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See, that's amusing, because that first secret character is very easily one of the most OP ones in the game.

Welp, played myself there. Even outside of Smash, I have no luck with counters!

I bet he won't, but now he's gonna make a completely different stage where we are in a cage! Thanks a lot!

OK, yep. Got it. I know what happened now, @RedShell Smash 4 changed how Star K.O's work. Originally, even touching the blast zone above you would get you flying off into the background. Now, though, you only get Star K.O'd if some outside force pushes you there. So what happened, is that BowserBasher inadvertently used Yoshi's very fast flutter jump to put himself above the platform, and therefore, not touching it once it hit that blast zone. I assume that at a point, the starting platform of doom you made has to despawn, he managed to use that sudden height he got to keep from touching the platform once it got that high and drop safely down once it vanished.

Wow, the disrespect. Can't even remember who @RedShell played as. Shut up! I totally do!

That's very suckage. I'm sure it will happen shortly. Like most indies, the Switch version probably just has a higher install base, so they probably just prioritised it once the PC version was up.

Stock matches tonight from 7:30pm. May I suggest that for the last two matches, everyone play as Hero? Shouldn't have to explain why. I'll give peeps a heads up for this with that "This next match is my last" shout-out.

Switch update is out now! Should be the same as the current PC version now! Can't find anything on the PS version, though. So can't say for sure if it's there. Might wanna check that, @drahkon.

Castelia City (The game's biggest city) most certainly is, but Unova as a whole takes different cues from across America. Ranches, massive warehouses, a mining city, stuff like that is dotted throughout the game. My Geography ain't all that, but last time I checked, there wasn't a literal desert right outside New York. EDIT: Also, it's cracking me up how much I'm inadvertently ruining Delibird for people. I've known about this for 11 years! Welcome to my nightmare of knowing too much about Pokémon!

To be fair, the next two generations both have starters you should be very familiar with.

I'll accept this if Pocket Card Jockey also gets the same rating.

Yes. But only if the haunted cup Pokémon is the mother. Oh right. And @EEVILMURRAY. That's not a sack Delibird is holding, that's it's tail.

Mostly all right, but Type:Null can't actually breed, so it doesn't matter there. And Sinistea does haunt the cup.

Generation 1 didn't have the mechanic that let you breed Pokémon, you'll notice that Pokémon from Gen 2 onwards tend to not have features that make no sense for a newborn. Most of the time, anyway.

Oh, we'll get to Incineroar, that's a Gen 7 starter. That Pokémon has quite the full history, despite being so recent.

I assume they meant both the pants and the belt when they claimed that it's part of Machamp's body. They never specified, so I'm gonna go with both. Still silly. If you don't want people to question why it's there, maybe don't design a Pokémon that's wearing the tightest speedos you ever did see! EDIT: Found the image!

Huh, the more you know. Makes a lot more sense, but still a dreadful fit for Unova.

Real talk, I've gone right off of playing this game once I realised that this was a thing. A shame too, because I really enjoyed Remake. But I didn't enjoy it enough to subject myself to that torture, thank you very much.

