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No. 186496
Since the threads are still not back in /m/, I wanted to make a new Pokémon thread for the time being. Especially with the latest news that has come out.
Spoilers for Generation 9 will be in this thread so you have been warned.
Pokémon Presents 2022:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xoiwcdqMlCAPokemon Day List of Updates:
https://serebii.net/news/2022/27-February-2022.shtml No. 186498
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More info has been updated on the official website. They look like fan made Pokémon tbh but I don't know if it's just because they are so new. They just look off.
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More from the website
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Last image, it looks like the new region is either Spain or Portugal. Most likely Spain, imo.
No. 186503
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>>186500>>186502They lowkey look like these catholic scout kids. Kind of like pic related.
>>186501>region based on Spain>looks like dogshitSpain needs to sue Game Freak.
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This is definitely Spain + Portugal
No. 186509
>>186501i like the looks of it
>>186502i like that for once, the protags have a unisex ouftit instead of the girls always having impractical skimpy ones
No. 186512
>Scarletbut there are already several Pokémon versions that are red-colored… Red, Ruby, Y, Omega Ruby. Couldn't they pick a more original color?
>VioletFUCK YOU I was working on a fan game where the protagonist is called "Violet". Couldn't they have picked "Purple" instead?
BTW this new gen is gonna be shit. (Though if it turns out that it isn't that'd be cool but I would never not pirate it.)
Also, is it just me or is the art style for the protagonists' official art kind of familiar despite being different to old Pokémon art? I feel like I've seen those faces elsewhere.
>>186506>it still feels too soonIt
always feels too soon but they never learn. Or rather, they don't give a shit because they care more about selling some new pile of shit ASAP than they care about quality.
>>186509>the protags have a unisex ouftit instead of the girls always having impractical skimpy onesYou can bet your ass that "certain people" are seething because of that. I like it too tbh
>>186510Maybe one of the cover legendaries is gonna be a bull, who knows.
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The designs aren't nearly as unique and cute as they used to be. I get they want to make them simpler in design since there just base models for character customization but this is still really lackluster without reason. The newest characters stick out like a sore thumb. And I don't understand what other nonnies mean by older protags having skimpy clothes. Gym leaders and trainers, sure, because a lot of them are gross and revealing for literally no reason. Its an all ages game, why do they do that? But the playable characters have always looked appropriate to me.
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>>186521It's a sun hat anon. I know it's not exclusive to Spain but people of all ages can wear sun hats, not just grannies lol
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>>186522The hat you posted looks cuter though. I like how Spanish fans are reacting to the announcement btw.
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I thought the cat was a fake waifumon at first, learning the name doesn’t help either…
She’s still cute tho.
No. 186530
>>186524Anon…
It's "gatito" as in "kitten".
>>186515>"aka"Yes, Red is called that in Japanese. You'd think they'd use the actual word for "scarlet".
>>186517lol Serena was the last one with distinguishable knees
>And I don't understand what other nonnies mean by older protags having skimpy clothesYou don't see the tiny-ass skirts and shorts?
No. 186531
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CHOO CHOO HERE COMES THE TRAIN
No. 186537
>>186528It's stupid but I always associated shorts with kids so I don't think that's weird. I'm from a very strict and sexist family and I could wear shorts and skirts as much as I wanted as a kid but was strictly forbidden from wearing them as a pre-teen because I was considered too old for that and that would have been "vulgar". So when I see the female MCs in Pokemon wearing this kind of clothes I just thing "oh, they're just kids", I don't know if that's a normal thought process or not.
>>186530>Yes, Red is called that in Japanese. You'd think they'd use the actual word for "scarlet".So I checked online and Pokemon Red and Blue are respectively "aka" and "ao". The green version is named "midori". So that means that there are now two unrelated Pokemon games with the exact same version name? What the fuck were they smoking at Game Freak?
>>186531I remember when everyone wanted to fuck them back in 2010. Good times.
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>>186498I'm slowly warming up to the designs. I think the crocodile looks the cutest but I'm afraid that they'll all evolve into being furry bait
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>>186538I've seen at least 2 different pics like that but this is the one I was referring to
>>186539The starters look better here than in official art kek
No. 186542
>>186539made choke on my drink. The buff kitty looks high, it's fitting considering.
Tinfoil the water hat on top of the duck is controlling him.
No. 186545
>>186537>It's stupid but I always associated shorts with kids so I don't think that's weird. I'm from a very strict and sexist family and I could wear shorts and skirts as much as I wanted as a kid but was strictly forbidden from wearing them as a pre-teen because I was considered too old for that and that would have been "vulgar". So when I see the female MCs in Pokemon wearing this kind of clothes I just thing "oh, they're just kids", I don't know if that's a normal thought process or not.That in itself isn't that bad, but when you compare the girls to the boys, it becomes creepy. The boys always wore longer and wider shorts or pants, whereas the girls, for some reason,
always had to show a lot of skin, and if they wore shorts they had to be tighter than the ones the boys would wear.
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>>186537people still want to fuck them, all their merch sells out instantly and they were shilled hard in masters + ingo coming back in legends kek
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>>186557It looked like news-caster hair to me at first glance and I can't unsee it. Image found on google to try to show what I mean.
No. 186561
>>186554already posted it
>>186541>>186550I could never get into them tbh
Their outfits are too goofy for me, they look like clowns
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FUECOCOFRIENDS REPORT
No. 186564
>>186563No
nonnie don't do it, don't get attached to a starter before their evolutions are leaked. I did that with Litten and I was heartbroken
No. 186567
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>>186564I did this with Sobble then I saw the leaked evolution. Then I looked at mine and told him he will never grow up
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i can't fix him.
No. 186581
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>>186498because the grass type starters have all been based on extinct animals so far, i’m willing to bet the cat will evolve into a sabertooth or similar. hopefully gamefreak will contain their furry-pandering and keep it on four legs.
someone on twitter mentioned the fire starter’s final evo may be fire/ghost as it may be inspired by the mythical monster coco that can take the form of an alligator or dragon (pic related is an excerpt from the coco wikipedia article).
i love the kitten so much idc if the evolution is hideous like incineroar, i’ll just give her an everstone and keep her small and cute forever
No. 186589
>>186581>the grass type starters have all been based on extinct animals so farNo?
>the fire starter’s final evo may be fire/ghost as it may be inspired by the mythical monster coco that can take the form of an alligator or dragon (pic related is an excerpt from the coco wikipedia article).If it's not a thing in Spain, and not just Latin America, I doubt it. Unless Game Freak really mixed some Latin American stuff with Iberian culture…
No. 186591
>>186589Samefag but I just realized that it's called "Fuecoco" because crocodile in Spanish is "
cocodrilo". So that makes it even more unlikely that its evolutionary line is based on the
coco myth, imo.
No. 186610
>>186599NTA but that's pretty cool, I didn't know that.
I've been reading about the Grass starters = extinct animals theory, which I hadn't heard about until now, and it seems that there's not a lot of evidence for it (you could make similar connections between any other group of Pokemon and extinct relatives of the animals they're actually based on). But the Decidueye = extinct Hawaiian owl thing seems to be true at least.
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so unless the fire crocodile becomes an ox, snake, ram, or horse, gamefreak broke their chinese zodiac firestarter streak
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I hope they won't be as ugly as picrl and
>>186539 I think Quaxly is the cutest of the three
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>>186642He gives me vintage Donald Duck vibes too!!
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quack
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No. 186790
Starter autism
Grass type:
> Gen 1: frog/toad> Gen 2: dinosaur> Gen 3: gecko/dinosaur> Gen 4: tortoise/dinosaur> Gen 5: snake> Gen 6: armadillo/pangolin/hedgehog> Gen 7: extinct owl> Gen 8: gorilla> Gen 9: some kind of catFire type:
> Gen 1: lizard/dragon> Gen 2: weasel/porcupine> Gen 3: chicken> Gen 4: ape> Gen 5: boar> Gen 6: fox> Gen 7: tiger> Gen 8: rabbit> Gen 9: some kind of reptileWater type:
> Gen 1: turtle/tortoise> Gen 2: alligator/crocodile> Gen 3: mudskipper/axolotl> Gen 4: penguin> Gen 5: otter> Gen 6: frog> Gen 7: sea lion> Gen 8: chameleon> Gen 9: some kind of duck>>186687> dogs can't be grass typeShaymin sky form is a grass/flying dog.
No. 186822
>>186693>>186790i agree that they could but THEY, as the literal pokemon creators and designers, said a grass dog doesn't make sense. although they might have meant specifically for a starter, or for some concept they had in mind at that time.
shaymin is kinda a dog isn't it kek
>>186741definitely more so than legends! they never claimed legends was open world (because it isn't really)
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>>186532look i wasn't the only one confused!
No. 186875
>>186517It’s just in comparison to the guys - the outfits tend to (well, universally) show more skin or look plain stupid. The posing is always uwu by comparison too.
At any rate we’ll probably get to customize them like we have been.
>>186512Kek I have embarrassing Pokémon OCs from back in the day named Scarlet and Violet.
>>186546Yeah but this isn’t real life, it’s just fantasy.
>>186549No, but arms are - hence why the prim girls in anime always wear sweaters over their uniforms even if their skirt barely covers their ass. So either way, kind of applies (not that I think any of it is ‘sexy’, just that it’s suspect the girls are designed this way while the boys aren’t).
http://www.rigelatin.net/staircase/pokemon-playercharacters.phpI don’t agree with all of what she wrote but damn, the pageant outfits in G3; yikes.
>>186581I did that with Braxien
>>186768lmao I s2g
No. 186984
>>186829The root of this issue is that old school Japanese as a language didn’t differentiate the words “mouse”, “rat”, or “rodent” that way. Traditionally, there’s one word that encompasses all rodents, but modern language has had to differentiate because of scientific classification.
So actually, what’s probably happening is a general word for “rodent” is getting generalized through localization into “mouse” because in a lot of places, a “mouse” is more marketable than a “rat” or “rodent”.
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I picked up Pokémon Unite again after not playing it since launch kek but fuck I am so obsessed with they outfits that they've added, I'm grinding for picrel it's too cute
No. 187087
>>186890>In the HeartGold/SoulSilver chapter of the manga, Crystal is forced by her mother to wear an outfit that she hates and she thinks looks really unfashionable: Lyra's clothes. She's right. Who would wear that willingly?Kek, maybe I should read Adventures after all.
>We don't hate LyraToo bad, I do.
No. 187090
>>187087I hate Lyra too. Worst main character design in
all of Pokémon idc
No. 187093
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>>187089samefag but mine would be gen 7 or gen 8 but I'm kind of answering by default:
>gen 1 will always have a special place in my heart because Blue was my first game ever, it plays like a traditional retro JRPG so you have world building and a minimalist story so you're free to do whatever you want whenever you want>same deal with gen 2, it added a shit ton of content compared to gen 1 and Johto is a great region, I lost my shit when I unlocked Kanto. Only real problem is the levels of trainers compared to wild pokemon>gen 3 was fun because it was its own thing, I loved Emerald and the contests, the battle frontier, and being able to redo battles against a lot of trainers with improved teams>gen 4 was mostly OK, I played Platinum a bit late compared to its release date. Making the physical and special stats more coherent was really great, but I didn't like that so many pokemon introduced in previous games gained new evolutions that involved trading, it was annoying>I found gen 5 a bit boring in BW but BW2 was a vast improvement imo, I couldn't even tell you why, that's just how I feel about it. I didn't mind the brand new pokemon in BW unlike some people, but changing how you get berries and small things like that was a bit annoying.>I loved gen 6, I didn't care if it was full of Kanto fanservice at all. The added content was very fun, like customization, mini-games, pokemon amie, etc. The last gen to have proper dungeons and routes, rip. To bad the gym leaders and the league were easy as fuck>gen 7 doesn't have proper dungeons and proper labyrinthic routes, the game is full of unskippable long tutorials and cutscenes that nobody cares about and its starters look obnoxious as fuck, but the challenges that replaced the gym leaders were a great idea. Too bad my 3DS nearly shat itself to death during double battles and totem battles. You can't surf between each island so that's an automatic 0/10 anyway.>gen 8 is a complete joke unless you get the DLC and focus more on completing the pokedex for each section of the map and doing raids online. At least Raihan and Leon look fuckableBasically it gets worse and worse, and I'm not even gonna bother with gen 9. It doesn't even look like a Pokemon game. I think someday I'll replay all the Pokemon games I have in order just for the nostalgia, I'm biased but I don't care at all.
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>>187089I refuse to play any Pokemon Game after Gen 4.
I played White until the 5th Badge and lost interest because I rushed the game with one Pokemon and I got an lucky egg for free. I disliked how most of the New Pokemon looked like, half of the new ones in Gen 4 were also ugly.
I remember how happy I was when I finally caught a Chansey with an Lucky Egg after 8 hours of hunting in Pearl.
Like
>>187093 said I only play Pokemon Games for the nostalgia.
No. 187109
>>187093I really, really miss Pokémon amie. The toys and curry in swsh are cute to me, but sometimes I just want to pet my mons again, feed them berries etc. It felt like I was really bonding with them.
>>187107I think gen 6?
No. 187149
>>187089as far as what?
gen 5 probably has my least favorite spread of pokemon.
gen 8 has the worst storyline and general gameplay. i'm actually shocked you prefer swsh's story over sumo's personally
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>>187089i too hated gen 7 the most. i loved gen 6 so i was super disappointed in the next one; the unskippable cutscenes made the game such a bore, the characters wwere insufferable (both uwu helpless babby lillie and obnoxious litle spastic hau) and the world was so repetitive.
even the 'mons weren't that great for the most part, like the ultra beasts and the island deities all suck.
the only good thing is that it gave us mimikyu and marshadow.
my fave is still gen 6 but i found swsh and arceus legends very ejoyable. then again my focus is alway on filling the dex so the game difficulty doesn't bother me.
No. 187165
>>187149I prefer swsh's story because it's easier to ignore. I couldn't care less about Leon or Hop and they
are pushed onto you, but I feel like I have more freedom in swsh than sumo. Nobody plays Pokémon for the cutscenes. If I want a good story I'll pick up a VN. I don't care about Lillie or her mother or Hau or the ultra beasts
No. 187171
>>187089kinda hard to say… I loved hgss but hated diamond and pearl, also liked oras but hated x and y. maybe it's a tie between those two and 8?
ngl sumo was my favorite main series pokemon game and it's not close
No. 187183
>>187089Gen 7 was the worst, I barely got to the third island before quitting. I had Moon. I was so fucking bored. I adore Pokémon even at it's worse because it's my escapism for sure but that one? Couldn't get through those cutscenes if my life depended on it. So long and drawn out. I've heard the story is really good (for a Pokémon game anyway) but I'll never find out.
Gen 4 holds a special place for me because it was my first gen. I had to buy it myself and had wanted previous gens but my mother refused to spend the money. I got Pearl. I was proud of myself for saving as a kid and then loved the game. Then some kids stole it before I got to the end plus my DS. And my mom beat me for it kek miserable time but I really loved the game while I had it.
>>187107I love having exp share because I'm not into grinding, I like exploration and bonding with my Pokémon. Grinding bores me. But I don't understand why they won't just… add an option to turn it off for those who don't want it. I may like having it but why is it forced? It'd be as easy as adding an option under text speed in the menu. It makes no sense for Gamefreak not to add it other than not giving a shit what fans want.
No. 188967
>>188966lol agreed team skull was shit
teaml yell at least was consisent with the seting
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>>188969>I love their Pokémon baking seriesMe too nonna. I also love their asmr series, not for the actual asmr itself but for how well animated, cute and lively the Pokémon are in them. It's one of the great things about Pokémon being as popular as it is, we get a lot of little nice side things like these.
>I wish they would post an English translation of the recipes. Have you searched around online?
>I'm a pastry chef irl and want to make nerdy little Pokémon treats lol That's adorable
nonnie! Now I want to make some too. I always get the urge to bake things whenever I look at Alcremie.
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>>188978>It sucks when Pokémon you really like aren't included in newer games.It does, but I also find it fun having a fresh new team every game. I think that's one thing looking back I actually liked about BW. Every Pokémon you saw was new and it definitely made it feel fresh. But I've never dabbled into transferring Pokémon from old games or Pokémon home or anything like that. We also don't know yet how many new Pokémon gen 9 will have, I'm going to try my hardest to avoid leaks for them all aside from the starter evos!
Here's a cute lil pastry Pikachu for you nonna, he made them for u
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>>188966>>188967team skull is cute and made for bullying
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>>188978>>188978I love Pachirisu ever since I was in elementary school and it sucks that Pachi is only in the remake that I don't want to buy because…it's just a remake.
No. 189017
>>189006That sucks, I'm sorry, anon. Pachirisu is so cute, one of the cutest of the Pikachu clones imo. But the Pikachu clones likely aren't intended to be in the other regions since they are just a checkbox for Gamefreak to chuck into each gen, sadly. I hope eventually they'll make main line games with all Pokémon available to trade in and use at some point in time. It's not like it's not technically possible with the current number, it would just take a lot of effort. But The Pokémon Company has more than enough money to invest heavier into their games so it's totally doable. If only they were willing to.
>>188980This is so cute, ily anon
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>>189005i love team skull. you wanna talk about shit villain teams, then team flare wins that trophy lmao
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any other gen 5 fags? i really think bw1&2 have the best stories in all of the series
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>>189038I thought BW was a bit boring despite being a fun game, I don't know why I found it kind of linear? But I loved BW2. Maybe it's because by then I got used to Unova. I'm seriously thinking about transferring all my pokemon from until gen 6 to the pokebank so I can replay gen 1 to gen 6 one after the other. Maybe I'll have different opinions, it's been a while since I played some of them.
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>>189038gen 5 games were good,not my faves but still great.
but most of all gen 5 gave us some great pokes
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What's your favorite pokemon from your least favorite game? I played through Sw/Sh and didn't rlly care for it but it added one of my favorite pokes of all time
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>>189083swsh was also my least favorite but it had some amazing pokemon. i adore eiscue, idk why it got hate
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>>189083least fave was sun/moon but marshadow is my favourite poke after genar
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>>189115ayrt, i really dgaf about the story, i just use marshadow for battling and it's fantastic. ghost/fighting is a god tier type combination.
it's incredibly cute too
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>>189083Least fave is SuMo but Mimikyu is one of the best designs and concepts in all of Pokémon. How can I not love them?
I'm also surprised you like that Pokémon nonna I hate it. Togepi did the whole baby shtick better.
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>>189083bdsp was whatever but they brought my spirit animal back
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i hate humanity, but actually i just hate men, because only men would be drawing porn of a kitten en masse and putting it on the internet.
i genuinely wish all pokemonfuckers would fall off a cliff and break every bone in their body. i get pedophile/animal abuser vibes from this shit. i dont find it funny, even when someone says "its just a joke" it severely creeps me out to see talk of fucking pokemon in general fan spaces. it feels sinister.
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>>189211I love him because he looks like such a punk-ass kid, togepi is just cute but not really much else to me and the evolutions are meh. Mimikyu is another fav of mine though
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>>189083Gen 6 is probably my least fave but Goomy is perfection
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i hate that trannies latched onto sylveon. it’s such a beautiful pokemon and it was designed by a woman. trannies trying to dig their claws into things meant for girls once again.
