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I think it’s a little strange that Primal Groudon got a second type while Primal Kyogre did not. I think the Ice Type would have been a nice “opposite” to Groudon’s Fire Type, plus it means said Fire Types now do neutral damage against Kyogre, whose Ice moves would do neutral damage to Groudon anyway, but now at least both get STAB. Not to mention, Kyogre needs something in case Desolate Land takes away all its Water moves

So, in Let’s Go Pikachu/Eevee, we got new teams for Red, Blue and Green. If we got a Let’s Go Johto, what would the teams be for Gold, Silver and Kris (and as a bonus, what would Yellow’s team (from PokéSpe) have been)?

I’ve noticed that the LGPE trainers all have a pattern with their Pokémon:
—Miscellaneous
—Three-Stage with Unusual Evo Method (like Trade)
—Strong Normal Type
—Pokémon with Advantage to Ace (Grass/Fire/Water)
—Pokémon with Weakness to Ace (Grass/Fire/Water)
—Elemental Ace (Usually Starter) (Grass/Fire/Water)

If this pattern were to carry over to Yellow and the Johto characters, what would their teams likely be?

I know the absence of a release date has been memed to hell and back, and maybe I’m just going with anything by this point, but I think if Spike Chunsoft’s been quiet this long, there’s probably someone keeping them quiet. Someone…like Nintendo

I believe that there’s a chance SC has some sort of contract with Nintendo to not give any details until Nintendo’s ready to release the next trailer, and that’s likely going to be in the next Nintendo Direct, since the very first trailer was in one as well (though, given Nintendo’s history with Directs, there might not be much hope here, either…)

Either way, I think since June’s a common month for Nintendo Directs, we’ll just have to wait and see if 2x2 makes another appearance there, and we could possibly finally have our release date (it’ll probably either be one of those “Available Now/Next Week” releases to coincide with the summer, or we’ll just get a regular release date in the fall or winter)

I know I made a post a while back asking about Red’s Champion team, but now I’m curious about the teams of the Johto protagonists, namely Gold/Kris in GSC or Ethan in HGSS. All I know so far is that Gold/Ethan gets Typhlosion while Kris gets Feraligatr, plus Ampharos, Sudowoodo and the Shiny Gyarados are pretty commonly put on their teams, so I’d like to know the reasoning behind why those Pokémon are chosen

I want to see which protagonists are generally agreed to be the “mostly canon” one (before anyone starts, I know that technically there is no defined canon, but some protagonists are clearly given more focus than others, like Red), and as a bonus, which games they’d be associated with

My list so far is Red & Yellow/FireRed, Kris & Crystal/Ethan & HeartGold (depending on the generation), May & Emerald/AlphaSapphire, Dawn & Platinum, Hilbert & Black, Nate & Black 2, Serena & Y, Elio & Sun/UltraSun, Chase & LGP, Gloria & Sword, Rei (only one game), Juliana & Scarlet, and Paxton (only one game)

To me, Pikachu feels more in line with the rest of the first-stage Kanto starters, given their similar BST’s and its presence in the anime, while Raichu feels more in line with a second-stage evolution. Yellow version only helped cement this, with Pikachu now being an official starter alongside the actual Kanto starters. This makes Pichu almost feel like a “zeroth”-stage evolution, and it makes me wonder if Gorochu (the scrapped final evolution) would have been the better evolution to go with to match the other final-stage evolutions. I am asking because of a project I’m working on, so feedback is much appreciated

So, one of the challenges is to TKO or KO Don Flamenco in a round where he has not thrown more than 3 punches. I know that the game is trying to encourage you to try the infinite combo trick, which I wasn’t really all that good at, but I somehow won said challenge despite not trying it. I think I just intercepted almost every single punch he threw because I was trying to find all the ways to earn stars, and as a result, he never got to throw more than three punches. Task failed…successfully?

(This is meant to be a crosspost from r/pokemon, but apparently this subreddit doesn’t allow images, so I’ll just copy and paste)

This is for a project I’m working on. If the concept of male and female Pokémon was introduced in Gen I, what would the Nidoran line look like/be called? I’m pretty sure the only reason they’re two separate lines is because gender distinction didn’t exist before Gen II, so I’m curious if their line would go by different names. Here’s my take, but I’d love to hear your feedback and ideas:

Nidoran (without the ♂️or ♀️)

Nidonite (from “knight”, subordinate to “king” or “queen”), or just “Nidorin” (without the “a” or “o”)

Nidoreign (from “sovereign”, the gender-neutral term for “king/queen”. Originally I thought “monarch”, but I couldn’t get it to work, plus it sounds similar to Nidoran)

This is for a project I’m working on. If Kanto and Johto decided to share an entire Pokémon League of 8 Gyms total, which Gyms would they keep to represent the region as a whole? Who would be the Gym Leaders? Who would the Elite Four and Champion be? This isn’t limited to current Gym Leaders, for example, Kiyo could turn the Fighting Dojo into the new Saffron Fighting Gym, since he would have been the Gym Leader had he not been beaten by Sabrina. I’m curious to see what ideas will be discussed. For example, given that Blaine’s Gym was destroyed between the Kanto and Johto games, leading him to have a makeshift Gym in the Seafoam Islands, I’d imagine he’d just retire from being a Gym Leader at that point if a new League was being reconsidered

