Mascot Pokémon Showdown: Generation IV

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 Version1337px-diamond_en_boxart

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

1338px-pearl_en_boxartPalkia, 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 Versionplatinum_en_boxart

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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710 thoughts on “Mascot Pokémon Showdown: Generation IV”

  1. I owe this to everyone here: I respectfully admit that I was wrong about the pokedex being incomplete. I genuinely thought that there was enough evidence to confirm or suggest that the datamine of the demo was incomplete, and I was adamant about that, so I figure I might as well formally admit defeat.

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  2. You guys. The entire idea behind Alola Forms is that when those Pokémon were introduced to the Alolan environments they changed to better suit said environment. Itzo facto, you introduce Kanto Ratatta to Alola and breed then, they’ll produce offspring better suited for the environment. Or would you prefer them to create 10 sub forms where the offspring slowly become more Alolan Form like?

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    • Honestly speaking, and I don’t mean to sound rude! I don’t care about the logic behind it. I’d be perfectly fine with Kanto versions breeding Kanto versions and Alola versions breeding Alola versions. I just want availability xD

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      • Except the start of every generation always has head aches like that. Just go back to XYORAS or wait for DPP remakes if you want a non-Alolan.

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          • We could still breed those Pokemon though in the games after transferring. Here, there’s just no legit way to obtain them yet.

          • But that only matters for being VGC legal and they weren’t going to allow them anyway. Just like trading a Chimchar up and breeding it doesn’t mean you can use it in the VGC this year. So what’s the problem with breeding in ORAS and trading forward until DPP remakes come out? Really just seems like a none issue

    • Except it basically makes it phenotypic plasticity instead of local adaptation, which makes less biological sense. Frankly it does surprise me that they would choose to be this lazy/weird with it, but hey it’s game freak so it’s just another mild frustration to add to the pile.

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      • Not good? I legit got PP stalled when I used Dartrix…. the alos spam helping hand heal pulse

        And particularly to you, the totem spams growl to lower attack and already has a defense buff…

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          • Despite the real me enjoys water
            I’m an extremely strong swimmer (I’m build like a walrus)
            Enjoys rain, the heavier the better
            I would build a dream home near a body of water

            But in the world of Pokemon I spit and curse its name
            For that it’s very existence is a THREAT, threat to me, my Pokemon and my chances of winning

          • It is a faint glimmer of hope
            Dragon Dance is a start but it won’t be perfect

            This is my perfect Flygon
            It would gain the HA Sand Stream
            And it’s Mega Evolution would have Sand Rush for an ability that would be the perfect combination
            It would get an total increase to Sp attack and Defenses and since Sand Rush covers speed it allows it to bolster its lackluster stats

            And I say Special attack because it can do so much more with special attacks
            -Earth Power
            -Draco Meteor
            -Giga Drain
            -Flamethrower
            -Boomburst
            -Bug Buzz

      • D: Now I must wait even longer to start breeding my Shiny Rowlet! Also I bred a Shiny HA Cyndaquil and Shiny HA Snivy XD Snivy also hatched with HP Fire, one of my more treasured shinies 🙂

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  3. 2015 in America: Sheesh! Why are people protesting? If you don’t like the leader, why did you let him/her become the leader?
    2016 in America: BREAKING 10,000 people march in NYC in protest against Donald Trump

    Sometimes ignorance is bliss.

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      • I don’t know what our standards are anymore. Millions upon millions of Koreans are protesting against their President for sharing confidential information with close friends and might resign her post… and we fail to have TWO respectable, noteworthy, reputable, and sensible candidates. It was either: choose a liar or choose a degrader. Lesser of two evils to be frank.

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      • It’s called American politics. If it doesn’t make sense, don’t fix it or try to think about it. Since it’s been in our system since the 1700s, it obviously must be right and should be withheld upon till the last days of our country. -_-

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      • No, it means that they were telling people to suck it up and accept the people’s choice but the exact same people are now protesting

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      • Somewhat: I believe that we should give Trump a chance, but tackle issues such as the Electoral Votes, his policies, LGBT+ rights, abortions, planned parenthood, gun laws, borders, trade, taxes, corporate control, etc. Democracy means having a voice and HAVING your voice heard. Democracy means the right to peacefully protest against laws you deem unfit and inhumane. I believe that we should give Trump a chance, but if he proves himself to be possess no credentials to lead the country then we should act, not before he has not taken office. I do give credence to my fellow countrymen and women in that the whole Election as a whole has been underwhelming, disappointing, and saddening, but we mustn’t abort ship and assume, we must let things carry on, hold our heads high, and act when NECESSARY.

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  4. I haven’t been on in a while but I’ve been talking to my friends and they’ve haven’t a seen any of the leaks of the game just the corocoro ones and they’ve asked me if anyone thories that the ultra beast are based on the seven deadly sins and idk how they got that cause they don’t know how many there are and I haven’t told them but that’s a pretty cool that speculated that

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    • I’ve heard the name of one of the Ultra Beasts put in the latest CoroCore referred to as Gluttony. I don’t know how long they’ve been thinking that but they could’ve put it together when they saw the name. Not to mention that pretty much everyone has theorised that Type:Null was an attempt to recreate Arceus, the Pokemon God, so having the Deadly Sins to fight against that would certainly go together.

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  5. So it’s half past one in the morning on a school day and I just got out of bed to use an amiibo to stop a giant bee from killing a pink void of eternal hunger

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  6. Can somebody confirm if Sina is an ice type user? The first time I fought her she had Delibird and GLACEON, and I’m curious if it stays that way

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  7. Game spoilers! Don’t click if you don’t want to see!

    There’s a type specialist for every type!

    Trial Captains

    Normal-Ilima
    Water-Lana
    Fire-Kiawe
    Grass-Mallow
    Electric-Sophocles
    Ghost-Acerola
    Fairy-Mina

    Kahunas

    Fighting-Hala
    Rock-Olivia
    Dark-Nanu
    Ground-Hapu

    Other

    Flying-Kahili
    Ice-Sina
    Psychic-Faba and Dexio
    Dragon-Ryuki
    Bug-Guzma
    Poison-Plumeria
    Steel-Sophocles’ Assistant

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  8. am I the only one who is a bit sad chain fishing is gone but happy we got a new cool shiny method that works with every mon

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  9. Not sure if it’s been stated already, but for those of you that were intending to Hyper Train a Ditto to make it 6 IV. Don’t do it, it will not help in breeding. Hyper Training only sets flags on the Pokemons stats to make them act like they are 31 IV, but it doesn’t actually modify the stat to BE 31 IV. So say you caught a 2 IV Ditto, and Hyper Trained it to be 6 IV…if you use that Ditto to breed, it will still act like a 2 IV Ditto.

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  10. Night y’all, hope you enjoyed the customisation dumps below

    Sucks for clothes though, still haven’t found a good list for those

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  11. Never too fond with Giratina’s design. But if I had to choose among these 3, a gigantic creature from distortion world easily comes on top!

    If only Darkrai is on the list ?

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