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This Week’s Big Stories
CoroCoro Reveals Ultra-Cool New Outfits for Ash & Co
Detective Pikachu Releasing Worldwide in March
Pokémon GO Community Day, Kyogre Now Available
Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
- The second Global Mission in Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon is underway and has already been completed! This Global Mission had players win at the Battle Agency, with the goal of reaching 100,000 wins by January 22nd. Since the mission is already successful be sure to head to the Festival Plaza to guarantee your 2,000 FC, or 4,000 FC if you have your Global Link account linked
- Details for the January 2018 International Challenge Battle Competition have been announced! This is a Double Battle competition with the usual VGC rules, where players can receive 50 Battle Points for participating, and earn CP towards qualifying for the World Championships. During the competition all Pokémon will be raised to Level 50. Registration runs from January 18th, 2018 to January 25th, 2018, while the battles will commence from January 26th through the 28th
Pokémon Crystal
- Pre-loading for the re-release of Pokémon Crystal is now available through the eShop across all regions
Special Edition Pikachu New Nintendo 2DS XL
- Released last year in Japan, the special edition Pikachu New Nintendo 2DS XL will go on sale in North America starting January 26th, 2018 – the same day as Europe – for $159.99
P-Sports
- P-Sports ~Aim To Be A Pokémon Battle Master~ is coming to Japanese audiences through Abema TV! This brand new show focuses on Pokémon Battles and features hosts such as popular Japanese Youtuber, Hajime Syacho and Hiroshi, a previous co-host of Pokémon Sunday and Pokémon Smash. The show will have trainer compete in an Elite Four fashion against the four hosts to become the P-Sports Champion. You can check out the trailer for the first episode, which will air on January 24th at 8:00pm JST
Pokémon Shuffle
- Version 1.5 is now available to download, and includes several new features to the mobile app:
- The Trainer Rank system will give different rewards based on the number of Pokémon that you have captured. With a total of 30 ranks, these rewards include Raise Max Levels, Mega Speedups, and Mega Stones.
- A new cycle of checkin gifts is now available: Hearts + 5, Moves +5, Exp. Booster S, Hearts + 5, Skill Booster S, Mega Start, Hearts + 5, Disruption Delay, Exp. Booster M, Raise Max Level, Hearts + 5, Exp. Booster L, Time + 10, Hearts + 10, 1 Jewel
- You are now able to use the ingame Jewel currency to unlock batches of stages you haven’t completed yet. This will allow players to continue on with the game and not get stuck on a single stage
- Upon login players will get their monthly gifts distributed to them
- The new Minior stage, and the Latios Escalation Battle stage are both available until January 23rd, 2018
- The Dialga, Palkia, Zekrom & White Kyurem stages have begun repeat runs until January 16th, 2018
Check out the official Pokémon merchandise that was either revealed, leaked, or is now available for purchase this week:
I’m a bit upset yet motivated at the same time. I got all the way to the end of Chapter 9 in Xenoblade 2 and realized that I’m heavily under leveled and outclassed for the boss. It’s easily going to take me another 10+ hours of gameplay to get high enough. It’s disheartening but also makes it feel so engaging. (Please play it, whoever you are. It’s singlehandedly made me interested in these kinds of games).
how underleveled? what level are the enemies? I’m in C5 and feel bad because I accidentally overleved to around lvl 50 using the Inns.
I’m only level 61 and the boss is level 68/69. I have no idea how I made it this far since I’ve basically always been under leveled compared to the bosses, but now it’s seriously getting worrisome.
have you been doing sidequests at all? or merc missions, I have more levels than I know what to do with.
Nope, I’ve just been gathering them in the background this whole time pretty much. I probably have multiple levels worth of EXP there, but I just need to do it.
did you know if you complete the Affinity of a Blade you get items? I’ve only completed low Rarity Common ones but they give you items that give you a whopping 1000 Weapon Points, AND THAT’S A WEAK EFFECT.
No I had no idea, but I should have suspected that! There are so many elements of this game that I haven’t touched on yet, and I was hoping I could breeze through the main story before delving deeper into it post-game. It was working very well…up until now, that is.
You are convincing to buy this game I think lol
Why did they feel the need to turn something as simple as transferring Pokémon into a minigame
If you’re referring to transferring to BW, I always thought that was so fun about BW
It is annoying. the Minigame is kinda fun, it just makes transfer SLOW AS MOLASSES. I’m confused why you can’t transfer directly from gen 4 to gen 7.
