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goldenhydreigon47 · 2 years

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Thoughts on Every Gym Leader/Kahuna, Trial Captain, Elite 4 Member, and Champion (excluding Gen 7 since YOU become the champion. Plus we'll do Professors and Rivals at a later date and that's when I'll cover N, Kukui, and Hau. And yes this means Blue, Cheren, Marnie, and Bede will be covered twice)

Brock: A simp but a loveable simp whom we all love. 50/10

Misty: BEST GIRL. She was my first Pokémon crush and I love how sassy she is. 100/10

Lt. Surge: Dundabolt. 25/10

Erika: Oh cool, her design looks pretty so her battle should be go- aaaaaand its over. 8/10

Koga: He's a ninja. 100/10

Janine: Girlboss Ninja. 150/10

Sabrina: Creepy but also really cool. 80/10

Blaine: HOPE YA HAVE BURN HEAL! 12/10

Giovanni: I love this mafioso and Team Rocket as a whole so much. 60/10

Lorelei: Big Mommy Milkers (in the anime at least) but also a pretty cool (heh) demeanor. 73/10

Bruno: That's it? That was the battle? 5/10

Agatha: Status Effect O'Clock. 30/10

Lance: The OG Dragon Master... with only one Dragon on his team. 47/10

Blue: Do I even need to say anything? 100/10

Falkner: For a first Gym Leader, he's pretty bland imo. 6/10

Bugsy: Transmasc Icon. NeedsHeracrossAsHisAce/10

Whitney: Fuck Miltank. -65/10

Morty: *[insert unfunny Rick and Morty joke here]* 35/10

Chuck: Boring. 3/10

Jasmine: And the easiest Gym puzzle award goes to. 20/10

Pryce: How did my dumbass child-self get stuck on this old man for so long? ChildhoodDumbness/10

Clair: Sore Loser. Doesn't deserve the Dragon Type. 4/10

Will: Boring. 2/10

Karen: Literally the only good Karen. 35/10

Roxanne: Brock but boring. 6/10

Brawly: Surfer Bro. Probably smokes weed. 15/10

Wattson: Oh hey its the guy who had his whole team one shot by Ash's Pikachu. 5/10

Flannery: Hot both literally and figuratively. I love her demeanor and how deep down nervous she is. 50/10

Norman: The Only Good Father Figure in this series. 30/10

Winona: Boring tbh. Hot, but boring. 4/10

Tate and Liza: Ah yes, Surf Fodder. 8/10

Wallace: Fabulous Gay Water Man. I love him and want to date him one day. 78/10

Juan: Wallace but not gay but just as fabulous. 60/10

Sidney: He just wants a good fight yet uses two Dark Types with one of the worst defensive type comboes in the series. 11/10

Phoebe: Transfemme Icon. We stan. 70/10

Glacia: Boring. 1/10

Drake: Lance but better. 57/10

Steven: How does Hoenn have not one, but TWO hot champions? I love this rock collector. 80/10

Roark: Like father... 30/10

Gardenia: She gives me Daisy from Mario vibes. I like it. 40/10

Maylene: Fighting Type Misty. I love her. 55/10

Wallace: YOU'RE GOIN' NOWHERE! I GOTCHA FOR THREE MINUTES, THREE MINUTES OF PLAYTIME! 90/10

Fantina: She's 100% from Kalos and just moved from there to Sinnoh. 70/10

Byron: ...like son. 30/10

Candice: WORST. GYM. PUZZLE. 8/10

Volkner: Minato from Naruto but emo. 80/10

Aaron: The absolute balls of this man to use Dustox and Beautifly. 20/10

Bertha: Oh hello ma'am. You look very kind. Welp, time to sweep you with Torterra/Empoleon. 9/10

Flint: Ah yes, my favorite Fire Types: Drifblim, Lopunny, and Steelix. 50/10

Lucian: Why are the Psychic Elite 4 Members the most boring? 5/10

Cynthia: *[WAR FLASHBACKS]*

Also, she's hot and very funny in the anime. 110/10

Cilan: The best part of the Unova anime. 8/10

Chili: Meh 1. 3/10

Cress: Meh 2. At least he's handsome. 6/10

Cheren: Someone tell me why he looks lowkey cute in B2W2? 7/10

Lenora: Hard Female Normal Type Gym Leader but actually likeable. We stan. 8/10

Roxie: She did the whole punk rock thing before Piers made it cool. 78/10

Burgh: The Other Transmasc Icon of the Bug Type users. 40/10

Elesa: Girlboss and very attractive. Only real flaw is a HORRENDOUS battle. StopUsingVoltSwitch/10

Clay: MINER COWBOY. 59/10

Skyla: Lowkey thicc and very attractive with a great personality to boot. 60/10

Brycen: The Best Ice Specialist. 77/10

Drayden: GILF Dragon User. 80/10

Marlon: Hrngh... shirtless male Gym Leader... One of my bisexual awakening moments. 80/10

