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Mr Newsman posted:So I just maxed out my boxes in Pokemon Sword. You maxed out all 32 boxes!? If you don't do competitive battling I would just throw out the lowest level of any duplicates, and make sure to keep anything rare (like authentic Sinisteas, even though it's much easier to name the Impotsters)
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I just catch everything and haven't cleaned out my boxes. Figured I'd be able to just overwrite my old Pokemon with new ones if I wanted but it just doesn't let you catch anymore once they're full. Urgh definitely don't want to go through all of them since at least 80% is garbage guaranteed. Ah well
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Dec 28, 2021 14:13
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Stash them in Pokemon home. You can put thousands of Pokemon there
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Dec 28, 2021 14:40
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Mr Newsman posted:Figured I'd be able to just overwrite my old Pokemon with new ones if I wanted but it just doesn't let you catch anymore once they're full. You're a bad Pokemon trainer and Karen will want to beat the living crap out of you if she finds out.
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Dec 28, 2021 14:50
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I just wanted to catch them all!
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Dec 28, 2021 17:09
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In other news, a new Pokétoon episode is out: https://youtube.com/watch?v=Bp3adZrf8DI
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Dec 28, 2021 17:50
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So you see, Mr Newsman, even bad singing Jigglypuffs can end up joining a punk band and finding success in life. We all should aspire to be like this humble Jigglypuff.
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Dec 28, 2021 18:40
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Mr Newsman posted:So I just maxed out my boxes in Pokemon Sword. You hold each pokemon in your hand. If it sparks joy, keep it. If it does not spark joy, discard it.
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Dec 28, 2021 19:09
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Saoshyant posted:So you see, Mr Newsman, even bad singing Jigglypuffs can end up joining a punk band and finding success in life. We all should aspire to be like this humble Jigglypuff. Now I want to see that Jigglypuff join a band with a chain smoker Meloetta, midlife crisis Toxtricity, and angsty Rillaboom for the ultimate band movie
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Dec 28, 2021 19:35
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Vinylshadow posted:Now I want to see that Jigglypuff join a band with a chain smoker Meloetta, midlife crisis Toxtricity, and angsty Rillaboom for the ultimate band movie Loudred is heartily offended
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Dec 28, 2021 21:39
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Larryb posted:Loudred is heartily offended That's the whismur that's the heart and soul of the band who joins in season 6, obviously
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Dec 28, 2021 21:45
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Are there any plans for more distributions in Diamond/Pearl or is it just Mew/Jirachi/Manaphy and a costume? I don't remember them supporting the remakes a whole lot after release so I'm expecting a no and there's going to be nothing between now and Legends Is Legends going to be treated like a main-line entry or more like Gale of Darkness or Ranger as one-and-done spinoffs basically what I'm asking are we waiting for the new nintendo console for the next mainline Pokemon game because Nintendo doesn't have more than one new entry per console cycle that often
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Dec 28, 2021 21:59
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DS and 3DS both had two new generations.
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Tampa Bae posted:Are there any plans for more distributions in Diamond/Pearl or is it just Mew/Jirachi/Manaphy and a costume? I don't remember them supporting the remakes a whole lot after release so I'm expecting a no and there's going to be nothing between now and Legends We know that Pokemon Home support is coming some time next year, and I wouldn't be surprised if we get some kind of distribution when that happens. Other than that there has been no official word on any other distributions for BDSP. Legends is ABSOLUTELY a mainline entry. I don't think they would be promoting it as hard as they have if it wasn't meant to be something major. I'm unsure how long Nintendo plans to support the Switch but I could absolutely see another series of main titles being made using lessons learned from SwSh and Legends.
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Dec 28, 2021 22:43
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Balache404 posted:We know that Pokemon Home support is coming some time next year, and I wouldn't be surprised if we get some kind of distribution when that happens. Other than that there has been no official word on any other distributions for BDSP. Legends is a spinoff. Just because it has a big ad campaign doesn't make it a mainline game. Mainline games have a certain style of gameplay that it doesn't have.
