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Pokémon Evolution/Capture/Release Thread

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good point, the last two series he's got two types he has never caught before, Ice type snorunt and dragon type Gible.

So if it follows that then he still has a Dark, Ghost, Steel and psychic types to catch.

Ash captured Lapras in the OI so he already had an Ice type before. I would like to see him with a type he's never had I just hope he doesn't capture a ground type pokemon unless the writers decide to have him capture more than five pokemon

I've also been wondering if they show the dream world in the anime, does anyone think it's possible for one of the main characters capturing a dream world pokemon
 
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Ash captured Lapras in the OI so he already had an Ice type before. I would like to see him with a type he's never had I just hope he doesn't capture a ground type pokemon unless the writers decide to have him capture more than five pokemon

well there are a few pokemon that could give him a new type but also stick with his ground mentality. the new croc dark/ground or the ghost/ground pokemon. frankly id love him to catch the dark/stell and knock off two birds with one stone
 

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Ash:
Pikachu
Mamepato-Hatoopoo-Kenhorou
Mijumaru-Futachimaru-Daikenki
Pokabu-Chaobuu
Kumashun-Tsunbeaa
Ishizumai

Iris:
Kibago
Monozu-Jiheddo
Kurimugan

Dento:
Yanappu-Yannaki
Shikijika
Monmen-Erufuun
Yooterri-Haderia

Also, I think it'd be hilarious if Ash caught a female Buffafro that gained the attention of his 30 Taurous. ;P

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Jessie:
Koromori-Kokoromori
Choroneko-Leperasudu
Meraruba-Urgamosu

James:
Yunirain-Daburan-Ranculus
Yabakuron-Dasutodasu
Tesshiido-Nattorei
 

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If Ash gets all three starters, then I have a bad feeling they are going to pull a kanto/johto on us an make one or two of them not evolve...
 

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If Ash gets all three starters, then I have a bad feeling they are going to pull a kanto/johto on us an make one or two of them not evolve...

I personally think the writer's have learned from their mistakes. ;P I wouldn't bet on everybody evolving, though.
 

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if Ash gets all three starters they should all evolve at least once. Mijumaru though should reach Daikenki.
 

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the next episode looks like we end up meeting a pokabu and that it will most likely be Ashs. so we will now be 4 episodes in and he will have 4 of his 6 pokemon in his team. nows the interesting part of the conversation. will it be a tri-fecta with the starters or will he catch something else to be his grass pokemon. then how many pokemon will he catch overall. im honestly thinking it could end up being 8 with a couple catch release trades that could happen with only a handful of complete evolutions.
 

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the next episode looks like we end up meeting a pokabu and that it will most likely be Ashs. so we will now be 4 episodes in and he will have 4 of his 6 pokemon in his team. nows the interesting part of the conversation. will it be a tri-fecta with the starters or will he catch something else to be his grass pokemon. then how many pokemon will he catch overall. im honestly thinking it could end up being 8 with a couple catch release trades that could happen with only a handful of complete evolutions.

I have high hopes that Ash is going to catch a Kurumiru.
 

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Well, judging from the Best Wishes previews we've seen, it looks like Satoshi's team is already almost all full: Pikachu, Mijumaru, Tsutarja, Pokabu, and Mamepato, leaving him with one slot to fill. ASSUMING he's down to just one free Monster Ball for his team and the previews were accurate in what Satoshi catches (because I know people will rage saying I'm wrong/etc since we haven't exactly seen it yet), I'd like to see him with a Shimama, personally. He's never had an electric type besides Pikachu and it'd be a nice addition, in my opinion.

Pantslizard AKA Zuruggu would fit nicely into his team, as well... as would Kojondo. /ramble

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Shimama, Zuruggu, and Kojondo, in order.

Yeah, I know it's a little weird, but I'm trying to think outside the box this time. Satoshi's usual Pokemon typing could use a change; hopefully the writers will give him a Dark or Fighting type or a type he hasn't exactly focused on yet.
 

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Well, judging from the Best Wishes previews we've seen, it looks like Satoshi's team is already almost all full: Pikachu, Mijumaru, Tsutarja, Pokabu, and Mamepato, leaving him with one slot to fill. ASSUMING he's down to just one free Monster Ball for his team and the previews were accurate in what Satoshi catches (because I know people will rage saying I'm wrong/etc since we haven't exactly seen it yet), I'd like to see him with a Shimama, personally. He's never had an electric type besides Pikachu and it'd be a nice addition, in my opinion.

I might have heard wrong but didn't Oak say that he was expecting Ash to send him some new and rare pokemon at the lab. With the huge number of new pokemon I can see Ash catching more than just 5 pokemon. I could see Ash catching a Buffuron and could even see him with the garbage bag. I do hope to see him catch types he hasn't yet(Dark, an official Ghost and Psychic). Since Shimama is a pure electric, I don't see Ash getting one since it would be dumb for two of his slots to be taken up by pure electric pokemon.
 

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I might have heard wrong but didn't Oak say that he was expecting Ash to send him some new and rare pokemon at the lab.

Nope not unless they retconned Sinnoh, Hoenn, Johto, and Kanto Ash. What Oak said is he'll take care of Ash's Pokemon at the lab, that means the ones he already has there.

But wrap your mind around this (not that it's hard or anything), but Araragi gave Ash 5 Poke balls. Mijumaru had its own Poke ball. Which means unless they are pulling a game mechanic on us, Ash still has 5 Pokemon.

