Showdown: Villainous Teams — Round II Grunts & Admin

Showdown is back and better than ever! For those that don’t know what our Showdown series is, or need a reminder: Showdown is where we hold a series of polls on our site and ask readers to vote for their top choice until we found our champion.

 

Voting periods will run for one week at a time and new rounds will begin on the following dates:

Round I: Leaders — December 2nd
Round II: Grunts & Admin — December 11th
Round III: Plans — December 16th
Round IV: Overall — December 23rd
Winner Announcements — December 30th

The results for Round I: Leaders are in! We’re happy to announce that the winner of the first round of our latest Showdown is… Cyrus, Leader of Team Galactic! Cyrus ended up with only a slight 2% lead over Giovanni of Team Rocket. Full results can be found below!

Note: Ghetsis and Colress have been combined into one percentage and will be counted as such for final vote counts.

In Round II everyone will be voting on their top Grunts and/or villains of teach team. Grunts are often some of the most commonly met trainer types in our Pokémon adventures. Admins provide support to Team Leaders and can prove quite a challenge in battle. Remember you’re voting for your favourite overall choice and a vote for Team Magma counts as a vote for both Third Generation and Sixth Generation iterations, for example.

Team Rocket

Admin members: Archer, Ariana, Petrel and Proton

Team Rocket’s admin staff are classified as Executive Trainers. These trainers all do their best to stop trainers in their attempts to foil the plans of Team Rocket, with challenging battle and no limit to the execution of their plans.

Grunts of Team Rocket are often considered fairly easy opponents, with a limited set of Pokémon used on their teams they rarely pose a true threat to trainers. Rocket Grunts seemed to have their appearance based on that of a typical cartoon criminal.

Team Magma

Admin members: Courtney and Tabitha

The two Admin members of Team Magma both play large roles in assisting Maxie to achieve his plans for Team Magma and the Pokémon world. Team Magma Grunts and Admin are mostly themed around the colour red, with no other obvious influences.

Team Aqua

Admin members: Matt and Shelly

Matt and Shelly play the same roles as Courtney and Tabitha: assisting their team leader in achieving their goals. The entirety of Team Aqua has their aesthetics themed around pirates, particularly their outfits.

Team Galactic

Admin members: Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Charon

Admin members of Team Galactic fall under the Commander trainer class. Each Commander of Team Galactic is named after an object within our solar system. All members of Team Galactic wear outfits that are visually like spacesuits, this results in people who unaware of the team to refer to them as spacemen.

Team Plasma

Admin members: Seven Sages, Zinzolin, Shadow Triad

Team Plasma is the only villainous group to have two groups of individuals who act as the higher members of their team. Both groups are loyal to their leader. Plasma member are themed around two distinct themes: in Black and White they appear to have had their appearance influenced by Medieval Knights, whilst in Black 2 and White 2 they have strong classical pirate influences.

Team Flare

Admin members: Aliana, Bryony, Celosia, Mable, Xerosic, Team Flare Admins

Team Flare Admins are extremely relentless in their attempts to halt the player in foiling the plans of their leader Lysandre. Each of these members are likely named in reference to classification of solar flares. All members of Team Galactic are seen as highly fashionable and well dressed.

Team Skull

Admin members: Plumeria

Plumeria is the single admin member of Team Skull and the only character with the Team Skull Admin trainer class. Team Skull is formed of members who failed the Island Challenge in the Alola region. They are the only villainous team to now have a distinct goal other than causing trouble.

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There is it! The second round in our Villainous Teams Showdown has begun Get voting for your favourites and be sure to comment below with your thoughts and opinions only who deserves to win! Remember you’re voting for your favourite overall team here (admins and grunts combined)

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1,713 thoughts on “Showdown: Villainous Teams — Round II Grunts & Admin”

  1. Here’s the next round guys! Sorry it’s so late and sorry we didn’t get any planned posts up over the last couple of days.

    We’ve unfortunately all been very busy and unable to put together anything we would have wanted to publish. Please forgive us and stick with us as we catch up over the next couple of days!

    🙂

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  2. Skull Grunts are hysterical and Plumeria has actual character development. No brainer imo, it’s just ashame the only time her and Guzma are even in the same shot is in the USUM credits

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  3. I vote team Magma really, like the design of these grunts are the only that appeal to me and their admins have better personality imo even if it isn’t much.

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  4. The real question is why did people even vote for Lysandre? And why did they vote for Lysandre over Maxie..?

    But Im voting for Plasma as my favorite grunts. Their battle theme is awesome, though so is Galactics..

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  5. So many Sinnoh lovers it’s unfair.
    Hmmm the Team is kinda hard.
    Team Rocket was pointless and so were the admins. Petrol was kinda cool though
    Team Magma was ok… the admins were pretty good
    Team Galatic grunts were stupid followers… but the commanders actually got stuff done
    Team Plasma grunts were hypocrites
    Team Flaregrunts were useless and the admins were so unmemorable
    Team Skull grunts were funny and I liked the admins…
    I have to go Team Galactic. Commanders actually got stuff done, had pretty amazing themes (Commander theme is great) and I guess the stupid follower was actually played out pretty well.

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  6. Somehow Steelix’s Gyro Ball doesn’t kill off Minior and all i needed to do was to hope Aromatisse stayed asleep and what happenes it wakes up

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  7. This is a tough one.
    For me it’s between Galactic admins or Team Aqua’s. Matt was really well portrayed in AS.
    So on that basis I’ll vote Aqua this time around.
    Although Galactic had really cool admins.

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  8. I can’t choose between Magma and Aqua so I went with my second choice: Team Flare… I like how garish and expensive they look and of course the Flare Scientists are serving looks with their colorful hair and cool eyewear so I suppose their nice designs make up for the lack of personality

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  9. I now must question one of my friendships sadly

    This kid I’ve befriended in Animation decided to take a break with his girlfriend and today brought his new one or whatever in to class today and they started being the biggest a-holes

    Like one of my other friends in the class like Thomas the Tank engine and they decided to take a picture of him and posted it somewhere making fun of him for liking it.

    Really wish I was bigger in size so I could tell people to knock it off without threat of getting pummeled.

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    • People like that are not worth being friends with. That sort of behaviour is totally uncalled for. So what if someone likes Thomas the Tank Engine? It’s a classic.
      If you are physically attacked aren’t they suspended or expelled? Does nobody do anything about bullying? I know at my school they never did, at least not for me.

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    • You can be. Eat well work out and you will be a strong kurusu!
      But the best way is to try and talk and find others way but if you have to defend someone then a bit of size does help

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  10. Well there have been some roumors about a Spain Region and the Starter Leak guy kinda supports them
    *Throws all the Canadian research in the trash*
    Let’s start again!
    (lol actually No, the Spain roumors has little evidence (only one that makes sense is GF’s Spain trip))

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  11. Geez I always pick the least popular picks, first with Maxie now Team Flare grunts :/ Yeah it’s only the 2nd least popular but doesn’t make a difference.

