Pokémon Generations Episode 3: The Challenger

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As promised the third episode of Pokémon Generations is now available to watch online!

Episode 3: The Challenger follows a trainer as he tests his abilities against the Kanto Elite Four.

What do you think of Pokémon Generations so far? Is it living up to your expectations or does it leave you wanting more?

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  10. so i need to start thinking about my team
    all i got is
    Heatigre
    Lycanroc
    and Mudsdale

    so i need something to beef it up, i wanted maybe an Electric type or a Grass type but nothing’s calling out to me

    maybe i’ll settle on Bewear and maybe Jangmo-o if it looks tough enough

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          • nope, well honestly in all my life the only Electric types i’ve ever ran for a main game were Electabuzz and Eelektross

          • Those are good ones. An electric/fire type would be perfect for my team since idk if I’m really into Salandit all that much and Turtonator probably won’t be available until late in the game.

          • Electabuzz is one of my favourite electric types. I feel I also need a Grass or Electric Type to combat Water types, I’m thinking Lurantis which I’ve seen you don’t like. I hope some good new ones are revealed soon. We never seem to get that many Electric types, in comparison to say, Water.

    • I can’t find a good Electric type too I hope we can catch Tapu Koko early in this game…and for grass type I choose Morelull I know Grass/Fairy-type sucks but it has a good design and actually only few pkmn can use spore.

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      • Whimsicott is great, though mostly for it’s Prankster ability than it’s type. It would probably be better as a pure Fairy, maybe wouldn’t look as good though. I wonder if Morelull will Evolve.

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          • But it’s SO FLUFFY. At least it’s use of Prankster is mostly to shut down status moves with Taunt. Stopping stuff like Will-O-Wisp.

          • No, but then I take it down as fast as I can, don’t give it a chance to set up. I have seen it try a substitute, but when I fought that particular one I was using an Infiltrator at the time. The only time it’s really annoyed me is when it was in a triple battle with Terrakion and used Beat-Up to max Terrakions’ attack I hadn’t seen it before, I counter it easily now.

          • doesn’t matter
            if you can’t kill it on one shot or break its sub and kill it
            leech Seed
            Protect
            Sub
            Protect
            sub
            protect
            sub
            and it goes on and on until you die

          • Prankster Taunt it? But then you’d have to use a Whimsicott too and hope you outspeed it. Grass types are unaffected by leech seed, have you tried using Torterra, Ferrothorn or Cradily?

          • So is using Whimsicott though. Sap Sipper would also work. Infiltrators, Magic Bounce and Magic Guard, predicting and Protecting/Detecting are some other options.

          • Imprison with Substitute could work, as could Liquid Ooze I think. Really if you’re not willing to try other options, or Pokémon you dislike at the moment then you are kinda stuck. Maybe gen 7 will introduce your saviour.

          • liquid ooze? there’s only like 2 pokemon who can use it and one of them suuuucks
            Although Tenacruel could try to Acid Spray it down to size but honestly i see Tenacruel only as support and a rapid spinner then a offensive

          • If it can take down Whimsicott in that role maybe it’s worth a try? Also Sound based moves pass through Substitute, not sure if that helps at all.

          • I think Quick Guard blocks moves with raised priority from Prankster. No Ground types learn it but a few Rock and Steel Types do. I’m trying to find other options but it really does seem to be quite limited beyond what I’ve suggested.

          • The only thing I might be comfortable with is a Infiltratior Crobat but even then you can’t guarantee it’ll stay and let me hack it to pieces

          • Use Infernape it can be super fast with a Flame charge or just regular stats and being physical attacker Flareblitz it to death

  11. LOL the absolute state of this

    Anohi, #000 on the Alola Pokédex which directly translates to “rainbow origin” is a mythical Pokémon that was born in the colors of the rainbow. Type is Fairy and has a unique ability called “Prism Tone” where it gains STAB on Electric, Water, Grass and Fire-type attacks.

    >Marshadow, a gigantic scorpion (most likely based on an emperor scorpion) that is said to slumber in the oldest temple in Alola. It is venerated as the bringer of destruction. Once awaken, it covers the sun with its tail and every living being will fall under its command. Marshadow’s typing is Dark/???, which second type changes depending on the jewel it wears on its head. Has a unique ability called “Umbra Legion” where its teammates get STAB with Dark-type moves.

    >Parcuatro, a legendary Grass/Flying that is said to reside in the heart of Lush Jungle. Based on the flower “Bird of Paradise”.

    >Agatha of the Elite Four is the Kahuna of Akala Island. Uses Tapu Akua, a Ghost/Fairy guardian.

    >Alola forms:

    •Bellsprout line – Electric/Grass

    •Ekans line – Water/Dragon

    •Doduo line – Fighting/Flying

    •Persian – Dark/Psychic

    •Tentacool line – Water/Electric

    •Jynx – Grass/Psychic

    >No new mega-evolutions. Megastones can be located through a minigame in Rotom-dex.

