Weekly Wrap Up 1/29-2/4

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Weekly Wrap Up is our end of the week digest of smaller news stories that are just as important, but didn’t get a dedicated post! If you’d like to get real time updates about what’s mentioned here you can follow our Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram pages. Here’s what you missed from January 29th to February 4th!

This Week’s Big Stories

What Ever Happened to AZ’s Floette?

♪ Pyukumuku is the Name ♪

FAKE: Generation VIII Starter Pokémon Revealed?!

GO Introduces Unlockable Clothing

If You Love Rumors, That’s OK

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:

 

 

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2,487 thoughts on “Weekly Wrap Up 1/29-2/4”

  1. Hey Belladonna, if we did a community play through, I’d be down for DP being our play throughs. Surprisingly enough, I haven’t started on a Sinnoh game for the past 4-5 years.

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      • I don’t have the game, but I could try emulating Platinum. The problem with that tho is that I gave my laptop to my brother for college, and the only computer that I could use for emulation is at my dad’s house, but I can’t bring the computer back and forth between houses. Could try emulation on my iPad, but usually the emulating app doesn’t work after a week.

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    • I’d totally be down for Sinnoh as a whole, because it’s same GLs people could choose whatever sinnoh game they wanted

      Also join the tourney discord pls :p

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      • Gimme a sec, I need to redownload it again

        Can you give me a little more information on the tourney? Sorry I just got back on the site and then I quickly went by every comment in the past 4 hours

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  6. Well since you guys prefer drawings of Fakemon

    I’ll start drawing them and focusing less on statistics instead

    I already got one I recently made that I want to try drawing anyway… fyi its a crab Pokémon 😛

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  7. well, today was Sheeeeeeeeeeeet

    First I found out my crush started dating a guy over the weekend,

    Then one of my friends ditched me for a weird,creepy kid

    Then I found out in Gym my lockers were put next to a bunch of Jake Paulers who called each other “gay f@ggots

    Then I had to play capture the flag in the pouring rain….

    At least I know now that my gym teacher has a plush Mime.Jr on his desk….

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  8. Last call for the monotype tourney before I call it a night,

    Taken:
    Fairy – Poison
    Star – Fairy
    Seraph – Bug
    Kuppo – Ghost
    Alex – Fighting
    Kurusu – Water
    Pumpkin – Dark
    Flygon – Steel
    Butter – Electric

    Reserved:
    Earthen – Ground
    Luigi – Normal

    Link: https://discord.gg/SBsbpZ

    We’re aiming to get as many people as possible, and your skill level doesn’t matter! Well, it’ll probably determine your placement but y’know, it’s not all about win or lose. So if you’re just looking to have fun, go for it!

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  9. A reason I should be happy rn

    There is a kid in robotics who bought another kid a Shrek 2 coloring book to preoccupy him… and he is actually questioning the poor math and grammar skills it has

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  11. ok i might be able to participate, wanted to check if there were 6 normals i used in game because id like to make a team of pokemon i am familiar with. any restrictions like no megas or something?

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  13. Ok, I just found out about this anime (for kids) that aired back in the early 2000s called Popee the Performer. From what I heard, it’s pretty gruesome. The characters die multiple times throughout the series in pretty dark ways. I haven’t seen them all, but one I did see is where the titular character and one of the other main characters, Kedamono, get impaled by Popee trying to perform a sword swallowing trick. Popee has blood running down his face too, so there’s that. This is for kids. Granted, death isn’t exactly a new thing for anime for children, I mean, just look at Dragon Ball, but holy crap, I just don’t know what to say about this. I just felt like I needed to share this because I’m sick like that and guess I wanna just see reactions to this stuff

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  17. How do you feel about fakemon if they are drawn? Cuz that’s how I do mine and I don’t want to Dihareapost if no one likes it

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  22. Another fun thing to do:

    With your favorite Pokémon, pick out an ideal move set you would have on it. And, with the moves, describe how the Pokémon would use it in battle or techniques it could do with it. For example, my favorite is (obviously) Flygon, so:

    Earthquake- Flygon either smashes its one/two arm(s) into the ground, generating a massive shock wave into the earth, or, smashes its arm into an opponent, sending them flying and the impact of the crash creates an earthquake. This is either used as a finishing move or to devastate the battlefield/disrupt an enemy’s attack

    Dragon Rush- A violet blue aura builds up around Flygon that eventually materializes into primal energy surrounding its body. Flygon then tackles the opponent with the nervy at fast speeds during flight. Flygon can also use this move to act somewhat as a shield against special attacks when in flight.

    Fire Punch- Flygon swirls up thermal energy in its hands that eventually materializes into fire. It then smashes its fist into the opponent at high speeds. Flygon normally uses this move when in hand-to-hand combat with another mon.

