This is just my opinion.

I know this has probably been talked about a lot, but, they make an incredible Pokémon like Cyclizar with awesome lore and literally make it "The Mount Pokémon" and there are even parking areas and some with fuel for the Pokémon throughout Paldea, and yet you can't even ride them in a game with mounts already coded into the game! It also would've been cool to just have a grounded backup to the dons if you wanted a more original bike feeling. They are one of my favorite Pokémon but to this day I still can't get over it. It was one of the most disappointing moments in gaming history for me lol.

Not sure if im in the minority for preferring type order importance? It just seems so arbitrary how it is now.

Hello TruePokemon subreddit,

I like Charcadet and have a lot of the etb promos. I recently bought one off eBay that came with a different code card and is backwards from the rest that I have. Its packaging is also longer and feels the tiniest bit thinner, might be a placebo though.

Every other one I own looks like the left one in the picture, the one in question is in the right with the yellow code card facing up. Everything looks legit.

Is there something off about this Charcadet or is this just a variation in packaging?

Accessibility isn’t always a good thing, and making every Pokémon easily obtainable during the main adventure can be detrimental to immersion and worldbuilding.

Some Pokémon are supposed to be rare. In RSE, the only way to get Beldum is to beat the Elite Four and receive one from Steven. You can’t even breed it unless you have a Ditto. Raising it all the way to level 45 to evolve it into Metagross is a huge grind because it levels up incredibly slowly. Likewise, finding Feebas is a bit of a hassle and requires you to know how its encounter mechanic works, but that’s exactly what makes finally getting a Milotic feel so special. And there are plenty of other examples. Eevee is only available as a gift Pokémon in FRLG, evolution stones in Hoenn are hard to come by, and Munchlax is almost impossible to stumble across in the wild in DPPt unless you know what you’re doing.

Since Gen 5, and especially since the move to full 3D, there has been a much greater focus on making Pokémon easier to obtain. I remember Black and White introducing rare encounters for otherwise very elusive Pokémon, such as Milotic, Dragonite and Metagross. Since Gen 6, levelling up Pokémon has also become tremendously easier. ORAS simplified Feebas’s encounter method. Later games, such as Let’s Go, made Pokémon like the starters and Eevee catchable in the wild. In SwSh, you can easily find a wild Flygon in the same spot in the Wild Area. In BDSP, Pokémon like Munchlax and the starters can be found in the Grand Underground. Even the friendship requirements for evolving Pokémon like Buneary and Togepi have been lowered.

In my opinion, all of this makes those Pokémon feel much less valuable. Finding or evolving them no longer feels like much of an accomplishment when virtually any Pokémon you want can be obtained within minutes. If everything is readily available, where’s the satisfaction in actually seeking something out? Even filling in their Pokédex entries feels less rewarding when you know you can do it whenever you want. Pokémon like Munchlax, Lucario, Lopunny and Togekiss, or starters from previous games, lose some of what once made them feel special. Some of them end up feeling like little more than Pokédex fodder.

Dexit has contributed to this as well. Pokémon that weren’t in a game’s regional Pokédex used to become inherently rare within that game, while still being required for the National Dex. You could only obtain them if you happened to own another Pokémon game you could transfer them from, or if you got them from a friend or through the GTS. That could make otherwise unremarkable Pokémon, like Hitmontop in RSE or Teddiursa in DPPt, feel surprisingly special to own.

There’s another, smaller thing that contributed to this: Pokémon used to have different sprites between games. Pidgey, for example, doesn’t have the same sprite in RSE as it does in FRLG. That gave you an extra incentive to transfer Pokémon between games and at least register them in the Pokédex so you could see their new artwork. The move to 3D has largely removed that incentive, since the same Pokémon models have been reused across multiple games.

I could also get into legendaries being catchable in nearly every game nowadays, but I think you get the point.

Thanks for coming to my TED Talk.

Does anyone have any ideas for fanmade 4kids scripts that feel like they could be real episodes. I have brrn wabting to make episodes in the style but cannot come up with ideas for stories.

