Mascot Pokémon Showdown: Generation III

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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 Versionpokemon_ruby

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

10425Pokémon 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 Versionpokemon_emerald_boxart_en-us

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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  3. All right in my conquest to fight my brother X v.s. AS here is the teams as of now how they’ll end

    Mine:
    Torterra
    Aggron
    Flygon
    Muk
    Hitmonchan
    Beartic

    Brother’s:
    Greninja
    Pikachu
    Charizard
    Golurk
    Lucario
    ???

    So who will win IYO?!

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          • Nah fam, gonna get me some Overwatch >:D

            My friend’ll be glad I’m not constantly over at his XD

          • Overwatch is okay, nothing special in my opinion.
            For starters, I was never a fan for the FPS genre (I’m still not), but the reception for overwatch made me interested.
            Secondly, I don’t have the patience to get good at it. I’ve been playing for around 7 hours total and I still can’t use any characters well.
            Lastly, the only way I can play is on my brother’s PS4, which I have to convince him to let me use everytime.

          • That’s a shame, but it’s not for everyone!

            And sharing a console can be fun but the more you do it the worse it becomes ewe

          • I’m worried so much about the switch. Sharing a console is hard enough, there’s no way I’m going to share a handheld with my brother.

          • If it is the handheld replacement I can see them selling the pads separately tbh

            If not there’s going to be a legit business on sites like Amazon and ebay with selling only the pad

          • They’d need a different way to charge it (from what we’ve seen, the only way to charge is when it’s docked at the console, which sucks, especially because I, like many others, like to have handheld systems for car trips.

          • I’m sure they’ll have portable and traditional chargers at some point, even if it isn’t Nintendo’s new handheld it’s still being hailed as portable

  9. So I’ve finished the fanfic battle between Star and Chespin! Does anyone have any idea where I should upload it? I could just post it here but the format isn’t exactly that friendly to the length of it 😡

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  11. Right, decided to just post it here just in case there’s anyone who wants to read it whilst I’m busy finding a better solution 😡

    Monotype Madness
    Round 1, Battle I
    Brave the Default! Flying/Fairy!

    Jordan was bored, tapping his fingers against the railing and waiting for one of the combatants to appear on stage.

    Thankfully, the Unovan Tournament Association-known affectionately as the UTA-had decided to hold the the event at Nimbasa’s Big Stadium, rather than Driftveil’s Pokémon World Tournament Arena. This made one important difference: seating! And it looks like the decision came in handy, seeing as one of the competitors was running particularly late.

    “Will Jeremy from Sandgem please come onto the stage?” The announcer announced, annoyed. “Or else victory will be defaulted to Ava, of Ecruteak.”

    As her name was mentioned, Jordan looked down at her. You wouldn’t be able to tell from looking at this young, raven-haired girl that she was one of the most renowned Fairy-Type trainers in the world, but as a Fairy fan Jordan knew wiser.

    For someone who entered the tournament to win, it was immediately obvious that victory this way was not acceptable to her. Her green eyes were darting nervously, the girl scanning the whole of the arena for traces of her opponent from atop her podium. She was anxiously switching between throwing her Poké Ball up and down and fixing her beanie, the black mass slipping off her head from the amount of movement she was making.

    “If Jeremy does not step on his podium within ten seconds, victory will be defaulted to Ava.”

    At the declaration of a deadline, Ava stared at the announcer’s box as intensely as the Astral Body Pokémon on her tank top. It was obvious she was not going to take this default as an acceptable option.

    “Ten, nine.” The announcer counted down. Ava apologised to her Pokémon within its ball and returned it to the belt above her skirt, the purple veil shifting at the slightest touch.

    “Eight, seven.” The audience began to make a commotion as they looked towards the Warp Pad at the side of the field flaring up.

    “Six, five?”

    From the Pad burst Jeremy, his blue flannel shirt and black jeans and boots marred with cuts and what appeared to be Pidove feathers. Despite the atrocity of his attire, his poise and gait were quite calm as he simply stepped onto the podium closest to his entrance.

    “And it looks like our friend from the land of mountains has finally appeared!”

    Ava excitedly the her Poké Ball back into her hand and waved at her opponent, as he simply returned a wave and ruffled a few feathers out of the brown hair that adorned his head and chin. He then grabbed one of his own Poké Balls and gave the announcer a nod.

