Mascot Pokémon Showdown: Generation V

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Hello everybody, we’re bringing you another Mascot Pokémon Showdown. The winner of last time is Giratina with 56%!
Now it’s time for Unova. Generation V released in 2010 in Japan and in 2011 in the rest of the world. This time, the generation consisted of four games: Black, White, Black 2 and White 2, and introduced amazing features, such as seasons, triple and rotation battles and the Pokémon World Tournament

Pokémon Black Version

black_en_boxartPokémon Black featured Reshiram, the Vast White Pokémon. It is a Dragon/Fire Pokémon that contains almost entirely out of fluff. By flaring the enormous engine-like tail, it can move the atmosphere of the world, which changes the weather.

Reshiram is the only Pokëmon known to be able to learn Fusion Flare and Blue Flare. Together with Zekrom, they were first shown on the Japanese and English website on the same date, which makes them the first two to be revealed worldwide simultaneously. Its name comes from ‘shiro‘ (白, ‘white’) and ‘re‘, which is just a softer sound than ‘ze‘.

Pokémon White Version

Pokémon White showcased Zekrom, the Deep Black Pokémon, white_en_boxarton its cover. He has a Dragon/Electric-typing with small black wings coming from its shoulders. Like Reshiram, Zekrom has an engine-like tail, but this one produces lightning bolts.

Zekrom has the highest Attack, Defense, and base stat total of all Electric Pokémon. It’s Ken Sugimori’s favorite Pokémon of Generation V. Its name is a combination of ‘kuro‘ (黒, ‘black’) and ‘ze‘, which is just a harder sound than ‘re‘.

Pokémon Black 2 Version

black_2_en_boxartOn the case of Pokémon Black 2 is Black Kyurem, a combination of Kyurem and Zekrom. It keeps Zekrom‘s arms, but is much more muscular than it. Its left arm, wing and lower jaw are completely covered in ice.

Black Kyurem has the highest Attack stat of all Ice Pokémon, and together with White Kyurem, it has the highest base stat total of all Ice-type Pokémon. Despite being larger than before it fused, it’s actually lighter than Kyurem. Its name comes from ‘rei‘ (冷, ‘cold’),  ‘kyuurei‘ (急冷, ‘rapid cooling’) and ‘rei‘ (零, ‘zero’).

Pokémon White 2 Version

Unlike all other generations, this generation had 2 upgraded white_2_en_boxartversions instead of one. On the second version, Pokémon White 2, you can see White Kyurem on the cover. This is a fusion of Kyurem and Reshiram. Its right wing, head plume and upper jaw are frozen.

White Kyurem has the highest Special attack stat of all Ice-type Pokémon, and, as mentioned before, the highest base stat total of all of them. It’s also the tallest Pokémon introduced in Generation V.

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4,570 thoughts on “Mascot Pokémon Showdown: Generation V”

  3. For me its like this
    Groudon and Kyogre>Zekrom and Reshiram>Dialga and Palkia>Ho-OH and Lugia>Solgaleo and Lunala>Xerneas and Yveltal

    I voted for Zekrom

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    • Ooooo. For me it’s…. ok tried to do it and I can’t. Including the third for each trio makes it easy for me to have favorites but just the mascot duos… I like them all pretty much equally.

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  6. Now that Gen 7 is out, what’s your favourite to least favourite gens? Mine are:

    1) Gen 7
    2) Gen 6
    3) Gen 4
    4) Gen 2
    5) Gen 3
    6) Gen 5
    7) The dreaded Gen 1

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  9. gotta give my boy Black Kyurem his due. I like white Kyurem too, but Black pushes things just a little more for me lol

    Ok also I have something I need to get off my chest! Major spoilers ahead!! I CAN’T BELIEVE LUSAMINE WOULD TREAT HER CHILDREN THAT WAY!!!!! I mean like come on. Go ahead and be a f’ing crazy lady, but at least care about your children!! Like WTF?!?!?! She is on my shit list now! That’s for sure…….

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  13. Also I would like some suggestions for my Moon team. It can’t be any of the below and my starter will be Litten. I do plan on using Alolan Raichu and Araquanid so that leaves 3 spots open

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  14. This is a hard decision…as these are my least favorite box legendaries of all time. I went with Reshiram just because Black version is the only successful Nuzlocke I’ve gotten through.

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  17. Alright so my team so far (Just all put at their highest form none are though)
    Primarina
    Muk
    Lycanroc
    Beware

    Want to add
    Togedemaru
    Tsareena

    What do you guys think?

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    • What Lycanroc is it? I really like Alolan Muk. You have good coverage. If using Togedemaru I suggest giving it Steelium Z if you want a remotely worthwhile steel move.

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      • It’s will be Midnight I have moon Oh and my abilities are
        Brionne- Torrent
        Rockruff- Keen Eye
        Grimer- Poison Touch
        Stufful- Klutz

        And What Steel moves does Togedemaru learn I thought it only learned Gyro Ball?

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        • Rockruff would be better with it’s HA because No Guard Stone Edge is one of Midnights best things. Klutz is generally aweful, even Cute Charm would be better. Despite gaining a weakness to fire Fluffy is the Serperior ability imo.
          Togedemaru also gets Flash Cannon which is useless on it. Gyro Ball is weak because it’s fast, even with minimum speed IV’s, no EV’s and a speed hindering nature it’s not good. At least it lets you use the Physical Steel Z-Move.

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    • That’s decent, though there’s really no Electric type you can add in Alola not named Oricorio that will not increase your ground weakness in that team.

      Instead of Togedemaru you can try Skarmory (for steel) or Palossand/Mudsdale (ground)

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  19. My team during my run:
    Incineroar
    Snorlax
    Toucannon
    Gosliopod
    Alola Muk
    Vikavolt

    The first gen I actually had a bug pokemon on my team also the the first gen I had two of them on my team simultaneously.

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    • I got
      Incineroar
      Toucannon
      Charjabug (hopefully a Vikavolt soon!
      Mudsdale
      Toxapex
      A. Ninetails

      Have to say I’m happier with this team than I thought I’d be. Maybe one of my most favorite teams yet lol

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      • One of my Favorite teams too I got my Favorite Water type (Popplio), My Favorite Electric type (Togedemaru), Useful and Cool Pokémon (Beware, Tsareena), Favorite Rock type (Lycanroc), And a Great Poison type (Muk)

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    • My team, by the end of my game.
      Decidueye
      Ash-Greninja(Since it has the powered up stats and is the closest thing to Mega Evolution during the normal play through.
      Salazzle(First game I’ve used a Poison type.)
      Kommo-o
      Alolan Vulpix(I breed a Alolan Ninetales to get Moonblast but then I realized I had used my only Ice Stone…….)
      Solgaleo(Since I had an open spot on my team. It will be replaced with a Primarina.)

      I tried to use a team with the the main typing Fairy, Ghost and Dragon. But Salazzle takes one of the Dragon spots and Greninja takes the Ghost spot. I figured they would work.

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    • My team during my run:
      Primarina – ~60s
      Araquapid – ~60s
      Lycanroc (Midnight)- 59
      Salaazle – 55
      Tsareena – 55
      Shiinotic – 53

      My current team:
      Primarina – 83/84
      Lunala – 75
      Tapu Koko – 76
      Tapu Fini – 71
      Tapu Lele – 73
      Not certain (usually a train spot or a possible entry slot for Solgaleo?)

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    • My team before I got solgaleo and after I beat the league, all with either Their best or one of there best natures
      Incinaroar nuaghty (wanted modest but was to lazy first soft resetting)
      Greninja timid
      Lyconroc midday jolly
      Sallazle rash (wanted modest but…hehe me know the problems of getting sallazle)
      Toucannon adamant
      Kommo-o nuaghty
      And on the side I have an alolan exeggcutor, adamant with harvest holding a sitrus berry

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  20. But the way I am now 4 trials in and beaten Olivia and I am yet to find something to challenge me in these games. Am I doing something wrong? Should I not be using EXP share?

    Team:
    Dartrix
    Lycanrock
    Salandit

    Toucannon
    Shiny Golbat
    Crabrawler…

    The last three are just there as placeholders and to siphon exp until I can fill the rest of my team…

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    • I recommend using EXP share. You might be overleveled now but once you reach Poni Island and everything after that you’ll notice it came in handy

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      • But everyone was saying how the Totems were challenging and I haven’t found that to be true at all…hmm…maybe I’ve just been lucky so far.

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        • The only Totem that really made me sweat a bit was Lurantis, despite having a overleveled Trumbeak, which actually got killed by Lurantis

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          • That could be a reason. I’d say spoiling myself on the strategies that the Totems use has allowed me to be ready for them, But the team I’m using is the one I planned before I knew any of this information…

        • Same my team just destroyed totems easily
          Torracat easily KO’d Gumshoos
          Wishiwashi was the only rematch only because of the Alomamola but the rematch Mudbray Bulldozed it
          Then Mudbray 1HKO’d Salazzle not breaking a sweat
          Lurantis yawn Fire Fang done deal
          Vikavolt Two Accelerocks
          Mimikyu even easier two Heavy Slams done
          And Kommo-o I just used High Horsepower a bunch and it was dead

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          • One Brick Break on Raticate
            Couple of Razor Leafs on Wishiwashi
            Couple of Rock Throws on Salazzle
            Couple of Plucks on Lurantis…

            So far

            I imagine the rest will go
            Lycanrock destroys Vikavolt
            Decidueye and Slazzle destroy Mimikyu
            Not sure about Kommo-o yet, but if Decidueye gets a strong flying move it will likely be done as well.

    • Exp Share and Z-moves make the game easy. I didn’t use either and found the game quite challenging especially since I didnt do any grinding except for catching all the pokemon in an area.

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      • I haven’t even used Z-moves yet.

        And honestly i hate this new exp share, but the game is too tedious to play without an exp share.

        I want the old style Exp share back, that had good balance between preventing over leveling and not making things tedious with switch training..

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  24. Also, GUYS I FOUND A SHINY ZUBAT LAST NIGHT!!! I started chaining because it kept calling for help, and I figured I should continue the streak, but after like an hour I ran away on accident! I did something else for like an hour to cool off, and then I went back in, and after 10 minutes or so I caught it! I named it “Citrus” because of the lime green coloring. 😀

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  32. Yo I have Fakémon

    I recently took Chemistry in school despite having to drop it in my fourth year, as you can tell from the theme.

    Name: Elecalf
    Number:
    Species: Calf Pokémon
    Evolves From: N/A
    Evolves To: Burrlock (Level 35, Male) or Cattleyst (Level 35, Female)
    Type: Electric
    Ability: Symbiosis/Stamina/Volt Absorb
    Gender Ratio: 50/50
    Dex Entry 1
    This Pokémon exhibits teamwork that rivals that of Passimian’s, putting itself over others and always offering support.

