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

[Nick Gars]

Carole Boston Weatherford, a cultural critic, claimed that Jynx, which appeared in Holiday Hi-Jynx, was a negative stereotype of African-Americans in an article titled "Politically Incorrect Pokémon" on the magazine Black World Today. She chiefly compared Jynx to the racist characters in The Story of Little Black Sambo and further compared Jynx to Drag Queens and Mr. Popo of the Dragon Ball franchise, another character who is also potentially offensive in his design.​

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Weatherford's complaint caused many repercussions in the Pokémon franchise. [...]​

- Jynx (Pokémon) - Bulbapedia, the community-driven Pokémon encyclopedia

Children's book author who's entire fucking shtick is "MUH HECKIN' SLAVERY". Funnily enough though, the bitching and moaning about DBZ and Pokemon is what she's most known for, not her own works. That's gotta sting, you uppity nigger.

 

[Atlictoal]

I just finished Teal Mask and I liked it. I'm generally pretty easy to please, but I think my soft spot for Kieran and Ogerpon carried a lot of the enjoyment. Kitakami is a cozy little area too, and it was kind of fun exploring with a stock Miraidon. I really felt the Lame Freak was showing when I caught two out of three of the poison trio effortlessly with a team about 30 levels under them. I would have caught the last one too, but he killed himself after running out of PP.

 

[Archeops]

I just finished Teal Mask and I liked it. I'm generally pretty easy to please, but I think my soft spot for Kieran and Ogerpon carried a lot of the enjoyment. Kitakami is a cozy little area too, and it was kind of fun exploring with a stock Miraidon. I really felt the Lame Freak was showing when I caught two out of three of the poison trio effortlessly with a team about 30 levels under them. I would have caught the last one too, but he killed himself after running out of PP.

You can technically still catch that Legendary you knocked out, Legendary Pokémon in SV respawn if you wait 10 minutes and restart the game.

 

[PipTheAlchemist]

They have a Pokemon called Ogreporn now?
God this franchise has gone fucking downhill...

 

[Kari Kamiya]

Oh, and funnily the episode was re-aired in Japan back in 2012 to coincide with the 15th anniversary of the episode's originally-planned air date. The only catch is that Jynx was edited to match the newer look.

So it was possible to do but Viz still didn't include the edit in the re-release? Fucking hell...

 

[Executive Petrel]

Despite being only 13% of ice path population, JYNX commit ~50% of violent crime.

 

[Archeops]

Some odd news coming out of Japan, apparently someone was arrested for selling counterfeit Pokémon cards on an online auction site.

Yesterday police in Annaka City, Japan arrested a 21 year old suspect for selling fake Pokemon cards on an auction website.

According to the police, the suspect, Reo Otake, sold four counterfeit Pokemon cards to two customers in October 2022. The cards sold for 186,100 yen, which is equivalent to $1,250.

One of the customers learned the cards may be fake and alerted the police in November 2022. The police opened an investigation and asked Nintendo to appraise the cards; Nintendo confirmed the cards were counterfeit, thereby violating their trademarks.

In response to the police investigation, the suspect fully admitted to selling the counterfeit cards.

Yesterday the Annaka City Police seized 1,000 cards believed to be counterfeit from Otake’s home, including 400 Pokemon cards printed in English and Japanese. They plan to investigate where the cards came from.

This news comes in light of last month’s announcement that The Pokemon Company plans to work with auction websites to prosecute those who sell counterfeit cards. It’s unclear if that directive lead to this arrest.

News of the arrest was first reported by Reuters Japan.

For those wondering what counterfeit cards they were selling here are the pics in the article.

Spoiler

As the article states this isn‘t too surprising considering that Creatures Inc. announced that they’ll be prosecuting individuals selling counterfeit cards on online auction sides last month.

Creatures has announced it will be taking action against those who sell counterfeit Pokemon cards on auction platforms in Japan. For example, they name “replica” Pokemon cards and “metal” Pokemon cards.

Creatures states they will be working with auction websites to suspend the sales of these items and take legal action against the offenders. Presumably they will be pursuing companies who produce and sell these items.

The company also asks fans to refrain from buying these cards. They state counterfeit items interfere with the integrity of their products.

These types of cards are also manufactured in English. It’s not uncommon to see children and parents post photos of their “pulls” on social media only to be informed their cards are fake.

And that article also has examples of counterfeit cards as well.

Spoiler

Here’s a fake Illustrator Pikachu that one vendor was selling for $30


Here’s a “metal” Charizard VMAX card someone was selling for $8.


Here’s are some replica Full-Art Supporter cards.


And here are some replica Rainbow Rare cards.

So it was possible to do but Viz still didn't include the edit in the re-release? Fucking hell...

In fairness it’s possible TPCi didn’t allow Viz to rerelease it because they still feared the backlash such a thing could bring. It’s also possible that TPCi didn’t have access to the original episode’s audio and transfer it to the edited Japanese episode.

 

[ToroidalBoat]

When the category of a move is determined by the type (Gen 1-3 vidya), all Ghost moves are physical, and all Dark moves are special.

It should've been the other way around.

 

[Luigi Cadorna]

When the category of a move is determined by the type (Gen 1-3 vidya), all Ghost moves are physical, and all Dark moves are special.

It should've been the other way around.

The only Ghost attacking move in Gen I was Lick (not including the fixed damage Night Shade) so that's how that happened. The Dark one I don't understand since every pre-Gen IV attacking Dark move was made physical after the split. If I were guess they probably decided on Dark being special before coming up with any of the moves. Steel was added the same generation so they probably wanted to add one physical type and one special type and Dark was made special by necessity.