So it was fun because it was challenging and it was a Minigame that made you work for your Pokémon
And it was better than Gen.4? You had to recapture all of your Pokémon in a Safari Zone like place (Try catching Rayquaza)
Edit at the end *In that place
I mean how you can skip Gen 6 with PokeTransfer, Gen 3 can’t fit in a 3DS.
It was the only game that connected to old games still when the 3ds came out so they weren’t going to just toss it (I still can do it on the ancient DS I have)
? explain.
Only one game at the time of the 3ds rising was probably stilled played being Pokémon and they most likely found it unnecessary to add a GBA slot into a system that wouldn’t need it
I understand that they already removed the GBA Slot. What I’m confused about is your thing with Gen 4.
It’s a big old waste of time (I take back that you have to recatch them because the balls you use have a 100% catch rate) but you must traverse a big patch of land with many dufferent terrains in it just to recatch them. It probably takes 3x as long to do that than to do the slingshot for BW.
I’m not saying Pal Park is better than The Slingshot, I’m wondering why you can’t just transfer from gen 4 directly to bank since it’s also on DS.
Oh. That I assume is just a detail GF left out so people would need to get Gen.5, so I assume it was a marketing technique and nothing more. But actually that does sound like a neat thing they could’ve done
It sounds like A thing they could have done but didn’t because they haven’t been that smart Recently(being 4-5 years because we get a game about every year)
And if you meant I always hate on Gen.4.
It’s not at all that I hate it (Favorite region), but the fact that so many praise it and think it’s the best generation and then when people who like, say Gen.6 come around they all get sh*t on for liking it and not liking Gen.4.
You always Hate on Gen 4? I’m just confused as balls.
I’m confused to lol
That’s such bullshit. Gen 5 to 6&7 is just directly into the box. The only tedious part is that it’s only one at a time which isn’t even a big deal.
I don’t want a minigame, I want to get my Pokémon into the next gen. Why should I have to work for MY Pokémon that I caught?
Idk, it was fun for me better than most other minigames. And dude any idiot can aim a slingshot at a patch of grass, it wasn’t complicated
But it takes up time for no reason. Plus it’s only 6 at a time. It’s freaking ridiculous. Thank god they stopped doing this. It makes me so annoyed everytime I finish a gen 4 game and I gotta go through all this
I mean even if they added Directly Transferring from Gen 4 people could still use the built in thing in Gen 5 if they wanted.
it wouldn’t be bad if the minigame wasn’t literal ass
Watch healing Pokemons also becoming a minigame where you control Joy in her quest to heal you Mons, that’d be awesome
Plus you can’t freaking transfer Pokémon that know HMs so you gotta go through all the damn trouble of getting rid of those moves first
Uhggg
I regret this
What is Shaggy’s Real Name?
Shagbert
Norville
I shitt you not
Norville Rogers
Shaggy “Norvile” rogers
Shwaggy
Sha’a Gi
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Well only 4 days till I get to go to the Ultra Prism Pre-release. Hyped and hoping for another successful haul of new cards
Well work is done. I am going to car now while my boss finishes work and getting some sleep x.x be back in a few hours
White 2 is still the last game I have my OG save file on. I haven’t reset it mostly because of the Meloetta C Gear skin I have that’s impossible to get now
Mine is set as Victini. If the c-gear skins could’ve saved to the SD card then we could’ve kept them.
Anyone expecting some big changes to their life or to any of the franchises they’re following this year? How do you feel about them?
How would you feel if Pokemon is revealed this year?
I’m expecting some big changes to animal crossing and also the MCU with Avengers 3. As for my life, I’d like to have a better paying job and be living on my own later this year.
AC Switch is just Ultra New Leaf with Zeraora being a cross promotion between animal crossing and Pokemon
That’s fine tbh, just give it to me
Oh right, I forgot about MCU in mine lol
Super excited for all 3 movies coming out :3 They only unfortunate thing is that they’re all out within the first half of the year
Infinity War will be awesome, but I’m hyped the most for MCU Fantastic 4 and Homecoming 2
MCU fantastic 4 may not be for a while, apparently that may be tricker to do since it’s production rights are through some other company or something like that. But I really want to see their take on Doctor Doom
Reed and Tony interacting.
We’ll probably never see that unless RDJ is Tony for like at least another 5 years
RDJ apparently owes the MCU to getting back in the Game so I can see it.
