Same reason it learns Fury Swipes and Shadow Claw.In all fairness, this move is named after a swordmanship technique, but we still have oddities likeGolduck, like how the heck does it slash?
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It be like that fam, at least Gyarados FINALLY got a physical fire type move, i've been begging for it to have one since Gen 7, now we work towards Dragon Dance Garchomp
Ah yes, Aerial Ace, a move learned only by the most iconic birds:
In all fairness, this move is named after a swordmanship technique, but we still have oddities like
Also,Gogoat has Aerial Ace on its level-up learnset since its debut. Out of all non-avian Pokémon, GF has to pick the goat bike.
I'm aware it's a fencing technicque, but I wanted to be petty. But huh...Gogoat is uhh...
Real talk, why is its special movepool deceptively ass?
Well not directly, but Focus Miss, Blizzard outside Snow teams, and Hydro Miss kinda is too unreliable. Everything else is base 90 at max, or Grass Knot. Nasty Plot is nice, but it's not that fast or bulky these days, and rain teams aren't too common now
Level up movepool wise only Hydro miss is BP 65 or more. Physical Zen Headbutt and Aqua Tail are Base 80 and 90 respectively, which given its stats, a little weird. A lot of the TM/Tutor/Breeding physical moves have a lot of variety for effects compared to most special, and comparable power
I swear it's a stealth mixed attacker, but the stats are geared for Special, ignoring that none are 100 or over. And this ignores how horrid its level up movepool was pre Gen 4
I kinda made this point prior, its really just bad stat allocation cause Gamefreak wasn't smart and wanted to balance out its attack and special attack for some reason even though Golduck looks like Special Attacker anyways so no need to allocate its stats to attack, cause Gengar has the same exact stat total but has 130 SP Atk and 110 Speed,
You can tell they were gonna give a Mega like Flygon to correct it competitively and slap on the Psychic typing too but couldn't think of a proper design
I had this in mind, maybe 125 to 130 speed, and its ability is water absorb probably or maybe adaptability?
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So according to a post on Reddit I just saw, there are just nine Pokemon left which do not feature in any Switch title and are thus locked into Pokemon Home - able to be deposited from Go (in which they're all available) or via a 3DS transfer, but unable to ever leave. Weep for the unloved forgotten Unova shitmons and that one dumb Kalosian doggie:
- Patrat
- Watchog
- Pansage
- Simisage
- Pansear
- Simisear
- Panpour
- Simipour
- Furfrou
I still think Furfrou is being purposely kept out cause they can't be arsed modeling its textures/animations for Camp-like features.
Don't forget the Alolan Rattata line.
Again, another partial example because it does exist in LGPE and can be transferred in if the circumstances allow for it. They are not wholly incapable of being transferred out of Home; Spinda and the others are.
It really is kind of ridiculous that SV doesn't have a Battle Tower. Like I can understand the logic of not having other Facilities, but the Tower always felt like something that'd always be around for more competitive-minded players to try their hands at without going online.
Let's Go was the only other main line game since Crystal to not have one and that's probably more because of the kind of game it was (& Master Trainers existed). Even Legends Arceus kind of has a Battle Tower equivalent.
It's also kind of frustrating to me specifically because this would probably be the one time I actually wanted to try a Battle Tower. Doing the 7* raids has gotten me interested in it just because building up Pokemon is much faster & more efficient for me now than it ever would have been before.
If they were from Let's Go or Go to begin with, yes. But all the Alolan rats actually from Alola are stuck there forever.
It's especially wild because the Blueberry Academy's focus on Double Battles feels like a long-overdue nod to the standard competitive format, but there's nowhere to actually develop your skills once you've got a taste for it, unless you jump straight into PvP and learn by trial and error.
Challenge: Pokémon fans don’t predict the fall of Pokémon as a franchise every single time new Pokémon content comes out (Difficulty: Literally Impossible)
I’m beyond fed up with seeing these type of videos pop up over and over again, it’s so…tiring, to the point it’s nice when people actively praise the new content. Are the new games flawless? Absolutely not, but it feels like everyone and their mother continues to hop on the hate bandwagon because it’s trendy
I would call most of the games average at worst and phenomenal at absolute best. There’s only a couple I don’t like much of anything about, and they were long before SWSH existed.
I’m beyond fed up with seeing these type of videos pop up over and over again, it’s so…tiring, to the point it’s nice when people actively praise the new content. Are the new games flawless? Absolutely not, but it feels like everyone and their mother continues to hop on the hate bandwagon because it’s trendy
I would call most of the games average at worst and phenomenal at absolute best. There’s only a couple I don’t like much of anything about, and they were long before SWSH existed.
the name energy ball.
