Hey everybody, it’s time for a new Mascot Pokémon Showdown. But first, the winner of last time is Lugia with an amazing 50%!
Now we’re moving on to Hoenn. Generation III came out in 2002 in Japan and in 2003 in the rest of the world. This generation is home to three games: Ruby, Sapphire and Emerald. Generation III introduced some new and great aspects to the series, like weather, double battles and the Battle Frontier.
Pokémon Ruby Version
Pokémon Ruby showed Groudon, the Continent Pokémon, on its cover. Groudon has the ability to stimulate volcanic eruptions to create land and convoke acute droughts to evaporate water. Because Groudon has these amazing powers, Team Magma is after it to create a giant landmass. However, it sleeps underground in a chamber filled with magma. When it awakens and encounters its rival, they will start a catastrophic battle.
Groudon’s signature move is Precipice Blades, a powerful Ground-type attack. In its primal form, Groudon is the heaviest Pokémon of all time and has the highest base Attack stat of all Ground and Fire Pokémon. It may be based on the Hebrew legends of Behemoth, an isopod or an ankylosaur. The name Groudon derives from ‘ground‘ and ‘don‘ (‘lord’ in Spanish).
Pokémon Sapphire Version
Pokémon Sapphire featured Kyogre on the cover, the Sea Basin Pokémon. It is a gigantic whale-like creature who possesses the ability to expand oceans. Kyogre is also able to control water and rain to drench withered places with water again—the reason Team Aqua wants to use Kyogre.
The signature move of this Pokémon is called Origin Pulse, a Water-type attack that was introduced in ORAS. When it is in its primal form, Kyogre has the highest Special Attack, Special Defense and base stat total of all Water-type Pokémon. It is based on the Leviathan, the Hebrew counterpart of the Behemoth. Its name comes from ‘kai‘ (海, ocean) and ‘orca‘.
Pokémon Emerald Version
Pokémon Emerald featured Rayquaza, the Sky High Pokémon. This Pokémon is a snake-like dragon that lives in the ozone layer. It has an organ that resembles a Mega Stone, which enables it to Mega-evolve without an item. It is famous for soothing the other two of the weather trio.
Mega Rayquaza has the highest Attack, Special Attack and base stat total of all Dragon and Flying types. It is based on, again, a Hebrew legend, namely the Ziz. It’s an unconquerable master of the sky. Its name probably derives from ‘raqiya‘ (Hebrew for firmament) and ‘quasar‘ (a region surrounding a black hole).
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X — EVAN
I love gen 3 and believe it or not I just got done playing ORAS for the first time and holy fuck you guys. These games are fucking fantastic. Ruby n sapphire were the first Pokemon games I ever played and so being thrown back to where it all began is just such a nostalgia trip for me. I mean seriously, these graphics, all the new updates to the story line, just everything. The region is booming with life. Just everything is gorgeous, I can’t even think how to make it better. Soooo happy. Sun and moon will be a phenomenal beautifully rendered adventure.
I only just finished the Delta episode on OR, because I was soft resetting for a good Rayquaza for a very long time.
it said i voted but i never voted?
I got the same, said I voted for Groudon, but I didn’t. I actually don’t mind too much as I like all 3 but I would likely have picked Rayquaza.
I voted for you. >:D
Happened to me too, coming back some time later helped. I guess it’s not good at tracking users. Or the poll is rigged!
Did that with Ho-oh for me
Has wondertrade been confirmed for sun and moon yet? I can’t remember
I don’t think so, but it is unlikely it would be taken out now imo.
True but sometimes Gamefreak likes to take things away from us
I hope Defog comes back as a TM
My favorite pokemon( though it needs an animation update since well… you’ll see.)
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I hate that they dubbed them as Donuts, made no sense.
Mhm… lol
Here’s it’s evolution:
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I had a dream last night that somehow people had hold of the games (and I was one of them) and everything was being leaked online so this place was crazy.
