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_PandaMaster_ posted...

Poor Servine. No one R34s the middle ego.

You say that, but we've already got Braixen as a rare example of the middle evo having the most rule 34 in a 3 stage line.
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Paratroopa1 posted...

I'm probably not going to get deep into this but I'm just gonna say it depends on whether you're looking at furry-adjacent rule 34 sites that largely traffic in human/humanoids, or if you're going into actual furry internet, where you're going to get much different numbers

The one I looked at is a general repository for all types of rule 34 (humans, humanoids, other non-human animal characters). The site in question does have more of a preference for humans over non-human characters.

mnkboy907 posted...

I just find it great that Goodra is the third highest from Gen VI. That's just funny.

Goodra surprised me a bit because I didn't think it was the type of Pokemon to get a lot of rule 34.
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swordz9 posted...

Cinderace just has furry r34 all over it >_>

It would probably get the most amount of rule 34 out of the starters, followed by Intelleon and Rillaboom. Scorbunny was already leading the other 2 first form starters in rule 34 by a significant margin.

The more interesting thing is seeing which Pokemon from this generation will take off in the rule 34 department. No Pokemon from Gen 5 or later has even come close to competing against the Gen 4 titans of Lucario and Lopunny (much less Gardevoir). On one rule 34 website, here are the most significant rule 34 Pokemon from Gen 5, 6, and 7:

Zoroark - 1655
Snivy - 1422
Meloetta - 999
Mienshao - 786
Serperior - 731
Audino - 626
Reshiram - 599

Braixen - 1925
Sylveon - 1499
Goodra - 1258
Greninja - 1139
Delphox - 773

Incineroar - 878
Lycanroc - 693
Primarina - 597
Salazzle - 566
Pheromosa - 533

Gen 7 overall was a huge dud in the rule 34 department, with no Gen 7 Pokemon currently above 1000 images. Gen 6 actually fared quite well for itself, with 4 Pokemon above 1000 images. Of course, Gen 6 had Sylveon, so it was always going to get rule 34 just by being an Eevee. Gen 5 did okay for itself, but Zoroark has about 4 times less rule 34 than Lucario. This is for a Pokemon that was promoted as the Gen 5 equivalent to Lucario.
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swordz9 posted...

Indeedee
https://twitter.com/LeaksPokemon/status/1191124230928314368

That's a pretty cute Pokemon.
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Hatterene being Psychic/Fairy is the best possible thing I could have hoped for. This thing is probably going to be the new Gardevoir of this generation.
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Snom - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EIb1fX8XYAA5n3V?format=png
Frosmoth - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EIb1fYCWkAAlZyM?format=png

Blipbug - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EIbx-ZtWoAALs-s?format=jpg
Dottler - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EIbx-ZzX0AEQpJ3?format=jpg
Orbeetle - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EIbx-ZzWsAA_2bm?format=png

Arrokuda - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EIbxfrZWkAA6nFZ?format=png
Barraskewda - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EIbyZPoXYAIME4g?format=png

Skwovet - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EIbzcJKXkAMwFi-?format=png
Greedunt - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EIbzcJMXkAACkvS?format=png

Galarian Stunfisk - https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EIb0GPwXUAAKdvr?format=png
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Some new Pokemon and their typings:

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/146110558473551873/640486171713077259/unknown.png

As for the Stunfisk listed in that post, I'm guessing it's a Galarian Stunfisk.

An image of Frosmoth:

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/146110558473551873/640489859915448321/unknown.png
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Potential Hatterene pre-evolution:

https://twitter.com/V_Eruption/status/1190647717049126912

The most important aspect of that image is showing the Hatterene pre-evolution next to a bunch of known Psychic types, which would suggest Hatterene will end up having a Psychic type. This wouldn't be too surprising to me, because I thought it could pass for either a Fairy or Psychic type.
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mnkboy907 posted...

Some new Pokemon named Hatterene

https://twitter.com/The_Devious/status/1190476698715738112

Looks very interesting to me. It could be this generation's feminine Pokemon.
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Datamining the pre-loaded digital version before release is pretty much impossible. However, if someone gets their hands on a physical copy of the game early, they can dump the ROM using a hacked Switch and send it off to Kaphotics or SciresM for datamining purposes. That is, if neither one of those guys are capable of getting their hands on a physical copy before release.
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These are the 2 guys you'll want to keep an eye on for the full datamine of the games:

https://twitter.com/Kaphotics
https://twitter.com/SciresM

They will most likely be datamining a dumped copy of the game (using a hacked Switch to dump the ROM from the game card).
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TreyFlowers posted...

