Recent content by pika pal

What do you refer to on "can't pivot"? I get most of the points but one of Solgaleo's big propaganda points was having Teleport.

Here's a perspective I think gets lost in the "old games" topic: a lot of people trying these games out don't have experience or the full picture on what the criticism (founded or exaggerated) for many old titles are. I have years of playing Johto to know I dislike its level curve and pacing...

On the Tera types, Munki's movepool makes me really wish it had an option besides Tera Blast to use with Tera Dark (how is THIS the one malicious energy/abstract Special Attacker without Dark Pulse?!). Its STABs threaten the two main weaknesses while neutralizing your weaknesses to Ground...

The Battle Frontier in Gens 3 and 4 didn't gate off other aspects of the post game until you did a grind for them. Also you didn't NEED (as in, there was no alternative/wait option as the 3rd Versions that implemented them consisted of) to pay $30 on top of the retail price to play said content...

My turn to "um ackshually" because I can say from experience that several RPGs, such as the Dragon Quest and Final Fantasy series, did in fact have "split" EXP in their entries during the SNES era and even as late as the DS with things like DQ9 and Monsters Joker 1 and 2. It's to the point that...

Future Sight + Psychic Noise has always seemed an interesting combination to me assuming you're not dealing with Dark or bulky Psychic Resists (admittedly something we do have a decent number of in OU), for sort of a similar opposite reason to FS + Teleport type strats. If healing is shut off...

The Sunsteel Strike mention is funny to me because I tried to look over the viability list, and the Meta seems almost uniquely tailored to giving that secondary effect as little value as possible. Solgaleo can't boost ATK outside of Weakness Policy, and literally the only mon where you would...

That's actually genius because while unfitting stat-wise, I can totally see a flavor concept behind it: Nihilego's last move, instead of a big secret weapon nuke, is desperately trying to just hit you and hope it works. Head Smash as a recoil move even fits the glass motif because if you're hit...

For Kalos Tour, my leading theory is that the headline will be the Mega Mewtwos and if Zygarde is present, it'll be an Eternatus style "no dupe catching" implementation. Mega Mewtwo is "Big" enough to headline some kind of event like the Hoenn Megas, it's the franchise's 30th anniversary to...

I wonder if this would have been better if the "species" of the Rider had been the Horse instead of Calyrex, which would minimize re-spec needs (since in every relevant aspect, Calyrex-Rider is just said Steed's playstyle with more stats and As One) and actually fit reasonably lorewise (since...

All the acquisition points are correct, but the Calyrex thing does highlight my issue with having to put so much effort into re-specing a Mon you already trained because you had points but not in the right stats for this season's build. Also technically, the catch "acktualy" should be noted is...

You do need 2 copies or a VERY generous friend/trade offer for Version exclusive Legendaries (see Violet owners that want Raging Bolt for example) at minimum, so better hope it's not a gen where distinct sets are both viable. Pokemon's nature as a monster game means EACH player needs a copy of...

Champions is the only logical endgame for TPC wanting to host a viable competitive scene for the games, because the accessibility is and always has been the the biggest problem with getting people to try it out, and the QoL has been essentially putting ointment on the bruises of a guy's broken...

So my potentially hot take is that Johto's level curve exacerbates an issue that permeates several Pokemon games: The lack of variety to fights as has come up from the difficulty discussion. Most of Johto's bosses lack any particular strategy where anything besides "hit them until they faint"...

Watching Chuggaconroy's HeartGold/SoulSilver playthrough, and yesterday's gym with Falkner had a perfect microcosm of both why I hate in-game Accuracy/Evasion strats, and separately how hilariously the AI can stumble on itself. The Accuracy case was one of the generic trainers spamming Sand...