Glen-i

To this day, I still have no idea how Mario managed to get blindsided by some random Hammer Brother. How is he not Bowser's right hand turtle after pulling that off!? But wait! He's a Hammer Brother with a grey colour scheme and horns! Woahhhh! Totally on another level! In today's culture, I highly doubt Super Princess Peach would ever be tolerated if it was released today. Not as it is. Decent game though.

See, now that just makes it look even more bleak, given the countless amount of hours I've poured into the series.

33rd floor of Purity Forest on PMD: Rescue Team DX before I fainted. Stupid Dugtrio and it's stupid Earth Power... After studying what possible moves every Pokémon can have at Level 5 (Don't bother, I already know how nerdy that is), I think Heracross might be my best hope of success. Pros It can start off with Arm Thrust, a multi hitting move. Multi hitting moves are stupid powerful in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon! It can also start with Bullet Seed, another multi-hitting move that can hit from a distance! That's literally one of the best moves in the game! I gave it the rare quality called 'Rapid Bulls-eye', which makes all multi-hitting moves have perfect accuracy. In case multi-hitting moves aren't broken enough. Guts is a pretty decent ability that boosts Attack if Heracross has a status effect. If I manage to find an Empowerment Seed, then Heracross can Mega Evolve! Apart from the obvious stat boost, this changes Guts to Skill Link, which makes all multi-hitting moves hit the maximum amount of times. Cons Will literally have a heart attack if pecked by a Pidgey. Heracross isn't a Kecleon, so it's stats are pretty average. Gonna give this dungeon another attempt today.

See, I know you're having a laugh, but you just reminded me that the Johto starters got shafted because the Gold/Silver remakes were DS titles and the Ruby/Sapphire starters got the Mega treatment instead. You've made me sad.

I can't believe @Dcubed sold his soul for 150 Platinum Points. I can now confidently say that I'm the only person on N-Europe who has never downloaded a Nintendo mobile game.

Huh, maybe they thought Spacial Rend would be a bit too mean? (Still preferable to Surf though, that's a consistent run killer) Unfortunately, Palkia also has a good Attack stat as well. But seeing as it's not as good as it's Sp. Atk, perhaps focusing on resisting Surf might be for the better. If I was able to get online, I'd offer to help out. Maybe get @Ugh first aid to jump in as well. Even with a CPU, having three people knowing there's a Palkia at the end would no doubt help.

Wait, really? Now that is interesting. All that said, I wouldn't be upset if they decided to annex legendary Megas. Mewtwo, Rayquaza, and yes, even Groudon. They really didn't need them. Megas are better when they're not given to popular Pokémon that are already powerful, but are instead given to Pokémon that are normally not viable in a competitive setting. More Mega Pidgeot and less Mega Kyogre please!

My guess would be they chose "Anything is fine" and the type on the map screen indicated it was Dragon type. It's happened to me a few times, there are so many Dragon legendaries that if that's the type on the map, you can't really plan around it. Water/Dragon is an amazing defensive typing. If you can't grab a Fairy type that can take Surf's, you're in trouble. Water Absorb isn't even viable because it only protects one Pokémon. And then there's Spacial Rend and it's bonkers power and crit rate! Which means using Palkia's other weakness, Dragon, is really dangerous. Failing that, if you find something with Light Screen, grab it and never let go.

Yeah, hate to put a dampener on the Mega Evo talk, because believe me, Beedrill and Kangaskhan need to be actually good again, but everything in Rescue Team DX was designed around Gen 7 mechanics. The TM's in that game are a clear giveaway. By the time Gen 8 was the accepted norm, Rescue Team DX was likely too close to completion to implement anything there. Um... Duh? Any remake was always gonna use the Sword & Shield engine. Hopefully, Game Freak commit to the whole "Power spots only exist in Galar" explanation Sword & Shield had and leave Dynamax behind. That's one feature I feel has actually been a detriment to battling as a whole. I've fallen out of love with competitive battling because of it. Lacks any nuance to it and only serves to make already overpowered Pokémon more overpowered.

Somebody confuse anything to do with Pokémon as being a Nintendo project? So, in other words, another average Thursday! I'll keep mentioning it until everyone gets the gist!

