Pokémon (Not-So) Griefing Thread - Scarlet and Violet Released with 10 Million Copies in First 3 Days in Buggy States

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The 2024 World Championship matches have just concluded, and here are our winners:

UNITE:

FENNEL (Japan)

GO:

Yekai0904 (Hong Kong)

TCG:

Juniors: Sakuya Ota (Japan)
Seniors: Evan Pavelski (USA)
Masters: Fernando Cifuentes (Chile)

VGC:

Juniors: Kevin Han (USA)
Seniors: Ray Yamanaka (Japan)
Masters: Luca Ceribelli (Italy)

Congrats to all of the winners!

So that TCG DQ did end up making a difference in the end. And it looks like that training from Arash did pay off for Luca!
 
Thiletonomics said:
So that TCG DQ did end up making a difference in the end.
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Apparently I was wrong about that, he conceded the match when the judges explained to Robb that he could continue playing with an investigation taking place during the rest of the tournament or he could drop the match and end the investigation right there. I've also heard he was warned for similar behavior in a prior round.

EDIT: The Closing Ceremony's begin. GO stuff was revealed out of the gate with Morpeko is coming soon (with Hangry Mode intact) and Dynamax/Gigantamax was teased.

EDIT 2: Armorouge (Attacker), Darkrai (Speedster), and Psyduck (Support) are coming to UNITE.

EDIT 3: A Pokémon TCG Pocket trailer was shown off, the game has a October 30th release date. Sadly no gameplay was shown off.

EDIT 4: Owner's Pokémon are coming back to the TCG as exs and regular Pokémon.

EDIT 5: Worlds 2025 will be in Anaheim again and San Francisco for 2026.

EDIT 6: And that's it, no Z-A news doesn't fill me with a sense of confidence.
 
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The Ultimate Ramotith said:
I am surprised that a Latino actually managed to be a winner, since the Pokémon scene is, from what I know, no that prominent in Latin America.
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From what I've heard it's not that prominent due to a lot of issues with the staffing and the locations, the staff are known to favor their local players and bigger tournaments like International Championships tend to be hosted in Brazil.
 
Oh, and since Worlds will be held on the West Coast for the next two years I'll probably attend them as a spectator. That also means I'll be closer to any potential drama that could unfold.
Howling Janny Dog said:
I was expecting to be disappointed by something along the lines of an Arceus rehash, but has the evil sorcery of France birthed something so horrendous that they can't even share any details?
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I think The Pokémon Company pulled a reverse Nintendo with PL:Z-A's initial announcement back in February, they announced the game before they had any actual in-game material ready to show to public. The fact that they still don't have any in-game footage to show at this point is honestly kind of worrying. Part of me hopes that we'll get some info between now and the end of the year but I have a feeling that getting news on Pokémon Day 2025 seems more likely.
 
Archeops said:
And that's it, no Z-A news doesn't fill me with a sense of confidence.
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lol I told you so
kind of a shame, but i'm too busy being a smug bitch about it to be disappointed so wheeeeeeee
I'm a bit confused myself, but I can't say I wasn't expecting it. Highly doubt that this has anything to do with the Switch 2 since they seem to be saving Gen 10 for that console's launch (understandably so) and, given how they treated P:LA in the past, I highly doubt they'll give Legends any more spotlight than is needed during a content drought. The first game didn't sell very well and, despite the fanbase's near-Stockholm Syndrome levels of love for it, Z-A's reveal kind of just continued the pattern of Gamefreak not giving much of a shit about Legends. They definitely revealed it way too early and at this point I'm betting we won't even see the absolute basics of the game until the final quarter of the year (if at all in 2024).

edit: I just realized they only showed off Mobile Game slop during the entire closing ceremony
when Ishihara was explicitly referring to "Pokémon Games"
they're going all in on the mobile train aren't they? TPC's fucking president referring to Master Sex as an exciting future Pokémon game in the year 2024 lmaooooo
 
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I don't follow VGC too closely but I saw Wolfey was undefeathed day one, right? How did he place in the end? He's the only "pro player" in the current format I'm really aware of lol
 
Anonitolia said:
The first game didn't sell very well and, despite the fanbase's near-Stockholm Syndrome levels of love for it
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I do no think that is even the case. Pokémon Legends: Arceus, despite its flaws, just did things very differently in some areas, even if half-baked in some cases. There is also a bigger emphasis on freedom even within its 'move from section to section' gameplay.
 
Legends Arceus sold almost 15m copies anyway and almost 7m week one. It's the 14th best selling switch game, outsold BDSP week one, and only just gets edged out in lifetime sales by BDSP by about 200k sales.

For a first spinoff, that's great sales.

Compare that to Pokemon Conquest, another great spinoff, that couldn't crack 200K week one.
 
