Let's Go to the Pokemon Thready Thread

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Ogmius815: Aug 25, 2005; centrism is a hell of a drug

Dienes posted:

I knew the move to the Switch was coming, but I'm so bummed about it. We own a Switch, but everyone in our house plays pokemon. Not looking forward to sharing a system for a game we all put hundreds of hours in apiece, with a shorter battery life as a portable system. No clue how we'd be able to trade pokemon, either.

I would prefer Pokemon to stay on a dedicated portable myself but it's just not a good idea business wise. The writing has been on the wall ever since the 3DS turned out to be such a bust.

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Red Metal: Oct 23, 2012; Let me tell you about Homestuck; Fun Shoe

Ogmius815 posted:

the 3DS turned out to be such a bust.

what

# ? Oct 20, 2017 19:58

Ogmius815: Aug 25, 2005; centrism is a hell of a drug

Red Metal posted:

what

In the sense that it wasn't as successful as its predecessor and mobile gaming is clearly moving toward cell phones generally.

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OgreNoah: Nov 18, 2003

Ogmius815 posted:

In the sense that it wasn't as successful as its predecessor and mobile gaming is clearly moving toward cell phones generally.

I feel that the 3DS was much more successful than the DS. I've certainly been using it longer. And it's more successful than any other non-cell phone mobile platform.

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hopeandjoy: Nov 28, 2014

OgreNoah posted:

I feel that the 3DS was much more successful than the DS. I've certainly been using it longer. And it's more successful than any other non-cell phone mobile platform.

The DS sold even better than the Game Boy if I remember correctly, or very nearly as well.

The 3DS wasn't a failure, but it didn't sell even close to that well.

# ? Oct 20, 2017 20:39

Oxyclean: Sep 23, 2007

Ogmius815 posted:

In the sense that it wasn't as successful as its predecessor and mobile gaming is clearly moving toward cell phones generally.

I mean, mobile gaming trended towards phones since everyone has one on them. I still love my 3DS for being something that actually plays games instead of glorified slot machines / money pits.

# ? Oct 20, 2017 21:00

Zore: Sep 21, 2010; willfully illiterate, aggressively miserable sourpuss whose sole raison d�etre is to put other people down for liking the wrong things

The DS is the second best selling console of all time, and about a million units apart from the PS2 at 154 million sold. Original flavor GB sold about 118 million.

The 3DS has sold about 68 million, which puts it at the 10th best selling console of all time just behind the GBA and PSP.

Like 3DS wasn't a failure by any metric, but it wasn't the insane success the DS was either.

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iospace: Jan 19, 2038

Star Man posted:

You ever wonder what kind of trip you would get if you ate Paras's mushrooms?

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Manatee Cannon: Aug 26, 2010

Zore posted:

The DS is the second best selling console of all time, and about a million units apart from the PS2 at 154 million sold. Original flavor GB sold about 118 million.

The 3DS has sold about 68 million, which puts it at the 10th best selling console of all time just behind the GBA and PSP.

Like 3DS wasn't a failure by any metric, but it wasn't the insane success the DS was either.

wait, the psp sold more units than the 3ds?

even with how old the psp is, I can't wrap my head around this

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EthanSteele: Nov 18, 2007; I can hear you

Left spore hospital, right spore cemetery. The Paras' left and right, or yours? Time to gamble, make your choice.

# ? Oct 21, 2017 01:28

Dehry: Aug 21, 2009; Grimey Drawer

Manatee Cannon posted:

wait, the psp sold more units than the 3ds?

even with how old the psp is, I can't wrap my head around this

PSP was sold until 2014 in Japan, at which point the anime boob games on it migrated to PS Vita. It was so popular even after 3DS and Vita launched that Sony was hiding Vita sales by combining PSP and Vita numbers.

Dehry fucked around with this message at 01:57 on Oct 21, 2017

# ? Oct 21, 2017 01:49

Kurieg: Jul 19, 2012; RIP Lutri: 5/19/20-4/2/20

I'm about, oh, a year or so behind on the thread, but I managed to get my hands on two extra Marshadow codes if people need them, just send me a PM or reply in the thread if you do.

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Alxprit: Feb 7, 2015; <click> <click> What is it with this dancing?! Bouncing around like fools... I would have thought my own kind at least would understand the seriousness of our Adventurer's Guild!

Kurieg posted:

I'm about, oh, a year or so behind on the thread, but I managed to get my hands on two extra Marshadow codes if people need them, just send me a PM or reply in the thread if you do.

Please and thank you. I don't have PMs but email me at something not needed because you sent it, thank you.

Alxprit fucked around with this message at 05:31 on Oct 21, 2017

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CuddlyZombie: Nov 6, 2005; I wuv your brains.

