Pokemon Corner

[hyde9318]

Oh trust me, there have been more than one ROM hack that I wanted a legit copy of. Some of them are just simply amazing.

 

[??????]

yea theres a good few that have been seriously well made, and then theres some with hilarious faults, and comical features, like pokemon games with tons of innuendo's and things like that ^_^

 

[hyde9318]

Yeah. I played one before where the person thought it would be a good idea to make the female gym leaders battle in the nude, or Beowulf style (if you catch my drift).

It kind of scares me that a person would get their kicks by removing the clothes of a pokemon character, but oh well. Whatever helps them get through the day I guess.

Really, if we had the scripts for me to do it, I really wish I could resurrect my old game. I was pretty far into a pokemon game that featured a huge open world, all the pokemon (including quite a few customs done by a very talented friend of mine), a mass working economy (not just prices and such, people in towns actually had jobs, so you could see the economy working), a more mature story, and so on. I was pretty excited about it. But... but my biggest problem was VX's major tileset limitations. I wanted to just parallax the whole game, but when I reached some of the larger cities, i just couldn't find the time I needed to finish them. Really, I still have plans to revive it, but I need to knock out some of the major scripting first. (Also would really love to figure out how to do online battling and training, but that is something I may be waiting a LONG time for, lol)

 

[??????]

Yeah. I played one before where the person thought it would be a good idea to make the female gym leaders battle in the nude, or Beowulf style (if you catch my drift).

It kind of scares me that a person would get their kicks by removing the clothes of a pokemon character, but oh well. Whatever helps them get through the day I guess.

Really, if we had the scripts for me to do it, I really wish I could resurrect my old game. I was pretty far into a pokemon game that featured a huge open world, all the pokemon (including quite a few customs done by a very talented friend of mine), a mass working economy (not just prices and such, people in towns actually had jobs, so you could see the economy working), a more mature story, and so on. I was pretty excited about it. But... but my biggest problem was VX's major tileset limitations. I wanted to just parallax the whole game, but when I reached some of the larger cities, i just couldn't find the time I needed to finish them. Really, I still have plans to revive it, but I need to knock out some of the major scripting first. (Also would really love to figure out how to do online battling and training, but that is something I may be waiting a LONG time for, lol)

theres an "online" ish script that lets you basically record your results at one thing and compare it with others who have posted their results, im sure with a little time and smart thinking it could be turned into "online" battle system style, as pokemon is a turn based battle anyway

 

[hyde9318]

Yeah, it wouldn't be near as difficult to do as such systems as Vlad's MMORPG scripts or Pheonix Online, but it also is difficult enough to be WAY out of my knowledge of RGSS3.

 

[??????]

probably mine as well lol , but one day... ^_^

 

[hyde9318]

So, unrelated to our conversation, but I got another textured pokemon done from my main team.

Spoiler

Now, I only have two more pokemon from my team to do. If anyone has any request for me to do a certain pokemon in textures, let me know. I like doing these, but after my team is done, I don't know who to do next.

 

[Kaiser]

Hmm nice hyde I like the coloring of Heatran, it looks a bit more natural. And in unrelated news, who here has played Pokemon Black and Blue?

 

[hyde9318]

I have. We were just talking about that, lol. It is pretty fun.

And thank you. I think I like how heatran turned out too.

From my own standpoint, I like how his eyes turned out the best. I could never stand his normal completely orange eyes, with no definition to represent an eyeball. So, I fixed it somewhat, lol. I should have made the steel more like rusted steel than clean steel though.

 

[??????]

hey, hyde, fancy doing me a black , with red and gold trim charizard ? i will love you long time ^-^

 

[hyde9318]

Black, red, and gold charizard? Just the colors, or with textured skin like my other ones?

EDIT: Well Dekita, you got your wish, lol. Got a bit bored. Also, I wasn't sure if you wanted it textured or not, so I textured it anyways to keep with my theme on Deviant Art (I am doing a series of textured pokemon). Here you go. If you wanted it without textures, let me know. I can do a recolor in a few minutes time.

Oh yeah, forgot to mention, I added a collar. I didn't want the gold to only be on his stomach, and I didn't know where else to add the gold color, so I just added a collar to him.

 

[??????]

omg thanks ^_^, i dont really see the "texture" but that looks epic just out of curiosity what would it look like untextured ?

 

[??????]

BO0M !! http://dekitarpg.wordpress.com/category/rgss3-scripts/pokemon-scripts/

step 1 - read the link name,

step 2 - say "o0o0o0o",

step 3 - click link

step 4 - change underwear...

 

[hyde9318]

Dammit, I just took a shower too. I can't be going to change my underwear too much, I will run out. Lmao.

Awesome scripts though so far. You are making quite the list.