Imagine a Legends-style game set years before the Kanto games, where you must help set up the first Pokémon League, similar to Alola. The protagonists? Oh, just two characters named Samuel and Agatha (Yukinari and Kikuko in Japanese). Whoever you don’t pick becomes your rival, as the two battle it out to become the first ever Pokémon Champion

Remember when the Johto games rearranged the Dex to put evolutions together and mixed the Kanto and Johto lines to make the two regions feel more interconnected? Well, with Unova being the first region to not have evolutions for previous Pokémon (after Sinnoh completed a lot of evolutionary lines), almost giving a feeling of a fresh start, what if they had revealed a brand new National Dex as well? It could start with the Unova Dex, then that same mixed Kanto-Johto Dex (with new evolutions from Hoenn and Sinnoh placed with their evolution line), then the Hoenn Dex (again, with any Sinnoh evolutions like Gallade placed next to their corresponding evolution lines), before ending with the Sinnoh Dex. Not only would this make everything much cleaner going forward, but it would make the Dex thematically clean as well, beginning with #000 (Victini) and ending with #648 (Arceus). Especially given that B2W2 was the last game in the 2D timeline before XY branched out into a new timeline, it would have been a nice way to cleanly wrap up the 2D games, in my opinion

This isn’t really a serious theory, I know there’s a bunch of holes in the theory, more of a “Consider the Following”. Steven is the Champion of Ruby & Sapphire, but Wallace is the Champion of Emerald, with Juan replacing him as the Sootopolis Gym Leader. In HGSS, Steven says he’s the Champion of the Hoenn region, with no mention of Wallace, while in B2W2, they’re both Champions, with Juan returning as a Gym Leader

I propose that the events of Ruby happened, with Team Magma taking over the region, before a Trainer (let’s call him Landon) defeated them and forced them into hiding, falling back to Jagged Pass. This Trainer then goes on to battle Steven, succeeding him as Champion. In between games, Team Magma plots their revenge, while Team Aqua uses this opportunity to further their own plans, taking over Magma’s old hideout. Juan then returns to Sootopolis, allowing Wallace to battle Landon and become Champion. The events of Emerald then happen, Team Magma and Team Aqua are on the loose, and another Trainer (May) foils both their plans, battles Wallace and becomes the new Champion. Maybe she then leaves, causing Steven to take back the mantle in a manner similar to Lance after Red left

Like I said, I know there are many flaws with this theory, I’m just suggesting it as an interesting little thought experiment

I’ve picked up Three Houses recently and I wanted to figure out the best order to play the routes. I have the DLC, so I can play Cindered Shadows whenever, but I’ve heard conflicting opinions on which routes to start with and which routes to play after that, as well as when to add the DLC into the mix. Keep in mind, this is my first ever Fire Emblem game, so I have nothing to go off of. Also as the title says, please no spoilers

Edit: So far it seems that Verdant Wind and maybe Azure Moon are the top picks for a first route

Edit 2: It also seems that Silver Snow suffers from repetitiveness, namely having a similar start to Crimson Flower and a similar end to Verdant Wind

Whenever I see Junkan being talked about in discussions related to Junko or Mikan, everyone is so quick to label it as toxic as hell, it shouldn’t exist, shouldn’t ever be brought up, worst ship for Mikan, etc. However, everyone seems to love Naeshima, praising it for its angsty/cutesy rivalry, even though it’s way more toxic than Junkan. At least Mikan loved Junko, and Junkan is an interesting look into Mikan’s mind and her insecurities

The way I see it, her obsession with Junko is partly her wanting to be with Junko, and partly her wanting to become Junko, or someone as confident and popular as she is. Makoto just looks genuinely uncomfortable around Junko. You want to ship Makoto with a Despair Sister, ship him with Mukuro. You want an angsty rivalry ship where Hope and Despair collide, ship Junko with Nagito or something, at least that ship incorporates some mutuality into the rivalry, with Junko needing the hope she hates to bring about a bigger despair, and Nagito needing the despair he hates to bring about a bigger hope

TL;DR: Junkan is an interesting ship thematically to showcase Mikan’s insecurities and obsessive nature, Naeshima is uncomfortable and has nothing to show for itself other than being an unrealistically angsty toxic pairing. We have Nagito for that, let Makoto have a better ship, like Mukuro, or Kyoko, or Chihiro, or Hina, or even Sayaka. I’m not hating on anyone who ships Naeshima, I just don’t see the appeal at all

Would it be based off the Wii version? The SNES version? Both? Would there be three circuits or would they add the Special Circuit? Which fighters would return from the Wii? Who would make a reappearance from SNES or a previous game? Would we get any spiritual successors in the form of new characters (like how Disco Kid is a spiritual successor to Kid Quick)? I’d love to hear your thoughts and ideas