I would love it if Generation 6 had the evil team having five admins. When you get to the eighth leader, you find that s/he is the first admin you faced is the eighth leader. After you beat him, he leaves, explaining that it doesn't matter - the Elite Four is under Team _____'s control. He leaves, you get no badge, and you get called to the professor's lab. You find the 7 other leaders there and the prof huddled around a radio. The Elite Four is declaring it illegal for anyone without a license given out by them to have Pokemon. So you need to take power from them. But only 7 badges means no Victory Road access...
...So the prof tells you to just ignore rules and force your way in, clearing a way for the gym leaders. So you beat back the gate guards
Victory Road is crawling with grunts. You fight your way through and take down the Elite Four. Each Elite is an Admin, and the Champion is the boss
After beating them, you are left the Champion of an eliteless league. So you get to handpick the new Elite Four from powerful trainers around the region (one choice for each type)
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
Another villain Gym Leader and/or Elite Four member might be interesting; we haven't really had one in the games since Giovanni, have we? I'm not sure I'd go so far as to make the entire Pokémon League evil in a main-series game, though, at least not so soon.
You know what else might be interesting? A villain team whose name is a little different from the usual "Team _____" formula. Like in the Ranger games, where we have the Go-Rock Squad, the Pokémon Pinchers, and the Societea. Yeah, it's a pretty minor change, all things considered, but it might be nice nonetheless.
So Bulbapedia says that Stoutland starts with the moves Ice Fang, Fire Fang, and Thunder Fang. The Herider page shows him never learning the move. Does this mean...
A) He learns the Fangs at level up
B) I need to catch a wild Stoutland to get the fangs
or
C) He never learns the Fangs and I need to resort to complicated eugenics programs breeding to get the Fangs?
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
So, this afternoon I was bored and decided to make a list of all the non-Legendary Pokémon I like, even just a little bit. A couple things jumped out at me about the results.
First off, the list skews a little toward Generation I. Just a little bit. And by a little bit, I mean 81 out of the 255 species on the list are from the first 151. I hope this doesn't give the impression that I like Gen. I to the exclusion of all else (even though if I actually did, the list would only have 81 species).
Second, the list was a lot longer than I had expected. And there were a few that I was on the fence about. If I had included them and the Legendaries I like, the list might be around 300 species. I've got the idea in my head that this is a bad thing and means I like too many of them. Is that really too many, or am I just being hard on myself for no reason?
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
I would like it if instead of the 4 moves thingy, each Pokemon could just have a big ol' list of moves, and only bring in 4 to a battle at one time.
They could always make it so that you could only change what moves they have equipped at a Pokemon Center, that would be nice. And that way you don't have to worry about forgetting the wrong move and regretting your decision...
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
Huh, that's a pretty interesting idea. I think it's the first time I've ever heard that as a suggestion. It would be especially nice if Pokémon could use HMs that they know but aren't in their active movepool outside of battle.
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
And say you had a Samurott on your team who you wanted to give a physical moveset while still being able to Surf. Problem solved!
Of course, I would imagine there would still have to be a cap. Say, 20 moves or something. Just for problem children like Smeargle or Mew.
And it could really shake up competitive battling, too. You could have a best 2 out of 3 battle, and allow competitors to swap moves in between fights.
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
Double-checking Bulbapedia, the Boulder Badge and the Cascade Badge apparently let you throw bait and rocks like you're in the Safari Zone. I guess that's sort of like an HM.
Though I noticed something really interesting just now. Apparently in the Gen. I games' coding, there's a "fake" PP Up that does nothing but can be sold to Poké Marts for 4900 Poké-yen. Sounds sort of like a predecessor to the Star Piece.
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
Maybe, but she's still 10-12 years old. It's not too surprising that she'd indulge herself in a little princess fantasy once in a while.
Hmm, I was just thinking about something fun and/or silly. There's four of us who post in here all the time. We could make a Trash Heap Elite Four.
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
Hmm, if I was a type specialist, I'd more likely be Grass or Water than anything. I can't quite decide which. Funny thing is my real name is sort of a Grass pun already.
^Sounds cool! Though I'd probably be better at picking out an animal/plant/whatever to base it on and maybe type than doing stats, movepools, and abilities. I don't really have more than a cursory knowledge of competitive battling.