Other than me getting the game early, I may not be too far off. xD
He knows too much, guys… We’ll have to end him. XD
So this is my team so far:
Razor (Treecko) Lv 9
Lola (Slakoth) Lv 6
Jay (Taillow) Lv 7
Right now I’m at Petalburg City leveling up Lola and Jay (whom I just captured). Lola is very hard to level up because of Truant, yet she’s very powerful. Also yawn helps out a great bit when Lola is loading around. I added on Jay because I always feel it’s a tradition to have a Taillow on the team. Yet later on, once I can get to the desert, I’ll get myself a Trapinch and replace Jay.
Trapinch is a good choice, once you manage to evolve it anyway. I would have used one but I used it in White 2 so it seemed too soon to use it again in my team. I have my Shiny Altaria instead, which I love 🙂
Wait where did you find a Shiny Altaria at in the games? Was it just randomly and you bumped into it miraculously?
Like my Gulpin?
I bred it myself with the Masuda Method.
Oh ok
I have a question for people for me should I get the strategy guide for Sun & Moon just in case of any confusion or should I not spend the money?
That’s what the Internet is for; save your money
If you truly want it as a game guide, I wouldn’t get it, the Internet is a much better source. I’m getting it for collector’s reasons, though.
I also get them because guides take a bit of time online to form a book just gives it to you and I normally look at a bit of the Dex to study stuff before making rash decisions
They don’t usually have the dex, that’s a seperate book.
HGSS being the exception.
I hate that so much… I still have my Guide Book for R/B/Y when it wasn’t even a question, if the Pokedex is included or not..
I bought the guide for BW expecting it to be like HGSS’s guide book, and was extremely dissapointed.
NOTHING so far was as bad as the XY guide book. It was quite literally incomplete, pictures and text missing a ton of places where they were supposed to be, it got names and facts wrong, it looked super rushed.
Keeping in mind how expensive those things are, such mistakes should actually be a no go..
I have the Pokedex for B2/W2, there are some mistakes in it, too and I ended up using the Pokewiki (German Bulbapedia pretty much) more than the book anyway, it’s just quicker and also has much more information on a single Pokemon than the Pokedex book. ut as I said, I mostly buy those things for putting them up in the shelf anyway.
Hmm. I do get what you mean. Back when the internet hasn’t been as big as it is now, I was always using the guide books. But I don’t know about today, I mean people get all the information up so quickly (also I live in Europe, so when I get my copy of the games, information being up won’t be a matter).
If you think it is useful for you and you have the money to spend, then sure why not? Although keep in mind what Ithsme said below about the Dex being it’s extra book, so maybe you’d want to buy that instead.
I mean Pokemon games never have been so difficult that one would need a guide book in order to not get stuck (the Victory Road in the original R/B/Y being the exception for me, but I was 7 years old at the time, soo yeah XD).
Guide books are also nice to not miss all the little details you might overlook otherwise, but that’s what makes exploring a game for me so much fun – all the stuff I discover myself – and that’s also information that will pop up on the internet.
Soo what was I even going to say here? (I wasn’t planning on writing so much pfff..)
I think it is up to how usefull you think a Game Guide will be to you, while keeping in mind, what you will find on the internet and if you want to explore by yourself without a Guide to follow.
I like displaying Game Guides in my shelf… (so guests think I’m not the poor moneyless sod I really am ahahaaa… uhm *cough*)
Bulbapedia bro
^ This
12….more….days….
I truly think they’re tapped out with leaks until release
At least you’re not European! :p
Thank god
I cry myself to sleep every night, because I’m European.. ;__;
Same here ;-;
This makes up for Yoshi’s Woolly World.
Fair trade, right? xD
While I love YWW…
NO IT DOESN’T AAAHH! XD
It was a pretty good game TBH, but yeah
There’s bound to be someone who gets an early copy sooner or later.
There one final leak, the next corocoro
I don’t think the CoroCoro the month of ever reveals anything new.
In the dream I mentioned below, I decided to wait and not play the game until the 18th.
Now that I’m awake I realize how stupid that was, I’d play it in a heartbeat. xD
So I’m finally playing through the two Zelda games I have to stall time for SuMo and I had the best/worst idea ever (which has already probably been done)
Basically, it’d be taking the world, story and characters of Link to the Past and would replace them with Pokémon, including enemies.
