All this means is that they can afford to make a good game and fucking refuse to.

>>58795943
1. The money comes from merchandise
2. There's no reason to because Pokemon has a monopoly on the genre. Only when a franchise that can compete appears will they step their game up

>>58795967
Yeah the games are just an excuse to introduce new mons to make toys of.

>>58796042
Soulless

>>58795426
Even then its surprising its that high.

>>58795866
No we cannot have a Sabrina thread. MODS!

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>>58795866
Happy birthday!

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Happy birthday, anon. Which Sabrina is your favorite?

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>>58795930
All of them but the FRLG design is probably my favorite. But her anime version is what made me love her originally.

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>>58795953
Nice. I've been growing fonder of her FR/LG version overtime. Her HGSS look is pretty sex but her FRLG design has the right mix while looking hot herself.

>>58795397
The dialog implies it's lewd, but the syndicate actually pimped him out for housekeeping and janny work. All the work was done in buildings we couldn't access such as the post office, Académie Étoile, Lumiose Press, and city hall.

>>58795926
>Kill
Samson Oak, I hate his hair!
>Marry
Clavell, cute boy and he's obviously got a hidden wild side
>Fuck
Clavell? but can't pick him twice.. so I dunno.. Blaine?

>>58795926
>Fuck
Warden Ingo or Kabu, honorable mention to Nanu
>Marry
MARRY LARRY MARRY LARRY
>Kill
I'm sorry Blaine but you keep ruining my rolls in Pokemon Masters. Perish.

>>58795957
I went back previous threads just to check my memory and found enough that died at around our current number with a link to the new bread at the end (so those weren't sudden deaths), especially earlier this year.
Like, it's fine dude. We don't implode on ourselves just because a thread doesn't end in an arbitrary number. Again, I'm not gonna touch shit + I don't care who bakes when as long as image limit is full. Just my opinion.

>>58795926
>Fuck
Nanu
>Marry
Kabu
>Kill
L/Lysandre

>>58795706
Awesome :D I just ordered a new pair of shoes but it's not enough

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Just dropping by to wish everybody a very happy new year!
I know I joined the threads very late into last year, but even then there has not been a single day where I didn't feel at home with all you guys, thank you all for the amazing moments we've shared
And here's hoping for Gen X in 2026 to make way for many more of them
P.S.
I'm still hard at work trying to get Shiny Latios and Latias, will update with results when either, or both, show up
Don't give up, never surrender

>>58795867
Happy new year :)

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Happened to find this cool tree after some rain

>>58795311
>Thread Question
In Pokemon? I don't have anything in particular I'd like to achieve. Would be nice to be able to keep playing Z-A for a while since it's my favorite in the series so far (at least gameplay-wise) and I doubt we'll be getting anything like it again any time soon. I don't know if it has the box space to support playing for that long though, I'm already at 7 pages of shinies just from AFK farming without a charm

>>58795706
Here's hoping, sounds like the current one is pretty rough on you. All the best knowledge is, I'm sure she won't mind

>>58795867
Happy new year! It's been a lot of fun for me too. Good luck on the hunting!

>>58796029
Whoops, second to last was meant for >>58793853

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whatyever wins will become 1000 times more likely to come true

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>>58770079
scyther way cooler tbbqh

>>58769146
I like her

>>58795868
Move Pisces to A and Odyssey to B imo

For the past month it has been bugging me how Lazarus put all this emphasis on the fossil Pokemon coming back on their own only to give them nothing new and turn them into barely utilized plot devices. On the other hand, for the past month it has been cracking me up how every major character seen so far bar the Professor and one of his assistants has been a woman and then you get to the Champion and he's just big biker guy.

>>58795669
>what's wrong with H&S?
if i wanted to play jotho i'd play HGSS instead
maybe if it had more newer mons and attacks i wouldn't be as harsh to it

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Wait what?

>>58795868
Move Dreamstone down to D

>>58795234
pregnancy%

>>58795234
The odds they have of dating and banging any pokegirl ever, spoiler, it's 0.00 %

>>58791813
>>58791899
Real men don't wait for them to turn legal

>>58795899
Real men can get real women. Only no game betas prey on younger girls.

