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[Dragoon En Regalia]

I am the

Spoiler

Masuda

eye in the sky
Looking at you~ou~ooo
I can change your mind
I am the maker of rules
Dealing with fool~ool~ools
I can read yo mind~
And I don't need to see anymore to know that
I can read your mind~ (4x)

 

[ScraftyDevil]

I am the

Spoiler

Masuda

eye in the sky
Looking at you~ou~ooo
I can change your mind
I am the maker of rules
Dealing with fool~ool~ools
I can read yo mind~
And I don't need to see anymore to know that
I can read your mind~ (4x)

Don't leave false illusions behind
Don't cry 'cause I ain't changing my mind
So find another fool like before
Cause I ain't gonna live anymore believing
Some of the lies while all of the signs are deceiving

 

[ThatObviousUser]

It's kind of like when you go back to an amusement park that you loved as a kid, and even though it's kind of crappy and outdated, it's still magical in your mind.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qxhH2IUwws

 

[MikeMyers]

Playing through Blue right now, and dang, Starmie is streamrolling everything with Surf/Psychic/Ice Beam/Thunderbolt. Poor Pinsir. Doesn't even learn a bug move.

Also, I have no idea how resists work in this game anymore. Sometimes it's neutral, sometimes it's not very effective. Poison is super effective against bugs and not very effective against grass/poison. wut

Ice Beam is SE against Charizard and Gyarados in RBY, but apparently the later is just a glitch and it does neutral damage.

Nidoking is easiest to solo with - Double Kick/Earthquake/Ice Beam/Thunderbolt.

I used Venusaur ~ Swords Dance/Body Slam/Sleep Powder/Razor Leaf, killed anything that wasn't called Gengar.

 

[Slermy]

So I'm planning an in-game team for Soul Silver, and need a 6th recommendation.

Meganium (I swear Gamefreak hates Chikorita, almost ever gym resists her)
Red Gyarados
Ampharos
Quagsire
Espeon

I'm trying to keep my team Gen 2 themed, Gyarados is on there because the Shinyness represents something Gen 2 introduced.

Hmm... a bit odd since you already have an eeveelution, but I'd suggest Umbreon. I find mine to be very useful.

It ain't Gen III, though!

Route 113's music alone makes Gen III awesome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfARFF9S5Jg

 

[Aaron Strife]

So I'm planning an in-game team for Soul Silver, and need a 6th recommendation.

Meganium (I swear Gamefreak hates Chikorita, almost ever gym resists her)
Red Gyarados
Ampharos
Quagsire
Espeon

I'm trying to keep my team Gen 2 themed, Gyarados is on there because the Shinyness represents something Gen 2 introduced.

Use Houndoom.

Ice Beam is SE against Charizard and Gyarados in RBY, but apparently the later is just a glitch and it does neutral damage.

The messages you get when using attacks ("It's super effective!" "It's not very effective") are kind of jumbled up in RBY, but the type matchups are mostly the same. Poison is SE against bug and Ghost doesn't affect Psychic.

 

[Exterminieren]

That's about it, though. Gen II had an amazing world, but some weak Pokémon.

Well... you're half right.

 

[EvilMario]

Use Houndoom.

Too bad Houndoom is one of the last wild Pokemon available to catch. Game Freak trolled hard with their Generation II Fire and Dark types, keeping them hidden away until late game.

 

[Wichu]

Too bad Houndoom is one of the last wild Pokemon available to catch. Game Freak trolled hard with their Generation II Fire and Dark types, keeping them hidden away until late game.

IIRC you can get it in the Safari Zone.

 

[Syph Medwes]

Route 113's music alone makes Gen III awesome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfARFF9S5Jg

...my god

 

[Professor Beef]

IIRC you can get it in the Safari Zone.

Pretty sure you need Waterfall and Rock Climb to get to the Safari Zone in the first place.

 

[ScraftyDevil]

Pretty sure you need Waterfall and Rock Climb to get to the Safari Zone in the first place.