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I was reading Cacturne's pokedex entry and it says it stalks it's prey through the dessert during the day and exhaust it then strikes at night when they're too tired to move. That sounds metal as fuck and nobody talks about it. That's all
No. 196897
>>196895Cacturne is super ignored, but its typing and general aesthetic of being a creepy living desert scarecrow is so cool!
>>196896Feebas reminds me of tilapia. Ugly, hardy garbage fish
Also, a lesser-known Pokédex entry I like is that Klefki will furiously jingle its keys at people as a threat display
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>>196899Kinda harsh of the devs tbh, though I guess the joke is that it becomes a very strong pokemon. Though it ticks me off that people still believe the strongest=survival, survival in nature means the fittest
for its environment survive, of course if take a fish out of the water it'll fucking die dumbass
No. 196929
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>>196895i love cacturne!
my favorite entry
No. 207003
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>>192377late but search up project piplup, its a social media campaign that theyve been doing since last year although i feel like theyve only really been doing it in japan and not really anywhere else a whole lot
No. 207111
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I hate how we haven't gotten any more news, images, videos, or anything about Gen 9 when it's supposedly slated for release late THIS YEAR. Where's the hype train build up? We're already half way through May. I remember many years ago they would sprinkle a little at a time over a longer time span but this feels like it'll all be crammed for the few months just before release which is lame.
No. 207118
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>>207113You sound like a pornsick scrote when they say "the loli there" instead of just referring normally to kids
No. 207127
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>>207125>>207118Fine, antifujo-kun. I'll give you one last (You) before bed.
No. 207139
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>>207137I just think they're cute, dude. I don't get off to them. you're pressed over a word and a fanfic you wrote in your head about someone who used it on an anonymous imageboard.
If it makes you feel better, if I ever one day find myself pregnant with a male embryo I promise to abort it as soon as humanly possible.
(derailing) No. 210683
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>>210682Beat me to it, was about to post lol here's the legendaries. All the new Pokémon shown feel so fakemon-like to me but idk if it's just the newness of them right now.
No. 210684
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And two new professors, that's interesting. Professor Sada for Scarlet and Professor Turo for Violet. The future versus past theme reminds me of Gen 5, like with Opelucid City.
No. 210685
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>>210682I'm not sure how I feel about version-exclusive professors, or their outfits lol. The theme being about old vs new seems interesting at least
No. 210686
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Trainer Nemona, our rival for the games it seems. I like the cool persona she has, was kind of sick of losers like Hau and Hop. She's supposed to be skilled, too. I'd like an actual challenging rival, like back in the day.
No. 210688
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>>210683they remind me of spectrobes
No. 210695
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All the new Scarlet and Violet Pokémon so far
No. 210708
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I do like the textures we've been seeing, at least.
No. 210712
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>>210710All of twitter has been comparing him to that weird chad photo lol here's just one of the countless memes I saw posted. Both professors look weird to me.
No. 210721
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>>In leaving Game Freak, Masuda will presumably no longer be hands-on with development of future Pokémon games, and will instead oversee the production of Pokémon products in general in his new role at The Pokémon Company.
>>According to The Pokémon Company, Masuda “will utilise his deep understanding of the Pokémon brand to develop new services and products […] tapping into his years of experience and creative thinking”.
No. 210738
>>210710>>210685>>210684I hate his hair, why are they giving them those ugly ass haircuts lately?
Her design is fine though
No. 210746
>>210686A cool, challenging
female rival? Now that's new (excluding the player characters that also act as rivals such as May in Gen 3). I really like this! I'm still not gonna buy the game but at least this decision they took was a pleasant surprise. Her design could be so much better though.
And speaking of pleasant surprises, I can't wait to see how
>>210721 will affect the quality of the games.
>>210695I like Lechonk's (haha get it? Lechón + chonk) design even though it looks like it belongs in another franchise, and Smoliv, whose design is pretty simple but solid, and cute and pokemon-like; its face reminds me of a couple other pokemon. The rodent looks weird and bland like so many pokemon in recent generations, but maybe it's just the artwork that looks flat (I haven't seen the trailer so idk if its model is shown there). Or maybe it's the generic "cute fluffy pokemon" eyes, I'm not sure.
>>210697I didn't play SwSh but Magnolia truly was a god-tier professor design. Juniper was obviously the first "hot" professor though (coincidentally also the first female one).
No. 210770
>>210685Her outfit is abominable. They really gave her a fucking caveman costume to wear under her lab coat. Jfc
Dude looks boring
I really want Lechonk
Still hate how the protags look like very young kids
That’s all
No. 210772
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the trees again…
No. 210790
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>>210772Iconic, they are really sticking to what works.
I also like the complete lack of anti aliasing that makes every edge look like a saw blade and in the coalossal scene we even get to see the return of the excessively shiny rocks.
Honestly these games are starting to feel like cheap movie tie ins. The designs are seemingly the only thing where they put in real effort.
No. 210895
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i dont understand what im missing here. everyone keeps calling them hot
No. 210910
>>210900she's okay. but like
>>210905 i cannot stand her clown-ass flintstones outfit under the lab coat it looks horrible
No. 210979
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Turo is "hot" because his head looked like gigachad and fanartists started drawing with an extremely muscular body because of that.
Does any of you find this kind of body type attractive or is it just the gays who are into hairy gorillas? I personally don't like it.
No. 210987
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No. 210999
Does anyone here play on Showdown! AKA competitively? I used to despise the elitism of a certain community, but now I'm considering learning new generation mechanics and new pokemon movesets just to play and kick ass with my favorite pokemon in their respective tiers. I'm still stuck in ORAS doubles official rules, but last time I tried playing with those rules on Showdown! I couldn't even find an opponent, kek
>>210984>I think its part of the marketing packet tbhIt
definitely is a marketing strategy and I strongly suspect that the game news sites talking about it are being paid for it. Game Freak is deliberately designing the professors (along many other characters, obviously, including some pokemon) to be attractive so people will talk more about it. They admitted to making them hot on purpose in Gen 6 or 7, I forgot (it was probably about Kukui but they also referenced Sycamore). It's pretty obvious that they're resorting to making sexualized character designs to compensate for the (relatively) abysmal quality of the recent games and controversies. And now that Pokemon games are more popular than ever (I think?) it seems to me they're also trying to appeal to mainstream tastes which is why so many of these "sexy" characters look so out of place in some way (like the fuckboy haircut/face).
Why do the professors have to look like they're part of some weird fashion show instead, like, you know, a professor? lol
Hell, it wouldn't surprise me if they actually made this guy look like Gigachad on purpose considering what I've just said and the fact that they're referencing popular memes/internet slang.
>>210987>the fucking DigimonKEK it's so true… They could've also drawn a Yo-kai and it would've still been true
>>210979This fanart is fine, it could be much worse. It's sexy but I'm not particularly into it. Maybe if the head was another character's
No. 211022
>>211018>randomNo, only first world countries that are popular with tourists
Game Freak visits the country in question to do research for their new Pokémon game
No. 211087
>>211022Here's how I like to imagine the thought process behind it:
>game freak is filthy rich thanks to gen 1 to gen 4 games>the higher ups can afford to travel on the clock thanks with the company's money instead of their own and nobody can do anything about it>they go to NY just because>shareholders ask them wtf they're doing>"we're, uuuh…. doing research? for games? uh, yeah, that's it we're doing research, remember when Sega visited Mayan temples for Sonic Adventure? yeah, that's convincing!">they have to prove they were doing actual research instead of fooling around, BW takes place in not!New York>suddenly, they want to go on holidays in Paris>and so on and so forth But let's be real, the reason why is probably because they thought they couldn't do anything else based on Japan after basing regions on Kanto (the real Kanto I mean), Kansai, Kyushu and Hokkaido and they want to appeal even more than usual to the international audience instead of making other markets an afterthought and releasing games in Europe a year after they've been released in Japan as one example.
No. 211134
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I'm excited for the game and I love the duck
No. 211165
>>211163>spoilerThat's my theory after
them being the champion.
No. 211166
>>211163What if they both show up in both games, but one is the other's antagonist for the other's game? Like they both have opposing ideals fir the advancement of Pokemon study. I wish Gamefreak would be cool enough to pull something like that off, but let's be real they were too chickenshit to make
Leon the true villain in Sw/Sh
No. 211516
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>>211368
>but the fandom around the newer games can be painful
Pretty much, maybe it's because I got older but the coomerism wasn't as overbearing in the older generations as it is today.
These things always were part of the fandom but less prevalent in the early to late 00s.
I blame social media and that the world as a whole got more interconnected.
No. 211517
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>>210895Sorry for double posting but they look like from a Fan game or Fakemon Game, they don't really have the Pokemonish look.
No. 211521
>>211517What even is 'the pokemonish look' nowadays? Those characters and pokemon look the same as in Sword and Shield and other recent(ish) crap.
I have to say I hate how Sprigatito looks like at least 2 other Pokemon. Lame as fuck and generic.
>>210721Could someone patient please explain to me why is this a good thing?
No. 211525
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>>211521>What even is 'the pokemonish look' nowadays?I prefer the non cutesey look from Gen 1 but that is just my opinion.
But it's definitely not the style that is prevalent since Gen 6.
No. 211528
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Unrelated but I am still mad at gamefreak for ruining Brendan's design in the remakes and making him goofy.
No. 211534
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>>211532>the weird hentai and furry shit was in its own corner of the internet That's pretty much my point Nonita.
>>211528>>211531>>211529>>211530Haven't played any remakes after HG/SS but they all look goofy to me, almost like a parody of the game itself.
Except LGP/LGE which I consider a non-canon spin off.
No. 211540
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>>211538Non-canon.
I said non-canon spin offs, at least to me personally.
No. 211542
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>Green (female) finally included as an NPC
>she's half-arsed with no real purpose
>in a game that makes no sense in the timeline
what for?
No. 211646
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thinking about her
No. 211649
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>>211631nah. the OG design was simple, stylish and cute. also bucket hats look stupid.
No. 211683
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meet my new son, smoliv
hes very cute
be nice to smoliv
No. 211688
>>211516>maybe it's because I got older but the coomerism wasn't as overbearing in the older generations as it is today.No, you're definitely right, it's not nostalgia, both the games themselves and the fandom have become more coomerish. With the games pandering to coomers on purpose it was bound to happen but also, as you said, because of the internet which has led to "rule 34" being normalized even among kids.
>>211530>>211531I love Hoenn but it always pissed me off how they had green in their Emerald outfits but they were all red in Sapphire. I guess the manga did it right
>>211521AFAIK he was kind of the one who pushed for the games to be made easier because people spend more time on their smartphones and lack the patience to beat a slightly challenging game. Or something like that. I forgot lol
>>211525Yeah I think most of the new designs would look better if they had a slightly more realistic feel and some thought put into how their bodies work in a 3D space. They not only look more round and simplified, but this causes them to look flatter. Their bodies often seem like they don't really make sense, or wouldn't work in another angle.
And it's funny how, like
>>211533 said, when the hardware was more limited, pokémon had more detailed and three-dimensional dsegins, but now that they have the ability to put all those details on a 3D model they're making them more two-dimensional and smoother than ever.
No. 211691
>>211544Anon probably meant the character designs in ORAS (which is entirely true, although they ended up growing on me)
Human character designs in Pokemon used to be more "normal" but at some point they decided that they needed to give them all really stupid and bizarre clothes (and body proportions) instead of like, just one funny accessory or two. It's like that flanderization pic kek
>>211684Same, I will never accept Lyra as the Johto protagonist.
No. 211761
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>>211733it hurts. they get progressively more retarded, not just with overdesigned outfits but buttfuck stupid-looking hair, i hate it so much.
No. 211771
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>>211764
this is all i see. just matted white guy dreds. hate it
No. 211783
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>>211772ive heard people say its supposed to look like teased 80s punk-style hair but it… doesnt. at all. it really just looks like big unkempt stinky dreadlocks
No. 211810
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>>211764
This is my personal least favourite.
No. 211842
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>>211831Wow this image made me
just now get what this pokemon was supposed to be, for some reason I thought it was a generic Budew knockoff. This is going to be this gen's 'cute' plant that evolves into a feminine plant humanoid, huh.
No. 211846
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>>211842I like the smol cute plant pokemon
No. 211847
>>211842NTA but personally I think it looks more like some other pokemon that I can't remember.
>This is going to be this gen's 'cute' plant that evolves into a feminine plant humanoid, huh.Thanks now already hate the evo before it has even been revealed
No. 211849
>>211683Gamefreak isn't even
trying anymore.
No. 211865
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>>211863>Apparently, the scene between Lillie and Kukui during the anniversary gala opened with a quote that turned out to be from a hentai doujin featuring them.jfc source on that info?
isn't masters not made by the pkmn company officially?
>>211854 i love lechonk. i dont care that people hate the name. i fucking love little piggies i love it i love it
No. 211867
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>>211764
>>211764
anons you better put some respect on his goddamn name for hard carrying the nightmare that was swsh postgame. also kisho taniyama is terrific as a seiyuu
No. 211872
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>>211868
name one thing roxie did that helps the player plot-wise outside of her gym, quickly. it was nice that she had some vocals in her battle theme, though
but nah, i like her too, i'm glad they even had a interaction or two in masters.
No. 211883
>>211871im hesitant to believe that was on purpose since the dialogue is extremely generic
>>211867hes ugly and the scene of him silently singing gave me physical pain from embarrassment
No. 211897
>>211883>im hesitant to believe that was on purpose since the dialogue is extremely genericThis, I wonder if it's supposed to be in the English version or in the Japanese version too
>the scene of him silently singing gave me physical pain from embarrassmentsame and I didn't even play the game
>>211890Yeah I was thinking it was Jumpluff too, but apart from the cute round plant thing it has going on, but that's not the one I was thinking about.
Perhaps it reminds me of Whismur, I think that's it.
No. 211994
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>>211941
sounds more like useless coomers showing off how pathetic they are by trying to relate literally the most banal dialogue to some porn they read. it's like when men know the names of pornstars. how sad is that.
anyway have some fanart of the girl looking older because i'm still sad we have to play as little kids. i think the design is super cute otherwise
No. 212069
>>212008I mean the autist shoves her ass in our face, but in a way in which you can also see a bit of titty. Typical Escher girl shit. Sorry that I
trigger liberals.
No. 212118
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>>211890skiploom?
I see the similarities but I love both equally, I just love cute grass pokemon so much. I would definetely be a grass trainer if I could
No. 212174
>>210979I mean I like both of them a lot and am enjoying a little of the hype when I don't play these games anymore and never will, I can't believe people are getting upset over dumb names, porn art, and call this
>>211994 'softcore coomer'? Fandoms have been like this since the dawn of time and people are letting themselves get so angry over smaller and smaller things when it's not gonna stop rule34.
My opinion is the same as
>>210982 give or take how impossibly muscular he's drawn. Tho I kinda hate how Turo's made me like that haircut a little when I fucking hate it on 99.9% of irl men.
No. 212177
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i didn't know people cared so much about the human characters in pokémon. i'm just an autist who likes to collect critters so i only care about the pokes
No. 212200
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I love agencyshipping so much it's so cute
No. 212201
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No. 212202
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No. 212203
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No. 212285
>>211516As someone who got to experience the "Pokemania" craze of the late 90s and early 2000s, this really does stick out to me because I thought it was just me. There were a shit ton of Pokemon fans back in the day, of course we were all kids but it was normal and exciting. And when social media because more of a thing, you still really had to go out of your way if you wanted to see the porn-side of the Pokemon fandom. It was always there like you said but it wasn't as hyper-focused back in the 2000s.
>>211532This. I acknowledge that the hentai/porn side of the fandom was always there and probably exploded with gen 3 as there was more time for gen 1 and gen 2 to settle but you had to go out of your way to find it.
Honestly I chalk this up to the Twitter effect. Everyone and there mother are on Twitter and the lines of the clean side of the fandom and NSFW side of the fandom collide a lot more because of the algorithm and how insanely popular pokeporn is.
No. 212286
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So I just watched the last trailer for Scarlet/Violet and I'm sorry but I'm just not digging these legendaries. They don't look like "pokemon" to me, they look like rejected Digimon and/or modern-day Yu-Gi-Oh! monsters.
No. 212367
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>>212286I totally get the themes they have going on, but also they don't look like pokemon.
The future dragon looks like they recycled some elements from Lunala's design or something. Funnily enough I did like the SuMo cover legendaries.
>>212177>i'm just an autist who likes to collect crittersThat's literally why Pokemon was created lmao (even the creator is a literal autist)
No. 212583
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>>212459yes really and it all started with this cunt
No. 212774
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>>212723it took me more than an hour to realize that you were talking about the designs only and not the games as a whole
No. 214773
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Heavy rumors going around that there will be a 2nd trailer revealed during the Nintendo Direct on June 29th. I don't know if they'd release another trailer so soon, though, but on the other hand, they still haven't even revealed the region name yet and there are only 5 months until release. The hype train needs to get going, I feel so impatient kek
No. 214806
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Literally
No. 214824
>>212909Shit take. Pokemon is earning more money than ever before, SWSH is about to outsell GSC despite the price point being massively high and basically a luxury item, all while free games are an abundance these days. Thanks to pokemon GO even my local pensioners are massive pokemon fans. More people care than ever.
But even ignoring that, you're literally defending geodude, muk and exeggute as the best designs. They're ugly, boring and uninspired. The new designs are better.
No. 214850
>>214844The point stands. The first 2 generations have some of the worst quality pokemon. Every pink pokemon in kanto is a round blob jigglypuff, wigglytuff, chansey, cleafairy, clefable, and exeggcute which is a bunch of pink blobs all in one. All the "dungeons", caves i assume? have little to nothing except zubat and geodude. All the routes are just flat grass or water.
Gen 5 was amazing for routes, probably the biggest one so far.
No. 214855
>>214850Do you know what a dungeon is in a JRPG? There weren't just caves, when was the last time you played gen 1 and 2? There was the ghost tower with possessed trainers, the various team rocket hideouts including the radio tower and the big company with teleporters, the half destroyed manor on cinnabar island (idk what the English names are but whatever, correct me if I'm wrong), the lighthouse, the power plant, the safari park, even the small forest at the beginning of RBY before you get the first badge counts, etc. And the routes at least tried to give you obstacles and things to explore the second time you went there and had more items and HMs, and some of them looked like labyrinths the more you approached the leagues. SHSW's routes were just short, straight lines with only trainers and wild pokemon, and it didn't even have a victory road, aka a dungeon. They stopped caring past gen 6 about that because they focus more on the battles by adding gimmicks instead of, idk, adding more double battles to mainline games in the actual main quest.
No. 214863
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>>214855Reminds me of the fact that you in R/S/E actually had to use the instruction manual to read Braille insignia on the Rocks of the Regi Trio.
So if you didn't read the instruction manual and didn't had internet in the early 00s, you didn't knew how to unlock them.
Casuals got filtered in an already average Game.
No. 214893
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>>214850completely subjective. i remember next to nothing from gen 5 but i've replayed the first two gen games countless times. why are we arguing about this?
i also preferred when pokemon were "pocket monsters".