Shauntal: Compared to other Ghost Type Specialists, kinda meh. 20/10

Grimsley: WHY ARE ALL THE DARK TYPE SPECIALISTS (minus Sidney) ATTRACTIVE. 93/10

Caitlin: Sleeby. Was also a great way to show how she progressed from Gen 4 into Gen 5. 30/10

Marshall: The Most Meh of the Unova Elite 4. 3/10

Alder: Look he's trying his best and is honestly a great Champion. 30/10

Iris: She has a Hydreigon. 300/10

Viola: Easy. 5/10

Grant: Easy and bland. 2/10

Korrina: One of two good Kalos Gym Leaders. 30/10

Ramos: Easy and bland. 1/10

Clemont: THE FUTURE IS NOW THANKS TO SCIENCE! 20/10

Valerie: BEGONE FAIRY USER! -200/10

Olympia: Easy and bland. 4/10

Wulfric: Easiest and blandest: 0/10

Drasna: WHY DOESN'T SHE USE HYDREIGON IF ITS RIGHT AT VICTORY ROAD?! -150/10

Malva: Smokin' hot and very good personality wise. One of the few good Kalos characters. 20/10

Siebold: Pokémon is art as a game but battling itself is not art... unless you use Smeargle. 6/10

Wikstrom: The fact they had a KNIGHT BASED STEEL TYPE ELITE 4 MEMBER and didn't give him Escavalier gives him a low score immediately. 3/10

Diantha: Wait this battle can last more than 30 seconds? 1/10

Iida: I want to date him. Handsome and he is a very nice guy. 50/10

Hala: BUFF SUMO GRANDPA. 100/10

Lana: Wait, did we somehow get a BORING Water specialist? 4/10

Kiawe: Best character in the Alola anime outside of Gladion. 33/10

Mallow: Grass Type Misty. 8/10

Olivia: Would let her step on me WITH her heels. 80/10

Sophocles: Annoying Brat. -4/10

Acerola: Adorable and surprisingly tough when unprepared. 20/10

Nanu: Police Officer DILF, and somehow is also lowkey attractive. 40/10

Mina: BEGONE FAIRY USER! -200/10

Hapu: Acerola but boring. 3/10

Molayne: I mean, he's okay, but still kinda boring. 5/10

Kahili: ... Idk/10

Milo: I would let him crush my skull between his biceps. 90/10

Nessa: HELLO MA'AM PLEASE GIVE ME ALL OF YOUR PHOTOS. 95/10

Kabu: Hey guys, I found Flannery's father. 60/10

Bea: HELLO MA'AM PLEASE STEP ON ME. 110/10

Allister: PROTECC THE SMOL CHILD! 120/10

Opal: She uses a Togekiss and is a very respectful elder, so I'll give her a pass for being a Fairy User. 7/10

Gordie: Would let him hug me until my spine breaks. 90/10

Melony: If you looked up MILF in the dictionary, you'd see Melony next to Lisa Lisa from Jojo's Bizarre Adventure and Lady Dimitrescu from Resident Evil. 85/10

Piers: STEP ON ME GOTH PUNK DADDY. 140/10

Rainhan:

YES HELLO SIR CAN YOU PLEASE STEP ON MY FACE SO HARD IT LEAVES A BOOT MARK AND AND THEN KISS ME ON THE LIPS PLEASE AND THANK YOU

170/10

Marnie: Best Girl. Is goth but also a complete sweetheart. 160/10

Bede: One of very few good Fairy Specialists. Is also very handsome. 130/10

Leon: The only good Charizard user. Also is very handsome and I'd let him step on me. 150/10

Klara: How ironic for the relstionship with a Poison Type leader to be so toxic. Still love her though. 110/10

Avery: He radiates Frieza Voice energy. I like him. 95/10

Mustard: Chaotic Old Man. Very much love him. 120/10

Peony: Everyone's dad. Too bad his battle theme's the worst in the game. 100/10

#pokemon #gen 1 #kanto #gen 2 #johto #gen 3 #hoenn #gen 4 #sinnoh #sinnoh my beloved #gen 5 #unova #unova my beloved #gen 6 #kalos #gen 7 #alola #gen 8 #galar #galar my beloved

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artesesarthouse · 5 years

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My Pokemon Shield team!

Decided to use my Friends OC as the character I play in Shield because she's british and well this IS the british region so it fits.

So I've beaten pokemon Shield, finished about 90% of the Dex, and have gotten about a third of the way through Sword, and for the most part, I'm having fun with it. I say, despite the bad news that kept pouring over the last few weeks, it has enough good things to keep it fun and fresh. That said, there are some issues because not everything is perfect, and I'll detail the pros and cons I find with most of the important things about the game. Keep in mind I'm not a professional in the industry. I'm a casual fan who likes to collect Pokemon and a fan of the creature design. That said, let's get into it.

