Is this legitimately the worst evolution method? Can you even invent a worse one? Let alone name it?
Bro who the fuck would figure this out without any outside help?There’s not even any dialogue hints at all in game
Its cool as fuck and they should do more lika that
>>57194576I love wild and whacky evolution methods, like trying to find how Finizen evolved made some of the best threads this board has seen in a while
>>57194585Nobody is expected to figure it out without outside help. This isn't 1998 anymore. It's 2025, 2019 for when SwSh released. It's the information age, and everyone is connected across the internet. Secrets are made to be discovered, deciphered, and shared.
>>57194576Legitimately would love if every pokemon in the next gen had a wild evolution method. It's cool to stumble upon crazy things like this and would make discussion more interesting as people accidently stumble onto evolutions. We'd share information about circumstances surrounding it and try to narrow down the exact requirements.That's what Digimon World 1 was like back in the day. >>57194576
>>57194614If you're intended to just look it up online anyway and know the answer instantly, what's the point of having these complex evolution methods in the first place? Busywork?
It's awesome and we need more. Give a couple additional hints and it's awesome
>>57194595Cheers king
>>57194576>Can you even invent a worse one?Yes. Make it completely random. It happens whenever the game decides to.
>>57195685Kino. For extra radness make it a spliet evolution with 5 different possible forms.
Galarian Farfetch'd, Goodra (with it needing to rain), Basculegion, Palafin needing online, etc. GameFreak largely got rid of trade evolutions for even more convoluted and stupid shit.
>>57195705Goodra’s not nearly as bad as any of the others
>turn 3ds upside-down>spin your character in a circle>use Rage Fist 20 times>have a dark type in the party
>>57195828>turn 3ds upside-downOh yeah I forgot about that one.
>>57194576Throw your one of your joycons off the roof
>>57195828i remember showing inkay's evo method to my brother and he thought it was fun
>>57195631It isn't that interesting nowadays when everyone has access to the internet and can easily look info up.
>>57195828All of these would be fine if there were hints or clues to ingame
You guys pissed yourselves during kindergarten to the idea of defeating the pokemon league 30 times to get mewthree but NOW you complain with this shit?
Daily reminder
>>57194576I like them because it's soulful to find out and they somehow make /vp/ seethe.
>>57194576>Is this legitimately the worst evolution method?
>>57195842Thats why you gotta have a lot of evolutions with a lot of wild requirements. Just real retarded Mew under the truck levels shit. There will be so much bullshit and confusion that misinformation will make up the difference. Make it so that when somebody says some stupid shit online no matter how crazy that people will believe it because of how fucked up the evolution requirments are.
>>57195656Community engagement. That's like saying what's the point of the Egyptians writing in heiroglyphics if the Rosetta Stone already exists to create a working translation.
>>57195949There is no engagement though, people just look it up on Bulbapedia
>>57195986Bulbapedia is the community.
>>57194576it's a bit much sure but I'll take impossibly obscure over generic evo methods any day of the weekPokemon should be about the Pokemon, let me spend hours trying to figure out how to find a Pokemon then more hours how to catch it then even more how to evolve it, not throw ball until RNG says yes for the umpteenth time
>>57195656>>57195842>>57195986This guy clearly wasn't here for the Toxtricity or Palafin threads. Some of the most soulful moments of recent gens.
>>57195938how the fuck would that even work in the pokemon worlddo you just grab your inkay and spin him around??
>>57196003Are those threads still active today?
>>57196130Not every topic has to be an eternally reoccurring recreation of the same thing over and over. Some things have their moment and then move on. Doesn't mean we can't look forward to more moments like them.
>>57196130none of us will be active in 100 years what's the point of anything bla bla bla shut the fuck up faggot
>>57195986Bulbapedia is a community-driven Pokemon encyclopedia. It's not official, no TPCI or Gamefreak employee fills out its pages. It's effectively a massive, extensive Pokedex, and uncovering the information to fill it out IS the community engagement that lets others down the road just look up what they need.
>>57196158>>57196163Great community lmao
>>57194576There should be more evolutions like this
>>57194576Nothing can beat "You need to get mon from a trade, while also wearing one specific item"And Runerigus is cool, and better than the original mon.
>>57196230>a thing that was cool happened>people remember and talk about that thing fondly even after it ended>'lol so much for community'What are you even talking about? Come on anon, you are better than this.