Kurieg posted:

I'm about, oh, a year or so behind on the thread, but I managed to get my hands on two extra Marshadow codes if people need them, just send me a PM or reply in the thread if you do.

Could I get one, please?

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I am Reverend: Sep 21, 2008; Pheromosa's Special Attack rose!

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-648223129

Shedinja is the yata garasu of pokemon.

e: this one is less than 130 turns

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Bongo Bill: Jan 17, 2012

Thank you for posting fun battle videos all the time.

# ? Oct 21, 2017 05:31

Kurieg: Jul 19, 2012; RIP Lutri: 5/19/20-4/2/20

Alxprit posted:

Email

Sent

CuddlyZombie posted:

Could I get one, please?

Sent

# ? Oct 21, 2017 05:31

Willsun: Dec 9, 2006; I willed too hard again...

TheKingofSprings posted:

Pokemon Go is a cool idea that was executed so horribly

Basing Pokemon catching on population density misses like the whole point of the games

I'm lucky to be in California where I imagine being sort of close to Niantic headquarters made it so my area wasn't lovely. But yeah, they really stiffed people with their original trailer of random model actors chasing Pokemon in the wilds by climbing rocks and hiking to unpopulated vistas to catch a Charizard.

It would have been really neat to say go camping/visit Yosemite National Park and find really cool, rare Pokemon to catch but the reality is that you'll have lovely service and the game won't load and even if you had military-grade private satellite connection, you'll find next to poo poo out there. You have to walk around congested traffic downtown San Francisco in the stench of piss and crammed in touristy piers to find the best swath of useful things to catch. Enjoy your bumper-to-bumper commute and overpriced parking to get there.

e: Kinda funny to think the only thing that came true from the original trailer so far was just the catching and the boss battle at the end, and that I just got my first Mewtwo today with a small group of 10 people because Mewtwo's a pushover.

Willsun fucked around with this message at 05:37 on Oct 21, 2017

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Zore: Sep 21, 2010; willfully illiterate, aggressively miserable sourpuss whose sole raison d�etre is to put other people down for liking the wrong things

Manatee Cannon posted:

wait, the psp sold more units than the 3ds?

even with how old the psp is, I can't wrap my head around this

The PSP sold more than the GBA. 106 million units.

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Star Man: Jun 1, 2008; There's a star maaaaaan
Over the rainbow

Willsun posted:

I'm lucky to be in California where I imagine being sort of close to Niantic headquarters made it so my area wasn't lovely. But yeah, they really stiffed people with their original trailer of random model actors chasing Pokemon in the wilds by climbing rocks and hiking to unpopulated vistas to catch a Charizard.

It would have been really neat to say go camping/visit Yosemite National Park and find really cool, rare Pokemon to catch but the reality is that you'll have lovely service and the game won't load and even if you had military-grade private satellite connection, you'll find next to poo poo out there. You have to walk around congested traffic downtown San Francisco in the stench of piss and crammed in touristy piers to find the best swath of useful things to catch. Enjoy your bumper-to-bumper commute and overpriced parking to get there.

e: Kinda funny to think the only thing that came true from the original trailer so far was just the catching and the boss battle at the end, and that I just got my first Mewtwo today with a small group of 10 people because Mewtwo's a pushover.

I am from and currently live in the same town as that girl that found a dead body while looking for a water Pok�mon on her phone. That's my Pok�mon GO story.

# ? Oct 21, 2017 07:17

Open Marriage Night: Sep 18, 2009; "Do you want to talk to a spider, Peter?"

Manatee Cannon posted:

wait, the psp sold more units than the 3ds?

even with how old the psp is, I can't wrap my head around this

PSP was a pretty hot MP3/Media player.

# ? Oct 21, 2017 07:35

Countblanc: Apr 20, 2005; _{Help a hero out!}

I am Reverend posted:

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-648223129

Shedinja is the yata garasu of pokemon.

e: this one is less than 130 turns

i wonder if he had literally nothing to hit shedinja at that point or if he was just mad. surely lando at least had rocks

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Tarquinn: Jul 3, 2007; I know I’ve made some very poor decisions recently, but I can give you
my complete assurance that my work will be back to normal.; Hell Gem

So, in Pok�mon Sun/Moon is there anything worthwhile to do after the credits?

# ? Oct 21, 2017 09:16

SyntheticPolygon: Dec 20, 2013

Tarquinn posted:

So, in Pok�mon Sun/Moon is there anything worthwhile to do after the credits?

You get to hang out with the greatest pokemon character of all time and also catch a bunch of extremely cool interdimensional mons.