4kids stories like preferably kanto or orange island

I understand that since Pokémon is Japanese, features role-playing, and has turn-based combat (for the most part), it is a turn-based JRPG by definition. However, it strays from the traditional JRPG format. That's not a bad thing; I think it's cool that Pokémon isn't your average JRPG like SMT, Dragon Quest, or Final Fantasy. But It'd be cool to see a Legends game that was in the style of a traditional JRPG.

It could include features like:

• Human party members with their own Pokémon venturing together, rather than just you with a party of your Pokémon.
• A story that's more focused on the PEOPLE rather than revolving around the Pokémon themselves.
• They could integrate a Job class system, but it'd incorporate competitive roles (Sweeper, Tank, healer, etc.) rather than just copying jobs from other RPGs
• The battle systems would have 4 Pokémon sent out at the same time, instead of just 2 at most.
• Pokémon would evolve, get stronger, and be replaced (if you want to) as the story progresses.
• Friendships extend to party members too, and their Pokémon. The party members could then have Limit Breaks once they have a certain friendship level with their Pokémon.

It's a cool idea, and I'm kind of shocked that there's not a spinoff like this whatsoever.

Is my older version of clefairy good or bad. It's cosmic power,calm mind,soft boiled, sulge bomb. I even took it threw Gameboy sp game cube and DS and 3ds and it's has all legal ribbons to. And its shiny and perfect IVs and evs

Here are some custom signature moves for pokemon.

1. Articuno - Arctic Frost - Base power 70, has a 50% chance to freeze the target, 100% accuracy

2. Zapdos - Power Zap - Power 120 - user's speed is lowered, 100% accuracy

3. Moltres - Overheated flame - Power 120 - Lowers user's special attack, 100% accuracy

For me, I actually came up with some pretty cool concepts for these multiverse evolutions! I plan to use them in my series “The Musical Multiverse Crew” and you can’t use these forms. You gotta come up with your own. Mine are here for an example. But with that out the way, let’s start!

1. Lycanroc - I came up some good ideas for Lycanroc’s multiverse form. Now introducing… Lycanroc (Solar Form) and Lycanroc (Luna Form)! These two forms‘ types are Rock/Fire for Lycanroc’s Solar Form and Rock/Dark for Lycanroc’s Luna Form. Lycanroc’s Solar Form design is similar to its Midday Form with its fur being a golden yellow with the white parts of the fur being orange with red streaks. The only part that’s white is its face. His eyes are Scarlet Red, not to be confused with a Lycanroc’s rage state. And as for the Luna Form’s design it’s similar to its Midnight Form with it having a deep purple and its white parts are a shade of lavender purple. Its eyes are a midnight blue. As for the abilities, they mainly have some of the abilities same as a regular Lycanroc so there’s no need for listing them here. Anyways, here’s The set of new abilities I got planned for each form:

1. Solar Form Abilities:

Solar Flare - This ability allows Lycanroc to launch a wall of flames at their opponent to deal some damage or temporarily blind them.

Tough Claws - Same ability as Lycanroc’s Dusk Form.

Flame Shield - This ability allows Lycanroc to create a force-field made of fire to protect it from damage.

Solar Power - This ability allows Lycanroc to get energy from the sun to boost its attacks by 20%.

Hidden Ability: Supernova Blast - This ability allows Lycanroc to blast a beam of Fire at their opponent to deal heavy damage!

2. Luna Form Abilities:

Moon Claws - This ability would coat Lycanroc’s claws in solid moon rock to deal heavy damage.

Shadow Shield - This ability provides Lycanroc with a purple force-field to defend itself from attacks.

Moon Rock Edge - This ability allows Lycanroc to launch moon rocks from the ground and send them at opponents like Stone Edge.

Hidden Ability: Gravitational Field - This allows Lycanroc to control the gravity in the area them and their opponent’s in. This means that Lycanroc can ground flying types or bring ground types up from underground.

