Moltres Soars Into Pokémon GO!

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Moltres is finally available in Pokémon GO!

From now until August 7th you’ll be able to encounter and catch Moltres via Legendary Raid battles. It’s only available for a short time, so be sure to get out there, find a group of trainers, and catch it while you can!

To help you defeat this legendary Fire/Flying-Type here are the top 5 best counters to help you conquer it in battle:


Rock Throw / Stone Edge


Bite / Stone Edge


Water Gun / Hydro Pump


Dragon Tail / Hydro Pump


Rock Throw / Rock Slide

And if you’re lucky enough to catch Moltres, here’s a quick list of the top three movesets for Moltres so you can use your Fast and Charged TMs to the fullest:

  • Fire Spin / Overheat
  • Fire Spin / Fire Blast
  • Fire Spin / Heat Wave

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  3. Reposting!!!
    Pokedex Number: 45
    Harpring (Harpy-String)
    Classification: The Harp Pokemon
    Height: 1’02
    Weight: 5.3 Lbs
    Type: Flying
    Ability: Keen Eye/Gale Wings (Hidden Ability: Resonance)
    Stats:
    HP: 25
    Attack: 25
    Defense: 35
    Special Attack: 65
    Special Defense: 45
    Speed: 75
    Base Stat Total: 260
    Pokedex Entry: Although it possess wings, it is extremely poor at flying due to the weight of its wings compared to the rest of its body. It can run quite fast and is good at escaping danger. It is known for the sweet sound that plays through its harp-like wings as it runs. If it is cornered, it will create a shrill sound from its wings whilst screeching in order to harm its offender and call for backup.
    Evolves at: Level 19

    Pokedex Number: 46
    Harbilee (Harpy-Jubilee)
    Classification: The Innocence Pokemon
    Height: 3’01
    Weight: 65.3 Lbs
    Type: Flying
    Ability: Keen Eye/Gale Wings (Hidden Ability: Resonance)
    Stats:
    HP: 40
    Attack: 40
    Defense: 50
    Special Attack: 85
    Special Defense: 50
    Speed: 95
    Base Stat Total: 360
    Pokedex Entry: Harbilee is an extremely friendly and carefree Pokemon. No matter what happens to it, it will never turn violent due to its own will. This unfortunately leads to it becoming an easy target for malicious Pokemon and people who desire its food or its valuable string-like feathers. It will never fight back when it is abused but it will never forget its abusers. When it become filled with enough anger, it will patiently wait for to evolve…
    Evolves: When it learns Punishment (Level 38)

    Pokedex Number: 47
    Harpunish (Kinda self explanitory, wouldn’t ya say?)
    Classification: The Grudge Pokemon
    Height: 6’07
    Weight: 129.4 Lbs
    Type: Flying/Dark
    Ability: Vengeful (Hidden Ability: Resonance)
    Stats:
    HP: 71
    Attack: 90
    Defense: 78
    Special Attack: 115
    Special Defense: 78
    Speed: 63
    Base Stat Total: 495
    Pokedex Entry: This Pokemon remembers any suffering it experienced in its life and will hunt down anyone who had wronged it. A victim will be alerted by its presence when they hear the sinister tune that comes from its wings as it descends. If it happens to evolve without holding a grudge, it will instead fight to take revenge for other Pokemon that have been wronged in the past.
    Evolves from: Harbilee when it learns punishment (Level 38)

    Vengeful: If this Pokemon took damage within the current turn, its attack will do double damage for the turn.

    Blasting Volume: The user’s sound based moves do 1.5x times damage. Additionally, sound related moves that hit multiple foes do 1.0x damage.

    Notes:
    The entire line is based on harpies with literal harps for wings. In their previous forms they have a mostly white and baby blue color scheme but will gain a greyish and navy blue coloring when they fully evolve. In their first two stages they will frequently have their wings spread open but will tend to cloak themselves with their harp wings after becoming Harpunish. Interestingly enough, Harpunish only needs one of its wings to actually fly.

    Additional note: Blasting Volume is not a signature ability, it’s just the first Pokemon I’ve shown to have it so I’m explaining it here

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  4. MY FINAL FAKEMON!!! For now

    Pokedex Number: 99
    Tuneitini (Tiny and Tune, play on Teeny Tiny)
    Classification: The Tiny Wing Pokemon
    Height: 0’04
    Weight: 0.02 Lbs
    Type: Fairy/Flying
    Ability: Serene Grace/Speed Boost (Hidden Ability: Sap Sipper)
    Stats:
    HP: 10
    Attack: 5
    Defense: 10
    Special Attack: 70
    Special Defense: 25
    Speed: 110
    Base Stat Total: 230
    Pokedex Entry: Tuneitini are among the smallest Pokemon and are considered to be extremely cute. They are commonly found within gardens sipping on the nectar of plants. They tend to make a sweet sounding whistle noise as the dart about. Contrary to this sweet appearance, they will brutally hunt down and consume Cutieflies that come close to its nectar.
    Evolves at: Level 19

    Pokedex Number: 100
    Humivibri (Humming-Vibrate)
    Classification: The Fairy Bird Pokemon
    Height: 1’00
    Weight: 2.2 Lbs
    Type: Fairy/Flying
    Ability: Serene Grace/Speed Boost (Hidden Ability: Sap Sipper)
    Stats:
    HP: 20
    Attack: 10
    Defense: 20
    Special Attack: 90
    Special Defense: 50
    Speed: 130
    Base Stat Total: 320
    Pokedex Entry: As it flies, its wings move at an unbelievably fast pace that allows it to travel miles in mere minutes. In order to satisfy the amount of energy it uses to fly, it consumes large amounts of nectar and Ribombee per day. It’s coloration will become more vibrant as it gets closer to evolving. Additionally, it will begin to require more nourishment.
    Evolves: When it learns Fiery Dance (Level 38)

    Pokedex Number: 101
    Solaphony (Solar-Symphony)
    Classification: The Sunbird Pokemon
    Height: 3’11
    Weight: 9.3 Lbs
    Type: Fairy/Fire
    Ability: Serene Grace/Channeler (Hidden Ability: Drought)
    Stats:
    HP: 45
    Attack: 30
    Defense: 40
    Special Attack: 130
    Special Defense: 80
    Speed: 170
    Base Stat Total: 495
    Pokedex Entry: Moments before it evolves, it will fly upwards at sunrise before encasing itself in a cocoon of light that bursts with a radiant flash as it hums a beautiful tune. This phenomenon is referred to as a “Double sunrise” due to the amount of light it emits. The flames that engulf its body are painless to all it does not desire to attack. Legends state that its burning feathers can be used to communicate with the dead.
    Evolves from: Hummivibri after learning Fiery Dance (Level 38)

    Channeler: Ghost type attacks act as STAB moves for the user.

