Nintendo makes best new Pokemon ever, plus also Pokemon Scarlet/Violet is a thing

[R.R. Bigman]

Oh, okay. Still neat that I caught one.

 

[Bongo]

Shiny pokemon are very rare, and the purpose of their existence is so you can show off how cool you are for having something rare.

 

[R.R. Bigman]

Finally, after far longer longer than I would have expected, I can enter the big crater and, presumably, battle Metroid Prime or some other bizarre entity. I am genuinely excited to see the endgame after hearing how wild it gets.

 

[R.R. Bigman]

That was an odd way to end a Pokémon game. This series seems to have gotten much more of a narrative since the Game Boy days, huh?

The postgame doesn’t seem very interesting, but I would like to know if you can capture some of the unique Pokémon encountered in the battle with the AI Professor?

 

[RT-55J]

yeah, those pokemon can be found around Area Zero, though the spawn rates for some of them are oddly low (if I remember my wife's pokedex filling time correctly)

 

[R.R. Bigman]

Cool. I only saw half of the unique Pokémon during the trip, so I guess I was a bit unlucky.

I do have one more general question. What do the ominous stakes you see around Paldea do? I was too nervous to pull them.

 

[RT-55J]

There are more legendaries in this game beyond the box legendaries. I'll just say that.

 

[Bongo]

One of your teachers, Ms. Raifort, can tell you more about the stakes.

Some of the paradox pokemon (that's officially what they're called) can only spawn after you've finished the initial expedition into Area Zero. I wouldn't say any of them are rare, but each of them only spawns in certain locations. In particular, you'll want to make sure to check out rocky slopes and the cave with markings on the ground.

 

[Kazin]

Apparently Pokemon Home is getting updated on May 24th to begin working with Scarlet/Violet.

I also started playing this a few days ago. It's really fun! I've barely scratched the surface, because I've been spending all my time going around catching every Pokemon in sight. I've not had this much fun just catching the guys since the 90s when the whole idea was new.

 

[Kazin]

Or... "soon," not on May 24th, for Home support for Scarlet/Violet. What the heck

 

[gogglebob]

They have to fix a glitch wherein once a Quaxly is uploaded to Pokemon Home, all the other pokemon get jealous of quaxly's intimidating bestness.

 

[Kazin]

Rolled the credits on Scarlet last night. Great game. That last sequence reminded me of the wild bits of Sun/Moon. Good stuff.

Shame Pokemon Home isn't going to get support probably anytime soon. I'd like to work on the Pokedex, and that's much easier with access to online trading via GTS. Oh well, I've only got like 170 Pokemon in the dex at the moment anyway, plenty more to catch/raise.

 

[Kazin]

FYI, Pokemon Home got updated yesterday - if you deposit any Pokemon from Scarlet or Violet, the mobile app of Home will give you a free Fuecoco, Sprigatito, and Quaxly, each with their hidden abilities.

 

[Bongo]

On top of that, a variety of pokemon, including every new addition from Hisui, can be transferred to Scarlet and Violet. So you can now have a picnic with Arceus and Sneasler, or whatever.

 

[gogglebob]

Unfortunately, noted Alolan starter Litten cannot be transferred in, so I cannot get an all star "my wife and I saw you from across the bar" doubles party of Inciniroar and Meowscarada going. Que sera.

 

[Kazin]

Pokedex completed in Scarlet. I always really enjoy figuring out what Pokemon I can easily catch that will trade well on GTS - this time around, it was the paradox ones from Area Zero. Using them, I was able to get pretty much all the Violet exclusive Pokemon. I also still have a pile of those weird legendaries (pseudo-legendaries?) from the Ultra Sun black hole thingie that I traded to get stuff like Gholdengo, because there is no way in hell I'm going to grind up 999 of those stupid coins to get that goofy looking thing.

I also caught a shiny Mareep and a shiny Vespiquen before I got the shiny charm lol (Vespiquen was an outbreak, but Mareep was just easy to spot randomly).

I really enjoyed Scarlet a lot, and preordered the DLC since I don't want to stop playing it. Was the Sword/Shield DLC any good?

 

[Bongo]

The Sword/Shield DLC was very good, I thought. Both the Isle of Armor and the Crown Tundra were much better wild areas than the actual Wild Area, and they added some substantial and fun new gameplay modes.

 

[Kirin]

Meanwhile now that Home has opened up to S/V, I'm back to my old hobby of trying to collect the entire dex from games I don't actually own. 😁

My first observation has been that the best currency right now is Hisui-exclusive 'mons, and fortunately a few of those are also available in GO, so I evolved up some more Ursaluna during the full moon a couple nights ago and managed to trade for the rarer paradox mons like Howling Moon and Iron Valiant, plus successfully offered a shiny 'luna for Koraidon.

