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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Be sure to check back next week for Round III: Plans and stick around for more content as part of our ongoing Advent event!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ak72CR-L20
Posting this again because I don’t know. I’m a little surprised people aren’t talking about this considering this is is BOTW mod. Then again, this is Kamen Rider we’re also talking about
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.
You mean Frillish? I might have one in a Dive Ball I could breed you. I find Water Absorb more useful tbh.
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.
So yeah… 350 points lost…. Showdown is wonderful
It’s a cruel heartless mistress
Sure she can make you feel like a big shot but sometimes you’re just a turd swirling around the drain
Tis an hard thing to stop doing
It’s actually cause I fought pros and got haxed for like fifteen games straight
Plus one or two games where Whismicott died too early
Woahh what tier??
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
Terramite sounds like it should be Bug/Electric or Electric/Ground and be based on Computer memory (Terrabytes)
It is a parasitic Bug type that eats through stone (ironically it is weak to rock types)
It has a tough rocky carapace and tri-hinged mandibles that can spin like a drill
They like to cling to large rock Pokémon like Graveler and Boldore and chew away their bodies,
Interesting
Anything particular catch your eye?
Water/grass
Please add another type to the foxes, getting really tired of all the pure electrics. Maybe add Dark.
Nope I needed a pure electric line and that’s them
http://www.gifbin.com/bin/072011/1311246801_cute_baby_sloth_yawns.gif
CUUUUUUUUUUUTE
Why do you need a pure Electric line?
Terra is the roman aspect of Gaia, Goddess of the Earth, so it makes it sound more like a ground type imo. Also the fox names sound a bit more cat like (Kit is a young fox so it makes sense but combined with its evo’s ‘ity’ ending it sounds like an adorable line of kittens)
The concepts themselves seem fine tho
Well it a combination of
Vulpes Velox, Fox, and Velocity
It is Electric Fox that runs very very very fast
And for Terramite Terra is earth and earth can range from any type of mineral
And though didn’t ask Grogre (Grow/Growth and Ogre)
I didn’t bring up Grogre because I do like the name, it’s punny and fitting at the same time.
Pokémon makes a distinction between ‘earth’ and ‘mineral’. Hence why it’s a bit odd when the Rock-type is based on a word meaning ‘earth’.
Whilst the swift fox name works as a portmanteau, it brings cat vibes as well imo.
Don’t lecture me on the earth element
If you don’t want lectured, learn.
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?!?!?!?!?
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.
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……..
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.
Actually tbh, most companies reveal their game a year or two before. Modern GF is kinda unique in announcing them so close to release.
They have annual recruitment drives. It’s happened every year, from what I’ve heard.
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….
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.
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
YES!!! THANK GOD THEYRE TAKING THEIR TIME ON THIS
they took their time with sun and moon
And it was Aight. This time they’re taking their time while having a bigger better team, so it will probably be Amazing.
same team s sun and moon
Exact? I heard that some veterans are coming back for this
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.
They were working in a new console. That was a crazy jump.
Now yeah the Switch game could suck but it will still be better than what we would get without the one year break
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.
The big project could be Gen 4 remakes rather than Gen 8, but it’s much less likely.
Could be….but idk…..I feel like once they jump to the Switch the frequent releases will stop.
Random cutie I drew practicing line width https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/fa83685321fd46420821fc43047ae7daadce723da89feedea277d72a2a0fb3e5.jpg
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
Dex entry?
Hit refresh in a sec
You should give it more water type moves.
It’s just a wad of swamp plants and wet muck so Muddy Water is all it needs, it can learn plenty via TM
Give it Attract and Captivate
No
It is love. It is life. It’s all Grogre now.
No Water Absorb, Storm Drain or Water Compaction?
I was considering it
Not ur best work
I rushed it, I mean it’s a generic swamp monster you do better then
Rushing never leads anywhere, take ur time
I had half a lunch break to do this
well u rushed and it didnt come out well so try again
In a bit
NOOOOOOOOOOOOO THE ONLY ONE I WAS INTERESTED IN YOU FOOL
I said I’ll work on it, its supposed to be a mixed fighter but with above average defense
I can’t make all my Pokémon brutes and brawlers
IT DOESN’T NEED TO BE
IT NEEDS TO BE ALL FLUBBERY AND LIKE UNIQUE AND WEIRD
It’s a like looney tunes Gossamer but with more of….
https://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/courage/images/b/b7/Swamp_monster.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20130402203500
A choking uncle covered in grass?
A mass of mud, vines and teeth
Refresh
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
Actually maybe Fire/Electric for Darmanitan
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?
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.
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.
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.
December 31st hopefully
If I was to guess it’d be Fall again. ORAS to USUM was two years (a year of no content but two years between the dates) but both were November releases.
I feel like we’ll get NEWS soon and it will be very early 2018
Near end year like always I guess, they’re working for the Switch and if they’re really doing something big then having such a gap makes sense
Nnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
yOShi! tHATs My broThER, MMMMM
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
RRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR
IIIIIIIIIIIIII
OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!
Seraph why
_____________________________Seraph
Does ________kNOT____________________
No
Well clearly Seraph is broken
Let’s upgrade to Seraph 2.0
There is no 2.0
Only the abyss of the coconuts
I’m not shelling out for the Deluxe model
Worst case scenario we get a used Seraph
There is only one model
Mainly cause I’ve already modified myeslf
Bootleg Seraph
There is no bootleg
There’s always a bootleg
You can’t bootleg something that doesn’t exist
That means you don’t exist
Exactly ;3
Does that mean you’re still in Beta testing
It means I’m human
Not a beepboop
Prove me that you aren’t one of those ad bots
Anime is full of waifus
Waifus, husbandos, anything really
Bam I am proved
What kind of features are in Seraph 2.0?
