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

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I wonder if there's a Gen 9 version of this pic somewhere out there.
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Kid Named Rocket said:
I wonder if there's a Gen 9 version of this pic somewhere out there.
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Grass knot should be more powerful than it is. Or least have other type versions of it like "stair trip" as a fairy type move that works more effectively the lighter the target is. Since most of the heavier pokemon are often not meta picks.
 
Thiletonomics said:
Speaking of GO monstrosities, people are still poking fun at Niantic and their news announcements:

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They've been on a streak with fucking over Pokemon Go players. We were supposed to get a shot at catching Drillbur and Grubbish this week, but that shit got thrown out of the window for the shitty "Revisiting Kanto" update. The kicker is you only had 1 day to get a Grubbish during the spotlight hour, and if you didn't get him you're fucked. Drillbur doesn't even show up. As for this Kanto update, it's pure ass despite the better looking screen when you catch Pokemon. I hope you like going to sanctuary cities or you're near beaches and mountains if you want to catch anything that isn't a fucking Pidgey, Weedle, or some worthless piece of shit from Paldea.

Niantic is so stunning and brave with their ESG goals they fucked over Turkish players by jacking up their prices because players used vpns to get cheaper Pokecoins. It's almost impossible to play the game if you're in Turkey. Speaking of prices, Niantic changed the shop layout to shove coin prices in your face instead of raid passes or other items like Stardust boosters. Oh yea, Pokemon Go got breached again.

 
Level99Manchild said:
Niantic is so stunning and brave with their ESG goals they fucked over Turkish players by jacking up their prices because players used vpns to get cheaper Pokecoins. It's almost impossible to play the game if you're in Turkey.
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A lot of other game companies have also done away with regional pricing, because of VPN exploiters. Steam and Blizzard come to mind, since people were using VPNs to buy games for much cheaper with Argentinian prices, when inflation was out of control there. (Is the inflation still out of control there or not?)
 
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Level99Manchild said:
Oh yea, Pokemon Go got breached again.

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I gave the video a watch, it wasn't so much "breached" the sense of an actual hack taking place but people abusing Niantic's support page and using the microscopic amount of information from TPCi's Pokemon Trainer Club system to gain access to people's accounts.

But just to be safe I did change my PTC password. I don't use it for Go but having a PTC account is required if you want to compete in TPCi-sanctioned tournaments.
 
People still care about pokemon GO? I lost interest in it after a year from launch due to it being among a wave of many many many GENWUN pandering choices TPCI was making at the time with no plans to add more until it recieved backlash over the lack of pokemon.

My apathy and disappointment stems from the fact they marketed it like there would be Gen 4 pokemon at launch and was hilariously barebones for years afterwards. Took something like 3 years to add gen 2 pokemon i heard and suddenly they’re all caught up almost a decade later.

Kanto exhaustion is like the pokemon equivalent of Nigger fatigue. I’m sick of hearing about it. I don’t even like Gen V or X/Y but I’m just happy its not Kanto and they’re getting a legends game.
 
Catgirl Fornicator said:
Kanto exhaustion is like the pokemon equivalent of Nigger fatigue. I’m sick of hearing about it. I don’t even like Gen V or X/Y but I’m just happy its not Kanto and they’re getting a legends game.
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Johto, Hoenn, and Sinnoh had some great Pokemon, but Kanto is the only generation that generates money because Pikachu, and Charizard are more memorable and marketable than all of Paldea's Pokemon. Pikachu is the face of Pokemon for most people, and I don't know if replacing him in New Horizons anime is gonna work (The Pokemon adventures manga had different main Pokemon depending on the story). I don't think you make anyone or anything from SV likable. All that said, this shitty Kanto event isn't going to bring back players who told Pokemon Go to fuck off (My friends list is already full of people who quit the game over the updates and raid passes).
 
I don't play GO, and I haven't talked to my friend in a while who still plays it, so I have no idea if the update was automatic upon restart. I just can't believe they turned everyone into an Oblivion character against their will.
 
Level99Manchild said:
because Pikachu, and Charizard are more memorable
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Its 'member berries pandering. Pokemon was a phenomenon back when Red/Blue was released in the west. Add the anime with it's catchy 2B A Master soundtrack and the 1st movie leaving it's mark on people along with the collectable trading cards, and you basically had the merchandising version of crack cocaine. Shit didn't die down until Gen2, where only the hardcores stayed, but everyone else moved onto the next "big" thing, and that hardcore audience that was around since the 1st gen is basically why that generation keeps getting shoved into EVERYTHING, even in shit it has no business being a part of.

