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Tomorrow is a bad day for my wallet. Pokémon USUM releases and skyrim for switch too. I will end up getting them all eventually and most likely put countless hours into skyrim again lol
That said I will be exploring alola a little later than expected. I am saving hyrule right now although Zelda is probably raging in the castle because I am building a house instead of focusing on stopping Ganon ?
Aw yeah, I’m getting Skyrim (for the 3rd time) tomorrow too. But it’s gonna be a christmas present :/
I will get it eventually. Probably next month after I get two extra controllers and Mario kart for when my nieces come to the house
Though I’m not holding my breath, I really hope they add mod support for it. After playing it on Xbox One with the project hippie mod, going back to vanilla Whiterun will be kinda hard D:
I have never played with mods since I only owned it on PS3 lol though it would be nice if Nintendo let them add mod support
I think they said it was possible it could come. It would warm my cold, shriveled heart
I would love it if a mod that made the npcs smarter came to it lol and random but your profile picture reminds me that I need to use a Durant eventually. It’s one of the Pokémon I have never used
Honestly I wouldn’t be surprised if a mod like that already existed lol.
And yeah, Durant is really cool! It can be frail, but its typing makes up for that a bit and it can hit like a bitch lol
I will probably use in USUM eventually then. Not first playthrough though already decided on ribombee for bug type
I have this huge empty sketchbook to draw in and I have no clue what to draw lol
draw a comic, something funny about pokemon to tie in with USUM, just an idea for ya~
Reminds me of middle school
I have four notebooks filled with monster ideas and I constantly strained myself to come up with new ideas
It could be fun to remake some of those
I should show them to you sometime that’s how my video game character Flash & Zap was born
Draw you walking with totem Ribombee. Maybe draw its new size as being comical
It’s so weird not seeing Regular SM in store shelves. I guess they don’t want people being confused between the two games
So the whole Wood Hammer thing was a mistake?
Yes, it was put in instead of Defog.
Knew it, sadly I wish Emboar had Wood Hammer, would be SO HELPFUL
And Close Combat or Submission
It doesn’t learn close combat?
Nupe and I have to rely on Superpower for a decent Fighting move
It should definitely have those last 2.
But wood hammer makes no sense on it. _.
I know but imagine the coverage
Even with wood hammer it would still suck, my dude
Very much wrong on that
All you need is a choice scarf
Bumps it’s speed to like a 376 and Stab Reckless boosted Flare Blitz hurts
And it can also abuse Head Smash and to a lesser extent Wild Charge
Trust me Emboar isn’t as bad as everyone assumes it is
Normally I’d like to point out every single way you’re wrong here but….
well
I 100% agree… it would actually be really good with Woodhammer.. though it makes zero sense
You’d think that but
“The user slams its rugged body into the target to attack. This also damages the user quite a lot.”
It’s kinda like power whip a few non plants learn it
Isn’t it like partly based on an oven/kiln? Guess it wouldn’t be that big of a stretch.
The thing is through every Pokémon that learns wood hammer has wood on its body or as a tool, whereas Power Whip from its intro Gen onwards was always just ‘it can whip’
I know I’m just sayin
Emboar would really benefit from a decent grass move
My copies should ship in about 12 hours following what happened with Odyssey! It kinda sucks that I’m in a busy time right now (I have to pick next semester’s classes in 2 weeks and I have no idea what I’m doing with my life), but these games will be there to help me through it.
I love how USUM’s dex entry talking about how Hawlucha basically flaunts off its special moves so much that it screws itself over
Does anyone know how soon you can trade in USUM? And, if you can trade from regular Sun/Moon right away? I want to give myself a team I breed to play through the game.
From the first Pokecenter and yes straight away afaik.
Noooooooooice, but the rule was Jangmo-o only shows up at the pokecenter (critically injured) after I get back from my first trial
I just can’t believe that tomorrow starts Jangmo-o’s journey
Will you be writing it up as a story?
Yeah Jangmo-o was stolen from poni canyon as an egg and was shipped off, and on a pit stop on melemele it hatched and immediately displayed immense power enough to free itself but was quickly overwhelmed by stronger Pokemon and was left for dead until it was brought to the pokecenter
I’m think it has an unusual high aggressive and rowdy temperament
The moment it open its eyes it was under distress and fought tooth and nail to get away but just kept fighting everything around it out of blind fear and anger, until the little dragon bit off more it could chew and got KO’d by a flock of Spearow
So i ordered a 2ds xl and it should arrive by tomorrow, i plan on pokebanking 90% of my team besides rockruff im just not sure if i cant transfer my eevee eggs this way. any advice?
