Things that grind your gears!

[Sanji07]

My pet peeve is running out of oil for my gears

I'll see myself out now

 

[RedAshSugimori]

Okay here’s a real pet peeve:
Being called a genwunner. I love every gen but back when I used to go on Reddit and Twitter (I know,dumb to go there at all) and Facebook,Bluesky I’ve been called a genwunner for saying my favorite generation is johto. And “okay those games take no skill. 1/2 are glitchy and not canon!”

People think they control canon. Fans don’t. Haters sure as heck don’t. The company does.

There’s so many younger fans that hate Gen 1 which is silly. Maybe they’re trolls or insane idk. But in my experience some fans take Gen wars too seriously. Just like what ya like and let people enjoy things. Personally I love all gens. I feel bad for someone who can’t like a mainline pokemon game. No hate to them they’re entitled to not like it because legit reasons n such it’s just you gotta make the best out of life you only get one….unless you got revives ‍

I’ve never seen a genwunner in my life. I’ve seen people who stopped after gen 1 but never someone who bullies people for liking gen 2 onward. And I’ve been a fan since day 1 for USA. . The moment ash first appeared.

 

[Auraninja]

Generation 1 had some good Pokemon designs as any, and Kanto isn't a bad region, but the first generation Pokemon games have bad mechanics not found in other Generations. You can get stun-locked for example.

 

[Luthor]

Generation 1 had some good Pokemon designs as any, and Kanto isn't a bad region, but the first generation Pokemon games have bad mechanics not found in other Generations. You can get stun-locked for example.

Fair point. I think when it comes to gen 1 a lot of it was experimental , some things were not implemented as intended and some decisions just were not the best choices. Mistakes were bound to happen the first time around (especially as they didn't know how popular it would get).
My biggest dislike of Kanto is that all the games based there so far are basically just Red/Blue remakes (even lets go for the most part). I do think something else based in Kanto but that did something different could be very interesting (e.g if they did a legends game in Kanto or something similar). There's a lot of Kanto Pokemon which now have much more interesting evolutionary lines (e.g the additions of Ahnilape and Kleavor to their respective lines), modern twists they can add (e.g regional variants, megas etc.) and most games now have much larger dex sizes to balance things out. I think if they told a new story it could be very fun and could explore some new lore.

 

[RedAshSugimori]

You know what else grinds my gears? It’s been over a quarter of a century of the pokemon anime being I America and we still don’t have it available to watch in Japanese. Such a waste of art and potential profits. I prefer dub for sure,however I hate lost media never being released or found. People like to argue dub vs sub but I’m the “both are good” guy who’d rather enjoy things then police opinions online.

I watched so many anime dub and sub and while I’ve always gone dub wise as better it’s a new refreshing experience to say watch dragonball GT subbed rather then dub for the trillionth time. Maybe one day they’ll release them to buy digitally at least if they don’t wanna invest money on dvds ‍

 

[Pokefan_1987]

Generation 1 had some good Pokemon designs as any, and Kanto isn't a bad region, but the first generation Pokemon games have bad mechanics not found in other Generations. You can get stun-locked for example.

And Frozen status locked in Gen 1. You need healing items or the be hit by Fire move with a low chance of thawing out.
Also in most games your pokemon take 1HP of poison damage every 4 steps while walking if you don't have Antidote/Full heal or Full Restore or a pokemon center close nearby.

They removed the worst of it in Gen 4 by automatically cure when you get to 1HP outside of battles but after Gen 5 walking while poisoned doesn't hurt you.

Poison (status condition)

bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net

 

[Luthor]

I've never been a fan of the fact that Eternatus only has 1 ability and it's pressure. If it had a hidden ability of some description and pressure was just the default that would be fine but it has no other options. I do think pressure is overused on legendary Pokemon but at least most of them have another option (or are able to change into another form like Kyurem which its other forms have other abilities).

 

[Captain Jigglypuff]

I've never been a fan of the fact that Eternatus only has 1 ability and it's pressure. If it had a hidden ability of some description and pressure was just the default that would be fine but it has no other options. I do think pressure is overused on legendary Pokemon but at least most of them have another option (or are able to change into another form like Kyurem which its other forms have other abilities).

Honestly, I think some like Corrosion would work since it technically is an ecological threat and can destroy natural things using its signature moves. Eternatus having a signature Ability like Corrosion with an added effect that all Poison attacks it uses ignores Steel’s immunity to Poison attacks could work.

 

[Lord Godwin]

Honestly, I think some like Corrosion would work since it technically is an ecological threat and can destroy natural things using its signature moves. Eternatus having a signature Ability like Corrosion with an added effect that all Poison attacks it uses ignores Steel’s immunity to Poison attacks could work.

Corrosion is a nice pick.

On the other hand, when you think of Eternamax Eternatus with a ton of HP, cutting you PP in half makes the fight much harder.
Pressure on Pokemon with high HP and defences makes sense from gameplay perspective.

 

[Luthor]

Honestly, I think some like Corrosion would work since it technically is an ecological threat and can destroy natural things using its signature moves. Eternatus having a signature Ability like Corrosion with an added effect that all Poison attacks it uses ignores Steel’s immunity to Poison attacks could work.

Corrosion (or even as you suggested a buffed version of it) would work perfectly within the lore and it would make it a bit more challenging.

Corrosion is a nice pick.

