Pokémon Generations Episode 1 & 2 Premiere!

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As announced on Tuesday, the first and second episode of Pokémon Generations premiere today and you can watch them right here!

For those that aren’t caught up yet Pokémon Generations is a series of animated shorts that revisits each generation of the Pokémon games to shed new light on some timeless moments. Each episode will be 3-5 minutes long and will release weekly starting today with Episode 1: The Adventure and Episode 2: The Chase, right up until December 23rd.

Episode One: The Adventure sees a Trainer and his Pikachu journey across Kanto, Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh Unova and Kalos facing-off against Pokémon and uncovering the secrets each region hides.

Episode Two: The Chase follows Detective Looker on the trail of Team Rocket boss Giovanni. When critical information is uncovered regarding his location they rush to the scene and discover something truly unexpected..

Don’t forget to check back next week for the third episode of the series!

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766 thoughts on “Pokémon Generations Episode 1 & 2 Premiere!”

  2. I don’t want to be that guy because that was awesome, but Giovanni didn’t want team rocket around anymore, as he never even acknowledged the goldenrod city radio tower raid.

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  9. Question, what part of this was good enough to replace the anime? The animation is good sure, but nothing happened in the long run. Everything went by too fast and the second episode was mostly talking and a long break-in sequence,

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  10. My baby Volcarona got that first episode cameo <3 Out of all the things in Unova they choose to highlight it! 😀

    Also, Pikachu's squeaking is annoying.

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  11. I actually thought that was pretty dope! Especially the second episode with the swat team and swat Pokemon. Just seeing how Pokemon would be fully integrated into everyday living and usage within their world is so cool to me! I love what the Pokemon company has been doing lately

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  14. That Pikachu was the only thing in Johto, Hoenn, Sinnoh, and Unova Red was not there I saw no Red except at Pikachu’s capture and Kalos

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  19. I don’t know if this has been brought up, but assuming Pokemon Generations reveals something about Sun and Moon before it comes out, like how Pokemon Origins revealed Mega Charizard X, what would you want it to be?

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      • There’s still 9 episodes that will come out before the game does and Origins only focused on Kanto before Pokemon X and Y came out. I was just looking for something to discuss dude =p

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    • Team Rocket returning stronger than ever (would be fitting with the new alolan forms).

      Or maybe the starter evolutions.
      I’m not desparate for them to be revealed but that would be the coolest way of doing it.

      Or maybe some of the Tapus.

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  25. In my toils of monotonous coggery I birthed an idea
    So what about a living Bug Zapper Pokemon
    Illumivolt
    Bug/Electric
    Illuminate/Dazzling
    A large moth like insectoid Pokemon with beady wings that just barely keep it airborne, a large thorax with neon blue spots that discharge electricity and large compound eyes with Lightning bolt antennas

    They attract prey with electrical pulses emitted from their bodies, when power is low they often cling to electric wires and attemp to absorb energy

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  27. I miss the days when Jessie and James were serious villains.
    (TL: their first appearance and then never again.)

    Also am I the only one who thinks the level of technology featured in pokemon is seriously inconsistent? They can teleport pokeballs, but it’s still rare to own a car.

    Also Misty: “Everyone knows water pokemon can’t battle on land”

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R6S1_s_C65k

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    • They were actually serious again in (I think) best wishes. They even changed their outfits to black but then they eventually went back to being silly

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      • They always go back to being silly.

        Don’t get me wrong, I like things like James’ bottlecap collection and his Mime Jr, and their backstories, but it gets to a point where they might as well stop being villains and just join Ash’s travels, they’ve been there following him longer than any of his other friends and it’s made clear they don’t really hate him.

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  29. Onion (Fans): *puts face in hands*
    Steven: Fans were sad that the fall hiatus was starting.
    Onion: *Starts crying*
    Steven: But then they cheered up a little because they can still watch other shows during the hiatus.
    Onion: *SmilesButOnThe InsideWantsToDie*
    Steven: If you want to….

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        • I didn’t know about the fall hiatus thing they did, since I am new, but I somehow knew it was a message of sorts to them.
          Plus, I was also touched cause I relate to Onion in a way. I’ve had friends like his that went away (but I never saw them again after they did) and I would have loved a message like this. That friends will come back or you will never be alone.

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          • Except they don’t always come back.
            When I think of the hundreds of people I’ve known that I’ll probably never see again, and the handful who I considered friends that I’ll probably never see again, it just goes to show how big the world truly is.

  31. Ok gotta admit the second one was really interesting. Animation is cool, story was interesting for a 4 min short. Also explains what happens to Giovanni following the events of the first game. I approve.

    Don’t really see the point of the first one though, other than it being an introduction of sorts.

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    • The first one was exactly that, an introduction. 🙂

      I read earlier that this is apparently 5 episodes split up into smaller shorts. Not sure this is actually confirmed or true, but I guess we’ll find out!

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  32. I’m still pissed of that Red seems to be the only protag. I will also.consider this entire thing a waste if we don’t get Red Vs Gold.

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  35. I liked the first one, but I don’t know why they decided to draw Pikachu in such a weird way.

    Episode 2 was really good, pokemon makes an excellent cop drama.
    Also the notion that Team Rocket might have never disbanded is a neat idea.
    Maybe one day they’ll come back to a game as a major protagonist, stronger than ever.

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    • Imagine a portion of the game where they’ve kidnapped Red (as payback) and are holding him hostage, so the player character has to conduct a prison break.

      I loved the fact that Giovanni remains evil in this version, I despise the cliche villain sees he was wrong and becomes good. I also liked how he was supposed to be on the run when the player character and blue challenge his gym. Team Rocket disbanding could be a ploy to get the cops of their backs. Giovanni probably goes underground to plot his revenge.

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          • Yeah, but that could have been achieved without time travel.
            They could have just shown the player visions of the past and not allowed them to interact or they could have made it a dream instead.

            Personally the way I would have done it:
            I would have had Celebi show the player a vision of the past but not let them battle him, then give the player a hint to Giovanni’s location, then had the player go to Giovanni’s hideout using a password/code they acquired from the vision to get past the code-locked door. Once inside they’d be able to look around his stuff and discover a picture of Giovanni’s son proving that he does still care, at which point Giovanni would return and battle the player. After losing he’d begrudingly congratulate the player, say the player reminds him of his son, and then lament how he used to be a powerful gym leader but has fallen on hard times. Then he’d knock the player out. When the player wakes up, the place would be ransacked and Giovanni would have clearly left in a hurry. Where the picture once was would be a letter from Giovanni addressed to his son, which the player could then hand to his son for another talk scene in which the son becomes determined to get stronger and one day find his father in order to determine who is stronger.

            Or something like that.

      • Reminds me of Sonic Adventure 2 for some reason.

        Yeah, it’s good to have villains that don’t reform.
        Even if they did disband, Team Rocket disbanding in Kanto doesn’t mean there aren’t branches in other regions, and they can always recruit more members.
        Realising he’s lost and taking time out to carefully plot a return is a clever thing for Giovanni to do.