    “Field up!” The announcer yelled, before the field between Ava and Jeremy split and revealed a chasm-riddled fairytale forest. It was like something out of a Grimm story, the trees compact and offering shelter to a mass of mushrooms which formed several circles, yet scarred with deep drops into oblivion which kicked up drafts.

    The Observation Tablets each member of the audience has received flared to life, showcasing several cameras littered throughout the battlefield. Most of these were not gifted to the competitors, besides the body camera that had been installed on every one of their Pokémon. These were displayed via eye pieces given to the trainers.

    “Three, two, one! Begin!”

    At once, both Ava and Jeremy threw Poké Balls onto the field, revealing Lilo the Mimikyu, and Clever the Staraptor.

    “Get to the forest, Lilo!” Star shouted. Lilo didn’t need to think twice. Her timid demeanor and Clever’s Intimidating presence sent her into a skittering escape.

    It was quite impressive, Jordan thought. He never saw a Mimikyu go so fast, and that observation came from a boy born and raised in Alola. The Disguise Pokémon attempted to vault over the canyon separating it from the most dense patch of forest, but Jeremy was having none of it. As the Fairy ‘flew’, Clever circled above her until her trainer simply pointed down, at which point she dove down with her wings surrounded in an aura as solid as steel.

    “Protect!”

    The Mimkyu projected a purple barrier as the Staraptor smashed into it. Even with a barrier, the force of the attack was apparent as it shattered the Protect into a billion pieces. It did, however, get Lilo to the place she wanted, even if she was launched there rather than being there on her own accord.

    She had been sent flying into a thicket of forest, and as Jordan could now tell from his Observation Tablet, was hanging from a branch within the forest due to the notch in her stick tail. Ava could apparently tell this too, although it would be a bit obvious since the body cam would be upside down.

    “Return, Staraptor!” Yelled Jeremy.

    Jordan was confused. Why would Jeremy use Return on a Ghost Type? Although it did make a bit more sense when instead of diving after the Mimikyu the Staraptor returned to his Poké Ball. However, Jordan was still confused. It must’ve been obvious too, as the man beside him turned to him and offered an explanation.

    “The dense forest isn’t any good for Staraptor, it can’t fly in there.” He explained whilst simultaneously trying to stop his small Swirlix from eating his beard.

    “Oh. Thanks!” Jordan said, thankful for the favour. Both then turned to their screens just in time to witness Jeremy’s Gliscor swoop directly at Lilo in an Acrobatic maneuver.

    “Protect!” Ava shouted again, as another barrier bounced into existence. This one failed notably quicker though, lasting just long enough to block any damage from Acrobatics would’ve caused.

    “Damn it!” Exclaimed Jeremy. However, his attitude changed as soon as his Gliscor glowed a violent shade of purple as the Orb dangling around his neck changed in colour from a putrid purple to a more toxic Tyrian, before both the Pokémon and item faded back to their original colour.

    Ava was visibly annoyed with this, as if she’d had experience with the art of a persisting Poison Heal Pokémon. She didn’t look too annoyed. By now, Lilo was at the edge of the chasm separating her from her trainer, but she still had a clear shot at the Gliscor emerging from the thicket.

    “Curse and come back!” She commanded, and the Mimikyu seemed relieved that it could retreat-but not before it had summoned a spectral nail and had driven it inside itself, causing it to cry in pain whilst also carrying a hint of laughter.

    Jordan always thought Curse was an ugly move, but it never really struck him as much as it did now as the Gliscor began writhing in pain.

    Jeremy lifted Gliscor’s Poké Ball as the Fang Scorpion Pokémon caught a draft and rose back above the treeline. However, it looked back at him and shaked his head.

    “Samson!” He began, before his Pokémon burst into purple light, with a renewed vigour as the light faded. “Fine, just don’t get too cocky.”

    Ava had now selected her shining Slurpuff to go onto the field, as the delightful Tart bounced into battle. He gleefully galloped over to where Samson was now landing, and booped him on the nose.

    Jordan was amazed, he never saw a shiny Pokémon in real life before. The guy beside him let out a chuckle.

    Following the benign boop, there was a silence. Ava and Jeremy may not of been able to see each other through the thicket, but they could obviously tell the tension existed and were waiting for the other trainer to make their move.

    “Swords Dance, Samson!”

    “Belly Drum, Tart!”

    Both Pokémon boosted their attack stats, with blades dancing over Samson’s head and Tart banging against his belly as he happily indulged in his Sitrus Berry.