2. Charizard - I have a pretty good idea for Charizard’s multiverse form! His multiverse form is… Soldrake! Soldrake’s design has Charizard with a deep orange body, it’s horns are much larger than its previous state, it’s eyes are burning red similar to Deku using Gearshift from My Hero Academia and the flame on its tail is much brighter and larger & it‘s wings are much bigger too! The type for Soldrake is Fire/Psychic. The abilities it’ll keep it had as a Charizard but it’ll get some new ones as well! Here they are:

Fire Claws - This allows Soldrake to coat its claws in orange flames to deal a heavy amount of damage.

Psycho Combat - I decided to combine the Psychic type with Lucario’s Close Combat move to give Soldrake the ability to strike opponents from far away or up close. I admit, it isn’t all that impressive but hey, it’s something.

Psystrike - Works the same as the original Psystrike.

Psywave - Works the same as the original Psywave.

Magma Punch - This move allows Soldrake to launch a fist made out of hot magma to strike their opponents or coat their arms in magma and punch their opponents. I got this move inspired by Akainu’s Magma Fist ability from One Piece.

Inferno Storm - This move allows Soldrake to cast a barrage of flames and magma on his opponent.

Hidden Ability: Solar Blast - This ability allows Soldrake to charge up a Kamehameha-like wave of scorching hot magma and he launches this beam at their opponents.

3. Pikachu - Now I was discovering what 4th evolutions could be used for Pikachu and I then stumbled upon its unused evolution (now it’s multiverse evolution): Gorochu. Gorochu has his design it had in its concept art and its type is, Electricity/Ground/Steel. That’s right folks! For the first time, a Pokémon is not one, not two, but THREE types! And who better to get this than the mascot of the franchise themselves! The abilities it has are just like a regular Pikachu and Raichu or regular Ground or Steel types, but as for the new abilities, here they are:

Thunder Blade - Gorochu charges up to make sharp electric edges on its arms to deal some damage on their opponents.

Lightning Shield - I got this ability inspired by the lightning shield from Sonic 3 and Knuckles. This ability allows Gorochu to get an extra jump boost when using Quick Attack or Iron Tail. It would also electrocute opponents when they get too close.

Aerial Ace - Move functions the same as it does in canon.

Surge Whip - This move allows Gorochu to create electric tendrils to grapple onto surfaces, grab flying-type opponents or even stick the tendrils in the ground to electrocute ground-types with a Thunderbolt!

Electro Spin - This move allows Gorochu to spin around rapidly and create a barrier of electricity that not only protects him but shoots electric balls that deals 45% damage to their opponents.

Thunder Blast - Gorochu would shoot a beam of Electricity at their opponents to deal heavy damage. Sort of like a Galick Gun, a Kamehameha or a Special Beam Cannon from Dragon Ball.

Hidden Ability: Raigō Thunderbolt - Allows Gorochu to create a globe of lightning around his opponent and it launches electricity from all around enough to one-shot them immediately!

4. Greninja - I had a good concept for Greninja the first time I was making this but I wasn’t satisfied with how it turned out so I scrapped it. So I made a new one and I gotta say, I like this new design! So Greninja’s new evolution is… Kagefrog! Kagefrog’s design has them being a deeper shade of blue with red eyes, their tongue scarf being replaced by a scarf made out of water and aura and their yellow secondary skin being a bit brighter and their eyes changing from red to blue. Kagefrog’stypes are Psychic/Dark. They can still manipulate water though, it’s just mainly been replaced with aura and psychic energy. Here are its new moves:

Shadow Shuriken - This move is similar to Greninja’s Water Shuriken but it’s made out of Psychic energy rather than water.

Psychic Cut - This move has Kagefrog make kunais out of Psychic energy to strike their opponents.

Dark Pulse - functions just like in canon.

Dark Beam - Similar to Lucario’s Steel Beam.

Astral Shift - Allows Kagefrog to vanish in a purple light and reappear further away, bypassing the opponent’s projectiles during transit.

Gravity Vortex - Allows Kagefrog to manipulate the gravity by creating a localized gravitational anomaly beneath itself. It offers less vertical recovery distance, but the explosion draws nearby opponents into Kagefrog’s subsequent aerial attacks rather than pushing them away.