        Plus it always bothers me when the teams just vanish into thin air.
        I think they should one day have a jail in the games where some of the team members get put after being captured, so you can visit them and see they’ve actually been put into custody. It would also make it possible for them to organise a jail break for a brief return before they go back and security is increased.

        Another nice thing would be to overhear some former team members that escaped capture lamenting how they’re either back to petty thievery or are struggling to find a job and keep their head down so they don’t get picked up by the authorities. The closest they’ve come to that (to my memory) was in ORAS where the two team members give you their Camerupt and Sharpedo.

        Also am I the only one who finds it concerning that we haven’t seen a police officer since Kanto?

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        • I was just thinking about this yesterday! Where the hell are all of the authority figure in these regions?? I can’t remember the last time I saw officer Jenny in-game. And of course I remember “looker.” But is there anyone like trying to control crime in the poke world?

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          • No police, no government, the closest thing to authority figures are the gym leaders, the E4, the champion and the pokemon centres.

            Looker doesn’t really count since he’s more of a P.I.

            It seems like all the regions other than Kanto have no form of policing whatsoever.

    • You’re allowed to be impartial.

      Honestly I don’t like the first episode, but I found the second one interesting cos it was something different, something we haven’t seen before, and not just a rehash of the normal anime.

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      • True the second one was something that we haven’t seen before. Honestly if the rest continue to be like it I might start liking it, but I haven’t liked the the anime for years so that’s a heavy “might” :/

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        • To be honest I’m more inclined to watch these because at 3-5 minutes each, it’s hardly a massive chunk out of one’s day like the anime would be.

          I’ve spent longer writing comments here than it took to watch the videos 😛

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  38. Okay so now that I watched them again.
    They are average. The first one is nothing but a montage of all the regions, the second one had an interesting premise, with looker hunting giovanni, but that’s it. They went into the gym….and nothing happened. The animation wasn’t that good compared to origins ether, overall

    Origins and The XY(Z) anime were much much much better than this,although these are only 3 minutes long

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    • Well, they couldn’t really have done much else considering it was only 4 mins, plus it answers the question that’s been on everyone’s mind, why was Giovanni still allowed to hold Gym battles if he was outed as the leader of an evil team. I think it did its job, but to each their own…

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  40. I thought Pokemon Go was normal then I saw this (Rf) I also caught my highest CP Pokemon today at school try to guess what it is?

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  41. I want this series to end in Alola showing off a few new pokemon and parts of Alola. I mean they already showed Zygarde… At the vey begining.

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      • This is what I’d like. Maybe a companion series to the usual one with Ash, kind of like the Mega Evolution acts, rather than a replacement.

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        • I’d probably be more inclined to watch it than I would the main anime. The anime has too much filler for my liking.
          Plus the SM version doesn’t look like it’s going to be much good at the moment.

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          • Yeah, but this way would keep everyone happy. Also this would be aimed at a slightly older audience than the S/M main one looks like it will be. I like some of the filler in Pokémon as it can flesh out the regions and give Pokémon a chance to appear who otherwise may not. I liked the specials they had where Gold was the main character too.

          • You see this is where I have to disagree this does not show in anyway a more older audience as the target especially for something only 3 mins more

          • Ah, I see. I don’t think so however as its only for a short time they doing this thing.and even if it became a sub series not sure it justify as a substitute for another as some people call it older audience its like saying the anime itself can’t do it which I think it can without going too extreme x and y prove that atleast for some people with the battles

          • Yeah, I mean it could go towards aiming at over 10’s a bit more. From what I’ve seen XY has gone quite far to appeal to a wider audience, I’d like that to continue but I’m not sure if Sun/Moon looks like it will do that. It’s hard to tell right now without seeing more of it, if it is aiming for a young audience then there is room for a more general appealing anime alongside it imo.

          • They don’t need filler to flesh out the regions if they write things in arcs and have set goals. By filler I mean stuff like getting sidetracked with stupid stuff like dressing up like an eggplant to appease a giant claydol, not random battles. Battles are always good (though I do wish they’d stick more closely to the games and not keep inventing their own move combos and stuff). And even in ‘monster of the week’ format they could still advance an overall plot if done correctly, all they’d have to do is give a nod to the main plot here and there.

            You mean the Raikou ones from Chronicles? If so he wasn’t called Gold. He was called ‘Jimmy’ or ‘Kenta’ in the original. I must admit “The Legend Of Thunder” was probably one of my favourite sets of episodes. I liked Jimmy and Marina way more than Ash and Misty.

          • Yeah I see what you mean. I thought you meant anything outside of the main plot. Like there are episodes where they just go to a daycare for an episode and help care for the Pokémon, then either a mean Pokémon or Team Rocket show up, those ones I do like. I remember the Claydol episode, and how disappointing it was.
            And yeah the Raikou episodes (one of my favourite legendaries). I haven’t seen them in a while so forgot his name, I just remember he looked like Gold and Marina looked like Crystal. I thought his Beedrill was really cool and gave it something more outside of angrily swarming and chasing people. I actually really quite liked when Misty and Brock were travelling with Ash, they kind of balanced him and I liked that Misty challenged Ash’s stupidity. I have yet to watch the 6th gen anime, I have it all recorded and will start it when it finished airing here. I hope the companions aren’t as bad as 5th gen, Cilan made me not want to watch it.

          • Omg I stopped watching specifically because of Cilantro. I was like wtf am I even watching?? Why would they make him of all people, a main character on the show ?

          • Outside the plot stuff is fine as long as it’s got a reasonable objective and isn’t there just to be frivolous.

            Like in Pokemon Heroes when they compete in a water race at the begining, that sort of stuff is nice and actiony, but stuff like that episode where they’ve got to go up a mountain and reunine a brother and sister (something about dusk stones, murkrow and misdreavus I think) could’ve been spent doing something more interesting. It’s fine once in a while, but I’d still rather they had a bit more continuity rather than having loads of episodes you could watch out of sync and it not make a difference to the story.

            The only bad thing about Chronicles was the dreadful opening song.
            I liked his Typhlosion the most, it was a very fierce and energetic pokemon.
            Marina was a bit overenergetic and could be irritating, but Jimmy and Typhlosion balanced it out well and she did ok when things got tough. Plus she had a Misdreavus, which is always a bonus.

            I liked Brock but I never liked Misty, she was my least favourite companion. She was a complete nag.
            Despite his occaisional incidents with pretty girls, Brock was usually the most knowledgeable and most mature.

            I haven’t watched the anime regularly for a very long time, but I’ve seen one or two episodes from every series but Unova.

          • I agree. Occasional episodes like one where a Mr.Mime and Sneasel compete in adjoining restaurants are enjoyable for me though, maybe because anime food often looks so tasty 😛
            Oh I loved his Typhlosion, I just liked that Beedrill got a chance to shine too.
            I haven’t watched a full series of the anime since gen 2, though that was because we didn’t get the channels they were shown on. I have seen all of gen 3 anime and most of gen 4’s now though. I enjoy them mostly, though I dislike changes of voice actors, especially at one point mid-gen 3 where I think another company took over or something for the dub. I usually watch anime subbed but never have for Pokémon for some reason. I also like Dragonball dubbed and some movies but generally subbed is better. I think I may give gen 7 a try both subbed and dubbed for a few episodes.

