Azumarill Gen 9 literally having both abilities but no bulk:
Azumarill's Bulk is decent, but as every Water Fairy Mon, it has no Recovery. It of course also has the broken Huge Power ability.
Azumarill Gen 9 literally having both abilities but no bulk:
I wouldn't call 100/80/80 "no bulk".... it's no Dondozo or Zamazenta, but it's a pretty solid bulk for a offensive pokemon..Azumarill Gen 9 literally having both abilities but no bulk:
Because if the name rater arbitrarily determines that the nickname fits the pokemon perfectly then you will no longer be able to change it no matter what you doWhy is the person who lets you rename your Pokemon a name "rater"?
Why is this functionality locked behind an NPC at all?
Because if the name rater arbitrarily determines that the nickname fits the pokemon perfectly then you will no longer be able to change it no matter what you do
Thankfully all of this is gone in S/V where you just have to press a button when on the summary screen
Yes, this is obviously the functional reason for it.Game Freak didn't want the player to change traded pokémon's names so they created the name rater to have an in-game reason, at least I've always assumed that.
Social pressure is big in the Pokemon world, see the trendy phrase phenomenon where something said in a tiny island would quickly spread to all Hoenn, so a name rater is trained to assess the naming capabilities of all trainers and help the less fortunate avoid the social stigma of a badly named Pokémon.Yes, this is obviously the functional reason for it.
But what's, like, the in-universe reason? Why have this locked behind the whim of a stranger? Even as a kid this came off weird.
Second, it really doesn't need to reference Tekken at all because the game is nothing like Tekken.
I meant the gameplay is nothing like Tekken.Errr....
I get phase shift is an entirely unrelated game mechanic that sadly many didn't like, but a shit ton of anims are based on Tekken
The mistranslations of the Gen IV evolution stones. In Japanese they are called Dark Stone, Light Stone, , and Awakening Stone.
Dark Stone was translated to Dusk Stone
Light Stone was translated to Shiny Stone
Awakening Stone was translated to Dawn Stone
I'm sure you can see the problem here.
They're moving to match the official terms for most things instead of the terms fans use, I assume the color changes are for the same reason.
And it makes sense from the perspective of a wiki that has to track a LOT of detailed info, but also those colors suck and the official terms are ones no one uses(for good reason) so I expect to see a LOT of drama about this in the coming weeks.
I try to avoid TOO MUCH internet drama, which means avoiding a lot of the places where it ferments.You "expect"?
I'll tell you this much, there's been quite the uproar about Bulbapedia's decision to rename the Starter Pokemon page to "first partner Pokemon" for the past week or so in all sorts of places.
And I can totally understand it, as personally speaking, I'd never call them that ever. The term "starter" is so deeply ingrained in my head for that archetype of Pokemon and is much easier to use than "first partner" in my mind.
Wait so the two stats that can potentially be abbreviated as "spd" look the same? Wonderful decision.They're moving to match the official terms for most things instead of the terms fans use, I assume the color changes are for the same reason.
And it makes sense from the perspective of a wiki that has to track a LOT of detailed info, but also those colors suck and the official terms are ones no one uses(for good reason) so I expect to see a LOT of drama about this in the coming weeks.
Anyways, I uploaded that image into a colorblindness simulator and figured out that SpDef and Speed are basically indistinguishable under the new colors for MANY colorblind users, which matches with my stance that the colors are washed out and not very distinguished from each other, if you want an argument to use that has teeth.
Huh, that makes sense. How bad can it be?They're moving to match the official terms for most things instead of the terms fans use, I assume the color changes are for the same reason.
ok I actually have some issue here
Species strengths, commonly referred to by fans as base stats (Japanese: 種族値 species values), are the inherent values of a species or form of a species that are used to the stats of a Pokémon. While the remainder of this article refers to these stats as base stats, this should not be confused with the official use of base stats, which are what fans refer to as effort values (EVs).
It's also grossly misleading. Seriously, talk about a generic, non-descriptive name.ok I actually have some issue here
I mean first off they're going to use "base stat" for the remainder of the article anyway so you should just still keep it named Base Stat and then have a "official referred to as blahblahblah"
but secondly when they speak about Vitamins they speak about them increasing the base stats which ....that's not talking about the EVs that's talking about the....... base stat. That they're increasing. They're just not talking about it in the language we speak about it where we treat Base Stat as a static thing with Nature, EV and IV as three separate additional functions that give us the Final Stat
If they ever use "Species Strengths" it feels less "this is what it is called" and more "we're using flavorful language for this write up"
They probably just took your Gravatar if you used the same email.Also apparently they link your Smogon account and your Bulbapedia account if you use the same username on both forums, since it snagged my avatar for there when I created an account to complain about this.
The other thing is that the Pokemon.com glossary refers to EVs as "base points" but the actual stats obtained from EVs as "base stats", which the latter doesn't even have an equivalent existing term for in the community.but secondly when they speak about Vitamins they speak about them increasing the base stats which ....that's not talking about the EVs that's talking about the....... base stat. That they're increasing. They're just not talking about it in the language we speak about it where we treat Base Stat as a static thing with Nature, EV and IV as three separate additional functions that give us the Final Stat
I will say "base points" as the official equivalent for our "EVs" makes sense, but also this is a great example how sometimes, after a certain point, as a community you just gotta stick to the ultra-ingrained fan terminology.They probably just took your Gravatar if you used the same email.
The other thing is that the Pokemon.com glossary refers to EVs as "base points" but the actual stats obtained from EVs as "base stats", which the latter doesn't even have an equivalent existing term for in the community.
https://www.pokemon.com/us/play-pokemon/about/video-game-glossary
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