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Post by loopy on Mar 4, 2009 19:15:34 GMT
I find it hard to imagine someone never knowing what Pokemon is or at least playing it. Even my parents know what Pokemon is. They just don't like it very much though.
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Post by SharkOnDarts on Mar 4, 2009 22:07:15 GMT
brian- I never bothered with the console games outside of the original Stadium, but then I've never been much of battling kind of trainer. EVs and the like just make my head hurt. Loopy- I'm sure he's heard of it, I mean, he's played Super Smash Bros, so it's virtually impossible for him to not be at least familiar with Pokemon. I'm lucky my Dad fell in love with Pokemon, and didn't get like some of my friends' parents...they believed all the "Pokemon = Satan Worship" nonsense and even burned their Trading Card Game decks.
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Post by bokkdachicken on Mar 5, 2009 1:51:39 GMT
I'm lucky my Dad fell in love with Pokemon, and didn't get like some of my friends' parents...they believed all the "Pokemon = Satan Worship" nonsense and even burned their Trading Card Game decks. Aww. That's a shame. What does pokemon have to do with religion
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Post by thadudette on Mar 5, 2009 3:34:09 GMT
Evolution & "the forces of nature" maybe...but for the former, it's completely different kind, and for the latter, it's just like supercharged animals.
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Post by SharkOnDarts on Mar 5, 2009 4:53:33 GMT
Basically they amounted catching Pokemon for cute little friendship battles to "summoning devils and forcing them use their hell-magic to destroy and dominate enemy summoners, and become the devil master." Some people...some people didn't bother doing the research...
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Post by thadudette on Mar 8, 2009 3:54:20 GMT
I mean, I know I verbally beat up a certain book series similarly a lot, but at least I did my research. *makes people who think Pokemon = satan worship listen to "best friend" while watching Lucario & the mystery ofe Mew*
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Post by bokkdachicken on Mar 9, 2009 2:55:12 GMT
I mean, I know I verbally beat up a certain book series similarly a lot, but at least I did my research. *makes people who think Pokemon = satan worship listen to "best friend" while watching Lucario & the mystery ofe Mew* Oh my. I finished that just now. I actually teared up. (People die and I don't cry) If only I had been able to watch that in higher quality. But on the topic of pokemon = satanism, I kinda saw a few possible condemnations for people who have their hearts set against pokemon. They might say that Lucario and Sir Aaron and Ash were summoning "evil spirits", in other words, demons. But that's taking it way too seriously x.x It's a great movie
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Post by thadudette on Mar 9, 2009 5:00:20 GMT
Haha, I teared up a little even on my second watching of it *puts on sunglasses so nobody can see them * I agree though, L&TMOM [ weird acronym] was a great movie. ;D Still can't decide whether that or the 1st movie is better.
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Post by bokkdachicken on Mar 10, 2009 0:54:22 GMT
Haha, I teared up a little even on my second watching of it *puts on sunglasses so nobody can see them * I agree though, L&TMOM [ weird acronym] was a great movie. ;D Still can't decide whether that or the 1st movie is better. you and the sunglasses obviously L&tMOM. (Lucario and his MOM aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaah xD) Even though the beginning was dumb :3. It made me cry like that? It's good.
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Post by malletninja on Mar 10, 2009 3:39:20 GMT
I feel like quitting this series because the gameplay just isn't that great and the online metagame ruins the fun of it all, but it keeps pulling me back in. I wasn't going to bother with Platinum. I had every other main game, so why get another?
Then I saw the comercial for that statue.
I went out and ordered it the very next day and now I'm ashamed of myself.
...I'm totally trading over Rotom and Mawile to be my starters though. I love those guys! I've gotta teach my Mawile Focus Punch first, maybe Ancientpower and Substitute too...
Er..right. I don't really have a "team" per se; I'm an avid collector and spend most of my time catching every pokemon in an area.
So many wasted days with those damnable honey trees...!