 

[??????]

yeap, hopefully by the 12th of this month iwill have finished the evolution script , the capture script (both pokemon related) and il also have updates for my stat distribution script, status screen script, my new equipment screen which is epic (imo) those three will require a core script to draw all the information, a very slightly modified yanfly equip script to work with my equipment screen.

I've been very busy lately

 

[hyde9318]

You busy busy scripter, you. lol.

 

[hyde9318]

Ok, it has been over 3 days, so I am able to bump this, lol.

Anyways, I have just gotten to Old Team Plasma's home after beating Elesa in Nimbasa. This is not because I suck, but because of two reasons. 1. I have not had much time lately to play, and 2. I am Nuzlocke-ing for the very first time, and I (you will find this incredibly stupid) am doing it with my competition team (Team SandQuake). I wanted to really test their meddle, and see what they can do first hand. So I am doing Nuzlocke for the first time. Also, essentially, I am moving VERY slow, but I am training them properly and keeping them alive.

I will go on record to say that by doing this, I am becoming EVEN MORE fond of Excadrill. By god, this mole is AMAZING. Even Mamoswine gets low on health sometimes, but I have no fear. Start a sandstorm, send in Excadrill, and watch the enemy team drop like flys without Excadrill ever losing an ounce of health.

So essentially, my in-game strategy now (completely different than my competition strategy, so no getting any ideas, lol) is start the battles with either pupitar or mamoswine and just plow through the enemy with sheer force until health gets low or a serious status effect is applied to my pokemon. Then, if all else fails, Excadrill comes in and does a sweep. When that fails (hasn't yet, but I can't speak for the end game trainers, which tend to have a massive difficulty spike most of the time), I still have my other three pokemon to fall back on, one of which is a defensive trained Steelix to hold out til I can heal everyone.

So, what is everyone else's current game status? Where are you at, what is you team and tactics, and what are your thoughts of B&W2 so far?

 

[hyde9318]

I will not be letting this topic die so easily, oh no. Lol.

Anyways, after some time not working, I finally found a chance to play some more Pokemon Black 2. So, I wanted to drop in and give another status report.

Today, I beat Clay of Driftveil City, and I must say that that town will never be the same, lol. I need to say that I was pretty scared coming in to this fight, as I am still pretty new to this Nuzlocke Challenge, and my team is essentially a modified version of his team. Now see, I really like Clay. While his aesthetic quality is not his strong point, I like his character because he reminds me a lot of an older, more mature Brock, from generation 1. I am not talking about the love fiend pervert from the anime, I am talking about the headstrong master of ground/rock who served as the first Kanto gym leader in the first generation of games (and later the 2nd generation, and the remakes of the 1st). Brock had it all right back then. Even as the first Gym Leader, he was quite a challenge. And he always looked like a badass, even if you were beating his team to a pulp (uhmmm... Geodude Pulp?). Now, he WAS the first Gym Leader, so he never really got a chance to shine. But he still was my role model for the game ever since I played against him the very first time. Ever since, I have had a fascination with Rock/Ground/Steel pokemon (well, I also like dragon types, but who the hell doesn't?). So now I come to Clay. I beat him in Black, but just barely. This time was NO different.

Clay an I were hit for hit pretty much the entire time. I would damage him, he would damage me. Eventually, I had to retreat all of my pokemon but my last... Excadrill. It finally came down to my Excadrill (level 35) against his Excadrill (Level 36). My pokemon's special ability is Sand Rush (doubles the speed stat of the pokemon during a sandstorm). His pokemon's special ability was Sand Force (raises the attack rating of Ground, Rock, and Steel type attacks by 33% during a sandstorm). After watching my steelix take some serious hits from his excadrill, I threw in a sandstorm and figured I would take a gamble. See, if I could one hit him with MY excadrill before he could attack me, everything would be over. BUT, there was always a chance that either his speed would still be higher or my attack would miss, which would result in a 1HKO on my pokemon. So, out comes my excadrill. I selected Sword Dance while he selected Rock slide. Sword Dance boosted my attack, and his Rock Slide missed. I then followed up with Slash, and I was handed the Quake Badge.

