Not celebrating Indepence Day? Learn to draw Pokémon instead!

Pokémon Art Academy releases today in the Nintendo eShop and in-stores! The caveat is that it’s only released in Europe! Sorry Ammuricans, the Japanese probably thought your overly patriotic music, abundant fireworks and food was too much for them so they only gave you a vague October 2014 release date.

The game gets a budget pricing at €34.99/£29.99, but I’ll leave it up to you how much you consider this a budget price for what is essentially a drawing tutorial. That said, the Art Academy series is very useful for beginners learning to draw, so if you’ve always wanted to draw some Pokémon, now’s your chance!

I’m enjoying a nice summer holiday and will be watching to some world-class football (real football) instead of celebrating those silly Independence Days. Like it’s you who played part in the creation of the independence anyway :).

Loves,
Daedardus

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2,378 thoughts on “Not celebrating Indepence Day? Learn to draw Pokémon instead!”

  1. Happy America Day! 😀 But I’m here to blow your minds. There is a subtle connection between the music from Mega Man 2 and Animal Crossing: City Folk. Appropriately, the Mega Man stage is called “Woodman”, which is perfect for the Villager. The song from City Folk is 3 PM. Here we go! (Hint: I’m referring to the beginning of the Mega Man song before the main portion, and the beginning of the Animal Crossing song).

    Exhibit A:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s19-gzpYAzY

    Exhibit B:
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4BkqQSPMyrM

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  2. Can anyone else picture a pokemon that is in the in-between state of bodily and spiritual for Normal/Ghost?
    Like: Once a common pokemon, ______ got diminished by society so much, it is almost a mere thought of a human.

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      • Somewhat, yes. As Igneous said, you die twice. This Pokémon would be in between that second death. It’s not remembered, but thought of. No one knows it actually exists, just think about it being.

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  3. :O The Gamestop bundle for Smash U is $100! Instead, you can trade in a game for Smash U, and buy the adapter and Gamecube controller separately!

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  4. So one year ago today honedge was revealed by the pokemon company can we possibly see a new mega for omega ruby alpha sapphire?

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  5. The new episode, “The Trevenant from the Wriggling Forest!” seems to focus on Ash and co. travelling in a forest with a Trevenant! I CALL IT! PHANTUMP GANG!

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  6. “Cocoon of Destruction”? YES! FINALLY! It took long enough for Metapod to get its own movie”

    -Youtube Comment.
    L.O.L.

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  7. Top 5 Best episodes in X and Y thus far:
    1. Madame X’s Evil Plot! The Terrifying Malamar!
    2. Lucario VS Blaziken! The Cave of Trials!
    3. Gym Battle Episodes
    4. Enter Champion Diantha! Mega Gardevoir in Mist!
    5. Mega Evolution and the Prism Tower!

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  8. Who else thought Rihanna couldn’t sing LIVE? OMG! WAS I EVER WRONG! Girls got some serious pipes and soul in her voice!

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      • I know she doesn’t always give 100% during LIVE performances but you have to admit, she’s one of the few artists in the music industry that focuses more on the intimate and soulful side of music than let’s say Katy Perry, Miley, and Selena. When your LIVE performance is complimented by critics, you know you have talent.

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      • Vocal type: Lyric-Contralto
        Vocal Range: 3 octaves 2 notes(B2- D6)
        Whistle Register: No
        Longest note: 8 seconds – ‘Hate That I Love You’
        Vocal Pluses:Distinct tone that makes Rihanna’s voice easily identifiable. Voice sounds best in it’s low to mid range- as heard in the verses of Russian Roulette- where it finds a solid tone that has a slightly smoky quality to it.

        Rihanna’s belting range has improved in recent years; where previously her voice was nasal and thin, it now has a degree of strength and weight to it, sounding correctly placed- Listen to Only girl (in the world).

        Rhianna’s head voice is soft and airy with a sweet and warm tone and is capable of switching quickly and effortlessly into that part of her range. She has the ability to hold notes for lengths of time, while maintaining its dynamics and tone, as well being capable of singing vocal runs with apparent ease.

