Pretty sure it's breaking the cup (or teapot when it evolves). Leads to some funny stuff with Focus Sash and Weak Armor.Also why sinistea gets it LOL
Pretty sure it's breaking the cup (or teapot when it evolves). Leads to some funny stuff with Focus Sash and Weak Armor.Also why sinistea gets it LOL
I'm definitely expecting SOME sort of connection between the version-specific knights and the version-specific horse legendaries. Maybe nothing mechanical, or just a reference to them riding Cyclizar now because the legends aren't around anymore, but some sort of link feels very obvious.View attachment 452197
these two match almost too well! I doubt this is in the game, but it would be so much cooler than calyrex as a rider
I'm betting no just because of power reasons. Being guaranteed to get to +3 in all offenses in one turn with a focus sash seems like something GF would be paranoid about. Even +1/+1/+3 via Automize/Rock Polish is probably going to concern them.I kinda doubt Klawf will get Shell Smash. It’s mostly limited to Pokemon with big external shells, not those with shells as carapaces.
Well tbh that also depends on its actual stats.I'm betting no just because of power reasons. Being guaranteed to get to +3 in all offenses in one turn with a focus sash seems like something GF would be paranoid about. Even +1/+1/+3 via Automize/Rock Polish is probably going to concern them.
I feel like I have recollections of discussing leaks during the XY & SM era here, in their pre-release threads. I think I was modding during at least one of those?A forum will happen soon - it doesn't matter how credible stuff is right now. This is for official information only.
That's it. It's been like this for a long time now. I don't get why people are so butthurt this time - it's literally how it's been for a number of releases. I went back and checked a bunch of them and it's been like this since at least XY.
Hell I'll throw it in the topic name too!
CounterpointI'm betting no just because of power reasons. Being guaranteed to get to +3 in all offenses in one turn with a focus sash seems like something GF would be paranoid about. Even +1/+1/+3 via Automize/Rock Polish is probably going to concern them.
Did I imply GF was good at balancing, because that was not my intent. There's ways to balance an ability like "Free +1 to offensive stats at half HP". But what I expect is for it to get no boosting moves and have a speed stat of "turtle". GF is consistently paranoid about the wrong things, and that's what I'm planning for here.Counterpoint
(and at the time when there was a 120 BP Grass move that had a 40% chance to give -2 SpD and was given to a Serene Grace Pokemon who also gets STAB Air Slash)
So what exactly is implied with “I do not believe GameFreak would give Shell Smash or even Rock Polish to Klawf”?Did I imply GF was good at balancing, because that was not my intent. There's ways to balance an ability like "Free +1 to offensive stats at half HP". But what I expect is for it to get no boosting moves and have a speed stat of "turtle". GF is consistently paranoid about the wrong things, and that's what I'm planning for here.
Really, Twitch Plays Pokemon memes, in the year of our Almighty Sinnoh 2022?Flareon should have its Flare Blitz rights revoked on the account of it being Satan of Pokemon, as well as its other crimes like conspiring with the Dome Fossil, being a Discord Mod, and being the Eeveelution with the least inspired design. Literally just Eevee but “it gets bigger” and is cheeto colored.
I guess it'll depend if Terastal actually changes the Pokemon's Type according to the coding or if it just switches the Pokemon's presented Type to a separately stored Tera Type variable while it's normal Typing remains unaffected just inactive. If the former, yeah, Revelation Dance will change Type to match the Tera Type. But if the latter, and they don't program Revelation Dance to take into account the Tera Type variable, it may very well still use the primary Type of the form that its in.I think Oricorio is hilarious in this game specifically because of how Revelation Dance will interact with Terastal
Like, if you get it from evolving a shared prevo like you do with Applin, I feel maybe they would have mentioned it? I have a feeling that Armarouge and Ceruledge are standalones. And since everyone is throwing around BSTs, here's mine (and I'm gonna use a 500 BST limit): Armarouge is 100/50/100/100/100/50, Ceruledge is 75/100/75/75/75/100. Bit of extreme examples, but they get across what I generally think there stats will focus on.I think the new fire/ghost and fire/psychic pokemon likely evolve from a pure fire type depending on the game version (like Applin) or they are both single stage, which makes it really unlikely for them to reach higher than 500 BST.
Oh there was tons of debates on these forums on whether the Sun/Moon starter leaks were accurate lmao. I actually have gone back and browsed legacy posts on the topic because it’s really funny to see people’s takes on it knowing now that they were completely legit.I feel like I have recollections of discussing leaks during the XY & SM era here, in their pre-release threads. I think I was modding during at least one of those?
certainly remember lengthy arguments about pokejungle, at least.
Specifically for take downs.A lot of places ban discussion of leaks for legal reasons, right?
Incidentally while Serebii never posts leaks anymore his forum does still have dedicated leak threadSpecifically for take downs.
It is not inherently illegal to post leaks, but leaks can piss off publishers who are mad about their products being leaked, which could potentially hurt sales. People browsing will also not want the game to be leaked to them too, so sharing leaks in a thread about official info can be considered inconsiderate.