Trade the eggs to someone else and switch games then they trade them back to you. Eggs can’t be banked.
Thanks, would you be willing to help me out with this and my houndoom mega stone?
Yeah, just let me know when. I am out most of Friday though so you might have to wait or ask someone else if you’re in a rush. Are you still breeding shiny Houndour when you get your new 2ds?
yea hopefully ill get the 2ds tomorrow so i can continue trying after work until sat when i go pick up US and no rush. If sat works for you thats great.
I’m not sure, I should be around from 10.30pm GMT for a little while, the rest of the day I’m busy afaik. I’m not sure how that works out for you and your timezone.
Thats about 5:30 for me which is perfect. ill just write you here?
OK.
update: I wont recieve my 2ds until Mon. Target just updated my delivery date 🙁
Question: Can you ride both Lunala and Solgaleo in the wormhole in either version?
I don’t think so. I believe it is like soar in ORAS.
Nooo 🙁 That really makes choosing which game to make my hub difficult..
Yes. You’re forced to use one of them before a point but afterwards you can choose between them.
Oh, bless Arceus! Alright, Ultra Sun is my hub. Sorry, Ultra Moon.
Okay I am happy about this lol was aaa fraud I would have to right lunalaa when I prefer solgaleo.
Oh, well that’s better.
https://twitter.com/JoeMerrick/status/931215307284336640
Also he’s caught 6 wormhole shiny ‘mon today, so either he’s really lucky or they are easier to get.
But were they legendaries or regular mons?
Regular. He didn’t SR them.
Question: is quick link compatible with SuMo?
USUM, Skyrim Switch, and my Urbosa Amiibo are set to arrive tomorrow from Amazon. Also I’ll be picking Battlefront 2 up from Gamestop as well (yes, I know, I’m a horrible person for buying it, but I boycotted the first one because it sucked and I like most of what they’ve done for the second. Just not the “progression” system and the loot boxes.) And I’m off Saturday. Should be a good 2 days.
> Still buying BF2
Smh
Battlefront 2 is great, on the PS2.
I know…I’m cancer ;-; They already said they’re changing the progression system though. As greedy as a move as it was, at least they are listening. Plus they said Ahsoka is very possible as a DLC hero, I can’t pass that up
I think you should wait until they actually do fix the progression first
My brother would stab me if I cancelled the preorder lol
Enjoy https://images-na.ssl-images-amazon.com/images/I/516DXYJBERL.jpg
Ugh, I loved that game. Wish my PS2 didn’t die and still could play it
someone reviewed battlefront 2 and said its a buggy mess as well
Ugh, I hope not..
Wait for reviews and gameplay
I’ve already seen a ton of gameplay and read reviews. It’s not even really for me, my brother wants to play it more than I do. I’ll be playing US and maybe doing a round here and there.
I was going to get Skyrim on Switch but I’m planning on getting the Skyrim VR bundle for Christmas, so I don’t want to double up on it. I’ll definitely pick it up next year so I can play on the go.
Oh my brother is getting me Fallout 4 virve
Coolness. They’re definitely beating a dead horse when it comes to Skyrim, but I love it so much that it doesn’t bother me. You have to let me/us know how it is with VR.
HELL WITH IT IM BREAKING THAT STUPID SELF IMPOSED RULE
I WANNA USE A F**KING GLACEON
What rule?
No trading
But if I followed it I wouldn’t have one until victory road
You could let someone else evolve it for you. Is it not an SOS call for Eevee?
Nope….
Eevee only SOS calls Espeon or Umbreon depending on time, but it’d be cool if in future games that use the SOS mechanic if Eevee summoned the Eeveelution best suited for the environment it’s in
Oh I thought it was a random eeveelution out of all of them.
I mean
Is trading really an issue if it’s your Eevee being evolved and traded back? You don’t have the EXP boost and it’s not like Glaceon is super strong or anything. It’s just an Eeveelution, a solid team choice.
