To be fair Furret even has a dedicated global twitch emote. It's illegal for it to not be in the games
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I find it hilarious how a lot of pokemons got popular because... they were unpopular. Everyone knows vanilluxe and garbodor because a lot of people didn't like their designs for example. Garbodor is the only non gen 1/8 that has a gmax iirc.
Remember when bidoof was forgettable ? Now it's a huge meme (no one remembers bibarel though).
I actually really like maractus, just because of the 0w0 derpy face, also because it was one of my first pokemons in a randomizer nuzlocke in B/W, and it absolutely wrecked things up with needle arm.
Another gen 5 mon that i think is unfairly unpopular : Golurk. This thing is AWESOME, giant robot that has jet engines in his arms AND it's a ghost type, which is one of my favorite types with dragon, steel and bug. You're telling me the gen 5 mon that got a mega is AUDINO and not that ?!
On the topic of dexit : Of course i was against it at first, i absolutely hated that they took out the "catch 'em all " of the franchise. But now, after the 2 DLCs, i think it's alright, we got back ALMOST every pokemon (i am still sad for some evolutionary lines, RIP Greninja, replaced by a Nesquik bunny, RIP Staraptor, you're still UUBL in my heart and RIP Empoleon, you were an awesome starter)
Also i don't know if it's unpopular but i don't think Blue was THAT much of a jerk. I played a hack of Fire Red like i said before, (which didn't edit Blue's dialogue) and i was surprised to see him being like "oh wow, you trained your pokemons well ! Well good luck buddy, smell ya later" almost every time. He even gives you directions to help you !
He was kind of a dick at only 3 occasions :
-At the very beginning, when he says he's the better trainer and you just lucked out, and says he'll tell his sister to not give you a map
-After the nugget bridge battle, when he says "it's a shame you're always behind me" and gives you the fame checker while being like "it's perfect for you, you always worry about gossips"
-He was absolutely SAVAGE at the pokemon tower : "Oh ? What are you doing here Red ? Are your pokemons dead or something ? Well, i can always make them faint haha !". Blue knows you're nuzlocking.
And i felt really bad for him when you beat him at the end, he's like "What ?! But... i was at my prime..." and then Oak says "Blue, i'm dissapointed in you". Like what the hell man ?! Not only did he fulfill your dream of completing the pokedex while i didn't, he also beat the e4 first (actually he was literally always ahead of you) and became champion.
So you're dissapointed in him because he didn't PERFECTLY trained his pokemons and he wasn't a tryhard like me with held items ?!
Blue didn't deserve to get scolded after he did all those efforts to reach that point.
The ironic part of this Maractus talk is that Maractus was never Dexited to begin with...
melmetal
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dexit was inevitable, there are nearly 900 pokemon now with several unique forms. expecting gf/nintendo/etc to be able to remodel all of them on top of incoming new pokemon every time a new gen drops is unrealistic
BW started it with the pseudo-dexit and honestly? i LIKED getting only the new mons. older games (GSC/HGSS come to mind) kinda force you into using old mons but BW was a breath of fresh air
this isn't totally coherent i'll clarify if needed
hate it when people look at smogon metas and are like "man Game Freak doesn't know how to balance" failing to realize that at their core they are unofficial fan metas
If you wanna rag on GF for being shit at that critique BSS or VGC
If you wanna rag on GF for being shit at that critique BSS or VGC
To be fair, that wasn't available after some time, but yeah, you're right, i completely forgot about Double Iron Bash who is a gen 7 pokemon.
I think it would be cool to see more gmax forms, not for legendaries of course, but for stuff like Golurk (Yes i still hold my opinion that he needs an advanced form) or other gens.
Gen 2 gets G-max DUNSPARCE or Tyranitar
Gen 3 gets G-max starters (they already have megas though), or maybe Ludicolo, Flygon (RIP those who wanted a mega) or even Claydol !
Gen 4 gets G-max Spiritomb, Luxray or Dusknoir
Gen 5 has Garbodor but also gets G-max Golurk, maybe Ferrothorn ?
Gen 6 gets G-max Trevenant, Dragalge/Clawitzer, Goodra, maybe Barbaracle (there's actually so much potential for gmax forms in gen 6 haha)
Gen 7 has Melmetal but gets G-max Golisopod, Lurantis or even Wishiwashi (EVEN BIGGER FISH)
But honestly, i wish all these G-max forms would be mega evolutions instead... I miss megas, they were great even if some were really OP (Rayquaza ofc, Kangaskhan).
