my pokes a single candy yet, nor did I teach my Chipmunk a single of those OP tutor moves. Meaning, you always have a choice how much struggle you wanna have. So honestly don't get that complaint.

Hmm, I'm not sure I did honestly but I have a completionist mindset, so I probably wasted time doing certain things. Like unlocking as many TMs as possible etc. There were a few times when my non-starters might have been slightly underleveled but it didn't last too long.

Yeah, I'm to Cinnabar I think and didn't use candy too much so far. I guess it's true and would be no different than benching your starter, but it still feels odd that any of that is still in the game to me. It makes me wonder what the game is actually balanced for, because it certainly doesn't seem balanced towards your 100% IV starter having access to so many different move-types.

 

[Evil3ye]

Hmm, I'm not sure I did honestly but I have a completionist mindset, so I probably wasted time doing certain things. Like unlocking as many TMs as possible etc. There were a few times when my non-starters might have been slightly underleveled but it didn't last too long.

Yeah, I'm to Cinnabar I think and didn't use candy too much so far. I guess it's true and would be no different than benching your starter, but it still feels odd that any of that is still in the game to me. It makes me wonder what the game is actually balanced for, because it certainly doesn't seem balanced towards your 100% IV starter having access to so many different move-types.

I also just arrived on cinnabar (with only four badges lol, bc I want to add Aerodactyl to my team).

In terms of completing everything, facing the same challenge with the deck and tms.

Funny you said that, all my Kanto starters are nearly perfect, not just Chipmunk. But I guess for the latter it is to compensate the lack of evolution.

And before a further gen2 remake, I'd highly appreciate and am nervously anticipating Sinnoh.

 

[M3J]

I'm planning on getting 2DS and starting with the Gen I before building my way to the current gen. Anything important I should know?

 

[Evil3ye]

I'm planning on getting 2DS and starting with the Gen I before building my way to the current gen. Anything important I should know?

How is gen 3 out on 3ds? Taking pokebank along?

 

[M3J]

Haven't bought Gen III yet, no point in that until I finish Yellow and Crystal. But yeah, gonna use Pokebank and Poketransport. One question is, should I go with Ultra Moon or Ultra Sun?

 

[xi0]

I don't even know if we have a separate Pokemon Go thread or not, but oh well....

I guess it's cool that Mamoswine will finally be introduced as it's supposed to be the best Ice attacker. But there are 2 problems with this - it's only going to lead to more new pokemon only being made available during events, and that fact that it also requires a Sinnoh Stone worries me about some of the other Gen 4 pokemon that have yet to be released. Mainly I don't really know how they're going to handle Glaceon and Leafeon.

 

[M3J]

You need a Sinnoh stone to do a mamoswine event? That's annoying.

 

[xi0]

You need a Sinnoh stone to do a mamoswine event? That's annoying.

You can earn 5 of them during the event from Battles though, so it's not requiring one under current circumstances

 

[Evil3ye]

Not just that but seemingly it has to have a special move you can only get on a new caught swinub at the event. There goes my cp 2000 pilo...

 

[M3J]

You can earn 5 of them during the event from Battles though, so it's not requiring one under current circumstances

Oh that's not bad. Curious as to how many Pokemons need Sinnoh to evolve though, now.

 

[xi0]

Not just that but seemingly it has to have a special move you can only get on a new caught swinub at the event. There goes my cp 2000 pilo...

Don't think so, you have up to an hour after the event to use the Sinnoh Stone to evolve a Piloswine into Mamoswine for the special move, just like other Community Days. But it still sucks because if you catch a really high IV and/or Shiny Swinub, you'll need 150 candy plus the Sinnoh Stone to get the move. Other Pokemon with two evolutions that had Community days only required 125 candies to do that.

Oh that's not bad. Curious as to how many Pokemons need Sinnoh to evolve though, now.

I guess any Gen 4 pokemon that are evolutions of Pokemon from previous generations. That's how it's been so far, but after Mamoswine there's Ambipom, Froslass, Magnezone, Tangrowth, Probopass, Yanmega, and Gallade that fit the previous criteria. There's also Leafeon and Glaceon, but them needing 100 candy plus a Sinnoh Stone compared to 25 for the other evolutions hardly makes sense to me.

 

[M3J]

Problem is, I don't know which ones are available now. Like, I've heard Magneton evolves into Magnezone, but on my game I don't see the option to evolve Magneton. It's annoying.

 

[xi0]

Problem is, I don't know which ones are available now. Like, I've heard Magneton evolves into Magnezone, but on my game I don't see the option to evolve Magneton. It's annoying.

This chart is up to date until Mamoswine is released, which will make him the best Ice attacker in the game AFAIK (until Glaceon is released, perhaps). I think I would sort of disagree with Honchkrow's placement though, as I believe I've seen people say it's currently the best non-Legendary Flying attacker, or at least, the only undoubtedly better Flying pokemon is Rayquaza. It may just be that Flying type just isn't very desirable in general though.

 

[M3J]

Ah, I see. I just need Magmortar and the bottom 3, and I'm good to go. I didn't know Togekiss would be good as a gym defender though.

 

[Evil3ye]

Deinstalled pokemon go today. Looking forward for the next gen switch release instead. That said I'm not even finished with pikachu yet.

 

[xi0]

Deinstalled pokemon go today. Looking forward for the next gen switch release instead. That said I'm not even finished with pikachu yet.

Whaaaat? But we're not BFFs yet?! Why you quitting?

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Yeah I haven't finished Let's Go yet either honestly

 

[M3J]

I'm still mad I ran out of Pokeballs to capture Heatran and another Pokemon that I forgot for raids. We should be given more balls.

 

[xi0]

I'm still mad I ran out of Pokeballs to capture Heatran and another Pokemon that I forgot for raids. We should be given more balls.

If you raid with Good/Ultra/Best Friends you get bonus balls

 

[Evil3ye]

Whaaaat? But we're not BFFs yet?! Why you quitting?

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Yeah I haven't finished Let's Go yet either honestly

I know babe, I'll make it up to you somehow else.

What stage are you in? I think I'm before my Koga fight. Just quickly wanna run through from there, as I wanna lend it to a guy and borrow his Zelda for it.

 

[xi0]

I know babe, I'll make it up to you somehow else.

What stage are you in? I think I'm before my Koga fight. Just quickly wanna run through from there, as I wanna lend it to a guy and borrow his Zelda for it.

You said for next gen, but not all of gen4 is even out Niantic does continue to fuck around with us though...

I think I left off at Blaine, got distracted with Smash Bros. and then other games. Zelda is quite daunting if you want to 100% it, but it was pretty good.