          • Eating contest: Snorlax and Raticate are banned XD

            Mr. Mime vs Sneasel is an odd pairing, but if it’s done right it could be an interesting enough plot line.

            I’d like to see some more festivals. I remember one time where there was some sort of moon-worshipping festival and either Ash got something stolen and had to wait to get it back or one of his pokemon started getting involved. I can’t remember the full details but it made a nice change of pace.

            Yeah, not many beedrill around.
            Has the anime even had a mega beedrill yet?

            Meowth’s voice actress died in 2008 so that might be partly to do with it.

            I’ve only seen about 3 subbed episodes, and despite usually prefering subs, the original pokemon takes some getting used to. Most characters are fine, but Ash’s voice sounds really gruff and Meowth’s voice sounds really scratchy.

            On the other hand I went to One Piece subbed and never looked back 😛 I disagree with most people though, I think despite the horrible edits, 4kids actually did a better job of the voices for One Piece than Funimation.

          • The Mr.Mime VS Sneasel was a gen 3 episode (I think), pretty sure May’s Munchlax was in it.
            Festivals and things that celebrate the culture of this world, or their version of Japanese festivals, those sort of things are really great.
            I think Mega Beedrill may have been briefly seen in the Mega Evolution act, don’t know if it did anything though. I’ve only seen act 1 so far.
            That’s sad about Meowth’s voice actress, I didn’t know that. She was fantastic, really suited the character.
            I have heard Ash’s Japanese voice, his original american dub voice was closer to it, and I quite like it.
            One Piece is one of my absolute favourites. I saw maybe 1 episode of it dubbed years ago, I don’t remember it. I started reading the Manga and then watching the sub and I love it. I think they pronounce things weird in some dubs, like the Bleach dub, which is off-putting. I also remember they censored Sanji’s cigarette in the dubbed episode of One Piece I saw, replacing it with a lollypop, I didn’t know why it was weird at the time. Japan have different rules on what they allow though, especially compared to 4kids.

          • Might be, I only saw bits and pieces of that series, just enough to prefer May to a lot of other companions.

            Ironically me randomly thinking of festivals was how I dug up the E3 footage, since it features a festival.

            I’ve only seen the one with mega Blastoise, I remember its weird head clamp for its stone :P.

            (She was also transexual oddly enough.)
            She’d voiced a lot of great characters in her time, but Meowth will always be the most remembered.

            It’s not bad, it just sounds oddly gruff for a 10 year old XD

            I watched the dubbed series for a long time back when I was younger and started on the subbed series about 5 years ago. I have no regrets. I’m a bit behind at the moment, the last one I watched was the defeat of Doflamingo, but this way I’ll be able to watch loads in a row when I get back to it 😛

            Yeah, they’re not very good with pronounciation. I think all dubbers should be made to watch the series subbed before attempting any dubbing.

            They’ve censored a lot of stuff. They cut an entire miniarc out at one point, cut out a load of blood and were too scared to kill off any characters. Not to mention the usual changing characters to look white because they’re scared of blackface allegations. Oh, and who can forget the hammer-gun? (Image)
            http://orig08.deviantart.net/1d5c/f/2011/175/c/2/4kids_one_piece_by_narutodude96-d3jw71p.jpg
            And they cut out gallons and gallons of blood (reminder that in Japan, One Piece is aimed at children :P)
            But despite all the horrible horrible editing, they managed to get the voices more like the original characters than funimation.

          • One of my favourite bit’s of censorship was in an episode of Yu-Gi-Oh!, Bandit Keith aims a gun at Pegasus but it’s completely removed so he’s just pointing his hand awkwardly at him like he’s holding an imaginary gun and is about to shout “Bang! Bang!” at him.
            I do actually hate censorship, if the Japanese kids can cope with it I’m sure everyone else can.
            I probably would have watched more of the One Piece dub back then if I could find it again, I think I must’ve seen the last episode that aired here, I think it was on Toonami when that existed (I miss Toonami).
            I would like if they started showing more anime here, even dubbed and censored is better than the little we get now.
            We used to get stuff like Ultimate Muscle, Shaman King, Medabots, Sailor Moon etc, now it’s pretty much Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh! and Digimon, which I like but we need more, especially with all the live action rubbish they put on.

          • Yeah, guns are their favourite thing to edit.

            I dislike censorship, but I’m not sure about other kids being able to cope with that sort of stuff. Aside from the drastic cultural differences, it might put a different spin on things. Lets not forget the amount of shootings other places in the world have. Like the Columbine incident for instance. Japan on the other hand has much less gun crime than other places (even other places where guns are supposed to be illegal). Heck, nowadays their defence force spends more time building snow sculptures than they do in combat or training with guns. (Sidenote: Joanna Lumley’s recent programme about Japan is pretty damn interesting).

            Yeah, it was either Toonami or Jetix.
            Must have been around 2006.

            Yeah, I remember some of those. Part of the issue is they weren’t very good at having a set time for the stuff to come on and we didn’t have Sky+ or any decent recording devices back then, it was just VCRs, DVDs hadn’t become a major thing yet.

            They do overdo the live action stuff these days because it’s cheaper. Disney’s the worst culprit, they’ve had more awful live action stuff than I can recall. Not to mention they unleashed that demon child Miley Cyrus on the world.

        • I think it’s too early to tell either way.
          It depends on your classification of ‘older audience’.

          They’re never going to introduce bloodshed, sex and romance if that’s what you think ‘older audience’ equates to.

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          • I don’t get what you trying to imply? Having all that stuff you listed doesn’t make a show mature (though they do help I suppose) but making a show that appears to be more action like instead of lack of a better term dragging on is not really a mature way either if that what people mean and see this as a substitute for those who don’t like the direction sun and moon are going(ie: older audience).I don’t see it and I don’t believe something that going to be short as a substitute

          • I’m saying the definition of something being aimed at an older audience is subjective to an individual’s viewpoint.

            At lot of people think you can’t have something aimed at adults without shoehorning sex, romance or violence into it. Personally I don’t agree with them, but then when you take those out of the equation it becomes a lot harder to define something as being aimed at adults or children.

            For example, does having a more complicated plot make something aimed at adults? I’ve known several preteens who can understand complex scifi plots far better than adults of 50+ can.

            The line becomes blurred and it becomes hard to know if something is truly adult oriented. All we can ever say for definate is there are things that are unsuitable for children, never that there are things that would make a series uninteresting to children.

          • Ah then I think we are in agreement of why do some people think those things automatically think makes a show mature. It is a subjective thing but from what I am getting around people are saying that this can be for the older audience while sun and moon go for the younger generation, when generations is just a celebration of the Pokemon franchise it seems, not to be some filler in for those who I guess no longer like the show,haven’t the anime prove that you can have the best of both worlds why not taking it to the extreme? I think this is where I disagree if people think that a show that has a bit more action going on as mature then I just don’t see how,shouldn’t x and y be counted too? Everyone brags about how the battles were more action pack. I think you get what I mean lol

          • Most people are probably already imagining what the next episodes are going to be like and making assumptions (something people like to do a lot round here). I prefer to actually see something before passing judgement because I’ve been bitten before with other things.