not the move energy ball, mind you; it is one of the many moves created after the physical/special split caused a necessity for it (a necessity that was already there for non-sceptiles, actually.........), and it does a better job of being easy to assign than most (ahem, most bug and flying moves). the name is just the literal most generic move name in this franchise, something you'd expect for the special version of tackle, not the grass version of psychic. why not something that implies the user "draws power from nature" as the description says? wild/lush energy? verdant ball? heck, even green ball is painfully generic and still less vague. the japanese name of this is just the katakana for energy ball, too. WHY
not the move energy ball, mind you; it is one of the many moves created after the physical/special split caused a necessity for it (a necessity that was already there for non-sceptiles, actually.........), and it does a better job of being easy to assign than most (ahem, most bug and flying moves). the name is just the literal most generic move name in this franchise, something you'd expect for the special version of tackle, not the grass version of psychic. why not something that implies the user "draws power from nature" as the description says? wild/lush energy? verdant ball? heck, even green ball is painfully generic and still less vague. the japanese name of this is just the katakana for energy ball, too. WHY
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Its so hilarious and annoying at the same time. Like we all know at this point Pokemon is basically guaranteed to continue forever and keep making a shit ton of money. Its very very hard to imagine them doing something so awful to destroy the franchise. Its literally the biggest media franchise in the world, and the gap keeps growing.
why the hell does zekrom’s gen 6+ cry sound
completely different from kyurem-black’s gen 6+ cry? they used to be similar in gen 5 but gen 6 just made them completely different. meanwhile reshiram and kyurem-white have similar cries.
completely different from kyurem-black’s gen 6+ cry? they used to be similar in gen 5 but gen 6 just made them completely different. meanwhile reshiram and kyurem-white have similar cries.
Thank you for writing this post.
I'd like to add a personal observation: is it me, or Pokémon is judged more harshly than other gaming franchises?
Oh, and remember the ugly tree meme from SwSh? Yeah... Name one other game that received praise for the modelling and/or beauty of its tree models and textures. Just one.
Similarly, the animations. Recycled animations. Bad animations. Effects that don't match the character's model. This is not unique to Pokémon. This is even seen in games that everyone love!
This is why I never watched, and never will watch, Lockstin's famous Reset theory from back in Sun and Moon.
My brother in Arceus, franchises can't end. There will always be a continuation, especially if it continues to print money.
I mean, I hear Elden Ring has a pretty nice looking tree. But that probably falls more under "pokemon's world design is severely hampered by being tied to real-world locations" than a direct graphics comparison.
I do think sometimes Pokemon complaining reaches really "bitch eating crackers" levels, and lord knows I've been there (i' mgoing to send gamefreak to the moon over their dumb ass availability nonsense this gen), but to some of those examples...
Bad graphics usually get called out all the time on various games.
Likewise you absolutely do see people compliment certain graphical stylings, model work, background work. It varies game to game, and also point in time, but people love pointing out the fidelity of models and animations whether its a stylized game or a realistic game. And if a game doesnt generate that large of a conversation its probably because they're agreed to be Fine. Nice, Even. But its a baseline level of nice. Most things at that level don't really generate discussion that much.
Pokemon probably gets the brunt of it because a large chunk does just look bad relative to the system its on, the other games on said system, and how large the franchise is relative to other games. Said large franchise also means more eyes are on it and more people are talking about it, so it's going to reach significantly more ears than someone complaining/complimenting some other game (unless its within the context of the conversation).
Bad graphics usually get called out all the time on various games.
Likewise you absolutely do see people compliment certain graphical stylings, model work, background work. It varies game to game, and also point in time, but people love pointing out the fidelity of models and animations whether its a stylized game or a realistic game. And if a game doesnt generate that large of a conversation its probably because they're agreed to be Fine. Nice, Even. But its a baseline level of nice. Most things at that level don't really generate discussion that much.
Pokemon probably gets the brunt of it because a large chunk does just look bad relative to the system its on, the other games on said system, and how large the franchise is relative to other games. Said large franchise also means more eyes are on it and more people are talking about it, so it's going to reach significantly more ears than someone complaining/complimenting some other game (unless its within the context of the conversation).
Its probably also a factor that *we* are more deeply involved with the Pokemon community than other communities… of course its the main thing we hear complaints about. And of course the ridiculous size of the total community just means there are more people who will feel negatively and post articles/videos about it.
I do think it is more harshly judged as well because it is so big that they could afford spend more time and resources on the games but don’t.
I do think it is more harshly judged as well because it is so big that they could afford spend more time and resources on the games but don’t.
It’s inevitable at this point they won’t slow down production on the games: I’ve accepted this. Are some games on the Switch likely better? Yeah, probably.
But it feels like just because the games’ cut corners have become more apparent people want to paint Pokémon as a bad franchise, when it’s really, really not. Corners were cut since literally Red and Blue - this is not really anything new.
You can call out Gen 1 for its hilariously bad movepools, Gen 2 for its remarkably incapable or obscure Pokémon selection, 3 for too much water, 4 for HM overload, 5 for linearity, 6 for lacking postgame or what have you. The only perfect Pokémon game is the one that exists in a lot of people’s minds, and it’s one that hasn’t been released (though YMMV, your favorite game might be perfect in your eyes, if so that’s fine). They just simply can’t make every game perfect with the concurrent anime, merchandising, miniseries, all that. That would put a strain on literally any franchise. This is why I generally go into new Pokémon stuff with little to no expectations, I find it way more fun than to expect them to continually top themselves with their impossible release schedule.