TLDR: Pokemon SWSH is good; its good on the things it improves on and adds to make the game more helpful to the grind, but it has many short cuts that make certain features tedious and time-consuming. Buy the game for the new mons and quality of life improvements. Don't buy if you expect everything to carry over from previous titles.

The Dex:

Of course, I have to talk about this as it was the biggest thing that started to change people's minds about SWSH and is a controversy that continued till release. For me, when I heard it, I didn't care because, for me, the only Pokemon I care about are the new ones. My team for each game is only the new Pokemon (including the alola and galar forms). But I do understand why people are upset because once pokemon home comes around, no doubt pokemon bank will close and you'll HAVE to switch them over and thus not be able to use Pokemon you've had for a while until they get added in future games. Which could be years. But let's switch gears and talk about what was added. Then just over 80 new pokemon, not including galarian forms. Now, this isn't the smallest amount of new mons we've had. XY had the least, but it still disappointing that there aren't that many new ones. BUT the new mons we got are fun and creative. I have many new favs, and GOD do I love that they brought back regional forms and made them better! obstagoon isn't the only one that got a region-based evolution, and I LOVE that they brought more. I think one of the unique things about Pokemon from most other monster catcher type shows and games is evolution and a big disappointment for me is whenever there is a pokemon with no evolutions because it feels like there's no potential and it's boring, and yes there is no-evolution pokemon among the new mons. My final note, though, is that there are more new evolution gimmicks, and I am not a fan, stones? Okay, friendship? Annoying but with berries, it can help. Trade? It can be annoying if you don't have friends, but you can use the GTS (OH WAIT :( ILL GET INTO THAT LATER), but making it, so yanmask needs 49+ damage AND can only evolve in a specific spot? FOR SHAME.

Wild area and Dynamax dens:

The one thing that was advertised the most, the thing that was in basically every trailer and hammered to death, the wild are. SO how is it after all this hyper? It's okay.

Pros:

It's big, way bigger then I thought, I thought it was just that beginning area in front of motorstroke but nope! Way bigger.

The wild area is split up into sections that each has their spawns and weather separate from the rest. This allows you to build a variety of teams early on; you don't have to wait till the end of the game to get an Ice-type or Dragon-type. If it's snowing in one section, there will be plenty of Ice-type mons.

The Dynamax dens are a great way to help the grind that pokemon games tend to have. Not only do you have a chance to get rare mons, but you get EXP candies which help level up your mons from 100 exp to 100,000 exp, so you can use those to level up mons you don't plan to use but need the evolutions for their Pokedex entries! It helps simplify the grind and tediousness of the grind.

Cons:

It's very tiresome to travel around, there are many hills and slopes you can't move through and have to take the path around it, which gets annoying very quickly, especially if you are trying to get into the water, but you can only access it from a lower level, what would've been nice is a rock climbing upgrade for the bike so you can traverse up the cliffs and cut downtime.

Overworld pokemon aggro too much and get in the way. They are a lot of Pokemon that can only be caught in grass, and the way you have to trigger a grass pokemon is by moving in the tall grass, the problem is the Pokemon that some pokemon that wander around will notice and charge at you, stopping your progress until you end the fight. It gets in the way, and from I've seen, there's no item to make them ignore you.

Weather spawns, one worry I had when I heard about the changing weather feature was that some pokemon are locked into only appearing during particular weather, and sadly I was right, but it's even worse! Not only is that true, BUT some mons can only be gotten in individual sections too! So there's an even smaller chance at getting them! Weather also is daily, and every section can get nearly every single weather effect, so it could be literal weeks until you get the one weather effect you need in that one section for your damn Pokedex.

GMAX raids are too infrequent, one of the big things that made people get on the side of Dynamaxing was the introduction of Gigantamaxing, which is just mega evolution with extra steps, but you can only get them from raids. Except for Charizard, Eevee, Pikachu, and Meowth. And they are a very low chance even with the event going on that increases some of the spawns.

The Wild area is a good idea which they will hopefully explore and improve in future games, but only time will tell.

Pokemon Camp:

The new substitute after Pokemon refresh. And it's okay, leaning towards Tedious.

Pros:

It's fun to see the Pokemon interact and run along and even play fetch with them, Cute and fun,

Cooking curry increases their EXP, friendship, and restores their health. So it's very convenient if you don't want to use potions or don't even have them.

Cons:

No way to level up affection quickly, in Pokemon Amie, you had those special cupcakes, and in Refresh, you had the rainbow beans. Not in this one, though, it's all involves the two toys you get. And it's slow and tedious after the 500th stick wiggle.

