Fans have been distraught as of late because there’s been a distinct lack of certainty about when the next Pokémon Sun & Moon news would come. Nintendo has now officially announced a 3DS-centered Direct and, while not guaranteed, could be the source of some new Pokémon news as well.
A Nintendo #3DS Direct is around the corner! Live on 01/09 at 16:00 CEST! #NintendoDirect ► https://t.co/xMukXCkSow pic.twitter.com/ItgG8n4753
— Nintendo of Europe (@NintendoEurope) August 30, 2016
The Nintendo Direct will be held on September 1st, so we won’t be in the dark much longer!
<3 PJ
Finally European time!
I don’t care what they show as long as it’s something we can speculate on
Idk what else it could possibly be on other than Sun and Moon, and that new game that nobody cares about
I was talking about SM, I meant they can show whatever they want from the game as long as it keeps us busy for a while
Mii die haus party!!!!!!!
PTSD.. TRIGGERED!
When you see someone post about the stupid Lugia and Ho-oH cloud theory on facebook…. ugh.
HARAMBE!
Anything regarding that is also annoying..lol
D:
I hope you are referring to the cloud theory that ends with a Harambe meme or we are on completely different pages lol
Honestly I didn’t stop to click their link, I just assumed it was the same dumb theory I had heard months ago lol
Oh got ya lol. It’s this super wild theory that sorta makes sense if you’re open to the ideas, but then ends with a Harambe meme. I rate it 5/7.
…of course it does :I
Hey did you used to go by a different name here?
I went by John Hocker and then changed it
:O You were the guy who helped get me into competitive battling! You bred me three pokemon and helped me get start! I can’t thank you enough for that. 😀
That’s me! Glad to see you around still. And you’re welcome! Always glad to help 🙂 Might be breeding some more in the future
You should enter the league tournament if you plan on sticking around.
I haven’t competitively played in a while and would probably get destroyed, but if the tournament resurfaces, I’ll think about it
Oh! I remember you! Hi, how’ve you been? 🙂
Hey! I’ve been doing well, busy with work and school though. How about you?
Yeah. Busy with school as well. I still come here every day though because I alway finish stuff fast
That’s good that you can get through all of it quick. A Monday-Friday job fills up most of my week and then I need to plug school into the schedule along the way haha
ikr?! its pure coincidence in my eyes. like seriously enough already, that theory is old news, heck its not even news its just wishful thinking lol
When I go into showdown expecting to do well with my team that has been winning a ton and I loose almost everytime
http://i.pokegif.com/gifs/pk9/O/pk9.gif
Someone call the Pokemon services.
Pokemon Abuse
If you is abuse pokemon?
Then call number on screen
I get money every time call
grateful
Shut up Edgeworth!
…
*sad music and pictures play*
https://youtu.be/1SiylvmFI_8?t=1m3s
Hey green, you want any of those slowpoke tails yet?
I thought I sent you to the slammer ya sick animal
I’ve done my time. . . so how about the tails?
Alright. I’ll humor you. I don’t want your tails, but I’ll get you out of that filthy well. Here’s 5000 P. Go buy yourself a house ya bottomfeeder
*uses the money to get some more tails*
Wow. You don’t even cut your own tails…. Pathetic
what’s your showdown team?
When you don’t playtest your team at all
I’m making a few different teams and playtesting on showdown . . . if that counts.
Screw Showdown. It’s team builder is perfect, but I hate the players
Yeah but good luck finding someone to 6 v 6 singles on the real game. Battlespot is so dumb, why is it only 3 v 3?
Because GF doesn’t know that people actually play the game :L
Also half the people i do get into battle with, have full legend teams. It’s like, really?
Mostly is for time. 6v6 tames quite a a fair bit of time, and honestly most matches of 3v3 vs 6v6 will play out about the same.
Trying out a new team, it involves rain… Earthen, prepare for a weather war
Actually, I forgot how much I hate rain teams
Rule 1: Don’t tell your opponent your strategy
Rule 2: Read the whole comment thread (look at the reply)
I know, just for future reference xP
I know, and I’ve gathered so much info on others teams too. I’ve generally kept quiet, only said one Pokemon (which may be scrapped) and others have given their whole team away.
They’re asking to be beaten!
Basically. They didn’t say “OH HERE’S MY TEAM LIST” or anything, but over time they give their team away through other comments/replies
I might use the one I showed but might not Mystery!
tell me the one pokemon
Tsk, tsk, tsk
You missed the post I said it in, I’m not repeating myself
Ok! No one knows my strategy I don’t have one… Yet
Sometimes the best strategy is no strategy
I’m making one yet I’m having a hard time with some teams (wanted Gallade but don’t have dawn stone so I gave that up even if it was perfect naughty natured Ralts)
Full on frontal assault
Here’s my strategy: Make sure all you attacks hit! Make sure you dodge every attack!
So Double team, Aerial Ace, and Faint Attack team so Weavile is perfect
I’m not actually doing that, it’s a reference to Barry from sinnoh.