    Dex Entry 2
    They’re one of the slowest chargers in the Pokémon Kingdom, but they can charge non-stop for a day before becoming too tired to move. The females use more energy.

    Base Stats

    HP: 65
    Attack: 45
    Defense: 65
    Sp. Attack: 45
    Sp. Def: 65
    Speed: 35
    BST: 330

    Name: Burllock (Bullock + Burgundy)
    Number:
    Species: Red Ox Pokémon
    Evolves From: Elecalf
    Evolves To: N/A
    Type: Electric/Steel
    Ability: Battery/Stamina/Motor Drive
    Gender Ratio: 100% Male
    Dex Entry 1
    The constant reduction and oxidation in Burllock’s body causes it to constantly have an excess of electricity, which it gets rid of through charging for long periods.

    Dex Entry 2
    It is said that if you were to gather a Tauros, a Bouffalant, and a Burllock around a circular track, they’d never stop racing, despite having quite different speed, power and stamina.
    I
    Base Stats

    HP: 95
    Attack: 105
    Defense: 105
    Sp. Attack: 45
    Sp. Def: 95
    Speed: 45
    BST: 490

    Name: Cattleyst
    Number:
    Species: Assistant Pokémon
    Evolves From: Elecalf
    Evolves To: N/A
    Type: Electric/Grass
    Ability: Catalyse/Stamina/Sap Sipper
    Gender Ratio: 100% Female
    Dex Entry 1
    It developed plant material on its body due to the amount of plants it ate to feed its energy output. It can catalyse other Pokémon’s attacks.

    Dex Entry 2
    Despite being a placid, sweet mother, Cattleyst is the head of the family and is responsible for guarding the unit from predators.

    Base Stats

    HP: 95
    Attack: 45
    Defense: 95
    Sp. Attack: 105
    Sp. Def: 105
    Speed: 45
    BST: 490

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    • Cattleyst’s Catalyse ability makes its ally’s two-turn attacks activate in one turn. It’s basically a non-perishable Power Herb for all its allies. Doesn’t work for itself, though.

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    • Speaking of bovines
      Shaggalf
      Grass
      Harvest/Sap Sipper HA: Thick Fat
      Yak Calf Pkm
      A pale yellow green calf like Pokemon with a almost tubular furry coat of plant fur highly resembling straw, a large bulbous nose and tiny horns, and for tails somewhat similar to Mareep they have stiff bony tails with two fork like prongs similar to a pitchfork

      And it’s evo Hayakken
      Grass/Ground
      Haystack Pkm
      Harvest/Sap Sipper HA: Thick Fat
      a bigger heavier and dirtier bull like Pokemon, its furry coat is thicker and now has clumps of plant matter and dirt making it extremely well protected from attacks and cold nights, a bulbous nose and their eyes are obscured from matted hair and they have a wheat sprig in their mouths at all times, their horns now have three splices and their tails are bigger and resemble a thick metal rake where it drags it through grassy plains to stockpile food and to fling onto its back for protection

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  34. Me: I need a sun exlusive pokemon! lets hit up the gts!
    Want: Pheromosa, Pheromosa, Type:Null, Lunala, Type:Null, Type:Null, Lunala, Pheromosa, Tapu (insert name here), Guzzlord, Pheromosa, Lunala, Necrozma, Type:Null, Lunala, Pheromosa, Necrozma…
    me: -_-;

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  37. What was that chanting music in S/M? It sounded very African-y. Probably in the central area from the native countries like Uganda or Niger.

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  44. So I’m trying to find a razor claw.
    And do you know how you find razor claw?
    Snatch it from a wild Jangmo-o. Easy enough, right?

    WRONG

    Jangmo-o is a 5% encounter. So what? Just run around in the grass for a while.
    BUT when you do find a Jangmo-o, it has ANOTHER 5% chance to hold a razor claw.

    HELP. ;_;

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  45. I WAS finding dittos left and right. I WAS having a good time catching them for different natures. I WAS not going to type this out in frustration if kept finding them. where did they go?!?

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  46. The fire starter pokemons are following the chinese zodiac pattern

    So far we got: dragon, rat, rooster, monkey, pig, dog and tiger

    Apparently there is still an ox, a horse, a snake, rabbit and sheep pokemon left

    If they keep this pattern, I’d like to see a Fire/Dark Minotaur or a Fire/Ghost Satyr. The rabbit can’t be anything other than Fairy or Fighting and the snake has got to be Poison.

    What do you think?

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  52. Black and White completely called Sun and Moon. You will notice that in the Nacrene City Museum, there is a tiki mask that was said to belong to a native tribe, coincidentally, Unova is also based on a place in the US like Alola. Or maybe it is pure coincidence…

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  57. Tapu Koko is the ultimate dex hunting pokemon. I decided to mess around with it for a while, and gave it False Swipe, Thunder Wave, Thunderbolt, and Theif, and I’ve caught so many things with it. I recommend this if you’re going for dex completion.

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  59. Two more fudging hours left
    It’s one thing for me to work Holiday weekends but when seriously annoying head cold causes every waking moment to be a congested nightmare

    But when I get home, I seriously want to see if we can start those Weekend Battle Royales, this week theme should be Main Game teams,

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  61. SRd for half an hour to get a Timid Porygon from the Aether guy. Unfortunately, it doesn’t have Trace so I’ll have to get a good Ditto to breed it. Getting ready for my pre-bank gym leader team!

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  62. I’m so glad that my shiny zubat is jolly, because all that matters with hyper training is nature (ok maybe egg moves too) so I’ll be able to have a perfectly viable crobat.

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  65. Group questions: Which mascot legend for Gen 7 (Solgaleo or Lunala) is the most unique, which is strongest, would you use the mascot in your team or ditch it, and which one would you choose between them? For me its

    1. Lunala
    2. Lunala
    3. In Team
    4. Lunala

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  67. All this Fusion talk is getting me thinking
    What if one unholy day Gamefreak turns Pokemon fusion into canon?
    My only idea that could make fusion possible is that
    They must share a type and egg group
    their base stats are cut down the middle and added up
    Maximum of Three types
    And they are without an Ability

    Example, my go to fusion is Rhyperior and Excadrill, some kind armor clad Rhyperior with long Excadrill claws and horns (but the biggest part is on his hand is a fully formed Excadrill drill and it can rotate them)
    But it is a Ground/Rock/Steel type
    HP 57+55 112
    Attack 70+67 137
    Def 65+30 95
    Sp atk 25+27 52
    Sp def 32+27 59
    Speed 20+44 64

    Ok that’s kinda shit so let’s hope it’s never a thing…

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  71. Lol I’m so mainstream I always seem to pick the winning option on these- I guess there’s a certain consensus as to who’s the coolest each time haha

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  72. Man Lillie is so great! I’m 100% in her corner all the time! lol About to go to Exeggutor Island in our little adventure. Should be loads of fun! I’m so happy Lillie has a full character arc where she grows as a person lol

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  73. I hate how people are picking on innocent Alolan Persian, it was clearly meant as a literal joke. I shall defend it with my life! I’ll stop any bullets of hatred! I’ll burn the weeds of disgust! I’ll silence the speech of hatred!

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          • Yeah, but I think they can change the rules of championship on a whim, so I guess its more thinking ahead then anything.

          • True. That they can. But I think the whole reason they made VGC Doubles was because it, on the whole, forces more aggressive play than singles and so in person events can move along faster. Or that’s my assumption anyway.

          • More or less. Doubles is a faster format, and by its nature it offers up a lot more pokemon as being useful where singles is basically a case of having a sweeper set up, putting Rocks up and having a rapid spinner in the back. VGC is still going to fall victim to big 6 no matter what, but in the interim we do see a lot of variation on teams.

            Though honestly I”m kinda terrified by eevee, tapu lele, ditto teams right now. Its a really dangerous combo if you can’t shut it down right away.

          • Stale as in (not always, but as per usual) you see the same teams over and over and over. Sure it changes every year as new games come and go, but that doesn’t change the fact that usually everybody has very similar teams. It’s not always like that, and it probably won’t be this year because of a new generation, but it happens often enough.

          • The best OU teams will see a lot of the same Pokémon? And variety is fun and important but isn’t always the spice of life. One of the best parts of the meta game with Pokémon or TCGs is figuring out how to play the mirror match better than anyone else or changing one thing up because you’re confident it’ll give you the leg up when someone plays too standard of a design. There is way more to it than Big 6, I win.

          • no not really. Its a format that changed every year and while it does break down to big six eventually, what is consider big does change, unlike singles which pretty much only changes once every gen and pretty much follows the same trends with different pokemon.

          • The teams are the same so often though, it’s boring to watch IMO.

            I don’t play VGC, so you guys know better than I, but this is just my opinion here. 😛

          • Same teams are the same in any format. That’s big six. A teams that will win the most consistently. Remember these people are out to win money and benefits, so of course their going to go with what gives them the best chance at winning.

            and I’m glad we can agree on some things Someguy.

          • Trust me. People on Smogon play to win too. haha And people in the VGC play to have fun also. The people at the very top aren’t just there from luck and fun.
            But there’s also absolutely nothing wrong with just playing purely for fun.

          • And I enjoy playing for fun as well, but the thing is that once your on a competitive level, you gotta play to win, which is fun. To can’t use your favorites, but what win’s and hope you learn to love them. heck Wolfe, the current world champion, suffered for years by his own admission for using his favorites and eventually took the championship when he learned to buckle down and play smart, and even then he still worked in a Raichu, one of his favorites, who was agreed to be the MVP of his team.

          • That’s sort of my point here.

            If playing smart means that I can’t use what I want and have to use a preset list of viable pokemon, then VGC just isn’t for me.

          • But the same is true of singles? You can’t just play OU with Pokemon that are better suited to RU and expect to win. You can have fun! But you can’t expect to be the best. But those two ideas also don’t have to be mutually exclusive.

          • I don’t really play OU at all, I don’t really play any format. I just play with what I like, and try to come up with unique strategies with those pokemon. I realize that means I won’t be very good, but I’ll have a lot more fun that way, which is my main goal anyway.

          • Nope lol
            I’m not a very competitive pokemon player, despite being avid breeder and trainer for perfect pokemon. I mostly just play with random people online and such.

          • Fair enough. I can’t make someone like a format. Though if it’s any consolation, if I remember right Iths, you would still be in senior’s, which is a little more varied then Masters play, which is the one most people pay attention to. Generally the older you get, the more you go for what wins over what’s creative.

          • Haha wow that’s pretty cool. Didn’t know that he was stuck with favorites syndrome for a long time. Really is the hardest thing to break out of when it comes to team/deck building strategy games.

          • Time to bring out “the quote”.

            Weak pokemon. Strong pokemon. Truly skilled trainers try to win with their favorites.
            – Karen, 1999

          • I feel like the current system is perfect. Smogon for singles. They tier everything so you’re not forced to play only broke ass ‘mons. And then VGC for doubles where we get to run rampant with *almost* anything goes strategies.

