Things We Didn’t Like About Sun & Moon

Easily one of the best entries in the series, if not, arguably the best, Pokémon Sun & Moon has taken players by storm. And with only a month since its initial release it’s already broken sale records and danced its way into our hearts – but no game is perfect. Here are some things we didn’t like about our adventure through Alola.

 

The Rotom Pokedéx

Revealed as one of the first huge, new features of Gen VII in the early days of Sun & Moon’s prerelease the Rotom ‘Dex promised to give personality and new features to the age old Pokedéx. Instead we got an annoying, forgettable talking bottom screen whose dialogue was never really welcome or something we looked forward to. In terms of new features, it did give us useful pin point directions through the main story line and the Poké Finder (more on that later), but once you became the Champion Rotom didn’t serve any use other than giving very meaningless, repetitive commentary as your completed the Alola ‘Dex. And it’s completely baffling that they never made this new Rotom Form catchable and useable in battle. Overall, the Rotom Pokedéx was a fantastic idea to breathe life into such an old, unchanged device in the game, but its personality is much more suited for the anime where it’s a fully realized character, and for merchandise where it can remain as a mute, cute ‘mon to look at.

New Pokémon’s Low Encounter Rates

Pokémon Sun & Moon have some of the lowest and most exclusive encounter rates and locations for any Pokémon games released so far – being as low as 1% and 10% in only one place in some cases. For hardcore players, such as most of the people reading this, these low encounter rates are a welcome challenge and make completing the Pokedéx a little more fun and worthwhile. But for a lot of casual, younger players, its very, very easy to make it through the whole game without encountering a lot of Pokémon in the wild – even if you put in the effort to go and look for them specifically. Even though the Pokedéx is specific to what patch of grass you can find them in, it does not specify some special conditions, the inclusion of SOS Battles and other new encounter methods – making it hard not to rely on third party Pokedéxes to catch ‘em all. I can’t be the only one who spent a good hour just trying to find a Mimikyu, right?

Protagonists Being Numb to Everything

Chock full of several twists and turns, Sun & Moon had one of the best plot lines in the 20 years of the franchise. Encountering Ultra Beasts, meeting characters from games past, dealing with the Aether Foundation; as the story progressed we were left with face cracks of the centuries with each step we took into Alola – so why didn’t our in-game avatar react the same way? With very, very few exceptions the protagonist had the same aloof smile while everything was happening – no matter how sad, how dire, and how intense the situation was – Despite other characters around us having plenty of emotion and proper reactions. And, honestly, it was hard at times to focus on what was happening and to take things seriously when we had such a goofy, empty smile all the while. With Gen VII giving the most personal customization yet, even down to being able to choose the style in which you throw your Pokéball, it comes as a shock that Game Freak didn’t give our protagonist the ability to react to situations accordingly. Yes, Pokémon is famous for having a silent protagonist, but Red’s emotionless reaction to everything reads a bit better than an empty smile.

The Poké Finder

Another feature hyped for during the pre-release of Sun & Moon, the Poke Finder was marketed as one of the new aspects that came with the Rotom Pokedéx, and much like the Rotom ‘Dex it failed to dazzle fans. What most hoped would be a love letter to Pokémon Snap, turned into a very shallow, rather useless feature of the game. With the Poke Finder only working in a select few, pre-determined spots, the Pokémon and their poses being limited and repetitive, and no way to share the photos with other players, this in-game feature seems pretty useless. The only reason we’re still even bothering with it is to get that stamp on our trainer passport – and believe us, we’re just as unhappy with the amount of time we need to pour into it just to get it. All things considered, the Poké Finder was another great idea, but a poorly executed one.

General Lack of 3D and Touch Screen Use

Despite being on the Nintendo 3DS, 3D was completely removed in-game other than when firing up the Poke Finder (ironically, paired with its gyroscope capabilities, it’s quite possibly the worst place to enable 3D). Although several complaints about 3D causing slow down during battles specifically arose in Generation VI, and it never truly being well implemented in previous generations overall; its surprising 3D wasn’t utilized during important cut scenes at the very least. And, honestly, it’s a bit disappointing that Game Freak didn’t try to improve upon it, and instead decided to just remove the feature all together. One of the coolest features the 3DS has to offer is the 3D slider being so accessible and easy to use – letting you decide whether or not you want to enable the 3D. Some people don’t like it, some do, but just having the option is nice. And on a somewhat related note, Sun & Moon is a game that can almost completely be played using the top screen. Rarely is the bottom screen used and completely necessary…but perhaps that was intentional? Despite being a gorgeous game that pushed the system to the limits, Game Freak didn’t make the best use of the two defining factors and selling points of the 3DS.

Removal of Amazing Features From Past Generations

Sun & Moon took several leaps and bounds forward, but in the process of adding new features and expanding upon older ones, it seems like we’ve taken a step backwards in some areas. Horde Battles, although not a huge loss, was a fun and new battle style that provided a new challenge as well as an easier way to manually EV train and hunt shinies: however once entering Alola we found it completely removed. Moreover, the convenience of the DexNav, the PSS and Super Training is completely null and void now. Gone are the days of being able to easily tell if you’ve caught all Pokémon in the area with one glance – now you have to search the Pokedéx entry by entry to see if you caught ‘em all. Gone are the days of centralized EV training with Super Training – now you have to use in game currency across several different platforms to make your ‘mons the best. And gone are the days of being able to battle, trade and connect with other players with a single touch in the PSS, now we have to traverse through the awkward and troublesome Festival Plaza. And although the end result of all these axed features are still available by other means, how we went from everything being so seamless and convenient to clunky and complicated is beyond us.

No Side Quest Tracker

Despite being a staple in most RPGs, our quest through Alola really marked the first time in Pokémon where several NPCs gave us little side quests that spawned rewards if completed. A lot of these quests were as simple as catching a Pokémon and showing it to the NPC, and the money reward was definitely worthwhile, but as we traversed through the story some quests were left incomplete for a number of reasons. Now well into the post game, I have a desire to complete all the in-game trades and Pokedéx quests, but with no formal tracker I’ve forgotten where all these NPCs are, and what the actual quest was – once again making us rely on third party information hubs to figure it all out.

 

Despite these faults, Pokémon Sun & Moon’s wondrous region, story, characters, Pokémon and new features seem to completely eclipse any negative thoughts we may have about the latest entry in the series. What are some things that you found you didn’t like about Pokémon Sun & Moon and hope to see in the rumored Pokémon Stars?

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4,195 thoughts on “Things We Didn’t Like About Sun & Moon”

  1. 1) Rotom Dex is very cool although I wish he didn’t exist in the anime and wasn’t too sentient.
    2) I got a lvl 100 Mimikyu from a generous man so I have no idea what you’re talking about.
    3) Too expensive
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  2. I have to agree on the low rates of new pokemon, very tedious even with bubbles Dhelmise was 10% while Magikarp was 50% still a big gap.

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  3. I was looking for shiny pichu. First 255 chain nothing. Second time I found a shiny at perfect 255…It’s Happiny. Why?????
    It has a neutral nature and 31ivs in Hp/Def/Sp.Def/Attack. I think I will make an Eviolite Chansey.
    I knew since the beginning that I’ve have found a 10% Happiny rather then a 90% Pichu/Pikachu. I’m only lucky when I don’t have too…

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  4. I hate that Sun and Moon Don’t have the National Dex

    I hate that the ultra beast mission were post game. And very easy!

    I still miss the gym badges. Trials are cool, But I miss the gym leaders and badges.

    I hate that there is a lot of water, but little places to surf on. Why can’t you surf from island to island?

    I hate it that you can’t fish anywhere you want.

    I hate that mega evolution didn’t get a big role in the game.

    I miss soaring in the sky!

    I Don’t get it why alolan forms are only gen 1 pokemon

    I think it is stupid that the island Guardians Don’t play a big role. And you all have to catch m post game.

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  5. I really hope that you guys make a positive article about sun and moon because so far there have been two overwhelmingly negative articles but I don’t recall seeing one that touched on any positive experiences with the game, but correct me if I’m wrong.

    Also I found mimikyu pretty easy to find, as was comfey, but passminion gave me some trouble finding

    I find it awesome that some of the new pokemon are so hard to find because it makes getting them that much more rewarding, and there will be little kids who marvel at finding one.

    And Rotom dex was both cute and charming, I love every piece of dialogue it has given me. Honestly I would have probably enjoyed this article more if it had been coupled with things you did like in the game as well… there is already so much negativity in this world, why do we always focus on that instead of bringing up the positives and what games could do better as opposed to what they do wrong. I will never understand…

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  6. Rotom Dex: I think the main thing I dislike about it is that it replaces much more useful bottom screen functions from XY and ORAS (namelly PSS and Dex Nav). The mini map was definitely good in-game but I agree it becomes useless Post-Game.

    Low Encounter Rates: This was another thing made using only Alola Pokemon very difficult. Especially ones that you liked pre released only to discover they were near impossible to find through conventional means.

    Facial Expressions: Agree that it was very annoying having that blank expression when all hell was breaking loose.

    Pokefinder: Can’t comment, I used it whenever I found a spot where I could. It just a mini-game in my opinion.

    Touchscreen: Again mainly to do with removal of features in place of the Rotom Dex.

    Side Quest Tracker: Would definilty be usefull to keep track of what’s been done but not a big deal I’m my opinion.

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    • A few more things that I could add would be lack of good leveling up spots post-game.

      SOS being slightly inferior to Hordes (imo) and lack of Friend Safari.

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    • Personally I think it’s good to discuss the negative as much as discussing the positive.

      I like to sit back and think about things that could have been slightly better. After the initial hype of the games, articles liked these put things back into perspective. At least in my opinion.

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          • no it wasn’t, I’m sorry fairy but even in this community when XY came out they were loved. People only started to come down slightly from that a few months after it came out. Its a bad cycle that needs to end, but a cycle none the less.

          • Really? I saw scorn for it on the majority of other places, it’s not like the jungle is the only pokemon community on the web >_>

          • were you on the cess pool that is IGN? because they hate everything… but no, everywhere you looked for a few months after XY they were loved, heck I even worked in electronics at the time and we couldnt keep the games on the shelves

          • Lol no

            It was immediately pointed out many places for its lackluster story, ridiculous easiness, and terrible characters

          • clearly we ran in different circles because I hadn’t seen or heard a negative thing about it until at least 6-7 months after…

            But honestly, XY were great. S/M were awesome until I beat the game the first time but after that I went back and restarted X and Oras, to which I prefer both the look and the gameplay. But S/M are still really great

        • It would be if we were to discuss the negative points and say what we liked and disliked about them. And what could be improved.
          I think the article was meant to initiate discussion…

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        • How? He could’ve said, “things that SUCK about Sun and Moon.” I think it was respectful and good critical feedback. I would’ve gone farther, there are a few other large flaws.

