Recent content by Ravenson

Your math is not mathing. I was born in 1991. I'm turning 34 later this year unless I'm very mistaken. I was 7 when I first played Pokemon (North American) and would have been 8 when it came out in Europe. So a 31 year old right now would have been 2 or 3 years younger depending on when their...

My team always ends up at the same level at the end, so while they were definitely over-leveled in that middle stretch, they really shouldn't be by the end because the experience only gets divided up so much. It's fascinating to me how we agree on some things (Venusaur, Ninetales, Slowbro...

I'll admit it got a lot of focus on my team - from leaving Cerulean City to getting to Route 7 or 8 or wherever Vulpix shows up, it was the only mon besides my Bulbasaur starter in rotation. This probably helped it avoid the experience you had, though I did get a full team in the end (Poliwrath...

But... Persian is actually quite fun in-game.

Counter-proposal: All Pokemon games should have voice acting but only in the language(s) spoken in the region depicting. No matter whether you're playing L:ZA in Japan, the US, or Nairobi, the characters speak French and that's it.

I mean, the initial rival battle in Pallet Town is a boss fight. You're allowed to lose, but you're clearly rewarded for winning.

Obviously he put the lower tier mons on the higher level so it would be harder to get them and accidentally use them in a gym fight.

I'd say HGSS is also a bit difficult when it comes time to take on the Elite 4 because you're not only struggling against the original's level curve, but you don't have the badge boosts that made it a bit easier. That part always made me have to stop and grind.

I don't think they knew that Freezer's American name was going to be Articuno when they gave it its stats.

It's a bit of a shame that this particular playthrough had more duds than usual. Poor mons. They should all have chances to shine.

It reeks of "some higher up either just came into power or has recently acquired way too much free time and is going to screw things up for the real users like what always happens when higher ups make arbitrary changes for no good reason."

If the OP image is to be trusted, Linoone is still out in the cold. Poor baby. Ah well, at least there's the Azumarill and Nosepass run to look forward to.

Yeah I would expect most (pseudo-)Legendary or Mythical event Pokemon to rank highly for in-game purposes. I'm sure there's some obscure counterexample somewhere but for the most part the high stat totals, strong moves, or actually-decent gimmicks will overwhelm the computer. I recall the free...

My own narrow version of this is the Battle Tents of Emerald. I think that having a few attractions dotted around the region where the rules of battling are changed in some unique way would be quite delightful. Especially if done as a brief distraction instead of asking for the hours of...

Isn't it already obtainable with an Old Rod? Fisher Ralph (also on Route 32) can trigger a swarm once you've registered him, and during swarms Qwilfish appears for all three Rods. Obviously this is way more work than a person probably wants to put in for a Nuzlocke and it's harder to guarantee...