>>58795899
Pedos aren't real men but ok

>>58795204
Yeah

>>58792832
But be aware that Garchomp, one of the most recommended mons for BF, is a real pain in the ass: you need to wait 3 months and 10 days to get one in a decorated Safari Zone. The other one is Starmie, which might be easier with Good and Super Rods on R47 and 48. Nobody knows the 3rd.

>>58792602
Nice blogpost, how about you take it back to r/pokémon and never come back.

>>58792602
>Buy a switch and ZA?
Do NOT do this lmao, I just played through ZA (27h) it's fucking ass

>>58792647
>I'm emulating it
You can trade on emulator, dummy

>>58795983
I just like its design

>>58795983
>Nah, mega Chimecho has the potential to be pretty solid
(in clown fanfic format where the 15 better megas than it are banned)

>>58795983
nah, so many megas competing for the slot it'll only live in the lowest singles tiers. Plus, if it got an evo, that evo could have gotten a mega.

>>58796000
he was... talking about VGC. And of course it'll be usable in smogon singles, there's so many tiers that the majority of mons have a niche somewhere. Way more than VGC.

Watch it be the most annoying card to deal with in the TCG eventually

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>>58795531
>The Porygon paused, the stick hovering over a glowing log. It processed the request, digital gears turning in its head, then slowly, carefully, pulled the stick back. It gave a salute with its free wing.
>Hopefully playing with fire would distract it from investigating the fireworks.
>Larson let out a sigh of relief. "Good duck."
>A moment later, a cold bottle of lager floated into Larson’s field of vision, nudging him gently on the shoulder.
>He turned to see Emma smiling from the cooler. He gripped the bottle carefully in his jaws, tilting his head back to down a swig.
>"Thanks, Em," Kurt called out as a beer floated over to his table. He flipped the steaks, sending another wave of delicious scent across the clearing.
>The smell was overwhelming. Emma, realizing she was on the verge of drooling herself, finished off the remains of the cashews and levitated a bag of potato chips out of the cooler.
>She ripped it open and began shoving chips into her mouth with undignified speed to temporarily sate her hunger, glancing side-to-side to make sure Larson hadn't seen her cracking under the pressure.
>She wasn't about to let him win that round.
>POP. A sharp crack echoed in the distance, rolling over the hills.
>Everyone’s ears perked up. Porygon let out a garbled yelp of surprise and spun to look for the source. Emma glanced down at her phone. "It's barely eight o'clock."
>"People getting antsy like usual," Kurt noted, adding more seasoning to the meat. "Can't wait to blow stuff up."
>"Guess you can’t blame ‘em," Emma replied, looking at the dark sky. "Got a feeling this year is gonna be crazy. I wonder if we'll see any move displays tonight. I bet there's some Electabuzz out there itching to discharge."
>She looked at Larson with a grin. "Maybe you have a routine cooked up?"

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>>58783481
Never did post my reactions to this update. Omitting the proofreading stuff I sent you on Discord:

Oh damn, Etienne _loathes_ his new form, huh? Definitely paints the whole thing in a less optimistic light than the original version of the prelude came across. One hopes he can come to appreciate his new form more as the story progresses,

One also notices that both Etienne and Florin have been made a lot more sassy and snarky on the re-write. Etienne actively speaks up and calls things out without fear (he points out Florin was reading the article about his species, even though it's embarrassing for all concerned), matching with his stated ability to call out his superiors when they do a stupid. He's definitely bucking those European stereotypes this way and I am here for it.

He also seems to have a talent for getting reads on people the moment he meets them. That has a lot of potential, especially if it still works on transformees as well.

Things end on a sort of ambiguously uplifting note now. One is left to ponder whether Etienne can genuinely find the good in his situation, or if he's just defusing his internal turmoil with humour so that other people don't have to deal with it.