    “Play Rough!” Ava belted out, as Tart grabbed hold of Samson’s tail and started comically combating it until a cloud of dust arose. The pain Samson was enduring was amplified by the appearance of a spectral nail, but somewhat relieved with a purple glow.

    “Samson, Acrobatics!” Jeremy yelled, becoming increasingly invigorated.

    Samson pushed both himself and Tart into a chasm in order to pick up a draft, with the Slurpuff hanging on for dear life. He then flung Tart up at a shocking speed and rammed itself into him multiple times.

    “Tart, use Return!”

    Hearing his trainer’s voice, Tart concentrated on his bond with her and utilised their trust to summon an unbelievable force of power… That never even hit, as the Gliscor smacked back into the Fairy-Type and coiled its tail around it, and heard his trainer command “Earthquake!”

    The two Pokémon began plummeting to the Ground, dead into the centre of the thickest foliage on the field. As they plummeted, the Gliscor then summoned a barrier around itself, which stuck close to the Gliscor’s upper body, with its tail sticking out of it.

    They broke through the canopy, and then into the ground, unleashing a wave of seismic fury. Jordan looked to his tablet, but it was already obvious what happened. The audience had a mixed reaction as Ava retrieved Tart into his Poké Ball, ranging from the man next to him patting his Swirlix’s head to a guy on the other side of the arena hollering in happiness (something about Ground-Types beating up Fairies). Jordan looked at his own Poké Ball as Ava looked at her two remaining options, which caught the attention of the Swirlix Guy.

    “Why don’t you let your Pokémon out to see the fight?” He asked. “Too big? Too small?”

    “More like I’m too cheap.” Jordan frowned. He’d barely afforded the ticket to Unova and the tourney ticket, as well as accommodation and eating. He wasn’t able to buy a seat for his partner, who was a huge fan of Ava’s. Jordan felt quite guilty that he was getting to see the match and she wasn’t.

    The man beside him frowned, and then returned to the action. Jordan felt bad, he didn’t mean to get the man down along with him. He’d have to leave an apology until after the match though, as Gliscor writhing in pain seemed to snap Ava out of her selecting stupor as she got Lilo back onto the field.

    “Samson, Return now!” Yelled Jeremy, concerned for his Pokémon. His partner again refused, and began crawling over to the Mimikyu who was frolicking over to the forested area.

    Ava didn’t look happy about the fact she was about to finish off a heavily wounded Pokémon but she knew she’d have to do it due to her opponent’s pride. “Moonblast!”

    Lilo grabbed a hold of Gliscor as lithe limbs shot out from under its disguise and grabbed it. The Mimikyu then looked up to the moon, still just a relatively small white dot in the blue morning sky, but still powerful enough to fuel Lilo’s burst of pink energy, which emerged from her body and exploded into the surrounding area, fast enough that Jeremy couldn’t even think to command a Protect.

    Safe to say, Samson’s pride was his downfall. Jeremy gave a resigned smile to the Poké Ball, before weighing his two remaining options.

    “Both sides are down a Pokémon, but Adams Mimikyu is at half health.” Jordan pondered ‘aloud’, in reality hoping the man beside him would understand his attempt to rekindle a conversation.

    “I know Ava. If anyone can pull it off, she can.” He replied, seemingly a bit happier knowing that the trainer next to him wasn’t a complete downer.

    “I hope so…” Jordan trailed off, his Poké Ball still in hand. He returned it to his bag and nervously adjusted the five rings on his left hand.

    By the time Jordan looked back at his screen, Mimikyu was freaking out a Salamence had just hosed it with a Hydro Pump and had dampened its Disguise.

    “Good, Zephyr, we can get in a hit now! Hydro Pump again!”

    “Get to cover and retaliate with Shadow Ball!”

    The Salamence spewed forth a persistent pump of water, but its fair foe dived behind a tree and launched a few shadowy shots at it, one of which managed to connect.

    Jordan switched the perspective on his Observation Tablet. Checking the camera fixated on Jeremy, his hazel eyes were analysing the battlefield for any possible openings, before opening up with realisation.

    “Flamethrower, Zephyr!”

    The Dragon-Type soared upwards, before diving downwards and delivering a fan of furious flames.

    The forest was burning, as Lilo dashed out and crossed the chasm, back over to the small patch of earth beside her trainer.

