REMINDER: We discuss rumors not to pass them off as fake news confirmed information, but to stimulate discussion and highlight possibilities. Never treat this or share this as fact, because it is entirely unconfirmed information which may or may not be true.
The next main Pokémon title has already been confirmed to be a Nintendo Switch game, but not much else is officially known at this point. This hasn’t stopped some Chinese sources from sharing potential information about the game though. Our intrepid rumor reporter PokéSirena (you can follow her on Twitter) has helped us track down and translate the latest online gossip. These are from some of the same people who knew about Rainbow Rocket before it was revealed which is why we’ve taken particular note.
- The Chinese localization team has already finished translating the games’ script
- There will be no new Mega Evolutions introduced in the new games
- Z-Moves return and now use motion control to activate using the Joy-Cons
- Central plot revolves around the conflict between tradition and innovation
- Region inspiration has been rumored to be Spain or Italy
- Release to come late 2018 (~December) or early 2019
These details pale in comparison to what has also been said though, and that is the games feature a new, simplified battle system which has been compared to that of the Digimon World games. For those not familiar with them they use a real-time battle style in which moves are still selected via menu and include the option to attack or block moves from your opponent. It has also been compared to the battle system of Pokkén Tournament in which moves are either attacks, blocks or grabs and work in a rock-scissors-paper fashion.
If the above were to be true it would certainly be a change for longtime Trainers and could have the potential to disrupt the deep strategy game competitive players love.
What do you think?
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Does anyone here have a trainersona or anything? How cringy is yours?
Can’t make one my laptop refuses to load the thing
Nvm -.-
Ian “Earthen” Andres
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Height: 6.0
Weight: Phat
Home Region; Unova, Nacrene City
Current Party: Rhyperior, Emboar, Heracross, Pangoro, Golisopod, Aerodactyl
Likes: Winning, Not Losing, Physical Strength, Tough Pokemon, Ground Pokemon, Fighting Pokemon, Burgers, Geology
Dislikes: Losing, Not Winning, Wimps, Fairy Pokemon, Psychic Pokemon, Burns (Status Condition), Burns (Taunt)
Trainer Title: “The Down to Earth Trainer”
Bio: a rough and bullheaded trainer hailing from the hustle and bustle Unova Region, fond of earthen Pokemon and showing prowess in battling, when he fights he unleashes the dormant warrior within himself rivaling the legendary Berserkers
Quotes: “God Damn it!” “Piss off!” “Feh/Bah” “
http://gifimage.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Cringe-GIF-Image-Download-9.gif
oh like you can do worse
Not really, if I were in the Pokemon world I’d just be a far less terrible version of me.
This goes along with the anime I’ve been sort of writing, btw
Alex (Last Name Undecided)
Male
Age:13(Pre Timeskip)-16 (Post Timeskip)
Height:5’9 (13)/6’2(16)
Home “Region”:New York
Party (Potentially Unfinished):Lucario, Incineroar
Bio(I’ll probably unintentionally include unnecessary stuff, so forgive me if I do):An average kid who lived a pretty normal life at first, Alex’s life took a turn for the less normal when he and his friend (Sam) were transported to the world of Pokemon Mystery Dungeon to fight off a great evil (name undecided). After that, he gained the ability to travel between his world and the Pokemon world through a special Poke Ball looking device. Through that, he met 3 people who would eventually become his friends and formed a group with them and Sam. Later on, after defeating another great evil (name also undecided), they decided to part ways to adjust back into their normal lives. After the 3 years had passed, Alex eventually gained the power to harness aura outside of his Lucario form (A bit late to bring that up, I know), and gained tremendous power through it. His main form of attacking is through punches and shooting blasts of aura through his index fingers.
That’s all I can think of. Might add more later
Here are some quotes I guess:
“What the hell?”
“That’s not good.”
“It’s like I’m living out an anime.”
And here’s a semi-long one:
“I don’t care how many bones you break… I don’t care how many organs you damage… I don’t care how many times you knock me down! You may call this a lot of things: “Foolishness, naivete, stubbornness. But I call it persistence. The persistence to kill you. The only one… the only one who’s gonna die here… IS YOU!!”