            I still think the SM series looks aimed more at the younger generation but I’d say so far the shorts are quite neutral all-rounders. I’d be willing to say the art style is more mature, but that’s a characteristic of the art rather than the plot.

            I can’t comment much on XYZ since I’ve only watched 2-3 episodes. Like I say though, ultimately there is only ‘unsuitable for children’, age is mostly irrelevent.

  47. I actually liked the first episode more. 2nd was definitely cool. Made me think of Death Note with the swat team and Looker trying to find Gio.

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  51. Ok a few things. First I loved this as a whole and can’t wait to see the rest. Second of all that first episode was kind of a waste, but I kind of get why they did it. They probably wanted to briefly touch on Red since he’s the original guy and an icon. Sad that so many cool scenes were wasted on an episode that was 1/3 in game footage, but whatever. HOWEVER, dat Looker episode was baller!! That’s the kind of stuff I’m super interested in. The Pokemon world is so huge and interesting it’s a waste that they never expanded it in other outlets very much. I can’t wait to see what other stories they show off lol

    P.S. OH!!! Just for the record I’m SUPER happy they used Giovanni’s regular voice actor. He does a good Giovanni and it was well placed lol

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  52. I just realized that the second short happens after the battle of Red and Giovanni in Pokémon Origins! The gym has the same design, and the marks on the floor were made by Charizard’s Seismic Toss. WOW.

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  54. Wow, the first episode gave me goosebumps. I love that Pokemon are not saying their names,instead they sound like their ingame cries. That was the best thing about animated BW2 ads and then it continued with the Origins as they are all based on games. So Pikachu’s cry is perfect in that sense. (I was actually quite pissed when they change Pikachu’s ingame cry into “Pika Pika” in X&Y.) I screamed when Volcarona came into scene in Relic Castle, such a mystical moment. Too bad that it looks like it is owned by Pikachu. Nevertheless, the attacking animation looked epic, it sounded like an actual fiery bug, and it was not an old man saying Volcarona like he’s having enormous loogie in his throat.

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    • Watching Probopass move around and attack like a Zelda boss with those little bird heads gave me a whole new level of love and respect for that Pokémon.

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      • In my opinion, I like it both ways but I think I prefer for the smaller and cuter pokes to say their names, while the larger and more evolved Pokemon use cries like they would in-game. I think that would be a happy balance

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      • Just watched the episode of XY with the evil Malamar. Kinda wanted to rip my fucking ears out. Them saying their names is pretty miserable. They just do it in the kids show to help them learn the names.

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    • How have you not seen this? They played a demo for like 20 minutes at E3 in June lol It shows the player leaving his house and walking up to Hala’s little village area where this battle happens.

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          • Maybe there was and it was before I came here, I can’t remember how long I’ve been visiting here for.

            Never heard Reggie’s voice before. The illusion is ruined DX.

            This emphasises two of the reasons I don’t like watching E4, 13 minutes of talking before hitting actual gameplay and people talking over the gameplay. I’d rather have the gameplay on its own and a manuscript of the talking.

            One person in a thread a while back through the “Route 1” signs coming up had gone because of a cutscene, if I’d known about this back then I could have corrected them 😛

            *Ledyba appears, people stand around chatting instead of fighting it or running* DX

            Anyway, thanks for a link to the full thing. Really wish I could fast forward though. (I really don’t see why they need to explain the letterbox, it’s pretty obvious what it’s for XD)

    • That festival music is Zelda grade XD

      I’m glad to see Lillie isn’t quite as anti-pokemon battling as I had been lead to believe.

      Shame about the annoying people talking over it.

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      • I can’t wait to hear the music without the talking.
        The longer gameplay showed stuff like finding items, catching Pokémon and recording their data and encountering Pikipek, Grubbin and Yungoose. The people talking over it were kind of annoying throughout so I muted it apart from trying to hear the Pokémon cries and the bit in this video.
        When Alolan Raichu was revealed it became almost certain Hau will have one because of this footage.

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        • Yeah, in some ways I’d rather just watch random bits of gameplay (with no talking) than some of these big reveal trailers they put together, even if they cut it off at odd moments to prevent spoiling too much.

          Hau’s Pichu has been shown in quite a lot of places to be fair.

          The UB02 reveals had begun to make me loose faith with the game, but seeing actual gameplay reminded me that even if they mess the plot up horribly, the island is beautiful, the music is fantastic and the battles finally have the trainers in them.

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          • I think the reveal trailers are really just trying not to show anything more than revealing select things, it keeps people interested without giving away too much of the island designs or layouts.
            I remember seeing Hau’s Pichu here most so I just think of this first.
            I was OK with the UB02 reveals, mostly because not knowing anything about them there’s not too much to dislike beyond their designs, for me anyway. Sorry if some of what I say is a bit muddled, I should probably be asleep right now v.v

          • They’ve revealed a lot of the island locations already to be fair. They could keep things secret by just showing full in game snipped and then cutting things out here and there.
            Trailers that show more art and stuff than gameplay have always bothered me though.

            Admittedly the Japanese trailers are better than the English language ones.

            Fair enough, I remember seeing it in stills more than anything specifc.

            Their designs is precisely what worries me.
            Not so much UB02B, but UB02A looks uncharacteristicly Tokusatsu/Super Sentai (e.g. Kamen Rider).

            Don’t talk to me about sleep ; n ; (03:40am)

          • If they aren’t actually Pokémon I’m OK with them having designs like this. I actually thought of Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga when I first saw the UB02’s, especially upon seeing A.
            Same for me, I think I will try and go back to sleep now.

          • I’m not because it alters the state of the existing universe. They can never be completely retconned.

            I won’t be able to sleep because I woke up at 20:00, thenI’m going to be tired at around 14:00-17:00. Such a drag.

          • I suppose so, but if they are from other dimensions maybe they can just say those dimensions are sealed off. Maybe you’ll come to like or at least tolerate them.

          • I don’t hate all of them, I like UB-01, UB-02B I can tolerate, it’s UB-02A that ruined it.
            I suppose they could make the other dimension collapse, but Gamefreak usually hate killing things if it’s not in a historical context.

          • If UB-02A was less bloated and had a more defined head I’d like it more. I know it’s meant to be pumped up as Expansion/Absorption but I think it’s a bit much. Those legs are too small to support it even with 4 of them, and there’s no way those wings can sustain anything more than hovering above the ground. I do like the general design, I just think it needs to be sleeker and more in proportion.

          • I completely agree, and I’ve said the exact same thing about the legs (I think my comment was something along the lines of “it looks like I could trip it over and it wouldn’t be able to get back up”).

            I hate its design more than I do any pokemon. Even more than Garbador and Vanilluxe.

            Yeah, I wish it had ended up more like (as much as I hate to drift into digimon territory) Stringmon http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/digimon/images/e/ea/Stingmon_b.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090205060243 or Snimon http://vignette3.wikia.nocookie.net/neoencyclopedia/images/2/28/Snimon.gif/revision/latest?cb=20110730114532

            As much as I think Digimon’s design style is drastically different to pokemon (on 60-70% of cases, there’s the odd one that’s a dead ringer for a Pokemon, e.g. Minomon and Burmy), I’d prefer they’d leaned towards some of the nicer digimon for design inspiration than for whatever super sentai monster they based UB02A on.

