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

I'm trying to finish fire red because I never finished it when I was younger does anyone have any useful tips for it? Personally I don't like having certain evolutions locked behind trading because I don't have anyone to trade with lmao, is there anyway to circumvent that or is it just the only way.
Nigga just use whatever you want, a vanilla fire red is the nost braindead shit that you can do it. I remember only using ny initial and beating it as a child.

Also as a mechanic I think megas are quite shit tbh, it is literally press a button to activate and win and faster pokemon greatly benefit from it. Instead of megas we should have more regional variabts that at least bring in new flair to the pokemon instead of adding more spikes and protuberances to megas. Also unique mega stones fucking sucks.

I played some more Unbound yesterday and it is funny how lost I am, but I finally found the gym that appears like there ia no specific type in a gigantic manor.
 
A lot of people are complaining about GO Tour: Unova's global event being garbage for a mutiple reasons.
  • No boosted Shiny Rate outside of certain Pokémon (Go Tour: Sinnoh technically had the same issue but it was slightly fixed by a large amount of Pokémon having already-boosted Shiny odds)
  • Kyurem's catch rate being abnormally low.
  • Low spawn rates for certain wild Pokémon, most notably those that were a part of the Tour Pass's bonus missions.
  • No additional raid passes outside of the one free pass you get daily, even the paid ticket only yields one additional free raid pass per day.
Upon retrospect I really should've done a better job of taking part in the in-person event (and possibly spending some scratch on Super Incubators), maybe then my Shiny count for the in-person event wouldn't be 10 Pokémon away from the global version. Oh well, I'll just log this as a lesson in how to handle GO Tour: Kalos next year.
I wish GF would make a pet simulator Pokémon game like Nintendogs with the main appeal/premise being taking care of 1-6 Pokémon in a more personal manner.
So basically an expanded version of Pokémon Amie and Pokémon Refresh?
 
I love how the only good gimmick (megas) gets shit on for being only "spikes" when the megas from ORAS exists. Or being broken/op like all the other gimmicks aren't just press A to win (except this time you're big, use a weird move, or get a tacky hat) I think megas would be much better as a gimmick if they stuck with it and bothered to balance it more. And plus unique temp evolutions is much more creative and opens up the possibility for cool designs.

I am well aware that people consider terra forms as "the best" or something, but like man I really can't be assed to use such a tacky and ugly gimmick even if it is "good"

Edit: they could continue to do the approach to gimmicks they did in sun/moon/us/um where they have megas but also the "new" gimmick. So you can use whichever gimmick you like more. Idk might be a bit more work for them and we all know how lazy GF/TPC is
 
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I'm almost sure this should be enough for the elite 4, if you were wondering wgat doodoofart is holding he is holding a quick claw. Thanks to everyone who responded I didn't know the game was really fucking easy, only reason I thought it was hard is because grinding low level pokemon is a bitch, only remedy I have found is using the daycare. I was curious about evolving pokemon because I wanted to fill out the pokedex completely, it's seems from the replys I have read it doesn't seem feasible so I might just have to move on to pokemon emerald, anyone have any suggestions for that one? I don't know im just trying to find pokemon game that isn't too unvanilla where I can catch everything and not have to worry to much about reading shit online to finish it. Also ignore my obscenely autistic names I chose.
 
I wish GF would make a pet simulator Pokémon game like Nintendogs with the main appeal/premise being taking care of 1-6 Pokémon in a more personal manner.
I mean, they sorta did back in the N64 Days, but Hey You Pikachu wasn’t exactly quality, outside the gimmick to sell the VCU.

How much of that was limitations of the tech I can’t say, but that game being received as “Mixed” back when that didn’t mean “the cheque didn’t clear” might’ve put Gamefreak off of trying something similar, regardless of if it was developed third party or not.
 
