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This Week’s Big Stories
What Ever Happened to AZ’s Floette?
FAKE: Generation VIII Starter Pokémon Revealed?!
GO Introduces Unlockable Clothing
Event Reminder
- The Year of Legendary Pokémon has begun! From now until February 28th you can head to local stores to pick up a serial code and download Dialga and Palkia to your Pokémon Sun & Moon, and Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon games! These event ‘mon come at Level 60 in SM, and Level 100 in USUM while holding a Bottle Cap. Check out the full list of distribution locations:
- US & Ireland – Gamestop until February 28th
- Australia & Canada – EBGames until February 28th
- UK – GAME until February 28th
- Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Norway, Sweden – Gamestop until February 23rd
- France – Micromania until February 23rd
- Spain – GAME until February 23rd
- Netherlands – GameMania until February 23rd
Pokémon Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon
- The Ultra Sinnoh Classic competition has been officially announced! This Single Battle competition raises competing Pokémon levels to 50, and allows you to only use Pokémon in the Sinnoh Pokédex. Alola Forms, Mega Stones, Z-Crystals, Dialga, Palkia, Giratina, Phione, Manaphy, Darkrai, Shaymin and Arceus are all banned. Registration runs from February 15th to February 22nd while the battles take place from February 23rd through the 25th. All participants will receive 50 Battle Points as a gift
Pokkén Tournament DX
- The latest update for Pokkén Tournament DX is now live! This patch adds the first wave of Downloadable Content Including the playable fighter Aegislash, Support Pokémon Mimikyu & Mega Rayquaza, new clothing items for your Avatar, and a new outfit for Nia. The patch also includes several fixes and additions to the game including Video Capture. have come to the game including Video Capture
3DS Themes
- Following their release in Japan last week, the two Team Plasma 3DS themes featuring important characters from Black & White, and Black 2 & White 2 are now available for purchase in the US
Trading Card Game
- This week marked the release of the latest Pokémon Sun & Moon TCG set! Made up of the GX Battle Boost and Ultra Sun & Ultra Moon sets from Japan, this release contains 173 cards of various Pokemon from the Sinnoh Region, as well as Necrozma.
Pokémon Duel
- Pokémon Duel version 5.0.8 is now available for download! Requiring 247MB of space contains several balance updates, new figures and Plates to the game:
- Keldeo – Removed Dodge and added new attack, Water Jump, which moves the Pokémon two steps away and gains Wait
- Hariyama – Changed Slap Push to Heavy Slam, increased wheel size of Push Away, decreased wheel size of Miss
- Drowzee – Increased wheel size of Hypnosis and Confusion, decreased wheel size of Miss
- New UX Figures – Buzzole, Pheromosa, & Mega Gallade
- New EX Figures – Gallade & Bewear
- New R Figures – Poliwrath & Hypno
- New UC Figures – Makuhita, & Stufful
Pokémon Shuffle
- All players will receive the following Pokémon upon log in: Mewtwo, Suicune and Pikachu (Fired Up)
- The Mega Lucario competitive stage runs until February 6th 2018
- The brand new Mewtwo Escalation Battle stage will be available until February 23rd
The following stages have begun repeat runs until February 13th: Tapu Bulu, Tapu Fini
Check out the official Pokémon merchandise that was either revealed, leaked, or is now available for purchase this week:
Convo time! Whats the CRAZIEST encounter with a shiny Pokemon you have ever had? (It cannot be wonder trade)
Hunted Regirock in ORAS for over a week WITH SHINY CHARM
Finally found one
The attack I used hit for half health the first time so one more should’ve brought it down to red but it rolled high and killed it.
I still don’t have a shiny Regirock
Oh that sucks…:(
My younger brother got a Shiny Metagross off Wonder Trade once
Soft resetting accidentally on a shiny latias
Rip….
i kept slaughtering Chanseys to level some trainees until i found a shiny
Oh actually I have a better story
Was SOS chaining slowpokes to find a slowking so I didnt have to trade evolve it. Ended up getting a shiny. Afterwards I went back in the grass and found a shiny bagon
Wow thats insane 😮
I random encountered a shiny Pelipper after getting a (hacked) shiny Nidoking from WT
Like 18 years ago I was playing silver and I found a golden pidgeotto with stars around it. It used whirlwind and run. Nobody believed me for years because at that time nobody knew anything about shiny pokemon…
Shiny tangela in the safari zone. Very nerve wracking
Did you catch it?