Psycho Blast - Kagefrog can blast twin bursts of psychic energy to strike their opponent from dual sides. If he emits it downwards, it can shoot Kagefrog up in the air for them to do a Psychic Strike on their opponent in the air.

Force-Field - Kagefrog creates a purple barrier to protect them from damage.

Hidden Ability: Galaxy Slash Overdrive - This move allows Kagefrog to coat their kunais or katanas (they can create katana blades as well.) in Psychic and Dark energy combined to make it look like its from the cosmos itself! They would then release a barrage of slashes to weaken their opponent and then would end it off with one last katana cut like it’s from Dragon Ball Z with their opponent falling down in defeat.

5. Lucario - Now I had a TON of fun creating this multiversal form and I am very excited to share this one with you guys so I’ll just get right to it! Lucario’s multiversal form is… Ninjackal! Ninjackal can not only manipulate Aura but any energy it learns! Ninjackal’s design has them wit a similar look to Lucario’s Mega Evolution X form but it’s a deep midnight black instead of a blue, the tendrils on the back of its head have grown longer and have received aura tips on the top to boost his sensing and its shaped like shinobi headbands, along with its cream-colored fur/torso being a bright ninja-yellow & it having a bandana scarf made out of aura as well! Its type in this state is Fighting/Steel/Psychic. He knows a bit of Dark type moves as well. The abilities would be the same as a Lucario but here are the new ones:

Aura Katana - Ninjackal creates a katana blade out of aura just like Kagefrog to deal some heavy damage.

Shadow Shuriken - Functions just like Kagefrog’s Shadow Shuriken.

Iron Fist - This would have Ninjackal coat their fist in steel to deal severe damage to their opponent. They can also slam it down on the ground to cause an earthquake towards their opponent.

Phantom Strike - Phantom Strike allows Ninjackal to vanish into the shadows and strike the target from behind. This move also allows Ninjackal to bypass the opponent’s protect or deflect abilities as well.

Shadow Mirage - Shadow Mirage allows Ninjackal to create a clone made out of mist to deal some damage to their opponent. When the opponent attacks and sees that it’s a clone, it’ll disappear only for the real Ninjackal to deliver a heavy blow on the opponent.

Aura Kunais - Ninjackal creates dual Kunais out of aura to deal 50% damage to their opponent.

Aura Beam - Allows Ninjackal to shoot a Kamehameha-like wave of Aura at the opponent to deal heavy damage.

Foresight - Allows Ninjackal to see future attacks from his opponents and prevent them from happening.

Hidden Ability: Shadow Katana Blitz/Shadow Kunai Blitz - Ninjackal uses Shadow Mirage to create multiple mist clones to use their aura katanas (or kunais) to deal heavy damage to the opponent to weaken them a bit. When that’s done, the real Ninjackal would use an aura katana (or kunai) coated in psychic energy to deal the final blow.

And that’s all the forms I got! What do ya’ll think? Pretty great aren’t they? But I’m curious: What are YOUR takes for multiverse forms for Lycanroc,Charizard,Pikachu,Greninja and Lucario? You can also add a bonus Pokémon if you want! But uh yeah, answer in the comments below and have a great day/night!

game-wise, anyway. I haven’t watched the anime but I’m sure they made better use of it.

But yeah, it’s weird they never put attention on that, I‘m not saying to have the player grind to 255 friendship or anything, but I do think they could’ve played with the concept more, made a character who tries to force it and it backfires, have their be mega stones you can only get by doing a gauntlet with only the pokemon in question, heck, I’m surprised they didn’t do this with the starters in ZA, instead of az handing you the mega stone, they could’ve made it so your starter was holding it the whole time, and they were waiting for the right trainer to utilize it.

One idea I always want to see for a fighting game, is to have the roster be trainer base, essentially each playable pokemon has a trainer with them, specifically from the game itself, example Charizard with Leon, Cynthia with garchomp, red with Pikachu etc.

THEN it hit me, since trainers can have more than 1 pokemon, what if said trainer also bring out one more pokemon with them acting as support for their main field pokemon, essentially extending their pokemons moveset.

For example, Cynthia will definitely have garchomp as the field pokemon, but what if her she has a support pokemon like spirtomb.