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  12. So I’m in a movie night mood today. Got my popcorn handy.
    What good adventure/fantasy films would you peepz recommend?
    I haven’t yet watched the Fantastic beasts film!

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  13. Can’t believe this year is almost over already. I have had a lot of ups and downs this year but to be quite honest I am ready to put this year behind me because so much crap has happened. That said my vote is for team skull. They may not be the strongest but I love their characters lol same with why I voted for Guzma. That said I can’t argue with Cyrus being the best villain

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    • I divided up this year into different categories. I’ll give each of them a review out of 10.

      Environmentally: 1/10 (back-to-back Cat5 hurricanes, lack of snow for where I live, floods, etc..)

      Politically: 0/10 (exception of France or Netherlands)

      Game-wise: 10/10

      Movie-wise: 6/10

      Personal-wise: 7/10

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      • Game wise is easily a 10 for me. I try to stay out of politics movie 7/10 personal 6.5/10(started our shitty but got better by sort of ended meh) environmentally eh it’s pretty much the same where I live. Hot in the summer and freezing in winter lol

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      • You don’t even have to have grown up with Gen 4 to realize it’s one of Gamefreak’s strongest generations, and probably always will be.

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          • Even if you think it’s lame, you’d have to be brain dead to put Team Galactic anything lower than third best evil team.

          • I grew up with both the games and the anime so that’s why I feel pretty connected to Gen 4, and it’ll always automatically be either 2nd, 1st or 3rd best.

          • Gen 3 is a good gen for sure, but FRLG are less memorable and objectively not as good as HGSS, so I rank it lower.

            Gen 1 and 2 are not good. Gen 2 is actually pretty horrible. Hardly did anything to truly change the games. Woooo breeding, shinies, and day and night, what innovations. Not to mention the story is weak as hell. Like if we’re saying Gen 1 is good simply because it started everything, then sure, it’s good. Maybe it’s good for the time period. But it’s not good in hindsight.

          • gen 1 and 2 are good, they are limited by their time.

            You have to put yourself in the mindset of that time a little bit when playing older games.

            FRLG and HGSS are still better experiences

          • I’m just saying, at least as a sequel, they didn’t do much with Gen 2…Most of the things they changed were cosmetic. Sure, breeding is very important, but that’s it. Of course, they didn’t even plan on pokemon going past that I don’t think, so I think it’s alright. Like I do like Gen 2, I think Crystal is very fun, but it’s overrated for what it brought to the table

          • ???
            Gen 2 was the gen that brought the most general changes that shaked up all the games after that. Gender and breeding has become very important, the clock has been used in very great ways, they added a female player character. They gave us Dark and Steel, two very popular types, they have us hold items, they split Special into two stats, they fixed the type chart and best of all, Youngster Joey and his top percent Ratatta.

            Yeah, no suprise the games aren’t as good to play as they were back then, but it’s ridiculous to say they didn’t innovate on the formula.

          • I guess that’s true. There are some pretty important changes I forgot. I will say the story and the pokedex are weak, but it’s not like pokemon games are known for having amazing stories

          • So if we combine the great stuff of Gen II with all the good additions and great Pokédex that is Gen IV, we get the GOAT HGSS. I think what’s playing in Gen IV’s favor is that the graphical art style is pretty good. It’s clean and usable, has flashing colours, as oposed to BW which was also great but felt a lot more jagged, and the 3DS that suffered from poor colour saturation (but that’s a 3DS problem).

  14. BTW everyone I don’t think net neutrality is dumb I just found it a bit dumb of them to “advertise” that message for non-Americans. Don’t worry I definitely support NN and think it’s awful they’re taking it away and they’re not being smart with it, but yeah.

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  15. Ok…..ok….ok…ok

    4 hearty meals and 4 fairies and 5 levels left and 8 ancient arrows left

    i’m feeling confident on this one

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  16. I think the Mushroom Kingdomians like Mario, Peach, Luigi and so on are Neanderthals and died out because they were too short and fat.

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      • I think it should also touch on human form of Ganon..Also something with the triforce and the goddesses since that was 99% absent from BoTW

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        • hmmmmmm actually that could be interesting

          i mean the whole idea of Calamity Ganon is that he is not fully resurrected and hit darkness, evil and malice is stewing away and leaking into the world

          but what about a scenario where Ganon finished cooking and assumed a mortal form

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          • I really honestly just want to see what he would look like in this art style and then an amiibo of him as well haha

  17. Don’t know why I’m battling silver Lynels….I’m bad at battling and I waste a ton of my food. Meh, at least I’ve got this 101 power Lynel crusher.

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    • i pick on lynels for fun, all you really need is

      a Savage Lynel Bow
      Stasis+
      assload of arrows
      and decent stamina

      basically freeze them and nail them in the face repeatably, and if you’re good with aiming it should fall to the ground every consecutive hit, and if they do get up just rinse and repeat

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  18. Climax cutscenes for USUM were a little underwhelming. The pacing just felt off…everything felt rushed. Also, Ultra Necrozma is absolutely disgusting

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  19. My shiny luck must be really bad in US. I think I’m well over a thousand eggs by now and no shiny. This is one of the longest times I’ve been without one 🙁

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  20. Glad to see Team Galactic in the lead ?.Also i got Stardew Valley like 2 hours ago and have been playing it since. I really like this game and it’s definitely a good way to idle away time till Christmas!

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  21. Update on Stardew Valley. I am not that far into it but I am absolutely loving it lol will play it a lot more once I finish up ultra sun. And I must say with all these cool games coming to switch I don’t see myself using my 3ds much longer. Us will most likely be my last 3ds game then I will start only buying on my switch. Heck I haven’t even used my PS3 since I got the switch(minus watching movies and wwe network)

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  22. I voted for Aqua but I’m always happy to see Galactic in the lead. But I came here to report that I’ve finished (most of) the Zelda DLC! I’m really glad I went into it unspoiled because DAMN, that was exhilarating. I still have to finish the extra clothes sidequests and things and I’m sure I’ll find other things to do as well. The DLC is by FAR worth $20, rest assured. It’s much more than just the bike – although I still can’t get enough of that.

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  24. I wonder if these events mean that this won’t be lugia’s movie and might end up being that movie Kyogre and Groudon were owed since gen 3

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  25. Well this is disappointing…the silhouette on the cover of CoroCoro was just Ultra Necrozma…..why they needed to make it a silhouette I have no idea…. looking unlikely for gen 8 next year after all. Would have been more likely if they had revealed Zeraora this month, but obviously they haven’t (and probably won’t) even if Zeroara is in the movie with the proper time slot to show off a new gen Pokemon it makes it less likely there’s one even in it…..I guess 2019 was trying best bet after all. I am very surprised tho. It felt like this gen was being rushed through. Between the anime speeding through content and USUM having much less staff working on it i was sure they had something coming sooner rather than later.

