Greetings everyone, it is time again for the Mascot Pokémon Showdown! The winner of the last showdown was Rayquaza with a whooping 54%!
With this latest round we’ve finally arrived in Sinnoh. Introducing us to Diamond, Pearl, and Platinum, Generation IV released in 2006 in Japan and to the rest of the world in 2007. Whatever your opinions of this generation, these games shook up the series and came with a lot of new features, like the physical-special split, gender differences and the Underground.
Pokémon Diamond Version
On the cover of Pokémon Diamond is Dialga, the Temporal Pokémon. A big, blue, dinosaur-like creature with lots of metal on its body, it perfectly fits its Dragon/Steel typing. Using the diamond in the center of its chest plate, Dialga has complete control over time – it can speed it up, slow it down or stop it altogether. It lives in a completely different dimension, which is why people don’t get to study it.
Dialga is the only known Pokémon that can learn Roar of Time. No Pokémon has the same type combination and it’s the tallest Pokémon introduced in this generation. Its name may derive from ‘diamond‘, ‘dial‘ and ‘dragon‘.
Pokémon Pearl Version
Palkia, the Spatial Pokémon, was featured on Pokémon Pearl’s cover. A lilac theropod-shaped Pokémon with pearls in its shoulder plates, Palkia is said to deform space and it can even create alternate realities. Like Dialga, it lives in a different dimension.
There is no other known Pokémon other than Palkia that knows Spacial Rend. Its name probably comes from ‘pāru’, meaning pearl in Japanese.
Pokémon Platinum Version
Pokémon Platinum featured Giratina, the Renegade Pokémon. With its two forms, the Altered Form and the Origin Form, it is the last member of the creation trio of Sinnoh. Giratina is able to travel through the dimensions created by Dialga and Palkia. It resides in its own world, called the Distortion World.
Giratina‘s signature move is a Ghost-type move called Shadow Force. It has the highest base stat total of all Ghost-type Pokémon and the highest HP stat of all Legendary and Dragon Pokémon. Its name comes from ‘girasol‘ (‘a red opal’), ‘guillotine‘ or ‘girare‘ (Italian for ‘to wander around’) and ‘purachina‘ (プラチナ, Japanese for ‘platinum’).
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(technically) Seven Ultra beasts
One is named Gluttony
Anyone who believes the seven deadly sin representation theory of the beasts is gonna have fun
Don’t say that in my presence……
Okeey
Can we PLEAAASE make Ice both beat and resist water and also resist flying? IT WOULD MAKE IT SO MUCH MORE USABLE
Ice is already pretty much fine offensively. Defensively it needs the boost.
This is a tough one… they’re all unique and wonderful to me… This might take some time…
Dialga is the most Deer-like of the 3.
Ya girl/hell demon dragon/girl Giratina
I know i’m voting for girly tina over here
So my mum thought I was going to run away XD
.-.
why..??
Basically
1) I’ve been cleaning all weekend so my room looks like I’d taken things with me when they were in black bags
2) My wardrobe was nearly empty, because I’d been throwing clothes into black bags (side note: so glad I’m getting money this week to go clothes and shoe shopping)
3) I was at my cousins but forgot to take my phone charger, so when my phone ran out and she rang me to ask where I was I seemed unresponsive
I voted for Giratina
Welp… minor spoiler… Gladion is just as edgy as we all hoped/dreaded
YYYYAAAAYYYY!!!!
Yep XD https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/6cd716a813bc25574d2bbd4eefb47ad9d93857017ed70ab4e7e72a8c71ea2785.jpg
JESUS THE BURNS https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/eef3a40ab62f6e94419caa15cbd128850cd16485d962b2b30d1a1cfa493e2352.jpg
So I just realised that if UB-02 had a gender it’d probably be female
Giratina > Dialga > Palkia.
All 3 are wonderful Pokemon with amazing designs, I ended up voting for Dialga though I was tempted to vote Palkia tbh the main reason is because Pearl was my first game of 4th gen and usually the mascots on the games I start with they’re normally the ones I lean towards more, doesn’t mean I like the others any less this one just speaks out to me more
I wonder how the Gen 5 Mascots will turn out with Zekrom, Reshiram, and the two Kyurem forms. I personally really like Zekrom and Dragon/Electric is such a cool typing. Out of Gen 4 I went with Giratina simply since I like its design the most and also it’s typing is neato.
What is your favorite new feature introduced in sun and moon?, mine is pokeride 🙂
I’d have to agree on that one! Not having to use an HM slave means I get to pick more of my favorites. Glad they did away with it!
all HM slaves will realize their full potential!
I’ll know properly when I play it, Pokéride seems great though.
