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Alder.  Yeah, the handholding at the beginning of the game is kind of unbearable! I guess I forgot about that part. EDIT: There's a new update on the previous page, if you see this post first.
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Fun fact: The recently released Pokemon XY added a new type to the roster, the Fairy Type! As part of that a bunch of old monsters got retconned into being Fairy and Mawile is one of them. While Mawile is a pure Steel type in this game, in XY and all future games it's typing is now Steel/Fairy. 
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Captain Fargle posted:Fun fact: The recently released Pokemon XY added a new type to the roster, the Fairy Type! As part of that a bunch of old monsters got retconned into being Fairy and Mawile is one of them. While Mawile is a pure Steel type in this game, in XY and all future games it's typing is now Steel/Fairy. Which is, by the numbers, the best defensive typing in the game, so Mawile is a total boss.
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Nov 13, 2013 01:35
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Always loved Mawlie. I used him in Emerald for a long while, mainly by hacking an egg in. I just really wish that it had a better movepool, but it's a great staller. Can never go wrong with it, especially since it's fricking adorable.
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alcharagia posted:Which is, by the numbers, the best defensive typing in the game, so Mawile is a total boss. I went into X and Y blind and didn't realize the typing had changed, and was very mad upon finding out that it didn't have a weakness to Fighting anymore in the middle of a battle.  But Mawile has always been one of those pokemon that I think has a cool design, but just never actually used one in my party. I'm looking forward to seeing how it works out here. SWMadness fucked around with this message at 02:21 on Nov 13, 2013 |
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Nov 13, 2013 02:16
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Aww, too bad to see Curly go.
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Nov 13, 2013 02:18
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...I'm so confused now.
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Nov 13, 2013 02:22
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Wounded Land posted:...I'm so confused now. Vinny's Snivy got switched by problematic hardware with a Mawile from some family in Pennsylvania.
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Nov 13, 2013 02:25
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Wounded Land posted:...I'm so confused now. Choco traded his starting Snivy for a Mawile (presumably after getting a second Pokemon so that he could make a trade.) That or switched the codes around to change Snivy into a Mawile so he wouldn't be constantly running with a Pokemon that gets bonus experience from trading. I hadn't seen the N scene before though, I presume that only shows up with data things from the X/Y game?
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Nov 13, 2013 02:26
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ApplesandOranges posted:Choco traded his starting Snivy for a Mawile (presumably after getting a second Pokemon so that he could make a trade.) If you do a game link with a prior B/W game that beat the main story, a few things unlock in your run of B2/W2, such as flashback scenes.
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Nov 13, 2013 02:32
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I was ready to be disappointed that you decided to use a normal starter this time around. Then this update happened Let's hope Mawile doesn't end up like that Totodile...
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Nov 13, 2013 03:01
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Super Jay Mann posted:Let's hope Mawile doesn't end up like that Totodile... I hope he does, only here, Vinny isn't scared off by it...
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Nov 13, 2013 03:05
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I love seeing which Pokemon you randomly replace your starter with.
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Nov 13, 2013 03:20
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Ummmm What. How did a Mawile just poof out of existence. What the hell did I miss? Or am I juts dense?
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Nov 13, 2013 03:26
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Rigged Death Trap posted:Ummmm Yes.
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Nov 13, 2013 03:28
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Does Alder jump at everyone that walks down the road or just people with hair as crazy as his? Although people only ever seem to move in reaction to whatever the player does so he might have been waiting there for a while either way.
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Nov 13, 2013 03:48
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Chorocojo posted:
This is just adorable.  And hey a Mawile! Haven't actually used one before so it'll be neat seeing it be a main 'mon for once.
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Nov 13, 2013 03:55
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Blue Ghost posted:Does Alder jump at everyone that walks down the road or just people with hair as crazy as his? Although people only ever seem to move in reaction to whatever the player does so he might have been waiting there for a while either way. Protagonist and orphan sense.
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Nov 13, 2013 04:37
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Mawile, nice. Not used one properly before, should be interesting. And American Purrloins are just too lazy to stand on their hind legs like the other ones I see. 
