Greetings Junglers, Evan here! I’m bringing you the last regional Gym Leader Showdown, after which the grand finale will take place! But first: the winner of last week is Elesa! She won with 21% of the votes, which is a lot considering the amount of Gym Leaders in Unova. She’s followed by Marlon (14%) and Skyla (13%).
Now is the time to choose between Kalos’ Gym Leaders. Choose wisely and let us know your pick in the comments!
Viola 
- Gym Leader 1
- Bug
- Surskit and Vivillon
- Santalune City
- Bug Badge
- Infestation
- Name: The plant
- Trivia: Viola is the only female Bug-type specialist.
Grant 
- Gym Leader 2
- Rock
- Amaura and Tyrunt
- Cyllage City
- Cliff Badge
- Rock Tomb
- Name: Granite
- Trivia: Grant is the only Rock-type specialist who doesn’t use a member of the Geodude or Onix line.
Korrina 
- Gym Leader 3
- Fighting
- Mienfoo, Machoke and Hawlucha
- Shalour City
- Rumble Badge
- Power-Up Punch
- Name: K.O. and arena
- Trivia: Korrina is the only Kalos Gym Leader to have two pieces of VS artwork.
Ramos 
- Gym Leader 4
- Grass
- Jumpluff, Weepinbell and Gogoat
- Coumarine City
- Plant Badge
- Grass Knot
- Name: Ramus (Latin for branch) and moss
- Trivia: Ramos gathers tea leaves from their place of origin.
Clemont 
- Gym Leader 5
- Electric
- Emolga, Magneton and Heliolisk
- Lumiose City
- Voltage Badge
- Thunderbolt
- Name: Lemon battery
- Trivia: Clemont is one of the inventors of Super Training.
Valerie
- Gym Leader 6
- Fairy
- Mawile, Mr. Mime and Sylveon
- Laverre City
- Fairy Badge
- Dazzling Gleam
- Name: Valerianella
- Trivia: According to an NPC in Kalos, Valerie is from Johto.
Olympia
- Gym Leader 7
- Psychic
- Sigilyph, Slowking and Meowstic
- Anistar City
- Psychic Badge
- Calm Mind
- Name: Olympian (godlike)
- Trivia: Placing your wrist inside Olympia’s bracelets will allow her to see your future.
Wulfric
- Gym Leader 8
- Ice
- Abomasnow, Cryogonal and Avalugg
- Snowbelle City
- Iceberg Badge
- Ice Beam
- Name: Wolf and frigid
- Trivia: Wulfric’s Avalugg is the highest-leveled Pokémon used by a Gym Leader at level 59.
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X — EVAN
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8nonGGV2pQ&feature=share
Gotta love that Sinnoh music!
Poketch Tunes! yay!
I know right? I came across Poketchtunes a few weeks ago and their music is pretty good
My favorite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uFZsngekoqI
Damn haven’t heard that one yet – but Steven Universe <3
Olympia because se has the coolest gym, she looks amazing, elegant and majestic, wise and mysterious which are traits that I like in Pokemon and characters.
My second choice would be Valerie
honestly the game I go back and replay the most is HGSS, but followed right behind that is XY, so I really don’t see how it doesn’t have any replay value, imo it has the most replay value, a lot of the longer games honestly I don’t feel like replaying because they are such an investment and you can’t just pick them up and go through them at a merry pace, and thats fine if you play it for the first time, but it doesn’t make me want to go back and play it again, xy is long enough but not so long that it makes you lose interest. Who has time to play games that long more than once you become and adult. I don’t.
HGSS were my favorite games in the series. I never get tired of going back and playing them.
X&Y has replay value, all pokemon games do, but I’m not really “excited” to replay it, compared to Gen 4 and 5 games. And you can make time. Pokemon games are pretty casual.
I make time for brand new games, I rarely make time to replay pokemon games with the exception of the two mentioned, and occasionally ORAS for breeding and such
I’m just saying you mention not having time, yet you replay HG/SS, which is a pretty long game, especially because you basically HAVE to grind.
yeah because I love them beyond all else, none of the other long games warrant that, they are the only long one that I make time for, as I have said
HGSS is just so rich in content and life. The colors are vibrant and the region as a whole is filled with charm. Johto is filled with pokemon you don’t think of using in other games so you can have many different teams each playthrough. Battle Frontier, Pokeathelon, just so much to do. It is an example of what a pokemon game should be.
Lol we basically said the same thing.
I just love gushing about these games
Haha me too. I’m going back to replay them after I beat platinum. Haven’t decided how to play them though. If I do a Nuzlocke, it’s more difficult and emotional, but there would be lots of grinding involved, so idk.