My second observation is that nobody is throwing enough Paldea trash mons into Home yet, lol. The Wonder Box is full of the new starters (from people breeding them for perfects/shinies presumably) but woefully short on random dex fillers, and lots of them aren't even up for trade for anything except ridiculously lopsided deals. Not a single Wugtrio to be found anywhere. I'm sure more of that stuff will show up as time goes on, though.

 

[Kazin]

Wow, the mechanics for the overworld are so much more fleshed out in Scarlet - I can't even target Pokemon in Sword to see if I've already caught them (I haven't played this game in years, I don't remember what the Galar dex has in it lol). So yeah, I bought the Sword DLC and am exploring the Isle of Armor at the moment.

Regarding the Hisui Pokemon - yeah, getting some of those was annoying for me, since I bounced off Legends Arceus hard (I really do not like how speed works in that game's battles. Maybe you get used to it, but I really hated it and Wonder Traded my dozens of Shinx and Bidoofs away in Home lol).

 

[Kazin]

September 13th, 2023 is the release date of the first DLC, the Teal Mask.

Also, there is a Mystery Gift Mew being given out right now with a random tera type - "GETY0URMEW" is the code. Mine was fire Tera type and has Flamethrower. So that's weird! They're apparently doing Mewtwo raids soon and bringing Mew causes something "special" to happen, no idea what that might be. Maybe it gets a special mark?

 

[Beowulf]

Hey Pokemon experts, got a question for you: I was reading about the new FireRed hack Pokemon Unbound and I suspect that Babywulf (who's 10 now) would enjoy it. But I'm mildly concerned by the descriptions of the plot as "dark". I feel like that can range from "implications that will fly over his head" to "actual depicted death scenes and also emotional fallout". Has anyone played it?

 

[Mogri]

It does depict Pokémon being used to kill people, but it's very abstract. This happens in the intro, and there's an option to make things a little more family-friendly. I'd check out the first couple minutes of the YouTube LP of your choice to see if it makes sense for the cub.

 

[Kazin]

If anyone has any shiny Pokemon they don't want in Scarlet/Violet, lmk. I've, er, gone off the deep end collecting them. I have like 9 duplicate shinies, but nearly 5 boxes full of shiny Pokemon, all from the Paldea dex (and a few I brought over from Legends Arceus, like my shiny Ursaluna with the "Former Alpha" mark I'm very proud of). Put about 220 hours into Scarlet, and roughly 180 of that is shiny hunting/solo raiding.

I'd especially love a shiny Galarian Articuno and would be happy to shiny hunt something you'd want in Scarlet if you like.

 

[Kirin]

Are you accepting shinies that originate in GO? Can be traded in Home and then sent to S/V. I'd be happy to trade anything I have extras of for anything you have extras of, though note my stuff won't include new Gen9 mons since those are just starting to trickle out in GO.

 

[Kazin]

Are you accepting shinies that originate in GO? Can be traded in Home and then sent to S/V. I'd be happy to trade anything I have extras of for anything you have extras of, though note my stuff won't include new Gen9 mons since those are just starting to trickle out in GO.

Absolutely! Here are the extra shinies I currently have:

Scream Tail
Great Tusk
Forretress
Honchkrow
Flareon
Donphan
Sableye
Vaporeon
Cryogonal

I need two more shiny Eevees (for a shiny Glaceon and Leafeon, so those would work too) to complete the shiny Eeveelution set. Otherwise, shiny starters would be fantastic as well. Or any shiny legendaries you don't want for some reason. Also if there's something shiny in particular you're looking for from gen 9 or Legends Arceus not listed above, lmk, I might have one I'd be willing to trade.

 

[Kirin]

I need two more shiny Eevees (for a shiny Glaceon and Leafeon, so those would work too) to complete the shiny Eeveelution set. Otherwise, shiny starters would be fantastic as well. Or any shiny legendaries you don't want for some reason. Also if there's something shiny in particular you're looking for from gen 9 or Legends Arceus not listed above, lmk, I might have one I'd be willing to trade.

I may have extra Eevee, and certainly extra of quite a few earlier gen starters as they've mostly had Community Days in GO with boosted shiny rates. Would love shiny Paradox mon and probably several of the others. We'll need to be friends in Home, my code there is LBGWQJDWALGR. However, I'm literally about to head out the door to DragonCon so I won't be online much until after next Tuesday. We should probably just take this to DMs then?

 

[Kazin]

First part of the DLC is available to download, I played a little. Seems neat! Pokemon boxes don't take forever to load images of each Pokemon now, which is a nice QoL thing.