So what’s everyones plans for tomorrow? Me and a friend or two are gonna go into town early to pick up the game and then just generally exist from there lol
After school, get the game and the gang of my friendos together
No life it one day
Invite em over the day after
And no life it again
i thought u didnt have friends
I’m his friend
My name ain’t govnah ;3
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yquMAhL_OJs
I’m going to prep my armchair to accommodate my likings
Then leave at 8:45 to toys r us and get both copies
Get hope and get into some comfy clothes waiting on the chair (and I’ll have my gallon of water and Cheetos puffs stored in the freezer in the basement) bust open those and have my brother’s 3ds there waiting for the trade
Then just play play eat play, occasionally piss in a jug, play, rub one out, and keep playing until I need a break or my body no longer responds to basic nerve impulses
Going to watch Just ice league because my friend who doesn’t care about Pokemon wants to.
School, work, maybe go to the beach with some of my friends, pack for my flight on Saturdsy morning, and hopefully go to sleep early. I won’t be able to play USUM until Saturday.
“Fixed a couple of issues with display of Move Tutor moves in the Pokédex”
Oh serebii… are you maybe talking about
W O O D H A M M E R ?
Well Woodhammer is more exciting that Defog
Competitively it ain’t
So I think I may end up deciding which game I get based on the legends available. I’m gonna shiny hunt them so it depends on which shiny Pokemon I want more
It’s tough
US has:
Raikou
Ho-oh
Latios
Groudon
Dialga
Heatran
Tornadus
Reshiram
Xerneas
Solgaleo
Buzzwole
Kartana
Blacephalon
UM has:
Entei
Lugia
Latias
Kyogre
Palkia
Regigigas
Thundurus
Zekrom
Yveltal
Lunala
Pheramosa
Celesteela
Stakataka
US has more that I want but UM has some major ones I want too :/
Yeah it’s a real troublesome thing…….I want Stakataka, but at the same time I want a shiny Blacephalon too…..I just don’t know……
Well the latter is better in every way.
Trying to decide on team members.
Passimian, Bewear or Crabominable for Fighting?
Passimian – got some good tutor stuff but still hasn’t got Defiant, it’s defences aren’t great and it only has 80 speed.
Bewear – is a pretty solid option but 1. I only like it shiny and I already have a shiny Bewear, 2. I might want to use Drampa and I dislike type overlaps obsessively.
Crabominable – I’m not sure, did it get anything new that’s good? It’s very slow but I do like the thought of using an Ice type.
I only want to use gen 7 introduced stuff.
Other members? I’m leaning toward Bewear even though I detest it. Drampa would be better tho
Mimikyu, Araquanid, Alolan Raichu and probably Duskanroc.
Oh, do Drampa for sure then. Is it imperative you use a fighting type?
It would likely be helpful, I’d need at least a move.
Maybe Crabominable and Drampa then
Finally! I can use Pokejungle on my mobile again. For those who don’t know I had updated my IPhone and I couldn’t access Pokejungle anymore. For those who are still hesitant to get the latest update for your iPhone here is what I did in order to access this website again. After you do the latest update, you have to power down and turn your phone back on. Then you have to clear your website history and data. It is that simple.
I updated and nothing happened
Well that maybe because you didn’t have 90 tabs that you keep on telling yourself you are going to go back to but don’t end up doing so for a year.
You know theres a close all tabs button
You are not getting it Govnah. I did not have the strength to press that button because of “hoard-like perspective on these tags.
Yo Monkeyfuzz you still got that Fennekin? Sorry I couldn’t get it last night, I feel asleep 😡
Yeah, I can be online in a moment. FC: 0748 – 2744 – 4660 IGN: James
Great, I’ll be on in a tick, iirc I have your friend code so it should literally be a second
Can you post yours so I can check I have it?
Sure! Jordan 2767-2720-7405
OK, coming online.
That’s me sent a request, I don’t know if I have anything super good to give 😡
I did it at the same time :/
Oh XD
Thanks!
NP, hope it helps.
It definetly will, it’ll look good with a shiny Fennekin
Well it does on mine 🙂
did we figure out if there is anything special about totem sized pokemon other than their size?
Their weight :p
So totem sized gumshoos gets wrecked by lowkick okay got it. Thanks 🙂
Regular did tbf.
Thats true lol
They weigh more. I think?
yea apparently, i was hoping its not just aesthetics
Do they not have stats boosted like actual totems?
Nope
So…they’re not even totems then, just giant pokemon?