That probably needs some tweaking
Oh yeah, Trainer Title:
The Apathetic Aura Meister (It’s a nod to the P4A/P4AU titles given to the characters, how they’re sort of jabs at the characters)
Just cause you’re taller than me doesn’t mean you need to rub it in
Name: Alex “Kurusu” Caldaett
Gender: Male
Age: 16
Height: 5’7″
Weight: Lightweight
Born and raised in: Sinnoh, Celestic Town
Current Team: Samurott, Weavile, Midnight Lycanroc, Glalie, Goodra, Steelix
Likes: Water types, his friends and team, a good battle, French Fries, Ice types, lots of other stuff
Dislikes: Evil organizations, People who use the word jaun as if it means anything, people who abuse Pokémon.
Trainer Title: The Tide breaking Mediator
Bio: Coming from the peaceful Celestic town he travels the world in search of making new friends and exploring with his team mates. His true fighting spirit lies within his kind exterior and rarely shows it unless really fired up.
Key tem: A special necklace in the shape of a Steelix head given to by his grandmother so he may Mega evolve his Steelix
Name: Connor Hemlock
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Height: 5’9″
Weight: Twink-sized
Hometown: Virbank City
Likes: The menseses, Poison-types
Dislikes: Furries
Party: Salazzle, Tentacruel, Roserade, Noivern, Mienshao, (M)Glalie
Trainer title: a trainer
Just curious, but why is Furries under dislikes? (Sorry if that’s worded weird)
He saved his Salazzle from rabid furries
Holy crap
He’s secretly one and wants to cover his tracks
twink-sized haha
Fuuck itt
Name: Taylor “Star” Last Name
Gender: Female
Height: too fuckin tall
Weight: too fuckin small
Home Town: Newbark Town but I’m a god damn city girl living in Castelia biiiiiiiiiiiitch
Likes: Cute girls, cute dogs, that gay shiit, Griffin McElroy
Dislikes: Straight White Cis Men
Pokémon:
Feraligatr
Lopunny
Whimmsicott
Ampharos
Furret
Primarina
How tall are you? If you don’t mind me asking
5’9? I think? I haven’t really checked in a while
And…how old? Cuz I’m a solid 6 (or possibly 5’11 my low flat feet don’t do much for height)
15 yo
Damn girl, you just might be a early bloomer, or just an Amazon
I’m going for an amazon I guess lol
Maybe you’ll slow down in your adult years….or just go kaiju!
Attack on Star!
well my dad’s like 6’8 so… yeahh
So I guess gigantism runs in the family
i mean im hoping i dont go over 6’1
Well there’s a high possibility of that but I’m no doctor ((although I’m technically a Veterinarian’s assistant)) but being that tall shouldn’t be that a bad thing, and if you still have doubts maybe just do some risky height reduction surgery and be petite
Well I’d never go THAT far. It’s just that I’d sorta stand out in a crowd as a 6+ foot tall woman. Then again my cousin is pretty tall and she looks fine so maybe ill be alright
Well unsurprisingly I like tall women and I know plenty of people who would kill to have a tall girl
And the whole social aspect is too overblown I feel I mean yeah you could stand out of a crowd but it’s not like they’re blaming you for something out of your control, it’s truly all in the mind, but who knows my brother is in the same boat he’s 5’6-8 and he’s only 13 and that kid barely eats
Eh I guess i’m used to people blaming me for things out of my control lol.
Well they are asswads, just means that if you do go titansss you can crush them for their insensitivity!!!
lol yeah. thanks fam
Anytime
Lemme drop a meme
Name: Hotiron the Trainerr
Gender: Penis
Height: Ninne inch nailz
Weight: Your mom
Hometown: Resolution Cave
Likes: Darkness, Honedges, Aegislash, Doublades, Bisharps, Pawniards, Mewtwo, Shadow Mewtwo, Darkrai
Dislikes: People, social media, pop culture, my mom
Pokemon:
Shiny Aegislash
Bisharp
Shadow Mewtwo
Mewtwo
Darkrai
Arceus-Dark
Catchphrase: Nothinn personnel cchild
You are a penis or you have as penis?
The gender is
So you’re a dick
:3
But what about the caveman?!