On the other hand, when you think of Eternamax Eternatus with a ton of HP, cutting you PP in half makes the fight much harder.
Pressure on Pokemon with high HP and defences makes sense from gameplay perspective.

Which is why I don't mind it as default option in the original fight but even things with signature abilities like the loyal three share a main ability and then each have an individual hidden ability and given that gen 8 introduced the ability patch it would be the perfect time to show how useful it can be to have pressure as main ability for the eternamax fight but then have another hidden option for regular battles.

 

[Captain Jigglypuff]

Corrosion (or even as you suggested a buffed version of it) would work perfectly within the lore and it would make it a bit more challenging.



Which is why I don't mind it as default option in the original fight but even things with signature abilities like the loyal three share a main ability and then each have an individual hidden ability and given that gen 8 introduced the ability patch it would be the perfect time to show how useful it can be to have pressure as main ability for the eternamax fight but then have another hidden option for regular battles.

I was thinking maybe going the Zygarde route and have some sort of item or device that changes Eternatus’ Ability from Pressure to Corrosion or some equivalent to it

 

[Luthor]

I was thinking maybe going the Zygarde route and have some sort of item or device that changes Eternatus’ Ability from Pressure to Corrosion or some equivalent to it

I would be onboard with that too. I did at one point in the create thread come up with a concept for a form change for Eternatus that was a bit wolf-like so it fit in more thematically with Zacian and Zamazenta and that had a item which could change the form (called it the Dynamic device). Suppose going the Zygard route and giving it more functions like changing ability could work as well. I do think there is a lot more they could explore with Eternatus at some point.

 

[RedAshSugimori]

It grinds my gears gamefreak won’t release an official pokemon green for the rest of the world. Just translate it easy millions on eshop

 

[Auraninja]

It grinds my gears gamefreak won’t release an official pokemon green for the rest of the world. Just translate it easy millions on eshop

We got that as Pokémon Blue. What we didn’t get was the Japanese Blue.

 

[RedAshSugimori]

We got that as Pokémon Blue. What we didn’t get was the Japanese Blue.

I want the authentic green experience. Green graphics,the box art, or at least logo from eshop. American blue was American blue.

 

[RedJirachi]

Shiny locks were one thing when it was there to keep consistency for plot-important legendaries. But the decision to make ALL the legendaries, Snacksworth included shiny-locked was ridiculous. Not to mention that traditionally they let you get shinies of un-locked shinies the next generation

 

[Auraninja]

I want the authentic green experience. Green graphics,the box art, or at least logo from eshop. American blue was American blue.

If you want to get down to it, Japanese Red is a lot different from American Red due to some of Japanese Blue being used as a base for the latter.

 

[Luthor]

Shiny locks were one thing when it was there to keep consistency for plot-important legendaries. But the decision to make ALL the legendaries, Snacksworth included shiny-locked was ridiculous. Not to mention that traditionally they let you get shinies of un-locked shinies the next generation

That's fair. Especially as many of the Pokémon were obtainable as shiny Pokémon in gen 8's raid battles or other gens. I would have shiny hunted for certain legendary Pokemon like Miraidon but I understand why that's not obtainable, but the snackworth legendary Pokemon just seems pointless to shiny lock.

 

[TwilightBlade]

Hisui is supposed to be Sinnoh in the past but some of the geography of Hisui doesn't match Sinnoh's. The Cobalt Coastlands is the biggest example: why is the Spring Path to the northwest of the Veilstone area when it's located to the southeast of Veilstone in modern day Sinnoh? And the in-game map shows a large body of water to the east of the Coronet Highlands that doesn't exist in modern Sinnoh and isn't one of the pixie lakes either. At first I thought it was supposed to be the ocean, but that doesn't make sense either since the Coronet Highlands are supposed to be in the middle of the region, not at the coast.

While the huge body of water could be explained as having dried up by the time of D/P/Pt, Spring Path's location change isn't so easily explained. It just annoys me that Game Freak's staff apparently didn't care enough to make Hisui as accurate to Sinnoh as possible.

Okay here’s a real pet peeve:
Being called a genwunner. I love every gen but back when I used to go on Reddit and Twitter (I know,dumb to go there at all) and Facebook,Bluesky I’ve been called a genwunner for saying my favorite generation is johto. And “okay those games take no skill. 1/2 are glitchy and not canon!”

People think they control canon. Fans don’t. Haters sure as heck don’t. The company does.

There’s so many younger fans that hate Gen 1 which is silly. Maybe they’re trolls or insane idk. But in my experience some fans take Gen wars too seriously. Just like what ya like and let people enjoy things. Personally I love all gens. I feel bad for someone who can’t like a mainline pokemon game. No hate to them they’re entitled to not like it because legit reasons n such it’s just you gotta make the best out of life you only get one….unless you got revives ‍

I’ve never seen a genwunner in my life. I’ve seen people who stopped after gen 1 but never someone who bullies people for liking gen 2 onward. And I’ve been a fan since day 1 for USA. . The moment ash first appeared.

It's especially frustrating when someone criticizes one of the newer Pokemon and then someone will accuse that person of being a genwunner for not liking modern Pokemon designs even if they've shown no favoritism toward Generation 1 to begin with.

 

[RedAshSugimori]

If you want to get down to it, Japanese Red is a lot different from American Red due to some of Japanese Blue being used as a base for the latter.

I’d like all them released but the base fact remains we never got a game called “pokemon green” outside of Japan. We got blue,leafgreen,but green is still the specific thing I want most of these.