Topic: Pokémon Scarlet & Pokémon Violet

@FishyS It’s hacked, so I’d release it.

huh, weird. Are hacked pokemon really so common as to run across one in 10 random trades? 🤔 And why even throw them out to a random person in a blind surprise trade. Are bots somehow doing surprise trades? Seems very problematic if so.

Most of what I got from the other trades were level 1 starters ( mostly Fuecoco) and some freshly hatched from picnics Charizards. Plus a couple pokemon from the starter area..So the level 100 was a shock. I'll happily ditch it though.

@FishyS yes, they likely have bots programmed to distribute the hacked Pokémon. It doesn’t help that a lot people also get rid of them the lazy way: by simply trading them again immediately. So you end up with a web of them going around and around.

As you might guess from the fact they include urls as the name, or sometimes as the name of the trainer, these are literally just advertisement for their websites. It’s shady all around and a problem that has existed ever since online trading was introduced to the series.

One would image they would’ve at least tried to prevent people from using urls in names/nicknames by now, but I suppose the Pokémon company doesn’t really care that much.

Finally started the Ruin Quartet part of the postgame and jesus these guys are so damn cool. The lore, designs, typings, abilities; it's all just so damn interesting and, as someone who loves Pokemon history as much as I do, seeing them explained so vividly is a wonderful treat. Only caught Wo Chien as of now but you better believe I'm going for the rest of them (Chi Yu and Chien Pao especially, those two are perfection).

Also their battle theme is absolutely bizarre but oh my god is it fantastic.

Somehow I found another shiny cufant.

I appreciate the newfound shiny luck, but some diversity would be fun!

I have a lot of favourites from this gen: Greavard and Houndstone are delightfully morbid doggos (that still manage to be absolutely adorable somehow), Palafin is both a dolphin AND a superhero (WHAT MORE COULD YOU WANT) and Lokix is the realisation of my most wanted unused type combo in a badass Kamen Rider locust just to name a few. However, one that has slowly sneaked it's way into becoming one of my all-time favourites has got to be.....Bombirdier.

Firstly.....just look at this smug a-hole. The personality alone is absolute perfection with the marks around it's eyes and wings combined with the very subtle yet immediately noticeable smirk fully signifying that this thing is not to be trifled with carelessly.

Secondly, it's such a brilliant subversion of what everyone thought a stork Pokemon would be. When you think of a stork, the obvious first thing that comes to mind is the serene image of them delivering babies in blankets. As a result, you'd think that a stork 'mon would be either Normal/Flying, Fairy/Flying or just pure Flying right? In what I would describe as Game Freak's brilliant way of taking obvious ideas and completely flipping them on their head, Bombirdier keeps the idea of carrying objects but instead of just delivering goods or services and having a kind disposition....it carries goddamn ROCKS and drops them on unsuspecting passerbys simply for the fun of it. The guy literally has one brain function and it is to cause as much annoyance as possible and I am ALL in favour for it.

Thirdly, tying back to that last point there, it's a brand new version of Dhelmise: a dual-type mon that gets STAB on another type entirely thanks to it's ability, with Rock being the case for Bombirdier rather than Steel with Dhelmise. And I absolutely adore this. Fits in with the Pokemon's behaviour, makes it immediately interesting and gives it a very desirable niche as a battler and gives it that extra bit of panache in order to make it stand out from the crowd of single stage bird Pokemon.

And lastly.....I have a bit of a personal experience with this one. Imagine on the first day you get to play SV you're just casually exploring the region until you come across a small seaside inlet. As you walk down the path to a cave, you notice something hovering above the small lake beside: a white bird unlike anything you've seen before. You try throwing your ball at it to no avail before giving up for the time-being and heading into the cave. After being absolutely decimated by a Level 40 Tera Hawlucha, you rush outside thinking you're safe.....when all of a sudden the bird who taunted you by being so far away surprises you from behind and proceeds to sweep the rest of your battered and bruised team. That was my introduction to this mon long before having to face it as a Titan and it's made Bombirdier always live rent-free in my head because of it. So in short: I really like this big dumb bird.

@Fizza
Hello. 😊
I have removed the block on you, so please reply me back.
Sorry if I blocked you because I thought you stop replying me after I tried to reply you on certain articles or thread but no feedback.

Btw, how was the game performance for Solo play after got patched ?

@Anti-Matter Well thank you!

Performance is pretty much the exact same as before at least for me. I don't really mind the performance myself but I definitely think it depends on the person.

@Fizza
Btw, I have question about the game goal by given 3 different scenario after I saw directly from other people gameplay.
Do I have to complete all the 3 different scenario or I can choose any of them to see their each ending ?

@Anti-Matter You can tackle the 3 of them in any order you want, but you'll need to complete all 3 of them in order to unlock the final storyline at the end of the game (think of it like the Delta Episode in ORAS or Rainbow Rocket in USUM).

@Fizza
I see.
Thanks for the confirmation. 😊

Fizza discussed favorite new pokemon. I am still only at 362/400, but of what I have my favorites are tied for 1. Clodsire who is basically a big derpy land-whale who moves adorably, makes adorable sounds, and causes earthquakes and spews poison at people and falls asleep constantly.

And 2. Tinkaton who is a weird dwarf fairy hybrid. I can't help but enjoy when a trainer Terastallizes their pokemon and then Tinka one shots it with her huge Gigaton Hammer she can barely hold. She also likes to sleep but in super weird positions. And mine utterly ignored most of my commands for like 2 hours but then she suddenly got the title 'the reliable partner'.

It took a long long time but I finally found all the cursed pole thingies and caught all the ruinous legendary Pokémon. Tried my best to use pokeballs that looked nice for each one.

late last night i beat my first gym in the start of the game which was the Bug gym. Easy but weird with the rolling the giant olive around.

Should i head to the Flying Gym town next? and there anything i should do besides tackling the Flying Gym? like going after the first Team Star hideout or what?

@XandertheWise I would recommend you go the complete oposite direction and head to the grass gym instead.

As for team star, I’d recommend starting with the fire or dark bases.

@FishyS Tinkaton carried me through the end of the game. Great Pokemon!

@Eel and where exactly is the Grass Gym town at? the world map i was looking at in the game i had a little hard time looking at it since the text is tiny a little bit

@XandertheWise it’s on the other side of Mesagoza, after a little canyon. You’ll see the face of a guy with green hair over it.

@Wolfleaf You're playing Violet right? I'm currently about 75 away from completing my own Scarlet dex (only have a couple of evos, trades and legendaries left to catch) so if you'd like, I could trade my other Koraidon to you and then send your other Miraidon immediately back (since I want to keep my other Koraidon as well)! I'd let you know when I have everything sorted of course so don't worry on that front!

Also Greavard and Houndstone are some of my absolute favourites from this gen as well.

Mabosstiff is best doggo