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lordamaranthus · 3 months

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I’m trying to reign in my excitement for the Pokemon legends Z-A game since it’s coming out next year

So INSTEAD

I made a bingo prediction sheet. A large chunk of these are just things people have been speculating/hoping for, some are things I want, a few are things I do not want, and a few of them purposefully contradict each other

With some long winded, too detailed explanations for most of them under the read more :]

[These are just for fun, and purely speculation/hopes]

Mega Charizard Z: [/hj] For the love of fucking god GF I do not want to see this lizard anymore. I know you’re obsessed with him. I wish to be free.

Kalos Starters/Random Mix of Starters: I feel like even though we had a random mix in the first Legends game, it’s not a guarantee that they’ll be doing the same for this one; I think it’d be cooler to finally give the main three Megas instead, but I wouldn’t complain if it did end up being a random selection

Tera Raids of the box legendaries in SV: They were skipped over when they brought the older legendaries in the dlc; please, I would like to see my children again

[Fade to Black, SFX, Fade back in]: Since you’re giving the game an extra year and not forcing the Devs to spew out the game as fast as possible, that means we’re getting a little bit better animations, right?

…Right?

Set in the Future/Past: I’ve seen a lot of people go back and forth over this because of the crumbs we were given, so I figured I’d put both on here so I could win either way 💅💅

Megas are the next Nobles: I’m just going on a whim since this is only our second Legends game, so who actually knows what the plot points are going to be

Slightly Cleaner Art Style/Exact Same Art Style: This is another one I’m personally hoping for, I did really like the way the last one looked, but some things were a bit weird to me, like the light purple shadows on everything. When the trailer comes out I’ll be changing this card once I have my answer

AZ. In general.: I just wanna know more about him. Crumbs, even. Gimme info on that weird ass tall fucker.

New Megas: This is gonna be a free space, and immmm really hoping it is a guaranteed free space

Ultimate Weapon Plot Point: The emotions I felt coursing through my pre-teen body when the weapon fucking rose from the ground and knocked over several houses? Gimme that but multiply it.

More Lore of the War: Kind of a filler space, but also I thought it sounded funny when I typed it out

Emmet in Paris/Ingo: A lot of people immediately jumped to the conclusion that it would be Emmet becoming French for this game, but I’ve seen a few arguments[jokingly] for Ingo, so I’m covering my bases and putting both on here. I’m not getting my own hopes up, I’m going to assume neither are in the game juuust in case

New forms for the legendaries: I am a Gen 6-er who’s starving for crumbs. I never see my legendaries anywhere. I think Megas would be fuckin badass but honestly I’ll take a singular grain of anything

Xerneas and Yveltal fighting: God of Peace vs God of Destruction, fighting? Unheard of. Revolutionary story idea. I’d eat it up.

Diantha’s Ancestor: We got to see one champions ancestor, let’s see another’s :D However. They must be fashionable. This is non-negotiable.

Mega Mewtwo Z: Exact same as Charizard, I feel like if you give one a mega you’re obligated to give the other one as well, or else people will complain or question it too much. I put them in the same column because I feel confident that you can’t have one without the other

Volo: A lot of people are speculating this because he says some stuff after you fight him, and while I would definitely prefer to have a different antagonist for this game I wouldn’t really complain about it either

New Legendary/Returning Mythicals: Maybe a new one kinda like how we got Enamorous, but im mostly hoping that the mythicals come back for this game because I’m trying to have a living Dex in Pokemon Home and I have NONE of the mythicals. Like at all. I am not selling my soul to get them

#I’m not going to really tag this because having a large chunk of the internet aware of my existence is mortifying #fun thing about tumblr is when you just have the word in the post it’ll show up in those tags. so if this shows up from any of the words: HI #ANYWAYS #My very smooth brained bingo prediction sheet is finished and I shall check in with it after the first trailer #I’m going to tag this as something special so I can find it on my blog when that time comes:#‘IWasVeryWrong-FoolishEven’

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d00rh4ndl3 · 3 months

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Ok so with pokemon legends Z-A being announced im excited (but dont want to get my hopes too high) but one thing im not thrilled about is the return of mega evolutions.

Now i was not a big fan of how the idea was executed, like giving megas to pokemon that did not need them, whether they were already powerful enough (legendary's, psuedo legends, pretty much any pokemon with a BST over 500) or to pokemon who didn't need the extra attention (Charizard, Mewtwo, the gen 1 starters, lucario, Charizard) and a lot of the mega designs weren't really my thing, most are just "make the original design more complicated, add more spikes, just make it bigger" which if thats your cup of tea then more power to you but personally im not a fan.

Idk maybe they'll add new megas that don't fall into any of my complaints and ill end up actually liking mega evolution this time.

Or they could just mega charizard Z and call it a day.

#pokemon #pokemon legends ZA #mega evolution #charizard #yeah #just my opinion #pokemon legends z

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redlibra14-2 · 3 months

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Ok, so this is what I think is going on with Pokemon Legends ZA... (+ why I think gen 5 was seemingly skipped over & which starters that I think will be getting a new regional form in this game)

If you're reading this, that means that you are at least somewhat aware of the announcement of Pokemon legends ZA and are probably upset that they didn't address gen 5. To start off with, it's no secret that even GameFreak thinks that the way they executed Gen 6 is incomplete. Whether you love or hate gen 6, I think that that's something we can all agree upon. I mean, like you, I too was also yearning for Pokemon Z to be a thing just to wrap it all together.

But I may or may not have also hoped for a pokemon W, in the event that Pokemon and GameFreak decided to go back to the format of having 4 games like how gen 1 started for some reason as a kid. I mean we literally have 5 rivals in X and Y ffs. But then again, that would really amount to there being 5 games, not 3 or 4 if this was the case. Considering in most of the games' lore and saga surrounding them, the rival is what one of the games is named after, followed by a side character, and then most importantly, the protagonists as well.

All joking aside, we all wanted Pokemon Z to happen. Collectively and don't you deny it. But that never happened, causing Zygarde to get screwed over for no reason in the process and hardly any explanation as to how we could get AZ's Floette, since it was in the code as an obtainable pokemon after all.

But now that we have the announcement of Pokemon Legends ZA, it could finally be complete. And to tell you the truth, it's unclear for now as to whether or not it'll take place in the past or even in the future. And the trailer isn't really helping much in determining this either. For all we know it could start off in modern times and then move into the future like most of the theories that I've seen suggest. Or I could be wrong on that. But if in the event they decide to have it take place in the past or even mix it up a bit, I'm gonna share w/ you rn, which of the starters I think will be featured and are therefore likely to get a regional form like the Hisuian starters did.

Let's begin by addressing all 9 generations by eliminating the ones that obviously won't work and explain why (+and an additional Legends scenario on where they would probably fit best):

First off we have gen 1 (Bulbasaur, especially Charmander, and Squirtle) - Not the main starters.

None of these guys could work because of one major reason: they already have Megas, so it would be pointless to give any of them (especially Charizard) a regional form and considering Kalos features megas, it would then also lead to the unnecessary plothole of giving the regional forms a mega form as well. But considering that a return to Kalos could mean a return of mega forms potentially, what they could instead do is give Charizard (and Mewtwo) a Mega Z form as well, since they are the only 2 with more than 1 mega forms we've seen. And who knows maybe other pokemon could get a new or additional form as well. Of course I am also not ruling out the possibility that maybe we could see the starters in the wild as well, kind of like how, despite not being the main starters in the game, we saw the sinnoh starters and their evolutions in the wild back in Hisui, even though by modern times, we can't find them anywhere in any of the gen 4 games, except in the Grand Underground in the remakes. which would call back to how we could get a 2nd starter in X and Y. But a game scenario as to where any of these guys could fit better in is if we had a legends game that was set in a tropical region, kind of like Alola, in the case for Bulbasaur and Squirtle. As for Charmander, maybe we could place it having a regional form in a pokemon region based on a country that features a dragon as one of it's symbols (like the country of Wales). So in other words, either a legends game based in Galar, any of the 1st 3 regions, or even a region based in China.