I was working for his site during 5th gen when he was posting leaks on the front page. Nintendo sent him a cease and desist letter threatening legal action if he didn't comply. It scared him so much he disabled pretty much all images on his website until BW was released.Incidentally while Serebii never posts leaks anymore his forum does still have dedicated leak thread
Yeah that whole mess (and made funnier by him clearly playing a rom lol) is why it stuck out to me that even with that fear he...still allows the leak thread.I was working for his site during 5th gen when he was posting leaks on the front page. Nintendo sent him a cease and desist letter threatening legal action if he didn't comply. It scared him so much he disabled pretty much all images on his website until BW was released.
That said what Serebii was doing is a far cry from a tiny sub-forum talking about unconfirmed leaks posted on Reddit.
Something I was thinking might be fun to try and do is build 3 different in-game teams for the 3 stories. Even with SwSh making swapping out party members a lot more convenient, I didn't care for having a big rotating roster because I like having a progression towards a well-defined end-game team of 6.
I understand your point. As a south asian--and just speaking for myself--there were times I could see my skin tone represented in characters like Iris, Hop, Leon, Nessa, Rose, Peony, etc. Are any of these characters meant to be south asian specifically? Maybe, but most likely not. As fictional characters, they are likely not meant to officially correspond to any actual ethnic group, whether they be light skinned or dark skinned, this hair color or that hair color.It's funny how there's an absurd debate around the Internet as to what Geeta is, if shes indian, if shes etc etc, lots of people trying, as if it mattered, to associate a fictional character with their birth place to feel... represented? Idk, and the truth is that Geeta is like the typical, tall, darkish, long and dark haired girl you'll find in all of south spain lol
While Geeta is her name in english, her japanese name has nothing to do, nor does it have any resemblance to any ethnic group. What is more, her spanish name, Ságita, is not even a made up name, but an actual word used in geometry and it also means arrow. Now regarding ethimologics, this isn't the first time some localization team has done whatever they want with seemingly intrascendent matters. For example, in one of the Xenoblades (Xenoblade 3), there's a character that has no defined genre. It isn't stated as male or female, not because said character is something else; no. It just isn't stated, that's all. The english localization team took that as an opporunity to make propaganda, purposefully utilized a "non binary actor", used the pronoum they, etcetera. This didnt happen in the spanish or japanese versions of the game (dont know about other languages).Hi, longtime lurker here.
I understand your point. As a south asian--and just speaking for myself--there were times I could see my skin tone represented in characters like Iris, Hop, Leon, Nessa, Rose, Peony, etc. Are any of these characters meant to be south asian specifically? Maybe, but most likely not. As fictional characters, they are likely not meant to officially correspond to any actual ethnic group, whether they be light skinned or dark skinned, this hair color or that hair color.
But every fictional character's design does draw from real populations and people. In some way ethnicity does factor into character design choices. To see names like "Lance", "Steven", and "Cynthia", or maybe more broadly anglicized names and light skinned designs, as "normal", or rather presented without question for generations of Pokémon, and then to see the dark-skinned Iris and Leon and the possibly Indian-origin name "Geeta", I can't help but see a part of my identity and a group of people I identify with represented, especially since pop culture (I'm about to make a claim here with practically no evidence) doesn't often represent south asians (in itself a massively diverse group constituting 25% of the world's population) via fictional character designs. Does Geeta make every south asian feel represented? No, no individual character can do that for everyone. But the choice of naming her "Geeta" stands out to me and I cannot help but wonder its derivation or why she was designed the way she was. It's 100% possible that her physical appearance is primarily inspired by southern spain while also having such a name, whether it's from the same area or not. That should be ok with fictional characters. One purpose of character design is to better include the audience, and I think to many who are engaged in this debate, they feel represented at least in some small way by Geeta.
So I can get why people have the debate. I don't think it's a debate that will result in a canonical answer because it is just everyone on the internet throwing their opinion around after all, but I don't think it's absurd either. I can see why the debate can matter to some people, myself being from a group underrepresented in fiction (and maybe you're from one too). My personal hope is that Pokémon continues in this direction to design characters inspired from more parts of the globe. Even if that won't be the case, I'll still always be happy to play the games.
Juniper, the character in question, is labeled as 2 in the game's data while male and female characters are labels as 0 and 1 respectively and is also referred to in neutral terms in most languages that have gender neutral pronouns and structuring, such as the Japanese version.Now regarding ethimologics, this isn't the first time some localization team has done whatever they want with seemingly intrascendent matters. For example, in one of the Xenoblades (Xenoblade 3), there's a character that has no defined genre. It isn't stated as male or female, not because said character is something else; no. It just isn't stated, that's all. The english localization team took that as an opporunity to make propaganda, purposefully utilized a "non binary actor", used the pronoum they, etcetera. This didnt happen in the spanish or japanese versions of the game (dont know about other languages).
In the original Japanese version and in the game's code, Juniper is said to be non-binary. And while the English, German, and Korean versions follow suit, the French and Spanish versions refer to them with explicitly feminine terms and pronouns. However, this is downplayed, as those versions still only use the English or Japanese audio (meaning that characters still audibly refer to Juniper as nonbinary regardless) and it's also partly a consequence of those two languages using binary gendered pronouns almost exclusively (even for inanimate objects).