@LusterSoldier you'd know

He left the site around a year ago by closing all of his accounts.
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I don't really understand the people that want to play this game in handheld most of the time because this is the first game that is playable on a big screen TV (not counting things like the Game Boy Player accessory). Handheld mode is better suited for the people who are on the go very often and generally don't have access to playing their Switch in docked mode.
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Team Rocket Elite posted...

I considered that but the New Super Mario Bros. games likely hurt each other as well so it's hard to say for certain which game is strongest.

I don't think the New Super Mario Bros. games would have hurt each other that much at all. It's not like a new game in that series has the power to invalidate any of the previous games. When Mario Maker 2 came out, there was pretty much no reason to still vote for Mario Maker 1 unless you haven't played Mario Maker 2. The amount of new content added to Mario Maker 2 has made Mario Maker 1 pretty much obsolete, so that relationship between both Mario Maker games was perfect for a severe SFF/LFF situation.
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In yesterday's poll, both Mario Maker games had a combined percentage of 33.62%. In the 2017 poll, Mario Maker 1 finished with 33.75%. So it seems like LFF between both Mario Maker games was the reason for NSMB winning yesterday's poll.

Favorite 3D Mario poll today:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7757-
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The original NSMB winning this poll is due to the presence of 2 Mario Maker games in this poll. I'm totally impressed the original Mario Maker isn't being SFFed into oblivion by Mario Maker 2.

In the 2017 version of this poll, Mario Maker 1 outright won this poll over the original NSMB. Both Mario Maker games have a combined percentage of 36.93%, which is actually higher than what Mario Maker 1 did in the 2017 version of this poll. The original Mario Maker had 33.75% back in 2017, which has dropped off to about 12% in today's poll.
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AxemRedRanger posted...

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll?search=best+of+20

We've also got this page to consolidate that but it's badly out of date:

https://board8.fandom.com/wiki/Game_of_the_Year

Thanks for mentioning that page. I'll have to work on getting that updated to include the last several years of results.

Advokaiser posted...

Oh hey, another SMB1 playrate poll. We've had like 3 over the year with different wording. Has the playrate changed much in those polls?

Not much at all.
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swordz9 posted...

Aww, but expected because Nintendo. Might never see real voice acting in them

You can't even blame Nintendo for this because other Nintendo games have voice acting like BotW and Fire Emblem: Three Houses.

This is all on Game Freak instead. Nintendo has no involvement in making this game.
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swordz9 posted...

You guys know who youre gonna pick for a starter yet? I want to see what the evolve into before I settle, but so far its probably Sobble though Grookey is close. Might be best to go with Scorbunny just because they probably wont have a ton of new Fire types though

I don't know yet. At the very minimum, I will need to see the middle evolution first.
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I feel like they're going to eventually run the well dry with finding ways to pander to Gen 1 Pokemon. There's still more Gen 1 Pokemon that have received absolutely nothing (new forms, pre-evolution, evolution, exclusive moves) in their entire history. We've got things like Tauros, Lapras, and Dragonite that have not gotten anything yet. Although Lapras will be getting something soon, as it was mentioned in the Ben Affleck leak as getting a Gigantamax form.
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Game Freak Direct is over. They ended up focusing more on non-Pokemon stuff than Pokemon itself.

No new Sword/Shield info shown.
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We still have the Game Freak Direct coming up in about 20 minutes from now, but I'm not expecting any new Pokemon news to be revealed there.
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If you have play records from Pokmon: Lets Go, Pikachu! on your Nintendo Switch system, youll be able to receive a special Pikachu that can Gigantamax in Pokmon Sword and Pokmon Shield.

If you have play records from Pokmon: Lets Go, Eevee! on your Nintendo Switch system, youll be able to receive a special Eevee that can Gigantamax in Pokmon Sword and Pokmon Shield.

Note: The special Pikachu and Eevee cannot evolve.

So yeah, there won't be Gigantamax forms for Raichu or any of the Eeveelutions.
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This trailer was very disappointing because it technically didn't reveal any new Pokemon, characters, or features. It was just a trailer focusing exclusively on Gigantamax forms.
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New Pokemon Sword/Shield trailer is now up:


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mnkboy907 posted...

More news is coming tomorrow.