Gen 2 (Chikorita, Cyndaquil, and Totodile) - These guys also wouldn't work because for 1. we already saw Typhlosion back in Legends Arceus and 2. the designs for both the Chikorita and Totodile lines don't really give off any French vibes to me. Like with Bulbasaur and Squirtle, the only legends games I could see these 2 gaining a regional form in would be somewhere tropical and coastal, like in Alola or somewhere else, like Australia, considering Meganium's flower on its neck and it's antennae make it resemble a Hibiscus flower. Plus, France, or anywhere in Europe for that matter, doesn't have any alligators or crocodiles living there natively. But keep this in mind, we'll come back to this in a while for now.

Gen 3 (Treecko, Torchic, and Mudkip) - Another easy elimination on the grounds of how they already have mega forms. And like the Kanto starters, I am also not gonna rule out the possibility of them being able to appear in the wild. But even that's a weak claim, considering that if we look at all the animals that have inspired them, the only one that is likely possible if we ever end up seeing in the wild is Treecko, because of how geckos are found in the wild in France. As for Torchic, Torchic's only claim to france is how a chicken called the Red Junglefowl is referred to as the "Bird of France", because of a statue that was erected in France in 1760. Mudkip is even trickier since most of the animals that are said to have inspired it , according to Bulbapedia, namely mud puppies and mud skippers can't be found anywhere in France. Plus Axolotls have been shipped to France and the axolotl's there are only in captivity as a result. So where do I think these guys would fit best if we were to ever get a legends game featuring any of them. Well, for Treecko, I'd say somewhere Topical and forested. Torchic could be somewhere in Southeast Asia, or just simply back in Kanto or Johto. Additionally, I also saw this one piece of fanart of Blaziken's regional form looking like it came from the wild west (if you know what I'm talking about, you know). So perhaps, a Texas-based legends game could work for Blaziken too. For mudkip, probably somewhere up north in North America, like Canada for example, since that's where some of the critters that I mentioned Mudkip is based on live.

Gen 4 (Turtwig, Chimchar, and Piplup) - This one is pretty easy and is the first possibility. I'm talking about Piplup and only Piplup because of how it's final evo, Empoleon is based on French emperor Napoleon Bonaparte, so this seems pretty solid to me. Now as for why I don't see Chimchar and Turtwig as viable fits for this game. Well, again, they also similarly don't seem very french to me either. Chimchar, I could see in a legends game set in any region that's based in a savannah like setting, or even in any region based in asia (Kanto, Johto, and Hoenn included). And for Turtwig, this is more of a monsterverse reference, but I'd say that they should have turtwig appear in a region that's based in germany. Sort of like as a reference to how Methusaleh destroyed a village in Munich, Germany and slept on the remains, tricking onlookers into thinking that he was just part of any ordinary mountainous region. But if Pokemon were to do something like that, they could very well easily base a legendary, rather than an entire regional form for a starter, or alternatively, they could somehow introduce a paradox form for Torterra to make that reference, but I could be wrong and possibly overthinking this entirely altogether.

Gen 5 (Snivy, Tepig, and Oshawott) - Here we have our second possible regional starter, that being Snivy, whose own final evo, Serperior, is referred to in the pokedex as the Regal Pokemon, and it's overall design and its noble aesthetic does look like it could slot in pretty well with Kalos as its main grass starter. Plus, if this is true and Serperior does end up getting a Kalos-based regional form, this could mean a potential hint to the gen 5 remakes, and Unova already does make a lot of french references even prior to Kalos' reveal, from some pokemon like Escavalier, to mythical pokemon like Meloetta and Keldeo. I also enjoy the rather amusing thought of giving a regional form to Serperior that looks like Marie Aintoinette, but I keep forgetting that she was Austrian, not French. Even so, they could give Serperior one form that looks like Joan of Arc and have it resemble a dame, thus returning the snivy line back to having legs, like how Legends Arceus decided that Lilligant shouldn't skip leg day in its regional form. Samurrott wouldn't work, because like with Typhlosion, we already saw its hisuian form. Which just leaves us with Tepig, pigs are common in a lot of places and are native to Europe, but for some reason, I just can't see it having a regional form that's Kalos based. But maybe I'm wrong. As for the legends game that could fit with tepig and its line, it could probably go anywhere. But probably alola could fit where they could just ditch the fighting type that was part of why no one liked Emboar and make it be part psychic, ghost like Typhlosion, or even dark to reference the wild pig problem happening in Hawaii.

Gen 6 (Chespin, Fennekin, and Froakie) - This one is by far the most obvious as to why none of these guys are gonna get regional forms of Kalos, because their normal appearences are already their forms and additionally, like with the Gen 1 and 3 starters, it could be the same situation as how we saw with the sinnoh starters being wild pokemon in legends arceus. But if they aren't getting any forms here, then where else could they be? For Chespin, remember that fanart I mentioned earlier when I talked about Torchic, Chesnaught was also in there too, given a more prickly regional form akin to a cactus. So chuck it in there with Blaziken I guess. Fennekin could fit in Galar and be given a regional form that channels, emmulates, and references famous fictional and powerful sorcerers (ala merlin, dumbledore, gandalf, etc.). Frogs are common in a lot of places, France included, and is also a slur aimed at French people for their supposed diet of frogs. But Froakie, as I said earlier, is already a Kalos starter so it can't get a Kalos form. But because it's evolution line is themed around ninjas, prehaps I could see it in a coastal Asian-based region in a legends game, or again in either Kanto, Johto, or Hoenn (mostly the 3rd one because of Hoenn's coastal setting). Or even like the Phillipines. Or Australia, like with Totodile.

Gen 7 (Rowlet, Litten, and Popplio) - This one is a 2nd possiblity in terms of water starters, but I'll get to that in just a moment. Rowlet is easily eliminated because of the existence of its final evo's hisuian form. Litten can't work either because of how tigers are not found anywhere in France and more common in places like India and Bangladesh, which are also where I think a possible legends game with Litten as one of the starters could work in, making it be part psychic. Alternatively, they could also have incineroar in Japan and have it be looking like a sumo wrestler (It would basically be Alolan Persian 2.0 but better). Or in Paldea, and/or another Latino/Hispanic vibe country, and have it reference macho libres, like Hawlucha. Of course, this would mean the fire-fighting final evo starter curse would start back up again after years of not being seen since Emboar (I'm sorry, but I don't see any other way in which this could work any better). And lastly, popplio. Popplio could work because of how Primarina is an opera singer and france did and probably still does have famous opera singers. However, this where the connection stops dead and as to why Primarina doesn't have as strong of a claim to Kalos than Empoleon, is because of where its name was inspired from: Primadonna, which is Italian. So alternatively, if Primarina can't work in Kalos, then perhaps if we ever get a legends game that's based in Italy, then it could go there instead.

Only 2 more generations left, we're almost there.