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          • because the entire article was based on the negatives, and that doesnt fly with me, if you only focus on the negatives that is all anyone is going to see and if you keep focusing on them enough all the positives get filtered out until we’re left with the XY effect. Everyone loved XY when they first came out, even if they don’t remember it (i remember) and then the community slowly over time only focused on the negative aspects of the game, while all the positives got thrown aside by the community and made it what it is today. There is a way to discuss negatives, but you cant turn your entire focus on them because todays society embraces negatives much more than positives and it ruins the experience for everyone

          • The positives far outweigh the negatives, so it doesn’t really matter. But S/M will never turn into X&Y, because it is better in nearly every aspect..

          • ….oh but it will… in due time, just you watch… I remember when XY was loved on this community specifically… now look at what has happened

          • I never loved X&Y. No post game, bad starters. It was off to a bad start even before it released. Playing through the weak story just confirmed it.

          • I liked Chespin and Goodra….. ANd Noivern and Dragalge and …. wait was there any other good mons in that besides Greninja?

          • Or, or:

            People realised XY aren’t that good in their own opinions and people are capable of forming their own opinions

    • How are talking about things you don’t like that can be improved on considered as being “negative”. Have a seat please and let people voice their opinions

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  7. I perfectly agree with all these (except rotom dex it doesnt bother me really). There also some more things I dont like not listed like severe like of leveling pokemon post game. Also guys who dont like negative articles, everything has negatives. Talking about negatives is something that should and has to happen. It’s true reviewing

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    • ‘RotoDex never bothered me anyway’

      But I completely agree, it’s important to acknowledge everything is flawed

      If anything it makes you appreciate the positives in life more

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    • Either that, or they just felt that their’s no reason to force features into the bottom screen that aren’t needed, kind of like a lot fo dev’s eventually did with the wii’s motion controls and the Wii U game pad. If its not needed, non reason to force it in.

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  8. In terms of story, the games are good. In everything else, specially when it comes to practical things, the Gen VI games were so much better. These games are annoying af.

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  9. What I didn’t like:
    1) Alolan Forms. A few are good, but some of them just suck. Also, I don’t like that they’re all Kanto
    2) No good place to level up. Maybe Blissey bases were an unintentional feature of ORAS, but there was still O-powers and the level release.
    3) More options for EV training. The pokepelago island isn’t bad, but unless you have time to kill it’s a pain. Would’ve been nice to see super training come back. Don’t think it would’ve been hard to also include it.
    4) Bottlecaps not transferring IVs when breeding >:I
    5) Not enough new pokes. Too many old ones overshadowing the new (largely due to low encounter rates)
    6) No soar or dive pokerides. Seems unimportant but would’ve made alola even more gorgeous
    7) One lucky egg and no free destiny knot? Lame. Super lame.
    8) No national dex. There are 32 boxes so the game can definitely hold them…why can we register them too? I mean I’m very glad it’s easier to get the shiny charm, but where’s the reward for those of us that take the time to catch ’em all??

    These are my main complaints. It’s not a perfect game and I’m just being critical because I like it so much. The positives definitely outweigh all of these criticisms.

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    • 1) I personally like most more than the originals
      2) Yeah… this was bad
      3) Yeah I kinda agree but I like PokePelago since I have school
      4) Yeaaaah
      5) I dont mind this at all really. We have 800+ at this point
      6) Yeah that would’ve been nice
      7) Why do you need more than one?
      8) Why does it really matter if we dont have a national dex? It can be updated in with pokebank

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      • Well more than one lucky egg is nice so you don’t have to keep moving it around between party members when grinding. It’s a very minor complaint, but it could’ve been a pelipper hold item again at least. I guess the national dex isn’t a huge deal, it just doesn’t make sense in terms of continuity. Is kukui that incompetent that he can’t upgrade it for us like the past 5 professors?

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  10. *Cracks knuckles* My powers are needed STAND BACK EVERYONE!!!

    -First of all once again a short Pokedex, with gimmicks in place to substitute bigger dexs aka Alola forms and Z-moves (don’t deny it you know they did it to avoid making new pokemon when its easy to reskin existing pokemon and write it off as a “Celebration to the 20th anneversity”)

    -Next i honestly thought the story was EXTREMELY half-assed, they had so much potential but in the end it boiled down to very tiring cliches. they completely threw the whole Ultra beast concept in the toilet they barely had anything involving their impact and destruction just a cheesy cutscene and a single UB fight they were jerking us off with the ideas of Ultra Beasts attacking and stopped halfway leaving half a erection, leaving a major disappointment

    -Team Skull though very amusing they really do anything bigger than hold up Po Town that part i liked but that was the highest point of their involvement hell

    -Ultra Space and Ultra Lusamine, NOTHING BUT EYE CANDY, They had immense Potential for a seconday Ultra Space realm where you’d navigate a bizzare world to find Guzma and Lusamine and when we got there nothing but a short strolling cutscene and a sub decent boss fight WHICH BY THE WAY didn’t even have a Nilhilego on Her team which was A TOTAL BS moment since She had only 5 Pokemon and should’ve had one on there was no reason for it not to other than sheer laziness

    – Nearly every Pokemon is competitively weak, seriously nearly all the starters have very poor stats and movepools and only like a small handful pokemon make the cut on a decent team without serious set up and carrying

    -Hyper training, They dangled this miracle service over our heads thinking it would be extremely helpful and only to find out that the currency costs a lot of time and effort to accumulate not to mention having to be level 100 is a major pain in the arse to do, AND THE SHEER FACT THAT YOU CANNOT PASS DOWN SAID HYPER TRAINING IVS IS ABSOLUTELY STUPID, THEY COULD’VE DEALT A MIGHTY BLOW THAT IS THE WORLD WIDE RELIANCE ON HACKING FLAWLESS DITTO BUT THEY SPAT UPON OUR DREAMS

    -Alola Forms, At first i accepted and enjoyed the aspect of pokemon living in such a closed and varied environment causes changes. but that changed when they started just making them change based on effects that could’ve been done anywhere IE Meowth being raised by royalty, grimer eating waste products, Geodude and Raichu didn’t even get a proper reasoning since Alolan Geodude do not mention how they squired the magnetic properties while they blatantly said fuck it to Raichu’s typing and they don’t even care

    -and lastly the unnecessary lack of special Box Wallpaper after beating the game, a tradition that existed for more than a decade squandered

    I am EarthenWarrior and this is my rant on Sun and Moon, thank you and good night

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    • Yea I pretty much agree with these. Honestly Nintendo just has a habit of dangling potential in our face then taking it away right before we grab it

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    • -Tbh I feel like this part is subjective, a decent few prefer shorter dexes due to being able to remember the Pokémon better. There’s also the ridiculous quality vs quantity idea, but that’s subjective. I can see why this annoyed you though.

      -I thought the story was really good, and imo they didn’t need to squeeze any more UBs in because it was already getting busy. Also, it kept a lot of them as post game surprises.

      -Ultra Space was fine as it is imo, I prefer how they didn’t just make the Distortion World v2. They focused on the character drama. Also, Lusamine used Nihilego’s venom to power up all her Pokémon.

      -The Level 100 thing is ridiculous, but if 6IVs were easy what’s the point in IVs in the first place? Competitive is meant to be hard to get into so it doesn’t get flooded with tons of noobs

      -The Alolan royal family could’ve raised Meowth in a way because it wasn’t native and didn’t treat it as it usually was, and Alola’s waste is most likely different. Furthermore, we didn’t have regional variants yet so it’s understandable why they’ve also just been done. For Geodude they probably expected you to put two and two together (probably eating diff minerals like pretty much every inorganic Pokémon seems to) and A-Raichu is clearly a joke mon.

      -Who honestly cares about such a little thing? It’s a practically useless addition that just exists for the sake of existing.

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      • How could anybody like a shorter dex, it was the reason people hated the Kalos dex

        TOO BUSY TO INCLUDE THE WHOLE FUCKING POINT OF THE STORY GET YOUR GOD DAMN HEAD OUT OF YOUR ASSHOLE

        ULTRA SPACE WAS NOT FINE, It barely impacted the overworld where it could’ve been a great idea but they half assed it because NEWSFLASH TONS OF PEOPLE LIKED DISTORTION WORLD

        And Ultra Lusamine is still fucking eye candy and the sheer fact they didn’t give her a pokemon, THE ONE THAT CAUSED HER HER IMMENSE PERSONALITY SHIFT INTO OBSESSION ON HER FINAL FIGHT TEAM WAS INEXCUSABLE Any form of denial is clear you are just blindly worshiping them to the point you cannot see the very many errors they made

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        • -Because opinion exists you fucking fool

          -The point of the story line is Nihilego, just as there’s been legends in the past when only one is focused on per game. It’s made clear the other Beasts are collateral just as side legends have been, as Mohn was primarily looking into Nihilego and its the only one Lusamine shows interest in

          -They liked it because it was unique, genius. A rehash would’ve been much less popular especially when the DW may return this Gen

          -Her fusing with it is a much better indicator of her madness than her just using it, which is the whole point

          I’d say you’re just in a tantrum, so pot kettle black on the blind part. Your opinion isn’t objective.

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          • I and plenty of others agree that smaller dexs are a big disappointment

            Nihilego along with the other ultra beasts where HEAVILY SQUANDERED main Game, they spent all this time telling us they were a threat and a major part of the game only to give, a single and forgettable fight which was extremely easy and that’s it, the rest were a hyped cut-scene where they barely had any gameplay to it,
            and the whole Ultra Space barely had any kinda impact since you pop in and out, no final puzzle which was also denied such as the Team Rocket HQs RB and HS, Aqua and Magma Base and Galactic HQ all final dungeons but they did not have one, no amount of story will ever substitute as a good level which is 50% of a successful game

            And Ultra Lusamine was extremely lackluster, you can sit and think i’m just being salty, ask yourself, other than a story implement how long did it last? a short transformation and once it was beaten which was stupidly easy that was it, no more after that end of story and you never go back seriosuly not having a Nihiligo is very wrong, i can’t be honestly the only one who doesn’t see this

            and i am in a tantrum because i’m one of the very few with enough guts to tell you all what they did wrong and why i hate it, how they could’ve done more but they didn’t sure you could say time restrictions but this is just half assery at their finest

        • I hated the small amount of Kalos Pokemon because most of them sucked and lacked potential and a lot of the designs were half assed. This generation though, the sheer quality of the gen 7 Pokemon is just outstanding. I mean yeah I wish more of them evolved but most of them are all around terrific Pokemon with some great new typings, moves, and abilitys

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  11. I’d say the points I agree the most with are low encounter rates. the removed features, and the lack of range of emotion from the protag. The rest I honestly don’t have a huge problem with. I really can’t say Rotom dex bugs me that much. It’s sad that they couldn’t have made it more interesting, but it’s not like it really stops anyone from ignoring it. It’s not like it’s popping up on the top screen or anything. The low encounter rates of many of the most interesting Pokemon is a real pain. Not only is it tough just simply to find Pokemon to catch them in general, but it then makes it harder to even shiny hunt too. I really do wish they had kept at least horde battles. It was so great and fun. Also the old way of fishing was good too. I finally got good at it and now I can’t use my skills hahaha Finally I think my biggest problem was the lack of emotional range from the protag. It just felt off with all the crazy stuff happening around you and your character looking like a idiot that doesn’t realize what’s going on. I hope in Stars they fix that. All of it is really forgivable tho as I love these games so much.