Odessey has a “sheriff” outfit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6JaY3vtb760
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/16e5ea5dc7f1ed7b26b19f0e963ffad8267935858e53df71a94bf351eeee78eb.jpg
I LOVE THIS
Is it bad that I have a lot? I get bored…
Here’s one:
A dragon type Pokemon Coordinator to show off dragon types performances rather than their battling skills. Specifically showing off a dragon type for each contest criteria
Gender: Male
Weight: Uh Medium I guess
Height: Tall
Hometown: Oppelucid City (future)
Current Place: (Started Journey) Hoenn
Likes: Dragons, Contests
Dislikes: Steel types
Party: [Mega] Sceptile (Cool), Dragonair (Beauty), Shelgon (Cute), Druddigon (Tough), Latias (Smart), Shiny Noivern (All)
Real talk gimme a sec I’ll make a legitimate one
Name: Seraph (Ryan)
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Height: 5’2 (I imagine I’d be shorter for smolness purposes)
Weight: Light (This is a fantasy trainersona, lets fix that up)
Home: Unspecified, probably Alola, akala somewhere
Likes: Bug and ghost types, anything that entertains him for more than two seconds, battles, etc
Dislikes: Fire in general, tight spaces
Pokemon:
Decidueye (My original partner Pokemon)
Araquanid (A pokemon I knew since I was a babi)
Masquerain (interestingly enough seems to fill the role of a shoulder Pokemon. Its implied that this is my strongest normal member strangely enough)
Dusknoir (That ever so common super powerful boi I can’t properly control yet)
Flygon (A powerhouse and a transport)
Reuniclus/Ampharos/Relicanth (The last member tends to switch on a frequent basis)
(Can call upon a marshadow in desperate times but in most cases prefers to never use it in battle)
Bio: A strange boi with an intense bond with his Pokemon. He doesn’t like to talk about his past much and has a “keep moving forward” optimistic attitude. Will frequently make up long and strong-sounding backstories to psych out his opponent and get into their head. This has an approximate success rate of 3/100 trainers. Ironically enough he’s decent in battle and specializes in tripping up his opponents and playing mindgames. Wears a reapers cloth as a scarf to look “cool” as he puts it. The real reason is simply because its comfy
Netflix America has all seasons of Fresh Prince. I’m all set for the next 3 days man
It’ll take longer than that won’t it? I feel like I learned alot from that show.
Why can’t I find it on Netflix……I was so excited and than it wasn’t there ?
Oi! Why can’t I remove the options so I can add in My team in?
You add the Pokemon in, then click UI and you can move them around without the user interface.
Ok then. This is my profile https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7eec8bc0fc7f8c1e969525ff21ea2f1a382eb2d6e3574dcd344065a8d6aba5fd.png
This is pretty cool. I like whoever made the trainer maker thingy. I wish they added more pokemon, but it’s still very cool! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/dc38fbbb49d7fb65d0b99a2dce639e525ac75aea9c8d931a3ef116121ae59686.png
yousa chick?
Dont be such a bimbo lol
Ok I have heard from people you are a boy, but originally I assumed you were a girl. Which are you if you don’t mind me asking?
I’d have at least liked starter final evos and option to use more than 1, but it’s honestly a good maker and better than the one on the official site.
Female model is oddly proportioned, hip span should be around the same or a bit higher than total shoulder span, now it’s more of a buff dude with breasts.
when you work them pecs a bit too much
Clash of Titans http://i.4cdn.org/vp/1514420634240.jpg
Honestly it would’ve been funnier if they had it be Pheromosa vs. it, but of course, second version isn’t canon, only first one.
I mean I’m sure Pheromosa will show up. It just makes more sense for the two muscle prone Pokemon to battle it out.
I guess it’d be cool if they had Pheromosa pretend to be Lusamine considering they’re very similar. Plus, they could have a shiny Pheromosa cosplay and then the secret being revealed later on.
I think Lillie would notice if her mother was a cockroach
Wrong name, edited
Can see Pheromosa do something about that
In fact Ultra Beasts might be capable of doing bizarre things or something regular pokemon aren’t capable of especially in the anime
Nah, she didn’t notice Nebby was a Legendary, why would she notice that small detail.
I feel like ash kinda play pokemon sun
Yo in Sage where do you get Rock Smash? I want a Rocano for Foster
Ok I finally got around to playing with the trainer customizer thing,
https://i.imgur.com/xgLaZyz.png?1
I thought you were a poison type expert
..no?
I use Fairy types
I just dressed my trainer all wintery as an excuse to wear a scarf and leggings so I put the snow background
you win for design
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/515e637de7be540e00cc159c11f3cc757ac894310e55559e11f6163e08980059.png
Lookin gudddd
I would do this but not one of my team members is in the thing so
I just noticed my Pokemon match my color scheme lol
Me: Black, White, Pink
Sylveon: White Pink
Noivern: Black, Purple(close enough to pink), White
none of mines were
show your style ghost dood
I will naht
(pssst… in the bird menu, if you click on the unknown and type in “bird jesus” you get a secret something)
You can also get villain team outfits.