    Boomburst- As the Pokédex describes its wings capable of creating sound waves with its wings, Flygon utilizes them in battle with Boomburst by flapping its wings to charge up sound waves and then slams its wings together, triggering a massive blast of sound at the opponent. Additionally, Flygon can use these in flight by building up sound waves and releasing them in one massive flap, making it greatly accelerate for a brief period.

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    • simple
      Rhyperior

      Drill Run: a swirling yellowish energy envelops his body as he crashes into the opponent or he merely spins horizontally

      Rock Wrecker: numerous fragments of stone with a red energy field spit out of his palm holes and clump into a large boulder and at maximum size he blasts it out, afterwards he gasps for breath and holds himself up with a arm

      Megahorn: Rhyperior’s main horn glows light green and it extends 3 times its length (he does the Dawn piplup thing and stores energy) and he either gores the opponent or executes a series of slashes ((*Important* Rhyperior often combines Megahorn and Drill Run to create a Megahorn Tipped Drill Run aka Mega Drill Run where the attack power increases dramatically)

      Metal Burst: Rhyperior’s trump card, after taking heavy damage (his solid rock negates common 4x weaknesses) his body envelops in silvery white energy with a angry glare as red cracks form around his body and finally he explodes the energy sending the energized fragments in all directions causing tenfold damage he took, the fragments explode on impact

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          • sadly i should reserve this to Excadrill he has his own combo finisher
            the Aerial Drill Claw

            This attack is do or die, he unleashes the fullest power of Rock Slide to stun the opponents as he dives deep into the ground only to shoot straight up like a missile high into the air, as he falls down he builds speed with Aerial Ace, his outstretched claws then gleam with power from Metal Claw and finally he adds the corkscrew motion of Drill Run! he drives down with the power of a spinning heat seeking torpedo and swiftly blitzes the opponent with quick grazing strikes left and right and finally as he builds up speed for the final strike he dives straight into the opponent but disassembles himself out of drill form and the torrential momentum is trailing his claw as he strikes with full force!

            this drains every ounce of energy out of Excadrill, HP PP everything but dealing impossible damage

          • Hmmmmm with the moveset i see no combos that aren’t outlandish

            if you had Sand Tomb you could use Boomburst to explode the sand fragments

          • How about this Earthen?

            DragonFire Burst

            Flygon channels it’s primal energy from Dragon Rush around its body while on the ground. While doing this, his wings violently vibrate, building up massive sound waves like in Boombust. Once the primal energy fully materializes, Flygon flaps its wings with all its might, giving off a devastating sound wave that blasts it into the air at insane speeds. As it approaches the enemy, Flygon extends its arms, forming both the thermal ernergy from Fire Punch and the seismic energy for Earthquake. Flygon then channels both energies simultaneously, containing all the power in its fists. Flygon then rams into the target while punching it with primal, thermal, and seismic energies, and then tackles them with everything it has before slamming them into the earth, creating a massive explosion and earthquake.

          • i feel that after the launch the trailing energy from fire punch (plus maybe a spinning motion) will engulf itself in a burning dragonic aura

          • because not to discourage it Flygon just does not have the arms for defined punching attacks you’d be better off with Flamethrower

    • Weavile

      Knock Off: It dashes around to the back of its target and hits it hard on the back of its head or back.

      Avalanche: Remember when Pansage used Rock Slide in the Anime? Yeah it’s that just with Icy rocks instead

      Poison Jab: it coats in claw in venom that is just in its body and runs up and jabs

      Metal Claw… (Yes almost every Weavile I use in game has this move on it): Its claw turns into metal and it slashes them

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    • Marshadow

      Spectral Theif
      Self Explanatory

      Sucker Punch
      Marshadow jumps into the Opponents shadow and gives them a swift blow before they can attack

      Fire Punch
      Marshadows flames roar out and he gives a burning punch

      Shadow Sneak
      Mashadow hides in its shadow and it jumps out behind the opponent and gives a quick beating

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      • Flashy finisher

        Shadow sneak + spectral theif + fire punch

        Hundreds of shadows surround the opponent. Marshadow weaves through them punching and attacking repeatedly. Each attack the power increases until marshadow is using full on fire punches.
        The shadows come together under the opponent and marshadow strikes right under the opponent dealing massive energy and stealing all of their energy(stat boosts)

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    • Lucario:

      Bone Rush:It forms a blue glowing bone with it’s paws, being able to perform a flurry of strikes with it, as well breaking it in two.

      Aura Sphere:It forms a sphere of aura (as if that wasn’t implied), then launches it at the opponent, or holding it place, while striking it with the bone it can form like a baseball.

      Power-Up Punch:It’s paw is engulfed in energy, going for a hard strike, increasing it’s power in the process.

      Close Combat:It gets up close to it’s opponent, unleashing a flurry of punches and kicks

      And for a flashy finisher like Earthen brought up:
      Max Aura Flash:
      It Mega Evolves and unleashes a barrage of kicks, punches, and strikes from Bone Rush on the opponent. To finish things off, it charges up it’s aura, and unleashes a huge beam of it from it’s paws.

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