Getting berries for curry is tedious; this is part of the wild area problem, but there is no way to farm berries you need for specific curry, or in general, SM and USUM had the poke pelago which was a great addition especially the berry farm. But there is nothing to help with that in this game, so you have to resort to being lucky to get the berry you need from a tree and not be attacked by the squirrel.

No clear way of how to get the best rating for curry. It warns you about speed before your first curry session, but there are nothings to indicate how fast or slow you need to be for each section, additionally if you are using a controller, you can't stir as quickly as using each Switch controller separately.

Pokemon camp feels like a simplified pokemon refresh with a few improvements but not enough to streamline the process.

The starters:

Now about a week or so before the release, the whole Pokedex was leaked, including the starters, which stirred up controversy due to how they look compared to most other gens. I think they're fine. Each has its positives and negatives like every other gen. For me, Rillaboom is the best because it has a freaking drum set and is a big hunky boy. Then why did I not choose it as my starter for the pic above? Because of my complaint about the starters. They aren't dual-type, So they had no guarantee they could learn other move types from their base type, which for the most part, is true unless you use TMS or TRS. So it was either Intelleon or Cinderace because grass-type has so many weaknesses. I went with Intelleon because Cinderace just looked the most boring to me? It looks like a rabbit wearing pants, not that I don't get the theme, which is Cinderace as a soccer player, but still, it was engaging to me. Intelleon stirred up controversy due to its smug look and big hands, but I saw someone explain why he might be like that which helped warm me up to him, It's based on a lizard that is long and lean with big hands, and most likely is based on a spy theme. Especially with that official art of it doing a dodge with a finger gun attack (which it has in the game), so that made him more interesting to me. I think the biggest problem with Intelleon was that is has nothing to do with sobble's gimmick. Scorbunny kicks? Turns into a soccer player. Grookey using a stick to hit things? Turns into a drummer. Sobble cries a lot? Turns...into...a spy? Like the crying thing doesn't play into his final form at all, and that is probably why people were so off-put by the idea. Honestly, I say some of Drizzles design should've been for sobble. That way, it could help learn into the edgy lizard design. But I think the BIGGEST problem with the starters is that WE DIDN'T GET TO SEE THEM BEFORE RELEASE. I'm okay with not showing all Pokemon, but the starters are NEEDED. It's the first Pokemon we get and will spend hours leveling up. I honestly think the leaks helped save the game because if we didn't know the final evolves before the release and found out after, many more people would have been upset. The leaks helped give people a week to process and get used to them.

That's enough about the Pokemon, let's get into the story elements.

Rivals:

This game has three Rivals, and each represents the arch-type of Rival we have gotten over the years. Hop represents the friendly Rival who fights to get to know you and become strong with his Pokemon. Marnie represents the Rivals who are kind and respectful to you but also battle to be competitive and prove themselves. Bede represents the asshole Rivals, the ones who, no matter how much you beat them, they think they're better than you and won't shut up about it, but they might have a tragic past that makes up for them being jerks. My favorite is Hop, mostly because he gets the most development and because I like the friendly Rivals. It started for me in XY actually, when you got that group of friends it was nice because ironically in a game about companionship with pocket monsters, you're very alone. You only see your Mons when you fight or use Amie, Refresh, and Camp. So having a friend come around every once in a while feels nice and helps that feeling of loneliness. Anyways Bede and Marnie are nice but don't get enough time, but they serve their purpose.

Gym battles:

I love what they've done with the gyms; they are spectacles thanks to the crowd, the music (by toby fox C:), and Dynamxing makes each gym battle feel as epic as it should be. The pre-gym fight challenges and activities range from okay too annoying (looking at you pinball and collapsing trap puzzles), but they serve their purpose for getting more EXP before the final fight.

There is no Elite four, which makes sense since the game builds up Lee as the champion. Even without the Elite four, I do like the tournament aspect, it makes sense for the region, and you still fight four powerful trainers.

The antagonists:

Spoilers alert, if most of what I said isn't already a spoiler. Team yell felt disappointing; they weren't involved that much unless to block off an area until you beat a gym or something. But I did like Piers and Marnie's relationship that developed from around the team. Rose and Oleanna were great because Rose had charisma and was generally kind, so you can see why he gained the respect of the region. And his plan makes sense, but he went about it the wrong way by rushing and imprisoning a pokemon that caused a significant problem years ago. Oleanna was a treat because of how dedicated and stone-cold she was, and when she battled you, her expressions were priceless. Sordward and Shielbert were total jerks, and it was satisfying enough to beat them. The antagonists are alright, I say the plan from Rose came in a bit last minute, but it was still a good threat.

The story:

Now Pokemon stories aren't complicated; You want to become champion, you get a Rival, the evil team gets in your way, so you get dragged into a major conspiracy, you beat them along your journey and then become champion. There can be things to read into, and development for some characters that make them exciting and put simply, SWSH follows the same formula. I think the best part is Hop's journey, and seeing Sonia grow as well, most of the other major players don't change all that much till the end of the game. So it's not a bad story, just the same formula as before. It IS a kid's game so that I wouldn't expect anything complicated anyway.

