Today I’m bringing you a new Cover Pokémon Showdown. Perhaps rather unsurprisingly, Charizard won Generation One with 37% of the total votes!
Now it’s time to move onto Johto.
Generation II came out in 1999 in Japan and featured three games, namely Gold, Silver and Crystal. This generation introduced many new features such as Shiny Pokémon and the Dark and Steel type.
Pokémon Gold Version
Pokémon Gold featured Ho-Oh, the Rainbow Pokémon. Ho-Oh is often named the “guardian of the skies”.
Ho-oh is a bird-like Pokémon which resembles a phoenix, leaving a beautiful rainbow behind when it flies. It has a mythical power to resurrect the dead, which can be seen in one of the episodes of Pokémon Generations.
Its signature move is Sacred Fire, a strong damage-dealing move. Ho-oh was the first Generation II Pokémon that was seen in the anime, which was a sign that the franchise would continue after Generation I. Its name comes from ‘Hōō‘ (鳳凰), the Chinese word for phoenix.
Pokémon Silver Version
Pokémon Silver showed Lugia, the Diving Pokémon, on its cover. It is often referred to as the “guardian of the seas”. It’s also the trio master of the Legendary birds.
Lugia is a Pokémon that is able to control the weather, especially cause and stop storms. Because it knows it has that power, it hides itself underwater to prevent itself rising storms.
Its signature move is Aeroblast. Ho-oh and Lugia are the only Legendary mascot Pokémon that are not seen clashing with each other in the anime. Its name may come from ‘lutetium‘ (a silver element), ‘lugeo‘ (‘I lie dormant’ in Latin) or ‘luna‘ (‘moon’ in Latin).
Pokémon Crystal Version
Pokémon Crystal covered Suicune, the Aurora Pokémon. Suicune 
is the only Legendary beast to appear on a box art.
Suicune has the power to purify water with one touch. It travels the land searching for water to purify.
It is thought to be based on the Qilin, an Eastern legend that has traits of Chinese dragons, unicorns, deer and big cats. Its mane, however is said to resemble the northern aurora. Suicunes name is derived from ‘sui‘ (水, water) and ‘kun‘ (君, monarch).
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X — EVAN
Suicune because its a legendary Water type <3
Fly high my sparkly rainbow bird!
Loved the promo art for the HGSS TCG sets.
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YES
Ugh I swear all normal monos are the same
As somebody who’s done Normal mono teams before, some of my favorite Normal types to use are: Porygon2, Kecleon, Ditto, Exploud, Staraptor, Meloetta, Cincinno, Purugly. I’ve done quite well with them, too!
M lop
Pory2
Chansey
Meloetta
Staraptor
And Ditto
Nothing but stalling and stalling
I do like using M-Lopunny too, I must admit. Though I’ve always preferred Blissey over Chansey for some reason.
Doesn’t matter with that bitch ass pissing Evolite they can basically have two dual walls that do the exact same thing
To be fair, Porygon2 was one of my favorite Pokémon before I even got into competitive. Now I like it even more 😛
As for Eviolite Chansey, I’d prefer using Eviolite Munchlax. It’s definitely not as consistent, but it’s so fun to use at the same time.
M lop is best mega though so of course people would use it
U mean Mega Medicham clone
The damn thing is annoying as fuck
Free stab Fake out to get the speed
Access to a Reliable Stab Drain Punch
Ice Punch
And Return
That’s literally the only set
HJK > Drain Punch
Which dumbass uses Drain Punch on Mega Lopunny
It’s a viable tactic for Mega Lopunny that act as clean up sweepers or on a team with set up hazards
If it’s not a dedicated cleaner or of you don’t have a entry hazard HJK or GTFO
I’ve seen plenty run it
WHAT? They don’t use Diggesby?
Diggers-be-ugly
Oh, how I love Gen II. There are just so many reasons why:
– 100 Pokémon, in my opinion, is the perfect amount. Not too few and not too many. It also helps that I love almost every single one.
– I love the Johto region and all its music.
– The one game (aside from HG/SS obviously) where you can travel between regions. That always made Gold and Silver extra special.
– Ho-Oh and Lugia are tied with Xerneas and Yveltal for my favorite box legendaries. Though I like Ho-Oh a little more.
– Between the Unown ruins, the dragon’s den, and everything in Ecruteak City, I love the history and lor of the Johto region.
