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Pokemon Black & White, aka Gen 5. Coming to Japan in Fall 2010.
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Um.. screech is used that often. So I would obviously prefer intimidate because if they attack a wall with intimiadate they do nothing.
I thought both of them are based on Baku?
That, to me, sounds more like taking a move that has an additional effect, say, lowering defense or something (let's say... Rock Smash), and increasing its power. Which... is still a cool idea but a lot less powerful than making stat decrease into increases.
That also doesn't really make sense with a name like "Encourage", but then again your definition is probably more likely, since it doesn't seem as gamebreaking as mine.
I don't know why everyone assumes it is JUST defense.
And the little piggy looks nothing like Drowzee, like someone previously mentioned the latter is more like a Tapir.
EDIT: Seapig is a great guess, that's exactly what it is, how did I not think of it?!:
Wasn't it confirmed that it only worked with the Defense stat?
Errr... while it does look like that thing, Munma is most definitely the same thing Drowsee is-- a Baku, a dream eating spirit that is generally shown as a tapir. Why they had two Pokemon based on the exact same spirit in folklore with the exact same typing is beyond me, though. The design is pretty... interesting compared to Drowzee, though.
Nope, nothing's been confirmed. It's just been shown battling Mijumaru who attempted to lower its defense.
Pokebeach has new rumors up. Tauros evolution = Minotauros. So badass. :)
EDIT: Poison Field + Muk + Gunk Shot. :D
Their dream eating abilities are based on that. Their general appearance (especially the snout) comes from a tapir though.
Munma is based on a Baku, but looks nothing like a tapir.
It's name would also be really strange if it were in the same evolutionary line as Drowzee. Munma > Sleep > Sleeper. You would expect them to at least use some variation of the word sleep.
Munma might be closely related to Drowzee, but it hopefully won't be in the same evolutionary line.
Although they could do what they did with Kirlia, and make Munma an available evolution for female Drowzee.
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Minotauros!!? AWESOME!!!! One of my favorite Pokemon getting an evolution and a potential chance to shine in OU? Do want.
Hey, this makes some sense - so basically, we'd get a Steadfast that works not only for flinches, but for Confusion, Def/Sp.Def drops, flinches, and so on. It's still unknown what they mean by power, though - it could be anything that has to do with Atk or Sp.Atk, Spe or maybe even all stats. Oh god, free AncientPower boosts?!
...It's not as awesome as HI GYARADOS WHY DON'T YOU COME HERE, but it's still pretty nice.
As for Stealth Rock - it sure would be nice to have a move that switches around the field placements, or something like that. Uh, in more understandable words... suppose there are 3 layers of Spikes, 2 of Toxic Spikes and 1 of Stealth Rock on my side of the field (and don't ask me what I was doing while my opponent set everything up) and nothing on theirs. Something uses new move and now they have all the spiky family while I'm free. Yay.
Still, just plain nerfing Stealth Rock would be a lot better. The best way I've come up with would be having it deal a set amount of damage instead of a set percentage of damage - 40, for example - that would still consider typing. So basically, a Charizard would take 160 damage when it's switched in, while a Lucario would take 10 damage.
well, there ARE chances the pig thing is the subevo of drwzee, although its just speculations.
EDIT:the seapig looks gross.
EDIT:the seapig looks gross.
Ohh... I see now.
And there's still no news about this alledged "cotton-like" pokémon?
And where's my possum pokémon? ;~;
Based on the new definitions people seem to be gathering, it's probably nothing like that... as nice as it would be being able to gain attack from an Intimidate or boost your Special Attack 2 stages after an Overheat. It now sounds more like, if you use an attack that has a secondary effect and it doesn't activate, the attack is made more powerful, or if the attack has a secondary effect, it's made more powerful but the effect is ignored.
Yeah, well I think they are awesome. :3
Also from Pokebeach (rumors):
- Black and white, good versus evil, and yin and yang are going to play a major part in the plot. However, unlike previous Pokemon games, the decisions and choices you make will "influence" the plot of the game. If you make "good" choices, you might get certain help or items, whereas "bad" choices could have negative effects. The point is that the plot will not be as cut-and-dry as previous games, changing depending on the player's actions.
They PROBABLY won't be related by evolution. If Corocoro didn't mention it now, and there's no reason for them to hide that, then I doubt that's the case. But who knows (I personally do think Munma looks sorta tapir-like, but in a sorta abstract way).
I thought that for a moment, but the absent of its main ability Insomnia is strange. Tts not unlikely that it doesn't gain the ability to it evolves, or they changed it. What I believe though is that the pokemon is its "spirtual cousin." this concept is most seen in 3rd gen pokemon, similar to Aggron being a successor to Rhydon. If it wasn't for the flowers, and the fact that it floats above the ground I'd believe it.
Pokebeach has some new rumours...
Remember bitches, grain. of. salt.
Remember bitches, grain. of. salt.
Eww. Sounds like they will shoehorn in a morality system.
I really hope they do it well. Morality systems generally seem to be "Would you like to save these children, or kill them all?" I hate when they only give you black and white (no pun intended) choices.
Though the choices likely will be very black and white. They don't want kids to accidentally make bad choices and suffer negative consequences. They aren't going to give them morally ambiguous "grey" options.
It would be fun if they finally allowed you to join the evil team. I'm tempted to take the evil route provided it doesn't screw me out of a ton of things (like: Being evil is wrong! We aren't going to let you catch the legendary in this game, and the E4 won't let you challenge them! Love - Gamefreak.)
I'm more curious to see this "developer material."
The Pokemon games have been getting more and more linear over the entire series, being able to do things in very little order (even though there's an intended order, it's not mandatory) once you get like 3 badges in, and the games have been getting more and more linear since, eventually forcing you do go in a specific order in Gen VI. With a morality system in place, Gen V might reduce the linearity of the games, giving us a longer and more interesting gaming experience, especially for playing twice through the games.
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