Bidoof and Bibarel have the only ability so overpowered it's banned from every Smogon tier: Moody. To quote Smogon:
Bidoof nearly had to be banned because of this ability. Bidoof.All the Pokemon that obtain this ability have a way of abusing it to get ridiculous levels of stat boosts and eventually become able to steamroll their way through an entire team.
Luckily Smogon's rules only cover battle simulators. Hahahahaha.
It's sad that the thing I'm looking forward to most isn't the optional trainer battles, or the EV training minigames, or riding Pokemon, or the 3D graphics, or the trainer customization, or the Mega forms, or the qt 3.14 panda Pokemon, or the diagonal running, or the awesome looking battle animations, or the possible origins of Team Rocket, or FUCK YES MEGA CHARIZARD, or Fabio, but Contrary Serperior having a chance of being released. I want my OU press-Leaf-Storm-to-win dragon snake!
...although listing all the features like that makes me way more hyped. 10/10 game would fuck.
i love all of the new pokemon so much i was gonna make a list of my faves except they are all my faves except pyroar which i am meh on and Quilladin which looks very silly albiet in a cuteish way but it's a middle evolution so it could still turn out to be cool/cute woo
a bunch 'o leaks from PokeBeach, who seem to have a fairly reliable source seeing as most of their leaks so far have been true IIRC:
Trusk is a Grass/Rock boar Pokemon with long green tusks coming out of its mouth. He is gruff, has grey skin, and features green leaf-like ears. It has an “adorable” pre-evolution with tiny tusks and a leaf at the end of its tail.
A Normal/Poison porcupine Pokemon named Quillom can be found quite early in the game in the forest. It has white skin with light purple quills. He has a Poison-type quill attack which damages and has a high chance of poison.
A Ghost-type spider Pokemon is found in caves. It is dark gray with blue spots and multiple light grey eyes. It has a feint light blue mist around its abdomen. The source doesn’t remember the spelling of its name, but says it was something like “Apparachnid.” He thinks it may have an evolution.
There is a Ground-type badger Pokemon that is dark brown with black stripes going up its face. It knows Slash and a new biting move.
Reconfirmation that Froakie’s final evolution is Water/Fighting. It looks similar to a poison dart frog. The dark blue now takes over its body almost entirely. There are a few even darker (almost black) spots on his sides and face and it gains more of the bubble foam around its neck and down the back. It’s also a bit bulkier. It uses its hind legs a lot and has kicking attacks.
Bunnelby evolves into a Ground/Dark type rabbit that is larger and much rounder. Its color scheme is reversed, with the dark brown now being the prominent color. It can be found in caves. It is useful because you can get it early in the game and use it to evolve Pancham into Pangoro.
Helioptile has an evolution. It is bipedal with a second yellow triangle on its face. Its ears become more jagged and it looks meaner. On its back are what look like spikes with jagged parts at the very top. It can learn a new attack called Thunder Roll, where it rolls up like a wheel and strikes the opponent.
Reconfirmation that Meowstic has a pre-evolution named Espurr. There is no gender differentiation until it evolves. It is mostly white, similar to the female version, with cuter eyes and a single puffy tail. It has a little patch of fur under its head (similar to its evolutions). The fur is dark blueish with little tufts of white in it.
Other Pokemon that are now Fairy-type: the Chansey evolution line, Dunsparce, the Clefairy line, and Togepi’s line.
Fairy Dust is a new move that will randomly cause either Paralysis, Poison, Sleep, or Burn.
Like Magneton, Wailmer is part of one of the Super Training Facility games.
Team Flare makes an appearance right at the beginning of the game. On the TV in your house, one of its members talks about fashion and how your Pokemon should match your style.
The outfit your character wears at the start is colored to match what you’ve set as your favorite color in your 3DS settings. It can be changed easily though.
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Bidoof nearly had to be banned because of this ability. Bidoof.All the Pokemon that obtain this ability have a way of abusing it to get ridiculous levels of stat boosts and eventually become able to steamroll their way through an entire team.
Luckily Smogon's rules only cover battle simulators. Hahahahaha.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
I've stated many times that, if I could have scientists genetically engineer any pokemon, I'd choose Bidoof.
(secrets: my favorite during-Emerald pokemon are Manetric, Gardevoir and Blaziken; they are always in my team)
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
Non-mandatory trainer battles?
Why?
(And I'm pretty sure there will still be mandatory pathblocking fights.)
...although listing all the features like that makes me way more hyped. 10/10 game would fuck.
yeah, it was like level 80
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
That hurt my soul to read.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead
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i get so angry sometimes i just punch plankton --Klinotaxis
Time to wait for Gen VII.
EDIT: HOLY FUCK BARBARACLE FAITH IN GF RESTORED
I'm starting to like Klefki too. inb4 hundreds of "Klefki with a keyblade" fanart pieces.
Atk: 150
Def: 70
SpA: 194
SpD: 120
Spe: 140
So, Mewtwo Y's stats are utterly goddamn terrifying.
Assassin poems, Poems that shoot
guns. Poems that wrestle cops into alleys
and take their weapons leaving them dead