OMG, I just became lesbian.
thanks im 15
Sorry, I don’t want to get into jail.
Mmm I like the color, the vividness on a bold dark color really complements each other
Thanks fam! Black and Pink is my favorite color combo
probably because i wanna be an emo bitch but I’m also too girly to commit to it lol
Yeah but they gotta be used in the right areas or they ruin it
And the emo bitch look or actually being a emo wannabe
Gosh damn it! An hour long search for Snome and still nothing, but good news Lizzo evolved into Iguadium
now I know what people who don’t play pokemon hear when I rant about it to them lol
Snome is annoying to find and not that great tbh.
The only reason I really want it other than adorable design is that I have three choices
-Have Pengliff and get a Ice/Rock types
-Have Snome and have a Pure Ice type
-Go for neither and wait for better team mates to come by
I used the Puffin.
Meh Bluffin just doesn’t interest me
Especially knowing why the hell is it pure Ice type? Even if it doesn’t fly, it’s a bird! Or why is Pebblosa Normal and not Rock? It has pebbles in its origins and literally has rocks on it
Those two have odd ball typings
They evolve with the types you expect. Bluffin evolves into the beautiful Burrmudail.
Oh and do you know where to get Rock Smash by any chance in the game
I don’t remember.
Darn I want Rocano for the gym, but it require Rock Smash.
Legato Crossroads, well after Gym 1.
Checked there are 1099 comments here…
Now its 1100 🙂 (Sorry just posting so I can make it that number)
Can someone please give me a link to this trainer maker everyone is using? Would love to make my own!
https://jcling.deviantart.com/art/Pokemon-Trainer-Creator-401165483
Thank you!
no problem fam
One of these days I need to get off my lazy arse and draw myself and actually spend more than 4 minuets on it
I will use the maker one I get home tomorrow I suppose. Finished my trainer and accidentally hit start over >< t
Just download Pokémon sage after seeing soemone here talk about it lol not sure which starter I will pick yet
It’s a joy! I remember when I first got everyone into it when the demo first came out. You won’t regret playing it for a moment.
I am having trouble picking my starter lol the grass is tempting though since it evolves into a humming bird. Used to watch them at my paw paws house when I was little so it’s kind of nostalgic in a way.
I went for grass. It struggles a shitton for the first gym but it’s awesome regardless. Especially later on
Right now I am leaning towards the grass because of its evolution bringing back good memories. That said I hope we get an actual humming bird Pokémon in gen 8! Dolphin too lol
Oh for sure! If we get a hummingbird I’ll immediately pick it up!
It would go on my team so quickly! Not sure what it’s typing would be though.
I suggest
Kidling if you want an easy gym battle
Foliage if you want a cute starter, but will need extra training
Augade for a neutral mixed between the two
i forgot this existed, imma want until full game.
https://78.media.tumblr.com/5d2b8d7bb7cc91fbf656575bad59c2c9/tumblr_p1cb69E7PR1qcoyhuo1_540.jpg
Daaaaaw that’s cute
U can use that as an HM
Adorable
Weird lol
awesome goodra
https://twitter.com/Krooked_Glasses/status/946064168993648641
So as a follow up about that Tieba rumor of a new Kanto game the person on Bulbagarden that was a known leaker said that they’re acquainted with an admin on there. So they can confirm that the person who deleted the thread wasn’t the original poster, but was in fact another admin. Said admin who deleted the trhead also apparently has ties with an inner circle of leakers. I guess the “famous Chinese leaks” from SM were actually deleted by that admin even. So it’s highly suspicious they’d delete the Kanto thread. I have a few thoughts on all this
So what if most if not all the rumors are in fact real? What if we do return to Kanto, but it’s not the Kanto we know from past games? I was thinking that maybe we’re really about to witness a sort of reboot. What if we do return to Kanto, but this time the dex has been expanded with brand new Pokemon and features a brand new story to fit with the new graphics and modern times. That would technically make it a brand new gen and a return to Kanto all in one game. It would certainly explain why some rumors say it’s a new gen while others say a Kanto remake of some kind. It would also explain why GF seems to be making USUM out as an end of an era game rather than just the end of the 3ds games like BW2 was. Otherwise why would they say it was the culmination of the last 20 years? Those words seem suspicious if the next game is just business as usual. In any event whatever we get next will be interesting and certainly not what anyone expects. Exciting times are ahead.
