In case you doubted GF hates Zeraora with a passionArticuno being able to be airborne without using its wings?
Zapdos attacking with kicks?
Hmmm... are we having an Ice/Psychic, Electric/Fighting and (likely) Fire/Dark trio?
In case you doubted GF hates Zeraora with a passionArticuno being able to be airborne without using its wings?
Zapdos attacking with kicks?
Hmmm... are we having an Ice/Psychic, Electric/Fighting and (likely) Fire/Dark trio?
And Electivire.In case you doubted GF hates Zeraora with a passion
Geodude itself was not but Graveler was.Let’s not forget Psyduck and Golduck. Geodude was not in Unova.
I can see Articuno being Ice/Psychic with Levitate but I have a hard time seeing the other 2 lose their flying type. They are birds after all...Hmmm... are we having an Ice/Psychic, Electric/Fighting and (likely) Fire/Dark trio?
Galarian Farfetch'd and Sirfetch'd lack a Flying-type, and Decidueye loses it after evolving from Dartrix.I can see Articuno being Ice/Psychic with Levitate but I have a hard time seeing the other 2 lose their flying type. They are birds after all...
No direct confirmation, but it's difficult to see what they could be otherwise. Megas are long gone, they're far too different to be Gigantamax and they don't feel like evolutions/pre-evolutions either.Is there any confirmation that the 3 birds are actually Galarian versions of Zapdos, Moltres & Articuno and not new Pokemon? I know it seems like a dumb question but just making absolutely sure. I believe I saw a translation for alternate names for the 3 somewhere though it didn't seem legit. I don't remember it being directly stated in an official source.
Ehhhh....not too sure about that one. To me its similar to Mega Blaziken coming to XY a few years or so before swamp and sceptile got theirs.Gigantamax Venusaur and Blastoise to me are the the most compelling evidence that at least certain parts of these DLCs were directly conceived as responses to fan criticisms, in their case to complaints about Charizard receiving special attention. Now this is admittedly very subjective, but when I compare these designs to Gigantamax Charizard I get this feeling not of less effort, but of a greater struggle to create something unique compared to their Mega Evolutions and less inspiration/creative drive to do so, as if they were something that was never originally planned and they were kinda "forced" to make it happen. Again, I know this is a bold assumption to make off of purely subjective thoughts, and I don't expect anyone to change their minds off this, but that's the vibe I personally get.
Articun oseems to be floating and, if it is Psychic, that'd be an easy in for LevitateI can see Articuno being Ice/Psychic with Levitate but I have a hard time seeing the other 2 lose their flying type. They are birds after all...
Well unless all 3 get Levitate as ability.
Flying/Psychic, Flying/Fighting and Flying/Dark however creates a pretty interesting trio if you think about it.
I honestly kind of want a Regigigas-G whose ability is like...your stats are shit but improve for each different REgi on your team. There's 5 normals + Gigas now, go wild with it I sayI can imagine Regigigas getting a useful ability instead of Slow Start as a hidden ability unlocked by certain conditions.
The meme option is Speed Boost because of the obvious inversion of Slow Start, but even if the ability is only modestly useful, its statline is perfectly serviceable and it has a workable movepool except for losing reliable STAB.
At this point, even Telepathy would be a nice option.I can imagine Regigigas getting a useful ability instead of Slow Start as a hidden ability unlocked by certain conditions.
The meme option is Speed Boost because of the obvious inversion of Slow Start, but even if the ability is only modestly useful, its statline is perfectly serviceable and it has a workable movepool except for losing reliable STAB.
Out of curiosity, what could be reasonably done to Landorus Therian that would make it less centralizing?Fuck landorus-therian is coming back
If you're the girl. Though obviously the boy gets to dress as Bede... no? Oh, right, Hop would probably be the obvious choice... also no? Leon? Piers? Okay, then who are the boys getting to dress as... ROSE?! Are the girls getting Oleana? No... that's such a strange match-up.Also you can dress up as Marnie, I’m gonna start my Shield run.
$30 bucks better than another $60. Like already this $30 content feels like it's more substantial then what USUM provided from SM which was a full price 3DS game. And there's always a chance they could throw in some free DLC stuff down the line.30 bucks feels like it is too much.
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200 Mons isn't enough for such a huge price tag.