        Vocal Negatives: Rihanna’s voice can still sound nasal at times, particularly in live performances.

        – Diva

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    • I rarely listen to people singing, to be honest. I know how strange that is to some people. I’ve devoted myself to video game soundtracks. At least I can tell the game, name of track and year of release of tons of Nintendo songs. XD
      She sounds pretty nice, though. The guitar or whatever in the back sounds a little out of tune. 😛

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      • i have my artists and songs when i dont listen to the video game soundtracks XD

        im a mix fo bothin my iphone playlist

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        • I’m sorry, I just don’t care for most of the mainstream stuff. I listen to a couple songs outside of video games and have a few favorite artists but that’s it XD

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          • yeah like i hate the new mainstream stuff like problem
            fancy and that idiocy i have some songs from this generation i like

          • I don’t even know what that is. I don’t know anything about this topic, so I might as well drop it now 😛

      • It might be, I’m bad at telling that, and I’m a musican xD
        I know it’s in a different key than the original song. I have a good ear for that.

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      • 😀
        And this is her voice in every song.
        No voice effects in anything.
        And she has a bigger range than me in the lower range (by a couple of notes). I’m trying to get past that. 😀

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  9. Wow HG/SS’s National Park theme is so beautfiul ;~; one of the most calm and serene themes in pokemon

    i gotta replay HG/SS

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  10. I’m not going to spam PJN with videos so I’ll just say my 2 new favourite songs are Latch by Disclosure (ft Sam Smith) and Habits by Tove Lo. Anybody hear those songs?

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  11. @slipperysceptile:disqus @Big_Ol_Booty:disqus Can we play HG/SS because I can’t find Platinum. And should we have different teams with different pokemon?

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  12. If I ever have a reason to get this, it’s because they have good coloring tips and tools. I’ve been trying to improve my realistic coloring skills. Drawing Pokemon is too easy, they’re just shapes.

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  13. LOL whenever i walk in the overworld grass it makes the rustling grass sound from b/w so i looked around for rustling grass and hoped for an audino

    silly me ;~;

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  14. YOU GUYS!!! I just found a shiny Litleo for my shiny badgequest!!!! YES!!!! I can finally move on and get my first badge.

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  15. i was looking up smash rumors and my friend told me interesting rumor supposley came up from the same guy who leaked Pacman,Little mac, and Greninja…. 4 veterans and 1 newbie which i think hes lying
    Jigglypuff
    Mewtwo
    Splatoon Kids

    Ice Climbers
    and Game and Watch will

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  16. Wow. It’s slow. Well, I hope everyone’s having a great day. 😀 Even if it’s not Independence Day for you. Soooooo uh. It’s slowwwwww. Anyone say something at all?

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  17. X and Y’s “original plot structure” seems to be complex yet quite entertaining.

    Love this: Viola and Alexa were present in the original “aliens” draft, with Viola being a Ghost Gym Leader, who uses her camera to capture paranormal occurrences. Alexa was planned to be a “missing character” who disappeared years ago, presumably abducted. When the alien plot was dropped, Viola was still a Ghost Gym Leader who searched for ghosts on film, with Alexa being turned into a more professional journalist. Ghost was deemed too hard to be the first Gym, so Viola was reworked into a more naturalist Bug-type photographer.

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  18. “Zygarde was one of the last Pokemon implemented in the game, originally it was planned that he wouldn’t appear (to the players, he’d be included for future connectivity in the data) but would merely be hinted at, but this idea was shot down due to the difficulty of keeping such things secret in the Internet age, and was placed in the game. The Dungeon he appears in was actually originally intended to be where Mewtwo was found, but in the end a new area was made for Mewtwo in Pokemon Village.”

    POKEMON Z CONFIRMED!

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  19. This is so interesting to read! I don’t believe this though… I mean, this many beta secrets released? That’s absurd.