    Note: There IS some lore to this believe it or not. Two of the myths involving hummingbirds in Mayan culture are that…

    The hummingbird is the sun in disguise who is trying woo the moon.
    Hummingbirds would piece the tongues of kings, which when poured on ancient scrolls and burned, ancient spirits would appear.

    To reference this, Solaphony has wings that resemble sunbeams and when they all are together, resemble the sun. Additionally, its eight tails all have feathers with a scroll/spell tag-esque shape to mimic the sacred scroll. (Ideally they’d say the word Sun in Kanji on them but I’m trash so….)

    This thing…. dies to priority so fast xD
    And trust me, there’s a lotta ways to kill this thing, so don’t worry about those stats for a moment

    Also it’s meant to be Harpunish’s counterpart

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  9. @irvinap:disqus I added some details to my suggestion for your Grass Starter:
    Bapy (baby ape)
    Grass
    The Fruit baby pokemon
    They have a single fruit growing out of the palm of their hand. Many pokemon try to eat them, but they can easily run away.
    looks like a baby orangutan with green fur and a orange fruit with its stem growing out of the palm of its hand.

    Orangetan (Orange + Orangutan)
    Grass
    The Fruit Ape pokemon
    The fruit has grown into a small fruit tree in Orangetan’s hand. It can use the tree to hit enemies. It likes to rest and watch human entertainment.
    Looks like a small orangutan with green fur holding a small orange tree, standing on two legs.

    Gigantooluse (Gigantopithecus + Tool + Use (uses tools))
    Grass/Normal
    The Human-like Ape Pokemon
    The Fruit Tree has grown so big that Gigantooluse has to hold it with two hands. It uses the tree as a tool to build shelters or as a weapon in battle. It acts very simmilar to humans. Myths say some Gigantooluse learned to speak human!
    Looks like a giant humanoid ape with green fur holding a big orange tree.

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  11. Man the legendary bird trio is so amazing. I would say I dislike Moltres the most but its still soo cool. It has so much Fire power going for it. Man I love flying types!

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  12. Articuno has always been my favorite bird of the three. it just has the best design out of all of them. competitively zapdos is the best, but articuno just looks the best

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    • Exactly how I feel. I love Articuno’s design, but I love using Zapdos in battle.I gotta say I diont like Moltres as much as the other two, but its still amazing

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      • honestly for me, fire pokemon designs dont do it for me. Ice has always been one of my favorites because of 1) the fact that they are blue 2) they are portrayed a lot as having this snow/ice shinyness if this makes sense and 3) a lot of water types can learn ice type moves and vice versa. i just love ice beam and surf together. always one of the combinations i use when playing a new game. same with like thunderbolt or earthquake

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        • Thats seriously exactly how I feel about Ice types. Ice types always have this sort of beauty with them whether them being blue (my favorite color) or shiny like you said. It’s something about them just lookds so pretty and majestic-like. Its why I love Ice types. If only they were better in Battle they would definitely be my favorite type in the game.

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          • no joke, i could not have said it better. my exact thoughts and blue is my favorite color as well. majestic, pretty, beauty. you hit the nail right on the head

      • i mean dont get me wrong, zapdos is cool. I just prefer it in more battlign rather than its design. zapdos is too sharp a design which fits considering its typing and theme, just ice types really do it for me in terms of design

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        • I love all 3. Articuno has the best shiny. Zapdos is just my favourite, second depends on the art, but probably Articuno then Moltres, they are pretty much on the same level for me.

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          • I agree with the shiny. its not overdone like moltres’ its simple and whats better than blue? just a nice lighter shade of it

          • Zapdos’ more vibrant yellow shiny is nice, just not that different. Moltres’ shiny looks eew to me. Articuno looks more Icey.

          • exactly! i do not like that shiny moltres. personally i wouldve loved to see moltres with a blue flame cuz blue = hotter.

  15. another thing, i dont play go very much cuz i guess the whole AR didnt appeal to me as it did for many others, but seeing the birds and lugia in go makes me really want to play XD Gale of Darkness again

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      • i own both (while they arent in the best shape) by far some of my favorite games to play over and over and trust me i have. I love the concept of the game, i love the 3d of the pokemon at the time, the unique moves some pokemon got. just fun games all together. wish there was another. i remember buying BR because i thought it was another colosseum but it turns out it was more stadium then them

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          • i like his design too! also lol for some reason everytime i see Rui i immediately think its the girl from the lati@s movie.

          • Shes reminds me of Rika from digimon, but happier and a bigger forehead. Especially when I see Rui (Ruki is Rika jpn name) I get confused

          • this game is definitely the reason why espeon is one of my favorite eevees, jolteon because i used jolteon in xd

          • Jolteon is probably my favourite. Umbreon couldn’t be used to its’ full potential in this at all, Espeon had the edge over it. I really liked having both as ‘starters’ though.

        • How do you handle the big level jump in Colosseum? I never beat Colosseum (heck I think I barely got halfway) but I found out about the level spike no way young me could have done it. How do you?

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          • I didnt get very far. I think my team was Espeon Umbreon Plusle and Entei ( I didnt know how to purify pokemon and still dont)

          • i believe i always used misdreavus. she was so powerful with shadow ball i remember when my brother made her forget it years ago

          • It is done through:
            Walking around with them
            Battling with them
            Massaging
            Daycare
            Time Flute
            Calling them when they go into Hyper mode.

            I forget what I used except Raikou.

          • lol after playing for a while you would get excited when you saw your shadow pokemon’s gauge go down and knew exactly when they were learning their real moves

          • honestly i dont remember much in terms of the leveling. I dont ever remember finding myself failing to keep up with level besides the fact that a lot of the shadow pokemon have high starting levels

  20. I hope I can catch Moltres, but at least I got my favorite bird.

    Also it’s so fun finishing so far ahead of the pack that other racers get timed out and don’t even get to finish the race xD

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  23. Well Lady and Gentlemen we finally made it through July
    If they don’t give us new info in the 3 weeks I will murder something…

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  39. Omg I just realised our character tries to give Nebby to Lillie after catching it, but she declines.

    Bitch you should’ve took that legend and show Lance what for with his three dragonites

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  42. New anime titles
    Episode 981: Mimikyu’s Disguise
    Episode 982: Mallow the runaway and Oranguru
    Episode 983: Popplio, Brionne and the Angry Dhelmise

    Jessie and Mimikyu get separated
    Mallow’s father does a tv interview
    And Ash and Lana meet a trainer with a Brionne

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  52. Happy August folks! By the end of this month, I will have begun to settle into community college…that’s a terrifying and exciting thought. We’ll most likely get Pokémon news this month, but with the end of the year approaching, I’m wondering when that Animal Crossing app will be revealed (as well as how). A Direct? A press release? And how long will they wait to release it?

