SwSh Regional Dex Discussion

[SeanWheeler]

So Galar has regional variants. Could the normal forms of those Pokémon be transferred?

 

[NealIRC]

So Galar has regional variants. Could the normal forms of those Pokémon be transferred?

Only if they're in the Galar pokedex.
-Junichi Masuda.

 

[Cresselia92]

Probably they will. They could be traded in-game in a way similar to LGPE, where you trade a Galarian Zigzagoon for a Hoennian one, for example.

 

[techitisJ]

Probably they will. They could be traded in-game in a way similar to LGPE, where you trade a Galarian Zigzagoon for a Hoennian one, for example.

Yeah I can imagine they would do something like that. They might even do similar to Sun and Moon and have trainers traveling from other regions who have the original forms of these Galarian Variants.

 

[Bolt Strike]

Some a friend told me Morpeko's ability is likee Truant. In which it switches every turn. Gonna be tricky fighting and using that.

That's what the official website seems to indicate:

Morpeko | Official Website | Pokémon Sword and Pokémon Shield

Morpeko’s Ability, Hunger Switch, is a new Ability introduced in these titles.

swordshield.pokemon.com

Morpeko’s Ability, Hunger Switch, is a new Ability introduced in these titles. This Ability causes Morpeko to change its appearance each turn. Morpeko’s signature move, Aura Wheel, changes type depending on Morpeko’s form. In Full Belly Mode, the move is Electric type, while in Hangry Mode, the move becomes Dark type!

 

[AngryBinacle]

Probably won't happen anytime soon or ever at all, but a Lapras pre-evo would mean an insta-buy for me.

 

[Bolt Strike]

We need this:

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Miley Cyrus confirmed.

 

[TechSkylander1518]

Yeah but say you use it against a ground type, it'll switch next turn, so you can use protect or something, then switch to Hangry, use dark moves to do damage, rinse and repeat

Still not seeing why that would be hard to use?

 

[Knightwolf09]

Still not seeing why that would be hard to use?

It's cause you need to balance the use of both types of it is what I'm getting at.

 

[TechSkylander1518]

It's cause you need to balance the use of both types of it is what I'm getting at.

That doesn't seem much harder to me than switching out Pokemon, or with a Pokemon like Darmanitan or Meloetta.

 

[Esserise]

So Morpeko sure is a thing. It might be my least-favorite Pikaclone since Plusle and Minun... why does it look so much more like Pikachu than the others? The body shape is much more similar than usual, and the borders of its brown and black patches even recreate the shape of Pikachu's tail on Morpeko's lower back.

 

[Oriden]

XD People hating on Morpeko for looking like Pikachu... I don't think it looks much like Pikachu, but I do find its body annoyingly Minion-shaped. Which, quite frankly, is worse.

 

[prog rocker]

XD People hating on Morpeko for looking like Pikachu... I don't think it looks much like Pikachu, but I do find its body annoyingly Minion-shaped. Which, quite frankly, is worse.

Thank you, now I dislike it more.

 

[Oriden]

I think this is the right thread for this-


View: https://twitter.com/JoeMerrick/status/1159393997221224449

This... actually explains the lack of cross-gen evos up until now. =/ Damn Eviolite.

 

[agent3xq]

I think this is the right thread for this-


View: https://twitter.com/JoeMerrick/status/1159393997221224449

This... actually explains the lack of cross-gen evos up until now. =/ Damn Eviolite.

I'm confused- what was this Eviolute Conundrum?

 

[Knightwolf09]

What's this about Eviolite?

 

[swiftgallade46]

So what Joe is saying is that since Galarian Form Pokémon have different stat distributions, GameFreak could lower their defenses/HP to a point where Eviolite wouldn’t be too overpowered if they held it thus opening the door for them to gain an evolution.

...which is irritating. The fact that some dumb held item is probably a big reason why a lot of Pokémon haven’t gotten cross-gen evos in over 10 years is ridiculous. Just change the item or remove it for pete sake....

 

[Cresselia92]

Tsk! The solution for the Eviolite thing isn’t that complicated.

Just give a 50% defensive boost to Stage 1 Pokémon that can evolve and a 25% to Stage 2 Pokémon that can evolve.

There. You won’t have stupidly bulky Chansey and Porygon2 anymore while allowing older Stage 1/2 ‘mons to get new evolutions.

 

[Oriden]

So what Joe is saying is that since Galarian Form Pokémon have different stat distributions, GameFreak could lower their defenses/HP to a point where Eviolite wouldn’t be too overpowered if they held it thus opening the door for them to gain an evolution.

...which is irritating. The fact that some dumb held item is probably a big reason why a lot of Pokémon haven’t gotten cross-gen evos in over 10 years is ridiculous. Just change the item or remove it for pete sake....

Actually, he's not saying that it's a stat problem... the issue with Eviolite is the same "issue" that prevented Eevee from just evolving with a Leaf Stone. GameFreak tries to avoid retcons, so they couldn't introduce new evolutions for any pokemon except for Eevee because suddenly Eviolite would work on a pokemon that it didn't work on before.

Though they could've given us more branched evos. >.> No one would've complained.

But regional variants are "different" so they can add new evos to them because it doesn't count as a retcon.

I probably should've linked this one instead-

View: https://twitter.com/JoeMerrick/status/1159397225123975168

 

[Kallyle]

So Morpeko sure is a thing. It might be my least-favorite Pikaclone since Plusle and Minun... why does it look so much more like Pikachu than the others? The body shape is much more similar than usual, and the borders of its brown and black patches even recreate the shape of Pikachu's tail on Morpeko's lower back.

Maybe they branched off of a group of Pikachu on the brink of starvation?