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  12. Honestly half the things some of you say you didn’t like about XY is exactly what I love about them… sure S/M had a great story and some cool pokemon, but in my opinion XY will always be superior to them. My fav games are still.

    Gen2: HGSS
    GEN6: XY
    Gen 3 and 7: RS / SM
    Gen 5: BW
    Gen 1: FRLG
    Gen 4: idc

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      • XY Pros: Art style (I prefer XY graphics over SM) , clothing options (females are better in XY males are better in SM), Pokemon (I liked basically all of them), the region and gyms are fantastic, the story is there but minimal yes, champion is awesome, music is fantastic, etc

        SM Pros: Some cool pokemon, some good music, HGSS balls (kinda) and an amazing story, but sadly even though its great XY still achieves more things that I love.

        Also SM was simultaneously both hard as heck and easy as heck, one version I struggled so much, while in the other I breezes through.

        And I prefer the difficulty of XY because its seems much more steady than SM’s difficulty

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        • I will agree in terms of the fashion that XY offers more. As far as what you meant in terms of graphics however do you mean style or actual graphics? Because as far as actual graphics go SM were better. They had problems with frame rate, but that’s not the games fault rather it’s the 3DS’s for not be powerful enough. I you mean style are you referring to the model designs? Like do you prefer the chibi (shorter) models over the more realistic proportioned models? I will say that I like the design aspects and characters a lot of XY. I’d say however that they are very different games in terms of characters so it really is just a matter of opinion on that point. As far as difficulty I’d say I prefer SM more. Like you said it offered a harder challenge. Personally I’d rather have a game that offers some parts easy and some that are harder than a game that is consistently easy all around, but that’s just me.

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          • I mean I prefer the chibi style more.

            Also hard is fine but for pokemon I play it leisurely between my two jobs so I want an easy game that I can beat and then go back to and set up for competitive.

          • Gotcha I prefer the SM kind of models, but to each their own I guess. As for difficulty I’d say that Pokemon at the end of the day will never truly be “hard” in the story. In the end you can really just grind away/have EXP share on all the time to make it easy. I will say that grinding doesn’t make it “hard” just more annoying. In the end it’s all a numbers game rather than actually being challenging lol

          • ok but SM was the first game with a difficulty that almost required you keep the exp share on and still have it be difficult, and I don’t like grinding, grinding is never fun

        • Male clothing options are better in SM? Female clothing options are wayyyyyy better in both generations. Males get a lot less than females in terms of clothing.

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          • no i mean that the female options are better in XY than they are in SM and that the male options suck in both but are way better in SM than in XY

          • Oh, that makes sense. Honestly, I just miss jackets. It’d be so much better if half of the clothing options were tanks.

  13. I’d like to give my two cents about the lack of returning features. They intentionally do this to give each Pokémon game it’s own unique selling point. That way, you will have a reason to play ORAS over SM, for example, rather than only playing the newest version in the series. I think the series as a whole needs this kind of approach, because it’s so easy to say “it’s just another Pokémon game”.

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    • I disagree. I think making exclusive features is dumb. It’s 2 steps forward 1 step back everytime because something ends up being inferior. The story is what should be exclusive.

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      • I think if they did bring back all of the old features, we wouldn’t get so many cool new ones. Imagine having to code in the battle frontier, PWT, walking with pokemon, pokeathelon, etc. every game. On top of that, it’d be less special (but I won’t lie, I’d love it).

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      • Some features make more sense to keep in certain games tho. Also it has to do with how GF want to present the games. A feature may work well for one game, but not really with others. Also in terms of how mechanics work it takes time to figure out how to do things. I wouldn’t be surprised if GF spent the entire time form HGSS to now figuring out how they’d bring back walking Pokemon.

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        • I mean walking pokemon is just one of those aesthetic features that’s unimportant to return. But gameplay ones like the PSS and O-power is foolish to remove

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          • Ehh TBF o-powers felt kinda game breaking at points

            Could’ve at least gave us alt experience and money features tho

          • I’d say them taking PSS out is more of preparation for Pokemon games going to a single screen. There’s a reason the bottom screen touch capabilities were so little in these games. It’s likely due to the impending knowledge of Pokemon moving to the Switch which is very much a single screen console. They have to adapt somehow.

    • I get why they do it, but it’s such an awful idea. Why would I want to go back to old games when theres a new and improved game. So what it makes some games unique? it’s still fine to say “It started in HGSS” than to say “It was only in HGSS”. It’s not fun playing a guessing game with GF whether a feature will return or not. Build off past games, not build then breakdown and rebuild

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      • Now that I think about it, I think this is exactly why they make remakes in the first place. So they can slap a new coat of paint on an old region and give it its own modern “gimmick”.

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  14. Okay, how about what you loved about the games now?
    Too many to list, but these are a few that came to mind.
    – IV checker in PC
    – New pokemon are super high quality
    – Beautiful memorable region
    – CHARACTER DEVELOPMENT
    – Great soundtrack
    – New pokemon low encounter rates (yeah, I liked this. I gave a feeling of satisfaction and accomplishment for catching one)
    – Old characters returning with actual story (i.e. burnet and anabel)
    – Easier to obtain shiny charm
    – New shiny hunting method that can be done with almost any pokemon in the region
    – It broke the repetitive cycle that the previous games had
    – Champion title defense concept is super cool
    – Battle royales are super fun (with other players)
    – Pokepelago allows busier players to get certain advantages that they normally wouldn’t get

    Now tell me what you like! There’s way too much negativity in this article.

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  15. Starstorm… I think I understand why you don’t like Toucannon… Don’t get me wrong, I adore it.. but that is how I feel toward Passimian

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  16. This is what I have left to catch for the dex. Really not looking forward to Poni (planning to do the Tapus and UBs last).

    Alola Pokedex Remainder List
    —————————–
    AKALA
    ——–
    Marowak
    Bastiodon
    Carracosta
    Tapu Lele
    ————
    ULA’ULA
    ———-
    Tapu Bulu
    ———-
    Poni
    ——
    Snubbul
    Shellos
    Carvannha
    Wailord
    Scyther
    Scizord
    Murkrow
    Riolu
    Dragonair
    Tapu Fini
    ———–
    Other
    ——–
    Celesteela
    Guzzlord
    Cosmoem
    Necrozma

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  17. Beat Totem Vikavolt. Pretty easy with Minior.

    I also have one hundred thousand comments on this disqus account. I have no life.

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  18. Plumeria should have her own game, I want to know more about her. She was part of team skull but didn’t actually do anything for them, her motives were her own

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      • she’s a free spirit, she lets you go after all, thats like the only bad thing she does and even then, she’s probably doing it because she’s bored and has nothing better to do, and then after it all goes south, even though its implied she leaves team skull before everything hits the fan, she challenges the E4

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        • That’s literally still something she does for Team Skull

          She also shows up the first time to get revenge on you for her Grunts

          Even if she left them she still worked for them

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          • she cares about those grunts, we clearly got very different vibes from her, because every time she showed up she was more of an idividual than any of the other team skull members, even guzma the poser was all the same

          • Yes, and literally yes.

            She cares for her team, and is thus acting on their behalf. Regardless of how ‘individual’ she is

          • I don’t think you’re getting what I’m saying, and thats ok most people don’t, but ok whatever floats your boat its not really important anyways

          • you have to think out of the box, I don’t mean that she doesnt “actually” do anything for team skull, I’m saying that while she may carry out the orders they give her she is actually doing those things for herself because she is not a person that will do something she doesnt want to, which is why she straight up left the group when she no longer wanted to be part of what they stood for

  19. My only real issue was the lack of “shock and awe” world building. Everything was very nicely rendered but it also all felt very familiar. There wasn’t that magic moment of biking around the Eiffel tower and then going to a poke-cafe or going on a poke-cruise around lower Manhattan at sunset.

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  20. Idea I had
    Lemme know if y’all like it
    Clamperl gets two more evolutionary choices
    One where it becomes Water/Rock and stays in a shell which becomes much more fortified and defensive
    And one where the pearl transforms into a more offensive fighter

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    • Pretty simple. Do you have a pokemon that can basically wreck house with one move but just needs more speed or attack? Give it a choice item and send it out on a suicide mission.

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    • It requires more switching than you may do otherwise. Often U-turn or Volt-Switch are added so you can do some damage before you switch if not already locked into another move. I prefer other items tbh.

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    • Best use is late game in my opinion.
      See what the opponent has left, see which moves hits everything for at least neutral. Select move. Watch everything die.

      Also to use them properly requires a lot of prediction, switching around until you’re in a good position. U-Turn and Volt Switch work well with choiced sets.

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  21. It’s weird thinking how actually playing the game changes your mind on Pokémon

    Like for the starters I preferred

    Rowlet > Popplio > Litten
    Brionne > Dartrix > Torracat
    Primarina > Decidueye > Incineroar
    (Switch Prima and Deci when they leaked)

    Now its

    Popplio > Rowlet > Litten
    Brionne > Torracat > Dartrix
    Primarina > Incineroar > Decidueye

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          • Or just giving steel a resistance to ghost again given removing both ghost and dark pretty much prevents the pokemon from ever being useful.

          • Easy argument would be technology will always conquer the paranormal, or and that Dark would again go back to the whole evil concept, being that evil really can’t do anything to rock hard metal, though dark is the one that I struggle to justify a reason for it to resist.

          • Steel isn’t just technology though, that’s spread out between a few types (namely normal, Steel and electric)

          • To be fair the only reason Steel even resisted Ghost is cos it was an extremely strong Type in Gen 1, and they needed to balance it Gen 2.

            It also resisted Dark cos otherwise the only thing that would resist Dark would be itself and fighting. This was changed in Gen 6 cos now we also Fairy to resist Dark so it made sense to reduce one of Steels resists since it has so many.

          • Yeh, I kind of agree with that. Steel definitely needed to lose some resistance. Unfortunately it was just bad news for Metagross who gained 2 weaknesses in the process.

          • Steel and Dark we’re both mainly to nerf Psychic, but you can’t argue that Ghost was also powerful considering it only had one immunity and no resists. Of course they were gonna add more Ghost moves and therefore needed it balanced a bit.

          • Yeah that’s true to a degree, but at the same time its pretty clear that its the closest to technology. Really the main standouts that aren’t are things like rotom, which simply possesses tech, and Porygon which is just Data given life. Its a glorified Digimon before Digimon was a thing. Steel though, while pretty broad in concept, is the one that does have pokemon like Magnamite and Klink, or even Honeedge that do represent technology to some degree.

            And while I openly agree that the logic behind removing those two resistances makes sense, in practice it clearly hasn’t worked as well as I imagined that had hoped for.

