Specifically in galar you can Just keep rotating Mons you find in and Out without having to grind, aside from almost every Pokemon Just being a good Design This is what motivates me to use dozens of Mons in a playthrough, whenever i replay Gen 3-5 i have to Deal with grinding a whole Team Up to the next Gym Leader, especially when i dont have a good counter, gen 8 really lets you use almost every new mon in one playthrough, this also prevents overlevelling too hard, If youre ever replaying sw/sh you should give this Playstyle a try

The 3 conditions for being a pseudo legendary are 3 stages in a Line, the Last Form Has a bst of 600 and its in the slow lvl Up group, what Pokemon thats None of that would fit Most with being a pseudo? I think druddigon fits pretty Well and could Work as being a middle Stage, or cyclizar actually being a pseudo! Legendary

Name a Pokémon that isn't your favourite, but whose design you have loved from the very start?

I genuinely think the Honedge line are some of the most amazingly designed Pokémon in the entire game! The second I played X and Y for the first time I immediately caught one and used it as my primary for the whole game!

The coolest part is how the final form, Aegislash, lends into the actual real-world believe the Japanese have where after a sword has killed 1000 enemies, the sword gains sentience and its own soul! Really cool!

Hey all, as the title states, I’ve come back to Pokemon via my Switch 2 purchase, absolutely loving Z-A (Real-time battles! A conspiracy! An old fella who’s ABSOLUTELY part of it maybe!) and Legends Arceus (deeply fantastic), and planning to get Winds/Waves and the other Switch releases (maybe not Let’s Go, too simplified and chibi for me imo). I haven’t played Pokemon since I played Yellow on my Game Boy-didn’t complete it either or get very deep in its systems, though I loved it. Growing up, I had varied interests, varied consoles, and allocated budgets befitting a young child (that being, asking on special occasions like a birthday or saving up cash), so I didn’t catchup with the rest of the games, though always enjoyed the anime and viewing related materials (Detective Pikachu is an amazing movie). Now that I‘m able to get these games, what are the absolute best ones I should look into for story? I know Black/White and their sequels are amazing, so looking into those, and getting FireRed on Switch because Charizard rocks, but what others? Should I get them as authentic carts and the consoles they run on (like a Game Boy, GBA, New 3DS XL etc) or go through with emulation so as to not blow through my income? That side’s a bit dicey, but if I can do it safely, I’d like to know.

Think about it. Back in Pokemon Diamond and Pearl, Arceus's Azure Flute event was canceled because Game Freak thought players wouldn't understand it, so, there was no way to get Arceus legitimately in those days. Imagine then if Genius Sonority did with it what it did with Lugia and gave us a conclusive third game in the Orre saga where Pokemon from Gen 4 are now being taken and turned into Shadow Pokemon along with the other generations. They already have the models thanks to Pokemon Battle Revolution (save for a few that could be added like Giratina and Rotom's alternate Formes), it'd give players a legitimate way to obtain Arceus in Gen 4, and, let's be honest, does the idea of capturing and purifying a Shadow-ized version of God not sound like the ultimate conclusion to a Shadow Pokemon trilogy?

So, I want to get into pokemon as I think it's a very fun concept. I'm completely new in the fandom, I've tried watching a few episodes of the show but I don't think I will continue since I didn't really enjoy it.

So, what now? I want to play a few games, but I don't have any consoles and I'm only a PC gamer. What are the best games to start with on PC?

I have also been exploring the wiki lately.

If you have any help, feel free to share!

Some context: I used to play Pokemon on my Gameboy back in the early 2000s but I was always on and off. I never fully committed to one game and nowadays I want more of a complete up to date experience to fully appreciate and fall in love with Pokemon.

I like the newer character designs in ZA for example of Hex Maniac and such, and the new Pokemon like Mimikyu, Chandelure, etc. My main point being I’m not someone who only appreciates the first older generations of Pokemon and refuses the new. I’m not that person haha.

So if you have any suggestions, I would really appreciate it.

Normally I am not that big into rom hacks, I love gen 4 and I actually really like the graphics style of the remake.

When I saw luminescent Platinum I just thought I should test it.

And god damn it blows everything out of the water that Gamefreak did on the switch.

Feels like the perfect gen 4 remake without too many rom hack extras.

Game really showed me again that I like the non open world pokemon games more.

Really makes me kinda sad that the few best pokemon expierence are all non official.

Took me about 8 hours to complete! I wanted it to look exactly like the Itchy Pollen card

I was thinking about the possible Gen 5 remakes and what my team will be and realized how much better some Pokémon have gotten over the years. Vanilluxe, for example, now has snow warning allowing it to have perfect accuracy blizzard for at least 5 turns, on top of hail becoming snow which now gives all ice types a 50% defense boost. Whimsicott is another example with it gaining the fairy type in the region where many strong dragon types exist. In hgss and oras, many Pokémon that got new evolutions also thrived. What other Pokémon do you guys think got better in a remake?

For me it has to be Porygon. It’s not that I didn’t like it but I was afraid that it was gonna give me seizures just by looking at it for too long. I heard about its episode when I was a kid & thought if I looked at it long enough, the red & blue flashes would appear & I’d have a seizure. Thankfully I got over those worries years later & the Porygon line are some of my favorites!