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    • good luck with school! College really isn’t all that terrifying once you get into it. Just make sure to keep up with whatever work you have and you’ll do great. I’d be willing to bet we get Pokemon news sometime in the next week. With the 10th being the reveal day for that toy line I think they’ll show off whatever it is in official capacity before then.

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      • Thank you! I’m not too concerned because the difficulty should be way less than my high school. I almost thought that they might have a USUM Direct as soon as this week. It’s definitely about time, but I still don’t understand why they’re approaching news in this way. There already isn’t that much hype because of the Switch, so they should have been aggressive with marketing from the start.

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        • Yeah. Honestly the amount of time they’ve been silent isn’t too out of the ordinary, but the lack of excitement for the games certainly is a problem for them. Especially if they really do end up being regular 3rd versions with nothing super crazy to offer.

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    • I’m going to respond to my own comment because I can. I can’t believe I didn’t think about this before, but I bet they’re going to use Apple’s “iPhone Pro” event next month to announce it like they did with Super Mario Run. Maybe it’s not as high-profile, but the timing does make the most sense.

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        • The rumored name of the iPhone 8 releasing this year, with a ton of new features like a screen over the entire front face (no home button/physical fingerprint scanner), double camera, etc. It’s going to be something else.

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  53. I need some feedback

    Malisocrat
    High Society PKM
    Poison/Fairy
    Rivalry/Poison Touch HA: Defiant
    HP: 95
    Atk: 110
    Def: 55
    SpAtk: 70
    SpDef: 65
    Speed: 95
    BST: 490

    Flatter
    Swagger
    Pound
    Poison Mist (new low level poison attack)
    Double-slap
    Charm
    Draining Kiss
    Fake Tears
    Embargo
    Grudge
    Feint Attack
    Nasty Plot
    Toxic
    Poison Jab
    Mean Look
    Moonlight
    Perish Song
    Play Rough
    Memento

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  54. We will see some news within the first ten days. Get hyped! Im ready for some news.
    After using Moltres a bit it has amazing strength. It OHKOs everything

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    • They can’t stay silent much longer. I say CoroCoro at the latest, but then again I was sure that it would make an appearance at E3.

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  56. Theory: if Eevee gets another evolution, seeing as its Z-Move is called Nine Evoli Boost and Eevee has eight evolutions, it’ll be its last.

    And even then the nine could just be Eevee and its evos

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  58. Thinking about a new move, Mercy Strike, a Ghost version of False Swipe. The Pokemon attacks with a forceful spirit but leaves its’ opponent alive, having mercy on its’ soul.

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        • Greaper is the final form of my Ghostly Pkm

          Spectini Ghost
          Ghostalker Ghost
          Greaper Ghost/Steel

          Spectini a spectral Pokemon that has a habit of wandering endlessly until it finds a person it has the exact same aura and once it’s found it it will follow you until the end of your days (some reported them following infants)

          Then as it evolves its stalking habits get much more aggressive that if the person it’s following tries to outrun it it will scream and chase it down

          And finally after leveling up around 45 at night it becomes the harvester of souls, it hunts Pokemon with long sickle like claws, it has a coiled head that constricts and unfurls based on somebody’s life force

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          • Sounds cool, got the creepiness down. Generally I like it tbh, unique from Dusknoir.

            Mine is a complete 180, it’s a cute little hooded ghost who’s dedicated to reaping souls, but is generally bubbly and excitable. Hence why some spirits slip though. It has the ability Soul Custody which means that when it faints an opponent, it takes their stat boosts.

          • I mean they mean no harm (unless you try to get away from it) they just yearn for a companion that it shares that specific wavelength, it has the ability Ethereal Body which attacks that make contact a chance to miss

            And speaking of ghosts

            Draghoul and Drequiem my Dragon/Ghost zombie dragons, these Pokemon are practically immortal and their bodies never heal from wounds or damage but they continue to live
            Their only ability is Doom Stand where when fainted it has the ability to preform one last action for a solid turn but then faints afterwards

      • Yeah, I thought Ghost would be most helpful and doesn’t completely outclass False Swipe because Normal types are immune.

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    • We definitely need something like this. Even though Quick Balls are effective in some cases, it’s agonizing to try and catch a Shiny without having False Swipe available.

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      • Yeah, it’s generally useful to have False Swipe for SOS and Legends too, so one that can hit different types better/at all is something I’ve been wanting.

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  63. My hype levels of USUM have sunk to enormously low proportions, I’m now of the believe that the game is nothing more than a quick cashgrab ‘remaster’ and will only get information a month in.

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  65. Sun/Moon – Leaked 25th Feb, Revealed 26th Feb. No news revealed. Got info on the 10th of May. A drought of 74 days between reveal and first news, besides Magearna being revealed as Steel/Fairy.

    Reveal to Release: 266 days

    Ultra Sun/Moon – Revealed 6th of June, no info as of today, 1st of August 2017. The ongoing drought has been 56 days. That’s 18 less than Sun and Moon’s.

    Reveal to Release: 164 days

    Not only do we have shorter to wait from reveal to release, the drought still isn’t as bad SuMo’s, especially as we were way further from release.

    ‘But we’re unsure of what Ultr-‘ we were unsure about SuMo, a bunch of people for some reason thought it was Gen 6.5 or Kalos’ Johto. We’ve been told it’s an alternate story, and thus we’re being strongly pointed to the direction that it’s more of a retake than a continuation.

    We know that it’s probably a third version or even a complete change of SuMo’s story based on the phrase ‘another/alternate story’. It could even be a sequel, however unlikely. But GameFreak knows that for most fans, the story isn’t purely what sells it to them.

    The story might be amazing and make you want to get the game more or bad and make you want less, but GameFreak knows what ultimately sell is new features. Walking Pokemon, move tutors, new Alola Forms, new formes, etc.

    It doesn’t matter if it’s a sequel, prequel, alternate timeline, or an in-game musical to celebrate Lillie, Queen of the Multiverse, because it’s the features that are gonna sell the game and they’re not gonna start spilling the beans when there isn’t as much beans to spill.

    Could also be feedback to people bitching about how much the game was spoiled for them :v

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    • What you left out is that the game comes out in 3 1/2 months. When we first got real SM info, launch was still a good 6 months away. They could wait longer because they had more of a time cushion. While it’s true that there’s less to reveal this time around, it’s not smart from a marketing perspective for the company to keep tight lips on the games after the reveal provoked some negative response. Of course they don’t have to reveal anything, heck, they could technically stay silent until release, but that doesn’t seem logical from their standpoint, at least to me.

      As for that last statement, neither of the two poles is a good choice. On the SM hand, they ruined what they value most, surprise. On the USUM hand, keeping silent for this long has given ample time for people to form negative assumptions based on a rough first impression of the games. Just scroll a few comments down and you’ll see what I mean.

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      • I did mention time to reveal for each of them to illustrate that USUM is coming out. In fact, my whole point is we’ve had less of a drought that SuMo and we have shorter to wait.

