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While we're speculating about its ability, I think Wind Rider could be really interesting - you get the defensive perk of immunity to Blizzard and Icy Wind, and benefit immensely from Tailwind support. It would keep it distinct from either Mega Salamence or Pidgeot, while also making it a...

I've always really appreciated the Old Rod in Johto, and I'm surprised that most of the games after it opted to go the Kanto route and just have it spawn endless Magikarp. It introduces a nice amount of early-game variety in a game that's sorely lacking for variety otherwise, and encourages the...

A couple of generations ago, I would have agreed, but I think it's gotten enough of a buff becoming a slicing move. Bug coverage is pretty niche so it'll never be a very common move, but it's Kleavor's best STAB option when paired with Sharpness, and if anything with Sharpness in the future...

We already know that Electric (along with Water) being super effective against Steel was already floated by GF, thanks to the leak of the Spaceworld 97 demo of Gold and Silver. Presumably they saw the results of Nintendo Cup, released that Gen 1’s existing type chart was incredibly unbalanced...

I actually agree with this part vis-à-vis Gen 1 specifically, but mostly chalk it up to the series still trying to find its footing. "Pokemon actually are our friends and they love punching each other in the face" is established from the get-go, but at the same time, they're still treated as...

This is an extreme example, of course, but by far the most infuriating experience I've ever had with this series (moreso than losing a shiny Dratini in the Safari Zone. I am serious) was getting slingshotted fifteen times between different wild Pokemon on Lake Casseroya with no chance of escape...

Speaking anecdotally at least, when you're a kid you also can't just go out and buy new games all you want. (Well, as an adult you can't either, but you get my point.) That means you had to make the games that you did own last - and replaying the games is one of the best ways to get more mileage...

I actually agree in the case of Poke Ride, but Koraidon and Miraidon are implemented so seamlessly into the game that I have no idea where GF is going to go from them. They already mastered the perfect method of open world transportation on their first go. I have mixed opinions on SV overall...

I'm really not sure why this track in particular has this effect on me - BW was not my first Pokemon game, and while I like the post-game routes of Unova well enough, they're not my favorite areas in the game - but something about Route 11-15 (Autumn/Winter) just overwhelms me with nostalgia...

Not just the stat XP, but the badge boosts in Gens 1-3 do a lot to compensate for the level differences. I wouldn't go so far as to say that the levels of enemy trainers from Gens 1-3 are just vibes, given that level actually plays into the damage formula, but it doesn't really matter that much...

I think the simplest answer is that VGC is intended to be the post-game. There's no way to cycle through doubles or practice for VGC because VGC itself is meant to be the practice. This is the real reason that the Battle Frontier has never returned, I think - with VGC, all of the competitive...

I've never actually used Venomoth in any of the Johto games before, but I have had a good experience using it in Yellow, where it's much earlier than in any other iteration of Kanto: a 10% chance on Route 24/25. It's not a terribly exciting Pokemon in Yellow, but it is functional. It's...

I’d say that I see it the opposite way: anything that improves Ice’s competence as a defensive type is a good thing, considering how many Ice types are designed to fill that role. Snow to augment Def and Frostbite to debuff Sp. Atk and provide chip damage in lieu of having good resistances is...

Maybe, but I’d sooner guess that Quick Balls will be translated into ZA as Jet Ball equivalents. Making it reach from farther away seems like a reasonable way to translate its Turn 1 catch rate bonus into the ARPG format

The Eeveelutions having bad coverage feels like a relic from an era when movesets had a lot more care put into them and weren’t homogenized to hell and back. It’s just incompatible with the current way movesets are put together. If GF isn’t willing to go back and revise movesets, then I don’t...

I think the problem with evasion in-game is that it's not satisfying, either to use or go up against. Frustration isn't necessarily a bad thing, but in order to be worthwhile you need to have some catharsis, and beating evasion doesn't really give you that - because there's really not much skill...

I never bothered to check its IVs, but my experience of using Wishiwashi in UM was thoroughly disappointing too. Granted, UM is a harder game and you don't get that early Scald TM, so that's less of a surprise, but I expected so much more from a 'mon with 620 BST. Slow 'mons in general tend to...

I'd personally argue that the flavor explanation was secondary to the gameplay reason: that being that the Fighting type was, frankly, pathetic. I'd guess that GF overestimated the value of being super-effective against Normal, and as such it was a thoroughly underwhelming type in practice that...

I don't even like raids as they've been implemented in most cases, but using raid mechanics for legendaries really is the way to go with them imo; it makes their battles appropriately distinct, fitting in scale, and engaging, and spares the tedium of throwing Ultra Balls until one works. I'm not...

My take on HMs is that their removal in Gen 7 was a massive overreaction on Game Freak's part to criticism that could have easily been resolved just by making their requirements less harsh. It honestly baffles me that they immediately nixed them altogether after years of sticking with the same...