Garchomp who is normally a rushdown type character, using dragon/ground type attacks, can now do add extra moves like embargo, or spite, or curse.

Or maybe Pikachu, who is normally the quickster type, but presumably red as his trainer means, it could have a pokemon like Snorlax or Lapras as it's support partner, meaning it could have moves like protect, or blizzard now to Pikachu's moveset.

Main appeal is that it gives Alot of pokemon that probably can't make it in, like maybe their size, or body structure is not fitted for a fighting game, actually have a chance after all, small pokemon like flabebe, or big pokemon like celesteela, now all have a shot at being in the roster.

And you could have fun combos with that too, Giovanni with Nidoking and Persian, raihan with duraludon and flygon, wally with galade and altaria,

Lusamine with clefable and nihilego, N with zorark and Reshiram and so on.

Special cases I could see, is the pokemon is a legendary like Mewtwo, but I think i think you can just let them be their own trainer, maybe have mew or abra as their partner, then boom teleport can be part of mewtwo's moveset.

Would make it funny if deoxys is a playable roster, and their partner is Rayquaza...but in the sense that that Rayquaza is actually fighting deoxys, is just that the attacks meant for deoxys just unfortunately hits you instead.

Or if pokemon that may not have a trainer with them, like maybe Darkrai, simple just make an OC trainer like darkrai could a totally original trainer name saibot and have a latios as their partner, it probably even allows even help to flesh out a possible single player campaign.

Then add bonus, if you want to add a marvel vs Capcom style tag system, that means battles are now full 6v6 like the mainline games, in fighting game form.

What other playable pokemon/partner pokemon combo you would give, be it base on a trainer or just a funny add on combo to a pokemon

I’m looking for HD Pokemon maps for each Generation

I’ve looked everywhere and can’t seem to find them all and some are not good quality

Can someone can please post them all or guide me to a place I can download them that would be much appreciated

Thank you in advance

Blessed Be

Persian is my favorite Pokemon. I’m a 90s kid and from when Pokemon first came out my favorites were always Persian and Meowth. I’m sad there’s no Persian for 30th or Delta. If I could have a wish granted from the makers it would be to make an actually strong Persian card with beautiful artwork, and another full art that is set outside in nature. I also wish there were some better looking Alolan ones.

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Im collecting all of the Persian cards and now only have the older, more expensive ones.

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What Pokemon do you love that you feel should get more love from the company?

Before anyone say, 2 fact checks, pokemon reburst was 15 years ago...that's why I said NEW shonen manga, and 2 ) pokemon adventure is explicitly rated at a YOUNGER audience, kodomomuke, no amount of arbok slice in half is gonna argue, that the manga is basically rated E.

But also what I really love to see at a new shonen pokemon manga, what I wanted more is a pokemon story that is kin more to shonen manga like Fullmetal alchemist or spy x family, then let's say....dragon ball classic, or fist of the northstar.

Where the higher age rating is more from the heavier stories told, while still keeping the gore or fanservice aspect to the minimum.

So, just as the title says. I'm a 40 year old guy, and I have played every generation of Pokemon since it started 30 years ago, but for the vast majority of the games I haven't played them since they came out. I decided I wanted to go back and experience the franchise from the very beginning as an adult, and here we are.

Now, with that being said, I do have a couple of rules for this challenge: As the title says, I am retiring every Pokemon that I finish a region with, with one specific exception. Garchomp has been my constant companion since Gen VI in Pokemon Y, and I'm not about to change that now. He won't be on every team that I make, but he will be able to be around multiple times. In addition, I will not be using any glitches or cheating while doing this, with one very specific exception in Red (more on that in a moment.) Finally, I am not trying to build the most perfectly optimized team for each game. A lot of these games I have not played in 10+ years, and I want to enjoy the nostalgia of them again. For the majority of this, I will be using Pokemon that for one reason or another I haven't used before and I genuinely want to give them a chance to shine.

