I’m re-tooling this post a bit. Some people and outlets decried the coverage of the fake starters yesterday for not being reasonably believable or not 100% confirmed. I would argue though that reading about interesting stuff can be fun, especially when you’re covering a game intended for a primarily adolescent audience. Everyone needs a break from the stresses of life, why fuss over gaming news. Let’s just have fun and enjoy it.
As long as rumors or suspect information is clearly marked as such I think we can enjoy it without shame. No worries, we won’t stop covering them.
Have a good weekend everyone!
I just want this hunt to end, it’s so hard to tell that zekrom is shiny
Shinies come when your least expecting them! Don’t give up
Quickly drew this last night, these are two of my Pokémon from my trainersona from yesterday: Apex the Magmortar and Mango the Dedenne: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e9f694ce3621b29ab033850cf700c796b78f951c26568dd73cf94edd991f502c.jpg
It’s a bit better in quality if you click on the image
Mortar’s face is a little off, but the rest is great!
Yeah the lips do needs little shifting to the left.
And if you’re curious about what’s the thing in his right eye it’s a Wide Lens.
But thanks Butter!
Noiceu dude!
Thaaanks
So cute! I like the contrast of the toughness of the magmortar and the cute little deddene
Thanks! I don’t know if you see it, but Mango’s snacking on a Petaya Berry while watching the “fireworks”
Hahaha that’s adorable
Something I would really like in Gen 8 is full movability of the camera. Like I want to be able to look around and sh*t and take everything in.
I found hot chocolate mix in my pantry and my day is now 50% better
My mum and her boyfriend just came home from a trip with hot chocolate so I’m jumping on the cocoa train
I don’t like hot chocolate
Well
Fuckyou
(Silently weeps because doesn’t have any chocolate at house)
Should be far more than 50%
Anyone know a way to get themselves sick with a cold?
Know someone who is sick and have them cough on you a lot (which is also pretty gross)? Or share drinks with them
I’ll look for someone
OR KISS
Just stay in the coldest room in the house for most of the day and that outta work
Hmm
Wet your hair and go outside in the cold. And be barefooted. That might work.
Alrighty
Sharing food with someone who’s already sick.
Or kissing with themI know someone who fits that
If youre gonna get sick on purpose get the flu weakling, where I live the cold is never an excuse 👀👀👀
True true
Lie in a giant puddle with no coat. It also has to be raining. Just don’t get hypothermia
So, to the writers out there: what’s your favourite part about writing?
I enjoy dialogue
Well, when I write, I like to do tongue-in-cheek descriptions of body language. It depends on what you’re writing. Actually, I like descriptions of body language in general. What the characters are saying is important, but how they’re acting while they’re saying it is important too.
Hah, your avatar reminds me: I wrote a RWBY fanfiction years ago, and my first disqus icon was “Stoned Yang”
Yang is best girl
Body language is fun but I defo prefer world building to character building tbh :0
Since I’ve only written a few fanfics, I had a world already. I did try to make it clear where everyone was standing in the room, so I could picture it like a play.
Making the characters, It’s fun to make characters with varying personalities
OMG a Foretress spawned at a place near my house and I went and got it! Pineco never spawns here so that is amazing!! That’s one less gen 2 to worry about! 🙂
Since I’ve been gone forever, can someone give me the short version of whatever happened with Verlisify? I’ve seen some of his vids of course (if you search Pokemon on YouTube, he always turns up) but I don’t really keep up with him. I watched the response from Pokejungle and wondered what it’s responding to.
He was getting mad at people for talking about the starter leaks when he covered so many USUM leaks himself
OK
Holy hell Zygarde is a lot smaller than what I thought it was in USUM
Yeah, Pokémon have weird sizes. Like Salamance
Ikr, it’s so inconsistent with sizes.