– Team Rocket returning. One thing I love about Rocket is that they don’t have any doomsday schemes. They’re just crooks that need to be taken down. The legendaries don’t even have anything to do with their plot line!
– It introduced so many great mechanics like egg hatching, day/night cycle, and held items.
– While not Gen II, HG/SS are hands-down my favorite Pokémon remakes. They were done so well.
– The theme song for Pokémon Johto always stood out to me. Even today, it’s one of the only Pokémon theme songs that isn’t trying to be epic or serious. It’s just happy and fun!
So yeah, Johto will always have a special place in my heart.
Gen II had the best movies, too. IMO Pokemon 4 Ever is the best.
I loved Spell of the Unown.
Pokémon Johto’s theme song gets me amped. No lie.
So exciting and upbeat! Johor really feels like an adventure
Omg yesssss
I was really exposed to the Pokemon Johto series while I was young. I wasn’t a 90s child but I especially watched and enjoyed Johto. Although Gen 6 is my favourite so far and 4 is right after, 2 is my most personal gen.
reading this just made me wanna replay my SoulSliver for the billionth time ha
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Lugia any day! Movie 2 is my favorite, it was actually the first movie I saw and Lugia made a big impact on me. It looked so majestic and powerful. Then I found out it is actually a defensive-oriented pokémon in the games but anyway it’s still my 3rd favorite pokémon.
Yo it’s your boi Requiem out of school
And the place is dead
Go back to school
But it’s done until tomorrow ;-;
Reporting in from English class
So I’m considering completely scrapping the idea of a theme team in SuMo and just use everything I see until I whittle down a final six
Too much good options, especially if Pikipek’s evo is Dark/Flying, Sea Urchin2 is Poison/Steel, and Spider is any combination of Bug, Dark and Ice)
Do what ever is most fun! It’s your first time in Alola so I think it’s good to use many different Pokémon and see what you like best. That’s how I’m settling my Lurantis or Tsareena debate
Just solo it with Pyukumuku
As fabulous as that’d be I’d have to decline
Somethings wrong with my version of the Demo. The days until certain events haven’t lowered since I moved my Time Settings back an hour on sunday, the pikachu man still says it’s 4 days away, despite it supposed to have happened on Sunday. Is anyone else having this issue?
Changing the clock or date messes up daily events for 42 hours
But it’s been more than 42 hours. And that’s a bad design flaw considering Clocks changing around the world during the time of the Demo
I don’t know for sure then. The demo is really weird with these events
Do you know anything about the seemingly random ones, the Dugtrio, Lilly, Dexio and Sina?
Nope. I kinda stopped playing after the second day, sorry!
Can we do a voting contest for the generic rodents, bugs, and birds at the start of each region?
Vivillon would win though. It’s the only good one
I raise you Scolipede
Mothim!!!
I’m not sure that counts, I think Kricketune was the one of Sinnoh. Though Unova’s weren’t until after the second Gym, so I guess it’s fair including them.
I love Kricketune too tbh
tbh though I used a vivillion on my first X play through and it was crazy powerful compared to the rest of my team, it actually lasted past the E4
Eeeeh personally:
Leavanny > Kricketune > Vikavolt > Beautifly > Dustox > Butterfree > Vivllon > Beedrill
Scolipede a Unova early bug too, where would that fit
Fair. Then they have 2 like Gen 1 does. Which makes sense since Gen 5 does a lot of homages to previous gens
that, except vivillon is on top. actually, the entire list is just 8 vivillons. no, 9 vivillons, 9 is a bigger number.
Issue here is clasification. Because Unovas early bugs weren’t on the first route. In fact they were only after the second Gym, would this discount them?
I consider Sewaddle to be their generic bug ‘Mon.
Then Venipede should be too, being caught in the same areas n all
Diggersby
Straraptor
Scolipede
Anyway if I were to vote:
Swellow/Talonflame
Sentret
Scolipede
One name: Shadow Lugia
Nuff said
Ok after reviewing the dex lists, if PJ did a contest between the bugs, birds, and rodents, I think these would be the choices:
Generic ‘Mons:
Bird:
Pidgey
Fearow
Noctowl
Swellow
Pelipper
Starapter
Unfezant
Talonflame
Bug:
Butterfree
Beedrill
Ledian
Ariados
Beautifly
Dustox
Kricketune
Leavanny
Scolipede
Vivillon
Rodent:
Raticate
Furret
Linoone
Bibarel
Watchog
Diggersby
Staraptor or Talonflame
Scolipede
Watchog
Are we not including Alolan stuff?