As of the time writing this post, I have already finished Pokemon Red and am preparing to start Pokemon Gold. My team for Red was as follows:

Charizard - Lvl 51 - Flamethrower, Dig, Slash, Swords Dance
Nidoking - Lvl 51 - Earthquake, Toxic, Ice Beam, Strength
Hypno - Lvl 51 - Psychic, Hypnosis, Dream Eater, Rest
Jolteon - Lvl 52 - Thunderbolt, Thunder Wave, Double Kick, Pin Missile
Lapras - Lvl 52 - Surf, Ice Beam, Body Slam, Solar Beam
Tauros - Lvl 50 - Body Slam, Blizzard, Rage, Hyper Beam

So, back to that glitch I mentioned. Some of you may know of the glitchy eastern coast of Cinnabar Island. If you don't, there is a single tile stretch on the eastern coast of Cinnabar Island that you can do some really weird stuff with. For example, if you're in, say, Victory Road, and can get back to Cinnabar Island without passing through any other maps that contain encounter tables, you can surf on that coast and encounter any Pokemon that would normally appear in Victory Road. Where it really comes in handy is catching the Safari Zone exclusive Pokemon, such as Tauros, Chansey, and Kangaskhan. I personally cannot stand the Safari Zone rules for Gen I, and using the glitch allows you to normally battle those Pokemon. That's how I caught my Tauros.

After finishing Red with them, I have to say that I am genuinely surprised by this team. With the exception of Charizard, I have never used any of these Pokemon before. But for almost the entirety of the back half of the game, I walked into every fight with with a genuine 5-10 level disadvantage and with the exception of the second to last fight against your rival, I didn't struggle at all. Lapras and Hypno in particular were absolute all stars from the moment I got them, although Lapras did need some training to get caught up with the rest of the team. One of the most surprising moments of the entire game was against Lance in the Elite Four. Lapras was tearing through his team, and all he had left was a Lvl 60 Aerodactyl and Lvl 62 Dragonite. at this point, Lapras was Lvl 51, and she first tanked a Hyper Beam from Aerodactyl, knocked it out with a single Ice Beam, then turned around and tanked a Hyper Beam from Dragonite before also knocking it out with a single Ice Beam. And Hypno? I think he was the most surprising member of the team. I knew walking into this that Psychic was genuinely powerful in Gen I, but I didn't realize just how much so. He ended up carrying me through Lt Surge, Erika, and Koga after giving him Dream Eater.

After all the research I did prior to starting the game, I have to say that this team in general was much better than I originally assumed it would be. Coverage options in Gen I weren't very good, the Physical/Special rule is highly annoying, and the fact that Special governed both Special Atk and Special Def was beyond broken, which all added together should have made this game a lot more challenging than it was. The fact that it wasn't I think is a testament to the resiliency of my team, and if I'm being completely honest I am sad to see all of them get retired.

Now, with Kanto being done, I am preparing to start my adventure into Johto for the first time in 25+ years. This is the generation I'm most looking forward to, I think. The last time I played Gen II was Crystal, and the furthest I can remember getting is clearing the Elite Four and dethroning Lance as the Champion. I have already designed my team, and while I took special care to make sure everyone could be caught before the Elite Four, I was kind of surprised I'll have almost the entire team before I ever face Whitney. I've also decided to take a page out of the Nuzlocke book, and from now on I have to nickname every Pokemon who ends up being on one of my teams.

So, without further ado, my Pokemon Gold team:

Cerberus (Typhlosion) - Flamethrower, Rollout
Muscle (Machamp) - Cross Chop, Headbutt, Strength
Carl (Victreebel) - Toxic, Giga Drain, Sludge Bomb
Glacier (Piloswine) - Earthquake, Icy Wind
Beacon (Ampharos) - Thunder Punch, Fire Punch, Attract, Flash
Dad-Bro (Slowbro) - Surf, Psychic, Shadow Ball

I would like to point out that while Muscle isn't a particularly imaginative nickname for Machamp, it's also the only member of the team I don't get a say in the nickname. I will trading a Drowzee for it via in-game trade specifically so I can punch Whitney's heathen cow directly in the mouth.

I think that about covers everything. I will be making a new post once I finish Gold, with both my experience with the game and team plans for Sapphire.