Ran them all over until they exploded, then dug them up and chucked them in the bin. I never felt such catharsis!

Well, there's apparently around 200 Pokémon. So almost four times the original, there.

Except "Background", that's a new factor, wonder what dictates a bonus there?

I'd agree with you if it wasn't for the fact that it'd be a localisation of a game with only minor differences to the ones we actually got. In other words, give me Trading Card Game 2! EDIT: Argh! You sneaky edited your post while I was sneakily editing my post!

Are you, @Dcubed, my cousin, actually wanting TPC to focus even more heavily on Gen 1 pandering? Shameful! I'm embarrassed for you.

You should have seen mine, I lost patience with it all and just dumped furniture and fences everywhere. It was an unholy mess. Once I got that recipe, I killed all the flowers and reverted back to how it was before the Furniture Armageddon hit and now I live in the best island I've ever seen. Because there's actual space! Apparently, it's 2-star, and I wouldn't have it any other way. Yesterday I managed to get my 6th crocodile villager, Alli. Only one left to go!

I actually kinda like it... And what other colour would you suggest a Mario style to have?

See, maybe I've just played too much Rhythm Heaven, but I kinda breezed through VS Mode to Platinum 1. There was an absolutely hilarious moment where that trick that makes enemies slam against the screen activated during a note heavy section and there was a constant barrage of enemies flying toward the screen. It was hard not to burst out laughing! I'd share it here, but can't get a reliable connection. But even I have to admit that full chaining 50 proud songs is going to be absolute hell! Those songs can get absolutely ridiculous. (One of the feats requires a full chain on every proud song, that might be my limit)

Koopa Troopa with fur looks so incredibly wrong. And that's all I'm contributing to this thread.

See, maybe I'm being mean, but this... ...just reads like "I played Pokémon back when it first came out and was stupid popular, dropped it like a brick, and only picked it up again when GO became stupid popular." Now show me a celebrity who can have a decent conversation about their thoughts on Pokémon Conquest, and I'll be impressed. Anyway, here's hoping Gen 4 fans don't get shafted with a Let's Go style remake of the Sinnoh games, that's all I'm asking for. (EoS remake would be killer, but I think it's too soon for that.)

It could be worse, I'd take artwork over "Render of main character plonked on background" any day. But you are right, Pokémon really needs to start taking more cues from... Well, Pokémon.

I doubt I'll be moving away from the Sword & Shield, especially with adept style dodging being left in Generations. But with this game supporting Gyro controlled aiming, I'll probably be dabbling with the Light Bowgun more often. Good gyro controls will be an insane buff to those ranged weapons!

I finally got a Jirachi in Pokémon Mystery Dungeon: Rescue Team DX. Huh? That doesn't sound like a big deal warranting a post? Then you don't know how insanely difficult this is to pull off. Jirachi is found at the end of Wish Cave. An absolute hell hole of a dungeon that consists of 99 gruelling floors that will make you want to throw your Switch at a wall. "But Glen, it's only Level 45" I hear you cry, "You must have a level 100 team by now, just steamroll it with that." I would then say, "That's cute, play more PMD." Wish Cave is one of three dungeons in this game that upon entering, reset your Pokémon to level 5. Making the game almost a true rogue like. I managed to eventually conquer it thanks to overpowered death Pokémon, Kecleon, and 50 Joy Seeds. (It was still touch and go at the halfway point, Kecleon's bonkers stats are more of a gradual thing these days instead of being instantly maxed out at level 40 back in the DS era, so he's only half bonkers at level 50) But I never have to go to Wish Cave again! And Jirachi fulfills it's only useful role in Pokémon history of bragging rights. Now there's Celebi, who is in another level reset dungeon, and it's even harder than Wish Cave! You're only allowed 1 Pokémon and you can't bring in items. So Kecleon isn't viable because it levels up way too slow! Gonna spend another 300 hours attempting that...

Word of warning though, don't buy AoC because you like the exploration of BotW, you won't find it there, it's very much focused on the combat.

Yeah, at least this way, we can move Smash to 8pm. Give people in Europe more of a reasonable time to join in.