Not sure how I would feel about returning to kanto again. But if it’s completely different with plenty of new Pokémon I guess I could handle it
I feel like the major problem people have with Kanto now a days is not that Kanto itself has been everywhere, but that the general 1st gen has encroached on many other gens. If they had only stuck to minor hints and nods then it would have been fine, but doing stuff like giving out the Kanto starters in XY was a bit much. Other than than Kanto itself hasn’t been in much spotlight recently. With he exception of the VC releases we haven’t gone to a newly revamped Kanto with it’s own story in a VERY long time. Could be interesting to see it in full 3d and a new story.
That is pretty much my main issue with kanto. It has gotten way too much attention the past few gens. Getting kanto starters in x and y as you said. Then the whole alolan forms only being for gen one Pokémon :/ overall a return to the region itself wouldn’t bother me too much. Just give me plenty of new Pokémon is all I ask for.
I get exactly what you mean and I love this idea!
Would be kind of a little of what everyone one wants. Those who are bored with plain old Kanto would get new Pokemon and a new story, but those who are looking for a nostalgia kick would get to go back in general and maybe even see some old characters. The best of both worlds
Works for me!
I am so curious what they will do for the starters in gen 8. Can definitely say I never expected to actually get a grass owl like rowlet lol personally I am hoping that we get a water platypus or elephant! Fire if they continue loosely following the Chinese zodiac rabbit or snake. Grass I am not sure ? deer maybe? Lemur?
Well if the hints are there and just maybe they are there (and assuming my theory isn’t totally correct) the starters may end up being a Tanuki, Ram/goat, and a wolf.
wait a wolf starter? O.o wolves are my favorite animal so that would be a very easy choice!
If I may ask where are these hints at?
While he hasn’t outright stated it as being a part of the info he has on gen 8, a while ago a guy named GekkougaLarry on Twitter posted 3 pictures of those animals and said that he liked them. He definitely seems to have sources, but that one particular post may or may have anything to do with the gen 8 info he has. so take that with a grain of salt.
Oh okay then. All I can say if that somehow happens and we get a wolf starter if will easily be my starter lol
water wolf that becomes part ice
tanuki grass, im questioning if they’d actually give it’s final evo giant balls .___.”
ram/goat fire that becomes part fairy
those are my wants from that info you gave
So here’s a thought. Say we do go back to Kanto in the form of a reboot. Would be pretty interesting if the starters were different. Gen 8 will definitely have all new Pokemon regardless of where it’s set. If we go back to Kanto and it has new Pokemon I could totally see us getting a new set of starters in a reboot. Would make them giving us the “original” three starters in XY and then in the VC releases be more sensible. Otherwise why would they have even bothered if we were gonna get them again later on?
Not everyone played gen 6 or VC though.
True, but they don’t have control over that. It’s still them making the 3 starters available in a more modern set of games. All they can do is make them available. If some people don’t play them then that’s their loss.
They’d probably just give you the originals at some point, maybe post-game. Also a more recent example is USUM Island Scan btw.
That’s also a fair point. Either way they seem to be flooding us with opportunities to get the original starters and for no real reason either. at this point most if not everyone has access to them in some form or another. Doesn’t make much sense to keep doing special things for them unless the next games won’t feature them at all or very little.
Gen 1 nostalgia though. They are also very recognisable for the brand, not on Pikachus’ level but alot of people will know what they are even if they don’t know the names.
This could work^ maybe it’s set in an alternate kanto with different starters. Maybe the professor oak we know falls into this kanto from a wormhole or something post game gives us a kanto starter for helping him get back?
Maybe it’s in the future a bit and Blue is now the Professor, Prof.Oak is chilling with Samson Oak on a beach and just throws the starters at you when you approach him. Or they could link with wormholes, if they are even continuing that part of the lore.
That could work too. An adult blue as the professor. Doesn’t mention professor oak all game making everyone think he’s dead. Then you find him chilling on a beach lol
Would make sense
Maybe this is exactly what they hid from us *Suspense filled music intensifies
We shall see. My theory may be way out there, but I’ve been speculating a return to Kanto for some time now and the stars definitely seem to be aligning recently.