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    • Plus it’s very vague where he/she got this. This person claimed he/she got sources from the project second-handly…it just screamed fake to me from the beginning.

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  20. XY39 seems to be the beginning of a new Arc! THANK GOD POKEMON IS FINALLY FOLLOWING THE SAME LINEAGE AS ALL THE OTHER ANIME OUT THERE!

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          • I really don’t get what you’re trying to say sometimes, it get’s confusing! One moment you’re saying you don’t like the anime, the next you’re saying you can’t wait for the new episodes. Make your mind/opinion, lol! Sorry if I seemed to attack you, I had my Percy moment!

          • Oh, no I would watch it more but I wake up too late to watch the new episodes >.< But thanks for understanding!

  21. XY39 – Possibly a Trevor episode with his Charmander
    XY40 – Drifblim
    XY41 – Shuana episode with Bulbasaur
    XY42 – Tierno episode with Squirtle
    XY43 – Pumpkaboo
    XY44 – Mienfoo

    Keep in mind, episodes 39, 41, and 42 may be solo episodes!

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  22. So I have an Intimidate 31/31/31/X/31/31 Adamant Mawile, and an Adamant, Hyper Cutter 6 IV Mawile. Which one is better?

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  23. My friend owns the rare Mario edition Wii, so I’m going to ask him whether I can display the box on my corresponding shelf of collection :3

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  24. For those of you who do not enjoy the anime, no need to comment. This is a community where we touch every spectrum of the Pokemon World from the anime, TCG, games, to theories and speculation. I do believe we have the right to voice our opinions regarding the anime and do wish that for those who despise the anime, don’t comment and all will be well and we may just dodge a severe bullet.

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  25. Boosted Order moves:

    Heal Order: recovers 75% of the user’s maximum HP
    Attack Order: does 30% more damage
    Defend Order: raises both defenses by 2 stages

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  26. M. Vespiquen’s Stats:

    HP: 70
    Def: 122 (+20)
    Atk: 100 (+20)
    Sp. Atk: 100 (+20)
    Sp. Def: 122 (+20)
    Speed: 60 (+20)

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  27. Mega Vespiquen
    Bug
    Boosted Order moves
    HP: 70
    Atk: 90 (+20)
    Def: 132 (+30)
    SpA: 90 (+20)
    SpD: 132 (+30)
    Spe: 40 (+0)

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    • Queen’s Order:
      Heal Order: recovers 75% of the user’s maximum HP
      Attack Order: does 30% more damage
      Defend Order: raises both defenses by 2 stages

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  28. Wait, so Canada ALWAYS gets a different winner from most of the world? Huh. I wanted Cam to win in the U.S. Like Cam > Lighting imo.

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  29. Should I keep my 6IV Mawile with Hyper Cutter, or should I try to get the Ability Capsule to change it to Intimidate? I’m just getting into the competitive battle stuff, so I have no idea what I’m doing 🙂

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  30. Nintendo will be releasing the information for Gold and Platinum prizes in just over a week! Before then, we get to drool over CoroCoro! Yaaaaaay!

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  31. For Nostalgic Purposes, the stupid brail should return, BUT GF should also give us a new Key Item that allows our character to decipher the messages!

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  32. If I hear the Battle frontier is confirmed I will be forced to Cry out of enjoyment until i drown in my tears

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  33. What I want for gen 7: Underground secret bases, contests, pokeathlon, and a combination of a poketch and a pokegear.

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  34. Umm…. WOW! So I just went to Sycamore’s in X and I was SRing for a Modest Charmander, so I could try out M Charizard Y, and after around 15 SRs…

    *Refresh*

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  35. The next fire starter should be a bull/ox (so that it continues the Chinese Zodiac pattern) and evolves into Fire/Fairy Minotaur.