Well, there is going to be a Game Freak Direct happening tomorrow, so I'd be surprised if there wasn't any mention of Pokemon during that. The Direct will be focusing on Game Freak's entire 30 year history.

The Game Freak Direct can be watched right here:


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So it's been over 10 days since the new update was released, and so far we haven't managed to get a multiplayer gaming session organized just yet.

The first thing we should do in setting up a multiplayer gaming session is to identify all Board 8ers who are able to play online using a wired connection. I feel that priority for hosting games should be given to those on a wired connection. If we can't find anyone with a wired connection, then we should turn to those with the fastest internet connections to be the host.
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I'm totally unfamiliar with the August leak that mentions a Galarian Ponyta, but RuffledRowlit covered the September leak in this video:



The leak mentioned there is a fake as a result of getting the typing wrong, plus it was piggybacking off previous leaks. There's also no mention of Galarian Ponyta being a Shield exclusive either.
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-hotdogturtle-- posted...

Just read a new old rumor post from August (mentioning Ponyta) and it showed some very promising information. I'm hoping that this one turns out real.

If that rumor post said Galarian Ponyta was going to be Fairy type, then it's already a fake leak. Any legitimate leak wouldn't have gotten the typing wrong.

There have been leaks that contain fake info (like Alolan Oddish in the USUM leak) that were considered legitimate because they got a lot of other info correct. However, correctly predicting a specific Pokemon but incorrectly predicting the type isn't something that should be in a legitimate leak.
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Oh yeah, it does suck that it's a Shield exclusive Pokemon considering that I'm planning on getting Sword instead. Although I can easily trade for one instead.
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Official Galarian Ponyta trailer:



It's also been added to the Sword/Shield website:

https://swordshield.pokemon.com/en-us/pokemon-galar-region/ponyta/

Apparently, it's a Psychic type, which I wasn't expecting at all. I thought it would have been a Fairy type instead.
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I'm interested in what gravy has to say about me, even though he's probably sobered up by now.
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Today's poll should have some interesting trends for sure:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7742-

This is a re-run of the 2016 version of this poll, which has badly messed up poll graphs due to the addition of a "Beef" option after nearly 2 hours into the poll. The addition of that option in a live poll really confused GameFAQs when it came to the poll graphs and the admins didn't bother fixing the mistake when I pointed it out to them. Today's poll won't suffer from that issue.
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Around 3 minutes before the stream ended, they had 2 Galarian Ponytas show up on the stream.
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KingButz posted...

Cowards

Racists
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Leafeon13N posted...

Its also the Rays

Maybe, but the Yankees have the Twins, which is technically a smaller market than the Rays (though the Rays have a smaller fanbase). I guess the baseball executives love to ride the Yankees's cock for those TV ratings, so that's why the Yankees get the primetime slot in every single game except for Game 5 (which goes to Rays/Astros).

It would require the perfect match-up of possible ALDS games to prevent the Yankees from getting the primetime slot in more than one game in a single series. Here's a hypothetical scenario of 2 different ALDS series:

Royals/Yankees
Astros/Red Sox

Would the Yankees even be favored to get a primetime slot that case as they're bogged down by the small market Royals while the Astros and Red Sox are both large markets.
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-hotdogturtle-- posted...

Will you be watching for the full 24 hours Luster?

No, but I will try to watch as much of it as possible. So far, it has been pretty boring.
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mnkboy907 posted...

Already they confirmed what we already saw in a small video, that auto-saving is a thing. It sounds like, though, that unlike every other game, the auto-save still saves to your main file instead of a separate file. So you have to manually turn it off in the settings each time you want to do something like reset for a legendary or whatever.

The fact that you can actually turn off auto saving will please the people who want to reset for good IVs/nature on their legendary.
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IT BEGINS

The livestream has started.
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Starting at 9:00 AM EST on October 4th, you can watch a 24 hour livestream of Glimwood Tangle (a forest area) right here:


https://www.twitch.tv/pokemon
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The results of this poll are quite surprising. A lot more people play in handheld than I would have expected.
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mnkboy907 posted...

I've hooked it up to the TV a grand total of three times in the nearly 2 years I've had mine. Anything that can be multiplat, I'll buy on Switch just because I so strongly prefer handheld gaming.

I suppose I'll put Pokemon Shield on the TV once just for the novelty of it, though.

I'll definitely play Pokemon on the TV just for the big screen experience.