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I feel like I'm in opposite world. Maractus and iirc Stantler (?) got ironically popular because they were strawmanned by the pro-dexit crowd in the first place ("are you telling me you're gonna miss fucking Maractus" "oh noooo the game is unplayable because Stantler isn't in it" etc), not the other way around. 
its very funny how dynamax is very contrasting when you think fan vs official metas. While im sure most vgc players would rather have no gimmicks at all, dynamax seems to be the most tolerable (lets see if it'll stay that way when we get actual tournaments going though) for many. Megas are not liked and Z moves are pretty controversial. Dynamax has been the most "balanced" meta of the gimmick generations.
I dont know if i could call vgc balanced, but it is really fun. Probably the most fun it has been in a while. Still...
No more gimmicks!!!! society has progressed past gimmicks!!
What if you wanted to go to heaven
but god said
nah remember when you used ally switch in vgc 2021 lol
It's his overall arrogant attitude of being ahead of you, claiming he's catching more mons and getting the badges, and of course, becoming champ before you do. There's also his encounter and battle in Silph Co. Oh sure buddy, nice timing to battle us right when we're in the middle of a terrorist invasion. And then he just leaves without lifting a finger to help, what? This jerk moment even raised a few theories in which he secretly joined Team Rocket...Then again, RBY storytelling has few depth and details to assume anything (except for Mewtwo's origin and Fuji's connection with it, that was some clever stuff...).
Speaking of Blue, I dislike its Champion theme ver. in LGPE, it just sounds so....samey? Like, it tries to emulate it without bringing any new twist or something new and exciting. If you wonder if I am talking about the theme song or the game in general, the answer is yes.
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Blue's replacement is a guy named Trace. Trace.
I don't wanna be overdramatic and like "omg LGPE is the worst thing ever guys!!!" but part of me genuinely feels replacing Blue with Trace in those games is lowkey sacrilegious. I don't think it's an understatement to say Champion Blue is not just the most well-known Champion fight in Pokemon but probably one of the most iconic final bosses in all of gaming and to see him replaced with such a lukewarm, bland, mediocre husk while still having the OG theme is on the same level of, say, a FF6 remake replacing Kefka with a different, far less memorable character while keeping Dancing Mad
I think GameFreak's pretty clearly signaled that the age of the jerk rival is over. Good riddance, I personally say, but I would agree that keeping Blue around at least for legacy's sake would have been preferable.
(If they make a Johto Let's Go, though...what are they gonna do with Silver?)
(If they make a Johto Let's Go, though...what are they gonna do with Silver?)
i mean gladion and bede fit pretty neatly into the "jerk rival" box but gladion has other motives besides being a dick all the time and bede has some childhood bullshit that's touched on like one time and never addressed again
theres only so many times you can do "jerk rival" before it gets old, but you can make that same argument for "friendly rival", so
theres only so many times you can do "jerk rival" before it gets old, but you can make that same argument for "friendly rival", so
Pretty sad IMO, I hate the new rivals.
Ehhh, I wouldn't say that the jerk rival is done for. Sword and Shield did this quite a bit although it did put its own spins on the jerk rival. Bede is a jerk rival who has an inflated sense of importance because Chairman Rose endorsed him, and he even manages to best Hop in a battle which also gives Hop an interesting turn in character, while Bede himself makes an ironic turn in that he's disqualified and then taken in by Opal to be her successor, which changes him quite a bit.
I'd also argue if you factor in Isle of Armor that Klara and Avery most definitely count as jerk rivals during that campaign. They are downright mean to you, threaten to hurt you, and even cheat during the third trial. They're not Gym Challengers but they do count as jerk rivals for the IoA experience, and there's quite a bit of backstory to them and how they got to the IoA in the first place, and unlike other jerks these two are students who came to the Dojo but only put in the bare minimum amount of effort into their training until you come into the picture.
It's not the most common archetype ever but SwSh has shown that they're not averse to still doing it.
Yes SwSh has shown that they're not averse to still doing it, but they've done it very well with a lot of backstorys and changes in behaviour !
Big difference in how it's handled, though. Klara, Avery, and Bede are "I'm better than you, and I'm going to do anything to prove it, including cheating!" It's more bratty than outright jerkiness. Gladion is mean but his association with Team Skull gives him a reason to be, and obviously you eventually learn he's on a mission. Those three eventually become, if not friends, grudging acquaintances with the player.
