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^ Me too. Though in my very first playthrough since I was a dumb newbie, I basically rage quit in a very shofu way when I battled Florinia and Ciel. Those two gym battles are something that I will never ever forget....... I suddenly have war flashbacks. But nonetheless, I love Pokemon competitively and the same goes for the canon! Many people really despise the rng because of unpredictability but for me I really like it. The battle will always be in anyone's favor and nothing can really be certain, such is the fun aspect of competing.

I'm really not quite fond of the designs Well if these leaks suddenly turned out to be real I may learn to love them in the long run.

Hello hello everybody. I wanted to make a comfy thread. I wanted to know what made you guys into the gigantic franchise that is, Pokemon, in the first place and the reasons that made you continue to stick by it. For me I’ve always loved it. Started with Pokemon Gold and never stopped. The feeling of setting out in an adventure with 6 loyal friends, winning battles and seeing them grow and evolve, it’s irreplaceable. Pokemon has helped me a lot growing up and going through tough times. Even now it’s still my source of strength. I still wish for that one special day that when I wake up, I’ll be packing my stuff, leave the house, get my starter mon and never look back. So how about you? What do you love the most about pokemon?

Guess we have to wait till E3 for the next trailer but I really think May is our lucky month. Detective Pikachu releases on the same month so who wanna bet we all goin to see some Gen 8 mons in the movie?

They made a diagram for this theory. This is for Grookey specifically: It may be totally random but I’m fine with it either way as long as it’s bada$$

Ayyyeeee victory road 4/9 done. Ame and devs grinding in the work I can already feel my upcoming 9 levels of torture in Charous Mountain..

Yes that’s very likely. I also assumed to be just a random trademark because of the upcoming movie. Though we never really know, since in Gen 6 megas were hinted by this trademarks. Let’s just see Still hoping that this isn’t true tho.

Okay first, watch it! It’s one of my favorite series of all time. Secondly, I really really really hope too but hold your hopes up before E3 or before may. The second piece of news will most likely be on both. Meanwhile, let’s just surf the net for leaks lol.

I recall that too! They're speculating that there might be "Houses" in Galar and that people are divided into these groups which play a big part in the story. Am I wrong or is this Game of Thrones? You should also check his twitter account! He has a lot of theories, particularly the one with the map of the Galar region. That one was so heavily detailed it's so amazing Oh and I just saw that Serebii said that Nintendo deleted the tweet about Gym masters. Guess it was a leak then lmao someone in nintendo is hyped for gen 8

Another interesting theory! Things are spicing up huh

Gym Masters.. Well that's different. I guess there will be a change of gameplay in gym battles. Considering the particular symbol that was embedded on the japanese logo of Pokemon Sword and Shield are on those signs outside of the gym stadiums, this will be the center gimmick of the games. I feel like this is fake. There are bits of problems when you observe the background and the color shading of the mon. But I feel like that would be a really cool mon if were to be true. Though I highly doubt it to be legit. In other news guys, this just happened: .................................................... At this rate, Mewtwo can just throw Arceus to the trash cause of how overpowered he will be. Buuuuuuut it is to be expected of course. I'm still clinging this to be just a random trademark for the movie. Please. I have another one!! One of the members of "rumor mill" tweeted this picture. Let's take a look.. Maybe maybe maybe maybe it's hinting towards there being lords of Galar? Pretty vague huh. Lastly, I also want to share Glitch's brand new remix! It's beautiful. Got my hyped again in this Gen 8 train

Hmmmmmmm taking it with a grain of salt. I really don't want to believe anything that states that we're going back to Kalos since it's too good to be true. Let's just see if we get anything on the 13th though I assume the next trailer will be in May or something.

Golduck Crest: + Special Attack, Gives STAB to Psychic attacks.

