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

[Disc]

Speaking of bad retypings, what the hell were they thinking with G-Rapidash? The whole lore with Ponyta being pure Psychic was that unicorns can cure poisons or something, only for it to gain a weakness to Poison after evolving. Would've worked a bit more if its special ability granted full immunity to Poison attacks, but it only affects the poison status.

I think that works, actually. All types have a broad definition, and poison includes stuff like pollution and toxic waste. From my hazy recollection, more modern depictions often show Unicorns being either hurt or scared off by pollution. Having them be resistant to poisoning itself but weak to toxicity in general might be a way to show that.

Especially considering G-Ponyta is a My Little Pony in everything but name. It's half a foot shorter than the normal version, and noticeably more rounded as well. Even their eyes are flipped, with Normal being more flat on top and more rounded on the bottom, and Galarian being more rounded on the top and flatter on the bottom.

 

[UntimelyDhelmise]

A bit of competitive spergery, but when the Tapus come to town it's going to be a glorious mess. It's not outright confirmed but I think it's a foregone conclusion that they'll get the new IoA moves that do crazy shit with terrain. Rising Voltage Koko, Expanding Force Lele, Grassy Glide Bulu, it's going to be a slaughter. And that's even before getting into known datamined changes like Koko and Bulu getting physical Fairy STAB (Play Rough) and Close Combat.

 

[Dunsparce]

A bit of competitive spergery, but when the Tapus come to town it's going to be a glorious mess. It's not outright confirmed but I think it's a foregone conclusion that they'll get the new IoA moves that do crazy shit with terrain. Rising Voltage Koko, Expanding Force Lele, Grassy Glide Bulu, it's going to be a slaughter. And that's even before getting into known datamined changes like Koko and Bulu getting physical Fairy STAB (Play Rough) and Close Combat.

Crown Tundra in a nutshell:

Spoiler

 

[X-Shaped Weeaboo]

Crown Tundra in a nutshell:

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I want to go back in time and put salt in the water bottle of the person who made Landorous-T for ruining Pokemon forever.

 

[Nauseated Courgi]

In other news...



Looks like it's happening

 

[Archeops]

In other news...

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Looks like it's happening

It’s also happening for Pokemon GO as well, but it appears that Niantic took the lazy way out and are using altered versions of the TR Trio’s models from the Mewtwo Strikes Back remake.

 

[Nauseated Courgi]

It’s also happening for Pokemon GO as well, but it appears that Niantic took the lazy way out and are using altered versions of the TR Trio’s models from the Mewtwo Strikes Back remake.
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A lazy route was taken in Masters as well, they didn't give them voice lines.

 

[Canned Bread]

A bit of competitive spergery, but when the Tapus come to town it's going to be a glorious mess. It's not outright confirmed but I think it's a foregone conclusion that they'll get the new IoA moves that do crazy shit with terrain. Rising Voltage Koko, Expanding Force Lele, Grassy Glide Bulu, it's going to be a slaughter. And that's even before getting into known datamined changes like Koko and Bulu getting physical Fairy STAB (Play Rough) and Close Combat.

Tapu Bulu really feels like it is going to be outclassed by Rillaboom, since the later is faster and has a better movepool (Gets things like U-Turn and Knock Off), while it's attack and bulk are only slightly lower than Tapu Bulu's. Although Bulu does have it being a Fairy-Type in its favor, so that might come into play more than I think.

Expanding Force Tapu Lele sounds like a nightmare though. She was already the best Tapu, and in my opinion, kinda broken. That's definitely going to be enough to push her over the edge.

 

[UntimelyDhelmise]

Tapu Bulu really feels like it is going to be outclassed by Rillaboom, since the later is faster and has a better movepool (Gets things like U-Turn and Knock Off), while it's attack and bulk are only a little bit lower than Tapu Bulu's. Although Bulu does have it being a Fairy-Type in its favor, so that might come into play more than I think.

Expanding Force Tapu Lele sounds like a nightmare though. She was already the best Tapu, and in my opinion, kinda broken. That's definitely going to be enough to push her over the edge.

Fairy absolutely helps Bulu more than you'd think (especially since it will now actually have the physical STAB to go along with it). Watch any OU video and you're bound to see 2-3 Fairy types per team because it's that busted. Not to mention access to Horn Leech for a STAB recovering move compared to Rilla's Drain Punch, and it won't be stuck with Superpower anymore either.

As for who will be most busted, probably Lele again but Koko with Rising Voltage shouldn't be overlooked, which in its terrain doubles to 140 and that's before factoring in the separate 1.3 terrain boost and STAB. Yeah there's a type and multiple ability immunities to it but if you're out of those and a countering terrain setter you're looking at a mon firing off nukes stronger than most Z and Dynamax moves for free.

 

[Rivalo]

A lazy route was taken in Masters as well, they didn't give them voice lines.

They did, but only in Japanese. The notification for Jessie's event in the game states that, due to Corona-chan, English voice recording was put on hiatus.

 

[Pinochet Was Right]

Besides, in Japan they gotta have enough Hayashibara archival recordings for a lifetime.

