Welcome to 2018. We at PokéJungle are still in shock that humanity made it this far after the Shuppet-storm that was 2017; but contrary to the real world, what a year for gaming it was—especially Nintendo! Which is what I’d like to start off on: reminding you that this year probably won’t be as golden of an age as last year, and that’s okay because we’re still hunting down those pesky Power Moons/Korok Seeds Nintendo is back and better than ever and already promising us some promising titles over these next few upcoming months. So keep an open mind and let’s see if there any cartridges worth shoving into your poor little Switch/3DS this year.
Bayonetta 2 (Nintendo Switch) – Feb. 2, 2018
According to Nintendo, the “Umbra Witch” Bayonetta is a “foxy, sassy,” and likes to kick butt…and we wholeheartedly agree. In this action game, you play as the foxy, sassy, butt-kicking witch herself who just wants to beat up angels and demons alike with her cool guns and weird special abilities all the while looking like she’s simultaneously trying to lure her enemies back to her bedroom in her hometown Umbra. (This is a total lie, she’s actually from a place called Vigrid.)
Bayonetta 2 is a remastered version of the previously released version on the Wii U with a few extra perks like now you can summon sidekicks called “Infernal Demons” to help you perform something called an “Umbran Climax” … I can’t make this stuff up. And there’s also an online and local wireless 2-player cooperative mode (called “Tag Climax” by the way), plus it comes with the original Bayonetta to play first if you haven’t gotten the chance to yet, which is neat. There aren’t many games like Bayonetta, especially on the Switch, and you do get two titles for the price of one and the third installment is already in development so not a bad idea to pull the trigger on this bad girl come if you are into action games OR foxy, sassy ladies.
Kirby Star Allies (Nintendo Switch) – March 16, 2018
Kirby is back, not only on the 3DS via Kirby Battle Royale but on the Switch in what looks like a way more enticing game. And he’s brought with him buff King Dedede. Are you ready to suck up some baddies, kill them through your digestive system and rob them of their superpowers for the thousandth time?
There’s not much to say here about the platformer which is almost as old as Nintendo itself. You’ve played a Kirby game. This is a Kirby game, but on the Switch. It also has cooperative play, so your three friends can join in if you have enough Joy-Cons to go around. It could be fun.
Detective Pikachu (Nintendo 3DS) – March 23, 2018
Yes, Detective Pikachu is real and you should look out for it this year. Why? Because Pokémon, that’s why. Pikachu talks again, like in Pokémon the Movie: I Choose You!, but not to Ash Ketchum this time…no sirree, to his friend Tim Goodman. Yes, Tim Goodman. They seriously could not think of a better name than Tim Goodman. You, playing as Tim (cringe), will solve mysteries with this tough-guy, black coffee-drinking Pikachu in a place called Ryme City where you will come across other Pokémon as well as other humans whom will all aid you in solving cases.
Whether or not you’re planning on playing this yourself or alongside a younger sibling/cousin, it’s a unique take on the franchise. Japan’s had part of it for awhile now, it’s time for the West to see what all the fuss is about and also get ready for the upcoming movie!
Dark Souls: Remastered (Nintendo Switch) – May 25, 2018
Are you sick of Skyrim yet? The answer is yes, it’s always yes. Introducing Dark Souls, which is like Skyrim but way, way harder. You play as a loyal knight who is in over his/her head thinking he/she could actually get through this game without throwing the controller against the wall at least 11 times. Dark Souls is an action-adventure game infamous for being actually challenging as you delve into creepy dungeons and atmospheres taking on terrifying enemies, gruesome monsters and brutal bosses – which will remain in your memories even after the fight is over…and your nightmares.
Dark Souls: Remastered is getting released on PS4, Xbox One and PC in addition to the Switch so there are certainly high hopes for its quality. Plus, there really isn’t a game quite like this on the Switch like this (besides Skyrim of course, but enough already of that) and it looks like a must-have for those who are into the genre.
Mario Tennis Aces (Nintendo Switch) – Spring 2018
Okay, who remembers Mario Tennis on the Game Boy Color? It is one of my personal favorite games of all time, and I don’t even like sports video games that much. Although the Madden, FIFA, 2k, NHL games are incredibly popular, Mario has a way of making sports video games appealing to those who aren’t into sports.
There isn’t much known about the title just yet, as it was recently announced, but Nintendo confirms there is a story mode similar to the one of the Game Boy Advance in addition to the action-packed multiplayer modes we all know and love. And I played the heck out of Super Mario Strikers and Mario Superstar Baseball with friends so this is looking great.
