Current Events > There are only 151 pokemon

(+) Yeah! (+)

Sorry if this offends you guys but its the truth

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Aye.

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No.

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can we work towards getting that number down to like zero

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https://i.imgur.com/dugbbJr.png

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Multiple sources dispute this claim

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This is denial ladies and gentlemen.

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They added so many new types. I tried one of the newer games a couple years ago because I wanted some childhood nostalgia. Instead I just felt like the angry old man confused by change. How the hell am I supposed to keep track of which type is weak against what when theres like 200 combinations now.

dodgefan91 posted...

They added so many new types. I tried one of the newer games a couple years ago because I wanted some childhood nostalgia. Instead I just felt like the angry old man confused by change. How the hell am I supposed to keep track of which type is weak against what when theres like 200 combinations now.

Well first Stop playing rpgs.

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dodgefan91 posted...

They added so many new types. I tried one of the newer games a couple years ago because I wanted some childhood nostalgia. Instead I just felt like the angry old man confused by change. How the hell am I supposed to keep track of which type is weak against what when theres like 200 combinations now.

There are exactly 3 new types since the very first games, with two of them being from the almost very first games

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I like Gen 2 Pokemon

A lot of Gen 3 Pokemon are cool, I can't remember most of them though

After that I really don't care

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Bananana posted...

There are exactly 3 new types since the very first games, with two of them being from the almost very first games

I guess I just remembered incorrectly. Really felt much more simple when I was younger. Probably just because I actually watched the show and was more engaged with the universe as a whole so I knew the strengths/weaknesses better.

Why is Mew listed after Mewtwo in the Pokedex?

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BalanceLost posted...

Aye.

Lmao.

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dodgefan91 posted...

I guess I just remembered incorrectly. Really felt much more simple when I was younger. Probably just because I actually watched the show and was more engaged with the universe as a whole so I knew the strengths/weaknesses better.

Steel, Dark, and Fairy are the only "new" types. Steel and Dark were introduced in Gold and Silver and might as well be OG. Fairy exists to shit on dragon kids.

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As long as one of them is Lanturn.
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Literally episode freaking 1 of the Pokmon anime had Ho-oh, who isnt part of the original 151.

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AdrianBeterson posted...

Literally episode freaking 1 of the Pokmon anime had Ho-oh, who isnt part of the original 151.

Yep. They already started on Gen 2 before the anime came out.

Musourenka posted...

Why is Mew listed after Mewtwo in the Pokedex?

IRL: Mew wasn't programmed into the game until near the end after debugging and secretly. The 150 were you're obtainable Pokemon while Mew was to remain a mystery. Of course then Mew became an event Pokemon.

In-Universe: Mew was deemed extinct with only a tissue sample found, used to create the clone Mewtwo. After Mew was actually found to still be alive, it was finally recorded into the Dex.

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As long as Volcarona is one of those 151, Im ok with this.

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Or more to see

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What about digimon

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gen 1 and 2 are the best

3 and 4 are pretty bad

5 is a nice return to form


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BlakPeppa posted...

In-Universe: Mew was deemed extinct with only a tissue sample found, used to create the clone Mewtwo. After Mew was actually found to still be alive, it was finally recorded into the Dex.

That's actually a pretty decent explanation. I assume that in-universe the ability to revive Aerodactyl, Kabuto, and Omanyte was discovered earlier than some of the other Kanto pokemon, or at least around the time the PokeDex was created?

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Musourenka posted...

That's actually a pretty decent explanation. I assume that in-universe the ability to revive Aerodactyl, Kabuto, and Omanyte was discovered earlier than some of the other Kanto pokemon, or at least around the time the PokeDex was created?

That's a safe assumption considering the Kanto fossil pokemon were rounding out the end of the dex entries starting from 138 Omanyte to 142 Aerodactyl. After that you have Snorlax, there was only 1 of it in-game, the rare Dragon-type/pseudo-legendary line then the Legendaries.

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pojr posted...

gen 1 and 2 are the best

3 and 4 are pretty bad

5 is a nice return to form

3 is great, wtf.

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User Since: Aug 2002

lol of course

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SquirtleSkwad posted...

3 is great, wtf.

man Ruby was the last I ever owned and I remember A LOT of water. Lol

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FabIe posted...

Steel, Dark, and Fairy are the only "new" types. Steel and Dark were introduced in Gold and Silver and might as well be OG. Fairy exists to shit on dragon kids.

lets be real though. In Gen 1 the move pools were all shit and most Pokmon didnt have a lot of varied options.

in practice this means youre not actually engaging the type chart as broadly as you typically are in modern games, so I can see how it would be overwhelming for some peeps.

In Red and Blue, before you got to Cerulean City, most attacks were normal typed, with a smattering of exceptions across a handful of Pokmon. Typically, peck, double kick, poison sting, and leech life were the only ones youd have to deal with iirc. Though the player also had access to Butterfrees confusion and Pikachus thundershock.

compare that with all the options and interactions that youll be up against in the same timeframe in modern Pokmon. >_>

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Try playing RBY in 2020 and tell me you enjoyed it with a straight face. They don't even work properly

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But that would leave out Dunsparce.

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Protopet posted...

Try playing RBY in 2020 and tell me you enjoyed it with a straight face. They don't even work properly

RBY are great pick-up-and-play experiences, and the glitches are half the fun of playing them. You can nab a level 100 Gengar before Brock lol

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AlisLandale posted...

lets be real though. In Gen 1 the move pools were all shit and most Pokmon didnt have a lot of varied options.

in practice this means youre not actually engaging the type chart as broadly as you typically are in modern games, so I can see how it would be overwhelming for some peeps.

In Red and Blue, before you got to Cerulean City, most attacks were normal typed, with a smattering of exceptions across a handful of Pokmon. Typically, peck, double kick, poison sting, and leech life were the only ones youd have to deal with iirc. Though the player also had access to Butterfrees confusion and Pikachus thundershock.

compare that with all the options and interactions that youll be up against in the same timeframe in modern Pokmon. >_>

I liked it better that way, tbh. Now it's kind of overwhelming, like you said. I still have no issue playing and keeping up with the new games. I just liked when it was closer to 500 Pokemon than 1000.

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