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Old 10-09-2019, 07:41 PM   #226
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Ooooooo I see what you’re getting at there. British based region, 007 dex number, rumours of a spy themed evo....
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Old 10-10-2019, 10:39 AM   #227
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Ooooooo I see what you’re getting at there. British based region, 007 dex number, rumours of a spy themed evo....
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Old 10-10-2019, 04:03 PM   #228
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which poke is that again?
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Old 10-10-2019, 05:05 PM   #229
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The base form Water-starter who evolves into a spy.
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Old 10-10-2019, 05:21 PM   #230
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spy rumours? I haven't heard no spy rumors.
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Old 10-10-2019, 05:44 PM   #231
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See phoopes post here which links to the "Affleck leak", which points out that Sobble's evolution is going to be the spy-themed Intelleon. The Affleck leak was 100% spot-on, suggesting it came from a beta tester earlier in the year.

I'm hesitant to link to Fireden directly because it redirected to an onion.ws site, which makes me fear it's a domain hijack.
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Old 10-10-2019, 05:52 PM   #232
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nnnnn…. Not comfortable with leaks.
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Old 10-10-2019, 05:56 PM   #233
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Then for you, the SS promotional campaign is just what the doctor ordered.
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Old 10-13-2019, 08:11 PM   #234
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I'm disappointed with Galar Ponyta's typing because we had the perfect candidate for the first Fairy/Fire Type and just...nope.

I'm also worried because historically, regional variants don't change much by way of stats from the originals, and Ponyta and Rapidash don't exactly have the base stats to hang around the ranks of such a special-oriented type as Psychic with the evolution only having base 80 Special Attack. Base 100 Physical attack might be workable if they got access to Psycho Cut, but good luck with this line getting anything but Zen Headbutt for physical Psychic, if even that going by the precedent set from Incineroar getting Fire Punch by tutor.

I like Galarian Ponyta a lot, but this thing needs either a different type or a stat overhaul for me to not be worried about usability, and knowing gamefreak, we won't get either.
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Old 10-16-2019, 01:08 AM   #235
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I think we have real leaks this time. This just appeared in the fireden archive.

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If fake, that's the most spot-on artwork I've found.

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'zard looks like some Yu-Gi-Oh! dragon. I forget which.
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Old 10-16-2019, 05:13 AM   #236
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Old 10-16-2019, 08:44 AM   #237
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Oh dear lord, that corocoro thing is true

These games just get worse and worse, adn I can only hope the GF conference in a short bit can maybe try and salvage something from this plane crash.
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Old 10-16-2019, 08:59 AM   #238
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That Meowth is going on my team.
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Old 10-16-2019, 09:32 AM   #239
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My gut reaction is I like 'em, especially the Meowth and Charizard, but when you take a step back it's annoying and disappointing.

Annoying, because Gigantamax is being awarded to the so-called "shillmons", already heavily lavished and promoted Pokemon.

Meowth/Persian have Alolan forms and are allegedly getting a Galarian form.
Pikachu has an Alolan form and three exclusive items.
Eevee's got eight (possibly more coming) evolutions alongside an exclusive item.
Charizard...two Mega Evolutions, and now a Gigantamax form the other Kanto starters aren't getting.

The rich get richer, especially if you're a Kanto Pokemon.

One of the reasons I hated Mega Evolutions is that they weren't true buffs to Pokemon, they were 4th stage or 3rd stage evolutions and that presumably meant those Pokemon would not get real evolutions or further buffs because of Megas. Clearly, that was naiive, since GameFreak isn't going to shy away from giving privileged Pokeon more privilege.

I don't hate Gigantamax as a concept. Turning Pokemon into Kaijumon isn't the worst gimmick in the world. But it was bastardized beyond that into Dyanamax in a stupid attempt at buffiing every Pokemon, and stuff like this is more proof of that. You could have given the Sinnoh starter trio Gigantamax forms, but with unevolved or NFE Pokemon on the table, that kind of improvement is looking less likely by the day.

I'll say this. Tyranitar, Hydreigon, Aerodactyl, Blastoise and Volcarona need Gigantamax forms, and they need to turn into Godzilla, Ghidora, Rodan, Gamera and Mothra.
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Old 10-16-2019, 09:41 AM   #240
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I'm still holding to the headcanon that Dynamax is artificial Gigantamaxing to try and make some equal footing thing.
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Old 10-16-2019, 09:52 AM   #241
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My gut reaction is I like 'em, especially the Meowth and Charizard, but when you take a step back it's annoying and disappointing.

Annoying, because Gigantamax is being awarded to the so-called "shillmons", already heavily lavished and promoted Pokemon.

Meowth/Persian have Alolan forms and are allegedly getting a Galarian form.
Pikachu has an Alolan form and three exclusive items.
Eevee's got eight (possibly more coming) evolutions alongside an exclusive item.
Charizard...two Mega Evolutions, and now a Gigantamax form the other Kanto starters aren't getting.