Like here’s how tall Zygarde is in the anime:
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/9d0809af526388b5b196b70d3b77a70db2b9253b86e8751e7b681d15d3b4cf40.jpg
But like in USUM he’s barely bigger than the main character: https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/61b95c245420d356568f4210bfda86c5cae6e2913e4aa13d63dfa7b0fa5e03a0.jpg
And in the ORAS dex zygarde is twice the size of the player
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/168571ee9426e5766c82c61e225f6860ebea40cedc1ab0aca57e405a7e4fdac3.png
So it’s even inconsistent in the games themselves lol
Overworld models are never gonna be actual size for the bigger Pokemon. Otherwise many of them would be massive.
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/2363f34214174c0631f81aaaec9abc092c424409e6b56179ad2cd1eb041a61d2.jpg
Why are the female customization options so much better then the male ones….
Doesn’t matter to me
I get to reap the rewards :3
Because GF thinks guys can’t be stylish? That’s all I got
Designers can’t design male clothing or hairstyles smh.
Like seriously, those were painfully limited in SM
Hey stop talking about that and talk about my amazing fashion sense
I would if it were amazing
But no seriously, those clothes are pretty good together really. Like we need this kind of customization in future games
Maybe you could customize your own clothes in gen 8. Or at least have some more based on specific Pokemon.
Here’s a game/writing exercise thing
Someone comments a move, and then people comment on the move with how they interpret that move working in anime-styled environment (it doesn’t have to match the anime tho). You can submit multiple moves on different comments.
Hard mode: submit a Pokemon and a specific move.
hmmmm. Masquerain and Bug Buzz
Marshadow and Spectral thief
Jirachi and Swift
Masquerain rapidly vibrates its wings, unleashing visible, green soundwaves which travel in a cone shape. When it hits off the opponent, they glow with a shakey green aura and although it’ll usually wear off with no effect, sometimes the aura lowers Sp. Def.
Marshadow sinks into its own shadow, allowing it to traverse freely without risk of being hurt. It then makes contact with the opponent’s shadow, bursting through it and stealing their positive auras (stat boosts).
Jirachi’s tags glow golden as it unleashes a barrage of golden, star-shaped homing projectiles.
That’s amazing! You have talent with this
I LOVE YOUR PROFILE PICTURE SO MUCH
Thanks! 😀
Dude I love it! It’s my favorite game of last year
It’s one of mine too! 😀
– Masquerain vibrates rapidly it’s four small wings generation what could be described as transparent sounds waves that disperse in a wide area around it. It will cause a noise that causes can cause physical agony.
– Marshadow will hide in a newly created shadow underneath him then that shadow shall move under its opponent, just by touching this shadow the rival will notice its boosted energy rapidly fading away in a matter of one second or two. And just after that the shadow will do that explosion that it does in the game.
– Eh i’m not sure how to do that one but Jirachi opens its belly eye, making it shoot stars. These stars travel at incredible speed and cannot be avoided due to how fast they are and how they home their objective. Only way to avoid them is by not being in the enemy’s field of view.
Masquerain vibrates at a high speed to create the noise while it makes a humming noise itself to the same pitch as the vibrations. As it does so, it’s wings clearly display their eye like pattern in an attempt to petrify the foe.
Marshadow vanishes into its own shadow and reappears in the foe’s shadow looking much more intimidating and ghostly. This new terrifying appearance will slowly rise from behind the foe, sending chills down their spine before suddenly throwing a punch that passes through the foe, taking both their life energy and any strength they had remaining. The foe would be dazed for a moment or two as Marshadow reappears in front of them and the foe returns to their normal state
Jirachi twirls for a little bit, wrapping its tail thingies around its third eye. Suddenly the tails unravel and a swarm of stars are fired in different directions. The stars quickly alter their path and home in on the foe
Love it!
😀
Earth Power
Sludge Wave
Dazzling Gleam
What Pokemon?