Oh! Weavile still is good in hitting and dodging
I miss Barry. he was one of the last great rivals.
Hugh was pretty good too.
Agree to Disagree there. Honestly I personally think that B&W 2 are the worst games over all in the series, and Hugh really doesn’t help with my feelings of that.
Eh, thats alright. I’ve never liked most of the friendly rivals. Not because they’re friendly, but because they often lack personality, like May.
I personally don’t really consider Hugh a rival. He’s just your friend who is motivated by a different set of goals.
You’re definitely going to win.
I always thought that evasion should be a stat, but I’ve realized it’d be way too broken. xD
Omg that would be the worst lol
Well, I’d just tell everyone a fake strat…
Yes, that’s evil
If you want to make a good rain team I suggest Goodra with Hydration ability so he can recover from status affliction.
Dude just admit your obsessed with me and leave me alone
Seriously anyone see he’s always trying to get up in my business
And besides my gaming attention has shift back to world of Warcraft and probably won’t be doing any Pokemon until sun and moon and before the GTS shuts down (gotta spend them Pokemiles)
It’s for fun. He used to genuinely dislike you, but now he knows you’re pretty cool because you have a few things in common.
Feh I just see as yet another jerkwad trying to pick on me
https://youtu.be/gGttpwF62YY?t=101
Don’t worry, I hate rain teams, and weather teams for that matter
I have a Pokemon idea it’s a Tardigrade based one that is very resilient and can live any where.
Sorry rf I have to remember that part
ew
It looks like he got punched in the face and its mouth is still showing
Good description. xD
Don’t diss my water bears
The most adaptable creature on the planet……Hmmmmm make sense.
Bug/Normal?
Maybe
YES! WATER BEARS ARE THE BEST!!!!
It’s not much a bear it’s a microorganism of sorts but Water bear is good idea!
No. No. The Non-Scientific name of Tardigrade is Water Bear
It is? I did not know that that’s really cool!
Ice bear>Water Bear>Grizz and Panpan
We’ll be there. A wink and a smile and good ol time.
It looks like a vacuum cleaner bag!
Gtg for a couple hours… cya
I have an idea for the people running this website. Make us vote for our favourite cities/towns in pokemon regions.
Ugh. Every new team I test out just gets worse and worse.
Hmmm…Are you trying to build a well rounded team, or more a team built around a certain strategy? Really just trying to help here and not anything nefarious.
The well rounded one I built seems to work better. I guess I’ll make more of those and see what happens.
IN that case I’d recommend trying to pull pokemon from gen 4 or 5 to see if they can fit on your team. Their generally considered to have the most competitively viable pokemon.
I’ll try that, thanks.
I can’t even make any of either type of strategy
Really then I would just say start with a couple of pokemon you know you want to use, and you know their good enough to use, and then try to build around them. Like try to find a pokemon that covers their most common weaknesses, and then try to cover that pokemon from its weaknesses and so on.
Like think of it like this. If you like a steel type, try to bring a flying type of a grass type next to counter ground or fighting, then a rock or a water type, and then so on.
There’s something addicting about soft resetting for a shiny once you’ve been doing it for a while…it’s almost like gambling except you’re putting time into the slots instead of money.
I only SR for stats and nature though… which is just as bad. 🙂
If I cared about legendary stats I might do the same but I never use them
Well I did use them in competitive, and I don’t value shinies much so that’s what my SR time was going to…
I think this Cresselia will be the only SR I ever do xD Does it take less time to reset for stats/natures?
Theoretically, when yer going for flawless legendary stats. 31/x/31/31/31/31 sounds trivial on bred Pokemon… but when you have only 3 guaranteed stats, you might take hours-weeks.
There are ways to hasten SR for stats and nature:
Preparation:
1. Memorize the max stats.
2. Register the legend in the dex.
3. Knock out a synchronizer and put it in slot 1.
4. If the legend has an announced ability (usually weather or Pressure), your lead Pokemon (after the synchronizer) can be 1 speed point slower than the enemy’s max stats and also have an announced ability. This verifies speed IV. (It will be at least 30 IV, since you might lose a speed tie.)
Catching:
1. Start the battle.
2. Verify turn order if there’s an announced ability. If you go first, reset the game.
4. After catching, look at the HP. Not max, reset the game.
5. Then look at the nature. Wrong nature, reset the game.
6. Then look at the stats. Not good enough, reset the game.
7. Then calculate IV’s. (Optionally, check Hidden Power.) If stats are not good, reset the game.
8. If you can live with those stats, congratulations!
Randomly, the local VGC scene wasn’t quite good until someone offered a repository of legit flawless stats VGC-ready legends free for tournament attendees. (We cloned those legends free, and the only “payment” we asked for is event attendance and tournament participation.)
100000000% Off topic, but I know a lot of Steven Universe fans like this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MUUdtIXL_7g
I have to say, I absolutely loved this. Of course the original was better, but I loved the Ukulele.
Poekoko don’t hate on me for this pls 🙁
How’d you know I was about to say something along the lines of “Wow, Steven Universe Weeb” Geez you know me way too well
This song and “its over isnt it” have been stuck on my head they are just so good
And I know that we can be strong. In the real way.