Quick Shout Out:
Shovel Knight: King of Cards (Nintendo Switch/3DS) – Sometime In The Year 2018
The final campaign for one of the greatest indie video games of the 21st century, Shovel Knight, is getting released sometime this year and it deserves to be mentioned. If you are confused, Shovel Knight is an 8-bit platformer where you play as a knight who uses a shovel to bash his foes and bounce around as well as…can you guess it?…dig! There are already two DLCs available for this title, Plague of Shadows and Specter of Torment, and the third and final one will be King of Cards. You play as Plague Knight in the first additional campaign, Specter Knight in the second, and soon King Knight. All of this content is available in the Shovel Knight: Treasure Trove saga on the Nintendo eShop for both the Switch and 3DS.
Well, that’s a wrap. Let’s hope this year is as good as last year for Nintendo’s sake, although the numerous remakes are worrisome. Nonetheless, we at PokéJungle hope you enjoyed this list and wish you a pleasant year of gaming. And as always, please do let us know if any of these titles caught your eye, especially if you plan on getting ’em!
Lol I know people don’t like Fakemon spam (I don’t either) but if I was going to paste these I’d rather post it now rather than never lol
#001-Bapple Grass Crabapple
#002-Discore Grass/Dark Crabapple
#003-Pomalice Grass/Dark Crabapple
#004-Flavaret Fire Hare
#005-Lurchar Fire Hare
#006-Muralvo Fire/Steel Hare
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#008-
#009-
#010-Volar Normal Vole
#011-Screedy Normal/Ice Snow Vole
#015-Rollikop Bug Grasshopper Warrior
#016-Dynalis Bug Grasshopper Warrior
#017-Hoppalite Bug/Fighting Grasshopper Warrior
#???-Huffin Ice/Flying Atlantic Puffin
#???-Bluffin Ice/Flying Horned Puffin
#???-Tuffin Ice/Flying Tufted Puffin
#???-Vexen Fairy/Normal Corsac Fox
#???-Fauxpaws Fairy/Normal Corsac Fox
#???-Linalea Water Shrimp
#???-Capsaline Water/Fairy Brine Shrimp
#???-Pathawgen Ice/Poison Frozen Disease
#???-Vernal Guardian – Grass/Dragon
#???-Aestival Guardian – Fire/Fairy
#???-Autumnal Guardian – Steel/Rock
#???-Hibernal Guardian – Water/Dark
#???-Annual Guardian – Ground/Bug
I think they said the water stater would be fighting shark
Um. What. These are Fakemon I made lol. Not a leak or anything
I’ll check soon!
The shrimp and hopper are immediate picks for my team
Anything else you’re interested in?
Not so much of these but I’m well aware you have many more
Not really, I rebooted for the thousandth time lol
Oh? I’m intrigued!
The virus is pretty cool too
Nrrrr nothing really catches the eye except the grasshopper
What is the Crabapple? Why is it Dark?
https://www.woodlandtrust.org.uk/visiting-woods/trees-woods-and-wildlife/british-trees/native-trees/crab-apple/
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crab
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apple_of_Discord
Oh, okay. What about the design?
It’s a crab. With traits from apples to make it look Grass-type.
Wait why is the Brine Shrimp Fairy type?
Also I like the thought of a Grasshopper warrior and the Hare starter
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anostraca
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artemia_salina
I assume the Guardians are legendaries?
Team from these:
Hoppalite
Muralvo
Tuffin
Fauxpaws
Vernal Guardian
Do you have an idea for the water starter?
I’ve had a few, but I’m not 100% on any of them.
The Vernal and Autumnal Guardians are known as the ‘Equinox Guardians’, and are respectively based on a dragon and a tiger.
The Aestival and Hibernal Guardians are known as the ‘Solstice Guardians’, and are respectively based on a peafowl and a tortoise.
Monthly dose of this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tb7tu5c1UQQ
To this day I still have no clue why they thought it was a good idea to have 50 million people run out to save the Pikachu. One or two people would have been fine. Instead they all over reacted and we have this glorious thing hahaha
Two more fakemons coming today!
Well since everyone’s doing it you guys reminded me of two fakemon lines that go hand in hand with one another that I created that I’ll post in a bit
Hints at what they are:
Ones an element from the periodic table and the other is an inanimate object found in houses
Well there’s over a hundred elements in the periodic table so it’s not that big of a clue :p
Mario Tennis only thing that concerns me
This is one of the many background soundtracks I have for when I’m creating fakemon. I feel as if having music that corresponds to specific types (like grass and such) will help me make mons better
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qNYLpeJFrt8
30 minutes until freedom
More like Bootynetta 2.
Also Kirby Steroid Abusers.
good one
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https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/994b95cb5b068f5ce823a47fa567c95ce28d688b7732fd880581ff39aef2d5be.jpg
https://78.media.tumblr.com/19e71c74ad5f4c424c9d68f441bd1811/tumblr_n7et60P5Et1smcbm7o1_500.gif
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VKjKFrAmGQA
Another great one
Starting Volt White 2 again shortly!