I have a feeling for this gen and the next we're going to have a "give and take" going on. How far can GF push what and how much new content they can add that the player will accept to be added as DLC or would be angry wasn't included in the main game (or given as free DLC). Because I can easily see GF becoming a "push the game out early as we can patch it back in later" developer, if not from their own decision pushed by Pokemon Company wanting the new Pokemon ready to become merchandise.If it shows they are willing to fix the mistakes they did, even if it's through a DLC, I'm willing to support the idea.
That said, wouldn't mind some extra save slots...I like this as an alternative way to make a third version. The whole "start a new save file and make this new version your main one" aspect to third versions always kind of bugged me. Really nice to see these games rounded out into something bigger and better as oppose to immediately heading out to a new version (and they could very easily get away with an entirely new version still).
Well, since the expansions are replacement for third versions, it's more like the "complete" experience went for a price of two games to the price of one and a half games. And even if they do a second round of expansions it would be back to a price of two games. However if they do a third round of expansions that's when you can start to argue the downside of DLC compared to third versions."Complete" Pokémon games went from $40 to $90 within one fucking generation. Just like that...
BUT a potential of just having DLC means they could always add in more story bits, it just depends on how ambitious GF wants to be. Like they can add in some extra side stories concerning all the Gym Leaders. They could add in a batch of side quests like they had in USUM all over the place. They could even add in big story scenarios like with the post game episodes if they wanted to. Now main issue with this would it be something you got to pay for or a nice free DLC gift.However, being realistic, I don't expect the expansion pass to last any too mach longer than the post game story did in sword / shield. I'm expecting 2 hours of additional story content at most per expansion pass.
If they ever add back in Ride Pokemon it better be an option.You all know roadrunner Zapdos is worth 30 bucks. Don't pretend otherwise.
Probably, but you'll also likely be able join Den explorations from the other version so have access to the version exclusive Legendaries you don't have that way (like how you can join Raids for version exclusive Gigantamax).Do you the returning Legendary Pokémon in Dens will be version Exclusive?
So once you get past the shiny new and old things I still don't know if Pokemon Home will cost money. Also, gamefreak kinda lying about not adding in old pokemon as well the question did gamefreak create a problem to sell us back the solution?
Then don't buy the expansions. Not buying the expansions is just like not buying a third version.Not everybody feels the need to buy literally every release.
Hey, you're right, I did buy USUM which was barely an update to SM.people: *purchases ultra sun/ultra moon*
also people: wtf a $30 DLC? what are you? hitler?
So, question about Lycanroc: will it's evolution still be version exclusive? Also would we still need a special Rockruff to get Dusk Form?View attachment 217629
Plus *all* the legendaries (several were shown, but they did say "all" in the Direct)
And it's more then welcome! Gives them extra time to work on the actual next title (which if they do for this generation would be the Sinnoh remakes so maybe 2-3 years, but if next game is the next gen I'd say 4-5 years).This is actually pretty big if you think about it. If they're gonna extend SWSH DLC to the end of this year, it most likely means we won't be getting new mainline titles this year either! I had a hunch seeing as it'd be weird to have DLC and a new thing in the same year, but this basically confirms it imo.
Well the Spheal family may like to have Ice Ball back, though everything else I don't think would be missed that much.Now the question is, are they gonna bring back all of the deleted moves? I need my hidden power back.
Oh geez, how are they going to work out the complications with it without the Zygarde Cube?I'm looking forward to them re-releasing Zygarde
Well that's an interesting question, because through DLC they can technically add additional story bits to the plot. Of course, those who already played the game will not see those new elements unless they play the game again. Putting aside whether GF would do it or not (most likely not, to them they probably feel they told the "story" they wanted to tell so everything they do now is post game focused), here's a question for us players: would you play the game again to see an enhanced story?While it's a little disappointing this probably means Sword and Shield's base story will never get fleshed out (imagine if the game even remotely earned that super dramatic battle intro for Rose), overall I think this is a much better way forward than the typical third version stuff.
That's a bit of a stretch. Regi-Electric's color scheme doesn't match Xerneas and Regi-Dragon's dot pattern only looks vaguely like a "Y".They are related to Xerneas and Yveltal somehow. Each one has an X and Y dot pattern on them and they both are colored just like Xerneas and Yveltal
My take: they're not greedy... but their incompetence makes them look it. I don't want to yet have my opinions cross over the "they're doing this just to make more money" line just yet because if that's the case they could have done way more dubious monetization methods and done them earlier.As for the accusation of greediness: What GF is doing is nothing new: make a whole product, then divide it up into parts so they can charge more. They count on the playerbase being too addicted to Pokemon to realize they're either paying more for less (no DLC) or more for the same (yes DLC)
As for the accusation of incompetence: Most companies I presume would be able to port their own damn models that were made specifically to be forward-compatible.
