Pokémon (Not-So) Griefing Thread - Scarlet and Violet Released with 10 Million Copies in First 3 Days in Buggy States

[Focken Kiwi]

Pop quiz!

1. How many Pokedex entries can you fill in Pokemon Scarlet before acquiring Koraidon as a Ride Pokemon?

2. How many Pokemon can you assemble for a Living Dex in Pokemon Scarlet before acquiring Koraidon as a Ride Pokemon?

Answers:

1. 347

2. 345

I'm actually at the point of my playthrough where I'm closing in on these numbers and can actually count them out. Specifically, I just need level-up evolutions now. Gods, grant me patience when I start to level my Larvesta and Deinos.

Fun facts about the limitations you set on yourself by breaking out of the tutorial early to explore the whole of Paldea:

It's always day time locking you out of Drifloon, Drifblim, Murkrow, Honchkrow, Shuppet, Banette and Umbreon.

The weather does not change locking you out of Goodra.

You cannot catch Orthworm until you defeat the Orthworm Titan which only activates when the Great Treasure Hunt begins.

You cannot breed additional starters for your Living Dex until you unlock picnicking which is only unlocked when the Great Treasure Hunt begins.

Trade evolutions (not counting the Levincia Gengar) as well as Violet exclusive Pokemon are locked off as you don't unlock multiplayer until the Great Treasure Hunt begins.

The legendary Pokemon are not acquirable as each one has stakes out of reach (in the case of Chi-Yu, even the sealed door is out of reach) without a semi-upgraded Koraidon. You would need Swimming and Climbing at minimum to acquire all four of them.

Despite all of those limitations, you can acquire nearly 7/8ths of the entire Paldean Pokedex before even riding on Koraidon.

 

[Disc]

Pop quiz!

1. How many Pokedex entries can you fill in Pokemon Scarlet before acquiring Koraidon as a Ride Pokemon?

2. How many Pokemon can you assemble for a Living Dex in Pokemon Scarlet before acquiring Koraidon as a Ride Pokemon?

Answers:

1. 347

2. 345

I'm actually at the point of my playthrough where I'm closing in on these numbers and can actually count them out. Specifically, I just need level-up evolutions now. Gods, grant me patience when I start to level my Larvesta and Deinos.

Fun facts about the limitations you set on yourself by breaking out of the tutorial early to explore the whole of Paldea:

It's always day time locking you out of Drifloon, Drifblim, Murkrow, Honchkrow, Shuppet, Banette and Umbreon.

The weather does not change locking you out of Goodra.

You cannot catch Orthworm until you defeat the Orthworm Titan which only activates when the Great Treasure Hunt begins.

You cannot breed additional starters for your Living Dex until you unlock picnicking which is only unlocked when the Great Treasure Hunt begins.

Trade evolutions (not counting the Levincia Gengar) as well as Violet exclusive Pokemon are locked off as you don't unlock multiplayer until the Great Treasure Hunt begins.

The legendary Pokemon are not acquirable as each one has stakes out of reach (in the case of Chi-Yu, even the sealed door is out of reach) without a semi-upgraded Koraidon. You would need Swimming and Climbing at minimum to acquire all four of them.

Despite all of those limitations, you can acquire nearly 7/8ths of the entire Paldean Pokedex before even riding on Koraidon.

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So what you're saying is you're actually doing Professor Oak's challenge in Paldea?

 

[Focken Kiwi]

So what you're saying is you're actually doing Professor Oak's challenge in Paldea?

Oh? That's a thing? I suppose so!

 

[Disc]

Oh? That's a thing? I suppose so!

Well, I was joking about it as a meme in some other chats.
If anyone doesn't know what a Professor Oak challenge is, it's maximum dex with minimum badges. You have to get every single possible pokemon, including evolutions, that you can get with 0 badges before you acquire your first badge, then the maximum you can get with 1 badge before you acquire 2, and so on. Depending on the game, you can get stupid amounts of pokemon with only one or two badges, and you may have to make strange routing choices to unlock better hms early and so on. For example, in kanto-based games, your third gym leader is Koga, because he unlocks surf.

...It's not generally a hard challenge, because, y'know, if you have to get a venusaur before your first gym, you're gonna have an easy time of it.