I think this is the reason they haven’t said when we’re getting more sun and moon news like before cuase they were waiting for the Direct
Yeah it makes sense. Why have a separate announcement when they can just bundle it with the other games. I have to wonder though. Could the trailer being played in a Direct rather than alone be the reason the French Nintendo twitter account teased the starters evos instead of the Pokemon twitter account doing so? And if that’s the case could this Thursday be the reveal of the starters first evolutions?
That’s what I’m hoping at least. This would be the groundbreaker. (Though I”m praying they look like artaleaka’s)
Once the starter evos get revealed a lot of “leaks” and rumors will be tested. It’ll be interesting to see what stands up and what doesn’t lol
Matches up perfectly with the beginning of month pattern we’ve seen too.
Yeah I saw that too but I was just wondering why they hadn’t said anything and now we know why
After extensive testing, I’ve found my team! Time to breed! 1 pokemon . . . and train! 2 pokemon . . . lol I already have most of my team.
My Pokemon teams aren’t working well at all
Don’t give up, my teams are never good tho, but i will NEVER give up
I won’t ever give up!!!
SAY IT AGAIN!!!
(in all caps with 3 !’s)
BIG. MEATY. CLAWS!
Wait I think I did that wrong.
I WILL NEVER GIVE UP!!!
Are you testing on showdown? I’d give you tips, but honestly I pretty much just stumbled upon my perfect team. What I can say that I did was that each pokemon covers another’s weakness, so maybe try to do that.
ok kinda like Cynthia! Got it!
Hmm, yeah, her team is like that. I’ve never noticed that before.
Until platinum it was like that yet she changed from water/Ground to Normal/Flying
Cool, what Pokemon are they?
If it’s for the tournament, I’m guessing no scouting… 🙂
Oh ok
OUIJA Unown. http://i.4cdn.org/vp/1472563981444.jpg
Spooky
For me spooky is a good thing.
Woah that’s so cool. The unown were weird, because they made it out like some huge secret, when really there was absolutely nothing at all. Maybe they were planned to have a bigger story but it was cut?
That really wouldnt surprise me. I was disappointed when I unlocked nothing with them.
I have the same view when I was a child ….I was think they will combined together and become like a huge dragon….but the same we have nothing.
It really just makes me very sad that Vespiquen is one of the best bug desings and have good stats but its ugly typing made it impossible for it to be competitive viable
https://66.media.tumblr.com/6278d402da9dcb6592363c3a7eacd3da/tumblr_inline_ocpcp29r3m1tqgkq8_500.gif
RIP Bee +
Bee –
A Bee + with the qualitives of a bee –
I want a new stand alone Bee Pokemon
It’s basically Vespiquen and Escavalier fusion
Beeknighted
Bug/Steel or Bug/Fighting
Just have a small humanoid insectoid body with gold and black European Knight armor, large trapezoid wings and a long lance stinger
Hmm… I thought you disliked Fusions?
Fusion! Fusion! Fusion! It’s always fusion!
Deserved to be Bug/Dark
Vespiquen obliterates in TCG
RIP Bee and Puppycat.
RIP: Grimer. one of the 5 first forms of Pokemon I don’t have. It spawned near my house, but it’s night. I used an incense, even though I knew it wouldn’t work. Then it despawned…
Dumb eevee teams, they can go die
Just to let you know, you arent creative
They’re cute though
Sure if you like that cutesy garbage
I have an Eevee cup
I have one too
*Holds up a Eevee’s skull with a mug handle*
Then wouldn’t it be a mug and not a cup ?
I wonder if its dish washer safe
Prob not
i wonder what other mugs earthen has
Loooots of fairy-typed pokemon skulls…and a custom made rypherior themed one :3
yea but once we get our Ground/Fairy earthen will have a new pet
I can already see him being all like “This is the only worthwhile fairy and its the best fairy of all! Aaargh *smash* *smash*”
I think that the calcium from the skull would jus dissolve so no probably not, besides i cant see how its possible for it to hold liquids without them spilling through the eye sockets
You can put an actual container in the middle of the skull so it doesn’t leak the liquids…
Well I think I’m getting close to finalizing my team…it was very gimmicky at first, resulting in me either destroying my opponent or me getting destroyed. No close games. It’s still a little bit gimmicky, but there should be enough consistent Pokémon at this point to give me a good shot.
I think there will be more new Pokémon news, because so far every first of the month news released.
well guys tomorrow is going to be the big day,which means we need to get everything set up for the big Nintendo Direct! 😀
Well I guess it’s time in about 28.35 hours… lemme setup this handy thing again.
http://www.timeanddate.com/countdown/generic?iso=20160901T16&p0=37&msg=Countdown+To+Direct&font=cursive&csz=1
Cest is europe right.
26 Hours to go
I’m going to watch some longplays to pass the time along. 😀
Son of a bitch the stream starts right when my shift starts
Well I guess I better have an extremely fibery breakfast to ensure a time slot