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  26. I am going to go crazy hunting a grilling in us. Currently soft resetting for a modest, bold of calm nature with water absorb. Keep getting bad natures with water absorb or the natures I want with cursed body.

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      • I just saw what I said. Freaking auto correct lol yes frillish lol and I will keep hunting on so get off work. Have an hour or so drive home as the passenger so hopefully in that time I can find one. If not I may contact you.

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  27. I need to work on a fakemon

    I’m thinking about

    Sparkit and Veloxity my pure Electric Foxes

    Grogre my Grass/Water Swamp Monster

    Terramite Bug/Rock Termite

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  28. So GF is looking for a graphical designer for a “big 2019 project” I guess that means no game next year……….*loud sigh*…..why would they even bother telling us it exists if it’s not coming out until then?!?!?!?!?

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    • Why are you upset? We just have to be patient. Plus, I’d rather they spend more time refining a game then giving us an unfinished mess.

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      • Still don’t like that “more time to work on it” thing…….If it was in fact meant for next year (which it appears it isn’t….) it wouldn’t would be because it was rushed. It would have been because that’s how they planned it. Either way I guess the whole thing is moot……..

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        • I mean there have been games that have taken plenty of time to make, but eventually turned out great. I should also note that sometimes things inevitably do get delayed and that’s alright as long as the final product is good. Persona 5 was delayed as well as Cuphead and those games turned out to be fantastic. And while it’s not always the case, I just hope Gamefreak takes the time to put out a nice game.

          I mean it’s not like other companies haven’t announced their games years before it comes out. I suspect Pokemon is no different.

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          • Actually tbh, most companies reveal their game a year or two before. Modern GF is kinda unique in announcing them so close to release.

      • Yeah, but even if it was just part of the annual recruitment they still are saying it’s for a big 2019 project. It’s that part that makes it seem like the Switch game is not out next year. If it was just a hiring listing yeah sure it could be for anything and any reason. The “big project” part is what tells us what it’s prolly for tho….

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        • I guess but it could them be starting development on the Gen after (released in like 2021 to 2023) as well. And tbh even if Gen VIII, I’m kinda excited because it means they’re putting as much effort into it as they can. Gen 8 was labeled with a ‘2018 or later tagline and they may of decided to delay it a bit in response to feedback or just want to make their own adjustments too it.

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    • It may come early 2019 in all honesty. If this isxactualky talking about the big switch game then I expect a new mystery dungeon game next year for switch and 3ds similar to what they did with the first game. Time will tell I suppose. Either way I expect our first trailer for the switch game at e3 next year

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      • They took they’re time with Dp and it was not a great set of games……… Platinum aside you can’t deny that Dp were. It good games on their own and that was a set of games where they took a long time to make.

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          • And they’re working on a new console now. A single year won’t make the game better if the over all story just isn’t good and the pacing is bad. Yes to some degree a year can be helpful, but of they’re over all vision misses the mark then a year won’t help that. Either way it’s looking like they’re gonna take the games release into 2019 So it’s all kind of moot anyway.

  29. Grogre
    Bog Pkm
    Grass/Water
    Intimidate/Tangling Hair HA:

    HP: 80
    Atk: 90
    Def: 100
    SpAtk: 100
    SpDef: 120
    Speed: 40
    BST: 530

    Absorb
    Leer
    Mud Slap
    Infestation
    Growth
    Bite
    Ingrain
    Mud Shot
    Mega Drain
    Haze
    Mud Bomb
    Crunch
    Roar
    Muddy Water
    Stockpile
    Swallow
    Giga Drain
    Belch

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  30. Sinnoh forms I made like a year ago

    Sinnonion Roggenrola
    Rock/Fire

    Found in the Orenburg City mines.

    Sinnohnion Flabebe
    Grass/Fairy

    A multicolored flower version that used Gracedia flowers found in Flamora Town

    Sinnonion Ekans
    Grass/Dark

    A grass snake that’s a rare encounter in eterna forest

    Sinnonion Hoothoot

    Ice/Flying

    Found at the base of Mt.Coronet

    Sinnonion Magcargo

    Ground

    A muddy snail found in the Safari Zone

    Alolan Chandelure

    Fire/Ice

    A snow globe with a fire inside found on route 217

    Sinnonion Darmanitan

    Psychic/Electric

    Uses its sleep form to convert sunlight into electricity to use in battle. Lives around Sunnyshore and is used by Volkner

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  31. What do you guys think of Ryan Reynolds apparently voicing detective Pikachu in the new movie XD I don’t know if I’ll be able to take it seriously with his voice; although would I be able to take the movie seriously anyway?

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    • I actually like Ryan Reynolds. He’s a decent actor despite being in some lame movies. He’s also quite likable in general so that’s a plus.

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    • Well it’s not going to be that serious anyway. He could be using a different voice than his usual too, so really until we hear him playing the part and see how it syncs with the animation I’ll reserve judgement.

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  32. Ok so with the assumption that the Pokemon Switch game is coming in 2019, when do you think it’ll launch? Normally I’d say Fall, but given how much content they have to stretch between now and then I’m. It so sure. I could see them taking this opportunity to change up their release schedule and make a spring or summer launch. I’d be down for that actually as it’s been too long since a Pokemon game was released in a season that wasn’t immediately followed by cold weather. It’d be nice to play a brand new game outside when it’s nice out.

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  33. Nnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
    yOShi! tHATs My broThER, MMMMM
    AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
    RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
    IIIIIIIIIIIIII
    OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

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  34. I don’t see why people think the concept of a full gap year of Pokémon is so unbelievable? Not calling anyone out because I’ve seen multiple people with the same opinion. But we had a year between bOReASs and SuMo. USUM to Switch should hopefully be an even bigger jump thus a longer time between than usual. Like, I won’t be surprised if it comes out 2018 or 19 are kinda disappointed with a 2019 release date? Most game series aren’t annual, not even Mario and Zelda are if you ignore spin offs. And the ones that are get criticism for feeling too samey, like Pokémon.

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      • Most Gens had an internal year gap, or at least 4 did as well. I’m speaking about.a year gap between Gens, which Gen 5 didn’t have on either end.

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    • Eh are people not believing that? Like These year gaps tend to happen, but maybe it’s because that rumour that said that Nintendo was pushing GF to release Pkm Switch in 2018 and the fact that “Big Project” is pretty vague

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    • Honestly, BOTW took a fudgeload of time and it was worth it. I’m just wondering if the Poke Switch game had a 2021 release date like most console games of such scale as BOTW do, what wonders we’d see.

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  35. Y’all want gen 6 leak season but I’m out here asking for gen 5 with it’s release of blurry mons with brief showcases and barely anything revealed as stuff slowly leaks, still leaving around 50% of the mons hidden

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  36. Who cares that Pokemon Switch might release in 2019? Having a new game every year will eventually have a negative setback for the franchise, just look at Assassins Creed before they changed that formula too.