>>58788863
I mean, you're already licking yourself in your sleep, Alex mate. Theoretically, pulling the mask should be much the same as pulling an ear - not removable and it'll hurt if you pull too hard.

Pfft. Seems everyone's taking pointers from David. Honestly, the "stroker" monkier would've just made me think it's because this guy jerks people around. Which isn't too far off anyway, as it turns out. Always nice to not have to be involved in the screaming matches the problem customer causes.

>>58795543
The cucumber reference was definitely inevitable. Heh, I love how bro managed to choose literally the most boring transformee in existence (don't worry, I say that with affection) to pester about transformation weirdness. I also like how the truth is already so weird that there's no need for exaggerated rumours about the consequences of transformation.

>I was there in the 90's.
"You think crazes only started getting big after your newfound "Internet" got to them? Lemme tell ya about..." Actually, know what? Finish this joke in your head.

Yeah I noticed him covering for Sarah too, don't you worry. Savvy call. Savvy call also for him to start using other props for tricks instead of the cards. He may not be a scintillating personality (comes with being an observational everyman protagonist), but he's got a good head on his shoulders does Alex.

Solid stuff as always. Your nerdy casino glee really comes through on the page. Glad we could give you an outlet for it.

>>58792429
Classic writing what you know here, huh Snivy? Even if being with Emma technically broke the streak, Larson's more generalized lucklessness remains. One wonders if Kurt's issue is due to the transformation or if he was always a lightweight. Either way, it's always nice how the gang tease each other without ever getting genuinely hurtful. I've praised their chemistry way too many times as it is and should really spare the characters, but, what can I say? Their interactions aren't getting any less fabulous.

Very relieving that Kurt's recovering well. I wonder whatever happened to the alpha that injured him, anyway? Is till blows my mind that Americans call it an "emergency" brake. We just call it the hand brake.


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>>58795536
And another update for the end of the year!
I honestly forgot about Pory for a minute. Glad it's also part of this!
>levitated a bag of potato chips out of the cooler
Excuse me, you store the chips in the cooler?

>>58795543
Appreciate the feedback, thanks again Macho!
Etienne is now more aligned with what I had in mind for him to begin with. (The holy character sheet told me)
Also, he has episodes of self-loathing, especially if he is forced into his own mind for long enough. eg. because all he can do in the bus is staring at himself and the white wall of fog for 15 minutes straight. We don't look at people, that would be rude. We stare at them instead! https://www.newlyswissed.com/about-the-swiss-stare/
>He also seems to have a talent for getting reads on people the moment he meets them.
Another one that was planned since the beginning. He had to impress Christophe somehow for him to get promoted to platoon leader deputy.

>>58795536
It's nice to see the duck mellowing out a bit. Maybe by next new year he can be trusted with a roman candle.

>>58789787
It's weird. It's shaped very closely to the city and surrounds, yet it's got a lot of features from other parts of the US. So it's kinda like they tried to combine the whole country onto just the US.

>>58794961
Unova had to be a theme park region because they would never bother doing the whole country duh

>>58789698
I wonder how much will gaia map change by the time it's released consider we just got Paldea's beta map too

>>58793690
When you get Skill Swap in Canavale its said the tm was on cargo from another country.
Fantina herself says she's from another country.
And there's an international police.
And those are from the top of my head.
>>58793919
That anon was just a realfag. Countries are a thing in the setting, just not the same as regions and not the real ones.

>>58796009
>>58793690
An NPC in the indigo plateau also says the best trainers of the country can be found there.

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Today's mail. A good way to end the year.

>>58795195
Just noticed that tentacool has a tiny swimsuit Misty in the background. Must buy immediately

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Just checked the One Piece TCG for the first time ever, to see if investorniggers are really migrating there, and apparently the subreddit is in total chaos and they just carpet-banned anyone who ever talked about investments and anyone who ever visited the OPTCG equivalent of /r/Pokeinvesting.
Poor souls, it's obvious they aren't used to this, and they don't know yet how much worse it will get.

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>>58795849
>swimsuit misty
This topps one was a holy grail in grade school.

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picked up beautifly today, what a pretty card