Keese-Zubat
Sand Crab-Crabrawler
Bow and Arrow Soldiers-Rowlet and Fletching*
Cuccos-Torchic
Stalfos-Cubone (evolves into Alolan Marowak) and Duskull
Rat-Rattata and Alolan Rattata (both variants occur, Rattata in buildings and outside, Alolan Rattata in caves)
Rope-Ekans
Crow-Murkrow
Thief-Sneasel and Nuzleaf
Octorok-Inkay (for wild encounters and go explain away the mind control of the soldiers) and Octillery (Remoraid would be catchable in the nearby waters)
Armos-Golett
Popo-Tangela
Bees-Beedrill
Fairies-Cutiefly
Anti-Fairies-Koffing for function, Minior for loose resemblance
And a bunch of Pokémon that fit in to the locations world, such as Kanto Marowak, Honedge, Geodude, Misdreavus and Gastly
Something I really want to do in the SM metagame: make a Pokemon kill itself by using oranguru’s instruct after the opponent used belly drum. xD
If I’m thinking right, Belly Drum won’t let you use it if the user will faint
Cursed on the other hand
I’ve killed myself with belly drum before, but I may be thinking of something else.
Does anyone have a link to the list of TMs in SM?
I had a dream that the strategy guide leaked early but as I was flipping through it it was only a revamped version of the Gold and Silver guide and I was heartbroken :/
I had a dream about SM as well!
(scroll down if you want to see)
Lol. I just want them out. The last weeks and days always seem to drag on.
For the first time in my life I want to skip the weekends lol
No. The game comes out on a weekend here. (Friday is weekend in Dubai)
A while back I had a dream of Sun and Moon with the trainers with Steel, Poison, and Ground Eeveelutions too bad it was fake it looked amazing
I had soooo many XY dreams, and I’ve had quite a few SM dreams.
These games basically take over my life. xD
Okay, so I’m nearly done the fanfic battle between Star and SassyChespins, so I decided to kill two birds with one stone and upload the two other polls of round one! (Seven participants in a round robin means one will sit out each round).
Evan (Haxford) vs Ezra (SomeGuy)
https://goo.gl/EnFrRX
Ian (Earthen) vs Wally (Kurusu)
https://goo.gl/SvjZdT
Short Bios underneath!
Battle 2
Trainer Name: Evan
Hometown: Opelucid City
Type Speciality: Dragon
Pokémon
Species: Haxorus
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Mold Breaker
Moves: Dragon Dance, Dragon Claw, Earthquake, Iron Tail
Species: Dragalge
Item: Black Sludge
Ability: Adaptability
Moves: Draco Meteor, Sludge Wave, Scald, Toxic Spikes
Species: Dragonite
Item: Leftovers
Ability: Multiscale
Moves: Outrage, Extremespeed, Fire Punch, Earthquake
VS
Trainer Name: Ezra Juniper
Hometown: Virbank City
Type Speciality: Grass
Interesting Notes: Professor Juniper’s nephew.
Species: Serperior (M)
Item: Dragonium Z
Behaviour: Regal, proud.
Ability: Contrary
Moves: Leaf Storm/Dragon Pulse/Hidden Power (Fire)/Leech Seed
Interesting Notes: Shiny. In a Quick Ball.
Species: Sceptile (M)
Item: Sceptilite
Ability: Overgrow -> Lightning Rod
Moves: Swords Dance/Leaf Blade/Outrage/Earthquake
Interesting Notes: Is in a Heal Ball.
Species: Tsareena (F)
Item: Grass Gem
Ability: Queenly Majesty
Moves: Protect/Trop Kick/High Jump Kick/Poison Jab
Interesting Notes: Is in a Luxury Ball.