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  37. Ok so in the real world this year has been absolute sh*t and we all know why so just wanted to list my favorite things from this year

    -Zelda, Mario and the Switch

    -History of the World I guess

    – This https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=li5j8_WnbLU

    – Stranger Things 2

    – Spider-Man Homecoming being the best super hero movie since… Spider Man 2?

    – Coco was fantastic and might be my favorite Pixar movie. Haven’t decided yet.

    – Sonic Mania

    – this Tracer skin https://i.ytimg.com/vi/wdiwekV5yE4/maxresdefault.jpg

    – The Zelda trailer from the Switch Presentation

    – I went to New York and Europe so that was rad

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  38. The world of Chrona, a realm where man and ‘mon live together in peace. Nature is kept in order by the Crystals, eighteen legendary gemstones that are the elements incarnate. It is believed that as long as each crystal is kept in balance, the world would flourish evermore.

    But everything changes. The six kingdoms are in disarray as odd occurrences come to light. Fingers are soon pointed, and tension rises dramatically. The crystals are growing reckless, and six individuals elected as guardians of peace and prosperity now find themselves forced to protect their world from threats both from the outside and within.

    PJN: the Anime: the Fanfiction
    Coming: Whenever I can be bothered to do it so probably never

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  39. Few ideas that I may or may not turn into Fakemon:
    Poison/Fire or Poison/Ground Radiation Elephant with spikes of minerals and lava flowing through it. Based on the ”Elephant’s Foot”in Chernobyl. Name ideas: Corriuphant (Corrium + Elephant), Corrioot (Corrium + Foot + Toot)
    Grass/Rock into Ground/Rock, an evo line based on Ambers. First stage is a cutesy hardrning sap monster hanging from a small tree. The evo is a Big Angry Amber monster sitting on a pile of sand. You can evolve the mon by leveling up once in a Cave and then once on a beach.

    And I’ll probably write an entry for my reworked Regional Bug soon.

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  40. Guys! Corocoro announces Arceus distribution! Sinnoh confirmed? xD Also, if this was gen 4 we’d have an a little “episode” to give some story to the distribution… They could maybe establish some Silvally Arceus parallels and involve Aether. but unfortunately we’re in The age of incredibly boring mystery gift downloads.

    ALSO I’m boycotting this showdown since it doesn’t include the Aether Foundation. Lusamine is my favorite villian just for how crazy she is.

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  41. IMO they should just take the time they need. They can maybe release DLC for USUM (honestly, DLC is a great idea to keep fans occupied for long stretches of time) and at other times they could just have LOOONG dry spells where we temporarily forget pokemon exists in our lives or isn’t dead yet and use all that time to make a great game and a sensible marketing campaign xP

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  42. I don’t feel good… my mind is hazy, my gut and chest feel like indigestion and chest pains and all of my co-workers remind me that my face is flushed…

    I was fine all morning…

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  43. I’m already getting emotional over these Last Jedi reviews ;-;

    I’m not ready for whatever tribute they have planned for Carrie Fisher

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  44. Pokemon USUM is nominated for best RPG by IGN heres their reason
    “Pokémon Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon not only have everything you loved about Sun and Moon, but augment them in important ways by making small but meaningful changes to the story, expanding the selection of available Pokémon, and even making some small tweaks to the world. Unless you played through both Sun and Moon extensively and have already collected every Legendary Pokémon, it’s easy to recommend to any Pokémon fan.”

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  45. As the only Pokemon game we could get in 2018 would be a Spin off, what kind of Spin off would you like to see on the Switch?

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  46. Finally got around to watching the second episode of the trip home to Kanto for Ash and co. Such a fun and awesome episode! So exciting to see Brock and Misty use mega evolution. I REALLY hope them promising to visit Ash in Alola means they’ll make another appearance. They’re such great characters. I want Ash to go to the gen 8 region and travel with them again…………

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    • Brock sure but I think it’s better if they just have a new female companion instead of Misty, no offence to her but I liked how they had done from Gens 2-4, with Brock staying but a new companion coming each time.

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      • I guess….But what id they did this! How about Ash travels with both Misty and Brock, but the female character from the game was his RIVAL. That way they could still have it be thing where the female character is in it, but she has a cool new dynamic with Ash.

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  47. If you were in a world similar to the Pokémon anime, do you think you’d ever be able to enter a league? How well would you do?

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  48. When Ultra Warp ride shiny hunting are there certain wormholes that have better chances of having shinies than others? Like are the ones with 2 rings better than the ones with a single ring?

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      • Well I don’t mean the color. I mean the rings around the holes. I’d imagine the wormholes with rings have Pokemon that are more special or have a better chance at being more special (ie shiny )

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        • Yeah i know what you mean but the rings dont determine shinieness, they do determine legendary encounter tho. Type 4 wormholes have the highest chance of getting a legendary

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          • I guess I kind of knew that already….was just wondering if the rings had any other additional tells that may apply to shinies. Thanks for the info tho

  49. Much better a Ice mono is a refreshing change of pace (Just get control of the weather and Excadrill slays)

    Granted this guy had like 4 focus sashes maybe 6

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  50. Whelp Cyrus just wrecked my team with his Palkia. Every other person in Team RR has been not bad, but then Palkia comes in and destroys my team…….ok…..Guess I’ll try again and just use a Z move or something…..

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  51. I really like Colress so much. His role in USUM is pretty on point. Love it so much. Him as a good guy (or at the very least a neutral person) is cool. I’d very much like him to continue showing up in the series similar to how Looker has became a staple

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  52. I should warn you all that if I’m being very
    aggressive tonight its not you, I had a 3 hour chorus rehersal and next a 2 robotics meeting and even though I just ate am still super hungry

    So just putting it out there, pls. take nothing personally

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      • A React video to I’m not racist, but the comments were really….disgusting. I mean I won’t go into detail, but let’s just say they’re pretty delusional and triggered.

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          • I know that the internet people don’t represent everyone and so on, but it’s still hard whatsoever to ignore that frustrating feeling each time you come across someone who’s so….aggravating.

          • Well tbh there’s only so much you can do. It’s like a virus. So my advice is ignore it.
            Like I’ve seen so much racism within boxing it’s ridiculous people calling boxers by their skin colour and it infuriates me but what can you do.

          • Yeah, but I think we shouldn’t really get deeper into this convo, although I have some personal thoughts on some of those commenters.

  53. Ok so I had a thought. It may never happen but it would be awesome.
    HGSS is a great game and a fan favourite.
    Can you imagine if GF say 3 4 years down the line re-release HGSS on the switch as a remastered version kinda like how Skyrim was remastered.
    Imagine a remastered Johto/Kanto, battle system, Pokeathlon, Battle frontier etc but on switch graphics. Maybe add a few changes to gym/e4 leader teams etc
    I would love to see a modern Johto!

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    • I think they should make this huge game on the Switch called “Pokemon Travel” where you’re a tourist and you’re travelling across the regions for certain Regional orbs and use them to unlock exclusive Pokemon in the game you can transfer to your other games.

