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mnk 04/17/24 1:26:31 PM #201: |
Boo, Raging Bolt is pretty cool and one of the best Paradoxes.
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NBIceman 04/17/24 4:16:25 PM #202: |
Bitto posted...
For Paradox, the future ones are mostly bad but the past ones are mostly good. At the very least, the names are great. Scream Tail.The names are my least favorite part, honestly. There may be no greater indicator of the loss of creativity in Pokemon than the fact that we've started naming stuff "Adjective Noun." --- Chilly McFreeze https://i.imgur.com/UYamul2.gif ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Paratroopa1 04/17/24 4:24:24 PM #203: |
Indeed, gone are the halcyon days of making a seal and naming it seel ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Hbthebattle 04/17/24 4:26:44 PM #204: |
NBIceman posted...
The names are my least favorite part, honestly. There may be no greater indicator of the loss of creativity in Pokemon than the fact that we've started naming stuff "Adjective Noun."Most of the Pokemon in the generation aren't that, though? Paradoxes are supposed to be weird and unlike other Pokemon. --- :) ... Copied to Clipboard!
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andylt 04/17/24 4:33:17 PM #205: |
how many pokemon names are a portmanteau of an adjective and a noun ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Sheep007 04/17/24 4:41:41 PM #206: |
I agree that the Iron names are very boring, and a little confusing to differentiate at the start of the gen too. At least give them names of different metals!
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ctesjbuvf 04/17/24 4:43:54 PM #207: |
Paratroopa1 posted...
Indeed, gone are the halcyon days of making a seal and naming it seel You bring up some gen 1 also had issues point all the time. No one even disagreed, let the people criticize things that are newer than that. Paradox names are awful, in particular future ones imo. --- Guinness Book of World Records is the name of the diary that belongs to azuarc, the winner of the Game of the Decade II guru contest. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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KommunistKoala 04/17/24 4:51:24 PM #208: |
past ones are fine and make sense tbqh
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Paratroopa1 04/17/24 5:22:30 PM #209: |
"Pokemon isn't creative anymore" is a take I'm always going to dunk on, because it's stupid, and you can't stop me (I would have changed the iron names though, they're too easy to get confused with each other) ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ctesjbuvf 04/17/24 5:26:56 PM #210: |
It's just not a statement that says they were more creative in the first try. It just says they have been more creative.
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andylt 04/17/24 6:25:20 PM #211: |
I do think it's interesting that they chose to go with the two word names for the paradox mons. They remind me of the codenames of the Ultra Beasts, but they got 'real' names to go alongside them. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Bitto 04/17/24 6:27:46 PM #212: |
NBIceman posted...
The names are my least favorite part, honestly. There may be no greater indicator of the loss of creativity in Pokemon than the fact that we've started naming stuff "Adjective Noun." It's a Pokemon in the past. "Adjective Noun" makes perfect sense for naming. --- I can't live forever With my head and my heart in the clouds ... Copied to Clipboard!
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mnk 04/17/24 6:38:14 PM #213: |
andylt posted...
I do think it's interesting that they chose to go with the two word names for the paradox mons. They remind me of the codenames of the Ultra Beasts, but they got 'real' names to go alongside them. Even Koraidon and Miraidon have both codenames and proper names, so it makes it all the stranger that the rest of the Paradoxes don't. --- Change is weird. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Brayze_II 04/17/24 7:51:32 PM #214: |
The 'iron' names I think are really a lost in translation thing. They're direct translations of the Japanese names (ie Tetsu-no-X, where X is a three syllable word) which have a much better flow and mouth feel than the english versions, even if the meanings are the same.
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Paratroopa1 04/17/24 7:53:57 PM #215: |
Brayze_II posted... The 'iron' names I think are really a lost in translation thing. They're direct translations of the Japanese names (ie Tetsu-no-X, where X is a three syllable word) which have a much better flow and mouth feel than the english versions, even if the meanings are the same.This feels like a genre thing too, like that name more strongly implies a 'mecha anime' feel to me than the english names do. just kind of a hunch on this ... Copied to Clipboard!