Battle 3
Earthen
Trainer Name: Ian “Earthen” Andres
Hometown: Driftveil City Area, Unova
Type Speciality: Ground
Pokémon
Species: Garchomp
Item: Garchompite
Ability: Sand Veil -> Sand Rush
Moves: Dragon Rush, Earthquake, Iron Head, Crunch
Species: Excadrill
Item: Life Orb
Ability: Sand Rush
Moves: Drill Run, Iron Head, Rock Slide, Sandstorm
Name: Drill
Item: Assault Vest (Blend In Variety)
Ability: Solid Rock
Moves: Earthquake, Rock Wrecker, Megahorn, Metal Burst
Interesting Notes: Bigger and heavier than other Rhyperior.
VS
Kurusu
Trainer Name: Wally
HomeTown: Celestic Town
Type Speciality: Dark
Pokémon
Species: Weavile(M)
Item: Chople Berry
Ability: Pressure
Moves: Slash, Dark Pulse, Icy Wind, Metal Claw
Species: Houndoom (M)
Item: Houndoominite
Ability: Flash Fire -> Solar Power
Moves: Flamethrower, Howl, Shadow Ball, Payback
Pokémon: Honchkrow (M)
Item: Dread Plate
Ability: Super Luck
Moves: Night Slash, Thunder Wave, Haze, Tailwind
Posted before I could put in the Battle 2 bios, hold on a sec
Fixed!
Anyone see Prince Fae on recently? 😀
Two days ago.
He was on last night, silly. 😛
Oh.
They why did you ask? xD
Well, I meant like within the last hour or so. I want to talk to him about his fantasy novels that he’s writing.
Oh ok lol
Approximately 1000080 seconds left in my timezone (CST).
And now, we wait (more).
So cute! 😀 All these animals GF. Make. It. Happen! (Someday. Lol)
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Then they make animals we want, but screw them over one way or another.
Just look our long-awaited koala and dolphin pokemon.
I like both.
We got a dolphin pokemon?
People are saying Tapu Fini is the long awaited “dolphin” Pokémon. Though I disagree since that’s like saying Tapu Koko is a chicken Pokémon. Regardless, I like the Tapus and I like Komala.
Tapu Fini looks like a Swordfish to me. XD
I agree lol
I still am under the impression that GF knew their demo would be datamined, hence the pikachu stats. But, *shrug* who knows?
YES! Finally someone who shares that same theory with me! Everyone thought that was crazy lol
? Everyone (everyone sane) knows that it was gonna get datamined… GF doesn’t live in a bubble.
Well, most people thought that the idea that GF was aware of datamining was insane.
Some even said that they didn’t know about ORAS, which sounds completely stupid to me.
I haven’t seen anyone claim that. But there’s always someone with weird opinions out there for every topic.
But just because GF knew it’d get datamined doesn’t mean there are more Pokémon.
Hey, they might have left a few surprises out. But, I’m also taking what we have as it. (Just hoping there is a surprise. Lol)
That’s true; but if they knew it was going to get datamined it seems like a very bad idea to leave all of the new pokemon in (unless the game has an even bigger suprise, making the pokemon more expendable).
I’m not saying your wrong for a fact or anything, but think about things from a cost-benefit trade off point of view. SuMo’s sales will not be hurt whatsoever by people datamining the demo. Due to the excitement of finding unreleased Pokémon, it arguably could increase attention to the brand and games. So why spend time and money taking all the Pokémon out of the code? What do they gain from that? And do those gains outweigh the costs of spending the time and money to remove code from a demo?
From a marketing perspective, I do agree with you there.
However, I’ve seen many people dissatisfied that they’ve revealed so much already (same with XY), so from a consumer, it isn’t a good idea.
But yeah, I do get where you’re coming from, and I’m probably just in denial trying to defend it at this point.
We’re not just talking about marketing though. We’re talking about the actual costs of doing business. Temporary dissatification from a VERY small group of hardcore fans that WILL buy the games regardless of leaks vs everyone getting more hyped about the games and talking about the games is a net gain. So they’re literally gaining not just from less wasted costs on taking code out of a demo, but people are also, on the whole, more excited.
But I will give you this, tricking us into thinking this was all there was could pay off to be a big marketing stunt too, so I would use that as a valid argument for why there might be more Pokémon. But I’m not holding my breath.
