Recent content by Wukong

Couldn't agree more. I think the difference is most palpable in the Battle Zone (one of my favorite areas in all of Pokemon). In DP, it's just a generic collection of routes and towns. In Platinum, it turns into such an interesting, never before seen medley of colors and tropical ecosystems...

Can confirm it's a problem with Gen 4's Leader/E4/Champion AI in general. I've used Toxicroak against Cynthia's Milotic before for this exact purpose. And I think I've seen a video of Red's Pikachu using Volt Tackle on a Lanturn with Volt Absorb. So yeah, I guess the cutover from DP to Plat AI...

Not posting anything other than love seeing this as Platinum's my favorite game. Would participate myself but just too inundated with IRL work to make it happen. Though I'd love to see a Froslass or Leafeon incorporated somewhere. Neither feel game breaking and seem uncommon enough on usual...

I'd say Gen 4. Galactic's type speciality is arguably Dark - with loads of trainers carrying Stunky, Houndour, Murkrow, Sneasel, and their evolutions. And it also feels like a lot of stray mons by this point have a Bite or Faint Attack in their level-up movepool that really hinders Psychics as...

I agree. One of the reasons I prefer the Gen 4 Frontier to the Gen 3 one is because the Silver prints/symbols are more accessible in the former versus the latter. I think the Gen 4 facilities are well designed to allow for in-game teams to be able to obtain the Silver prints with some...

The omission of the Mareep line in Crystal is just amazing to me. You could probably count on one hand how many usable Johto mons there were in the original GS (HGSS isn't much better honestly) and these assholes thought it was a good idea to remove arguably the best one, other than the...

More or less agree. I suppose it's an unpopular opinion that I couldn't care less whether my favorite Pokemon Infernape received a Mega evolution. I think it's perfect the way it is. The only reason I even slightly care is due to the rivalry within the fanbase with respect to Sinnoh and Hoenn's...

Torterra is also my least favorite Sinnoh starter...and still probably my favorite fully evolved Grass starter and top 5 starter overall. Just speaks to my high regard for the Sinnoh starter trio. Anyway my contribution to this thread is this guy: :dp/toxicroak: Just a solid Pokemon overall...

This has to be grounds for an infringement lawsuit right? I mean even the audacity of the name ffs.

Mankey deserves a mention. In Red it doesn’t get any Fighting move until Submission TM which is an awful move in game due to recoil and accuracy. While it can learn Dig it’s pretty underwhelming compared to how it performs in FRLG. In FRLG it gets Fighting Karate Chop super early, Brick Break...

I will say it has the best shiny, by far: But Infernape is the best designed overall and it's really not even close. Just look at this magnificent bastard with his fiery mane flowing in the wind: Blaziken's awkward lookin' ass is bringing up the rear for sure: The first Pokemon I ever said...

I remember doing a run of Pokemon Yellow in like middle school where I tried to simulate Red's GSC team as best I could. So I had Pikachu, Charizard, Blastoise, Venusaur, Snorlax, and...Mew. My team was super underlevelled heading into the champion fight (like around level 38) because I just...

FWIW regardless of game, I don't think there even should be many S tier placements in an in-game tier list in the first place. It literally falls outside the normal A-F hierarchy and should only be allotted to mons with literally exceptional performance. If I think of most Gens 1 - 5 games there...

Other Platinum teams I'm fond of:

I gotta salute this level of dedication. Hats off.