That would take months. The grinding in HG/SS is the worst of basically any game. It makes me take off a whole point of the score.
Especially with school starting up, yeah. I haven’t decided but if I decide to do a regular playthrough I’m going to consult you guys for certain Pokemon. I know I want to use Mismagius and Slownkng though.
You’ll have to trade a dusk stone to get Mismagius before the E4, but I did it with Honchkrow so I’d recommend it.
I’ll probably just keep my platinum file then.
Probably a good idea!
I wish the games had the VS seeker. I love that item, I’m sad that it’s gone.
That was so nice in D/P/Pt
I’m enjoying it thoroughly, but my team is still under leveled.
Don’t be afraid to use an action replay to increase XP during grinding. If these games have one flaw its leveling up. AR’s are perfectly fine as long as you are reasonable with your levels and dont just go level 100 for the first gym. Maybe do like, No higher than the next gym’s strongest pokemon
If you’re gonna do that just battle all available trainers before the gym and then raise them to the same level as the leaders highest pokemon.
I don’t have one, and I’m scared too. My friend told me that his game got corrupted using one. Idk if that’s possible, but that’s what he told me.
Just stick with preloaded codes in that case. Be careful about ones you use online. I had my platinum save ruined by trying to breed mew and got duplicating bad eggs. I have never had an issue with the ones that are preloaded into the device though.
How do you use AR with an original cartridge? Doesnt it only work with R4 cards?
The AR has a slot on the top that you put the cart in. When you boot it up, you choose your codes then start the game
Oh you have to like buy the AR?
Yeah, they’re cheap though. I got mine for 12 dollars. I think I still see them at Walmart sometimes but if not they are on amazon
Europe has no Walmart, but I’ll Google it tomorrow morning. Thx
Your welcome! If you end up getting it, I have codes for Gen 4 events that I’ve tested and work so.. yeah
Britain sort of does. Walmart owns Asda. The products are very different though.
That’s because people don’t realise how they work.
They overwrite areas of memory based on the code formulation, and some codes erase more then they’re supposed to.
I only ever used one once on my fire red after my friend convinced me it was a good idea. It stopped me being able to trade with RSE because it cleared the flag saying I had the ability to. Never used one again.
XY had a lot of Pokemon for replay value, I’ll give it that, but it was so easy that there was no reward in replaying it for me. Also HGSS are the perfect example of what a Pokemon game should be. Those games were phenomenal, and loaded to the brim with great content.
White 2 is a game I could continuous return to, due to it being my favourite. I’m not the largest HG/SS fan, in fact Johto is my least favourite region. HG/SS did have the length added from exploring the entire Kanto Region in addition to Johto. X/Y has a bunch of replay value due tot he amount of Pokemon. The games are easy, so I felt like I’d make a bunch of progress rather quickly.
BW2 were also amazing games. I love the amount of depth it added to the characters and story.
I honestly still haven’t even seen all there is to see in White 2. XY rolled around so fast. I want to get around to finishing black so I can really take in Black 2
I don’t own those games (I went through a phase where I didn’t like Pokemon because “it wasn’t cool enough”) so I played my brothers copy, so I couldn’t get too deep in case he wanted it back.
I bought White 2 originally because I traded my Reshiram for a shiny Giratina on the GTS (probably hacked) and I wanted another Reshiram.
I think I stole Black 2 from someone actually….
oops…
I’d love to hear that story, but I’m sure you don’t want to share it. xD
It wasn’t much. Went to a friend’s house, asked if I could borrow Black 2, he said yes, never saw him again. I guess its mine now?
Haha. Once I had my friend’s Snorlax on my copy of Diamknd, and restarted and I forgot I had it. I thought he was going to kill me lol.
I feel a little bad, but at least now I have all of the main gen 5 games?
Ehh you never saw him again so as long as you don’t run into him again it technically belongs to you not your fault.
My brother did that to my Creselia (my friend helped by giving me a hacked master ball and rare candied my Sharpedo) and he borrowed it restarted
Also that reminds me of a time when my friend borrowed my copy of Blue Rescue Team, and like three years later he returned it, and I completely forgot he had it.
Rule *randomly choses number*: Do not lend games. Ever 😛
White 2 and Black 2?
You must have money to burn 😛
my ex sold my copy so….
Never let partners get their hands on your vidya games.
Especially if they’re prone to selling things.
(I’ve never sold any of my games, even the crappy ones :P)
I was never a fan of Johto. The games were too slow and required a lot of grinding.
