The ILG Pokemon Thread

So! I've got Pokémon Pearl! Here are my pokéys, they're all around level 30:

* Monferno (evolved from Chimchar) (and winner of a Normal rank Cool contest!) - FIRE
* Luxray (just evolved from Luxio yesterday, originally a Shinx caught pretty much straightaway) - ELECTRIC
* Bronzor (a new addition to the team levelled up fairly rapidly) - STEEL/PSYCHIC
* Kadabra (from an Abra I caught fairly soon) plea: can someone please trade this Kadabra with me and then return him so he can evolve into an Alakazam?? He can't evolve any other way and I have *never* got an Alakazam in my entire pokémon "career"! haha I am such a sad case... - PSYCHIC
* Staravia (evolved from Starly) - FLYING
* Psyduck (named OWL, only pokey I've actually named!) - WATER

It doesn't feel right not having a grass pokémon but I simply haven't come across any great ones - I might try out a Roselia if I find one. But Budew is a bit meh and blah. Otherwise I think I'm fairly balanced enough. Bronzor is sort of a new tactic for me, he knows Confuse Ray and Hypnosis so he can Confuse and put other pokeys to sleep which is a) good for catching wild pokemon and b) will give me time to heal other pokeys whilst opponents sleep.

One problem I have is that none of these know Rock Smash - it's a crap attack in battle and I resent having to delete a good move in order for one of my key players to get through a dungeon - I had originally taught it to a Bidof - but when I realised my Bidof was like, 10 levels below the rest of my pokemon I realised I just wasn't going to keep the dude and put him back on the bench.

I just had to teach Staravia Defog and delete Double Team which wz irritating...

I LOVE POKEMON

I am trying to find out if there are any pokemans that I can teach four moves to, so I can only carry two stupid utility pokemon instead of, like, 3 or 4.

just ordered pokemon pearl. So excited.

On a side note, it's great i can actually use ilx with vista now.

Jim, I've added you to my 'pal' list! Are you reading?? Incidentally next Poptimism 29th June, BE THERE :) :) :)

I'll post up my ID number when I'm home, I deliberately left Pokémon at home today as I am really overdoing it on the darned game :)

will m, bidoof or whatever it's called can learn all four moves you need for victory road. it can't learn cut though, unfortunately.

I have added a SNOVER to my team, for his ph34rs0m3 ICE POWERS. Bronzhong has been 'cut' for the moment, as I already had a psychic in Kadabra, and his steel attributes weren't as impressive as I thought they could be (ie resistant to pretty much everything). Am currently climbing Mt. Coronet.

Srsly need to evolve Kadabra into an Alakazam. His HP and defence is p1ss p00r. Do any of you want to wi-fi trade? it will involve recieving my kadabra THEN SENDING HIM BACK TO ME at which point he turns into an Alakazam (I think)! Realised I had a Kadabra in my Elite Four team last time round as well, feel a bit grumpy I am using the same one again so that is ANOTHER reason he needs to evolve :)

Luxray and OWL (a Golduck) are the biggest stars of my line up so far - Infernape is good, but he only has one fire attack (???) and he's a FIRE POKEMON so that is a bit laayme. My Staraptor is quite a few levels below the rest of my team, but that was a conscious decision because her HP is already higher than everyone elses. Need to get some levelling up on her soon though.

Hello Sarah! Sorry, I've been away. I'm back now. And yes, let's trade! Most of my main team are around lv. 45-60 now, and I've opened up the ability to drag monsters from Pokemon Ruby, so that's taking up a lot of my time (It's SO nice to have Jirachi back in my team! I'm pretty much all done with the main game though, I've beat the elite four and travelled every route and got four of the legendaries. This is the point where I normally lose interest, so we'll have to see whether the online gubbins will keep me playing.

Anyhow, my current team:

Punch, a Lv. 55 SWAMPERT, my pokemon ruby water starter. He's replaced my old psyduck.

Bobo, a Lv 46 TORTERRA, my pokemon pearl starter. Like Sarah's monkey, this is a grass type with no grass moves, which isn't ideal. He may get dropped soon.

Charap, a Lv. 55 CHATOT. Not as strong as he was in the middle stages of the game, relatively, but still handy to have around.

Zilla, a Lv. 61 PALKIA. He's ace, and can get me out of any scrape. Almost makes the game too easy, but he's had a couple of beatings from other dragon types.

Jirachi, a Lv. 37 JIRACHI. Traded from the gamecube bonus disc via a GBA link cable, to my copy of ruby, then from there to Pearl. Not fighting much at the moment, but holding an exp. share and powering up rapidly.

Wordsworth, a Lv. 49 GROUDON, one of the legendaries from ruby. He's a bg meaty fire type with a really nice set of moves (fire blast, thunderbolt, earthquake, and a weak slash for gently slapping wild ones around)

Ooh ooh so exciting!!! Jim (and everyone else obv!) here is my friend code:

2320 2955 2670

:)

I've just caught Palkia, yay! Now I'm going to go after the Pearl legendaries. Need more MASTER BALLS (if you know what I mean). Used up about 15 Ultra balls on Uxie to no effect and then all my lovely pokeys fainted. Not good.

I'm at THE ELITE FOUR.

Came through yesterday, absolutely adoring it. I've never played Pokémon before so i have no idea how to be all l33t and stuff but i have a very nice looking penguin that has metal claws.

my ID is 5268 1006 4976 6000

Also, why would i ever want to stop my pokemon evolving? This is something i cannot understand.

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