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  36. I want to use a Grass starter team so bad, but can’t until Contrary Serperior is released ;( It’s highly overrated, but it’s still better than Overgrow xD

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  37. Or, we could do a dual thing that beats all, like how we used to speculate the 6th gen starters would be (Water/Fighting, Grass/Dark, Fire/Psychic)
    Grass/Steel (Only Ferroseed line…bam)
    Fire/Fairy (I really want one, okay? Leave me be!)
    Water/Fighting (Only Keldeo and Poliwrath…still unique)

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  38. I want a Psychic/Steel Sword (yes another one) Pokemon whose Signature Move deals Super Effective damage to Steel Types. I’d name it Monado.

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  39. I just got to Gold status for the new Nintendo year. I guess I’m not too worried about hitting Platinum again.

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  40. “…in HP, Attack, *gasp*, Defense, *yes!*, Special Attack, *go on…*, Special Defense *and…?*” No speed. ._.
    Give me dat 6IV female Cottonee nao!

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  41. Last year the Club Nintendo gifts were revealed on July 15th. Only one problem: I can’t wait until July 15th. It’s sad that my anticipation for collector’s items rival that of E3. No wait, it isn’t sad at all. I’m done talking.

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  42. Crap!
    Since Club Nintendo reverted on July 1st i’m no longer Platinum Rank (i still have 1070 coins but who cares, i want to be a higher rank)

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  43. Damn, i just figured i could’ve made like 260 coins if i did those stupid surveys but they take like 5 mins per so like 2 hours
    oh well….

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  44. I’m gonna do some fireworking! 😀
    I’ll probably come back late.
    Sadly, I get no Shauna moment D: Oh wells.

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  45. I’ve been having the same dream lately; Legend of Korra Season 3 is set during the 1900’s and one of the antagonists is Hitler. Then Ash comes into the show, is a Firebender and teams up with Korra to defeat Hitler! I don’t even know why the antagonist is Hitler… I even saw the Jews who were of Earth Kingdom ethnicity! Freaky dream…

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  46. Since there are new Air Benders, what if this new season of Legend of Korra gives us a branch of Air Bending? Like Scissor Bending (Air bent at the speed of sound and being held like a sword, thus slicing anything imaginable)! O__O

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  47. sonokenetic; generate sound waves and manipulate already existing ones as they travel through the air as sound can pass through anything but it mostly travels through th air, therefore, sound is merely air that has been vibrated and sophisticated

    – Avatar Wiki

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  48. Water –> Blood
    Water Plant
    Water Ice
    Water + Air = Cloud manipulation
    Water = Healing
    Water –> Steam manipulation

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  49. Well I hatched a shiny Cottonee just now. (Faster than I expected.)
    Dream Ball, Male, Prankster, 4IV (Lacking HP and Attack)
    I will call him Elwynd.

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  50. Hey GUYS! Just dropping by wishing every one a happy 4th of july!! (let the firecrackers POP! 😀 ) and a Hey to everyone in other countries!!!

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  51. Misty, an independent trainer whose skills speak for themselves. Acutely designed with substance to her character, a dangerously infectious persona, and a warm heart to seal the deal. Misty is more developed and thought provoking than Brock and Ash, her ability to understand Pokemon outweighs her negatives, and yes, I am totally biased towards the tomboyish girl with orange hair!

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  52. Acutely designed, May has a gentle and motherly persona that will infect those around her like an epidemic! Her build as a character is quite the odd one consisting of a girly persona, tomboyish persona, and good girl gone bad. However, beneath the layers of a delicate persona (contradictory) lies an independent and commanding character who will stop at nothing, even if it’s an anomaly for her character and even if it means deviating from the goal to protect her friends and Pokemon. Her impact on the show has left many to be in awe of her and she has inspired countless coordinators! A round of applause, standing ovation, this Poke’girl deserves it all!

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    • LOL These are cool I guess, but a that last sentence seemed out of place xD You sounded like a salesperson.

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  53. Whoa shiny Lotad in X/Y looks amazing. Yup, I will MM for one (conveniently got one with 4 egg moves through Wonder Trade) and later Totodile (also got one through Wonder Trade with the same condition.)