I played through Emerald more than 20 times. My longest Hours of playtime were over 500hrs. All spent on that dratted Battle Frontier. Never even got the Gold medals 🙁 But loved every moment of it.
I have to admit I played a lot of Competitive at the end of XY, but I lost interest in it very quickly.
ORAS I completed once….and haven’t touched it since.
I honestly can’t “go back” to a Pokemon game once the generation is over. It always feels so empty and then I miss all the newer Pokemon and updates. It just feels like I’m playing a really outdated game which is why I loveee remakes.
Starting to really look forward to returning to Sinnoh. Fairies, 3D graphics and visuals, revamps to the stories. Ugh it’s all going to be so magical
accurate
One the topic of Pokemon Games, what is your top five most favourite Pokemon Games?
For me, 1. Pokemon White 2, 2. Pokemon Platinum, 3. Pokemon Omega Ruby, 4. Pokemon Y, and 5. Pokemon Fire Red.
Pokemon Emerald
Pokemon BW
Pokemon BW2
Pokemon Platinum
Pokemon ORAS
Yeh, I grouped the versions, cos they are basically the same thing.
5. Pokemon Emerald
4. Pokemon Black 2
3. Pokemon Black
2. Pokemon Platinum
1. Pokemon Soul Silver
Black better than Black 2?
Kind of the opposite of their intentions 😛
I kinda rushed through my last playthrough of B2 so idk
I dunno, I never played it because I was annoyed at White 2 coming out of nowhere. If I’d known they would make a White 2 I would have waited and bought that.
1. Diamond
2. Soul silver
3. Leaf Green
4. Silver
5. White
1. HGSS
2.BW
3.FR/LG
4.XY
5.ORAS
Im not going to pick one version over the other because they are pretty much the same.
Isn’t a top five supposed to be counting down?
5. Fire Red
4. Emerald
3. White 2
2. Platinum
1. HGSS
1Oras
2BW
3B2W2
4XY
5RSE
1. Crystal
2. HGSS
3. X
4. Platinum
5. Bw2 ( only after playing BW for full sorry 🙂 )
I wanted Crystal so bad but didn’t have the extra 10 bucks so I got Silver instead
I remember when it came out. I had Gold and saw the animations in crystal for the first time and just fell in love. It was a Christmas present and to this day one of my most memerabe 🙂
Not exact, but:
1. Ruby
2. Pearl
3. HG
4. ORAS
5. Gold
Breaking the pattern a little ?
5. Pokémon Y
4. Pokémon Ranger: Shadows of Almia
3. Pokémon Platinum
2. Pokémon Heart Gold
1. Pokémon Black 2
Ooh a spin off ! Wow classy ! It is a good story tho 🙂
Can’t remember if I played that one or not, but the Go Rock Quads from Ranger were a really good set of villains.
1) White
2) HGSS
3) AS
4) Platinum
5) White 2
5. PMD Explorers of Darkness/Sky (That music and emotional storyline)
4. Crystal
3. Emerald
2. Fire Red
1. PEARL
1. HeartGold
2. Platinum
3. White 2
4. Emerald
5. White
1. Emerald.
2. Black 2.
3. Soulsilver
4. Firered
5. Three tied, X/Y, Platinum and Yellow.
5)ORAS
4)FRLG
3)BW
2)RSE (original)
1)HGSS (remakes)
So in my lows of boredom I pursue my creativity of I want to see in SM
And unsurprisingly I want to see a new Ground/Grass type in the form of a Terracotta Pot with a plant growing inside
Like a Wiggly plant creature who fashioned a protective shell from dirt and clay, or just merely hides under a pant pot and pretends to be one to avoid being attacked
And for its evolution a much different route, a literal Terracotta plant Warrior
Think of a suit of armor made out of plant pots and connected by plant vines
Similar to what Libra said below but not what’s your favourite game. I want to know your favourite storyline in game 🙂
For me it has to be BW and continuing into BW2. I loved that. It was the first game to really try make you think ” wow am I wrong to make Pokémon battle” I really enjoyed the different style !
I agree with BW for storyline.
But Emerald Rayquaza cut scene, is still my favourite single moment in any game.
That is a great scene ! I do sort of wish we had it for ORAS but I suppose we can’t have everything haha 🙂
Explorers of Sky
I don’t think that counts, but if it does, it’s up there.
It does count no games ruled out 🙂
Oh then Explorers of _____ no doubt.
Have you played conquest actually ?
I have not. The gameplay doesn’t look like it appeals to me. Is it good?
Its different. I enjoyed it but I only played once and that was enough haah. Its a pain as there is Zero post game. Literally nothing.
If it’s story focused, then I’m not surprised, as most story based games have little to no post game.