Just in general
The Pokémon stomps it’s foot and send a fissure at the opponent. It stops and erupts, sending them flying into the air
The Pokémon opens it’s mouth and a wave of sludge comes rushing out
The Pokémon starts to glow and releases many small beams of light. They sting upon contact
– The Pokemon stomps the ground, provoking that underneath the rival, a powerful eruption full of lava and and smoke comes under it. It takes some time for the lava to erupt but it covers a wide area so it’s worth the wait
– The user, from God knows where, summons giants waves of poison basically, covering a dangerously wide area
– The user emits a faint light which soon turns into a very bright light, nearly blinding the rival
The user releases some of its energy at a high speed which travels through the ground and reaches the surface with such force that it rips the ground itself apart and violently bursts the enemy with energy and the tectonic debris it picked up
The user rapidly cools its toxic gasses into a liquid state and violently fires it in all directions, swamping the field.
The user glows brightly before expelling this glow in a beam form towards all the enemies around it
The user releases energy into the ground, causing it to erupt underneath the opponent, with debris also damaging them.
Using toxins from it’s body, the user takes ground water, gathers it to one big wave, and turns into a sludge-like substance to deal mahor damage
The user releases a blinding beam, damaging anyone surrounding them
Sword dance
The mon gets angry making sounds like swords hitting each other
The user performs a semi-tribal dance for a moment as their energy flairs up. The user ends in a battle ready position with their eyes glowing
The user’s soul manifests in the form of blades (the type of blade varies depending on the user), clashing against eachother to shower the user in a fine light that increases their attack power.
Decidueye using its Z-move
Pretty much every signature Z-Move would just look like what they do in game because they’re already tailored to the Pokemon
Incineroar and Leech life
Araquanid and Scald
Jigglypuff and Toxic
Incineroar rushes towards the foe on all fours, projecting its aura in the form of fearsome fangs. As these fangs phase into the enemy, it drains their life force and replenishes their own.
Araquanid violently shakes as its it forms a boiling glob of water from its water bubble, before launching it with a violent thrust forward.
Jigglypuff sings some Brittany
YOURE TOXIC IM SPLIPPIN UNDER
I’ll just do the Araquanid one
Araquanid twirls an apendage around quickly in its bubble, generating large amounts of heat. When it removes its appendage from the bubble, it is coated in heated water that it is capable of firing at the target at will by simply pointing
(Kinda based off how it does that one ingame animation where it points forward)
Lucario and Swords Dance
Lucarios aura surrounds him and he preforms a dance. His spikes extend and he ends with a battle stance
Nidoqueen Shadow Ball
Nidoking Focus Blast
When do you think Zeraora will be officially revealed?
Marshadow was revealed in April but back than we knew already about ho-oh being in the movie while right know we still “don’t know” about Lugia. I think they will go with Lugia first and leave Zeraora for April.
Now, let’s suppose that two new pokemon games are announced in the next two months, wouldn’t it be weird if Gen 8 is revealed and than Zeroara appears as a new pokemon but of the previous generation? Even if the reveal of the games will happen in June there will still be confusion about what generation Zeraora will belong to.
I don’t know what to think maybe it is really to soon for switch titles to be announced…just cannot stand the silence around them.
Zera with CoroCoro then Gen 8 later this month
I don’t think Zeraora will be revealed this month. We still don’t know anything about Lugia…
Maybe they reveal Lugia with Zeraora? Idk
I say Zeraora is revealed this month. I believe the reason they are being silent on lugia is that it may end up getting a new form in the switch titles. We should see in a few weeks
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=-rCf1F06LX0
Pokemon you think are unappealing to the eye?
-Druddigon: The wings look like poorly drawn leaves and the head is so abrupt.
-Alolan Golem: There’s so many things wrong. The mustache and chest hair make me want to vomit. Stop giving hair to pokemon. Add on hideous t-rex arms and a strange protrusion on its back and you’ve got probably the ugliest pokemon ever to be created.
-Probopass: The metal shavings are just…gross. Again, stop with the faux hair dammit.
-Diggersby: It just kind of looks like a knock off sonic villain..The arm ears are disturbing and it just rests its arms on random fur on its stomach. Why?
-Simipour: I actually don’t hate the pokemon, but it’s not that nice to look at. It’s just weird?
