I don't think there's been a better batch of well designed Pokemon since Gen 1.
> One of (if not the) best set of starters. Chespin, Fennekin and Froakie are all adorable.
> Greninja is rightfully one of the most popular starters ever, and Chesnaught/Delphox have their fans.
> Best looking Route 1 bird in Fletchling/Talonflame. Was also really cool to get a non-starter Fire type early. Shame Sun+Moon regressed back to Normal/Flying.
> Best Butterfly in the series. I started with Gen 1 and Butterfree still can't touch this. Plus it has an awesome gimmick.
> Best fossils in the series hands down.
> A GHOST/STEEL SWORD. Best inanimate object Pokemon in the series.
> Klefki is great you fuckers. It's a little fairy that steals keys.
> This is probably going to be the most divisive point, but Noivern is the best Dragon in the series. Fuck your Salamence. Fuck your Flygon. Give me the doof doof Dragon.
> Best designed legendaries since Gen 3 at the very least, ending the reign of shitty Dragon Gods.
Then we have Hawlucha who pretty much everyone agrees is awesome. We finally got a Grass/Ghost haunted tree and it lived up to the hype. Pangoro, Malamar, Heliolisk are awesome. Barbaracle is an ugly piece of shit badass in the best possible way.
The Mega Evolutions are a lot more hit and miss, but there are plenty of really great ones. Mega Slowbro takes that design to its logical conclusion, with the Shellder now covering his entire body. Mega Sableye rips the gem from his chest to use as a shield and then eats it when he's done. Mega Ampharos shows us what it's like to go...even further...beyond. I could go on. They aren't all bad.
>>33140581
Gen6 mons are one of the strongest reasons why XY is utterly shit
>>33140581
The last three gens have all been very strong in terms of mon design
>>33140581
>Shame Sun+Moon regressed back to Normal/Flying.
This, toucannon should have been Steel/Flying
What's he doing nowadays, /vp/?
>>33140522
Fugging Manon
>>33140522
Fucking Serena, and getting constant praise for beating Ash.
>>33140522
Fugging Manon and Serena at the same time.
member when the anime had special episodes to promote the new games
I wonder if they didn't bring May back because her VA was sick or if there never were plans to.
>>33140490
No. Those specials were as forgettable as the first female protag in the games.
>>33140490
they still kinda do.
They did some special short animations for ORAS where they had both MCs and the starters megas and had a special mini series with alain as the main character where he would battle against ORAS exclusive megas
Since we've had a prevo thread.
Post mons you like more than their evolution.
Alternatively, post one that you hate to level up just to get to that evo.
Pic related, rhydon looks doofy as all hell to me.
>>33140470
Why does it get Johnny Bravo hair when it evolves?
>>33140470
Gunk>Croak
>>33140470
Stufful is adorable, but Bewear is kinda dumb.
Ridiculous shit you believe that nobody else does
>Hilda has an exaggerated New Jersey accent
>spamming theAbutton helps to catch pokemon
I always press and hold the B button when the Poké Ball closes and tilt the analog stick in whatever direction it shakes.
Hilda is best girl.
Premier balls are better than pokeballs
The game protags are older than 10-12
In your opinion, do you think GF/TPC are intentionally trying to keep people away from USUM. If so, why?
Idk but next 2 weeks I'm we're getting info with rockruff
They are evaluating marketing strategies. Too much vs Anxeity
I think that these games, being third versions, just don't have enough new content to sustain a long-term hype train. Gamefreak knows this, so they're procrastinating as long as possible on giving us information. That way, it seems like a lot more because it's condensed within a few months.
What do your folders look like, Anon? Do you even sort your shit? I've only gotten into it recently and it was somewhat fun at first but now its extremely stressful. I feel like I spend more time saving, sorting, and/ or converting images than I do actually enjoying the art itself.
>>33140363
And yes, she has her own, special folder
>>33140415
Kill yourself. I don't mean that in the meaningless way people say it on this site all the time. You should fill your bathtub with water, plug your toaster in in your bathroom and take a bath with it. You've surpassed the famous shitposters in this board's history as the worst of them all. Your obsession is as bad as /mlp/. I can't begin to imagine how disappointed your parents must be in you. Actually, I take that back. They're probably as disappointed in you as I am in myself for giving you the attention you so desperately crave. Seek help, at the end of a loaded gun.
>>33140580
I'm sorry that you feel that way. I'm pretty sure that there are people here with more folders and pics saved than me. All I'm doing is collecting media that I enjoy. Is that really such a bad thing?
>even when doing something as simple as eating the pokemon must do meme faces
pokemon is dead
>>33140353
It's clearly reacting to the bitterness of the herbs, shitposter
Any anime reaction is a meme face now?
>>33140357
It's clearly reacting to liking something, shitposter
Why do you soft reset for shinies, Anon?
Do you think that it doesn't completely delegitimize and defeat the entire purpose of finding a shiny in the first place?
And why do you get so excited when one finally appears after your 5457th reset?