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Nov 13, 2013 04:53
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Chorocojo posted:The visual style of these is fantastic, Red.
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Nov 13, 2013 05:32
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Freaking Mawile, yes. Dunno why, but I just love the little thing with a mouth bigger than it is growing out the back of its head.
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Nov 13, 2013 05:51
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This is another thing. Alder just shows up to talk to you for no reason. It's like Vinny is being watched. Very. Closely. On a (slightly) less creepy note...Mawile? Hm. This'll be interesting, though I'd have saved Mawile for X/Y, where it has a new type. Anything to make BW2 crazier, though.
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Nov 13, 2013 08:22
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This is the perfect way to get an interesting pokemon Mawile's one of those pokemon that gets better every game its in, after a bit of a lackluster start in R/S/E it keeps picking up this and that to become stronger. Next game it gets a massive buff, but they're perfectly serviceable now Also, they're awesome
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Nov 13, 2013 08:45
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This is some frankly ridiculous hand-holding. How much have we actually moved around under our own power?
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Nov 13, 2013 09:40
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Glazius posted:This is some frankly ridiculous hand-holding. How much have we actually moved around under our own power? It's been a while since I played the opening here so I could be misremembering, but it's no worse than any other opening in a Pokemon game. They've just condensed a lot of the stuff to the first town so you don't have to wait till the second town for your running shoes or to learn that Pokecenters are a thing, and that they now contain the Poke Mart if you skipped B/W. There's been a decent amount of walking that's been cut out so far, most of which is under your own power, I'm guessing due to Choro wanting to speed things up a bit.
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Nov 13, 2013 09:50
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Glazius posted:This is some frankly ridiculous hand-holding. How much have we actually moved around under our own power? Oh, you can move around all you want in town! You're just not allowed to leave until you listen to all the tutorials that you obviously know about since why would you buy Black 2 without playing Black first I mean it's common sense. Likewise you get trapped in the pokecenter until you're done being condescended to. So it's less "we will drag you around" and more "run around until you stumble upon the next tutorial". Still stupid, but with the illusion that you're not wasting your life.
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Nov 13, 2013 09:51
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There's a few NPCs you can talk to but they're the same ones that are in every game: "you can jump down ledges." "trainers can carry six pokemon" "isn't technology amazing?!" etc. I actually cut out a fair bit of tutorial dialogue, which is the sad thing. Really that's about it for the hand-holding, to be honest. It mostly gets it out of the way all at once. The only walking that has been cut out is the walk east along the very short route. I haven't shown off Aspertia because we have to go back later. The first gym is in Aspertia.
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Nov 13, 2013 10:03
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KataraniSword posted:Oh, you can move around all you want in town! You're just not allowed to leave until you listen to all the tutorials that you obviously know about since why would you buy Black 2 without playing Black first I mean it's common sense. Except there's already been multiple people commenting on how they skipped B/W to wait for the third game, only to be surprised by getting sequels instead of Grey. There's also a need for considering that, even being titled Black 2, this will be some kid's first game, bought by a parent paying next to no attention aside from how Pokemon is popular with kids. Really, I can see some complaints in other Nintendo series, like Mario & Luigi Dream Team, but Nintendo has said that the most common complaint they get on their post-gameplay surveys on Club Nintendo were people mentioning how little their games walked people through basic game mechanics. What have we seen so far? We've had our opening introduction to Pokemon right at the beginning, what a Pokedex is and then getting one, our first battle, what Pokecenters are and what they contain, our running shoes and Town Map and how to use them, how to catch a pokemon and then finally a direction for us to go. The worst parts were Hugh leading you to Bianca and then Bianca using a fade-to-black teleport to get you to the Pokecenter. Edit: Beat by a better post from Choro. Chorocojo posted:The only walking that has been cut out is the walk east along the very short route. I haven't shown off Aspertia because we have to go back later. The first gym is in Aspertia. I thought there was more walking to do before that, but I must have smashed sequences together somewhere. Onean fucked around with this message at 10:10 on Nov 13, 2013 |
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I'm sorry I was just glad that Black 2 has the decency to go "Here's everything, gently caress off" my only question is if they're gonna give the running shoes this early why not... I dunno. Just have the trainer always have them?