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  54. Fearsome power, breathtaking Pokemon in the department of beauty, lavish shades of red scales, this Pokemon is known worldwide for it’s beauty, prowess, and grace! To have this Pokemon means to establish a stable quantity of respect. This Pokemon will earn you all that is life! For only 600 Pokedollars, you can buy this gorgeous, magnificent, and astounding Magikarp!

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  55. Well as much as i enjoy our discussions i gotta shower, shave and go to sleep since they got me working Saturdays
    so Arceus Speed with CoroCoro

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  56. Articles always refer us 2000 to now born human beings “The New Breed.” Seems as if they’re referring to aliens…

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  57. Sorry for for being irrelevant, but since there are Fairy Tail fans here, I just want to say: “Tears will be shed in the Fairy Tail fandom next week.”

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  58. Imma cry
    I just think I maybe took all the chores in the house til the next 9 weeks to buy everythingI want but es worth it.

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  59. If pokemon in spin off games only call each other by their species name, then what do they do if there are multiple pokemon of the same species. For example, what if there is a Gang of Scrafty, and let’s say Metang wants Pikachu to talk to him. How’s Pikachu supposed to know which one to talk to? :/

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  60. How does one faint a Fairy that destroys fairies besides throwing fire and dirt at him?
    Have him stare at Djja’s Gif.

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  61. Well its official Life Hates me
    Somebody hacked my World of Warcraft Account
    Made character transfers and faction changes and may now have my Credit Card info (like 300 bucks)

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    • Wow (no pun intended) D: Call the bank (Not Pokemon Bank XD) and tell them just in case! Or the bank may call you to inform you that someone made a big purchase and you can confirm it. I hope they didn’t get your CC info because that’s terrible D:

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  62. So if my chores list is confirmed, then I do pretty much all chores in the house, but I get my Wii U in August instead off October! 😀 So I will get it before Smash U comes out. And then I’ll preorder both OR and AS, and then I’ll get the Gamecube controller and converter.

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      • Lol idk how to say that
        Like the chores I want to do and a high enough pay for each
        And Jordin, it’s like $450 of chores over a couple months xD otherwise Ii would do them all in one day.

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          • Depends. That’s why I’m doing pretty much all of the chores in the house and selling stuff and yeah xD but I already have a chunk of the money.

          • I remember when I got an allowance and all I got was $2……then I finally got my parents to give me $5…….Now I make much more than that wrking……..It still feels like I’m doing chores tho………….lol

          • Yeah that’s what I thought. I remember when $20 was a lot of money xD
            By that I mean as a kid, and thinking $20 was huge. But it’s small now.

          • I miss when money wasn’t something I had to worry about………now I have to pay for food, gas, and anything else I want/need……….waaaaaaaaaaaa lol

          • i dont have an allowence i use only my birthday money or graduation money :/

            however i have 345 dollars and an old red wii and games i can trade in

          • Yeah, I only normally have one chore to get payed for but we agreed to change that
            But yeah birthday money is pretty much it for me too but most of it goes into savings.

  63. Anyone else feel like Nintendo will sap tons of money off of fans the rest of this year? Smash 3DS, ORAS, Smash U, then Christmas. I know I’m finally buying a Wii U to play these games xD and I know others want to as well.

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  64. Hey clear the way in the ol’ jungle
    Hey you! Let us through-
    it’s a bright new star
    Oh come be the first on your block to meet his eye!
    Make way!
    Here he comes!
    Ring bells!
    Bang the drums!
    Ah! You’re gonna love this guy!

    Prince Slip fabulous he~ Slippery Sceptile

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    • Genuflect, show some respect:
      Down on one knee.
      Now try your best to stay calm,
      Brush off your sunday salaam,
      Then come and meet his spectacular coterie

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  65. I am freaking out
    I just cannot believe that somebody had the nerve to purchase character and faction transfers to my WoW account
    Don’t i suffer enough? I mean because of this my Main character is on a different realm and a dirty Horde Tauren, and now I have to cancel my Credit Card get a new one and re put the damn billing and I think because I transferred the guild I’ve been in for 2 years I’m now removed from
    It’s just so unfair

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  66. Psh. Jealous of our freedom Dae? Jk. The art academy games bore me. I can’t keep my stylus steady enough, either. Tacking on the Pokemon name was just a way to rake in more money. We could never get the release and I’d be fine.