Well I mean I thought the fact they were called ‘Totem-Sized’ and never ‘Totems’ made that clear
I thought they were just the totems left over from trials. Do the trial captains just give them to you or something? It’s kind of weird they have giant pokemon to give away, idk.
Well I mean i think them giving away one of a kind totems would be even weirder…
Are they one of a kind? I thought trial captains could train any pokemon to be a totem?
If that’s how that’d work, they’d still be putting time and effort into raising a totem. But the way they spoke about their totems, I always took it as its an individual they raised as their auras are linked to Ultra Wormholes as theorised by Wicke
Anybody recall version-exclusives of Totem-sized Pokemon?
It is on serebii.
US:
Gumshoos
Alolawak
Lurantis
Vikavolt
Ribombee
UM:
Alolicate
Araquanid
Salazzle
Togedamaru
Kommo-o
*Mimikyu is in both, because Mimikyu is perfect.
Thanks. Would’ve liked to have Ribombee, Lurantis and Alola Marowak, but getting Araquanid, Salazzle and Kommo-o is nice too.
Yup just giant rats and bugs
They do not. Other than size they’re regular Pokemon
They do have their hidden ability
Wait. The Totem Pokémon given to you has its hidden ability?!
thats what is says on serebii
This changes everything.
yea im looking forward to mar-o-wic (alolan Marowak) and flare blitz!
Where did you see it on Serebii? I am looking at the Gift Pokémon page and it is showing that we get the Totem-Sized Pokémon with their regular abilities.
doesn’t look like all of them have their hidden ability maybe its a typo? im not sure now
Some, like Lurantis and Salazzle, have a regular ability. Others, like Gumshoos, definetly have a hidden ability.
Oooooo I didn’t know that. That’s pretty cool I guess. As long as said ability is good anyway
Do you know if they are Shiny Locked?
that i am not sure of
So I think one thing I am a little worried about if I pick UM is when I’ll be able to get Dusk Lycanroc. given that UM is 12 hours removed from US It would mean I’d have to get up SUPER early in order to evolve my Rockruff…..Which I’m not interested in…….Unless I’m understanding the mechanic wrong
Well what else did we expect??
https://pa1.narvii.com/6312/fe9ab096df6d53f8dcc59dfb1da32d20a6137f2a_hq.gif
Lillie is the winner of the Best character in SM. Obviously, she’s probably the best character of all of pokemon. Character development, strong willed, funny, cute. everything about it is so amazing about her. She was is the reason many people love Alola, including me.
Thank you everyone for participating in the Poll of Best Character in SM. SM (IMO) had the best characters in all of pokemon. Sure the cutscenes are annoying to some people, but I really do like it. It builds the characters in the SM world. It’s like by the end you are friends with everyone. It’s not like past games where you walk into the gym and you get your badge and leave. Everyone had their quirks, and everyone was very unique which I appreciate about Alola. Definitely a great game. I can say SM were probably the best ‘first games of a generations.’ Tune in next time for the next poll where the answer probably wont be as obvious.
Boo!
While I followed the directions correctly I think this poll was weirdly worded. Why not tell everyone to pick their favorite character rather than telling us to pick our least favorite. Seems a bit backwards. Either way Lillie is great and I’m happy.
Lol, idk why I didn’t do that. I guess I didnt want to make a random switch up when youre used to the opposite. Sorry
No you’re cool. As Sunniera 2.0 said I suppose the way you did makes some since now that I think about it. Either way it was a fun poll to see in the comments every once and a while.
Well since he wanted to get someone voted off each day, it would be troublesome if there were multiple people who were without any votes on one day.
Best girl won! Yay! 😀
Yay
and then they ruined her in USUMIn what way lol, it’s the exact same story except she doesn’t confront her mother face to face but does help way more with Lusamine’s redemption arc
her stupid team, but at least she becomes a trainer I guess instead of blueballing us like they did in SM
She’s ruined because she’s using the best type?
she’s ruined because she’s not a mixed user, which would’ve been 100% better and more badass
But it ties into the fact that she has a Clefairy doll and also the fact that she’s a kind of caring Pokémon, which a lot of fairy types fit for. Besides she’s only in the battle tree where type specialists are more common, besides like one battle in Aether
then give her a friggen chansey 😛
No. Get yourself a better taste in types and bow down to the best fairy user of all time ?????
