The Pokémon Company International has announced 2018 as the Year of Legendary Pokémon!
To celebrate, special distributions for several Gen VII version exclusive Legendaries will be ongoing for the remainder of the year! These Legendaries can be obtained with any copies of Sun & Moon and Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon, however, the game you’re downloading them to will effect the Pokémon’s details. If you use USUM all of the Legendaries will arrive in your game at Level 100, however they’ll only be Level 60 in SM. Check out the full list of distributions for the year:
- FEBRUARY – Dialga & Palkia via Gamestop (US) and GAME (UK)
- MARCH – Regigigas & Heatran
- APRIL – Raikou & Entei
- MAY – Xerneas & Yveltal
- JUNE – Shiny Zygarde
- JULY – Tornadus & Thundurus
- AUGUST – Kyogre & Groudon
- SEPTEMBER – Latios & Latias
- OCTOBER – Reshiram & Zekrom
- NOVEMBER – Ho-Oh & Lugia
No word yet on distribution methods for the other Legendaries quite yet. In addition, Pokémon GO, Pokémon TCG, and Pokémon Shuffle will have various tie-in events throughout the year!
What other Legen-WAIT FOR IT-dary events would you like to see in 2018?
Hey quick question for Seraph and Star: how did you guys like Naganadel? Just asking because I remember you two being the most hyped for Poipole back in the Pre-Release season.
Well I can answer that!
We were of course
Star wasn’t the biggest fan because of what it could have been in comparison to what it was.
In my case, I was overly ecstatic because I adore anything buglike and Naganadel was even better to me then what I imagined it to be
That’s good, I agree it’s bug like appearance is dope. And the fact that it’s a fast Poison/Dragon with fire coverage is awesome
It’s literally everything I wanted and more
I almost feel bad for liking it tho
It should be a split evo imo
I want a Shiny one to name it Hornet because that basically is what it is
I have a shiny one!!
…after 6600 srs…
It’s not cute enough
Lol. I just realized that this year is the year that Pokemon will be 20 years old in the United States. It’ll be that old in September since Red and Blue were released in September of 1998 in the U.S. That also reminds me. I should really get around to finishing Pokemon Gold on the 3DS VC. Who else hasn’t finished Gold/Silver 3DS VC or is planning to get Crystal for the VC?
I’m planning on getting Crystal. I never got it and I plan on spending hours hating it and myself shiny hunting Celebi, Ho-Oh and Lugia.
Oh god. Shiny hunting Celebi. Good luck with that! It was the opposite for me. I had Crystal when I was a kid but never bought Gold or Silver. So when Gold and Silver were first announced for the 3DS VC, I was excited to get one of them.
Thanks I’ll need it. Trying to plan a team, gonna probably use Aipom and Heracross.
Red and Green were trade marked on my exact date of birth :3
Were you also created by Gamefreak?
I am Mew. All things pokemon were created from me
https://orig00.deviantart.net/2819/f/2017/063/8/c/missingno__gif_by_pokemon_ranger_sumi-db18737.gif
Nothing fishy here…
http://pa1.narvii.com/5839/507ee1cd9258c4fcb02fba1dcf5a650277794bf1_00.gif
https://i.imgur.com/DaFeQm9.gif
That dance tho
That’s really cool! Red and Blue came out in the United States two weeks before my 5th birthday. But that’s not as special as Red and Green being trademarked on the exact day of your birthday. xD
It’s almost like I was destined to be a fan *o*
And I think I found a new love for monotype!
It’s very interesting, and it just much more fun than normal competitive play! Plus it kinda uses more mental mind in the sense that you fight a team that beats yours type wise. And if you win the satisfaction is amazing
what type
until you constantly see the same old shite over and over and it becomes bloody repetitive for the crap your weak against, and believe me i’ve been doing Monotype for nearly four years and i’ve seen all the average teams and what they try to do
This is beautiful
HYOOKK
Beep boop. Niczzzzz to meeeet u. I’m the Corrupted Duck (This may become the new me, it may not lets just see how long I enjoy this name for)
who the eff are you
It’s Kurusu.
Never heard of him
http://www.reactiongifs.com/r/2012/06/tumblr_m1vopjALsj1qdlh1io1_400.gif
I love this gif!!!!
It’s really amusing to me.
Still less annoying than Rotomdex.