 

[Focken Kiwi]

Well, I was joking about it as a meme in some other chats.
If anyone doesn't know what a Professor Oak challenge is, it's maximum dex with minimum badges. You have to get every single possible pokemon, including evolutions, that you can get with 0 badges before you acquire your first badge, then the maximum you can get with 1 badge before you acquire 2, and so on. Depending on the game, you can get stupid amounts of pokemon with only one or two badges, and you may have to make strange routing choices to unlock better hms early and so on. For example, in kanto-based games, your third gym leader is Koga, because he unlocks surf.

...It's not generally a hard challenge, because, y'know, if you have to get a venusaur before your first gym, you're gonna have an easy time of it.

I guess my run for this game is a little more extreme then. Not only did I collect all these Pokemon without a single badge, I collected them all without what is essentially a free bike you get as soon as the game starts in a more limited gamestate. I looked at a subreddit for Professor Oak's Challenge and at a glance, no one has mentioned gathering their Pokemon prior to going to school.

Instead of "Professor Oak's Challenge," I've just been calling my run "Hooky Percent." I may continue this run then as a normal Oak's Challenge once I finish with my level-up evolutions but I do have one other nutty thing I want to do.

So, Pickup in this generation has a 1% chance of gathering free Bottlecaps if your Pickup Pokemon is level 71+. There's also a 4% chance of getting Rare Candies at that level range so it would be a neat way of leveling and evolving those harder Pokemon like Zweilous, Hydreigon, and Volcarona. I kinda want to fully hyper train my team because level 67+ Pokemon doesn't dunk on Arven's Level 5 Skwovet hard enough. Seriously, fuck Skwovet. I hate that squirrelly bastard.

 

[Dumb Bitch Smoothie]

I've enjoyed SV. The final act was a pleasant surprise and felt like it belonged in a more intense JRPG, which was a refreshing change of pace for a Pokemon game. We've had all sorts of dark storylines but I think this one was unique. All the post-game stuff felt really nice too.

The characters for the most part felt really well rounded, everyone had an arc that went somewhere with the exception of Nemona, but I have a feeling we'll see more of her story in the DLC.

I just gotta wonder why everyone hates Geeta so much in game. Everyone was talking mad shit during the second run through the gyms.

 

[Thiletonomics]

I just gotta wonder why everyone hates Geeta so much in game. Everyone was talking mad shit during the second run through the gyms.

Her team being disappointing, as a Champion, was the big reason why people dislike her. Having a Gogoat on your team, and waiting to send Glimmora (her ace Pokémon) last, wasting the opportunity to set up hazards early, was not good, and Glimmora wasn't as much of a standout Pokémon compared to other champions's signature aces, i.e. Cynthia's Garchomp, Steven's Metagross (which can Mega Evolve in ORAS), Alder's Volcarona (and the backstory behind it), heck even Leon's G-Max Charizard and Diantha's Mega Gardevoir were more memorable, even if people were sick of Leon saying UNBEATABLE, UNDEFEATED, CHAMPION, or CHARIZARD, and Diantha as a character being forgettable.

 

[Kane Lives]

Her team being disappointing, as a Champion, was the big reason why people dislike her. Having a Gogoat on your team, and waiting to send Glimmora (her ace Pokémon) last, wasting the opportunity to set up hazards early, was not good, and Glimmora wasn't as much of a standout Pokémon compared to other champions's signature aces, i.e. Cynthia's Garchomp, Steven's Metagross (which can Mega Evolve in ORAS), Alder's Volcarona (and the backstory behind it), heck even Leon's G-Max Charizard and Diantha's Mega Gardevoir were more memorable, even if people were sick of Leon saying UNBEATABLE, UNDEFEATED, CHAMPION, or CHARIZARD, and Diantha as a character being forgettable.

I had wondered if the Gogoat was a deliberate "yeah I'm going easy on you kiddo" but that doesnt fit with her literal "I can never go easy" schtick prior.

But then again, the real champ battle was with Nemona anyway so. And that maniac actually used Lycanroc to setup stealth rock turn 1 too fffff.