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Nov 13, 2013 11:27
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Does anyone else only use bog standard pokeballs to capture things they plan on using in their lineup? God drat it, there's only one pokeball as far as I'm concerned and it's red and loving white.
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Nov 13, 2013 12:11
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Chorocojo posted:There's a few NPCs you can talk to but they're the same ones that are in every game: "you can jump down ledges." "trainers can carry six pokemon" "isn't technology amazing?!" etc. I actually cut out a fair bit of tutorial dialogue, which is the sad thing. The tutorials are the worst thing in Pokemon. The absolute worst is unskippable minigame tutorials, that aren't even realted to the main game.
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Nov 13, 2013 12:13
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Eifert Posting posted:Does anyone else only use bog standard pokeballs to capture things they plan on using in their lineup? God drat it, there's only one pokeball as far as I'm concerned and it's red and loving white.
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Nov 13, 2013 12:14
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They really should let you use some sort of pokeball customization. Even if it was just a little box/npc that let's you say "I want my egg-hatched Snorlax to come out of a Heavy Ball. For he is large, you see."
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Eifert Posting posted:Does anyone else only use bog standard pokeballs to capture things they plan on using in their lineup? God drat it, there's only one pokeball as far as I'm concerned and it's red and loving white. I capture everything in plain old Pokéballs for three reasons: The challenge of using one of the weaker balls, having all my balls match, and because it saves money. The money became pretty important in X/Y because I blew all money on clothes but that's a whole other story.
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Chorocojo posted:There's a few NPCs you can talk to but they're the same ones that are in every game: "you can jump down ledges." "trainers can carry six pokemon" "isn't technology amazing?!" etc. I actually cut out a fair bit of tutorial dialogue, which is the sad thing. I've actually quite liked the "isn't technology amazing" person through the generations. Just how it went from technology in the game with the PC Storage, and then as the Online features really took off it ends up talking about real world things like that. Tech obsessive is just as much a vital character in these games as Six Magikarp Guy to me. Always nice to see them. And on the subject of balls: Quick Balls, Dusk Balls. Those are the main ones. Work the best, and look pretty great too. Pokeballs are for boring losers, so there. See every other trainer in the game. Luxury Balls are probably my favourite for looks though. Well, that was a load of balls about balls. Balls.
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There's really no reason why you shouldn't be able to transfer your Pokémon into a new ball after capture other than Game Freak being slow on the uptake. You should be allowed to move your Pikachu from a Pokéball to a Dusk Ball, but at the consequence of losing the original ball and using the ball you select. They might get that in there in a generation or 5 from now.
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Nov 13, 2013 13:23
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Aurain posted:They might get that in there in a generation or 5 from now. Because that is what GameFreak does.
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McDragon posted:And on the subject of balls: Quick Balls, Dusk Balls. Those are the main ones. Work the best, and look pretty great too. Pokeballs are for boring losers, so there. See every other trainer in the game. Luxury Balls are probably my favourite for looks though. Well, that was a load of balls about balls. Balls. Timer Balls can be useful as well for when you get that one goddamn rear end in a top hat who won't get in the ball, stop making me burn through Ultra Balls you little poo poo! I'd hit you again, but that'd kill you outright and you KNOW I know that don't you?  Onmi posted:I'm sorry I was just glad that Black 2 has the decency to go "Here's everything, gently caress off" my only question is if they're gonna give the running shoes this early why not... I dunno. Just have the trainer always have them? Probably so the player knows they actually have them and can stick a tutorial in.
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Neddy Seagoon posted:Timer Balls can be useful as well for when you get that one goddamn rear end in a top hat who won't get in the ball, stop making me burn through Ultra Balls you little poo poo! I'd hit you again, but that'd kill you outright and you KNOW I know that don't you? It hardly requires telling the player that they have running shoes. Just tell them to press B to run and that's it. No need to faff around with giving them special shoes for it.
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