No. 214895
>>214870>but it makes sense if you aren't a native English speakerNo it's unrelated, they're dungeons from a game design point of view, that's just how they're called. Have you played other JRPGs from the 80s, 90s and 2000s? Like, I don't know, Final Fantasy games from the 1st one to the 10th one have dungeons you access from an overworld map, but they don't look like literal dungeons. Even more relevant with SMT since both Pokemon and SMT are urban fantasies taking place in worlds based on ours with monsters you can catch and put in computers, and SMT games have a shit ton of dungeons based on different environments and some dungeons are things like giant stores.
>None of those places were very exciting to me personally, knocking out 20 team rocket grunts with the same pokemon wasn't very fun.That's subjective, I've seen a lot of people with your opinion too. I personally like exploring places where I have to be careful with my resources because I don't want to have to leave and go back there every 5 seconds just to heal my party. And especially in early games you had puzzles to solve and you had to find your way out despite many weird obstacles (like the teleporters in the office building in RBY or the rocks you have to move around in the ice cave in GSC). Now that I have played a lot of other JRPGs I can appreciate that you can use repel early in these games and you can see most of the trainers ahead of time because some games have crazy random encounter rates. I wish the trainers were a bit stronger and had more pokemon though, idk why they were weaker than the wild pokemon in their respective roads in SWSH
Also yeah a lot of hardcore fans care way more about battles online but I hated beating people online, them disconnecting their 3DS or Switch and my victory not even being taken into account in my stats, and that happened all the time. I liked playing with rl friends as a kid with the cable way more. I'd rather trade online than do battles online nowadays.
No. 214902
>>214895It's not about what they are from a design point what I'm saying is that they're just not commonly referred to as dungeons, which you wouldn't know if you didn't frequently talk to native English speaking fans. In general dungeons in pokemon belong to the mystery dungeon series.
I like the exploring, I just don't think the early regions are even fun to explore because everything looks the same. Gen 3 started to have more variation though. I agree about the puzzle parts, the games have become a bit too hand-holdy. Well, the teleporters weren't fun to me tbh. But the other stuff was cool.
>>214893>why are we arguing about this?we're on lolcow babe
No. 214926
>>214902I don't care about what other fans calls them, they're dungeons. Too many pokemon fans are beyond retarded and love mediocrity at best, and are degenerate lolicon and furries at worst, which is why we're getting mainline games with less and less content so I stopped caring about whatever other fans say online.
>I just don't think the early regions are even fun to explore because everything looks the sameTo be fair, it's due to the technology not being very developed for handhelds. RBY cartridges were already shitting themselves if you did the wrong thing. I remember trying to
trigger a glitch that made a level 7 Mew catchable near lavender town in a Yellow cartridge and ever since I did that everytime you save your progress, turn off and then turn on you GB your save file was corrupted and you had to start the game all over again. And implementing Kanto in GSC was very hard iirc so the devs had to remove a lot of parts to make everything work properly. I don't know if you played on a GB or a GBC but on the GBC each town has a different color palette, that helped make things look a bit more varied.
No. 214956
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>>211764>>211783I always thought it was supposed to be inspired by a deathhawk?
No. 216962
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anons if you could have one pokemon irl, what would you choose?
for me it's a matter of ease… i'm sure if i lived in the pokemon world i would dedicate myself to being a trainer and traveling around when i was young, then settling down. what team would you want to have if you lived in the pkmn world, and who would you want if you could just pick one?
for me if i was a trainer, i think i would focus on a team of 3 or so strong pokemon, then when i settled into a more domestic life i would have pokemon to help me raise plants and stuff. but if i could just choose one right now, i think it would have to be raichu! free electric power when i need it, and it's one of my favorite pokemon, it's so adorable.
No. 216967
>>216962If I could have a Pokémon irl I would have an owlet, my brother got me an owlet plushie once and I love it, I think my owlet would get along with my dog, the three of us could play and traveling together would be neat.
In Pokémon world I would have a cute but strong team, with a litwick, poochyena, owlet, gulpin, slugma and a yamask, I would explore many regions and pick somewhere like sootopolis or fortree city for my retirement.
No. 217042
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>>216962It's cute pokemon for me. They don't have to do anything useful, I just need the serotonin boost in my daily life. I'll take a combination of any of these.
No. 217441
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>>217042Based Pumpkaboo lover
No. 217473
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>>216962Chandelure all the way, no other reason than I love him
No. 223476
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Will you be getting these, nonnies? If they would've made a Slowpoke one then I think I would've finally given in to buying a Squishmallow for the first time, but I think I'll pass. I wonder if they'll be cute.
No. 223482
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>>223476The thing about squishmillows I don't like is that they cut off/simplify a lot of the features of whatever it's supposed to be to make them a bland egg shape, though I guess they chose some already round pokemon to do it to. I thought they already had this pikachu squishmellow? If you like slowpoke there is already a sleeping slowpoke plush that's very cute
No. 223483
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>>223482Wow i just realized I spelled Squishmallow two different ways in my post, ignore that
No. 223484
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>>223483He's beautiful.
10x better than a Squish imho.>>223482But it seems they made some of their own in plush and plushie clips form:
https://www.pokemoncenter.com/search/microbeadI guess now they decided to finally collaborate. Vidrel is a sneak peek.
No. 223493
>>223489Understandable,
nonnie.
No. 223494
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>>223489Rowlet and Swirlix would make perfectly cute Squishmallows, but no, we need MORE merch of ugly ass Snorlax.
No. 223521
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>>223476Here's what two of them look like.
No. 223759
>>223652Ngl, Pumpkaboo one would be adorable. It would be nice to see pokemon merch of other characters besides the very popular ones. There's a lot of pokemon to choose from like you wrote. I think the response would be favorable.
>>223628Lots of good candidates.
No. 223784
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Nonnies!!
No. 226506
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>>226475This is apparently a male.
No. 226521
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>>226507I love Penny's design but i am worried for her too kek
No. 226609
>>226475The legendaries look stupid as fuck. If they wanted to include a motorcycle, why not just give you one instead of designing two pokemon with wheels? One of them doesn't even use its wheels kek. Either a bike or a pokemon without bike parts.
The Terra-whatever phenomenon is dumb. Just bring back megas, for fucks sake.
Most of the human character designs are stupid or just, I don't know, weird.
I like Cetitan. I'd like the dough dog more if it had more original colors and I can't unsee the wonky art (probably the same artist who did Sprigatito's art kek)
The world looks kind of empty.
No. 226634
>>226620This.
I maintain that they should've kept TMs as one use rare items, that you had to really think about who you were going to give them to, like in the good old days.
No. 226641
>>226521I really don't like her hair color combination. It's so random.
And the art looks kinda lazy. It's a shame, because otherwise she'd be perfect.
No. 226647
>>226633But I care about megas…
Maybe because it was the first gimmick of its kind, I really liked them. And it had the potential to make weak or average pokemon a bit stronger, with the temporary stat boosts and ability and type changes, and make them look cooler, but not to the point of being ridiculous like gigantamax or this crystal shit, most megas looked like "natural" transformations.
No. 226648
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>>226641The colors initially reminded me of Feraligators coloring but looking at her tights it might supposed to represent plusle and minuns. Maybe those will be some of the pokemon she uses? I at least hope it will tie into her design, I feel like Gamefreak is just designing characters with crazy hair and outfits for no apparent reason anymore
No. 227065
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>>226475Bread puppy is so cute!!
No. 231578
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Water type best type, don't even argue with me, you can't.
No. 231595
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>>231578I'm going to fucking poison you
No. 231604
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>>231595kek good luck with that, poison type was shit until fairy type was introduced to compensate for their mediocrity.
No. 231663
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>>231578as much as i love water pokes the only truth is that ghost type best type
No. 231678
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>>231578imagine getting ohko'd by ferro-chan's power whip
No. 231680
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>>231678imagine having a 4x fire weakness
No. 231715
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>>231680and all the fire types AND their moves stuck in doodoo tier where they belong hehe, the ferroGOD has no fear
No. 231902
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I love paldaen wooper so much already (people calling it pooper kek) It isn't going to convince me to get the game but I still appreciate it as someone's who's favorite pokemon are poison types and Quagsire. I think the evolution will (hopefully) look sick and have a lot of bones in it as they are based on Iberian ribbed newts which can break their bones to protrude out and use them as weapons. I'll probably get a plush of it when those come out
No. 231923
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>>231663This and fairy type
No. 232262
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>>231578Objectively? Steel. Subjectively? Also steel.
No. 232276
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>>226673>>232263TBH, this is why I enjoy GO. I really don't care what anyone says, especially this late in its lifespan (which is long, for a mobile game). GO is basically AR Amie, and you literally can battle with your favorites in the majority of the GO leagues save for Masters and some of the themed cups.
No. 232277
>>232276pokemon died a long time ago by becoming a pay2win but I'm glad you are enjoying it regardless,
nonnie.
No. 232281
>>232277A few people keep saying this, but I don't really understand the pay2win part. I know with the console crowd, people would spend hours upon hours trying to grind good IVs or whatever to be competitive.
I'm even saying this as a rural GO player. I don't think I've spent more than $70 (mostly GOFest tickets) over the course of 6+ years playing with lots of breaks in between. The only league that comes close to being Pay2Win is Master's, and even then, it's just boring.
No. 232283
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so the pokedex leaked. thoughts?
be aware that the drawings are all fanart aside from the stuff we already saw
No. 232303
I recently watched this series of videos and it was very informative. When I got into Megami Tensei I couldn't help but feel like there were more similarities than differences between this franchise and mainline Pokemon games, what's with the stories being about people in our world and era recruiting enemies based on animals, mythologies and legends, putting them in computers and electronics, etc. Now I kind of wish the games after gen 1 played into that more and straight up called Unova NY, Alola Hawaii, Kalos France, etc. Once I learned a lot more about Japan I noticed which cities corresponded to which in-game towns when replaying, but as a French anon I felt like Kalos was portrayed more like some kind of tourist place and not like a "normal" region, and Alola was even more like this.
I wish Lyon and Marseille had their equivalent in XY instead of the half assed, small postgame city, what a waste.>>232283I'm curious as to how the regional variants will look like for previous gen pokemon. I don't have high hopes for the starters' evolutions tbh, Game Freak keeps making them look anthropomorphic or like mascots instead of making them look like actual monsters. At this point, barely any new games interest me and I have almost 300€ worth of vouchers from selling second hand games to my favorite game store, so I'm actually considering getting either one version. But not at release. I'll wait until they announce either a third version or some version that includes potential DLCs in a cartridge, like what I did with Pokemon Shield. Either way, it's not going to feel like a loss unless the game turns out to be extra shit instead of mediocre and full of wasted potential.
No. 232310
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>>232303>Game Freak keeps making them look anthropomorphic or like mascots instead of making them look like actual monsters.yeah, i hate this. idc if i get called autistic but it perfectly summarizes why i hate the newer starters. they are no longer "pocket monsters", they are pre-made "characters" that won't differ at all unlike the original ideas for starters. picrel example for anyone who isn't aware of this
pokemon starters these days remind me of digimon. another reason i preferred pokemon over digimon. i don't hate the bipedalism, i hate that they are "characters". all incineroar must be wrestling heels. all cinderace must be sassy soccer players. whereas before a charizard could have any sort of personality or interests, thus more like a super-powered pet; these new starters are absolutely "mascots". just like digimon. like they should have a pre-set personality and be talking to you. it's so weird and i hate it. i actually shoved my starter into the computer for the first time in galar and never used it.
No. 232526
>>232509I like the music, it's very different to what we're used to, hopefully it'll be in the game (not that I'll ever buy it). I see they're really trying to do something different this generation, but I don't think a few superficial changes will be enough.
Also, that lizard is so obviously the basic stage of the legendaries.
No. 232529
>>232509im most confused about cyclizar… so, everyone gets one? and they can just use it in battle and it evolves into the box legendary? not much of a "legendary" pokemon if it's just a thing everyone has… i am super not into the idea of this thing and want to use a regular bike. oh well.
i hated the crowns at first but now i think they're kind of cute and silly. definitely pretty to look at. i think having a big hat is the easiest way to tell what the type was changed to, honestly. they could have used some sort of particle effects but it might get confusing as opposed to specific shapes.
No. 235079
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baddie
No. 235384
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>>235167 agreed, I absolutely hate mmo games but I love all the cute and silly outfits a lot of mons have been getting
No. 235465
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I love the ugly monkey!
No. 235475
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>>235465 Im glad Smeargle isn't a lone artist anymore
No. 235802
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I fucking hate the Vaporeon coomer meme. I can't fucking stand it, it's so overused and every fucking piece of vaporeon media has annoying braindead zoomer cuck-faced faggot coomers talking about Vaporeon sexually. I can't fucking stand it. He isn't even a fucking furry pokemon like Lopunny, he literally just looks like a fucking cat. I fucking hate coomers so much. I don't give a fuck if it's "just a meme" it's fucking overused and tiring to have all the content of one of your favorite pokemon now filled with disgusting coombait comments. Vaporeon is a sweet little creature who just wants to fucking swim and make silly faces. Fuck off. I attached a cute wholesome photo of him since no one can properly appreciate those anymore. He's so sweet and strong and deserves to be treated with respect.
Anyways sorry for sperg kek. Does anyone here collect sitting cuties/pokemon fit? I got one in the mail today and they're realy high quality.
No. 235804
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>>235802I feel the same, anon. The meme should've died long ago, but there will always be a new batch of young coomers who will discover the meme and repeat it until they die. I think anyone who confesses they lust after him genuinely need to be put on a list that prevents them from owning cats and dogs.
No. 235817
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>>235802the meme is reposted every. fucking. time vaporeon is mentioned on the internet. its all men. men apparently want to fuck their pets. men ruin everything. its actually banned on the pokemon subreddit but it manages to be said on every single post mentioning vaporeon. beautiful fanart is shat all over by fucking virgin losers because they are obsessed with it.
ppl who want to fuck pokemon give me the most sinister vibes. i suppose i can understand the stupid furry-looking ones, even if i also hate furries, but at least they are probably imagining them as sentient. the people who want to just fuck a nonfurry pokemon scare me. i remember a bunch of youtubers did the "smash or pass" for pokemon and it actually disturbed me. i guess im also autistic. its just really, really fucking gross to think about pkmn in this way. theyre literally superpowered pets animals.
No. 235821
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>>235817This. Literally every Vaporeon post I see now has the meme reposted in it or people referencing it. I don't think it makes you an autist to be disturbed by it, as most of them have the mentality, and looks of normal animals and just have superpowers. I hate how innocent media can get so easily twisted and ruined by disgusting coomers. They have so much fucking shit for themselves yet they still want to insert themselves into innocent media.
>>235817I don't even get the """""sex appeal"""" about vaporeon. There's nothing, he is literally just a water cat/dog. Admitting attraction to him is just admitting you're a zoophile.
No. 235939
>>226475I really hate to be a downer but it didn't really wow or impress me. The game just feels so… Generic? Mundane? Somewhat lifeless?
Like I'm sorry but I've felt this way since Sword & Shield and I think the biggest thing that makes me feel this way is this move to consoles as opposed to handhelds. It's funny because for years I was hoping that one day we'd see the games move over to consoles and now that we have that, I've found them to be so underwhelming.
Context though, I'm an oldfag, I was around when Pokemon first came out and I've been playing the games religiously until gen 5 and came back with gen 6-7. So I'm a bit older than some of you here and it might be the reason why I'm so stuck in my ways with preferring the handheld experience.
I just feel like as soon as the games went console, the world designs became a lot more lifeless. Like nothing greatly stands out anymore and the color palettes seem to look slightly desaturated which only adds more to the dullness. Also the worlds feel so lifeless because of the lack of NPCs, let alone them doing anything. This is why the portable handheld style was better because you could fit more chibi-style NPCs to help populate the towns more.
The new Pokemon… I only like bread dog, it's kinda cute. The character designs are very meh. I'm fine
>>226506 being a guy, so long as they don't pull canonical tranny shit with Pokemon, I'm fine with designs like these existing but yep, prepare for the "OMG he's totally trans uwu" bullshit. Same with Penny, I think her hair looks ugly color-wise but aside from that, cute design but she's already "Non-binary" BS bait so not looking forward to seeing more of that.
It doesn't seem like you'll be able to customize your trainer and are stuck with that ugly school uniform so that's a bummer.
The new gimmick is stupid and I agree with another non, just bring back mega-evolution or even better, continue giving proper evolutions to older Pokemon that haven't gotten any yet.
Overall I'm not hyped for the game. I might play it sometime down the line but as of right now, I'm highly unmotivated to get it day or month long release.
No. 235949
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>>235939pokemon has always had gnc characters who don't have special pronouns or are trans. the closest thing we ever got was some random female trainer who says she used to be a blackbelt and it's implied she transitioned but it's not made clear. the only difference is that twitter users decided to tack their stupid zoomer neopronouns on everything.
No. 236033
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>>235802Vaporeon used to be my favorite evelution as a kid (until leafeon came in) and I'm just flabbergasted on why they would turn this pokemon into something sexual. I don't fucking get it.
No. 236162
>>235465I really hate it and think it's so fucking ugly kek hate those long fingers - but, honestly, I'm glad GameFreak is willing to make ugly Pokémon, It'd be boring if they all looked the same.
>>235939>>It doesn't seem like you'll be able to customize your trainer and are stuck with that ugly school uniform so that's a bummer.I mean yea you have to wear a uniform but they make it customizable still. I like it, it's a cute function. I did like the full customization in SwSh but it's cool to change it up with a uniform.
No. 236681
>>235465I like the design but I feel like it doesn't belong in Pokemon. Which is a problem I've had with many pokemon ever since gen 7.
>>235390I agree, they could've done so much more with contests in ORAS but they fucked it up. Cosplay Pikachu was kinda similar to that concept but not nearly the same. That game was really rushed.
No. 237410
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this shit in a 2022 game lol
No. 237414
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>>236162it is based on the aye-aye which has long creepy fingers.
>>236681agree about liking the design but they tend to miss the mark and overshoot a little too much. i made a super quick recolor and tried to tone it down to a level i liked more.
No. 237486
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These guys are pretty cool
No. 237548
>>237496>>237410I don't really play Pokemon anymore but I am shocked at how bad the graphics can be. The water in Arceus was so bad, specially from far away. I thought it was gonna be a Botw like open world game but it looks so shitty, I don't wanna try it anymore.
They really need to stop thinking their sole audience is literal children with no standards.
No. 237705
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I love Marnie design and I find her really cute. It sucks how much twitter pokemon hates her. Its just a character, especially that she is a kid…? I never thought too deep about pokemon, after all its E rated game. I did enjoyed Lillias backstory in Pokemon Sun a lot, same with the main heroine is XY, but eh…
No. 237715
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>>237486What Pokemon need is more husbandomons
No. 237735
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>>237713it gets worse and worse. especially gym leaders. they used to look normal now they look like clowns. weird eyes, absolute nonsense hair, floating clothes, all kinds of other stupid shit and yet none of them are memorable. probably my favorite gym leaders in the recent games have been nanu and kabu because they look fucking normal (opal is pretty based too i just like old people i guess.) enough of the neon hair sticking 5 feet up in the air and ugly overdesigned clothes please
No. 237829
>>237711Kek goddamn, current time pokemon designers should have someone telling them to stop designing halfway through, this looks like someone pressed a randomizer button on a character generator.