  77. The one thing bugging me the most about this game is all the personal space some trainers take up. There’s plenty of room for me to pass, yet they still block the road. At least with Snorlax you know it’s just very fat.

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    • Lol I noticed this in the demo and was really annoyed, you’re basically blocked by impossible walls. Seems GF didn’t work on the hitboxes in a new gridless environment hard enough…

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    • Depends on the UB / whether it’s a physical or special move. They have some fairly extreme stat spreads. Nihilego can’t handle physical attacks. Kartana can’t take special. Guzzlord has crazy HP but no good defense stats.

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  82. Do pokemon have moves now that they learn on evolution regardless of level? If not I’m getting extremely lucky with my evolution timing.

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  83. I feel like Nanu should have been an E4 member instead of Kahili. But maybe I’m biased because Dark is my favourite typing

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    • It would go against his character to do so.
      And if anybody, he’d replace Acerola because she said that she took his spot. Kahili is in because Hapu wasn’t appointed kahuna fast enough.

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    • I need to see Fairy and/or Ghost ultra Beasts, they’d look so cool with the usual type aesthetics

      I also want a prevo for the UB-02s, they have so much in common

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        • I don’t think they really need one, they just come from another dimension and adapted differently.

          But what is interesting is that as they’re Pokémon, they must have a common ancestor to our ones…

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          • Still, there are some things I like to know. Like how Nihilego can fuse with humans while the others can’t, and why it looks like Lillie?

          • Nihilego is a shapeshifter, whereas the others aren’t.

            I’ve heard theories Lusamine dressed Lillie like Nihilego due to her obsession but I feel it’s just meant to be a metaphor for how Lusamine replaced her daughter with it

    • That will make one less reason to by the Nintendo Switch. Think about it. Are you okay with having a console with no backwards compatibility?

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    • This ability is good but it didn’t work for Salazzle it’s need bulkier pkmn,It should be made able poison attack hit steel type pkmn.

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    • corrosion, with water compaction, are abilities that GF really didnt think take advantage off. Corrosion should make poison moves effective agaisnt steel and water compaction should work as the defensive variation of storm drain. atleast corrosion stops tentacruel from walling Salazzle

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  94. There’s this RIDICULOUS Festival question in the challenge thing, asking what’s strong against a dark/poison. I think it’s steel but it’s not??!

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  97. Well I done got all 100 TMs and all I need to do is buy 100 Pokeballs of each variety
    Then focus on Pokepalageo all I need is to finish the Hot Springs

    ALSO I DISCOVERED THAT THE FINAL RANK OF TREASURE HUNTING HAS A CHANCE TO YIELD A GOLD BOTTLE CAP

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  102. With a japanese ditto and my own ditto to cover all 6 stats I can now comp breed and MM at the same time >:D. I would get the shiny charm, but I have a living dex just in my Bank, so I can wait until then. I can enjoy the game more. Just for further knowledge. Who are the competitive battlers here?

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  104. Just so everyone knows, since a lot of people dont.
    You can obtain beast balls if you run out BEOFRE you are done with post game. One trick is to let your pokemon hold the beast balls, and then ask looker about the balls. He will give you one each time you ask with none in your bag

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  106. Ugh. When you play bad two games in a row and Battle Spot pairs you down three games in a row. At least I didn’t lose against any of the pair downs.

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  107. me: minding my own business after i finally captured Tapu Fini with half of my team fainted and the other with half hp
    dexio: show up outta nowhere and demolish me

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    • Ha ha, I had just gotten nearly wrecked by the trainers outside the battle tree and I forgot that Red and Blue show up when you walk in, so thinking I could heal I run in….. I had to Pokemon and a few revives which I didn’t use until during the battle. I used a total of Four Pokemon and beat Red. But I know the feeling, that used to happen to me in the old games. Where I was weakened from either a Gym Leader or a wild Pokemon and then have my Rival beat me.

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  110. One more handy time.
    If you are ready to start competitive breeding here’s the my method (probably not the best) for getting that 4iv ditto chaining
    1. Catch a sneasel
    2. Teach it substitute ( from kukui after you beat game) and Brick Break ( In verdant Cavern) False Swipe and a move with a lot of pp and can kill
    3. Attach a leppa berry to sneasel (you should start growing these in the isles)
    4. find a ditto on Mount Hokulani
    5. Set up a sub. Use the adrnaline ball and false swipe.
    6, COUNT ITS MOVES Transform only has 10 pp
    7. Attack the new ally pokemon until your ditto is near out of pp then kill the caller ditto
    8. Rinse and repeat Step 6-7 until Chain 30 (Im pretty sure 30 is 4iv if not then 40)
    9. Catch chain ditto ~35/45 just to count for error
    There you go! (Credit to Monkeybutt, we are very informed at discord so anymore questions come there)

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    • Theres another method too, is to erase all the sneasel, but just let ditto copy a pokemon with recycle as the only move then fling or trick or bestow it a leppa berry, so you wont have to count Move number.

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    • Just had my Scyther only know False Swipe, Brick Break, Sunny Day, Rain Dance
      Keep the first ditto at 1hp
      Then slice the ditto in half and counted the brick break pp

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    • That’s what i did. I come back after the elite four and I’m like…… “Oh that’s there, I forgot to visit that…..”

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  116. Alright peeps

    Your most attractive* character in the series

    Your least attractive* character in the series

    *Of the gender you’re attracted to

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  117. Hey question. What would be a good set for a Pelipper for doubles. I mean obviously its going to be Drizzle for ability, and it would most likely be built for support. I’m just struggling to figure out a good move pool.

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      • My first thought was tailwind, roost, protect, scald/Hydro Pump. I already have at least one wide guarder on my team(two that can learn it), so its less useful. That, and its for my league team which is a team of mostly steel mons, so the only things I’d be worry about is earthquake, which wouldn’t effect it, or heatwave, which isn’t that much of a threat to it.

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        • Gotcha. Ok. Yea I like that those 4. I’d go Scald over Hydro Pump. The only low accuracy move I like is Stone Edge but that’s cause I’m use to Rock moves always having low accuracy anyway.

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  120. I love how I missed the Bugnium Z because
    A. When I came in i noticed the shiny in Guzma’s chest.
    B. I then promptly couldn’t get it because I had to fight Guzma
    C. then the plot happened
    D. then I beat the elite 4, became champion, and found all but one z-crystal by sheer luck.
    E. and had to look it up.

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  121. Challenge!
    describe the plot of your favorite Anime/Manga/Light Novel Series,
    IN THE MOST SIMPLIFIED SYNOPSIS YOU CAN, NO DETAILS.
    Each part of Jojo is Separate.

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  122. Influenced by InfinityD4; TV Shows as Pokemon Challenge! Make a summary of a show with Pokemon and we try to guess. My turn

    Pyukumuku and his best buddy Staryu go through some wacky misadventures with a bothersome Tentacruel. Pyukumuku has a boss named Kingler, a beautiful yet powerful friend named Pheremosa, a strong lobster pal named Buzzwole and a small pet named Goomy.

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  124. Can I just say

    Nanu has absolutely zero fucks to give

    Just comes up and he’s like ‘Yeh I’m the Kahuna, battle me, it’ll be good for you’.

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  126. if you where a gym leader, what would your type, badge, and team be.
    bonus points if you includes levels and what badge number it is.

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      • Dang it, you nearly stole my Badge name. I call my the Mythic Badge.
        Dragon, Fairy and Ghost.

        Kommo-o
        Gardevoir(Or Mawile, I will switch between them. Both Mega Evolve.)
        Alolan Ninetales
        Salazzle(Its not a true Dragon type but neither is Gyrados and Lance uses a Gyrados. besides it looks like it some.)
        Decidueye
        And I might use Sableye or Rotom. Or Hoopa despite being a Legendary, its kind of easy to bring down in its Sealed Form. Its a bit harder in its unsealed form, but still not impossible. Or I might only go with one Ghost type and use Zygarde complete form as my final Ace.
        Last Gym, all around level 60 my final Pokemon being level 65. Yes, my Pokemon are stronger then most League Pokemon, but my Pokemon League would be much stronger. The Champion would be level 80

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    • He’s somehow more Apathetic than Cyrus, mostly because Cyrus decided to do something insane because of it while Nanu is content to sit in his apathy forever

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      • I wouldn’t say Cyrus is apathetic. Apathy is a lack of interest. Cyrus was a sociopathic nihilist who believed in nothing and felt for no one and was psychotic enough to act on these ideas and took them to the extreme.

        Nanu isn’t a sociopath. We get dialogue and scenes showing that despite his blunt remarks, he still cares about people on some base level. He’s just been worn down over the years.

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  155. Ok Moon x Lillie is just the cutest thing ever.

    Just Lillie coming back from Kanto and they had a long distance relationship then they finally are both in Alola together and omg

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  159. Alright so you still need Dhelmise (or a Turtonator if u’d perfer) and a Mimikyu
    And I need a Careful and Adamant Syncronize

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  163. What levels should my Pokémon be when I go to the second island? I’m currently searching for my male Rockruff but the majority of my Pokémon are level 20

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  165. Just got to Ula’Ula! Current team:

    Primarina: Lv. 35
    Lurantis: Lv. 34
    Salazzle: Lv. 33
    Toucannon: Lv. 31
    Lycanroc (Midnight): Lv. 34
    Sandygast: Lv. 28

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  166. In Stars, the fairy Captain will probably have a trial and the dragon trial will probably have a Captain. I also want to see it play out kind of as a “Sun and Moon 2.” :O Wouldnt it be awesome if GF programmed in different champions so it is different for a lot of games? And the Elite Four?

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    • Side Thought. I love how nonchalant Nanu is when he sticks his but out when doing the dark type Z-move. I wonder if they made it look like that especially for Nanu.

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      • I can’t see how it won’t be. they have so many spots on the map that are screaming to be used, but some vacancies for postilions of important roles. Plus some roles are just being taken up in these games, so proper character development would need time to shift forward at least slightly for them to fill their role properly lol

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  167. I like my fluffy white dragon,I always preferred truth dragon over ideals dragon.Reshiram had an awesome cry before XY kinda butchered it.As for the Kyurem,I liked white kyurem over black even though I picked Black 2.I had to so the story would make more sense due to picking Black version

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      • It’s the japanese word for skull is what it is, and skull as in team skull, not like team skull and crossbones, which is the name of the team skull in MD.

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  174. Google is paying 97$ per hour! Work for few hours and have longer with friends & family! !mj177d:
    On tuesday I got a great new Land Rover Range Rover from having earned $8752 this last four weeks.. Its the most-financialy rewarding I’ve had.. It sounds unbelievable but you wont forgive yourself if you don’t check it
    !mj177d:
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  175. I love how Reshiram’s tail is like olympic flame torch and Zekrom’s is like hi-tech turbine. How one represents past and how one represents future.