Shiny Zebstrika in my most recent Black 2 runs (it was my first normal shiny encounter since X). I jumped so much that I almost fell off my bed.
Probably my last playthrough I did in moon before USUM came out. Was soft resetting rowlet to get a certain nature. Almost settled for adamant when I wanted jolly but kept going. Two soft resets later I got a shiny rowlet and freaked lol
The Super Bowl phone kid meme is already getting old IMO
Wut meme
I should’ve watched the commercials
During the halftime show this kid was blatantly on his phone right near JT when he was performing.
me_irl
No but this meme is getting super spammed and I’m already done with it
It’s funny tho
It is the first fifty times you see it
I still think they’re funny imo, some really are hilarious
In general tho I love the fact that this Super Bowl created so many memes
Have any of you had any series that changed a lot, leaving you divided about how you feel about it?
Steven Universe
Star Wars
…
Pokémon
WE
ARE THE FILLER GEMS
WE’LL ALWAYS FIND A WAY
TO STEAL THE SPOTLIGHT BUT ONLY FOR A DAY
5 days*
Steven bombs
They’re lucky if they get that
There’s a five month hiatus before the next verse
*insert steven universe theme song*
it stilll takes a lot for me to not sing along with it
I stop myself every time because I spot that L I T artstyle
wow
Let’s count how many responses are steven universe
Two
We know more are coming
Someone: ‘How are your grades’
Me: ‘As consistent as the SU art style’
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/c524db0b536b137e8b09c8832b8dc558cb5b643b3ef226e30500b926d42750ab.png
Holy hell even the ground is inconsistent
Lapis…. why did you do this to me
Are you referring to her design or her character
Both…
Gotcha
She was my favorite character from the moment I saw her
Now I don’t even know who she is. She hasn’t been an interesting character since Same Old World
Was that the episode with the Jersey joke?
Yes
It was also one of my favorite episodes
Yeah that was a good one
R.I.P Lapis’ character arc
https://78.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lpp67icTfJ1qigyyvo1_400.jpg
Caring vs not caring
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I’m still processing the thought that I fought a team consisting of four cats that had assist and spammed Eruption/Water Spout
Steven Universe is so bad now even SU Critical is terrible
Welp
Star about to found SU Critical Critical… if anyone but SU Critical cared about the show anymore.
Thought it was almost always terrible
It’s basically dead. Sad.
SU was one of the only ties I still had to CN, once it goes CN basically dies to me and cartoon channels basically die all together (CN is just awful these days, Nick is mostly cringy cartoons and Live action shows, Disney XD… I just don’t like Disney in general)
They all do suck don’t they :/
Uhhhh
CN’s Ok Ko
XD’s Duck Tales (2017)
XD’s Star vs Forces of Evil
Nick’s Loud House
I don’t watch Duck Tales or SvFoE (Just cuz I don’t feel like it, they are good from what I hear, but nah)
I don’t like Loud House
I don’t watch Ok Ko for the same reason as Duck Tales
IMO it’s Not this bad, but ceratinly isn’t in a good spot rn. The PD reveal was done really good, what they need to do now is just not be on hiatus all of the time, cut the unenjoyable fillers and put some more effort into the art, SU could easily become as good as it was before, with some effort from the creators.
You’re comparing sh*t to less shitty sh*t
So you think SU was always sh*t?
no
Yo, I love Nephenee’s art in Heroes
Earthen bored…….still SRing a legit Shiny Celebi, my last couple days consist of this
Wake up screaming and sweating
Piss
Eat while SRing
rocket league or splatoon WHILE SRing Celebi
Snuggling the Puggily
SRing on the Couch or the Floor
Eat more
Chores of cleaning the kitchen or basement
SRing while websurfing
Eat once again while SRing and binging on Netflix
Discord
Bed
Repeat
I’m concerned your bowel movements are irregular
https://twitter.com/pixelpar/status/960578829684264960
I’m at school, what does it say?