...nope, you just need to heal Amphy, then it's a straight shot from Cianwood.

 

[Firemind]

Pinsir really is useless in this game despite looking like a total badass. Stuck with Vicegrip until lvl. 49. Doesn't learn Swords Dance until lvl. 54. Can't teach it Earthquake. Can't teach it Rock Slide. Learns Harden.

Forever in the shadow of the Scyther family.

 

[Gravijah]

good thing it evolves into heracross.

 

[Professor Beef]

Pinsir really is useless in this game despite looking like a total badass. Stuck with Vicegrip until lvl. 49. Doesn't learn Swords Dance until lvl. 54. Can't teach it Earthquake. Can't teach it Rock Slide. Learns Harden.

Forever in the shadow of the Scyther family.

It took until Gen 3 for it to learn a proper Bug move, and Gen 4 for it to see actual use.

There are several better choices in Gen 1, you would do well to abandon Pinsir now.

 

[Firemind]

You can't tell me what to do!

As a matter of fact, I'm using Kingler. Aw yeah, Crabhammer being special-based!

 

[Professor Beef]

You can't tell me what to do!

As a matter of fact, I'm using Kingler. Aw yeah, Crabhammer being special-based!

YOU FOOL

I bet you're not even using Snorlax either!

 

[Firemind]

If the theme of my team was the six worst Pokemon in Kanto, then he'd be a shoo-in!

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

Route 113's music alone makes Gen III awesome:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wfARFF9S5Jg

I also love how that route has the soot falling on it as well, very atmospheric.

 

[MikeMyers]

It took until Gen 3 for it to learn a proper Bug move, and Gen 4 for it to see actual use.

There are several better choices in Gen 1, you would do well to abandon Pinsir now.

It's all about that Beedrill.

Beats up Giovanni's Nidoking/Nidoqueen with his STAB Twineedle.

 

[Ondore]

Bulbapedia has more info on the Gen I dual type/wrong message issue.

 

[Slermy]

I also love how that route has the soot falling on it as well, very atmospheric.

Oh definitely. I was in awe when I made it to that area.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

It was the best excuse to use up your Super Repels ever. I just wanted some furnishings for my Base, dammit!

And the music's cool too.

 

[Nocturnowl]

I remember saving up all my ashes for that crummy black flute the first time, it didn't repel anything!
The confusion curing flute on the other hand, that was incredibly useful considering the odds of the inaccurate supersonic hitting me are unusually high.

 

[Schmitty]

Why does SS/HG have such a gap in pokemon levels? I have 16 badges but my team in only in the 50s. Elite four is in 70s now and Red is in 80s. How the hell am I supposed to level up?

 

[Exterminieren]

Wow.

Spoiler

Bianca's Emboar grabbing Trip's Conkeldurr's pillars and beating the shit out of it with them is simply the bossest thing.

 

[ScraftyDevil]

Wow.

Spoiler

Bianca's Emboar grabbing Trip's Conkeldurr's pillars and beating the shit out of it with them is simply the bossest thing.

I really like how Bianca's improving as a battler. It's too bad that her Emboar and Ash's Scraggy are destined to lose in the semis just so Sawk and Throh can have their rival battle T_T

They were doing so well, too...

 

[ffdgh]

maybe the writers will let scraggy slide.....barely anyway....oh who am i kidding, the writers hate ash.

 

[ScraftyDevil]

maybe the writers will let scraggy slide.....barely anyway....oh who am i kidding, the writers hate ash.

The next episode is confirmed to be Sawk vs. Throh, so there's no chance of Scraggy or Emboar winning.

I'm still holding out on some hope that Scraggy will miraculously evolve into Scrafty and Shinku Scradoken Throh into a fever dream in which he fights Sawk. It'd be weird, but I would applaude.

 

[Nocturnowl]

Why does SS/HG have such a gap in pokemon levels? I have 16 badges but my team in only in the 50s. Elite four is in 70s now and Red is in 80s. How the hell am I supposed to level up?