Generation 5, or Pokémon Black, White, Black 2, and White 2, are set in Unova. This was the beginning of the series basing the regions off of actual countries (Well, countries that aren't Japan). Unova is based off of America, not that you could ever tell from the starters here. A key thing to note is that this is the first generation where TM's are infinite use. Like all cool things in Generation 5, this isn't a thing any more. (Another reason Scarlet/Violet sucks), but this is important for viable movesets in the next 4 generations, because you no longer had to consider if using a TM on a Pokémon was worth it. Snivy (SNY-vee) made quite the impression, before we even knew what it's name actually was. A lot of Pokémon fans dubbed it "Smugleaf" when the Unova starters were first revealed. It's actual name is nowhere near as silly. As far as the early game goes in Black/White, all the starters are equally bad, the second gym is Normal type, and the first gym actually changes it's type purely to counter your choice of starter. So tough beans there. As for the sequel games, Snivy is the only starter that's weak to one of the opening gyms, so it has the rougher start. Snivy shows up in the fourth Smash Bros and in Smash Ultimate as one of the many Pokémon that can appear from the Poké Ball item. (That's why @BowserBasher knows of it, even if he got the name wrong, he got Piplup right though) It's pretty effective if you get an opponent caught up in the Razor Leaves it throws. Anyway, nerdy moment here. Snivy can't learn Razor Leaf. Smash needs to get it's act together! Servine (SUR-vine) is a bigger Snivy, and that's all there is of interest. Serperior (sur-PEER-ee-ur) is a very strange Pokémon, design wise. It loses the limbs the previous evolutions have. Or does it? You see, the arms are still there, they always have been. The legs are definitely gone though, so still a strange evolution. Serperior is also pretty bizarre with it's stat spread. It's got very high speed, but it also focuses more on the defensive stats instead of the offensive ones. Coupled with it's poor movepool, Serperior makes for an awful revenge killer. Honestly, it doesn't really excel at anything instead of hoping to use it's high speed to get a stat boosting move in there, which isn't the most reliable of strategies. But it does have one party trick, and that comes in the form of it's Hidden Ability, Contrary. Contrary reverses all stat reductions and gains. So moves that lower stats will raise them instead. Combine this with Leaf Storm, a 140 power Grass move that lowers the Special Attack stat of the user by 2 stages, and you can imagine the devestation it can cause if it gets some momentum. Don't expect to pull that off in a normal playthrough. Probably the worst choice of starter should you play a Gen 5 game. The Grass type really can't catch a break. Tepig (TEH-pig) likes to roast berries before eating them, good thing it's a Fire type then. Not much to say apart from that, so I'll use this opportunity to point out that the base forms of the Unova starters featured quite heavily in the Wii game "PokéPark 2: Wonders Beyond". Alongside Pikachu, they were full fledged playable characters, and actually more useful then Pikachu by a long shot. That game is solid, BTW. Wish it got more entries. Pignite (pig-NYTE) gets the Fighting type added to it. Yes, that's now the third Fire starter in a row to become Fire/Fighting. Getting a bit much now. Also, Pignite and it's evolution are the kind of Pokémon that might be wearing clothes. The series as a whole is kind of vague about whether that's a thing with Pokémon. Machamp is the prime example. The official word on that particular Pokémon is that the pants are actually just a pattern on it's skin. No-one buys that explanation. I can't tell if Emboar (EHM-bohr) is meant to be based off of Sumo Wrestling, or the kind of wrestling you'd see in America. You'd think the American variety would be the obvious answer, but given the water starter, I can't be certain. Anyway, Emboar has an excellent variety of moves thanks to TM's. It has no less then 8 different types of viable endgame attacks. It's positively spoilt for choice! Great in casual playthroughs, but not good in competitive play. It's speed and defensive stats are just rubbish, so it goes down too quickly. Oshawott (AH-shah-wot) rounds off Gen 5. That scalchop on it's stomach is supposedly quite sharp. Doesn't look it, but I'll take their word for it. Oshawott is also in the latest two Smash Bros. titles (Sorry, Tepig). It's the easiest thing ever to dodge, but if it does hit, it can be devestating, and hilarious! Dewott (DOO-wot) has two scalchops! That's literally all I've got. OK, not quite. A few people think that Dewott is one of those starters that has a signature move. In this case, Razor Shell. But this isn't the case, even in Gen 5, Shellder could learn it. And that's before the many Pokémon that would co-opt the move in future games. Samurott (SAM-uh-rot) decides to actually have sharp implements to hit things with. They're hidden in the little sheathes on it's forelegs, and Black 2/White 2 calls them "Seamitars". Why does the American based region have a literal samurai otter? It really bothers me! Feels like it's meant to be in one of the earlier games. For some bizarre reason, Samurott has slightly higher Special Attack then Attack. It's Attack is still great though, so it's a fantastic choice of starter for a playthrough, especially with it's great TM options, probably the one I would recommend picking. And yes, I know about that form, much like Typhlosion, I'll cover that later. So, those are the Gen 5 starters. Design-wise, these are very solid, even if they don't remotely fit in the America style region. I dig them all. I'd say Emboar is my favourite. Something about the fiery beard just makes me smile. Also Gen 5 as a whole is just the best generation. Game Freak skipped over it, because they're too scared to have to live up to that. And I don't blame them. Anyway, forgot to post artwork I did for the Gen 4 starters, so I'll just shove it in here.

How dare you question my quantity!? Seeing the characters you've seen, the first one in your spoilers was a fun surprise for me.

Am I invisible to you!? I rave about this game loads! Literally one of two great things BotW ever gave us! The combat is impeccable! (Literally fixes the borked Flurry Rush BotW had) And the music! My god, it's so good! I knew there was a decent soundtrack hidden somewhere in that game and AoC truly makes it shine! Zelda with the Shiekah Slate is such a fun character once you get used to her high skill floor. Impa is also similar, in that regard. Difficult to learn, but absolutely shreds boss enemies in the right hands!

Geez, that is categorically not news I wanted to wake up to. R.I.P to an absolutely legendary artist. The kind of art style that's immediately recognisable. I suddenly have the urge to play through Chrono Trigger again.

You absolute swine! That was you!?

I don't call Bravely Default "New Final Fantasy" for nothing, you know? Seems Japan agrees with me.

Wheel of Fortune worked! On Gros Michel... Which then deleted itself the next round... I hate this game!