The end game story:

This is where Sordward and Shielbert are introduced, and they fill the role of villains who only care about themselves if you didn't like what they did with Rose. Sadly they weren't introduced or even mentioned throughout the game, so it's not as fulfilling to beat them due to them just appearing out of nowhere. My only problem is that we have to go to every gym to fight dynamaxed Pokemon, but we don't get to capture them, and its a long road till we get to catch the game legendary finally.

The story offers new aspects, but for the most part, follows a formula, so don't expect something complicated or nuanced. Now on to the technicals.

Improvements:

They have made quite a few quality of life improvements that have helped make things tighter and more comfortable to access.

In battle, they made it so you can press X to go to pokeballs quickly for easy catching.

The PC link box. You no longer have to travel back and forth between poke centers to get Pokemon from the box so you can level and evolve them, now you can access it on your person anywhere which is convenient and handy.

The name rater, move reminder, and deleter is all the same person and in every poke-center at no additional cost too!

From SM-Lets go, there were ride Pokemon that took up the task of the bike and the Hm moves, which was great! No more annoying Hm moves you couldn't get rid of and had to have to move around the world. Now it's improved further with the bike being able to slip between land and seas without any menus, you get the ability to fly very early, AND there's nothing for strength, cut or flash. Less tediousness and more easy-to-access features, thank you.

You can organize the menus to your preferred order. The bag is easier to understand, and you can favorite things and organize it by favorites so you'll always be able to see them. There are more options in the settings to help skip through dialogue-heavy parts and make the game more accessible to get through if you want.

Bad advertising:

I think one of the things that hurt the game pre-release is that the advertising was crap, barely any of the improvements were shown outside of the wild area and Dynamaxing. I mentioned before how stupid it was that we didn't get to see the evolutions for the damn starters. I don't mind that we didn't get to see all the new Pokemon, I like the surprise, but we should've seen at least the other exclusives, so help people decided what to buy. I do say you shouldn't show everything, but the starters and exclusives are necessary for people to decided what to buy and who they are going to choose.

The worst thing about the game:

Now I can see the problem with Dexit, and I can see the problem with the battle animations, BUT I believe the worst part about the game is the Ycomm feature. It's the replacement for the multiplayer menu from the DS games, and it brought over the worst feature from let's go. No Global trade System. So if you're looking for exclusives or low percentage chance pokemon well you're on your own, there's nothing to help you find the Pokemon you need. There's link trade and surprise trade and no way to specify what you want if you have a friend who got the other game, then your lucky. If you don't have any friends? Well, your fucked, sucks for you, you friendless loser lol lol. That's not it, though, and there's no friends list either. You have to use a four-digit link code, which by the way a random can also use it as well. But you know what they do have? League card trading section, League cards are fun and cute but a section to getting them from randoms when it means nothing? Pointless, that slow should've been for the GTS or at least a friend list section. They do have a way to search through stamps so you can find battles or trades and even Dynamax dens, though! Oh wait... the list barely updates frequently enough until the person searching for a raid team has either quit or started anyway, but the game won't tell you that until you attempt to join!

Pokemon Sword and Shield is a good game with shortcuts and flaws that are tedious and frustrating, but the improvements and good things that were added make up for its shortcomings. Heres hoping next year's game will carry over the good changes and improve on SWSH faults.

#Pokemon sword and shield #gaming #fandom #galar #fan art #team #intelleon #falinks #coalossal #corviknight #Mr Rime #obstagoon #galarian froms #pokemon variant #pokemon #pokeart

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exchampionleon · 4 years

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If you had to compare each Gym Leader (and Champ Gloria) to a Pokémon, which Pokémon would they all be compared to and why?

@officialexgymleader-piers did a good job with a similar question but I’ll give it a go myself! Milo and Eldegoss is kind of an obvious comparison. Eldegoss look like they’re wearing a big hat and a scarf, which is exactly what Milo wears.They also have similar faces... That might just be me who thinks that though. Nessa immediately makes me think of Primarina because of the whole mermaid thing. They also both know how to accessorize. (According to Nessa I don’t know how to accessorize so I could never be a Primarina) Kabu is probably... A Blaziken? They’re both powerful, slightly terrifying and are known for the strength of their legs. Bea is a Meinfoo... Maybe this one is a stretch, but I see one every time I look at her. It might be her fighting style (fluid but also terrifyingly fast) but part of it is also the eyebrows. Allister’s mask always reminded me of Phantump! They’re also both very cute. Opal could very well be a Hatterene but I also see a Mismagius when I look at her. I’ve mostly stuck to people’s preferred type, since it tends to fit their aesthetic more, but this one stuck out to me.