          • I didn’t like Vanilluxe or Garbodor to start with, but enough time has passed that I accept them and even like them somewhat.

            Stingmon is actually one of my favourite Digimon. I think they are best avoiding similarities where they can, but there are bound to be some, Houndoom and Dobermon http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/digimon/images/3/34/Dobermon_b.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20120113034007 spring to mind, since they are based around the same or similar things.
            Perhaps UB-02A’s Wings are only there to support it and stop it tripping. I think it’s more of an issue of it looks like it’s upper torso would crush the legs like aluminium cans.

          • I’ve always disliked Garbador, but I originally didn’t mind Vanilluxe much. Nowadays I dislike Vanilluxe much. I just try to pretend they don’t exist most of the time.

            Yeah, Stingmon is one of the better ones. In fairness, Dobermon looks more like a pure dark type or dark/steel type.

            All I know is it’s no Scizor.

          • It doesn’t really alter the state of the existing universe. More so, adds an extra layer to the entire onion. If you accept that UBs are from a completely different dimension than everything else in the Pokemon universe, then it fits pretty nicely.

          • Yes it does. Up until now the only creatures from other dimensions had been pokemon, now they’ve introduced a third creature into the mix with drastically different design aesthetics. That’s a major game changer for the state of the pokemon universe.

          • You can’t say that for definite until you know what the plot is. There’s always chance to mess things up, it’s Sod’s Law.

  56. I loved both the first and second episodes.
    In the first episodes, it was nice to see the growth of Red’s Pikachu into a powerful Pokemon. The animation was gorgeous, and the way Pikachu seemed was very adorable (though I had some doubts during the preview images). Also it was good to see that Red explored more regions rather than limit himself to Kanto and Johto.

    As for that second episodes, that was great. Seeing the Pokemon world in a crime-themed setting was great, I loved how the SWAT team swarmed the gym (Seeing the Machamp bust down a wall in the trailer made me smile). And also Looker, while I do prefer him in the game, did a great job in the episode. He was serious, taking in on the action and participating. The episode reminded me of NCIS a little, which was cool because I really liked that show a few years ago.

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      • well i find it extremely acceptable since that schnozzola is a giant effing magnet
        so that sniffer is naturally going to attract a cluster of metallic shavings

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        • When was the last time you encountered Iron filings?
          Because I haven’t seen any since school.
          They’re not a naturally occurring thing.

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          • Probably just metal from the Earth, groups of small shards. Otherwise it’d have a bike or something stuck to it.

          • To quote Bulbapedia. “It has small round eyes, a red nose that is large in proportion to its
            body, and a bushy black mustache that appears to consist of iron
            filings. These iron filings appear to be attracted by its magnetic nose.”

            It’s pretty clear that they’re iron filings, iron filings are pretty unmistakeable. Out of interest iron filings are easily attracted and burn really well because of their large surface area to mass ratio, which is also why probopass doesn’t attract bikes – the bike’s surface area to mass ratio is a lot higher (not to mention some bikes are made from non-magnetic metals like aluminium and carbon fibre).

        • Yeah I only like the mustache because it makes sense. It’s not just a mustache for the sake of being a mustache. Also, there are dozens of poke designs that disturb me more than Probopass.
          For instance am I the only one who thinks volcaronnas anatomy is completely unnatural? It seems to be stuck in this hunched over sitting position of some sort.. How does it even move or propel itself ? I could never bring myself to use it cause I just can’t even figure out how this creature functions lol

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  58. Just a little discussion question:
    What do you think the gym leaders’ last names are – it was said that Brock’s last name is Harrison, but what last names would be fitting for the other leaders?

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  59. I’m kinda frustrated with my brother. He seems so disinterested in the games that I’m unsure why he is even getting it. It took him two years after it came out to get around to finishing Omega Ruby.

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    • Life’s too short to worry about siblings being uninterested in the things you like. It doesn’t matter if he’s that way as long as you aren’t. Lead by example 😛

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          • I guess? Like, I’m the one buying it for the both of us and I can’t just, not get him the game because he will say he wants it then get bored after the first gym. Same thing happened with OmegaRuby and White version.
            I always plan on playing along with him and battling after every gym so we can beat the game at the same time and enjoy it together you know? But he doesn’t play so I end up beating the game and by the time he picks it up again, I’m already doing stuff like IV breeding and gathering TMs and post game stuff like that. IDK, It really doesn’t matter much in the long run. And he doesn’t have to like it, I don’t like some of the games he does and that’s okay.

          • Just don’t get him it and tell him it’s because he gives up too quickly. Or tell him you’ll only buy it if he completes the others first.

            There’s not much point trying to complete it at the same time to be honest, just worry about getting your own enjoyment out of it and forget about your brother.

            If you’re that desparate to do stuff together there’s 101 other things available that you’ll probably enjoy equally.

          • Haha He does. He’s not as obsessed as I am. But he likes Pokémon a lot and regularly plays video games, to our parents’ disdain.

          • Video games are educational, and it’s better than watching TV all day since it’s actually keeping your mind active (thinking of the best attack to use, strategising etc).

            And I’m totally not biased *has BTEC in video game development*

          • Haha I grew up predominantly playing video games so trust me I’ve dished out all the best responses. They’re conservative, midwest parents. They wanted us to be football players. Haha

          • I’m going to go out on a limb that from your use of the terms ‘conservative’ and ‘midwest’ that’s American football and you’re in America?

          • How can kids NOT like Pokemon?? My little brother (12) and my little cousin (11) both said I was a weirdo for freaking out over the latest Pokemon trailer. I’m like huh?? Out of the top 5 RPG games ever created, Pokemon as a franchise has got to be at least number 3 or 4, falling on behind Grand Theft Auto and of course Mario

    • It took me years to get my sister into Pokemon. I let her play X over the summer (good beginner game) and she loves it now. She’s beaten X, Black, and Black 2 all twice and has transferred her pokes to the Bank. She paid off her moon preorder within a week of the announcement. She wants to play Alpha Sapphire or Omega Ruby (but I traded in Omega because I needed gas money and she said she was uninterested at the time)

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    • It took me years to get my sister into Pokemon. I let her play X over the summer (good beginner game) and she loves it now. She’s beaten X, Black, and Black 2 all twice and has transferred her pokes to the Bank. She paid off her moon preorder within a week of the announcement. She wants to play Alpha Sapphire or Omega Ruby (but I traded in Omega because I needed gas money and she said she was uninterested at the time)

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    • You know that they’re losing interest in the franchise if they say ‘eh I’m not in the mood to play now’….. Or maybe he’s just lazy.

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  61. Alright to my Question earlier what my Highest Pokemon in go is now is…….. Tauros yup I have a 566CP Tauros but good guesses everyone

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  67. Latest Pokescans are out, and it has revealed quite a bit. There’s going to be a episode about Ash and Serena battling, because Serena has doubts about whether to remain a Performer or become a Trainer.