You don't level up! Well at least I never did, gen 2 levels are all over the place and this is true even before you reach Kanto, at least the remakes might have more ways to level up but I don't know what they are aside from tedious wild pokemon grinding.
And yes this means I never beat Red either, I did scrape through the second round elite 4 but I can't remember how I got the levels high enough aside from Gliscor and Scizor being sword dancing machines, i'm always underleveled for the elite 4.

Wow.

Spoiler

Bianca's Emboar grabbing Trip's Conkeldurr's pillars and beating the shit out of it with them is simply the bossest thing.

Okay that does sound pretty awesome, almost enough for me to investigate.

 

[ScraftyDevil]

I love Georgia/Langley's logic in this arc:

>enters a tournament meant for Fighting-types

>uses Bisharp

 

[ThatObviousUser]

I love Georgia/Langley's logic in this arc:

>enters a tournament meant for Fighting-types

>uses Bisharp

:lol

I'm so behind on episodes.

 

[ScraftyDevil]

:lol

I'm so behind on episodes.

There are a lot that you can probably skip. Just read the synopsies on Bulbapedia and decide if it's worth watching to you. Regardless, catch up before next week. Stuff's gonna go down.

 

[Nocturnowl]

I love Georgia/Langley's logic in this arc:

>enters a tournament meant for Fighting-types

>uses Bisharp

Well I never thought Brock entering the fighting pokemon tournament in Kanto with freaking Geodude could be topped but here we are.
That tournament also cemented Primeape as best fighting type, simply delicious.

 

[ScraftyDevil]

Well I never thought Brock entering the fighting pokemon tournament in Kanto with freaking Geodude could be topped but here we are.
That tournament also cemented Primeape as best fighting type, simply delicious.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Is that one of my shots?

 

[ScraftyDevil]

I dunno, I Google Image'd it. It would be super cool if it was, though.

 

[ThatObviousUser]

Nah, doesn't seem like it. I forgot all my shots have the CN logo.

 

[Syph Medwes]

So we're in "Gaming Community" now?
It's weird seeing the streamlined GAF layout altered by these new subforums...

 

[ThatObviousUser]

We were in Community before it was cool. /hipster

Wait, it still isn't cool. /anti-hipster

 

[Wiseblade]

We were in Community before it was cool. /hipster

Wait, it still isn't cool. /anti-hipster

That just shows how hardcore we are.

 

[Dragoon En Regalia]

—Your community leader~! A-N-D-Rex!

I recently found out that my Bushi Seiryuuden ROM was corrupted to the extent that I couldn't go to a certain point early in the game at all without the game freezing. Sucks, too, as I was making some head-way into the game (with the help of an FAQ, admittedly, so I could get acclimated to the menus). It's been a surprisingly great puzzle-adventure game so far, with unique battles for each overworld screen (each overworld encounter, sort of like Earthbound, represents a unique battle). And the story itself seems very interesting, mainly because of the Jomon-era setting and ethereal nature of the audiovisuals.

Makes me wish that Ken Sugimori would do more art outside of Pokemon. The in-game visuals are outstanding artistically, quite good for their time and for the platform.

 

[Gravijah]

—Your community leader~! A-N-D-Rex!

GWAHAHAHAHA

 

[ThatObviousUser]

—Your community leader~! A-N-D-Rex!

 

[ScraftyDevil]

Yup, next episode is going to be... interesting.

 

[Chet Rippo]

These Communities are melting my brain!

 

[ffdgh]

poor scraggy is weak to fighting attacks.

eh i suppose he could leer endlessly lol

 

[Ondore]

I also love how that route has the soot falling on it as well, very atmospheric.

I love any place that has bits of Ash raining continuously.

 

[Firestorm]

If you wanna know why I love VGC so much this newly posted recount of last year's US Nationals should tell you

 

[Watch Da Birdie]

I love Georgia/Langley's logic in this arc:

>enters a tournament meant for Fighting-types

>uses Bisharp

It's weird how Bisharp was in the last two episode titles as if it was the MAIN fight, but it appeared for like a minute in each. :/