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  67. Are you guys watching the love stream of nationals?
    ~ ShinyLickitung, 2014

    Sorry Licki, just going in the records.

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  68. Just finished reading that information that Celestial posted yesterday, very interesting stuff. Specially the bit about Braixen/Delphox originally going to be Fire/Fairy. I’m pissed they didn’t keep it that way. Hopefully the next batch of starters have a fairy type.

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  69. Wait Djja
    What did you mean down there?
    And I will most likely take your avi cause I never heard from Jordin xD

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  70. When Move Tutors come out again this is what I imagine a few of the starters to get

    Greninja
    Ice Punch / Gunk Shot / Dual Chop / Low Kick / Snatch
    Block / Bounce

    Chesnaught
    Drain Punch, Stealth Rock, Steamroller, Rototiller, Drill Run
    Seed Bomb, Iron Defense, Worry Seed

    Delphox :
    Shock Wave, Icywind, Moon Blast, Magical Leaf, Hex
    Magic Room, Role Play, Skill Swap, Trick, Gravity

    I can also see Pangoro getting the elemental Punches. Diggersby getting Superpower. Noivern Heat Wave.

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  71. Next CoroCoro will reveal Mega Sceptile Y, new exclusive Sceptile moves like Leaf Torpedo. Priority Grass type move with 150 BP. And have a side by side comparison of the two Mega Sceptiles stats

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  72. I can imagine that Mega Chesnaught will be .. once again.. the best designed out of mega delphox/greninja. It’s gonna look cool as shit =(

    I was always TeamFennekin (i still am) its just Delphox’s design was underwhelming imo so I rocked out with Chespin on my first ever playthrough. If they don’t put Mega Delphox on a broomstick I’ll crymyself to sleep every night

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  73. I just can’t wait for Generation 7! I have this sensation that something big will happen in Generation 7! I’ve never felt this way about a region before! It’s an indescribable feeling!

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  74. i actually know people in game stop they actually do midnight and actually gave my game 11:59 they even unwrapped it for me actually and i played it walking home 🙂 i mean they want to be illegal and do it eariler and says
    Day light saving Caused it XD

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  75. So On pokereddit, theres this whole “Favorite starter thing” and it shows a pic of every single gens starters and people have to vote in the comments what their “Least favorite starter” is, and which ever one gets the most votes is taken off, and now its between treecko, mudkip,torchic, froakie, squirtle and bulbasaur!!!

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  76. It sucks that I’m going on vacation during Corocoro leak week. If mega Milotic is revealed, keep me in your thoughts. :3

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  77. How I felt about catching the Regis:

    Regirock: Too easy!
    Regice: Not too bad I guess.
    Registeel: WHAT A BETCH!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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  78. Anyone else earing the awesome music their playing on pokemon’s twitch channel? It’s freckin awesome.

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  79. If you could get rid of only 1 pokemon/evo line, what would it be?
    I would rid the world of the abomination that is dunsparce!

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  80. Oh, I remember part of it. Which was being sorry for Dae cause they lost in the World Cup then saying who am I kidding cause they beat us and I was rooting for Argentina anyways.

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  81. Finished this. I actually love these little guys and their evo’s but apparently im alone on that… (REFRESH)

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  82. Wait, Silver, what gender are you? Sorry, just curious. Don’t want to ruffle any feathers/make assumptions.

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  83. Everyone please exuse my stupidity for today, it seems the lack of a project and new knowlage has lowered my IQ, lol so if i say or do something stupid please do not hold it agianst me in the future.