Whereas Silver's attitude is very much "you are a pathetic wimp barely worth my time, and I outright despise you". He's not part of Team Rocket - in fact he makes clear pretty early on he hates them - and he's not on any particular mission you're aware of (at least in the original games) so it comes off as him being an asshole for the sake of it. He never acknowledges the player as a friend (again, in the original GSC - one could argue that the tag battle against Lance and Clair somewhat softens his relationship with the player).
I just wanted to say that i love reading through these 5 years old replies. That one is especially ironic.
People were also talking about a dark type gym and someone predicted EXACTLY what Piers would be like !
I liked the DLCs, i agree that IoA didn't have enough content but Crown Tundra delivered and was MUCH better. And i REALLY prefer DLC over "hey wanna play the same game but it has one more legendary, a BIT more story, post-game stuff and uuuuh more pokemon available maybe ?". I much rather not spend 10 hours on a story i've already beaten once to get to the new stuff. Plus it's cheaper.
I also read through the "colosseum and XD restrictions aren't fun" argument and that shifted to a difficulty discussion : I agree so much with the fact that Pokemon shouldn't be difficult.
I feel like what a lot of people don't get, is that the easiness of the games creates a "make your own difficulty" kind of thing, and that's one of the greatest strengths of the series to me. If the game is not hard, you can afford a lot to make it harder while keeping it fun and not tedious. Which is why you still see playthroughs of HGSS or Platinum in 2020, nuzlockes and challenge runs are a good way to get back to an older game !
You can also do monotypes, professor oak challenges, randomizers, only one pokemon even... There's a ton of options.
This is also why, as i've already said, i don't like ROMhacks that make the game harder by adding restrictions, it just feels like it has no place in normal pokemon (of course in competitive it's way better). The last hack i played scaled trainers to your highest level pokemon, added stronger teams to important battles and that was pretty fair : i even beat it without using items in battle for fun, not because i was forced to do it but because i COULD.
That's why i couldn't get into a lot of people's favorite hack : Radical Red. It's not because it was too hard (most of the bosses were beaten on the first try), it's because there was so much restrictions that the strategy aspects kinda disappears and the bosses become a stat/team check. Have that much EVs or you lose, have that pokemon or that type or you lose.
I will give it a 2nd try when i'm finished with school for today though, i wish i could like it since it has a lot of work put into it.
Funny, because Masuda and Ohmori mentioned this word by word in an interview...
Right before answering the Exp. Share does not have a toggle in SwSh.
Yeah, nah, gimme actual difficulty options.
Wait what, i had no idea !
Bruh. Well that sucks yeah, but i still thought SwSh had some wiggle room on difficulty. I never grinded, played set and never dynamaxed and some battles still gave me some problems (Leon had a massive level spike, he had like 10 more levels than me and i don't even know how i beat him). I had to use items in battle to avoid having to grind.Right before answering the Exp. Share does not have a toggle in SwSh.
Yeah, nah, gimme actual difficulty
Can i just say i also despise how they did "difficulty options" in B2W2 ? You unlock easy mode AFTER BEATING THE GAME and Hard Mode was only unlocked in Black 2, you needed a stupid key for it in White 2. I liked that they changed movesets up and the AI a bit, but increasing levels is a bit dumb, it just makes you grind more and doesn't really add anything.
Besides the whole "unlock after beating the game" thing that is pretty much universally disliked, I agree in that the "Hard Mode" was poorly implemented. It's barely more than "grind 2 or 3 more levels" difficulty.
For something like that, I'd rather rotate 16 Pokémon and end up facing trainers underleveled like I did in Sword and Shield. It's pretty much the same thing except I'm not even pretending it's harder (because it wasn't my intention, it just happened to be the case).
Challenge mode did a lot more than just add level spikes. It changed up gym leaders' team, it changed the movepools of their Pokemon and it gave some of them held items like berries. I think all of these things are much more interesting than level-spikes.
Now, I agree that the extra levels were kind of unnecessary on top of everything else, but to suggest that challenge mode didn't add anything except for level-spikes is just wrong. I think the challenge mode how it was implemented in B2/W2 would have been fine if you didn't have to beat the game first.
Now, I agree that the extra levels were kind of unnecessary on top of everything else, but to suggest that challenge mode didn't add anything except for level-spikes is just wrong. I think the challenge mode how it was implemented in B2/W2 would have been fine if you didn't have to beat the game first.