        And it’s fairly obvious that the reason that USUM has been silent is because they won’t have as much to reveal. They probably revealed it without the info because they know how restless their fandom is, especially coming off of a 1 year break.

        If they go for a SuMo style schedule, 3 1/2 months will be ample time to release info for a third version. It’s no reason to panic and boycott the game because they’re now used to being spoiled.

        BW2 were also revealed closer to release than normal, also had a fairly similar drought, and probably, to be honest, brought similar doubts. However, despite having worse sales, they’re regarded as great games full of content.

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        • The fanbase can be quite impatient, myself included. I’ll give you that. And of course it’s plenty of time to reveal enough information. They could do it with a day until release. But my point isn’t that they can’t, it’s that they shouldn’t. You don’t exactly have to go on a magical quest to find that a large chunk of consumers are frustrated with the game as it stands and are jumping to unfair conclusions about USUM. However, much of that is derived from mass confusion. Let’s see here, they announce a pokemon direct that’s six minutes long, and tack on a new game “reveal” at the end of a 3 minute trailer for a game that’s been out for over a year. They proceed to talk about the game for twenty seconds with ambiguous wording about nearly every point, then say “stay tuned!” and go silent for two months. My point is, the drought itself isn’t the problem. The problem comes when a two month drought proceeds and rough announcement that left everyone confused.

          Maybe I’m just looking for a place to project my impatience onto, but from a marketing perspective, it’s a terrible decision. First impressions matter.

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          • I do agree the actual reveal could’ve been a million times better. That teaser should’ve been by itself if they were going to do a teaser at all. But it’s still more info than we got for other game reveals such as BW2 and SuMo, which had very large draughts. At least they gave more info than they usually do, because we rarely get jack and shit. We’ve had tiny nuggets to speculate off of rather than nothing – which has lead to really cool theories like the Broken Akala theory, which would’ve been impossible with the standard ‘dump the titles and fuck off’ approach.

            Yes, this is subpar marketing. But people are severely overestimating what this means. BW2 sold shit for Pokemon games, but are extremely well received. And it still sold well and is a Pokemon game, so its not like a bad sale will cause the franchise to fail or decline in quality.

          • I completely agree with you on that last paragraph.

            I know we got some footage and all, but it’s all of the variables compounded together that make it a bad decision. But by that last paragraph, it seems we’ve already agreed on that.

          • Yup, defo agree it’s shitty marketing and GameFreak needs to wise up, but I’m pretty much doing damage control like this fandom does every time because I know that unless GameFreak becomes totally fucking incompetent at least some people are gonna like USUM regardless of what they said before

    • Uhh no. We knew what Sun and Moon was at least better than USUM

      It was pretty obvious that Sun and Moon was a new generation because of how they revealed it. 20 years of Pokémon, all the games, concept art. But with Ultra Sun and Moon, it could be a platinum version, sequels, alternate universe or something else entirely. It’s so infuriating

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      • Take yourself to online Web forums like Serebii and Bulbagarden, dig back to 2016, see all the arguments over whether SuMo was related to XY at all or not, and whether it was a ‘.5’ Gen or a completely new Gen. At least we know USUM is connected to SuMo.

        If it was a sequel, they would’ve said sequel. I might be wrong but to me the phrase ‘another’ and clips of things not in SuMo make it seem like it’s going to be an alternate take, not a sequel.

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        • Sun and Moon being related to Kalos is vastly different.

          Sun and Moon was: It’s probably a new gen but it could be a Kalos sequel

          USUM is: It could be a third version, sequel, or alternate universe.

          And again, that’s all up to interpretation. The new flowers could mean a sequel in a more developed Alola, or it could be a third version like how Platinum vastly changed many areas making them prettier.

          Those Lycanrock and Mimikyu things could be cutscenes, Z-Moves or Trials and if it’s new trials it could be a sequel or an AU

          No one knows what the hell the games are. Sun and Moon were pretty obvious. They weren’t up to debate as much

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          • SuMo were not obvious at all lol. The debates were worse than SuMo was, because people didn’t know what the region was based on, what the mascots would be (I even heard people suggest the Mega Charizards as mascots!!!) and we just came off of a full Gen with tons of insane unanswered questions.

            Whereas we know that USUM is probably an alternate take on the story of USUM (alternate universe and third version are pretty much the same concept, just different in how drastic they are)

          • Speaking of unanswered questions in SM, I better get some context here GF.

            What really is Type: Null?
            What’s the deal with Necrozma? (This one’s a given)
            Why are there so many unused locations?
            Why is Tapu Village in ruins?
            What happened to Poni island?
            and please, for the love of arceus,
            EXPLAIN THE ULTRA BEASTS

            Oh, and also explore tapu lore some more.

          • Wait really? (the tapu village stuff I mean. I know Type: Null is an ultra beast killer but it wasn’t fleshed out well. What is it a fusion of? Who created it? Why is there one in sinnoh? RKS system?)

          • Tapu Village: they put a supermarket in sacred land, Bulu destroyed the whole village in retaliation.

            Fusion: Cells. The documents at the Aether Foundation say that it’s cells used to give it access to all types, so it’s probably just an artifically made organic body or a chimera of body parts or like cells implanted into an embryo or something. (which GameFreak probably wouldn’t of wanted to mention in case peeps get angry over frankenstein mon)

            Sinnoh:??? There was never one in Sinnoh. They went to Sinnoh to research the myths on Arceus to work on inspiration of type changing.

            RKS: the memories probably activate the different type cells in Silvally, hence the name ‘memory’. It was most likely installed to be able to adapt to fighting Beasts any time.

            Creator: Faba. It’s all in secret Lab A in Aether Paradise.

        • To support your point, even Serebii labelled them under “6.5?” for a few days.

          Though, in retrospect it was pretty clear, since they went through all the generations in the reveal trailer.

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          • Even then tho, that could’ve been taken as a thing for the anniversary rather than for. A totally new Gen.

        • People thought that SM was a related to Gen 6? Didn’t we saw in the reveal trailer a Pokecenter that was completely different from Kalos’, thus suggesting that is a different gen? lol

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          • Poké fans are weird lol. People thought the region was Southern France and it’d just be southern Kalos. I did mention other people thought it was like Johto, as in a new region with an old region taped on for sales in a new gen

          • Omg the games are Called Sun and Moon and not Triangular X and hardy Y or XYZ or something like that lol

          • Ok yeah, but I was arguing about the people who thought that SM was XY sequel. I already mentioned the two region argument in a previous comment :p

          • XY had a lot of references to the Sun. Sundial, Parfum Garden, Lysandre. NPC asked if a moondial exists, another mentions a group of people who weren’t team skull interested in the legendaries.

            Kalos doesn’t include much of southern France so people thought the new ‘region’ was just part of Kalos.