Well Doctor Who is at the beggining of a new era this year, with it getting a new showrunner again. Many changes to the format, look and so on. And It’s having the first female Doctor so there’s that.
I don’t know if that counts, but one show I know I’ll be really into that starts this year is the Titans tv show, based on the Teen Titans/Titans DC comics.
I’d be happy and hyped, but kinda dissapointed if it’s coming out this year. Could mean another XY.
1. Driving eventually when I stop being lazy and fucking study for my permit lol
2. I will be very skeptical
You’ll be 16 this year, right? You can drive that early in the US? Huh.
You can get your learners permit at 15.5 and then license at 16. Depending on the state, you may also have to take driver’s school and log a certain amount of hours with an instructor. It honestly baffles me that some states don’t require that at all.
I still must do that, but I don’t want to drive (I just want to throw turtle shells at cars that beat me to the traffic light)
I could’ve got my permit as soon as I turned 15 really
Don’t feel bad. I am 24 almost 25 and haven’t gotten my drivers license yet. Working on it now so it’s all good. Just got at your speed and do it when you are ready!
I’m not expecting changes in my life I actually want some tbh, idk in what way actually. If a new FF is revealed in 2018 ( I can only wish) then I guess that would have a big change, like they’ll probably do a better FFXV or something completely different.
Well that depends on what is revealed and how so
I HATE FFXV. I can understand the love of the Chocobros but as a Game It makes me burn with Rage that I own it and I can’t even trade it in on Amazon.
Yeah the way the story is executed absolutely blows, but gameplay is mostly fine aside from a few quirks ( repetitive missions, fake difficulty if not at all sometimes,
not being turn based)I got pissed at it for the Skill Tree Whatever and how I hit a point of no return(for a while) after like an hour in an Open(Empty) World Game.
and then I stopped and was Pissed because I wasted a Gift slot for Christmas on it, I still get Mad Because it’s still Here and I have no way of getting rid of it for a reasonable price.
I’m expecting it to be, but if it is, I pray it isn’t a rushed release. Maybe just like names starters and legends
Well from what I know
-Driving
-Working
-Paying for a class trip to Disney
-Becoming a Senior at Highschool
changes I have planned this year are learning to drive, get a better job and keep losing weight. Not sure what will happen in my life besides that. Will just have to wait and see. And I am excited to see the new starters mainly then I will drop off to not see anything else
Just something I wanted to share with you guys. Don’t know if you saw the latest poster for the anime but apparently all the UBs, Necrozma Forms, Acerola and Nanu will all appear in the anime soon.
Now considering that what we miss from the game are is just Hapu and Mina (which probably will be ignored as always), my question is:
Do you guys really believe that this anime could go on for two more years? Because if Gen 8 will be out in late 2019, the Anime has to go on at least until November 2019.
I don’t know what to think cause in the last months the anime is going really fast and also I don’t think Ash is going to fight all the trials that were in the game because it seems it is only getting the Z-crystals he needs for his team and when Acerola and Nanu are done basically he just needs to find Hapu and defeat the League.
Yes.
It can.
BW did it.
So can Sun and Moon
Listen, I just wanted to talk about it. There’s no need to be so rude each time…Saying that it will because BW did is like saying that Pokemon Z will be out because of Emerald and Crystal. I’m talking about Gen 7, cause if there’s something this generation taught to us is that any past reference is unuseful.
I’m not being rude.
They will do a filler season if they need to. That’s not a crazy thought
But there’s a big difference
Ash had to walk from gym to gym in BW
All he has to do here is sail less than a days trip to the island
They’ll make up an anime exclusive island to go to or something
Then again we could be put on hiatus for a while after SuMo
But basically they put the Nanu, Acerola, all the Ubs and Necrozma Forms in a single poster…Does this sounds like a hiatus? 🙂 Or do you mean that we will not have the anime for like 6 months? Cause this is a chance…
Not have it for 6 months (So probably what will probably happen for the U.S.)
I personally think that gen 7 is ending this year and we are getting the gen 8 games at end of year as well. Not going to say it will 100 percent happen but there are a lot of signs for it. We shall see soon I suppose
I hope Gen 8 is India based and we get Gen 2 regional forms, just so a new Dex entry can explain the ”Indian Elephant” dex entry
I 100% want the indian elephants bullshit to come back
What are we talking about?
Raichu and Gastly
I don’t understand :I What do they have to do with elephants
Firered.