 

[Optantrix]

Her team being disappointing, as a Champion, was the big reason why people dislike her. Having a Gogoat on your team, and waiting to send Glimmora (her ace Pokémon) last, wasting the opportunity to set up hazards early, was not good, and Glimmora wasn't as much of a standout Pokémon compared to other champions's signature aces, i.e. Cynthia's Garchomp, Steven's Metagross (which can Mega Evolve in ORAS), Alder's Volcarona (and the backstory behind it), heck even Leon's G-Max Charizard and Diantha's Mega Gardevoir were more memorable, even if people were sick of Leon saying UNBEATABLE, UNDEFEATED, CHAMPION, or CHARIZARD, and Diantha as a character being forgettable.

I would like to think maybe her team was made intentionally bad and we’ll get a reveal in the DLC that provides some reasoning behind it because the pieces are there (Paldea’s gym leaders can’t stand her, is using a Pokémon that can only be found in Area Zero with no reference as to where her Glimmora was obtained) but as it stands she’s the worst champion out of the franchise.
Greeta/history teacher villain reveal could be fun lol

 

[Lurker]

so i caught my second shiny in scarlet

it's a fucking yungoos. my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

 

[FortyClappas]

is using a Pokémon that can only be found in Area Zero with no reference as to where her Glimmora was obtained

You can find Glimmet in caves all over, so she probably just evolved it from one of those.

 

[Nauseated Courgi]

so i caught my second shiny in scarlet

it's a fucking yungoos. my disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined.

Take this as a sign to build a full team of shiny normal types.

 

[PoisonedBun]

Any kiwis with Scarlet wanna trade paradox pokemon? I need basically all of them other than Roaring Moon.

 

[Viscious Seviper]

Why can’t we just bring along that yandere rival from SV as a following companion? That intro section drags on forever.

No that would be innovating double battles are “hard work”

*Laughs in diamond and pearl*

 

[Optantrix]

You can find Glimmet in caves all over, so she probably just evolved it from one of those.

Oh my bad! I only began to notice them when I entered area Zero so I must’ve missed them

 

[Nick Gars]

Oh my bad! I only began to notice them when I entered area Zero so I must’ve missed them

From my experience, they may be a rare spawn. Never encountered one outside of Area Zero until recently when I had a Rock Sandwich active and was looking for other Pokemons' spawn points. Even with the sandwich, however, I didn't see very many. There's very few Rock types in the game already, so seeing so few even with a sandwich is abnormal.

 

[Focken Kiwi]

Oh my bad! I only began to notice them when I entered area Zero so I must’ve missed them

From my experience, they may be a rare spawn. Never encountered one outside of Area Zero until recently when I had a Rock Sandwich active and was looking for other Pokemons' spawn points. Even with the sandwich, however, I didn't see very many. There's very few Rock types in the game already, so seeing so few even with a sandwich is abnormal.

Glimmet isn't that rare. Other than outbreaks, I've only ever seen them spawn underneath Alfornada and in only one location within the massive cavern. That specific location though, you seem to get 1-2 to spawn amongst all the other Pokemon in the cave. The location I'm referring to is near the top of the ramp leading out to the Alfornada plains.

Specifically, fast travel to the Alfornada Pokecenter, enter the cave to the west and keep going till you see a trainer in front of you. Turn 90 degrees right and follow the cavern wall. There's an outcropping with 3 or so large rocks, 2 against the wall and 1 against the ramp ledge. Glimmet will spawn in that general area. If you see an upper shelf to the back of the cave at your 8-10 o'clock with a Tera Pokemon (Umbreon), you should be in the right area. On the map, you should be directly underneath the Alfornada Pokecenter. If you follow the ramp down and hit another trainer, you've gone too far. The only way I see anyone missing Glimmet here is bad luck or they waited till they unlocked climbing and skipped the cave altogether.

 

[Dr. Geronimo]

 

[The Ultimate Ramotith]

Oh! ...Pokémon Coral! I peeked a that hack time and again!
I did not download the hack, since I would rather wait until the thing is complete, but what I see looks great!
The super-fast Dodrio had me laugh. Sudowoodo awakening from the Pokéflute and the telescope cutscene surprised me, too.
What surprised me the most is the implementation of abilities.

 

[WelfareNiggerQueen]

Uh oh, Toby bros. Uh oh, Nintendo's wallet. I was looking at videos for an anime and stumbled upon a fan made Sonic video and the song they used for their opening in the video sounded awfully familiar.