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Balache404 posted:We know that Pokemon Home support is coming some time next year, and I wouldn't be surprised if we get some kind of distribution when that happens. Other than that there has been no official word on any other distributions for BDSP. Hell, Legends even features (sort of) a new region and even some brand new Pokémon. Not entirely sure if there’s going to be any trainer battles and/or an evil team or if it’s primarily just going to be Pokémon: Monster Hunter though. It’s not Gen 9 of course but it’s close enough to a new game to count in my opinion
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Spacebump posted:Legends is a spinoff. Just because it has a big ad campaign doesn't make it a mainline game. Mainline games have a certain style of gameplay that it doesn't have. Also. I'm not entirely sure pokemon is ever actually going back to the standard generational cycle after legends. They could be totally done with it for all i know! Or not, but legends is so unprecedented that i really couldn't begin to guess what the next step is
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Dec 28, 2021 22:49
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did the pokemon dlc fix the issue where you wasted a shitload of time trying to get people for a max raid battle due to the awful UI and constant connection issues? i really liked teaming up to take down a big pokemon for big rewards in theory but there was so much friction in that system
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Tampa Bae posted:Are there any plans for more distributions in Diamond/Pearl or is it just Mew/Jirachi/Manaphy and a costume? I don't remember them supporting the remakes a whole lot after release so I'm expecting a no and there's going to be nothing between now and Legends Pokemon has multiple entries per console gen extremely often. They basically release a game a year, they're not gonna wait for Switch 2 or whatever to make some more Pokemon.
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Amppelix posted:Why do you get to determine what's a main series pokemon game and not the people who make the games A game isn't lesser because it is a spinoff. Legends is an action RPG spinoff, this shouldn't be controversial.
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Dec 28, 2021 23:01
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New pokemon says gen 9 to me.
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Legends is a single entry and since this is the first time that the handheld and the home console are the exact same platform it could go either way. I don't think they'll just decide to drop the classic format because Pokemon is a license to print money and people will buy two versions of the game as long as they keep doing it. This might look mainline just because this is the first time Nintendo's handheld and home consoles are the same vehicle and it features new pokemon/regional variants. If you can start trading the Legends pokemon to other games then yeah sure but Shadow Lugia never made it to the main games either but you could trade back and forth just like the stadium games
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Dec 28, 2021 23:05
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how and why is 'mainline' a meaningful distinction anyway i dont see the remakes getting any meaningful post release support because they were outsourced
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Dec 28, 2021 23:07
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HootTheOwl posted:New pokemon says gen 9 to me. This logic would mean USUM is from gen 8. Legends is just the “real remake” so to speak for gen 8. Revisited region with tons of changes/character redesigns just way different kinds than the three previous. I do think that aspects of Legends may bleed into the gen 9 games though, like overworld Pokémon did from LGPE to SWSH. A cynical take would be that we’ll find out in February as I personally believe that Legends was supposed to be the big 2021 game before COVID and the TPC would want a new release in November. Legends could always get DLC though and get a combo release like SWSH did or we could get a Let’s Go 2. Sleeping Sigma fucked around with this message at 23:20 on Dec 28, 2021 |
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HootTheOwl posted:New pokemon says gen 9 to me. Ain't a new gen without new starters. And that's just a fact.
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Sleeping Sigma posted:This logic would mean USUM is from gen 8. Legends is just the “real remake” so to speak for gen 8. Revisited region with tons of changes/character redesigns just way different kinds than the three previous. I do think that aspects of Legends may bleed into the gen 9 games though, like overworld Pokémon did from LGPE to SWSH. That's a good point, but USUM only had what, the ultra beasts?
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Ghislaine of YOSPOS posted:did the pokemon dlc fix the issue where you wasted a shitload of time trying to get people for a max raid battle due to the awful UI and constant connection issues? i really liked teaming up to take down a big pokemon for big rewards in theory but there was so much friction in that system Actually, yes. While the Max Raids you know function exactly the same way (badly), there's a new option called Dynamax Adventures where you partner with three other people in a waiting room, take decisions (voting) on what paths to go in a dungeon, and beat a bunch of small bosses until you hit the end and face a legendary. It works pretty much painlessly and people use it to hunt down shinies often so there's always people. You still need to be in a location with good WiFi or you'll get disconnected halfway through, though.
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HootTheOwl posted:That's a good point, but USUM only had what, the ultra beasts? Ultra beasts are still Pokemon so I think it still counts as new mid-gen mons. Also, so far, no mon in Legends is completely new, as in not evolved from or a different form of an old pokemon. I suppose, thinking about it, Game Freak have said in the recent past that they don't want to be seen as predictable. Gen 7 broke a lot of "rules" so to speak: no gyms, evolving legendaries, mid-gen new pokemon (even if they are ultra beasts), a third version that was sold as two versions instead. Gen 8 had DLC instead of third version. If the rumor of regional final forms for the Legends starters is true would that be fulfilling this requirment? Or would that be too much of a stretch? SyntheticPolygon posted:Ain't a new gen without new starters. And that's just a fact.
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No it wouldn't count.
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Ghislaine of YOSPOS posted:did the pokemon dlc fix the issue where you wasted a shitload of time trying to get people for a max raid battle due to the awful UI and constant connection issues? i really liked teaming up to take down a big pokemon for big rewards in theory but there was so much friction in that system 2nd DLC added a twist to it with the cave raid thingy which removed the awful UI menu search function and just opened up a queue but it suffered the same connection issues.