…The stories make up the whole game though
Oh add Conquest to my list then
Is this even a question? Gen 5, and I’m sure that everyone else here thinks so.
You’d be surprised how much hate it gets.
Where do you see this hate? I haven’t seen any here, but maybe I just wasn’t here at those times.
Not specifically here although I’ve seen it here. Online in general alot of people dislike it as its not the OTT villany we usually get.
To me that’s the appeal of BW !
OTT? Sorry I don’t follow.
Over the Top 🙂 I edited there.
Ah, thanks for the clarification.
No worries 🙂 Will you be changing to Alola Raichu anytime soon ? Or are you sticking with the current pic ? 🙂
I’m not sure. I like it, but not as much as Kanto Raichu. If I end up changing it, it’ll be purely for getting into the Alola spirit. But if you’re asking because you want to use it as your avatar, go right ahead, don’t let me stop you. 🙂
Haha no no 🙂 I’ve used this mewtwo since about 2010 or 2011 I think 😛
Was just wondering your opinion on. The new form haha. Its actually near 1am here so I’m going to pop to bed nice chat tho 🙂
Alright then. Nice talking with you too. 🙂
most of the people that hate BW only hate it because they hate change and cant deal with the new pokemon
Very true! People can’t distinguish them.
This is the exact reason I can’t get through B/W and I think it’s justified.
its not imo, but you do you, Im not gunna judge…. much lol
Definitely the Black&White saga. After all this time I’m still weirdly not convinced Team Plasma was wrong; I feel like the Gen V games were the first ones to really dwelve into the “phylosophy” of Pokémon and the battles, and I love them for this 😀 I’m currently replaying Pokémon Black because I just can’t sit still and wait for Sun and Moon xD
Probably have to go with BW! Close second is Platinum.
It was ok, but I don’t think it was quite as revolutionary as people make it out to be.
Explorers, BW, Super Mystery Dungeon in that order.
It’s BW, BW2, or D/P for the win!
D/P/Pt or Kanto: Both had evil teams with cool secret hideouts to explore. (The climax at the top of mt coronet is one of the best moments in pokemon) Also, both had mean rivals that you hate. It’s so much more fun battling your cool pokemon against an antagonist than some overly-happy person on your side. The evil teams were relatively simple, though, and that leaves room for improvement. (Though I liked Rocket’s edginess) I would like if the evil teams going forward had a more emotional backstory, that ties into real life human interaction and emotions (like team skull and their leader not making the trials)
If nobody heard about this, Kingdom Hearts 3 was listed for the NX by EB Games. They quickly removed the information once they figured out it was up. I think this might be a possibility of KH3 releasing on the NX as well. Square Enix has heavily talked about supporting the system.
This raises two questions for me. Is that what the box art will really look like, and why is it 120 dollars?
I seriously think the reveal date of the console will be announced soon. Like, tomorrow. Nintendo has been on a news hiatus this week, and that break ends late tonight. They can’t hold back much longer.
What do you mean a news hiatus?
I read multiple people on Neogaf saying that Nintendo was on some break from August 8-15. I can’t find any sources for it though, but I suppose it doesn’t matter. Also, Tuesday is a day they use for announcements for some reason.
Hmm. I feel like the NX will be announced mid September, but that’s just my prediction.
I’m talking about the announcement OF the announcement. Like Sony did recently.
I know, but I doubt they’d make said announcement this far away, but I hope you are correct.
They always announce their E3 plans about a month early. It’s always about a month of forewarning before major events like this. I don’t believe this will be treated like a normal Nintendo Direct with a day or two of speculation. Sony did, in fact, announce their reveal date for September 7, and that same rumor said that this was in response to the NX’s “week of September 12” reveal date. Since Sony gave so much advance notice, and they are aware of the plans, why wouldn’t Nintendo also give advance notice?
I mean they already gave us a ball park year and season/quarter that it was coming out in, why would they give us an exact date when they haven’t even showcased the console yet?