-Drowzee & Hypno: The noses :I Drowzee’s reminds me of Duchess from Fosters Home for Imaginary Friends. Yuck
-Tympole & Palpitoad: Looks like someone cut off a human face and stuck it onto them
-Necrozma Fusions: So jagged and Angular.
-Greninja: Talked about this a bunch, the head ruins the whole thing. The body is smooth and then the head’s just randomly pointy.
-Mega Manectric: Giant lightning bolt is just ridiculous
-Chesnaught: Thing’s got no elbows or knees, just big, overly long noodle arms. The color scheme leaves something to be desired as well.
That list turned out to be way longer than I thought
From these I like:
Druddigon, Alolem, kinda necrozmas, Greninja, Chestnaught
I like Druddigon, it’s just not a favorite of mine
Decidueye: I do not. Like. Feather fingers. On any design really. They freak me out.
Blaziken: I don’t like chicken man much, I just don’t like how he looks like a human with a chicken’s head, chicken’s feet for arms, and bellbottom trousers.
I respect your criticism of Decidueye. Kinda agree on Blaziken. Torchic is freakin adorable though
Volcanion and Alolan Persian are the two worst designed Pokémon and you cannot convince me otherwise
Diggersby does look like he beats his wife tho
Damn, I forgot those two and Hoopa & Hoopa Unbound.
…Hoopa is cool….
I think it’s perfectly ugly, especially with those dumb rose marks on its cheeks
Hey, Hoopa looks cute. Not as cute as the other pixies but kinda cute
It’s uglier than onion-head celebi to me
Ultron I think you’re a cool guy but you always baffle me with your wrong opinions
Its head is literally an onion though?? And what’s up with its arms? They’re just noodles
How dare you insult Celebi, it’s adorable.
I like it, but it’s overrated a bit, imo. And it should’ve been retconned as a fairy ;3
I know! Just like the lake guardians
Exactlyyyy
Alolan Persian isn’t designed badly, it’s just unappealing to you. Its design represents many cat breeds well and for some people (including me) it’s actually cute/majestic.
Well In a game where one of the biggest sources of revinue for the company is merch. I hope that they don’t try to make Pokémon ugly on perpose.
They didn’t Persian ugly on purpose, they just gave it traits that are appealing to some and unappealing to others
Ok…..
ITS HEAD IS A SPHERE
THEY DIDNT TRY
Remember
Charjabug has a square head
Charjabug is literally a rectangular prism, that does not count
He believes
BECAUSE ITS A BATTERY
THATS WHAT ITS BASED ON
AND IT ISNT JUST A RECTANGLE
FUCKIN HELP ME OUT SERAPH
Wait for it…
Know what’s funny about it being a battery?
Battery bug is a more creative concept than my grandma’s obese cat
Are you sure it isn’t a bus?
im goona drive a bus off a cliff with you and butter inside of it
Sounds fun
What mon is mrs frizzle?
It’s more oval than a sphere, just like in some rl cats (I’m taking the photo rn)
no its terrible.
its fucking awful.
i know too well what they were going for and they fucking failed
accept it. your opinion is SHIIIIIIT
And you say that just because you think it’s very ugly
I mean you like incini AND a Persian so…..
I like both of these Pokemon but I’m living for this dragging
bitch ive broken down why it’s objectively ugly. It’s abysmal.
If it was objectivelly ugly, no one would like it. You have to accept this is just why it’s unappealing to you. There are other people that share this opinion, but that doesn’t change it. It’s like Earthen saying Sylveon is objectivelly bad designed because it’s too cute.
fucker, show me a cat with a head like that
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/d7cbbb7ea36e30b2fa763ef36375daa09a2d122a2af6364e00be577afb939d32.jpg
THATS NOT JUST A FUCKING OVAL YOU IDIOT
Your cats head is textured though. The eyes aren’t as close together
Really a huge problem with it is 1) the awful texturing they gave to its head. Give it obvious fur markings or something to make it seem less spherical and 2) the awful in game model they made for it where it’s even more spherical looking
I have a cat from the breed AloPersian is based on, their heads are just as spherical (and they’re both adowable)
fucking show us then
because its not that round. i bet
If it’s head is that fucking large you may wanna get it checked for tumors
I eat Jon, it’s what I do
G A R F I E L F
But persian is a literal work of art tho
Y E S
You understand
Incineroar… just… everything about it…it’s appearance, it’s personality, it’s just really fucking gross in every sense my god.
