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Total Members Voted: 51

[umiman]

There's so much I want to say about that... but I won't because I'm pretty sure if I did I'd just get reported.

Not to mention it'd serve no purpose.

So I won't. But I really really really really want to be super snarky right now. The kind of snark that makes people go, "wow, this guy is such an asshole" or "wow, this guy has no life." The compulsion is so strong I could write a 200 page treatise on this subject.

[Furtuka]

Good to know?

I mean come on man, maybe I exaggerated a little, but not everyone's into the franchise solely for competitive. Some of us just like to play and experience the games. It might be a bit less common on this site in particular these days, but they're out there. And I'm not saying that competitive isn't a valid way to play them either. I mean yeah, cycles of Nintendo and the games have never been all too deep and such, but that's no reason to not let people have their fun with it the way they choose to. Let em keep their hype.

[umiman]

No I was mostly going to point out how it was hypocritical for you to ask people to use spoilertags when all you've been doing is posting spoilers, sometimes with and sometimes without them.

However, the caveat is that I wouldn't have said it meanly or anything. I would have just pointed it out a lot.

Of course, all that is moot because I'm not going to post my gigantic wall of text pointing that out in an extreme fashion.

[Culise]

My, but this is an excellent way for you to have it out over an issue while still claiming to not wish to have it out over an issue.  I should really take notes.

But seriously, topic is Pokemon.  Shall we kindly leave it at that without going into asides about other posters?  In fact, here: Pokemon Generations, Episode 11.. ^_^

[Furtuka]

...that is fair enough. I've been trying to be a bit more careful with how I package the announcements over the few months since the subject did get brought up a couple times, but there's been some slip-ups, and I admit that it is kind of awkward when you put it that way. Main thing is that the stuff I've been sending out has been official announcements by Gamefreak and Nintendo, and so it can be considered on a somewhat different level compared to leaked material since those weren't purposefully aired out by the distributors. Or at least that's how I've been seeing it. If there's an issue with anyone I'll try to remember to be more discrete in how I handle news posting in the future.

[umiman]

...that is fair enough. I've been trying to be a bit more careful with how I package the announcements over the past half year since the subject did get brought up a couple times, but I admit that it is kind of awkward when you put it that way. Main thing is that the stuff I've been sending out has been official announcements by Gamefreak and Nintendo, and so it can be considered on a somewhat different level compared to leaked material since those weren't purposefully aired out by the distributors. Or at least that's how I've been seeing it. If there's still an issue with anyone then I'll try to remember to be more discrete in how I handle news posting in the future.

Nah, I don't have an issue with it actually.

I just wanted to poke fun at you since you kinda presented a target.

[Furtuka]

Heh, fair enough I guess.

Oh yeah, in other news Pokemon Go is adding bonuses for playing daily in it's newest update, and the devs has stated that Gen 2 can be expected sometime next year. They've already started adding some files in the recent updates that are laying the groundwork for it.

[Rolan7]

Oh yeah, in other news Pokemon Go is adding bonuses for playing daily in it's newest update

Awww crap
This is great news actually, it's just that between this and the buddy walking system, my feet are going to murder me
Whenever I actually go out, I go long...

[Elephant Parade]

the bugs rise

(contains incredibly slight mechanical spoilers)

[umiman]

the bugs rise

(contains incredibly slight mechanical spoilers)

WHAT?!

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LEECH LIFE IS EIGHTY BASE POWER?!?!?!?!?!?!??!

WHAT?!?!?!?!?!

*cough*

It got buffed by a factor of four times lol. It's even more powerful than giga drain now. Hell, it's the same power as Yveltal's signature move.

Apparently there are a few other big changes to the moves and pokes as well. If anyone finds a comprehensive list, please post it but from what I've gathered:

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Sucker punch got nerfed damage-wise, gale wings is only priority if the user is full hp (lol), and Gengar got smashed into the ground quite literally

[Culise]

...what.

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Z-Splash grants the user +3 Attack

Also, for lots of information, this appears to be a valid option.

