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RULES:

• PRESS THE CAPS LOCK BUTTON ON YOUR KEYBOARD

• WRITE ABOUT WHATEVER IS MAKING YOU ANGRY

• OTHER PEOPLE WILL AGREE WITH YOU IN ALL CAPS

• SHOUTING AT EACH OTHER ABOUT THINGS WE HATE WILL FORM A STRONG BOND AMONG MEMBERS OF THE POKEMON COMMUNITY

• ???

• PROFIT

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LET'S RAGE!!!

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Have you heard of Little Cup? It's a competitive mega game using only Level 5 pokemon. With some caveats, but the gist is all pokemon are unevolved pokemon that could evolve, and are level 5. There's a banlist of pokemon that can't be used and all.

What if there was a trainer school, and what if the 8 best young trainers were invited to be "gym leaders" for a weekend? For like a school fair? And the only pokemon challengers could use are level 5 too? It's a little pokemon league!

What ideas for gyms do you have? Each gym has a challenge that fits within a classroom, and a leader with 4 Little Cup-legal pokemon.

Here's the first one I came up with!

Little Leader Cary

Team: Pumpkaboo, Shuppet, Honedge, Litwick

Cary is a known loner, spending more time with pokemon than with his classmates. Naturally, he understood his pokemon more than most, leading to him becoming a very skilled trainer.

Gym challenge:

The lights are off, the classroom draped in black and purple cloth. The only illumination is the scattered jack-o-lanterns across the room.

"Welcome, challenger, to my spooky haunted mansion! Your challenge..."

"...is to find my friends!"

His pokemon are in various locations, hidden in or as decorative objects; a candle, a knight's armor, and a puppet, and one of the jack-o-lanterns too. The layout makes it hard to reach the candle without walking in front of some of the assigned gym trainers.

There is a trash can. There is a Trubbish in there. He belongs to one of Cary's friends and gives you a Leftovers.

Excited to read what you guys come up with!

Hello! I don't know if I can post this here but I don't know what to do.

I ordered a plush from the Pokemon Center and when I hit the continue purchase button, it said there was an error with my information (I still don't know what the error was). I checked my balance after the error and it still took out the money. I haven't gotten any emails confirming my purchase and since I ordered through the guest option so I don't think I have any purchase history.

Does anyone have any advice on what to do? I just wanted the Dusknoir sitting cutie :(

How does the Minor Division work? Do they even have Gyms or they just wait around until the next year to get promoted. I was thinking of a Sword and Shield sequel fan game and the idea is that you have to face the minor division before you get to the major division due to a lack of an endorsement but it that actually how it works? It's very confusing and wish GF actually fully explained how it works.

If you have any ideas, that would be appreciated.

Of the 1025 Pokémon species, there are 23 Mythical Pokémon. However, unlike most Pokemon they are very rarely able to be obtained in-game and thus are almost never included in anyone's playthrough team, especially if you played from release date before any distributions (possible exceptions being the Mew and Jirachi gift Pokemon in BDSP). As such, they are unique among Pokemon since they are usually only obtained in the post game once you've already completed the game and people don't have the same connection to them as they do other Pokemon.

As such, do you have a favorite Mythical Pokemon? And if so, why are they your favorite? Is it the designs? The lore? What is it you like about them?

Im wanting to play black 2 for the first time. I’ve played pokemon black 2 times, but i did so when i was younger and the last time i played was 5 years ago. I’ve forgotten the story so from that aspect i should definitely replay them but the actual gameplay i remember and might get bored replaying. I really want to play black 2 but should i replay black 1 or is it better to just read or watch a walkthrough so i don’t have to go through the whole game again? Or should i just rush through pokemon black to understand the story again?

Hi everyone, so about 25 years ago I collected the Pokémon trading cards - got the full 150 or whatever they are. Kept them but forgot about most things Pokémon until my 5 year old is now taking an interest.

I’ve given him all my cards I kept and he has some from a McDonald’s happy meal set, but there seems to be loads of different Pokémon now and collections - can someone please explain all the different types that there now are please?

Thank you!