There’s nothing inherently wrong with finding issues with these games, for sure. It’s just the more and more negativity I see, it makes me less inclined to engage with other people about Pokémon because of the likelihood of “oh my GOSH did you see that pop-in are they even TRYING?” And that’s such a shame. Even some of the most aggressively safe entires like SWSH still have the franchise’s tried and true gameplay of leveling and evolving and type matching which is still fun. The problem is simply that the Pokémon franchise can’t end because of how lucrative it is, with sales being so good there’s little incentive for the devs to take their time (if they could).
If you were to ask me on what the biggest issue with most games post Gen 5 are, it’s that they can’t decide If they want to tell actual stories or not (odd generations from 5 on take their characters seriously but 6 and 8 kinda don’t, though some individual elements are alright), which goes hand in hand with their insistence on using a silent protagonist even after Gen 5 and especially Gen 7 proved the idea against an actual cast of characters was becoming woefully outdated.
But it feels like just because the games’ cut corners have become more apparent people want to paint Pokémon as a bad franchise, when it’s really, really not. Corners were cut since literally Red and Blue - this is not really anything new.
You can call out Gen 1 for its hilariously bad movepools, Gen 2 for its remarkably incapable or obscure Pokémon selection, 3 for too much water, 4 for HM overload, 5 for linearity, 6 for lacking postgame or what have you. The only perfect Pokémon game is the one that exists in a lot of people’s minds, and it’s one that hasn’t been released (though YMMV, your favorite game might be perfect in your eyes, if so that’s fine). They just simply can’t make every game perfect with the concurrent anime, merchandising, miniseries, all that. That would put a strain on literally any franchise. This is why I generally go into new Pokémon stuff with little to no expectations, I find it way more fun than to expect them to continually top themselves with their impossible release schedule.
There’s nothing inherently wrong with finding issues with these games, for sure. It’s just the more and more negativity I see, it makes me less inclined to engage with other people about Pokémon because of the likelihood of “oh my GOSH did you see that pop-in are they even TRYING?” And that’s such a shame. Even some of the most aggressively safe entires like SWSH still have the franchise’s tried and true gameplay of leveling and evolving and type matching which is still fun. The problem is simply that the Pokémon franchise can’t end because of how lucrative it is, with sales being so good there’s little incentive for the devs to take their time (if they could).
If you were to ask me on what the biggest issue with most games post Gen 5 are, it’s that they can’t decide If they want to tell actual stories or not (odd generations from 5 on take their characters seriously but 6 and 8 kinda don’t, though some individual elements are alright), which goes hand in hand with their insistence on using a silent protagonist even after Gen 5 and especially Gen 7 proved the idea against an actual cast of characters was becoming woefully outdated.
Where the fucking FUCK is Ultra Necrozma.
I do not care about the tone of this post. My guy is in my Top 10 favorite Pokemon of all-time, and that is kinda crazy because I vastly value cuteness over cool factor, almost every time.
Mfer has the coolest lore. A sick fucking design. Arguably the best boss fight in the series. GOATed design, great in competitive without being as overbearing as a schmuck like Zacian-C.
"Oh it needs a Z-Move" fuck you Game Freak. Bring. My guy. BACK. You put in the entire other three forms in both games post cut, and you can't even make some other sort of thing?
Oh, but Kommo-o gets an entire move based on its Z? Alright, I see how it is Game Freak.
I do not care about the tone of this post. My guy is in my Top 10 favorite Pokemon of all-time, and that is kinda crazy because I vastly value cuteness over cool factor, almost every time.
Mfer has the coolest lore. A sick fucking design. Arguably the best boss fight in the series. GOATed design, great in competitive without being as overbearing as a schmuck like Zacian-C.
"Oh it needs a Z-Move" fuck you Game Freak. Bring. My guy. BACK. You put in the entire other three forms in both games post cut, and you can't even make some other sort of thing?
Oh, but Kommo-o gets an entire move based on its Z? Alright, I see how it is Game Freak.
It is kind of weird Necrozma didn't get a "replacement" move, but Kommo-o did huh? Like between the two you'd think it would be the former. He's a box legend its fine, let him have 3 signature moves and neutered Light That Burns the Sky.
Bit of a shame Eternatus lost Eternabeam, too. I mean I guess I can't blame them for not wanting to import another model that only shows up for a second if they didn't have to but I dunno, feels like there's something they could have done. Maybe an elaborate jpeg like Byleth's final smash, heh.
Would be nice to see Stellar Terapagos get a more direct reference as well in future generations.
This gen it makes some sense since there's no special Tera forms, but in VIII? They could easily have just made Ultra Necrozma a GMax form for Dusk Mane/Dawn Wings. The lore would literally just be that Ultra-Necrozma is the form that DM/DW take when they become supercharged, and the exact form of that supercharge doesn't matter. Done, dusted, easy to port into future games.
What is the deal with alligators and Gamefreak? There have been 3 crocodilian families: a water starter line(so they're never available), a ground line, and a fire starter line. Did they not realize that crocodilians are supposed to swim?