Topic: Pokemon Sword & Shield

Those little pink toy stuffed animal looking pokemon dang near mopped the floor with my whole crew in the wild lands

Started a second playthrough on the docked Switch, cause sometimes I just wanna catch mon on the TV, and ran into a whole gang of those pink things.

1... 2... 3... 4... 5... down they go. One after another. My last pokemon somehow managed to survive long enough for me to catch them. Felt really good but my team was eviscerated after that.

Then oddish came along, and I love Oddish. He's like a blue radish. Or turnip or something. Those things dont like getting caught. Keep popping out of the ball.

@JaxonH Stufful and especially it's evolution Bewear have been a powerhouse to fear since their introduction in Sun and Moon.

Slow, bulky, hit like a train.

There's a reason the Pokedex says don't let it hug you...

I think the problem with the “big bad” portion of the story is less “it came out of nowhere” and more “this game made sure to prevent you from being involved in it until the very end”.

Because you do get several hints and hear about stuff happening, but there’s always someone there to tell you “leave this to the adults, you focus on the gyms!”.

It’s like, the adults in this region are a bit more responsible, which means less action for us meddling 10 year olds.

This is why the story feels shorter too, in previous games you’d stop Team X in between gyms a number of times in their hideout or some building/factory/cave/etc.

If you're forced to do raids alone I definitely recommend using candy to lvl 100 eternatus.

Keeping the protagonist of the game from being involved in the story is never a good idea. At least with the Gen 1 throwback that was XY they remembered halfway through the game that they should maybe give it a plot, even if it ended up feeling very tacked on and the walking exposition textbox stole my spotlight after the league. SwSh... I'm at the 5th gym and it feels like nothing at all happened so far. Other than a shaking building. Cool, I guess.

So all my friends own Shield. The only Pokemon I am missing is Goomy, and then I can complete my Pokedex.

Its locked to one area of the game in specific weather conditions that are randomised daily. This area is the Lake of Outrage and it sucks, because it locks around one of 7 things behind each weather conditions.

None of my friends can find a Goomy. I have been using Surprise Trade for two days on and off. I've received endless Mimikyu, other Shield exclusives, a Kommo-o, around 7 Dreepy...yet no Goomy.

So I started just breeding things randomly with a 4IV Japanese Ditto I got (I got that before a Goomy too. My luck is cursed!)

I haven't finished the Pokedex due to the aforementioned dragon blob, so no Shiny Charm.

In around 30 eggs I had hatched a 5IV Sobble AND a shiny one.

But none of my friends can get a damn Goomy.

Somewhere there is a higher power and he is laughing.

@Knuckles-Fajita I can help you out a little later. I've just been going to YouTube streams and finding people to trade me stuff in the chat. Also you can change the system clock on the Switch to trick the game into changing the weather, it's also useful for night/day evolutions like Obstagoon or the Eeveelutions.

Hope that helps. Otherwise I can totally trade you a goomy

@Gravitron Thatll be good. Its literally the last thing I need

I finally found a hidden ability Indeedee I’ve been trying to catch for the past two days. It broke my ultra ball and got away. Gut punching feeling.

@Knuckles-Fajita are you still gonna be on here in an hour and a half. I gotta get home and breed one real quick.

@-Green- that's awful. Maybe just try to breed one if you already have an Indeedee?

What's the exclusives anyway? I had been avoiding spoilers but I think I'm far enough in the game to know now.

I could look online but I don't want pictures just in case there's something I haven't seen.

@Gravitron That'll be 3:30am....so probably knowing me. XD

@Eel https://www.gamesradar.com/pokemon-sword-and-shield-differenc... that page shouldn't spoil anything. Really didn't feel like typing every exclusive

@Knuckles-Fajita cool I'll post a trade code when I'm ready

@Gravitron perfect! Thanks

@Gravitron Dope. Almost 4am XD

@Knuckles-Fajita was that you that traded me a Sobble?

@Gravitron Yep. 5IV too. Enjoy! Thanks for the Goomy!

And with that, 400/400.

Now I can sleep. That took just under 71 hours.

Ok so I've been running away from every Mr Mime because I thought they were aggressive, but it turns out they just want to show me their dance routine.

@Eel Wait until they show you their comedy routine.

Can anyone tell me how other players can send lvl 1 pokémons like Eevee to me via the trading system? Some kind of cheat?

Edit: Or are they from eggs?