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Pokémon Presents - Pokémon Day 2025 - Pokemon ZA Info & Pokemon Champions Announced
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That's neat. It feels like a workaround for Superpower since without Contrary, that move will lower Malamar's Attack which feels sacrilegious. Hopefully it keeps it in Champions as another Contrary tool.
I suppose we can't actually tell from its moveset, but it implies that Mega Malamar's Attack and Sp. Attack will be the base stats primarily boosted when compared to base Malamar. I can't wait for the base stats to be datamined within the next couple of weeks!
literally impossible but psycho boost malamar >>>>
It also did not have Superpower so I'm detective a theme
has scyther ever been able to use superpower? it got CC for the first time in arceus and then in gen 9 learned it for real
edit: went back and checked, as far as I can tell it never learned superpower in a previous gen so there needs to be a better example for the superpower is gone hypothesis, especially since CC was given to a LOT of pokemon in Scarlet/Violet
I'm sure if we dig around some pokemon in L:A got CC when they didn't get SP, but I imagie much like Ice Beam Gardevoir & Roost Lumineon that might have been pushed by them tweaking movesets in general alongside stuffl ike this
Anyway Scyther no, Scizor yes.
I mean Malamar getting CC and Superpower is a bit odd, as far as I can tell most pokemon get either or, but it isn't unheard of. Pinsir for example gets both.
I'm sure they are both in and have some difference in how they function to justify using one or the other. Some of the recoil moves for example give your pokemon a lot of movement thru the enemy, some other physical moves just do damage in a line or in a cone. CC's animation might be longer than Superpower's which would be bad for you, maybe cooldown differences, etc.,
Maybe it's because I haven't been scrutinizing trailers a lot so I didn't catch this before, but I like how it was implied that fighting enemy Megas would involve bespoke fights based on what the new trailer showed of Mega Banette. Lots of doppelgängers that wouldn't really fit with the system as is.
i just kinda assumed that move is phantom force or something
it is yeah, they designed the mega fights as actual raid bosses which is neat
there's also this one which is presumably Stone Edge? there was no pop up for it
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For leaks and such, none of the screenshots so far have been accurate - the mega ones for those [2-3] are literally just using the fanmade designs, nothing is "accurate" so far. One of the dex entries shown for the Mega literally has it having the same height / weight as its base form.
I believe the only one that holds merit is the character select screen, but apparently more people have the game so we'll see!
I believe the only one that holds merit is the character select screen, but apparently more people have the game so we'll see!
"It" in this case meant "Legends Arceus"
Trading was shown off, which might mean the game does not have the Link Cable evo item
Slightly late response but while this might not necessarily be wrong per se, I don't think it strictly rules out the Linking Cord item or any rough equivalent. Trading was still formally a thing in Legends: Arceus even if it didn't necessarily need it, and it was a viable option to obtain Machamp, Alakazam, Golem, and Gengar the usual way. So it's possible the item or an equivalent may still be here as an option.
Again, I'm not saying you're wrong, and what you're saying could be possible, but I wouldn't rule out the Linking Cord or an equivalent item existing just yet.
This isn't super relevant but the latest trailer contains a Shiny Pidgey
that would be like romhack level but I think they should at least give malamar power trip
I don't even want full voice acting, I'd be happy with those funny mumblings from Animal Crossing or Banjo-Kazooie.
Have every line of dialogue be voiced by Ed Sheeran
Or just the little vocalizations like zelda has (& still does! not every line is voiced). instead of just Unrelenting Silence despite the camera focusing on their fully modeled facial movements.
It was nice Legends Arceus had those for the player while we were fumbling around.
I am perfectly content with the lack of full voice acting. I don't think Pokémon would benefit too much from it since the games tend to be light on story and stick with a silent protag.
Game Freak just really needs to stop making scenes that are animated and shot in such a way that they are very blatantly meant to be voiced. Or at least let them be voiced even if the rest of the game isn't so we don't get another Piers situation.
Game Freak just really needs to stop making scenes that are animated and shot in such a way that they are very blatantly meant to be voiced. Or at least let them be voiced even if the rest of the game isn't so we don't get another Piers situation.