The "Those were the Pokemon I grew up with, so they are objectively the best" mindset is why the other generations suffer so much, not only because of the people hardcore defending that generation, but GF/TPC themselves giving those pokemon way more support and value than any of the new pokemon they create, so at this point why even bother making new mons? And it's not just The starters and pikachu either, almost half of the Gen1 dex have had Mega Evolutions, exclusive z-moves, regional forms, and/or Gigantamax forms. It's gotten way out of fucking hand to where the O.G. gen1 isn't even recognizeable or even used anymore because Garfield the Persian, or Ice Kitsune, or The Tauros Brothers 3 get's used more than the regular pokemon that were supposedly loved by Gen Oners.

GF/TPC should have put their foot down after Gen2 and been like "New pokemon come first and foremost and the past pokemom take a back seat", but by the time they did decide to do that in Gen5 it was too late, and the rot had already seeped in, which is why we have a shitty sequel game to Black and White.
 
Celebrate Nite said:
GF/TPC should have put their foot down after Gen2 and been like "New pokemon come first and foremost and the past pokemom take a back seat", but by the time they did decide to do that in Gen5 it was too late, and the rot had already seeped in, which is why we have a shitty sequel game to Black and White.
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They also need to get an artist that doesn't suck.
 
Celebrate Nite said:
GF/TPC should have put their foot down after Gen2 and been like "New pokemon come first and foremost and the past pokemom take a back seat", but by the time they did decide to do that in Gen5 it was too late, and the rot had already seeped in, which is why we have a shitty sequel game to Black and White.
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Nigga, until 5, they thought each generation was going to be the last. Also, Black and White 2, despite having the safer Pokédex, we’re objectively better than Black and White 1.
 
Catgirl Fornicator said:
People still care about pokemon GO? I lost interest in it after a year from launch due to it being among a wave of many many many GENWUN pandering choices TPCI was making at the time with no plans to add more until it recieved backlash over the lack of pokemon.

My apathy and disappointment stems from the fact they marketed it like there would be Gen 4 pokemon at launch and was hilariously barebones for years afterwards. Took something like 3 years to add gen 2 pokemon i heard and suddenly they’re all caught up almost a decade later.

Kanto exhaustion is like the pokemon equivalent of Nigger fatigue. I’m sick of hearing about it. I don’t even like Gen V or X/Y but I’m just happy its not Kanto and they’re getting a legends game.
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I am. During the Pokémon GO fad, I was waiting until all of the glitches were fixed, since I heard tha the game was very buggy.

...I kinda wish I actually entered, since I already miss the AR features.
 
The Ultimate Ramotith said:
I am. During the Pokémon GO fad, I was waiting until all of the glitches were fixed, since I heard tha the game was very buggy.

...I kinda wish I actually entered, since I already miss the AR features.
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It was an okayish social experience to go with groups of players IRL during the fad. Though was more likely to encounter other people with sun/moon at the time or play a mainline pokemon game.

AnotherPleb said:
I miss the Sugimori watercolor art so much it's unreal. It made things seem more authentic.
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The TCG art has been really hit or miss. Nothing as nostalgic as the gen 1-3 sets except for some Sun/Moon cards.
 
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Catgirl Fornicator said:
People still care about pokemon GO? I lost interest in it after a year from launch due to it being among a wave of many many many GENWUN pandering choices TPCI was making at the time with no plans to add more until it recieved backlash over the lack of pokemon.

My apathy and disappointment stems from the fact they marketed it like there would be Gen 4 pokemon at launch and was hilariously barebones for years afterwards. Took something like 3 years to add gen 2 pokemon i heard and suddenly they’re all caught up almost a decade later.

Kanto exhaustion is like the pokemon equivalent of Nigger fatigue. I’m sick of hearing about it. I don’t even like Gen V or X/Y but I’m just happy its not Kanto and they’re getting a legends game.
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I remember everyone being excited about Johto mons coming to GO during that time.
 
McMitch said:
Nigga, until 5, they thought each generation was going to be the last.
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What does that have to do with not adding past gen pokemon?

Even if that was the case, the continuity of the games are fucked due to the inclusion of past pokemon. If Hoenn is supposed to take place at the same time Gen1 Kanto takes place, wtf are Gen2 pokemon doing in the Pokedex?
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Also, Black and White 2, despite having the safer Pokédex, we’re objectively better than Black and White 1.
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Black2/White2 adds some nice features, and i had fun with PokeStudios, but it was not worth it for the Pokedex to be fucked up. I did not embark on an adventure in New York United States with it's own 150+ monsters to go into the sequel game in the same region to catch fucking zubat and grimer AGAIN.
 
i wonder, why hasn't Gamefreak tried releasing a pokemon game on android/iphone? not a spinoff like GO or Masters ex. an actual game that plays the the mainline titles?
 
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