Bede is another instance of crossing type boundaries but he is a shiny Espurr and no one can convince me otherwise. Melony is a Frosmoth and it’s purely because Frosmoth is such a pretty Pokemon and its fur patterns remind me of the cozy way she dresses. Gordie

Piers is a Zigzagoon and I think I said that when I was asked to rate everyone. Marnie is a Morpeko just like Piers said. I never thought of Raihan as a Trapinch until Piers made his post but I absolutely see it now! Champion Gloria reminds me of Kubfu honestly! Very small but also kind of terrifying (in a good way). I would also like to add that Hop is a Bulbasaur and I will not be accepting criticism.

#whew this is a long one #sorry guys!#answered #long post #x

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welsh-gamer · 5 years

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Finished Pokemon Sword and Shield

Spoilers below

Ho boy this one has been a doozy - it’s easily the most controversial Pokemon game so far, what with how many changes have taken place.

Pokemon has managed with annual development cycles for the past 24 years. It’s not like every year has seen the release of a core series game but they’re out enough that you’ll find two or three on every Nintendo console. In fact I think the only console NOT to join in on the fun is the Wii U... It had a bad Pokemon Rumble game but that’s all I remember.

I went into this game with very low expectations. Having played Persona 5, I knew what a good UI felt like. Persona was responsive, you pressed a button and something happened immediately. In scenarios where your teammates get hit all at the same time it happens, you don’t get hit one by one, and when you’re hit by multi-attacks it just..... shows the attack hitting you or your enemy rather than AGONIZINGLY showing each impact one by one.

Pokemon is a game with no respect for your time and Sword/Shield do not show remarkable improvements for this area. This is by and large the greatest flaw of the game, which claims to be catering itself to a younger audience when we know no small child will put up with this boring crap in silence.

The Galar region is a step back from the fantastic Alola region too, with a lack of any proper worldbuilding. In previous Pokemon games you would enter a town and some NPCs would tell you the purpose of the town. Not in this game, where there’s a desert, a snow city, a bunch of other places all with no lore whatsoever. You enter them, fight the gym leader, and leave.

I think that the core gym challenge, however, is one of the best that has ever been in Pokemon. Instead of just fighting a bunch of randos, you complete minigames called a “gym mission”. Past gens have done this (a prime example being Generation 5), but you can tell that GAME FREAK are taking advantage of the console’s power during these challenges, compared to Gen 7 which had nothing of the sort. The game has actual physics in some of the Gym Challenges.

Exploring the Galar region at my own pace, being able to selectively encounter Wild Pokemon which now appear in the overworld.... Biggest improvement by far over the previous gens. This one needs to stick. Your quality of life is much better when you can see all the cute pokemon bumbling around.

I found the characters to be, eh, nowhere near the level of Gen 7′s cast, but pleasant enough to want to see more of. This includes all the gym leaders, the champion Leon, and your pseudorivals Bede and Marnie. Hop, however, is a pain in the backside who becomes more of a loser as the story goes on. I’m not sure if he ever stops being one. No kidding - In the end he just has to accept that he’s a loser and do something else with his life.

The “villain” was just some guy whose home we invaded. He went “F*** it” and tried to solve the energy crisis, then cried to the Champion when it went wrong. This was all just leadup to the awesome final battle against Eternatus, which has no difficulty at all since you can just sit back and watch the fireworks, but has a rocking soundtrack and feels epic enough.

The postgame is lacking, no fun minigames like Gen 7, no dark Ultra Beast story like Annabelle’s and Looker’s, but it was servicable enough. You beat up Jedward and catch a puppy.

The multiplayer aspect is HIGHLY LIMITED. It’s fun to be able to engage in battles against Gigantamax Beasts but it’s repetitive and difficult to matchmake with since you have to join each match individually and many of them are just people exploiting the game’s clock to get the Gigantamax pokemon they want. These people will glitch you out if you try to join them. If you leave the multiplayer on in the Overworld, it has the quality of Dragonball Xenoverse where the ally characters may or may not pop-in every couple of seconds. It’s chaotic and it will slow your game right down.

The pokemon themselves.... In a static image they look super boring, but in the Pokemon Camp minigame and during certain battle animations they can look impressive. My favourite was the ladybug pokemon, which is covered in spots that will flicker in its middle stage and outright swirl in its final form. I also enjoyed Scorbunny’s epic kick, everything to do with Sirfetch’d, and a certain fighting type’s special move called “No Retreat” which has all 5 of its components band together in a Spartan march.

Overall, I would not say the game is worth the high price tag of £50. Get it cheaper if you possibly can.

Ratings below:

Gameplay: 5 - A servicable battle system but it needs to move much faster.

Story: 3 - Even the other characters treat the story like it’s interrupting your true journey; Pretty much nonexistent, then crammed into the final 5 minutes before you fight the Champion. This game was better when it was just letting me do my own thing.