            The logic for the name connection was that you can use XYZ to place celestial bodies’ positions and shit, I never believed tbh

          • Ah. But I doubt they’d change the name just for a few references here and there. And the southern part… since when the regions had to include the whole Country/Area/State

  67. “. . .featuring pokemon that didn’t appear in the original versions.”
    – Masuda, during the June direct

    Pretty sure this just means old pokemon not in the SM alola dex, as I don’t want to get my hopes up. However, technically all 802 pokemon can appear in SM, an the wording is quite suspicious.

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  68. Pokémon BW2
    Revealed: 26 Feb 2012
    Released: 23 Jun 2012
    Reveal to Release: 118 Days (over a month less than USUM)
    Reveal to First Big News*: 48 days (only 10 less days than USUM’s current drought)
    FBN to Release: 70 Days

    BW2 got their first big news town months and a third before their release. Granted BW2’s reveal and release were closer, but if anything that’s worse because it gives you less time to prepare for them and have GameFreak less promotion time.

    *We were told about Black and White Kyurem, but that’s it. We didn’t even get a release date revealed for BW2 for the first few months.

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    • I don’t know if the reactions are similar to USUM or what, but just because they made a similar decision a few years ago doesn’t mean it’s a good choice in their current market. Stop trying to justify their marketing incompetence.

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    • Yeah I think people are freaking out about the lack of news for no reason. I’m more concerned about the nature of the games rather than how much pre-released info we get.

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      • I think the fear mostly comes from them being silent. Like, the games are not so good so they try to hide that fact and prepare for a very short advertising cycle so the negativity does not completely burn the game out. But seems like it might be backfiring whether the games are good or not.

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        • If the game was total trash, why would they even release it when they’ve been working on PokeSwitch? They’ve taken gaps before and if they were really shitting themselves about it being bad they could’ve just made a third version with a battle facilities or something and the fandom would coo over it

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          • Nobody knows how these things are negotiated. Maybe Nintendo wanted some 3DS games still the ride out the console and ordered GF to produce some new games on a tight budget and time schedule.

          • Then why wouldn’t they just jazz up Sun and Moon and slap on some post game stuff rather than going for the ‘alternate story’ thing that means they appear to be changing up more (like us having an Ula’ula Z-Ring and the cutscenes with multiple Pokemon)

            Inb4 USUM are just what I described lol

  69. The more I think about it, the more I realize that USUM will probably sell terribly.

    – Third Versions always sell less
    – Tiny tiny window to get people hyped (Sun and Moon had 8 months, USUM has 5 months. Or actually 4 since they wasted a month)
    – Many people will just wait until Pokémon Switch instead of buying an extremely similar game for an outdated system

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    • For a pokemon game? Yeah. For a game in general though? Nope, they’re pokemon games. They’ll sell like hotcakes, even if GF makes Pokemon Yes and No, marks them up to 100 bucks a piece, and releases them on the GBA.

      Having “Pokemon” in the title is a huge cushion for them.

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      • However on a more positive note, sales aren’t really what we care about. Emerald and Platinum didn’t sell that well yet they’re considered to be some of the best games. BW2 is widely considered better and sold worse than BW.

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    • Tbh, why do people here care so much about the sales? Pokemon always sells millions, so it’s not like the franchise is going to crash and burn if they dip a bit. It’s the quality that matters imo.

      Black 2 and White 2 had a shorter timeframe to hype, didn’t have any new gimmicks like Megas, Alolans or Z-Moves they could adf mid Gen, and didn’t come out straight after Pokemon GO and other anniversary promotion that put Pokemon back into the limelight.

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      • It’s the precedent. Video Game industry people are very stupid when it comes to figuring out why games don’t sell.

        Notice how much content was packed into B2W2? Then it selled trash. So they figured no one cares about crazy post game stuff which isn’t true

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        • Gold and Silver sold amazing with a large post game but less than Red and Blue then we got Ruby and Sapphire which had trash post game.

          You can apply that to any dip in the franchise.

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        • I fear what might happen if USUM is similar. Great games (yay), but bad sales (boo). We already know GF is very fragile when it comes to extra content. If games that go above and beyond sell poorly, it might be the nail in the coffin.

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      • Share- and stakeholders in a company decide otherwise though. It’s all about relative performance, and if something underperforms you can be sure there will be people fired or replaced at top positions.

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  70. My main hope for USUM is that it’s actually worth buying. Since it’s reveal I’ve been concerned that it’s just SM with a new coat of paint. If it has a decent story change up and has a bunch of features that SM didn’t have then maybe it’ll be worth it, but if it’s just SM with Necrozma shoehorned idk about that……

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    • Yeah no one wants third versions ever since they did B2W2 so hopefully they’re in touch with their fanbase. But who am I kidding? They never fucking are

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    • Oh come on, it’s pokemon. All of us here will buy it no matter what. Even the “re-skins” are considered fantastic games.

      That being said, since we know virtually nothing, I fear that USUM may have been an afterthought to pad the 3DS’ line-up as well as calm the fans until Pokemon SW.

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      • The problem is that the other 3rd versions weren’t released a year after their original games. If USUM is just SM but with minor changes then what was the point of playing SM in the first place? It made sense for the others as there was enough time between the games that it felt ok to release an updated version of the games. This time it’s just feel like a middle finger to the face

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        • And this here is EXACTLY my point. You’re confused about what the games are, which has provoked a negative reaction and assumptions about the game. I rest my case.

          (Sorry for using you as evidence, but I saw my chance. xD)

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          • It’s…….Fine……….listen I understand my confusion. I’m willing to keep an open mind until we actually get info, but what the actual games end up being is a huge deal. It could make or brake them

          • Sorry if my response was a bit out of the blue. It’s nothing against you, I know a lot of fans are confused (heck, I am too. It’s fair to say we all are), but when false assumptions start to emerge, that’s when their “strategy” backfires.

            And I totally get what you’re saying. Since they haven’t revealed anything, it does raise the question of whether or not they have that much to reveal.

          • It’s fine no offense taken. Anyway again I’d say it’s the impression they gave us in the first trailer that’s more concerning than the lack of news. BW2 had basically 2 maybe 3 months max of actual news before it came out. So saying that we won’t get a lot in the game because of such a small pre-release period a bit silly.

          • Yeah really the issue lies with Gamefreak NOT communicating what we should be expecting. Speculation is only fun when we have something to go on

      • If I had to guess, I would say that USUM is just padding until they can put out the Switch version. So I’m gonna guess that they may not even be that updated :/

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        • I’m not sure they need padding like that tho. It’s not like they’ve never taken a year off before. They can do whatever they like honestly. If you concider every non first game of each gen as padding then there’s no point in having them at all. They all have their own places for better or worse. That’s just my opinion tho lol

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  74. Do you guys think the starters will get anything new at all in USUM? Like even just new animations like the starters in BW2?