Do you not understand the concept of statistical inevitability, and how that completely devalues the experience of catching shiny, because you're essentially removing the possibility of failure from the equation?
Wouldn't it be a lot more fun and fulfilling to keep things spontaneous, as they were intended to be?
SRing is too grating for me. I just breed for them.
SRing for ubers is also worthless since you can't use them anywhere but unranked battlespot
>>33140341
And why do you care about how people waste their time? Ask that yourself instead.
This woman needs to get laid.
>>33140221
>tfw olivia wins the satoshi.
>>33140313
Only through coercion
>>33140340
you mean through her or him?
Where the hell amI supposed to download a ROM of Crystal? I need one so I can patch Prism onto it, but all the legit links seem to have been taken down due to nintendo ruining christmas. I know its out there somewhere because other people have been using it to update to version 0.94 of Prism. So where's the beef?
>>33140217
Just hack your 3DS and get the CIA version of Prism.
just download the prism rom
literally google pokémon prism rom
>>33140228
God damn I'm retarded. Thanks
>the trials were fantastic, such an improvement over gyms, I loved the variety
>first trial is just running around in circles fighting yungoose
>second trial is just being hand held to three scripted wishiwashi fights
>third trial is some shitty "memory minigame" which is impossible to lose
>fourth trial is running around an empty forest with scripted fights
>fifth trial is literally just a black screen with a few noises
>sixth trial is extremely slow/boring photography
>seventh trial is walking down a straight cave with three scripted fights
I can't believe people not only give this shit a pass, but praise it. I think we can all agree that this has by far the most room for improvement in USUM
>>33140129
No one likes the trial puzzles. The totems on the other hand were a nice change of pace from gym leaders
The trials themselves are easy but I found the totem fights a lot more interesting and challenging than 90% of gyms in previous games.
Seeing combos like Wishiwashi + Alomomola and Castform + Lurantis was neat.
They shat the bed with the electric and dragon totem fights though, those were pitiful
>>33140129
The battles were the cool part. Having actually gimmiks like Castform+Lurantis
I really wish the pre battle trials were actual trials
so /vp/ i've been trying to come up with a formula to calculate best ev spreads for bulky attackers. i came up with
(18900/(2*defbase+36 +y) + 2)/(2*hpbase +141 + x)
for natural nature and
(18900/((2*defbase+36 +y)*1.1) + 2)/(2*hpbase +141 + x)
for boosting nature.
x is hp evs, y is def evs and also y=256-x
problem is, i found that the minimum of both those functions are the same regardless of nature. what did i miss?
>>33140121
I know it seems you put a lot of effort into this, but this is really stupid. EV spreads are very much dependent on the Pokemon you're accounting for. As such, there is no catch-all optimal EV spread.
>>33140252
thats why i included 'defbase' and 'hpbase'. those change by the pokemon.
for example, solrock formula would look, after taking the individual stats into account, like this
(18900/(196 +y) + 2)/(261 + x)
or, after substituing y for 256-x
(18900/(452-x) + 2)/(261 + x)
i find the minimum location for this formula via some online plotter and than i see that
x=104
y= 152
but those resuts stay the same even for
(18900/((452-x)*1.1) + 2)/(261 + x)
which is why i made this thread.
>>33140312
What I had in mind to begin with was Speed, which I don't see you accounting for.
For example,
Mawile-Mega (F) @ Mawilite
Ability: Intimidate
EVs: 32 HP / 252 Atk / 224 Spe
Jolly Nature
- Play Rough
- Thunder Punch
- Fire Fang
- Sucker Punch
is my Mega Mawile spread, for outrunning all defensive Rotom-W I'd expect to run into. Bulk isn't always the focus. Azumarill abides by this idea of picking a speed tier first and foremost before deciding bulk as well. As do many others.
You wake up tomorrow morning and find out you are Ash, and it's the day of your battle with Alain in the Kalos League Final. You know Ash has lost this battle and you cannot change his team before the match begins because reasons such as the cutoff deadline is over and you risk disqualification if you do.
What do you do differently to ensure you actually win against Alain?
>>33140101
Cringe Thread?
>https://youtu.be/RMrTcirMYqE
>>33140101
Maybe not send my Dragon Type against the Ice type
>>33140101
Not pull a random unexplained attack out of my ass and just counter blast burn with shuriken like before.
Alternatively JUMP
What's Pokemon audience turnover rate?
By that I mean, what's the usual amount of time before old fans (not all, but a good portion) start outgrowing the series and get replaced by new ones?
I think diamond and pearl was a huge turn over with kids
X and y was next
Switch games will be next.
Kids right now playing mobile games and minecraft
Pokemon go will have to help with turn around
>>33140044
every two gens in general, I'd say.
for each gen that is the first for a kid/first timer, they tend to get excited for the next and then drop off unless they actually get addicted.
source: gamestop clerk for 6 years when I was in college.
>>33140208
Yup. I say
Gen 1
Gen 4
Gen 6