 

[30+GameOvers]

Speaking of types, I hate how useless Steel was offensively before Fairies. It's only good against rocks, but rock type pokemon and ice types, but rocks usually pack Earthquake which is super effective against Steel types and ice types usually have high special attack, which Steel types lack. The leaked Spaceworld beta actually had much different take on both Dark and Steel, for example Fighting was not super effective against Steel and two Steel types cancel each other out completely, instead of being not very effective(this was switched with Poison type, which was merely not very effective in the beta). Dark type was also interesting, since Normal type and other Dark types were super effective against it, making Normal actually useful.

BTW I recommend SuperGold97 if you want to experience the beta yourself, it was largely complete and all it took to complete it was some polish. The beta type chart and pokemon are at full display, and that makes the game not only interesting but also gives a whole lot of new thought towards teambuilding(Dark types are not as important but Normal types actually have a purpose now). Interesting tidbit is that you actually get to visit not just Johto and Kanto but also Hoenn and Sinnoh, with a couple locations taken from DPP almost directly due to them being restored Spaceworld content in those games.

 

[McMitch]

Speaking of types, I hate how useless Steel was offensively before Fairies. It's only good against rocks, but rock type pokemon and ice types, but rocks usually pack Earthquake which is super effective against Steel types and ice types usually have high special attack, which Steel types lack. The leaked Spaceworld beta actually had much different take on both Dark and Steel, for example Fighting was not super effective against Steel and two Steel types cancel each other out completely, instead of being not very effective(this was switched with Poison type, which was merely not very effective in the beta). Dark type was also interesting, since Normal type and other Dark types were super effective against it, making Normal actually useful.

BTW I recommend SuperGold97 if you want to experience the beta yourself, it was largely complete and all it took to complete it was some polish. The beta type chart and pokemon are at full display, and that makes the game not only interesting but also gives a whole lot of new thought towards teambuilding(Dark types are not as important but Normal types actually have a purpose now). Interesting tidbit is that you actually get to visit not just Johto and Kanto but also Hoenn and Sinnoh, with a couple locations taken from DPP almost directly due to them being restored Spaceworld content in those games.

You’re insane if you think Normal was useless in gen 2. Even with the type chart we got, the best Pokémon and moves are still overwhelmingly Normal.

 

[30+GameOvers]

You’re insane if you think Normal was useless in gen 2. Even with the type chart we got, the best Pokémon and moves are still overwhelmingly Normal.

Outside of Snorlax, there weren't that many good Normal types in gen 2, and in single player he was only available in the post game.
Sure, Return is a good move and so is Body Slam, but how many Pokemon can use these moves effectively in Gen 2? Now how many of them are Normal Types AND are actually decent? Stantler, Furret and Raticate won't do you any good(and believe me, I tried), so that only leaves a few pokemon, many of which are bested by other types in the best tiers.

For comparison, here is the current OU chart for GS

https://www.smogon.com/dex/gs/formats/ou/

Only 3 out of 24 pokemon there are Normal types, and outside of Snorlax, there is only Milktank which is somewhat efficient in dealing damage but it's purpose lies elsewhere, Blissey is just a straight up wall and doesn't use any Normal type moves effectively.
Even in the laughably easy single player, Normal types will usually only be useful in the early game before you have pokemon to complete your team, it's good to keep one or two trained just in case but they're usually not going to be your top choices.
Giving Normal types just one type they are actually super effective to(Dark) is a world changer, all of a sudden you have to factor them into the rock/paper/scissors metagame and decide if it's worth keeping a Dark counter just in case. They really should have done something like this, would give the type more personality and tactical use.

 

[Executive Petrel]

You’re insane if you think Normal was useless in gen 2. Even with the type chart we got, the best Pokémon and moves are still overwhelmingly Normal.

gen 2 SNORLAX would be op with normal being effective against anything.
Everybody has access to Return and Dark-types usually have paper-thin defenses.
Lore-wise, dark Type should be strong against normal and Poison should be strong against Bug.
Steel was a great defensive typing, before they got nerfed in Gen6. The advantage against fairies doesn't equal the loss of two resistances.
I understand Ghost being neutral, but not dark.

 

[McMitch]

gen 2 SNORLAX would be op with normal being effective against anything.
Everybody has access to Return and Dark-types usually have paper-thin defenses.
Lore-wise, dark Type should be strong against normal and Poison should be strong against Bug.
Steel was a great defensive typing, before they got nerfed in Gen6. The advantage against fairies doesn't equal the loss of two resistances.
I understand Ghost being neutral, but not dark.

The only reason Dark isn’t more pathetic in gen 2 is because all of its weaknesses at that point were even worse.
Honestly, I’m a huge fan of how Fairy turned out as a typing, and an convinced that it’s implementation burned through what little remained of TPC’s ability to design games after gen 5 (which was always good, even at the time)

 

[Executive Petrel]

The only reason Dark isn’t more pathetic in gen 2 is because all of its weaknesses at that point were even worse.

Twinneedle best meta, could poison steel types in gen 2.

 

[I_Lurk_Here]

What do people here think of PokéWilds?

 

[Anonitolia]

What do people here think of PokéWilds?

tranny dev ruined a decent idea with mediocre execution and endless fucking about with update scheduling/content

 

[The Ultimate Ramotith]

tranny dev ruined a decent idea with mediocre execution and endless fucking about with update scheduling/content

I feel that any software team ust have at least one thing that would make them allergic to trannies.
Maybe a big 'TERFS WELCOME' banner would b enough?

 

[Executive Petrel]

Good video, troon worship at 38:09

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

Good video, troon worship at 38:09

I like how tranny worshippers always need to lie and rewrite history.

Like, yeah, 90's Japs hid a "non-binary" character in a children's video game on Nintendo's Game Boy Color and we just never noticed. Trailblazing indeed, that's totally what happened and not the delusional twist of a brain rotted activist.