    Zephyr landed triumphantly in the middle of the field, nestling himself in the ashes of the forest. Some sections were still burning, but he didn’t seem terribly concerned about that.

    Jordan wondered where the battle would go from here: Ava obviously wouldn’t get her Mimikyu involved in a forest fire, but Jeremy had an advantageous position that he most likely wouldn’t want to give up.

    Once again, the Battle was at a stand still. But just as it appeared Ava command a Curse, Jeremy retrieved his Salamence and sent out his Staraptor again.

    “Smart move, seeing as that’s his Mega Pokémon.”.The Swirlix guy said, trying to get his Fairy friend out of the hoodie resembling it.

    Jordan nodded in agreement. He hadn’t even caught note of the Salamencite held in place on Zephyr’s back. Mega Evolution may of been all the rage in Kalos and spread to the eastern regions, but Alola was more centred on Z-Moves.

    Ava commanded a Curse again from the looks of it, seeing as Lilo was now considered fainted and the Staraptor was writhing in pain as it attempted to Roost.

    Jordan was starting to doubt Ava’s odds of winning. She may of backed her opponent into a corner by cursing one Pokémon and threatening to annihilate his other if it switched in, but she herself was faced with unfavourable odds-her one perfectly healthy Pokémon was fighting two slightly damaged Pokémon.

    “Kumatora, this is your time to shine!”

    Ava’s star battler was released onto the field with a shower of sparkles, her body radiantly releasing light.

    Jordan wasn’t quite acquainted with shiny Pokémon, never seeing one before his eyes before today. But Star had just utilised two in one battle. And unlike Tart, who’s shiny status was an adorable addition to an already cute Pokémon, Kumatora’s royal blue body demanded respect.

    But Ava wasn’t done stunning the audience. Kumatora simply turned her head to her trainer as she took her beanie off, revealing a little black bow. The bow then blazed into rainbow colour as Ava touched the stone in the middle of it.

    Seeing a shiny was nothing compared to first witnessing Mega Evolution. As rainbow rays burst forth from Ava’s Key Stone, Kumatora’s Gardevoirite around her neck responded with an equally impressive glow. Her body was them cocooned by a pink orb, which then shattered.

    Kumatora now looked as if she was attending a funeral. Specifically, her opponent’s. Even the intimidating Staraptor seemed to pause as she witnessed her foe’s form.

    “You can do it, girl!” Jeremy reassured, as Staraptor winced in pain as a spectral nail wedged itself into her. “Steel Wing!”

    The Predator Pokémon charged at Kumatora, and it was Jeremy’s turn to take action before his foe could even think of theirs.

    Kumatora let out a scream as she was pushed back to Ava’s podium, and she looked up just in time to see Clever smack her right in the face with a super effective attack.

    “Hyper Voice!” Ava commanded. Clever was coming back down for another attack, but even without a command circled back and managed to make it back to the edge of the attack’s radius.

    The sound waves were laced with a pink hue: a visual indicator of the powerful Pixilate in action. Even at the attack’s weakest point, it was enough to send Clever flying, nearly knocking her out of the arena before she circled back down to the patch of land in front of her trainer.

    “You know what to do, girl.”

    However, Clever was already doing it before her trainer could finish speaking. She was roosting, but with less efficiency as the Curse continued to damage her.

    Ava took the opportunity to instruct Kumatora to calm her mind, which would result in her special attacks becoming stronger.

    “Now, Brave Bird!” Jeremy commanded,

    Spreading her wings, Clever fell forward into the chasm and ascended with the wind underneath her wings. She then charged at Kumatora coated in an aura of aerial power.

    “Jump on it!” Ava commanded. As Clever made impact with Kumatora, the Embrace Pokémon jumped on her back as she ascended again.

    They were nearing the middle of the field, when Ava unleashed her next commands. “Use Focus Blast!”

    Following orders, Kumatora leaped off Clever and smacked her down it a compressed stream of focused energy.

    “Psychic!”

    An odd aura emerged from Kumatora, and when Clever was caught in it mid-flight, she began screeching in pain via the telepathic attack. By now, Kumatora was once again grabbing onto her flying foe.

    “Finish her off with a Hyper Voice!”

    Kumatora inhaled and then unleashed a sonic smack down on Clever, who was hurled at the field in front of her trainer and rendered down for the count.

    “This is it!” Swirlix guy exclaimed. “We’re going to see a Fairy-on-Dragon beatdown!”