One thing I don't understand though. Is why Araragi was so insistent that a trainer can only have a max of 6 Pokemon (Starter + Five Pokemon). While it is true it doesn't make any sense in the long run. Did the anime writers forget that the games incorporate storage for your Pokemon. I know the anime is supposed to be more realistic, but whatever happened to that whole Ash catches Krabby and it being sent to Professor Oak's Lab? Was that really so unrealistic for them that they really had to have a trainer release a Pokemon before catching another one (as in similar to Gliscor in order for Ash to get Gible).

And are they really doing that again for Isshu. Darn writers, one of the most important aspects of the game, and you drop it simply because it may seem a little unrealistic. I mean I don't expect Ash to catch Pokemon left and right, but it seems the writer's dropped the ball there. Catching more than 5 Pokemon is pretty much what every single Pokemon Fan does. There is no way some one only goes through the game with only 6 Pokemon + their evolutions unless they're doing some difficult challenge thing. But normally, no.
 

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they could always pull a krabby (only without it being stuck until the league it would appear more often)

oh god how I wished
 

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And are they really doing that again for Isshu. Darn writers, one of the most important aspects of the game, and you drop it simply because it may seem a little unrealistic.

The Best Wishes previews implied there'd be a lot of Pokemon catching going on, so I wouldn't worry about Satoshi being stuck with only six Pokemon for the whole region.
 

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You're forgetting a crucial thing though. Every new Pokémon that's captured needs screentime to develop into an interesting character that has to interact with the rest of the cast in some way. Having someone capture a Pokémon only to be put away at the lab makes it's addition almost pointless since they won't be featured until much later on. That's the main reason why captures like Krabby and Muk were dropped in later seasons.

I'm somewhat worried about Ash catching all the starters again since that'll mean that there will only be one slot open for the "wild card" member.

Actually, I'm even more worried about Iris's potential team. I simply don't want her to only have Dragon types. That will leave her with only 2 options (and if that Dark-type taboo is still in effect, then that means there's only 1 other Pokémon). I also don't see her with only Kibago either. If she's going to be an active member of the group, then she's going to have to get Pokémon that aren't dragon-types. Of course, we still need to find out her purpose in the cast first. The same could apply for Dent as well. I don't see him with only a single Pokémon the entire time either.
 

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You're forgetting a crucial thing though. Every new Pokémon that's captured needs screentime to develop into an interesting character that has to interact with the rest of the cast in some way. Having someone capture a Pokémon only to be put away at the lab makes it's addition almost pointless since they won't be featured until much later on. That's the main reason why captures like Krabby and Muk were dropped in later seasons.

I'm somewhat worried about Ash catching all the starters again since that'll mean that there will only be one slot open for the "wild card" member.

Actually, I'm even more worried about Iris's potential team. I simply don't want her to only have Dragon types. That will leave her with only 2 options (and if that Dark-type taboo is still in effect, then that means there's only 1 other Pokémon). I also don't see her with only Kibago either. If she's going to be an active member of the group, then she's going to have to get Pokémon that aren't dragon-types. Of course, we still need to find out her purpose in the cast first. The same could apply for Dent as well. I don't see him with only a single Pokémon the entire time either.

The Dark type taboo is a fan made thing. Just because a dark type hasn't been captured yet doesn't mean that it's taboo. Until recently no one had captured a dragon type and now two characters own one. Also I think that it would be cool if Ash had reserves of Isshu pokemon only if he would call them back for gym battles and such and not just stick them at oak's until the league. As for the starters I don't care if he ends up with all three since it doesn' take away specultion since it's easyto guess what water/fire types he does get if he doesn't get the starter. I agree that it would be nice if Iris varied from the dragon type
 

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The Best Wishes previews implied there'd be a lot of Pokemon catching going on, so I wouldn't worry about Satoshi being stuck with only six Pokemon for the whole region.

the one thing I'd wish the writers would do is give Ash more than 5 five Pokemon and give them all good screen time (you know switching around)

It's a 100 something episode series...and it's kinda a waste otherwise
 

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You're forgetting a crucial thing though. Every new Pokémon that's captured needs screentime to develop into an interesting character that has to interact with the rest of the cast in some way. Having someone capture a Pokémon only to be put away at the lab makes it's addition almost pointless since they won't be featured until much later on. That's the main reason why captures like Krabby and Muk were dropped in later seasons.

Except you're forgetting that there's no rule that a Pokemon will be treated like Krabby and Muk if Ash gets more than 5 Pokemon + Pikachu.

I mean look at Phanpy (Johto Region), Snorunt/Glalie, and Gible. All of them are late captures.

So what's the difference between them, and say Ash catching something like Krabby in BW050 (Kumashun), and then switching his last Pokemon with it in BW075? (switching with Doryuzuu). Honestly I don't see much difference at all with the ideal plan of switching around Pokemon when they needed. Especially if a lot of Ash's late captures only got at most 40 episodes since their capture before being dumped.

So the question is, then, why is oaking a Pokemon so much worse than say leaving them to some unknown trainer for training? Do people really think Oak is an abusive sick bastard or something?
 

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Do people really think Oak is an abusive sick bastard or something?

Did you see his shirt in BW001?

But really I agree with you. Most of Ash's pokemon get only a few episode focused on them per region. People always say the writers can't handle it because of krabby and Muk but that was 13 years ago, there skills of writing have improved and I think they're more than capable of handling more captures now. I still say that it's possible that Ash captures more than 5 pokemon.
 

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It seems like ash is getting all 3 starters! The episode title of episode 7 is shown! indicating that a new Tsu appears! I realy hope Iris gets the pokabu nexz week so that Ash doesnt have all 3 starters!!
 
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