Articuno being able to be airborne without using its wings?
Zapdos attacking with kicks?
Hmmm... are we having an Ice/Psychic, Electric/Fighting and (likely) Fire/Dark trio?
In case you doubted GF hates Zeraora with a passion
Articuno being able to be airborne without using its wings?
Zapdos attacking with kicks?
Hmmm... are we having an Ice/Psychic, Electric/Fighting and (likely) Fire/Dark trio?
And Electivire.In case you doubted GF hates Zeraora with a passion
Geodude itself was not but Graveler was.Let’s not forget Psyduck and Golduck. Geodude was not in Unova.
I can see Articuno being Ice/Psychic with Levitate but I have a hard time seeing the other 2 lose their flying type. They are birds after all...Hmmm... are we having an Ice/Psychic, Electric/Fighting and (likely) Fire/Dark trio?
I can see Articuno being Ice/Psychic with Levitate but I have a hard time seeing the other 2 lose their flying type. They are birds after all...
No direct confirmation, but it's difficult to see what they could be otherwise. Megas are long gone, they're far too different to be Gigantamax and they don't feel like evolutions/pre-evolutions either.Is there any confirmation that the 3 birds are actually Galarian versions of Zapdos, Moltres & Articuno and not new Pokemon? I know it seems like a dumb question but just making absolutely sure. I believe I saw a translation for alternate names for the 3 somewhere though it didn't seem legit. I don't remember it being directly stated in an official source.
Ehhhh....not too sure about that one. To me its similar to Mega Blaziken coming to XY a few years or so before swamp and sceptile got theirs.Gigantamax Venusaur and Blastoise to me are the the most compelling evidence that at least certain parts of these DLCs were directly conceived as responses to fan criticisms, in their case to complaints about Charizard receiving special attention. Now this is admittedly very subjective, but when I compare these designs to Gigantamax Charizard I get this feeling not of less effort, but of a greater struggle to create something unique compared to their Mega Evolutions and less inspiration/creative drive to do so, as if they were something that was never originally planned and they were kinda "forced" to make it happen. Again, I know this is a bold assumption to make off of purely subjective thoughts, and I don't expect anyone to change their minds off this, but that's the vibe I personally get.
Articun oseems to be floating and, if it is Psychic, that'd be an easy in for LevitateI can see Articuno being Ice/Psychic with Levitate but I have a hard time seeing the other 2 lose their flying type. They are birds after all...
Well unless all 3 get Levitate as ability.
Flying/Psychic, Flying/Fighting and Flying/Dark however creates a pretty interesting trio if you think about it.
I honestly kind of want a Regigigas-G whose ability is like...your stats are shit but improve for each different REgi on your team. There's 5 normals + Gigas now, go wild with it I sayI can imagine Regigigas getting a useful ability instead of Slow Start as a hidden ability unlocked by certain conditions.
The meme option is Speed Boost because of the obvious inversion of Slow Start, but even if the ability is only modestly useful, its statline is perfectly serviceable and it has a workable movepool except for losing reliable STAB.
I can imagine Regigigas getting a useful ability instead of Slow Start as a hidden ability unlocked by certain conditions.
The meme option is Speed Boost because of the obvious inversion of Slow Start, but even if the ability is only modestly useful, its statline is perfectly serviceable and it has a workable movepool except for losing reliable STAB.
Fuck landorus-therian is coming back
Also you can dress up as Marnie, I’m gonna start my Shield run.
30 bucks feels like it is too much.
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200 Mons isn't enough for such a huge price tag.
If it shows they are willing to fix the mistakes they did, even if it's through a DLC, I'm willing to support the idea.
I like this as an alternative way to make a third version. The whole "start a new save file and make this new version your main one" aspect to third versions always kind of bugged me. Really nice to see these games rounded out into something bigger and better as oppose to immediately heading out to a new version (and they could very easily get away with an entirely new version still).
"Complete" Pokémon games went from $40 to $90 within one fucking generation. Just like that...