    Ash-Greninja will battle Xerosic and it looks like either Ash will lose his Greninja, release him or they will lose the AG transformation. My translation is not that good, so I don’t really know whats gonna happen to them.

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  68. EDIT: Bulbapedia have translated the episode titles and it reads:

    Oct 13: The Last Battle with Ash! Serena’s Choice!

    Oct 20: Farewell Ash-Greninja! Xerosic’s Counterattack!

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      • Ehh its the farewell to the transformation most likely, but I really dont hope he’ll release it or something. Even without AG its still one of his powerhouses.

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        • Good enough. It’s the unexplained OP transformation I don’t like, not Greninja itself. If Ash gets rid of Greninja at any point, he’ll likely give it to the ninja village.
          Personally I think they should have brough his Charizard back and given that a Charizardite Y so Ash vs Alain would have featured two mega Charizards fighting.
          That or his Heracross getting a mega evolution. Considering half the point of mega evolution was to make a big deal out of older pokemon, you’d think they’d have been queueing up bring back Ash’s old pokemon.

          Charizard, Heracross, Glalie, Sceptile, and Beedrill and Pidgeot if he hadn’t given them away/released them.

          Hopefully they’ll get it right in Sun&Moon and bring back his Snorlax.

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  69. I LEGIT HAVE GOTTEN THE BEST GENERATIONS BOOSTER PACK PULLS! I bought a blastoise ex box which came with four packs and LOOK AT THE PULLS

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    • That’s the best arc! 🙂 lol. People should give it a try.. it looks really fun to me! I just hope the battles stay as intense, and the Pokemon drawn well

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    • Why emulate 3DS games, when you could still get the games on the market today? Anyways, Citra is trying to make one with very slow progress. I don’t know about ROMs though.

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          • I’m rather okay with emulating older games because you cannot get them on market. Yet, for “newer” systems such as 3DS, Wii U, XBO, and PS4; there is no point to it as you could buy almost every single game on the market.

          • I emulated Pokemon Red and Yellow a few years ago. I never purchased DP, B/W or BW2 when they came out, because I didn’t have a DS at the time (yes, poor excuse).
            I see why people do it, not that I would advocate taking advantage of such things. Personally if there is a game I desperately want I would buy it.

          • Yeah, I agree. If the developer is no longer profiting from the game, then it’s fine, but if they’re still making money from it, then it’s piracy.

          • There is a point if you want to do ROM hacking. Nothing funnier than randomising all the pokemon so they appear in different places.

          • Also, now I’ve thought of it, some of those ‘older games’ are available on the WiiU virtual store, so that makes a bit of a grey area since you’d still be denying Nintendo money by using an emulator instead of buying from the virtual store.

          • Back in my day Kids used to do chores and search out change to gather enough money….that plus birthdays/holidays typically earned a good yield. lol Now a days everybody be like “Why isn’t this cheaper?!? I don’t have the money and won’t do anything extra about it!!!”” I’ll never understand hahahaha I’m mostly kidding, but you know there’s some truth to it lol

          • I’m about to end my lifeguarding job rather soon. I plan on buying Sun/Moon and SMT IV: Apocalypse with some of my money. Just work hard and earn your keep!

          • Or if you’re like me, just save up stuff like birthday money. I’ve been stockpiling for over a year so far for the NX.

        • Randomizers for 3DS games, just get a PowerSaves. Why would you want to glitch out a Pokemon game anyways? There is almost no reason to do that. I’d only agree with the Randomizers.

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          • Have you ever seen Sleepyjirachi’s nightmare randomizer? That’s what I mean
            Look at the WONDERFUL mons in that XD

          • Glitching stuff is fun and educational, it teaches you about how software is built.

            Also if you’re using a ROM instead of an actual game, there’s no chance of damaging the hardware or damaging the game to the point where it’s unplayable.
            Plus some things aren’t achievable with the actual cartridge since the code on the cartridge is genuinely read only – it can’t be overwritten. With a ROM file, you can overwrite the code to change things to your whim, no risk of damaging hardware or making the ROM irrecoverable.

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  74. So I just found something cool. There is a track called “Battle! World Championship Finas!” in XY’s OST. But as far as I know it was never used, so I wonder, what was it intended for? PWT? A superboss like Red?

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  75. Another comment question: What was your favorite region out all the six regions? Feel free to explain why you like it so much better than the rest. And what was your most memorable team from that Region?

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    • My favorite region is Hoenn, it’s a beautiful region that’s interconnected wonderfully.
      Team: Sceptile, Altaria, Minun, Gorebyss, Dusknoir, Camerupt.

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    • Hoenn is my all time favorite because ruby and sapphire were the first games I played fully through. I was actually introduced to the show before the games so this was like my first Pokemon adventure and I was immediately hooked. I remember jumping up and down when I got my first badge. I originally chose mudkip because I liked water types but I restarted the game once I discovered that torchic turns into fucking combusken and then once I had Blaziken my entire life was complete. Beating the elite four made my heart drop. Also this was before internet access was a casual thing so I knew NOTHING about the games when I first started playing. Every single Pokemon was like a new discovery, every surprise really SURPRISED ME. I couldnt believe it. It’s so funny thinking about how obsessed I was with those games looking back on it. Sigh. Good times

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    • Johto, there is absolutely nothing about the region I don’t adore, I literally and I mean literally love everything about it, best region imo

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    • Unova FTW!! I love the urban feel of the region, it’s the one that’s closest to reality! I actually do have a memorable team, but it’s composed exclusively of Sinnoh mons xD

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    • Reasons I love Unova:
      -Had one of the best town and route musics out there. Had interactive music(like in Village Bridge) and progressive music(like in Badge Check Gates), also different arragement of gym themes in sequels.
      -The idea of fresh new start
      -Seasons ! ! !
      -Great characters, story, evil team etc. Eveything about them were E P I C
      -Had lots of great Pokemon designs that bunch of them are in my top 10
      -Never cared about box legendaries but Zekrom and Reshiram are so perfectly designed that they interested me. The idea of opposites, black and white, future and past, ideals and truth, fire and electric, torch and turbine were all implemented very well.
      -The cities were cool, they tried their best for the last DS games.
      -Sequels and memory link. It was great to see how everything changed years later with a new story. Yet you had a chance to remember your previous adventure.
      -Introduction of my favourite battle type: triple
      -PWT

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    • My favorite region based purely on environment (not how good the game was or what Pokemon could be found there) is Hoenn.
      My original hoenn team:
      – Swampert
      – Breloom
      – Camerupt
      – Sableye
      – Flygon
      – Zangoose

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    • That’s so hard. I love Johto, Sinnoh and Unova all so much.
      I guess I’ll have to go with Johto though. It has this nostalgic feeling to it. The whole region feels very rural and is just really peaceful. It’s just a really chill region to explore. Plus all of the folklore about Lugia, Hooh and the towers and the legendary hampsters was just great
      My favorite team was
      -Feraligatr
      -Furret
      -Ampharos
      -Slowking
      – Houndoom
      -Staraptor

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    • i’d have to say Hoenn. its by far the most rich and beautiful environment in the franchise (until we see the entirety of alola) my team always consists of:
      Sceptile
      Aggron
      Banette
      Altaria
      Walrein
      Plusle

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    • In order: Hoenn, Johto, Sinnoh. For landscape mainly.

