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

[Focken Kiwi]

As for how to enter: magma diving or using psychic powers to push the magma away for you to enter.

Perhaps the magma recedes from Mount Chimney and a volcanic vent leading to a natural tunnel to what you suggested is revealed. The area could be a massive, open subterranean zone reminiscent of Journey to the Center of the Earth. The entire place could be illuminated by an enormous Sun Stone embedded in the ceiling.

 

[Registration]

Perhaps the magma recedes from Mount Chimney and a volcanic vent leading to a natural tunnel to what you suggested is revealed. The area could be a massive, open subterranean zone reminiscent of Journey to the Center of the Earth. The entire place could be illuminated by an enormous Sun Stone embedded in the ceiling.

My inspiration is the Verne's Lost World novel, Agartha or whatever place that can generate endemic species like real animals that are separated and evolve into something new.

Since it is closed ecosystem, they would have to evolve into stronger and specialized versions of normal hoenn pokemon. So it would work like a regional variant inside the very own region they habit.

Lets use the beta zigzagoon for example, the dex would be something like this:

Due to the limited space and competition between different pokémon, the underground zigzagoon characteristics are mote vigilant than the normal variant. Its members are shorter so it is slower and more attentive. The lack of underground linoone variants indicate that even the stronger zigzagoon aren't able to live long enough to evolve. So they mate and give birth to lots of cubs hoping that some may live long enough to breed and continue the species.

So basically it would be exploring this type of worldbuilding with a very expansive underground setting with permafrost places, savannahs, forests and so on.

 

[Registration]

After 1 month a new chapter of Reburst was translated.

This scanlator dude is insane in how they are translating the series, we got the beginning and ending fully translated, just the middle isn't complete.

I will wait for the volume 5-7 to be fully complete to finally read

 

[Anonitolia]

I will once again be shilling Cobblemon as the peak modern-day Pokémon experience



It is not funny how fucking much this dumbass half-complete mod eats up my free time, I opened the 1.6 snapshot for five seconds four days ago and now i've lost 49 hours to the blasted thing


They're finally adding fishing, the Pokedex, nearly half of existing Pokémon, flat-level battles + double/triple battles, shiny effects, and a bunch of different new blocks in the next update, 1.6. The mod is obviously not complete yet, but I'd say it's about 60% of the way there at this point and it doesn't matter because it's STUPIDLY fun to play. The models are lovingly crafted and have beautiful animations, they mesh with base Minecraft beautifully, and I really don't know how to heap praise onto this thing because a lot of it is a "feeling" sort of appeal that you just need to play to understand. You can carry SKRELP on your SHOULDER.

With all the side-mods, too, you can basically do whatever the fuck you want in this thing already.

Do you want Megas? There's a plug-in for that.
The ability to ride your Pokémon? There's a plug-in for that! Two, actually!

Missing Pokémon, Fakemon, more advanced AI, rudimentary Contests, a Pokenav, compatibility mods-- almost anything you can think of has a Cobblemon add-on to its name.

And the 1.6 update that I'm singing the praises of? The full version of it JUST CAME OUT.

NOW.

If you've been losing hope in the main series, GO PLAY COBBLEMON. I'm serious, please. It'll restore your love for the franchise and give you hundreds upon HUNDREDS of hours of fun and I am not exaggerating when I say it's been the best gaming experience I've had in ages.

1.7 seems to be aiming for adding breeding, cooking, and possibly RIDING into the main game, so trust me when I say the good shit is going to keep coming. For now, if you really want to remember why you loved this damn franchise, PLEASE go play Cobblemon 1.6.

 

[Catgirl Tyranid]

You can carry SKRELP on your SHOULDER.

Great Scott.

 

[I_Lurk_Here]

I will once again be shilling Cobblemon as the peak modern-day Pokémon experience

I remember playing it a few months ago. What do I do in it? Just the gym challenge?

 

[Anonitolia]

I remember playing it a few months ago. What do I do in it? Just the gym challenge?

Basically anything-but right now. If you want a (very soulless) gym challenge you're going to want Pixelmon, but be aware that (at least last I played it) there's no E4 or champion or anything in there.

Cobble basically has you playing Minecraft with some Pokémon components. You do the usual building a base, fighting the ender dragon, enchanting items and everything but you can also raise Pokémon on the side. As of now the Pokémon aren't super tied in to the base gameplay without plugins (beyond looks), but if you add the Fight or Flight add-on then they can kill hostile mobs for you and if you add either mount/riding mod then you can use them for transportation. A few years in the future when the Cobbledevs get to it, Pokémon are supposed to have both those features as well as field moves (eg use a mon's Ember to light a furnace) added into the base mod.

There are also lots of unique structures to go and find while you're at it, from towers to ships to a bunch of other shit, so I guess it encourages exploration more than base Minecraft does as well. It doesn't turn off hostile mobs by default, so it's a proper adventure. It's really fucking fun imo.

 

[Coldsteel the Hedgehog]

Cobblemon is more of a Legends or Palworld situation, where the point is more to catch and collect mons while you do your thing. You can also defeat them for standard MC resources, so it ties together a little nicer than you'd think. Very unguided and open ended.

 

[Computer God Autism]

Very unguided and open ended.

Yeah when I look for a Pokemon substitute this isn't what I want. I don't want a sandbox, I just want a more traditional JRPG experience with some sovl.

 

[Anonitolia]

I just want a more traditional JRPG experience with some sovl.

this isn't going to happen until the main series miraculously stops sucking or the fanbase stops being full of retarded trannies and children. You're seriously just better off playing older games in the series or dredging through awful rom hacks than just sitting and waiting for something like this. Would recommend BW if you want more JRPG and a lobotomy if you want to try finding a decent rom hack.

