It's supposed to be somewhat of a joke. Don't forget, before you (the player,) showed up, these people were having trouble catching even those three, let alone anything stronger. So to the village, Bidoof, Starly, and Shinx were considered strong. Make sense?
oh...i see...i think i get it now...well then...but still, they didn't need to hype the quest like that, like come on, you didn't need to hype a joke up like it was some serious threat...when in actuality it wasn't that big of a threat. oh and because they are pre evolutions, you barely get exp
It's pretty much a gag. A bit of a trolly gag to be sure, but hey.
well it wasted my time thats for sure. oh and you also get to battle him again but this time he uses a feature that YOU can't use. triple battle...
Ehh, don't take it so seriously. It's a battle that eats up like, what, five minutes?
right...if you say so...although the game has wasted enough of my time with all these overused cutscenes it has. i swear, there are more cutscenes than sword and shield
Ehhhh........at least Legends: Arceus was a much more enjoyable game (at least for me,) than Sw/Sh.
I literally thought it was just me. Catching swimming Pokemon feels insanely tricky, and maybe I’m just bad at the game but the ‘slow-mo’ in Basculegion’s jump feels like it could be a tad slower to help my aim. I just rely on my feather balls and static aim to get the job done and pray. LOL…
Yeah.......catching Pokemon in the water wasn't fun for me either. Especially Basculin, since they all just up and run away the second they detect a hint of your presence. Smoke bombs helped quite a bit with them, but I generally don't like using Smoke Bombs (I'm kind of impatient.)
So I’m not insane! I swear Basculin have a higher detection radius or something, because I have to go extra stealth with them all the time, or just be quick on the trigger. I’ve been struggling to get more of those little bastards right now, LOL. Weird they don’t show the “!” when they detect you either. I can’t tell if it’s intended or not.
Hisuian Basculin are said to be gentler than other Bascilin, so that might have something to with it.
i'm not saying its a bad game, i actually enjoyed it a lot, i just hated the overused cutscenes. like come on, let me play the game, i didn't pay $60 to watch a movie.
well your not the only one since i'm also having a hard time with these sections. and the worst part is that you can't even "sneak" while riding across the waters, which pretty much makes capturing pokemon that are hostile nearly impossible without getting caught which either forces you to battle the pokemon or use one of those items like mud or snow balls or those sticky balls to stun it.
Hopefully we'll get walking Pokemon again with improved interactions in Scarlet and Violet.
thats honestly really dumb adding Research Tasks revolving around capturing those pokemon unseen, when you can't sneak while riding across the waters. and not to mention that i'm pretty sure you make a lot of noise while traveling across the waters. you could argue that you could just capture them from a distance on land with feather balls or better but there are 2 major problems. 1, there are some pokemon that can only be found in areas where there is no land to stand on. and 2, the feather balls and higher, despite mentioning being able to capture pokemon from a long distance, have a very limited range. there are times where pokemon are just outside of the feather ball's range and i end up bonking the pokemon instead. i swear, the travel time on these balls are the same as the pokeballs, greater balls and ultra balls before they become inert midair. really, they are just there for those that can't aim or for capturing pokemon that fly in the sky. but even the aiming seems off with them since they always seem to be thrown right above the reticle.