Zeraora- it’s a furtsuit
^^^^^
This so much
Are we the same person?
Maybe👀
F*ck now I’m sure Valoroo is just Seraph being bored as f*ck and talking to himself
I mean to be fair Incineroar and Zeraora are pretty hatable to many peeps
just Realize that you like ugly mons
Incineroar is controversial and I’ve seen Zeraora as meh at best by most people (it gets the same reaction most mythicals get)
People who dislike both aren’t a surprise
No, I mean the way they talk
Nah, Valoroo seems much softer in the way they speak
I forgot Incineroar, though it has grown on me
How?
I’ve used one in comp and it’s not horrible. And I like the head. Though that’s it for the design.
I used one in comp and noticed it’s useful for anti-meta and that’s it
I named it “Alolan Trubbish”
I just called it a furtsuit… now I can’t stop seeing hot dog Incineroar
No point criticizing zera for being a fursuit when some of the most popular and well regarded Pkm are fursuits
But at least they aren’t literal fursuits
YES THEY ARE
As much as zeraora
Yup
Yes
I know about this stuff more than I wished to know
Furry?
…duh
Lickylicky. Its design is just a Big dumb fat baby and I dislike it as a mon altogether
Shiny Stantler
Like oh God being that ugly wasn’t enough it also had to have this horrendous colour blergh
I hate almost all green shinies
They make green look bad
Shiny Gogoat is worse. They gave it a yellow nose and horns, with a neon green garland around its neck. Because God hates it.
Man, I really had to whittle it down:
Deoxys – I just hate it.
Empoleon – He looks like he’s wearing a metal muzzle. No wonder Dawn’s never evolved.
Drapion – I was on board with a scorpion, but what even is this?
Electivire, Magmortar, Rhyperior, Ambipom – Too much.
Archeops – It’s more the way it moves.
Giratina, Arceus – So pointy.
Gurdurr, Conkeldurr – A muscular clown, then a muscular clown with a stocking on its head bank-robber style. Timburr’s cute though.
Hydriegon – The shredded wings really bother me. And the fur. And having the heads as hands.
Kyurem fusions, Necrozma armor – Too many little parts.
Bruxish – “Too much makeup and too many Crest Whitestrips” the fish. It’s got that appendage on its head and the teeth and the noise it makes… I *hate* it. Shiny colors are even worse.
Shiinotic – The fringe around the cap is what I don’t like. And the expression that says “I’ll kill you in your sleep and never stop smiling”.
Zygarde Complete Forme – Are you going to be a dog, a cell, a snake dragon, or a transformer? Pick one, and not the last one.
Mega Sharpedo – How did a mega shark end up with more nose and fewer teeth?
EVERY ULTRA BEAST except Poipole.
Is Hoopa my transition because I’m jumping through these hoops
https://cdn.bulbagarden.net/upload/thumb/f/fb/720Hoopa.png/250px-720Hoopa.png
How can you like Hoopa when its form is so ugly?
its not tho
..you like Hoopa unbound? Star, the fairy lover who enjoys cute pink pokemon likes that big scary monster?