 

[anliteralidiot]

Cobblemon is more of a Legends

Say no more. I fuckin love Legends.
It sounds like a great blend of Minecraft and Pokemon, especially if it keeps the exploration aspect. I love the idea of trying to find my favorites, and having to plan to catch them.

 

[Coldsteel the Hedgehog]

Yeah when I look for a Pokemon substitute this isn't what I want. I don't want a sandbox, I just want a more traditional JRPG experience with some sovl.

Consider checking out World of Final Fantasy; it's kind of cutesy, but is basically just a FF game but with a focus on collecting the series' monsters you make teams of by stacking them on top of each other's heads. I enjoyed it a while back. Could also look at some of the DQ games and the Monster Hunter Stories series.

 

[Anonitolia]

Monster Hunter Stories series.

Seconding this, they're a surprisingly solid pair of games. I 100%'d the first one in like 15 days, I got so stupidly sucked in. Took like 100 hours out of me I think. God Monster Hunter's designs are so cool, I'm eternally grateful that I lived long enough to see them put into a monster-catching game

 

[I_Lurk_Here]

Anyone heard of The Pit? It's another Pokémon rougelite romhack except I personally enjoy this one the most. You choose 3 random Pokémon at the start and the 100 floors are you battling random trainers with them.

Don't enter the credits room at the start because one of the Pokémon on the floor/devs complain about capitalism.

 

[30+GameOvers]

Don't enter the credits room at the start because one of the Pokémon on the floor/devs complain about capitalism.

No thanks, I don't need a glorified Battle Tower clone from some whiny leftie when literally every game in Gen 3 and onwards(until Gen 9) has one integrated in the main game.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

I watched the Verlisify video and I'm just wondering what's the autism with "illegal" tourney legal mons, like who gives a shit when it's only a matter of time and luck to grind those pokemon rather than skill.

 

[30+GameOvers]

I watched the Verlisify video and I'm just wondering what's the autism with "illegal" tourney legal mons, like who gives a shit when it's only a matter of time and luck to grind those pokemon rather than skill.

For a game that is all about collecting, breeding and raising the perfect Pokemon, downright obvious cheating in the biggest official competition of the year kind of makes the ethos of Pokemon at large a joke. This also leads down a slippery slope: If Nintendo doesn't care that people cheat in official competitions, why bother having them? What will they overlook next? It's an embarrassment for everyone involved.

Normally, I would agree with you as far as genning Pokemon goes: Who cares as long as you're playing by yourself? However, when you are a "professional" Pokemon competitive player? Yes I expect you to do the work if you want to play at the highest echelon. If you can't even be bothered to raise a perfect Pokemon the way the game expects you to(especially in newer games where it is piss easy compared to earlier entries) then you're not as "professional" as you think and should fuck right off back to Showdown or Smogon and play with the little kids there with your genned teams. The standards aren't high here, but it shows you just how utterly worthless these competitive players are if they can't even bother to raise the Pokemon they're expected to use.

Other than that, the actual cheating was so blatant I am surprised it took a dogfucker to point it out. Many of the cheaters love using the Dream Ball, which for reference can only be gotten on Pokemon from Dream World and an obscure 3DS app that links with BW2. As you can notice, both of these instances limit Pokemon caught in Dream Balls to Gen 5 only...except the cheated Pokemon in those tournaments not only were the new XY or later Pokemon but the stamp also showed they were naturally caught or raised in those regions. Granted, I think you can pass Dream Balls via breeding and get a proper stamp that way, but again that only limits you to a very small pool of Pokemon that were available as events and giveaways in Gen 5. Your Aegislash is never going to be legal in a Dream Ball.

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

For a game that is all about collecting, breeding and raising the perfect Pokemon, downright obvious cheating in the biggest official competition of the year kind of makes the ethos of Pokemon at large a joke. This also leads down a slippery slope: If Nintendo doesn't care that people cheat in official competitions, why bother having them? What will they overlook next? It's an embarrassment for everyone involved.

I'm sorry but that's absolutely retarded. It's like arguing that olympic runners should also make their own shoes from scratch, because not doing so goes against the ethos of running. It's just arbitrary waste of time for something that is already full with time wasters.

 

[30+GameOvers]

I'm sorry but that's absolutely retarded. It's like arguing that olympic runners should also make their own shoes from scratch, because not doing so goes against the ethos of running. It's just arbitrary waste of time for something that is already full with time wasters.

This would be a correct assessment if the game itself had genning tools or rentals that let you play in wi-fi or offline competitions. The game doesn't have that, it expects you to raise your Pokemon from scratch every new game(you can't even use Pokemon from previous generations in competitions).
So, using your olympics comparison, you would be arguing that everybody involved should use steroids and similar stimulants to skip the "waste of time" that goes towards training and conditioning yourself for the event. Everybody else is doing it, after all, what's the harm? Not like the judges care, right?

 

[wtfNeedSignUp]

This would be a correct assessment if the game itself had genning tools or rentals that let you play in wi-fi or offline competitions. The game doesn't have that, it expects you to raise your Pokemon from scratch every new game(you can't even use Pokemon from previous generations in competitions).
So, using your olympics comparison, you would be arguing that everybody involved should use steroids and similar stimulants to skip the "waste of time" that goes towards training and conditioning yourself for the event. Everybody else is doing it, after all, what's the harm? Not like the judges care, right?

Except steroids allow you gains that you would never be able to achieve otherwise, and training in running is actually running.

You can't even argue it's better for the field since it would mean any experimentation would take too long to be viable, so people will just stick to the same mons.