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  178. Necrozma is very interesting, although I feel that it being pure psychic makes its ability a bit underwhelming. Though, I still like it.

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  180. I don’t get why people hate Palossand. IT FITS THE THEME OF ALOLA! Sand, beaches, honestly people need to stop acting like genwunners, it’s dangerous for your health.

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    • People have opinions

      If they don’t like it they don’t deserve to be screamed at for being ‘genwunners’, especially since the same people who dislike the sandcastles also tend to dislike any intimate Pokémon

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        • Not really? Some people feel like if Pokémon are their worlds animals, there shouldn’t be random inanimate objects going about

          It’s not inappropriate to have an opinion, especially because it’s just a freaking Pokémon

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          • To be fair we have always had inanimate objects as pokemon since gen 1. So its reasonable to get mad when someone tries to use the animal argument when it comes to what to be considered a pokemon

          • That doesn’t stop people not liking any inanimate object Pokémon tho, tons of people dislike Gen 1’s

          • I’m not necessarily disagreeing but in most of the cases I’ve seen people have used the exact words “Pokemon are supposed to be animals not things, I’ll stick with gen 1” and I’m sitting in the back like “what animal is magneton again?” And their reply would be “thats different”. When in reality its not and they would excuse gen 1 simply because it was gen 1.

          • Personally I think it’s inappropriate to have a contradictory or hypocritical opinion.

            Many people believe Magnemite, Voltorb, Muk have more right to be called Pokemon than Vanillux, KlinkKlang, Klefki and Pallosand.

          • My whole point is that people who dislike inanimate object Pokémon like Palossand tend to dislike the older ones too

            And that it’s not bad not to like a fictional bundle of pixels because you don’t like its concept

          • Yeh many people do and at the same time many people don’t…sometimes the argument is valid, other times not so much.

            But hey who am I to judge…people will be people. Trying to talk sense to them is like trying to convince them not to vote for Trump. And we all know how well that worked out :p

          • This is too black and white of an opinion. I like some inanimate object pokemon, but not others. I don’t like the old and hate the new. It all depends on the design.

    • I hope in the anime it has crazy stretchy Sandy geokinesis
      Like it shifts into the ground and its arm stretches out to snatch you

      OOOOOOOOHHHH imagine the idea of a Totem Palossand a giant beach cave with tons of Sandygast minions slinking around

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    • I don’t really like it because of the design. It just doesn’t speak to me. That doesn’t make me a genwunner. That said, I still plan on using one on my popplio team.

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  181. I just love it when things work out!

    I was heading to blush Mountain to grab myself Turtonator and Togedemaru and the scan Pokémon for today on Ulaula is Rhyhorn on Blush Mountain! 😀

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  185. Anyone interested in trading a spare Celesteela for a Kartana? Ain’t getting anything form GTS (unlike Swole for Mosa where I literally went on and off it)

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  186. Do you actually unlock new hairstyles as you progress through the story? And Serebii says you can only get your bangs cut, but I don’t see that option yet.

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    • Nope. I think the hairstyles are the same throughout.

      And what sucks is they take the money before you choose a cut and and you can’t even preview the cuts before choosing

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  187. Rapid fire question time because I’m bored and regardless of how much y’all may complain you love em anyway :p

    If you could capture/befriend one Ultra Beast, which one would it be and how did you accomplish it?

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    • Hmmmmmm I honestly am developing feelings for Kartana
      Naturally I’d go after Buzzwole or Guzzlord but given their…..destructive nature, it seems too macho or junkivoracious…. that Kartana seems much more stable and persuadable

      I honestly think when we get a SM movie we’ll see Ash either befriending Kartana or Nihilego

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    • If by befriend you mean come to a mutual understanding with (cos I dislike all of them and wouldn’t want to capture or be like actual friends with them), I’d go with Xurkitree.

      I used my Metagross to screw with its electricity sucking habits, it realised it wouldn’t get too far. We came to an understanding where I allow it siphon excess electricity produced during my experiments

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        • Xurkitree is just electricity based. Metagross can his his electromagnetic fields to limit or prevent Xurkitree from plugging itself into the power grid and draining power.

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          • And it can suck out electricity which has a correlation to a magnetic field which Metagross has
            So it’s basically letting it drain its power

          • Unless I’m getting Xurkitree physiology wrong. I thought it had to actually be plugged in to drain power. Hence why it goes directly to the power plant to drain power as opposed to just doing it from wherever.

          • It plugs its tail to recharge itself with subterranean electricity when low
            It definitely can ensnare its arms onto a machine or machine like Pokemon and suck out every drop of energy

          • Fair enough if I misunderstood what Xurkitree can do. But Metagross could still keep it at bay with its Psychic abilities in my opinion.

            Does it have to be in contact with something to drain It’s power or can it be done at a distance?

          • I think it still has to touch it
            But that wirey body could probably evade a few blows ( I doubt it’s a special attacker)

          • If we are talking anime based. All Psychic types have the ability move things using their Psychic powers without touching them. Xurkitree wouldn’t come anywhere close enough to start draining Metagross’ power.

          • Is it base Metagross or Mega Metagross? If it’s the latter Xurkitree has no chance of even touching it due to speed

            And also Metagross doesn’t really have anything to plug into

          • Hence why I said the latter (Mega)

            But you also have to keep in mind that Xurkitree probably doesn’t have any aerial mobility, unlike Metagross

  190. Oh btw I had a Shiny Pokemon dream……
    It was this Turtle Kappa Knight like Pokemon named…..I vaguely remember Krex
    It looked like that Beta Turtle Pokemon with a shells all over its body, holding a broken shell fragment as a sword

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  199. Ok I’m about to lose my shit. this is incredibly anime related so I apologize to anyone who doesn’t care or know anything about it, but I’m so happy! There’s a new Code Geass project in the works and it’s a sequel!!!!!!!! I can’t wait!! It’s gonna be so freaking good!!

    *sigh*….ok back to Pokemon! I love this game so freaking much hahaha

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  201. Sun and Moon are absolutely heartless.
    They show the percentage pokedex completion every time I catch something, and becauze I’m a sucker for percentages it’s low key forcing me to try and complete the pokedex to get 100%…

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  206. To those who care
    I have bred…
    Dhelmise
    Mimikyu
    Komala (They carry play rough, an egg move)
    Togedemaru
    (And I am in the process of breeding Wimpod)
    Am willing to trade them for either Apricorn balls or a Turtonator

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  207. Why in god’s name does…
    Neither Bulu Or Koko get play rough
    Incineroar not get sucker punch or pursuit
    Decidueye not get Leech seed
    Araquanid not get U turn
    Tapu Fini not get any form of recovery besides Aqua ring

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  208. Is it crazy that’m 55 hours in and I’m only just now entering the Vast Poni canyons? lol Granted a few of those hours are me attempting to find specific Pokemon or testing out SOS chaining/breeding, but not many hours that’s for sure. The majority of them is from me playing the story/keeping my team balanced for each trial. Longest run for a Pokemon story I’ve ever had that’s for sure lol

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  214. I may be late to the party, but just realised Lillies long lost dad who no one knows where he is, the guy who discovered ultra space, is called Mohn, and so is the Poke Pelago Guy.
    The Poke Pelago guy is Lillies Dad.
    The Poke Pelago guy is the reason everything happened.

    Oh and Anabel travelling across dimensions from presumably emerald is cool too.

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  217. Man now that I have Machamp as a Poke ride I don’t need to walk anywhere now! I could just let Machamp carry me for the rest of eternity and I’d be happy lol

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  223. Alright so far I have Dittos of
    Modest
    Jolly
    Calm

    All I need is, Adamant, Timid (in the process), Impish, Bold, Careful
    Then I’ll have all eight essential natures for any competitive Pokemon

    And I’m clearly not the only one, I’ve been WT every other hour and I’ve seen a ton of Abras

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  231. Also little side project I’m been collecting Minior
    So far I need red and purple….and shiny then I’d have the whole collection

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  232. I originally felt bad breeding with a 6IV ditto…
    With the amount of time hatching I’ve spent so far? I don’t feel so bad anymore….

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  236. I feel there should be a tracker telling you where you found Zygarde cells and cores. That way it’s not annoying when you have 2 left to find and you dunno where you’ve been and haven’t been.

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  237. Just found my shiny Dewpider on sos battle (148 needed). The cool thing is that it has 4 perfect ivs and a good one but a mediocre attack with a neutral nature, however the hunting was terrific. It keeped using infestation on my team and I had to use all my hyper potions, max potions, elisir, revives, full restores. Horde shiny hunting was INCREDIBLY easier.

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  238. TEAM UPDATE
    Oliver, level 76 Decidueye
    Sammy, level 79 Toucannon
    Goliath, level 75 Golisopod
    Spade, level 75 M. Lycanroc
    Gambit, level 75 A. Marowak
    Type: Null, level 50 Type: Null
    Elite Four and Kukui beaten, can harness mega evolution, training all to lvl. 100 before Battle Tree, trying to find Zygarde cells and cores, also trying to evolve Type: Null

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  243. When I can get my hands on my 20 Ditto waiting in Pkmn Bank, would anyone want one? Courtesy of that Pokemon Village and the good ol’ Friend Safari

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  244. so my team right now is primarina and luxray both level 46 , i just finished the mimikyu trial. The good thing is , my pokedex is 50% complete and i have both version exclusives as well as all the 1% encounter chance pokemon.

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  249. Ughh finally 3.3 hours
    Modest
    Jolly
    Timid
    Calm

    All I need is
    Adamant
    Impish
    Bold
    Careful

    Then I’ll I need is a 6iv Ditto then I can finally start breeding

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  265. I’m so overwhelmed in the game right now, there’s just so much I want to do. I haven’t explored past the Poni meadow (which means I still haven’t gotten to the battle tree), I’m at around 50% full pokedex, and I haven’t done much of the UB quest yet (I want to reset for natures, but forgot to the first two), and I want to breed some competitive Pokemon soon. Forgot to mention hunting shinies, I want to do more of that as well.

    Whoever said this game has no postgame clearly hadn’t played the game yet.

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  267. GF logic=introduce new generation>proceed to give 75% of said new generation less than 10% encounter rate>give irrelevant cunts like Golduck 30% encounter rate

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    • TBF it makes sense in universe, tons of animals not necessarily native to a place can be more common than native animals

      See: Red and Grey squirrels even Yankee animals ruin everything

      From a designers stand point, it means you’ll invest more time into the game to find the new ones

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  271. Anyone else worried about Lillie?

    You, Lusamine, Guzma, Lillie and Lusamine are all Fallers now, and Lillie and Lusamine (iirc) are both isolated from others, being in Kanto now

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  273. Does anyone else think that rather than focusing on regional variants like ORAS focused on Megas (both being forms of old Pokémon), they’ll focus on Ultra Beasts?

    I mean Gen IV practically introduced UBs (Palkia, Giratina and Dialga)

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  276. In your opinion which Tapu has the best design?