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  84. You know what i really like about this place? We all can come together and hang out no matter what the age, because if we all tryied to do this in rl it would be weird and some may even call it pholic. xD

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  85. Just asking. But is it tough to find a Male Litleo for anyone? I dislike catching female Pokemon unless the Pokemon looks female (yea. I’m weird.) and it took me 30 minutes to find 1 Male Litleo. Lucky it had Unnerve.

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  86. After reading Chico comment about Pokemon Get TV. I could recall when Pokemon Sunday dropped a ton of new information! They showed off Zoroark (Silhouette too), Starters, New look at battles, Areas in Unova and a ton more. Pokemon Get TV seems to be nothing but rehashed information!

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  87. In a Nuzlocke Run, are you prohibited from catching legendaries (not that anyone would try w/o the Master Ball, but still)?

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    • I heard for Nuzlockes, some rules can be changed for each player, so long as the main rules apply in some way.
      I wouldn’t know though, since I only read about them. I don’t actually do them. I would instantly fail.

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      • I don’t do them either. I do know the rules though, and one of the exceptions to the rules, like shiny encounters.

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        • Same. I am kinda interested, but I’d have to write down the rules I want to apply and I am entirely lazy.

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          • Id on’t do them because there are some pokemon I really don’t like and don’t want to risk the chance of being forced to use them. I truly, am the greatest trainer ever. XD

          • I like to try new Pokemon :3
            I did with Zubat and many others, and found that I ended up liking them.
            Zubat though, seriously. I love Crobat now.
            And I finally use Mienfoo and it is awesome 😀

          • Any Pokémon that faints is considered dead, and must be released.
            The player may only catch the first Pokémon encountered in each area, and none else. If the first Pokémon encountered faints or flees, there are no second chances. If the first encounter in the area is a Double Battle in dark grass, the player may choose which of the two Pokémon they would like to catch.
            While not exactly a definite rule, the general consensus is that players must also nickname all of their Pokémon, for the sake of forming stronger emotional bonds.
            Also not a definite rule, but the general consensus is that a black out/white out is considered to be “game over”, even if there are Pokémon left in the PC.
            Strongly implied, though not explicitly mentioned in the comic, is the stipulation that the player can use only Pokémon they have captured themselves, meaning traded Pokémon, mystery gifts, etc., are prohibited. Trading and retrading the same Pokémon (for the purpose of evolving a Graveler, for example) is something of a gray area, and may fall under optional rules.It is implied that the player can accept Pokémon that are received freely from NPCs.
            Also strongly implied is a prohibition against voluntarily resetting and reloading the game when things go wrong. Being able to do so would render all of the other rules pointless.

          • I know the rules xD But there are optional rules and changes to the rules. I would need to know which ones I want to follow.

          • I already have looked it up! xD
            But I need to separate them from the ones I’m not doing. Or else my brain will just get confused.

          • You really want me to play one, don’t you xD I already have so much to do already!

        • Probably because of the EXP Share. I always hate it. I don’t use it ever. I faint sometimes, sure, but I get through it. It’s not that hard.

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  88. Slip your opinion in my new poll!

    Which hoenn song are you Most looking foward to getting remade in ORAS? Choose only one!

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  89. I thought of the perfect pokemon to use against Roaming Legendaries! It’ll be:

    1. Water/Ghost
    2. A Physical Attacker with high Defensive Stats.
    3. Have access to the moves: Soak, Pain Split, Recover, Heal Block, Thunder Wave, and False Swipe.
    4. If it can learn False Swipe, then it can also learn X-Scissor and Night Slash.
    5. Have Shadow Tag as its ability.

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  90. I just uploaded my new YouTube intro and outro 😀 And I came up with my catchphrase; the thing that people would remember me by.
    “Voxel up, ValiantPeople! It’s ValiantPixel!” (with a finger square to represent a pixel)
    And then my end words:
    “Remember, the third eye doesn’t lie!”
    I wanted representation from my overarching ValiantPixel identity and my Pokemon-specific ShinyXatu identity. It’s like one of those Russian dolls.

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