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      • Ohhh yeah I would love to see past regions on switch. They would be so beautiful.
        Honestly I was impressed by gen 7 graphics on the 3DS.
        Switch is like on another level.
        I guess we should at least see Sinnoh remakes so that’s a thing!

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        • I hope for Sinnoh remakes the following would happen:
          – Some sort of relevance/reeferencing to Alola as Hoenn did with Kalos and Johto did with Sinnoh
          – An exclusive new activity to do.
          – Return of Pokemon contests.
          – An exclusive area, something like Spacial Zone for Pearl and Timed Territory for Diamond.
          – An exclusive form of a Pokemon/new forms of the legendaries/new megas.

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          • I like your suggestions especially last 2.
            What I would like is:
            – They MUST use Platinum content like story wise, distortion world etc
            – New Arceus form, Dragon trio forms and maybe some mega evolutions for sinnoh mons
            – An arceus episode like delta but something really intense and lore-heavy
            – Expanded pokedex and better distribution
            – Updated e4/gym leader changes
            – Slight changes to plot like how ORAS did
            – Upgraded Poketch!

          • I’d also like if the character CAN’T be customized just so the story and the originality can remain. I know some won’t like that but personally it’s better that way for the story to make sense. I’d like the opposite gender to be your rival as well

  54. So apparently that job listing is for new graduates…….I’m still not sure that gives us any hope tho. I’d rather get off this ride before I get hurt………That said I’ll still say that once and for all we’ll know by the end of February…….This is starting to become painful…….I just want muh HD Pokemon haha

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    • Haha hmm well patience is a virtue!
      Plus more time will likely make a better game.
      I think the wait and suspense of a new generation and even more so a new console release for a Pokemon game is what makes it so fun and exhilarating!..Wow that was a mouthful!???

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      • I agree, perhaps they’re working carefully and slowly, just to make this game some sort of exciting, extravagant one that’ll blow everyone’s minds away.

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  55. Secondary thought. Regardless of when the Switch game comes out, what if the reason things seem weird right now is that the new Switch game isn’t really a “new” gen at all. I once again reach deep into the camp of maybe the Switch game is a new story that involves Kanto and Johto. lol It’d make sense given that this years and next years movies are about Ho-oh/the beasts and Lugia/presumably the birds. It would also allow them to possibly put a little more cushioning between regions with a crap ton of new Pokemon. It’d also allow them to do whatever they want with the prerelease. That way they don’t have to focus on all the new Pokemon and can focus on the graphical upgrades and new content to sell players. Idk….just another thought….I’ll go back into my hole…..

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  56. Okay RR and by extension USUM are amazing already because
    – Lillie has Pokemon! She’s a serious trainer now that is great development for her!
    – Battling alongside Lillie!
    – Faba the a ss playing a part in RR takeover! I love it because it shows more of his corrupt personality and the notion of him being ok and just following Lusamine is BS now. He’s evil and I love his involvement in RR
    – RR the team, their hideout etc

    *I’m at beggining of RR sure there is more to come

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  57. US team update. I took me a while but I FINALLY caught a frillish with a good nature and the right freaking ability. Modest nature with water absorb. And managed to get a razor fang off a bruxish to evolve my gligar (someone in a Facebook group was nice enough to give me an immunity gligar which I bred) that said I am taking a break from us until tomorrow to play some Stardew Valley lol that said I need help picking out nicknames for my frillish and gliscor! So give me some ideas please! Thanks in advance everyone! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/75b6c4d45d07477bea4d26340323d91ede186bdc07670f9b78190bc5ebf47586.jpg

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  58.   Ok just when I thought RR or USUM could nit get any better
    – we battle alongside Guzma! Sick! I love how they’re showing the changed Guzma
    – The convo between Guzma and RR grunts is amazing and hilarious. First the grunts burn Guzma for having no ideals and visions amd being an Alolan failure and then Guzma gives it them back. Mind blowing!

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  59. I’ve retracted my vote for Team Plasma and instead am choosing Galactic. I didn’t know this round also included admins and Jupiter, Mars, Saturn, and Cheron Pluto are too cool. I would give my vote to Skull if USUM hadn’t completely ignored Plumeria again

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      • He’s okay, I just hate that they changed his name in the localization of Platinum. Charon is a moon of Pluto so I don’t really understand the name change.

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      • I think Galactic is a bit overrated

        Good stuff, but I like Rockets most.

        For Grunts/Admins I picked Magma because Courtney and Idk I really wish I would’ve voted Aqua, I liked the diversity in ORAS as they are amongst the first black characters in the series (Every game prior had few to none as all others were white or asian) even if they are bad it was a cool thing they did

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  60. Okay I’m not mad here at all, just want to say something regarding fan bases. It’s my opinion and I want to express it here with my fellow Junglers. Someone try stop me.
    So basically if any of you follow tennis we have the great players of this golden era in Roger, Rafa, Nole and Murray.
    They’re all great players who respect each other and carry themselves with character.
    Yet you have fanbases not the entirety just certain people who support one and will bash another.
    A recent example is the recent boxing clash between Lomachenko and Rigo. People of both fan bases and especially some who supported Rigo were so disrespectful and hateful in their comments it amazed me.
    We should learn to be respecful people and opponents. It goes along way.
    That’s my view on the matter.
    Feel free to give feedback :]

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      • Haha you wouldn’t as I’m certain everyone here would agree being rude and hateful to an opposing player/team is uncalled for.
        Just something I wanted to say as well as establishing that I as well as anyone here has the right to their own opinion.
        But you seem pretty cool :]

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      • I take you’re pretty cool back. That’s an understatement, you’ll never be pretty cool because you’re really really cool x100 :]

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      • True that kinda rivalry is nice and competitive. Like you spur each other on, the rivalry makes you better. I guess like Ash and Gary??
        But when people start insulting one another, that’s not nice!

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    • I think it happens way more in sport because of the culture, especially in football (soccer). People get way too invested in things that they themselves aren’t actually playing and form their identity around it. I’m not saying that’s how it is in tennis or other sports.

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    • its like console wars in a way, xbox fans making fun of sony, vice versa and Nintendo getting made fun of left and right

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  61. Ok another thing I just thought of for a possiblle return to Kanto/Johto Switch game. USUM post game spoilers ahead. After you defeat Giovanni he basically steps aside, but as he does he states that Team Rainbow rocket will never stop moving forward. He then says that we may me again before disappearing. What if this is a hint at a Kanto/Johto sequel in which a neo uh….extra neo(?) Team Rocket is back at it again and a new trainer needs to stop them. This time the story spanning fully across two regions (maybe we’ll see) I’m not sure I see Giovanni being the ultimate bad guy in a new sequel, but he could be a red herring of sorts

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  62. OMG hahahaha The end of the Team RR episode is great lolz Faba getting demoted is the best ting ever! So freaking funny!