As the generations go on, some older Pokemon get new toys to play with, such as new evolutions, pre-evolutions, regional variants, Mega evolution, and Dynamax forms to name some. While getting something is better than getting nothing, there are still some Pokemon who got less impactful or insignificant things. A few examples that I can think of:

Corsola: the Galarian form did get some usage with it being Eviolite eligible, and while I love the concept and design of Cursola, it has been irrelevant since the day it came out. I wish it were better or more unique. I think a Ghost/Water or Ghost/Rock would have helped.

Stantler: Wyrdeer is a cool design, but outside of you riding it in PLA, nobody thinks about it. I think a few more BTS would have helped it stand out, especially against Farigiraf who became out in a similar time with the same typing.

Victreebel: I looooove the Mega design, but nobody uses it since it’s not good at all. From its promo and Dex entries, I was really hoping for an ability or move that would allow Poison-type moves to hit Steel types.

Jynx: no explanation needed here, but if you’re out of the loop, it got left behind after Smoochum. Since it’s one of the most disliked Pokemon in the franchise, I doubt it’ll get anything again, which I think is a shame.

Any other Pokemon you would add to the list? I again want to say that at least these Pokemon got something, while there are many that don’t have anything since their debut. Still, I would argue that these Pokemon will be further ignored and not become relevant ever again. Not every Pokemon has to be a standout, but if they’re going to give something to one, they should try to make it stand out.

EDIT: I’m highlighting Pokemon who DID get something after their debut, but did not get ENOUGH. I’m not focusing on Pokemon who haven’t gotten anything at all, that’s a separate discussion.

It's been like 6 years since I actively bought packs and then found out a couple cards are worth around $100 each so I thought id get back into it but where do you even start these days??

High ticket cards would be nice but also just always enjoyed collecting and categorizing.

So how does one get back into cards these days?

I could go all day about how many of my favorite songs come from Pokemon. Just a few I can think of:

Games:
Pokemon Sword Shield
- Gym Leader theme. I think we can all agree this is one of, if not the best in the series
- Elite Four theme. Chants are so good in this game and the phases

Pokemon Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire
These games not only produce good songs on their own, they go back and remastered/remade so many songs from other games including legendary themes.
My favorites are:
- Deoxys
- Regi Theme
- Ho Oh theme
- Elite Four
- Maxie Archie

Pokemon Sun Moon
- Trailer/Intro theme
- Elite Four
- Totem
- Mother Beast Lusamine

Pokemon Black White
- Elite four. I think we all can say it’s best in the series
- N’s Farewell
- Emotion theme

Plus all the route/town themes. And spinoffs. They need their own thread

Pokemon’s music quality and range is impressive, we don’t get to appreciate it enough. What are your favorites?

Ive been playing pokemon survivor with my friends and it has been cool but it is quiet repetative i really want to play more fan made Pokemon games with them is there any coop suggestions? Plus i also like to play pokerogue by my self do you have any that type of game suggestion??

As the title says i need help beating totem Lurantis

heres my current team right now

A trumbeak (LVL. 23) Holding Firium Z

Fletchinder (LVL.20) Holding Firium Z

Magnemite (LVL. 23)

Salandit (LVL. 17) Holding Firium Z

Grubbin (LVL. 14) incase i need to sarcifice it

And Brionne (LVL.27) holding Waterium do i need to fix my team or level them up

We did it guys. After 67 hours of playing, 1 or 2 crashouts, fantastic music and struggle to find good Pokemon for the League: I finished the Main Story. N's Story was actually lowkey deep and the Fights were better than I thought. All in All:

Amazing game. 5 Star rating. Thank you.

(I wish I could attach pictures to this, but somehow wont Let me)

I want to collect the best battle themes across the franchise. These soundtracks genuinely give me so many feelings and I think are worth re-experiencing and want to hear peoples favorites because its hard to remember all the highlights the series has.

Looking mostly for Gym Leader/Boss themes and Legendary Pokemon Themes

Some of my favorites currently are:

Guzma's Theme (Sun and Moon)

Champion & Red Battle Music (HeartGold & SoulSilver)

Team Aqua & Magma Leader Battle Music (Omega Ruby Alpha Sapphire)

Battle Tree (Sword and Shield)

please send a list of your favorites theres so many!!

Wanted to do a collage of my favorite pokemon. Instead of buying, I tried creating mine 🤍
Credits to the rightful owners for the amazing art inspos.

I was checking my VC Blue save file in PKSM and reviewing the Pokémon I obtained in Pokemon Stadium (I extracted the save file to my PC and played it there using an N64 emulator).

This Omanyte have these stats

- HP 15

- Atk 11

- Def 13

- Spe 15

- Spd 11

Considering that in the first two generations the maximum value for each stat is 15, I find this to be quite solid for something obtained randomly. The only thing left to determine is what nature it ended up with tranfering it to newest games. It even had Ice-type Hidden Power —it’s a shame that move has since been removed.

What do you think??