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I'm almost sure this should be enough for the elite 4, if you were wondering wgat doodoofart is holding he is holding a quick claw. Thanks to everyone who responded I didn't know the game was really fucking easy, only reason I thought it was hard is because grinding low level pokemon is a bitch, only remedy I have found is using the daycare. I was curious about evolving pokemon because I wanted to fill out the pokedex completely, it's seems from the replys I have read it doesn't seem feasible so I might just have to move on to pokemon emerald, anyone have any suggestions for that one? I don't know im just trying to find pokemon game that isn't too unvanilla where I can catch everything and not have to worry to much about reading shit online to finish it. Also ignore my obscenely autistic names I chose.
Catching everything in one game is mostly unfeasible without mods, the games always have version exclusives so not even that regional pokedex is available in one game

Closest thing to vanilla with 99% of the pokedex available out of the box is Pokemon Legends Arceus
 
I'm trying to finish fire red because I never finished it when I was younger does anyone have any useful tips for it? Personally I don't like having certain evolutions locked behind trading because I don't have anyone to trade with lmao, is there anyway to circumvent that or is it just the only way.
You can try romhacks that let you evolve these Pokemon in-game. Other than that, you can use Trigger's PC app to evolve these Pokemon right there and then in-app. I highly recommend it either way as it acts like a PokeBank for Gen 3, letting you see your hidden stats(IVs and EVs), transfer items/Pokemon/Money ect. between saves and much more. I can't imagine playing any Gen 3 game without it anymore.

Speaking of Fire Red, I got to Sevii Islands in FRR. Bad news here is that there are no new encounters on One-Three Island, these are the only parts of the game so far that have only their Kantonian counterparts. Well, sort of, There is an Entei roaming around in Mt. Ember like with the other two Legendary Bird/Dog locations, there is a Jiraichi in Berry Forest and Celebii is supposed to be there somewhere as well, probably in Berry Forest too. I've also gotten a hint that Mew might be here somewhere, altho I can't confirm if this is true right now. Would definitely fit with the theme of giving you access to Mythicals after getting the seventh badge.
 
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I wish GF would make a pet simulator Pokémon game like Nintendogs with the main appeal/premise being taking care of 1-6 Pokémon in a more personal manner.
I wish that they'd just bring back the petting & cleaning thing that Gen 7 took from Gen 6's Pokemon-Amie and improved upon.
They already had the system. The Switch still has a touch screen. Just take out the game-breaking bonuses and it'd be fine.

Let me brush off the dust from the attack that my Leafeon just took and then scritch his chin and listen to him trill happily.
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Instead of megas we should have more regional variabts that at least bring in new flair to the pokemon instead of adding more spikes and protuberances to megas.
While I wholeheartedly agree, Pokemon Go is cucking me out of regional evolutions. And because of that, I don't want more until Go resolves its bullshittery.
A lot of people are complaining about GO Tour: Unova's global event being garbage for a mutiple reasons.
  • No boosted Shiny Rate outside of certain Pokémon (Go Tour: Sinnoh technically had the same issue but it was slightly fixed by a large amount of Pokémon having already-boosted Shiny odds)
  • Kyurem's catch rate being abnormally low.
  • Low spawn rates for certain wild Pokémon, most notably those that were a part of the Tour Pass's bonus missions.
  • No additional raid passes outside of the one free pass you get daily, even the paid ticket only yields one additional free raid pass per day.
On the one hand: five free genesects from the raid glitch. On the other: all of this bullshit.
No boosted shiny rage was so stupid. I feel like if they're going to do confetti, they should boost the shiny rate.
 
You can still do a lot with a city if you make the city dense and the game really quest-focused. Think of Fallout: New Vegas, or Cyberpunk 2077, or Deus Ex: Mankind Divided. Those games are more or less confined to a single city, and they all work because they're more about getting involved in intriguing plots and quests and side stories and other characters' lives than they are about raw exploration.

