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Pokémon Community Thread: Gotta Catch 'Em All!

Delio

Member
So I started a Nuzlocke in pokemon white. Figured I'd share it with you guys (Mostly the important battles).

First battle with N went fairly well. My Tepig, Ace proving his worth as leader of my team with two swift tackles taking out the little cat.

The gym WOULD have went smoother if I didn't go and get my Elvis (Pansage) killed to a random trainer. So I was up toi fight Cress with Ace and Heart (Patrat).

Round 1 - Ace vs Lillipup. Spammed tackle a crap ton of times before the thing could boost and I was able to knock it down. Panpour was coming up and I looked to Heart who I had raised up to lv 12. I could honly hope she was strong enough to handle it as I tossed her in.

Round 2 - Heart vs Panpour.

Battle started with me using Leer two times and Cress getting in two water guns. Brought me down to red but my little buddy held on. I quickly tossed a potion as he went for work up. Two tackles/two water guns later and we are both healing up again.

It was down to the wire now and I poured on the tackle attacks. My last hit was a crit tackle that brought down the water beast and eared me my first badge. What a trooper!


Team -
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Ace lv 13 Rash nature

Ace is leader of the team and my starter pokemon. Always rushing into attacks without thinking of it' own safety it's a great contender and just needs some guidance.


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Heart lv 13 Modest nature

Heart was honestly someone I was just going to use as cut fodder but she turned out to be quite the battler earning me my first badge while being underleveled. Despite her physical weakness she presses on eager to support the team.

(Kinda giving the pokemon little personalities to make this more fun. I know weird but why not!)
 
.(Kinda giving the pokemon little personalities to make this more fun. I know weird but why not!)

That's not weird; I love giving my Pokémon personalities (Nuzlocke or otherwise).

In my Nuzlocke of White, my Beartic, Zangief was very kind and fiercly loyal to both me and Unova even if he wasn't the brightest, and my Braviary, Rawk Hawk, was always rushing headlong into battle and loved to fight, his confidence augmented by his diverse moveset.
 

Delio

Member
That's not weird; I love giving my Pokémon personalities (Nuzlocke or otherwise).

In my Nuzlocke of White, my Beartic, Zangief was very kind and fiercly loyal to both me and Unova even if he wasn't the brightest, and my Braviary, Rawk Hawk, was always rushing headlong into battle and loved to fight, his confidence augmented by his diverse moveset.

Awesome :) I do wish Heart was not Modest though as that cripples her useful stat. Ah well she does get support moves.
 
Awesome :) I do wish Heart was not Modest though as that cripples her useful stat. Ah well she does get support moves.

Yeah, you kind of have to just play with what you're dealt on a Nuzlocke. In my run of Platinum, I got a Probopass with a +Attack, -Speed nature, which was a real bummer considering what moves I taught him, but I made it work and he helped me through two of the Elite Four.
 
There should be an anime/special run. Only use Pokemon Ash, Red, and other main characters use. Should be easy to pull. Only hard part is Yellow or Blue's team.
 

Watch Da Birdie

I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
There should be an anime/special run. Only use Pokemon Ash, Red, and other main characters use. Should be easy to pull. Only hard part is Yellow or Blue's team.

I did that in Emerald. Limited myself to his Hoenn Team, which was pretty good (Sceptile, Swellow, Torkoal, Corphish, and Glalie), although I allowed myself to fully evolve Corphish and kept spot 6 open for my HM Slave, which was mainly Linoone who helped with Pick Up, and later Rayquaza after obtaining him. Was rather fun.

Doing that in Diamond and Pearl wouldn't be too hard either, since you'd have Pikachu (Light Ball + Volt Tackle), Torterra, Infernape, Staraptor, Buizel, and Gliscor/Gible.
 

Delio

Member
I did that in Emerald. Limited myself to his Hoenn Team, which was pretty good (Sceptile, Swellow, Torkoal, Corphish, and Glalie), although I allowed myself to fully evolve Corphish and kept spot 6 open for my HM Slave, which was mainly Linoone who helped with Pick Up, and later Rayquaza after obtaining him. Was rather fun.

Doing that in Diamond and Pearl wouldn't be too hard either, since you'd have Pikachu (Light Ball + Volt Tackle), Torterra, Infernape, Staraptor, Buizel, and Gliscor/Gible.

Try his Jotho team after most of his kanto team took off. Kinda bad if you stick to his first stage stuff. Bayleaf, Pikachu, Cyndaquil, Totodile, Noctowl and Heracross.
 

Watch Da Birdie

I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Try his Jotho team after most of his kanto team took off. Kinda bad if you stick to his first stage stuff. Bayleaf, Pikachu, Cyndaquil, Totodile, Noctowl and Heracross.

He got Phanpy near the end too, although it evolved years later during the Battle Frontier saga.

And it's been about seven years since then. :(
 

Watch Da Birdie

I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
His Cyndaqui also evolved years later too...

I wouldn't be surprised if we see Gible pop up in Best Wishes 2 and evolve.

There's also a Corphish on the poster for Best Wishes 2, so I'm wondering if Ash will evolve it now that he's "allowed" to have Dark Types.
 

MikeMyers

Member
I did an Ash team in Yellow once, although I suppose I cheated since I evolved Bulbasaur and Squirtle.

Pikachu
Venusaur
Blastoise
Charizard
Haunter
Pidgeot

I had a Mankey/Primeape before he got phased out for Haunter as well. Captured Muk, Krabby, Tauros, and Snorlax to keep the Ash theme going.
 

Watch Da Birdie

I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
I did an Ash team in Yellow once.

