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Official Pokémon Sword and Shield speculation thread (Updated June 5th, 2019)

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dvor

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It just hit me
this is the year the new movie won't have anything new game related (as for now, at least)
 

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One would think there’s no way GF would let a Pokemon increase its speed every turn for literally existing,..

Not that I think that this thing is real (it isn’t) but Scorbunny’s HA isn’t the most fake thing there.
Speed is different from evasion. There's a reason why Smogon bans all evasion raising moves and abilities.
 

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Speed is different from evasion. There's a reason why Smogon bans all evasion raising moves and abilities.
Ok, but please let's not pretend Smogon is the maximum authority on competitive battles. Smogon is not official. I really appreciate their work, mind you, but they are Pokémon fans, just like we are xD
 

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Yeah, not happening.
Larvant - With Burn Status into Solgenaw: Yeah, Gamefreak is never gonna do the thing that Pokemon need a status ailment to evolve, especially since status ailments are random.
The Pokemon that evolves when level up after Breeding: Yeah not happening as well, since not many kids are into breeding or know how it works.
Also: 192 Pokemon and only three, 3 stage evolultion lines, one of which is the Psuedo (And i haven't counted the starters, since they are always three stage). This for me, looks super unrealistic, especially with that high of total new Pokemon, a total that is also super unrealistic.
Also: I notice that the Wooden Horse from the leak is in this, which for me, with the things i pointed out above, checks this off as fake.
Yes. This leak is full of very bizarre evolutionary methods. Besides the ones that you mentioned, there's Pokemon that can only evolve during a 1 hour time interval (especially one where you have to play late at night to evolve), there's Pokemon where you have to give them random items to evolve (any berry and an Elixir, respectively), one where you have to trade it for a Pokemon of the same species, and the new Eeveelution requires that you use at least one of each of the stat boosting vitamins to evolve it.
 

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Aw, that's a shame to hear its getting average reviews and stuff. I'll still probably get it on DVD if I ever get the chance though. If only for Deadpool-Pikachu.

Also I demand less text dump leaks and more picture leaks! GET CREATIVE, LEAKERS.
 

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Only 50/100 on metacritic though...I mean, I think mixed reviews is the best definition of its reception right now.
Rotten Tomatoes has nearly double the amount of reviews, and it isn't bogged down with arbitrarily low scores (since they only measure "fresh" and "rotten") that probably come from reviewers who don't care much for the franchise . The average is 74% now.

The movie is meant to entertain kids and veteran fans. Many reviewers can't relate to either audience.
 
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Any rumor that has a Pokemon evolve very late at night is automatically fake, this is why a Dawn Lycanroc never existed, because having to stay up to 6:00 AM is something that no one has time for, not children nor older fans.
 

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Any rumor that has a Pokemon evolve very late at night is automatically fake, this is why a Dawn Lycanroc never existed, because having to stay up to 6:00 AM is something that no one has time for, not children nor older fans.
Yeah, along with all of the other bizarre evolutionary methods mentioned in this dex leak. Such as Pokemon that evolve with status aliments, Pokemon that you have to breed in order to evolve, and so on.
 

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Any rumor that has a Pokemon evolve very late at night is automatically fake, this is why a Dawn Lycanroc never existed, because having to stay up to 6:00 AM is something that no one has time for, not children nor older fans.

Even though that leak is fake, the event Rockruff needs to be levelled up at 5 am real time in Ultra Moon for it to evolve into Dusk form.
 

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Any rumor that has a Pokemon evolve very late at night is automatically fake, this is why a Dawn Lycanroc never existed, because having to stay up to 6:00 AM is something that no one has time for, not children nor older fans.
Doesn't... Dusk Lycanroc evolve at 5am in Ultra Moon? Also you could just get up at 6am like a sane person.

Yeah, along with all of the other bizarre evolutionary methods mentioned in this dex leak. Such as Pokemon that evolve with status aliments, Pokemon that you have to breed in order to evolve, and so on.
I don't think a status ailment evolution is too weird, because there could be some logic applied to it, but the idea that a Pokémon evolves from making babies is an uncomfortable idea entirely. That is just up front asking for porn. No way they'd do that one. XD
 

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One would think there’s no way GF would let a Pokemon increase its speed every turn for literally existing,..

Not that I think that this thing is real (it isn’t) but Scorbunny’s HA isn’t the most fake thing there.
The difference is that at least with increasing speed, you could still hit the Pokémon. Maybe it's just me that is unlucky, but when an AI starts using Double Team I know that the battle will take a long time...
 

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The difference is that at least with increasing speed, you could still hit the Pokémon. Maybe it's just me that is unlucky, but when an AI starts using Double Team I know that the battle will take a long time...
That's what's broken about this ability. Getting a free Double Team boost whenever the opponent uses a contact move on it will lead to the battle dragging and it being more based on luck. This is why competitive battlers tend to dislike evasion.
 
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