Even more fecal messages I’d imagine
He’ll be less of a spaz,
I already answered this below
what
Good God
This is a blessing from the lord himself
The turkey of my pelvis
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.
Nice name there
Also Gen 5 did it I believe
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.
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
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.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=63f4QfKLH_E&feature=youtu.be
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
member when they showed mons in trailers without officially revealing them
Like I know Victini was and so was Haxorus
Remember when Rockruff was accidentally shown in the CoroCoro trailer?
https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/9/93/BW_Prerelease_double_battle.png
Oh yeah, Excadrill was originally more purple-ish
That was legitimately the screen I spazzed at
I remember first thinking about how cool Haxorus…
….now he’s forgotten ;~;
God no. Gen 5 was horrible for leaks because it was frenetic and all over the place, and official releases were hell to keep track of. Also Japanese names are a bitch to remember. Gen 6/7 official releases with more than Gen 5 content would be way better
It was fun though
If you’ve never had fun before maybe ?
But have you had fun before?
I think you know from my drunken discord messages that I have plenny of it
Owcohol
And I loved it
^^
Bring back silhouettes for Pokémon reveals. Let the internet guess them
Besides the starters of course
Outside of that
Y E S
Silhouettes make me happy
Nah. Do starter silhouettes before even revealing the game
Oh before revealing the game? Hell yeah
Shillouette
put all the pokemon into a group as silhouettes so its one big cluster
YES
so its just blob of black then little by little every trailer reveals a new mon and it gets revealed in cluster
Mega Reuniclus?
That’d be nice. It was an extra tthing hat was fun and even allowed them to stretch out reveals. Could be a good amount of fun if they did silhouettes again.
Yes pls those have always fun results
http://i.imgur.com/D0VgNQ3.png
Me af
I just imagined the reveal with a dry fart sound effect
I heavily desire Flygon and Haxorus to get the gettings of a mega evolution
I heavily desire any Pkm to get a mega tbh, I still miss them
But which of the varied variety of Pokemon does thy wish receive a mega?
Any Gen 5 and 6 really, not 7, they already have their stupid Z-Moves >_>
;3
but add seven regardless
BST 600 for Mega Haxorus please
640, that’s what it would be considering its current stats
Only 600? That’s too low, give it 640 kike Seraph said
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.
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
Where am I on this list ?
You were here last year too my dude
But I just get better and better every year
I’m like a vintage wine
I love how you include the phrase “in the real world”
Because this place is a figment of Star’s imagination duh
sadfb
AND OF COURSE
MARINA MY OCTOPUS WIFE
It’s too late…
You already forgot
You must surrender your soul to the NEVER ENDING ABYSS OF THE DARKNESS
Can we agree that 2017 was far better than 2016?
Yes
Instead of my favorite celebrities dying, all my favorite celebrities are dead to me!
Mii
Mii Plaza theme
Also Rick and Morty Season 3
Mostly just that one episode with Evil Morty
For the absolute worst of the year, let’s talk about the fanbase of the show
Let’s not :3
Oh god
Why would we when we could talk about the show itself
Because cancer gets deadlier when left unchecked
Also Under the Covers volume 2
You’re forgetting the time Shofu literally destroyed Verlisify’s life
Like he had one in the first place
Im trying to put it nicely
OH MY GOD YES
*dabs*
I GOT YO BITCH ON A LEESH
CALL EM VERLISIFY
*Leash
-Persona 5
-#CellGames
-Power Rangers Movie
-GotG
-Kamen Rider Build (Seriously, I haven’t seen the series, but I love the suit)
-JoJo dub on Toonami
-Soul Calibur 6 announcement
-FighterZ announcement
-CTB announcement
-That BoTW Kamen Rider Den-O mod
-OK KO
And a lot of others that I can’t list because I’ll be here for hours
Oh, and the Little Witch Academia anime. And Ultra Sun
No one has anything to say?
Once I had a dream that you visited Poland… it was weird…
Why are you dreaming of star, you creep?
;3
We relieved that he’s almost her age
I don’t really dream about lesbians
That’s odd because I do
Yeah, why would anyone want to visit Poland?
Jk :p
I have no clue
I guess to visit Chopin grave cuz he was one of the bes- wait no he wasn’t even buried in Poland…
Poland has few people like that, I mean Copernicus and Marie Curie were Polish too. Still not worth visiting, but it’s something!
If I visited Poland I would totally come see you
But you visited new york and you didn’t see meeee
Because New York has so much to do
If you visit Poland you’re probably a big fan anyway or are just visiting somebody
Only big fans of Poland are Polish Thugs.
I thought she lived in New York
God I wish
I WISH I DID I WOULDVE LOVED TOOOOO
That’s nice! You’ll probably never visit Poland tho.
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
I like how you keep reviving it
It will never die. Because it never lived.
Heroes never die
Nani sore?
More like
Nani soaring in the sky
*Proceeds to soar with a latios screaming nani the whole time it flies*
I want music boards to contain a msuic note key
Music boards? What are those?
Sorry we are getting so off topic that I’m getting lost lol
Music note
Like the little note
And I want it on the computer keyboards
Oh same really, so I don’t have to use emojis every time I’m singing ?
Exactlyyyyy!!!!! (LIKE RIGHT HERE)
H**lo g**ys, *y n*** ** s**a**!
Sorry guys I had to say some bad wurdz
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.
Any thoughts on them? Should I make them into real fakemon in my dex?
Looking through a textbook and…
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/62bdc16bd4891ba54bbe768b707a8eb7e9f69fb9ab388341e8dae5f3960a2b84.jpg
Jesus Christ close your mouth you fucking human pelipper