Topic: Pokémon Omega Ruby, Alpha Sapphire Revealed for 3DS

[nickmitch]

Gen III was the best one ever!
or are u guys gen woners?

Even I was bored with Ruby and Sapphire and I think I am the biggest proudest Pokemon fan here. I'll get it cause I'm a sucker and I'm glad others are getting what they want but sheesh do something with the story please! I really don't want to care about this but I  need to stay up to date in the battle world.

More than Shaymin?

And yeah, I only played Emerald as Ruby and Sapphire didn't interest me as much.  Moving through the game often felt like a chore.  Some people liked the variety in the environments, which I get, but the novelty wore off on me pretty quickly.  And the ocean floor thing was lame.

[Wah]

it was the game that introduced me to Poke'mon so please don't dis it.

[nickmitch]

I like the mainline Pokemon games in general.  I wouldn't say any of them are "bad".  Gen III is just my least favorite.  I'm glad they introduced you (and so many) to the series and were able to get you hooked though.

[Wah]

i just loved Hoenn so much the fantastic cities (underwater, floating, in the trees etc)
All the little islands to explore, the puzzles, and of course the pokemon.
I honestly can not name one bad genIII pokemon.

[pokepal148]

i just loved Hoenn so much the fantastic cities (underwater, floating, in the trees etc)
All the little islands to explore, the puzzles, and of course the pokemon.
I honestly can not name one bad genIII pokemon.

Spinda, Plusle, Minun, luvdisc, gulpin/swalot

[Wah]

all o.k

[Khushrenada]

It's true. If those are the worst Pokémon you can come up with then Gen 3 clearly is the greatest generation. Ain't a weak link in the bunch.

[Caterkiller]

I can't wait until Pokemon really changes. The instant I saw the game was in 3D I didn't get fooled like the Iansanes out there thinking the game had actually changed. I knew what I was getting and while I love X and Y for its battles(even then visually its nothing special),it's still the same old super boring style of exploration.

If the world was actually open and it really felt like I was exploring through trees and caves I'd be content. Still grid based and anything interesting like climbing giant spider webs or swinging across vines only ever happen in gyms and that is soooooooo lame.

At the same time I am the one at fault cause I keep buying these games each and every time. I love the new Pokemon abilities and unspectacular battles. I'm a sucker for it and because of that games like this will keep being made with almost no true change to is exploration mechanics.

[Ceric]

I'm ready for a Pokemon that is actually about finding, stalking, trapping, training then fighting pokemon. Think Monster Rancher (2 & 4) X Monster Hunter.

[pokepal148]

It's true. If those are the worst Pokémon you can come up with then Gen 3 clearly is the greatest generation. Ain't a weak link in the bunch.

You're joking right? Luvdisc simply isn't good for anything at all, it has a design that makes it look like a pillow in the Honeymoon suite, a pitiful movepool, nothing to speak of in terms of stats and nothing to redeem it.

Oh and I forgot to mention the 'copy/paste is a designers best friend' pokemon which are silcoon/cascoon(silcoon will later evolve into beautifly aka, the wannabe butterfree.)

Volbeat/illimuse (they are designwise basically the same pokemon and plusle/minun (if plusle were designed first would that make minun a copy of a copy of pichu (which is basically a copy of pikachu)

Also ludicolo, from the people who brought us jynx we get another ugly racist stereotype.

[Khushrenada]

It's true. If those are the worst Pokémon you can come up with then Gen 3 clearly is the greatest generation. Ain't a weak link in the bunch.

You're joking right?

I never joke about my work, 007.

In fact, all of my the posts I've ever made on PlanetGamecube and NWR have been 100% serious and absolute truth. Even the ones in the Funhouse. I guess in this cynical and sarcastic internet age, it's hard for people to realize facts when they see them.

[Wah]

All of them pokepal have there use's. Luvdisc for healing, and Ludicolo is pretty kickass.

[Khushrenada]

All of them pokepal have there use's. Luvdisc for healing, and Ludicolo is pretty kickass.

See, Pokepal148? You just had to ask an expert. Don't you look foolish now.

[Wah]

Expert! no way! Pokepal wiped the floor with me in the first battle and the second if it wasn't for my Lucario taking out half his team(stupid earthquake), it would have been the same!

[pokepal148]

Yeah let me tell you what luvdisc, spinda and castform are good for, comedic articles on smogon

Whether Castform the Weather Pokemon can weather the weather is dependent on whether the weather that it's weathering is the proper weather for it to weather. Whether the opponent can weather the weather is also subject to whether the weather that it's weathering is the right weather to weather. Whether Castform can weather the opponent is once again dictated by the weather and whether that weather is the favorable weather for weathering. But most importantly, you should know whether there will be weather to weather rather than what weather they will be weathering and whether they can weather that weather.

Castform's overall low stats means that it'll struggle against many foes, so it'll appreciate support from entry hazards, dual screens, paralysis, and you returning it to its Poké Ball where it can take shelter for the rest of the battle. The items and EVs chosen ensure that Castform hits as hard as possible with Weather Ball, but odds are at the end of the day it's still going to be the equivalent of a wet paper towel fighting a mountain lion, even if it looks like Castform's got the balls to pull it off. Hopefully you'll know better next time.

....

Checks and Counters

If it's not hit super effectively, it counters Castform. If it's bulky enough, it counters Castform. If it has had a single song reach the Billboard Hot 100, it counters Castform. If it knows its 9 times tables, it counters Castform. It is said that Castform's molecules were found to be just like water, so presumably you could just stick it in a kettle and transform it into a nice cup of Earl Grey. Alternatively, mercilessly mock and taunt the trainer who sent out Castform and he'll soon forfeit out of sheer embarrassment

[Wah]

Smogon? sounds horrible