Where do you get it? I am still playing Uranium.
Ummmm, it takes a while to find most of these sorts of games. You just gotta scour for it. If need be, I can supply you
Might be better than risking a virus, if you don’t mind? If it takes too long don’t worry.
Sure! I’ll probably post in a lil while though
I’m makin fanmons currently sooo
I need a new game, I really want to play Minish Cap but I always lose interest right around the end of the second dungeon
I’ve played it so many times but I still can’t figure out how to get the Pegasus Boots and Flippers and Power Bracelet without a guide
What kind of game are you lookin to play?
I don’t know… every time I pick up a game I play it for like 20 minutes and get bored… I just feel so out of my gaming prime these days and the colossal losing streak isn’t helping…
Just something that makes me happy…
Well I’d recommend trying something new you haven’t done before but if you’re set on playing games I have a few recommendations
Earthbound is just a great time all around. Bright, colorful, weird, it just makes me feel good
Kirby’s Epic Yarn is probably my favorite Kirby and I haven’t even finished it. Easy, simple, but so full of intoxicating levels of happiness
Hollowknight’s art style may be dark and dreary but the game’s world is just full of new interesting stuff waiting to be found. You always wanna keep going and exploring
Any Animal Crossing Ever
Theres that new Game Iconoclasts hat’s apparently a Metroidvania Developed by one guy of the course of a little over a decade.
To get the Pegasus boots you go to the Cobbler and then go to Syrups house in the Minish Woods. THE BEST ZELDA GAME MADE BY CAPCOM
I want a fakemon famgame
Like sage
But its Fire starter has to follow the chinese zodiac thing
And none of the starters can become electric
The non electric rule is absolutely stupid
It’s my fakemon starter OCD.
Pikachu was a starter, so my brain treats Electric as a starter type.
Try not to think of Mystery Dungeon then.
That’s just a spinoff
I was poking fun at you.
I got it
Which means we haven’t had an electric starter in nearly twenty years.
We should get one again. As an option tho
Yeah I feel Electric is too much for a starter typing
Same goes for
Normal
Bug
Ghost (fking Decidueye)
Dragon
How are any of them ‘too much’ besides Dragon? Fairy, Dark and Fighting are better types than everything on that list sans Dragon yet they got starters.
Dragon’s broken unless fairies there and nothing makes a perfect triangle with them
Bug and Normal may be too basic for starters (Bug is a stretch tho.)
Ghost I can’t place why
they werent THAT broken
“How are any of them ‘too much’ besides Dragon?”
“besides Dragon”
besides Dragon
Too much?
If you mean a bit powerful than no type other than dragon is too big
Okay, Normal, Bug, Ghost and Dragon don’t annoy me at all. I actually really want a starter that becomes normal
Why? Why would a fangame follow the zodiac when it just measn GF will do their Fire starter later?
Yeah, but I don’t care if the zodiac was used by GF after the fakemon was made. Also, many real pokemon were created after simmilar fakemon were made
You may not care, but the mon creator probably does if they want longevity in terms of reputation.
Yeah, but their reputation won’t be ruined because of GF making a starter based on an animal after they did
Any specific reason?
I wanna play a fangame, but I won’t be able to play it if it annoys my Fakemon starter OCD too mucg
Your Sparklesqueak evolved into Thundersqueak
why
They used a Thunderstone.
Well for the first of my two-some of Fakemon.
Merquid
The Mercury Pokémon
Steel/Water
Ability: Water Absorb, Liquid Ooze HA: Merciless
Height: 3’5″
Weight: 112.95lbs. (51.23kg.)
Gender Ratio: 50/50
Stats:
HP- 60
Attack- 55
Defense- 46
Spec. Attack- 50
Spec. Defense- 45
Speed- 40
Total: 296
“Their bodies secrete an ooze that can permanently stain water and can cause major water pollution. To prevent this people hire trainers to catch Merquid when they try to swarm bodies of water.”
At level 42 evolves to (could change in the future)
Merphlapod
The Tainted Pokémon
Steel/Poison
Ability: Infiltrator, Liquid Ooze HA: Merciless
Height: 6’10”
Weight: 564.75lbs. (256.16kg.)
Gender Ratio: 50/50
Stats:
HP- 80
Attack- 95
Defense- 84
Spec. Attack- 86
Spec. Defense- 79
Speed- 90
Total: 514
“Merphlapod can control their metalic ooze now apart from Merquid. They are known to clean up after their young, but if they feel their home being threatened they release ink toxic enough to leave a Wailord unconscious.”