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mandatory lesbian: Dec 18, 2012

I am Reverend posted:

http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7ou-648223129

Shedinja is the yata garasu of pokemon.

e: this one is less than 130 turns

quoting so i can watch it when im off my phone

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Ruggington: Apr 21, 2012

Tarquinn posted:

So, in Pok�mon Sun/Moon is there anything worthwhile to do after the credits?

spend time within the company of your loved ones

# ? Oct 21, 2017 10:22

Geostomp: Oct 22, 2008; Unite: MASH!!
~They've got the bad guys on the run!~

Tarquinn posted:

So, in Pok�mon Sun/Moon is there anything worthwhile to do after the credits?

The Battle Tree and Ultra Beast catching or Looker and Anabel for a given definition of "worthwhile."

# ? Oct 21, 2017 13:01

Nth Doctor: Sep 7, 2010; Darkrai used Dream Eater!
It's super effective!

Tarquinn posted:

So, in Pokémon Sun/Moon is there anything worthwhile to do after the credits?

Catch Necrozma and keep it from stealing Alola's light.

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Tardigrade: Jul 13, 2012; Half arthropod, half marshmallow, all cute.

Nth Doctor posted:

Catch Necrozma and keep it from stealing Alola's light.

Or leave off catching it until US/UM comes out and you know what nature you should be getting on it.

# ? Oct 21, 2017 15:47

Blaze Dragon: Aug 28, 2013; LOWTAX'S SPINE FUND

Tarquinn posted:

So, in Pokémon Sun/Moon is there anything worthwhile to do after the credits?

The Looker plot is, as per usual, very good and absolutely worth doing.

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McDragon: Sep 11, 2007

did you do the Sad Eevee quest?

# ? Oct 21, 2017 15:48

Nth Doctor: Sep 7, 2010; Darkrai used Dream Eater!
It's super effective!

McDragon posted:

did you do the Sad Eevee quest?

Is that to get the Eeveeium Z?

# ? Oct 21, 2017 15:56

Hammerite: Mar 9, 2007; And you don't remember what I said here, either, but it was pompous and stupid.; Jade Ear Joe

In English, the plural of a pokemon's name is the same name. As in, you can't have multiple Oddishes, you have multiple Oddish.

Does anyone know if this is the same in French, German, etc. e.g. is the plural of "Mystherbe" "Mystherbes" or "Mystherbe"

# ? Oct 21, 2017 16:17

AlternateNu: May 5, 2005; ドーナツダメ！

I guess US/UM are the last mainline Pokemon games I'm getting, then.

There is no way I'm buying a Switch just for pokemon, and even if I did, I play the game because its easy and a fun way to pass the time on travel or like reading a book before going to sleep. gently caress if I would travel with a Switch or keep one next to my bed..

# ? Oct 21, 2017 17:07

less laughter: May 7, 2012; Accelerock & Roll

AlternateNu posted:

I guess US/UM are the last mainline Pokemon games I'm getting, then.

There is no way I'm buying a Switch just for pokemon, and even if I did, I play the game because its easy and a fun way to pass the time on travel or like reading a book before going to sleep. gently caress if I would travel with a Switch or keep one next to my bed..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qy9_lfjQopU

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Super No Vacancy: Jul 26, 2012

lol

# ? Oct 21, 2017 17:14

oddium: Feb 21, 2006; end of the 4.5 tatami age

Hammerite posted:

In English, the plural of a pokemon's name is the same name. As in, you can't have multiple Oddishes, you have multiple Oddish.

Does anyone know if this is the same in French, German, etc. e.g. is the plural of "Mystherbe" "Mystherbes" or "Mystherbe"

pokepedia.fr posted:

Deux Zarbi sont venus se rajouter lors de la troisi�me g�n�ration

zarbi is unown

# ? Oct 21, 2017 17:15

Ruggington: Apr 21, 2012

AlternateNu posted:

I guess US/UM are the last mainline Pokemon games I'm getting, then.

There is no way I'm buying a Switch just for pokemon, and even if I did, I play the game because its easy and a fun way to pass the time on travel or like reading a book before going to sleep. gently caress if I would travel with a Switch or keep one next to my bed..

condolences on not playing the new mario

my heart will go on

# ? Oct 21, 2017 17:19

Improbable Lobster: Jan 6, 2012; What is the Matrix 🌐? We just don't know 😎.; Buglord

AlternateNu posted:

I guess US/UM are the last mainline Pokemon games I'm getting, then.

There is no way I'm buying a Switch just for pokemon, and even if I did, I play the game because its easy and a fun way to pass the time on travel or like reading a book before going to sleep. gently caress if I would travel with a Switch or keep one next to my bed..

The Switch is an excellent portable console

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DACK FAYDEN: Feb 25, 2013; Bear Witness

I use my Switch 100% portable (besides docking it once to play Mario Kart just to see what it was like) and have no regrets, you might come around on that.

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