I do cause it’s HILLARIOUS that it was in UU once
I like Aggron and Feraligatr too
And Giratina…
I like alot of unexpected mons
But what’s really weird is that she feels eh towards Masquerain… it literally screams cute and majestic
I’m surprised. And disappointed
I should say the same
https://78.media.tumblr.com/79168394bd3cb3877775a9752bc58125/tumblr_n5bgcbHaIE1rfduvxo1_500.gif
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/0098b1eaba87d2602f8c1f6dbc2629aa1d0c1e287927db68fe6ec2ceb1956d36.jpg
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/e8372d034ba1e8672a4a1de8fc06cb9ab2d8094468f17441929024195e190a47.jpg
Simple, it 100% looks like the mon that would be given out at a McDonald’s event
Omg I forgot that was how it was distributed lmaooo
Nah this one it’s kinda cute actually
Watch me swooce right in
Boy I just found this gem from along time ago
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=nXXI7uEvR08
To prove my point, Valoroo, how do you feel about Araquanid, Flygon, and Kommo-o
Aqurinaid is so cool! Dewpider is one of my faviorite Alola mons
Flygon is cool, should of gotten a mega
And kommo-o is a fighting type pseudo so it’s automatically good
Oh my god now you seem literally even more just like me….
Ummm
Minun?
Sigilyph?
Cryogonal?
Aegislash?
Chandelure?
Minus isn’t best “” Pikachu””
Sigiph is awesome! Should of been unown evo though
Cryoginal is too forgotten by most. Cool concept and design
Still can’t draw it though
Age slash and chandelier are ghost types so awesome
IS BEST is best is best omg
Oh I agree for minun being godly
Wow you literally have my same opinions outside of minun being super cute… let’s keep goin here than
Pallosand
Vikavolt
Armaldo
Salazzle
Hydreigon
Swampert
Empoleon
Decidueye
Ghost type awesome
Cool electro bug
Cool fossil bug
Used one in moon
Best drago
2nd best starter
3rd best starter
Ghost so awesome
DO we just like all the same mons? What is even happening?
Dunsparce
Scizor
Yanmega
Honchkrow
Gliscor
Garchomp?
Dunsparce is dumb, but I kinda like it (To my knowledge, it’s based on the Orochi, idk)
Scizor is cool
Yanmega is eh
Same with Honchcrow
Gliscor is cool
Garchomp is probably my 2nd favorite Pseudo, only beaten out by Goodra
Okay finally some different opinions XD
I love Yanmega and honch and feel eh to garchomp
What is your favorite Pseudo?
Kommo-o but barely
Dunsparse is forgotten by GF but still cool on its own
Scizor is cool except for that shiny
yanmega is lit
Honchcrow is cool but could be better
Gliscor is a cross gen evo done right
Garchomp is awesome xept for that shiny
My fav is Pachirsu
Sigilyph is kinda dumb looking imo (I know what it’s based on)
Cryogonal is alright
I’ve grown to dislike Aegislash a bit because of a… certain game (I don’t hate him)
Same with Chandelure
Pokken ;3
That thing gave me PTSD
Were you the one it perfected?
I think
That was actually HILLARIOUS and scary
He likes Chandelure
Literally your doppelganger :p
We shared like forty mons
new article you sluts
Can we just talk about how well @alexanderfreriks:disqus fits in like congrats dude this is the best I’ve seen someone fit in immediately during my time here
I really thought they were someone who has been here a while under a different name tbh
But nope!
Thanks! It means a lot
😀
To be fair we’re apparently the same person so
Exactly. He fit in far better than I did way back in 2016 😮
LIES
Lol how. When I started in November I barely talked. Only one month after I started fitting it more adequately
Yeah, they’re doing much better than me at the beggining
Reminder
Pokken Alternate color scizor is blue
Normal shiny is snot green
Yeah some of the recolors are better then actual shinies like gengar
Agreed
And Lucario
Can we just get rid of all green shinies? Please?
Aside from zekrom cause the green glow is cool as fucc
And it doesnt look half bad on dialga
Get rid of purple ones
==.==
Sorry too many purple ones that are from blue water types, lazy
I mean, alternate colours in Pokken aren’t done by a guy that could as well be replaced with a random generator
;3
Maybe in gen 8 all new shinies could Made by a random generator so all shinies are unique
So I took my cat to take that pic
And how he fell asleep on me
I guess I won’t move until he wakes up
I like this dream eater Drowzee. http://i.4cdn.org/vp/1517775106087.jpg