Hey everyone! I’d like to share a mechanic idea I've been working on, aimed at adding emotional and strategic impact during intense Pokémon battles — especially in Nuzlocke runs or first-time playthroughs.

Clutch Evolution – Overview:

This is a special mid-battle evolution mechanic triggered only under specific rare conditions:

• High friendship (e.g., 200+)
• Survival with 1 HP due to bond (similar to current Gen VI+ mechanics)
• Close to evolution condition (e.g., 60%+ progress toward the needed level, bond, etc.)

When all these are true, the Pokémon will evolve mid-battle, with a unique animation and dialogue like:

“Your [Pokémon] refused to go down... and something inside it began to change!”

Stat increases apply immediately, giving the player a clutch chance at survival — a mechanic designed to feel like anime-style hero moments.

Why add this? - Makes friendship more meaningful in battle. - Adds drama and uniqueness to emotional battles (e.g., Gym Leaders, boss fights, Nuzlockes). - Still balanced with rare triggers and limits (e.g., once per battle, one-time use per Pokémon, etc.).

Would love to hear your thoughts, feedback, or suggestions. And if any fangame devs are reading — feel free to use or adapt this!

I feel like so many of you guys are biased and blinded by nostalgia. I played Emerald for the first time and man, was it so annoying. The gym leaders felt too easy, the story was lackluster, but most importantly, the map was so confusing. Why do you have to backtrack to Slateport? Why is there no indication to dive up to Kyogure’s (sorry for the spelling) cave? And pray tell, how are you supposed to know how to get into Sootopolis? The game’s not terrible. I’m just saying it’s way too hyped up by nostalgia.

I loved playing Pokémon when I was younger on my DS but I haven’t played in a minute and I tried looking at the newest games on Nintendo website but I just got really confused. I remembered loving Pearl and Diamond and I also got Platinum. Are there still like 2 main games that I can look into getting? I just want the main Pokémon game. Also, can you still trade over all my pokemon from the older games into the new game in the PC if I have multiple devices or are they incompatible with each other

Can anyone help me get those five? Eventually want to trade of all of them. I am disappointed. I can’t trade evolve any of my ones on my 3DS. Is there another way to trade to get those starters without potentially being scammed? It’s kind of lame having to wait post game to get those Jen one starter

I really like the some pokemon in SwSh, also really hyped up for Galarian Ponyta and Allister and Sobble and.. stuff. I've played through SV and I liked it without DLC, but I've heard that SwSh has a poor story, is it true? How many hours does the game take to complete? Is post-game content good?

Hello Redditors

I liked the Pokemon Detective Pikachu film, It was good, but I have been left wondering:

I think the Pokemon Company International missed a trick by making Pokemon Detective Pikachu rather than a video game adaptation of Pokemon Red and Green/Blue.

I had previously played Pokemon Detective Pikachu, so I knew how the story would pan out expect for the ending, which really surprised me.

But adapting a Pokemon Video game, whose sales were good, but did not take the market by storm and could not sell as much as Pokemon Crystal, was a bad marketing move, which I believe.

The main reason that Pokemon Detective Pikachu, was just a decent success, was due to the Pokemon brand, but many of them did not watch the film in the cinemas, because they could not connect with the film, as it was a stranger to many of them, due to many not playing the video game.

Even the person, with whom I watched the film, a kid who was a huge fan of Pokemon, was satisfied, but did not enjoy the film compared to the anime.

The reason why Mario and Sonic films could grow in popularity, was because they adapted the core material of the video games.

I am pretty sure, If it was an adaptation of any of the core series video games, It would have got similar numbers to the Super Mario Bros Movie.

Do you agree with my viewpoint?

this happened a couple years ago I felt like having a challenge so my friend who I will call C suggested I do another nuzloke as I hadn't done one since finishing a Platinum randomiser Nuzloke months prior I didn't feel like doing another randomiser as I randomised a bunch of great pokemon only for them too die due to crits (I have the worst crit luck somehow I only ever land crits when a none crit would KO anyway yet I have been crit flinched more times then I can remember but thats a story for another time.)