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  63. Don’t you just love how Geovanni as a character, anime and games is so resilient.
    Where other leaders loose steam he is just a real bad guy. Even after several defeats he effectively swears that he’ll be back, like he’ll never apologise and change like Hoenn’s leaders or put himself in a crazy world like Cyrus.
    He’ll always think long term how he and TR can survive so he can continue in his evil.
    He’s a true villian!

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    • Mine just knew Shadow Ball, Earth Power, Giga Drain and Psychic

      Psychic was the only damaging move for a while, I like the idea of a little Sandygast using psychokinesis

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  64. OK I’ve officially ended the Team RR episode and now more than ever I can say I think the theory I just posted down below is a possibility. There’s an extra thing I didn’t’ see until just now that makes me think this could be a thing.

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  65. I have no idea what to replace For Shore Up if I replace Anything, Earth Power Shadow Ball Mega Drain and Sludge Bomb(because I needed something for Fairy I guess)

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    • Climax figures? Every time I see you say that I tink you’re talking about something dirty……..When I first saw you say your mom was getting them for you I had to double take hahaha

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      • Kamen Rider Climax Fighters. It’s a game that came out on PS4 yesterday. Unfortunately, not in America since Kamen Rider doesn’t air here (With the exception of Kamen Rider Dragon Knight and Saban’s Masked Rider, but we don’t about Masked Rider). My mom bought me a copy with English Subs, so that’s cool

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  66. Not Pokémon related but I had to share this. Tribute for easily one of my favorite youtubers if not my favorite. RIP Angry Grandpa thanks for all the laughs over he years. Can’t coutn the times I was down and your videos managed to cheer me up. https://youtu.be/pWqef6cbwzI

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        • because ive been watching him 2011 and just to see something of my life taken away i look fowarded to seeing every day for the past 6 years hurts

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          • That’s about how long I have been watching him too. I think it’s also that I got more attached to him when both my grandfathers passed away in 2013. In a way he became my third grandfather. He didn’t know it but he helped me get through my breakup earlier in the year. His videos always managed to make me laugh when I was upset. I just wish I could have thanked him for it in all honesty

  67. When you first Played Pokemon, Did you Just Brute Force it on a Single pokemon with others basically functioning as Sacrifices to Revive, or did you actually Train up a Team?

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  68. Star I just saw someone’s take on that picture you showed earlier and it was changed to be very suggestive (Ash lying on his back looking embarrassed or blushing of sorts) and I must say…. I want this to stop right now

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      • Because you’re using a bad team
        If showdown people see you’re using garbage, they won’t hesitate to point out the one trillion flaws the team has

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          • Not mine that means I gotta drop Mamoswine, and that wooly bully won me countless matches via ice shard

            It’s pretty much a Stealth rocker and really nothing special, I mean yeah intimidate but it really doesn’t do anything that special

          • Eh I like my team just the way it is and it does fine, I wish I had a better special attacker other than Nidoking tho

          • Which gets killed instantly to Nidoking’s Ice Beam or Two shotted by Ice Shard if I came in after intimidate

          • Jeez it’s been years since I’ve seen one
            But still a transition now would be tough, I’m just so used to my team, I know it’s strengths and weaknesses and if I ran Lando who would I replace

            Excadrill (can’t lose)

            Hippowdon (Sand is my bread and butter)

            Garchomp (could lose but I like to Rough Skin or Mega evolve to take advantage of Sand Force)

            Mamoswine (Really can’t stress Ice Shard’s importance)

            Nidoking (my only Special attacker that can do anything to Ferro, Skarm, scizor and occasionally Pellipper)

            Seismitoad (honestly he’s just my Water absorber and special wall)

          • But….i love Nidoking… so many battles I’ve won because of his Focus Sash, so many Scizors beefed up to the max expecting to sweep only for Focus Sash to save me and get a face full of Flamethrower, or any 4x Ice weakness dragon getting Ice Beamed, all the times I tbolted Skarmory and they switch into Lando just to get ice beamed…I could never part with him…

            And I know you’re gonna give me crap for that too, because it’s not a cookie cutter team and yadda yadda anything to make me feel inferior

            And it’s really Earth Power, Sludge Wave, HP Ice, Focus Blast/Psychic

          • Im genuinely trying to help you here. If you lose because you use situational stuff, people will get on you for it. You become an extremely easy target

          • I lose because I have very little to work with that other teams have while a lot of types have plenty of stuff and not to mention that Ground is just plain struggling these days

            I don’t have speedy special sweepers to fill the cracks (Nidoking, Camerupt and Lando)

            No sticky web
            No Shell Smash (One day Golem…one day)

            At most Stealth Rocks and maybe Toxic Spikes if I ever ran Nidoqueen

            I mean you win plenty of bouts because of Sticky Web support

          • Ehh M Beedrill is just U-Turn, Fell Stinger, Drill Run, Poison Jab

            I mean with that speed it’s not like it does anything else

          • Also shell smash is a fucking meme set, it’s incredibly easy to counter because literally only shitmons and cloyster get it

          • Ahem
            haze
            priority
            faster mons
            choiced mons
            something that tanks icicle
            intimidate
            clear smog
            roar
            whirlwind
            focus sash
            sturdy
            weather + protect
            Another cloyster
            Do I need to continue?

          • Haze would have to somehow either be right on it at the very start to eliminate before it got swept

            Priority is possible but still its really just mach punch and maybe sucker punch it can tank it

            i’ll give you faster scarfed mons but depends if they can pull it off

            it still can try bank off Liquidation and Rock Blast

            Intimidate just slows it down

            roar and Whirlwind minus priority and will definitely be hurt if its not immediately active

            …..Focus Sash……..Skill Link……

            Sure Cloyster can handle a little sand or not use Liquidation at half power, or if they’re smart get another shell smash on the protect

            And another cloyster it would be boil down to who makes the smarter run, either trying to get the other guy to shell smash first and rock blasting it if its running a sash or if its white herb its all down to speed tie rolls

          • The point is, a majority of these scenarios require special cirumstances to even be countered. Cloyster is incredibly easy to kill when it shell smashes and shell smash in itself is a shitty set

          • So you’re saying in that extremely small window of opportunity it’s easy to kill, and what happens if you can’t get an attack when it smashes or that you’re stuck on a set up

          • No it’s the reverse
            I’m saying that 95/100 carry a way to dispatch cloyster
            the 5% being low ladders and newbies

  69. Well I have been too busy this finals week. Won’t be over until Tuesday. I currently just defeated Lusamine in UM as of Saturday. Haven’t had time to play since. Luckily I have been walking a lot through my campus so I have been able to catch a lot of cool stuff. Except for a wild Breloom that ran away from after I razz berried it and used an Ultra Ball. I’m glad that Team Galactic has some competition in this poll. Anyway, class is about to start so I am signing off.

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  70. Shell Smash Golem…..I can only dream

    Jolly 252 Attack, 252 Speed, 4 HP
    Sturdy
    Weakness policy or Pinch Berry

    Rock Blast
    Earthquake
    Sucker Punch
    Shell Smash

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  71. if u guys think we are gonna get another gen with alot of new Pokemon your surely setting yourself up for disappointment

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  72. Is there anything more frustrating than accidentally getting sucked into a regular wormhole just as you see a double ringed one appear?