    Jordan wouldn’t deny it, seeing two Mega Pokémon fight for the battle’s climax was going to be extremely exciting-but he was doubting the possibility of it being a Fairy-on-Dragon beatdown. Quite the contrary. Kumatora had just taken a siege of Steel Wings whilst Zephyr only took a single Shadow Ball.

    Zephyr was now back onto the field, and its intimidating aura offset Kumatora’s calm. Too bad that Intimidate impaired a Pokémon’s physical capacities and not their special prowess.

    The two Pokémon were staring each other down, before Zephyr suddenly took flight. Jeremy then reached into his jeans for what appeared to be a lighter. But rather than lighting a cigarette, it lit the stadium with a telling rainbow shine, which was matched by the Salamencite’s shimmer from the brace on Zephyr’s neck.

    In a blink of an eye, the Salamence was metamorphosed into a Mega monster, tucking its legs in and gliding the air drafts with its crescent wing.

    “Kumatora, Focus Blast!” Ava commanded, brought down to her only option that could reach the other side of the field.

    “Dodge it, Zephyr!” Jeremy instructed-the excitement was clear in his voice, and was also clear in the crowds’ cheering.

    Jordan didn’t know who to cheer for. The person he wanted to win, who was stuck utilising an ineffective attack at a long range, or the person he thought would win, with a Mega Evolution perfectly adapted to the battlefield.

    Swirlix guy seemed pretty decided on the cheering front, however. Ava’s name was loud and clear from his lips, and the Pokémon on his head was delightfully dancing.

    The fifth Focus Blast narrowly missed Salamence, and it was obvious nothing was going to be accomplished with furious Focus Blasts and dedicated dodging.

    “Flamethrower!”

    Zephyr spat out a burst of flame, which barely tickled Kumatora following her earlier Calm Mind.

    Another Focus Blast headed Zephyr’s way, but the slowdown caused by attacking allowed it to land on the Salamence.

    So dodging was just going to prolong the battle, and exchanging long range fire would probably just lead to Kumatora using Calm Mind and laughing off the damage. Jordan wondered if Jeremy knew that he only had one option left.

    Apparently, he did, which lead to a quick exchange of moves.

    “Hydro Pump!”

    “Calm Mind!”

    With Kumatora calming herself to brace for the stream of water, Jeremy saw his chance.

    “Return!”

    For once, Jeremy wasn’t referring to retrieving a Pokémon. The only thing he’d be retrieving is the crowds’ attention back from Ava.

    With his bond with his trainer as the catalyst, Zephyr flew straight towards Kumatora and slammed into her, leaving a sonic boom in his wake.

    “Kumatora! Hyper Voice!” Ava commanded. It was obvious that she was well aware that this would be the last hit for either Pokémon.

    Kumatora opened her mouth and began to let out an enchanting encore.

    But her performance was cut short as Zephyr slammed into her, and an explosion of dust was kicked up. Kumatora was nowhere to be seen as it cleared up, until her Poké Ball violently opened on Ava’s belt and retrieved her from her fall down the chasm. However, there was no need for Ava to send Kumatora out to see if she handled the fall down to the auto-retrieval fail safe: her Key Stone’s glow dissipated.

    “And the winner is Jeremy of Sandgem Town!”

    A roar came from Jeremy’s supporters and those who just enjoyed a good battle, but Ava’s fans, including Swirlix guy and left out a clap at most. Jordan did give out a small cheer, but he was disappointed that the trainer he and his Pokémon supported lost her first match.

    Ava and Jeremy shook hands as Ava let Jeremy step on the Warp Pad first, before going on herself after waving to the audience. As soon as both battlers vacated the battlefield, the announcer spoke up again.

    “Evan of Opelucid City, and Ezra of Virbank City, please ready yourselves for battle! The second battle of the International Monotype Tourney Round 1 will begin in fifteen minutes!”

    Fifteen minutes would hopefully be enough time for Jordan to tell his partner that her favourite contestant had lost her first round and then reassure her that she had another five potential victories. Jordan got up and started to walk off to get outside the stadium, or at least into a quieter part of the lobby.

    The Swirlix saw his opportunity to inhabit Jordan’s seat.

    “Puff!” He yelled at the Swirlix, obviously embarrassed.

    “It’s fine.” Jordan smiled, and petted the Swirlix on its head. “He’s got fifteen minutes.”