It was originally a blob of Mercury, but after coming up with Merquid I made them Squids too. Merquid is Steel/Water because Mercury is a Metaloid and one of two that can be found as liquids naturally. Changes to poison because Mercury is found to be toxic if ingested. Stay tuned for another that uses this Pokémon for it in some way (I wouldn’t tell you how beforehand ; ) )
New pokemon go update
Flygon and penis plant are catchable now
Penis Plant? More like Bukkake Bush
Schlong shrub
These will now be my go to names for cradily. Thank you.
Yw :3
Cradilly? What about Anorith?
And number 2
Celcister
The Thermos Pokémon
Ice
Ability: Regulate
Height: 1’8″
Weight: 25.00lbs. (11.33kg.)
Gender Ratio: 0
Stats:
HP- 50
Attack- 49
Defense- 40
Spec. Attack- 60
Spec. Defense- 39
Speed- 48
Total: 286
“Celcister are typically found in common households. Due to this they typically want to be embraced by people keep warm. If a Celcister feels unloved it will run away and find a new home.”
When a Merquid or Merphlapod is in the party with Celcister
Contameter
The Thermos Pokémon
Ice/Poison
Ability: Regulate
Height: 3’7″
Weight: 137.95lbs. (62.57kg.)
Gender Ratio: 0
Stats:
HP- 82
Attack- 70
Defense- 87
Spec. Attack- 100
Spec. Defense- 80
Speed- 65
Total: 484
“After being exposed to toxic materials have caused them to leak toxic chemicals from their bodies. This issues a problem when embracing their trainer as they might render them unconscious.”
Regulate: When hit by Fire moves its Sp. Attack raise, when hit by Ice moves its Defense raises.
Do you see how they go hand in hand now? Thermometers used to be made with Mercury in them. And it’s Ice type because Celcius is used as a national temperature unit.
Does the ability give it a Fire immunity? If not it might not live many Fire Attacks to activate the ability.
I had thoughts of that, but couldn’t tell if that would make it OP or not (actually that makes alot more sense to make it immune)
I mean it doesn’t have gargantuan defenses, and it’ll have other weaknesses. Maybe instead of Immunity it’s like a weaker Thick Fat that has those bonus effects? Like lowers the damage 25% instead of 50, then boosts S.A or Def depending on the type?
Sounds good to me
Alolan Chatot
The Lit Pokemon
Fire/Flying
Ability: Cacophony
Height: Big
Weight: Thicc
HP: 69
Attack: 420
Defense: 69
Special Attack: 420
Sp. Def: 69
Speed: 420
its fucking rapper bird
Nice meme Star
thanks i worked really hard on it
Random Idea for a Pokemon: Memetics.
Also because Nobody cared Earlier:
BROCK LOBSTER?
Brock would make a great Lobster.
I expect a Picture of Brock’s Face photoshopped on a Spiny Lobster(also known as rock lobsters) by the end of the Week Parker!
And on that note:
SPIDERS! I MEED MORE SPIDERS OF PICTUREMAN!
Looks up photoshop and finds that it costs $19.99 a month. Welp, I guess I am out of a job.
It’s a Verb now, Just use the GNU Image Manipulation Program or something
I expect a picture of Ryoma (FE Fates) with Brock’s face pasted over his
That Works Too.
Seems lots of us get no care from good stuff (Except from Monkeyfuzz, you awesome bro!)
Did everybody have matching towels when we saw this Brock Lobster?
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And Thank you!
This has been one of those days that just came together. I am literally the happiest I have been for a while. A new Pokémon Go update, I was able to solo a Tier 3 Omastar in rainy Weather, and critical capture it during the bonus challenge. Most importantly, 8 months of anxiety has for the most part ended for me. I have been a ghost here for the past month because I didn’t have the energy to post here due to not gettin accepted to a Medical school yet and wondering about the ambiguity of my future. I was so lethargic that I even stopped playing Pokémon Ultra Moon without having completed the story. Thankfully, I got an acceptance email today from the medical program at SLU. I hope that everyone else is doing great as I am not sure how your lives have been. I just want to finish by saying that some days may suck right now, but you can make your future a better one for yourself and others through perseverance, effort, and knowing your limitations and working with them in mind- by either breaking them or finding an alternate path. (I also have a reason now to ask for a Nintendo Switch as a gift from my parents so that is also a plus).
Idea for Poison/Psychic type: Neurotoxins?
Neurotoxins are usually involved in either continuous inhibition or excitation of postsynaptic neurons. Thus, I would say it is more apt from a molecular standpoint that Neurotoxins would be a good idea for a Poison/Electric, which is also a novel type combination that hasn’t happened yet.
Touché
Poison Steel Still Scream Syringe to me.
I used a psychedelic gecko
I just had an Idea:
HYPNOTOAD
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