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

[Kari Kamiya]

I don't count the retconned Fairy types.

Well, when you put it that way, that makes what I was going to say pretty silly, because:

Wigglytuff always looks like it wants to eat me after luring me in with its cute looks.

 

[Zaryiu]

would they be added to later games at some point, or are they just there to tease the player with something they can't have?

Added later on of course but oh... Even in that scenario i can't bring myself to hope they wouldn't mess up

They have 18 games that aren't Pokémon under their belt (Archive), and none of them are particularly popular. The only ones you might hear about here and there are Pulseman and Drill Dozer. And their latest attempt was an outright failure. Considering this, I don't think Game Freak has any chances outside of Pokémon.

Well i liked Smart Ball when i played it

Unrelated but which type do you prefer? Me i prefer Dark type since i caught my first Houndoom back in the original version of Gold

 

[Sundae]

If I had to pick a favorite out of the new Pokemon, I would pick Toxtricity. I like its design and typing, as well as the fact that its signature attack involves twanging a guitar/bass guitar to inflict damage.

Centiskorch, Grapploct, Dragapult, Boltund, and Sandaconda are some other new favorites. I also almost hate to admit it, but I'm starting to warm up to Mr. Rime.

On a similar note, I didn't care for Inteleon when I first saw it, but I've started to warm up to it as well.

Unrelated but which type do you prefer? Me i prefer Dark type since i caught my first Houndoom back in the original version of Gold

Ghost type is my personal favorite, with Dragon in a close second. Gengar, Giratina, Lunala, and Chandelure (for all the flack this 'mon gets, I think it's pretty awesome) are some of my favorite Pokemon, and others like Cofagrigus, Dusklops, and Alolan Marowak rank high on my list.

 

[UntimelyDhelmise]

Unrelated but which type do you prefer? Me i prefer Dark type since i caught my first Houndoom back in the original version of Gold

Flying. I've always loved birds and creatures that fly in general. Bug is a close second since they've always been the underdogs, and short of Kalos (where all you get is the route 1 butterfly) there's not one region that didn't add one that I wholeheartedly adore.

 

[Disc]

Unrelated but which type do you prefer? Me i prefer Dark type since i caught my first Houndoom back in the original version of Gold

I was looking at doing my first Monotype run, and I saw X/Y poison was apparently a good starter.

“Poison? I don’t like poison. Well, I do like Bulbasaur. And Roserade. And Scolipede. And Poipole. And Dragalge. And Nidoran. And... huh.”

 

[Massively Strong Greed]

Unrelated but which type do you prefer?

I'm a Psychic guy. Alakazam, Metagross, Reuniclus, Sigilyph...

 

[Rivalo]

Unrelated but which type do you prefer? Me i prefer Dark type since i caught my first Houndoom back in the original version of Gold

Electric, love Pokémon like Ampharos, Luxray, Electivire, Zebstrika, Joltik, etc., but mainly because electricity is awesome, plus Electric-Types tend to be pretty fast.

 

[OddEyes]

This is probably the worst aspect of the game for me. You're not given room to actually explore much of anything outside of the wild area. And even once you learn that, you find yourself simply running laps just seeing if anything different has popped up since your last trek over.

Welcome to Spikemuth, home to... A single pokecenter and street.

Seriously, that was SUCH a missed opportunity for a wicked looking town, a town shouldn't just be a gym - And while there are some real pretty things here, you'd think that they'd do a bit more. Hell, have the Gym Leaders not be at the gyms at first, like have them be out in the area/town doing things. Not only would that humanize the Gym Leaders a bit more and possibly flesh them out, but you'd also break up the mundanity of going to town, go to gym, beat the leader, now go rest my avatar.

 

[Oddjob OTP]

Now that is how you do a truly fair folk Fairy. None of that pretty flowers and hearts weak sauce.

Mimikyu is actually pretty malevolent though https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jkcJgja9IeM

 

[Namesarehardtocomeupwith]

Unrelated but which type do you prefer? Me i prefer Dark type since i caught my first Houndoom back in the original version of Gold

I like steel type. Metallic looking mons are cool.

 

[A Welsh Cake]

Fairy Type is my favourite. Before that existed it was Ghost but now that there's a type specifically for magic legend creatures that shit is my jam. Also Aromatisse isn't as ugly as everyone says it is, it's just a thicc Plague Doctor.

 

[ducktales4gameboy]

Grass starter into psychic has been my route since gen 1; Leech seed + sleep + poison is a fun time.

