Pokémon General Discussion

[The Host]

1: Oh. Well, that's good. I don't have any money though. Maybe Christmas or sometime I'll get it (or when a game that interests me comes out for the 3DS I'll buy it)

2: Yeah, they did follow the originals, but it would still be cool to fight an elite four that has pokemon higher than lv 50 on the first go through, especially with 16 gyms in the game. The post elite four story seems so rushed. There isn't really a story at all, its just 8 extra gym battles.
2b: But in emerald you could just call them whenever (if they had the pokeball icon beside their name). In HGSS you have to remeber or write down the time to call, which I never bothered with.

3: That would be good. I just don't want to have to find 8 gym leaders randomly all over the place and then call them. Also, new games must have rebattles with NPCs. (although black and white have the sport domes)

4:Frontier or a subway with triple/rotation battles. But and emerald frontier, not platinum.

5: I think the only thing not officially cnfirmed is grey being called grey.

6:I hate event pokemon. The three that they made for gen5 aren't even that amazing. Keldeo is obviously a fourth member to the 3 muskees, Genesect would be awesome to battle (as part of team plasma, since they upgraded it) and Meloetta is just strange. It just seems to be an extra that Nintendo didn't have room for...

7: But the Regi thing was easy enough to understand. Even with online translations of the giberish in the ruins, as well as getting all of those items from within, there isn't anything to grasp and understand.
7b: What is the stone tower?

[Magical Girl Mimi]

1. Be sure to get OoT 3D when you get the 3DS, however. =D

2. Again, it was just pulling from the original. =P But yeah; I would've liked an actual story for the HGSS postgame, but I think everyone had bailed after finishing the main story to go work on Black/White. =P
2b. Or look it up on Serebii. =P But true; however... I'm sure if R/S/E had the time of day stuff, they'd have found some way to mess with it like HGSS did. =P

3. Yes, for both. -_-; Where the heck was the versus seeker? The item that the fans liked the most, because it allowed continuous rematches, has been absent from the last two sets of games... =/

4. Subway having the new types of battles I wouldn't mind a bit; they were really underused in the main game. =/ However, for the Frontier, I actually wouldn't mind a mix of the two... Like the Battle Hall was pretty cool, if a little frustrating when you got up in the ranks and was OHKO'd. =P But two are standard. I would not mind an Emerald Frontier, though; Emerald's Frontier was awesome. =D

5. Well, they've said they're making more games this year, but usually we'd have heard word of what Grey is bringing by now; if it was getting released. They haven't even touched on if there'll be a third version, though it's plain and obvious. =P Grey's the most likely one, though. Black, White, and Grey. The Monochrome Generation.

6. Yeah; Genesect would've been awesome. Heh, who knows, maybe Ghetsis will have tons of stuff like Genesect when you fight him either during the story or post-story in Grey... Seeing as we have no clue if they'll expand the post story in Grey. =P Meloetta's cool though, but is obviously simply the Mew clone, however unfortunate that is. =/ Still want her, though. =P

7. But; who were these people? Why did they lock the Regis away? Stuff like that hasn't been answered yet, though I will agree that there's more unanswered things in the Abyssal Ruins. =P Like, why are the Arceus Plates down there?
7a. Spiritomb's tower. I'm sure there's a more mysterious place in D/P/Pt, but I just thought of that off the top of my head. =P

[The Host]

1: Yes, Zelda. Forgot about that.
2: RSE was smart and wouldn't have done something silly like that (I hope)
3:HGSS had that silly phone thing that people called you on. But the Vs Seeker is infinitely better.
4: Frontier should have:
-Battle Tower/Subway (obligatory- it gives you the awesome status if you beat it)(this should have single, double, triple, rotation, wi-fi and partner settings, and a lv 50 or 100 option)
-Battle Pyramid from emerald (because exploring a pyramid was amazing)
-Battle Dome from emerald (where there were 16 contestants and you played through in a bracket system. That was cool)
-Battle Hall because it was cool to use just Porygon-Z or some other pokemon
-Battle Factory because it allows you to use anything (which can be frustrating at times
-A contest Hall because that's where one would fit in
-A pokeathlon because those minigames were amusing.
5: It would be funny if they named in something outrageous like Shining Pink Quartz just to be completely different from the simple BW
6: Ghetsis needs better pokemon, and Genesect would be cool. Meleoetta seems like a good idea, but it seems like it needs more work. Or they could just give it to every single musician in Unova and give the player simple battles against its two forms. Zorua and Zoroark should also be added for the player to obtain easily (but not too easily.)
7: I guess so. But weren't they locked away to prevent Regigigas from doing anything else? I dunno. The abyssal ruins writing doesn't even make that much sense though. The regi stuff, from what I remember, talked about how to do everything to get the Regis.
7b: Oh. Spiritomb is just weird. And hard to get with no people to communicate with on the DS. DPPt has the Snowpoint Temple with the regi king himself. And Turnback cave...