We already got our callback to Kanto with SUMO. I doubt they’d do that again.
This wouldn’t be a call back tho. It’d be essentially a reboot. We haven’t actually visited Kanto in almost a decade and Kanto has never gotten any expansions or additional areas. (Sevi Islands don’t count as they’re not directly attached to Kanto) Also there have been call backs to Kanto in almost every game so your point isn’t really saying much.
Schedule for Games Done Quick 2018
https://gamesdonequick.com/schedule
Games y’all might be intrested in:
(Game), (Date), (Run Time) (Category)Check the schedule for the start time for your time zone
Splatoon 2 Sunday, January 7th (1:40:00) any%
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Sunday, January 7th (0:50:00) Main Quest
Sonic Mania Monday, January 8th (1:00:00) Sonic and Tails any%
Super Mario 3D World, Tuesday, January 9th (2:05:00) any%
Metroid (NES), Wednesday, January 10th (0:30:00) all bosses warpless
Mario & Luigi: Superstar Saga, Wednesday, January 10th (1:35:00) any%
Yoshi’s Island, Wednesday, January 10th (2:00:00) any% warpless race
Super Mario Sunshine, Wednesday, January 10th (3:15:00) 120 shines
Starfox 2, Thursday, January 11th (0:45:00) New Game+ Expert
Super Mario Galaxy, Friday, January 12th (2:45:00) any%
Pokemon Black 2/White 2, Friday, January 12th (3:30:00) any%
Zelda: Ocarina of Time, Friday, January 12th (4:40:00) 100%
Zelda: A Link to the Past, Saturday, January 13th (2:00:00) Randomizer, No Glitches, Open Mode Race
Zelda: Breath of the Wild, Saturday, January 13th (3:57:00) All Main Quests (no amiibo)
I really recommend you watch some if you can! It’s always great to watch speedrunners show their skills. I didn’t mention it but watch the Hollowknight stream. That game is great. Sorta surprised that there isn’t any Odyssey but I guess the game is so new that they will probably blow is all away with it during the Summer Event
I’ll definitely catch Wednesday and Friday at least, all of the runs on those days are interesting to me. I want to see how people can beat Superstar Saga so fast especially, because I feel like I know that game like the back of my hand.
Haha https://img00.deviantart.net/1e97/i/2017/361/6/5/porgachu_by_ry_spirit-dbxzf1y.jpg
https://ry-spirit.deviantart.com/art/Porgachu-722207734
Porgemon!
I feel like this is a fusion trend waiting to happen.
I haven’t seen the movie yet but the animals I’ve seen in the trailer are pretty cool. That ice wolf looked like Pokemon material in my opinion!
Definitely, I would love a Pokemon that looked like that. There is also another thing that is kind of a space horse, I won’t spoil it for you but I really liked those too.
It’s going to be an interesting decade coming up with lots of cool alien-looking designs in movies, with the 4 (FOUR) Avatar movies and new Star Wars trilogy by the director of The Last Jedi. Hopefully Pokemon will still be thriving by then and be able to compete 😛
kill it
https://i.imgur.com/Br00TCn.gif
IT’S THE RESKINNED PUFFINS OR SOMETHING THEY COULDN’T SHOO OFF WHILE FILMING SO THEY TURNED THEM INTO PORGS!
Is that gen 8 Pikaclone
Hopefully.
I’d rather shoot myself than play that game.
Nice! Shoot yourself!! or play the old games… always he same battle system is fcking boring
Pokemon’s battle system is perfect, so shoot yourself or go play boring Pokkén, don’t really care, don’t really think it’s right to tell people to shoot themselves, either, but hey, fair’s fair.
“Shoot yourself, don’t really care, don’t
really think it’s right to tell people to shoot themselves, either, but
hey, fair’s fair.”
This can be one of my favorite games on this site. However I seemed to have a glitch after about 20 hrs of game playing. I couldn’t figure it out, subsequently I ended up having to build one more game. I came across one that functioned at https://www.amusementarcade.org/pearl/ and I’m almost strong enough to beat Gardenia at Eterna Gym for my Forest Badge! It’s not long until The First of the Sinnoh Four, Aaron is at my feet, begging for mercy! Who needs a Pikachu, when I have a freaking awesome Sneasel whipping so much butt! Man I really like this game performance. Best of luck to you and so go and catch ’em all!
Ash Ketchum, off!