>>232310Late to this but this is probably the best description of why pokemons past around gen 5-6 irk me so much to the point I stopped playing. I loved pokemon because they looked like animals and humanoid bipedals with a set personality like Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan were a rarity, now there's so many of them you'd think a furry is pushing them out. It's almost as if they're wearing clothes or costumes.
No. 238434
>>236569I'm actually currently playing X as I didn't have a 3DS during it's release and I'm only like 4 badges in but there is so little customization so far. Barely any clothes in shops and they are mostly ugly. Are all the cute clothes and accessories later in the game? I hate how my character looks so far lol I liked the clothes in SwSh, there was nice variety. Still limited by other games standards, tbf.
>>237414I'm aware that Aye-aye have long fingers, I still hate it kek but the colors you changed it to are far more pleasant, I gotta say.
>>236681This anon has it right, it just doesn't look like a real Pokémon and thats like the core problem.
No. 240051
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God bless emulation and piracy! With a combination of these two things, I can play Pokémon Red, Yellow, Silver, Crystal, Ruby, Leaf Green, Emerald, Pearl, Platinum, Heart Gold, Black, X, Alpha Sapphire, Moon and Ultra Sun on my 3DS without needing to take out my White 2 from the cartridge slot!
No. 240086
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>>238434This is what this anon
>>240053 means
honestly I had forgotten about this style points system
No. 243465
>>243366cute but boring, i never liked diglett and they keep shoving it down our throat for some reason. alola had alolan diglett and dugtrio, galar had giant statues of diglett, bdsp had digletts as a special feature all over the underground, and the galar dlc also had that quest where you have to find all the hidden digletts on isle of armor. now wiglett.
at least this should make all the genwunners saying old pokemon designs were better happy
No. 243577
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>>243465because diglett is adorable you dumb fucking zoomer
No. 245287
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>>245277Grabbed from people analyzing this trailer. New Pokémon that happened been revealed yet. These appeared briefly in the corner of the screen in the minimap.
No. 245291
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>>245277 I'm glad Girafarig finally got an evo, generally its not a mon I care much for but it's definitely one that needed an evo
No. 245296
>>245295I think that you should play the older games, just try using the myboy emulator so you can play games like the crystal version, ruby/sapphire/emerald, definitely try the yellow version as well.
Maybe play with the DS/3DS games like the absolute masterpiece that's Pokémon mystery dungeon.
Also, if you just also want more Pokémon media, there's some really interesting short episodes on the Pokémon YouTube channel, I think they're pretty cool.
No. 245302
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>>245287Brassius has to be my favorite thing about the games so far, he really grew on me since his design was first revealed
No. 245303
>>245287Are those new mouse pokemon? They look so cute & I love rodents so I'm so excited for them (they look pretty plain, but maybe that'a their charm…)
Also nice to see how looks one of the 7394 leaked birds for this gen, did they even reveal the regional bird for this game?
The girafarig evo was leaked ages ago, I'm glad it's real, it looks so silly.
No. 245304
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>>245287The bird looks like it's inspired by the monk parakeet. I love these little guys, I hope the actual mon ends up looking cute!
No. 245310
>>245295You can play any game, they arent connected with eachother in the slightest. I would start with the mainline DS games (Platinum, Heart gold/Soul silver, Black/White), but if you prefer to plsy a GBA one (easier to emulate on anything), I would go for Emerald. And for 3DS, Sun/Moon (not the ultra ones) are the best ones imo.
The older games (red/green/yellow, silver/gold/crystal) are good, but since they barely have any story going on I found them more boring.
My favourite ones are BW+SuMo in terms of story and HG/SS when it comes to gameplay (there's so much to explore on it)
No. 245336
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>>245302i am weak for tired old men
anyway anons, idk what game to pick. exclusives dont matter much since i can trade with my friends. i am mostly thinking about these dumb mons. if they are going to force us to use them to bike/fly then im having a hard time choosing. i like the design of the red one more overall except for that STUPID gray tire sticking out of it. the violet one looks much better when it bikes/flies but i dont really like anything about the design itself. blah
No. 245363
>>245310>>245296Thank you for your advice, I gonna check out a few games from each platform, mess around with the emulator and see how they run. Nintendo emulators are surprisingly good, DS emulator (I guess it was Citra…) is especially great, I played Ocarina of Time on my phone and it runs perfectly. So, gonna start with DS games then.
Another question, cause I noticed that it Getz brought up sometimes. Is it better to play with few mons but level up them like crazy or make a bigger and more varied team but with less powerful pokemons? Also, what the difference with being overleveled and underleveled? Is there a scaling system in the games?
No. 245368
>>245363> Is it better to play with few mons but level up them like crazy or make a bigger and more varied team but with less powerful pokemons?Pokemon isn't very difficult most of the time, unless you're playing with deliberate restrictions (like a nuzlocke) you probably won't have too much difficulty no matter whach team style you choose. I think the best way to play is to go in blind and choose whichever mons you like the best and work best for you. You shouldn't have issues with underlevelling unless you deliberately avoid battles
>Also, what the difference with being overleveled and underleveled? Is there a scaling system in the games?People dislike overlevelling cause some later games make it too easy to level up, and make the game too easy, and underlevelling is when you don't level up enough and the game becomes harder. There is no scaling system for opponent pokemon levels. In BW and later games they use a system to prevent you from overleveling and make it easier to raise your pokemon to the same level as opponent pokemon, but previous games (DPPt, HGSS) have no such system.
Basically just play however you wanna play, and you'll probably have a decent time. The DS games are decently balanced
No. 245430
>>245347Kek I think it's just we got different tastes. I have been playing since Crystal, but in general I usually don't enjoy games much unless they got a story or lots of text (but depending on the story, that can be it's downfall too…). The gameplay is fun, but I want something else outside "go to town -> beat gym leader -> repeat".
It says lots that I like Mystery Dugneon WAY more than the actual main pokemon games despite not enjoying much the gameplay itself. When I was little & didn't know they were made by separate companies, I was so upset at Game Freak never put as much effort in the story of mainline as in PMD.
Funny that you mention SMT, I started to play it last year and found myself prefering the spin-offs over mainline as you said, even though overall I find mainline's gameplay more fun to play.
No. 245986
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thinking about him
No. 246002
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Bump
No. 246590
File: 1665547333869.jpg (Spoiler Image,68.7 KB, 612x657, FerVIG5UYAAf2Uu.jpg)
possible gym leader face leaks here
usually i dont trust leaks but this is from the same source that predicted farigiraf
No. 246789
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>>246785 oh yeah twitters already squealing over "shes trans" just cause of the pink/blue color scheme lol. Sorry those colors generally look good it doesnt mean transgender every fuckin time
Personally though I really like her! I think shes super adorable, I maybe bias cause I am a vtuber fan and she definitely radiates that type of energy lol
No. 246797
>>246785don't let the troons win and get
triggered every time you see pink and blue in a design. they chose those colors because they're sexist weirdos who decided to dig their heels into associating pink with girls and blue for boys. her design is ugly, they should have given her a pastel pink jacket or more bold hair colors.
No. 246968
>>246590i guess that confirms this pic is legit
in that case im curious about normal and ghost leaders. i hope normal guy really is another dilf like
>>246593 mentioned
No. 247359
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>>247353I dont know how that thing works nor it looks like a pokemon imo, but it looks so stupid I can't help but love it, definitely going to my team.
Reminds me of a lovechild between these 2
No. 247531
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didnt like iono at all til i saw fanart about her in a rivalry with raihan, pretty cute tbh. i am warming up to her
No. 247532
>>247353i feel like i should love bellibolt, since i love fat stupid-looking pokemon, but i really dont like this one. the false eyes kinda gross me out and the real eyes are kind of bizarre. they're so flat and lifeless.
>>247387what is he gonna do with that big whip?
No. 247536
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something about bellibolt is bothering the fuck out of me so i tried fixing it. i would have preferred smth like the left
No. 247556
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Bump, don’t scroll
No. 247594
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>>246785Not to racebait, but holy shit how do people tolerate this voice acting? It is God fucking awful and so grating. Everything looks dated and not well put together. I think even in their older style the design would still not be appealing. I think it's how weird the shape of her jacket is.
No. 247626
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>>246785The inspiration to Iono?
No. 248579
File: 1666165728793.jpg (1.28 MB, 3082x1828, lairon.jpg)
I just bought Switch Online today and got this in wonder trade. People should be ashamed to use wonder trade to advertise their dumb websites as if there isnt enough of that in real life. Very scummy and sad, I felt compelled to release him and did after taking this picture. I've never released a shiny before.
No. 249030
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>>249022Yeah the Mario Mandate exists for a reason. Wouldn’t be surprised if they made a Pokémon Mandate too.
No. 249041
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>>249020it's about as likely as them animating a cutscene kiss between two dudes. the closest we've gotten in 25 years to anything even slightly mentioning trans shit is this. and the english version censored it anyway.
pokemon is extremely lacking in anything relating to sex; the older games were fine with being violent (literal dialogue explaining that team rocket would "kill" pokemon, mentions of war casualties, gambling, soul-stealing, etc) but nothing sexual. there have been little jokes such as a "couple" type trainer using an onix and cloyster, but of course, all you can say is "omg lol penis and vagina" and GF could just be like "uh, no" so there's nothing at all officially alluding to it.
No. 249095
>>249093Honestly, Nohr just got screwed over so hard and I'm forever mad about it. It was a good story with actual nuance and they turned it into… something even worse that whatever they found "
problematic" about it, honestly.
I'll always be glad that I read all of the desperate direct translations when the game first released in JP, before all that was available to read in English for a good while was the shitty localization.
No. 249149
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I battled Koga on Pokemon Red today.
He used X Attack on his Weezing, his last Pokemon, and it Self-Destructed immediately? It fainted my Clefable but at what cost!
His strategy is beyond me… sorry for no better photo.
I've heard people have the hots for Koga but after this I don't think he's smart enough to be husbando material.
No. 249164
>>249105LOL I'd pay actual money to see the clowns that bastardized Fates take a crack at relocalizing Drakengard.
I'm truly mad every time I see people touting Soleil as good gay rep, the girl comes off as predatory if anything but people can't read. I think that a lot of the Western game journalism surrounding Fates prior to its release did have a hand in some of the more extreme localization choices, now that you mention it. A lot of pearl clutching.
No. 249173
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>>249164I just watched a playthrough online for this one long ago, but imagine Drakengard 3 with all mentions of sex removed and replaced with outdated 2000s internet memes, with all the sisters' relationship changed to make them look like they get along, make Zero the opposite of herself (so a nice, cutesy girl for example) and change everyone's name to make them more Americanized. Remove half of the violent scenes. For the few serious and emotional scenes happening, replace the dialogs with even more American outdated memes. If there are DLCs, make sure half of them are never localized. Imagine that shit. Sage for off-topic.
No. 249198
>>249173Sounds wretched. I actually never understood a lot of the localized name changes for Hoshido. By the time we got that game, we were already at a point where people wouldn't have had an issue grasping Japanese names.
Now… Let's see them take a stab at D1's pedophile/baby eater/immortal child party members.
No. 249231
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>>249149why care about koga when surge is right there
No. 249290
>>249041>>249088I keep hearing woke pokemon fans bring this up and I'm amazed they don't get it's literally making fun of them and they weren't trying to be inclusive at all kek
>>249022>If anything I can see American localizers trying to force that shit on one or two characters to be nb or trans or ambiguous and failing.Even that bothers me, I don't want a cute girly girl who uses boku like Iono to be canonically a they/them/he or some shit for all eternity just because some troon or TRA wanted woke points. Luckily they ended up using she/her for Iono so at least they didn't do it to her.
No. 249292
>>249231Based opinion, although
>>249232 is right too lmao
No. 249311
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>>249300the UNITE game has shitloads of pokémon in clothes tho so i'm sure that flew out the window
No. 249335
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>>249319>>249317stop derailing this is the pokemon thread
>>249313ackshually you play as a trainer in unite, they have silly costumes for both you and the pokes
No. 250399
>>249309 see
>>249088It's essentially "homophobic"
No. 250427
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>>249296sage just means "not new content", not "irrelevant to the thread"
>>249311speaking of unite, do you have any favorite outfits? I love the pokebuki styles because I'm a weeb at heart
No. 250666
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>>250427I'm a gengar main but punk azumarill has a special place in my heart. Especially since a based anon used her in a
terf manifesto
No. 251109
>>250521I love him so much because he looks exactly like my childhood family dog. In a morbid way, it fits even better because he's a ghost type Pokémon. Feels like I can meet him again after all these years.
I do agree with this
>>250531 but I'll still train one and keep him in my team. Fingers crossed his evolution doesn't look too retarded…
No. 251349
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>>249020I hate the female hiker design, it looks super troony to me with the wide shoulders, no curves but has bolt on boobs…
No. 251457
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I hate that when I look up some pokemon I always come across nsfw pokemon art. I can´t even find a decent Audino fanart with the copious amount of porn there is.
pic semi related
No. 251475
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>>251443It's specially a shame because lots of the human character designs actually look nice, but the models destroy almost all charm they got, I disliked most characters until I saw their 2D art. At the end, the games are about the pokemon themselves, not the humans, so as long as the creatures look great I'm fine with it, but sucks having to see these ugly humans from time to time.
The new 3D art style kind of reminds me of the Virtue's Last Reward's models lmao, knew they felt familiar somehow
No. 251619
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>>251457i hate it too. you literally cannot look up any pokemon without seeing obese fetish art, vore fetish art, or the pokemon laying down seductively with the genitals clearly just erased by the artist (so many of them do that)
except for like magnemite i guess
anyway it fucking sucks and it's disgusting and i hate men
No. 253609
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why does a treasure-hoarding ghost look like a bug?
anyway im so offended that they still havent shown the starter mon evolutions
No. 253661
>>253656Was going to say the same thing reminds me of a Funbrain creature.
Though the gimmick of collecting coins to track it down is different, I like that there are pokemon you just can't chuck a ball at and grab. I like the concept but the design doesn't make it seem worth it.
No. 253671
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>>253650>>253656me too. polteageist is an example of a rather bland design done well. this is just beyond boring. i don't understand how ditto, of all things, has more life and personality than this ugly little mascot
No. 253686
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>>253671don't diss my man ditto like that
ditto is based as fuck
No. 253764
>>253609Man, that model is so bad.
I hate that this sealed it for me, but I just don't care about Pokemon anymore.
I'm not a "genwunner" even though I've played since gen 1 was the most recent. Sad to feel like this finally, but the quality is just abysmal.
No. 253767
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>>247353>>251349>>253609Why do they keep shooting themselves? End it already.
No. 253775
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I'm actually super excited for scarlet/violet, i love the idea of being able to explore together with other ppl online bc i'll be able to play with my bff even though we live in different countries
(we've been playing together since gen 1)
No. 253780
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We got a japanese and spanish leakers taking pics of new pokemon rn, there are some in twitter
No. 253781
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>>253609I think it looks better now that I've seen the artwork of it, somehow the models all look lifeless. It honestly looks very gen 1 to me, but not in a good way. I don't hate it though.
>>253777But gen 6 had so many bangers like sylveon and espurr!
>blew english/UK lore on SPORT and not the fucking wealth of cool mythologyGalar was actually supposed to be more "medieval" looking but James Turner, the British employee who was art director for swsh (he has since quit) was the one who made them make it modern instead because he thought the old lore was too outdated or something…
No. 253810
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>>253781This does not look gen1 in the slightest.
No. 253815
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>>253780is that… evil jigglypuff?
No. 253825
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>>253820I once read that starter pokemon are more round lately because they wanted children to be able to draw them easily, so that could be another reason.
But yeah considering the crunch, simpler designs are also way easier to translate into 3D, just look at picrel, the head is just a sphere without any modification.
I like most newer designs but I have noticed in this gen and the last one lots of pokemon suffer from "good concept, bad execution". I saw someone on Tubmlr tweaking a few gen 8 designs and it was amazing how very a few small changes to make the design more cohesive changed the whole pokemon.
No. 253868
I enjoy the Pokemon art style from the beginning up to now, it's changed but it's all still appealing.
This art is cute even though I don't like the design
>>253781The models are just so horrible and lazy.
No. 254152
File: 1668060145822.jpg (Spoiler Image,191.43 KB, 1365x353, Untitled.jpg)
so basically the whole dex has been leaked
thoughts?
No. 254167
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Love how they just doodled a mouse and put in in the game kek Unironically it's one of my favorite pokemon of this gen.
This generation is gonna take some time to get used to… Maybe it's the weird models or how most of the designs are either Circle or Square, but they feel… plastic-ish? I like how they're back at simpler designs, but they look like creatures from another game. A shame because I loved gen 6-7.
No. 254198
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>>254154i don't like the gator. i hate how we went from a cute round ghost-pepper thing to… this. like jesus where's the theme? everyone suspected "ghost pepper" because it looks like one, why not just stick with that? why does it have to go ghost pepper -> sombrero ghost pepper -> uhhhhhh a crocodile that's also an instrument and there's a bird on it that plays it like a musical instrument because it's based on this one spanish instrument and also based on the relationship of plovers and crocodiles irl!!!
like man shut up. simple is always better
anyway i love clodsire
No. 254201
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>>254152tbh I like the cat. It has the most clear design. Though I don't know why nowadays each starter pokemon has to have a theme or concept beyond an animal that gets bigger with every evolution.
Also why are so many starter evolutions so skinny now? It was standard for the final evos to be somewhat chunky and powerful looking, up until gen 5 with the snake pokemon and gen 6 with Greninja
No. 254206
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I feel like I’m looking at a racist caricature
No. 254267
>>254198clodsire supremacy. i love him
>>253780bisharp's getting a third evo? fuck yeah
No. 254272
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>>254234Her makeup needs to be fixed. The beige is not working!! I wonder if she’s inspired by Missy? If so then perhaps they should take more inspiration from a different iconic fit.
No. 254274
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>>254206I hope this is a joke. Bring my girl back!
No. 254333
File: 1668121592011.png (Spoiler Image,3.47 MB, 1334x750, 8DBCEA4C-3220-4C31-A96F-207744…)
I actually like a lot of the new mons, but then they come out with something so ugly and stupid I ask “who the fuck would even want to use this”
No. 254336
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Bro what's the point of giving evolutions to the electric rodent if it's just gonna look exactly the same??
No. 254343
>>254152I'm so fucking tired of GameFreak making furbait starter evos. They totally do it on purpose
>>254156It's so obvious they want to repeat the success they had with Gardevoir and Lucario. Like Gardevoir must've been the first humanoid pokemon to have gotten that popular with the coomers. Mewtwo was popular too, but that pokemon was special at the time, and most of its audience didn't talk about wanting to fuck it, they just thought it was cool and badass. Then Lucario came out in Gen 4 and it attracted a bunch of furfags and autists of the same type as Sonic autists. That was also the generation when Lopunny was made, and it's possible that Game Freak made it in response to Gardevoir's degenerate fanbase. Every generation afterwards had their Gardevoir/Lucario clones, each more obvious than the ones before it.
No. 254400
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>>254390i boxed the starter in swsh and will probably do it again. they just aren't cute.
i also like the mice a lot, and some of the basic bird mons. this thing is freakin cute too.