I'm not saying that GF will make a game like that, but they could.
Man, now I want a pokémon themed immersive sim. Imagine the potential for problem solving depending of the types of mons you have or the kind of ways you find and solve quest in a map like Prague in DX MD. Too bad GF is too incompetent to make something as complex as that, even if that could single-handedly revive the imsim genre in the AAA space.
 
I forgot to post my current party loadout.
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Lol those names, is your rival's name ASS?
Anyway, only recently saw the new Pokemon game trailer and I remembered this thread. Wasn't two steps back, nor one step forward, more like dancing in a circle.
What is your favorite Pokémon based memory?
What is the reason you hold Pokémon so dearly to your heart through adulthood?
Helping my brother capture the roaming Pokemon in FireRed. Also my least favorite...
I used to hold it dearly, then Iwata died and shit went south fast. My memory fails me more as I grow older but I remember being sucidally depressed from various unrelated issues and having awful pets forced upon me by my Mother among other things, so playing a game where I can have cool animal companions by my side in a world where I mattered to a degree will never leave me. Womp womp. Reading other people's answers was nice though.
 
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Even with the Unova Tour and the new p2w Pokemon, Pokemon Go did worse than last year's Sinnoh tour (call me crazy or autistic, but a $16-20m drop from last year is pretty bad).

Archive for this year's revenue
Last year's revenue archived

A lot of people are complaining about GO Tour: Unova's global event being garbage for a mutiple reasons.
  • No boosted Shiny Rate outside of certain Pokémon (Go Tour: Sinnoh technically had the same issue but it was slightly fixed by a large amount of Pokémon having already-boosted Shiny odds)
  • Kyurem's catch rate being abnormally low.
  • Low spawn rates for certain wild Pokémon, most notably those that were a part of the Tour Pass's bonus missions.
  • No additional raid passes outside of the one free pass you get daily, even the paid ticket only yields one additional free raid pass per day.
Upon retrospect I really should've done a better job of taking part in the in-person event (and possibly spending some scratch on Super Incubators), maybe then my Shiny count for the in-person event wouldn't be 10 Pokémon away from the global version. Oh well, I'll just log this as a lesson in how to handle GO Tour: Kalos next year.

So basically an expanded version of Pokémon Amie and Pokémon Refresh?
You forgot to mention the multiple tickets shoved in your face and the pass being a waste of time and money whether or not you bought it. You know that lucky trinket you can use for a lucky trade? Well, it turns out if you don't use it within 6-8 days, you will lose it. I hope you know someone that has a Pokemon you want because if you don't, kiss that $14 investment good-bye. What made it worse was that players only had two days to hit level 100 on the passes, and the rewards from the free and paid versions sucked (Lots of people got shitty Victnis). Thank god I didn't buy the pass, but I bought one ticket for the extra raid pass and exp/stardust boost. It got me to level 43 a little faster, but that's about it.

Only a few people caught shinies in the wild, and if you didn't buy the Egg ticket your chances at Sigilyph were slim. The only shinies I caught were Zekrom and Reshiram. Kyruem's rates were really bad, and most people didn't get good ivs. Kyurem Black and White are the most p2w af Pokemon right now because they make and break catches with their abilities (I hope you like farming their candies). I was watching videos of Japanese youtubers looking miserable doing this event, and even shills had a hard time defending this.


I honestly think this coming season is going to be even worse than the last 2 seasons.

On the one hand: five free genesects from the raid glitch. On the other: all of this bullshit.
No boosted shiny rage was so stupid. I feel like if they're going to do confetti, they should boost the shiny rate.
Problem is Genesect is kinda meh, and Bug types kinda suck now that we're getting closer to 1025+ Pokemon.
 
...am I crazy for thinking Pokemon Go was dead and no one gave a shit about it? Is it still popular enough to have someone die or get injured from sheer stupidity every once in a while or is it just a niche thing now.
It was niche, but remote raids gave it traction until they got nerfed. Then Niantic pandered to tranny groomers and pedos with the avatar update, and gave us Dynamax/Gigantamax content nobody likes to do. It's been declining ever since. Putting new Pokemon behind fomo events without their signature moves and shiny forms ain't helping things, and we're reaching the stage where most new Pokemon are shiny-locked.
 