I think he means the date when they will show off the console.
oh, gotcha, I didn’t know companies made announcements like that
Here’s the Sony stuff I’ve been referencing. I expect Nintendo to give a similar notice for their own event this week.
http://www.polygon.com/2016/8/9/12417578/ps4-neo-playstation-meeting-2016-date
oh but thats not really a new console though, just a more powerful version of the one we already have right? The NX is a totally new console, still I’m not saying they won’t announce an announce date, I just didn’t know companies did that for new consoles
I mean Pokemon does. . .
thats different, sorry I mean like just for announcing consoles, as in game companies
Rumours say September! I’d say mid-September will be the reveal!
not gunna lie, I think the hype of BOTW got a lot and I mean a lot of people hyped about the NX, and it looks like a lot of developers see a lot of promise and are starting to jump on board, I mean there is already a dragon quest game slated to come out for it and now this
Marshadow’s theory No.2
I am still in Zodiac theory ….As u see in the pic below every constellation in Zodiac is ruled by some kind of planet. http://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/548632/319562576/stock-vector-set-of-astrologic-infographics-solar-system-planets-with-constellations-horoscope-and-zodiac-319562576.jpg
The mos importnat for us is sun, moon and mars cuz yeah I still believing that Marshadow represent mars …..Solgaleo is represent leo (sun) and Lunala ????….yes after doing more research I can guarantee Lunala represent cancer here is the prove ….this page from Arabic astrological text Book of Wonders.
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d9/Book_of_Wonders_folio_7b.jpg/396px-Book_of_Wonders_folio_7b.jpg
So Marshadow is one of 2 ….Scorpio and Aries ….Solgaleo is surface ,Lunala is sky to complete this we need (depth) …..yeah it’s Scorpio …Marshadow is Scorpio.
……could be continue.
Where’s Ophiucus?
I didn’t say there will be Ophiucus …..I didn’t fabricated theory ,I analyze them.
don’t use emotion while analyzing it’s bad habit.
In that case it’s an awful theory.
Anyone who’s creating Zodiac-inspired theories and ignoring the existance of Ophiucus deserves to be ignored.
don’t judge me in this stupid way …..If u think I did some mistake just tell me …..no emotion.
Ophiuchus:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ophiuchus_(astrology)
http://www.bbc.co.uk/guides/zp4fvcw
http://themindunleashed.org/2013/08/the-13th-zodiac-sign-ophiuchus.html
http://zodiacbooks.com/13th-sign.html
I didn’t how this match to my theory …..which planet is Ophiuchus ruled by?
I dunno, there isn’t really a single ‘canon’ when it comes to Astrology. People just make stuff up when they feel like it.
I felt that……but I am talking about mars here.
most people ignored Ophiucus until very recently anyways though… so…
Not in Japan. In Japan Ophiuchus is a major thing.
“A 13-sign zodiac has been suggested by Walter Berg and by Mark Yazaki in 1995, a suggestion that achieved some popularity in Japan, where Ophiuchus is known as Hebitsukai-Za (へびつかい座?, “The Serpent Bearer”).”
What typing would that make Marshadow?
I am not sure about it could be part of fire….u know cuz of Mars.
Fire/dark make it super effective v both lunala and solgaleo
That make sense.
Not a very ‘unique’ typing though.
What about Poison/Psychic because of Poison relating to the scorpion part, Psychic to fit the trio theme, and a unique type combo?
It’s not going to be a Scorpion though.
If they were ever going to do the zodiac they’d have to do all 12/13 at once or it would be pretty pointless.
Ughhhhhh its 02:32 here and Jungle is active. Why always me?
8:39 here buddy but I’m going soon
I wonder if this has any reltation to Solgaleo?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lion_and_Sun
Of course it’s lion r 2nd animal after snake in symbolize most of ancient civilizations use it in there myth and symbol……..it connected with sun and fire most of time but he can represent water,forest, metal and funeral.
I cant vote, but I would totally vote for viola. viola booty is a straight 15/10
Try using your phone. It never works on my laptop, but always on my phone.
And if you don’t have a phone that can do internet stuff?
Am the only one not voting with my genitals?
You already asked that.
lol this and sinnoh are the only ones I did this for.
Kanto: Erika
johto: Whitney
hoenn: Roxanne
sinnoh Candice
unova: Lenora
kalos: Viola
Nahhhh. As I’ve said before, I don’t see how you can be attracted to artwork
humans are naturally made to react to humans and human shaped things. its why a lot of people sculpt human shaped statues.
Still…attraction is strange to me.
Tell that to all the thousands of people who insist they have game waifus.
I don’t, but frankly vidya gaem characters are the only females I get to interact with.
Why? Girls are easy.
For you maybe.
Girls generally either ignore or dislike me.
A few have liked me in the past, but only a handful.
Aside from which I don’t leave the house much anymore, so without Steam I probably wouldn’t interact with many males either.
Making a girl laugh is an easy way to become friends.
I’m not very funny though, despite the number of amusing memes I post.
And I’d have to know some to begin with anyway, you can’t just go up to strangers and invite yourself into their lives.