They had dex entries about them attacking indian elephants
SERAPH I WAS TRYING TO BE VAUGE!
You don’t need to my dude
Also I found out just before replying Raichu and Gastly by using google for 5 seconds.
I could do that, but then I could also get you guys to tell me and save effort
this is why Vision betrayed you.
How dare you mention him
That’s so strange
That reminds me of how they haven’t done a region based on a 3rd world country yet
Turns out that doesn’t mean what everyone thinks it means. I believe it’s actually something to do with one of the world wars.
So it’s actually something to do with Communism after WW2
Better have Yungoos too (Yungoos’s origins are from an India native animal)
and Zangoose and Seviper, because Rikki-Tikki-Tavi
I just realized we may get a New eeveelution or two in gen 8.
NEED. MORE. EEVEELUTIONS.
One of each type!
I know people say we aren’t getting any more but I would genuinely love one of each type that we don’t have yet.
I dont see why people think we don’t get more. Minus gen one we have only gotten them in even number gens so until we don’t get one in gen 8 we really can’t say. That said I wish we had gotten either a poison steel or dragon with sylveon
I guess because we already have 8 and because of Eevees’ Z-move which I personally think proves nothing. Plenty of things are retconned when new ‘mon are introduced. I would also have liked one of those as a counterpart to Sylveon, it’s a shame but if they only did Sylveon to introduce Fairy type more easily then that may be why.
Didn’t think of the z moves thing but I doubt that means much. I just hope we eventually get one of each type
anyone here use GIMP or GraphicsGale or Inkscape?
http://i.4cdn.org/vp/1516017705508.jpg
This Inci pose remind me with my sketch.
*I drew this before the Chinese leak reveal Incineroar. https://pre00.deviantart.net/77a3/th/pre/i/2016/153/4/0/pokemon_sun_and_moon__litten__fake__evolution__by_shadragz-da4p9xr.jpg
Kinda want to use Devimp in Uranium but it doesn’t evolve until level 48 and then 72.
okay now THOSE are ridiculous levels. a little earlier than Deino, but a heck of a lot later than Zweilous
They really are. I’m not even sure if I’ll be able to reach those levels before I finish the game.
Ash might get an UB but lets not forget that the writers will bring back Tobias who’ll own Zeraora and Ultra Necrozma and wipe the floor with Ash in the league final.
and then in 2 more gens Alain Comes back and Everyone gets pissed at Ash Losing Despite his Ash-Pull
When Alain comes back & owns Zard X and Ash’s Greninja https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/05e87fbe7eb773623af9e7f0200cadd50942d08455b71db5043eb8fa3e117dac.jpg
He’ll get Poipole, it’ll evolve at the end of the arc and leave him to go back to protect Ultra Megalopolis.
He’ll probably have it in the Leauge tho
He would have a zeraora
*Shiny Zeraora
anyone here played one of Telltale’s Sam and Max Games (WHERE’S SEASON 4!)
Random Pokemon Idea: Sharknado.
No
No
But now I wanna see a Shapedonado movie in the pokemon world
you’ve been warned *Kneels you down, blindfolds you and holds a pistol to your temple*
All my hopes and dreams https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/cf8f612c3c19fb7596504b44eef52e39ad8db607faf028884afbf0eef8e9c0b8.png
The knife that was plunged into them
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Naganadel is a good design tho?
But it’s not cute
No need to be cute while ur awesome
Better to be cute AND awesome
That’s where I like I operate at least
When we grow up we will not be cute anymore ….that’s the truth and u should accept it
Pfft
Not with that attitude
Wat did u mean?
That actually many grown up people still enjoy cute stuff or just things they liked as kids. Telling them that that’s bad is just dumb.
Anyone can be cute regardless of age
“Not with that attitude”……..which attitude?
The attitude that you can’t be cute forever
If you have that attitude then you won’t be cute foreverr
That’s funny but u know I can’t lough
I don’t mind Naganadel, but that cute gal would be better (even tho we already got a cute Poison gal in gen 7)
Pokémon but it’s like a dating simulator where you have to befriend the Pokémon for them to join your team
It’s not like a sexual thing
It’s just like you gotta get to know what your sweet little Vulpix’s personality is ya know
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Like this?