 

[Archeops]

In somewhat sketchy news, TPCI decided to REUPLOAD four of their Pokemon Unite-related videos their official YouTube channel.
They REALLY want to keep this hatred of Tencent quiet but all this will do is cause the Streisand Effect to hit 'em, like a ton of bricks.

 

[Robert James]

In somewhat sketchy news, TPCI decided to REUPLOAD four of their Pokemon Unite-related videos their official YouTube channel.View attachment 1439230
They REALLY want to keep this hatred of Tencent quiet but all this will do is cause the Streisand Effect to hit 'em, like a ton of bricks.

Some people are claiming it's due to a switch being backwards in the previous videos, imagine that game freak released something with an obvious error, but considering that their dealing with tencent I wouldn't put it past them. I said it earlier but the video was less for the fans and more of a sign of confidence with tencent. They have to make it look good as not to spook the Chinese market.

On a sidenote I thought China had a habit of banning all foreign gohst stories, how the hell did pokemon get in considering one of its types is gohst?

 

[Kari Kamiya]

On a sidenote I thought China had a habit of banning all foreign gohst stories, how the hell did pokemon get in considering one of its types is gohst?

I think it's because they're not specifically stated to be human ghosts, and resemble more as yōkai for the Japanese, which is an off-set of Chinese folklore their ancestors still kept when making their own culture (though Chinese ghosts tend to be malevolent in nature, and Ghost-types are known pranksters, which is kid-friendly malevolence). Only a few Ghosts are stated to have human spirits possessing them, but it's still written off as unproven.

But then again, human ghosts exist in the game, so it is interesting that got through their censors...

EDIT: Lol so this was a thing.

 

[Neet Tokusatsu]

I think it's because they're not specifically stated to be human ghosts, and resemble more as yōkai for the Japanese, which is an off-set of Chinese folklore their ancestors still kept when making their own culture (though Chinese ghosts tend to be malevolent in nature, and Ghost-types are known pranksters, which is kid-friendly malevolence). Only a few Ghosts are stated to have human spirits possessing them, but it's still written off as unproven.

But then again, human ghosts exist in the game, so it is interesting that got through their censors...

EDIT: Lol so this was a thing.
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> They turned Pikachu into something like a tiger with huge breasts

So, we almost got an official big tiddy Zeraora... ok, being serious for a moment, what gets my attention is that they use the word huge to describe those Pika tits, not big, not large, huge, can you imagine how different the franchise would be if that change was implemented? with Pikachu instead of being cutesy anime rodent turned into the most unsubtle furbait character ever created?

 

[Kari Kamiya]

I wonder if "breasts" is actually meant to be "pecs", because unless they were viewing Pikachu as female, I think they were envisioning him as looking like this:

 

[Archeops]

This is just a heads-up but a lot of Pokemon “fans“ on /vp/ are hoping that the Poketuber and competitive communities undergo the same upheaval that hit the Smash Bros. and FCG scene recently.

Some people are claiming it's due to a switch being backwards in the previous videos, imagine that game freak released something with an obvious error, but considering that their dealing with tencent I wouldn't put it past them. I said it earlier but the video was less for the fans and more of a sign of confidence with tencent. They have to make it look good as not to spook the Chinese market.

On a sidenote I thought China had a habit of banning all foreign gohst stories, how the hell did pokemon get in considering one of its types is gohst?

That’s what I’m hearing as well, although TPC company HAS fucked up with trailers before. Remember that tailless G-Ponyta that was shown off in the 24-hour stream?

As for spooking the Chinese market I’ve heard they’re not exactly liking Unite, mostly in part due to MOBA scene being as crowded as it is right now.

 

[Boobie Bomb]

I think it's because they're not specifically stated to be human ghosts, and resemble more as yōkai for the Japanese, which is an off-set of Chinese folklore their ancestors still kept when making their own culture (though Chinese ghosts tend to be malevolent in nature, and Ghost-types are known pranksters, which is kid-friendly malevolence). Only a few Ghosts are stated to have human spirits possessing them, but it's still written off as unproven.

But then again, human ghosts exist in the game, so it is interesting that got through their censors...

EDIT: Lol so this was a thing.
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You didn't even post the original before it got deleted.

 

[The 3rd Hooligan]

This is just a heads-up but a lot of Pokemon “fans“ on /vp/ are hoping that the Poketuber and competitive communities undergo the same upheaval that hit the Smash Bros. and FCG scene recently.

That’s what I’m hearing as well, although TPC company HAS fucked up with trailers before. Remember that tailless G-Ponyta that was shown off in the 24-hour stream?

As for spooking the Chinese market I’ve heard they’re not exactly liking Unite, mostly in part due to MOBA scene being as crowded as it is right now.

Thats because vp hates non vp with passion

 

[Kari Kamiya]

You didn't even post the original before it got deleted.

I didn't think Dr. Lava would delete it in all honesty. Like why would he do that, anyway? Because "Pikachu" and "boobs" are in the same sentence?

(Also is that video for a different post? That's odd to have.)