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MZero 04/17/24 10:23:48 PM #216: |
Brayze_II posted...
The 'iron' names I think are really a lost in translation thing. They're direct translations of the Japanese names (ie Tetsu-no-X, where X is a three syllable word) which have a much better flow and mouth feel than the english versions, even if the meanings are the same. Japanese has had similar style names since Gen 1, they just decided to localize it more literally for the Paradox Pokemon. I think it kind of works though --- MZero, to the extreme https://www.twitch.tv/kabazame ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Eddv 04/17/24 11:10:14 PM #217: |
all this whining about the names is just "blah blah blah I didnt actually play SV" to me.
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mnk 04/18/24 12:29:57 AM #218: |
Eddv posted...
all this whining about the names is just "blah blah blah I didnt actually play SV" to me. Just because there's an in-game explanation for it, doesn't mean it was a good decision. They knew better than to market the box legendaries as Winged King and Iron Serpent, so they should've applied that reasoning to the rest of them. --- Change is weird. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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swirIdude 04/18/24 9:22:53 AM #219: |
I played Scarlet and didn't even know that Koraidon was named Winged King.
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NBIceman 04/18/24 10:14:32 AM #220: |
I would never have guessed that criticizing Pokemon names would invite so much vitriol. For the record, I'm very far from a Genwunner and think Seel is a stupid name as well - or hell, even a Mon I otherwise love like Ninetales. And having a lore reason for something in a video game doesn't just automatically and inherently make it not dumb.
andylt posted... how many pokemon names are a portmanteau of an adjective and a nounI would contend that portmanteaus are still marginally more clever than just picking a couple of words and putting a space between them. Something like Arcanine may not be the absolute peak of creativity, but it's better than Blazing Hound. --- Chilly McFreeze https://i.imgur.com/UYamul2.gif ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ctesjbuvf 04/18/24 10:16:03 AM #221: |
Eddv posted...
all this whining about the names is just "blah blah blah I didnt actually play SV" to me. Played them both, played all three DLC parts once, had a blast with all of it, and the names f***ing suck. --- Guinness Book of World Records is the name of the diary that belongs to azuarc, the winner of the Game of the Decade II guru contest. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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AriaOfBolo 04/18/24 10:29:52 AM #222: |
D38: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80750218
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mnk 04/18/24 1:29:50 PM #223: |
swirIdude posted...
I played Scarlet and didn't even know that Koraidon was named Winged King. IIRC it was just an extra detail mentioned in either their Pokedex entries or the Scarlet/Violet Book. NBIceman posted... I would contend that portmanteaus are still marginally more clever than just picking a couple of words and putting a space between them. Something like Arcanine may not be the absolute peak of creativity, but it's better than Blazing Hound. Arcanine is fine. It's stuff like Talonflame that's the most "lazy" sounding. Sandslash is just a Y away from being the same as Sandy Shocks. --- Change is weird. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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catesdb 04/18/24 3:58:59 PM #224: |
mnk posted...
Sandslash is just a Y away from being the same as Sandy Shocks.if it had been named Sand Slash, we would only have 151 pokemon today --- Pronouns - she/her FFXIV - Ultros [Primal] - https://na.finalfantasyxiv.com/lodestone/character/39263879/ ... Copied to Clipboard!
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-hotdogturtle-- 04/18/24 4:19:08 PM #225: |
Hmmm
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ZenOfThunder 04/18/24 5:59:59 PM #226: |
+3 Braixen voters will be banned for hornyposting
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mnk 04/18/24 6:16:42 PM #227: |
Luckily I'm a -3 Braixen voter.
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Bitto 04/18/24 6:32:52 PM #228: |
I just dont like the fur coming out of its ears.
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Brayze_II 04/18/24 6:37:49 PM #229: |
I had a dream last night that there was a new pokemon. It was just a gassy pikachu and it was called Scandalous Clog
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ZenOfThunder 04/18/24 6:41:41 PM #230: |
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/4/46cfc49d.png
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hylianknight3 04/18/24 6:56:45 PM #231: |
Bing refuses to show me this Pokemon.