Gen 8 (Grookey, Scorbunny, and Sobble) - Grookey right off the bat doesn't mesh with the French vibe with me and Rock n' Roll isn't really the 1st thing one could think of when they think of France. I would probably say if we ever get a Legends game that is based somewhere up in the northeast of the US (like Unova maybe), anywhere else in the US, or even just straight up in Unova. Scorbunny seems like a good choice for a fire starter, until you realize that almost every country in the world outside of Britain has a soccer league or has ties to another country's soccer league. Sobble also wouldn't work unless they decided to probably give Inteleon a look resembling a french highway man (which is basically a robber on the road who jumped mostly rich people and robbed them of their money). Plus, some highway men were also British as well, like Dick Turpin for example, which circles all this back into a neat little bow. Also, this is the last time I'm bringing up that piece of fanart from earlier, it could work in a wild western setting in a Texas based region, like Chesnaught and Blaziken, where in there, it is also given a form that looks like a criminal outlaw, but this time from the wild west.

And last but certainly not least,

Gen 9 (Sprigatito, Fuecoco, and Quaxly) - Now this is one where anyone of them could fit, but some links are still fairly weak. Sprigatito's final form Meowscarada could work considering that France had masquerade balls, but masquerades, like with the term Primadonna, are of Italian origin. Meaning that if Sprigatito were to be a Pokemon legends game starter, it would probably be in the same region with Popplio. But if they still hypothetically chose to have Sprigatito as a starter in Kalos, they could probably give it a look also resembling a highway man, like with Inteleon. Or a plague doctor look (I wanted to say this for Delphox, but then I remembered that Fennekin is already a Kalos starter, but even so, if Pokemon legends ZA decides to bring back megas and this time give the Kalos starters megas too, or if they decide to include paradox pokemon, the plague doctor could be a good design basis for Delphox in regards to either of these forms. And now back to the post). Skeledirge could also potentially work like w/ primarina, considering it also sings. And that would be perfect, had it not been for how Latino/Hispanic-centric Skeledirge is designed to be, from its name to its design. Meaning that it could also work in an Italy-based region in a Legends game (obviously not alongside Meowscarada just so we're clear). And lastly, Quaquaval, aka if Joskue from Jojo part 4 was a pokemon. It could also work if it were given a Court jester based regional form. But then again, this could work in any country that used to be a monarchy and happened to have a court jester in their rulers' court during the medieval or renaissance period of that country.

And there we have it, my reasons on whic starters fit and work with Kalos and why some others don't. Who knows? Maybe I'm right about some of these. Maybe I'm wrong. But as I said earlier, we don't know where ZA is going to happen for now, and it's possible that I just completely wasted my time, making all this be bullshit.

Now lastly, as to why I think gen 5 was never skipped over and that they are instead saving it for later. Well let's recouperate and analyze this a bit further, beginning by addressing a pattern that I have noticed with the past few remakes and when they've happened. You guys ever noticed how every time a remake happens, it's always on a generation that has an even number. Of course, the only exception to this is how the Gen 1 remakes happened on Gen 3. But I'll touch upon that as well.

Gen 2 remakes = Gen 4 (Same graphics and assets, but tweaked a bit, so it matches up with the original storyline from gen 2).

Gen 3 remakes = Gen 6 (Same graphics and assets, but tweaked a bit, (and even perfected according to some) so it matches gen 3's original storyline).

And the most recent remakes also follow this trend too. (Kinda.)

Gen 4 remakes = Gen 8 (Different graphicss from Sword and Shield and the exact same story as the original w/ very few changes).

So what exactly does this mean? Well I'll tell you what it doesn't mean: a consistent pattern of 1st 2 games, a 3rd game that's kind of like the precursor to the kind of pokemon dlc we have today/DLC, and remakes. Because this what we all must have thought would happen after gen 4. But it didn't. So ditch that empty hope that it'll ever be like that.

Alright, so if this pattern is true, then what does this say about the gen 5 remakes? And if we were to apply this logic onto the Gen 1 remakes, shouldn't they happen in Gen 2 and not Gen 3?

Well, to answer that first question. If we apply what I call the "x2 rule", where we take the generational number that has not a remake yet and multiply it by 2, our answer is that the gen 5 remakes will most likely happen in Gen 10, which is potentially a few years from now. So, there's your answer. From now on, I don't want to hear about how you think a remake is going to happen in this generation or immediately the generation that just had a remake. Because it's clear to me that a consistent pattern that is similar to how Resident Evil treats its remakes of its past games will never happen. Unless this'll be another trend that pokemon breaks again like with how as of gen 9, fire starters being based on the zodiac is unlikely to happen for the forseeable future. What would the gen 5 remakes look like? Will they follow the same pattern as gen 4 did? Just a carbon copy w/ few changes in the story? Or will it be different and it potentially returns to the way the gen 2 and 3 remakes were handled? Who knows?

Now, as for the 2nd question, let's say hypothetically this is intentional, why don't the gen 1 remakes happen in gen 2 and they happen in gen 3? Well, look at the graphics of gen 2 and look at the graphics for gen 3. Notice how one looks more fleshed out than the other? That's because by gen 3, Pokemon has become an official franchise at this point. The remakes couldn't have happened in gen 2 because pokemon was still in its infancy at the time. Lockstin once said something along the lines of how pokemon in its infancy 2 ggenerations in very likely didn't have many ideas for future games after gen 2, but after gen 3, they knew they had a franchise on their hands.

But then again, maybe this was actually intentional. Maybe it wasn't. Maybe we were supposed to have a consistent pattern of a remake happening every generation originally and at some point they hit a bump in the road and had to make changes. One more thing, where do the Let's Go games fall into this?

Well, I don't really consider those to be remakes in the same sense as what FRLG, HGSS, ORAS, and BDSP had going on. They were more like a game that screams that it was made as both a cashgrab to Kanto and an experiment to see what a Pokemon game on the Switch would be like.

So what does this say about the other gens after gen 5? I personally think they probably wouldn't be called remakes, as they are all already in a 3d setting. They would be more like remasters if anything. And the closest thing to a remake that could expand upon the lore for these gens is what Pokemon Legends arceus was to bdsp and gen 8 as a whole. But they would still follow the same rule as the others: 6 x 2 = 12, 7 x 2 = 14, 8 x 2 = 16, and 9 x 2 = 18. Would it continue like that or even that far in general? Pokemon is a phenomenon at this point, so of course it will for the forseeable future, unless something happens, like in the event they actually DO run out of ideas for real. As for the pattern itself, let's stick to it like this from now on. At least until Pokemon breaks it.

So what do you think? Did I miss anything? Let me know.

Also this is the fanart I mentioned: https://www.deviantart.com/gooompy/art/Wild-West-Starters-908520128

#pokemon #pokemon legends za #pokemon starters #gen 5 #pokemon remakes

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kokorowoutsu · 6 months

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-- RP: @skullboneandunown

skullboneandunown:

"Look, I'm glad I held onto the title for so long, but Lance sending me emails about taking it on full time is kinda grating." He shrugs, and thinks back to his childhood. "Not really. Most of Team Rocket consisted of brainless goons who thought they could do whatever they wanted. Their Admins on the other hand were actually tough. At the time. I think either Mewtwo or I talked about it before, but Jawbreaker got hurt badly during that whole ordeal. For a few weeks he had to stay at a Pokemon Center as he got better." He snorts at her comment about Johto kids. "Eh, I was pretty tough. Just ask the Gym Leaders." "He did NOT want anything to do with me for the longest time. Ol' Grumpy Face hardly left his Ultra Ball unless it was for food." His thoughts turned to the kids he'd meet at the academy. "Hm...Yeah, Baloo would knock them a new one for sure...Maybe I could bring some fossils?" Baloo wasn't much of a fighter anymore after Kitakami, but he was always down to show off from time to time. "Kong would be a good choice as well. A shiny Rillaboom that can also Gigantamax?"