Bah. Anyway, I'll just list my favorites.
Mawile- I realize that this is perhaps the most useless Pokemon to come out of third gen besides Luvdisc, but it's one of the only pure steel types, darn it! I just know that some Mawile out there has the makings of a hotblooded champion who punches things!
Ralts/Gardevoir- Because it's fun causing massive gender confusion with a male one of these. Also, their special attack stat will get you through most of the game pretty easily.
Tropius- I just want to ride on one of these. It's both a tree AND a flying dinosaur! Who wouldn't want to ride on it?
Ampharos- Because I imagine that Zap Cannon looks really awesome when one of these uses it. Nothing to do with the fact that my favorite gym leader ever cared for one. And then appeared in D/P as a cameo and made me weep manly tears of joy. Nope, nothing to do with those hypothetical events at all.
I gave 'em all nicknames, but...I wasn't very good at it until 4th gen, while these came before that. Yeah, rather not post them.
As a side note, Buizel is the only thing about the Pokemon anime that makes me the slightest bit interested about it anymore. He's manly enough to take down that haxxing Pikachu, a highly-trained Glameow, and....some lame newbie's Piplup. One right after the other, without breaking a sweat. Of course, it's Pokemon, so the lame newbie managed to barely win the rematch and capture him.
I still call out "HADOU-KEN!" every time it uses Water Pulse though.
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Post by SharkOnDarts on Mar 11, 2009 3:24:42 GMT
Mawile is AWESOME. I never thought of her(?) as much of a hot-blooded champion fighter, though...more of a Noblewoman's Laugh-abusing deceptive "Now you know my true strength! Ohohohoho!" type, like Street Fighter Alpha 3's Karin. But hey, that's just meeeee~~ Rotom, though... It's not that I particularly dislike him, just it sucks how he's getting so much focus put on him for Platinum, even though he's not any more significant than, say, Hippopotas. Nintendo at least needs to decide if he's a legendary or not, so we can have one more out of place legendary with zero mythology (Heatran, I'm lookin' at you, buddy).
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Post by thadudette on Mar 11, 2009 4:38:27 GMT
I like Rotom, I think it's like G Red, nice and rounded ;D EVing slow Pokemon for HP is such a pain.
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Post by loopy on Mar 12, 2009 23:03:39 GMT
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Post by thadudette on Mar 13, 2009 0:43:41 GMT
I got a free lvl 100 Regigigas today. For a lvl 100, it's pretty weak, but hey, its power wasn't what I got it for.
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Post by loopy on Mar 13, 2009 2:14:11 GMT
I got a free level 80 Deoxys (Can't remember it's name) It was really good for earning money against the elite 4 but i'd have it in attack mode meaning it would get owned if it got hit once. It's a shame i got robbed because i really feel like playing that game now.
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Post by bokkdachicken on Mar 17, 2009 2:51:10 GMT
aah. Platinum's...almost... out...
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Post by thadudette on Mar 17, 2009 2:56:37 GMT
*reading lots of RGBY, GSC, & RSE Pokemon manga online to keep myself busy until DPP comes out*
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Post by bokkdachicken on Mar 17, 2009 5:16:27 GMT
*reading lots of RGBY, GSC, & RSE Pokemon manga online to keep myself busy until DPP comes out* DPP= Diamond Pearl Pokemon? ehh, what's all the letters
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Post by njayhuang on Mar 17, 2009 21:10:01 GMT
*reading lots of RGBY, GSC, & RSE Pokemon manga online to keep myself busy until DPP comes out* DPP= Diamond Pearl Pokemon? ehh, what's all the letters Diamond Pearl Platinum? maybe. Wait, Diamond/Pearl is already out.
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Post by thadudette on Mar 18, 2009 0:41:16 GMT
It was supposed to stand for Diamond Pearl Platinum. ...I don't know if there WILL be a Platinum though, since DP already has a Platinum unlike the first three generations where the third main character came way later
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