    The man looked up at Jordan, and returned a smile, before starting to play with the Swirlix as Jordan walked off.

    As he left the stands, Jordan had taken his Poké Ball out of his bag and was looking at it intensely.

    As he descended the stairs, he spotted a quiet spot in the lobby, as far away from the overcrowded entrance and the far more overcrowded confectionery stand.

    Opening the Poké Ball revealed a small pinniped Pokémon. The Popplio was looking up at her trainer anxiously, nervously adjusting her tiara with her flippers.

    “Well Venus,” Jordan began. “How do I begin to tell you about such a great battle in fifteen minutes?”

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      • Soooo good! I felt like I was there! I love how you incorporate sides from the anime, game , and your own flare! And somehow without really knowing me you managed to capture how I would battle to a T! Can’t wait to read more ^_^

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    • I love this I hope all the battles are this intense as well oh right and if you wanted mine to have nicknames here’s nicknames for them

      Weavile-Slash
      Houndoom-Weiler
      Honchkrow-Don

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  12. Hello there, i have been reading comments in a while but i wanted to comment in a long time, so here i am.(also im a “little” nervous, because is my first time commenting in any website)

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  13. So I’m thinking about playing X with a monotype team. Any suggestions on which type I should use and which pokes? I have the whole living dex on my pokebank so I can use anyone I want thankfully

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          • It needs justice in how it interacts with other types! Why they would only give it one resistance and so many weaknesses.

          • It needs justice in terms of new pokemon too. Look at how many fairies we got! Mythical creatures spoken of in legend are more common than a form of water, the most common thing on earth!

            Well, I guess the ice caps are melting in pokemon too. xD

          • I honestly can’t believe that they created zero new ice types discounting alola forms. And only 1 dark type. It’s ridiculous tbh

          • We may have Crabrawler 2, but nothing is confirmed. Either way, it’s absolutely ridiculuous, especially since in an interview they said they were focusing on type balance.

          • There is absolutely nothing balanced about these new Pokémon types. lol I like all of them but they are not balanced at all. So many bugs and fairies

          • Bug, Fairy, Normal, and Grass were treated super well, while types like Steel, Ice, and Dark were left behind. One of the reasons I think there may be more to the dex.

          • Yeah. Also the fact that the data miners missed the fact the wishiwashi is a totem makes believe they datamine was intentional or exceptionally scrubbed

          • Well, there’s a bunch. I’ll just name a few. Firstly, the missing things likely aren’t totems. The images are the images that show up in the dex when you catch the pokemon, and as far as I know, you can’t catch totems. They also have shinies which I find odd. There’s no cat that changes its secondary type based on breeding, there’s no strange souvenir (NO, it’s NOT tapu lele!), etc.

          • I don’t remember that cat being in the original Chinese leaks that got everything else right. But I guess we will see. I’m okay either way honestly. I’m just hoeing for more cause more is better!

          • The theory is for that is that Totem Wishiwashi seems to be the same size as a normal Wishiwashi, whereas every other Totem has a size difference.

          • That seems weird to me. I get that it’s a mass of smaller pokemon, but there’s literally no reason for that to be the case.

          • The thing is though, you’re not going to be getting much respect out of a normal sized Gumshoos, Raticate, or Lurantis with pretty colours compared to a normal sized Wishiwashi

            And it still gets backed up by the fact that they match up with the six trial captain types we know or can guess, and follow every known and implied Totem Pokémon we know

          • It makes zero sense to go out of your way to say that “totem pokemon are larger than normal pokemon” and then have there be an exception.
            I might be wrong, but it just seems silly to me.

    • Hmm

      Normal-Type

      Bidoof-Eviolite
      Smeargle-Quiver Dance/Teeter Dance/Fiery Dance/Lunar Dance
      Dunsparce
      Stantler
      Lickilicky
      Arceus

      Have fun :p

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  15. I read something interesting about Wobbuffet

    There’s a theory that wobbuffets’ blue body is like a balloon substitute and that the TAIL! is the actual body

    wow I can’t unsee it now

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  16. Top 5 Final Hopes for Sun and Moon:
    ———–
    5. For the battle tree to somehow not be another rip off of the tower
    4. Somehow, the battle frontier
    3. New pokemon that weren’t found in the
    2. Gyms post game
    1. Post game region to explore (or at least a large post game area to explore)

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      • Snooping around on twitter I found some people talking about a few people supposedly having the files of the game. Some agreed, defended it, others called fake, you know how it is. I’m on the fake side tbh, if they had it they’d show it.