I find it so easy to talk to girls, but talking to guys I find cute is hard as fuck. Girls are generally nicer from my experience
This would make more sense if I knew the context of your gender and/or sexual preferences, because at face value I’d assume this means you’re either a girl or a gay man.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b60341caf2f6b81c00f209177d7adfb462061c806aaf150d065faebe8c3964c2.jpg
Thank you for clarifying that.
The situation makes more sense now.
I have more female than male friends ,and I’m not gay.The thing is , I’m relatively fat , but I am consideredby many to be the funniest person they know .the secret is to make the most out of any funny situation, but in your own way you don’t need internet memes to do that , just be yourself as long as what you’re thinking about hurts no one , just say it out loud , be natural , they’ll appreciate it.
As I said before, I’m not really very funny, and most people wouldn’t get my jokes anyway.
And again, I’d actually have to meet and know females in the first place which is hard when you don’t do clubbing and late night drinking, don’t belong to any clubs, don’t go to college and are unemployed. (And hardly ever leave the house and never get invited anywhere).
You know, maybe I should just be a brain in a jar with robotic arms, my life would be mostly the same.
http://img03.deviantart.net/e5f4/i/2014/323/6/a/hero_commissions__alien_brain_by_bracey100-d86ssrw.png
Maybe the problem is that you just don’t have any genitals.
He might not. It would free his mind of distraction
Jackass
I don’t see how mine was meant to be insulting
Everything is an insult
Ian logic is the best logic
Because I’m always right
I would prove it to you but that may result in jail time and a fine
Sorry Earthen but that immature joke made me laugh so hard????
no, pretty sure I didn’t when I voted for Valerie, not that pokemon characters are every really “attractive” per say imo. but to each their own
I can’t vote either.
The vote button doesn’t register as a button.
I just hate how they all only have 3 Pokemon. By the 8th gym leader, there’s no reason this shouldn’t be a six on six battle
They used to do it right…
Your comment actually has a lot of validity. As time went on in this franchise, things got more convoluted. But in gen 1, they pulled out all the stops: starters, challenging battles, evil rivals, evil teams, memorable characters, just a few rare legendaries, rare pokemon, an epic climax
It’s getting too easy. BRING BACK GEN 2-4 DIFFICULTY!!
Gen 5 had difficulty! Even a setting for it! 😛
I feel like that’s a good medium. It wasn’t XY easy, wasn’t Platinum hard. Also yeah, if you don’t like it you have settings.
I feel like an easy beginning with the mechanics explained to the character, then one small challenge to keep them engaged, then slowly upping the difficulty is a better approach
Because a younger person will still choose the hard version, then quit the game. (But I would love me a hard version to test my skills, being the Pokemon expert I am and a lot of people here are)
Difficulty modes would help.
It was still easier than the previous 4 gens. I was so surprised at how fast you could level up.
Well the leveling up/lucky egg is really appreciated, imo. Helps with the grinding they can never perfect. Some of the gyms were challenging, like Elesa and Lenora. But yeah, not too hard.
I honestly liked the hard leveling up better. When B/W first came out, I was only 8 so I thought it was cool how fast they leveled up (heck I evolved my Tepig before I even challenged the first gym), but now I’m 13 and I respect the difficulty of leveling up Pokémon.
oh my gosh you’re a pokebaby! good on you for traversing BW at such a young age, I know a lot of younger kids had a tough time with it
I don’t appreciate being called a baby :/
Yeah. Soul Silver was my first main series game (when I was 6). I enjoyed the difficulty a lot 🙂
I loved my Ledian. It was my all time favorite Pokemon. And it still is one of my favorites…. Actually. Ya Know What? It is my favorite.
sorry I just mean that compared to most of the people on this site (as it seems) you’re like the youngest one here, but I get sometimes kids don’t like being called that, it makes them feel like they’re being talked down to I suppose, that all changes once you reach adult hood lol, its all downhill from there 😛
Eh. I don’t really care that much. I think we have our top 3 youngests right here
3) The Last Kurusu/ Diglett Bros. 15
2) Poekoko 13 (We’re buds in real life as well)
1) Me. I’m younger than Poekoko by a few months.
Also. I’m probably taller than most of you 🙂
why are you like 7ft tall? 😛
6′ 1″ (and a half :P)
I mean, thats really tall for a 13 year old, I’m around that height, dont know 100% because I haven’t measured my height in like 4 years. I didn’t stop growing until I was like 21 (i think I stopped at least, maybe others are shrinking) I’m 22 now.
Yeah. I’m in the 98th Percentile.
I’m 6’3″, so you’re in good company here.
I’m *insert lie here*
I’m 6’4” lol
Ok. I’m 3 inches shorter than you. Still taller than MOST.