***Random fact***
Pokemon type combos that have never been used before:
Normal/Poison
Normal/Ice
Normal/Bug
Normal/Rock
Normal/Steel
Normal/Ghost
Fire/Grass
Fire/Ice
Fire/Fairy
Electric/Fighting
Electric/Poison
Electric/Dark
Ice/Poison
Ice/Bug
Fighting/Ground
Fighting/Fairy
Poison/Psychic
Poison/Steel
Poison/Fairy
Ground/Fairy
Bug/Psychic
Bug/Dragon
Bug/Dark
Rock/Ghost
Dark/Fairy
Just give us that “life of star” Electric/Dark Pokemon already. Starting with protostar,building up for supernova and ending with black hole.
And please counterpart for Volcarona, Bug/Ice moth. Same overall stats, 1 staged evolution(absense of cacoon stage) and based on Lunar Moth. Sun-Moon, Fire-Ice counterparts.
I need a Normal/Ghost
actually I thought it was going to be possible with Silvally. I got deceived.
Speaking of Silvally, I wished they did more with the awesome thing
Especially plot-wise
Hawaii region and we never got a Fire/Grass tiki dancer. I’m baffled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgAbM7s8CdY
Masuda says to keep your expectations low. Keep them low but somehow the battle system is getting 100% redefined? I call BS.
Redefine the battle system maybe it just means redefine the GUI as we won’t have 2 screens anymore… so I expect something more in than direction than big game mechanic changes.
I think their effort will be focused more in creating an adventure close to the Zelda Breath of The Wild rather than changing the whole battling system. I expect of course changes in there but not big ones.
I guess a refined battle system could be as there aren’t dual screens, if you want to make a move in a battle, you hold down a button then using a direction for the four moves?
I think it will still be turned based as all of the side games are ones for changing up the battle system – conquest, ranger, dungeon, Pokken
They should release a lighter and more compact version of Switch for the children… it is heavy even for my hands… otherwise forget about children playing it in the outside.
I calculate that will happen in 2019.
Im pretty sure they made it as compact/light as possible for the hardware it contains. Making a new compact/light version would simply hinder development of games on a console that is already underpowered in terms of hardware. Also, its like slightly heavier than a 3ds to the point where you barely notice the difference.
To add on, if you take off the joycons, itss the exact same size as a 3ds.
But that’s the thing, you can make it lighter by removing some of it.
For example, if it’s handheld only you don’t need the Bluetooth/the Joycon rails and all that that entails. You also don’t need anything that makes it upclock, since it’ll be primarily used for handheld (though since it uses USB-C it’ll still be able to do video out with an extension from the dock, this variant would obviously be told to ignore trying to upclock).
Of course being smaller in general would also remove some of the weight of the system in the materials used to make it up (especially the metal on the rails).
A smaller, dockless, handheld only version (for at LEAST the price of the New 3DS XL to assuage the poorer and cheaper people) is almost certainly doable without affecting performance.
And all this would do is hinder devs who are already screwing up by not taking the handheld format into account and porting appropriately, and those people should be hindered from putting a game on a platform that’s really a handheld with video out and upclocking so that’s okay.
Probably, eventually.
Switch really should do 3 things before worrying about improving the base hardware:
> dual screen version
> cheap version
> booster adaptor
I’d even add a 4G version. I think it is still dumb to do it the way Vita did it, but more than ever, needing a constant connection will be important, and what GPS could bring to (console) gaming is a lot. However, that type of support should be a slotted attachment that relies on a pay as you go format for primary marketing, attaching it to an account on the secondary. This way kids and teens could easily take advantage as they buy or have things like Data cards purchased for them. But I think that only works going forwards in new hardware, or they’d have to release a broadcasting device accessory as an adaptor (which also can work but makes things less portable).
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That said, Dual Screen version, proportionally the size of the regular 3DS, but have sliding slots for taking the standard joypad controllers. Both screens as touch screens, and the ability to slide the top screen down (in addition to clam-shell closed) to be a one-screened micro handheld. Then give it an improved camera (I say just a nice old cell phone camera could be nice, one with flash, some auto-focus, maybe 8MP and maybe some 2-5x zoom… just depending on price) and a stylus that works with the new kind of screen. Start the price around $250 – 199, and release possibly over the summer or early fall in time for games like Animal Crossing, Mario Maker 2, and Pokemon.