Too many to count. I’ll list just a few, can’t really narrow it down.
– Trainer models in battle
– Battle Royale? (They look fun but it’s too early to tell, they may very well be a disaster
– QR scanner
Totem Pokemon.
Where is the Dialga love???!??!?
To the people who know everything about the games: how many hours of gameplay do we have? (not counting post-game). And is there a good post-game? (no spoileeers)
Can anyone do me a really high favour and answer any of these questions?
1) What do all the Pikachu hats do?
2) When can we use the QR to find non-Alolan Pokémon?
3) Do we have a list of QR Pokémon?
1. I don’t know.
2. Yes.
3. I believe so, but I don’t know where it is.
I don’t understand your answer to 2), I was asking when we can use it not if XD
Oh. I thought you asked IF we could lol.
I don’t know about that sorry.
It’s alright, thanks for answering anyway!
How exactly does this QR stuff work anyways? Does anyone know?
You scan any QR code, which then shows you a silhouette of a Pokemon and tells you where it is, and then you can go catch it.
It can be any Pokemon (minus Legendaries probably), even fully evolved Pokemon and starters.
But that would only really be effective in the post-game right? Because if I want, say, Jangmo-o while still on Melemele, I can’t just scan its QR and get one right?
I don’t know lol
Actually I’m pretty sure its a specific list of certain Pokémon, from different stages in their lines (Johto Starters in their first forms, Marill, Duosion)
Where did you hear that? O_o
I saw a list on Smogon but I lost it
Hmm, I guess we’ll find out lol.
I just had a thought: what Pokemon game do you think will release in 2017? I don’t think we’ll have another off year, even though it could definitely happen, but at the same time I don’t know what we’d get. As much as I’d love them, it seems a tad early for DP remakes, so my honest guess is a 3rd/3rd and 4th sequels to SM.
Emerald remake
Hype.
nah
Emerald remake without battle frontier, of course.
Why would you remake the worst Gen twice?
You’re right, they’d never remake gen 1 again.
Cos the alternative is remaking an even worse gen
You can’t get worse than worst but nice try
If it even worse than the worst then that really say something doesn’t it.
Yeah, it means the person saying it’s worse than the worst has no concept of the word ‘worst’
Dp remakes without question. Third versions are long dead now and after the failure that was BW 2 they’ll probably never touch direct squeals again.
Man, I really want an Eclipse version though
And people wanted Grey and Z, but they didn’t happen, and its not likely to happen again. Really theirs no need for a third version in an area where they can just patch the game on a whim.
It’s highly unlikely that GF will ever patch a game in that sense.
True, but I mean more for fixing things, which is what the third games largely did. Fixing little bugs or re-balancing the game to be a better experience, which they can do if they wished to.
Third version was mostly for story fix and version exclusives though
Yeah, no
You can’t just patch a while new version of the story in with Necrozma involved and you can’t just patch the other inevitable changes
Still don’t think they’ll happen though
I didn’t mean story, I meant more along the lines of fixing small mechanical issues people had with the game, like the horrific surf speed issues of DP that were fixed with Platinum.
Everyone says sequels / third versions will never happen again. I say we’re gonna get a third version and it’s a sequel!
Hmm. IMO if the next game is a DP remake then 2017 will be an off year.
I dunno, there was no gaps between Platinum and HGSS, as well as with XY and ORAS
And I feel off year/on year/off year is a bit weird
FRLG -> HGSS was 6 years.
HGSS -> ORAS was 4 years.
Anything can change but it just seems unlikely this soon.
Yeah but that’s because Gens have gotten shorter
They’re not going to just to skip out a financial year after skipping another just to satisfy a pattern when it’s obvious why it would change
That’s true. Pattern has often meant nothing with Pokemon, but I just have a feeling that they’re going to do something crazy.
After all, they’ve said they don’t like being predictable.
Watch them pull something crazy and suddenly give us Pokemon Z, or another new Kalos game. xD
My hopes in order of how I think or want it
1. D&P remake
2. Sun & Moon remake
3. Pokémon Green and Blue 3rd remake
4. No main stream game just things like Conquest2 or something
5.Gen. 8
6. X&Y remake
BW remakes would come before XY remakes would.
Yes I would rather those remakes than XY
Another thing, was ORAS the latest announcement time in a year for a game that released in the same year?
For a main-series game, off the top of my head I believe so.
Interesting.
Just noticed
Gen IV-10 Year Anniversary
Gen VII-20 Year Anniversary
If we get remakes, then it really is a double celebration of Pokémon’s history. It’s also cool as Sinnoh was the end of an era (regions in the same country, Pokémon models weren’t animated, some of Pokémon’s biggest changes happened after it) whilst Gen VII is a culmination of ideas
Also, can’t wait to hear people’s Gen IV Confirmed evidence, there’s already one huge piece called Silvally
What now?