Lol poke baby.. I was 10 when it came out and boy did I have trouble with Ghetsis. BUT I LOVED EVERY MINUTE OF TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO BEAT HIM!! And that’s why I hope new Pokemon players get that same experience in these generations…
Like Elekid 😛
Wow, you’re pretty young. Maybe the leveling in B/W is easy, but if you’re playing on challenge mode in the sequels, you’ll need to do some grinding.
Ah. I never really did anything post game in B2.
You still unlocked the keys though I believe. I’d recommend challenge mode if you get the chance. It can be really hard. My battle with Elesa and no ground type was a doozy. I only had petilil, minccino, and a bunch of fillers
I’ll try it out as soon as I’m done with OR 🙂
Someone else had to beat the game first though, which was silly. 🙂
Can’t they give us difficulty setting from the start?
I think we can all agree on this one
Yes my brother quit Pokemon after BW because it was hard that was semi easy yet he’s making a come back cause I have him on board for Sun version and plays Diamond and Platinum
BW didn’t have enough surprises. It didn’t have you salivating at the mouth for the next surprise. Though good on paper, it was linear and unengaging
see this is what I often say, kids these days will not play the games if they are too hard, there are some kids out there who probably found XY hard, whats easy for older people is a lot more challenging for children which the games are mostly directed at, so yes a difficulty setting would be fine, but making them harder in general would not fly in the market
I think he’s getting much better cause he thinks more so do I actually and we can over come obstacles excluding taking both of us 2 hours to get through Cornet a few weeks ago!
I wouldn’t say gen 1, I thought 3 & 4 were better at that sort of thing.
IMO, it should be:
1st and 2nd gym – 2 Pokemon
3rd, 4th, and 5th gym – 3 Pokemon
6th – 4 Pokemon
7th – 5 Pokemon
8th – 6 Pokemon
I disagree, I think it should be:
3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6
Or maybe
3, 3, 4, 4, 5, 5, 6, 6
Depends how far apart the gyms are though
Yeah, so dumb!
They spent too much time thinking about how to please kids with easy battles. Eh. It is what it is
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLLNtb0X5KI
Is this the Kalos League final battle?
yeah ….Last trailer.
Part one came out, right?
I think so.
Yeah.
I saw it on youtube
Hey did anyone see my fossil idea on last post if I can copy paste it I’ll repost it!
I saw it
Ok I remember I was more asking everyone except you cause you saw it.
New idea for a Fossil Pokemon line!
Protoffin- The Faux Griffin Pokemon Rock/Flying
name broken down Protoceratops + Griffin
the reason being is that this dinosaur is what inspired the mythical griffin’s existence and flying typing only for it could have small wings at first that help with the griffin part
Serraffin- The True Griffin Pokemon Rock/Dragon
name broken down Serrated+Protoceratops+Griffin
It is supposed to have razor sharp senses and now has lived up to its myth as a real Griffin it uses serrated to show it has razor sharp mind, beak, and Talons and is very agile in battle!
Hmmmm the whole griffin aspect is a extremely tough sale as a Fossil
Honestly you should cut your losses and just go for a regular mon as a griffin because they’re beyond a believable Fossil Pokemon
Either as a Normal/Flying Steel/Flying or Psychic/Flying just a no go
It was done for the Griffin was inspired by that dinosaur and I thought hey it could work
??? What are you even saying
Griffin inspired by what dinosaur what?
Protoceratops here a link for you this might shed some light
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/mythic-creatures/land-creatures-of-the-earth/griffin-bones/
The Dino itself
I like the idea of a fake and true version.
Yeah I thought that would make interesting detail to have one who portrays it but is fake yet then become legit
I for one would love this. I always wanted a Griffin Pokemon, so to have it as a Rock/Dragon fossil would be amazing.
Thank you
But Griffins aren’t dinosaurs and weren’t inspired by them either…
Mythical creatures and prehistoric animals are two different things
I saw this and it says that the Protoceratops and Griffin share many similarities and is what inspired its existence
http://www.amnh.org/exhibitions/mythic-creatures/land-creatures-of-the-earth/griffin-bones/
Well. See you all tomorrow. I’m gonna look for things on the most dreaded place in history…………………….. The GTS….
Good luck. It’s easy, just put your stuff in, and ask for the stuff you want.
Voted Ramos just cause grandpa is rocking that outfit.
I have a confession. I never played platinum. Is it worth playing during my free time??
Yes.
It’s way better than DP
if you have no problem with the snail pace of gen 4, its by far the best of the era, and one of the best pokemon games ever.