    For me its:

    1) Tapu Fini (looks like a dolphin!!!!!!)
    2) Tapu Lele (really cute!)
    3) Tapu Koko (cool looking, but not really unique)
    4) Tapu Bulu (nice name representation, horrible design)

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  278. If you were an evil team leader:

    What would be your goal?
    Reason for this goal?
    Your team’s theme and name?
    Pokémon Team?: (label Mega or Z-Move mons)

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  279. I’ve decided theres probably no point in searching anymore.
    See, if I’ve searched every spot over ten times, at both day and night.
    Then theres only 1 reasonable solution no matter how bizzare.
    Theres a Bug in the system somewhere.
    I’d hate to say that, but at this point, the problem honestly can’t be me who just isn’t looking right…
    With 2 left it’s a bit of a bummer.

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  281. I’m at the Pokémon League and with the way things are going I might not be able to finish the game until after finals which are about two weeks from now. It’s gonna be really busy, trying to finish everything up. I just wanna listen to the Elite 4 Theme :'(

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  283. Another question, because I’m bored and forced myself off my DS to do homework

    Vote a member for each of these*

    1) Most likely to damage a Tapu’s lair and blame it on Earthen:

    2) Most likely to die from a Yungoos

    3) Most likely to give up on Pokémon life and surround themselves with only cat Pokémon

    4) Most likely to commit type genocide

    5) Most likely to catch thirty hundred Rattata searching for the top percentage

    6) Most likely to be a Winder Trade troll

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  284. One thing I don’t like about Sun and Moon. Capturing the legends didn’t seem like the right thing to do.

    Solgaleo / Lunala should have stayed with Lillie.

    The Tapus are Island Guardians, surely us catching them would plunge Alolan into chaos. I mean who selects the next Kahuna now we have the Island Tapus.

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    • I dunno, Lillie made it pretty clear Nebby was better off with us,at least temporarily

      And you’ve missed a conversation about the Tapu down below :p

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      • Yeh she made it clear, but I don’t think it was the right call. In previous games us catching the legendary was usually to stop it being a threat or to prevent it from being exploited. In these games the threat has already been dealt with and capturing Nebby just seems tacked on. If we had to catch it before entering Ultra Space I’d probably be Ok with it.

        And the Tapu thing is still a mystery. Previous games never really gave their legendaries as much importance as these Tapus seem to have in Alola. So many characters reference them.

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    • I mean… We captured god already. Haha That aspect of the game can’t be explained away. It’s best they don’t even bother with it.

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      • Arceus was an event only Pokemon wasn’t it. And it wasn’t exactly knwon to everyone in Sinnoh unlike the Tapus seem to be to everyone in Alola. Arceus played no part in protecting Sinnoh, it just created everything and went into an eternal slumber so us catching it is fine

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    • Don’t forget about that Zygarde cell you find there.
      Seriously frustrated me, I want to know more about Zygarde! They gave it new formes but no backstory or any reason why it’s in alola!

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  293. Ok guys. Chill. Brionne is the best form of any starter 2nd only to Charizard X. Doesn’t matter how you feel. This is the objective reality.

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  295. Where do you get the Diancite in Sun and Moon? It’s not a BP item (Thank Tapu!) so where do you get it? Is it something you get when you show a person your Diancie?

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  299. Non Pokémon question!

    1-People at school, what classes do you take (don’t say grades or how long you’ve had it or whatever, just what it is)

    2-People not at school, what jobs have you had? (rough description, nothing that gives your IRL position away)

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  300. I’m so angry that mega Lopunny isn’t in the game. Literally my favorite mega evolution and favorite Pokémon excluding gen 7 and o have 2 shinies because I love its mega so much and Ahhhhhggghh game freak why

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  304. Just as my plane ride back to my university ended I finally caught My Jolly Synchro Abra (wished I bothered to check how to breed them before releasing my 5 non-Synchros). Anyway, before my break ends, I am wondering what natures I should try obtaining for Dittos (first time competitively breeding). If anyone has an opinion I would be more than happy to hear it.

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  305. Why doesn’t Acerola have a Tsareena? She’s royalty and Tsareena is based off a plant tsarina, so…OH! Yes you can say YEAH! It’s a ghost type BUT you can argue that SHE had it before she WENT pure ghost and YEAH this is a song but LET me just stop now CUZ i don’t.

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  326. I can’t believe they made revelation dance unavailable until level 40. Plus no type TM’s for Oricorio. Probably the most disappointing pokemon this gen

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  331. Emergency exit is such a double edged sword. I was about to faint a pokemon that would’ve won me the battle royale but then it kicked in.

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  332. I think I’ll actually try completing the Poke’dex this time around.

    PS: Watched Moana again… and even better than the first time! SOOO GOOD! I suggest watching it if you can, one of the best films of 2016 and up there with Zootopia.

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  341. Oh snap! Everything surrounding the Legendary event and whatnot it so great. I love that the adventure skimmed down to just you and Lillie doing your own thing rather than it being super crowded. Plus everything with Lusamine was great. I still don’t like her, but she’s still a great character. Now to go to the league and get my ass kicked………..OH!!!! By the way I ended up catching Solgaleo in a Heavy Ball!!!! I was super happy about that. I killed it the first try, but he second time after I soft reset I got it right where I needed it. I’m really glad I didn’t waste my Heavy Ball lol

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  345. Anyone else avoiding completing the dex till pokebank arrives? 😛

    Question though: Couldn’t you just use QR scans to complete the dex as long as someone had made them all available?

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  348. So I just finished the game. While I didn’t find most of it too challenging I have to admit the E4 were pretty tough.

    Especially Kukui

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  350. The last day of a break from school is always extremely depressing. I just wanted to say that I’ve enjoyed playing 51 hours of Pokemon Sun over this break, and watching you all enjoy it as well. Here’s to hundreds more hours in the future, and the impending (2x longer!) Christmas break.

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    • Especially when I’ve worked on homework for 5 hours today and have at least 2 more to do. I’ve worked on 11 hours of homework over break, and I’m not a slow worker at all (in fact I’m much faster than my classmates, I feel bad for them right now). I’m in HIGH SCHOOL, not college or anything! I mean, seriously, 13 hours of homework is insane!

      Rant over

      Also I’ve docked 73 hours of gameplay.

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      • I spent a lot of time reflecting on myself this break (also known as doing basically nothing), which used up time that could have been used playing games. I find it more and more important nowadays to meditate, but I’m still learning how to balance that with everything else! One day I’ll have it down.

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        • Sounds peaceful. This has been such a hectic day for me lol.
          Pushing the rest of my homework off to go to a movie last night wasn’t such a good idea.

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          • I did my homework on Wednesday night because I was bored out of my mind, which is very uncharacteristic of me. Normally I’d wait until Sunday night as well.

    • Lol that’s the exact amount for me too. We are literally in the same position. This game is soooo fun I cant stop playing it (We’re both seniors right?)

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      • That’s a little creepy actually. Yes, I’m a senior! I’m so done with high school. I’ve enjoyed it a lot, but I considered myself finished with the end of junior year. That was such a difficult time of my school career that everything else now seems alarmingly easy.

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        • Im the exact in tht regard I guess. I really liked last year because all my classes were easy peasy, but now this year Im struggling to stay all A’s. The difficulty has definitely bumped up. My procrastination has all increased this year as well

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  361. So Resolution Cave is literally Terminus Cave

    Complete with two Cells, one of which is in the place Zygarde would be, and four Orbs just like in XY.

    Wot ye playin’ at GameFreak?

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  363. Im curious, how do you guys rank Sun and Moon on difficulty scale and why you think so.
    Sun and Moon were easily one of the most diffcult game. I think it was difficult because all my pokemon were very slow or fragile, and any time I got confused it was game over for my pokemon because out of all times this whole game I hit through confusion 6 times, but the challenge was a nice change after Boring ORAS

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      • Same. Honestly I really appreciated the difficulty this time around. I found myself actually having a hard time against certain people and Pokemon and it was very welcome. Made it feel like I was actually in a world where there could be tough trainers rather than one where everyone is just going through the motions lol

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    • And another question I should chain to this. Who was the hardest trainer/Totem pokemon to beat? Mine was Guzma, I defintely lost to him every battle except 1 battle. Mimikyu was the hardest Totem, That ability and stupid Hypnosis Haunter Ally. I lost like 6 times

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    • the game was hard af. Like you said, many mons that i have were slow and fragile so it made the game even harder. And the bulky ones couldnt even 2hko

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    • It was pretty easy for me. The only battle I lost during the main game was the Champion battle, and I went into it with only Mudsdale and Oricorio not fainted and had no medicine left. I only used medicine outside of battle, too. Exp. Share off and finished it with levels 52-57. But it was definitely the most fun I’ve had with a game since Pearl. It was probably the best storyline too.

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    • I played with EXP share on and didn’t find it very difficult at all. Honestly I’d say it was the same difficulty as ORAS overall. Everything up to the E4 was incredibly easy. Some of the E4 were easy, some could be difficult, mainly due to confusion. Kukui was a little tough.
      Definitely harder than XY I’ll give it that much.

      I honestly don’t have any desire to play the game without some kind of EXP share. Yeh, I know it makes it easy, but I don’t have the patience to play without it being on.

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      • Well ok, just as long as you don’t complain about it being too easy because you do know why and how it can be helped. Lol

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        • Well I can complain that I want the old style EXP share back. I despise this new one, but I’m impatient and find switch training incredibly tedious…so I’m stuck having to keep it on the whole time.

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  365. One of the hardest Pokémon to hunt for on the Dex is… Mareanie! The damn thing only appears as an SOS to Corsola in two areas of the game and it has only 1% chance of finding much less it calling for help!!!!

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  374. So Necrozma’s signature move is a Hyper Beam clone

    You know who else had a Hyper Beam clone, introduced in Gen 4?

    Rhyperior

    SINNOH CONFIRMED!

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  376. So I just realised that it isn’t just Terminus Cave and Resolution Cave that are similar.

    Farthest Hollow has four ‘appendages’ (but three are shorter, one is much longer) and an elevated area opposite the entrance (but you can’t reach this elevation)

    Really hope at least the two caves are zola in Stars

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  377. In Pokemon you got
    Super competitive
    People who wanna try competitive
    People who play for fun
    My friend who fights me with a peck Decidueye
    (ALEX COME HITHER YOU MARVELOUS CREATURE

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  380. Trying to catch Necrozma in a beast ball because it fits despite having less success chance than a pokeball… I want to jump off a bridge

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  383. Do y’all think I should try to soft-reset my Tapu Lele to obtain one with Hidden Power Fire or not? Also should I use a Synchro Timid or Synchro Modest Abra when trying to catch it?