          • I’d agree with ice(letting ice keep its weakness to steel though, but can’t really agree with Grass. Grass really doesn’t have much of an advantage over metal in any sense. Unless your trying to go with the idea of the land reclaiming itself, which a’d argue more fits with ground types.

  22. Okay no I’m really liking Torracat

    Nice stats, design that isn’t too complex but still a Pokémon design

    I still like Popplio line more but I actually feel more connected to my Torracat since it doesn’t have a shitty nature and I didn’t have to reset for it to be female (and I don’t mind male or female for Cat)

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  23. I’ll admit I wasn’t thrilled about the Rotom Dex before playing the game, but upon playing the game I actually liked it a lot. It stayed out of the way nearly all the time and it added more personality to completing the Dex, which is something I literally never do but have felt compelled to do this gen!

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  24. Anyone remember when I made Christmas avatars for everyone back in 2013? I’m still pretty proud of those, even though I don’t have them anymore. Man, what happened to the creative youthful little me…maybe he’ll return someday.

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  25. So I got a Shiny Male Feebas with the IV spread: 31 / 16 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31
    Then 8 batches later (wanted to try my luck getting a a Female) a Female with the IV spread: 19 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31 / 31.
    Which should I use?

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  26. well i think i’m gonna start calling it a night
    Hopefully my food poisoning fiasco will be finally done with by the end of the week (and believe be it sucks beyond all compression)

    oh and if Star you’re reading this make sure the Azumarill autopsy is extremely graphic like blood and even bloodshot eyes with tears and maybe a torn ear

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  27. I’d just like to take this moment to thank Arceus for the hot springs that can hatch eggs in the pokepelago because now I don’t have a box of unneeded eggs that I’m too lazy to hatch and can’t release

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  28. Everyone in the festival plaza sucks at inverse type matchups lmao. Like 75% of them can be answered with grass, fire, water, or electric.

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  29. So what is this stars thing I keep seeing? I’ve only heard/seen it on here?
    Anyways, on another note, I’ve missed a bit basically since the games game out. I’ve been on a few times but I’ve had a lot going on in my personal life. But I love seeing all the cool/creative shit y’all post and seeing how you guys are liking the games!

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      • Oh okay. Well I think the game needs it tbh. It had hands down the BEST story. Yet I feel like they focused so much on the story the didn’t out as much into the other parts. Idk. I loved the game but I got bored more easily than I did X/Y.

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        • When did you get bored… postgame I guess?

          I think with the Switch power, hordes, triples and rotation might return… and we really need a faster way to level post-game.

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          • Fair to be cautious, but given Eurogamers track record with Switch rumors lately I’d say it’s a shoo in lol

          • Gotta move onto the next console eventually. The idea of games staying on older systems just so people don’t have to buy new ones is a……well I don’t have any intention to be mean in anyway, but…..its a dumb idea. That kind of thinking keeps us in the dark ages. Otherwise we’d still be on the GBA. Time doesn’t stop for no one lol

          • I know, the 3DS is reaching its age, yet I feel as though there should be only one more Pokemon game on the system. And that would be it, then I would be more than happy to move to the Switch

          • I feel like part of the problem is that they started dong more than one generation on a system. Now that they’ve started that trend people have become incredibly reluctant to move onto better systems just because they think it’s ok for the games to stay more or less the same graphics wise and don’t want to spent the money. I have no problem with people wanting to have at least one more game on the current system of that time, but I need a good reason to even try and understand where they’re coming from. I see too many people saying that they don’t want “X” game to stay on the system THEY have simply due to them not wanting to spend the money. As if brand new systems with new games doesn’t happen all the time. Sorry…….*sigh*…I don’t mean to be a bummer. I just get tired of hearing the same excuses like that all the time. It’s not you it’s the idea in general. Hope it doesn’t feel like I’m attacking in anyway. More so I;m just venting hahaha

          • Tbh I don’t think graphics improvements are a reason to move to a newer system. Memory and processing allowing for more features is, but graphics isn’t.

            Moving to a new system is also hard from the developer perspective because it means they have to make sure the game engine is going to work on the new console.

          • Yes, but staying stagnant for the sake of staying stagnant isn’t a good reason to stay on the same system for the rest of eternity. I’d say that graphics are a huge reason for game developers to move onto a new system. The better the graphics the better the game can be. I know I know, the whole “graphics don’t make the game, the story does”. And while I agree in part, I also think that a game needs to look good as well as be good in story. A story can be the best thing ever, but if the game doesn’t function well and look good then it can very much ruin what otherwise would be a great experience. Game developers, like any other great artist/engineers/inventors/etc., are always looking for a better wa to show off their stories and skills. Unless there’s a god reason, moving onto meet the new markets needs are always a good thing. Complacency isn’t a good reason

          • I wouldn’t call the 3DS stagnant, I will still use it even if I do get a Switch.

            Graphics aren’t a compelling enough reason on their own. And tbh a game like Pokemon doesn’t really need top end graphics. The story doesn’t make the game either, the gameplay does. Graphics and story make a film, it’s the interactivity and the game mechanics that set games apart from films.

            You don’t necissarily need good graphics to have a good game. Mother 3 is perhaps one of the best examples. It has some absurdly designed monsters and it’s back in the era of sprites, but it’s still considered one of the best RPGs because of its story and mechanics.

          • Oh no you’re fine! I respect your opinion and I recognize your points as to why Pokemon should move onto the Switch. Although I would prefer for Pokemon to wrap up Gen 7 on the 3DS so they finished what they started, I think it’s time for a new era of systems for the franchise.

          • I get ya. I think the way they’ve been releasing the games is kind of why we’re in this weird point of game releases. The 3DS is getting on in years and they’re only just starting a new gen. It’s one of the many reasons I once thought gen 7 would be a single pair generation. Which is clearly not the case, but boundaries are meant to be broken it seems lol

          • For the same reason part of me thinks they should have waited and launched SM on the Switch. They could have done a reasonably priced launch bundle and the extra processing power might have let them do more.

          • I thought of the same way when I was anticipating the announcement for SM. Would’ve been the perfect time to introduce the Switch and games at the same time

          • Yeah, it would have made me more inclined to get one near release. I’m planning to get one for Breath Of The Wild, but if it weren’t for that I don’t know if Stars would be enough to convince me to get one.

            I never bought a Wii U because there weren’t enough interesting games to warrant buying it.

  30. The only things I agree with about this article are the removal of the Dex Nav (but even that didn’t bother me that much) and that Sun and Moon have a pretty amazing story

    Side note: I finished breeding my competitive team today! 😀 now I just have to EV train them and level them up

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  31. Tbh I liked the Rotom Dex when it was discussing what the main objective was, it’s just all the useless side comments and the way it talks.

    I liked the low encounter rates, it added challange. Though the fishing ones aren’t really challenges since anyone actually fishing for them will use the bubbling spots for the 10% encounter rate. The hardest are the weather and SOS encounters (Mareanie mainly, though I’ve still never seen a wild Castform).

    ‘Numb’ protoganists didn’t bother me much. Aside from anything else I’d expect the main character to be silent and barely react to anything because that’s how most game protoganists are. And Hau’s reactions made sense because he’s a bit clueless (e.g. he was actually surprised that Lillie and Gladion were Lusamine’s children).

    And the Pokefinder is a good feature, they just didn’t put enough into it. They needed to either give item rewards for high score photos or make the Pokemon that turn up vary by weekday to make it more interesting.

    Lack of 3D didn’t bother me much since I rarely used it anyway, but I agree it would have been nice to have it for cutscenes. The touchscreen was there, but nobody used it because most things you can do with the touchscreen can also be done using buttons and people default to using buttons.

    I don’t mind losing horde battles because SOS batles are also good, but I did enjoy them and it would be a shame to never see them again.
    PSS can hapily vanish for all I care. Though I’ll admit managing other players in the festival plaza is a pain. I’d love to just eject all my non-VIPs.
    Super Training… I miss the EV functionality but I detested the minigame so I’m fine with that being gone. It’s not a total loss because the EV-boosting Power items are still available and there’s EV boosting functionality in SOS battles (see http://www.serebii.net/sunmoon/sosbattle.shtml for details).
    The Dex Nav though, removing that was a sin to the entirety of the Pokemon franchise. That was the best utility feature they’ve had since the Poketch.
    Something that didn’t get mentioned that should have made a comeback: match call. I would love to be able to rebattle trainers for exp points and money and to potentially win items from them.

    A side quest tracker would be nice, though tbh Pokemon has so few sidequests I’m not sure if it’s really worth it. Aside from trades and ‘catch this Pokemon to show me’ there isn’t that much that counts as a side quest. There’s the zygarde cells I suppose, but you’d need their locations marked on your map so you know where you’ve already looked for that to actually be useful.

    Lastly: I didn’t think the story was that good tbh.

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  32. Surprisingly enough, I could tolerate the Rotom Dex. Sure, it repeats the thing that JUST happened recently, but I thought it was neat for a Pokedex to be a close navigator and buddy

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    • It spouts random things postgame though. Which is good.

      In the main game it’s like a Navi/other LoZ fairy but with the improvement of not pausing the game when it tells me what I need to do.

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        • To be honest Navi never really bothered me that much. For one thing you could ignore Navi and for another she actually did participate in the story.

          Plus if you removed Navi there would be points where you’d struggle to know what to do next because navi is the only one who tells you where to go.

          If anything all they needed was to tone it down a bit so that she only spoke when asked for advice.

          Not to mention back then that sort of feature was uncommon on games, so they probably wanted to remind players it was there.

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  34. I think anyone who expected to catch a Rotom Dex form is a little silly, however, I did expect Rotom to be Wild.
    A National Dex would have been nice though, and more Old Pokemon Post game.

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    • I expected it to at least be wild as well. It would have been nice if those Rotoms where interchangeable with the one in the dex with different personalities based on their nature. Was a little bummed when I couldn’t take the little guy out.?

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    • No national dex is one of the most disappointing things.
      I had already caught about 70% of the dex by the post game so it’s only taken a few days to get to 99%.
      This was the easiest regional dex to complete in many generations.

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  35. While I love Sun and Moon and for all it’s worth hyping over for,I do admit that the games aren’t perfect.Here are my problems with the games
    – The amount of new pokemon.I know that it’s nice to mix up past pokemon with the new ones for variety,but the amount of new pokemon have been low lately.I wanna see more new pokemon than the last generation,at least a 100 new pokemon next time Game Freak
    – Lag issues,especially in Battle Royale and double battles
    – No more PSS.Festival Plaza makes it harder to find my friends and save them as VIP because there’s no guarantee that you’ll find the person in the plaza at the exact moment
    – No horde battles.Makes things harder to EV train pokemon

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    • I take it you’re aware of SOS chaining for EVs?

      “For competitive players,
      there’s yet another perk. As you progress through the chain, the Effort
      Points yielded from each Pokémon are multiplied by 2 which results in
      the Effort Values you receive getting increased. As such, with this, a
      Power Item and PokéRus, you can get 36 Effort Points from one Pokémon
      being defeated and max a stat out in 7 KOs in a chain.”