No. 254591
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these starters were the first since gen 2 where i genuinely loved them all and couldn't decide who to pick. then they let us down with the final evos yet again. idk why i expected different.
i guess skeledirge is a pocket monster but the design is so uninteresting i dont even care about it
No. 254619
>>254591A good chunk of the pokemon in the fursona category still look like monsters/animals imo
The most furfag ones are the tiger, rabbit, water lizard and the 2 new ones. Maybe delphox too, but the pre-evo was worse than it. The other designs are fine, it's just coomers who ruin them.
No. 254637
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>>254591Pokefags are goofballs. Terrible Pokémon have been around since the start.
No. 254674
>>254625>the grass type gorilla looks enough like a gorilla to just in the pocket monsters category tooI would agree if the drum wasn't part of it's design, that's what makes it more of a character with a set role instead of just a grass monke
>>254631I want to like it, I don't regret skipping the utterly empty babby game that was sw/sh, I'm still on the fence whether this is worth spending 70 dollars
>>254637There were actually a lot of bipedal/humanoid pokemon in gen 1 now that I think of it(pic rel, electabuzz, jynx, magmar, alakazam, machamp etc.), but all of them were more like fantasy creatures and I don't remember any of them being blatant furry/porn bait.
No. 254746
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I saw this on 4chan and had to share. Spoilered for actual spoilers of Penny’s room.
No. 254753
>>254591I think a lot of of the "furry" ones are fine. The gen 9/8 starters, inineroar, and delphox are the ones that push it imo.
I don't have a problem with stuff like Blaziken cause cockfighting is a thing, so it makes sense the chicken turns into a wierd bird man martial artist. Stuff like greninja is so weird looking it hardly registers as anything "furry" to me.
Designs like Cinderace and Intelleon are just too humanoid though. Their proportions are too human-like. they don't have weird builds like emboar or scary faces like sceptile. They're just really uncreative and lame.
No. 254851
I emulated SV for a few hours, and had a lot of fun so I'm probably buying it at release. I've been around since the beginning and there are soo many pokemon now that I don't mind shitty designs, I'll just forget about the ones I hate and there are still too many favorites to enjoy all the same. Maybe I'm desensitised to strange designs from also being a digimon fan.
Speaking for myself, I can be really casual and superficial when I play games and discussions about min-max/meta/strategies mosty put me to sleep, just give me easy mode. I really loved the picnic mechanic and seeing cute pokemon roaming about. There was a little lake at the start with psyducks waddling about, swimming, napping and I just hung out there for a long time looking at all the pokemon.
Pretty lame of me, but I haven't finished a main storyline since XY/ORAS and often just start a new game to enjoy the beginnings of a fresh adventure. I'll probably spend a lot of time in SV just building different teams and looking at them and saving screencaps and videos - and forget about the storylines. Everyone is complaining about character customization, understandably. I actually like that it's just the school uniform, but I really wish you could change your tie or something like rolled up sleeves at least. Also miffed that there are so many hair colors but the ones named pink are more burgundy/wine and rose gold than pink.
Hopefully there will be DLC with more customization, there are logos for top and bottom categories in the shops but they are not accessible - why even include those if there aren't any tops or bottoms in game??
No. 255362
>>254951troons (both male and female) are calling her a tranny, some say she's a TIF and others say she's a TIM. It looks like that pic is depicting her as the latter (bc only maleoids are capable of being into computers and nerdy shit obviously!!1).
>>254851>I emulated SV for a few hourswhat the fuck I was not aware that it had already come out kek
No. 255571
File: 1668637552113.jpg (Spoiler Image,1.07 MB, 3640x2140, alice.jpg)
>>254951>>255362that image isn't pro-tranny, the original intent was to depict them as disgusting coomers. editing Penny into it is a joke about how her dark messy room looks the same though it obviously doesn't
No. 256024
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i hate this thing so much this is one of the most vile designs they have ever made
No. 256026
>>256024How is it vile, it's just a pepper. It doesn't feel like a pokemon though, the faces look off…
>>256022I will buy it in a year or so. Every game sells millions of copies so they bin super hard afterwards and you can get them for $15. My local gamestop has no idea of what to do with so many 2nd hand pokemon games. Aside for being cheap, I don't want to support them either, I dont know if its TPC, GF or Nintendo the one with the upper hand, but I wish they gave the developers time to actually make a decent game, the problems with SV are insane. But isnt like we can boycott because children + hardcore fans keep buying the games.
No. 256068
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Fuck this scrote. there’s glitches left and right.
https://vocaroo.com/1l9nzQQjFQll No. 256143
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>>256102I really don't get it. Just saw this one
No. 256148
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Bumping for porn
No. 256157
File: 1668828198245.webm (1.14 MB, 960x540, jtFCGff.webm)
>>256102yeah no i was hyped for this game after playing PLA and really looking forward to it, but this looks like utter fucking shit
No. 256197
Are shinies easier to find at the very beginning? Both my friend and I found a shiny Psyduck within the first hour (we were playing at her place together and found them within 10min of eachother.) The game is janky as hell and holy fuck do I wish there was more customization. I'm having a good time but I'm glad someone else bought this for me kek.
>>256026Pokemon games never go on sale where I live. Digital sales are minimal, even seconhand games are rarely cheaper than $15 off even after after years.
No. 256281
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I'm having fun playing it and I like most of the new pokemon designs. I'm one of the easy to please pokemon fans so I don't really give a shit about the graphics. I haven't encountered any glitches (yet). The models of people/pokes in the bg are janky though. I love picrel!
No. 256421
>>237486Late, but this is it. These are the Pokemon that make me think "they don't look like Pokemon". I don't care about the franchise much, never had a favorite generation, not even the one I grew up with (Diamond and Pearl), but this gens designs are so hit and miss. Sure, I was there for Bisharp and Gallade who you could say are similar, but something about these two look like Megaman and Sonic fucked and had babies. It's like Gamefreak are trying so hard to appeal to kids that they've ramped up the designs to a screaming 11, throwing everything at the wall to see what sticks, overloading all the people and Pokemon with bright colors and details.
My problem with all the new gen designs is that some of them don't look like creatures I could catch, bond with and raise. They (not just these two) look like rejected JRPG mobs, I can't imagine petting or taking care of some of the ones that look like abstract cartoons. They look like the creature-equivilent of somebody shaking a keychain in front of a toddler's face.
No. 256423
>>256421Oh yeah samefag to add that what I mean
isn't that GF is just dumbing everything down for kids but they're trying to hit
every kind of appeal out so they end up with things that look like they belong in other franchises like Sonic/Digimon/other better JRPGs.
No. 256696
File: 1669018369804.png (81.24 KB, 408x408, gold.png)
>>256197Let's goooo also found a shiny Lokix I didn't even know was a shiny until I entered a battle. Maybe my most exciting pokemon moment.
No. 256779
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The game's a mess but I like Arven. I'm a sucker for people who would do anything for their dog.
No. 257002
There are so many troon looking people in these games… I'm all for gnc characters but I feel like they're purposely troony because someone at gamefreak drank the trans coolaid and they're trying to be woke. 99% of them look like shit like
>>251349Human character design is at an all time low for pokemon, I've never disliked so many designs both plot important ones and regular npc trainers, and the clothes options are shit too so you can't even make yourself look nice. Sorry to all Spanish and Portuguese nonas, apparently gamefreak think you all look like troons, you deserved better.
No. 257065
>>257044I love her too,
nonny. They're so monkey brained I can't imagine living like that.
No. 257080
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>>257002I was just laughing at how these npcs looked like the troon vs black woman meme
No. 257428
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i love clodsire and cetoddle. they're precious
No. 257536
File: 1669293670653.png (621.99 KB, 845x815, 1669291815668842.png)
They will keep releasing pure shit and never improve
No. 258361
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>>257536>>257606I'm glad I quiet this fandom in 2013
No. 259039
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>>258770same, it would have been so much better if not for the graphics. I like he rival and the legendary and a lot of the new pokes. Clodsire and Pawmot are fixtures on my team now. But the graphics are so bad i don't see myself playing it for too long. It takes all the pleasure out of just roaming around to fill the 'dex and hunt for shinies
clodsire 4 lyf tho
No. 259732
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>>254336tbh i'm glad the final evo is still cute and not hideous. especially since pawmot is a really useful pokemon unlike most electric rodents.
it's so annoying when the cute pokemon have shitty stats and you have to evolve them except the evo is ugly
No. 259817
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>>259811this tinfoil is retarded. roons don't see themselves as women with a hulking male frame they see themsleves as bimbos or cute anime girls. if anything they'd probably be offended by this "representation"
why is this thread so full of ppl moaning about how they won't play the games and don't care about the franchise anymore? you don't have to announce it, no one's making you buy the games
i jsut wanna talk about battles and cute pokes like our
terf queen azumarill
No. 259872
>>259817>roons don't see themselves as women with a hulking male frame they see themsleves as bimbos or cute anime girlsTroons aren't the ones designing them, the people pandering to them see them as the men they are and don't get that these men think they are smol uwu beans kek
Pokemon GO already has a canon non-binary they/them character and it had to be approved by the pokemon company in japan and got a shit ton of positive attention from the west… they know what they're doing
No. 262104
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I'm in love with Rika
No. 262136
File: 1670585410034.jpeg (241.95 KB, 800x873, Anabel.jpeg)
>>262121I think the last time they made a female character like this was Anabel way back in Emerald but later loses her androgynous look in SM/USUM. So happy that they gave us Rika who's a very handsome and cool tomboy
or a reverse trap. TRAs can fuck off and latch onto traps/femboys instead.
No. 262259
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arven is so cute and they definitely got me with his story, i haven't loved a main cast pokeboy this much since sun&moon
No. 262919
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>>262259>handsome>long hair>cooks>saving his dog>poor boy loses his mom/dadI love him and deserve all the happiness he can get.
No. 264067
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Ash will no longer be Pokémon's main character. His last episode will air on Jan 13th, 2023. The first episode with the new main character will air around April 2023.
https://twitter.com/IGN/status/1603697968598732800?t=rNXr4ajlAlVYTTzrnVIX8w&s=19 No. 264069
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>>264067I worded the information wrong. Jan 13th's episode is just the last in the SwSh part of the anime.
"A special 11-episode series called "Pocket Monsters: Aim to be a Pokemon Master" will start airing from January 13, 2023. All the friends that Ash has met during his travels such as Misty and Brock will also appear.
Will be the last chapter in Ash's journey."
https://twitter.com/AnipokeFandom/status/1603700332655448065?t=HJXgZj_T1VOD25L64mPPMQ&s=19 No. 264086
>>264067the male character looks so ugly and the girl looks cuteish but kind of bland. she reminds me of dawn too much. i hope they actually make her more than another "cutesy female who wants to win contests"
the character designs seem so ugly now. i can't get into newer games at all because it all feels so bland and uninspired. very "uncool". like old characters looked cool and badass. maybe i'm getting too old nonnies
No. 264428
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i'm weak for unite's stupid outfits. can't wait to give terf queen azumarill the cute xmas drip she deserves
No. 264600
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>>264428i had to stop playing unite bc it pissed me off but i agree the outfits are amazing
No. 264683
>>264428I love your dedication to making azumarill a
terf icon, very based nona
No. 264815
>>264683it wasn't actually my idea to begun with, another anon made a very based "
terf is the new punk" post with her. wish i had a link to it. since then i've accepted azumarill as my reigning
terf queen
No. 264948
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>>264601Haven't played all the games, and some of them like Black/White I played them ages ago so my memories of those gens are a bit blurry.
Also, sorry for the retarded tier names, but letters are so ambiguous to me, I always create my own tiers so I can sort charas in peace.
>>264655>Guzma>D TierOh, why do you dislike him so much? He is such a fan favourite…
No. 265309
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>>264683>>264815samefag, found the post in question
No. 265424
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>>264601only did the ones I remember. I also really didn't like ORAS Archie compared to RSE Archie so I had to knock him down a tier. Can't believe it came to this.
Also goddamn I used to have such a crush on Brawly and Brock when I was a kid. Probably would have liked HGSS Morty and Falkner a lot if I was younger when those games came out.
I've also come to appreciate Blaine a lot more but based on more of a Cool! factor. I didn't really rank these on pure husbando credentials.
No. 265425
File: 1672261880061.png (1.1 MB, 1140x739, pokegirls.png)
>>264601>>265424Here's my pokegirls ranking. I think Flannery, Whitney, and Winona is probably my all time favorite. But I really like all of the older woman trainers/leaders/e4 whatever. I have a really big soft spot for them.
I did NOT like SMUSUM at all it seems.
No. 268328
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>>256194Not really. Bunch of average or middle-aged looking men.
>>256204I think Arven and Jacq are pretty cute when first seeing them. Also Larry after playing the game. The courier npc is pretty hot too.
No. 275207
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>>264948I like your tier names so I took some inspiration
No. 275209
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No. 279485
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Didn't expect Paradox Suicune to look so raptor-like. Wish there's some lore to it and Paradox Virizion rather than just a raid battle.
No. 279524
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>>279333I wish they gave those poor devs a break instead of churning another game at breakneck speed
No. 279636
>>279485They both look like 1/3 of the book legendaries of each game so I'm sure there will be a bit more lore for when the other 4 come around. I bet it will be on the same level as the galarian birds trio though, so not that central to the story.
>>279524The fact that they made dlc fully summer festival themed (part 1) but are releasing it in fall points towards them actually delaying it a few months this time.
No. 284198
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Anons, just a reminder that the nintendo eshop for the 3DS will be closed soon and if you plan on transferring your pokemon from one generation to a more recent one you'll eventually need to have Pokemon Bank and Pokemon Transport downloaded BEFORE they become free in a few weeks. So be careful with that!
I personally have all the mainline games except SV and don't plan on getting that one until they release patches to correct most issues. I'm still going to transfer the pokemon I have from older games, I think I'll start now for my GBA and DS games, and then once the Pokemon Bank app will be free I'll transfer all my pokemon to gen 6 games and beyond. Then I'll start new games out of nostalgia and because I have played a lot more JRPGs since the last time I've played the older games so I'm going to have a very different approach to it. For some reason I felt like using strong pokemon in older games was the equivalent of cheating so I only used shitmons on purpose and made things much harder for myself. There's also the issue that all my favorite pokemon in GSC and its remake are water type for some reason.
No. 285781
I'm going to transfer my pokemon from GBA games to DS games to prepare for Pokemon Bank being free in a few days, I forgot I gave some of them some stupid nicknames, should I keep these nicknames or not? I kind of want to remove them.
>>284353To be fair she only has one fucked up leg.
No. 285792
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>>264601here's the fucked up and evil version of my list. most hated characters only!!!
No. 285849
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>>285781I find both legs weird, the left one seems to have her knee pointing at the right while its foot is pointing forwards, and her right leg has its knee pointing forwards/left but the foot pointing at the right. I think if you swap them, it looks a bit more natural.
About nicknames, it depends on how dumb they are and/or if you plan to use the pokemon. I usually like to leave them as if for sentimental value to remember when I used to play when I was little, but I also changed a few that were too stupid.
No. 285970
File: 1679915018157.jpg (73.12 KB, 460x691, street_fashion_japan.jpg)
>>285849Having bow legs is common in Japan and is more visible on skinny people, I think that's the cause of why a lot of Japan-made designs have similar legs. Diantha is just one example of how normalized it is in anime art.
No. 287112
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Watching the GO community blow up feels surreal to me. Niantic keeps sabotaging its most profitable feature, remote raiding, to force the game to be played as intended.
Aside from using GO to ambassador people who wouldn't otherwise play the games, watch the anime, or pick up the TGC into the franchise and collaborate with businesses to bring tourists in, here's probably some truth to picrel. If so, it would make the Tiktok ban extra ironic.
No. 287129
>>287120People still play like crazy. It's a normie game, so the base stands out a lot less compared to the 2016 era and even the 2020 lockdown boost. Niantic upped the price on Remote Raid Passes and stated it wasn't a feature they wanted to keep. Their focus is on population dense areas, and remote passes are (on the surface) meant for circumstances like extreme weather and lockdowns.
There's apparently also some internal pushback to keep it. Rumor has it that TPCi also likes it, too. That's likely why they've been experimenting with integrating something like a remote raid finder within their Campground app, which people normally use Reddit, Discord, or a third party app for.
If you ever see a meme about Singaporean Grandmothers (who they see as the typical player, which isn't exactly a lie; most of the whales in my community are retirees) playing Pokemon GO pop up within the fandom, it pertains to that. People are planning boycotts or quitting. You know that pattern. They'll probably be back in time for GOFest, good or bad.
Shame the game is handled so weirdly. Not badly; weirdly. I actually like the little character arcs between the GO leaders and their rivals.
No. 289535
File: 1681510051670.png (1.86 KB, 288x288, 352.121.png)
'Sup, for anyone who plays Pokemon Fusion Infinite, I made some sprite edits because the originals sucked ass. I only made 3 so I'll post 'em separately. First is Roserade/Starmie, 352.121.
No. 289536
File: 1681510123857.png (2.08 KB, 288x288, 148.34.png)
Next is Dragonair/Nidoking.
No. 289538
File: 1681510183324.png (1.4 KB, 288x288, 181.53.png)
And last is Ampharos/Persian. I'll do more in the future because there are some great combos that have shitty sprites, and I don't wanna look at them.
No. 289540
>>289535Is that the game with the gross coomer fusions? Great job btw, this sprite is beautiful and I also like this one
>>289538But I feel this one
>>289536 could use a bit more polishing though the overall design is great
No. 291737
File: 1682303515275.png (749.56 KB, 971x1364, 1682212925433303.png)
any nonnies here collect or play tcg?
No. 291988
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>>291884The way I structure my tcg collection is by theme, so I have collections of my absolute favorite pokemon, including trainer and support cards if they feature it in the art. Then I have my own created themes, one of such is "flowers" where I put all cards (that I deem pretty enough) that heavily feature flowers. Another is sweets/baking, so there I keep pokemon like alcremie, vanillite and slurpuff and again other cards I think fit.
No. 292607
File: 1682635857393.jpg (25.75 KB, 750x421, FtHF6tjX0AEmoSR.jpg)
I love her
No. 293926
File: 1683105692403.png (80.91 KB, 330x948, liko.png)
>>292607Liko is an ok character but there are a few things I dislike, so sperging incoming.
Firstly her name is stupid in English. Her actual name is the Japanese female name Riko, changing the R to an L is iffy because of the whole thing of people making fun of Asians not being able to distinguish R/L. You technically can romanize it with L but that's highly unusual (which is probably why they did it, so if you google it she's the only character that shows up rather than 500 other Rikos).
Pokemon doesn't have a tradition of keeping the Japanese names and typically give English names, why do it now? Liko is from Paldea (Spain) so unlike a lot of the other characters such as Ash, Brock, May, Dawn, Chloe who all could have had Japanese names to reflect their regions real life Japanese inspiration Liko is one of the few for whom it doesn't make sense for. Even more annoying that the new boy IS from a Japanese region, yet his name is Roy. In the same vein, none of the other Paldean characters have Japanese names either, not does the Kantonian people have Japanese names. Like ok.