You spelled “duck” wrong
It’s ducc
I’m almost at 3x odds… I hate my life
We are now racing to see who gets their shiny first
We’re not… I’m never gonna get it
Hey Im 10 days in with no breaks. I may never get it either
14 my dude
Almost 3x goddamn odds
I feel like Im 3x odds too honestly. I dont track in the long term but I do mini tracks mid way
Hmm
You could just take a break because the shiny isn’t going anywhere
I’ve taken multiple
Plus it’s a bitch to refind it with Warp Ride
Yea as much as I want to do something else I dont want to refind its wormhole
Step 1: save in the wormhole
Step 2: do anything else because I assume Ultra isn’t the only thing you can do at that given time
But the things I want to do pretty much need to be saved afterwards
Save in the wormhole fam
I already did
https://youtu.be/TCIGCmvdQZc
Why were these cut out? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/7c17e6be793032e9e67b39beb8785dc3d4bd8b0361dd613fc861433766da9a78.jpg
I’m tempted to buy the NES Classic but is it truly worth it?
Nah I don’t even like NES….nor do I have 70$ to burn on something I’d barely use
You could always help replenish your cardboard stock with $70 ;3
i work with Cardboard during my work and can easily get as much as i please
Better not let nintendo know
Playing Y depresses me because it makes me realize that a Z version has potential to be one of my favorite games in the series
Im compiling a list of hard trainer battles. So what were some of the hardest trainer battles in your experience?
Could we also do Totem Battles in this list or would you just prefer only trainer battles?
Only trainer matches
Gotcha. Well in that case, here’s a few that I thought had some difficulty:
-Sabrina Yellow
-Drake Emerald
-Iris Black 2
-Hau 4th fight
-Rainbow Rocket Giovanni
So far I have
Liza&Tate Emerald
Whitney
Glacia (Emerald)
Drake (Emerald)
Steven (Emerald
Brendan Under Bridge
Misty Gen 1,3
Fantina
Cynthia
Roark
Flannery
Lance
Grant
Hau in Malie
Lance
Roark is varied because if you use Turtwig, this gym is literally the easiest match
Trainer makes it harder
I actively can’t think of main series trainer’s I’ve struggled with
Probably cause the amount of rom hacks I’ve played made me think literally all were easy in comparison
I guess the hardest would be
That dreaded Mailie Hau
Lysandre in Rainbow Rocket (Shutup I hear you laughing, that Yveltal literally wouldn’t die and Ampharos was garbage in that match)
SuMo’s Kahili
Mars in Valley Windworks for some weird reason
Nanu obliterated one of my nuzlockes before
Also Guzma in Aether with his infamous masquerain
The rest were from romhacks
Or totems, those dicked me
Oh and the ghetsis battle without zekrom
‘Mars in Valley Windworks for some weird reason’
Probably because of her massively underlevelled FE mon with decent attack and speed
Yeah, that purugly was a bitch
Misty
Sabrina
Lorelei
Whitney
Claire
Lance
Red (HGSS)
Brawly
Flannery
Winona
Liza and Tate (Emerald)
Gardenia
Maylene
Crasher Wake
Cyrus
**Cynthia (Every appearance)**
Lenora
Elesa
Marshal
Ghetsis
Ilima (first battle w/ Smeargle)
Hau (Malie City)
Lana
Guzma
Kahili
Dexio (Sun and Moon -Random Post E4 battle on Poni island)
You skipped gen 6
> Gen 6
> Challenge
Pick one
The reverse type trainer
Who utilises a gimmick and a random team every time
Duuuude I stupidly fight him on my nuzlockes and lose pokemon every time.
Gen 6 is challenging without exp share. For me it is at least. Not gym leaders, but the routes were the hard part
Purposely. No one was difficult.
Ghetsis (BW)
Blue (HG Nuzlocke)
Lance (HG Nuzlocke)
Clair (HG Nuzlocke)
Cynthia (Pt)
Marshall (BW/B2W2)
That one lady in Paniola Ranch that has a Carbink. That thing destroyed me before I got a Mudbray on my team in Sun
Misty RBY
Lorelei FRLG
Will GSC
Occasionally Wattson RSE
nrrrrrrr
Marlon?
Watson (Emerald)
Tate and Liza (Emerald)
Whitney (GSC, HGSS)
Cant remember if i’ve ever struggled with any others…
Gardenia- Platinum
Elesa- BW
Whitney- GS
Liza and Tate- Emerald (Xaaaaaaatuuuuuu!!!!!)