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  75. I remember back when there were like 10 pokemon revealed and everyone had already planned their team. I waited until the dex leaks, but even then, I only used 1/3 of my planned team in the real game.

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    • I was gonna use everything and then just chucked it all and went sooo off course tbh XD

      I can never plan, I just find it boring to follow it and I can never follow it anyway :p

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        • Mimikyu decidedly became my favorite Pokémon and still is now. So when it took me two hours to see my first wild Mimikyu, only for my Araquanid to critical hit it to death. I was quite frustrated to the point that I boxed Araquanid…forever.

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  81. so a little weird question
    Do you guys have a pokemon crew? like you have a few select pokemon that fulfill specailized tasked such as Egg Hatching (or i call Egg Nannies) via Flame Body or Magma Armor or pokemon that steal stuff via thief and so forth

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    • It had a Hydreigon that would always be used for level grinding in the XY restaurants and I use Flavia the Talonflame for Thief and Flame Bod

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    • Talonflame for egg nanny-ing ( wish Numel had Magma Armor i can easily see a adorable Numel hold eggs over the hole in its hump)
      Machamp for Horde EV training
      Vileplume Sweet Scenter
      Sycther and Marowak SOS hunters
      Dittos all with Adamant, Modest, Jolly, Timid, Impish, Bold, Calm, Careful all in Repeat Balls which look like helixes
      A. Exeggutor aka Kuluko for frisking stuff

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    • I have Talonflame in gen 6 and Magmar in 7 for Flame Body. Butterfree with Compound Eyes and Thief for item hunting. A Poison Heal Gliscor with False Swipe and Skill Swap Alakazam for SOS hunting, though I’ll probably switch the latter at some point. I have synchronizers for every nature in various forms. I also have 6 lv 100 pickup pokemon, which allow me alot more Big Nuggets, Heart Scales, Max Revives etc. I also use Surf/ Pick-up utility Linoones in gen 6 and Dive/Fast Surf Sharpedo in ORAS.

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  84. When you feel like trash so you put on some Nickelback so you at least feel comfortable knowing you’re surrounded by peers.

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  90. Yoo don’t know how many people are on rn but @BigGuyI:disqus guess this might interest you? Basically I was considering using discord to make a smaller fanmade content thing for us disqus users?

    Basically, you’d spam it with your fanart, fanmons, even fanfiction if you want to (eww) and you just get feedback. You don’t even need to make things, you’re just expected to give feedback if you join.

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  100. I’m so nervous I have a phone interview for a possible freelance job tomorrow morning…………I hate talking about myself, but I guess I gotta do what I gotta do. I’ve done other freelance stuff, but this is the first time I’ve done something without it being through someone I’m super familiar with………

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      • I’ve only been on this site for not even a year yet lol

        The old one I used on Anime Haven (when it was still active and going strong). I think the last thing I remembered commented on was when I was discussing episode 24 or 25 for Soul Eater.

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  103. 3rd Lycanroc form reveal will be a huge L to those sceptics who told us that the ”?” on Pokeshopper is just Totem Lycanroc lmao. Because Ash will run around Alola with a gargantuan Lycanroc ok

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  107. So I think my phone interview went well. Now I have a shoot on Friday to test the water with the guy to see if we mesh. We’l see how things go!

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  109. Curious about this supposed 3rd Lycanroc form. I wonder if its a dual type or just pure Rock like the other two?

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  112. So how many birds have you caught so far? Have you caught both Articuno and Moltres, one of the two, or none at all?

    I’ve had the worst luck in finding a Legendary Raid near me, so none so far.

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  115. Cosmic Mon!

    Copernismos (Copernicus + Cosmos)
    Psychic/Ground (in Geocentric form) , Psychic/Fire (in Heliocentric form)
    The Heavenly Spheres Pokemon
    Over the course of its life these pokemon change forms, like they suddenly discovered something. Its not considered evolution. This pokemon has a strong connection to the space.

    Signature Ability:
    Discovery and Change
    If a battle is longer than 5 turns, Copernismos changes into the Psychic/Fire Heliocentric form, its Sp stats are boosted

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  117. Yesterday was a first step with the interview, my goal was to either get hired or do well, i can at least say i did well… still waiting on the hiring part…

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  121. I wish I more free time…….Like so much free time people would look at me as if it was ridiculous. If I had that much free time I’d be able to focus on my passions. Instead I find myself stressed out during even my actual free time……..Life is so hard……hahaha

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  123. At your local spelling bee:

    Proctor: Spell drought.
    Student: Could I have a definition?
    Proctor: When Pokemon is able to keep a tighter hold on any leaks or news than Donald Trump’s White House Administrationcan with confidential information.
    Student: … (starts tearing up due to the harshness of reality).

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      • Do you mean spelling that word. Pretend he or she is an elementary school student who has parents that are very politically active and lean to the left. This spelling bee is also only at his school level. He or she might not know how to spell drought but the definition given to him or her is what causes the action of crying.

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        • I mean even at an elementary school level, I wouldn’t expect a word like “drought” to appear. Idk, it depends. I participated in one in 2nd grade (which was the earliest I could do it at my school). In the qualifiers, I remember I had to spell “isotope”, which is definitely harder to spell. In the practice packet they gave me for the actual spelling bee, I had to spell harder words (ones that I remember: “prescription” and “smorgasbord”)
          But then in the real deal, the words ended up being stupid easy like “log” and “brown”.

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          • I was honestly expecting people to be triggered at my joke. But I thought that it was going to be about the politics or the lack of Pokémon news. I did not know that spelling bees were this serious.

          • Nah it’s not serious, just clearing stuff up lol
            I liked the joke though. Most of us here are pretty left anyways

  125. So please keep this spoiler free/plot free for me, but what’s your favorite mechanic/ thing to do in BotW? What I should I look forward to?

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    • Honestly? Just exploring and finding secrets was my favorite part of the game.

      And look forward to Hyrule Castle. You don’t have to wait, but I waited until I was ready to finish the game.

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    • Exploration is so amazing. Finding each part of the world is so rewarding and fills you with an amazing sense of discovery

      But using stasis to charge hits on rocks and tree then climbing into them as they fly is really fun

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    • Getting to the top of a mountain and seeing a stunning view! <3

      I also love just stumbling upon little secret things here and there

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  130. So Passimian is absolutely worthless right?
    Adamant or Jolly
    Receiver (defiant isn’t available)
    Close Combat
    Iron Head
    Earthquake
    Rock Slide

    I’m trying to figure out what possible abilities could benefit this pitiful ape
    Huge Power, Speed Boost, Contrary, Parental Bond

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  131. Wow I’m super relieved

    Before I left for two weeks of vacation I wanted to invite my friend over to my pool to swim and well I did it!

    She said she can’t, but I’m relieved I at least tried

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  132. Soooo… Conveniently none of the Island Scan Pokémon have Megas ? ?