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
Heh.
I love how right after that, N is so open about saying that he wants to distract you while his grunts escape, and you pretty much have no choice but to go, "Sure, why not?"
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
So I was reading a thread on Bulbagarden the other day, and it got me wondering. What if, in Generation VI, they decided to shake things up a bit and take away the 510 EV cap? Kind of like the first two generations where there was no cap on stat experience?
I can't say for sure whether it would be good or bad, but I think it might be pretty cool. The idea of training my Pokémon to their full potential in all their stats is oddly appealing. I don't know what effects it would have on competitive battling, but it would probably make some Pokémon more versatile. Of course, this would probably mean no trading back to Gen. V, but we haven't had that ability since GSC anyway.
Well, the one thing I can think of is that it would slightly bridge the gap between noncompetitive and competitive players. Then the only way to optimize your Pokemon would be IVs.
I try to run. Fail. It uses a normal type attack. Fail as Shamira the Golett is out. I try to run again. Fail. Herdier tries to help out by using Roar. Fail. Run again. Fail. Herdier gets pissed and OHKO's Shamira from full health with a critical Crunch
At least I didn't get attached yet. Shamira is now replaced by Shelly the Oshawott (I asked other Nuzlockers. They saw no issues as she WAS hatched without me breaking rules. In the future I'll need to define better hatching and training rules)
Shelly grew from level 1 into a level 22 Dewott after one battle 8D
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
I remember when I first fought Elesa. I had a Dwebble with Smack Down. He was very helpful.
Not having Rock-type moves on my subsequent visits did make it a little harder, but not too much. Then again, I'm pretty sure I'm still the only person in the world who finds Clay harder than Elesa and Lenora.
My Drilbur, Scraggy, and Gurdurr all had rock moves (rock tomb on the first 2, rock throw on the last), and my Blitzle had Thunder Wave. Also, my Scraggy had Swagger.
The rodents went down fast from the rocky assault, though not without casualties. I used my Swoobat and Gurdurr to stall for time while I used super potions on my Drilbur.
And I got damn lucky with the Zebstrika. I only hit him once. Swagger (and the resulting confusion) took out 3/4ths of his health.
Remember back in the 50s when they'd record like Elvis singing YOU AIN'T NOTHIN BUT A HOUND DOG and then they'd turn the record over and reverse it and it was all NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP NYERP and people were all like, "That is actually the voice of Satan coming from that song."
I'm curious to try Rotation Battles. Alas, there are none before the Elite Four in White. And on the flip side, that means there are no Triple Battles before the Elite Four in Black. :(
Something that's popped into my head on occasion: despite being part Ice-type, Lapras seems to be found in both warm and cold water. I assume some individuals migrate, but what kind of differences might we expect to see between a "cold-water" Lapras and a "warm-water" Lapras?
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...So the prof tells you to just ignore rules and force your way in, clearing a way for the gym leaders. So you beat back the gate guards
Victory Road is crawling with grunts. You fight your way through and take down the Elite Four. Each Elite is an Admin, and the Champion is the boss
After beating them, you are left the Champion of an eliteless league. So you get to handpick the new Elite Four from powerful trainers around the region (one choice for each type)
It means you have to use Heart Scales to teach it to him
(*Hits you over the head with a newspaper*)
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
p.q
In fact, some of the badges were physical items at one point and if I recall, a few acted like HMs
I call being the dragon master who destroys absolutely every thing and ends up being the champion in the next set of games!
I don't know which type I would choose!
B2W2 apparently confirms Zoroark can understand and speak human languages
Watch the rumours of N actually being a Zoroark spark up again
I try to run. Fail. It uses a normal type attack. Fail as Shamira the Golett is out. I try to run again. Fail. Herdier tries to help out by using Roar. Fail. Run again. Fail. Herdier gets pissed and OHKO's Shamira from full health with a critical Crunch
At least I didn't get attached yet. Shamira is now replaced by Shelly the Oshawott (I asked other Nuzlockers. They saw no issues as she WAS hatched without me breaking rules. In the future I'll need to define better hatching and training rules)
Shelly grew from level 1 into a level 22 Dewott after one battle 8D
i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis