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These are GameFreak's chosen children.
And no one gives a fuck about stupid box mascots.
Discuss.
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false
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>>33367533
This is just the Pokkén roster dude.
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>Pokken
Anon...
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Why the hell does Pokemon still have all this text during battles? It's completely unnecessary by this point and does nothing but kill the pacing of battles.
Like the whole origin of having text in battles to describe what's happening was back when graphics were simple enough that it would hard to visually show everything that's going on and make it clear to the player. It was especially used games with a first-person type view during battles, which was the norm until the SNES era. It made sense when the original Red/Green used it because the graphics were short and simple enough that text description help you know what's going on.
But there's a reason why if you look at almost any other game that uses this style you'll find that most attack animation are short and snappy, and the text usually appears on the instantly, with no need to wait for the text box to appear or for the text to scroll across the screen. This keeps the battles going at at a decent pace, without having to constantly stop to let the text scroll, and lets you mash through things if you're fighting some trash mob that you know you don't really need to pay attention too. Meanwhile, most JRPG's started in the 90's to follow what Final Fantasy and some others started, where they get rid of the text description entirely and convey everything through things like move animations, damage numbers and words like "miss" popping up on the screen, and what moves are being used being shown by a box on top of the screen while the animation plays. This also keeps things fairly quick and snappy, while letting you have some more complicated animations and camera work. Even many of the text using games take stuff from this, like damage numbers, and at least SMT also has things like "WEAK" or "IMMUNE" or whatever pop up to quickly show elemental properties.
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So why, in 2017 on the 3DS, is Pokemon still not only using text to describe everything that happens, but does it super inefficiently. We now have Pokemon hitting each other with sometime pretty lengthy move animations, and things like weather and field effects being shown onscreen, or even ability activation being shown by a quick pop-in, and yet they still insist on having text boxed constantly pop on and off the screen to describe what moves is being used by what Pokemon, if it hit or missed, if it inflicted a status effect, if the target was weak, resistant, or immune, if a status effect is still affecting a Pokemon this turn, if a status effect wore off, if an ability activated and what it did, what Pokemon was sent out, if weather or a field effect started, if weather or a field effect stopped, if a Pokemon used an item, if a Pokemon fainted, if your Pokemon looked at you at the start of the fight, if your Pokemon stop to scratch its fucking nose. All of this stops the fight for 1 or 2 seconds to have a box pop up and slowly scroll text across the screen to describe what you just clearly saw with no way to mash past it quickly. The only improvement Gamefreak even made on this is getting rid of messages describing weather still happening every round, and that took them like a decade to do.
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>>33367356
If they want to keep text boxes, then they need to make the text appear much quicker, and shorten all their animations, since the whole point of the text is to describe shit so you don't need animations. But that's fucking stupid after already making these dynamic 3D battles with long animations. So why the fuck is Gamefreak not taking advantage of their improved graphics to get rid of this shit and just convey everything in a quick, non-intrusive way like other JRPGs. And how has no one else noticed just how much fucking worse Pokemon's battle system is at conveying information quickly than literally almost any other RPG, and how this kills the pacing of fights so much and turns things into a slog, especially now in Sun/Moon, and especially if have high affection with your Pokemon and you're stopped for 5 seconds at the start of every wild encounter to have your Pokemon nod at you and then have a fucking text box appear and describe the head turning animation is just did that you already fucking saw this very fucking instant, like what the fuck is Gamefreak even thinking this helps?
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>>33367360
Nice blog post, where do I subscribe?
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>Venusaur
>Typhlosion
>Swampert
>Infernape
>Box
>Greninja
>Eviolite Brionne
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>Blastoise
>Feraligatr
>Blaziken
>Empoleon
>Emboar
>Greninja
>idk lol
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>lizard
>rat
>lizard
>monkey
>snek
>frog
>cade
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>>33367135
Everything except the starters >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> big pile of horseshit >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>Gen1-7 starters.
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Pokemon reaction image thread 2017-08-23 10:28:44 Post No.33366975
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Pokemon reaction image thread
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because why not, i'll start
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>Ice should resist flying
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Favorite legendary Pokemon? Mine is pic related
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>Loving anything related to Kalos
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But man Xerneas is beautiful
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What exactly made BW2 so good? 2017-08-23 09:14:57 Post No.33366786
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What exactly made BW2 so good?
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Whenever I try to play it, I always lose interest around halfways through.
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>lose interest
For the story or what? Because every gen has a shit story.
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P O S T G A M E
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>>33366786
The post-game content. Whether you like post-game content in Pokemon or not, it's what brings players to play the game again and again. Between Medals, PWT, Black Tower/White Forest and among other things, it's a game that's practically full of things to do. It doesn't get interesting until after the end of it.
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>2016 + 1
>still no Dragon Pokémon
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>>33366752
Lol dude there have been dragons since gen 1
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>>33366754
Those aren't real dragons, they just have a "dragon aura", at least that's what /vp/ says, just make a thread asking why are Zygarde 10%, Kingdra, Tyrantrum or Goomy dragon types.
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I think he's talking about komodo dragons
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If you use any of these pokemon you're a faggot.
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>>33366652
But why?
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>>33366652
You forgot to crop the picture to s and a+
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>>33366660
Nope. Kill yourself smogonfag.
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Japanese twitter posted this. Why this card in particular? something is coming soon
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It's a new card
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>>33366583
Regis in usum? I'd be down with that, legendary hunting in sm was pretty mediocre
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I've been looking for this in higher quality. Thanks.
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what the fuck it this thing? are they even trying to be creative anymore?
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what the fuck it this thing? are they even trying to be creative anymore?
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what the fuck it this thing? are they even trying to be creative anymore?
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what the fuck it this thing? are they even trying to be creative anymore?
I beat demo 2.0 a few days ago (heard about it a bit late). Had a lot of fun, really good/well made for fan game standards. How did you guys like the demo?
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>>33366330
Wait, they actually released the demo? I had assumed the project was dead.
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>>33366330
Amazingly done for a fanmade game!
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>>33366375
Yeah, up to three gyms now with a few story events and rival battles. Good shit
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Gen 7 had some awesome designs. The whole style of Sun and Moon was extremely pleasing. Granted I hated it all at first it grew on me quick. Its the first modern feeling/looking game the franchise has had in forever.
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ok
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Three are good
the rest of those are shit
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>>33366006
Well Alolan Raticate isn't the best example OP.
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Showderp: Quality Writing Edition 2017-08-23 04:49:16 Post No.33365839
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Showderp: Quality Writing Edition
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Today we're Showderp.
Today we're watching champ play with anons 6 Pokemon of choice.
Today we'll cheer champ on.
Someday he'll call "new team" or "new champ".
Someday 6 fast anons will get their Pokemon in if new team.
Someday if new champ is called, the fastest trip to understandably claim it, gets champ.
Someday, Today maybe...you will lurk.
>Quality Memes:
dogars.ml
>Quality Pictures:
http://showderp.booru.org/
>Current Champ:
!!cw/LiD08yQLBUT EVERYDAY WE'LL HAVE FUN
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first
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SECOND FOR LUCK NEVER
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Mecha pokemon thread.
Post all your mechanized pokemon here.
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Post pictures representative of a gen. I'll start
>6th gen
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2017-08-23 02:56:51
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>gen V
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Gen 1
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>>33365300
thread ruined