If I were to make a prediction, I'd say that Kubfu would have a quirk with its movepool that every Level it learns a move it actually gets a choice of two, one which fits into each Style. Like at Level X it learns both Sky Uppercut & Arm Thrust, Level Y learns Sucker Punch & Aqua Jet, & Level Z learns Superpower & Close Combat. Then at a Level, depending on how moves it knows that more fits one style over another, it'll evolve into that Style (Sky Uppercut, Sucker Punch, & Superpower would count toward Single-Strike; Arm Thrust, Aqua Jet, & Close Combat would count toward Rapid-Strike).I guess Kubfu still gets handed to you, but the website says that which form it evolves into is dependent on choices you make throughout the story, so we might still have to do something to get the particular form we want (though it could just be something super simple like being given the choice of tutoring Kubfu a special dark vs. water move).
Regigigas went on a bender, woke up the next morning seeing it made two new Regis, and tried to hide its accident by shoving them in an abandoned temple in Galar.The new Regis are so cute. They look so much smaller than the original trio. I'm curious how the lore ties that whole family together.
Either has each expansion give out a set of Starters from another region (I can see Isle of Armor having the Johto Starters while Crown Tundra having the Sinnoh Starters, maybe include another group just to have them in there) or have a third or fourth expansion that focuses on the Starters and other "rare" Pokemon (maybe like a hidden breeding grounds place).Something I thought of: If every single legendary is coming back, I feel like there's a pretty decent chance every starter could return as well. They're just as, if not more iconic to their regions as the respective legendaries.
Maybe Regigigas would have a special Den where you need to have all 5 Regi registered in your Dex in order to have it appear. They did similar ideas for certain Legendaries in the Ultra Space Ride, needing to have some of their members or Legendaries they command before you can challenge them.Worth noting that we don't yet have confirmation of Regigigas (weird exception given the Regis' prominence), any previously unannounced Mythicals, or any of the UBs. I know the latter groups aren't technically legendaries, but still worthy of note.
(That means Ubers is losing Primals, Megas, Arceus, Darkrai, Deoxys, Genesect and Shaymin-S.)
Already answered the first two but I'll give my thoughts on them again, maybe even add to them.1. Do you think the new Regi's will have inversed stats of their physical and special attacking stats, or will they be completely different stats entirely? What do you speculate they will be?
2. For the 3 new forms of the legendary birds, what do you speculate their typing to be, I've already made my guesses which I will reveal later on.
3. Out of the mons I've just mentioned, who has your favourite design?
I think it's more that it's far simpler to add in Mega Evolution since the Pokemon doesn't grow 50+ feet tall.Since the PMD discussion has been kinda overshadowed, I wanna bring up something interesting about it: The fact they feature Mega Evolution in Rescue Team DX rather than, say, Dynamax.
This could mean one of two things:
1. This game has been in development for a long time, at least before Dynamax was conceived and decided to be pushed as a centerpiece of Gen 8.
2. TPC and co. are fully aware of how popular they are and want to keep them relevant parts of the franchise going forward.
I'm personally more inclined to Option 2. Don't lose hope, Mega Evolution fans!
Does it look like what they do now in ORAS?Apparently the Red Orb and Blue Orb got new art in the PMD demo, too.
WAIT, WHAT?! YES! Thank you, GF! Having the only way to get a Gigantamax was by catching them through Raids was a stupid idea, I would gladly do a more complex method (but hopefully not too complex, maybe better word was one that takes a bit more time) than hoping to not only win the Raid but the ONE CHANCE we're given to capture it works and the whole battle wasn't for naught.The website mentions that "The Isle of Armor expansion will allow you to help some of the Pokémon traveling with you gain the ability to Gigantamax". Makes sense but I'm still surprised.
How is Smeargle a legacy problem?Smeargle. It's been more and more of a legacy problem.
I also doubt we'll get Vivillon for a loooong time.
I think they need the following. First, we need a new section of the bag called "Catalogs" which is just a collection of all the item Catalogs (or they can make it a "Key Item" which is nested in the "Item" section). With that done have the following Catalogs:What i'm saying is i wish gamefreak actually cared about this bloat because it's kind of annoying. More rotom catalogs, please
Huh? Blue and yellow are definitely Xerneas' primary colours.Regi-Electric's color scheme doesn't match Xerneas
Huh? Blue and yellow are definitely Xerneas' primary colours.