Can we have a moment of silence for Pikachu not even managing to be good in a game designed for him to be good? :(
(btw doesn't Eevee also have the water attack that has a 50% drain attached to it?)
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SPOILERS! Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu & Eevee Datamine Info
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(btw doesn't Eevee also have the water attack that has a 50% drain attached to it?)
Yeah but Eevee's Special Attack stat honestly blows, it'd only be good for nailing Rhydon (a Pokemon that already is 3HKOed by Sappy Seed and can't 2HKO Eevee back lol)
As for Pikachu, man I wish there was a way to legally get Partner Pikachu in Let's Go Eevee now. I think if it didn't involve scraficing your ability to use Eevee, Partner Pikachu would have a niche as a Calm Minder that doesn't get nuked by Alolan Muk (and to a lesser extent, Alolan Raticate. lol Im serious it exists). But losing out on partner Eevee just seems to be way too great of a cost imo
Now, I have heard that Calm Mind Pikachu is a fairly good cleaner in a format that bans candy boosts though, so it may have potential in that area at least! I haven't played such a format yet, anyone else care to chime in? Only thing I know is that with no candy boosts, +1 Partner Pikachu does OHKO Rhydon with Splishy Splash, which is pretty big!
A format that bans candy boosts would actually be what I'd define "interesting" compared to the stallfest that the "normal" setup is.
That actually makes me curious of how actually hard/time consuming said candies are to obtain in-game... All we really know is from the 2 hour hand-on gameplay on candies and they didn't really grasp much of it due to it only including the first 3 routes.
The amount of grind necessary for candies would definitely impact the challenge level of postgame
Wait... we all talked about how the meta is endless, but... isn't the battle timer on PvP there (at least in the actual game)? Or am I missing something here?
... actually, that probably won't do much as iirc, in past formats, they would declare whoever has most surviving Pokemon wins (and probably those with most total percentage of HP if that ties). That'd centralise things to either defensive time out or OHKOing if possible, wouldn't it?
... actually, that probably won't do much as iirc, in past formats, they would declare whoever has most surviving Pokemon wins (and probably those with most total percentage of HP if that ties). That'd centralise things to either defensive time out or OHKOing if possible, wouldn't it?
Since gen 7, each player has its own timer (7 minutes in vgc 2019, it was 5 in 2018). The first who runs out of time loses.
I... really wonder now, what would happen if they put that on this game. Or is VGC different from BSpot? I imagine simpler BS format would be used as they have stated that they are not going to run VGC there.
Arceus over Distortion World, I fear even simply having individual Vees having their respective type's attack in the future (which is not unlikely seeing how Vees are so easily fav everywhere). Nevermind that they are unbouncable. I'll pray they are not going to go that way....
VGC and Bspot have same rulesets aside from being 4v4 doubles vs 3v3 singles.
I would assume that the friendly PvP matches do have a timer though.
Unlikely to ever happen. Those moves are atrociously broken on actual Evolved pokemon. Vaporeon would turn into a monster for example.
I find it difficult to "datamine" that, would need someone who bothered to play and finish the leaked version.
That said... There's one mechanic I am actually wondering about: SAFARI ZONE.
The Safari zone was basically already working very similarly to Go catching mechanic in original gen 1: you go in, no actual battles, you can only throw food rocks and balls at Pokemon.
we're still waiting on that unfortunately, apparently it wasn't easy to tell from the code
A Charizard was shown with +195 HP.
Also gift Charmander has 25 IVs in HP, which magically makes said Charizard at +200.
There could be some differences depending on the stat or the specie (really unlikely, wishing is foolish at this point)
There could be some total candies limit (unlikely but I guess the less unlikely of all possibilities)
But +200 is confirmed possible, and I wouldn't count on anything else than flat +200 everywhere at this point.
Also gift Charmander has 25 IVs in HP, which magically makes said Charizard at +200.
There could be some differences depending on the stat or the specie (really unlikely, wishing is foolish at this point)
There could be some total candies limit (unlikely but I guess the less unlikely of all possibilities)
But +200 is confirmed possible, and I wouldn't count on anything else than flat +200 everywhere at this point.
It's replaced with GO Park, where all your mons from Pokemon GO are sent. You have to re-catch them in let's go and you can play at least one mini-game if you transfer 25 or more of the same species.
That I know, but in the trailers there's other functions than the Go park at Safari, which is why I was curious of what else there's there...
Unless that's actually the minigames.
Eh I never liked Safari zone I guess, and Chansey in Mt Moon looks pink.
...wait, so Eevee has one signature move for each of its evolutions' typings
And yet can't evolve, nor be transferred to Gen 8?
And yet can't evolve, nor be transferred to Gen 8?
seems to be the case.
we don't know about Gen 8 transfer but its likely due to the special properties of them
IGN's review showed that baddy bad sets up a reflect as its side effect, pretty bonkers
(there was a leak of move descriptions earlier but yewah its a reveal)
BULK INTENSIFIES
Going by this, it's probably a fair assumption then that Glitzy Glow, the psychic one, sets up light screen.
Man, if that Eevee is ever transferrable to the main series and evolvable, the coverage and effects provided is going to be insane for its evolutions.
The thing I'm waiting on the most is the rare encounters table. Those seem to be a major differentiating element compared to the previous Kanto incarnations. Bulbasaur in Veridian, Charmander in Rock Tunnel, etc. I wonder what other rare Pokemon might be hiding around?
The thing I'm waiting on the most is the rare encounters table. Those seem to be a major differentiating element compared to the previous Kanto incarnations. Bulbasaur in Veridian, Charmander in Rock Tunnel, etc. I wonder what other rare Pokemon might be hiding around?
All of the megas of the first 151 Pokemon are in the game (both megas in the case of Charizard and Mewtwo). There are no new megas.