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Things that grind your gears!
- Thread starter Frost Mage
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Requiem Aeternam
Dance like an eggplant!
These are really annoying. I don't even know how they ask for some of the Pokemon they do (guessing by hacking) but they shouldn't even show up if trades are impossible. It looks like it's the same person putting all of them up too.
I miss this too. The Flying Gem, Acrobatics combo was one of my favourite combinations to use.
Captain Jigglypuff
*On Vacation. Go Away!*
Not to mention the fact we KNOW the Fairy Gem exists and it has yet to be released to the public.
That's very true and it's not like they couldn't have simply chose not to put the gems in this gen. The fact that they exist in the data but simply aren't used (and even if you ignore the data the fact that you can get a normal gem gives it away) seems an odd choice. Hope they add them all eventually including the fairy gem.
RedJirachi
Veteran member
It not only taking the longest of any Pokemon to evolve Deino into Hydreigon, but an ability that makes attacks unreliable
Victreebong
Gives 'em the slip..
I've got to vent again for just a second. Something that's been grinding my gears is Smogon's weekend giveaway regime. I've been very fortunate (and thankful) last year for getting Kabutops and a Magneton, but this year I've been dookied on so many times I'm at the point of just blowing it off! There's been some very attractive Pokes given away (that Medicham was my spirit animal) and I just cannot win.
They shortened the giveaway to just the Saturday window, I have to leave my house to find internet, and old 3DS' don't work with a lot of Wi-Fi sign-ins like Starbucks' after a certain patch. So it's really a bear to try and go to a certain place for several hours just in the attempt of getting one of these things. I feel like I'm seven again, dependent on the whim of a parent to get lucky, and that's not fun. Whew, feel a little better.
Fingers crossed for Primarina this weekend.
They shortened the giveaway to just the Saturday window, I have to leave my house to find internet, and old 3DS' don't work with a lot of Wi-Fi sign-ins like Starbucks' after a certain patch. So it's really a bear to try and go to a certain place for several hours just in the attempt of getting one of these things. I feel like I'm seven again, dependent on the whim of a parent to get lucky, and that's not fun. Whew, feel a little better.
Fingers crossed for Primarina this weekend.
Sceptile Leaf Blade
Nighttime Guardian
That you can't change the units on the pokédex. I live in the Netherlands, and we measure stuff in metres and kilograms, not in inches, feet, or pounds. The franchise is 20 years old and they still haven't added an option to change it.
Weavy
I come and go suddenly
This actually bothers me a lot as well.
All too often I look at these units and I'm like "What's that in metres?". I would love an option to toggle between these numbers. The funny thing is, (as far as I know, so I could be wrong), very few countries still use feet and inches, so it's actually not a common form of measurement anymore. Most of the other languages get metres and kilos, why can't we?
Which brings me to something else...
The height section ticks me off more than it should. I think it should have just said size instead, since there are some Pokémon that clearly don't look like they're measured by height at all, most of biggest Pokémon look more long than tall. Height and length are two different things. As an example, Wailord is the largest Pokémon, but it looks like it's measured by length, so height makes no sense to me.
Victreebong
Gives 'em the slip..
The real issues with height, length and weight are just how exaggerated they are. Things like Venomoth are huge, Wailord doesn't obey physics, don't get me started on Cosmeom!
Dew Watatsumi
Water Type E-3
It could be possible that the pokedex heights are actually the average heights. One example would be from the anime with Ash's Charizard (smaller than most Charizards in the Charisific Valley) or his Krabby (smaller than Gary's). If I remember correctly, weren't there npc's that ask for a larger pokemon such as Magikarp, Shroomish, etc?
Probably. Good point. It could very well be. It's annoying. I finally did get an Ekans, but Ash's Pikachu is downright impossible.
RedJirachi
Veteran member
Hax always seems to work for the enemy and not you. I swear the CPU is cheating
Dew Watatsumi
Water Type E-3
They are more likely sequels than remakes, while yes I would enjoy diamond/pearl remakes as well (hell i thought they would be announced), realistically, it's too early. No DPP remakes, no kanto Re-remakes, no Stars on switch, people need to get over the salt and stop putting so much in their expectations or buy into rumors. That's what grinds my gears
Captain Jigglypuff
*On Vacation. Go Away!*
I don't see why sequels to Sun and Moon would upset people. We may get the missing content that we were told was going to be in SM specifically the Dolphhin Pokémon and spider monkey Pokémon. Plus the cliffhangers might be resolved which is more than we got with XY.
