The ILG Pokemon Thread

Was babysitting a kid recently who also had a DS, and when Mario multiplayer got dull, we swapped Gameboy Advance games for a little bit. I let him play Sonic Advance 3, and in return got to play a new-fangled GBA Pokemon game. It seemed pretty much the same as the old ones, but with fancy graphics. Quite fun, but possibly a bit too easy (as should be expected, really).

http://www.tenzor.cz/jolteon/images/pokemoni/psyduck02.jpg

This guy was my bad-ass.

My favourites are Evie and Graveller, who I chose this name partly because.

Is the GC 'proper' Pokemon game going to be any good?
I know nothing about this! Tell more!

pretty good so far! I've actually never played a Pokemans before (lol @ me waiting until I hit 30 before I test the waters of this retarded nonsense) so I don't really have a frame of reference but I enjoyed the hour or so I played it before diving back into OoT 3D.

also my stunfisk's name is EUGENE in case anyone needed to know

― salsa shark, Tuesday, June 21, 2011 12:30 PM (3 hours ago)

i NEVER named my pokemon, i always thought that was a disgrace for some reason

If you name your pokemon then THEIR NAMES DON'T CHANGE WHEN THEY EVOLVE and that always really annoyed me.

Gregor Samsa didn't change his name when he evolved.

Kafka uses SAMSA!
But he's ineffective...

so much hate for giving pokemon names, wtf dudes.

Huh? 90% of the fun of pokemon (as with Game Dev Story) comes from giving them all rude names.

yeah, it's the game dev story effect

kind of feeling this
http://andriasang.com/comzor/pokemon_musou/

http://pokemonbattleroyale.tumblr.com/

151 artists draw all ("all") 151 pokemon

btw, anyone know how to download the old game onto my iphone? i know i need an "emulator" and a "rom" but i'm not good with this stuff

first step is to jailbreak your iPhone; def no game boy emulators in the app store

you might have less of a headache just buying a GBC and a copy of the game you want on eBay if this world is unfamiliar to you. Probably run you <$25 total.

That tumblr is the best thing I've seen since I looked at puppies for two hours on Saturday night <3 <3

you might have less of a headache just buying a GBC and a copy of the game you want on eBay if this world is unfamiliar to you. Probably run you <$25 total.

yeah, this p much. otherwise just search youtube for a tutorial on jailbreaking your phone and installing an emulator

is jailbreaking dangerous/bad for your phone in any meaningful way?

it voids the warranty?

hmmm

i bought pokemans black today to stave off power outage woes (naturally the power came back on like 2 hours later), any beginner ~protips~, i started with oshowatt

also is pokemans conquest any good? looks fun

Make sure you train some good ghost/psychic/dark Pokemon for when you get to the Elite Four, even though you don't need them to beat any of the gym leaders.

Ooh I am so mad at myself – I got to the Elite 4 and I have nothing – nothing! – good against dark, psychic, or ghost pokemon. What folly on my part, to go that long with leveling some up, assuming since they're not immediately needed, they'll never be needed? Will I ever even finish this game?

― offee is for losers only, do you not c? (Abbbottt), Sunday, May 1, 2011 9:40 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

Future players of pkmn black/white, all zero of you on this board, learn from my mistake.

― offee is for losers only, do you not c? (Abbbottt), Sunday, May 1, 2011 9:41 PM (1 year ago)

I never finished the game btw

/diligently taking notes

i don't trust this professor juniper

http://i.imgur.com/6cWyi.png

don't know how it is where you guys live, but there's been crazy pokemon warnings here all summer—kids aren't even allowed outside by themselves

SQUIRTLE CROSSING

kids just need to stay out of caves and the tall grass

These Pokemen are expensive. After this thread's revival I thought I should get Black/White as I haven't played one in a long time, but it's still basically full price. Thought I'd be able to pick it up for a tenner or so by now. :(

you can barely get used game boy advance games for $10 on eBay. Nintendo shit holds its value new and used for a long time.

not sure i'm comfortable with this evil pokemans liberation front storyline in black. it's a little dark knight rises.

x/y y/n?

yes! except I forgot when it was due to come out and only just placed my order for it a few minutes ago :$

as expected it slays

seriously so dumb that it's 2013 and i can't just play this on my iphone as an app. fuck going to my mom's house and busting out my game boy

it does slay

I've been playing for about a week now. The new graphics are nice but I don't think it's a huuuuuuge step up from Black/White.

Random things I like about this game: Hawlucha, Restaurant Le Yeah's triple battles (it made it so easy to get my team levelled up between the 30s/40s without grinding), the storyline giving you a few really decent Pokemon in the first half of the game, new moves, new 'fairy' type, being able to see distribution of EVs, Pikachu's voice acting

Dislikes: only Pikachu gets voice acting, poor camera angling and lack of any on-screen map when in lumiose city, 'horde battles', that some of the ppl who challenge you to battles are a bit freaky/zombie-like in their 2D drawings, too many challengers with fighting types, two dimensional Stunfisk.

you take that back, flat Stunfisk is hilarious

flat stunfisk is so puzzling! I know it's supposed to be flat-ish but surely not two dimensional! I honestly thought my game was glitching the first time I encountered one :/

it's got a little bit of thickness, I thought, but I haven't encountered one since a Battle Maison match a few days ago so I could be mistaken. I think it's supposed to be one of those fish that hides from predators in the sand. I love it

you guuuyyyyss

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4YMD6xELI_k

I found a Stunfisk in my hometown :3

http://www.polygon.com/2014/8/21/6052553/how-to-catch-every-pokemon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ce5mRvkAePU

my girlfriend got me pokemon pearl and a DS for our anniversary, after hearing me complain about how much i missed playing pokemon. as someone who last played silver something like 10 years ago, i was happy with how similar the gameplay is relative to the old ones (though i guess pearl is pretty old at this point). not really a huge fan of the double battles, and i'm uninterested in all the berries/pokemon contests and stuff, but the plot is still pretty good. my only real complaint would be the lack of cool pokemon to raise, though i guess i just made some bad choices. i had always gone with the water starters, so i chose piplup, but he doesn't really learn any cool moves. the other 2 i've had for a while are machop and luxio.

finally playing pokemon x!!
why won't it let me name my pidgey 'burrows'?? what am I missing here?

naked lunch i guess?

this merch is pretty damn cute
http://www.pokemoncenter.com/Pokemon-Fennekin-Items-Collections/b/10676406011

Moon and Sun! Moon and Sun! Moon and Sun!

this thread missed like 3 games but scarlet and violet! scarlet and violet!

Sword Shield was underwhelming in a lot of ways but its new pokemon and region specific types were great. I'm not far enough into Scarlet Violet to judge it yet but the changes/updates so far are promising.

Pokemon - which are your fav'rits?

feeling dratini lately

Pokemon games - which is best?

gold and silver in a walk

Did you catch 'em all?

no

arceus was really good, i should go back and finish it. will continue my staunch refusal to play a new mainline one though