Pikachu
Venusaur
Blastoise
Charizard
Haunter
Pidgeot

Okay, I guess I cheated with evolving Bulbasaur and Squirtle, but whatever.

If you wanna get technical he never caught Haunter either. :p
 
Best Ash team would be:

Pikachu w/Light Ball (necessary)
Infernape
Glalie
Krookodile (when that happens, it better do)
Heracross
Snorlax

edit: OK, I saw they did an episode where Ash brings back Cyndaquil, and given that the Johto series was my heroin as a kid obviously I need to watch that. And WTF IS WRONG WITH NURSE JOY'S VOICE, and Oak's too

fuck. At least Muk is still great.

OK Ash is a douchebag. *finds Totodile and Corphish* "OH GOD ASH IT'S BEEN YEARS IT'S BEEN FUCKING YEARS I'M SO HAPPY, OAK IS A SHIT HE TOUCHED MY-" "Yeah great to see you too, anyway RETURN" *pwoooo*

Heracross is sucking Bulbasaur dry... ;_;
 

BatDan

Bane? Get them on board, I'll call it in.
edit: OK, I saw they did an episode where Ash brings back Cyndaquil, and given that the Johto series was my heroin as a kid obviously I need to watch that. And WTF IS WRONG WITH NURSE JOY'S VOICE, and Oak's too

PUSA happened. There's still fan rage to this day.

I prefer the PUSA voices.
 
I knew about the cast change but this is the first time it's hurt. Ah well, the Sinnoh League is still proving to be a real nostalgia blast. Heracross is a boss. And Cyndaquil evolved! Awesome.

Barry is a lot of fun.
 

ThatObviousUser

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They're pretty good now. Bad at first but much better now.

Nostalgia makes it impossible to call, though.

I knew about the cast change but this is the first time it's hurt. Ah well, the Sinnoh League is still proving to be a real nostalgia blast. Heracross is a boss. And Cyndaquil evolved! Awesome.

Barry is a lot of fun.

I didn't like his anime version at first, took me until the actual Sinnoh Conference for me to warm up.
 

Wiseblade

Member
They're pretty good now. Bad at first but much better now.

Nostalgia makes it impossible to call, though.

If Brock and Prof. Oak never show up again, then I'd agree with you about the current voice cast being passable. I feel like the 4kids cast was noticeably superior though.
 
I didn't like his anime version at first, took me until the actual Sinnoh Conference for me to warm up.

Ah, this is my first time watching DP in a long time (think I saw a couple episodes of the first DP series) so it's my first time seeing anime Barry. The talk of fines was something I totally forgot his game version did. :lol

Pokemon League continues to be vastly superior to the rest of the series, as usual. Shame they still insist on Team Rocket.
 

BatDan

Bane? Get them on board, I'll call it in.
Ah, this is my first time watching DP in a long time (think I saw a couple episodes of the first DP series) so it's my first time seeing anime Barry. The talk of fines was something I totally forgot his game version did. :lol

Pokemon League continues to be vastly superior to the rest of the series, as usual. Shame they still insist on Team Rocket.

Have fun... this asshole is going to ruin it.
 
Yeah I'm prepared for that. I've been told Paul vs Ash is a highlight of basically the entire anime ever, and then Darkrai guy shits all over that. So I'll probably just stop after Paul vs Ash. :lol

Oh fuck yes, Noctowl's back, I still remember that episode as a kid
 

Kokonoe

Banned
I definitely consider the original voices a lot better. 4Kids may not be too good(although there are reasons for this), I always liked the voice actors they choose for main characters.
 

BatDan

Bane? Get them on board, I'll call it in.
Their One Piece choices were terrible outside of Zoro though.

I like to think of what the director's told them.

"Alright Jason, you need to sound like a clown constantly going through puberty. You can't show any emotion outside of comic relief as any character development will be cut out. For some reason comic relief characters must be funny 24/7"

"Alright Marc, just do you Guts voice." "Awesome, wait what the hell is this dialogue?" "Just read the lines" "This is horribly childish!" "Do you want your paycheck or not!"

"Alright Bella, just joyfully scream. No volume control, no other emotion outside of happy. Just keep screaming!"

"Alright David, you need to sound like Tony Danza with the world's worst head cold"

"Alright Veronica, use a Southern accent" "Why? Because she has a cowboy hat?" "These were the directions from the higher-ups." "Haven't you ever considered how our bosses are 70 year old racists?" "JUST READ THE DAMN LINES!"
 

Watch Da Birdie

I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Yeah, Team Rocket is the worse part of the new dub...mainly the lines. Meowth and Jessie have alright voices, but man, they really took off with the rhyming and alliteration. It calms down in Best Wishes...but that's because now they suck and they're boring. :{

I have no problem with Ash now, nor Brock, Dawn, Iris, or Cilan, although the latter three never had any old VAs so it doesn't matter much.
 
Yeah, Team Rocket is the worse part of the new dub...mainly the lines. Meowth and Jessie have alright voices, but man, they really took off with the rhyming and alliteration. It calms down in Best Wishes...but that's because now they suck and they're boring. :{

I have no problem with Ash now, nor Brock, Dawn, Iris, or Cilan, although the latter three never had any old VAs so it doesn't matter much.
Honestly the dub would be so much better if they just stopped dicking with the soundtrack.

Season 1 of Best Wishes kept nearly everything, now in the new episodes they're back to their old tricks.
 

Watch Da Birdie

I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
The funny thing is...the new VAs have already been in the show for almost six years now.

In two years or so, the new VAs will have been around for the same amount of time as the original VAs. :0

Pokemon is the main series that makes me question my mortality. :(
 
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