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One thing I love about Pokémon is how its incredible diversity inspires creative ways to keep track of things.
For example, to remember the future paradox forms, I use the mnemonic ‘I Inversely Invigorate Ions Inside Invulnerable Icicles’
I - Iron Treads
Inversely - Iron Hands
Invigorate -...
Should have been Hatenna, Hattrem and Hattterene
I’m playing Sword again and it’s really annoying that I can’t just throw myself off ledges and fly around the wild area on an eagle.
I hope they don’t bring the Legend Plate into the main series games.
I hope they just change Multitype to have the same effect.
and update the RKS System to match as well I guess, who really has time for ‘plates’ and ‘memories’?
It annoys me that there are a load of old legendaries coming back. They've always felt shoehorned in, it takes away from some of their 'majesty', I suppose. "Oh hey, this creature from the beginning of creation nearly destroyed your world? That's neat, here's a nondescript corridor with it...
Anyone find any surprises or disappointments in the mons they used in playthrough?
One surprise for me was Grapploct. Chased me in a route so I caught it for the heck of it, swapped it for a fainted member and it really put in work. I'm not usually a fan of fighting types or sea-life designs...
I don't have my copy yet so I can't be sure, but I assume there's a chance, upon sending out your final-form grass starter, that the message will read, 'Go Rillaboom!' and this makes me happy.
Why is it still that you can only infatuate opponents of the opposite sex? Eevee's new move is a cuddle, everyone loves a cuddle. They could have it work on all opponents and be actually sort of useful, but no, 'can't do that, it's gay' :facepalm: