I trust bulbapedia more, but someone could also do the experiment.
Pokémon ORAS and Spinoffs: We Go!
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Detective Pikachu movie will be written by Guardians of the Galaxy and Gravity Falls writers
That makes me kinda hopeful actually
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Alex Hirsch?
Say no more
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We only need Danny now.
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Either Danny DeVito or Robert Downey Jr. (or mystery third actor) has to be Pikachu. I want to believe.
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I would be perfectly fine with Alex Hirsch doing Pikachu's voice
as well as the voices of over half the cast
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Allright, I saw a video about a prankster Meostic using asist in a battle where the only move that Assist could mimic was Darkai's sleeping move, but with priority. The bad thing is that most moves that can't be copied aren't very good.
The ones that fail acording to bulbapedia:
Counters: Counter, Mirror Coat, Snatch
Using another move: Assist, Copycat, Me First, Metronome, Mirror Move, Sleep Talk
Changing your movesets: Mimic, Sketch, Transform
The two turn moves that hide the user the first turn: Bounce, Dig, Dive, Fly, Phantom Force, Shadow Force, Sky Drop
Moves that Replace the opponent: Circle Throw, Dragon Tail, Roar, Whirlwind
Some of the shielding moves: Detect, Endure, King's Shield, Mat Block, Protect, Spiky Shield
The always exceptions: Chatter, Struggle
Item Manipulation: Belch, Covet, Switcheroo, Thief, Trick
The ones that I can't clasify: Destiny Bond, Feint, Focus Punch, Follow Me, Helping HandSerebii holds another list, that I don't belive because in the video I saw the mons had the two turn moves and others.
Possible: Transform, Belch, The two turn moves, Whirlwind, Roar, King's Shield, Mat Block, Nature Power
Not Possible: Quick Guard, Wide GuardA third site, veekun, offers the list with the differences: Again, I saw the move be used consistently with a Sky drop in the party, so I'm not sure.
Possible: Transform, Bounce, Belch, Sky Drop, King's Shield, Mat Block, Nature Power
Not Possible: Quick Guard, Wide GuardThe thing that these moves (Besides Destiny bond) have in common is weird placements in the priority table, but exceptions arise:
Magic Coat, Fake Out, Crafty Shield, Extreme Speed and Rage Powder, moves in the same tiers that most of the un-assistable are, can (aparently) be copied. And trick room, the absolute last move in priority, that could posibly do very weird stuff if performed before anyone else, is assist-able? I think that I should do some quick research on this matter.The anoying thing is Destiny Bond, I can't see why this move would get special treatment, and not the other of it's ilk, or even the moves that are outright suicidal like memento or explosion.
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So from Serebii, I learned that there's event Meowth being distributed right now for Europe and Australia.
Me being in NZ, I was able to obtain one, looks like it knows Happy Hour, anyone interested should go get it while it lasts :)(As usual with these free wifi event pokemon, I'm farming them in all languages available. If someone can't get it, just tell me and I'll get it for you. Not really concerned about nature and IV for this event so no specifics please xD)
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Farming events, eh? I've been doing that with all the mythical Pokémon that have been coming out these years… I have three Gen 6 game cartridges. So I've been downloading all the legends on each of them. Which of course makes the code-distributions like the current Arceus-event a bit frustrating... But it's no big deal because I just went to two different stores and asked for one, and one of them accidentally gave me two! So I got three Arceuses as well, yay! :D
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So from Serebii, I learned that there's event Meowth being distributed right now for Europe and Australia.
Me being in NZ, I was able to obtain one, looks like it knows Happy Hour, anyone interested should go get it while it lasts :)(As usual with these free wifi event pokemon, I'm farming them in all languages available. If someone can't get it, just tell me and I'll get it for you. Not really concerned about nature and IV for this event so no specifics please xD)
I'd love one of these Meowths if you don't mind! Is there anything you need?
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(As usual with these free wifi event pokemon, I'm farming them in all languages available. If someone can't get it, just tell me and I'll get it for you. Not really concerned about nature and IV for this event so no specifics please xD)
I would like one. Happy hour always seemed like a fun move to have. And I like Meowth anyway…
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I really want one too….and I can clone it if you wish
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If you happen to have a spear code for Pokemon you would make me happy.
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Trying to get 3 certain shinies
Magikarp - chain fishing at 8th gym city
Squirtle - shiny egg (cause I got a Jap Squirtle that came with Aura Sphere & Dragon Pulse in Wondertrade and it's a Blastoise so raising its level above the last move it learns by level)
Charmander - shiny egg
Also doing the Masuda Method as well, any way to speed the hatching?
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@DIO:
Also doing the Masuda Method as well, any way to speed the hatching?
Have a pokemon with flame body in your party, like magcargo. Also, if in X and Y you should use the Hatching O-Power as much as you can.
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The ideals are talonflame and volcarona so you have someone that also can fly.
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So I will be pumping out Squirtles soon
If the hatched Squirtles knows Aura Sphere & Dragon Pulse
Does anyone want one?
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Mostly looking forward to the Hoenn and Sinnoh bits.
The Red pandering never ends.
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Looks awesome, Johto having most of my favorite Pokemon I'm mostly looking forward to that, I want to see my favorite legendary do something(Ho-Oh).
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Giratina on Spear Pillar please. Oh, and the Distortion World I guess but I feel like a properly executed animated version of the Spear Pillar scene in Platinum would be amazing.
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It truly makes me sad these will be only 3~5 minute long things. Oh well. It will be amazing if Origins was anything to go by.
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It truly makes me sad these will be only 3~5 minute long things. Oh well. It will be amazing if Origins was anything to go by.
This one are apparently requested by Gamefreak/Pokemon Company, and will probably be like those BW2 specials from looks of it, it had some cool animation, Origins was cool, but the art was pretty crappy imo.
For reference
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This is awesome on so many levels.
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That dumb petition has been around for a while, salty kids being salty, also Japan don't give an eff for what westerns want, don't like it don't watch it as far as they are concerned.
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aww for crime out lo…
let it go people!!!!!!
let.
it.
go!!!!!!!!
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"Mr. Director, some fans have created an online unofficial petition to contest Satoshi's loss!"
"trash can is over there"Lol these petitions get created over such trivial issues. Remember the ones for cancelling Federation Force and protesting Shonen Jump for "cancelling" Bleach?
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"Oh, a bunch of people outside our target audience didn't like how the story progressed in our animated toy commercial? STOP EVERYTHING, WE MUST RETCON THE ENTIRE PLANNED END OF THE SERIES!!!!"
Honestly, with the team Ash went in with, it comes as more of a shock to me that he even REACHED the finals. Him losing though? I never expected anything else to happen. -
He taught his Greninja CUT for fucking sake.
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@Vegard:
"Oh, a bunch of people outside our target audience didn't like how the story progressed in our animated toy commercial? STOP EVERYTHING, WE MUST RETCON THE ENTIRE PLANNED END OF THE SERIES!!!!"
Honestly, with the team Ash went in with, it comes as more of a shock to me that he even REACHED the finals. Him losing though? I never expected anything else to happen.You are shocked that he reached the finals with his strongest team yet? first time he has a fully evolved team, he called them his best team before the league.
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Honestly, I expected Ash to lose. It is written in stone that Ash Ketchum/Satoshi shall NEVER win a Pokemon League for as long as time stands. Sure, he won the Orange League and the Battle Frontier, but those might as well be boy scout badges for all they're worth. That's why my interest is piqued in the Sun and Moon anime since there is no league, what will Ash/Satoshi compete in?
And Bleach, I'm surprised it wasn't cancelled considering how much of a trainwreck that series was, but I'm just glad Kubo's suffering is over.
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You are shocked that he reached the finals with his strongest team yet? first time he has a fully evolved team, he called them his best team before the league.
He may have called them his strongest team, yes… But balance-wise they're completely awful. I mean, let's take a look here...
-Greninja: Fragile speedster (with a really lousy movepool BTW. Why in the name of Arceus would you use Cut in the Pokémon League?!)
-Talonflame: Fragile speedster
-Hawlucha: Fragile speedster
-Pikachu: Technically kind of rubbish in the games but then Ash's Pikachu is like level 5000 anyway so whatever
-Noivern: …I actually haven't used one of these so I can't say exactly what sort of niche it fills
-Goodra: Special tank.So that's over half his team consisting of quick Pokémon who can't take a hit worth a damn, and half of them are Flying types. Sure, they're all cool Pokémon in their own right... but on the same team? Now you've just got a crippling overspecialization.
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@Vegard:
He may have called them his strongest team, yes… But balance-wise they're completely awful. I mean, let's take a look here...
-Greninja: Fragile speedster (with a really lousy movepool BTW. Why in the name of Arceus would you use Cut in the Pokémon League?!)
-Talonflame: Fragile speedster
-Hawlucha: Fragile speedster
-Pikachu: Technically kind of rubbish in the games but then Ash's Pikachu is like level 5000 anyway so whatever
-Noivern: …I actually haven't used one of these so I can't say exactly what sort of niche it fills
-Goodra: Special tank.So that's over half his team consisting of quick Pokémon who can't take a hit worth a damn, and half of them are Flying types. Sure, they're all cool Pokémon in their own right… but on the same team? Now you've just got a crippling overspecialization.
Fragile speedster :ninja:
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I agree, might have been a strong team but not well balanced. Especially when the has the likes of Charizard, Snorlax, Heracross and more back at Oak's to call on at anytime. It really is a shame, considering Best Wishes had him constantly shifting his team around and he couldn't even do it for the Pokemon League. Always just stands out to me when Ash only uses his regional team in the league, like when he did it in Hoenn.
But as others have said, getting butthurt over a big game/toy commercial that has much more inconsistencies and oddities is ridiculous, since Ash being a loser and having a broken Pikachu that resets seems to be the only consistent thing in this anime.
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It's the narrative that pissed me off more than the leagues outcome itself. There was no need for all that build up if you refuse to go anywhere with Ash as a character.
And with Serena leaving and
! Greninja being released, I see the shitstorm brewing even harder.
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Did they ever explain what was up with the Ash-Greninja form?
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Did they ever explain what was up with the Ash-Greninja form?
It will probably stay as anime BS.
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Types only occasionally matter in the show, but if Ash's Kalos teams was in the game it could probably be swept by a competitive-level Greninja with the right move set. Garchomp could come damn close too.
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A lot of things could have completely walled him too. Just with a properly set-up Spritzee I could take care of 4 of his team (greninja, goodra, noivern, hawlucha)
In a realistic battle, Diantha should have completely destroyed him. You know, if Gardevoir had been actually taking advantage of fairy typing over greninja instead of just standing still while chucking shadow balls.
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@Vegard:
He may have called them his strongest team, yes… But balance-wise they're completely awful. I mean, let's take a look here...
-Greninja: Fragile speedster (with a really lousy movepool BTW. Why in the name of Arceus would you use Cut in the Pokémon League?!)
-Talonflame: Fragile speedster
-Hawlucha: Fragile speedster
-Pikachu: Technically kind of rubbish in the games but then Ash's Pikachu is like level 5000 anyway so whatever
-Noivern: …I actually haven't used one of these so I can't say exactly what sort of niche it fills
-Goodra: Special tank.So that's over half his team consisting of quick Pokémon who can't take a hit worth a damn, and half of them are Flying types. Sure, they're all cool Pokémon in their own right... but on the same team? Now you've just got a crippling overspecialization.
If you are going by Smogon logic, the team is once again the best he ever had.
Talonflame, Greninja, and Hawlucha have tanked a lot of hits, so I don't see what was fragile about them, and the few battles Noivern had he fought a Zapdos, and survived being hit by it without being KO'ed, the pokemon are more or less fragile as the writer want, sometimes they make a pokemon tank 10 hits, and in another fight where it's supposed to lose it gets KO'ed in 3, as for Goodra it's just a tank, all it did in its battles was endure hits while building up bide(yeah it had bide in the league).
Again don't apply game logic, it doesn't make sense anime wise, but if you do tiers wise this is his best team.
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He taught his Greninja CUT for fucking sake.
Not like in the anime moves have strength values, or that they're limited to just four moves. Might as well teach them everything they can learn.
@Vegard:
He may have called them his strongest team, yes… But balance-wise they're completely awful.
And again. Anime rules. They claim types are important but for the most part they aren't. While on occassion they'll do a "ground is immune to electric" or "water is weak to electric" (cause Pikachu) they almost never ever care about super effective typings and its a pure strength and morale issue.
@Mr.:
And with Serena leaving and
! Greninja being released, I see the shitstorm brewing even harder.
Girl changes every season. It hasn't been an issue since Misty originally left. They haven't even had Brock for a while now. Serena will get her one token episode to interact with the new girl eventually.
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Not like in the anime moves have strength values, or that they're limited to just four moves. Might as well teach them everything they can learn.
As far as I recall the only pokémon who broke the four moves limit was Drake's Dragonite (Orange League Champion)
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As far as I recall the only pokémon who broke the four moves limit was Drake's Dragonite (Orange League Champion)
That's mostly due to limited time to have a fight and wanting to really showcase a specific move, as the show IS an advertisment. But Ash's mons use more than 4 all the time. They go to favorites that they spotlight for a while, but they tend to keep a full repertoire and pull out old moves. And also make up moves that don't even exist like thunder armor charging up on a flying mon or something.
There's no reason to use bubble when they have access to watergun or hydro pump, but they'll still use bubble for the visual sometimes all the same. As an example.
And again, regardless of all that, the anime don't have attack values or pay much attention to stab or weaknesses. Just because something would make sense to put out doesn't mean Ash won't send out Charizard against a water monster.
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That's mostly due to limited time to have a fight and wanting to really showcase a specific move, as the show IS an advertisment. But Ash's mons use more than 4 all the time. They go to favorites that they spotlight for a while, but they tend to keep a full repertoire and pull out old moves. And also make up moves that don't even exist like thunder armor charging up on a flying mon or something.
There's no reason to use bubble when they have access to watergun or hydro pump, but they'll still use bubble for the visual sometimes all the same. As an example.
And again, regardless of all that, the anime don't have attack values or pay much attention to stab or weaknesses. Just because something would make sense to put out doesn't mean Ash won't send out Charizard against a water monster.
Maybe it's something more recent then, but I'm pretty certain that during DP all pokés consistently had 4 moves, and whenever they learned a new one, one of the old ones would stop being used.
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Maybe it's something more recent then, but I'm pretty certain that during DP all pokés consistently had 4 moves, and whenever they learned a new one, one of the old ones would stop being used.
Yup, they've been very consistent with the 4 move limit since even around the time of The Battle Frontier arc I feel. Although in the old days Pokemon used whatever the hell they wanted.
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That's mostly due to limited time to have a fight and wanting to really showcase a specific move, as the show IS an advertisment. But Ash's mons use more than 4 all the time. They go to favorites that they spotlight for a while, but they tend to keep a full repertoire and pull out old moves. And also make up moves that don't even exist like thunder armor charging up on a flying mon or something.
There's no reason to use bubble when they have access to watergun or hydro pump, but they'll still use bubble for the visual sometimes all the same. As an example.
And again, regardless of all that, the anime don't have attack values or pay much attention to stab or weaknesses. Just because something would make sense to put out doesn't mean Ash won't send out Charizard against a water monster.
They really don't Robby, at least not now, when they learn something they forgot something else, usually moves are even upgraded like Ember turns into Flamethrower, Water Gun into Hydro Pump, etc.
I think they respected those rules less back in Kanto, nowadays besides a possible error they usual respect the 4 moves rule.
On the weaknesses they pay attention when they want, and don't when they don't, like "Oh great strategy using type advantage!", and then a ew episodes later we ge "Just because we get the opposite type it doesn't mean we will lose!", they talk about it when they feel it's needed.
Maybe it's something more recent then, but I'm pretty certain that during DP all pokés consistently had 4 moves, and whenever they learned a new one, one of the old ones would stop being used.
I've been watching from the start, and even though I was younger back in Kanto, I know from Hoenn forward they respect that.
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Well I really haven't watched the anime since… the voice actors changed. So back when it was still May and before Dawn. I saw maybe two episodes with Iris and still haven't seen any with the new girl.
If they've been better about it since, good for them, but they really didn't give a shit the first ten years, they just did whatever looked good, including making stuff up and doing things you just can't do in the games. And typing never ever ever actually decided a battle, no matter how much they said "good strategy." Either as a strength or a weakness, it was always just a mon's will. Right down to Muk being super effective against Bellsprout when it... isn't.
Especially with Pikachu.
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Well I really haven't watched the anime since… the voice actors changed. So back when it was still May and before Dawn. I saw maybe two episodes with Iris and still haven't seen any with the new girl.
If they've been better about it since, good for them, but they really didn't give a shit the first ten years, they just did whatever looked good, including making stuff up and doing things you just can't do in the games. And typing never ever ever actually decided a battle, no matter how much they said "good strategy." Either as a strength or a weakness, it was always just a mon's will. Right down to Muk being super effective against Bellsprout when it... isn't.
Especially with Pikachu.
True enough, they've been better overall with the consistency of battles lately, but Pikachu did just recently take out a Tyranitar and Metagross while tanking a bunch of hits. I do miss the days of Bulbasaur having about 10 different moves