Cause:
Staraptor
Vikavolt/Beedrill
Linoone I guess.
Well since we don’t have Sugi art or name for Pikipek’s final evo yet, I left all of them out.
Mine would be:
Pelipper
Leavanny
Linoone (but only cause I love Zigzagoon)
Hmmmmm pellipper isn’t a regional bird
Hm. I dunnoooo.
Noctowl, Can’t pick a bug because I love them all, but id pick mothim if you put it in there, and Furret/Linoone!
Dammit… Mothim probably should be a choice. Ok I admit classifying these is much harder than I expected.
honestly it would be easier to classify them if all the gens actually followed a pattern but they don’t, only the regional rodents are a given at this point, even the birds have had a shake up here and there
I actually don’t think Burmy/evolutions should be counted. They’re really not the “regional bugs” of Sinnoh.
thats nice. But you cant really say that because a lot of places count them as such so I guess its down to just opinion eh?
I’ve never seen anywhere count them as a regional bug
Ive seen many places count them in the past, its not like there cant be two, BW and RBGY had two, if I hadn’t seen places count them then I would not have mentioned it
So I wanted to get some feedback
How many are going digital or physical
Because my hypersensitive ego is gnawing at my hippocampus saying that people who digitally preload the game will get a major head start to playing compared to those who want physical copies
Neither. I’m going European
I went digital as of this generation. But the lack of OMG HUUUUUGE micro SD cards might force me back to physical with the Switch. >.<
I was thinking the same… I pre-ordered my copies, but I’m like, if I download it I can start playing right away. Is there any benefit to having hard copies rather than downloading them?
The only conflict is storage limitations and you cannot interact with additional copies in the game i.e. You can’t trade your physical copy of Sun with the digital version of Moon
Hard copy is usually wiser
Pokémon Bank….
Yeah but……i guess that works…
Or you could buy one copy of the game digitally and the other version a hard copy….
That would set my collection OCD on fire.
Trust, I know… But if you don’t have OCD like you and I it’s an option
Who adamantly plays Pokémon and doesn’t have collection OCD? I feel like if you didn’t have it when you started, you do now due to the nature of the game lmao
My living Dex includes all alternate forms that can be retained while in a PC xD
this is me in collectathon platformers. I love old games like donkey kong 64 and banjo kazooie, but damn if I’m adamant about getting everythting possible on my first try always.
Feel that. Haven’t played those two yet, but 100%ing Mario Galaxy 1, 2 and Super 3D World was very fun and satisfying.
yep, the galaxy games as well. dk64 is available on the eshop, I cannot recommend it enough. its the ultimate collectathon, so much to collect that it sometimes drives men mad.
There is also something about having the box that I like…
I always go physical, going digital unnerves me, plus they cant go in my game collection shelf
So true, later I gotta show mine
Physical cuz I’d have to delete something to have enough Space to download Sun
physical, I will be playing it at midnight exactly, so that head start is nonexistent.
I don’t have enough space for the digital lol
Physical bby
Physical all the way.
physical obv.
I voted for Lugia because I’ve always preferred it especially after seeing the movie 2000 although its a pretty tough choice since they’re all amazing Pokemon with great designs
Totally by accident… but just discovered that you can sort comments by newest and oldest rather than most popular and I feel like an idiot but I’m also very happy.
I thought that was the default setting?
Mines been on Most Popular since the get go.
The default is most popular. I changed it to newest to keep up with everything lol
It’s hell when you’re into a convo and then the page gives out ok you and refreshes and you have to scroll for a mile to refind it.
https://youtu.be/z_L8aI8ldCY
Who else has an epic theme like Luiga?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZqpXrDuLqE0
got bored half a minute in.
I feel bad for your taste, or its nonexistence.
This song means a lot for a whole generation, who had a chance to see this movie at movie theaters.
oh its from the anime. gotcha. that’s why ive never heard it. the anime is awful. also, my taste is just fine. no need to feel bad because we have a different taste. here’s a song that gets me pumped for a battle on top of the tin tower https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyBkdZNT1DE
got bored half the sentence.
ive been bored
I like the 2 first minutes but still Ho-oh team.