      Hoenn has many nice forest areas and islands and completely broke the mold when they first released it. I can’t really fault any of the towns, I like the all (except Mauville’s revamp in ORAS, I thought that kind of ruined the charm.

      In Johto I like the pagodas, the dragon cave, the kimono girls and the shinkansen (bullet train). And the Pokethlon in HGSS.

      In Sinnoh I like the valley windworks, the forest area behind the flowershop, the rainy areas, snowpoint and the town with the lighthouse.

      Alola might change that ordering though if the landscape is going to be as good as I’m hoping.

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  76. I kinda wish they’d announce a post game feature. I know they won’t because it’s usually a secret, but I’d like to know that it won’t be like XY.

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  77. I am officially in LOVE with these shorts!
    The animation is beautiful and fluid, and I quite like the Pokémon not saying their names!
    It makes them feel more like the animals they’re based on.
    My only complaint?
    Why can’t it be LONGER?! </3

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  79. Something I’ve noticed: We have to battle the trial captains. Here’s what we know: they have type specialities. Now, you might say “the totem Pokemon” and that might be true, but we have no reason to think that the captains own the totem. And if they didn’t own the totem, then what do they have type specialties for?

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  80. Also anyone noticed that important trainers have full vs animations while other trainers do a little thing and then the animation stops? Well i noticed that even though guzma seems like an important character he doesnt have a full battle animation like hau, hala or gladion so i will take that as a hint that he isnt the main antagonist or maybe its just that the full animation is saved for the final battle

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    • Yeah the character art makes him look a bit more mature. I think maybe the teaser just doesn’t do the whole new series justice. After all when they originally aired the first two episodes of XY they had errors and differences to the official airing of them. the series will likely be fine as far as animation quality goes. What is really throwing people off is the vast difference between past animation styles and this one. It’s certainly the biggest change we’ve had. I personally like it, but I can see why people are a little put off. I also wouldn’t put too much stock into him going to school. It’s clearly meant to be special since the trial captains are there. For all we know it’s a school to learn how to be a captain.

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  83. I honestly think Ash deserves a break. He’s had so many losses that he needs time to find himself again. This could be good for him lol

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  84. Bought a Pikachu Anniversary Box and a Victini box. Unfortunately my pulls were a bit underwhelming, especially compared to the luck I’ve had in the past with the Generations set. Still happy to get the promo cards though!

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  86. Noooo!! Farewell ash-greninja. Why?!?!? :…( Also why is xerosics showing up? At first I bough ash was going to leave greninja with xerosics

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    • hey , idk if you’ve forgotten , but the poke jungle official tournament has begun , and as were both in division 2 , we have to battle . So when exactly can you ?

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  88. I just watched these and I have to say- they were so impressive. Beautiful animation, creative plot and action, awesome choices for the plots too! Can’t wait for the rest of them!

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  89. Ugh well since I now am almost done with HGSS I decided to start Black 2. My current team:
    Oshawott
    Riolu
    Magby
    Patrat (temporary)
    Sewaddle

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  91. My idea for the first episode of Pokemon Sun and Moon:
    – Delia phones Ash that they’re moving/taking a vacation to a “new” region
    – Once he arrives in Pallet Town, he, Oak, and Delia catch a plane to Alola and Oak says that he can’t wait to introduce Ash to someone special (AKA Samson)
    – After arriving in Alola they get a tour by Samson and after seeing all the new Pokemon and thinking about the challenge, Ash gets inspired to travel through the region and Samson suggest he first enter a Pokemon school designed for trainers wanting to further their bond and strength before actually traveling
    – Ash agrees, but there’s a catch: he must first pass the Entrance Exam
    – Part 1 of the Entrance Exam begins and during the Exam, he has a fateful meeting with Tapu Koko, the guardian deity
    – Episode ends

    This is so cliche, but that’s how I see it playing out. I think the Entrance Exam should include battling, races, and other competitions to weed out those not worthy enough for the school. Additionally, it would be a great way to introduce the characters and allow Ash to bond with them. If I were the writer, I would also make it that the Island Captains are there to keep an eye on things as suspicious activity has been rousing.

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    • I was always half and half on the Delta episode. I liked having more story stuff, but I didn’t like Zinnia or the ‘ancient dragon tribe’ stuff. Rayquaza vs Deoxys was good though.

      If we got another story after the story situation, I’d want something involving at least 1 legendary and something that is foreshadowed in the main story. I hate when they introduce stuff deus ex machina instead of setting the lore up beforehand. Also I’d want some ruins and reading of stone tablets. Translating the braille in the sealed chamber and the dotted hole are two of my all time highlights of the pokemon games. Plus there were the ruins of alph slide puzzles, snowpoint temple and volcarona’s ruins. Having ruins in a game is almost traditional (except Kanto didn’t have any other than pokemon mansion and XY broke the tradition by just having the ugly standing stones).

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  93. Apparantly there’s been a big leak inside Gamefreak themselves, with more info to be released very soon.

    Apparantly it took the plumber five hours to fix and it took another two hours to clean up the water.

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      • I was tempted to say that but resisted the temptation 😛
        Plus I couldn’t find the original poster. For some reason I thougt it was StarStorm.

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    • Hey, Dicie! What’s your status on the PJT tournament? I know this is supposed to be kept over at the forums, but I didn’t think it would do any good to message you on there since your profile says you haven’t been active over there since March.

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  96. Playing Pokemon Black now restarted my team idea so far is

    Samurott
    Flying type
    A Cut user
    A strength user
    ?
    ?

    Any suggestions?

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  98. Just finished my essay only to remember I forgot the bibliography/reference portion… Knightcite is a God-send savior. Anyways, I really hope they show the starter evolutions because I’ve been dying to know! I mean, we all have.

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  99. Okay, because you asked for it: I’ve already written 500 words of a new article and there’s a LOT more coming, but the general outline is already there.

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  100. @ithsme:disqus how do you end the HTML codes? like if I put: I don’t know what you guys are talking about UB-02A looks great. It keeps going after that. How do I stop it?

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  102. oh I just thought of something: If I go to the midnight release to get moon, and its daytime in the game due to the time difference, which rockruff evolution will I get?

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    • It depends on which info is correct, version exclusive or time based evo, I lean towards the latter. If that’s the case and if you can evolve it within those 12 hours you’ll get Midday I think.

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      • cool. I plan on binge playing it but if the starters evolve like rockruff I may have to adjust my clock to prevent litten from turning into…. that THING….

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          • Do people really think the STARTERS (of all Pokemon) will have split evolutions? It just seems highly unlikely. Nothing like that has ever happened with starters before and for marketing purposes I think they’d want to stick with one definitive evolution. I’m actually really surprised at how many of you are rooting for this to happen.

          • Its really not much of a stretch. We know thatr the starters and Rockruff held some sort of secret, and given the split evolution is the most unique thing yet revealed of the little pup, it seems the safest to assume.