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Paratroopa1 04/18/24 6:57:30 PM #232: |
+3 Scandalous Clog ... Copied to Clipboard!
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skulltrumpets 04/18/24 7:25:53 PM #233: |
pokemon would be a better franchise if scandalous clog was real ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Mythiot 04/18/24 8:46:45 PM #234: |
The thrashing Braixen is getting is shocking to me, I always thought it was generally popular. Gardevoir and Lopunny have way more infamous reputations and they did fine. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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Zigzagoon 04/18/24 9:32:28 PM #235: |
Im surprised by how well Lopunny did actually. This board for the most part is completely allergic to anything remotely furry.
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Leafeon13N 04/18/24 9:54:37 PM #236: |
I'm annoyed that we didn't thrash Lopunny but have no problem doing it to Braixen. ... Copied to Clipboard!
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-hotdogturtle-- 04/18/24 10:02:50 PM #237: |
I was confused at this whole conversation but I finally realized that I don't have the day 38 topic on my topic list. It took me about 5 minutes of investigation to realize that it was posted on a flair that I don't have enabled on my board. Gonna vote now.
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Paratroopa1 04/18/24 10:04:15 PM #238: |
Oh, yeah. Day 38 is under the politics flair, everyone. Funny joke, but some people are probably going to miss it because of that lol ... Copied to Clipboard!
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TeamRocketElite 04/18/24 10:11:27 PM #239: |
I got rid of the politics flair. I don't want the topic accidentally get caught up in a purge or something.
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mnk 04/18/24 10:31:08 PM #240: |
I thought I just overlooked it so I clicked the link in here. Without that I wouldn't have realized it was posted either.
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AriaOfBolo 04/18/24 10:34:03 PM #241: |
ah heck thanks
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swirIdude 04/18/24 10:34:16 PM #242: |
This day has lost all credibility.
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Paratroopa1 04/18/24 10:55:46 PM #243: |
Substitute Division 55 Alakazam 23 Dusclops 15 Golett 13 Pidgeotto 12 Clauncher -1 Deoxys -7 Floette -32 Grubbin -37 Whismur -41 Budew G-Max Cannonade Division 40 Torterra 39 Cinccino 28 Poliwhirl 21 Latias 14 Togepi 13 Mienfoo -31 Impidimp -32 Zarude -34 Thundurus -58 Panpour Star of the Day: Cinccino There's a handful of results today that I find surprising - I considered giving Golett star too for a 3rd place finish - but Cinccino being one point short of Torterra I didn't expect at all. Dud of the Day: Deoxys There's a few good candidates here too (I figured Latias would contend for the division and she didn't even beat Poliwhirl) but Deoxys not even getting positive votes in a weak division, sheesh. Fun fact: Floette actually had 13 positive votes and 15 negative votes, with five +3s and five -3s! But there were a lot more -2's than +2's ... Copied to Clipboard!
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mnk 04/18/24 11:00:14 PM #244: |
Good enough results.
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MZero 04/18/24 11:10:12 PM #245: |
Impidimp advancing with a -31 is criminal
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Paratroopa1 04/18/24 11:12:15 PM #246: |
I'm shocked that Impidimp SURVIVED ... Copied to Clipboard!
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ScepterOfLove 04/18/24 11:17:26 PM #247: |
Ya go my Impidimp ... Copied to Clipboard!
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skulltrumpets 04/18/24 11:20:28 PM #248: |
impidimp fans winning ... Copied to Clipboard!
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-hotdogturtle-- 04/19/24 2:06:23 AM #249: |
I don't even dislike Impidimp on the whole but it's a NFE in a division with one of my top 2 Pokemon and a bunch of legendaries.
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AriaOfBolo 04/19/24 10:38:07 AM #250: |
D39: https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/boards/8-gamefaqs-contests/80750972
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