Music: 6 - Not up to Sun/Moon’s standard. Wild battle theme is good. Hometown theme is among the best. Everything else is pretty generic. The basic gym leader theme fights Gym Leader Piers for supremacy.

Presentation: 2 - Considering the amount of resources this company have and how cheaply it continues to present its games, the only way this could get a lower score is if they went back to what Gen 1 looked like.

Replayability: 7 - Benefitted greatly by the Switch’s multiple profiles. I could see myself trying a nuzlocke run for laughs. This game also gives you more peace and quiet, making it ironically more replayable than the superior Gen 7.

Timewasting degree: GAME FREAK. I christen this development team with its own category, because I cannot express enough how much they want to waste the player’s time on innocuous crap. God forbid I play a game which wastes my time more and create the “Worse than GAME FREAK” category.

Overall total: 4.5 out of 10. This game has its cute parts but you can do so much better. It’s time to start trying.

#pokemon #pokemon sword and shield #gaming

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alphinia11 · 4 years

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How do you rank the rivals?

Uhhh well most of them have different strengths and weaknesses. I’m going to focus my answer on how I like them as a character and not on who I think was the most challenging and what not, since this blog deals a lot with writing. Before I progress, I will NOT be including gen 5 in my ranking simply because I didn’t play those games. I also didn’t play gen 4 so I’m not gonna include Barry (I KNOW I KNOW. From what I’ve seen in fanfics, I strongly believe he’d be in the middle for me, though). Take my ranking with a grain of salt, because they could flip flop depending on what I’ve played more recently and my mood. I’d say my top three are very solid and unlikely to change, though.

1. Silver- I love how dark this character is for the franchise. I love that we get to see him learn how to be a better trainer and become a better person. They had a similar (And arguably more evenly executed) concept with Gladion, but Silver still feels more gritty and dark and real to me. I appreciate it.

2. Gary- This dude is the most satisfying to beat, hands down. He’s the OG rival in every way, and I love how much of a jerk he is. I love how he was always one step ahead. He’s hard to beat in the rival department.

3. Gladion- Excellent character arc! Probably the best arc out of the rivals if I’m being honest. I loved watching him reluctantly befriend my character and learn that he can depend on other people (At least this is what I inferred that he does).

4. Bede- Okay, so I’m high off of my playthrough of SWSH right now and that may be swaying a higher ranking for its characters. That being said, I loved Bede’s pretentious attitude and his backstory and resolution.

5. May/Brendan- Honestly, it might be my pure love of Hoenn talking for these two. I love them, but their story is lacking compared to many of the other rivals. It doesn’t even really feel like a rivalry. That being said, they’re likable and classic and I will always love ‘em.

6. Wally- Has a better story than May/Brendan, although his absence throughout most of the game kind of makes you forget about him. I understand that they were going for a shock factor and they succeeded, but still.

7. Hop- I found Hop a bit annoying occasionally, but I’m putting him here for his cute factor. Ooops. Either way, I do think he had a good storyline. Looking up to his older brother, trying to find himself basically. I liked it.

8. Marnie- Adorable design and a nice backstory! I’m also glad that her personality wasn’t what I necessarily expected.

9. Hau- His story wasn’t bad, but I never felt particularly excited to beat him, etc. He was very cute, though. (Although I do have to say, him being the one we had to battle to become champion in USUM felt very off to me and I wasn’t a fan)

10. Calem/Serena- I love them, but if I’m looking at it fairly, they are a little bland compared to the others. Love the designs, though.

12. Shauna- Adorable, but should she REALLY be called a rival?

13. Trevor- He’d be fun to write in a Kalos story, but... meh? Definitely doesn’t have a lot of purpose.

14. Tierno- He makes for a cute member of the friend group, but honestly... Is there much point in this character’s existence? He has to win the award for most forgettable “rival”

Believe it or not, I do love Kalos. It just happened to be very lacking in character story for me, apparently. Either way, making this list has made me really want more high quality female rivals! I think Marnie was a step in the right direction, even though she wasn’t the main rival for the game. Although, Sun and Moon did give us Lillie, who wasn’t a “rival” but was a FANTASTIC character.