Why Dual Screens? It’s better for some games. We don’t have to worry about interface downgrades for the titles I spoke of, and future games like Xenoblade 2 won’t get criticized for a crowded interface. This could be a portable-only model, maybe come with a small extra bit of ram for more OS stuff for more portable comforts, possibly the same or less system storage, and upgrade all switch hardware to get new more portable specific software and apps like Streetpass 2.0. Also set the system up to be able to easier take mobile android based games, and rebrand them as “pocket” sized games, along with things like VC games of portable system games (or possible 3DS eShop titles).
For a Cheaper version, I think redesign the WiiU gamepad in the style of the Switch. Have it as a device that can stream content from a switch, target the price from $100-150, update switch consoles such that some small games can be played at the same time (such as these “pocket” titles that are limited to how much hardware they can use) and also let it function as a screened pro-controller (possibly being able to connect two of these devices to one switch). Now you have a superior WiiU product that not only can function similar to the WiiU (making ports of games like Xenoblade easier as well as bring dual screened gaming to older Switches in console mode), but can do such on the go in portable mode, but also function as a second controller with a private screen, as well as a console that is more disposable than the base switch.
Why this way for a cheaper system? The processing units and internal components of the Switch aren’t going to get cheap fast enough, and eventually Switch will loose pace as family won’t be able to afford each child a system (It will start to sell as a shared product like a home console). Possibly it could also save money in production by also including the dual screened model’s smaller single screen and possibly camera (for any feature parody).This can be that solution, with more included hardware components than the base gamepad, but made slimer and cheaper. However, it also would have a bonus of selling to every switch customer, unlike the 2DS as a budget solution as it extends multiplayer (so you no longer need to play side by side) and brings options of dual screened gaming.
Finally, a booster adaptor, because the thing about the idea of improving the base model of the Switch in 2019, 2020, is that you aren’t going to see that big a jump to get that same form factor and size of the switch, but the price will greatly increase. I don’t know people will be willing to spend $400-500 just to play PS4 games in 1080p in console mode at 30FPS or even 60FPS. You are better off selling the concept in piecemeal, you might be able to get even more out of it.
What they should instead do is redesign the Dock. Many people won’t throw away their old docks, they can still be set to other TVs and such, but they can make a new Dock, have it be a bit bigger, and add additional components of a secondary more powerful GPU with a custom CPU that can run in tangent with the base Switch model’s and give it additional ram to at least double the total, if not a bit more than even that (to allow for extra OS features). The dock could also include some space for a portable HDD (or two) to be slotted internally like a N64 cartridge, and have some advanced wireless features that allow it to do processing for switches connected wirelessly (also letting you use the base switch model as a second screen controller for those such games). You could also decide if you want to include a game card slot and joypad set to allow it to be used as a pure home console.
This would not include the extra basic dock or a screen or internal battery which would save production cost and should allow it to be price ranged for $200-250. Now, if Nintendo choose to, they could release this in 2019, timed for the fall after the dual screened version and the budget second screened controller release, and sell it as a stand alone (for the aforementioned price) or as a dual-pack with the standard Switch for around $450-500. A hardware objective to sell the dual pack could be that when the switch is docked, it could run games at 1080p (or 1440p) 60FPS, as well as offer multiplayer experiences for a VR visor attachment (With that, you can plug in the console for power and processing, but it uses its own microscreens for display, gyroscope, accelerometer, and has a 3D 8MP camera with a secondary 3D IR or dot array camera for augmented game designs. That in of itself can aim for a $80 price point or $150 if it includes a game (something like Star Fox VR or something)).
dual screen Switch simply will never happen. that would overcomplicate the life for the developers and will make games incompatible between platforms
but I agree we need a more transportable TV adapter – charger
Happy Christmas New Year everyone.
I’m still here stalking just without logging in or commenting <3
“no new megas” does not mean they are going to remove them as some other articles in other sites mention
or am I wrong?
Today’s Komala episode was extremely fillery but we learn that if you face off against Komala it will always have +5 Plot Armor and never lose
Why is that show constantly filled with filler? Not enough ideas? Lack of writers?
Its not that fillery but its a slice of life anime, so it will never be as action packed as regular shounen (like the previous seasons)
Ah. That sucks as I really liked their non-filler episodes and really I dislike that entire concept of school. Hopefully there won’t be any excuse in Gen 8 to be completely filler.
I dont think we’re getting an Italy based region for a long time, because Fiore.