Exactly how I feel about it all.
We’ll find out soon enough.
I keep saying that, don’t I? xD
That we will! For me personally, I don’t care about more Pokémon. I’d like some Gen 5 fan service at the Battle Tree and then I have big things that I’d like to happen like the Gyms for post-game or Kanto region, but once again, I’m not expecting these things to happen, I’m just thinking it’d be cool if they happened.
Well, if they didn’t foresee the datamine why replace all stat data with a pikachu? I think we’ll get a surprise from GF this time around.
With any luck.
We’ll know soon, at least.
Lol exactly
The issue with Komala is that it is full of wasted potential.
The issue with Tapu Fini is:
A) It’s a legendary, so it’ll hardly ever see use.
B) It’s not an actual dolphin, and now because they gave us our “dolphin” pokemon, we likely won’t get a real one for a while.
Plus everyone wanted a cool dolphin this gen, and it’s just not what I expected, that’s all.
Wanted potential is subjective.
It’s legendary and not a mascot so it’ll likely see a lot of use?
Conjecture.
True, but at least Komola is cute…
The wasted potential. . .
My mom said the same thing about me, but I turned out alright-ish. Lmao
Great parents right there.
Though I know you’re joking. xD
Actually I’m not joking about that. Lol
Oh.
Sorry.
Lol Being gay isn’t always rainbows and sunshine, my good lad!
Oh, I didn’t think it was about that.
I just sound dumb now lol.
Lol My family was expecting me to pass on the family name, but that’s not happening. XD
Hey you can still pass it on! I fully intend on adopting kids, but on second thought, I’d rather let my name die with me. Ill prolly give them a single no surname name that’ll add a touch of mystique xD
Well, they meant biologically. Lol Plus, I like kids, but I don’t want any of my own. Plus, in its original language my last name means angel of fire/Burnt angel. Not particularly a great last name. XD
Damn autocorrect lol edited it^
Btw, this is a Uroplatus Gecko
Screw that
https://youtu.be/cBkWhkAZ9ds
With our luck they’d make it a rock type. :/ But, that’s adorable for sure.
Although it makes my stomach churn with caustic vile
I would allow this to be a Fairy/Ground Type
As long as it’s ground and not rock.
Another animal I’d like to see poke-ified! <3
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Hopefully it just looks like the Target dog and it’s Fire/Normal lol
Yes!
Please no, we have enough dogs
I mean there’s tons of dogs in real life so it makes sense we’d have a ton of dogs in Pokémon, too.
The Mighty Earthen’s indestructible soul has been weakened.
Treecko is literally inspired by a leaf-tailed gecko, at least to some extent :p . So many as of yet unused animals, and you pick one we already have hahahah 😉
Treecko doesn’t have a flat tail. There are TONS of different species of geckos. Treecko’s trail is chubby where as this uroplatus is completely flat. Not literally inspired at all. 😉
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Treecko_(Pokémon)
I was quoting bulbapedia, and tbf I know it’s only a collaborative source, but I back them on this, it’s a grass type gecko with a somewhat leaf-like tail. Are there any other geckos with more similar tails to Treeckos? (honestly curious, because in that case yeah leaf-tailed geckos have a much weaker case)
Ok so I just noticed this on vp. It’s from a trailer and I didn’t even notice it until I saw this pic. In the last train on trailer we saw a zoomed in pic that had Lillie talking. I wasn’t sure if the character we saw in the frame was actually her or not then, but now I am certain. Looks like Lillie really goes under some character development changes lol
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e029b3186e15eb71dd3c2701eb8ed3da53210ea8c75d993b3e0e8acc46358055.jpg
I noticed that in the trailer a few days ago, but couldn’t pause it at the right moment to see who it was.
Not sure this is Lillie, HOWEVER, we already know that she does get a costume change in the game, so this would make sense.
