Oh I didn’t know Eviolite wasn’t in, rip
Yeah, it was introduce in Gen V.
Penguins roost?
To put it simply, if it doesn't learn Fly, it shouldn't learn Roost.
Japanese name is "Feather Rest". Piplup family are birds thus have feathers, therefore they can learn Roost (and birds still make nests).
- BTW the following Pokemon also learn Roost naturally: Dragonite, Dunsparce, Mantine family, Noibat family.
- And now from TM: Charizard, Butterfree, Beedrill, Zubat family, Venomoth, Scyther family, Aerodactyl, Yanma family, Gligar family, Beautifly, Dustox, Masquerain, Ninjask, Volbeat, Illumise, Vibrava, Flygon, Tropius, Salamence, Latios, Latias, Mothim, Vespiquen, Woobat family, Sigilyph, Emolga, Hydreigon, Volcarona, Reshiram, Zekrom, Kyurem, Vivillon, Vikavolt, Cutiefly family, Drampa, Tapu Koko, Lunala, Buzzwole, Pheromosa
... So, yeah not only don't they need to be a Flying-type or fly, apparently they also don't need to have feathers! It just seems to be a Pokemon which possesses wings, which Piplup family certainly do.
Let's also remember that Junichi Masuda is the co-director of these games, y'know, the guy everybody accuses of being an out-of-touch boomer who thinks kids can't handle any challenge lest they turn to smartphones? Even if he had no input in these boss fights at all, he still would've had to look through and sign off on them. Either he had a change of heart at some point or the fandom at large heavily misjudged his character from the get-go
Being these were post game teams, I can see Masuda seeing the tougher teams and thinking they're neat and signing off on them. From what it sounds like Masuda likes flying by the seat of his pants so, as long as they don't encroach on his vision philosophies (aka doesn't take development time away from what he wants to do & making the main game accessible to even the youngest of children; I question how much he cares about post game stuff) he's cool with it.
Not really him having a change of heart but more people figuring out how to work around his whimsies.
They could have just altered how the power of Return/Frustration are calculated (& put a cap on it) in that case, honestly. Like they've tweaked those formulas before.
Easier solution, bring back Strength as a TM, make it like 95 Power, and be lenient on who learns it. Is it a Pokemon that, no matter its size or muscle mass, willing to jump into battle and throw down (aka most Pokemon)? It can learn Strength.
The entire motto of this game is basically "gloves off".
Yes, "gloves off"... after hand-holding you through the entire main story.
Late because I forgot about this reply. I like what you've got, but there's a whole wide world of Rock-type jaw wordplay to select from.
- Cavernous Maw
- Tooth Pick
- Stalag-bite
Fun fact, I had initially named the Dragon-type biting move (seriously, why don't we have one of those already?) "Dragon Maw"... and then GF goes to use it as a name for an Ability which has nothing to do with biting. So I renamed it "Dragon Gnash". But yeah, since "Maw" has been used I don't want to repeat.
HOWEVER "Tooth Pick" is really good, I think I'll use it!
Fun fact about Black Writ Diantha: her (Mega) Gardevoir’s only method of inflicting damage in that battle is Hypnosis + Dream Eater, because its other two attacks are Captivate and Stored Power. Because apparently Game Freak just had it pull from its most recently learned moves for the level it appears at.
Yeah all the Writs work like this. They have a "default" team, but once the level modifiers are applied it just goes up/down. and presumably runs a level algorithm or something.
Honestly I don't blame them for handling it this way considering how many trainers show up there, but they really should have provided duplicates internally or a moveset exclusion or something for the important trainers.
Actually, here's the facepalming part of this: it's only a problem for non-Gen VI Pokemon. Because, seemingly knowing this, it looks for most of the Gen VI Pokemon they made their level-up moveset look somewhat like a proper final battling set. Like, look at Diantha's other Pokemon, they're pretty okay as well as the other trainer's Gen VI Pokemon.
HOWEVER, they didn't do this for the non-Gen VI Pokemon, which may not be noticeable as most people only focus on the trainer's ace and most Gen VI trainers have a Gen VI ace. But for the ones who don't like Diantha and Korrina we get some odd move selections. Notably, some Writ challenges having their Gardevoir and Lucario knowing Heal Pulse. Battle Chataeu is are all SINGLE battles so they now have a move that only helps their opponent.
Wait. How does Kricketune sound now!?
Like it's READY TO LAY DOWN A SICK RE-RE-REMIX!