– Fully 3D with hi-res assets
– Cel-shaded art style
– Makes use of the Switch’s touch-screen
– Parts of the UI will be animated / move around
– Some form of online P2P (unclear to what extent at the moment)
Pokesona
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/3dc90027f64d2e10413ed5f624f64fcec15145d0aef6daf7a7dd2e42466418d0.png
Would love cel shaded art style tho, looks so freaking pretty
It’s already cel shaded tho Isn’t it?
Not really, cel-shading usually looks something like this:
https://i.stack.imgur.com/eIaqL.jpg
Not to a massive extent.
Does this guy have a history with correct leaks?
yes
What did they leak? Just want to get a firm grasp of what their credibility is
Sick Gen 9 leaks.
The games will be on the Switch.
At least one character from a past gen will appear.
At least three new Pokemon/forms of each type
Three starter Pokemon
An adorable electric type that resembles Pikachu
Rare Pokemon known as Legendaries and Mythicals appear!
You are kidding me…..right?
Characters will prob be removed
I find it interesting that the UBs were meant for the Switch game. (If true) that would mean at one point they had a different reason for Lusamine to go crazy. Or maybe the entire story wasn’t fully thought of and they needed something so they took that idea and put it in gen 7
Ya know I always felt they were out of place in this story. The legendaries don’t resemble other ultra beasts despite technically being ultra beasts and this story is completely detached from the region.
It’s too bad. I would’ve liked to see a story more centered about the culture of the region taking a lot from Polynesian mythology
Totally agree. Would have liked to see more Tapus involved
Sauce?
Where are you getting that info?
It’s a subsequent tweet from that guy that supposedly has credibility
Pokémon with the UI design of Persona sounds magical
What’s the game engine the new Pokémon game is rumored to be using?
Unreal I think
Unreal 4 to be specific
so wat’s 3ds one?
Some inhouse engine I guess
I F*CKING LOVE CEL SHADING
IT LOOKS SO PRETTY
Everytime I see cell shading brought up I’ve seen people get a bit confused so:
A well known example of cell shading:
https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/b485777253de22299eef5ba147ce4db181629697291823c9220ccd30c032e968.png
A character before and after cell shading was introduced to her series:
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https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/51899fb827dd7e0026a0d110d2ff00d4ee82d9dbcd5ea1374cec9b02ca5aa29f.gif
Yeah, I know! Cel shading is one of the reasons I want to play Wind Waker on Switch!
Sounds like a cool idea for cel-shading
I expected a cell shaded Pokémon game. Im sure it’ll look nice at least
Pay to play for Pokémon worries me….
every pokeball costs 2 bucks to buy
Stop this we already have go
They said it’s just online so I don’t mind
Who’s to say it might affect trading or things like that…
> Trading
> One of the core principals of the game that’s been free since the beginning and is needed for the series’ main objective of catching them all
Sure
Online trading
They’re not going to touch online trading
Hmm
If it does do all trading then I hope they make one game so I can get everything myself
I’d love if the UI was to alter based on the type of the currently sent out Pokémon. So like if I sent out Araquanid, the UI would have a watery and buglike aspect
That’d be so cool but they’d have to do the same for every type combination but it sure as hell will be cool
Simple, one half would be one type and the other would be another. A full design would be formed if the mon was monotype.
That’s still 36 possible designs, but much more possible
Or maybe it looks different depending on the area you’re in
One of my friends wasn’t at school today and he didn’t anwser text messages or phone calls. Got me pretty worried, but he finally texted me back, he’s just feeling bad. (Yes this is the friend that I like)
Oh my god.
P2P means player to player
Not pay to play.