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        • I agree that it was a mistake to completely remove horde battles, but I don’t think SOS battles are particularly bad. And there are other ways to get EVs at least.

          Besides, horde battles probably would have lagged horribly. They should have made the models less detailed, XD and Colosseum never had lag issues with their double battles 😛

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  36. 1) Personally I hardly ever paid attention to the Rotom dex. It’s on the lower screen and when it’s talking there’s usually more important stuff happening on the upper screen. The idea of being able to catch the Rotom dex is beyond silly. It’s your Pokedex, how is it supposed to register itself and give info while being crammed in a Pokeball?

    2) Agree here, I often had to search quite a bit for the new pokemon (however I didn’t take longer than 10 mins to get Mimikyu..) But the bigger problem was the small number of new Pokemon. Come on GF, give us a large Gen again.

    3) Oh yes…the creepy stepford smiling no matter what happened…. Personally I don’t give a **** about how “stoic” and “silent” Red was. he was the protagonist of a primitive 90s game without a story and full of glitches. It’s 2016, let the protagonist emote.

    4) Eh didn’t really pay too much attention to the PokeFinder

    5) Don’t care about 3D, I never even use it on games that feature it.

    6) Yeah, some convenience was lost.

    7) That would be a very good idea, I agree.

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  37. Is this weird? I like the Pokémon on my first team Sun better (Prima, Rai, Ribo, Lycan, Luran, Salazzle) but I like the individual Pokémon (Torracat, Grimer and Morelull) on my second run better?

    Mostly because so far they’ve had good natures unlike Timid Primarina, – Speed Lycanroc and Salazzle (Quiet Torracat is surprisingly okay in-game, especially with the amount of time I’ll be stuck with Flamethrower and how slow Incineroar would be, most of Grimer’s weaknesses are physical anyway so higher Defense and lower Sp. Def isn’t too bad, and Effect Spore Relaxed (+Def – Speed) is probably the best outcome for my in-game stall set)

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  38. So the Battle For Alola is over, how do I get my 50 bp? I checked the status of the competition, and it just told me the competition is now over.

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    • Results are still being tallied. Once the results are available, go to pokemon GL, online competition, competition participation records (my page), and the reward will be received there (will say something like send to game). The next time you game sync, you’ll get it.

      I think, this is how the things worked last time in ORAS…

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  39. Today’s GTS chain of deals…
    > Porygon 2 for Lunala
    > Lunala for Solgaleo + Lucky Egg
    > Level 70+ Alakazam (story playthrough guy I dumped) for Solgaleo
    > Dhelmise for Lunala
    > Oranguru for Xurkitree

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  40. I hate that Rotom keeps telling me there are plenty of new Pokemon out there to catch. No Rotom, there are literally zero Pokemon out there that I don’t already have. Please leave me alone, and stop promising lies.

    I also dislike that UBs more or less ruin competitive unless you can one-shot them before they destroy your whole team.

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  41. What is the most efficient way to farm bottlecaps? I’ve never gotten one from the Poké Pelago, and I’ve only obtained maybe three from fishing. Surely there’s a quicker way since people seem to be using them a lot more than me.

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    • For a week or so I just kept sending my Pokémon to look for shards in Poké Pelago. You need 30 in one type of shard to get a Bottle Cap. I just got 3 bottlecaps in Festival Plaza for having 30 Yellow, Red and Green shards 🙂 Also, lottery ticket stands in Festival Plaza are great stands to have. It’s free once per day and I’ve gotten a few bottle caps from them.

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  42. What I disliked was how incredibly easy the game was. The was ALWAYS 10 levels ahead of the NPCs and every single one of my Pokémon one GT killed virtually everything (except bewear). There was no difficult use curve Andy even the elite four didn’t have a full team of 6!

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      • That doesn’t mean that they shouldn’t. It is frankly immersion breaking the en you’re able to have a full team of six different Pokémon ten minutes into the game and then you find out you’re the only person in the game world to do. It is frankly stupid.

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    • Did you use Exp Share? I didn’t and I found the game to be rather difficult but I think that was do to poor team planning on my part but I’ll have a better idea when I play pokemon sun.

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  43. Okay, so now that I have a better understanding of the Festival Plaza, I need some new shops. What do you guys have and what ranks are they?

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  44. 1.For me one of the biggest let down was that GF showed a lot of the new Pokemon before the game then come to find out there were so few when Sun and Moon finally came out
    2. The game was good but yet it felt so empty in the lore of Pokemon like in past games
    3. The empty spaces that have the construction material I know they’re probably putting it for later on like Pokemon Stars and what’s going to be there but at least give us a hint
    4. I did like the island trails and Totem Pokemon but I miss the gyms I think it was more the trainers before you got to the gym leaders that made me more prepared for the big battle and now since it feels you don’t do a lot to get there
    5. Also has to do with gyms I didn’t like that we didn’t get gym badges

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          • And you don’t need to be on this site if you’re so opposed to having your opinions challenged.

        • True they tried changing it up but I wish they would of put puzzles or more challenging battles in order to get to the totem Pokemon I mean the first and second Trails were so easy and yes I know the grand trails were in other words the gym leaders I just wish they’ve would of been more then just 4 and I wish they would of given you more then just z-crystal it kind of took the rareness of them when some NPCs gave you them unlike gym badges

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          • The thing is though, Gyms were progressively getting easier as the gens went

            I agree Z-Crystals should’ve been rarer but the Island challenge ones make sense and at least the ‘random’ ones are given to you by important NPCs

          • I beg to differ. In Gen III, Flannery was as hard as hell, her Camerupt kept on using Attract and her Torkoal was holding a White Herb!

          • I do agree with you about some gym getting easier but trails are just as easy in Sun and Moon and also I feel you had more important battles in past Gens and in gyms

            And Z-crystals I like the concept of them I’m just not a fan yet so it was a bummer to know that’s all you were gonna get after trails

  45. Why does our character haveto smile every moment, I want to see some emotions! Jesus, *spoiler* when Lillie left, I want us to cry or frown a bit, not to have a fucking constant smile as always. Lillie is one of the best characters ever. I hope we will see her as a champion someday.

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  46. I didn’t like that there was no way to stop SOS battles… like a reverse Adrenaline Orb. Sometimes I just want to catch the stupid Magikarp and move on.

    And I totally agree about the SOS battle-exclusive Pokemon. I never would’ve found Mareanie, and I’ve still never seen a Castform for the SOS weather battle-exclusives. How the hell is anyone supposed to figure that out?

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  47. Another gripe: exclusive clothing and the Festival Plaza dye shop system.
    Example: You can only buy bright blue clothes in Moon, right? But I’m in Sun and want a bright blue shirt. So I think, “okay, I’ll get a Dye Shop and dye my clothes”. But then you can only earn a Blue Dye Shop in Moon. So I think “I’ll talk to random strangers till I find a Blue Dye Shop”. I find one, and it’s a one-star. I can now dye my white stuff light blue, and if I have an insane amount of hard-to-find berries, other light colors. Finally—after hours of grinding FC and asking random visitors—I find someone with a 5 star Dye Shop, but it’s Orange. I pay my 3000 FC and take my carefully cultivated berry crop to dye my favorite shirt bright blue… AND YOU CAN BERRY-DYE THE SHIRT LITERALLY EVERY COLOR… but only in light and dark. No “bright” anything, except orange which I can buy in the stores in Sun. I just wanted to match my Popplio, dammit. Now he’s grown and has 20 kids of his own.

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  48. One more thing: in Festival Plaza, you get asked if you want to host “this facility” but they don’t tell you what it does/sells. If you get one from the visitors, they don’t show it to you beforehand (I like Punk Girls manning all my shops if possible). And you can’t go back and change your mind, AND they force you to save, so no SR. Sophocles is running a scam.

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  49. How do you get missions to scroll across the bottom screen? I desperately need FC, but I haven’t come across a mission in like 15 minutes.

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    • Try hosting one. Sometimes they start showing up after that. Maybe it’s because you change visitors during some of them, not sure.

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  50. How rare are Ganlon Berries?! I’ve been SRing at the tree where Serebii lists them as being found, but I can’t find one. This is so infuriating!

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  51. Wait, why do people think that SM is after XY in the timeline? Because that makes no sense. The backpacker in XY says “We have this champion you wouldn’t believe…”, and alola has no champion before the events of SM.

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  52. YES! I was finally able to reply to the pokejungle league thread on the forums! It’s been glitching out for over a month, so I haven’t been able to reply.

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      • Everyone seems to be, yeah. Haven’t seen Poekoko in a while, but it’s likely he’s just tied up with life (december, it’s the worst).

        Also we’re going to try to start up soon, so I better start building my team. Luckily with break soon, I’ll be able to work full time on that.

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  53. Are you purposely paired with friends for the FP missions? Because I’m pretty sure I just played a type-matchup with Wes, but that seems unlikely because of the sheer amount of players.

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    • The break. December has been really rough on me, I need this break more than ever (and it sucks because it’s my shortest one yet).

      Honestly I’ve been too busy to get pumped for christmas, but hopefully I’ll at least enjoy the break.

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  54. They really should make a different item to change Silvally’s type for further games, otherwise we’d have 18 more items to clutter up our bag every game.

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  55. I got another idea for a Fakemon, it would be the 3 Stage Rock type of my region:
    The Fortress Pokemon
    Type: Rock
    Ability: Levitate
    Height: 10′ 00″
    Weight: 584 lbs
    Stats:
    (HP) 103
    (ATK) 98
    (DEF) 145
    (SP ATK) 50
    (SP DEF) 106
    (SPD) 20
    (BST) 520
    Dex Entry: Possessing the ability to levitate for an unspecified reason, this Pokemon can adapt to any situation, whether it’s the air or land. It’s tough, titanium-like body allows it to survive many hits, almost making it seem like a fortress. It’s “arms” orbit around its body like towers, when attacking, two on each side come together to fire off or make contact with the opponent, or if defending, all of the “arms” come together to shield this Pokemon like a barrier.

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  56. It’s been a full 24 hours and nobody on the GTS is willing to give me a scizor for a castform. It isn’t the currency that it used to be. :/

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    • I remember when TMs were one use only. That sucked, big time.

      That might sound random but I was thinking about how it was in DPPt, and then I remembered the horror.

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      • Not a popular opinion, but I gotta say I really didn’t like DP. I found it a real drag. The only Pokemon game that took me more than a year to beat.

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          • I’m afraid it’s too late for that. I find that playing old games is harder for me. I get only so far and then I stop. Plus I’m not spending money (or time for that matter) on it at this point lol

          • I hope so. I really like the Pokemon, but the slow grind that is the story of the original games and the lack of diversity in terms of types was a major killer lol

  57. I’ve been breeding and buying so many adreneline orbs that I’ve lost 180,000 pokemon-currency since I first entered the hall of fame. Now I’m completely broke.