Hmmm that could be a way. Though I think it ends up being in that lone train station in the middle of the big landscape just above the starting town. It’s the only one that looks like it’s connected to while in the industrial city, there could be many more connections. We never know Gamexplain also said there would be two professors since there are two purple houses? I think the first purple house that is located in the first town is just the trainer school. It just sort of looks more like a school other than a house. LMAOOO those scottish memes are the best Attention rumor fans!! If you guys have twitter, be sure to check out the “rumor mill” group. Jynx club already approved of their credibility so be on a look out! They have hinted Sword and Shield before the direct: As always treat everything they post with a grain of salt. Keep in mind though, this might 100% legit rumors so be vigilant

I just want to say thank you for using Lurantis. She deserves all the tender, love and care. For the 6th slot, choose Altaria since you already have a water type. Give it Altarianite too.

I also happen to have read this continued leak and I find it quite skeptical. First of all, the first one is already questionable, but knowing or even guessing the titles of Sword and Shield gives it credibility. Now for the second one, I don’t really believe he’s the same guy. He might, but I don’t think he is or maybe I just don’t want to lol. Because I really don’t want his “leaks” to be real. Having only 64 new Pokemon is fine for me. It’s already a lot, and understandable given that the number of Pokemon is almost reaching 1000, so they’re toning it down a bit for now. Plus marketing-wise, it’s hard(or maybe a hassle) to promote a BW dex of mons for the franchise so it’s okay for me. BUT. I hope they still make variant forms a thing. I truly love that addition because I consider Alola-Ninetales to be one of the best mons in Gen 7. i’m fine with everything EXCEPT the evos for Charizard and Mewtwo. For the love of Arceus, don’t. Even Zeraora? Kill me. Though given that Charizard and Mewtwo are so popular and Zeraora barely had enough screentime and background, it’s so bad that it will most likely happen. I hate it. Putting content, leaks and rumored evolutions aside, I always had one question in my mind when the trailer released and everyone is on the hype train. “Will Pokemon Sword and Shield finally beat my favorite game (Pokemon Emerald for me) as the best one of the series?” I really hope so. I want to feel that feeling again of never wanting to stop playing the game like I did with Emerald (I sat the whole entire day playing and can still recall those feelings of enjoyment vividly). It’s been a while since I felt like that in a Pokemon game. It really sounds like I’m expecting too much from this game lol but I’m just excited. I freaking love hype season

Fire/Electric is horrendous in competitive yet who knows? Maybe Scorbunny’s bounciness can fix that? An ability that is perfect for a bunny perhaps? One that can counter ground type attacks?

I don't mind getting spoiled really. Not the same case with movies/tv series/anime, but with games I'm gucci with that. I've been a lurker of leaks and speculation when Gen 7 hype was happening too. Couldn't control myself Since we're on the topic of starters, I want to share with you guys what I thought was "clues" to their final evos. These are none other than, their japanese names. These are all their respective descriptions, courtesy of Bulbapedia: 1) Scorbunny's japanese name is Hibani. - "Hibanī may be a combination of 火 hi (fire), 火花 hibana (spark), and bunny." * I'm already 100% certain that Scorbunny will be fire/electric. To support that theory, here is Torchic's description: "Achamo is a combination of 赤子 akago (baby) and 軍鶏 shamo (a breed of Japanese chicken once raised for fighting)." 2) Sobble's japanese name is Messon. - "Messon may be a combination of メソメソ mesomeso (sobbing) and chameleon." *So with Sobble the only hint we get is that it's a chameleon and sobbing is it's primary trait. I deduced that it may be Water/Ghost, given that sadness is what it's portraying. What also excites me is it's Ability/Exclusive move, since it can turn invisible. 3) Grookey's japanese name is Sarunori. - "Sarunori may be a combination of 猿 saru (monkey) and ノリ nori (excitement, rhythm)." * Grookey will be a music-based Pokemon confirmed. Which makes it very interesting on what's it going to look like. So with being sound-based, it would be safe to say that it will be Grass/Normal. Since Boomburst and Hyper Voice are likely in Grookey's moveset. I still feel like there's more to these starters. They might get another kind of evolution maybe? Either way, we really never know what do they end up being like. That thought excites me but at the same time terrifies me. Though I'm optimistic will all of them

This hypeness will be the death of us @J-Awesome_One . I'm thirsty for more info but we have to be patient! Good things come to those who wait.