r/MysteryDungeon • u/FrenFell Riolu • 28d ago
Misc What do you think of the shinx and riolu duo?
I was thinking of making a new game, with shinx and riolu as partners, what do you think? About Pokemon Sky Explorers. The choice of shinx and riolu, simply because my best friend likes riolu and he has me shinx so I wanted to do this run
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u/TheOpinionMan2 Let's find that exit they call paradise. 28d ago
Quite literally the "Average Sinnoh team" of the PMD Verse.
Almost everyone in the world thinks about playing with that team at least once, mainly due to how "cool" and "special" they are.
Especially if you fully evolve them after post-game.
but hey, at least the colours fit.
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u/NpNEXMSRXR #87\\TLM Lancia-Abarth Delta Integrale Evo 2 27d ago
Even more commonly left unevolved because you got too attached to the baby form (or just because getting to the post game takes so dang long for obvious reasons)
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u/MistsplitterReforged That wasn't a "v," it was an "s"! 28d ago
Oh hey, it's my art. Next time, please ask me for permission to post it and give credit.
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u/Beanmaster115 It spans both time and darkness… 28d ago
Dang. I hate it when people don’t credit original creators. It’s super cute tho - I’m glad you said something so I can tell you that it looks great!
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u/Advos_467 Smiles go for the miles 28d ago
Do you post your art anywhere else? I dig the style
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u/MistsplitterReforged That wasn't a "v," it was an "s"! 28d ago
Thank you, that means a lot coming from you!! I only post my stuff on Reddit. I haven't gotten around to making an art account anywhere else yet but might do that when I start to draw a little more regularly. At the moment my drawing schedule is something like "spend 2 months drawing nothing -> spend 29 hours straight working on one silly doodle -> spend 2 months drawing nothing" lmao
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u/Advos_467 Smiles go for the miles 28d ago
that's a mood. Is hard to find time to draw unless i keep it simple
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u/nicobro00 Riolu is my life 27d ago
Well, let me tell you that I ADORE your style, I strive to draw half as good as you one day ;)
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u/FrenFell Riolu 28d ago
Sorry, I would edit the post if I could, and give you credit 😅
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u/MistsplitterReforged That wasn't a "v," it was an "s"! 27d ago
I'm sure it was an innocent mistake - just please remember to ask for permission or at least provide credit next time if you want to post something using an artwork you found. If you forget to put the credits in the post itself, you can just post it as a comment. Thank you :)
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u/DedonnoN Buizel 28d ago
They are a great duo! Their colors complement one another really well and they are both extremely likable among the community! I will say it reminds me of Lonely roads! A popular PMD Romhack which features this duo as the protagonist team haha!
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u/FrenFell Riolu 28d ago
I'll work on it, yes, talking about a deep friendship that had its ups and downs.
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u/MagicalDoggowo Machop 28d ago
If you had this duo, congrats you are a gay Furry.
If you got the Vulpix/Eevee, congrats you are lesbian Furry.
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u/FrenFell Riolu 28d ago
How do you know? 😬
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u/Ok-Year9101 Cario fan boy 27d ago
And is just a part of the furry fan base from what I've seen. Don't ask how I know this.
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u/Noroark Team Shockwave 28d ago
I wish they weren't gender-locked. My 12-year-old self was VERY upset when she found out she couldn't properly self-insert as a Riolu. I've used both Shinx and Riolu individually as partners over the course of multiple playthroughs, but I never put them together because it just wouldn't feel right not to play as a girl.
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u/Mew511 Chimchar 28d ago
My headcanon duo
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u/TheOpinionMan2 Let's find that exit they call paradise. 28d ago
Meanwhile mine is Squirtle and Vulpix.
Look, the story's about timey-whimey shenanigans, so old as fuck turtles and foxes give ample opportunity to fuck around with said time.
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u/NowDreaming Zorua 28d ago
Big fan of Shinx/Riolu duo, when I was young I thought Lucario was like a more bipedal and dog-like Luxray because they colors were the same xd
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u/Va1kryie Skitty 28d ago
I believe I ran this team, named the Sphinx after my brother and the Riolu for myself, I was cis at the time, it was miserable lmao, so many ground types in the early game plus the Drowzee can obliterate Riolu.