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  58. Does anyone know the fastest way to level up Pokemon in SM? Because I’m trying to level up my Pokemon so I can fill out my Dex, yet it’s taking a very long time to level up them all, some even to when they evolve

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  59. Is anyone sad that the last Generations episode will be on Friday or am I the only person sad about it? It was a good series of clips showcasing events in the games

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  60. I’m very content with Sun and Moon as games, but there’s still one question I have…
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    So what was the connection with the starters and Rockruff again?

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  61. I’m so close this time I’m exactly till evolution

    Zubat-8 candies
    Krabby-7 candies
    Cubone-20 candies
    Abra-12 candies
    Meowth-22 candies
    Clefairy-25 candies

    These are my closest to completely done

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  62. I like the 1% rarity of some of the Pokemon. It encourages grinding to level up but does it in a way that doesn’t feel like you’re grinding-you’re hunting for Pokémon. That said, the 1% odds for fishing was terrible simply because there was no variety in it and you could only fish in very specific spots and don’t get me started on the bubble spots!

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  63. Does anyone have a Cosmoem they can show me please? I really don’t want to evolve my Cosmog (maybe I will eventually but I don’t feel ready to, not sure if I even want to).

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  64. Welp I finally found the last Zygarde cell, after so many hours finding it, guess where it was:

    FREAKING TIDE SONG HOTEL, one of the first cells you could have gotten

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  65. I’m down to only UBs and legendaries for my dex now!! So exciting!!
    I should be hunting pikipek again tomorrow, I’m really feeling I’ll get it this time!

    Also I have a favor to ask, can anyone touch trade me a Celesteela and a Guzzlord? Celesteela because I’m on sun, and nobody seems to want a Kartana for one on the GTS, and Guzzlord because I want to stock up on beast balls before I end the quest, but I don’t want to do that now. It would be greatly appriciated!

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  66. I’ve seen some people who have their own Fanmon ideas, so I have a question for y’all:
    What is one idea that you would like for GameFreak to do? Or what’s a Pokemon of your’s in your own regional Pokedex?

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  67. I’ve got it! It’s stupid, but I’m naming it Rigel. It’s a star (brutal star Pokemon) and it’s blue. Plus it sounds cool. 😛

    Thanks for all of your ideas, it gave me some ideas! 😀

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  68. I actually need a bit of a touch trade and I’ll have full dex. Can any of you show me Cosmoem and Tapu Fini?

    I’ll offer up Nebby temporarily as a sacrifice ah I mean collateral.

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  69. pokemon sun and moon ( and most pokemon games in general) are front loaded I was bored of the game after 3 weeks. If your not into breeding and that other jazz there’s not much to do after beating the elite 4

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    • There’s quite a lot.
      Explore Poni, play the battle royale dome, complete the dex, challenge the tree, catch the Tapus, complete the UB quest, take on challengers for the title, etc.

      It’s not the best, but it’s by no means bad.

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  70. Some of my personal favorite names this gen

    Decidueye- Mordecai
    Incineroar- John Cenya
    Crabominable- Eddie (Props to anyone who gets what I’m referring to)
    Passimian- King Julien (Like everyone isn’t already doing this one)
    Toxapex- Death Star
    Araquanid- Bubble Buddy
    Lunala- Antasma

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  71. Hey @spectralseraph:disqus so the drawing I’m making is more for you, and I was just wondering how does shattered glass sound for the background of the drawing

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  72. The Rotom Pokedéx – wasn’t bothered by it like most

    New Pokémon’s Low Encounter Rates – seemed the usual honestly

    Protagonists Being Numb to Everything – this annoyed me yes, if you have cutscenes focus on character model faces, have the main character be impressive to the situation. literally all the other characters showed emotion besides them like wth…..

    General Lack of 3D and Touch Screen Use – hardly anybody used the 3D feature and the i felt it had enough touch screen stuff really, hell you could even edit the menus

    Removal of Amazing Features From Past Generations – fully agree with this ._____.”

    No Side Quest Tracker – i can see why this would be troublesome for most, it should have this by now but still doesn’t eh

    my own annoyances was scrolling the pokebean selections, it would just take a bean instead ugh or when im trying to pet a large pokemon that takes up two screens and the game doesn’t always move to the top or bottom screen especially for treating a stats condition fully >__>”

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      • i know, that’s what you -have- to do in order to scroll, just a shitty UI honestly. Instead make a scrolling bar within the UI, be just easier, tho I eventually got use to it, but was still annoying in the first few hours of the game eh

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  73. Google is paying 97$ per hour! Work for few hours and have longer with friends & family! !mj509d:
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    • Google is paying 97$ per hour! Work for few hours and have longer with friends & family! !mj509d:
      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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  74. So I just had an idea for a Water type

    I want to make a literal Sea Cow, a large blubbery marine mammal with Holstein patterns and an actual cow’s head and snout

    Either a Pure Water type or maybe Water/Normal

    Manatein (work in progress)
    Water/Normal
    The Sea Cow Pkm
    Thick Fat/Simple HA: Defeatist
    A extremely large and docile Marine Pokemon, with a light teal and dark turquoise patterned body, a long flat tail and paddle like flippers adorn with small hoof like nails, a long bovine head with a bulbous snout with lazy half asleep eyes, tiny nub horns and small furry ears

    “These gentle Pokemon only eat and sleep in warm oceans, because they’re so docile they’re oftentargeted by predators or hunted earning them regional protection laws as an endangered species

    HP 200
    Atk 40
    Def 80
    Sp Atk 70
    Sp Def 110
    Speed 20

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  75. My region is scarce on dragons, making a lot of fire, grass, water, ice, bug, poison, and ground.
    There also isn’t too many ghosts or fairies but I’ll be boosting those numbers a bit later, but not too much

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  76. tfw alola’s “anti white sentimentalism” is actually about natives defending their home from a psycho foreigner who wants to release magical creatures from another dimension upon their home

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  77. Why is Sun the most neglected overworld weather? We’ve had rainy, sandy and snowy routes but never had a sunny route. The only time we see Sun in the overworld is when you awaken Groudon…

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    • I swear these episodes better pick up with main cast captures

      Nothing brightens up my day better then going to serebii and seeing updated character biographies

      Still waiting for Ash to get a Crabrawler and at least some general updates for his classmates because one thing I truly hated about the Series XY/Z was the lack of non ash catches

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  78. I need a better name for my literal Sea Cow Fakemon
    I’ve boiled it down to
    Moonatee (Moo and Manatee)
    Manatein (Manatee and Holstein (a type of cow))

    I like moonatee but is sounds like moon instead of mooing like the sound

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  79. So I caught a Minior today. It’s for my party. So it’s green and I can’t think of nicknames. Here’s a list i put together. I’m open to suggestions.
    – 252P/LINEAR (A comet that has a green tail)
    – 774M/GREEN (The way they would nane a comet, except the number is Miniors Dex number and the discoverer’s name is me)
    – NGC 774 (How they name Nebulae and Galaxies, but the number is Minior)
    – Pulsar
    – Magnetar
    – Antares (A star system where all but one star is green)
    – Swift-Tuttle (A comet. The name seemed fitting)
    – Eclipse (If I can get a shiny)

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  80. Sorry for being annoying, but literally all I need other than Tapus and Necrozma (which I’m working on) is Scizor for my dex. Does anyone have one they can show me? I’ll give it right back, of course.

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  81. Does anyone know if Lucario only comes out once during the Poké Finder at Vast Poni Canyon? Because nothing was there and all of a sudden it ran out and I didn’t get a picture of it and it hasn’t come back out and it’s been like 5 minutes :/

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  82. That moment when you see somebody steal a joke and you really want to call them out on it but don’t because you don’t want to be mean.

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  83. If anyone here has any 4 or 5 IV mudbray or pikipek and wants to trade 4IV electric terrain pichu, 4 IV littens, 4 IV wimpods, or 5 IV mimikyus, you’d be my best friend

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  84. Is it better to have Drampa know Extrasensory or Hyper Voice? It’s for VGC and all its other moves can only hit one target

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  85. Does anybody remember their first pokemon team?
    Back in my first Soul Silver playthrough, I knew nothing so I really just used Feraligatr the whole time. I struggled through the game (loved every second of it though) and made it to Victory Road and realized “oh shoot. I’m doing everything wrong” so I slapped a team together

    Feraligatr
    Onix
    Gyrados
    Lugia
    Graveler(?)
    Machamp(?)

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  86. Question for you, guys!

    Is there a game you bought on a whim that you enjoyed/loved? Same question, but “Hated/Regretted”?

    For me, I recently bought Disgaea 5 and I love it. As for the game I bought and regretted, it would have to go to Persona Q: Shadow of the Labyrinth. I have only 2hrs invested in that game, but can’t stand it. Lol

    PS No whim bashing. Adventure is the spice of life. XD

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  87. um….after reading this i think its appropriate to ask….what did you guys actually like about the games. you start off with “arguably the best” but then listed like 7 pretty big things… lol

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    • -Characters
      -UB’s and quest
      -Pokepelago
      -Daycare revamp
      -Diversity among cities/towns
      -Feels like a region steeped in heavy culture
      -NANU
      -New pokemon better than gen 6
      -Music!
      -Pokeride/replacement of TM’s
      -IV checking

      Probably more stuff

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      • lol nanu? and i think you mean HMs lol i like all this stuff too. but about the daycare….um…first she’s always crossing her arms like “how did this happen” even after like 100 eggs… also she’s like “oh there you are” when I’ve been running around in circles in front of her…. lol

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        • Haha I was mainly talking about the pokemon not leveling up anymore. But yeah, she even follows you with her head.

          And Nanu is AWESOME

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  88. i mean since it is the article topic, ill voice my opinion. I think the addition of the rotom dex was a really cool feat. It was very “cute” and enjoyable having an interactive pokedex it definitely made collecting the dex exciting. second, i dont really get the lack of touch screen part? there wasn’t any except the amie last gen either….also I’m gonna be honest the ds 3d sucks. i dont think anyone can say its that great and bearable to keep on the whole time while playing a game. personally, i dont wear glasses and my vision is ok whatever but the 3d actually gives me a headache and hurts my eyes. next, i think the poke finder was really fun. yes, it wasn’t too much but it was like pokemon snap, very similar concept and it was great to include the concept of such an amazing classic game. next, i agree that the low chance for new pokemon was a little crazy but it really wasn’t too hard to find stuff. serebii lists soo much as 5% but everything was easy to find. i found lapras for example on my first try while catching everything i can catch in my game. next, the side quest tracker. seriously? you want a tracker i have one, its called google. having to find stuff on your own was great since well its an adventure and it makes it more exciting. the main game was completely linear you had rotom helping you out if you ever found yourself going the wrong way, it has a little flag to tell you which is what soo many games do. and i guess finally the exclusion of old feats. first of all, with a new game comes new mechanics. PSS sure was great and convenient but festival is so fun. it brings back the little missions like in BWB2W2. also the pelago i think is a great and really fun mechanic, and i actually fully upgraded it last night. i dont really get what we needed back from old games. if gen 4 remakes come out in the future we will get the poketch back. but yeah just my long opinion on all of the things listed above

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  89. What are the chances in the FP Lottery?
    I feel like it’s
    10. – 65%
    9. – 40%
    8. – 32%
    7. – 28%
    6. – 25%
    5. – 20%
    4. – 15%
    3. – 6%
    2. – 3%
    1. – 0.9%

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  90. This isn’t a Pokémon comment, but it’s aimed towards Nintendo loyalists. For those of you who are really cool and have a Wii U, I totally recommend Paper Mario Color Splash. It’s a fun time all around, even though it’s quite easy and repetitive. The writing is stellar and has made me laugh many times. I have a couple more Big Paint Stars to get (and a Bowser final boss, no doubt) before finishing. If you want one last RPG to play on the Wii U before the Switch, you should give it a shot. I’m happy I’ve been playing it right before I (almost) completely transition to the next generation, because it’s a great example of why the Wii U deserves respect in its own right.