    If we get a regional Tepig and it isn’t Ground I’m calling the cops

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  133. Shitpost but is anyone else considering writing a story for their USUM? Wanted to for SuMo as some of you might remember but honestly that team let me down so much I now reside in hell ☺

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  136. Here are all my playthrough teams that I consider the best of that game

    Red: Ninetales, Blastoise, Vileplume, Articuno, Marowak, Jolteon
    Soul Silver: Feraligatr, Staraptor, Ampharos, Furret, Houndoom, Slowking
    Heart Gold (nuzlocke remaining members): Typhlosion, Dodrio, Tyranitar
    Alpha Sapphire: Blaziken, Roserade, Meowstic, Altaria, Milotic, Banette
    Platinum: Empoleon, Togekiss, Gardevoir, Luxray, Froslass, Gliscore
    Black: Reniculous, Lilligant, Carracosta, Mienshao, Elektross, Reshiram
    Also Black: Serperior, Zebstrika,Klinklang, Swanna, Chandelure, ???
    Black 2: Samurott, Leavanny, Gothitelle, Zoroark, Altaria, Lopunny
    X: Delphox, Blastoise, Lucario, Sylveon, Froslass, Noivern
    Y: Delphox, Furfou, Clawitzer, Slurpuff, Yveltal, Gogoat
    Moon: Primarina, Alolan Raichu, Salazzle, Mimikyu, Tsareena, Lycanrock Day (Lunala <3)

    Bonus: Team Blitz(Explorers of Sky)
    Riolu
    Shinx
    Shaymin

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    • Best Kanto Team (Red): Charizard, Gyarados, Vileplume, Raichu, Wigglytuff, Snorlax

      Best Johto Team (SS): Noctowl, Furret, Magcargo, Venomoth, Heracross

      Best Hoenn Team (AS): Blaziken, Roserade, Gyarados, Glalie, Aggron, Salamence

      Best Sinnoh Team (Plat): Infernape, Gastrodon, Leafeon, Staraptor, Porygon-Z

      Best Unova Team (W2 Challenge): Samurott, Leavanny, Flareon, Aggron, Eelektross, Altaria (probably one of my favourite playthroughs ever because the team was so unplanned yet so good)

      Best Kalos Team (X): Chesnaught, Charizard, Talonflame, Aurorus, Florges, Noivern

      Best Alola Team (Sun): Incineroar, Araquanid, Shiinotic, AloMuk, Mimikyu, Dhelmise (so much type overlap but so much fun)

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    • hmmmmmm favorite runs
      FireRed: Charizard-Nidoking-Primape-Snorlax-Rhydon-Aerodactyl (Elite Four not fun)
      Crystal: Feraligatr-Donphan-Urasring-Crobat-Heracross-Piloswine
      OR: Swampert-Hariyama-Aggron-Flygon-Armaldo-Walreign
      Plat: Infernape-Floatzel-Rampardos-Garchomp-Drapion-Abomasnow
      Black: Emboar-Excadrill-Sawk-Leavanny-Elektross-Golurk
      X: Chesnaught-Diggersby-Pangoro-Tyrantrum-Barbaracle-Avalugg
      Sun: Incineroar-Lycanroc Day-Crabomniable-Mudsdale-Golisopod-Kommo-o

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    • Red: Charizard, Jolteon, Starmie, Pidgeot, Vileplume, Nidoking
      HeartGold: Typhlosion, Crobat, Tyranitar, Ampharos, Tentacruel, Heracross
      Emerald: Sceptile, Slaking, Hariyama, Crawdaunt, Manectric, Flygon
      Platinum: Infernape, Gastrodon, Staraptor, Garchomp, Magnezone, Tangrowth
      Black: Emboar, Milotic, Galvantula, Sawsbuck, Archeops, Metagross
      X: Greninja, Charizard, Heliolisk, Tyrantrum, Gogoat, Talonflame
      Sun: Decidueye, Vikavolt, Alolan Sandslash (got it through trade), Salazzle, Lycanroc Day, Kommo-O (Solgaleo Post-game)

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    • Idk if I can remember all of those…but I’ll list my favorites
      White 2: Volcarona, Swanna, Lilligant, Mincinno, Claydol, Zoroark (This one was super fun w/Volcarona and seeing what it could sweep)

      Y: Lapras, Luxray, Garchomp, Charizard, Pangoro, Aegislash (Probably favorite lineup)

      OS: Blaziken, Milotic, Flygon, Magnezone, Shiftry, Crobat (I like the type coverage here)

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  138. Least favourite team you can remember?

    Deci/Turt/Toxa/AloPers/Comf/AloTales

    Whenever a starter is so badly outshined by the rest of the team it’s gonna have a bad impression on me. Comfey and Toxapex were tanky but I just didn’t have the patience for their weaker attacking stats because Deci and Turtonator just made me want that game done ASAP.

    Deci just felt worse than my Dhelmise from my other run because it was so physically frail and slow in comparison to half of the tram. Turt dragged until it got Shell Smash and even then it has a terrible movepool. Was great in the E4, but boring.

    AloTales was good but not particularly noteworthy.

    But Sasha.

    Sasha the Alolan Persian. This bitch.

    She was the slayer. Murdered everything, U-Turned back to the team. Helped cover Deci’s physical weaknesses with Fur Coat. And if she was against a physical attacker, it was set up Nasty Plot and win, win, win! An absolute legend ?

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    • probably my early Red and Firered stuff
      i was always trying to cram stuff in there like Dugtrio, Nidoking, Rhydon Aerodactyl Snorlax Kabutops

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        • no shit
          although i did have some fun times with a Parasect and a Victreebel once
          i’ve proabaly played Fire/Lear roms a bazillion times

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          • Victreebel is one of my faves <3

            I miss Grass/Poisons. You feel that way about Rock/Grounds?

          • a little bit….but then i remember all the times i had to flee in terror if i was up against a water user

          • I just realised that my favourite type combo (Fairy/Poison) and yours (Ground/Fighting) are strong and weak against eachother :0

            May the best type combo appear first ?

          • Malistocrat vs Warhog!
            unfortunately Malistocrat is a physical attacker and Warhog has high HP and way better attack

          • Puggylist VS… Umm…

            Don’t have a Poison/Fairy since I scrapped all my Crypto Pokemon and my Regional Aromatisse and Slurpuff

          • it is just such a hard concept to nail down that isn’t some noxious sprite

            I should work on Abbigale the 6th Gym Leader
            the bratty daughter of the Super Department Store chain Founder, she basically had her father buy her expensive pokemon and position of gym leader nothing but sickening cutesy fairy types

          • I don’t think it’s too hard, for example Swirlix was gonna become rotting (idea replaced with new Pokemon, Rankid and Festelder) Spritzee was going to be a poisonous perfume, and the Crypto Pokemon was a potion

    • Sucks you had such a bad time with Decidueye in game. Mine was great.