    >Every main protagonists (male and female) from the past 6 regions can be selected as online default avatars (which also gets 3D models during battles)

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  12. Lmao it keeps coming

    Leaked concept arts (from the starters) are directly from the anime (implying Ash’s Litten will fully evolve)

    Starter evo names: Mightigre, Sirenade, Shoothood

    Synchro is not real, the starters secret is that they have their own exclusive Z-moves and are dual-type

    Pokemon with day/night forms: Salandit, Cutiefly, Rockruff, Vikavolt

    October 4th info features: Dolphin Water/Electric for Sun, Dolphin Water/Fairy for Moon

    More than 110 Pokemon

    Type: Null is Marshadow pre-evolution

    Team Skull and Aether will acquire both version mascots at one point in the game

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  14. *Sigh* Yknow, I wish one of these episodes was just ONE battle like Blastoise vs. Dragonite almost was instead of cramming in a bunch of peeks at the battles. When I heard of Generations, I thought each battle would be an episode in and of itself, they deserve to be, but right now, Pokemon Generations just seems like a series of trailers to me. Good animation doesn’t mean squat without substance.

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      • I’m hoping it’ll get better as time goes on, like next episode will be Red vs. Blue. However, if it follows the pattern, it’ll be a tease.

        First episode: Pikachu battles a bunch of pokemon. Great! Hope there’s more!
        Second episode: Police hunt down Giovanni. Oh cool! Look at Arcanine burn down that wall!… Oh! They have him cornered, will they battle him? No?… He just walks away? Ok then?…
        Third Episode: Blue challenges Elite 4. Or, more accurately, Blue uses one attack per League member then sits on a throne…
        Episode 4: Red vs. Blue. If this pattern continues, Red and Blue exchange quips, battle scene starts, skips battle so Red enters Hall of Fame. Taking all bets!

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  15. I LOVE this!!! Especially since it shows how blue became champion! One issue is that there doesn’t seem to be a “champion” before blue… So idk how the system really works now lol. But other than that WOW!!

    I also love how this kind of shows that Agatha has some kind of mischievousness to her which I believe in the manga this was fully fleshed out as she was a part of team rocket or something? And the way Gengar entered the battle XD amazing!

    I’m really lovin these shorts. I hope they are like a trial run for an actual series in a similar style aimed at older members of the fanbase. That’d be AMAZING!

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    • It’s that simple, really: no one had ever beaten the Indigo Plateau Elite Four before. Blue was the first. There was no Champion before him.

      That’s the case in the games too. When you beat Lance, he says you’d be the Champion if someone else hadn’t defeated him a little while before.

      The games’ League isn’t like the anime League. Even collecting the eight badges is a rare occurrence and kind of a big deal in the games.

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      • if u read oak’s pc it saying that the e4 is calling out trainers to come challenge the league. so it adds on that the Indigo Plateau was recently created before the events of R/B/G/Y

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    • MANGA SPOILERS BEWARE: Agatha (and the rest of the elite 4 for that matter) were massive villains in the Advenures manga, distinct from team rocket (in fact team rocket fight together with the main characters to defeat them, and Giovanni has a pivotal supporting role). They wanted to destroy humanity because of the damage they were causing to the environment, and their endangerment of wild pokémon.
      In fact Agatha was by far the most evil of them, with a relatively young Lance being something of a misguided ideologist (and even fighting other antagonists later on), Lorelei being pretty nasty but also scarred by humanity’s evil treatment of pokémon (and she turns up in a supporting role later in the Sevii islands), and Bruno actually being brainwashed by Agatha rather than actually a willing participant. Agatha however is pretty much pure evil, though she does indeed believe in the validity of their goal, she harbours a deep hatred of Oak stemming from rivalry in their youth gone sour, and nearly succeeds in murdering his grandson with her gengar’s dream eater.

      So yeah, this definitely has some neat hints to that version of the character, though nothing close to the manga counterpart’s utter evil.

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  17. The only thing I liked about this was the little meeting the E4 had at the beginning, and the ending with Blue waiting on the throne for Red. The rest was just a waste of really good animation *sigh*

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  19. Wow apparently Nintendo Europe will not progress any Wii U orders anymore after September 30th. Guess they’re going all out with the NX?

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  20. When the Agatha and Blue get more character development in just under 5 minutes and the anime fails to give proper character development to other important characters in undrr 24 minutes.

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  21. Seems as though Pokemon Leagues are a recent addition to the Pokemon World and occurred after the Kanto War in Kanto and there was no Champion until Blue.

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  24. The Wii U is close to being completely dropped by Nintendo. Rumours and sources state that the Wii U is in it’s last order date for retailers in Nintendo of Europe. Expect to see the NX rather soon; before mid-October. It’s about to become a hot product in a few years as it seems like Nintendo will completely cut production by 2017. Peace out Wii U, you were great while you lasted.

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