Recent content by TheMantyke

WIP Read the CAP so far completely blind this morning. If this thing's using Beak Blast, I thought I'd give it one of earth's biggest, baddest beaks! It's a cannoneer Dicynodont! Heavily inspired by Placeria and Lystrosaurus, who I think ought to get a Pokemon at some point. Big ol'...

These reviews are genuinely unbelievable praise, especially for a franchise that's gotten very rightful and frequent criticism the last few years. Pokemon spinoffs have always been fine to bad and now it's hitting this hard!? I am super curious what this game could be hiding to warrant all of...

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Any word on the roamer IV glitch yet? Would love to see that one get denied / confirmed given the more interesting changes.

Okay I might have gotten some of the specifics wrong, but you look at those freakish hyper-realistic pikachus and tell me they wouldn't eat their own vomit.

Last minute prediction: The Pokemon Company will unveil that they've started making real Pokemon. A corporeal Pikachu will be displayed in a side view camera the entire time. It will vomit with alarming frequency and then proceed to eat it like a dog. By the midway point of the presentation when...

I genuinely have strong opinions about puns. I think the pun is misused and overused, warped into a very selfish and predictable form of non-humor that betrays its potential. Making a pun the lone focus of a message makes it almost devoid of any meaning beyond "look at me". Every time there's...

Worth mentioning that because of the roamer glitch, all of the Johto legendary beasts face a sizeable drop in power. Unless the games can communicate with the eventual switch 2 Colosseum release (where they can have normal IVs), they patch the bug, or Champions does something weird, they are...

If you've never raised competitive Pokemon before, FRLG is 100% not the place to start. Gen 3 without Emerald's quality of life improvements is just about as hellish as getting competitive pokemon battle-ready has ever been. Some of the difficulties you'll have to deal with: Synchronize...

Instead of posting for a wagered random drop or increase in my reaction score, I am posting because I must sate the lexivore machine gods' thirst.

Fair warning: if you're expecting all of Gen 3 to hit the switch, you only want to purchase one of FRLG, and you want to do as close to a 386 Pokédex as you can get, I would recommend picking up LG instead. IIRC, if you include the GameCube titles, every Pokemon in Gen 3 is split up across at...

If this game receives robust withdraw-deposit styled Pokemon Home support, that's some absolute damn wizardry. As far as I'm aware, there's nowhere by default on the Pokémon's data for a Home ID, or any of the basic other features you have in a modern Pokémon's file. Would probably need some...

Hell yeah brother, I finally did it. Every year I've written an article since 2013, it's been nominated for article of the year; 2013, 2020, 2023, and now 2025. Every year now I have failed to clinch the win. With this fourth loss in the playoffs in a row, I am proud to officially be the Buffalo...

Check out this link, which is actually a photo of a large mammal next to a window.

people dont have dreams anymore. It's 2026. They get served remslop.