WildHennaCharizard
Well-Known Member
People whining about no Shinnioh remakes coming. Chill people chill They will come if/when Gamefreak is good and ready.
RedJirachi
Veteran member
This is a more minor example, but it grinds my gears how the Nidoran family's shinies are the other gender's color...except for Nidoqueen, which is an ugly green
Weavy
I come and go suddenly
All of this!
Seriously, people were complaining when they thought we would get no new game this year. Low and behold, Game Freak actually announce new titles, so you'd think they'd stop complaining. But nope, they continued to complain. I honestly think people put way too much credit into all the rumours flying around and treated them as fact. People only set themselves up for disappointment when the rumours end up being false.
Honestly, I think it's way too early for D/P remakes and main series being on Switch. Diamond and Pearl are still playable on the 3DS due to backwards compatibility, so it feels pointless to remake them now. While the Switch has only just come out and Pokémon has never released a game on the same year as a console debut; it took like 2 years for a main series to come to DS and 3DS respectively. I personally think they will come eventually, but not right now.
Besides, we barely know anything about the new pair of games. We should wait for more information before we jump to any real conclusions. For all we know, these could be better than everyone expects them to be. It's okay to be disappointed, but most people are blowing it out of proportion.
I really feel these people calm down eventually. I don't understand why everyone is complaining so much and it bothers me.
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Sceptile Leaf Blade
Nighttime Guardian
I disagree with it being too early for DP remakes because they can be played on the 3DS. DP is pretty much unobtainable for reasonable prices these days depending on your country unless you simply get lucky somewhere. I have to pay twice as much money for Diamond as I have to pay for Omega Ruby. Maybe it's different in the US, but gen4 is pretty hard to get in Europe.
That said, I understand why they'd go with another Alola game first. GF knows that the transition to the Switch is coming up within a reasonable amount of time. I think they'd rather release Sinnoh remakes on the Switch as they've got to build them up from the ground anyway, and have another Alola game on the 3DS first which won't take much resources to make with the foundation from SM. It'd take much more resources to make for the Switch, having to build a new engine that works with that hardware and bug-testing everything etc. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to get Sinnoh remakes, Mt Coronet should look stunning in 3D, but I think they'll come either next year or the year after that, I think GF simply needs more time to build an entirely new pokémon game on a new platform.
That said, I understand why they'd go with another Alola game first. GF knows that the transition to the Switch is coming up within a reasonable amount of time. I think they'd rather release Sinnoh remakes on the Switch as they've got to build them up from the ground anyway, and have another Alola game on the 3DS first which won't take much resources to make with the foundation from SM. It'd take much more resources to make for the Switch, having to build a new engine that works with that hardware and bug-testing everything etc. Don't get me wrong, I'd love to get Sinnoh remakes, Mt Coronet should look stunning in 3D, but I think they'll come either next year or the year after that, I think GF simply needs more time to build an entirely new pokémon game on a new platform.
Dew Watatsumi
Water Type E-3
I should add on to this, the Switch is not only expensive due to it being released only MONTHS ago, but we also have things such as the New 2DS which shows that Nintendo isn't done with the DS systems for at least another 2-3 years. Gamefreaks themselves even confirmed that they want to see how the Switch will perform before they put a new game on the console. This comes in range with the new hardware, sales of the switch, etc. Not to mention that the switch is LIMITED here in North America and other regions outside of japan. If we were to get a "Main series" game on the switch, it will likely be released in 2019/2020, that could be gen 8, dpp, kanto re-remakes, or whatever.
But to counter this argument, while yes, the switch does have some portable capability, you got to take into account that it's mainly a home console. Gamefreak likes to market pokemon mainly on the portable/handheld consoles such as the DS and the Gameboy because the idea of going out, meeting other people and battling/trading. While yes, we have wifi since Gen 4 which makes our lazy asses battle and trade, gamefreak's philosophy still stands. Pokemon Go while yes, not a main series game is still an example of this. There is also the extra work of making Pokemon Bank switch compatible but that would be a whole other different case. And finally, Pokemon will stick to it's old style with exploring the world, battling npcs/wild pokemon, etc. If we get something like Pokemon Breath of the Wild or Pokeblade Chronicles, that would more than likely confuse the younger audience which Pokemon is MARKETED to.