But if you insist on actually keeping her Japanese name, then at least keep it Japanese and pronounce it right. I don't think they've officially said it yet but I bet they'll mispronounce it as "Leekow" the way English-speaking fans are already calling her without anyone batting an eyelid.
Secondly I hate fanny bags worn across your chest (it usually looks quite awkward and weird in real life too) it draws attention to her chest in that it looks like she has a big mono-boob. The fashion trend is already dying out as well so unless they change it, it will age terribly and quickly.
No. 297851
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To all TCG nonnies who have a Pokémon Trading Card Game Online account: they're going to release a new game called Pokémon Trading Card Game Live, and until June 5 (which is when they're shutting down the old game's servers) you can migrate your account to the new game.
I just found out about this and to migrate (I really wanna keep my old cards) I'm resetting my TCGO password since I forgot it, along with my username, because I hadn't played this since Gen 7. Make sure to reset your username and password too if you're in the same situation! Requesting your username and resetting your password can't be done immediately after one another, there's a cooldown time to send these requests.
Announcement
https://www.pokemon.com/us/pokemon-news/pokemon-trading-card-game-online-will-sunset-on-june-5TCGO Sunset FAQ
https://support.pokemon.com/hc/en-us/articles/4406895467668Account migration FAQ
https://support.pokemon.com/hc/en-us/articles/6489934466708-Pok%C3%A9mon-TCG-Live-Migration-FAQ-from-the-Pok%C3%A9mon-TCG-Online- No. 303993
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New official art of Lacey from the upcoming DLC. I'm so deprived of good designs in SV that I think she looks acceptable. I'd thin out her eyebrows though.
No. 307945
File: 1689097832638.gif (2.17 MB, 743x480, 9458e00071760de825d7acc1a3d66e…)
>tfw you realize you will never relive the magical moments of childhood going through a new region for the first time, discovering new pokemon through the game and not the internet, enjoying the mystery absent in all pokemon games before and since.
No. 307963
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>>303993gives me anya forger vibes mixed with thick eyebrow zelda from botw/totk. the outfit reminds me of the sports uniform from mha.
>>307945i remember how my life changed and the entire world seemed to open up when i found out about roms and got all the pokemon games i missed out on. i had no gaming consoles as a kid and only managed to buy a silver nintendo ds lite for christmas when i was 16, a few months after diamond and pearl had been released. before that i only ever played the earlier pokemon games on my friend's consoles. i feel like the new graphics completely lack the charm that the gif you posted has. the last game i played was sword/shield and that was a chore. i think x/y was the last generation that i enjoyed and then i just lost interest.
No. 307966
File: 1689104145837.jpg (136.86 KB, 1550x802, 1644476726033.jpg)
>>307945The Internet?
Nah
Nonnie, the game itself is spoilering you with what you can encounter at any route which is much worse.
No. 308162
File: 1689178666655.gif (1.37 MB, 400x240, 1688577757084881.gif)
>>307963on the same boat
nonnie, xy were the last pokemon games i enjoyed playing, games after that felt like a chore. never got sword/shield or lets go!pikachu/eevee, bought violet but still havent beaten it yet. pokemon games now feel so soulless…i still replay older 2D games tho!
nowadays i just collect/play tcg, look at fanart/gifs and replay the older games.
No. 308163
>>308039I really do miss pre-main stream internet days. Sun and Moon trailers pretty much revealed 90% of the game. I miss the discovering aspect in the old pokemon games.
>>307966Personal take, I miss the random encounters.
No. 308196
File: 1689194818340.jpg (408.75 KB, 1041x1210, 1689162768333922.jpg)
poke foods!
No. 308238
File: 1689212379433.png (1.39 MB, 1600x900, 97784197_p0.png)
>>307945I feel this too though surprisingly the last Pokemon game I enjoyed was Legends Arceus. I even had dreams about it too. Still, the current games nowadays felt unfinished, less explorable and soulless. Game Freak has always been in a tight situation since making the main lines more open world but doesn't meet the quality and expectation like BoTW and Xenoblade, especially for having over 900 Pokemon to work on and polish. Kinda missed the classic rpg style where things are much simpler, aesthetically pleasing and everything around you to fill in your imagination. Unfortunately for that matter, BDSP are huge disappointments and it pains me since Pearl was my first and I fear if they ever make Gen 5 remakes. Also Game Freak shouldn't reveal too much in their trailers to try and hype up the fans. It'll most likely ruin the experience in discovering new things in the games and it becomes less engaging. There's even people and riddlers who sometimes leave predictions and tid bits of information of the upcoming games.
No. 308242
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>>308238i actually really enjoyed legends arceus, however it pisses me off how much potential this game had. should have gotten a DLC to fix the many issues it had, but nope! gamefreak pretty much abandons it and doesn't use any of its mechanics in violet/scarlet. wish there was more trainers who aren't afraid of pokemon to battle, as well as villages and more interesting places to explore. oh well!
i think gamefreak should just stick to 2D and improved on the rpg aspect of it. the 3D games just look so empty and soulless.
No. 308437
File: 1689344687390.jpeg (509.72 KB, 1583x2048, 5264EB0D-8E68-4182-AF14-B413B5…)
Latias and Latios are very special to me, sure they aren’t my favourite Pokémon but I still hold them closely to my heart. I remember watching Pokémon Heroes for the first time when I was a child and I was obsessed with it. It was my favourite movie as a kid, haven’t rewatched it since then but I am thinking on it for nostalgia.
>>308295Honestly it’s a cute idea but kind of creepy? Also, I don’t like the thought of consuming Pokémon in everything I do, the cards and the occasional replay of the older games are enough for me.
No. 308529
File: 1689382859124.png (245.76 KB, 537x404, bingus.png)
sprigatito bab nonnies!!! she has her lil jammies too!!
No. 308573
>>308467Alola did a really good job with Looker and Anabel coming back. Especially Anabel, she was previously just stuck in battle frontier in gen 3 and few people even knew she existed, but they took her and expanded her character and story. I loved that and wish they did it for more old characters.
I frankly don't mind if they put in a bit of mindless fanservice, I'd rather have that than nothing. Paldea currently feels so fucking empty and disconnected from the rest of the pokemon world. I wouldn't mind seeing Red on top of a mountain again just to have something.
No. 308601
File: 1689440242842.png (32.59 KB, 160x160, IMG_8006.png)
Cp bump dont scroll
No. 308889
File: 1689606060528.jpeg (710.56 KB, 779x1400, 45CCC147-CF2B-443D-B3C3-7DEF9C…)
>>308852Yes!! I love buneary and lopunny! I love feminine Pokémon, sucks they get sexualized by coomer fans ugh.
>>308858Thanks nona, ninetales is my absolute favourite!!
No. 308983
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>>308810(I didn't play sword/shield or scarlet/violet)
Making this made me realize I'm not particularly crazy about gen5 or gen6 mons. Funny because those were the gens that got me back into playing pokémon.
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No uggos allowed, cutie only crew
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>>308810I haven't played the last two gens so I just guessed, I'm a bit of a genwunner so I'm not gonna whine about the new designs
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>>308810I dont want to bitch but especially gen 8 and on have really ugly pokemon. Like ofcourse every gen has a few but it was difficult for me to even choose a fave type for the later gens because they are all so ugly to me. I really wished they would just take there time with the next pokemon game already, the last ones have been just really ugly and buggy.
>>308852Pokemon pearl was also my first pokemon game! I really love Buneary, i'm not going to lie i really dislike humanoid pokemon so lopunny is def not my fave but since gen 4 was my first game and i had a lopunny on my team i do have a soft spot for them. I'm also really salty about the shitty gen 4 remake we got.
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I miss this so much, why would gamefreak remove it from gen 7? I know gamefreak is known for not carrying over mechanics from past games, but seriously gamefreak was so stupid for replacing it with the dumb plaza shit.
No. 309143
>>309036>I dont want to bitch but especially gen 8 and on have really ugly pokemon.Gen 8 was pretty okay to me. Wooloo, snom, hetterene and alcremie are some i think are super great! Gen 9 on the other hand is
oof… even the best ones are still only slightly above average imo. I hope they go a completely different direction for gen 10.
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>>309105I think I'm the only person who prefers plaza lol
I loved running around there and collecting all the extra clothes from the other version, doing my daily lotteries and type matchup mini game!
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not a fan of pokemon sleep but this online quiz is cute! pic for me result.
https://www.pokemonsleep.net/en/diagnosis/question/ No. 309196
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>>309190Bulbasaur is so cute
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Favourite evolution line? Picrel!
No. 309419
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>>309406Ralts line! They're all so cute and precious. It's like a happy family.
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>>308810I played Gen 5 but never continued beyond the 7th badge.
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>>309190We are the opposite!
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>>309406It's not actually my no.1 fave line but I adore all of them and think they are underrated so my pick is the sewaddle line!
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>>309419I love the Magnemite line… I'm neutral on Magneton TBH, but I find Magnemite and Magnezone adorable in a goofy way.
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>>308810Lots of tough picks here especially for others I also like under the same type. For the team, I don't want to put it as competitive but rather go on an adventure with them. I had some trouble choosing Pachirisu or Ribombee since I love them so much.
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Are the official mangas worth buying or nah? I saw this comment while listening to Ghetsis theme and now I'm curious about how they handled other gens.
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>>310763>>310779nice, thank you nonitas!!
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Old news, but why did they not just use the type colors for the rotom bike colors in SwSh? I get dark going for the dark type gym color, red. But why is poison grass green? Who thought the purple of poison should be psychic instead? The outfit's already bad enough, but I just wanted to rock poison purple without needing to know I needed to use psychic for the poison color.
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scarlet and violet trainers are fugly tbh
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>>312927I don't mind the bicolor hair, I even like that part for some of them. It makes sense for Larry because his hair is turning gray from stress, Iono is a young streamer so it makes sense that she has wacky hair colors. Kofu is terrible and I hate him, his whole design is disgusting.
Maybe they were trying to hard to subvert expertations, but I feel like most of them miss the mark on what makes the profession/theme appealing. For example they made the rapper so old (and it's bortherline racist to make the one single black person a rapper kek) when most people think old people rapping is cringe. A snowboarder is cool because the sleek snowboarding action, instead they made Grusha girly, fluffy and grumpy in soft colors, and the baker lady has a frumpy brown uniform rather than a cute cafe uniform. They only nailed Larry because they were actually trying to make a boring design with that one. I used the 2D art because it's where they look their best, the 3D models make all of them look significantly worse.
No. 313120
>>312880Kek my first thought about "goofy stoner dude" was that he looked like a pedo sex tourist that's somehow a begpacker at the same time
>>312938>the baker lady has a frumpy brown uniform rather than a cute cafe uniformI personally appreciate that she clearly looks like a baker/pastry chef rather than a maid.
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>>313120I just find it so frumpy and boring! It wouldn't have to be a maid dress to be cute. I imagine something like Siebold who's a chef (close enough) who looks somewhat regal to tie in with the theme of the region while it has the pokemon "whimsical" touch but I can still buy it's a chef outfit. It also feels like a missed opportunity to not make the colors either more fun dessert themed or bug themed. Both pretty desserts and bugs are known for a touch of bright colors, a cherry on top so to speak.
All she got was a very washed out brown, with another washed out brown. I mean sure it's the color of chocolate I guess? Also keep in mind the 2D image isn't what we got in the game, she looks better there than in the 3D we actually got.
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>>312880>>313120The goofy stoner dude is just Charlie / Penguinz0 / MoistCr1TiKaL
No. 313245
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going to be replaying leafgreen/firered(pick one nonas!) and here is my team I am planning to use. any suggestions or changes I should make?
>>313117personally i am 50/50 on pokemon presents. i dont really want any new games because they will just be rushed/half-assed, buuut i would like a new pokemon mystery dungeon game, or a legends game for johto or unova.
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>>313161lmao it does look like him
>>312880one thing that bothers me in SV is that they gave trainers different faces (mostly ugly) but still the EXACT same bodies, animations and poses. They all already have the godforsaken ugly school uniform, we didn't need them to be even more boring and identical. Even BDSP which is highly criticized did copy the old sprites to give them all unique and fun poses. All trainers are static and standing still quietly in empty fields, they don't interact with you or the world unless you talk to them first. npcs haven't been this bad since gen 1, at least in gen 1 they had a presence because you had to beat them. It's like they hate npcs and want to get rid of them all, like in legends arceus. It's heading towards the story being 99% pokemon GO/let's go style of just catching wild pokemon, and then the people who want to do competitive battling do it afterwards separately from the rest.
No. 313371
>>313289>>313290Thanks for the suggestions nona! I mainly wanted to try out mons I never used before, such as the poliwrath, nidoking, and hypno. Never used a gyarados or tentacruel before so maybe I’ll give one of them a try instead! Forgot about ponyta being a late game mon, always used ninetales or arcanine so I wanted to change it up a little. I’ll probably play fire red and use arcanine.
>>313287Oh wow, what a coincidence lol!
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Pokémon presents tomorrow nonas! You all excited?
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>>313403lmao. i still ship him and kukui
No. 313471
>>313427me too, team skull and Guzma are by far my favorite villainous team
Hyped for those pokemon news today! Although I'm sure 90% will be boring side game updates lol
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>>313415Yeah, only 1h 30m left. I dread the announcements (not like I play Pokémon anymore, anyway), but maybe this time they'll give us some good news. I've heard rumors that they're probably bringing back Megas, that would actually be pretty hype.
And I play PoMa so I am in fact waiting for that too.
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I like this little guy. ♥
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Can't lie, I hate all the new pokemon shown in todays presents.
I don't like cobalion and I don't care much for the violet robots so it's automatically uninteresting to me. Raikou long neck was atrocious, I'm so mad they did that. Going for a goofy look for a legendary is so fucking stupid, doing it to an old beloved cool one is retarded.
At first I thought dipplin was a new form of applin that would have fun new evolutions, but when hearing it IS the evolution of applin I got disappointed. It's just another applin.
Archaludon is just as ugly as duraludon, which is one of my least favorite pokemon to ever exist.
Apparently the art director for SV is Mana Ibe, that's her with the two-colored hair, I think we may have found why so many characters have two hair colors kek
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so you have one constantly burrowed into the others butt, what in the fujoshi is this creature someone on gamefreak needs to be outed for their yaoi habits
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>>313571>Apparently the art director for SV is Mana Ibe, that's her with the two-colored hair, I think we may have found why so many characters have two hair colors kekFIRE HER! NOW!
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>>313571>mfwI woke up early for this. And PoMa news wasn't even news, it's shit we already knew from the current datamine. Hopefully they'll show some trailers or something at the Pokémon World Championships.
I actually like Cobalion though and that robot version is very cool, but that alone isn't enough to get me to play SV. I agree Raikou was just goofy but not in a good way. They're trying to get the same reaction out of people as with Alolan Exeggutor (even though one's meant to be cool and the other funny), it's just sad. I mean it's already a goddamn sabertooth-like beast, could've made it even cooler leaning into that concept. But I guess any baffling design choice could be justifed by saying "they're not really ancestors, they just resemble modern pokemon".
>I think we may have found why so many characters have two hair colors kekC'mon nona, it's not like she has red and blue hair.
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>>313561he looks especially cute next to these extremely retarded designs
No. 313684
>>313644>C'mon nona, it's not like she has red and blue hair.nona pls it was clearly a joke
>>313647>he looks especially cute next to these extremely retarded designsit's not "he" it's "they/them" because that's 2 worms 1 apple. please respect their pronouns kek
i agree that on their own dipplin looks cute enough, the problem is that the design is not visually in any way an improvement on applin because it is just applin with a long stick in its head, which imo looks worse than without the stick
it's the cheerleader effect, it looks good only because in this group the other ones are so ugly
No. 313723
>>313719I love walking wake but think raikou is fugly. I think maybe if it didn't have the massive retarded purple fleshy cloud on it's head I'd accept it, but even in the screenshots where it's pulled back I still think it's ugly.
I can't wait for this gen to be over, I really hate these new designs.
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>>313722but nona he looks like a cartoon character swallowing a boogie board… where is his mouth anyways
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>>312880>>313283I thought the hiker gal was fine, I think it becomes a problem when the body types makes up 1/2 of the demographic. But its just more of Gamefreak being super lazy rather than woke.
Also seeing old people wear school uniforms peeved me too. Can't they just be teachers or school staff and wear things teachers typically wear? It's the same uncanny reaction I get when I see abdl and shit.
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post your favorite pokemon ships anons
picrel is mine forever
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>>313785Lyra x Silver, very nostalgic to me.
When I was a child(keyword here: CHILD),I used to ship Cynthia x Dawn together. To be fair I was mostly self projecting myself onto Dawn. No. 313803
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>>313785you stole my favorite but this, silver x ethan, and those train autists are cute too
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>>313785I'm not a shipper but I always thought Jessie and James should end up together.
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>>313785You just posted them though I also like N x Hilda or Hilbert. Pretty much attractive guys paired with the female protagonist like Volo x Akari, Arven x Juliana, etc.
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>>313785red/blue and roark/volkner
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>>314059I'm looking forward to this, it doesn't have to be Animal Crossing levels of room customization but it sounds nice enough, and I'm really curious about the new character interactions.
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>>314128I've missed the silly feature of being able to decorate your own room with plushies and having a secret base that existed back in gen 3, so I'm super excited about getting to choose the look of the club room. I only expect it to be like "do you want green or pink" and that you'll maybe unlock a handful more, but I'll still take it lmao
Imo it's been such a missed opportunity to not have those decorating features because it gives us casual player something to do that's not just fucking battling for once. Even when you won points in the battle frontier to buy the plushies at least then you didn't ONLY get prizes that furthered battling like held items and so on. And the battles weren't just plain old boring battles, you had the weird frontier challenges that made it more fun. God, they've made casual player battling SO boring these days. We haven't even gotten double battles in the story since gen 6, you can pretty much only do double battles against other real people now. The only thing you get is VS other players, and I do NOT want to compete against real and competitive people, I only want to fuck around with my silly monsters for fun with no pressure of other people judging me.
I do expect the DLC (especially the second one) to have SOME more battle features but from what little they've shown it's "you get to rebattle gym leaders" which is neat I guess but… that's DLC you have to buy, a year after the base game and it's only a basic rebattle of a character you have battled before.
I think gamefreak doesn't get that 90% of their player base don't care about competitive battling, but that it doesn't mean "they fucking hate all things battling so we have to remove all battles instead of trying to make it fun for their casual solo play". (sorry I'm fucking sperging and don't know if my points came across lol)
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>>313803>>313929fellow palletfags… i went insane when we saw them in alola. like tears in my eyes it reignited this ship i've loved since i was a child. my first m/m ship that i couldn't really conceptualize as a "ship" even bc i was so young. i feel like i've grown up next to them. also, that little bit of muscle that red has even in the highly stylized chibi-ish official art??? deceased.
No. 314374
>>314059i lost interest in scarlet and violet, so i am not gonna buy or play the DLC. Might watch some streamers play it tho.
>>314142i miss secret bases so much. also, agree very much on the battling stuff, causal battles are so boring and i dont want to get into competitive since its pretty shit all full of cheaters. i wish gamefreak focused on making battles more fun or something.