      My bad experiences with a team usually lie with one member: Emolga sticks out as being a huge weak link on a team I had. I’ve also had bad experiences with Pidgeot in SoulSilver. However, my worst experience with a pokemon was with Heliolisk in my first X playthrough. Its typing is trash and could never one shot anything and instead got OHKO practically every time.

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  142. Theory: as Mimikyu is seen in the trailer popping out from some woods, as well as the fact that there’s an upcoming anime episode called ‘Mimikyu’s disguise!’ where Jessie’s Mimikyu’s disguise gets ripped, we’re gonna see a Mimikyu form/evo.

    If it’s an evo it’ll either be a Silvally (minimal stat increase) or a Scizor (no stat increase, just rearrangement)

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      • I’m expecting it to be a total cutie under the rag tbh, like it’s actually just a shadowy Raichu or something XD

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    • Well if you look at the image I posted below-it was the result of me trying to capture an image to see where the Mimikyu is jumping from. All we really know is that it’s jumping from something that has leaves. It could be a bush, it could be a tree, and it could be an Alola Exeggutor. The speculation one can derive from this one second is endless.

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    • Evolution is very strong, there is definitely a chance they might make an ultra form but at the same time they’re never going to show what mimikyu looks like under there

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      • What the fuck is an Ultra Form? Like what happened to the legends? Because I’m more betting that’s just Necrozma manipulating light to appear as Solgaleo and Lunala.

        An Ultra Mimikyu wouldn’t fit because that goes off the theory it’s a fusion with Necrozma, and the pieces of Necrozma are the same size on ‘Solgaleo/Lunala’ as they are on Necrozma

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  143. Well of the 163 day wait it has been 57 days. We are 34.97% of the way through pre-release and have finally gotten an extra second to the 16 second of game footage that was in reveal trailer. How is everyone feeling!

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  144. Anyone been seeing this completionist bullshit? 2 years after greg, his buisness partner left the show, he told Jirard to remove all episodes with him in it just as a way to fuck him over. Jirard has to delete most of his videos now and he is now redoing every single one of those games.

    During the adpocalypse too. What the hell.

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  147. It seems like the new trailer shows the mimikyu scene and what looks like the water totem battle of USUM but a level lower…… (Note the background)
    Are they making these games easier…..

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  151. So what type of side things would you prefer back in USUM?
    Battle Frontier?
    Poke Athelon?
    Medal System?
    Amie Minigames?
    Royale Stadium?
    Contests?
    Gym rematches?
    Battle Tower Remix?
    All of the above? Lol jk this isnt HGSS

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    • Rowlet does not evolve and Rockruff and Rowlet will both work together to pick up the KO on Lycanrock. Probopass will be knocked out earlier.

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  154. I’m feeling that Nintendo will probably make a general Direct (like the one from April) next week, either August 9 or 10. Maybe the week after that. My point is, I think they’ll definitely give the first USUM trailer through that, showing the box art and stuff. Anyone else think this could happen?

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    • Yes. It is a little disheartening to think that the first reveal will probably only be about the covers and legendaries. However, that also leads the way for a hopefully more exciting reveal at World.

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    • I say that’s incredibly unlikely. I mean, what do they have left to reveal for this year? It’s not close enough to 2018 to look that far ahead in a regular direct, and other than USUM and the AC app, which will likely have its own event, there isn’t much left to say. Though it would be nice, I’ll say that. Maybe they could scrap together that Kirby title, an USUM trailer, a new Xenoblade clip, and call it a day.

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        • Forgot about that
          What left is there to say?
          Don’t know much about that, so I can’t say anything
          Yeah, but Pokemon usually has their own announcements
          Kirby 2017 stuff, yeah
          Probably too early
          Yeah, that would be nice
          Seems likely, ARMS updates seem especially slow considering what they promised
          Also forgot
          No way

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          • They could elaborate on Samus Returns Amiibos

            Same honestly

            Sure but if they are getting one more Nintendo direct then why not?

            Ye

            I mean not if it’s an early or mid 2018 title

            Xenoblade is just a go to at this point

            Also they could mention that fire emblem game

          • I guess they could potentially scrap up a direct, but then they have nothing until January if they’re doing another presentation. I say wait a month or two.

    • Idk. I can see a direct happening at some point, but I’m not sure Pokemon will be featured. Main Pokemon games are already so rarely shown in directs and they just mentioned one in June. I can’t imagine they’ll talk about USUM. If we get anything it’ll be through TPCI press releases we’ve been getting as of late. That said I’d say we’re definitely getting something very soon. Before the 10th anyway.

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  157. Hopefully, this isn’t true smh

    >the legendary pokemon shown in the trailer are not new forms of Solgaleo and Lunala, but rather Necrozma’s Radiant Sun and Full Moon forms. It transforms by using one of 2 exclusive Z-moves.

    >some of the new alolan forms include an electric type Alolan Dodrio, a dragon type Alolan Ekans, and a rock type Alolan Lapras obtained by reviving a fossil.

    >the story is mostly the same as Sun and Moon, though Lusamine seeks to unleash the Ultra Beasts by using Necrozma instead of Cosmog. There is also a mission after the beasts are unleashed where the player, the rivals, zygarde, the kahunas, and the tapu defend alola from the beasts. UB-05 Guzzlord and Zygarde have a special role though I dont know what it is. Cosmog is notably absent until postgame.

    >gyms do not return, but some of the totems at the end of each trial are changed from pokemon sun and moon.

    >some new postgame areas are added where you can catch legendaries from previous games, such as a volcano where Heatran appears. This does not include “mascot” legendaries such as Dialga or Xerneas.

    >Move tutors are added through festival plaza shops. They require Festival Coins as payment.

    >New trainers are added to the battle tree, such as Steven and the rival from Gold and Silver.

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  159. https://youtu.be/yQqXEf9VlHA

    Next episode:

    Olivia and Gladion’s Lycanrocs

    Type: Null appears

    Rockruff fights Tapu Lele

    Ash’s Rockruff’s eyes glow green in reaction to the sunset

    Seeing as two other Lycanrocs are there, it’s obvious third evo hype is real

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  161. -We’re due merchandise on around the 10th

    -Ash’s Rockruff will evolve on the 10th

    -CoroCoro comes out earlier in August

    Hold your horses bitches, we getting a Lycan form

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  162. Predictions for third Lycan form:

    – Domestic dog, stays pure Rock. Stat spread is similar to Rockruff’s but obviously better
    – Direwolf, Rock/Dark. A balance between Midnight and Midday’s stats.
    – Wulver, Rock/Fairy. Again, a balance between the two existing forms, ooor a special attacker.
    -Necrozma based, Rock/Psychic. Most common prediction I’ve seen.

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  163. Just clocked, this would be only the 2nd time in the series where a new form or evolution from a new game/generation is introduced via the Anime. Mega Charizard X in Origins

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