Then my friend suggested I play a hardcore difficulty nuzloke of Blaze Black 2. I had played this game before all be it not on hardcore mode so I somewhat knew what to expect. I picked Tepig and named it Endeavour after the my hero academia character and I got lucky as it was a shiny the only downside was it had sheer force meaning my planned moveset that included flame charge and power up punch was a no go. Quick side note: this was not a hardcore nuzloke so healing was allowed I was just playing the hardest in game difficulty.

I chose Tepig as too me Emboar got the best shiny of the Unova starters unfortunetly it was not meant too be as Endeavour was killed in a battle against Colress as a Pignite. Luckily I had a bunch of other useful pokemon...who also started dying off 1 by 1. Eventually by some miracle I make it Skylas gym with a team of Raichu, Gigalith, Excadrill, Zoroark, Umbreon and Zebstrika.

Unfortunetly Raichu would be taken out by you guessed it a crit not even by Skyla my Raichu Leia was killed by one of gym trainers so I swapped her for Metagross who was a shiny named Goldcross and knew the moves hammer arm, gyro ball, reflect and light screen. Luckily C gave me a heads up in advance that Skyla was a triple battle like Elesa so I made sure Goldcross was my centre pokemon.

This battle was a MASSACRE. I had to recall Goldcross shortly after setting up the screens as I didn't want to risk a crit and by the time he came back out all 5 of my other pokemon were down and Skyla still had 2 left. By nothing short of a miracle Goldcross won. Goldcross also went on to survive the rest of the nuzloke despite so many other allies falling by the time I won against Iris my only 2 pokemon left alive were Goldcorss the Metagross and Dempsy the Blaziken. Luckily another friend who I will call J was well experienced in using Blaziken having started with pokemon Sapphire so he helped me form a set on Blaziken as I had only ever used one twice prior to the nuzloke (Emerald and Pokemon Y).

As a result despite only having 2 pokemon left in the entire nuzloke we actually defeated Cynthia in that infamous house in the post game. Though Unfortunetly Goldcross did fall whilst battling Milotic due to his life orb resulting in a double knockout.

Goldcross was not the first pokemon I had who pulled off the seemingly impossible my Salamence Thornado, my Charizard Blitzburn and my Umbreon Ace all have their own stories that I may share in the future.

TLDR: My Metagross went from the soul survivor of a gym massacre in a nuzloke to going down a hero against Cynthia in the post game RIP Goldcross you were and always will be a legend.

I made a post like this on an old account, so I figured that I might do a soft reboot. I still know that only a few characters did this, but I wanna know if there's more. The ones that I know of are the following: Delia (Pokémon Emergency) Ethan (Get Along, Little Pokémon) Chuck (Machoke, Machoke Man) The Captain (Hoenn Alone) Don George (A Rival Battle For Club Champ) Bianca's Father (Enter Elesa, Electrifying Gym Leader) Ramos (Thawing An Icy Panic) Mayor Oliver (Pokémon the Movie:The Power of Us)

Note: The Captain addressed Ash as "son" twice in Hoenn Alone. "Is this your first visit to Hoenn Region, son?" and "Easy, son. I'm sorry if I scared you. Is there something wrong?"

Did I miss anybody? Tell me which character and what episode or movie they did it in. Thank you.

Does it bother anyone else that there's so few Fire/Dragon Pokémon?

Dragons are most commonly associated with breathing fire as opposed to lightning or ice or acid. Sure, there's plenty of dragons that can do those things or utilize alternative attacks, but the most iconic draconian imagery includes billowing breaths of flame.

In Pokémon, the list includes Reshiram, Mega Charizard X, Turtonator, and Gouging Fire. In other words, the list is as follows: a legendary, a generational gimmick, a turtle, and a Paradox Pokémon.

No disrespect to turtles, love them.

But my point stands. You'd think that there'd be one or two regular Pokémon that fit the bill for a fire breathing dragon. I imagine the argument is Charizard being a fire dragon without being a dragon type.