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  385. Catching all the Tapu in balls that suit their colour

    Koko-Ultra
    Lele-Heal
    Bulu-Nest
    Fini-Master

    Last one will be hardest :/

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  387. 44 hours and I’ve become the new Champion of Alola. Pokémon Moon is without a doubt the greatest experience I have had in 10 years of playing Pokémon, surpassing Black and White. The memorable characters, the amazing music, the significant challenge, the Island Challenge system, the extra modes, the awesome storyline, the feels, the lore, everything was almost flawless. Thank you to Gamefreak for a phenomenal title, one that gives me great hope for what is to come in future generations. <3

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  396. you know what I havent mentioned it yet but when jangmo-o was revealed I thought it was going to be a part fighting then the evolutions where shown and yeah I kinda feel dumb right now.

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  397. SO, can I be that guy real quick and just say that Battle Royal is hands down the worst feature ever added to a pokemon game? I feared it be nothing but bulky pokemon spamming earthquake…and lo and behold, that’s exactly what it was. I got into a match last night and two opponents sent out swamperts while the third sent out hippowdon. One swampert mega evolved and then all three used earthquake indiscriminately, only stopping to use yawn. The battle reached its high point when all three had put each other to sleep and I was unable to take advantage of it since I brought a bug/fighting type who could defend, but could lay into any of them.

    I finally beat the mode toady after trying countless times…only to get 2 BP.

    Oh, and also? Both triple and Rotation battles are gone now, replaced with this stupid mode. Also the battle tree isn’t any better. Almost two decades in and Game Freak hasn’t realized the severe disadvantage players have in the battle towers from not knowing the opponents’ team in advance. Both Stadium games did it, and the challenge was very fair.

    Then again, those games used actual balanced teams to oppose you rather than a sentient Skynet algorithm hell bent on wiping out humanity via frustration induced aneurysms.

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          • Yea? I mean. It’s legitimately supposed to be that hard. It’s not a flaw in the design. It forces you to learn how to design a team that isn’t a one trick pony and how to play against teams you have disadvantages against. It is not any conceivable way supposed to be winnable with one’s ragtag playthrough team.

          • That’s not the point. What I’m saying is that the game memorizes what you do and, unless you pack like 15 sets of pokemon to make strategies with, it will learn and beat them all. I have multiple horror stories of this. Give me a sec, I’ll type up a few quickly…

          • Ok. Well other than a team I looked up that abused AI for Triple Battles, I won all 50 battles in all Super modes in the Maison by putting together teams with strong, bulkyish mons that didn’t share many/any weaknesses and have quality coverage. *shrug emoticon*

          • I can’t win the Multi battle because my partner is an idiot. What do I do then? What’s the point of a multi battle if I’m carrying all of the weight and my partner randomly decides to use Will O Wisp on me? Every other viable partner combo I get has earthquake, which they spam and KO my team.

            This is not a good system.

          • 1: My Chansey, Gliscor, M-Kanga team. Relies on the first two using toxic and healing. A number of ways in, Taunt starts getting used against me so I switch to a completely different team of Suicune, Zapdos, and one other, can’t remember who.

            Suicune is a sleep talker and Zapdos is bulky, after a while they start sending out faster, harder hitting guys. So I switch back to Team A and t game IMMEDIATELY goes back to the Taunt users in response.

            2: This (Isn’t me)
            https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BXzu6mkwmFk

            3: My Mat block greninja. Allows my triple battle team to set up, so they start sending out aerodactyls and things that out run him to make my unable to use the move properly or just outright stop attacking the first turn and spam thunder wave.

            4: The game once lulled me into a false sense of security by sending out a bunch of grass types non stop as I was using Flamethrower. Then suddenly a Gogoat shows up with a -fire berry and rock slide to one shot my Noivern. It’s sole purpose was to kill that, because afterwards it put up no fight, but I still lost.

          • Everything your listing literally makes perfect sense. I don’t see how it’s unfair or too hard that they don’t just let you wipe the floor toxic stall teams. And why should the most challenging part of the game come at you with random ass teams with no synergy or strategy to beat your team?

          • As I said earlier, Stadium did it better. The teams there where tough and the challenge came from trying to figure out which of their pokemon where going to be used against you and plan accordingly. There’s always a cxhance to get it wrong and fail. Online fights use this exact same method.

            Imagine going online and winning a fight and then the game immediately puts you into gauntlet mode where you can’t switch who you picked or what order they are in, but every new opponent sent at you gets to see your team data, watch your previous fight and plan accordingly.

            Is that fair? Half the time, it feeling winning int the towers is way to luck based. As in, how many wins can I get before the game decides to put up a brick wall.

          • It’s not designed to be the same exact thing as online play. And I wouldn’t expect online play to work exactly like a battle facility. I personally like the way it utilizes teams that counter mine. Makes it harder. (Which is what everyone on here seems to want but I never hear of anyone playing the Maison/Tree) But you by no means have to get lucky or make 20 teams. I beat each one with 1 team. Sure I made other teams and they lost too consistently due to having a specific counter that would eventually pop up and end my run. But any time I did win, it was with the same team all 50 rounds in a row. And it was from learning how they were going to counter my team. And adjusting appropriately.

          • You know what, with all this ranting, memory is coming back to me now and I remember why I’m so bitter about this.

            I did beat every mode in the Maison using relatively the same team, except for singles because we weren’t built to do that. THAT’S when I learned about the Chansey, Gliscor, M-Kanga team and put them to use. They beat the single in 1 attempt; even the boss, which was the easiest fight.

            It’s the multi one that’s got me raging. I can’t beat it because, like I said, my partners are idiots and I have to plan around both them AND the enemy.

            To this day, I still can’t get that final trophy and my game’s at like 99% because of it.

            Now I’m mad about gen 7 because they got rid of triples and rotations, two modes that I found incredibly fun and strategic. In it’s place is the battle royal I complained about, which doesn’t plan against me in the same manner, just out right plays obnoxiously.

          • Have you looked up a YouTube team that has beaten XY Multi with an AI partner? That’s what I’d do at this point

          • Yeah, I’ll give that a try. It’s like, I want to finally finish the game. Caught everything in the national dex, bred 5IV guiys for my team, even got my shiny for that gen. I just…can’t beat this and it’s driving me crazy.

            Anyway, I’ll check that out later, gonna go eat.

            Good talking with you.

  398. Everyone is finding shinies and I’m just sitting here trying to beat the game lol I’m stuck here. I wanna start properly shiny hunting, but I already have all/most of the mons needed to complete the dex up on the bank. do I wait or try and complete the dex while I don’t have them? I still need to ebat the league, but Shiny hunting is in my blood lol

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  406. Lusamine totally just one upped Lysandre in the ‘weird get up during a rematch’ department by wearing an actual living creature damn

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  408. Starting to hate Mareanie been trying over for quite a while finally finds Corsola then its help never appears!!!!!!!! 🙁

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  415. i didnt realize XY postgame was so bad that i could jump immediately to competitve and shiny hunt. SM postgame is vast enough that i have many things to do before to start doing competitive

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    • Well I ignored UB/Tapus (for now) and I’m (finally, GOD!) at the Battle Tree with the IV checker, only now do I feel my competitive breeding is beginning…

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  416. It will be interesting to see how Lillie’s involvement with the player character continues in a potential Sun and Moon sequel. There is a possibility that she could completely disregard everything you and her went through in Sun and Moon, just like how Bianca and Cheren didn’t recall any memories with the player character from BW in Black/White 2. Or, in a first for the series, she could continue talking to the player as she did at the conclusion of Sun and Moon.

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  421. My grinding for the Pokemon League has basically become looking for Kommo-o in SOS battles with the Exp share on. It’s pretty easy when I have my Ninetails leading the battle lol

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  423. Alright Question time who are your top 10 favorite NPC’s of Pokémon? Mine are

    1. Lillie
    2. Wally
    3. Lana
    4. The Guy who teaches you to catch Pokémon in R/B/Y
    5. Jasmin
    6. Sophocles
    7. Chuck
    8. Shauntal
    9. Lorelei
    10. Roxie

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  426. Do we ever find out why some Ultra Beasts bear resemblance to particular characters (UB01 to Lillie, UB02 to Lusamine, etc). NO SPOILERS, a simple yes/no will do. 🙂

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  428. It’s like my team is weak to Guzma’s teams all the time. I haven’t lost, but it feels like he always has my number and takes out 2-3 Pokemon all the time… :p

    The only other time I have comparable levels of difficulty are the grass totem and the actual final boss before the credits.

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  429. I have grinded a pokemon from lv. 1 to 82 today. this is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay too long. gamefreak, if you are lurking (lol) please return to the other Exp. system! (or provide wild lv.100 blissey with memento as their only move)

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  431. yo, TigerMasku, if you read this, I gotta say, I feel totally bad man. I traded you a stufful with an adamant nature and ice punch as an egg move. you said “hey, have this vulpix” you never told me how much work you put into her, she’s a timid nature, with 5 perfect IV’s where it counts, and a hidden ability. I’m sorry my little stufful didn’t have nearly as much effort put into it. i’ll be using the vulpix (now a ninetails at lv.50, fully ev trained) in the tree. thanks, man!

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  433. Story spoilers ahead.. What I feel happened to certain characters post-game.

    A storm caused by a stirred Lugia caused a kanto-bound ship to be hit by a cyclone killing all aboard. As the officials searched the wreckage they stumbled upon a woman embracing a young girl in a protective manner.

    R.I.P Lillie

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  435. TBH, I’m bummed they got rid of Super Training for the pokepelago island that EV trains. It takes way longer that way. Like 15+ hours to get a fully EV trained pokemon. I liked super training cause I could keep them at level one and max their EV’s 🙁

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  443. Man it’s so weird. It says I joined Feb. 2016 even tho I’ve been here since 2013. Maybe I made a new account? But I don’t remember doing that. I definitely changed my name from CharizardKing to Pokemania88 but I don’t remember making a new account… I don’t know why I’m only writing this now.

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  446. Google is paying 97$ per hour! Work for few hours and have longer with friends & family! !mj75d:
    On tuesday I got a great new Land Rover Range Rover from having earned $8752 this last four weeks.. Its the most-financialy rewarding I’ve had.. It sounds unbelievable but you wont forgive yourself if you don’t check it
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  447. Laura Kate Dale has been blacklisted by Nintendo UK. So I think we can safely assume the leaks of Pokémon Stars, summer Zelda release and Pikmin 4 are true.

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    • Not as depressing as Pokemon on Disney XD and Sun & Moon’s dorky animation. Seriously, I grew up with Pokemon for as long as I remember. Someone tell StarStorm and EarthenWarrior to stop trolling!