Ashe let out a 'pffbt' at what he had to say in general, but honestly she couldn't fathom, as said, saving a entire region ( two, really ), at the age of ten through fourteen. "Mind boggling you were able to undo Team Rocket anyway. I mean, they're like a big Mafia or somethin' right?... or were. I here sometimes rumors that they're still going strong underground. People talk about 'em anyway."

A pause comes from her at the mention of Mewtwo being grumpy and Jawbreaker getting hurt.

"If Mew got hurt..." She felt the legendary's presence land on her head, perching there lovingly. "... I think it might hurt me as bad as if Lucky or one of my other pokemon got hurt. If he was mad at me, i'd be mad at myself." She admits. "... I also get the one, the only, the one that's been with you partner getting hurt." She gently pet Lucky's head, a purr coming from him. "He's been by my side for so long and I just... yeah. I get it." She shifts her gaze to Jawbreaker. "I'm sure if you got hurt, Jawbreaker would be just as upset." She points out. "Lucky would make vegetables out of people... actually, all my pokemon would."

She gives a pause at the mention of fossils and Gigantamaxing. She shakes her head. "There isn't a Dynamax point in Blueberry Academy. At most you'll want to bring Z-Crystals or Mega Stones. Fossil pokemon could be something, but it would depend on if things changed from when I was a student." She paused. "Fossil research was just beginning to be a thing and bringing them back happened when I was fourteen. The first Carracosta had been revived in the region around that time." She pauses again. "Mega Stones and Z-Crystals have been around for a long time and aren't as accessible to students... so it's worth a try, anyway. Hell, maybe even those Tera Orbs that they have in Paldea."

#skullboneandunown #ashe ;; ic

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dumpsterfirepropaganda · 1 year

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So a while back, I decided to make a spreadsheet listing all of the franchises/series/properties/etc. that I have a special attachment to, along with specific elements/aspects that I particularly enjoy in the media I consume, in order to see if there was any one variable all of them had in common.

It ended up looking like this:

I added the year I got interested in each property as well, and it’s been funny to see the progression - you can see how it starts with the movies my parents showed me at the beginning, then the video games my friends introduced me to (or that I fortuitously found out about after skipping vacation bible school one day but the full version of that story is for another time), then my special interests growing out of a mix of those...then that little stretch in 2020-2021 where I started dipping my toes into things out of morbid curiosity and getting genuinely invested in them whoops

Anyway, I wanted to share this in case anyone else is interested in creating something like this. I think it’d be so fun to see what other people consider to be the most appealing aspects of the things they’re into, as well as how their tastes evolved over time!

(Zoomed in versions of the spreadsheet under the cut for easy reading, as well as abbreviated explanations of how I got into everything on this list, if you’re interested.)

Jurassic Park - I was obsessed with dinosaurs as a kid. My parents were like, “Hmm, she might like this - we’ll just make her cover her eyes for the scene where the T-rex eats that guy off of the toilet.”

Star Wars - Parents bought me Lego Star Wars for the Wii because THEY liked Star Wars but I had no clue what was going on, walked in on them watching Episode V and they let me stick around

Pokémon - All my closest friends were into it but I wasn’t allowed to play until finally my parents caved and let me get a DS and a copy of Platinum. Easily the franchise I am the most invested in ahaha

Sonic - Went to the phone store with my mom and they had a mobile version of Sonic 2 on one of the demo phones. Went home and got it on virtual console, literally defined how I play video games now

Mega Man - Picked up a copy of Nintendo Power (RIP) because it had Mewtwo on the cover. Featured character was Zero. His design activated all the neurons in my brain so I read everything I could about him and eventually got into the games, and now Mega Man characters own the deed to my house and my firstborn child

FNAF - Friend showed me a video of a playthrough at my parents’ 25th wedding anniversary. Scared the pants off of me. Couldn’t stop watching it.

Alien/Aliens - The Great Movie Ride at Disney, but specifically the waiting room where they play the trailers for the movies (I closed my eyes during the actual Alien section of the ride because it freaked me the heck out). That trailer stuck in my brain and one day I just decided I wanted to watch it. I’ve never mentioned them before but I need y’all to understand that these are my favorite movies of all time and I literally wrote a college essay about why they are so good

Metroid - Saw Samus in Super Smash Bros. Brawl and thought she was super cool. Got an SNES Classic for Christmas and tried out Super Metroid...instantly hooked. One of the most amazing games in the universe you guys

The Thing - Dad was like, “Oh yeah I watched that in theaters when I was 12 it’s great let’s watch it.” I couldn’t look my own dog in the eyes for three days.

Terminator - Wanted to check out more 80′s sci-fi. Plus Michael Biehn. Love Michael Biehn.

Twilight - Me and a close friend (neither of whom had grown up reading these) decided to watch the first one as a joke. Got invested. Ended up watching them all. Now I write Mega Man/Twilight fanfiction. Beware what you do ironically, folks.

Homestuck - Was vaguely aware of it for years but (like most people) had no clue what it was about until the Sarah Z video. Decided to give it a try.

It checks almost every single box on this spreadsheet, so...there’s my defense for that, I guess.

The Locked Tomb - Everybody kept posting weird things about this book series and it sounded too crazy NOT to read

Subnautica - I love the ocean. I love space. I love aliens. I couldn’t get a copy of Pokémon Violet at Wal-Mart and wanted something new to play and it happened to be on the shelf.

#dumpsterfire drabbles #fandom list #If any of you decide to try this please please tag me!!! I'd love to see it

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1. Please no NSFW or fetishy asks. I really wish this didn't need to be a rule but apparently this needed to be listed on other blogs too. 2. Please don't force plot points via asks without my permission! (Note: Ask hints and asking to learn more about a character are good! I mean like trying to use an OP character to completely erase a problem that's important to the plot.) 3. Gifts are great and almost always accepted! But if your gift is on the same level of power as a Z-Crystal or Mega Stone, please talk to me first! 4. I'm not very picky with asks! But if you don't see your ask being answered, it's probably because I don't know how to answer it or it's a path I don't want to go down. 5. With that said, please no hug asks or asks just saying “hi”! I know you can get away with it on other Mewtwo blogs, but please at least say something more. If you don’t know what to say, refer to ask hints! 5. More may be added as necessary.

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What are some bits of Pokémon lore that some may not know about?

Oh man, where to begin… there’s so much to choose from. This isn’t so much lore as it is random facts but:

- the reason that the gen 7 starter evolutions leaked early was due to their concept art being created for smash ultimate. They knew they wanted to put one of them in the game, so they did extra art and shared it, where it got leaked. We will probably never see leaked concept art like that again.

- if you haven’t seen the space world leaks, check them out! They’re a bunch of leaked Pokémon from an early beta of Pokémon gold/silver. Lots of Pokémon were scrapped! You can see a baby meowth, a baby vulpix, and everyone LOVES beta wooper.

- junichi masuda, a prominent director for Pokémon games today, was originally the games composer.

- pikachu was designed by a woman! She said one of her favorite things was making Pikachu very cute but also rare.

- Pokémon designers get no say in the shiny colors of their Pokémon, or their moveset or lore. That’s sad…

- flygon was supposed to get a mega evolution, but Ken sugimori, the lead designer, couldn’t come up with a cool enough design. Poor flygon.

- the first Pokémon coded into the first game was Rhydon!

- mew was apparently designed AFTER mewtwo. This also sort of proves the ditto = failed mew clone theory isn’t true? As ditto was designed beforehand. Mew was added last minute as well! They had some space on the cartridge left over and decided why not.

