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I have only reached the first Pokemon Centre, so I will reserve the right to review my judgement later on.
I am completely unspoiled (I only actively know the starters first stage, the Legendaries, and the Pokemon I've caught so far).
New designs I've encountered (Fidough, Oink Oink Normal...
I would like to tip my hat to my Ukrainian brothers, I have a respect for their straight spine that I cannot express in words. The same is true for Russian people manifesting against war and getting arrested by the thousands.
Here in Italy your community is 280.000 strong and a lot of your...
The problem is that we got (so far), nothing for Dexit.
PLA is a massively easier title to manage from this standpoint due to its much more close-chained structure. Plus, this is an exercise in confirmation bias like I have rarely seen: "See? PLA is this good because of Dexit" said with no...
This. Absolutely this.
There is a huge lack of causation evidence here and nothing prevented games from improving in presence or absence or Dexit.
I will try to formulate something more elaborate later.
You both think that it looks significantly better than SwSh? (and you're not alone, it appears)
I played a little bit yesterday and I still have to admit that it still feels off to me. Maybe it's just my eyes or my sight not adapted well to the improvements. I'll see if it is just a "getting...
I have to say I am thoroughly enjoying this even though I foresee some problems.
Mind you, I only have level 15 mons at best and I've just crossed the first bridge (the one where you're challenged by the Diamond team member with a Munchlax, to be clear).
Initial pros and cons (for which I...
I am pretty sure to get this game despite being one of the most critical people in here regarding how Pokemon has handled the transition to Nintendo Switch, and I can give you some reasoning that could sway you one way or the other:
If you are looking for hook-ups, links to the general lore...
I'll kick myself if I could for not considering Glastrier enough. Congrats and massive props.
Still, I have a couple of updates to give, two brief ones and another accomplishment I've been working on for longer.
First, two not record-breaking but still noteworthy streaks for Ice and Dark...
I agree with your last sentence, but the prove is in the pudding and so far we only have Alola and Galar as evidence.
Alola did it somewhat right, Galar however butchered it completely by not providing the option.
Breeding made it far more confusing, by the way. Who the hell decided that...
I'm actually far more positive that I should be given SwSh track record (I still have a few concerns, but well that's me not giving anyone the benefit of the doubt in this industry these days).
How I would rate the various pieces of news:
Amazing: Mons, region, characters.
Good but under...
All right, sounds good. I'll check the list later today when I'll be back from work and let you know which mons are available in Gen6.
Whelp, I already got one, so no worries. I have to update the wishlist.
Hi there. Of course I am still open for business.
Please note that the vast majority of the collection is in gen 7 (and, by extention, in SwSh), not 6. But I can easily use bank and move things around (the only constraints, I think, are the compatibility checks).
To sort things out the...
Since a man can dream... *disclaimer*: it will never be like this.
Competitive Milotic is a thing. If it's somewhat decent in terms of IV/EV distribution, it may also live Luxray's attack if you're underleveled/uninvested.
Imagine you switch Luxray to OHKO it...it lives. Competitive triggers...