No. 314454
>>314374>i wish gamefreak focused on making battles more fun or something.They used to have more options, like triple battles, rotation battles, sky battles, battle royal… then gen 8 which was heavily focused on battles being popular honed in ONLY on dynamax and removed everything else. Seemed very backwards to me. I also miss the pokeathlon, a useless pokemon (for battles) like hoppip could be great there so your favorites all got to shine. Same with contests. It gave us options to use weak pokemon we like and still win, and it still and an element of competing and winning. I wish they had developed it further instead of making it a one off neglected mini game (I will never forgive ILCA for what they did to BDSP contests, they fucking ruined it so bad).
I think the battle royal thing was a direct respons to the youtubers/pokemon "influencers" making free for all battles using double battles at the time, so I wish more people would try to make their own game versions and have game freak see there's a demand for it.
No. 314461
>>314446Alola in particular was SO bad with showing fucking everything beforehand. Out of 90 or so new pokemon, there were at most 10 I hadn't seen before the games came out. I only looked at official posts and no leaks. Made the games really boring as I like to discover things myself.
Funnily enough that was a direct reaction to people being severely underwhelmed with the reveal of the previous games, the gen 3 remakes. In the initial ORAS trailer they showed JUST primal groudon and kyogre and people were all saying "oh really you're saying groudon and kyogre will be in the games, fucking shocker, yawn" and they over-corrected for their next games, sun and moon.
I do think they finally learned to find a middle ground for reveals, both gen 8 and 9 have done that part better. I still think they could reveal a little bit less for each game as just 1 or 2 pokemon are enough for the internet to lose its mind and even if they give us 10 at a time most of them will be ignored in favor of the most meme-able one.
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>>313785N and the bad bitch he pulled by being autistic
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No. 314479
>>314477Who's the most autistic pokemon character?
I'll go first: Red because he's non-verbal even as an adult, he lacks social skills and he keeps to himself and his special interest (battling) in which he excels far beyond expectations.
Marnie too, she has to literally practice smiling because she doesn't know how to express emotions like a normal person.
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>>313929>Volo x AkariBased
No. 314481
>>314478I love these, almost all male choices are so
valid kek
I'd pick Blue over Lance and leave Johto blank. Sycamore is also kinda meh but can't think of a better male from Kalos so he'll do.
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>>314479>Who's the most autistic pokemon character?Not most autistic but Steven’s pretty autistic
And probably a pedophile
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>>314481>I'd pick Blue over Lance and leave Johto blank. Sycamore is also kinda meh but can't think of a better male from Kalos so he'll do.Agreed with Blue but you don’t like Morty? He’s so cute though!
I sometimes also see Serena with Lysandre so I guess he could also work (I don’t think he’s attractive personally though)
My main critique is they should have had Rosa with either Colress (if it’s only older guys) or the idol boy you can date
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>>314486>you don’t like Morty?His original design wasn't appealing to me at all. Ghost is my favorite type and he's just the worst at being a gym leader by only having the gastly line and not the single ghost type from his own region, misdreavous. That was his one job!!! It made me so mad as a kid that I haven't been able to let it go lmao
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>>314490>His original design wasn't appealing to me at all.That’s true for pretty much everyone, he didn’t become the most popular Johto NPC till HGSS
His team still isn’t great though, aside from rematches and such.
But most of his popularity just comes from him being a blonde goth boy with a nice design (in HGSS)
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>>314479>>314483good list. they're adorably autistic
>>314487god i love "chicken"
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>>314478Just trade Volkner for Riley and Piers for Raihan and we have my list of favorite husbando for each generation. Gen 9 would be Larry if I actually played the game.
I wish Lance were real… No. 314521
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I never fully got into pokemon as I didn't have consoles as a kid. Been thinking about playing Soul Silver and then Black.
Any other recommendations for mainline games?
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>>314490>>314514the glowup is insane
No. 314538
>>314534I've liked Morty since I played Crystal as a child, I'm not the same as
>>314490 at all. But yes his design in gen 4 is a huge upgrade.
No. 314591
Anons, what'd you think of the trailers they showed at the World Championships? It starts around 8:20:22, they revealed stuff for Unite, the TCG and SV.
>>314454>Same with contests. It gave us options to use weak pokemon we like and still win, and it still and an element of competing and winning. I wish they had developed it further instead of making it a one off neglected mini gameI miss contests so bad. Imagine if they had made contests more complex so there was a competitive community for it, kek. That would've been awesome. But I really really hate how they'll add some battle gimmick and gimmick minigame and then drop it entirely in the next generation. Megas and contests, especially.
>>314461>people were all saying "oh really you're saying groudon and kyogre will be in the games, fucking shocker, yawn"That's so stupid, it's a remake, were they expecting entirely new pokémon? Personally, I adored Primal Groudon and Kyogre and the new megas. ORAS was a bit underwhelming to me, and I expected more three-dimensional maps like in XY, but as a huge Hoennfag and Gen3fag I still loved it and the trailers were super hype. I'm glad they handled reveals like that for ORAS.
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>>314591they're adding mimikyu for unite? fuck yeah
i downloaded unite when it came out and i had low expectations but i love it so much. hugely entertaining. plus you can dress your pokes in silly little outfits
No. 314631
thinking on getting into full odds shiny hunting again. missing the autism.
>>314606tbh i would love online pokemon contests, like you play against other players.
No. 314676
>>314623Is that
terf azumarill I see? We love her
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>>314675so real nona. i loved the Pokémon contests episodes with dawn and may when i was a little girl. i wanted to be a coordinator so badly(still do) and gamefreak still hasn't made child me dreams come true, shame on them.
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Speaking of Pokémon husbando’s…
I really like silver fox Grimsley, handsome old man.
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>>314917pokemon human designs are generally shit these days but all their old men are reliably hot
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>>314676indeed it is our
terf icon. and you can even wear matching outfits with her
No. 315036
>>314931Is it specifically the Azumarill in the leather jacket who is a
terf? Or do we deem Azumarill a general
TERF icon?
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just downloaded Pokémon sleep, don’t know if you nonas play but I need some sleeper friends.
No. 315146
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>>315036azumarill's iconic punk outfit seems to have inspired the original post (not mine, picrel) but i think she should generally be considered a
terf icon
No. 315166
>>315146we won't stop until azumarill is the new
terf dog whistle that makes pokemon troons seethe
No. 316232
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The big detailed models in Pokemon XY/ORAS were peak. They're not chibi but still retain the pokemon style, like the old gamecube games
No. 316467
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nonas give me some anti-genwunner opinions, what's a Kanto pokemon you hate or think is overrated?
I'll go first: the whole geodude line is boring and ugly as fuck
No. 316507
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>>316467Charizard is just an orange dragon, I don't get the hype.
I also don't understand why Dragonair evolves into Dragonite, which looks almost identical to Charizard, if not uglier.
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I've always thought jolteon and flareon had the ugliest designs.
No. 316523
>>316507Gen 1 is full of "identical" pokemon that would make fans scream in rage over "lazy designs" if they were released today.
Dragonite and charizard looking the same is SO weird. At least change the colors! Jigglypuff, clefairy and chansey are all practically the same. Poliwhirl and poliwrath aren't much different. Krabby, kingler too. Rock/ground pokemon are literally just rocks, geodude, graveler, onix, rhyhorn.
If gen 1 had released today it would have flopped so bad.
No. 316557
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>>316467This ugly mf and I hate that coomers make it as some pedo rapist with hypnosis/mind control fetish
No. 316574
>>316573At least in gen 1 it was really obvious that Pokemon was a JRPG like any other. There are enemies that are slimes in Megaten, Final Fantasy and Dragon Quest yet they look different from each other. I see people sometimes saying that voltorb is a lazy design but it's meant to be the equivalent in other JRPGs of these treasure chests or items that attack you or
trigger a battle against random enemies or a boss. In that context it makes perfect sense.
No. 316647
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>>316532>Are you color blind? Genuine question.Back at you anon. What part of them both being orange with greenish/teal wings and a beige belly is that you disagree with? Is it that the shades are not exact matches?
No. 316649
>>316573>every gen has both ugly and lazy designs as well as peak ones.Exactly! I don't think it's fair of older fans to always complain about the newer gens without being able to look critically at the earlier ones too.
Although even I will admit I struggle to find "peak" designs in gen 9 specifically lmao
chien-pao was the only pokemon in the whole game that took my breath away, and I've seen multiple people who all usually have different tastes in pokemon say the exact same thing
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>>316687>Unironically yes.ntayrt but sorry about your autism, they both have the same colors. It's ok though, we're in the pokemon thread so we're all autists here kek
Genuine question though, does it bother you when their colors change from game to game, or in artworks (TCG for example)?
Another thing that just hit me about charizard and dragonite is that they kind of fit perfectly into those "memes" that are like "pokemon then VS now" where they make the newer ones rounder and cuter like picrel
>>316557>I hate that coomers make it as some pedo rapist with hypnosis/mind control fetishI hate this so much too. I actually think the creepy part of hypno is cool, I just hate the coomer/pedo parts of it. I haven't seen much of it lately though, those memes were more in the "pedo bear rawr xD" era of the internet.
No. 316847
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>>316467I think Machamp is pretty ugly and a downgrade from Machoke because of its mouth and conjoined toes.
No. 316863
>>316852This is so retarded because Masters doesn't confirm shit. There's different Pokemon media where different player characters are the protagonist, obviously there is no single canon protagonist (except maybe Red as opposed to Leaf/Green) because you're meant to imagine whoever you picked in the games is the main character. Official art often depicts both girl and boy in the same role, so it's left deliberately ambiguous. I thought this was common knowledge
>MayNo she's depicted as Birch's daughter in that game. I was so disappointed kek
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>>316507i truly dont mind the goofy look of dragonite. its cute and cool to me. i enjoy the japanese myth of "salamanders turning into dragons" that it's based on. however, i will forever wish that dragonite was blue and retained some of the "feathery wing" quality. it's such a beautiful nostalgic aesthetic.
No. 316873
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>>316467Generation 3 had the best character designs imo. I think the franchise peaked in the mid 2000s with generations 3, 4, and 5. HeartGold/SoulSilver are the best mainline Pokemon games, period.
No. 316910
>>316796It honestly bugs me to hear males talk about the game plots because they'll always list the (older) playable female characters as rivals only.
Ummm no May and Serena aren't the "rivals", they're the players. Brendan and Calem are just as much the rivals! Then on the other hand I have a strong aversion to males who choose to play as the female character…
No. 316913
>>316847>conjoined toes.I can never unsee it now, thanks I hate it
>>316852>And the anime helps because only the girls appeared with Ash.Most teens/adults don't watch the anime, unless they're pokemon "superfans". And people identify with Ash since he's the main character and see the girl as "the friend/rival on the side" while the male player still gets to be his own character. So they still end up thinking the male (them) is canon and the female character is just a side npc.
No. 317020
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I know I'm a baby who can't handle change but I hate that pokemon has started doing so many things with a more "western" cartoon style. I just hate how it looks. I'm fine watching it the same as I'm ok with watching any cartoon but I just don't find it visually appealing and would never buy any merch featuring this style (talking about the humans, not pokemon). I don't know why they suddenly hate the more classic "anime" look and go for blobbo instead… they already had great appeal to the whole world with their more anime stuff and it didn't feel dated
No. 317022
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>>317020This blondie is supposed to be the most super intimidating opponent, I'm just not feeling it
No. 317050
>>317024>I don't care about pokemonthe fuck are you doing bumping the pokemon thread then?
but no it's not a for toddlers, it's for kids/young teens to get them into the TCG
No. 317159
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>>308810I tried to pick different pokémon for each type, sometimes I can't just pick one.
I haven't played anything past Gen 6 but I've probably seen enough to have an opinion on newer pokémon.
>>316467I think Eevee is overrated like Pikachu. Gen 1 had a lot of bland, stupid or "just ok" designs, so the good ones are easily going to stand out. The original 151 are overrated in general and people forget how boring a lot of them were because they only remember the great ones or their favorites, instead of all the shit or so-so ones. And even the good ones aren't that much better than pokes from other generations, whoever says they are just has a heavy preference for the early designs. It's the same as any other gen, it's nothing special.
And obviously,
>>316834 Charizard is super overrated. Venusaur supremacy.
>>316873>I think the franchise peaked in the mid 2000s with generations 3, 4, and 5.Yeah, it's hard for me to choose favorites from Kanto, even though I generally like those pokes. I've liked the franchise since the original anime came out, but my faves are mostly from Gens 3, 5 and 6. 6 also had a pretty decent good vs. bad design ratio, but so far it's the generation to introduce the least new pokémon.
No. 317160
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>>316574>At least in gen 1 it was really obvious that Pokemon was a JRPG like any other.kek I was about to say the same thing. It's so obvious that a lot of the Gen 1 monster designs were just Game Freak's take on generic JRPG enemies. Tangela for example is just a thing with googly eyes, simple oval-shaped feet and covered in vines. Charizard is just a generic dragon, probably one of the first pokémon ever conceived. The very first one was Rhydon, a generic dino-like kaiju, as well as Nidoqueen and Nidoking… I'm sure there are people who like Hitmonlee but that's one of the creepiest pokémon ever made and you can't help but wonder what the hell it's supposed to be.
After Gen 1-2 you can tell that they started to really think of pokémon as analogous to animals in the real world. And I think that's part of why the most outrageous designs in newer generations don't work so well as before, because we're way past that 8-bit RPG monster era.
>>316507I think Dragonite is cute but it always pissed me off that the beautiful Dragonair evolved into something that doesn't resemble it at all except for the head shape kek.
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>>317095>No I doubt it or it would have been more obvious in previous gamesthey've been slowly getting cartoonier over the generations imo and the gen 9 designs are suspiciously woke and westernized, gendered clothes don't even exist anymore. Although they might just be really really shit at making appealing 3D models
>>317117>im sorry but that art style is just so fucking ugly. i refuse to watch it.It's fine enough when you watch it, but I still respect your choice because it is ugly.
No. 317759
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I WANT THIS EEVEE BAG AHHH
No. 317764
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>>316467well, i genuinely love all the gen 1 designs (except jynx and mr. mime because ew.) as
>>317160 said, many are tropey, but they are monsters.
pocket monsters. i genuinely am more interested in having a ball with angry eyes as a pet monster than a someone's peacock birdsona with a huge ass.
my complaints about gen 1 would stem from gameplay mechanics. like the fact that psychic basically had no weakness because it wasn't weak to ghost, only bug type– and there were like 2 damaging bug-type moves. leech life was incredibly weak, and twineedle was only learned by beedrill, so unless you were carting a beedrill around (which was also weak to psychic anyway) good luck. the fact that there were no real "dragon type" moves because there was only "dragon rage", which did a set 40 damage and could not be used to STAB attack other dragons. etc etc. if you want a big and funny list of a lot of mechanic issues then google "the problem with gen 1".
i forgive them though since they tried to cram as much as possible on that tiny cartridge. really impressive work considering they had no idea if the game would fail, and 10000% more effort and passion put into g/r/b than recent releases, which always feel like they're coasting. legends arceus was cool, though. felt like the soul returned.
No. 317773
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he is a little silly
No. 317855
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>>317572>I just see them as girls with pants tbh.Both sides are wearing pants so I'm not sure what you mean by that. Gendered clothes don't exist for the player is what I meant if that's what you're getting at. Or rather female clothes don't exist, they removed all female clothes so they can pretend it's gender neutral while still preventing boys from wearing girls clothes. It's not like Spain/Portugal doesn't have skirts for their school uniforms, they clearly just didn't want any feminine clothes in the game. Japan is still super gender segregated so this is definitely motivated by new woke american trends to make it gender neutral imo. Japan LOVES their kawaii girly stuff, to exclude it is a choice.
The faces of the new models all look deformed to me. The older ones didn't have potato blob noses or cross eyed fish faces. They now favor a fatter/"more realistic" body and cartoony faces with odd 2D features forced onto 3D models (in regions that aren't based on Japan/Asia anyway…) so rather than "pretty cute background npc" we get "
oof that's an unfortunate yet boring looking npc". Ironically they're making the clothes look more realistic (boring) and the faces more cartoony (ugly). It's an odd combo.
No. 318119
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What Pokémon design gets so much hate that you disagree with? picrel, I know it's mostly men that hate it, but still.
No. 318126
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>>318119Grimer and Muk? I'm not really aware of which Pokémon get a lot of hate, but I think Muk is very unpopular. I also like Garbodor and Trubbish!
I thought Primarina was popular though?
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>>318119>I know it's mostly men that hate it, but still.I'm female (obviously) and I still hate primarina (sorry). I hate gendered starter pokemon and the combo of primarina being "the girl one" while they're 87,5% male just reminds me of troons. I hate macho male incineroar even more though, maybe if they hadn't been in the same gen I wouldn't have hated them both as much. I wish starters in particular would go back to being more basic cool monsters/animals rather than "human furry cosplayer". I hate how
For my own choice, luvdisc. I think it fills the gimmick of being a cute little heart that represent love. I get why people don't like it though, it's very plain lol
No. 318186
>>318131>I think you're right that they want to attract and please the Western audienc but it's silly because the Western audience have loved the games and animeYeah "jelly filled donuts" is a meme because of how stupid people now find it to assume american/western kids don't know what a onigiri/riceball is. People love and know more about japanese culture and anime than ever, it's a huge mistake to throw it away for a western cartoon style instead.
I love the sperging nona kek keep it coming
>that weird shit they're doing of making the recent Pokemon media more Americanized (because let's be real it's America they're targeting) makes them feel inauthentic. Absolutely is, as a non-american I can only seethe and cope lmao but I don't think american fans like it either, if they did they'd be fans of american games/cartoons instead of pokemon
Weird thought I had… would they even be able to make a game set in a region based on for example South Korea? (A less diverse country). They hammered down on having a mix of skin and hair colors, and I'm sure there would be outrage (among Koreans especially) if half of the region had dark skin, were fat and had ugly big noses ("white people noses" as they would call it). And the opposite too, if they choose a place where dark skin is the norm and make half the characters white, would people be offended over the "white(/japanese)washing"?
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>>318187The koffing line is technically like air trash, and gloom is stinky.
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>>318182>I hate gendered starter pokemon and the combo of primarina being "the girl one"Nonny me too! That's definitely one of the reasons, but the other rather dumb reason I hated the Primarina reveal was that I had grown so attached to the fake leak evo, Ballio/Pinnister.
>I hate macho male incineroar even more thoughI also hate it, but mostly because its design is so dumb, it has comical proportions, and it suffers from the same thing the gen 8/9 starters do as
>>254625 and
>>254591 put it, of being more like furries with human personalities and jobs.
>>317855I hate the new art style so much, even SwSh looked more 'Pokemon' than this shit.
No. 318214
>>318209but nona that clown is terrifying lmao
Out of those the fake torracat is what I wish incineroar would have been, but the artist dropped the ball on the actual fake incineroar by making it too sleek and realistic, the progression just doesn't feel natural and it reminds me of Tarzan lol. Fake dartrix also looks better than real dartrix but I HATE how human fake decidueye looks. Starters looking human is the worst thing to ever happen.