This tune <3
Am I the only one wanting to speculate the Ultra Beasts?
no! I cannot wait to see them in the game and how their plot unfold. they are pretty much the only thing we still know next to nothing about!
😀 Exactly!!
The green one intrigues the hell outta me
I still do not understand why is Gold Silver Crystal and Diamond Pearl and Platinum when technically it should be Gold Silver Platinum and Diamond Pearl Crystal
Crystal fits Suicune better and Platinum suits Giratina better
I hate how anime didn’t focus on Ho-oh one of best legendary in my opinion not just cuz it’s phoenix and fire type with majestic design but cuz ecruteak city and tin tower them when u enter Tin(I like temples) and solve the puzzles while go uphill u really can sense there is a big deal here u know u will face legendary pkmn before see it, I know it’s not popular cuz it still didn’t appear in any movie but u still can feel how majestic it is watch from 8:48 to 11:00. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BNQEGCwxRpE
Out of curiousity, if Pokémon were real, what Pokémon do you think you and your immediate family would have? Min 0 pokemon Max 6 Pokémon.
My family would definitely have a Rockruff seeing how the only pet our family has had is a Shiba Inu.
I’d definitely have a Charizard.
My little sister would have a Finneon cause she likes pretty stuff and isn’t responsible enough to have anything other than a fish.
Not sure what else.
An Alolan Persian and 2 Alolan Exeggcutors lol
Ewwww. 😛 lol
Tbh now I’ve got used to it Alolan Persian is actually quite charming
I mean if they would have made the body match its head I’d like it more. It’s just like they took Persian cropped it’s head off recolored it placed Alola Persian’s head on it and now it’s a “fat, fluffy” cat. The body is the only issue I have with its design. :/
Tbh I find it ugly cute and the body looks much more natural imo when you see the neck
It has a neck!?
And it’s thicc
O.o Do you have a picture of its neck?
I will hunt one down
Okay!
Not as bad as it could’ve been tbh https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/74fe4c379e3891a1d9231880819c214c683933db9b66fa8097868259a3bc5d48.png
Well, it isn’t too bad, but its head shape should have been smoothed out to fit its body, but keep it fluffy looking. lol
If I buy a cat I want to laugh at it not pet it lol
O.o
That’s why I would like an Alolan Persian in real life
Edit: Like the min max is per person of anyone was confused
Lol Ehhh, full teams is too much for my family. They’re not worth it. Lol jk
Not necessarily full teams, we know some trainers don’t have full teams and some would just have pokemon for contests and pets :p
Well, I think I got them down to a T for the bar minimum. 😀
Definetley, explanations and everything! 😀
Mhm. My brother is easy he likes tough Earthen pokemon. Lol
Earthen is his favourite Pokémon? :p
lol Basically. XD My brother runs sandstorm teams mostly. He loves rock, ground, and steel types. Plus… my brother is exactly like Earthen. Omg… I need to go talk to my brother brb lol 😛
EARTHEN IS YOUR BROTHER!?!
Freakin’ plot twist :p
They do seem like the same person lol
Immediate family:
Me: Litten, I love cats and to me it is the best cat in Pokémon to date.
Mom: Shiny Ponyta, she loves horses
Sister 1: Alola Vulpix/Glaceon, she loves foxes and winter.
Sister 2: Medicham, she’s a yoga instructor.
Brother: Arcanine/Aggron/Machamp
I struggle with this one a lot… because there is the real me then there are the Pokemon I’d love to have as partners…
Me: Decidueye (yes, Incineroar is my favorite of the three but my personality matches Decidueye more), Samurott, Umbreon, Beartic, Ninetales (Alola) and Mega Abomasnow
My mom would probably have a tailow because she loves birds and she saved a baby swallow when I was little and it used to come and visit and perch on her shoulder and be her friend… until the kids that lived up the road from us brutally murdered it and put it on her doorstep
I’m going for Lugia,I chose Silver version because it looks like a dragon
something isn’t right here. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/a55f6dfd62e1d9a0352ef301f78e13908463afac2295641b7f9950eac7680fd6.png
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My favourite is Zenda, the Cock Pokémon!
oh its zenda the scyrher
Between Baliy and Luzel :p
It’s Scyther
What…the hell…is this…
Am I on peyote….again?!
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so does this even make any sense because I can’t find any in here.
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