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  452. Know what’s funny? Poison is a very slow type in most cases. In this gen, two of the fastest mons it it came from the poison type

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  453. Well another day of breeding Abras in hopes of getting the last natures
    Adamant
    Impish
    Careful
    Bold

    Then painstakingly hunting blobs…
    Then when I FINALLY get them I’ll go hunt down the last three Tapu

    I got pretty damn lucky that my first Bulu was Impish
    Then I’ll find the EV lowering berries

    And when I’m aaaaallll done with all of this I need to find a 5-6iv Ditto, because the Legend of Zelda bug is really hitting my Skyward Sword nerve and only Competitive breeding will cure

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  454. Okay so I know you guys are all playing SM right now (and I’m jealous), but this Saturday I’m FINALLY getting it too. My roster is ready, but I do need some help.
    1) If people trade me some mons, I’d need to breed them so they’re my OT. Do you get to the daycare soon enough to do this for 2 Pokemon?
    2) Is there anybody willing to trade me a Type: Null and a Drampa this Saturday/Sunday?

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  455. By Gen 8, I expect the shows animation to be fixed and back on Cartoon Network. Plus, I would also like to see Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures on Cartoon Network as well, (it is for those who could not afford Disney XD).

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  456. Breeding a Modest Pichu atm. I know Timid is better, but this one is just for playthrough so its fine imo. Took me a good 3 hours but meh

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    • I got Wally so I’m satisfied.. wouldn’t have hurt to dress the other characters to the part.. Cynthia and Wally stick out like sore thumbs

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    • 3D Falkner >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>3D Elesa

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  460. I think it would be really satisfying if N made a cameo in Stars referencing the events of BW and commenting on how Alola has really opened his eyes on the potential relationships between Pokémon and humans.

    And then he’s also in the Battle Tree.

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    • And AZ is there and we get more info about the war and he is in the battle tree

      And zinnia and we get more of her back story and she’s in the battle tree..

      I can only dream….

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      • Zinnia would be cool. AZ… I would like to be brushed under a rug unless he received quality time and development to actually explain more about him and his history.

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      • Omg that would be cool
        But sadly it might be Empoleon

        I’m still bummed we didn’t get any legit heavyweights
        Hariyama, Snorlax, Rhyperior, Golurk, Golem, Aggron

        But some I wanted to see Simisage and oddly Braviary

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          • I know it just came to me one day
            Technique
            Lots of aerial combat with a lot of maneuverability

            And it’s Burst Attack would be grabbing the opponent in his talons and flying them into the eye of a raging tempest and sky bombing them down with the power of its own slipstream

      • Same boat. The only real fighter game my friends ever play is Mortal Kombat. :p Otherwise I’d love to get into Pokken. I tried to get into Tatsunoko vs Capcom for the Wii but it was dull without friends.

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          • I’m a Smash Bros guy haha But that’s a party fighter. I just wanna play a real fighter that has fun, maybe some cartoony characters. But nope over-the-top, edgy MK is what my friends eat up.

          • Don’t you DARE say Smash Bros. is a party fighter
            That kinda talk WILL get you knifed

            People Smash so hard would wouldn’t believe it, follow every character buff and nerf and so on

          • Haha no, I’m more than aware of the competitive scene. But by it’s very nature the controls and style of play are vast, vastly different than any other competitive fighter. I label Smash and clones party fighters. Not to insinuate that there isn’t a competitive side. But because I like to label things into genres and I refuse to put it under the same label in my head as Tekken, MK, SC, etc.

  468. I’m so frustrated with Rockruff right now, I’ve done 3 different chains where I ran out of PP and leppa berries and it’s shiny still eludes me.

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  471. “Libraries are the places in which time periods and realities converge”-random woman in the Canalave library. I know it’s just coincidential bias but I like how this lowkey fits with sun and moon (minus the library part lol)

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  472. So I’ve noticed there’s always one geyser with bubbles in the melemele sea. It’s the one right near the cave that you can’t access without sharpedo. So you can fish it, and then break through those rocks right there, enter the cave, come back out and it should be bubbling again. Has worked for me everytime

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  473. Time to WT two boxes of Abra (and to be an even bigger scumbag I took the liberty to take out the good natures so I can mass breed and sell)

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  474. So, what Pokémon do you guys think has-been the most most popular for in game teams this Gen, sans starters?

    I’d say Salazzle, bitch is everywhere (and I love it)

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  475. Speaking of Salandit I just got 3 in a row off WT
    Which is fine because I’ll need only for competitive if and when I get a 6iv ditto

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  476. aurora Veil + Fluffy + Assault Vest + Max HP EV = “Hey,do you like being immortal?” here’s hoping bewear gets drain punch from tutors next game!

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          • I’m in the tree right now, so I’m not sure, but I did survive a arcanine burnout. but fluffy makes bewear neutral to physical fire moves, and with the veil up, who knows, maybe, but darmanitan is stupid powerful!

          • Oh yeah it is
            I run him on my Fire Mono
            So STAB Flare Blitz + Sheer Force + Adamant + SUNLIGHT with a Scarf giving him a mostly solid priority
            anything that isn’t 100% Fireproof will die

      • but it lacks any sort of recovery. mine has a nice moveset, but i’d get rid of the stronger hammer arm for drain punch’s recovery any day.

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  480. For people who’ve levelled up Isles Evelup and Avue: do they get any better or just bigger? Upgrading the Berry island also increases harvest

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  485. I have been playing the game for 94 hours and 42 minutes. I am curious to know who played more than me. I can guess Dazzling and Earthen played more.

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  487. After having an idea that maybe for some reason having repels on may be effecting it (Which it shouldn’t but you know I was trying everything), the last 2 cells appeared.
    I dunno if it’s on purpose, but I guess they’re easier to find without repels?
    Anyway I have 100% now.
    My next question is, how do we change Solgeleos and Lunalas form?

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    • 1) Repel shouldn’t effect it at all, they’re always there regardless, only factor is day/night

      2) They’re not forms, it’s just an evolution line.

      Cosmog > Level 43 > Cosmoem > Level 53 > Solgaleo (Sun) or Lunala (Moon)

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      • 1) It shouldn’t, but with them on they didn’t appear, and with them off, they did. I’m saying it’s some kinda glitch, as I’d already checked there both day and night for both, several times, as I already stated.

        2) I know that, I’m not an idiot. I mean Radiant Sun Solgaleo and Full Moon Lunala. When I said forms I meant Forms.

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    • Can’t say much about the Zygarde thing other than you have a lot of patience collecting them all. I know how completely broken Zyagrde Complete is from using it on Showdown.

      Solgaleo and Lunala don’t really have formes that you can change.
      The forms mentioned, Radiant Sun and Full Moon, are just aesthetic changes that occur when you use their signature moves.

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    • “Depending on the level of the island, the Pokémon gets 1, 2 or 4 EVs respectively every play session, so at Level 3, 4 every 30 minutes meaning to get 252 you’d need to have 63 sessions lasting 31 and a half hours. Poké Beans will speed this up so that the play sessions only last 15 minutes per session.” Serebii

      Level up the island to lvl 3 before trying to train you Pokemon. If you are at lvl 3 already you can put 3 groups of 6 Pokemons to train at the same time.
      Put a Pokemon and select a drink for it, HP for example and keep it there for 63 sessions 63*4=252. After 31 hours or 15 using pokebeans, Pokemons will have 252 EV in the desired stat.

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  508. What’s your guys’s favorite theme in Sun and Moon? In all honesty, the music didn’t quite stand out to me the way I expected it to (played with headphones,) but my favorite themes have to be Malie City (day) and Seafolk Village (day).

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  516. So this Gen has made me hate

    Magikarp (any fishing).
    Mudsbray (Eevee, Turtonator and Togedemaru hunting)
    Wild Ribombee (Oricorio hunting)

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    • All three will be UU at best

      The only thing Primarina has over Tapu Fini is the ability to spam Scald

      Incineroar is too frail and has a bad move pool

      Deci has a strong chance of getting murdered before coming in

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  523. Damn it the first Female Salandit is nearly perfect but missing speed
    I would’ve taken any missing Hp, def or Sp def no questions

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  530. I know it’s kinda early, but there’s two routes a potential sequel could go:
    – A continuation to Sun and Moon, where all of the characters remember you. This is opposite to Black and White 2, but would present some challenges. If the NPCs did remember you, then it would be useless to partake in the Island Challenge or battle the Elite 4 again, unless there is a major overhaul (pertaining to the empty lots found around Alola, perhaps).
    – A sequel involving a different protagonist where we are able to observe changes in the region, more akin to Black and White 2. This may involve Mina having an actual trial, some Trial Captains perhaps being replaced (since they reached the age of 20), a new villainous team, the return of Lillie and Lusamine, etc. Team Skull may even return to help people as Team Reskull, something hinted at by one of the former members during the postgame.

    What would you guys prefer? I feel like the latter would allow for some of those holes within Sun and Moon to be patched, especially certain landmarks that felt useless (hotels, Mt. Lanakila) and certain trainers being underdeveloped (Mina, Kahili). However, having a direct sequel where everyone remembers you would be a nice touch, especially considering the cozy feeling of Alola as a whole. Thoughts?

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    • I prefer where the game is actually 40% cheaper if you bought S/M, as they have you transferring your S/M account there to continue it off.

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      • Idea on Pokemon Eclipse/Stars;
        (It’ll be 3ds and Switch for people who don’t want to be forced to buy a new console JUST for it)
        It’ll been only about 1 month since the events of Sun and Moon, and by now Lillie returns. Instead of being given a starter, you’ll have the option to use the Pokemon from the prequel, and yes, this time any Pokemon until lvl 100 are usable if you register your previous game.

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  535. So to get the IV rater you need to get pretty far into the battle tree
    But to get far in the battle tree you’d likely need some good IV pokemon
    But to get good IV pokemon you have to have the destiny knot
    But to get the destiny knot you have to get far into the battle tree
    But to get far in the battle tree you’d likely need good IV pokemon

    And the cycle continues…

    Why is the destiny knot 48 BP!?!?!

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  542. Just beat the game officially now. Gotta say Sun and Moon are officially my favorite games period.They have a compelling story, great animation, awesome characters/character arcs, and over all the entire region an Pokemon were super enjoyably! Definitely can’t wait for Stars as it’ll only further such a great cast!!! Now to go on and subjugate the rest of the regions gods lol

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  548. I think James should get a Mareanie and Jessie should get a Salandit in the anime. They fit well in terms of the themes of past Pokémon they’ve had imo. Along with Bewear and Mimikyu they’d have a pretty solid team.

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  552. So let’s be real here. Stars is gonna be a game with both Kanto and Alola in it and Lillie will be a Champion of one of them or be a super powerful trainer in general that we’ll face yes? hahaha

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      • As bad as it is I think they’ve given up on Kalos. It could have been a great region and in general design it is, but the over world in game is so bland and there’s so much empty space that they totally dropped the ball with it.

