POKEYMANS thread

DSMatticus · Post by **DSMatticus** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 5:36 am

As has been mentioned, gyarados, rhydon, and grimer all have hilarious faces you can slap on tons of other pokemon to great effect. But there's also gloom, paras, zubat, magikarp, and lickitung (seriously, why does that thing exist).

I also thought cloyster's body would be instant comedy gold but the best I could do was raticate + cloyster for something that looks vaguely like an angry rat in a vagina.

Sigil · Post by **Sigil** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 5:37 am

Glootle is by far the best.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 5:45 am

Scyther has a pretty rad body to combine with others. Combined with any of the boneheads it looks pretty spooky. Also, Kangaskhan combined with a bonehead... looks like they're part of the same family. And there are rumours about that being a possibility.

DSMatticus wrote:I also thought cloyster's body would be instant comedy gold but the best I could do was raticate + cloyster for something that looks vaguely like an angry rat in a vagina.

Pinsir is a little scary when headshopped in.

...You Lost Me · Post by **...You Lost Me** » Thu Jun 13, 2013 6:46 am

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 4:13 am

All the new Fire ones look pretty cool, and it's nice to see a new Eeveelution - here's hoping there's more than just the one. I'd guess that there'd be two, seeing as every generation that added new Eeveelutions (not including first), or if you like, every second generation so far, added two.

I look forward to seeing what drunkenmoogle does with that one, actually, to add to the Eevee set of shots.

Anyway, other than that, a lot of them seem kind of uninspiring, but that's true of most Pokemon games. Let's face it, they all have a lot of chaff, and that's really disappointing.

Also, I'm going to be disappoint if you can't catch that Rhyhorn in your front yard. I think I might save time and just be disappoint to start with.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 5:59 am

You can with the magic of Action Replay.

Shrapnel · Post by **Shrapnel** » Fri Jun 14, 2013 3:55 pm

Something I've been wondering over the past few weeks is what Pokémon will be in the new Smash game. Obviously Pikachu is there, and I'd be extremely surprised if Jigglypuff wasn't there, too.

But aside from those two, who will they add? Will they keep Lucario and the Pokémon Trainer, or drop them like they did Mewtwo and Pichu in favor of characters from the newer games? Will any Gen VI Pokémon be there?

All of these questions have been keeping me awake for the past few nights, because obviously the only time to ever ponder any type of question is when I'm trying to fall asleep.

Anyway, what do you guys think?

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sun Jun 16, 2013 5:00 am

Pokemon X/Y Wishlist

Yveltal actually being Dark typed and having a real ability (ie, not Pressure)
A unicorn Fairy Type
A Fairy Gym Leader who is clearly gay (but not that border-line pedophile shit that Japan pulls so often with gay characters). Preferably something like FMA's Armstrong.
A super-butch lesbian Dragon Gym Leader, who gets into sassy, catty arguments with the Fairy leader when they see each other in the over arcing save the world plot.
A villainous organization whose plot is to use the genes of a new fairy pokemon to make the whole world FABULOUS!!!

Whatever · Post by **Whatever** » Sun Jun 16, 2013 5:07 am

Prak_Anima wrote:[*] A Fairy Gym Leader who is clearly gay (but not that border-line pedophile shit that Japan pulls so often with gay characters). Preferably something like FMA's Armstrong.

Fairy Gym Leader, you say?

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Sun Jun 16, 2013 5:16 am

more like

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 10:38 am

France and Japan got a bit of an advanced reveal of a new pokemon, a Ghost/Steel sword which unsheathes itself in battle:

In France it's called Monorpale, and in Japan it's called Hitotsuki. Presumably the english speaking fans will have their own reveal, and the english name, when Matsuda does his next video.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 10:58 am

That's actually kind of cool. And the typing isn't bad either, coming in as a Steel (already good) then picking up an immunity to Steel's Fighting weakness (albeit reducing its resistance to Ghost and Dark in return - a decent trade).

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 11:43 am

If it also has resist, it will likely impact the tournament scene pretty heavily.

Well, depending on movelist, stats, etc. It's certainly a cool looking pokemon, and I kind of hope there's at least one other item ghost (maybe a shield?), and will likely land in my party, but the tourney scene is not my expertise, and it can be surprising.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 11:52 am

I imagine the defensive Typing is not going to actually go with a particularly defensive set of stats - it's a sword, after all. So it might get Withdraw (resheathing), but it'll probably be a Sword Sweeper that happens to take 0-50% damage from most attacks.