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Furnaceface posted:2nd DLC added a twist to it with the cave raid thingy which removed the awful UI menu search function and just opened up a queue but it suffered the same connection issues. And exacerbates AFK users dragging out the clock and being a liability and an outright nuisance. The worse was when an AFK user had a Comfey that defaulted to using After You on the raid boss. For those that are not aware, After You causes the target to move after the user and Comfey has a base speed of 100. That's right; the raid boss effectively gets priority since so few rentable and encounterable Pokemon are any faster.  Frankly, I have more issues with AFKs and outright idiots that don't know their type match-ups than connection issues. It's made hunting for shiny legendaries (or shinies in general) a tortuous chore that's progressively chipping away at my will to continue grinding. Even with the Shiny Charm, I'm probably close to 80-90 raids into trying for a shiny Tapu Lele and I only have a shiny Swoobat to show for it. And I got that Swoobat after I got the Shiny Charm. If it weren't for the fact that the Tapus aren't available to Pokemon GO yet (Gen 6 was introduced in November 2020) and legendary Pokemon aren't usually available as shinies when they are first debuted which seems to take at least a year (for example Kyurem first debuted in July 2020 and its shiny only just became available this month), I'd be transferring it from GO via Pokemon Home even if it was my only one although I'd probably do additional raids to ensure I get at least two shinies. Back on the topic of AFKs, it wouldn't surprise me if Game Freak never thought to incorporate some semblance of measures to deal with AFK users. Something as simple as progressively shorter timers if there is no user input and using the AI to select a move instead of choosing the default (which I guess is the first move on the move list) would go a long way to make AFKs more tolerable. Even something as simple as enabling auto-sleep which should forcibly cut the connection would be just as adequate since I'd rather have an unreliable and flaky NPCs vs some no show that drags out the clock and only picks one move. At this point, depending on how bad of a mood I'm in, I'm starting to just bail if there are one or more really egregious AFK users that sinks our chances at getting to and beating the end boss. I've grown accustomed to toggling Airplane Mode to force a disconnect but not terminate the raid so I could at least try my luck with the NPCs and potentially claim any Pokemon that I have caught; I think you forfeit anything you gained in the raid if you force quit the game. Edward IV fucked around with this message at 05:58 on Dec 29, 2021 |
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Vinylshadow posted:That's the whismur that's the heart and soul of the band who joins in season 6, obviously Fair enough. Also I guess all Jigglypuff are for some reason just completely unaware that their songs can put people to sleep
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Dec 29, 2021 06:01
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After getting rid of boxes of surprise trade rookidees, dreepy breedjects, and my coalossal duplicates I ended up with some space. I'm a Pokemon hoarder 
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Larryb posted:Fair enough. Also I guess all Jigglypuff are for some reason just completely unaware that their songs can put people to sleep It’s something that should only be true for one Jigglypuff but I guess has gotten attributed to the whole species. See also Ditto face.
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Thought I’d fire up the best Sinnoh game (Platinum) and try my hand at the Poké Radar. … is it supposed to be this tedious? Like a lot’s been said about it being “easy shinies!!!” but in practice it’s just “get 6-7 in a chain then it breaks by itself”. Is it worth continuing to try in Platinum? Or does the experience get better in BDSP? Because honestly I’d rather do dynamax adventures, at least I’m getting something useful (dynite ore) out of each failed run.
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Tardigrade posted:Thought I’d fire up the best Sinnoh game (Platinum) and try my hand at the Poké Radar. I only did it a bit, several years ago, but I found once I learned how to do it it was very reliable, albeit time consuming. I got several shiny Buizel out of a single chain back in the day. I've been meaning to go back to Platinum and try doing it some more, my experience has been that shinies are a good way to get rare stuff (e.g. groomed Furfrou) in the Home GTS which can then be parlayed into various other things.
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Tardigrade posted:Thought I’d fire up the best Sinnoh game (Platinum) and try my hand at the Poké Radar. IMO there is no not-tedious way to catch 42 pokemon of the same species or whatever.
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Tardigrade posted:Thought I’d fire up the best Sinnoh game (Platinum) and try my hand at the Poké Radar. I had a brief go at doing a Pokeradar chain in Shining Pearl and ended up giving up in disgust after a few chains stalled out at 10 or so. Even if you stack everything in your favor, according to numbers I got from Reddit nerds, you still only have around a 4% chance to get a chain all the way to 42 (highest shiny multiplier). And that's if you're catching everything, thus bloating your boxes with dozens of dumb poo poo you don't even want to keep that will have to be released one by one later. I was not a fan. gently caress the Pokeradar. Dexnav was so much better.
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Pokeradar was the easy shiny method back in Gen 4, before we had better methods and odds.
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