Recent content by Suspicious Derivative

Never thought about this before, but this is really cool. Because back in Gen 6, Mega Blastoise was a popular choice for Super Triple teams in the Battle Maison. It was used by many players (myself included), usually alongside Greninja and Talonflame for Mat Block and Tailwind support. Looking...

Mega Dragonite is cool. I really hope the "wild Mega Pokémon" boss battles will be better than the awful noble Pokémon in Arceus. Fortunately, it looks that way in the trailer, so hope the execution will deliver as well. Glad to see that some older characters are back. Character customization...

Been thinking about Gen 9 lately, and I really like how it has done a lot of things that I personally think are really great, even outside of the games. Notably the following: - For the first time since Gen 5, over 100 new Pokémon were introduced. - Just like S/S, ScaVio had DLC instead of a...

More info about the game, but the news just randomly dropped out of nowhere? I approve! This is my favorite way to get news about upcoming Pokémon games. First, the release date. October 16th. I’m surprised, but in a very good way. I was expecting a November release as always, but for the first...

Been meaning to reply to this thread, but I have forgotten about it. I have experience with most Battle Facilities, the sole exception being the BD/SP Battle Tower which I have never tried (I don’t have BD/SP), so I don’t know how hard it is. From the rest, I think the following are the...

I was not expecting a new trailer for Z-A during the Direct, so this was a pleasant surprise. Short thoughts: - Mega Salamence and Gallade were shown. Two more OR/AS Megas confirmed, which is great. - All base stages of the Elemental Monkeys appeared, which means they are in the game. Awesome...

One really underappreciated feature I like is Evolution moves, introduced in Gen 7. They are a great way to make sure you don't miss out on a move that the evolved stage of the Pokémon learns, but the previous stage was unable to learn. Evolution moves are among the many minor QOL features I...

It is also mentioned at around 2:34 in the extended trailer: But as you say, this does not necessarily mean that other hold items will be in the game. Don't know if anyone has posted this before (I have only read up to page 10), but here's another thing related to Mega Evolution: It seems...

I saw parts of the Presents, and then I watched the trailer afterwards. Here are my short thoughts: - The starters are an odd trio. Why are there two from Johto? Either way, I'm not picking Chikorita, that's for sure. I'll go with Tepig or Totodile. I'm guessing there will be starters from other...

Finally. It only took a week, but it felt longer. How did this go? Pretty much all regular Pokémon were easy to get, I just had to catch/breed them. There were some version exclusives I had to get from the GTS, but it was easy. Legendaries were no problems either. There were several which I...

It has been one year since Z-A was first shown. Afterwards, we have heard absolutely nothing more about the game, and I'm having mixed feelings about that. One one hand, it was nice for them to basically say "no new Pokémon game in 2024". On the other hand, revealing the game last year just...

Same here. The last ones were only two weeks ago. I had expected them to wait for a few months with the next ones. But as you say, they might just want to get them out before Pokémon Day. I'm very happy that shiny Keldeo is the reward for completing the Galar Dexes. It is one of my favorite...

I said I wouldn't go back to the game directly. But I ended up changing my mind! I thought this over during the past few days and managed to hype myself up to the point that I just had to do it now. This went quickly as expected. Big thanks to QuentinQuonce for trading me Shieldon and...

And here I thought I would never play L:A again. But a shiny Enamorus is just irresistible. Though I won't go back to the game directly, there's no need to rush it as there's no expiration date for the event. For now, let's see how much I have left to get: I'm only missing 7 Pokémon...