[Magical Girl Mimi]

1. Yeah, awesome game. =D

2. *Take two steps* RING RING RING *Forced pop up* *Close pop up* *Take two more steps* RING RING RING *Another forced pop up* =P

3. I have to agree. But at least the phone was better than the last two times it was in a Pokemon game. (See above)

4. a) Yes, for sure.
b) Again, for sure, that was awesome.
c) YES. Needs to happen; I missed it in Platinum, and really, they could've added two more stadiums to fight in. =/
d) Yeah, I agree there.
e) All but confirmed; since the Factory's in everything. =P
f) I dunno, I wouldn't be opposed, but it seems like it'd fit better in the RSE remakes... Isshu has the Music Hall, which while it isn't as good as contests and serves more as an easier way to get another card upgrade; seems to be something Nintendo likely won't get rid of. =/
g) I'm honestly scratching my head as to why it was only in HGSS. =P However, if they bring it back, I hope they add Wi-Fi compatibility, but given that they don't seem to like Wi-Fi stuff(That's not add ons like the Vs Recorder stuff) that doesn't focus on battling, I doubt it unfortunately... =/
5. Pokemon Rainbow. =P Pokemon Chrome would be interesting, though, if they went that route while keeping to they 'grey' theme.
6. Yeah, he does. But his Hydreigon still wiped the floor with me(And my levels were fairly even too. =/); so I'm not sure if inviting a laser bug bot to the party would be fun. =P However, if N actually helped you this time...(Aside from simply tossing six full restores/max revives your way =P) Then things would be different. =P

7. Given that Regigigas hadn't been created yet... =P As for the Ruins' writing, I have no clue what it says... Haven't gone through it all the way yet.
7b. I agree; though now that I have a second DS, that'll be easier to get to. =P Good point about the Snowpoint temple though. Turnback Cave isn't as big a mystery, since they expanded on that with Platinum, as it's more or less a connecting place to the Distortion World. As for why it's like that; who knows... =/

[The Host]

2: It wasn't *that* bad. Maybe I just don't remember it as well though.

4f: well, musical in grey, contests in RSE remake. or both?
4g: probably because GS didn't have anything originally, and HGSS just loved to make use of the touch screen.

5: pokemon rainbow would be funny, and chrome would be cool, although Google might not like it...

6: I don't think I had a problem with N or Ghetsis. I believe my Simipour was lv 57 though, and knew Crunch, Work Up, Acrobatics and Surf, and my Gurdurr was pretty strong, so Hydreigon wasn't too bad.

7: I thought Regigas created the three other regis? And unless you're in for a pretty much impossible challenge, just look up the words to the ruins, because they aren't really any language.

[Magical Girl Mimi]

2. No, but HGSS' was still better. =P

4f. Likely Musical in grey, and Contests in the Remakes...

4g. Which was why HGSS was so awesome. =P

5. xD Well, Google doesn't rule the world, so I'm sure they could do it. besides, Chrome is a colour(Or files in a browser), so Google wouldn't have a leg to stand on, even if they tried. =P

6. It was the Hydreigon's defenses and the fact that you more or less needed a OHKO Ice Beam. =P I didn't have that bad a problem myself, but he made me use a ton of my healing items. =P

7. He might have, but outside the game universe, he wasn't created until Gen 4. =P And yeah, I'm likely just gonna look up the stuff. =P

[The Host]

2: I'm biased to Hoenn games

4f: probably

4g: I didn't like how much HGSS used the touchscreen, personally

5: probably.

6: OHKO ice beam, or a fighting attack

7:But in a remake he is already made and can be explained. And yes, I would advise looking it up, although that would be just to get to the top of the ruins andnot really to understand it. Its Nintendo's way to make fans specualte on mysteries of the pokemon world.