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  73. I have an idea for how cross gen evos could work for gen 8. For evos, some popular not so strong mons (Dunsparce, Delibird, Chatot, Pyukumuku, Spinda etc) + eevee
    For prevos, I’d say gen 4-7 mons, mostly gen 4, they could be implemented in the plausible Gen 8 Sinnoh remakes.

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  74. Ok come on now…..This is the second time now that I’ve missed a double ring only to be thrown into a single ring hole and find a shiny. The first time was a pleasant surrpsie as it was an Abomasnow and I didn’t have one yet. This time however it was a Stunfisk. I now have 3 shiny Stunfisk……I wonder by the time I get tired of Ultra Warp ride how many shiny Stunfisk will I have????

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  75. Well this day isn’t shaping up so well
    Bitter cold with howling winds, feeling like shite via head cold and the house is a mess and home alone

    I really feel like digging out some Gamecube classics it’s not like anything is happening today

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  76. For fans of Arrowverse:
    The live action Titans tv series (that probably will become a part of the Arrowverse) will probably have live action Wonder Girl and its own Batman which got me hyped as f*ck!

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  77. Hey guys I made a new regional varient while working on my Christmas art (My region is all new so feel free to use it if you want)

    Sandygast- Ice/Ghost

    Earthen I know what’ll you’ll say, but here me out
    It’s where a colony of Sandygast were left in a snowy mountainous valley (how they got there is to the imagination of the user) and they didn’t thrive, but they did survive, but slowly lost sand and mass, but after a few generations the Sandygast started thriving suddenly, Why? Because as there ancestors lost mass the sand was left in the snow and sank in after so long and as that happened the spirits inside them started to be capable of building snow bodies

    So it still has sand remnants in its system that it uses, but also has snow added in as well

    The idea came as a Sandygast made of snow will be in my art

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  78. My friend in Animation and I have struck the f*cking gold mine of ideas

    We are going to make for our animation club, the revolutionary war with birds

    The British Seagulls colonized America, but now Turkey’s want to be free in this land so the war begins. (The French are Chickens because originally it was about World War 2, and they surrendered)

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  79. You’re the hero of an anime.

    Who’s your villain?
    Who’s your rival?
    What’s your goal?
    What’s your weapon?
    What’s your powers?

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    • Elemental Exoskeleton (stone Golem form)
      Titan Crash (Powerful downward blow)
      Terraport (Moving through the ground like a ghost)

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    • Syringe Stab – Stab the foe with the rapier before using it to conduct acid into the wound

      Corrosive Shield – Form a protective vortex of corrosive liquid

      Seaside Spring – Generate HCl and NaOH to neutralise eachother and form a crap ton of salty water (even tho NaCl is table salt and not sea salt but w/e)

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  80. Jacksfilms will legaly change his name to Litfam if Net Neutrality will win tommorow. Just to make few more people do something. This guy is amazing.

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  81. Accckk you unleashed my inner nerd!!!!
    More of my powers

    Rock Shot: Standard rock projectile I create in my palm
    Fault Line: sends out a traveling splintering fissure that causes anyone who steps on them to sink into the cracks (when I practice I send geothermal pulses)
    Stone Blades: my forearms generates a thick tonfa like slabs of rock (they break after a few good hits)
    Boulder Bolt: I focus my rock shot into a large cluster of rocks into a large boulder it’s much heavier but causes major damage
    Grip of Gaia: I focus my power on a cluster of stones that form a large hand which I can use to crush and squeeze my opponents (requires a lot of concentration)

    my hammer is pseudo-mechanical and has some powers

    Hammer Drill: the head gyrates and spins like a drill boring through most stone

    Cudgel Cannon: a hatch opens on the head where I can scoop rocks into it and if I use the hammer drill the rocks heat up, melt and compress into a single shot bazooka

    Flail: the shaft can collapse and have a chain tethered to it

    Lastly power moves!
    Greater Elemental Form: a hulking stone form where I have enhanced strength and defense, and I can curl into a boulder and roll around
    Continental Chaos: I cause a swirling sinkhole around the area, the power of this drags victims underground and swiftly grinds them to dust and suffocates them
    And when I’m pissed off beyond my limit
    Ragnarock! My burning fury causes a violent maelstrom of molten rock to rain hellfire on all that meet my gaze (causes incomprehensible strain on body death is likely to follow)

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    • What are some of your weaknesses? I just find it interesting seeing how people incorporate flaws into their designs

      I can immediately see you’d have trouble against a flying foe if they can outmaneuver your projectiles for instance

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      • Because I like to keep in mind powers have limits, restrictions and weaknesses

        My biggest flaw is faster smarter more mobile opponents
        I am a hulking man giant with slow heavy blows and nimble foes can easily target my exposed body

        Also my powers require me to be physically touching the ground, if I’m airborne or suspended in the air I can’t even move a pebble or cup of dirt

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    • Corrosive Blade – A concentrated high pressure stream of corrosive liquid that can cut through nearly not made to defend against powers.

      Containment Corrosives – Vortexes or orbs of corrosive liquid that have pHs much closer to 7, meaning that they’re more irritants than anything. Can be used to hold the enemy in place.

      Liquefy – Turn into liquid to escape, can be fatal if enough acid is losses that I can’t form my vital body parts.

      Acid Amplification – Can restore mass to my body by absorbing corrosive liquids, but I can’t exceed my ‘natural mass’ at that given time. Known as ‘Base Boost’ when utilised with a chemical that is a base or had basic properties.

      Neutral Beatdown – Makes one fist made of liquid acid, another of liquid base, and smashes then together with amazing force which hurts the opponent quite badly.

      Acid Rain – Strong skill, needs time and effort put in to make a corrosive shower.

      Acidic Apocalypse – A stronger version of Acid Rain which is extremely devastating to the surrounding area, can result in major pain for the user.

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    • Normal Powers: Standard stuff
      Shadow Hold- By staring directly at the shadow of a foe, that foe will be held in place for a few moments
      Submerge/Emerge- Can sink into shadows and reappear within another, regardless of what it belongs to
      Shadow strike- My shadow will copy my every move. If it hits the shadow of another foe, it can damage them
      Shadow flash- Can utilize my own shadow to create a momentary shadowy burst that does minimal damage but works as a smoke screen
      Healing unity- Sinks into my own shadow into another shadowy dimension. This acts as a recovery for my essence.
      Shadow Sink: Appears out of the opponents shadow and pulls them into it, causing the foe to instantly perish. The pull is very slow and relatively easy to break out of so the foe usually needs to be already hurt badly for this to work
      Shadow bolt- Relatively explanatory
      Shadow Dome- quickly puts a dome on myself which blocks a large amount of attacks

      Reserves: Requires me to use the essence of my shadow.
      Shadow Sap: Can quickly drain a bit of the energy from someone’s shadow and re purpose it to either heal another or myself. I can also do this with my own essence.
      Shadow kinetics- When a foe utilizes an element and misses, I can tap into my own essence to quickly send back a shadowy version of that attack. the stronger the attack, the worse the drain on my essence
      Physical repair- Essentially restores any physical injury I have for the price of some of my essence. This means unless my shadow essence is destroyed, my body can regenerate a lot.