Cynthia- DP
Brawly- Emerald
Wallace- Emerald
Maxie- Emerald (F*cking Crobat)
Maybe add Marlon even though I came back and destroyed him with Magnezone
Lance (HGSS)
Blue (HGSS)
Cynthia (Plat)
Ghetsis (BW nuzlocke)
Yay!! I got my new Pikachu mug today! It came really fast too. The same with my Pansear plush I ordered before as well. The Pokemon Center really ships out quickly. I’m not even doing 2 day shipping. The packages came within a couple of days of me getting the “package has been shipped” email. Anyway I’m gonna drink all kinds of liquids out of this mug. https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/32d7db6583aad0e0ec5da8bc00bffe65688ff85a26b580225d143f5c5e765af6.jpg https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/ed85e29d6faa7235e62f4b6be730c69de2bdceb4689bcc2903941897ed9a2172.jpg
I got the same mug as a gift years ago! I love it 🙂
So this was my final team (after Episode RR) that I had in Ultra Sun, and this team was based around the idea that I had to use Pokémon (with the exception of the starter because I wanted at least one Pokémon from Alola) from previous playthroughs in different games (because USUM was a culmination of the 3DS games): https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/35c2fd3e9056857bfa59917569b7e08d409e7268c7f1dc1a74f46566851539c4.png
And here’s some bios about the Pokémon I used:
Tony (Incineroar)
Lv: 72
Blaze
Firium Z
Hailing from: Ultra Sun
Naughty
– Flare Blitz
– Darkest Lariat
– Flamethrower
– Outrage
Fun Fact: Never used the Incinium Z for Tony. I prefer watching something getting nuked by a large fireball rather than a 30 second wrestler move.
Peeko (Pelipper)
Lv: 71
Drizzle (was originally Keen Eye)
Sharp Beak
Hailing from an X nuzlocke (died early on)
Impish
– Scald
– Stockpile
– Ice Beam
– Hurricane
Fun Fact: When I got to the 4th island, I spent about a good hour grinding Beach Points to purchase a 100 BP Ability Capsule. When Peeko learned Drizzle, he became the destroyer of worlds.
Ion (Jolteon)
Lv: 71
Volt Absorb
Magnet
Hailing from Red
Modest
– Volt Switch
– Signal Beam
– Shadow Ball
– Discharge
Fun Fact: Ion was actually the most used Pokémon I used in the whole 3DS generation of Pokémon games, with it being used in X, Red, and now US.
Rocko (Sudowoodo)
Lv: 72
Rock Head
Quick Claw
Hailing from Heart Gold
Naughty
– Head Smash
– Wood Hammer
– Sucker Punch
– Hammer Arm
Fun Fact: I was originally going to settle for a bug type (Heracross, Pinsir or Leavanny), but I ultimately wanted to use someone that I barely used in a play through, and Rocko gutted that idea nicely.
Magneto (Metagross)
Lv: 72
Clear Body
Metagrossite
Hailing from Black
Calm
– Meteor Mash
– Flash Cannon
– Ice Punch
– Zen Headbutt
Fun Fact: Magneto saved me in so many later fights, such as Ultra Necrozma, Totem Ribombee, and Lysandre. So glad I had him with me.
Sandstorm (Flygon)
Lv: 72
Levitate
Dragnium Z
Hailing from Emerald
Serious
– Earthquake
– Draco Meteor
– Fire Punch
– Dragon Claw
Fun Fact: Ironically, I finished off the game with Sandstorm, as I was barely able to unleash a Devastating Drake at Giovanni’s Mega Mewtwo X
Thoughts about this team?
I love it! Sounds pretty cool to me
When I finally make the full climb of the E4 in Black do I dare SR for shiny Reshiram once I get to that point? I reset for Ho-oh in HG last year and that wasn’t too bad, but there’s nothing guaranteeing my success this time……..
You can try but the shiny lock might make that an issue.
Was there a lock in gen 5? I thought that only started in gen 6
Nope, Gen 5 started that sin
Ugh…. nevermind then……
Just sr in USUM its easier
Well I will for Zekrom, but I might as well give it go in Black while I’m at it lol
Just realized how many shows either got out on hiatus or are pushed to 2019, like DBS is ending, and GOT, Stranger Things, and even Rick and Morty are pushed to 2019. Like this is too coincidental.