Pfff you’re as biased as I am. I like fairy, but we didn’t need another fairy specialist 😛
Fairy only had two specialists before Lillie, the least of any type ?
I don’t even want to hear it. Fairy got a gym leader before dark did (and still technically doesn’t)
Because the better types get gyms
Oooo, girl, you gonna catch these hands!
Looking at this gif, Who did Lillie’s bangs?? They are uneven. She’s not best girl anymore
Homegirl probably cut them herself
Your Welcome
Happy she won
So the event Rockruff is able to breed to get other Rockruff with Own Tempo. Thank the Lord. I was scared it was gonna be another Ash greninja situation.
I think it was the way it was announced that everyone thought this.
Yeah thats true. It was shown almost like it was the very first shown but apparently according to the dex entry its just a super rare occurrence
Another Ash Greninja Situation would be a Pointless Pokemon Forme for ONE POKEMON OUT OF A SET OF 3 JUST BECAUSE SATOSHI NEEDED AN ASS-PULL. at least Mega Sceptile and Mega Swampert joined Mega Blaziken in ORAS
I think you meant ASH-PULL.
Satoshi-Puru, Tajiri-San Puru?
WAIT WAIT WAIT. Hold the phone. Professor Burnet is actually white?? So she’s just tan from being in Alola?! I feel betrayed, just like when I learned stupid Marlon is white. I mean, I guess it’s my own fault since she’s originally from like 2012, but still.
http://static.pokemoncrossroads.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/07205420/SMTrailer-1.jpg
She’s from 2012? Marlon is white?
Yup if you look at his feet and just above his swim suit he clearly has tan lines
Or vitiligo.
I guess……but what are the odd GF would make a character have that kind of pigment problem? haha
Idk, thought it might help people accept it. Also those are weird tan lines on his feet.
Yeah I’m not sure why they made his feet white (pale). If his feet are mostly uncovered most of the time why wouldn’t they be tanned too?
It is so weird.
Honestly it doesn’t even make sense his feet are white if they’re exposed unless he wears shoes all the time. Either way, gamefreak made it a point to say that he’s white by designing him that way. I just don’t know why he couldn’t be black?
It makes no sense, for his feet to not be tanned there he’d have to have the top of his feet covered and not the bottom, how would he even achieve this?
Yeah, idk, I guess the only explanation is that he recently changed footwear
Because the point of the design is to show that he’s exposed in a sunny area all the time which is easier with light skinned races because their tans are way more noticeable
Was the tan poorly done? I’d say so, but the idea makes sense.
Oh, yeah, the idea makes sense, but really my issue is that they made the tan so dark that he looks black. Hence why people here are still learning he’s white lol. So yes, poorly done as you said
Yep, She came from the dream radar app with B2W2. And look at his stupid feet and waist!
https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/e/e2/Black_2_White_2_Marlon.png/200px-Black_2_White_2_Marlon.png
Oh yeah, I never got the dream radar and don’t remember anyone mentioning that she had appeared before.
Yeah I never got it either. Probably part of my problem.
*TRIGGERED* Damn it!
How did you not know this? She’s been around for 5 years
Idk, I guess I thought she was tan then too.
You do realise that tan isn’t a race, right? :p
Well, duh, but I assumed she was an islander race of some sort. (I don’t know how to define races in the pokemon world, exactly..) Point is I thought her skin was naturally that color, not a tan.
Wait, Marlon is white?
Damn it Gamefreak
It’s so stupid because I’m not even positive you could get such a dark tan
Idk…….I’ve seen some white people with VERY dark tans……It usually doesn’t look very good……
You don’t get blue hair naturally either, welcome to anime art style where things are exaggerated for the point of design :p
Shhhhhh….
Wait Marlon’s WHITE?!?! Since when?
Ugh…..now idk Should I go with Midnight Lycanroc instead of Dusk? I’ve never liked Midnight’s mouth (it looks weird), but the more I look at Dusk the more I think that maybe it’s not worth it? I like Midnight’s overall look more. I can also just breed a Rockruff with the fang moves or whatever………Reasons for going with one form over the other GO!!!!
One gets the elemental punches whilst the other gets Drill Run/Iron Tail/Zen Headbutt
Depends on what coverage you need. One’s an alternative to Midday Lycanroc and the other outclasses Midday
Dusk is 2 points stronger than both other forms but its still technically slower than midday. But still faster than midnight.