Recent content by Mad Ram

The Latios/Latias explanation comes even more clear thanks to the Teraleak. Not only in the myth drafts are the two associated with water and the seas, but we actually get the name etymology for them, that being (P)Lat(o) + (Tima)ios/(Crit)ias respectively which are the dialogues of Plato that...

And this time they have Arceus in the mix, so you can actually have a Mythical that can stand up statwise to the Restricteds. Also Darkrai. It's a good thing Dark Void sucks now, cause if not it would just destroy everything.

I'll be honest, I wasn't sure what you meant by "treats pretty similarly to the US" and I thought you meant it as "they think Hawaii is just like the US" to which... I mean there is a reason for that. Being in the US would do that.

I think you need to sit down for this... And to make sure this isn't just some shitpost, I will back it up that it is very likely the reason for the protagonist being from Kanto is because of the 20th anniversary mixed in with the large Japanese presence already and maybe the theme of the...

I'm not sure about that. Japanese immigrant to Hawaii is pretty realistic. Japanese-Hawaiians actually outnumber natives.

Realistically I can see them changing what gimmicks are allowed for different seasons. It would be like how they've been shifting what pokemon are legal per season. For example one could be Megas and Tera, next could be Megas and Z-moves, next could be just Z-moves, so on and so forth.

I think part of it is just the weird reactions to Pokemon Directs. We've been through how many of these, and yet it seems people constantly think there's gonna be some major announcement for every single one of them. The fandom has a habit of building up unrealistic expectations with little...

I think this general system is the closest to an actual "eras system" for the games, at least from a gut perspective. I especially think it is fair to break up the "early 3D era" with "modern 3D era" if only because of the more risks they've been willing to take in regards to how the game plays...

I wasn't referring to Pokémon with that. Palworld kinda, but there's just so many early-access open-world crafting games out there, it really doesn't have to be a specific game which is part of the point there. If your argument for why you like something is directly contradicted by your own...

It is completely legitimate for people to critique subjective opinions if they don't make any sense. If I were to argue one reason why I love a game is because it rebels against the traditions of an industry more concerned with rushing out quick games rather than taking time to put quality in...

With all the talk about the battles vs cockfighting thing, I'm surprised people didn't bring up arguably the most important aspect of it; Pokémon is, at least in part, a battle shonen. It's in the same vein as things like Dragon Ball or Naruto or Yugioh, and much like those series, you can...

Yeah, who knows. I'm cautiously optimistic about it. Hopefully it does well not only because the game looks fun, but also I do want Game Freak as a company to be able to grow and have something else besides Pokemon. It'd be nice for them to be able to have a couple of franchises or ideas they...

Plus given the fact it isn't part of a massive franchise, it gives them a lot more freedom on when to release it. It's not like Pokemon where a delay needs a dozen or so anime episodes or another tgc expansion that have to get rushed out just to account for the added time between games. There's...

When all your issues are intrinsically connected to the game's genre, you do deserve the "what were you expecting" comments. What you said applies to literally every digital trading card game on the market. All of them have power creep where newer sets will have cards that make older cards...

It also doesn't help his ace is level 9. For the record, Geodude learns Rock Throw at level 11. You have to deliberately overlevel in order to have a good tool against Noctowl, and that's ignoring Mud-Slap screwing with the accuracy.