However, being realistic, I don't expect the expansion pass to last any too mach longer than the post game story did in sword / shield. I'm expecting 2 hours of additional story content at most per expansion pass.
You all know roadrunner Zapdos is worth 30 bucks. Don't pretend otherwise.
Do you the returning Legendary Pokémon in Dens will be version Exclusive?
So once you get past the shiny new and old things I still don't know if Pokemon Home will cost money. Also, gamefreak kinda lying about not adding in old pokemon as well the question did gamefreak create a problem to sell us back the solution?
Not everybody feels the need to buy literally every release.
people: *purchases ultra sun/ultra moon*
also people: wtf a $30 DLC? what are you? hitler?
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Plus *all* the legendaries (several were shown, but they did say "all" in the Direct)
This is actually pretty big if you think about it. If they're gonna extend SWSH DLC to the end of this year, it most likely means we won't be getting new mainline titles this year either! I had a hunch seeing as it'd be weird to have DLC and a new thing in the same year, but this basically confirms it imo.
Now the question is, are they gonna bring back all of the deleted moves? I need my hidden power back.
I'm looking forward to them re-releasing Zygarde
While it's a little disappointing this probably means Sword and Shield's base story will never get fleshed out (imagine if the game even remotely earned that super dramatic battle intro for Rose), overall I think this is a much better way forward than the typical third version stuff.
They are related to Xerneas and Yveltal somehow. Each one has an X and Y dot pattern on them and they both are colored just like Xerneas and Yveltal
As for the accusation of greediness: What GF is doing is nothing new: make a whole product, then divide it up into parts so they can charge more. They count on the playerbase being too addicted to Pokemon to realize they're either paying more for less (no DLC) or more for the same (yes DLC)
As for the accusation of incompetence: Most companies I presume would be able to port their own damn models that were made specifically to be forward-compatible.
I guess Kubfu still gets handed to you, but the website says that which form it evolves into is dependent on choices you make throughout the story, so we might still have to do something to get the particular form we want (though it could just be something super simple like being given the choice of tutoring Kubfu a special dark vs. water move).
The new Regis are so cute. They look so much smaller than the original trio. I'm curious how the lore ties that whole family together.
Something I thought of: If every single legendary is coming back, I feel like there's a pretty decent chance every starter could return as well. They're just as, if not more iconic to their regions as the respective legendaries.
Worth noting that we don't yet have confirmation of Regigigas (weird exception given the Regis' prominence), any previously unannounced Mythicals, or any of the UBs. I know the latter groups aren't technically legendaries, but still worthy of note.
(That means Ubers is losing Primals, Megas, Arceus, Darkrai, Deoxys, Genesect and Shaymin-S.)
1. Do you think the new Regi's will have inversed stats of their physical and special attacking stats, or will they be completely different stats entirely? What do you speculate they will be?
2. For the 3 new forms of the legendary birds, what do you speculate their typing to be, I've already made my guesses which I will reveal later on.
3. Out of the mons I've just mentioned, who has your favourite design?
Since the PMD discussion has been kinda overshadowed, I wanna bring up something interesting about it: The fact they feature Mega Evolution in Rescue Team DX rather than, say, Dynamax.
This could mean one of two things:
1. This game has been in development for a long time, at least before Dynamax was conceived and decided to be pushed as a centerpiece of Gen 8.
2. TPC and co. are fully aware of how popular they are and want to keep them relevant parts of the franchise going forward.
I'm personally more inclined to Option 2. Don't lose hope, Mega Evolution fans!
Apparently the Red Orb and Blue Orb got new art in the PMD demo, too.
The website mentions that "The Isle of Armor expansion will allow you to help some of the Pokémon traveling with you gain the ability to Gigantamax". Makes sense but I'm still surprised.
Smeargle. It's been more and more of a legacy problem.
I also doubt we'll get Vivillon for a loooong time.
What i'm saying is i wish gamefreak actually cared about this bloat because it's kind of annoying. More rotom catalogs, please
Regi-Electric's color scheme doesn't match Xerneas
Huh? Blue and yellow are definitely Xerneas' primary colours.