Rick and Morty got pushed to 2019? Weird. DBS is technically just done. The series isn’t cancelled as a whole, but Super is done in March. If the show starts back up it’ll have a new name most likely.
Now it’ll be called Dragon Ball SJW
Lol for me actually this year is great when it comes to Tv shows. Doctor Who Season 11, Young Justice Season 3, premiere of Titans and more!
Oh yeah I forgot about Young Justice, it’s been about 6-7 years since the 2nd season finished right?
Something like that. But it was set in 2015, so we’ll probably see a 3 year time skip at the beggining of season 3
There’s at least a new Dragon Ball movie coming out near the end of the year, and it’s focusing on the origins of the Saiyans (Hopefully, this means we can get some more info on Yamoshi)
Do you think it’ll focus a bit about the original Super Saiyan God or no?
Well, I think he is also the original SSJ God.
fighting a psychic mono and he gets lucky and Reunicles Focus Blasts mamoswine, i manage to wait out the clock on trick room
Do or Die moment and tries to get a Flinch off Iron Head on Malamar, no flinch but it switcheroos a Choice Band on Excadrill……..with 3 turns of Sand left
total siege
Updated my live dex.
86.2% DONE! (711 CAUGHT, 114 TO GO)
If anyone has a Volcanion or a Marshadow to trade I would appreciate it
I might have a spare marshadow code
If you do
DM me yo
I 100% do if Seraph didn’t already
A code or Marshadow?
Unused Marshadow code
oh damn, you have discord?
Yes
StarStorm295
#8161
DM me yo
Okay I sent a friend request I think? I’ve never done this on discord so I’m not sure if this is the right way lol
Sir Kibble just beat a Pawniard 5 levels ahead of it without breaking a sweat… I think just spells out how well he’ll do for the rest of the game
I hope for Pokemon switch they bring back Triple battles. They were probably my favorite battle mode. It’s just so fun. I hated rotation, but if they bring one they got to bring the other. And they should also bring back Inverse battles. Inverse battles would make a good Battle Frontier Facility tbh.
Since (Im assuming) the switch pokemon wont have that much lag I think theyll bring them back
Inb4 they remove double battles
If they do that then I’ll play LoZ from now on
Do it
Like you’d ever keep a promise
All battles are now rotation only
*Cocks gun and aims at head
What’s this now?
Oh please your bullet would probably ricochet into yourself
Inb4 they remove battling in general
I want the next game to focus more on double and triple battles.
A two type double battle gym would be cool
I like maybe two brothers that have opposite types does that
Like they could be Fire and Ice than their signiture Pokémon share water type so they have the split of the types between them (Like Fire/Water and Ice/Water)
Or better yet
A triple battle gym
Unova 3, Striaton Gym battle returns
I wanted one in Pokemon Wish
Flannery and her Fiance would use Fire and Water
I think what they should
Triple and Inverse become Battle Frotier places (And maybe a Gym or something) (and let rotation die out as they meaningless, stupid format no one likes)
And mix hoard battles and SOS calls in the wild where they can call multiple instead of one at a time (most animals wouldn’t call one other member to help them out anyway)
Also instead of having to face herds of villianous grunts one at a time with no breaks make hoarde trainer battles come back too
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Source: http://mivvu.tumblr.com/post/44114745003
It’s funny things truly only get worse, guess who doesn’t have hot water or heat for the next couple of days
My Winter break has been going on since December 15 and it finally ends today. For the first time in my life I’m actually not sad about it ending because I’m becoming bored out of my mind. I’m one of those people who actually ends up doing more with my free time when I have less of it, so I’m looking forward to the months to come. Of course, I’ll probably have lots more homework this semester than last semester but maybe that’s not such a bad thing!
Just saw the poster for the new Pokemon movie, and I’m so confused. Like is it about Ash in Alola or is it a Sequel to I Choose You?
The latter by the look of it.
It was confirmed a sequel I believe
I did not expect that at all for the 21st movie
Did you not watch the teaser trailer? It makes it pretty clears it’s a sequel to I choose you. Should be interesting. Hopefully it’s a completely new story and doesn’t have any old stuff.
Just saw it, and I really dig the art style, seems nice that they’re testing out different animation techniques for the characters
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_kyzjQJm_2U
Worth $7 at Target
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/18c06651e5967be201ea7efd2984bb7e798f67499b4f88d04edbed4a99f49224.jpg
what is it?