Though if it gets Levitate as the ability, that'll be pretty sweet.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Thu Jul 04, 2013 12:39 pm

No, honestly, I imagine it will have a more offensive ability, but we'll see.

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 12:28 am

Oh I'm sure it will get an offensive ability. I want to say a Crit-boosting one, but that's just because I think "Swords, they have a 19-20 crit!" Damn you D&D!

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 6:13 am

Inspired by a certain tabletop campaign that Shrapnel and I have both mentioned, I've been replaying Leaf Green (have beaten the first 3 Gyms) and have been actually enjoying it this time around.

You need to metagame the fuck out of Gen III and know exactly what works and what doesn't (and that's often counter-intuitive, especially the whole old ATT/SP.ATT divide) but if you do it's a fairly enjoyable experience once you get used to all the early generation backwards logic.

Maxus · Post by **Maxus** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 3:32 pm

What got me was realizing that Fire Red/Leaf Green were -brutally- difficult compared to other games. Like, types other than Normal, Flying, and Bug are tough to find for a long while. I made it a policy to go all through Viridian Forest until I found a pikachu, because I could use that (with an evolution stone, eventually) all throughout the game.

The Gen 1 starters are really a lot weaker and have less move-variety than Gen 2 or 3--although the Gen 3 release helped with that some--but it's still a bitch to put together a solid team before end-game.

Unless you picked Charmander, good luck finding a good Fire-type for a while. And if you picked Charmander, better find a Caterpie and evolve it so you can get a Butterfree with Confusion and do something about Rock/Ground types. Like Brock's entire gym.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 4:45 pm

I actually think Gen I had the strongest Grass type starter of the first few generations, although Gen III had far stronger Fire and Water starters.

And if you started with Charmander, your best bet for beating Brock is to get a Mankey (in Leaf Green at least, they're on the route west of Viridian where you can rematch your rival for the first time)

Low Kick murders the face off of his Onix (isn't too bad on his Geodude either), and Mankey learns it at level 7 or so.

But yeah, overall Fire Red / Leaf Green are crazy hard for Pokemon games.

Prak · Post by **Prak** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 11:57 pm

Charmander learns metal tailclaw around level 153, which is also good against Brock.

Kaelik · Post by **Kaelik** » Fri Jul 05, 2013 11:59 pm

Prak_Anima wrote:Charmander learns metal tail around level 15, which is also good against Brock.

STOP RAPING MY CHILDHOOD!

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 1:51 am

You want hard, try the actual first Gen when Charmander didn't get Metal moves (on the grounds of them not existing). What I did was level the fuck out of him and brute force the first two gyms. Indeed, part of what makes first Gen so brutal is the fact that obviously you choose Charmander, but the first two gyms are "fuck" and "you" respectively. If they were Bug and Grass, you'd have an easy time.

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Sat Jul 06, 2013 2:28 am

Brock is indeed difficult for a Charmander user in Gen I, but by the point you fight Misty it is entirely likely that you have a Pikachu (and possibly even an Oddish or Bellsprout) that can roflpwn her Pokemon.

However, I picked Squirtle the first time I played, and IIRC (this was when I was six or so, so my memory is more than a little bit hazy) that it using Mega Punch (I think you can find the TM at Mt. Moon) and my Beedrill using Twin Needle was sufficient to murder the fuck out of Misty's team.

Quite a few years ago, I replayed through (the original) Red with a Charmander and the way I beat Brock was having everyone dogpile on him, and hope Charmander burns his Onix with Ember (also remember that both of his Pokemon only know Normal moves in Gen I, which means that Charmander isn't going to explode on contact with any of Geodude's or Onix's attacks)

Kaelik · Post by **Kaelik** » Sun Jul 07, 2013 8:01 pm

I am feeling a hankering to play pokemons again. I looked up the games, and apparently I haven't played a game that has come out after 2002.

I have played Blue, Yellow, Silver, Sapphire.

SO my question is, what should I play? Basic options are:

1)Diamond/Pearl (The Yellow/Crystal version of this generation?)
2) Heart/Soul anything, but probably not.
3) Black/White.

Does anyone have any recommendations?

Darth Rabbitt · Post by **Darth Rabbitt** » Sun Jul 07, 2013 10:15 pm

Heart Gold/Soul Silver are the best two Pokemon games, and I'd definitely recommend one of those.

From the "but probably not" in your post, though, I'm guessing that's not very likely, in which case I'd recommend Platinum (which is the Yellow/Crystal/Emerald of Gen IV).

Black/White should not be played by anyone, ever.