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Some pokemon in SV would change between flying and grounded animation depending on when they're swapped in. Es Roaring Moon would be flying when first sent out, but grounded if swapped out and in again. Similar tech could be used in Champions if they care.

I'll allow it. For this time. (look, we get enough questionable comments nowadays that we have to assume that people are serious >_>)

H-Typhlosion being the only of the Hisuian starters to get VGC play at high levels, Incineroar being what it is, Cinderace and Blaziken being absolute singles menaces both managing to be banned to ubers, Skeledirge being a viable singles and doubles mon alike, Charizard getting every almost...

It also nerfs megas who do gain an ability that impacts the field. Es, Mega Manectric which gains intimidate, the intimidate would go off before opponent switches, so the pokemon coming in would not be intimidated. It would however buff megas that gain abilities that make them immune to...

Oh my bad, i did completely forget of Murkrow and Dusclops. Been a hot minute since last time I saw both, but they do both see play early in the gens i guess.

Let's be honest here, with the game only allowing official formats, the only pokemon in this list that are actually relevant are - Clefairy - Porygon 2 - Electabuzz/Magmar (both received Follow Me back in gen 9) edit: And Murkrow + Dusclops, cause i'm dumb ...that's it. Can add Eevee if...

With "pokemon missing" I was referring to things like the lacking megas and stuff. I am aware that they dont plan to have NFEs around.

I'd just point as important reminder that they played a dev version with incomplete availability of items / pokemon, with a extremely forced experience and no chance to "experiment". Most of the missing features (some moves not having full data, pokemon and items missing) are likely to just be...

Not just faster, differently from A-tales whose damage tickles, Froslass actually hurts. Even a completely bulk invested Mega-Frostlass Blizzard and Shadowball are going to hurt heavily. Plus being a fake out immune aurora-veil setter, I actually have pretty big hopes for it to show up in VGC.

Facade is a interesting option but the problem is that you only have 4 moves and 3 of those will always be Liquidation, Dragon/Sword Dance, and likely Double-Edge for the big damage or Body Slam for neutral coverage. Facade can slot in 4, but it competes with other things like Taunt, Crunch...

Mega Dragonite not getting a new ability is a bit of a dull BUT this opens for some interesting mindgames in VGC. You basically just go with Dragonite Inner Focus by default now, and you force your opponent into mindgaming if they fake out to prevent the mega from doing anything, or not faking...

I am still looking forward to understand how the "seasons" will work. One of the biggest plagues of VGC is how stale it can get. When a game has to run for 3-4 years, the meta eventually is so solved there's just no real room for creativity other than the occasional anti-meta pick. In last 2...

You guys really forgot how much p2w launch Unite and (as far as I hear, even current) pokemon TCG apps are, have you.

People surprised at the monetization pretty much requiring you to own other pokemon games or whale.. No, really, were you really expecting they'd give VGCers a way to play for free without owning the games? :pika:

Legends games also don't usually need to care to show things like super gimmicks and whatnot, as those games are mostly their own self contained thing. I do agree we'll probably get a teaser/trailer at worlds. Similarly to the SV one, probably will show the region name, probably the cover leges...