I'm rambling like the sperg I am, but I think gen 1 had 2 evolution concepts:
>itself, but bigger and strongerLike the starters, poliwag, geodude, machop, oddish, seel, paras…
>"real" evolution of the concept/ideaExeggcute (seeds to tree), vulpix (6 tailed to 9 tailed fox legend), bug types (literally caterpillar to butterfly), magikarp (fish to dragon legend)
And I miss those simpler ones that were kind of just "what if this pokemon became stronger" rather than deep convoluted ideas about how it's personality changes from a crybaby lizard to an emo teen to a sneaky spy… all done with disjointed designs.
No. 318226
>>318186>Weird thought I had…That's a good question. They kind of already did that with Alola having tond of white characters despite taking place in not!Hawaii but then again I never went there or to the US so I can only assume that it has a decent number of white Americans going there as tourists or to live there. idk. As for Korea I know it has a complicated relationship with Japan and Game Freak will most likely try to avoid controversies as much as possible. I'm French and I can tell you that the human characters being diverse
POC or whatever was pretty accurate. I legit got more respectful ethnic representation in Pokemon XY than in anything that French pop culture always shits out. I'm not even joking kek. I honestly think the devs do their research to make it seem like each region outside of Japan (so since gen 5) feels like the real deal in some aspects aside frol the urban fantasy side of the game, and I wouldn't be surprised if they used that as a pretext to go ln holidays abroad as vacations with the company's money and used these researches as a pretext kek. This reminds me of the Sonic Adventure devs traveling to Mexico or to a South American country for research because they wanted to see the local culture and incorporate it in the game for some stages and characters' backstories.
No. 318268
>>318226Hawaii is part of the US and regarded as a super mixed place so I don't think it would have been an issue there. I know they have a few Korean employees at game freak so they might be put in charge of the Korean region game, much like the British James Turner was the art director for SWSH. As a side note I'm super upset James talked them out of basically making Galar medieval themed, he wanted it to be modern but I would have loved an old fairy tale vibes medieval region so much!
I expect a Korean version at some point because they seem to be making regions for all the official languages and Korean is one of them. So far they've never made a region that doesn't correspond to the official languages
No. 318270
>>318227Some SWSH npcs were ugly af, like the crazy murder-stare artist and the policeman. It's like they snuck some uglies in to see just how ugly they can make them, and in SV they pushed it even further.
>>318226>I honestly think the devs do their research to make it seem like each region outside of Japan (so since gen 5) feels like the real deal in some aspectsI think so too, and that's why it's even more offensive that they made half of Paldea obese ugly women with short hair, I feel like they actually see Spanish/Portuguese women as ugly, fat and kind of unfeminine (compared to Japan where the ideal is feminine, petite and "kawaii" culture is encouraged). They didn't see/know the ideal like for their own country so they see a bunch of average people and think that's "all they've got", if that makes sense.
No. 318271
>>318268>much like the British James Turner was the art director for SWSHWasn't he the one who pushed for all the football references and comparisons with pokemon gyms? Because I respect him for that kek they perfectly captured the obnoxiousness of British football fans.
>he wanted it to be modern but I would have loved an old fairy tale vibes medieval region so much!It would have worked pretty well, especially with all the mentions of knights protecting the region against the alien from outer space and its proximity with Kalos which has a big ancient war against another unnamed region and magical nuke as a backstory. You know what? We need an equivalent of Pokemon Legend Arceus but for these two regions at the same time. It would just work.
>>318270>I feel like they actually see Spanish/Portuguese women as ugly, fat and kind of unfeminine (compared to Japan where the ideal is feminine, petite and "kawaii" culture is encouraged)It's crazy because that's not the case for gen 5 to gen 8 so the character designs in gen 9 are even more noticeable for making them look like that.
>the policemanI forgot that guy, you're correct he's ugly af
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>>318119all the rage over this line is funny to me. they're so cute and silly-looking
No. 318380
>>318186Some NPCs from the Japanese regions had darker skin because not everyone always has the same skin tone even when they belong to the same ethnicity. Also in Japan there are places where people are just darker skinned, but you rarely see that being talked about, everybody thinks all Japanese people are super pale, with straight hair, and the same facial features, and are racially the same when that couldn't be further from the truth.
Well my point is that there can and has been some variety in skin tones and features in previous pokemon games. I mean just look at Brock in the anime.
>>318268>I'm super upset James talked them out of basically making Galar medieval themed, he wanted it to be modern but I would have loved an old fairy tale vibes medieval region so much!That would've been cool but all the main pokemon games have taken place in regions that are based on modern real life places. It wouldn't have made much sense to make an entire region medieval unless it took place in the past like in Legends Arceus. One city having that aesthetic would've been fine though, like Ecruteak in Johto.
>>318271>Wasn't he the one who pushed for all the football references and comparisons with pokemon gymsAs much as I hate gen 8 that's one thing I actually found charming kek
>>318343Me too, now it just feels like they're trying to make the characters as 'unique' and colorful as possible or follow current anime trends (those dreaded hairstyles and bicolored hair), and blatantly appeal to waifufags and horny people more and more
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>>318380>Some NPCs from the Japanese regions had darker skinUntil gen 5 I don't think that's true. I looked through all the sprites up until then and at best there are maybe 5 in total from all games you could justify as tan. Not until the ORAS remakes did they retcon a handful of characters into having darker skin
>are racially the same when that couldn't be further from the truth.Anon their monoethnicity is at 98,5%. They're not racially diverse, they just have more diverse features than people expect.
No. 319262
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I spent way too much time on this but feel free to rate and judge
No. 319268
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>>319267Volo is arguably the most attractive character in pokemon (also he's evil, which is a giant bonus)
Melli's kinda cute, but nothing is really attractive to me about him, he looks a lot better without the hat though.
No. 319273
>>319270I stand by my principals, and I don't like ugly stinky old music guys.
>>319271https://tiermaker.com/create/basic-template-693853Here you go!
No. 319290
>>319262>>319270I like both Guzma and Piers a lot, I'm more grossed out about the thought of the old professors like Elm and Oak having sugar babies and someone actively wanting that role lmao
That's also assuming the kid characters are inteded as aged up versions, if not then ew
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>>319273Thanks nona!!
I'm not super familiar with all the pokemon characters/trainers so I tried to weed out all the guys and kids from the tierlist.
A not insignificant number of these started on "swipe right just to see what her deal is" to "would fuck"…
No. 319428
>>319425NTA but just from the thumbnail I see B2W2 Cheren and Grusha from SV
I think you also missed a few female character kek
Sadly I think Skyla is supposed to be a teenager because Sugimori or whoever designed her wanted to make a "sexy bishoujo" or something like that
No. 319480
>>319351>Opal in worst tieroh go get spirited away loser
>>319425Grusha (SV), Atticus (SV), and Cheren (BW2).
Half of the internet thought Grusha was female at first, as dicussed in the thread they like gnc/woke designs in Paldea (that mostly fall flat but his is alright even though it doesn't match his personality at all). The gendies tried to claim him because to them "male looking feminine = can't be a real guy"
No. 319538
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Opinion on the official Hatusune Miku X pokemnon collab? This is the pshysic type version, they're doing all 18 types.
I think it's cute but a little bit too casual for my personal taste, I hope some of the others are a bit more… stylish I guess?
The artist is Take and he generally does designs I like includding the aether foundation members, gym leaders in Galar, Irida and Adaman from PLA.
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>>319538And the character sheet was posted too
No. 319547
>>319537It seems in the game that all the gym leaders sort of dislike Geeta, the league chairwoman, and hint at her overworking them. They all have jobs other than being a gym leader, which I heard someone speculate is because they aren't getting paid enough to just be gym leaders. Or that none of them whant to be gym leaders but are forced to do it on the side.
I'm not entierly sure that was the intended message but Larry in particular does seem to hate his job and he just does what he's told for the paycheck. I know his situation is "realistic" but it's so sad that in this magical fantasy world of pokemon you have a top trainer who just hates his job - it's kind of depressing, and like… just get a new job dude. What dirt does Geeta have on you for you to stay??? Oh dear lord arceus don't let it be related to the toddler- surely they're not THAT depraved, but then again why did they make a literal loli character ugh
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>>319628>hardware limitationsThat's only true for gen 1, maybe 2 at a stretch, and has very little to do with the actual designs. But yeah we seem to agree, he'd fit into the old gens when the designs were more boring/normal (although I think that's not really fair to say to the old gens lmao they had some fun designs too). I actually think he'd fit the best into gen 5 though, they had big cities with stressed businessmen running up and down the street where he'd fit in perfectly.
No. 319651
>>319642It's Take isn't it? He or she also did the designs that
>>319538 talked about.
>>319640>I actually think he'd fit the best into gen 5 though, they had big cities with stressed businessmen running up and down the street where he'd fit in perfectly.You're right, they're just regular trainers so I kind of forgot them. I'm not saying the first gens had boring designs, just that they were very simple and straight forward. Compare Erika's kimono to the fairy type gym leader's and the furisode girls in XY, you can see at some point that the character designers are getting more creative.
No. 319753
>>319651>It's Take isn't it?Could be, but I haven't seen any confirmation of it yet? Aren't you just conflating the conversations by assuming it's the same designer? There are like 15 people credited as character designers for SV (Take being one of them).
I know James Turner confirmed he designed the 2 professors but I'm not sure if any other character's designers have been revealed.
>>319717I love Valerie, her design is perfect for what she is - a Japanese (she's from Johto) inspired fashion designer. She fits in perfectly with Japan's contemporary street fashion that mix in traditional elements (in fact if you look at what real Japanese people are doing her outfit is really tame lmao)
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Second collab dropped, grass type. The artist of this one is Megumi Mizutani. Cool that they're making different artists do it, but this one doesn't look Miku enough to me. I'd assume it was just another pokemon trainer. Thoughts nonas?
No. 319793
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>>319792And the character sheet
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>>319792>Megumi MizutaniShe also designed Lisia in ORAS who ironically looks more like Miku to me!
No. 319814
>>319792it's the hair color. weird that the straps are her trademark teal but her trademark pigtails aren't
then again miku has so much art with varied hair colors and you can usually just kinda tell so maybe it's the bangs
No. 319847
>>319814It's everything at once. The style isn't the typical Miku style, the colors aren't the typical colors, the hairstyle, the clothes…
By all accounts it just looks like any other pokemon character. Which is fine, but as someone who used to enjoy vocaloid it's a bit disappointing to see them remove all the mikuness from Miku.
I know we've just seen 2/18 so far but I don't like the direction it seems to be going. It's far too casual amd juvenile for my taste. I don't hate it, but Miku has iconic outfits and these are a bit boring compared to that. Maybe it's from seeing Lisia here too but she's closer to what I expected to see. She's fun, cute and flashy and still a pokemon trainer. But maybe the rest are all good, can't be too judgey yet!
No. 319985
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Fire type Miku, Megumi Mizutani again. I'm assuming she's made the water one too, which is a shame because I prefer Take's style out of the two.
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>>319985Huh, didn't even realize she's got a cool jacket but then she's throwing it off in the official artwork so it looks like she's wearing a plain boring top. Odd choice.
No. 320013
>>319793>>319986honestly i think they would both look great as designs for gym leaders, especially the grass one. the vines as pigtails is clever and she matches well with rillaboom, plus they look recignisably like pokémon npc designs.
but they just don't look anything like miku. the only thing they have in common with her is the twintails
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>>320117Meant to post the latest Miku too since it hadn't been poster yet, but forgot to attach the image oops lol
No. 320175
>>320117I'm here, I just don't normally comment because the thread is so slow kek
Very much looking forward to the SV DLC coming out next week though! I just know I'm gonna get sucked back in for tens of hours on end again exploring and shiny hunting. Really want to see what the shiny for Poltchageist looks like, it's so cute.
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>>318119I don't know if it gets hate, but it seems like no one gives a shit about Eelectross. I like it a lot, though. It's a windsock eel with big paws. I love.
No. 320193
>>320186Primarina is my favorite starter kek I don't know why people hate it so much (outside of men who hate anything girly)
That gorilla is so ugly though
No. 320230
>>320163>I'm trying to collect a proper living dex, but with an autistic flair ofc: any signature moves, items or abilities I need on the relevant pokes, I want to code pokeballs to stagesI love that!
I had so much fun building my living dex (just a general one) but sadly I hate pokemon home with a passion, that app is so garbage that I don't even care to update it to the latest gen. Now I try to keep the living dex locally in my games to hopefully one day be able to move them all to the same place. Letting ILCA make anything pokemon related was a massive mistake, they can't make anything good. I hope they remake it one day using another company.
No. 320236
>>320186All the Miku pokemon are music themed. The choices so far has made me realize there aren't a lot of music-themed pokemon, and sadly some of the ones that are aren't that good (for a matchup with Miku). There's no other music fire type than skeledirge so it was their only choice. I hate the ugly balding clown head it's got and would rather have seen fire oricorio which is at least a dancer. I like that they're staying on theme though.
I really wonder what they're gonna pick for the types that don't have music pokemon in them, like rock and ground. I honestly don't want pikachu to be the electric type one but I suspect they'll use cosplay pikachu since it has a pop star and a rocker outfit.
>>320188>I don't know if it gets hate, but it seems like no one gives a shit about Eelectross.I love the whole line! I think they're so funny/cute.
>>320193>Primarina is my favorite starter kek I don't know why people hate it so much It being "womanly" makes it automatic coomer material which turns a lot of women off too. It's like being forced to wear a skimpy outfit in a game, you just roll your eyes over the sexism you know comes with it. And then on the other hand if you love girly things it's disappointing that it's male in like 90% of cases lol
No. 320247
>>320236I think Primarina is femenine in a respectful way, it's just a cute mermaid. I find Pokemon like Lopunny and Tsarenaa way worse when it comes to coom designs, maybe I just have been lucky since I barely have seen any sexual drawing of Primarina.
By that logic, every female character would turn women off since men always jack off to them regarless on how they look.
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I haven't bought any of the cards since I was a kid but lately I've been thinking about collecting again after pulling out my old binders. Some of these newer cards are so stunning! The full artwork ones look amazing, I'd be happy to pull any of them out of a pack.
Really love this Grusha in particular. It's so cozy and comfy looking. What are some of your favourite cards?
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>>320303samefag here, this Fletchinder is also so lovely! I think another nice thing about these full art cards is that not as popular Pokemon also get a good looking card. Growing up the fancy cards were usually reserved for legendaries, starters, or other popular Pokemon.
No. 320305
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>>320236Miku got Rotom rather than Pikachu, otherwise known as one of the most overused electric Pokemon alongside Pikachu.
Honestly not sure how I feel about it. It's definitely inspired more by designs like Clemont more than Elesa or Iono, but it feels too cowboy somehow. It's probably just the hat but a cowboy theme feels weird for an electric type trainer.
No. 320307
>>320305this one
really bears no resemblance to her, flop
No. 320309
>>320304Wow love that art, stunning
>>320305Half her hair is still teal but you can't really tell from this artwork. I don't hate it, but I don't love it either. Definitely not the worst of the bunch so far! I do agree that rotom is a slightly boring choice, on the other hand I think it's possibly supposed to be a ghost buster outfit? Which adds comedic value for me lol
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>>320303Man a lot of the full art cards are so gorgeous.
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>>320305I think she’s supposed to be some sort of performer?
No. 320536
>>320150I've been planning on making a trainersona, thought I'm still debating about the type of pokemon I want her theme to be.
>>320377I don't know, personally, even if some don't look like the classical Miku I'm glad there's variety. Not too fond of all of them but it's nice to see her being adapted to more styles.
>>320533A Pokemon Pink would be lovely indeed, makes me think on a european setting.
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>>320344tbh i like psychic and water miku, cute designs.
No. 320582
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Kinda obsessed with all the tier lists people have been making on /vp/ husbando threads lately.
No. 320594
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Some fan Miku designs have been poping up on my timeline, I actually prefer them to the official ones lmao
No. 320609
>>320594I've seen a few on my timeline as well and every single one has been leagues better than the official ones so far. I'm a huge pokemon shill and long time fan, but it's kind of embarrassing how bad designs are this generation. Even just the last gen was way better, what happened? Maybe the current art director/whoever is in charge atm just has bad taste?
But to be fair we still have a lot of Mikus left to see and they mix the artists up so there could be great ones left.
No. 320734
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More shitty Miku designs…
I'll give them this, the design actually does look like her
It's just not a good design.
No. 320762
>>320734Every Megumi Mizutani design of Miku has been hideous, I wish they'd let the other artists design the types she got too instead. I'll give the water one a pass but the other Mikus by her are so bad.
I mean I'm sorry but who the fuck is this meant to be appealing to? 5 year olds? It's just straight up ugly.
And it doesn't fit the normal type, are they doing primary types only? Because chatot should clearly have been the flying type choice. If so then they didn't do jigglypuff for normal type which is a huge shock and makes me mad. I assume noibat will be the flying type rather than dragon type then which will feel odd… unless the farfetch'd they showed off before is the flying type one.
She's wearing the alolan muk color combo, it looks like a rejected poison type design.
I can't believe I'm disappointed in a Miku x pokemon collab, it should be a dream come true for me instead they're just hideous and look nothing like Miku. I hope Japanese fans are as disappointed as the west and are letting them know how bad these are.
No. 320783
>>320778damn nona your taste is shit lmao ok sorry but it's so so ugly and mismatched
it looks like disney channel teens to me, not in a good way but in that "how do you do fellow kids" way
No. 320846
>>320735I'm surprised anons like this one. To me it's not even top 100 of pokemon trainer designs, nor is it in the top 100 of Miku designs I've seen. (Heck it's not the best "Miku" design I've seen by this artist as
>>319794 is way better imo). So far the whole collab is a massive flop to me.
But I reserve my right to change my mind when the music/videos come out. If anything I'm scared the designs are an indication of what the music will be, and normal type Miku looks like she'd do a terrible freestyle rap at a kids show, and if you've heard the japanese pokemon animes music you'll know that's right up their alley. Like actual "yo yo yo are you readyyy?!" level stuff.
To nonas who like it (or other Mikus posted) do you just "kinda like" it, or would you go out your way to pick these over other official Miku designs (if you're a fan of her) or pokemon trainers?
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feel free to disagree but I think what they did wrong is they let pokemon designers create Miku designs, they should have let Miku designers create pokemon designs
No. 320865
>>320861>Idk I think the designs properly represent the pokemon they paired her up with.I have to disagree there. For example meloetta is a fancy operetta singer and Miku has a casual school girl outfit. Rotom Miku is a… cowboy electrician? I think fanart like
>>320594 represents rotom a million times better.
>The issue is that the pokemon designs are not very good in the first place.Which of the pokemon don't you like? I personally don't like skeledirge at all, but meloetta is cute and chatot is a nice basic parrot.
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water and psychic miku looks good. you all are haters
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>>320846>To nonas who like it (or other Mikus posted) do you just "kinda like" it, or would you go out your way to pick these over other official Miku designs (if you're a fan of her) or pokemon trainers?I wouldn't pick any other Miku variation over the original one, but I still appreciate each one individually, that's still my take with a lot of Mikus, there are a few official Miku designs I dislike more, but for a Pokemon collab I think they are cute and unique on their own ways. I would had been more disappointed if they just made a regular Miku who just resembled Ash or Red.
I love Pikachu like any other person does but I'm glad they are giving spotlight to other monsNew thread before this one gets locked
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thanks i hate it