Pokémon Sun/Moon - Nov 18, 2016

[Omniyoji]

Would be cool if the plushy was free but... lol nope not gonna happen.

[Katlan]

never having played a pokemon game, is X or Y a good starting point? And is each game self contained regarding the available pokemon (if you don't transfer), or can I use X and Y to get some of the original pokemon and stuff and evolve them, etc?

[Omniyoji]

I actually recommend starting with Omega Ruby or Alpha Sapphire. I came back into Pokemon after taking a ~15 year break. I've missed out on 500+ pokes and started with Alpha Sapphire. It was actually quite good. The best part being the dex nav and actually encouraging to catch pokemon. After putting 118 hrs into it I started up Y. I'm currently at trekking to the Elite Four but I'm feeling Poke burned out. I was also playing Red at the same time and I'm at the same place. I don't know if I can say it was Y or the massive amount of hours put across the games. Y is okay, but not as great as AS. Also you need the latest 4 in order to catch them all (except legendaries). ORAS + XY. Unfortunately ORAS has a lot of the originals missing. Here's a list of unobtainable pokemon in

ORAS:

http://www.serebii.net/omegarubyalph...tainable.shtml

XY:

http://www.serebii.net/xy/unobtainable.shtml

[Kaslo]

If anyone wants some poke nostalgia: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...q_3_V2UCbq9yQL

Basically Brandon Jones (voice of Game Trailers and Easy Allies) had never played pokemon, and with the 3DS VC release of Red/Blue he plays through Red and gives his thoughts, with Kyle Bosman (Final Bosman) answers his questions and comments on his progress.

[Silenka]

never having played a pokemon game, is X or Y a good starting point? And is each game self contained regarding the available pokemon (if you don't transfer), or can I use X and Y to get some of the original pokemon and stuff and evolve them, etc?

I personally really enjoyed X and Y, and I think it would be a fine starting point. Its story is a little more deep than most of the games' stories imo, and the length is good too. But all of the pokemon games are fun, so I don't think it matters too much which one you start with.

If you are ever interested in filling out the ENTIRE national pokedex, apparently you can do it with just XYORAS (and sun/moon eventually of course).

There is also this, which I started playing today https://pokemmo.eu/
It's amazing. And it lets you play the first 2 generations of games in an MMO environment. It's still in alpha but it's very professionally done.

[Serra]

[Souj]

The ferret thing looks even more like Trump now.

Ice Sandslash 4x weak to fire AND fighting? I've always liked sandslash since gen 1, he's just always been a shifty pokemon stat/moves wise. I was hoping this would make him better, but two crippling, overly common weaknesses...

[Akiyama]

White Vulpix is so good

[Robertfb]

I WANT IT! I WANT ICE VULPIX! Looks so damn good and I love Ice types!

[Kaslo]

[Guitarman]

So with all the steel and huge, huge amount of bug pokemon being introduced; a good fire-type seems like it's going to wreck this gen.

[Lonely]

The dancing bird is the greatest pokemon this gen.

[Kirin]

So with all the steel and huge, huge amount of bug pokemon being introduced; a good fire-type seems like it's going to wreck this gen.

Water is a pretty common type as it is, and generally somewhere on a competitive team youll certainly find a water or ground move.

That said, a utility fire type may make headways into the competitive formats.

Am I the only one, while thinking it looks awesome, is disappointed by simply changing the types of Vulpix and Sandshrew? To me its just lazy design and pokedex filler. Why can't you just have different versions with some stat differences like Pumpkaboo or Vivillon?

I wonder where Mega Evolution will go now with Z Abilities. Is it 1 each per team per battle, or will you have to choose between a Mega evolution or a Z ability.

If you have to choose, why not just add mega evolutions instead of making combat unnecessarily complicated? I know everyone wants Mega Pikachu and Mega Umbreon.

[Guitarman]

Water is a pretty common type as it is, and generally somewhere on a competitive team youll certainly find a water or ground move.

That said, a utility fire type may make headways into the competitive formats.

Am I the only one, while thinking it looks awesome, is disappointed by simply changing the types of Vulpix and Sandshrew? To me its just lazy design and pokedex filler. Why can't you just have different versions with some stat differences like Pumpkaboo or Vivillon?

I was more speaking toward the game itself, rather than the competitive scene. But I agree with you.

[Rooney]

I wonder where Mega Evolution will go now with Z Abilities. Is it 1 each per team per battle, or will you have to choose between a Mega evolution or a Z ability.

If you have to choose, why not just add mega evolutions instead of making combat unnecessarily complicated? I know everyone wants Mega Pikachu and Mega Umbreon.

The official description mentions having to hold an item to use a z move, so you'll have to choose. Also, you need to know a move that matches the type of the z move to use it. So pikachu can use bloom doom, but it'll have to know grass knot.

[Insanecyclone]

[Kirin]

The official description mentions having to hold an item to use a z move, so you'll have to choose. Also, you need to know a move that matches the type of the z move to use it. So pikachu can use bloom doom, but it'll have to know grass knot.

I figured it would take up the item slot, but like if you have 2 mega stones on your team and mega-evolve one during battle, the other gets locked out. I was curious if you have a Z-Ring and Megastone equipped in a party, and use the Z-Move during battle, does the Mega-evolution lock out.

[Kaslo]

yusss

[Kaslo]

I am actually hesitant to buy Sun/Moon however with the NX coming... I like to stream my games (because it makes me play them) and the NX may be my way to easily stream mobile Nintendo.

[Kirin]

I am actually hesitant to buy Sun/Moon however with the NX coming... I like to stream my games (because it makes me play them) and the NX may be my way to easily stream mobile Nintendo.

I have a suspicion that 3DS cards will be playable on NX.