      Special attacks: Well
      Duality: Combines with my own shadow e to create a single united form. While my attacks become incredibly strong (overwhelming really) I am much more susceptible to damage in this form considering my essence is fully exposed rather than being blocked.
      Shadow Refresh-A full heal to both the body and essence. Extremely hard to pull off and is rarely powered up enough to use
      Ultimatum Shadow- Drawing power from my essence, a shadowy dome is created around the entire area in fighting in. Enemies are caught within storms of shadows which overload their bodies until nothing remains. Makes m incredibly weak afterward
      Strengths: Damage and mobility are off the charts. Healing and evasive options are very strong. Decent strategist
      Weakness: Aiming for my shadow will deal heavy damage. In general, fire does large damage to both my forms

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  82. The Four Horsemen of the Apokélypse

    War – Earthen
    Death – Seraph
    Pestilence – Fairy (myself)
    Famine – The Pokémon fandom because we want news of anything, even a spin off

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    • I have no idea why there’s so much gen 4 merch going out, but you aren’t going to get your gen 4 remakes for at least another 3-4 years I think. We’ll get a brand new gen before that ever happens. Gen 4 will get a remake and it’s likely to be on the Switch, but not until they make the jump first with a brand new game.

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      • BOTW development started in late 2012 i think? We’ve no idea how long GF have been working on their next Pkmn project. Just because gen 7 was done in 2,5 years doesnt mean they havent been working on other projects tbf

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        • True, but that doesn’t explain them releasing merchandise. Regardless of how long the spend on development the first Switch won’t be a remake. Also as it stands the Switch game prolly won’t make release until 2019. They’d then have to wait until 2020 at earliest to release a gen 4 remake. That’s 2 to 3 years away. Maybe even 4 depending on how things go. The merch is a weird ting to be releasing now when DP remakes aren’t coming for a long while.

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  83. I’m bored I feel like playing something obscure

    I really want to play Skyward Sword or Banjo Tooie or something on the gamecube

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  84. I very much dislike my phone when it comes to disqus

    It’s still causing me so much trouble when keeping me logged in every time I refresh the page or comments and every time I try to upload a photo it’ll either say it’s too big or I must be logged on I just don’t understand why EVERYTHING has to be a hassle

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  85. What’s the Oldest Gen you Replay if you Replay Games? (Up to Gen III because I and II sans Crystal are on Virtual Console now)

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  86. So… I feel like Ash is most likely to catch Drampa or Minior Next. Sure Jangmo loves to battle.. but. . He already has several hardcore dragons.. plus it’s final design.. isn’t so appealing to me. I dunno

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  87. “If the United States of America, under the heavy iron-fisted rule of Donald Jackson Trump Esquire and his elite family, repeals the popularized net neutrality law, it would place it amongst the New Russian Empire and the People’s Republic of China as worst internet freedoms. It would also be considerably lower than other countries including Tunisia and Turkey. Many fear this will spark the commencement of the slow desecration of internet freedom of the U.S.A. It is imperative the nation strikes back against its increasingly authotatarion and iron-ruling government before it falls.” ~ Me

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    • Wow this is so true

      But how can we appreciate Donalnezer Trooge in the first place?

      He thinks he’s all that even though he only made money because he was born into money and probably swindled his way to the top

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    • It all starts with these kind of things. Then it grows and grows so that you are not aware of what is even going on anymore. You end up getting used to it as there is nothing you can do about it. You will become enemies with someone passing down the street. Not because you wanted to but because you are forced to segregate. People will have no tolerance for others. You will find yourself feeling the same too. It all starts with one push, then the rest falls like domino stones. I’m not being pessimistic. I know it, I lived it. However, I still hope the same will not happen for you.

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      • I honestly have to say this may be the beginning of the end of America or even the Planet for that matter

        If we do live past Trump (I 100% guarentee he will never get reelected by any smart/sain person), it probably will be a world of ruin then

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  88. I wonder why they make so many legends per gen now… I mean.. most people don’t use them unless noobs. I dunno.. maybe I’m wrong. But I think we’d all enjoy more regular Pokemon first. They thinking about merch an storyline more I guess. All these legends and ultra beast.. minus a few.. are F*** useless!

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  89. Omg.. all y’all. REMEMBER. Ash Kalos team was Not 4x weak to Electric. Y’all need to know your typings better.. just because he had 3 flying.. his team was actually well balanced. Noivern is Not weak to Electric.. it’s part Dragon. That how it works.

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  90. A Trumpmas Carol

    Donalnezer Trooge a pompous president who loves to say “Bah Humbug types” is visited by three spirits the Ghost of Mexico’s President, The Ghost of Putin and The Ghost of Jong Un to show him that Net Neutrality should stay and not follow the paths they have

    Hopefully this story is truthful and Neutrality stays

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  91. I just realized something

    Since just about the entire country is steaming made over the Net Neutrality thing, what if its gotten rid of, but so many rebel and start anarchy that they are forced to repeal their decision? Heck prohibition was repealed back in the day this could too

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  92. Remember the Magic Islands that Go From New York and the Atlantic to The Kanto region of Japan in the Pacific which both have coasts To the South

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  93. I’ve decided I will have hope and faith in our Government that they will choose in favor of the people. There’s no reason to sicken myself so close to the Holidays with worry and grief when I can believe we will claim the internet as ours once and for all!

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  94. So the best thing about the Pokemon Switch game I’ve heard that’s giving me hope its going to be good is an interview where they said they split their team up at Gamefreak, with many vets working on the new project, and a lot of the newer team members working on USUM. So even if a switch game gets announced or released in late 2018, the game will have had a lot of work put into it regardless of release date.

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    • I bet it will be great regardless.

      Also USUM being made by a newer tea says alot about my likes… As this is literally favorite in game team to date

      It has some of my more favored but unused by most Pokémon, it’s original and fun

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      • I agree (though I didn’t play USUM, only played SM) that these games are the most innovative, colorful games with the most heart to date. For me, GF nailed their region/ pokemon with RS, plot I hear was great with BW, mechanics (such as the ride pokemon) and graphics were best with SM and have really improved with each gen (though we need the dexnav again). Each game has succeeded in a different area than previous versions.

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  95. I can’t shake off what will happen tomorrow
    But I do know that there will be hellfire if the FCC get their way and that will set things back in place eventually…I hope

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  96. I just get soooooo excited to check out a new gen! New pokemon, mechanics, type combos, landscapes, EVERYTHING. Gen 8 can’t come soon enough!

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