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          • Alola is probably my favorite region. Not only does it make me think of going on vacation, but it’s so vibrant and beautiful. While most regions have their own little things about them Alola certainly does stand out. lol

    • Man that whole scene was great. I loved the adventure you and Lillie go on as just the two of you. It made things so personal and if they had made the other characters been along for the ride it would have felt over crowded and might have cheapened the experience. lol

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        • Well Gladion is great don’t get me wrong, but I’m glad he went off to do his own thing. It made it even more special for the next time you face him. In which he is super badass lol

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          • Gotta admit I actually liked Hau a lot. He was way more dynamic than you’d think. His character depth was pretty good. On the outside super happy and outgoing, but on the inside yearning for a more fulfilling life that makes him feel like he’s doing something worthwhile. I like that a lot. Plus he wasn’t annoying in every scene. He made his point when he needed to, but in the end it was obvious that he saw that there were bigger things happening around him and he tried to take a step back and help when needed. Totally different from someone say, Hugh from BW2, who was constantly complaining and never really learned a lesson even tho there was crap happening to a bunch of people all around him.

  556. I’m feeling the hax already. I’ve had salazzle out in battle for a few turns, and as soon as I decide to use my Z move the dugtio uses dig.

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  560. So, having played the full game and having had time to reflect upon it, here’s my rating for pokemon sun and moon.
    9.7/10
    Absolutely amazing games, but not without a few (not many) noticable flaws. Overall one of the best pokemon experiences I’ve ever had.
    —————–
    And here’s my ranking of my top three favorite iterations:
    3. Platinum
    2. Sun/Moon
    1. HGSS

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    • 10/10 One of the best 3DS games ever made.

      3.Black and White
      2.Sun and Moon
      1.HGSS (ok like Sun and Moon are the better games but I’m really holding onto nostalgia here 😛 )

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    • A solid 9.3/10 for me. While there is SO much the games did well, there are just a bunch of things I wish were done differently. Frame rate was an issue for me, and the postgame content just doesn’t quite cut it. I also wish that some areas were better developed, especially Mt. Lanakila and the hotels. While this isn’t so much of a flaw, I felt such a connection with all of the characters that I wish there was MORE, especially in terms of Team Skull. Then there’s my smaller flaws, like the fact that Mega Stones have to be bought, cutscenes got in the way sometimes, and the first few hours of the game felt like NPCs were holding your hand constantly. Don’t get me wrong, these games are phenomenal, but some room for improvement of course.

      Top three games overall:
      3. Pokemon Emerald
      2. Pokemon Black/White
      1. Pokemon Sun/Moon

      In my opinion, Sun and Moon delivered the best region, the best Gym system, best characters, best plot, best music, best base challenge, best additional features, not to mention the best balance between fun and emotions.

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  562. Something unrelated that came to me today: it’s extremely ironic that I feel more comfortable and safe when I’m completely anonymous on the internet and becoming friends with absolue strangers than I do around people who I know well and have every reason to trust.

    TBH I never gave it that much thought.
    Now back to pokemon.

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    • Anonymity provides a level of personal protection, you are able to feel less judged when not having to face others which can make it much easier to be open.

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      • I know that all too well. I feel like I can just be myself around here, but when I’m doing actual social things, I feel all restrained and stuff, like I’m holding part of myself back for some reason.

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        • It’s fear of repercussion of someone you care about and have to face in reality. Here you could leave any time and never have to speak to anyone again very easily if you wanted to. The only real problem is being able to convey what you mean efficiently and in a way everyone can understand all the time. Without many of the expressions speech and visual contact provide. Even with emoticons, gifs, memes etc this can be hard.

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    • I spent all of my money on the DPPt soundtrack. It was good at the time, but now I’m regretting it lol.

      There’s always youtube for me.

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  569. I can’t believe it took me 68 hours to beat Sun! Never have I gone much more over 30 hours let alone two times that! I had a blast!! Now it’s time to do all the stuff I typically do in the post game of Pokemon. time to catch the “legendary” Pokemon and shiny hunt!!! lol

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  572. Raise your hand if the pokemon strolling back and forth on the left side of isle abeens bothers you when you’re trying to pick up beans.

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  576. Well I have the perfect Pokepalageo
    Each of the facilities are absolutely perfect,

    Now I can stockpile the good beans to try and motivate my slaves errr beloved to get better things to appease their mighty and merciless Overlord

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  583. Is this a good moveset for Ribombee?
    Dazzling Gleam
    Pollen Puff
    Psychic
    Quiver Dance

    Also I’m pissed that Moonblast is an egg move for it and it doesn’t learn it through level up

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  584. For those who think the ruins are tough to navigate: follow the rock piles. They each have a different number of rocks, and the order you go in is 2 3 1 4.

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  587. So I’m watching the first two episodes of the Sun and Moon show, but in English this time. It’s actually not bad. I’m not sure about Kukui’s voice, but the rest aren’t too bad. Ash is still Ash so it’s not like his voice changed or anything. Kiawe and Mallows voices are pretty great tho! lol

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  590. I’m really looking forward to seeing all of the official art of the new characters we got in the game. I love Nanu and Mina so much!!! lol

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  597. So I have a conundrum. I was planning on playing through Moon after Sun, but now I feel like the story is so special and the characters are so unique that I can’t bring myself to do it. My problem is with the version exclusives. I can get Oranguru, other starters, and even Lunala by trading Littens and my extra Solgaleo, but getting UB -02 Beauty is gonna be a pain. I doubt anyone is gonna want to trade one for keeps.

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  605. dear lord, Cynthia’s mega lucario utterly destroyed me.
    Turn 1: (I didn’t want to send in xurkitree, it has an air balloon I was saving for garchomp) mega evolve, bullet punch my ninetails (shoulda gave it a focus sash, but I was execting a mega garchomp if anything) OHKO.
    turn 2: I send out Bewear to replace. close combat, Crit, OHKO on bewear.
    turn 3: send out Xurkitree, Lucario OHKOs with close combat..
    -_-;
    vs wally: Sends out Altaria. I send out ninetails. blizzard OHKOs it.
    turn 2: Wally sends out gallade, I set up aroura veil, he uses psycho cut for next to no damage
    turns proceeed, I take it out with 2 moonblasts.
    Wally sends out Garchomp (Like, WTF? wally didn’t use a garchomp!) Mega Evolves(let alone a mega garchomp, that should be cynthias!)…. gets OHKO’d by blizzard.

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  608. Z-Parting Shot and Z-Memento are now banned from Battle Spot.

    No, no it’s not overpowered. There’s a glitch where one or both players will disconnect when either move is used.

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  609. How slow can I be? I just realised that Ash in the new anime, is wearing the same clothes as the main protagonist from Sun and Moon

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  610. Anyone else think that Ryuki is going to show up in the next Gen as a Gym Leader (or counterpart), Elite Four or Champion (plz no we already have two Dragon champs)

    Like he just feels so randomly inserted I feel like he could be foreshadowing for the next Gen like the Strange Souvenir

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  612. well no ones here. i’ll just go ahead and blow your minds anyways.
    –
    DO YOU LIKE PREMIER BALLS?!? OF COURSE YOU DO, YOU AREN’T F*(&1?< STUPID!!!!! I'M GOING TO TELL YOU HOW TO GET AN INFINITE AMOUNT OF THEM FOR FREE!!!!!!!!!
    –
    STEP 1: GO TO THE THRIFTY MEGAMART, YOU KNOW, THE ONE THAT KNOWS HOW TOTALLY BOSS YOU ARE AND GIVES YOU A 50% OFF COUPON.
    –
    STEP 2: BUY 10 POKE'BALLS. THE LADY AT THE COUNTER WILL THINK YOU ARE SUPER HOT AND GIVE YOU A PREMIER BALL FOR FREE, AND YOUR COUPON WILL CUT THE COST OF THE POKEBALLS DOWN TO $1,000!!!!!!!
    –
    STEP 3: REPEAT UNTIL YOU THINK YOU HAVE THE BALLS YOU NEED TO CONTINUE ON IN LIFE!!!!!!!!!!!!
    –
    STEP 4: SELL THOSE POKE'BALLS!!!! POKE'BALLS ARE FOR P*SSIES, AND YOU DONT NEED 'EM! SINCE YOU GOT 50% OFF ON THEM, YOU WILL MAKE ALL YOUR MONEY BACK, AND KEEP THE AWESOME LOOKING PREMIER BALLS!!!!!!!!!
    –
    you're welcome! 🙂 (I should totally get into marketing)

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    • Well good thing I got over Premier Balls. They used to be my favorites in Gen 4-5, replaced by Dusk in Gen 6 and Timer in Gen 7.

      Ironically, XY is when we could buy them directly and we had boatloads of disposable income…

      Also, oh yeah, you should totally get into marketing!

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  618. Morning jerkholes
    So the whole Wondertrade scene is totally being flooded with Abras, all morning I must’ve gotten at least 7 Abras all with reject natures

    Speaking of Wondertrading, have any of you (and honestly answer) have any of you been hesitant to trade near perfect leftovers on WT?

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  620. I have a theory why Pom Pom Oricorio lost half of its feathers;

    One day it was a regular yellow feathered bird flying in the air. Suddenly a large Thunder hit it1 Half of its body dissipated into naked land,a nd its wings puffed up. Oricorio fell to its doom and died.

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      • Boring
        The whole triple starter thing is just way overplayed at this point and not to mention just plain overpowered
        Alakazam boring,
        Lycanroc though popular to me is a little too popular since everyone had one at one point
        And a Zygarde is just…who runs legends on a main story team it just really ruins the flow

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    • Eh….seems a bit bland if you ask me, i mean the starters are great, but Lycanroc is the most boring Gen 7 Pokemon, Alakazam isn’t even Gen 7, and 50% Zygarde’s not that good anymore. But I respect your opinion so whatever you like I approve.

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    • Well if this is your playthrough team there will be some resetting involved so you’ll get a female starter… then you breed that and trade it for the remaining 2. Also you’ll need to defeat the first trial and first grand trial with 2 Pokemon so you’ll probably have to get subs. Finally, it’ll be a while before you can assemble even 10% zigs…

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  624. This poor Dragonite….it tried to use Thunder twice on me, but my pampered Primarina kept on dodging it XD it killed Dragonite without letting it touch it.

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  625. Is it just me but does EVERYONE use Toucannon on their team? I honestly never put it on my team and really focused on unique options like Araquanid, Salazzle.

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  629. Want an interesting option? Try Togedemaru!
    It gets an easy flinch to play with, spiky shield, and fell stinger for dose sweeps

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  630. Gotta pick Zekrom. I played White, and at first I thought it was ugly, but it really grew on me. I decided mine was female and named her Yin, and she was part of my team from then on.

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  636. You get a Bottle Cap from Mina if you beat her the 2nd time, for those who are looking for them and didn’t knew this yet.

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      • After you beat her during the UB quest and completed it too, she’s in Poni Gauntlet where you can battle her again.

        She has the same team but her Ribombee now has the Fairy type Z-move. You can battle her once a day if I’m not mistaken

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  639. Google is paying 97$ per hour! Work for few hours and have longer with friends & family! !mj371d:
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    !mj371d:
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