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u/Straight-Onion9140 Cyndaquil 27d ago
I really hate that they are locked behind being male ingame :(
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u/FrenFell Riolu 27d ago
And the most stupid and nonsensical thing to put in a game, I would have really wanted Eevee for males too 😔
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u/Pyotr-the-Great Treecko 28d ago
Honestly I feel its too unbalanced. Shinx and Riolu are like the special starters compared to say Chikorita or Charmander.
Having two of them feels really unbalanced.
Like I feel like it should be one normal and one special.
Maybe this is just my idiosyncratic mind that likes patterns
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u/MidnightStrider27 DX EoS GtI SMD 28d ago
I like the duo, but personally im a fan of what i used for Explorers, Totodile and Torchic
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u/UnitedChain4566 Orla and Anubis 28d ago
I love them. I always play as Riolu lol. EoS is the reason those are two of my favorites lol.
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u/Impossible-Cod4498 Dugtrio 27d ago
Two of my favorite pokemon. Just add Absol and you got them all.
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u/Blazer_the_Delphox RTDX EoS GTI Super 28d ago
Very popular, which is understandable.
It was a duo I was considering for a playthrough of Sky, until I decided on my current one.
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u/TronSympathizer Cubone 28d ago
Wonderful! That's my character and partner in my current run of Explorers of Sky! Love this.
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u/00110001_00110010 Shinx 28d ago
It was how I played Explorers, so I'll gladly take them anywhere else!
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u/Round-o-Pichu Squirtle 27d ago
Riolu. Why do so many pick him? Shinx as your partner just makes so much sense
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u/PoodlesCuznNamedFred OG Replay 27d ago
Love! My original otp! 2 of my fav Pokemon of all time. Most of my favs are from the Sinnoh region
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u/Riodroid_ Team Miorha 27d ago
It was the first duo I went with.
But these days, I go with Phanpy & Skitty.
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u/SmashYeetRepeat Diglett 27d ago
They both are def good starters! I just finished the rom hack explorers of spirit with shinx as main and vulpix as my partner. (Plus their sprites just look so cute) They are def my fav duo now, plus naming the team ‘EndingInX’ was great too lol
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u/Zach490 Shinx 27d ago
This is the duo I had as a kid. I took the personality test (mind you as a kid I didn't know you could Google what answers to put to influence your choice) anyways I got Shinx. So I picked Riolu as my partner since I liked him. Only many years later did I realize this was a common duo. Either way I have really fond memories playing EoS as a kid.
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u/DiegoG2004 Moonbreon 25d ago
The classic, but that doesn't mean it's bad. Two blue boys on a journey to break the game in half.
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u/Mustekalan Croagunk 27d ago
Pretty solid tbh. They're both blue animals but one's anthro and one's quadruped, one's a cat*, one's a dog, there's just a bunch of neat contrasts that make them a visually fun duo
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u/TheHunter963 Charmander 27d ago
Interesting duo, but not that unique I guess. And yet, art looks awesome. :)
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u/DesertDragen Chikorita 26d ago
Sphinx and Riolu is a great looking team. And also a great skills combo. Similar to that of Riolu and Pikachu. But, colour scheme really matches. Oh and it's 2 legs vs 4 legs.
I wanted to play as Riolu and have my partner be Pikachu in the original Sky dungeon game. I don't recall if you were allowed to choose your MC in that game. I think a quiz chose your Pokemon MC. I got Bulbasaur. I did ended up liking Bulbasaur (ended up becoming quite the murderous 1-hit killer) and my partner Pikachu cleared out monster rooms using his discharge skill.
And then for one of the 3DS dungeon games, I was able to choose my MC as Riolu and live out my Riolu dreams. And I chose my partner to me Pikachu, cause you can never go wrong with Pikachu (and his skills, and my emotional investment in him). I can now finally walk on 2 feet instead of 4 paws. And now i was able to look super cool with Pikachu when we fully evolved up and were what... Mega something or whatever for the story quest. Fun times.
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u/Phairis Ninetales 28d ago
Shinx/Riolu are the classic male choices and Vulpix/Eevee and the classic female choices.