I mostly play on TV, but I have used handheld and tabletop mode before.
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FBike1 posted...

I'd guess a good number of Super Expert levels would be impossible in multiplayer anyway.

I've watched some streamers doing Super Expert Co-op and you would be surprised at how many levels can be completed in Co-op.
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Lolo_Guru posted...

on that note anyone want to do some multiplayer?

I would be interested in doing multiplayer. However, we should plan things out in this discussion topic:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/78056768
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My previous topic purged, but now I'm recreating this topic because a new update has been released that adds Multiplayer with Friends to the game.

I assume most people here would rather play Co-op over Versus. Which level difficulty would you guys prefer to play in Co-op? (Easy, Normal, Expert, Super Expert)

Easy is probably way too boring. I think Expert provides the right balance between giving players an actual challenge without being too difficult. And I guess some people here wouldn't really be interested in Super Expert.
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GenesisSaga posted...

Anyway, female here. I don't know how many because they're not all clean at the moment, but I guesstimate that I have between 30-40 pairs.

I'd say that number wouldn't be too surprising for a girl, given the impact that Victoria's Secret and other female clothing retailers have had on glorifying female clothing (particularly bras and underwear). Those retailers have made it look rather acceptable for girls to have a large collection of bras and underwear since they're produced in a wide variety of different designs (referring to the color of the clothing itself).

Guys don't have as much choice with their underwear options, as the designs are more limited. So there's no incentive for guys to buy lots of underwear, plus the lack of a major retailer that has the same impact on male clothing that Victoria's Secret (and others) have on female clothing.
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RBY playrate poll today:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/poll/7734-
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The_Ctes posted...

Back in Kalis it had a lot to do with Ash Greninja, which screamed generic shounen anime that felt like it didn't belong in Pokmon despite the games later welcoming it as well.

Ash-Greninja was obviously created for the purpose of giving Ash a pseudo-Mega Evolution, because Ash since Gen 3 has restricted himself to catching only Pokemon that are native to the region he is traveling through (catching only Gen 3 Pokemon in Hoenn, Gen 4 Pokemon in Sinnoh, and so on for the other generations). Gen 6 had only one Pokemon with a proper Mega Evolution and that was Diancie, so there was no chance they would have allowed Ash to get that Pokemon. So Ash-Greninja was created to fill-in as his Mega Evolution replacement.

Sun/Moon finally broke a tradition of Ash never catching a single Mythical, when they allowed him to have Meltan/Melmetal. I am a bit disappointed that Ash didn't catch one of the Alola Forms, as I consider them to be completely new Pokemon since they're native to Alola. So it wouldn't feel like Ash was catching a Gen 1 Pokemon in a Gen 7 anime setting.
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Johnbobb posted...

What is "straight, but like, I'd hook up with a dude"?

because that

The term for that would probably be bicurious.

mnkboy907 posted...

Maybe it's gay for pay.

Nah, that's a term used in the area of porn where guys that are normally straight outside of their porn career are willing to do gay porn for the money, since guys can get paid more for doing gay porn than straight porn. With girls, it's the other way around, with straight porn paying more than lesbian porn.
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-hotdogturtle-- posted...

Do you still remember the tastes of the discontinued flavors that you've tried years ago? Or do you have to rely on old posts that you've made where you described your opinions of them?

I'd say that's the main problem I would face in ranking all of known flavors of Mountain Dew that I have ever tried. Not being able to clearly remember the taste of the discontinued flavors, especially with the ones that were discontinued many years ago. I did find these 2 posts, though:

LusterSoldier (Topic Creator) 6/13/2008 4:45:03 AM
I liked Revolution the best. After that, it's Voltage and then Supernova in last.

On the Dewmocracy site, it turns out that Voltage is winning in a major landslide.

LusterSoldier (Topic Creator) 10/5/2010 5:47:38 AM
Behold, my final Distortion chug:

Type: Mountain Dew Distortion
Time it took to chug it all down: 6.8 seconds

RIP Mountain Dew Distortion. It was my favorite flavor out of the 3 new flavors and it ended up finishing in last place in the nationwide voting. It no longer exists on the market, but I still have some from when I bought a 12 pack of this stuff about 1 month ago.

Those 2 posts were referring to the 2 separate DEWmocracy contests. This was my ranking of the flavors from both DEWmocracy contests:

Revolution > Voltage > Supernova
Distortion > Typhoon > White Out
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