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I would be fine with BDSP sucking ass if they bring Gliscor back
Sun and Moon (and by extension USUM) were great. A common criticism of Pokemon is that it keeps reusing the same 20 year old format over and over again. I do agree with this, but nobody mentions Game Freak changing it up with SM. The whole totem Pokemon thing is cool and fits thematically, and while the gimmick of the hour was just a lame attempt to bring Yo-kai Watch fans over to Pokemon (which didn't work Yo-kai Watch 3 is still the best 3ds game dammit), it could give some lesser-known pokemon a chance to shine. I'm also a big fan of the story in SM. The Aether Foundation is awesome and the battle with Lusamine-Nihilego was really cool. The Ultra Beasts are weird, but that's why I like them. There are just so many great ideas in these games, and it's really a shame that they went back to the gym format for SWSH.
That said, there are some bad parts. Festival Plaza is a good idea on paper, but it just ends up being annoying to use (hello showdown trailer). The dragon trial could've been so much better, especially with Vast Poni Canyon (the best "Victory Road" yet imo) leading up to it. MELEMELE ISLAND SUCKS. But even with those downsides, the games are still really enjoyable. I don't know why it was so disliked.
That said, there are some bad parts. Festival Plaza is a good idea on paper, but it just ends up being annoying to use (hello showdown trailer). The dragon trial could've been so much better, especially with Vast Poni Canyon (the best "Victory Road" yet imo) leading up to it. MELEMELE ISLAND SUCKS. But even with those downsides, the games are still really enjoyable. I don't know why it was so disliked.
as someone whose first pokemon game was USUM, I have to agree with you
Roserade is a better waifu than Mega Gardevoir
i don't think there you can decide whether or not a certain pokemon makes a better waifu than another pokemon there which is why I posted my most recent hot take (at the time of writing this post) here
[\B]I agree with the Ultra Beasts statement, and I remmeber one quote i found that really sums up my opinions on them.
“They found a way to make things that look nothing like pokemon while still avoiding valid complaint from fans about them ‘not looking like pokemon’”.
exactly
To be honest, I never really thought they didn't look like pokemon. To me, they were always the weird and artificial-seeming mons that unfortunately got shoved in a postgame closet because Alola is NaturalTM.
I thought you were a bouncer at a bar
I think az should be allowed out of the shadow realm
Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Gates to Infinity and Super Mystery Dungeon were great imo.
Acacia is the best wood type in Minecraft. The Grey bark makes great flooring and framing for a building and contrasts well with the orange of the wood itself. The planks look great in modern houses and desert, tropical, blue/cyan and grey builds. We don't talk about the doors though, as those are bad.
Minecraft villages have the weirdest generation out of all minecraft structures and I love them.
The weird end generation bug that happened in 1.17 snapshot 21w13a was extremely funny and should've been toggleable as a permanent feature. (however, raise the end spikes when doing so)
The weird end generation bug that happened in 1.17 snapshot 21w13a was extremely funny and should've been toggleable as a permanent feature. (however, raise the end spikes when doing so)
On a scale of Virgin to Chad, Discord and Reddit are both Virgin
Would you say Smogon is chad? Or possibly virgin idk
Smogon is chad. Forums are usually a case-by-case basis.
(funny original joke incoming) ha ha imagine talking about virgins... on a pokemon forum. lol!!! get it?
someone needs to make a frogon (or frogoff?) thread for us to admire frogs in. not me though I'm too busy complaining on twitter and napping so you don't have to
No one in Batman’s universe would call him Batman. They’d call him “The Floating Chin” because he runs around at night covered in all black except for his giant pale chin. The first thing criminals would see emerging from the shadows would be the moonlight reflecting off of a disembodied angular jaw. It’s also the first thing they’d shoot at, making the armor on his less critical body parts pointless. Criminals would share horror stories about the ghostly mouth that is said to appear if you’re out alone past midnight, and no amount of him shouting, “I’m Batman!” while pointing at the tiny bat symbol on his chest (which is black on black in recent incarnations) would change the popular consciousness.