Still mildly irritated abra and spiritomb didn’t make the cut this gen.

 

[Nauseated Courgi]

Unrelated but which type do you prefer? Me i prefer Dark type since i caught my first Houndoom back in the original version of Gold

I got to say fighting. Aside from blaziken, fighting pokemon such as Medicham, Hariyama and The Hitmon Trio have a special place in my heart. Not to mention the powerful moves the typing has have some form of downside from using them (Superpower and High Jump Kick are a few examples).

 

[Gar For Archer]

If I had to pick a favorite out of the new Pokemon, I would pick Toxtricity. I like its design and typing, as well as the fact that its signature attack involves twanging a guitar/bass guitar to inflict damage.

Centiskorch, Grapploct, Dragapult, Boltund, and Sandaconda are some other new favorites. I also almost hate to admit it, but I'm starting to warm up to Mr. Rime.

On a similar note, I didn't care for Inteleon when I first saw it, but I've started to warm up to it as well.



Ghost type is my personal favorite, with Dragon in a close second. Gengar, Giratina, Lunala, and Chandelure (for all the flack this 'mon gets, I think it's pretty awesome) are some of my favorite Pokemon, and others like Cofagrigus, Dusklops, and Alolan Marowak rank high on my list.

I like to imagine that Mr Rime has a false head, and that his real face is on his torso.

 

[SleepyNibba]

Ive become a fan of Hatterene, you can pull some bullshit in online battles with her.

Close second favorites is female Meowstic

Little Tsundere kitty.

 

[Etrian Autistry]

I like Poison types the most followed by Rock types. I like how jaggy and cool a lot of Poison type designs wind up being, and I dig most fossilmons outside of Omastar and Bastiodon. Gen 8's designs are weird because I love every poison type they introduced, but I despise the few rock types they made. Still not buying it tho :^)

 

[TheImportantFart]

I think Dark’s my favourite, followed by Psychic and Fairy. I also almost always choose the Water type as my starter, so I have a soft spot for them.

 

[Bunny Tracks]

Dark's my favorite. They usually have really cool designs, and Hydreigon will probably always be my favorite pokemon.

 

[Rotollo]

for favorite types it's a cross up between, electric, grass and fairy.

This is probably the worst aspect of the game for me. You're not given room to actually explore much of anything outside of the wild area. And even once you learn that, you find yourself simply running laps just seeing if anything different has popped up since your last trek over.

Putting in more caves or making the Dynamax "dens" something you could go into and find stuff would have been a major plus. As is now the entire game outside the Wild Area just feels Point A to Point B. Splitting up the regions with two or three similar open field areas would have been a huge plus.

This has been a thing since sun and moon, I think they cant design dynamic environments outside of a grid like setting for some reason. its not due to hms being gone because even pokerides could serve a similar function, but they just didnt for gen 7 either.

Welcome to Spikemuth, home to... A single pokecenter and street.

my favorite thing about that was that someone I know tried to say it was due to being a "homage to streets of rage" when if even if it is, many other beat um ups have indoor areas like river city random have indoor areas and heck I think even SoR does as well.

Seriously, that was SUCH a missed opportunity for a wicked looking town, a town shouldn't just be a gym - And while there are some real pretty things here, you'd think that they'd do a bit more.

yeah the towns seem to be made for eye-candy and trailer bullshots and nothing else, kinda sad honestly.

 

[UntimelyDhelmise]

Welcome to Spikemuth, home to... A single pokecenter and street.

Seriously, that was SUCH a missed opportunity for a wicked looking town, a town shouldn't just be a gym - And while there are some real pretty things here, you'd think that they'd do a bit more. Hell, have the Gym Leaders not be at the gyms at first, like have them be out in the area/town doing things. Not only would that humanize the Gym Leaders a bit more and possibly flesh them out, but you'd also break up the mundanity of going to town, go to gym, beat the leader, now go rest my avatar.

Ballonlea, despite being the prettiest location in the game, is another amplified example of this. Compare it to the last mushroom Fairy city, Laverre in X/Y.

Laverre has 8 buildings (9 if you count the Pokeball factory just north of it), a clothing store, a cafe, the fan club and more on top of the story segment the factory provides.

Ballonlea has just 4 buildings and nothing interesting to do beyond the gym besides a couple mini quests to get some random items. I get that not every town can have a lot going on by sheer principle, but why did they have to make the best area and town in the game so goddamn short?