(For anyone who couldn’t tell, this is the island south of Poni)
Yeah I suppose it could be someone else, but it seems to fit just right so I doubt it’s anyone else really. Either way I find it really cool that the characters are getting actual development and it even changes their clothes. (At least with Lillie lol)
Still can’t believe we’re getting an actual STORY this time. xD
It’s gonna be so freaking amazing hahaha
Honestly I love the idea of character development, characters getting aesthetic changes along the way, time actually passing…
Which is exactly why I love seeing Red and Blue in the games!
Seeing them all grown up (well, mostly) is amazing, seeing as this is literally one of the only times of characters aging in the games.
I meant, aging in the same game, like it isn’t that realistic for a 10 (11 now) year old kid to explore the region as a whole in a month. Also tbh this is a RP game our age is never mentioned iirc we can be whatever age we want.
Age is mentioned, at least in SM (11).
But yeah, hopefully with the emphasis on story we’ll see growth and change.
It’s not really mentioned. It just says you have to be 11. Never really forces an age on you to appeal to the ‘E for Everyone’ audience.
He means in the actual games not the rating dip shit
You know that was just a pun on the rating? I wasn’t really referring to the rating. lol
off topic but according to people in my school today, Pokemon isn’t socially acceptable for me to like lol like why
Same! Pokemon is always made fun off and called a “baby game” at my school, while they all just play GTA and COD to make themselves feel like adults. It’s annoying, especially since I have years left with these people who have wronged pokemon in an unforgivable way. xD
lol Oh the days of school. There’s a webcomic out there that nails it on the head where it shows everyone liking Pokémon as kids, then calling it only for nerds and babies when they’re growing up, then everyone loving it again in college. People love projecting onto others in order to make themselves feel better about their live decisions and choices.
Weirdos. How old are they/you?
I’m 16 lol
I hope Hau turns out to be the main villain all along
He’s too nice for sure… but, so am I. O.o
I want a character arc where he’s all cheery and happy at first (like we’ve seen him), but then as you continually beat him over and over, he starts to get angrier and more power-obsessed.
And then, in the last battle against him, he has the starter that’s good against yours, showing that at first he was happy with losing and loved his pokemon, but he became power hungry and went back to get the starter strong to yours to beat you.
Like a reverse Silver.
And then he bursts open and turns into an Ultra Beast!
I realized that I totally missed out on the Volcanion event (as well as the other serial code events, like Arceus). Didn’t they have a second chance Wi-Fi event for Hoopa and Mew this year? Is that same thing going to happen this time around? I don’t care that much about Arceus and Genesect since I already have a couple of those, but I definitely need Volcanion at some point!
I missed the manaphy event but have enough Volcanions to offer one for a trade…
I could probably give you a Manaphy for Volcanion if you’d like. Did you get multiple serial codes?
Yes I did. I have multiple games and get serial codes for each of them (I don’t have a problem lol). But that could totally work!!
Not too unusual around here 😛 I have (at least) 4 Manaphy’s, so I’d be happy to give you one in exchange. My friend code is 2191-7648-0558, let me know what time works for you if you’re interested.
My friend code is 0662 – 3729 – 7277. And right now works.
Thank you very much! This will complete my National Pokedex in X after all this time.
I don’t know why I was just reminded of it, but did anyone else in the UK ever catch that advert which listed Rowlet as Plant/Flying?
and the data miners said we wether getting any new types :pLol 😛
Hi
Leoooooooo!
Leo?
Leee-o. Hi. :3
Need some nicknames for Y version
Goodra-
Florges-
Charizard-
Meowstic Female –
Florges: Nymphaea . It’s a family of flowers and it resembles nymph
Aunt Jamima
Rose Quartz
Red Nova Dragon
Kiki
Gewdruh, Charyzahrd, Floorjess, Myowstik
name the Goodra Gooba
Goodra-Slime Shady
Love.
I always call my Goodra Goopy
Fleur for Florges
Charlie for Charizard
Princess Little Piddles for Meowsitc
Meowstic – Oracle
Charizard – Godzillo!
Florges – Lily
Goodra – Muca
So idk why, but I was just thinking about the run up before Sun and Moon were announced. Masuda was really giving us some major hints in hindsight. Especially these lol
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