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It was niche, but remote raids gave it traction until they got nerfed.
I assume that meant people could sit on their ass and participate in raids.
Then Niantic pandered to tranny groomers and pedos with the avatar update
Ahhahaha, I remember that shit. I especially remember someone going "LOOK HOW THEY MASSACRED MY GIRL" when their nice avatar was obliterated to pander to future statistics-I mean "body positive" luntroonatics.
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Didn't they also tell people to kick rocks?
Dynamax/Gigantamax content nobody likes to do
Most dogshit addition to any Pokemon game both mechanically and visually...well some were cool looking. And then undynamaxxed Dracovish or whatever just one taps them anyway because he was so broken. Not sure how it is in Go but I'm sure it's just as shit if not worse.
Putting new Pokemon behind fomo events without their signature moves and shiny forms ain't helping things, and we're reaching the stage where most new Pokemon are shiny-locked.
See this is why I don't play mobile games. Made by greedy retards for impulsive retards who'll see shit like this and still cling on for dear life, but they're not even real video games anyway so eh I don't care. I don't take a shit often nor long enough to warrant having a game (outside of emulators) on my phone, nor do I take public transportation for long periods of time so I'm pretty much excluded from all reasons to play them.
 
This may sound like some "hot take", but why does it seem like graphics of core pocketmons vidya always lag behind? Like compare Gen 1 & 2 to Link's Awakening (DX), the Gen 3 vidya (RSE, FRLG) to Golden Sun, Gen 4 to 7 to Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, and Gen 8+ to Mario Odyssey or the new remake of Link's Awakening, and you may see what I mean here.

(Of course graphics alone don't always make or break a vidya though.)
 
This may sound like some "hot take", but why does it seem like graphics of core pocketmons vidya always lag behind? Like compare Gen 1 & 2 to Link's Awakening (DX), the Gen 3 vidya (RSE, FRLG) to Golden Sun, Gen 4 to 7 to Golden Sun: Dark Dawn, and Gen 8+ to Mario Odyssey or the new remake of Link's Awakening, and you may see what I mean here.

(Of course graphics alone don't always make or break a vidya though.)
GF is a small studio, they can make lots of money but this money isn't being used to make their games better at any time. And of course, even when the graphics and games are complete dogshit, you still have retards buying 2 games, even when not needed. And you know what is worse? Even spinoff pokemon games have better graphics in the aame generation like the various MD, rangers and so on.

I recently played a FR hack, and even a modified game managed to make the locations in the game looks better than the original game, and ai hate Kanto with all my passion. One of my greatest desires would be to completely remap all the map of Hoenn so it doesn't look like a series of square with one or two buildings.
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I am currently playing Pokemon Unbound. The fact that this is a modified version, not even in an original engine and every city looks like cities, some buildings have one floor or more. But in the end there is no reason to improve, you will still get customers and buy in bulk.

I wish there was a competitor that would make them step their game up like in all fronts. Remember the pokémon movies? They could release whatever bland shit and still made lots of money. The recent ones got better tho.


I assume that meant people could sit on their ass and participate in raids.

Ahhahaha, I remember that shit. I especially remember someone going "LOOK HOW THEY MASSACRED MY GIRL" when their nice avatar was obliterated to pander to future statistics-I mean "body positive" luntroonatics.
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Didn't they also tell people to kick rocks?

Most dogshit addition to any Pokemon game both mechanically and visually...well some were cool looking. And then undynamaxxed Dracovish or whatever just one taps them anyway because he was so broken. Not sure how it is in Go but I'm sure it's just as shit if not worse.