- lugia was created by the anime director, who had… well. There’s a didyouknowgaming video about it. It’s a wild story. He really wanted lugia to be anime-exclusive and threw a fit when it wasn’t allowed, for starters.

- magmar’s Japanese name is “boober”.

Okay some competitive stuff now, that is fascinating to me:

- the most used Pokémon in ubers (the tier that allows most legendaries and Overpowered Pokémon) is Zacian. The most used Pokémon in OU (the next highest tier; the one most tournaments are in) is Landorus-T. And the most used Pokémon in little cup (level 5 first stage Pokémon only) is mienshao. Seriously, mienshao is everywhere. If you don’t have mienshao on your team you’re almost always going to lose.

- there is a way to get an Arcanine that can’t be damaged in a double battle. It’s very difficult to pull off. But essentially, it works by passing Shedinja’s WonderGuard to Arcanine, and then using burn up, which makes Arcanine lose its fire typing. It becomes ??? Type which has no weaknesses.

- most people know this even if you’re not a competitive player, but there’s a strategy called FEAR. It means Focus Sash Endeavor quick Attack Rattata. It’s exactly what it sounds like. Most people recognize the strategy but it’s so funny to catch people off guard with it.

- exeggutor used to be OU for red and blue and is now worst tier. Poor guy. He’s just horribly outclassed.

- porygon 2 sees more usage than Porygon Z, because when it holds a evolite, it’s stronger.

- it tools YEARS for people to realize body slam won’t paralyze normal types in red and blue. See, gen 1 was coded so that electric types can’t be paralyzed, fire types can’t be burned, ice types can’t be frozen, and poison types can’t be poisoned. But the code actually works by saying a Pokémon of that same type attack can’t get its status effect. Which, usually isn’t a problem, because most moves that cause paralysis ARE electric type. Except body slam, which is normal. And this normal types can’t be paralyzed.

- normal type was actually a really good type in gen 1 because fighting types sucked. They were weak to psychic (which dominated the scene) and didn’t have the best attacks. But normal is only weak to fighting, and since it rarely ran into fighting types, it was a good choice since nothing was super effective. Dark type was made to weaken psychic types and balance the game. Nowadays, I would say fairy and steel are the dominate types, steel is very good defensively and fairy overwhelms dragon types (which also used to be OP). The worst type… probably ice. It really doesn’t have many great options. Lot of weaknesses. Alolan ninetales is good because it’s also fairy and has Aurora veil, but most other ice types don’t really stack up.

#ash.pkmn #ty!

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haunted by pokemans disease ANYWAYS, i'm curious since idk if you've mentioned it before or not, but how do things like mega evolution, z moves, dynamax, etc work in your AU?? does mega evolution affect the minds of some characters if they have the ability use it? since apparently some pokemon experience pain when mega evolving and whatnot, are z moves and dynamax only given to certain characters because of how powerful their energy is? are they like really rare among pokemon? just curious overall, kajsdajksk

To first explain these things, I’ll have to explain battles and gyms in the au

Basically, things like gyms and the league still exist! However the league is more so like... a professional sport kind of thing. Any person (Aka pokemon) can challenge the gyms and battle the league, but it’s like pro wrestling (or more realistically pro-bending from the legend of Korra) but with pokemon moves and shit: your average Joe will not make it far and thus anyone who wants to do the gym challenge and try to claim the spot of champion has to train their abilities. People also often take on gyms and the league as a team- this is mostly in reference to how in canon trainers usually have more than one pokemon, but since trainers don’t exist here, the multiple pokemon are still a team in their own right.

Regular battles do happen and are usually for fun/training, I imagine it’s similar to the anime where there are designated spots for battles to happen but these battles are HEAVILY relegated since they’re like. In the middle of towns and shit. Don’t wanna accidentally set a building on fire-

Anyways for the au dynamaxing is very rare and usually is only applied to ultra beasts even though that isn’t the case in canon! This is bc dynamaxing is a result from Eternatus falling to earth, and since they have a strong connect to Ultra Space as a celestial being, and their energy made those fuckers HUGEEEEE. Otherwise for regular dynamaxing, I imagine it’s an INCREDIBLY rare phenomenon and most people don’t like using it because it’s a lot to handle, even if it only lasts a short while (however long three turns is in actual time form), so while gyms in Galar accommodate for it it’s only ever been used a few times.

Z-Moves are more so a thing in Alola, and are also p rare given the Z-Crystals are made from Necrozma’s body or whatever 😭 but they pretty much have the same function in game where they’ll power up certain types of Pokémon and have killer moves. A lot of training is put into mastering the moves the Z-crystals give because a little dance is not enough to have the power of whatever snorlax does. Those who have mastered Z-moves def act as mentors to generations and I think for the pokemon who have specific z crystals (like Pikachu) then those are sorta family heirlooms, so in a way Z-Crystals are a sort of Alola cultural thing that hasn’t caught onto the resy of the world. I think if Latios and Latias saw a Z-crystal they’d have a panic attack so they will not use it. Once again the trial system in Alola has accommodated for it but they’re very rarely used outside of the region

Mega evolution is the main one, mostly because it’s like the only gimmick that wasn’t only in one game! :D

Anyways it is p similar to canon where there are very stones that give certain pokemon their mega forms, I imagine they’re similar to Z-Crystals or AU!Soul Dew in that they’re parts of Necrozma that have been reworked to give pokemon an edge/advantage in battle, however the phenomenon isn’t fully understood and like in canon, can actually really hurt certain users. While it’s the most popular “gimmick” to use I do think for the safety of the user and other people, the use of mega evolution is heavily restricted and outright banned in certain areas. It’s like steroids in a way. I will not elaborate.

Also the Mewtwo mega stones don’t exist because literally Mewtwo has only existed for less than 30 years there is no way the universe is giving them not one but TWO mega stones that is impossible 😭

I’m not even gonna touch on terrializing or whatever it is bc I deadass forget it exists 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 but yeah!

TL;DR: dynamax and SCVI’s gimmick basically don’t exist outside of certain examples, Z-moves are some Alola thing p close to canon, and Mega evolution is the same as canon but for the well-being of humanity it’s basically BANNED LOL

#asks #human pokemon au

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hurricane-utah · 2 years

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I seriously don’t understand why people don’t like sword and shield.

Like okay, I was one of those people who didn’t like it initially for the whole dynamax thing. I remember watching the trailer and being like “omg this is so stupid, first it’s mega evolution, then z moves, now THIS?!” And Yanno what? I still am not too big on it, but damn, it’s such a small thing. You don’t NEED to do it to win. And the raids are OPTIONAL.

Also, the exp candy. I also complained about this when I first heard of it. It’s super overpowered. Personally, I don’t think we should’ve been allowed to earn them until AFTER the game was completed, but that’s just me. End game tho, it’s GREAT. I love not having to grind all the freaking time to raise new Pokémon. And sure, sometimes it is LESS fun, but sometimes I get really pissed off from constantly dying. And you don’t have you use them all the time anyway, so 🤷 getting your shinies to level up is so much more easy

And about that, they’ve made it more easy. So what? That’s been a thing for years. I mean, in the older games, poison types could get POISONED for gods sake. And poison hurt your Pokémon OUSIDE of battle! But they took that away and made it easier. They made the exp share actually DO something! I played Platinum and it NEVER helped me. I basically just farmed the old fashioned way cuz it was less annoying. Fly makes the game easier too. Or what about roller skates? Bikes? Imagine someone being like I don’t like the bikes in game cuz they make the game go by SO MUCH quicker. That just sounds dumb!

And besides, I’ve realized why it’s so much different from other games.