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  91. Hey, @starstorm295:disqus I like your art, i am also an artist, would it be possible to chat with you on something like skype, if not i understand deer. Just askin~

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  92. Tsareena is so awesome. I sent it out first and it didn’t faint and it won me two Master Rank Battle Royals! It is so great

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  93. Yes!! Tapu quest complete! I also just got a scizor from the GTS!! Now all I need is necrozma and silvally, which I just realized I can’t get necrozma until I beat the UB quest. Can anyone show me theirs? I need a supply of beast balls, so I don’t want to end the quest just yet.

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  94. Siiiigh I’m shirking my Pokemon duties….I feel great dishonaroo
    I have been playing Minecraft, Skyward Sword, Wow and Pokemon at the same time but hardly accomplishing anything (granted in SS I just got to the Sky keep which is the final dungeon)

    I feel so obliged to play games like a job but I find myself just wasting hours day by day….l feel extremely lost in question, if these games are meant to be enjoyed why don’t I feel happy, maybe im scared to play competitive because it totally shredded my already fragile psyche fearing to lose or be upstaged, but deep down I have a flame that yearns to be set free to scorch my rivals in the field of combat, it’s days like this I need a total morale boost and a heaping dose of mojo to kickstart my war engine

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  95. GF really F*cked Incineroar I just looked at moves Weavile can learn while breeding and a Incineroar signature move Throat Chop can be breed on it

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  96. Ok a bit more situational but
    Primarina @ Choice Specs
    Ability: Torrent
    EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
    Modest Nature
    IVs: 0 Atk
    – Moonblast
    – Scald
    – Attract
    – Hydro Cannon

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  97. Much as I like it’s uniqueness I’m seriously considering Oblivious over Corrosion on Salazzle. Being able to use Nasty Plot without the fear of Taunt is looking more promising atm.

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  98. Ok wow Primarina is a dang good sweeper
    http://replay.pokemonshowdown.com/gen7pokebankou-502143533

    then i fell apart

    Lopunny @ Flame Orb
    Ability: Klutz
    Shiny: Yes
    EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
    Jolly Nature
    – Switcheroo
    – Fake Out
    – Return
    – Healing Wish

    Gardevoir @ Life Orb
    Ability: Synchronize
    EVs: 252 SpA / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
    Timid Nature
    IVs: 0 Atk
    – Psychic
    – Moonblast
    – Energy Ball
    – Destiny Bond

    Mimikyu @ Focus Sash
    Ability: Disguise
    Shiny: Yes
    EVs: 252 HP / 4 Atk / 252 SpD
    Careful Nature
    – Leech Life
    – Toxic
    – Substitute
    – Protect

    Ninetales-Alola @ Light Clay
    Ability: Snow Warning
    EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
    Timid Nature
    IVs: 0 Atk
    – Aurora Veil
    – Confuse Ray
    – Roar
    – Blizzard

    Absol @ Absolite
    Ability: Justified
    EVs: 252 Atk / 4 SpD / 252 Spe
    Jolly Nature
    – Swords Dance
    – Night Slash
    – Psycho Cut
    – Knock Off

    Primarina @ Choice Specs
    Ability: Torrent
    EVs: 252 HP / 252 SpA / 4 SpD
    Modest Nature
    IVs: 0 Atk
    – Moonblast
    – Scald
    – Energy Ball
    – Blizzard

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  99. Has ability odds changed while breeding? Like if my male has the desired ability does it still not matter? I think in gen 6 it was like 60% to have the mother’s ability or something? Is it the same?

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    • Wait until it’s announced, you’ll probably get a code on your GL account. At least that’s how Pokemon as prizes worked last gen.

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  100. Sorry for non-Pokemon related but anyone know where I can watch Subbed Kinnikuman Nissei? I feel a need to watch it, if not I guess I’ll watch the 4kids dub (ew).

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  101. Any other Mega Man fans? I’m playing through the first game for the first time in years right now and FFFFfffff Ice Man stage. It’s the worst -_-

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  102. So quick thing I wanted to say since we were talking about Wailords. Isn’t Guzzlord just Wailord except its a Dark/Dragon type and with a little bit higher HP stat? Because it has the same stat spread all around.

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  103. Google is paying 97$ per hour! Work for few hours and have longer with friends & family! !mj445d:
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  104. I didn’t understand why so few people were using Guzzlord when its design is so cool…then I looked at its stats and movepool. Wow…they were really determined to see one Ultra Beast fail, huh?

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    • That thing creeps me out to no end. I hate even seeing it at my Poke Pelago… I’m putting it in the bank ASAP because my living dex is the only reason I haven’t traded it. Celesteela freaks me out too, but I only have one left so I won’t trade it… probably.

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  105. Are people hacking the actual games yet?
    Also… seeing as I just got game and only 5 Pokemon 4 trials I think in… only at right before Mallow.
    I can Honestly say my Least favorite thing about the new games is how freaking gosh darn hard it is to escape nowadays! Like I might not need to press Run for an actually Good reason -,-
    Also how we can’t catch with more than 1 Mon on the field. Not new, just more common.

    These games are my absolute favorite though! Honestly wasn’t expecting it. Such and easy going fun carefree adventurous feel to it. It doesn’t feel like a hassle.. I don’t know what’s coming yet, even when a little spoiled. It feel like any other untrue game. Whatever that means.
    Also I think totems are personally so gosh dang hard! I turned off the exp share from the start. The most struggling I’ve Ever had in a Pokemon game.. to the point where I’m annoyed at times hehe.
    It’s an overall good game. I’ve never played so many hours in a row.. and to only be at the start still.. wow
    Team:
    Dartrix
    Trumbeak
    Snorlax
    Crabrawler
    Wishiwashi

    Think I want Turtonator next

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        • eh thats the risk you when doing a weather team. Usually do 4 pokemon that have synergy in the rain team and then 1 regular attacker and 1 defensive wall that covers your team weakness

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        • I find weather teams only really need 3-4 Pokemon that directly benefit from the weather. The other 2-3 slots can go to covering weaknesses (occasionally these Pokemon have filler moves that benefit from the weather but the weather is not essential for these Pokemon).

          For example I’ve seen a Sun Team that used a Lycanrock. Standard lead Stealth Rocker but it had Fire Fang to take advantage of the sun.

          Rain Teams usually have something like Ferothorn to cover electric weakness.

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  106. Battle Of alola is over, and the top 5 most popular pokemon being:
    1. Garchomp (Obviously garchomp is always used in everything. Easyone of the best non legendary pokemon, and it looks cool. I used it)
    2. Tapu Koko (I saw this a lot but I didnt think it would be second place)
    3. Lunala (This completely wrecks my team, so mostly every team that had Lunala beat me)
    4. Mimikyu Eh I didnt see that much nor did I lose to any.)
    5. Celesteela (this pokemon is fairly annoying wall, it’s hard to beat)
    I finished with 24:12 (I didnt get to finish all my battles), and I had a lot of fun!

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  107. Someday I really want to calculate how long Sinnoh is. Like we know Lucas’ height because of the dex, so we can count the number of steps and multiply.

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  108. Ugh, I’m IV breeding a Love Ball Play Rough Adamant Bounsweet for my little brother for Christmas, and it’s really irritating me. I want to get two so that I’ll have one too (even though Tsareena sucks), but for whatever reason I’m having terrible luck breeding today.

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  109. I just walked in on a weird event in Iki town, I dunno what triggered it because I’ve been to Iki town since hall of fame.

    Team reskull for Pokemon stars confirmed

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  110. For any Steven Universe fans there is a Steven Bomb at the end of January and these are the episodes

    Monday, Jan. 30: “Steven’s Dream” – A strange dream prompts Steven to search for answers.
    Monday, Jan. 30: “Adventures in Light Distortion” – Steven and the Gems take off on a search and recovery mission.
    Tuesday, Jan. 31: “Gem Heist” – The Gems try to pull off a heist.
    Wednesday, Feb. 1: “The Zoo” – Steven visits a special zoo.
    Thursday, Feb. 2: “That Will Be All” – Steven and the Gems make a daring escape!

    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHH

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  111. So I caught a 4IV Timid Lele yesterday with Max IVs in Speed and Special Attack.

    Also caught 3IV Jolly Bulu, Max Attack, but unfortunately not speed.

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  112. Set myself a semi hard task for my Alola living dex. I want all Pokemon (apart from the UBs) in Pokeballs. The hardest ones so far are the trade for evolution cause normally they’re in Ultra Balls, so I’ve gotta keep trading until its a Pokeball, same with Moon exclusives, especially Drampa
    It’ll be a challenge getting the Tapus with the nature I want in a Pokeball, especially since I don’t really know their capture rate.
    Absol was quite annoying to catch even though it was down to 1HP and it was paralysed

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  113. I’m revealing to you Earthen that be happy I have made a Ground/Fighting type for my region it’s based on a mix between its first form a Sand Dollar and a Mussle (the thing like a clam)

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  114. Not that this would ever happen, but if they ever did a dual region game again (lol they won’t), it’d be interesting if a version exclusive feature was…and gonna use Kalos/Alola just for an example…in one version you start in Kalos and the post-game is Alola, and in the other version you start in Alola, and the post-game is Kalos.

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  115. What would be the best Poke Ball to catch Salandit with? Want another female that isnt caught with a quick ball lol so i can pass down the ball.

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  116. Question if Parasect had no Mushroom that killed it and it lost Grass type…
    What type would it have? (Would still have Bug)

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  117. How is this set?

    Ninetales-Alola @ Light Clay
    Ability: Snow Warning
    EVs: 252 HP / 4 SpA / 252 Spe
    Timid Nature
    IVs: 0 Atk
    – Aurora Veil
    – Blizzard
    – Confuse Ray
    – Roar

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  118. I just thought of a good idea for what I should draw in the future, but each one would take a while. My idea is I will accept requests from people to draw their favorite Pokemon, though I would have to do one at a time. So if anyone wants me to draw one of their favorites, I’ll be more than happy to!