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          • Oh ok. I have no ideas how such things work. I just preloaded the Skyrim SE on Steam before it was released and that has been the whole ~10GB and I could install it right after preloading, I just couldn’t hit ‘play’. I was assuming that it would work the same with Su/Mo.. then again Nintendo would be pretty stupid if it were like that, thinking how dataminers would have gotten all they needed on a silver platter that way.

        • Not necessarily. The penalty for releasing that is bound to be pretty awful, so I wouldn’t blame someone who wouldn’t want to release that information.

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  18. Is anyone else excited to see what moves need to be learned for all the Pokémon exclusive Z-Moves? I find it exciting. Just the fact that Z-Moves are used by enhancing a pre-existing move is such a cool idea. I was already digging them, but the more I think about this aspect of them, the more I love them.

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  19. Silly’s ability is RKS System… RKS sounds like Arceus… Plus the Arceus-esque design that Type: Null has… this pretty much means that Type: Null and Silvally were created to battle Arceus.

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    • Maybe not to battle Arceus, but definitely to imitate its power. My theory is that Type: Null was created to combat the UBs, which would require god-tier power.

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  23. I don’t mean to project, but I feel like a healthy portion of people who don’t like Z-Moves simply don’t like them because they fear the opinions of non-Pokémon players judging it for being childish or lame.

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    • Well, I don’t exactly hate them. I just wish Pokémon would stop adding necessary gimmicks like Megas and Z-moves.(Necessary as you feel that you’re at a disadvantage without them) But, I guess GF has to add these concepts to keep the games fresh!

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      • Well I see Z-Moves as a way to advantage to Pokémon who don’t get Megas or have a nice niche but their base stats are too low. Maybe it won’t work like that at all, but I think at the very least you’ll see a wider variety in tech Pokémon even if a specific format still ends up seeing a lot of the same 4 Pokémon.

        Also I might share the sentiment in another generation or two, but for now, I’m liking Megas and Z-Moves so I have no problems.

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        • The issue with the idea that it’ll give a niche to weaker Pokemon is the ALL POKEMON can use Z moves, not just the weak ones. This means nothing, the playing field is still as imbalanced as ever.

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          • I’m far from convinced that it’s quite that simple. Your sweepers are already stronger enough to 1-2HKO your opponents Pokémon so why waste your Z-Move on a sweeper when a more supportive Pokémon might be able to make better use of it? We shall see. Plus a number of sweepers need an item that boosts their attack so you’re not gonna be getting rid of their held item for the Z-Crystal then. And Z-Moves are only used once per battle by one Pokémon. So the idea that all Pokémon have been elevated is grossly illogical. That elevated playing field only exists for one Pokémon per team for one attack in an entire battle.

    • That’s not why; I hate them for the lack of actual strategy most of them seem to involve. While not all of them are like this, the ones that purely do damage seem to be a one hit knock out used properly.

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    • I don’t like them cos the animations are too long.
      Also the power of offensive Z-moves aren’t really that great. Is it really worth the item slot for a one off move that is isn’t exactly crazy strong?

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      • Outside of playing online, I’m sure you’ll be able to turn animations off.

        Wasn’t everyone saying the same thing about Megas? (Yes they were)

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        • Yep. And some of them were proven right, however some actually worked and made the Pokemon better overall.
          I can’t see Z moves in the same light as Mega Evolution since Z moves are a one off and Megas were for the duration of the battle.

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  24. I actually WANT things to leak oddly enough. While I don’t want story spoilers, I want other information such as post game stuff and the rest of the dex.
    But that’s actually not why. I’m just really bored, and leaks would lead to stuff to think about, more conversation here, and interesting videos to watch.

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        • Yeah, sorry. I couldn’t figure out how to put the picture before the text. But like you, I think other people will realize that’s what happened. :p

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          • The clue was UB02A and B being seperate lol. Good theory though, interesting to think about. I don’t think this’ll play in to the story if it’s true, it’ll likely be more of a parallel to how their terrorizing Alola.

          • I doubt this would ever be confirmed, even if my theory is correct. I just think it’s similar to finding what each Pokemon is based off of, and I was surprised that so few people had tried to do that with the UBs. Anyway, I had fun doing a bunch of research on environmental concerns!

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