No it means Pokemon to Pokemon
That didn’t cross your mind the moment you read it? Lol
No because pay to play refers to free games with insane micro transactions
Oh we’re you telling other what it really meant? I thought YOU thought it was pay to play. Nvm then haha
I really want a Dragon Quest IX/Fantasy Life esque multiplayer where you go to the other player’s world to do stuff with them
I mean parralel universes are a thang now
Whats the cutest Ghost-type and why is it Phantump?
Um mimikyu tho?
http://pokeballinsider.com/images/sun-moon/walkthrough/ch9_screen14.jpg
If Mimikyu ever evolves I want it to become a shadow creature about marshadow-proportioned and the Disguise is now a hoodie and it’s like skull kid.
If I had any Artistic Skill or Money with which to Commission an Artist I would totally have a picture of this made.
Because it’s not
That’s a weird way to spell Drifloon
I’m sorry, but could you repeat that again? I thought you said Litwick.
I love all ghost types but it’s obviously Marshadow
You can choose any fictional universe that isn’t Pokemon to live in, and you get powers relevant to that universe. Which do you choose?
Hyrule.
JoJo
Question is, Hamon or Stands? Or Spin?
Kirby, you basically can have any powers you want, or just be a snuggly animal
Hmm maybe the Warcraft universe
Depending what race and class I could potentially gain plenty of abilities
Like a Enhancement Shaman imbues elemental power into his weapons and fights with primal fury
https://d1u5p3l4wpay3k.cloudfront.net/hearthstone_gamepedia/thumb/4/49/Thrall-Art.jpg/431px-Thrall-Art.jpg?version=cf78a761d1b5d9120d4686a0f0c3e5f7
Boku no Hero Academia, and I’d have light generation powers
Harry Potter, Wizard.
YER A WIZARD MONKEH
https://i.imgur.com/MiectdP.gif
I never have seen Goblet, But I’ve Read it and played the game for it, which SUCKED, then I got the Game for PoA, which was AWESOME.
Most movie tie-in games are bad tbh.
most TV-Show Tie-In Games are bad, Except for Battle for Bikini Bottom and to a lesser extent the First Movie Game.
Recent South Park games are supposedly good but I’ve not played them. I think movie tie-in games are mostly dead now and I never really saw TV show ones much anyway. The closest we get are Lego games which are good but that’s because they’re Lego games.
OMG that’s hilarious hahaha
Avatar
Water Bender
SHrek!
Jk probably like Kirby or Mother
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=YSu7d3SYZUk
Marvel Comics universe, some telekinetic superpowers
Either JoJo or Persona. Or maybe even Digimon
Harry Potter..
So if Z is the next game
Would it be
Cell shaded?
That would be perfect
It’ll make waves in the gaming community
I’d feel Complete in my Core
I hate cell shading so I would be pissed
It’s a pun
BITCH I got that part. I’m feisty rn idk why
Don’t worry, you are not the only one who dosent want Pokémon to have cell shading
That would be such a strange move for Gamefreak. Like that was your priority? lol
Um y’all realise 3D Pokemon is already cell shaded?
I mean more when it’s all artsy and sh!t about it, like the tmnt game. I find that ugly.
(Mr Perfect) Cell shading
Crystal update just got my first badge and go through sprout tower! Also caught my third team member! One of my favorite fire types if not my favorite! (Very close race between it and litten line) https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/040691133851d17613e48dfaea8a22c68813f07ba16accd57e029d4a8fb5a1ca.jpg
Team looks good so far 👍
Yeah growlithe was a pain I must say lol kept roaring me when I found it. Didn’t plan on using it but my team really needed grass type coverage
How come Phanpy has no name? I think the rater is in Goldenrod.
I honestly couldn’t think of a name at the time. Still can’t lol
Elmer.
Explain Elmer please lol I instantly thought of Elmer glue for some reason lol
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elmer_the_Patchwork_Elephant
I vaguely remember reading those books in elementary school lol
How about Michelin? It’s evo is based on characteristics of a tire.
May go with that
anyone here ever seen the map for Trainer Tower in FRLG? It’s Extremely wide for No Reason.