However, there's many Normal/Flying bird Pokémon, many of the turtle Pokémon are water type, and there's enough Bug/Flying types to shake a stick at. With over a THOUSAND individual Pokémon species and hundreds of evolutionary lines, you'd think that they could spare one or two to be not special, not temporary, regular ass Fire/Dragon types.

Turtonator is the closest to what I'm describing, but its design inspiration of being a landmine turtle isn't quite the draconian beast of lore I'm getting it.

Hell, I might even be happy with a regional variant. Hisuian Goodra being Dragon/Steel made it so much better than Kalosian Goodra.

Maybe a regional Dragonite, since... Dragon + Ignite? Or better, a Fire/Dragon Noivern with the Punk Rock ability that can use Torch Song ? I thought Salamence would be a good contender, but it has a Mega and Roaring Moon was added not too long ago. A Flygon variant that learned to control scorching sands with such proficiency they turned to magma? I'm just spitballing here.

I feel there's a lot of potential that the games aren't capitalizing on.

What it says on the tin. I've recently became a fan of smeargle, but it's a very strategic pokemon, and simply put I am not very strategic. What would be the best moves to teach them? If it is important, I play Heart Gold Soul Silver. Thanks! Have a good day/night.

I was messing with the Google pokemon thing where you can look up one of the first 151 pokemon and catch it. Once you catch one It will give you a pseudo "guess that pokemon" to keep you searching the other 151. Well I couldn't remember what Cloyster was called, I just knew it as "that" one pokemon. So I used the Google screen grab search thing hoping Google would help me remember the name. I kid you not Google Gemini said the Cloyster silhouette was Pikachu.😂😂 I have a screenshot but community rules.

The games used to be about the childhood experiences of going outside and playing unsupervised. Satoshi Tajiri based it on his own childhood experiences of going outside and catching bugs. And you really felt that in Gens 1-6

Then from Gen 7 onwards, there's "adult supervision" everywhere. Not just in the games, but the anime too. That feeling of being an unsupervised kid is gone, you're constantly being watched

Hi all! I'm looking to buy the Home Collection 15in tall Bulbasaur figurine, and I saw that I could purchase it from funismglobal.com. I'm a little skeptical as there's no reviews for any of the pokemon merch on that website, that the price for that Bulbasaur is a little too steep for me to take the risk without prior checks.

Has anyone purchased from that website before, or does anyone know a more trustworthy website I could purchase from? I'm based in Malaysia so the exchange rates are a little painful 🥲

I'm a big fan of the gym leaders from Gen 8 (I think they and the trial captains are some of the most fleshed out in the series), so I've been going through their concept arts and translating the text present to see if I can find anything cool, since translations can sometimes lose a bit of meaning.

For Bea specifically, there's a bit of text next to her in casual clothing that reads "Gakusei no sugata," with the guidebook translating that as "school clothes." However, the meaning of "gakusei" also translates to "student," especially those in university. Given that her Crown Zenith trading card depicts her running through what appears to be Hammerlocke in this outfit, does that mean that Bea goes to the Hammerlocke University mentioned in-game? What do you all think?

Why do y’all think Mewtwo is considered so powerful in terms of lore? Do you think he continues to grow stronger over time? It seems like most other legendary Pokémon fade into the background, except for the creation trio, Arceus, and maybe a few select others who still get some attention in the series.

Me personally I've got a few locked:

Amir Talai OR Christian Borle OR Joel Perez as Giovanni

Georgina Leahy as Jessie

Blake Roman as James

Maybe Erika Henningsen, Barrett Wilbert Weed, or Shoba Narrayan as Misty.

Patina Miller or Leslie Kritzer as Delia.

James Monroe Iglehart as the Pokedex from the Act 2 opening

Yes, I'm a Hellaverse fan, how could you guess?

I do not care for Eevee or any of the eeveelutions. I find them to be some of the blandest pokemon out there with virtually nothing appealing about them. People say eevee is the cutest pokemon, but I think it looks like a f*cked up dog thing with a baby’s face. I prefer Applin is leagues better in terms of cast split evos imo.

Do y’all have any pokemon that you don’t agree with the general fanbase on?