It’s more story based

It’s less about the gameplay and more about the struggles. It’s trying to humanize its characters and make them more lovable, with wants and flaws and insecurities! Hop is literally one of the best rivals in the whole franchise because he feels so HUMAN. He gets discouraged and sad, angry, WAY too serious, and hates himself for being awful. And bede? Hes an asshole, but he does change a bit for the better. He Mellows out A LOT. And he has depth, and a BACKSTORY. And even the “bad guy” wasn’t actually evil. He was just a sweet guy with good intentions, but he did bad things. Unlike in X and Y with Lysandar, who was supposed to be a twist villain or something. Rose WAS a twist, but a good one. Tbh, I thought Oleana was the villian. Lysandar was a bad twist villian cuz he looked stereotypically evil and even resembled team Flare. It’s was kind of obvs with him

Now the game isn’t perfect, but all of you Gen Oners out there are hating on it for no good reason. Y’all need to give up that 151 is where it should have stopped, mewtwo is the best legendary, and that all new games SUCK. Cuz THEY DONT. You guys suck. Y’all just need to be more accepting.

Thanks for coming to my ted talk, it’s 3:45 am for me and I can’t sleep 🫠

#talk #pokemon sword and sheild #pokemon #helluva-hurricane

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terrific-togekiss · 3 years

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What if Pokémon Legends went on to other Regions?

This has been a topic of the Pokémon fandom for awhile. With the announcement of Pokémon Legends: Arceus not too long ago, many fans are anticipating and speculating the future of this ambitious side series.

Being able to not only witness, learn and partake in the legends that shape both the regions and Legendary Pokémon, leaves much room for creativity.

This is all merely speculation.

Here's my take for how any future Pokémon Legends games could play out.

Pokémon Legends: Mew

Set about roughly 20 years before the events of Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow, the elusive Mew makes an appearance in the Kanto Region.

This prompts many scientists to want to study and catch the original Pokémon, foreshadowing the creation of Mewtwo and the Ditto.

You, the player, are taken under the wing of a much younger Professor Oak, with the Gen 1 Gym Leaders also showing up to lend a hand.

As the plot focuses on you tracking down Mew before various criminals and an older Team Rocket, try to for their own nefarious purposes. Helping Professor Oak invent the Pokédex and with his research.

Gene splicing and gene testing on Pokémon grew after the War LT. Surge fought in, with an older Team Rocket using it to their advantage.

This Team Rocket being a much bigger criminal organization, before the player took them down and a smaller one appeared in Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow.

A younger Giovanni is also present, as the player gets to know the man that would go on to lead present day Team Rocket. He's a friend to the player... for now, giving some insight on who he was beforehand and show how he took over the criminal organization, setting up the events Pokémon Red, Blue and Yellow.

Mew's appearance in the Kanto region, inspires him to the point of illegal gene testing on Pokémon.

As a nod to Pokémon first debuting in 1996, the game takes on a more of a late 60s to mid 70s aesthetic, so it feels like the player is shaping the legends that set up Gen 1 of Pokémon.

Plus Kanto in the Legends artstyle would be mindblowing. And take inspiration from 60s to 70s Japan.

In addition, to avoid looking too similar to Pokémon Legends: Arceus. Being more of a modern era Japan region, than a Meiji period Japan inspired region. While following in said game's footsteps, by focusing on the secondary legendary than the main one (Mewtwo).

The starters would be Chikorita (Gen 1 is about Nature vs Technology), Torchic (Peace and War aesthetic) and Popplio (60s to 70s definitely saw a rise in many famous and popular musicians).

Pokémon Legends: Celebi

Ever wonder the origins of the Legendary Beasts: Raikou, Suicine and Entei?

What they were before they were killed in Brass Tower revived by Ho-Oh? How Ho-Oh came down and choose them, saving their lives? The sea Lugia stays in the deep for? The early days of Johto? The ruins of Alpha in the past? The early days of the Kimino Girls?

Well now you, the player, do now! ...sort of. As the title of the game implies, the player meets and befriends Celebi and gets to see many of these events via time travel.

Not only would this include a huge mechanic separate from other Legends games, but it would be the most unique in how it could be approached. As Nintendo is no stranger to time travel games (e.g. Majora's Mask) that impact both the plot and gameplay.

Time travel tends to create stories that are very confusing or very heartwrenching. Or both. But I have no doubt it would be the latter.

It also leaves room for many side quests.

Starters would be Bulbasaur (Time is all about growth), Scorbunny (Bunny Rabbits are not only a common symbol in the older days of Japan, but of Spring much like Ho-Oh) and Froakie (ninjas were more prevalent during this time period, as they slowly faded out).

Pokémon Legends: Jirachi

1000 years before the events of Pokémon Emerald, (Omega) Ruby and (Alpha) Sapphire, chaos raged across the ancient Hoenn Region, between two legendary Pokémon: Groudon and Kyogre. The Draconid people hope and pray for the arrival of Rayquaza to save the Hoenn Region itself.

This is where the player steps in: in order for all this chaos to end, the wishes of the people must be heard. And the only Pokémon capable of that is Jirachi.

The player would go around helping wishes be granted, traveling and training Pokémon along the way.

An ancestor of Zinnia also makes an appearance as a friend and rival of the player.

To maintain the wishes and stars aesthetic, Deoxys also makes an appearance with its origin being explored. Being able to explore space itself, meeting Pokémon said to have an "alien" origin, like Elgyem and Beheeyem.

Latios and Latias can also be caught, flying on them just like in Omega Ruby and Alpha Sapphire.

The meteor that would hit the future Sootopolis is what awakened Groudon and Kyogre, said Meteor containing Deoxys. Setting up the game's plot.

Since it's roughly 1000 years before the Gen 3 Pokémon games, Hoenn resembles and takes inspiration from Japan during the Heian period.

The starters would be Turtwig (Theme of continents being at stake), Chimchar (Japanese and Chinese relations) and Totodile (sea monster symbolism, which is often associated with crocodiles and related animals).

Pokémon Legends: The Dragon

Two Princes, of Galar origin, known as the "Twin Heroes" share the power of an unimaginable Legendary Dragon. Bringing Truth and Ideals to the people of Unova. They live and lead from Relic Castle.

You, the player, are a friend of the princes and over the course of the game, your alliance with them changes. Struggling to choose between Truth or Ideals. Serving as a major story mechanic.

A feud and disagreement between the Princes happen, with the player being caught in the middle and to try to quell the anger of the Dragon.

In addition to finally seeing Reshiram and Zekrom before they split, Victini is also present with the Swords of Justice Pokémon (Cobalion, Virizion, and Terrakion), the Forces of Nature (Tornadus, Thundurus, and Landorus) and even Meloetta tries to raise people's spirits.

Team Plasma's origins are alluded to, with the army of the Princes baring an odd resemblance to the future evil team.

The game has more of a wild western aesthetic since Unova is based on New York. Think late 18th century America. With horseback riding on Pokémon like Zebstrika and Rapidash, bandits and criminals that try to steal your Pokémon and being able to explore Unova in its entirety.

Or perhaps roaring 20s to 30s America. If that setting sounds more vibrant and close to the Unova of Gen 5. This is all still speculation.

You even get to ride Keldeo in a later part of the game.

The starters would be Chespin (Chesnaught is based on a Glyptodon; fossils were found in South America), Litten (Wrestling is popular in New York) and Mudkip (mudpuppies are found in Lake Michigan).

Pokémon Legends: Diancie

Set after the Kalos War, you the player are caught in the middle of it going off to fight with your Pokémon. Hoping to make a difference as the Professor (ancestor of Professor Sycamore) takes you under his wing. And hoping to help the war turned world that is Kalos.

