Rot8er_ConeX

Here, have some code for a feature I programmed in recently. Postgame event.

I've considered this. My issue here is the fact that False Swipe is Normal type and thus can't hit Ghost types. I've considered making a second variation of False Swipe that's a non-Normal type for just this reason, but...what type, and what name?

A while ago, I remember reading a comic somewhere, where the person was trying to catch a Pokemon, and they whispered to their Pokemon to attack, but be gentle. Then Amie Effects kicked in, and the attacker "was so in sync with >trainer's< wishes that it got a critical hit!", fainting the Pokemon they were trying to catch. While Pokemon Amie isn't a thing in my game, I am considering adding a feature to my game where you can tell your Pokemon that you don't want to make the wild Pokemon you're fighting faint. When you tell them this, you can still faint them if you make a bad move, but I was considering making it so that if: - a non-crit will not kill, but - a crit will kill the critical hit will be prevented from killing.

That's an interesting question. Wonder how that works in the official games. That's a very niche scenario: - Double Battle - The Pokemon that moves second has to level up from the defeat of a Pokemon during the first Pokemon's turn. - The Pokemon in question has to learn a new move, and the player has to overwrite the very move that the second Pokemon is going to use. - there still has to be an opponent on the field.

Playing devil's advocate here. You bring up the fact that most small, animal shaped Pokemon cannot use a camping table the way humans can, and that's the reason that they eat from doggie bowls even though they are equals to humans. If they really were seen as equals, wouldn't society have tried to build something that is similar in function to a camping table, but in such a way that animal-like Pokemon could use it? After all, in the real world, for the longest time left-handedness was seen as a defect, and everything was made to cater to right-handed people - scissors, computer mice, etc. Only recently do we ignore handedness, and now we have left-handed or hand-neutral scissors. Heck, notebooks are still bound on the left in such a manner that makes writing comfortably difficult for lefties (my fourth grade teacher let the lefties in our class write in their notebooks upside-down to solve this very issue). Or something that's more personal to me: the ADA. People with wheelchairs aren't going to be able to go up the stairs in front of old buildings. Do we just go "okay, you have to wait outside?" No, we build ramps. You could make the argument that the smaller Pokemon are like children, and get to eat at the grown-up table when they grow up - i.e., evolve. But if that's the case, does that mean that Dedene is always a kid?

Uhm, so essentially Spooky Plate would be useless. Since as an always-Normal, Arceus is already immune to Ghost type moves. Fist Plate would probably be the most OP of them, because it's the only thing M-Arceus is weak to.

I'm going to be reading this topic from time to time, but probably not contributing much. My view is mostly what mde said. On Breeding I have to admit, I never thought about the ethics of breeding Pokemon (other than the stereotypical "Ditto is a whore" thoughts), and I have as such little to contribute to this facet of the discussion. I will say, however, to the person who mentioned IVs being physical traits of the Pokemon (low Speed IV = being lame, low Defense IV = having brittle bones) and Natures being actual characteristics of the Pokemon's personality (Gentle Gyarados, LOL)...thank you for coming up with a plausible explanation for what was perhaps the biggest hurdle in conceptualizing Pokemon stats. On Battling The anime - and some in-game dialogue - heavily implies that Pokemon battles are actually a way for all four parties (the two Trainers and the two Pokemon) to better understand each other. In that manner, they're more akin to a (very flashy, very intense) friendly debate - much like the one that we as a community are having now - than "cock fighting" in the real world. In this context, it almost makes sense for the Champion of a region to also be the political leader - after all, through their battles with the Gym Leaders and Elite Four, they've come to an understanding on how the entire region thinks, and are therefore the one best suited to lead them - in a crisis, they would be the one best able to delegate their subordinates in a way that suits everyone's strengths to the maximum. Since this is the case, catching and battling Pokemon is actually beneficial to the Pokemon as well as the human, and even gives an in-universe reason as to why a Trainer Pokemon gives more EXP than a Wild Pokemon that is otherwise identical - the Pokemon gains more understanding because it watches the synergy between its human opponent and its Pokeponet. A Pokemon can refuse to be caught, can refuse to battle, refuse to use a certain move, etc. - they are not slaves. They aren't quite pets, either. They are something entirely unique to the Pokemon universe, which is likely the reason the show never uses the word "pet". If, however, you asked me to pinpoint exactly what they are, I'd have to say that they're "friends". The anime uses the word "partner" quite a lot, as well. On Dining Yes, the section above does kinda make for some awkwardness when you start to think about the fact that people eat - since there aren't really any "non-Pokemon" animals, this means that people must be eating Pokemon. However, I think Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree actually shows a good refutation to this. The tree was willing to sacrifice much of itself with no physical repayment because the man was its friend. In the Pokemon universe, Pokemon grow through bonds formed with Trainers. If there are no Trainers - no humans - then Pokemon won't grow. What do humans need to survive? Food. The Pokemon ecosystem as a whole is probably more than willing to sacrifice a few members of itself so that the ecosystem as a whole can benefit from its connection - its friendship - with humanity.

Lucky you XD. Can I keep you if this does happen? I accidentally forgot to set the counter down to one, and got six Pokemon. But the first one listed was a Regice. I'd be fine with that, I think. I'd be able to stand the cold better.