Official Pokemon Discussion. (The 5th gen starts now)

[Toffee.]

Mummy is pretty cool. Especially against Pokemon that rely on their ability, like Poison Heal Belroom and Pure Power Medicham.

You do realize that Mummy is not only an awesome effect, but its also really situational.

The opponents Pokemon has to attack Desukan with a physical[/s] move in order for them to get the Mummy effect.

 

.....At least I think.

I might have to double check.

[Dark]

So I finally have my Water/Electric type. Ironically it comes in the form of Rotom. So with this gen Rotom's type changes to match the move he gets in his different forms.

 

Any guesses on what will happen to Rotom with this change.

 

Ehh... I thought Electric/Ghost was a fine defensive type, but now that Rotom-H is Fire/Electric, that kind of opens it up to a lot of stuff. Oh, and no spinblocker capabilities. Not like we need it: SR isn't a TM anymore.

[Tentacruel]

Not like we need it: SR isn't a TM anymore.

 

Yes but there is a good chance it'll be a Move Tutor move in Gray.

[Dark]

Yes but there is a good chance it'll be a Move Tutor move in Gray.

 

That's really, really awkward speculation. No one has ever predicted what new move tutor moves there would be. :/

[OnSlaUghT]

That's really, really awkward speculation. No one has ever predicted what new move tutor moves there would be. :/

 

Crystal - Move Tutor 2 Gen 1 TMs

 

FRLG - Move Tutor Gen 1 TMs

 

Emerald - Move Tutor Gen 2 TMs

 

Platinum - Move Tutor Gen 2 TMs

 

HGSS - Move Tutor Gen 1 + 2 TMs

 

So we can guess that the lost TM's will return soon via Move Tutor or returned to TM status sometime in the Future

[Tentacruel]

Crystal - Move Tutor 2 Gen 1 TMs

 

FRLG - Move Tutor Gen 1 TMs

 

Emerald - Move Tutor Gen 2 TMs

 

Platinum - Move Tutor Gen 2 TMs

 

HGSS - Move Tutor Gen 1 + 2 TMs

 

So we can guess that the lost TM's will return soon via Move Tutor or returned to TM status sometime in the Future

I rest my case.

[DeathSDelano]

Serebii has the BW sprites in their pokedex

[Dark]

Huh, I never actually noticed that.

 

So good chance that we'll get Dragon/Dark Pulse back as a move tutor, and hopefully we don't get Stealth Rock back. But we most likely will, because even though Nintendo doesn't care about the metagame, they know it exists. :/

[Tentacruel]

Huh, I never actually noticed that.

 

So good chance that we'll get Dragon/Dark Pulse back as a move tutor, and hopefully we don't get Stealth Rock back. But we most likely will, because even though Nintendo doesn't care about the metagame, they know it exists. :/

 

That being said, do you think Stealth Rock teams will be more effective now? Since there will be less spinners now, they might work better now.

[OnSlaUghT]

Stealth Rock was the Core of the DP meta. It made some types ineligible for play (Poor Charizard). Lets hope we don't ever need to see it again, except for migrated pokemon.

[Dark]

That being said, do you think Stealth Rock teams will be more effective now? Since there will be less spinners now, they might work better now.

 

lolwut

 

You cannot have a "Stealth Rock" team. In DP the entire metagame was based around it, and it's only one move. You can have an "entry hazard" team, but nothing called an SR team.

 

But the amount of spinners will actually increase, and the amount of spinblockers decreased. Entry hazards are actually less effective now, especially if SR is only available by level-up and migration (no tutor, basically), and if SR gets nerfed in damage (Charizard only takes 25%, et cetera).

[Tentacruel]

lolwut

 

You cannot have a "Stealth Rock" team. In DP the entire metagame was based around it, and it's only one move. You can have an "entry hazard" team, but nothing called an SR team.

 

But the amount of spinners will actually increase, and the amount of spinblockers decreased. Entry hazards are actually less effective now, especially if SR is only available by level-up and migration (no tutor, basically), and if SR gets nerfed in damage (Charizard only takes 25%, et cetera).

Poor choice of words on my part. But still, I fail to see how the amount of spinners will increase as the frequency of entry hazards decreases.

[Dark]

It was poor usage on my part as well. I didn't mean more spinners would be used, but now we have more viable spinners because there are less spinblockers, and some Gen V Pokemon get Rapid Spin.

[Tentacruel]

It was poor usage on my part as well. I didn't mean more spinners would be used, but now we have more viable spinners because there are less spinblockers, and some Gen V Pokemon get Rapid Spin.

Ah, I see.

[Madsen]

PokeSav > Doing it the way it's supposed to be done.

[Admiral Tim]

You do realize that Mummy is not only an awesome effect, but its also really situational.

The opponents Pokemon has to attack Desukan with a physical[/s] move in order for them to get the Mummy effect.

 

.....At least I think.

I might have to double check.

 

 

yes, so special attackers get off clean.

[Dark]

PokeSav > Doing it the way it's supposed to be done.

 

As long as you don't make an illegal Pokemon, PokeSav isn't a problem.

 

But you have idiots who think battling with WonderTomb is funny, and those are the morons that ruin it for everyone.

[Madsen]

As long as you don't make an illegal Pokemon, PokeSav isn't a problem.

 

But you have idiots who think battling with WonderTomb is funny, and those are the morons that ruin it for everyone.

 

My Banded/Scarfed Flareon>>>>WonderTomb.

 

And I'm actually really bad at coming up with and making hacks.

 

*makes a 999 in every stat pokes, realizes he doesn't have a fly slave and nobody can learn it, mislick and deposit 999 stat poke, stats are reset* FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

[Madsen]

As long as you don't make an illegal Pokemon, PokeSav isn't a problem.

 

But you have idiots who think battling with WonderTomb is funny, and those are the morons that ruin it for everyone.

 

My Banded/Scarfed Flareon>>>>WonderTomb.

 

And I'm actually really bad at coming up with and making hacks.

 

*makes a 999 in every stat pokes, realizes he doesn't have a fly slave and nobody can learn it, mislick and deposit 999 stat poke, stats are reset* FFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-

[Force_Flex]

Why are they releasing Black and White so much longer in US and UK than in Japan? It doesn't take that long to translate it.... Does it?

[Flame Dragon]

Cause that is how Nintendo rolls. Really almost all of their games are like that. It sucks, but that's how it is.

[Tentacruel]

Cause that is how Nintendo rolls. Really almost all of their games are like that. It sucks, but that's how it is.

Actually, no. That's just how Pokemon is. And do you know why?

 

BECAUSE OF THE DAMN ANIME! :angry:

[Dark]

Why are they releasing Black and White so much longer in US and UK than in Japan? It doesn't take that long to translate it.... Does it?

 

Translation is the main reason, since they have to translate every single aspect of the game. Imagine the amount of total compunded text in a Pokemon game. And they can't do basic translations, because then it wouldn't make sense in English. It is translation plus revision.

[Force_Flex]

Translation is the main reason, since they have to translate every single aspect of the game. Imagine the amount of total compunded text in a Pokemon game. And they can't do basic translations, because then it wouldn't make sense in English. It is translation plus revision.

Ohhhh. Well I suppose that makes sense... DX

 

So anyone wanna have a quick battle? XD

[OnSlaUghT]

Since a Hoenn remake is inevitable, who here thinks they should but a Wi-Fi battle mode that allows us to use moves like they were in Gen III (All moves of a certain type being Special or Physical).