The Mega Constux Poliwag
…what is it
A Poliwag? https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/33dc0a21641bbad1b7ca29a0d71b86d7980c84b1cf285fae39058d0b2aa58378.jpg
what the fuuck is a mega construx
Mega Bloks (Lego’s rival) renamed their brand into Mega Construx
oh
thats dumb
I preferred mega bloks personally but all well
that’s like calling Bakugan Pokemon’s rival. Lego is 100 times bigger and more important.
I mean, they’re still rivals. They still compete for licenses. Spongebob and TMNT have gone back and forth between the companies and honestly Lego should be kicking themselves in the ass for missing out on such a huge franchise. Pokemon literally writes itself money. The whole aspect of pokemon is to collect and combine that with Lego and you’d be set.
Honestly I’m glad they’re at Mega Construx though because Lego doesn’t do brick built creatures well, nor do they do as many printed pieces as they should since last year was the first year they saw a dip in profits. Maybe they should’ve not invested in stupid franchises like Angry Birds and instead tried harder to get some more heavy hitters on their side.
That said, I love Lego and the revival of the Lego Harry Potter theme this year makes me so happy.
I think you hit the dollar button instead of the cents one 😡
Nope it’s like an inch or 2 tall, but it did come with a premier ball case
What its purpose? And why it’s so expensive
Where have you been living, all brick systems are expensive as hell
Yeah, I’m not familiar with those things at all 😡
Everything in the U.S. is expensive
And it’s basically Lego’s and those are always expensive
They’re cheap in the US compared to just about everywhere else though lol
It’s purpose is to be my pet
Trash
You like Lego, I thought you would like this. Though the only ground type available right now is Cubone who is pretty cool.
But this isn’t Lego
It’s literally almost the same thing except that Mega Construx isn’t afraid to print pieces and make themes for adults.
Yeah, but Mega is just a knock off. Lego was the first brand to make that sort of building blocks and Mega was created to cash in on Lego’s success. Lego is better in almost every possible way. Building Blocks should inspire creativity, so creating a brand that’s supposed to rip off what Lego is doing is just wrong.
I disagree. Competition is what drives Lego to be better and is all around better for consumers if there are more options. I also wouldn’t say Lego is necessarily better at all. Yes, the quality of their plastic is slightly better and they do have more popular themes, but they’re also more expensive and consistently make errors to save a buck.
You can see that in this years Marvel and DC themes. The prints on the Black Panther figures is incredibly disappointing and does a huge disservice to the amazing costumes from that movie. And the comic DC sets are literally trash. Horrible prints and builds. Casuals who don’t regularly collect won’t notice the difference, but when you pour hundreds of dollars each year into Lego like my brother and I do, their errors are glaring.
I’ve been really pleased with how mega construx has represented pokemon so far. There are only a few of the designs I’m iffy on.
Yeah, but still. It doesn’t matter how detailed the sets are, what matters to me is that Mega was created to cash in on somebody else’s idea that succeded. It’s just a rip off. That’s enough for me to never buy anything they make. They should’ve tried to create an original toy.
Honestly I guarantee that a ton of the products you enjoy/have enjoyed throughout your life were not originally designed by that company and were really “copied”
I love Poliwag
I was about to buy Crabrawler too, but only had $10
I bought the Mimikyu, Charjabug, Spinarak, and Crbrawler ones on friday from Target. They’re all cool! I have so many now 😛
I had thoughts of buying more, but will probably just gradually buy them
I really want the Alola starter and Torracat ones but I’m not sure if they’re out or not. I got the Snorlax one like 2 weeks ago
I took one look at Snorelax’s and wondered how did it slip past mr that they’d make one
I think it’s a target exclusive if I’m not mistaken and usually store exclusives aren’t advertised as much. Have you seen this one? It’s a Toysrus exclusive. I have it and really like it.
https://s2.megabrandsmedia.com/products/r/1000×525/megabloks-b4f4e8b542ffb32d84eee8e25aa4c6a3-1499716569-fnf08-20629.jpg
I want this sooo bad
It’s really cool! The Growlithe and Krabby figures are actually two of the best ones yet, imo.
I won’t lie, that doesn’t look too bad
https://twitter.com/PokeshopperVGC/status/955148358057975808
this art is incredible
It’s great, I hope they do more like it.
Do you imagine Pokemons on the switch looking like that :0
Maybe. would be nice, maybe in cutscenes?
Yeh, like I really like the way they look in these artworks