See this is why I don't play mobile games. Made by greedy retards for impulsive retards who'll see shit like this and still cling on for dear life, but they're not even real video games anyway so eh I don't care. I don't take a shit often nor long enough to warrant having a game (outside of emulators) on my phone, nor do I take public transportation for long periods of time so I'm pretty much excluded from all reasons to play them.
Started playing Nikke three weeks ago, it is my second gacha game mobile experience (I still play FGO after 9 years).

You have no idea how much jewed nikke is, they try everything to take money out of you, every single time. It is complete bullshit. In FGO I never felt like this, being an older game that makes you play the game to get rewarded. In nikke every time you can advance by paying cash, buy skins, read the next chapter of the event if you pay, every time you complete a atory chapter they flash you a sale trying to sell you currency. And the game isn't even good, they have a feature to make it play alone lol

And I will always be a f2p, but going from a relatively old school gacha to a newer one is just shocking at how much they jew you out.
 
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I'm almost sure this should be enough for the elite 4, if you were wondering wgat doodoofart is holding he is holding a quick claw. Thanks to everyone who responded I didn't know the game was really fucking easy, only reason I thought it was hard is because grinding low level pokemon is a bitch, only remedy I have found is using the daycare. I was curious about evolving pokemon because I wanted to fill out the pokedex completely, it's seems from the replys I have read it doesn't seem feasible so I might just have to move on to pokemon emerald, anyone have any suggestions for that one? I don't know im just trying to find pokemon game that isn't too unvanilla where I can catch everything and not have to worry to much about reading shit online to finish it. Also ignore my obscenely autistic names I chose.
If you want to capture all 386 Pokemon in Fire Red/Leaf Green I suggest playing one of the many romhacks. In fact, I am playing thru one right now(Pokemon Fire Red Remixed), and I am planning to do a write up summarizing my thoughts on it + pros/cons when I am done.
If you're looking for a good Emerald romhack, you're in luck I recently covered a nice QoL 386 romhack recently you can try
Finally finished my Revelation Emerald playthru
I also heavily suggest playing thru the GameCube romhacks I covered as well, play their vanilla counterparts first if you haven't.

Since we're posting our teams, I will post mine since I've been doing more Trigger's PC shenanigans and have my fresh savefile loaded:
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I used this team to catch a Jirachi that's in the Berry Forest. You would think there would be a Celebi there, and so did the mod author since he hinted as such, but I guess he swapped the two around and now Celebi is on Two Island, Cape Brink. That's my next target.

A few notes on my team here:
*You will notice a Japanese Pokemon. One of the benefits of using Trigger's PC is being able to load any Gen 3 savefile, no matter if it came from a Gameboy Advanced or Game Cube game(it even reads Pokemon Box savedata), no matter which international version. The data it reads is the same. Since I know there is no way to get a legit Japanese Pokemon in gen 3, I "borrowed" some of them from a Japanese gamesave I found. I figured it doesn't matter, since there was never a GTS that would let you trade for legit foreign Pokemon like in later games(where I do indeed have legit Japanese Pokemon).
*Entei will have it's Ember replaced with Sacred Fire and Electrode it's Tackle with Light Screen and Spark with Zap Cannon. SF and ZC are GC Romhack only level up moves so the first order of business when I get back into the game is actually transferring these two into the GC games and giving them rare candies for level ups, then bring them back to Trigger's PC once they learn their moves and back into FRR they go. This simple process takes only a minute or two, way faster than doing so manually with Gameboy/DS consoles or god forbid trying to set up a trade with a console. Heal Bell for Jolteon is also similarly a NeXt Gen exclusive move and let me tell you, I love this combo.
*My nature and moveset for Ludicolo dates back to when I thought the romhack had special/physical split(which to be fair, was advertised as such. Apparently everybody links only the normal version of the romhack, or the latter one never existed/is lost to time). Extra attacking power would help make Ludicolo a mixed Pokemon at the cost of speed, as is it's merely a decent all-round Special attacker.
 
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