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4chan says you can get into the fashionable places if you visit every café.

It probably has something to do with Team Flare, since their whole biz is being fashionable.

I've been in two caves so far and haven't encountered a single Zubat. Also, fuck Onix and its low goddamn capture rate.

Most Pokémon that evolve using stones stop learning moves, and Pokémon that have significant changes in typing or anatomy might learn different moves (ie: Nincada keeps learning ground-type moves if you don't let it evolve, but will learn flying-type moves if you do).

I was secretly hoping that the Indiana Jones clip would be the lead-in to Chris' run while the UHF parody of that same scene would be the lead-in for Nick's.

Guys, there's a place called the Battle Chateau where you fight to earn titles of nobility. I'm a Baroness right now.

I can't fucking believe this (also I love that one of the early Youngsters has dialogue that references "shorts are comfy and easy to wear") EDIT: also, is anyone picking Fennekin solely because it's The Wizard?

I figured out the d-pad thing eventually. Dohohoho. I just spent like half an hour editing my goofy little ten-second PR video. I want a game that's just this.

Yeah, I want to have a complete Pokédex when Bank rolls around so that I'll have everything ready to go for future generations. Global Link is the Dream World stuff, and there's a new X/Y version coming soon, if I recall correctly. FIRST IMPRESSIONS: I know that this is a dumb thing to say right off the bat, but it is fucking weird that Pikachu and ONLY Pikachu has a new cry. Shauna is adorable and I want to hug her. Super Training is a fantastic idea. I love the variety of Pokémon available to me already. The PSS is the best. I just traded with someone on my friend list first thing. No Union room bullshit. No long process of "ARE YOU SURE YOU WANT TO TRADE THE GUY FOR THE THING." Some random dude in Japan challenged me to a battle and I'm fighting him RIGHT NOW whoa holy poop ROLLY SKATES it's weird that I apparently can't turn the roller skates off I'm so glad that L=A is back.

It was a global launch, but Tanukitsune got a copy from a store that broke street date.

I'M PLAYING IT EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

oh god, the eshop servers are being destroyed right now EDIT: IT'S DOWNLOOOOAAAAADIIIIIIIING EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

We're closing in on the eshop release now.

I never feel like I'm getting enough sleep, even when I wake up super late. I'm having a really hard time winding down, even if I read or whatever. I dunno' what to do. OnO

Sweet. I'm getting a Keldeo from a friend right now.

Welp, this is the eve of a new gen and I'm closer than I've ever been to finishing the dex, so I thought I'd post my progress here. Red are ones that I can't get without trading. Anyone wanna' help?

That was one of the weirder gender differences introduced in Gen IV.

I am suddenly really looking forward to next week's cast. Also, this leak is too good for me not to comment on: Pinsir and Heracross both got Mega Evolutions. Pinsir's is a really odd choice, being Bug/Flying with an ability that turns Normal moves into Flying moves, which is really odd since everyone always thought that Pinsir would become Bug/Fighting like Heracross (it didn't learn anything besides Normal and Fighting moves until gen IV, even). Then I realized that Pinsir's Mega is specifically built to be a Heracross killer. After all this time in Heracross' shadow as the original but inferior fighting bug, it's now got all kinds of crazy STAB Normal-cum-Flying moves like Quick Attack, Thrash, and Return on its side. Imagine if they gave it Extremespeed.

Serebii has a tentative list of version exclusives up.

I'm at the Batman part now. Chris: You were thinking of cordyceps. EDIT: Oh, I guess you found it. Well, you might be interested to know that it was the inspiration for the fungus in The Last of Us.

Adorable adorableness.

So is anyone else playing a Gen V game right now? If so, I think we should do an Idle Thumbs friendly with Little Cup rules: The only Pokémon that are allowed to participate are those that are the first stage of an evolutionary line with more than one member. Level cap of 5. It's honestly my favourite way to play, since it basically all comes down to breeding interesting mons. Any takers?

I`m just horribly depressed lately and I don`t know why. I can barely even get up in the morning. I also recently started talking in my sleep, which I only know because I`ll wake up while finishing a sentence. I never remember what I've been saying though, or what my recent nightmares have been about.

Makin' POKÉBABIES. Also trading, evolving, playing Dream Radar, etc etc

I didn't really know where else to put this, but holy crap does the iOS port of Final Fantasy V look bad. Since this is Squeenix, they'll probably be cahrging 20 bucks for this too.