            As well, never use the excuse that “it hasn’t happened before” is saying it can’t happen. Every generation they introduce new concepts, sometimes completely out of left field like Mega evolution, and if you had told people before their reveal that they were happening, you know people would say that it seemed to crazy to be true. Let us wait and see what Game freak has planned.

          • I’m just curious of the whole Rockruff and starters connection; that may be where the split evolutions stemmed from.

          • I’m not, I’m remaining cautiously indifferent. I don’t think it will happen, but I don’t think I’ll necessarily hate it if it does.

          • well since they aren’t split evolutions it seems possible. also, because they are making the game they can make it happen, no one but them can say for sure just yet. So yeah, i’d say its definitely a possibility.

    • It doesn’t matter when you get the game. All that matters is what is actually true. Until we have confirmation one way or the other it’s still up in the air, but it’ll be one of two things. It’ll either be a version exclusive where Rockruff only evolves at one particular time of the day (in game), in Moon it would be at night (in game) making it the evil looking one or it’ll be the time of day you evolve it at. The second option meaning that if you evolve it during the day (in game) it’ll evolve into the midday form or if you evolve it at night(in game) it’ll evolve into the midnight form. either way it doesn’t matter when you buy the game. All that matters is which the way it evolves and at this point CoroCoro wasn’t really all that clear. To be honest I think it’s the latter and it’s less of a version exclusive thing and more of a day and night thing. lol

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      • yeah I know, it will be midnight when I play the game, so it will be day ingame. if that litten evo is day time (and this day/night form thing for the starters is true) I will need to change the clock to noon (so it will be night)

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  103. One of the animators for X/Y recently drew two pictures of Ash in two styles; one in X/Y and one in S/M. Rumors are also surfacing that the animation department had another major overhaul and that a different team will be animating S/M (possibly the ones who animate(d) Yokai Watch).

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    • the advantage that I see with this style is that they will be able to use less repetitive movements since its a more simple approach. Honestly I’m digging the new animation style. unfortunately I am one of many that want to see Ash grow up I mean DBZ, Bleach, Naruto they have all grown time actually passes thru the seasons and the growth of the character. its been around for years. If they’re not going to age Ash then just change the character have a new Pikachu for each

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  108. there is just no good fan-art of Mudbray…
    also i need to get this off my chest
    WHY THE FRACK ARE THE EYES SO BAD donkeys don’t even have oblong pupils
    it be absolutely adorable with actual eyes (something like a Girafarig for example)

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  109. When you return from 10 days in the jungle away from civilisation only to discover the weirdest reveals ever… Seriously these new pokémon and Ultra Beast thingies are exactly the sort of confused clusterf*cks my brain comes up with when I dream of new pokémon. I legitimately wondered if I wasn’t dreaming when I first saw them.

    Type null is a pretty cool idea and it’s design and name are interesting, I’m confused as to wether it’s legendary or not since it seems unique but simultaneously is owned by Gladion (who’s theme is AMAZING).
    Jangmo’o is solid, excited to see it’s evolutions, though I’m personally gonna bet it’s actually not the pseudo, and turns out more like axew.

    The aether foundation’s designs are amazing, though like many others I’m suspecting they’re not entirely what they seem and probably have something to do with the Ultra Beasts (wonder where their creation of Type: Null fits into this). It’d be great to finally have a female evil team leader.

    Happy to see more returning characters like Sina and Dexio, and the Alola form of Prof Oak is an amazing idea, the of this sort of thing we get, the more I feel Sun and Moon are an amazing celebration of the franchise.

    I’m liking what we’ve seen of the Zygarde quest, though I’m very curious to see how they explain what a Kalos legendary is doing in Alola.

    Poké snaps looks like a very cool feature, it’s nice getting a bit of Snap back into the franchise after so long

    I like how they’ve implemented the version time difference, it’s simple, logical, and effective.

    Ultra Beasts however I’m not sure what to think of. UB1’s design is pretty cool but is a bit elaborate to be pokémony, and both UB2’s have completely un-pokémon-like designs, that I feel clash with the style in a bad way. The sort of superhero/mech/human/anime character look the UB2s give off really isn’t a direction I want pokémon designs to go anywhere near. I’m supposing/hoping they’ll just be story-exclusive uncatchable bosses and not actual pokémon, akin to pokéwood, but I’ve got a creeping feeling these may be catchable and usable, and accepting these as pokémon is going to necessitate a lot of getting used to for me.
    I’m really not sure we needed these, and I wonder what game freak was on when they thought of them. That said, I’m curious to see their place in the story, especially the whole thing with portals, which could have tantalising implications for the fanchise lore.

    As for Pokémon Generations, THIS IS AMAZING! The animation style is kinda weird, I wish they hadn’t veered that far away from the traditional style, but these seem like an amazing celebration of the franchise, and I can’t wait to see more of them. I also hope we do get surprise reveals for the new games in some episodes, like back in origins.

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    • I wouldn’t worry about the UB designs. they aren’t from the pokemon univers, as you can tell they come from a dimensional rift, I also have a feeling they will be more “boss monster” and probably unobtainable.

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  111. I felt like making a wasp fakemon so…what do you think?

    WASPUIP
    The Control Pokemon
    Type: Bug/Psychic
    Description:
    “Waspuip’s structure is very feeble, making the Pokemon very weak physically. To compensate for this, Waspuip use chewed up dead leaves and plants, and scraps of wood to craft a basic hollow puppet. Waspuip would use psychic powers and act as a control to manipulate the puppet into a fighter, as a way for self-defense. The puppet also has other uses for Waspuip, such as storing food and treasure and acting as shelter for rest and rain. If this puppet is majorly damaged or destroyed, a strong sense of anger will overcome it and will proceed to chase the assailant and sting them. These stings aren’t very painful, although they leave a mystical residue that has the potential to be lethal if untreated.”

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        • I was thinking it could be a 1 hit-KO move for Rock or Ghost, petrify having dual meanings.
          Or perhaps it negates the move and sharply lowers speed or something. Like a combination of Fake Out and Scary Face maybe. It would be a signature move.

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        • Yeah, that was why I didn’t suggest it would paralyze, I think this ‘mon would also learn Glare though. It depends if it was a combination of Gorgon and Naga but Coil is another Serpentine move it could learn.

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          • Glare
            Wrap
            Bind
            Power Gem
            Sandstorm
            Shadow ball
            Block
            Shadow Sneak
            Mean Look
            Coil
            Sing
            Perish Song
            Rock Polish
            Phantom Force
            Quick Guard/Wide Guard

  113. Hey guys if your bored out of your minds like I am I suggest get the Yo-Kai Watch 2 Demo available now actual game reveals fully on 9/30 to America

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  118. Guys I just realized what Salandit is based in its a Fire bellied Newt cause think it’s poisonous and the word Fire it makes perfect sense

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  122. I just realized something can we have main Legendaries that actually have more than color in common with a gem related Versions like

    Ruby- Groundon (only color red in common)
    Sapphire- Kyogre (only color blue in common)
    Emerald- Rayquaza (only green in common)
    And this goes for Gen 2- Gen 4

    If a Peridot and opal versions come out make them related back to the Gem and not just its color!!

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