Actually yes exactly this
Nailed it
One day….one day that albatross will accept me…
“Cyrus is a serious Pokemon vill..”
https://imgur.com/voxaU.png
Cyrus nose what’s up
Of course he does
He passed villain school
but dem Mini-Noses are a godsend in a battle three remote controlled unites that can strike from multiple angles
Probopass should have megaskhans ability where its noses attack after it
Not even going to deny that
Anyone want to help me with a strategy for Totem Lurantis in my wonderlocke? The best bet I have is Flechinder, but it’s frail and it’s a pretty integral member of my team so I don’t want to lose it.
-Miltank
-Boldore
-Flechinder
-Brionne
-Grovyle
-Axew
I was thinking start the battle out with a fire z move from Flechinder but then switch when it summons Kecleon since it has ancient power. Maybe move tutor fire punch onto Miltank? Basically only it and Axew are the only other pokemon I can use.
I guess a more important question is if the support pokemon (in this case, Kecleon and Comfey) will always use sunny day first? Because if they do then I could afford to keep Flechinder in another turn and hopefully 2HKO that Lurantis
Idk dude I think you’re fucked
Give up now lol
no but fletchinder should d the job. Just give it an x special right off the batHell it knows flame charge tho. So x attack over fire z move?
Oh yeah totally
Just start digging your grave
You could use a Roto Boost if you have one. If Miltank can learn a Fighting move as well as Fire Punch then even better. Also Body Slam could help if it paralyses.
Yeah I’ve got brick break on it. I’m surprised how good it is so far honestly
Don’t give up bud, but I have to say your in a tough spot
I honestly say yeah move tutor Fire Punch to Miltank
I def will
Stupid Photoshop wants me to pay $20-30 to get it so I can make a lets play Pokémon layout…
Hell no! I don’t got that kind of money to spend online!
Can’t you do the trial of creative cloud? Unless you’ve already done that you should be able to do that without having to pay. That said $20 isn’t too bad considering you’ll be able to play around with Photoshop for about a month and see if you like it.
I didn’t see anything called creative cloud, but I can keep looking
Also do I just need to make it and then turn it into an image and save it? If so then I’ll just use my school which has photoshop and save the image
Creative cloud is their all encompassing set of programs. So you’d get access to everything including PS, After Effects, and premiere. As well as many others. They should have a trial button on their website. I’d say type in the key words “adobe trial” into google and see what it gives you
Found it! thanks Man!
No prob. I think once you download the CC app or whatever you can choose which programs you want to try. that way you don’t burn them all off at once, but I’m not sure.
Photoshop is super high quality and the best photo editing software out there but sure whatever everything should be free
It’s professional software that’s the best in its class period, continuously supported and used worldwide by millions of users. The license is a steal if you need the program actually, versions of PS used to cost upwards of $1000.
If you look for something free thats decent to good, check out GIMP for photo editing, Inkscape for vector drawing and Blender for rendering purposes of 3D objects.
Happy I don’t have to spend $1000 🙂
I pay around $54 I think a month for all of CC. It’s not a terrible deal. As a student you may actually get it at a much cheaper price if you so choose to continue using it.
I bet you’re all jealous of my DIY Triforce lamp! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/485757e54f4454866557329e30e38e264db783bf16f054ccbb91d0ace2952ed3.jpg
I am
That’s awesome
Now make Higher Order Versions of it!
I can call it Necrozma lamp
Worn out, tired and on the verge of madness. I survived Charge Stone Cave with Boinky barely living it out so team update to celebrate
Pignite lvl.34
Simisage lvl.32
Palpitoad lvl.30
Vanillite lvl.30
Soon to be: Elgyem
Why didn’t you battle the nurse
I didn’t see a nurse, must have missed her
Just ordered my first wwe shirt since last year since it was on sale! Can’t wait till get it! https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/569c6304f5dba825aeb8cbf18896bef80d1615b347b0693938d9b63be2e3800d.jpg
I’m very curious about these supposed Switch accessories aimed toward attracting the “casual audience” if they’re revealed this Thursday. It all seems so bizarre and out of place, considering that we don’t have any big first-party announcements yet this year, but I’m sure Nintendo has their reasons. I’m thinking this video, whatever form it will take, might show a few seconds of footage of games that are coming out this year and next to be revealed in full at a later date (maybe Animal Crossing, probably new IPs, who knows?) I go back to school next Monday, which I’m having trouble believing…I’ve never felt so unprepared in my life…but I’m happy all of this is happening before then!
Fletchinder destroyed Lurantis because luckily flame body activated second turn. Kecleon was a pain though.