Recent content by Frostbiyt

Probably, but people have speculated for a long time that Game Freak does stuff to intentionally irritate some of the player base. Whether it's justified or not, it's not a new idea and I've seen it brought up for this specific case. The closest thing to it that has been confirmed is the...

I can think of three possible motivations for the Mega Dragonite design. 1. They wanted to create a Mega and thought some of Dragonair's design elements would improve the design. 2. They wanted to appease the fans who have always disliked Dragonite, but liked Dragonair. 3. They wanted to shut up...

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That's the angle I was planning on taking, Xatu included, but I didn't get very far in fleshing out the idea. 3 rock types + Machamp, Lapras, and Xatu for navigating the islands was about as far as I got.

There's precedent for ci making an sh sound. Facial and racial come to mind. A bit more obscure, but I've also definitely heard Thracian and Dacian pronounced with an sh sound, though given they come from Greek, I'd bet they're "supposed" to be pronounced with a hard c. How this connects to cyan...

For me, Gens 3-5 are the golden age of Pokemon games (in terms of quality, not success). Now, Diamond is where I started, then I quickly acquired Emerald and LeafGreen, then Platinum and HGSS when they came out, so the nostalgia goggles are firmly affixed when I look at that stretch of games...

I've been a fan of Dratini and Dragonair for about as long as I've been playing Pokemon. While I don't dislike Dragonite (anymore), I don't like that it ruins the Dratini line. Dragonair doesn't have the stats to make it worthwhile to use into the late game without evolving, but Gen 5 brought us...

I actually went and got myself a job, so I'm not sure when I'll get around to working on it again in any serious capacity. I've been designing the site with mobile in mind, so once I do get it up and running, it should work fine in the browser. I'll be sure to post when/if there are any...

I'm already not a fan of regular Dragonite (at least as an evolution to Dragonair), this new design is even goofier looking, but Dragonite already looks pretty goofy. While it does incorporate some fo Dragonair's features, it still looks completely different. If the wings were on its back rather...

I was wondering when this would be brought up. Imo her popularity probably boils down to: 1. A difficult, memorable battle. 2. She looks cool. 3. She's attractive. They've been grown up for years now. D/P are themselves "grown up", released 18 years ago.

While I think freeze dry is an interesting move, I don't really like it as a method for buffing a type. If the move is too widely distributed, then essentially it's just a change to the type chart. There's not a huge practical difference between every ice type getting freeze dry and making water...

Personally I don't really consider moves like QD and sticky web when evaluating a type, since those moves' typing is 100% flavor. And yeah, First Impression is an excellent move, but how many pokemon get it? Literally every type has great mons, most types have more than bug does, now and in...

I'll grant that bug has good utility in its offensive moves, but it is mostly propped up by U-turn, a move whose bug typing is usually incidental. Not a lot of pokemon run bug moves for coverage. The biggest thing that bug has going for it offensively is giving STAB to U-turn. While its SE...

I thought you were saying that double battles and the physical special split were the main differences between gens 3 and 4. I'm having a hard time articulating exactly what I find difficult about playing Gen 1 especially, and Gen 2 to a lesser degree. Essentially, the visual fidelity is low...

Isn't this an argument that Gen 4 belongs in the same category as Gen 5? If very little changed between these games, they should be in the same category, right? Further, I'd say that the physical/special split isn't actually that big of a change for regular gameplay. I know I didn't factor it...