EDIT: I'm also hearing about...

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...an Eviolite nerf from 50% to 20%, but I'm also hearing people saying that it has not yet been confirmed, so it may be worth taking with a grain of salt.

[umiman]

Thanks Culise.

Let me see...

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1. Looks like they got rid of HMs. Good riddance.
2. Thunder wave can miss now. Big nerf.
3. Dark Void got super nerfed. Good.

[xaritscin]

i got informed of this from a fan page on facebook.

four pokemon will get environmental habilities

-Gigalith -> invokes a sandstorm

-Pelipper -> invokes rain

-Torkoal ->provokes sunny weather

-Vanilluxe -> invokes a blizzard

[Culise]

i got informed of this from a fan page on facebook.

four pokemon will get environmental habilities

-Gigalith -> invokes a sandstorm

-Pelipper -> invokes rain

-Torkoal ->provokes sunny weather

-Vanilluxe -> invokes a blizzard

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This seems to be accurate.  They've all gained second regular (not hidden) abilities where before they had only one: Sand Stream, Drizzle, Drought, and Snow Warning, the four weather-starter abilities.

EDIT:
New specialized weather moves, too.

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Aurora Veil: TM 70.  Usable only in ice. Appears to act like a combined Light Screen/Reflect.  Ninetales gets both this and Snow Warning.  I already was going to use Ninetales, but this appears to be even more fun for a full weather team.

Shore Up: Typical 50% recovery move, but it restores extra in a sandstorm.  Appears to be a signature move for our sandcastle line.

[umiman]

So I've been playing the leaked version through my inborn arcane magicks so I'll report a bit on what I've experienced. Played about 5 hours so far.

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1. It's more of the same, obviously. But is it just me or is the viewing angle a lot lower?
2. Playing as a female character gives you way more customization options. Also I'm pretty sure this is the first time in Pokemon history that you can remove your hat.
3. Online doesn't work when the game hasn't been released yet.
4. I kinda like most of the Alola variants of the older pokes. Really like the added dark attribute as it mixes things up quite well.
5. Expect another ultra-ezmode game. This time even easier since they will now explicitly tell you if a move will be effective, super effective, or not. Muh skill cap. Amusingly it won't tell you if an enemy is immune to your attack though. Oh yeah, and everyone only has one or two pokemon as usual so you gotta give yourself challenges in order to impose any sort of difficulty.
6. I don't know if I'm still too early in, but I can't help but feel the Pokedex got severely gimped compared to the previous version. Prior to this you could check if you caught everything in an area, play around with the appearances of pokes, etc. Now you're blind once more except for the QR code thing.
7. There's no more bicycles. Instead you ride Pokemon. There's different kinds and they don't take a party slot. They're basically just equipment you keep in the dimensional portal you call a satchel. They each do different things, so Taurus can break rocks and Machamp can push obstacles and so on. I might still be too early, but I believe these guys are the new HM now, which means no more HM slaves! Woo!
8. I bloody frigging hate how the entire starting island is full of wild pokemon that spam supersonic. It's so annoying. Also they made it that almost all wild pokemon will "call for help" when you damage them, making it extra annoying to capture them as you can't capture pokemon until they're the last one standing.
9. You can see yourself and the enemy trainers in battle now. It's quite fun.
10. Team Skull is amusing. And yes, they still do the thing where they only send out a single Zubat and act astonished when they lose.
11. The Pokemon Snap minigame is stupid and pointless.
12. There's way less lag than in the previous 3D iterations.
13. Rotomdex is dumb. About 40% of your bottom screen is covered by his stupid face that does nothing. So instead of having a nicer, bigger, more versatile map... instead you have what basically amounts to a hunk of red plastic covering your map.
14. I found the Z-attacks I've unlocked so far to be pretty underwhelming. Some of the Z-buffing and support moves are pretty good though, but I really wouldn't bother using the Z-attacks I have now over a choice band, life orb, or mega stone.