[Magical Girl Mimi]

Would you like to see anything new added to the RSE remakes? I figure since we know nothing about them, and that remakes tend to add brand new mechanics, that it'd be fun to speculate a little. =P

[The Host]

New as in completely new to the series? Pretty much, everything BW has (seasons, graphics (except the pixelated graphics of the battle)). Plus, ummm, an updated story including Gigas.
New starter options (ha ha)
New evolutions for some RSE pokemon (Mawile, Sableye, Zangoose, Seviper, Lunatone, Solrock, Plusle, Minum)
The island that you get Ho-oh/Lugia on become available (doubtful)
Character customization
The space station taking you to space and being able to catch deoxys/jirachi (which ever one was fabled to being able to be caught this way)
Castform storyline/possible evos/sandstorm form (this must happen.) Also, stat changes when it switches form, or rotom-like form change when it holds one of the weather rocks.
Groudon getting a decent ground attack and not fire and grass attacks that use his pitiful SpAtk stat
Updated Secret Bases (or even the exact same thing that was in RSE because that was cool)

[Magical Girl Mimi]

New evolutions for some RSE pokemon (Mawile, Sableye, Zangoose, Seviper, Lunatone, Solrock, Plusle, Minum)

To be honest, that'd only happen if it was in Gen 6 it got remade. =/ But I'd like to see that... As long as they don't mess with Zangoose's awesomeness.

The island that you get Ho-oh/Lugia on become available (doubtful)

That'd be cool, even if it only needed the ticket and said ticket was given over Wi-Fi. =D

Castform storyline/possible evos/sandstorm form (this must happen.) Also, stat changes when it switches form, or rotom-like form change when it holds one of the weather rocks.

Again, unless they hold out the remakes for Gen 6, and evos are unlikely, but form changes are very possible, and would be cool.

Groudon getting a decent ground attack and not fire and grass attacks that use his pitiful SpAtk stat

YES.

And yeah, new as in completely new.

[The Host]

1: Agreed.

2: I still need to work out Wi-Fi for myself, but that would be better than an event that you had to go to. Although with HGSS around I have access to Ho-oh and Lugia, so I'm fine for now (unless they get dream world abilities from the island)

3: An evo isn't even necessary, thinking about it now, but just a stat change for its forms to power up its average base 70 stats. Plat had form changes for Rotom that DP didn't have and you could still battle, so I think this is reasonable.


Also: a dragon evolution for Eevee, but this once again will only happen if RSE remakes happen during gen 6.

[Magical Girl Mimi]

2. Well, actually, they've kinda stopped those kind of events, aside from getting it without wi-fi, or getting it earlier(Like the big event for Black and White that let you get the games two days early gave the Liberty Ticket at the same time). But yeah, same here, but it would be cool if they brought the island back, and allowed the peak and cavern to be accessed.

3. Yeah. The problem is, you likely wouldn't be able to battle online with them, but there wasn't any problem with that for Rotom; and he got new types out of it to boot. =P

4. Exactly. I'd bet it'd happen sometime next gen, unless they focus on Unova or a neighbouring region again.

[Plotkin]

I want them to re release some of the event exclusive pokemon. I needz them

[Magical Girl Mimi]

Same here, my Pokedex needs them!

... And the rest of the Pokemon I need to catch/evolve. >>;

[The Host]

With HG, DPPt and White I have access to almost all pokemon, except for Tornadus/Landorus, Reshiram, Goth line and the fire and grass starters  and event pokemon. I need to get wi-fi and they need to release Keldeo over wi-fi, because that's the only one from this gen that looks cool. Genesect is alright- basically a faster Scizor with Special Atk.

And yes, catching and evolving pokemon is tedious (especially if its pokemon you dislike (all those normal type birds and rodents)) and all you get is a diploma thing in return (and the knowledge that you've done it).

[Plotkin]

Well, my pokedex is at 641 seen and obtained . I can't do anything else to add to it

[Magical Girl Mimi]

Why do you have 5 Pokemon missing from the 646 Pokemon you could attain without Black and White's Event Legends? 0_o

There's 649 Pokemon in total(With Keldeo, Meloetta, and Genesect), but you can only obtain 646 right now because of the three I just mentioned. =P

[The Host]

Well, my pokedex is at 641 seen and obtained . I can't do anything else to add to it

Woah! I'm pretty sure my pokedex is still under 600 seen... What are you missing?

Also, Emerging Powers expansions came out yesterday. Each pack comes with codes for online booster packs... haven't tried it out yet, but seems slightly promising (with my luck I'll probably get a ton of rares online and nothing from the real cards...)

[Plotkin]

Yes. Yes Ik. Mew, Jirachi, Deoxys, Darkrai, Shaymin. Missing those too

[Magical Girl Mimi]

You going for living dex, or would a trade/tradeback suffice? =P </has all those, though I don't know if they're all on Black yet>