SPOILERS! Mysteries and Conspiracies of Pokemon

R_N said:
Trying to read through the URS dialog is a bit all over the place, but it sounds like the "harmony" is a very...optimistic reading of the situation? Maybe. Like the youngest one, Zossie, sure plays it up that yeah okay it rampages sometimes but it shares the light but then Dulse, who seems like the eldest & most respected, mentions this


And we know the facilitiy was set up to basically use the light it took on the world.



There's definitely some gaps in our information and timeline of events but it doesn't seem very good for Necrozma.
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the idea that they stole the light that Necrozma stole only holds up if you assume that "The light was stolen by a creature known to us as Necrozma." happened chronologically before "Our ancestors were greedy, and they sought to control all of Necrozma’s light". What I think makes more sense is that Necrozma only stole their light after they hurt it by stealing its light first. it wouldn't need to steal light if it was already in its complete form.
 
Cancel cult said:
So a while ago I asked if Solgoleo and Lunala were originally a part of Necrozma, and you all said no. However, that makes me wonder about something.

Z-Crystals are pieces of Necrozma, right? Well, didn't Solgaleo/Lunala bestow the guardian deities with Z-Crystals themselves? How would that be possible if they weren't originally part of Necrozma?

Also what the hell is up with exclusive Z-Moves.
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I mean... They could've always just stolen the crystals from Necrozma somehow.
 
12-XVI said:
The ads are why I switched to using wikidex.net instead of Bulbapedia. wikidex.net has very similar information to Bulbapedia except it lacks the obnoxious ads.
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Bulbapedia is also laid out horribly. They only semi-recently (like within the last couple years) moved game data higher up in Pokémon species pages instead of having that info buried below a bunch of extraneous crap (e.g. anime stuff) that you have to scroll through when it is probably what 99% of people check for when visiting those pages. And even then, stats and movepools are still like at that bottom of the game data section for some reason.

But at least they're not Serebii lol. If I'm on Bulbapedia I can read the site coherently, find what I want (even if it's not laid out well), and easily clink page links when on my phone. Serebii is just a disaster.

I switched to PokémonDB for when I want to double check anything related to stats quickly.
 
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Karxrida said:
Bulbapedia is also laid out horribly. They only semi-recently (like within the last couple years) moved game data higher up in Pokémon species pages instead of having that info buried below a bunch of extraneous crap (e.g. anime stuff) that you have to scroll through when it is probably what 99% of people check for when visiting those pages. And even then, stats and movepools are still like at that bottom of the game data section for some reason.

But at least they're not Serebii lol. If I'm on Bulbapedia I can read the site coherently, find what I want (even if it's not laid out well), and easily clink page links when on my phone. Serebii is just a disaster.

I switched to PokémonDB for when I want to double check anything related to stats quickly.
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Bulbapedia is nice when you want everything, which I actually often do for some of my projects. I do need to know what its based off of. I do need to know what it learned in every generation. I occasionally even need to know the anime bullshit. Like, for most people, Bulbapedia should not be your first source. However, it has its place. For example, I am currently making a giant Google doc on the ecology of the Alola region. Wouldn't it be nice if a site had a section on biology? Oh wait, Bulbapedia has that.
 
Cancel cult said:
Bulbapedia is nice when you want everything, which I actually often do for some of my projects. I do need to know what its based off of. I do need to know what it learned in every generation. I occasionally even need to know the anime bullshit. Like, for most people, Bulbapedia should not be your first source. However, it has its place. For example, I am currently making a giant Google doc on the ecology of the Alola region. Wouldn't it be nice if a site had a section on biology? Oh wait, Bulbapedia has that.
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Oh yeah, it is definitely great for if you want everything. Need all the info (items, trainers, Pokémon spawns, etc.) on a route? They have it. Random anime stuff? Got it covered. The site is not laid out the best it can be but is still very comprehensive in a way the other big Pokémon wikis aren't. Their handling of the Game Data section for Pokémon is just a huge pet peeve of mine. (I'd mention the intrusive ads too but I use an adblocker so eh.)

Though I do wish they gave more specific info on random trainer teams outside of just the specific Pokémon and their levels like they do with important characters such as Gym Leaders. Basically what moves, abilities and items they have, and exact stat numbers would be nice too tbh. But that seems to be a universal blind spot so I can't entirely fault them on that.
 
Yung Dramps said:
just turn off javascript lol
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Turning off Javascript is a good idea regardless for safety. On desktop I use NoScript, but on mobile I do not bother to. On desktop I only turn on JS if I really have to.

But because wikidex.net is almost just Bulbapedia without the ads, I just go to Wikidex which is easier than turning off JS on mobile. Also, Wikidex displays in Spanish automatically on my computer, which makes for good language practice. Bulbapedia may support multiple languages too, but why bother searching for it if Wikidex does it automatically right. But I agree that Bulbapedia is fine without Javascript.

What I do really miss on Wikidex are the flavour texts for attacks. I find that to be a weird ommision. But pokemondb.net does have that and they do not try to boggle down my browser with ads, either; so I just go there when I want to see flavour text.
 
Yung Dramps said:

So what exactly is going on with mainline Pokemon's visual fidelity?
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Just speculating but I'd assume this is Unreal Engine 5, which gives devs a "shortcut" for realistic visuals

Also this looks like a soulslike? Which tend to be far more linear than the recent Pokémon games, so they can give more attention to each individual area
 
Plus given the fact it isn't part of a massive franchise, it gives them a lot more freedom on when to release it. It's not like Pokemon where a delay needs a dozen or so anime episodes or another tgc expansion that have to get rushed out just to account for the added time between games. There's still pressure to get the game out on time, but it's much less pressure. Plus I'm guessing it was made starting right after Little Town Hero, so I'd give it around five years of dev time where SV had two. It's really no comparison. Granted, there is some frame rate issues on that, so who knows. We'll have to see when it releases. Could be just the platform it was recorded on or a more substantial issue.
 
Yeah, who knows. I'm cautiously optimistic about it. Hopefully it does well not only because the game looks fun, but also I do want Game Freak as a company to be able to grow and have something else besides Pokemon. It'd be nice for them to be able to have a couple of franchises or ideas they could rely on.
 
DrPumpkinz said:
:sv/shellos::sv/gastrodon::sv/shellos-east::sv/gastrodon-east:

According to the Scarlet and Violet Pokedexes, West Sea Shellos are becoming more common while East Sea Shellos are becoming more rare. However, the reverse is true for Gastrodon.
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I'd have thought that to be a reference to global warming causing ocean temperature to rise over time and marine biodiversity to decline (West Sea Shellos thrive in warmer waters, but West Sea Gastrodon mainly feeds on sealife and doesn't spend much time on land).

Perhaps the implication is meant to be that, since the climate is harsher on the East Sea Shellos which prefer colder waters, they're having to evolve more rapidly than they otherwise would to cope - leading to the perceived increase in their numbers by fishermen. They're also stated to be better
suited to being on land and more commonly sighted there, particularly when it's raining during rain: warmer ocean temperatures would result in increased rainfall, hence more East Sea Gastrodon showing up.
 
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