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oswednesday · 5 years

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given how they just, didnt get to making marnie a character with a storyline i guess it was kinda tricky to decide what to even do with her but i Think i got it

i went with a piers is old skool punk music and shes New school so like electric! and also a theme of like cute pkmn that evolve into gnarlier stuff, like a Character Arc

battle one

(ability: hunger switch, moves: super fang, parting shot, stockpile , swallow)

(dont mind me just treating this thing like a hamster )

(ability: rattled, moves: sand attack, tackle, tail whip, nuzzle)

(this move set is ASS compared to the lvl 5 beast it could be like flame charge? double-edge? fresh out of the egg? like omg, but marnie’s thing is being like an extra cute girl so her pkmn are like nerf’d by cute)

(this battle happens in motostoke with the other would be challengers! only 999 make it out of the whole region, marnie doesnt have a sponsor like a company but all her fans! she has like a pkmn version of a go fund me and runs like tons of social media stuff, shes like, an e-girl,a pkmn self made idol! sometimes people go easy on her just cause shes like, Cute but also like her rabid fanbase is scary! theres team yell stuff but thats a bit different)

(cheering and jeering are mechanics! ill figure it out 100% for l8rs but its like cheering lets you endure strong attacks, heal from status effects faster and raises your stats i think like in order like your defense, your sp d, your speed,and then any boost after that raises your hp heals a bit, jeering increases your likely hood of having a critical hit, lowers your sp d, lowers your def but then raises your atk and then raises your sp attack, it would totally effect return and frustration, like rages would be stronger in jeering, maybe jeering boosts dark moves and cheering boosts fighting moves, maybe they can all be split up like ghosts get boosts with jeering, fairys get boost with cheering, dragons with jeering and so On)

(but anyway so marnie gets like that cheer boost basically every time, she comes in fourth at the challenger tournament!)

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battle two

(ability: hunger switch, moves: super fang, parting shot, stockpile , swallow)

(this things leveled up but is moves stay the same!)

(ability: rattled, moves: charm, tackle, tail whip, nuzzle)

(this pup is a higher level but its moves just get cuter! she doesnt evo it rn)

(ability: static, moves: lucky chant, sweet kiss, tail whip, thunder shock)

(she adds a kinda suped up pichu to her team! v cute! wow!)

(idk when this battle takes place, but out of the four of the Rivals, she uses water gun on the mudbray for each spots, i think hop uses it once but then is like oh no wait, bede doesnt and shield doesnt)

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battle three

(no updates, just a higher level! i dont have exact places for marnie’s battles but gym wise, she sometimes passes hop, rarely passes bede and doesnt past shield)

(no change, just a higher level!)

(same as above!)

(ability: cute charm, moves: camouflage, string shot, absorb, spider web)

(i did NOT sit though years of misty being made fun of for being afraid of pokemon just to have this teeny tiny cutie have unnerve!! people in pkmn world canonically dont have the irrational fear of bugs! begone!)

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battle four

(there are no changes except level boosts for the hamster and yamper)

(ability: static, move: lucky chant, quick attack, sweet kiss, thunder bolt)

(she evos this one based on popular opinion)

(ability: adaptability, moves: swift, covet, fake tears, baby-doll eyes)

(wow another Cute Pokemon! this is plot relevent! )

(omg idk how much to talk about plotline ideas or like, anything cause thats like New and exciting, maybe im already sharing too much already? much this is also like showing my work, gotta keep this nuzlocke honest)

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battle five

(no move updates for any of the others! a part of me wants to be like, give them one new aggressive move but i think that’ll take away the Effect)

(ability: punk rock, moves: disarming voice, rest, snore, tear-full look)

(im letting it have punk rock so crying moves do damage more haha baby joke)

(you see this pkmn a lot in the game, im not even sure if i like it but i want to use it again? baby yoda effect)

(she’ll have her team order a bit shuffled for this, with pikachu going last, she’ll get it to dynamax without a band! i want to play off some of the plot points from detective pikachu since spikemuth was obvi inspired by it or designed in tantum with it)

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battle six

(moves update: super fang, aura wheel, stockpile, swallow)

(i have a general idea of what i want to do with marnie’s plot so the next time you see her all her pkmn are swole)

(ability: strong jaw, moves: thunder fang, crunch, pursuit, hyper voice)

(it should tech have the other ability but im going with whats cool also i cant wait to make this thing look more fucked up an not like, the vanilla of dog shapes)

(moves update: seismic toss, magnet rise, volt tackle, thunder punch)

(im surprised they didnt do a galarian raichu that was like gorochu? i love raichu so i might not do anything gorochu-ish but i do like how this gen was like early gen concepts into actual pkmn! so maybe?)

(ability: merciless, moves: lunge, poison fang,giga drain, bug buzz)

(i was going to give it unnerve but its kinda boring unless youre up against a shuckle)

(ability: volt absorb, moves: pin missile, thunder, double kick, skull bash)

(i love jolteon and the way it has moves that are like wild and will fukc you up)

(ability: punk rock, moves: overdrive, boomburst, shadow panic, venoshock)

(they put so much like work into making sounds more viable for attack then added like two sound attacks that deal damage instead of like, a bunch? so i took one from a spin off game, ill treat it as a dark move, but hopefully the sound theme reads throughout this line up)

(its like the cup team she’ll have!)

(im worried that some of these teams im building feel samesy cause im like Sees Stats Change Ability “okay but what if it did damage instead” but i hope theyre coming across like a personality!)

#wednesday plans a nuzlocke

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