Mister Uno said:
Also, is there a ROM hack yet for Omega Ruby/Sapphire that makes it harder? The actual game was an absolutely shitty remake and it still pisses me off. Or better yet, is there one for Emerald that makes it harder and implements the Gen 4 physical/special attack split?

Edit: Thanks for the recommendations for Radical Red and Pokemon Elite Redux earlier in the thread. Will check them out, but I'm looking for something a bit more "vanilla".
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I'm currently playing Revelation Emerald, and without spoiling my thoughts on it, I would definitely play it if you want a vanilla experience but with some nice quality of life changes, like the physical/special split. Not sure if the game is now harder, but it has enough changes to warrant a playthru.
I also recommend Trigger's PC, which is a Gen 3 Pokebank between both GBA and GC games with many more functions, like being able to check IVs/EVs, Hidden Nature + Power, trade-evo Pokemon(which you can do in this romhack anyways) and even do things like change your pokeballs on caught Pokemon or de-level them to lv 50 if you are going to the Battle Tower/Frontier.
 
Anonitolia said:
They definitely revealed it way too early and at this point I'm betting we won't even see the absolute basics of the game until the final quarter of the year (if at all in 2024).
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Ah, so instead of actually giving the devs enough time they created the illusion of giving the devs enough time by revealing the game before they even had anything to show. Can't wait for another region full of people who hate their jobs
 
Iron Thorns ex just jumped from 2 bucks per card up to 13 bucks a card and I'm fucking livid. But then again I only have myself to blame for not jumping on it earlier.
Anonitolia said:
lol I told you so
kind of a shame, but i'm too busy being a smug bitch about it to be disappointed so wheeeeeeee
I'm a bit confused myself, but I can't say I wasn't expecting it. Highly doubt that this has anything to do with the Switch 2 since they seem to be saving Gen 10 for that console's launch (understandably so) and, given how they treated P:LA in the past, I highly doubt they'll give Legends any more spotlight than is needed during a content drought. The first game didn't sell very well and, despite the fanbase's near-Stockholm Syndrome levels of love for it, Z-A's reveal kind of just continued the pattern of Gamefreak not giving much of a shit about Legends. They definitely revealed it way too early and at this point I'm betting we won't even see the absolute basics of the game until the final quarter of the year (if at all in 2024).

edit: I just realized they only showed off Mobile Game slop during the entire closing ceremony
when Ishihara was explicitly referring to "Pokémon Games"
they're going all in on the mobile train aren't they? TPC's fucking president referring to Master Sex as an exciting future Pokémon game in the year 2024 lmaooooo
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To be fair all of the mobile games (barring Pokémon TCG Pocket*) shown off during the closing ceremony have competitive scenes that are actively supported by TPCi while the Legends games have always been billed as single-player games with some interactivity between players.

And yes, a lot of the major tentpoles in the Pokémon fandom like Serebii are saying that's why there wasn't any sort of PL:Z-A news at Worlds.
Celebrate Nite said:
Is anyone going to try out that TCG Pocket thing in October, or is it not even worth it?
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I have it "pre-ordered" on iOS but I also have access to Live right now. To be honest I'm not sold on Pocket's gameplay yet since TPC hasn't shown us anything yet for some ungodly reason.
 
Archeops said:
To be fair all of the mobile games (barring Pokémon TCG Pocket*) shown off during the closing ceremony have competitive scenes that are actively supported by TPCi while the Legends games have always been billed as single-player games with some interactivity between players.

And yes, a lot of the major tentpoles in the Pokémon fandom like Serebii are saying that's why there wasn't any sort of PL:Z-A news at Worlds.
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That's part of the reason why I was surprised there were even rumors that there was going to be a PL:Z-A reveal at World and was surprisingly cool when that didn't come to fruition. Would it have been nice? Definitely, but it wasn't absolutely necessary. Rate me optimistic, but I am taking this as a good sign since maybe TPCi/Game Freak learned a lesson are taking their time to develop and release a polished game rather than unfinished mess like SV. This is speculation on my part, but I'm guessing that we will not see Gen X until 2026 because A) it will be on the Switch successor, and B) coincides with the franchise's 30th anniversary.
 
Been playing Pokémon Colosseum recently. This could be nostalgia talking but it has a certain charm to it compared to the other games. Maybe because I was thrown off by NPCs openly flirting with your character and the lean towards a "PG" feeling compared to the mainline games. I like the region , feels a bit more rural and underdeveloped compared to the other ones. Sad that you never really hear about it outside the GC games. Think my only real complaint is that animations can be janky at times, it's especially noticeable when you use moves like Fly.
Also this is still easily one of the best battle themes.

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Really liking this simple build. She needs a name though. Any name suggestions?
 
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