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  119. So I just realized something about the Ultra Beasts, and I now have a theory about it I’d like to share. Pretty often, I’m wrong with theories, but anyway:
    What if the UBs are actually based on the 7 Deadly Sins? I have a few reasons so far as to why I thought of this:
    – There’s 7 known Ultra Beasts
    – Some of the Ultra Beasts seem to represent one of the sins, like Pheromosa represents Lust because of it’s codename and how Pokemon are captivated by it, Guzzlord represents Gluttony because of how much it eats non stop, Nihilego represents Envy because of how it manipulates minds and fills them with desires, Buzzwole is Pride because of how it likes to show off how powerful it is, Kartana is Wrath because of the sheer amount of power it has (Like slicing a building into two), etc.
    -They pose as a danger to Pokemon, Humans, and nature
    -Are very hostile towards others, like how the sins are a hostile and threatening the nature of people
    -The idea of if humans are irradiated with the Wormhole’s energy, the Beasts are drawn to the people, similar to how sin follows those with ill-intentions

    That’s about what I have so far, but there are some ideas that point to the sins being the inspiration.

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    • I’ve seen something like this before, and this seems to be the case. Except I still don’t understand where Xurkitree and Celesteela fall in.

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      • I believe Xurkitree could be Greed because of how it constantly wants to absorb electricity for itself, so that’s something.
        As for Celesteela, the only other sin that could fit it is Sloth, though I don’t see how it could be like that other than how it’s slow and its appearance makes like look almost as if it’s tired

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  120. Unrelated to Pokémon but more relating to the site. Every time I type in pokejungle for here the main site, suggested immediately gives me chatango page. Does anyone know how to fix this? Suggested is helpful but the chatango popping up is really bothering me I don’t use chatango anymore. It was doing it on my computer too. Anyone help please

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  121. Anyone have any PS4 recommendations that aren’t Final Fantasy-related? I’m bored and I don’t feel like doing festival plaza. Lol

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  122. 3/6 of my team are ready to EV train. Now i just need to breed the other half (kinda of will be a pain cause i dont have the right natures but whatevs)

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  123. Maybe I’m just weird but everynight before I go to bed I to the tide song hotel. I don’t know why but I like to think that my character stays there now.

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    • Yeah. EC really went above and beyond with these three videos. Always great to remember that Games can do more then simply be fun toys to entertain us.

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  124. I watched Indie Game The Movie yesterday for the 3rd time and I really want to start this game idea about bubbles. That movie is so motivational. Plus lots of Phil Fish and I kinda love him even though he is an asshole. And Jonathon Blow who is just the coolest.

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  125. Rank the pseudos? You can do them in terms of skill or design/how much you like them or whatever. Mines how much I like them in general.

    1) Garchomp
    2) Hydreigon
    3) Tyranitar
    4) Dragonite
    5) Metagross
    6) Salamence
    7) Goodra
    8) Kommo-o (so disappointing)

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      • More or less the movie’s has some controversial design choices. From having random glowing holes on the costume, to giving the girls costumes boob-socks and heels, to making the costumes over all look more like ironman suits rather then a more modern take of a spandex costume. However the toys were recently revealed and they haven’t done much better. Goldar, the cat man in gold armor has been reduced to a melted gold man with tentacles for a mouth, and this is the mega zord; a generic looking robot with little color to it(despite you being able to see the T-rex just below it with plenty of color), that looks more like it belongs with Michael Bay in Transformers rather then a movie about robot dinosaurs transforming into a robot. It really just looks super generic and doesn’t look like it ever had any connection to the base robots, other then the small traces of color.

        But again it could be worse. I mean this is literally the Goldar toy.
        https://images.moviepilot.com/images/c_limit,q_auto,w_710/v1km3ntgxsohvxn9d9ti/why-the-2017-power-rangers-movie-is-right-to-change-goldar-and-other-classic-designs.jpg

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        • What was wrong with using the old Goldar Design but using CG to augment him, like make his wings move properly etc? With this and Frog Alpha I’m really not impressed at all. Even Bryan Cranston as Zordon doesn’t give me any confidence in this anymore.

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          • Honestly I really don’t know anymore. I”m guessing its the argument that everything needs to be more edgy and extreme, and avoid the campy nature of the series, but that kinda misses the point all together. Power rangers was a series that in one breath could write a scene where a robot stops evil pizzas that possess cars with a stop sign, But an episode later could deal with serious themes of regret, revenge, failure, fears and even death. Then again I think most people have written this off as at best well meaning people missing the mark of what could have been good, and at worst a quick cash grab at nostalgia in the form of appealing to the lowest common denominator by people who really didn’t care about the series to begin with, which wouldn’t be a first. Heck I would suggest reading into some of the talk of Power Rangers when Disney had the rights to ti and how much they hated working with it given the fact that it wasn’t the cheapest thing to produce and generally saw it as an embarrassment for them to own.

          • I agree. On that last point, if Disney didn’t want it they didn’t have to buy it, someone must have known what it was before they bought it. Anyway RPM was pretty darn good so at least they had one good series out of it.

    • Disgusting I hate it…..I was excited when they announced a new Power rangers movie….but the Zords are awful in my opinion. The originals look way better. There’s a way to make them look less toy like without making them completely different and they’ve missed the mark I think entirely…..God help this movie……

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  126. So apparently 3DS systems are selling out everywhere and are difficult to find right now.
    *Insert Joe Merrick tweet slamming the people who complain about Nintendo*

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    • Yeah Nintendo’s been killing it this year on the 3DS. Heck The 2DS in pretty much every form sold out between black Friday and Cyber Monday pretty much everywhere around me, even used version from my local gaming store. Honestly it kinda makes me wonder what Nintendo’s really planning for the thing, especially with the money they’ve invested into white hackers to find what exploits the handheld has.

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      • It’ll also be interesting to see if Gen VII becomes the first gen of main-series games to be split between devices, since Stars may very well be for the Switch.

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        • It’ll be interesting. Game Freak seems to change their opinion on the switch every other week, with the last statement I think they said being that their going to wait to see how the system does before pushing anything major on it. That and Stars is still a rumor. Its a rumor from a good source, but good sources can be misinformed.

          Honestly if I were a betting man at this point I’d guess Stars is a code name like how Pokemon Rainbow was a codename for Sun and Moon, and I’d probably guess that it could be something like Gen 7’s pokemon Battle Revolution or something. I really can’t see them pushing out another main series game on another console this soon, especially when Nintendo seems to be stressing that they themselves aren’t really thinking of the switch as their main handheld, and more of their home console, personally making me think that they either want to get a few more years out of the 3DS, or their working on a new device that will come out after the switch. But again that’s purely conjuncture based on what little we do know.

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    • can confirm, I went into all the game stores in my area this week and all their shelves for 3DS and N3DS were bare, EB games only had on system left and it was a regular boring red N3DS. They usually are stocked really full. But they all still had a bunch of xbox ones at every location, you know, because the PS4 is superior

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  127. Hai you guys! 😀 Sorry for the long, long, long absence, but between finishing my semester out to playing both versions at once so it took awhile to getting my Shiny Charm, Pokejungle kind of went into the backburner.
    But I do love these games (even if I do agree with some of these points). I’m SOS method-ing a Fomantis right now, and I already have a cute Cutiefly (now Ribombee), Pikipek (now Toucannon), and Cubone (now an awesomely cool shiny Alolan Marowak) as my beautiful shiny trophies in this game.
    And yes, I already restarted my Sun copy and am playing through with Primarina (I’m near the end of the game-ish) And I definitely see myself resetting it a good amount of the times.
    Anyways, though, I’ll try to be on during a more active time, but I just wanted to say my thoughts and whatnot :3

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    • Well, I completed shiny charm with the help of other junglers… 🙂

      Mostly Porygon-Z and someone just coincidentally asking for help trade-evolving it… coz I sure ain’t spending BP just for living dex (until later, perhaps).

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      • You can get the Dubious Disc from battling Faba after you become Champion. I spent no BP completing it, and I completing it in 5-6 ish days.
        I had help from the GTS, but most of it was all me, catching and evolving. I didn’t mind since it was something I wanted to do by myself, since it wasn’t an daunting task like it was in ORAS (I definitely had help there)

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        • In my case “I had help from the GTS” would be a massive understatement… I gained all my UB’s, Necrozma, Lunala, extra Cosmog, extra Cosmoem from it. I haven’t even started the Looker quest yet.

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          • I was tempted to get Type: Null and Silvally from there, so I can SR for a shiny one, but I don’t mind doing it in my Sun copy regardless. It’ll be a side hunt for sure, so it’s something I don’t mind taking forever.

          • Oh yeah thanks for reminding me I need a spare type null AND silvally for living dex. (I’m using my current one a lot, so that doesn’t count.)

          • Yeah, I found just getting a version exclusive on there or a super hard to get mon will get you most anything really xD It was kind of fun going through the GTS, even if the person wants a super low level mon that is virtually impossible to get.

          • Good thing I went through the story with my Alakazam because for some reason someone coincidentally put up a Lunala for 61-70 Alakazam.

            Also in weekends there’s some questionably easy Cosmog trades I took advantage of even though I wasn’t fast enough for many of them…

          • Yeah, I took advantage of some of the easier trades for sure. There were some I was questioning though, like a 1-10 Dragonair. I was literally like ‘….k then bai’. Like bro please, cut me some slack.

          • Really?! xD I thought it was always set to male or female when you do one gender mons. That’s crazy. I also saw a bunch of requests for mons not yet attainable. Too crazy.

  128. Google is paying 97$ per hour! Work for few hours and have longer with friends & family! !mj476d:
    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 if you don’t check it
    !mj476d:
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          • Well I didn’t know how relevant they were going to make Lusamine or Gladion to the story, like Lillie not divulging her family or whatnot

            I mean Lillie could’ve been written differently for the anime instead of being based on her in-game counterpart completely

            Like obvious example Anime Lillie has a fear of Pokemon while in-game is merely not a trainer but loves Pokemon

  129. Time to challenge the league in Moon!
    Incineroar – Jolly – lv60
    Mudsdale – Adamant – lv61
    A.Raichu – Modest – lv61
    Ninetales – Timid – lv61
    Araquanid – Adamant – lv60
    Lunala – Modest – lv56

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    • The holidays are going to be a total endurance test
      We’re hosting Christmas Eve and that turns my mother into a total tyrant to get the house clean and putting on a “loving facade”, and Christmas Day holding brunch so that’s another thing to worry about and lastly my super uptight aunt’s house filled to the brim with loud relatives

      I wonder if I could dig a hole and hibernate until New Years

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  130. What do I need to be able to traverse the rift on the altar of the sun/moon? I thought it was the cover legend but it won’t let me go through.

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  131. Just evolved my Shiny Pikachu that I caught on Alpha Sapphire, into a Alola form Shiny Raichu, I also remembered to teach it Thunder Wave & Thunder before I evolved it because it can only learn those moves as Pikachu, I’m so chuffed

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