The rich get richer, especially if you're a Kanto Pokemon.

One of the reasons I hated Mega Evolutions is that they weren't true buffs to Pokemon, they were 4th stage or 3rd stage evolutions and that presumably meant those Pokemon would not get real evolutions or further buffs because of Megas. Clearly, that was naiive, since GameFreak isn't going to shy away from giving privileged Pokeon more privilege.

I don't hate Gigantamax as a concept. Turning Pokemon into Kaijumon isn't the worst gimmick in the world. But it was bastardized beyond that into Dyanamax in a stupid attempt at buffiing every Pokemon, and stuff like this is more proof of that. You could have given the Sinnoh starter trio Gigantamax forms, but with unevolved or NFE Pokemon on the table, that kind of improvement is looking less likely by the day.

I'll say this. Tyranitar, Hydreigon, Aerodactyl, Blastoise and Volcarona need Gigantamax forms, and they need to turn into Godzilla, Ghidora, Rodan, Gamera and Mothra.
I agree with a lot of this.

The other issue is, of course, if you absolutely love one of these gigamax forms, it's more or less gonna be completely gone in the next gen, the way megas and z-moves have gone. I bet in 10 years we'll have a ton more Charizard forms and versions and etc. Meanwhile Meganium, Typhlosion, etc will still be considered to not exist by GF.


Also you need to have Lets go Pika/Eevee for the new Pikachu/Eevee forms and that's such a crock of shit, lol.
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Old 10-16-2019, 10:23 AM   #242
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Set rotation makes me bitter because I'm use to Yu-Gi-Oh! which was the same game with minimal changes from when it was introduced up until the introduction of Link monsters. All new changes simply layered on top of the original game, they didn't change how the fundamentals and prexisting mechanics worked.

It looks like Butterfree is getting the Mothra treatment, rather than Volcarona:

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Butterfree needed this more than Volcarona just because it and Beedrill were the two worst fully-evolved Pokemon. Butterfree originally had Psychic-type moves as a reference to the psychokinetic Mothra.
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Old 10-16-2019, 12:20 PM   #243
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>Butterfree’s vast wings can stir up a wind strong enough to lift a 10-ton truck, just by flapping. This wind also scatters poisonous scales around the area, so simply being near this Pokémon is very dangerous.


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Old 10-16-2019, 12:39 PM   #244
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Come to think of it, there hasn't been a single Alolan/Galarian Kanto Pokemon I haven't liked. I think I was most tepid toward Alolan Golem, but I don't hate it.

My beef with the Kanto Megas was that they were overdesigned. Charizard X and Y had more spikes, Venusaur more flowers, vines and spots, Blastoise more guns. There's nothing edgier than adding more sharp angles.

M22 "Armoured Mewtwo" also has more spikes, versus the simple form-fitting outfit of the original Mewtwo Strikes Back. Those designs were needlessly busy.

Most of these Galarian forms are simple. Giga Pikachu is literally an overweight Pikachu and Giga Eevee needs a trim. The most complicated of the new redesigns, Galarian Weezing, has an obvious creative theme behind its changes.

Bright spots amid blemishes like Duraludon and Morpeko.

In other news, alongside all the pseudo dragons making it into the Galar dex as version exclusives, pseudo-legendary is now an official term.

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We have a confirmed Gigachamp.

He's one of the silhouettes in the Gigantamax mural.
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press f to pay respects because Sword and Shield has cancer.

I bet we finally see online patches, but they'll be treated as mandatory paid DLC. Essentially ransomware.
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If they do actually do paid DLC, I bet at least one of them is going to be the rest of the natdex.
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press f to pay respects because Sword and Shield has cancer.

I bet we finally see online patches, but they'll be treated as mandatory paid DLC. Essentially ransomware.
This is literally just a replacement for the fact that you aren't going to need Nintendo Switch Online. Did any of us really think they are going to give us online functionality for free considering that I don't think any over the game has that?
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I don't know what the general populace thinks, perhaps they thought there would be no online without a subscription.

What interests me is the architecture for an in-game purchase is now in place. People would be cray cray to think this was a one-time development just so people could play SS without a sub.
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It wouldn't surprise me if Sword and Shield had paid DLC, after all, both Breath of the Wild and Fire Emblem: Three Houses have paid DLC. The point more is that Nintendo hasn't, to my knowledge, allowed any Switch game access to their online services for free. I'm not convinced this is going to be a cheaper option, but I'm just completely surprised that this exists at all and customers weren't railroaded into using the subscription. Super Mario Maker 2 is far more dependent on online functionality but it didn't get a similar treatment.

But I don't think we're looking at "cancer", like say, Assassin's Creed Odyssey (or whichever one it is) where you had stuff like EXP boosters. Nintendo has really not gone in on monetizing mainstream titles, probably because they see that it's tanking the reputation of companies like Activision or EA, and have sequestered the nonsense to stuff like Masters, Heroes etc.
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