>>57195705Trade evos are the worst, I'll take weird bullshit that feels like Gamefreak is playing a prank on me over trade evos.
>>57196230Just because you missed out on helping the community to figure it out and document it doesn't mean it didn't happen. Next time don't miss out.
>>57195828>run around in a shitty framerate area killing an enemy that's rare that rarely spawns holding an item that's only used to evolve its attacker>have to do this 3 times
>>57197659I have a hobby of evolving and nicknaming every (English) wonder trade pokemon I get before wonder trading it back into the world. Pawniards have become a bit of a pain.
>>57194576>invent a worse oneMust be wonder traded
>>57196121>do you just grab your inkay and spin him around??Yes?
>>57195914Based
>>57195685>1% chance of evolving at each level>it learns its super OP move at level 99 but its evolution can't
>>57200185You can evolve level 99 pokemon these days by feeding them a rare candy.
>>57195858I want a regional Pawniard to be a Rook and Queen and trading the Rook and Bisharp gives you the Knight
>>57195721You don't understand. You can't just use rain dance. It specifically must be on-the-field effect, which usually is randomized and happens only on few specific maps. You need to get your Sligoo to level 49, trackback to place where it can rain, wait for rain and then level up.Arguably it's not that bad but still it's annoying.
>>57195685>Pokemon has a split evo>Coded so that one has less odds of happening than finding a shiny
>>57194576>Can you even invent a worse one?Dogshitree evolves into Bullshitree at level 40 while holding an Ether at night, but only if he knows quick attack, tackle, razor wind, and odor sleuth in that exact order, and if you've ever used the move deleter or relearner it automatically fails.Note: Dogshitree evolves into Dogshitcurb at level 29, so you will need to hit B for 11 levels
>>57197659In all fairness, it's at least easy to tell what Bisharps have the Crest because they'll have Pawniards around them. It'd probably be much worse pre-Switch era.
>>57195685You joke, but the friendship mechanic was so vague in GSC that I just assumed Eevee, Chansey, Golbat, and the baby mons that weren't named Tyrogue had a random chance to evolve every time they level-up and the NPC talk about your mon liking you was just artificial depth
>>57194576>50 posts>nobody has mentioned Gimmighoul coins
>>57204020The Pokedex entry for Gholdengo and the item description for Gimmighoul Coin both hint at what to do. Also no one wants Gholdengo.
>>57195845thisi can tolerate odd evolution methods as long as there's some hints or clues ingameif it's completely undocumented ingame then that's just bad game design>>57195948dolphin quest 2
>>57204020You beat/catch one and get a lot of coins, not hard to figure out there’s something up
>>57204100unless you plan on playing online because some jackass thought that a mon with Aegislash's typing, 87/95/91 defenses, 133 special attack, an ability that negates ALL status moves targeted at it, and a 120bp STAB move would be something completely fair and balanced to put into a game with official and unofficial competitive formatsso as it turns out, when you're trying to win a battle against another player with access to virtually everything in the sandbox, you're gonna want the most busted mons you can get access to
>>57204100>>57204116It's not hard to figure out but it's a huge pain in the ass to actually do. If you know how to get Runerigus you can do it in no time, if you ever want a Gholdengo you have do a fucking scavenger hunt all over the entire map and even if you hit every single tower one loop probably won't be enough. Grinding move evos in PLA or grinding Pokéblocks for Feebas was less tedious than this.It's also the ONLY way to get a Gholdengo, unlike almost every other evolved Pokémon in Paldea (even the other ones with meme evolutions like Palafin) you can't find it in Raids.
>>57194576Wurmple's evolution if either Beautifly or Dustox was good for anything past Brawly. No control absolutely sucks and would be worse if either of them were actually good. Fun fact: apart from dex number (which allows you to use both on the same competitive team), Cascoon and Silcoon themselves are 100% the same pokemon.
>>57204020I don't understand why so many people are complaining. I got mine before finishing the last gym. Does no one fucking explore or something? It's really not hard to get 999 coins.
>>57204424the coin amount you get is random picked from a pool of options, if you got one that early you probably got some lucky pulls
>>57204310>Fun fact: apart from dex number (which allows you to use both on the same competitive team)In theoryName ANY format where you have an actually good reason to use both, let alone either of them