Yveltal and Xernas have both gone into slumber, with Zygarde needing to be restored to at least 50% (player can go to 100%), so the world of Kalos can be healed from this war.

The main game focuses on Diancie: since Diancie is the Pokémon of diamonds, the war has forced soldiers and leaders to exhaust the many resources of the Kalos region. Particularly precious stones and diamonds.

The player befriends Diancie later in the game as the two work together to bring an end the greedy hearts of those involved.

The game resembles France during the 100 Years War, with the player character even having armor as part of their attire. Due to Kalos being based off of France, roughly Middle Ages or Medieval France in this game's case.

AZ also makes a few appearances in the game, racked with grief over firing the Ultimate Weapon, mostly keeping to himself over the game's plot.

As a new gameplay mechanic, the player can befriend other trainers to amass armies to overcome many challenges, like beating other armies and crossing obstacles.

Volcanion and Hoopa are also present in the game and can be caught.

The origins of Mega Evolutions are expanded on, with the player getting their hands on some Mega Stones. Due to the energy of the Ultimate Weapon.

The starters would be Snivy (said Pokémon is based on French nobility), Piplup (Empoleon is based off of Emperors and can be a nod to Napoleon) and Charmander (Charizard is based off of European Dragons).

Pokémon Legends: Marshadow

Set in the ancient Aloha region, when Tribes followed the Tapu Pokémon, you the player find yourself stranded in this intriguing region.

Ultra space wormholes begin opening across the region and its up to the player to figure out why and how to stop them. Even being able to traverse the Ultra Megalopolis in its entirety.

Necrozma is up to it and the player must learn why. With Marshadow playing a bigger role, since most of its origin is shrouded in mystery, so this would be a great opportunity to explore those origins.

Along with the origins of the Z-Crystals.

The game has more of an ancient Polynesian world, seeing as how Aloha is based of Hawaii. Being able to sail to smaller islands and even catch Pokémon while doing so.

The starters would be Grookey (drums are a popular musical instrument in the tropics), Sobble (chameleons are native to Hawaii) and Tepig (pigs have been brought to Polynesian Islands in the past).

Pokémon Legends: Zarude

3000 years, before the events of Pokémon Sword and Shield, a black storm covers the very region itself. This black storm causes Pokémon to randomly Dynamax and Gigantamax. Many live in fear of what the next day brings, as hope of a better day seems like only a naive dream.

The player joins with many Pokémon researchers (some being ancestors of familiar faces in Pokémon Sword and Shield), in order to track down the source of this chaos.

Zarude comes in as he helps providing with resources from various forests, so less Pokémon and people are harmed. Or worse.

The player believes tracking down Zarude, will lead them to stopping this madness (Eternatus).

The game looks much like 13th to 14th century Britain, in much of the fashion of characters and even dealing with the equivalent of a plague. Ironically enough.

The starters are Treecko (Forest theme and light in the dark theme in contrast to the Darkest Days), Fenniken (Magicians are a common Middle Ages motif) and Squirtle (Cannons were first invented in Europe, around this time period).

#pokémon #pokemon #pokémon legends arceus #pokemon legends: arceus #pokemon legends #video games #video game ideas #my post #mew #celebi #jirachi #diancie #marshadow #zarude #terrific togekiss

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a-tale-of-legends · 2 years

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Honestly. Mega Evolution is so specific when you think about it. It's not easy to pull off, the trainer and pokemon needing to train a lot to really master it. There's chances of the pokemon reacting very poorly to said mega evolution, going on rampages or not being able to control their powers. There's the possibility of hate bonds ( look at a Giovanni and Mewtwo). Like??? There's so much going on????? And like yeah, it's my au I can handle things how I want but it's just so interesting how specific mega evolution turned out to be. Like damn.

Honestly of all three mechanics, Z- moves are arguably the most safest option. It doesn't harm the pokemon at all, being one with their capabilities. And it's also restricted, as it's a traditional custom. So like. Yeah, Z-moves are the safest of the three.

#r rambles #legendverse #mega evolution

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punz4lyfe · 3 years

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Why a rivalry between Ash and Goh WOULD NOT work

On the topic of Pokemon Journeys, one thing I kinda see a lot on platforms such as YouTube and Twitter is that people really want a rivalry between Ash and Goh for whatever reason. My response to that is this: Why?

Didn’t the Alola episode already established that Goh doesn’t want to be Ash’s rival and focus on his own goals? I mean, for Arecus’ sake, if you’re gonna give Goh the same goal as Ash’s while keeping his own catch em’ all goal, then why bother even having Ash here in the fist place at all? But whatever, I guess people might get their wish for this someday since the 2nd opening implied a battle between the two someday and the current one indicates a rivalry between Lucario and Cinderace, which would no doubt rub off on their trainers as well.

What really baffles me is that people go their way to defend the concept of Ash and Goh’s rivalry. I mean, yeah, you’re free to think that, but if you’re going to defend something without any proper arguments, your stance just fails in the long run. Case in point, here are many claims of why a rivalry between the two dorks would work and by responses/debunks to each.

Claim #1: Goh needs a rival.

Maybe, but Ash certainly ain’t it, chief. For one, their goals are obvious different with Ash being more focused on battles and Goh on catching. Those two concepts aren’t gonna clash ever, people. Secondly, Ash himself already has enough rivals in this series in the form of Bea, Leon, and maybe Korrina and Rinto. Literally why give him another one? Thirdly, you’re forming a rivalry between a beginner against a dude who’s traveled through half the planet as of now. Think about that.

Claim #2: It would make their friendship dynamic more interesting.

An argument without any thought put into it. Look at past to see Ash’s old friendships with his past traveling companions. Brock, Misty, Dawn, May, Cilan, Iris, Clemont, freakin’ anyone. They all had well-established bonds and friendships that were already interesting. No one needed to be rivals, people!

Claim #3: It would be even because Goh has tons of powerful Pokemon. Even Legendaries!

Powerful, maybe. Trained? Heck no. One, Ash has powerful mons too, so what’s your excuse? Two, many episodes heavily emphasize that Ash trains with his mons a lot off-screen and even won some battles too in order to raise his rank while Goh’s mons do nothing but lounge away and have food debates. So, real close, people. Three, if you’re gonna bring up Legendaries, at least acknowledge that Ash has beaten Legendaries before. Articuno, Regice (with the same Pikachu he still has to this day), Darkrai, Latios (tied, but still with Pikachu), and Tapu Koko. Also, let’s not forget that Goh’s Suicune was brought down and weakened by a bunch of jobber thugs, so clearly it’s not as powerful as any Legendary Ash himself has fought.

Claim #4: Ash has lost more times in Journeys than Goh has.

Yet another argument without any thought put into it. If you really look into the episodes, you’ll see that all of Ash’s loses so far in Journeys all had a specific reason to them. Ash lost to Bea because he used his two newcomers (as I’ve already discussed before), he lost to those few jobber trainers because he wasn’t in the right state of mind, he lost to Mewtwo because it’s Mewtwo, and he lost to Rinto because of his Farfetch’d’s own stubbornness. Meanwhile, Goh’s own official loses were contributed by his own lack of skill compared to those he was fighting with (Hodge and Kiawe) and since Ash has proven to be better than both Hodge and Kiawe, then, well, y’know.

Claim #5: Goh has been with Ash a lot, so he knows his strategies and battling style.

Yeah, so did Paul, Misty, and Kukui, and like that knowledge helped them in their latest battles against Ash. (also doesn’t help that Ash was technically on a handicap in his recent battles against the last two due to Misty’s access to Mega Evolution and Kukui getting Tapu Koko to join his team with a Legendary-level Z-Crystal) Plus, wouldn’t Ash’s wins against the likes of Conway and Sawyer and such indicate that you can try to figure Ash out all you want, he’ll always come out on top? Arceus, people, at least put some thought into these.

Claim #6: We need to know who’s the stronger trainer between the two.

It’s the one who’s a Regional Champion for Alola and the Orange Islands, has traveled fully in all regions except Galar on foot, has the qualifications to be a Battle Frontier, and legitimately defeated Legendaries. Boom, done. There’s your answer people.

Closing Thoughts

If you still want a rivalry between Ash and Goh even after hearing all of this, go ahead and do so. It’s your preference and I won’t change that, but just please at least acknowledge how much of a bad idea it is and you’re basically asking for Goh to get crushed by his own more-experienced friend, and why would you want that to happen to that precious, sassy bean?

#pokemon #pokemon journeys #anipoke #pokeani #ash ketchum #pikachu #lucario #goh #cinderace #sobble

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gale-gentlepenguin · 3 years

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Gale’s Top 10: Favorite Pokémon

Rules:

1. No mega evolutions/gigamax alone. I have to like the Pokemon outside of just those bits.

2. Regional versions are covered if they make the list.

3. These pokémon are not Meta, they are my personal favorites.

4. This is simply my favorites. I would love to hear yours.

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10. Volcarona

This thing just looks really f***ing cool.

The Fire bug typing.

The mothera reference. The insane special attack.

Stupidly fun to use when playing.

Volcarona is Alder’s ace for a reason. And if you don't kill it quick. You will be begging for your life by turn 3.

When ever I get the chance. It always has a spot on my Unova team. No question about it.

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9. Guzzlord

The Ultra beast with the code name Glutton.

I will say that gen 7 was... interesting in its approach towards Pokémon. I honestly didn't care much for the designs (outside of the Alola forms). The Generation did have a few cool things going for it, but I found most of the line up to be kind of boring.

UNTIL THIS MOTHERF***ER SHOWED UP.

This Dark Dragon type Pokemon just looks so ... monstrous. In the Ultrasun and Moon games, The pocket of space where you find it is a decimated city with nothing in it but it, waiting for something to eat. This thing destroyed its world, likely ate every person and Pokemon. Its downright terrifying. It looks like a boss monster or the final form of a JRPG boss. (Plus his appearance actually made me watch the anime for a brief moment, so kudos)

And it hits like a truck. Sure fairy type attacks grind it to dust. But outside of that, I can just RELATE to this thing. Being unable to fill its stomach and wanting to eat all the time.

But the reason he is so low is that... you can't really use him until late game and in a sea of other ultra beasts, his impact is minimized

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8. Electivire

I just love this Thunder Yeti.

One of my favorite build on evolutions. The means of getting him are a bit hard, (having a special item to trade with just to do it) but the benefits are vast. He is fast and his ability neutralizes electric attacks, allowing him to go even faster.

His movepool allows him to use fire, ice, ground, rock, steel and even Psychic attacks.

He can even learn a move that lets him get rid of his ONE TYPE WEAKNESS.

Regardless of what side of the fight he is on, Electivire is one tough customer.

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7.Arcanine

He is a big fluffy boi!

ITS A DOG THAT BREATHES FIRE AND IS BIG ENOUGH TO BE RIDDEN!

My 10 year old self DREAMED about having one. It has soft fur and is loyal. It also is mega versatile. It can learn dragon type, electric type, ground and even grass type moves. It also just looks so cool. I wish we got to see it more commonly used, but sadly it is always outshines by ANOTHER fire type of the gen and that is sadly that.

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6. Rayquaza

Its a giant green dragon that looks like Shenron and has the best mega evolution. He is also my favorite Legendary. Sorry all other Legendaries. not even Arceus or Mewtwo could touch this beast at his best.

It is majestic, and I have played through emerald version MORE times than any other Pokemon game ever.

So let me tell you about how monstrous this thing is. Its mega evolution was banned BECAUSE IT WAS SO RIDICULOUSLY OP and it is the reason why Mega evolution is no longer allowed because Z moves couldn't counter this thing.

It always is cool. And THIS is what a dragon is.

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5. Empoleon

This might have been shocking to see him so low on the list. Only barely making the top 5.

His design is one of my favorites. And his evolutionary line is my favorite LOOKING of all starters.

Its just... I always keep forgetting he is steel type and when someone uses a ground or fighting move he gets rekt. Now this is more on me and not on the grace that is empoleon.

I also wish this Pokemon got more love. It was overshadowed in the anime, its constantly ignored by most when talking about Sinnoh, and it has a diverse move pool.

I just wish it was either more of a tank or more of a fast sweeper.

I want to love him more, but battling is kind of important to me and I just feel on edge using him.

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4. Hawlucha

My favorite Gen 6 pokemon.

Bar none. This wrestling bird is just so cool. It has THE best Shiny colors. It is based of a luchadore. It has its own special move, Flying Press. And it hits like a truck.

He has great versatility, he also is just fun to look at. And the Pokemon anime gave me a new appreciation for this bird. If he was a penguin, he would be number one.

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3. Lucario

Okay I admit it, Lucario is my more obvious pick. BUT COME ON!

It is one of the coolest Pokemon ever created!

It is fast and strong. It has Aura Sphere (one of my favorite moves in the game)

He was also my main in smash before Ultimate came out and nerfed him.

He was my boy. He also has one of the better Pokémon movies made about him and he deserves it.

Also you know a trainer is a bada*** when he/she has one on her team. Its like a status symbol.

And with the coverage he has, its no wonder he is so well loved.

Plus his design is amazing, his shiny is one of the coolest designs, and he looks like a good boy.

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2. Raichu

HE IS SHAPED LIKE A FRIEND!

okay so I always liked the Raichu line, but I always felt Pikachu was overrated.

I still love the electric mouse, but I always evolved him.

When Gen 7 happened and THIS form of Raichu happened. I fell in love. Look at this Electric Psychic typing. And the answer to evolve or not was put to rest forever.

Having access to Thunderbolt, surf, psychic and an assortment of other moves. I just love how amazing it is to use. He also looks so cute and cuddly. This is the ideal Pokemon design, you may not agree, but this is what perfection looks like.

Plus, his tail is a surfboard. Your argument is invalid.

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1. Feraligatr

Let me tell you all a story.

My first Pokemon game that I ever played by myself was Pokémon silver.

My first starter was Totodile.

I started my journey with this little gator and every step of the way, whenever I was backed into a corner, this guy came through for me. I called him Gatorhawk. Because he had the little red tuft that I thought was a mohawk.

I remember playing the game in the car on my way home, doing my best against Lance and his three dragonites. The rest of my team was down. Only Gatorhawk remained as I faced his 3 remaining Pokemon. Surviving attack after attack. Yet somehow finishing off his dragonites.

I got down to his last Pokemon, Out of healing items, and up against charizard.

My Gatorhawk was in the yellow. I was so close. All I needed to do was survive that Charizard’s attack.

It fired a hyper beam. I thought it was over. All of the hardwork I had gone up to this point, it was for nothing.

But Gator tanked it. By some logic He tanked a hyper beam with only one HP left.

And he hit with a critical Surf. It was over. We had won.

I screamed so loud my mom thought something bad had happened.

I was a pokemon champion. I had beaten Lance. No older cousin help, no sister assistance. it was just me, and my Gatorhawk.

So when I see Feraligatr. I think of Pokémon, I remember the nostolgia, the good times.

I remember what it meant to be the best.

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