Until BW2 it was my favourite Pokemon game ever. It’s definitely worth your time 🙂
Guys, I don’t follow rumors that much so I know nothing about the NX. Is it going to be a handheld console?
Well from what I’ve heard it’s more of a portable console.
Yes! I can’t stand being stuck in front of a tv and have always had Nintendo portables consoles. I can’t wait for the next gen of pkm on the NX, it must be so good *cries*
It’s looking more like a separate console and handheld based on more recent rumours.
hey guys look at this: In The Games Department
Pokémon Sun & Moon
It has been confirmed that Shigeki Morimoto is going to show some live Pokémon Sun & Moon gameplay footage at Gamescom in Cologne. This footage will be streamed through Nintendo Germany’s Twitch channel from 17:00 CEST, which is 16:00 BST, 11:00 EDT and 08:00 PDT. It’s not currently known what will be shown in this but we’ll report on any new information as it comes.
Today????
umm Maybe?
On Thursday according to Serebii.
And what’s that in UTC/GMT?
Us people outside American don’t use American time zones
I would look for you but I don’t know where to look for times I just sit and wait till it comes
It would help if I knew what any of those time zones were.
Seriously, it’s about time people started talking in terms of UTC, it’s an internet standard from the point of view of web developers and us programmers use it too.
I’ll look it up and post as soon as a find it
Typo I meant I instead of a
If EDT refers to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eastern_Time_Zone
Then 11:00 is at UTC-05:00 when not in daylight savings and UTC-04:00 when observing them, meaning it should be either 16:00 or 15:00 at UTC
Ok I tried yet figuring out 24 hour clocks is difficult sometimes to read
24 is the norm here.
People still speak in terms of 12 hour when the context is obvious, but write in terms of 24 hour instead of using am/pm.
I encourage you to learn your UTC timezone though, it makes things much easier for figuring out the difference between people’s time zones.
I have no idea.
SCREEEEECH I LIVE IN GERMANY HOW DID I NOT KNOW??
https://66.media.tumblr.com/22f13b125e20b05059607bb71c58ffa6/tumblr_obzxkxJ9mD1ut5z6zo1_540.jpg
only ~350 eggs!
Congratulations!
No egg moves?
Thanks! The set i’m using is all tms and tutors
Ah kewl!
Congrats!
I like the nickname btw.
Exclusive image of yet to be officially revealed a new Water/Flying gen 7. Refresh if needed.
Psyduck actually had brain parasites all these years and they finally decided to take over.
So spoopy.
I’d like to vote for Valerie, but as usual, I click the ‘vote’ button and nothing happens :/
It works on mobile browser for some weird reason…
They spend too much time optimising for mobile and neglected the sane people who still use computers :C
Heh heh. I use both and I’m insane.
I think two copies of the poll on the article could be messing up “real” browsers.
Hey guys, has the no-return of megas in SM been confirmed as of yet?
Nope, come back in a month and ask again.
No and it never will be
It would make my life a whole lot less stressful
No more Mega Char Y insta Solarbeams
No more bulky as shit untouchable Mega Venusaur (Poison monos will finally be cake again)
No more Mega Medicham and Mega Loppuny (which are basically the same thing)
No more Mega Manetric trying to weasel out with HP Ice
No more Mega Latios and Latias they were annoying before they’re infinitely worse now
No more No Mega Sableye hiding behind a wall (but that did stop prankster but now they’re venerable to Toxic again)
No more Mega Diancie and its same move carbon copy set
No more Mega Blaziken speed boosting
No more Kamakazi Mega Glalies Refigerated Explosions
No more effing Mega Gardevoir spamming Hyper Voice
No more more a Mega Alakazam or Gengar outspeeding everything and it’s op special
No more Speed Boost Protect Mega Sharpedo bullying everything
No more
And lastly no more stupidly bulky Mega Slowbro spamming slack off iron defense calm mind
Please please don’t let them come back
Literally all of these have counters
Does anyone notice that all the starters spiecies names are two words
Grass Quill
Fire Cat
Sea Lion
Think that was already established by looking at the designs.
I assume that the Action Replay 3DS thing isn’t compatible with Platinum?
Nupe
So I would have to buy a DSi or DS version instead?
Yup
Cheater
Oh chill. ARs are fine as long as you’re fair with them. Gen 4 is pretty bad with grinding so exp multipliers are pretty helpful. Plus there are events that are no longer accessible.
Should have Lucky Egg a pokeball item instead of just a 5% loot chance from Chancey.
Ugh can’t find any Dutch website that sells DSi/DS AR, they only sell 3DS.
I used to have one. I would give it to you (somehow) if I could find it.
3DS cards and DS cards have different pinouts I think.