Remember when we showed off a mysterious new logo for something called “Pokémon Tretta”? Turns out it’s a children’s arcade game coming to Japan. I wouldn’t bet on this heading overseas as Pokémon Battrio (another arcade game that looks similar) has never made it out of Nippon. You’re not missing much though, I see kids play it occasionally and it’s not the skill-based RPG that keeps us older fans hooked.
In other news from Pokémon’s country of origin, Famitsu (Japanese gaming magazine) has published a list of the top 4 Pokémon used during last month’s “2012 International Challenge” WiFi tournament. Drum roll please, here are our winners!
Metagross (Popular Moves: Meteor Mash [80.4%], Bullet Punch [78.4%], Protect [76.5%])
Tyranitar (Popular Moves: Rock Slide [97.7%], Crunch [95.5%], Protect [79.5%])
Cresselia (Popular Moves: Trick Room [51.4%], Psychic [48.6%], Swagger [43.2%])
Hitmontop (Popular Moves: Fake Out [100%], Close Combat [94.4%], Sucker Punch [77.8%])
Looks like Cresselia was really the unpredictable one with no real “standard” moves like the other three on the list! Interesting that no Generation V Pokémon made the top 4…
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I’m fed up of getting spammed by these online. (except Hitmontop since I rarely play double battle).
Also Rotom and Garchomp really just bug me now. It’s like people have lost their imagination.
also no gen 1 pokemon! yay! i’m sick of everything being pikachu, bulbasaur, charmander, and squirtle all the time anyway. that was 15 years ago, merchandisers! lol
i haven’t seen a whole lot of rotom online, although i can totally agree with garchomp. can’t also forget how frustrating salamence, blissey (or eviolote chansey), and the listed pokemon can be. not to mention all the rage-quitters. i take loss like a true pokemon trainer. i don’t mind having them on my record. to me that’s more of a counter for how many lessons i’ve learned and i’m better in battle because of them!
eviolite*
Funny seeing hitmontop there 😛 On a side note metagross and tyranitar where no surprises really there just beasts. Not a fan of cresselia tho haha
His Intimidate is just too annoying, learns wide guard, and has high sp. def and borderline attack.
I know i used a hitmontop competitivly in the 4th gen, it was alright then but only experienced players should deal with him.
Very off-topic, but can someone answer this–did ozymandis make the front page of Reddit today?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1Xs0lFlpkU
http://www.reddit.com/r/videos/comments/sgdnz/something_you_can_learn_about_my_dog_in_15_seconds/
Different Ozy xD
brainstorm! this kind of is a whole r/pokemon site!
I was thinking this would be another Japan-only thing, what a bummer, looks like it’s just BW2 and BW2 only for the US again
Man, Pokemon is just not as popular outside of Japan as it used to be…
Wow, Hitmontop was one of the most-used Pokémon in the competition? I only saw a handful of Hitmontop other than my own.
My thaughts exactly haha XD