Why are pokemon moves called moves? Why don't simply call

>>31981393
>Uber-alien fearing it's inferior bug version

this image always triggers me

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>stands

>>31981393
>>31981397
Reminder she has 1 (one) more speed because GF minmaxed her to outspeed neutral deoxys

also a reminder that deoxy is much better regardless

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>>31981393
>stands

>>31981393
Because all pokémon attacks are moves but not all moves are attacks.

>>31981435
how can moves like endure be moves?

>>31981478
Not all moves require physical movement in order to have an effect, retard. Just like psychic attacks.

>>31981393
>stands
Could this perhaps be a homage to the popular anime and manga series Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, ジョジョの奇妙な冒険, (JoJo no Kimyō na Bōken), written by Hirohiko Araki?

>>31981478
you never tensed up and braced yourself?

>>31981489
that's my point though

>>31981415
>4 Atk Life Orb Deoxys-Attack Extreme Speed vs. 0 HP / 0 Def Pheromosa: 269-317 (95 - 112%) -- 68.8% chance to OHKO
give the turkish model sucker punch or extreme speed and it would be as good as deoxys, too bad it'll never learn them

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>>31981393
The Official Pokemon Handbook refers to them as "techniques".

>>31981393
In Poland we call them attacks.

>>31981620
>>31981393
In France the term used ingame is "capacities", but everyone just calls them attacks since that's what the anime used back in Gen 1.

>>31981602
It's technique in Japanese too.

>>31981393
Why is the Hadouken considered a Technique and not an attack? Why is the Shoryuken considered a Technique and not an attack?

The same happens to Pokémon, they are called moves because the main idea was to combinate a Fighting game with an RPG.

>>31981393

People name it that.

>>31981620
in russia too

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>>31981393

The series has largely done away with the idea of attacks literally just being normal punches/kickes/slashes/etc.

Everything now uses the anime's interpretation, where every attack is powered by some kind of magic/energy.

Which helps to explain why certain types are weak to others beyond game balance.

I.E. There's a difference between just scratching the opponent, and using the move Scratch.

>spells

sometimes i'll inadvertently say cast, like 'arbok cast toxic'
usually for status moves

>>31984886
Why are you narrating your battles?

at the end of the day they're all わざ

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>>31981573
Buy eclipse, goy

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>>31984886
>Commanding pokemon out loud or reading what's on the screen out loud

the power of autism is strong here

>>31984998
just keeping track of it, sometimes i'll play while doing other things so i'm not always paying attention to the screen
so when i look back i need to figure out what happened, so in that example i'd be like 'oh ok, arbok cast toxic'

wish the games kept a log of what's happened, showdown has spoiled me