Here’s an interesting one.
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XY gifted Torchic (a hoenn Pokemon) to players for the first few months.
The same generation we got hoenn remakes
SM is gifting munchlax (a sinnoh Pokemon) to players for the first few months.
I’m sure you can connect the dots.
xD
Yes Yes Sinnoh CONFIRMED!!!!!!!!!!!!
Another thing: blazikenite was event only until hoenn remakes, and snorlium z is event only for now…
I mean the most blatant piece of evidence is Masuda saying they still wanna make remakes.
I’m about 99% sure Sinnoh remakes are happening, I’m just not sure when they’re happening, or even when I want them to happen. If they were announced next year for the 3DS I’d lose my shit…however that would mean they’d be on a piece of hardware that’s already seeming a bit dated, and might run the risk of being forgotten quickly when the new hardware comes up – like poor BW2. However the hungry fangirl part of me doesn’t wanna wait years for them to show up on a new console 🙁
BW2 aren’t forgotten though? They’re quite popular if you don’t count Star
I don’t mean by the fanbase, I meant by Nintendo and Gamefreak. BW2 were released to a Japanese audience during summer, and and the rest of the world got them in October. Then in January, BAM, XY announced, and all attention focused to the upcoming generation of games on the new hardware. They had roughly 6 months in the prime spotlight – that was it. Online support for BW2 also really did not last long before the older servers were taken down. They were a beautiful swan song for the DS, but a swan song nonetheless.
There was still a year between them though, just like nearly ever other Pokémon game. For example, HGSS and BW
Just realized does anyone remember the live action movie of Detective Pikachu?
It’s still coming I think?
Yeah but I looked into it production (meaning they start making it then) next year meaning knowing work they may put into it… it may come 2018 or even 2019
Here’s a list of Pokémon not in the Alola Dex that can be obtained via Island Scans
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Note:
-They’re all three staged
-It doesn’t look too much but it’s 80+ Pokémon, strongly hinting at remakes
This isn’t correct. I saw somebody get an Emboar with QR scans.
Emboar is number 5
Oh lol.
Like it’s literally right there XD
EELEKTROSS
What is an island scan?
This somewhat kills my hype for the QR scanner. I was hoping that it would help get the complete national dex. :/
That’s 381+ Pokémon from SuMo alone though
And remakes have more Pokémon than first games anyway
Gen 4 starters aren’t there…
HMM I WONDER WHY?
Oooooooh. I bet if the remakes don’t come out next year then VGC 2018 is Alola Dex + these 80-ish + Megas
Honestly I feel…
Electric needs more physical attacks
Ice needs an entire rework
Ghost needs to beat something different than what dark beats
Steel needs more special attacks
-Fairy needs more Pysical moves
-Rock needs something more to it so its less dull like some speed
-Ghost needs more advantages
-Fairy should be given a weakness to fire, or at least something else as a weakness.
-Ground and Rock should become one unified type.
-Grass should lose its weakness to Flying.
Please no
Poison was already outclassed by Fire until Gen VI, it doesn’t need to be outclassed again
Bug and ice should have resistance to fairy
….in hindsight… it should have been obvious that Z wasn’t coming but rather gen 7… there were a lot more hints than I realized…
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Its all come together !??? really GF , those are the only characters they bring compare to BW2 , I hope SM have sequel.
Who’s next to Corless and How dare you reveal that!!!!!!!!
And inbetween Wally and Cynthia???
That’s who’s inbetween Wally am Cynthia.
Next to Colress is actually Grimsley.
Oh why only him why not Shauntal? I wonder
Idk lol
Anabel
Oh Ok and in between Wally and Cynthia?
dude spoilers, mark them
Anabel <3
It’s not optimal, I know, but why can’t we try to be optimistic and look at all of the amazing things the game brought us rather than looking at one of its few flaws?
The thing is though for all the Gym Leaders and Champions sans Hoenn’s they just reused sprites
Here they’ve created all these 3D models from scratch, and seem to of polished Wally’s
Not only the challenger screen models, but in battle models as well.
At this point I’m just happy it wasn’t the maison.
Are the Tapus allowed in regular tournaments? Cause umm Alolan Raichu and Tapu Koko will destroy!!!!!!
Yea they’ll be allowed in VGC though we don’t technically know all isn’t allowed yet. But my guess is none of the following:
Solgaleo & Lunaala (confirmed)
Zygarde (confirmed?)
Psychic-type black diamond thing
Magearna (confirmed)
Marshadow