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Re: Round Up: The Reviews Are In For Pokémon Champions

shoeses

I don't see the game lasting long even if they improve it. The reason Showdown works is because it gives different Metas and different power ceilings. Meanwhile in Champions the second you get to a certain Rank or god forbid, go into Casuals expecting the name to be true, it's nothing but sweaty players. That's gonna drive off a ton of people real fast.

Re: PSA: Pokémon FireRed & LeafGreen Switch Version Gives You The Mystic Ticket And Aurora Ticket

shoeses

@AussieMcBucket There's a new Location called the Sevi Islands in FRLG. You can access one before the post-game that only has Kanto 'Mons iirc, but the others have a handful of Johto Pokemon that are accessible after the post-game. Despite being Evolutions of Kanto 'Mons, Pokemon like Crobat, Espeon, Umbreon, & Scizor can't be Evolved until the post-game, even if you meet their criteria. So for the main game you're strictly working with Kanto Pokemon.

Re: Gallery: Here's A Look At Pokémon FireRed And LeafGreen On Switch

shoeses

Zero interest in these personally. Even if these had online Trading & Battling with your Friends List, I'm not a fan of FRLG, HGSS, ORAS, or BDSP myself. They modernize the games for the times sure, but they never fix any of the big issues, in some cases making smaller ones. And there's a lot of good Indies in $20 range I'd rather check out before going back to Kanto for the 10th time (beat it in Gen 1 4 times, Gen 3 3 times, Gen 7 2 times).

Re: PSA: Pokémon FireRed And LeafGreen Switch Preloads Are Now Live

shoeses

I get why people would buy these. But if I wanted to play a version without online Battles or Trading (or possibly Home Compatibility, they've removed saying it'll have such since then), I still have my cartridge of FireRed for the Solitaire experience. I can even already play it on the TV with the GameCube expansion bit. But even understanding most people don't have these things, these are really bare bones for $20. They're worth 10 bucks at most, and even then, that might be a stretch.

Re: Talking Point: Our Pokémon Presents 2026 Predictions - What Are You Hoping For?

shoeses

With the leak of FRLG, I'm wondering if the reason we haven't gotten Colosseum & XD yet despite them being two of the initially announced GameCube games is they've been changed to be stand alone releases as well. That or they don't have much planned so they held onto them and will act like the announcement is a big deal.

I'm not sure there's anything I particularly want, but more spin-off would be cool. If they announce a new Mystery Dungeon that'd be a Day One buy for me.

Re: Pokémon FireRed And LeafGreen Officially Revealed For Switch

shoeses

Maybe it's just me, but FRLG are my least favorite way to experience Kanto. There's no modernization like the Physical-Special Split like Let's GO, and the original Red & Blue have glitches you can use for infinite TMs and getting Pokemon easier. There's a lot of older Pokemon games I wanna play, and sadly FRLG are not near the top of that list.

Re: Poll: What's Your Favourite Gen 4 Pokémon?

shoeses

Lucario. The movie it had was one of the best, and it was also part of my first Competitive Team. It's role was to hit hard with Endure + Reversal. The Steel-Typing is what made me choose it over other Fighting-Types - it gave it more common Weaknesses to Moves used in Doubles like Heat Wave and Earthquake while also giving it a Sandstorm Immunity so it wouldn't die at 1 HP if the Opponent had a Tyranitar or Hippowdon.

Re: Poll: What's Your Favourite Gen 3 Pokémon?

shoeses

Absol. By far my favorite Pokemon design-wise. Its appearance in the story of PMD Rescue Team left a big impact on me, the Mega made it usable after Bisharp stole its niche (as far as Gens 4-7 go anyways), and it was my Main in Unite I got to Masters with.

Re: Poll: What's Your Favourite Gen 1 Pokémon?

shoeses

Vaporeon, because in XD Gale of Darkness I picked it a lot because it got Aura Beam via Level Up which is MASSIVE with how restrictive Gen 3 Learnsets are, and it was a member of my first attempt at a Competitive Team for Battle Revolution's Online.

Re: Poll: So, Should Pokémon Red And Blue Return For The 30th Anniversary?

shoeses

If they were smart, they'd add the Gen 1-3 games to NSO with Home & Spin-Off Compatibility. Not just sending them to Home one way but being able to store them there and transfer between games, along with being able to be sent to Stadium 1 & 2 and Colosseum & XD. That would sell more Home subscriptions and Expansion Pack subscriptions.

Whatever they do will not be this.