"Slowking is preparing to tell a chillingly bad joke!" isn't currently announced before the move is said which is sad cause the text is funny
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Done Chilly Reception doesn't have its flavor text
- Thread starter Chemical_Jackfruit
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For the developer: Chilly Reception's text happens extremely early, regardless of whether or not the move is successful (e.g. prior to even the Pokemon taking a sleep turn).
this message is relevant in battle not only because it reveals the move even if the user is asleep or frozen, but also because iirc it happens before any pokemon moves so if an opposing slowking uses chilly reception on a turn your pokemon uses u turn, you can then use that information to your advantage, knowing they will use chilly reception and not a move such as sludge bomb or future sight.
Was this bad wording? By the footage the text appears only when the user is about to use the move and not before anything else
No, as the footage shows, Chilly Reception's message ([POKEMON is preparing to tell a chillingly bad joke!) appears before the Pokemon takes a sleep turn ([POKEMON] is fast asleep). It doesn't work like Focus Punch, if that's what you were thinking about.
it doesnt happen befor any pokemon moves it happens before everything in slowkings turn so it only reveals the move if its asleep or frozen