Now, for those of you still following along, tell me this. Am I the only one finding Clay to crazy powerful? Like, a lot more powerful than the fifth gym should be? Really, the gym before Clay, and AFTER Clay are pretty easy (given you are prepared for them). But Clay... no, Clay's Excadrill... just seems like he should be further on in the league. My god, his Excadrill ALONE could become a gym leader, and not even need a full backing team (imagine walking in to a Pokemon run gym). Look at Clay's team (more specifically, his Challenge Mode team). When on challenge mode, you will start the battle off against a level 34 Krokorok. Krokorok will open up the battle with a Sandstorm. From here, he has Bulldoze and Crunch to eat away at your team's health. Beat him, you come face to face with Sandslash. Now, Sandslash is nothing special, but look out for his high speed and his Hone Claws/Crush Claw combo. After him, you meet Onix (note, onix does not show up during normal mode; he only comes in on Challenge Mode). Onix will not stand up for himself for long. He is tricky. He uses his high defense to wait it out until you get pissed enough to send out your strongest. Then he uses explosion and kills you both. Now, you are out a pokemon, and you are being glared at by Clay's finest, Excadrill Level 36. I know what you are thinking... "Ok, so he is three levels higher in Challenge Mode, so what?". Well, remember that Sandstorm from earlier? Yeah, that paired with his special ability allows him to sweep your team without you even knowing what the hell is going on. It doesn't help that he get's STAB from both Metal Claw and Bulldozer. So overall, this combination feels more like a watered down version of the Elite Four than a fifth badge gym leader.

So, my question(s) today. What do you think about Clay? Do you also feel he is much stronger than the average leader, or am I just crazy?

And on that note, what gym leader(s) have had the most influence on you during your time with this series, and how have they affected your teams?

 

[??????]

you know i still havent even played B/W 2 does it have any new features than in pokemon B/W 1 ? i heard about critical capture ( when catching a pokemon it can be a "critical hit ) was that from B/W 2 ? or was this introduced in an earlier game and ive just never noticed ?

also, congrats on your first nuzlock play through im still not confident enough to attempt it lol

edit: also i never ever thought Brock was a difficult gym leader even when i chose charmander as my starter ( which happened alot of the time ) i mean its not like you didnt have a chance of capturing any other grass pokemon before you faced him. for some reason the "hardest" gym leader i had in gen 1 games was the little fire gym leader ( his name evades me) but he seemed to be a tough challenge for me.

 

[hyde9318]

Gen 1... that would be Blaine then. The little old man who would kick the crap out of anyone who didn't have a competent water pokemon with them (which in gen 1, competent water pretty much consisted of Blastoise, Lapras, Gyarados, and tentacruel).

And Brock wasn't much of a tough fight. I just admired his style really. And how he held his own, even for being the very first gym leader (ever, if you really think about it). Take a look at the other leaders of Gen 1. Misty... Grab a pikachu from the forest and viola, Misty is down. Lt. Surge? Grab a geodude from Mt. Moon and raise it to any level you are comfortable with, Sruge can't do crap. Erika... we will skip her. Sabrina... okay, Sabrina could cause some major problems if you weren't prepared. Koga, meet Kadabra. Blaine was kind of another bad-ass, unless you started with Squirtle. And finally, you had Giovanni. The leader of team rocket. When you have your final battle with him, he has a nice range of ground pokemon, but he is oddly weak for him having such an imbalanced team. I never understood that. Giovanni had some of the strongest 1st gen pokemon, and they had some of the best moves in the game. But they must have messed up his team's AI or something, because everytime I fought him, he would get stuck in an endless loop of horn attack and Defensive Curl.

Then the E4. Why was there such a difficulty spike with them? I mean, most of the gym leaders were pushovers. Then you meet Lorelei... and your life suddenly loses all meaning. Your "badass" team of pokemon suddenly become mediocre at best, while your strongest pokemon gets kicked around like he was in a pinball machine. So you go train enough to beat Lorelei. You get past her, only to get dropkicked by Bruno. Train again, beat Bruno, get licked by Agatha's Gengars. Let's assume you beat her. Then you walk in to meet the most badass of all the trainers (of every game in my opinion... this guy truly is a legend), Lance the Dragon Master. So, you see he is the Dragon Master and you about crap yourself? You shouldn't, because his team's broken AI was never fixed and his ultimate weakness is a Zubat. Yeah, that crappy little blue bat that you left at home in your PC, hoping you would never have to look at his creepy little eyeless face. The bat that actually has a bigger mouth than Mick Jagger and Steven Tyler combined is the ultimate weakness of the original Dragon Pokemon, Dragonite.

I dont want to keep making everyone read long posts, but I have to explain how bad this actually was. Ok, so the original games' AI was simple. It had a check at the beginning of every turn, before an enemy's attack was chosen. This checked to see if that pokemon had an attack that would be super-effective against your pokemon. If it was, it would automatically use it until you were dead. So, your Zubat is out, Dragonite is about to curb stomp him into an oblivion. The AI does it's check. Zubat is a poison type and a flying type. Psychic is effective against poison, electric is effective against flying. The check comes back that Dragonite does, in fact, have one Psychic type move. So here is what you now see...

Dragonite used Agility!

Dragonite's speed rose!

Zubat used Leech Life!

Dragonite loses 10HP, Zubat gains 2HP!

And now that the game is stuck in an infinite loop due to Dragonite's AI assuming that the "super effective" attack will soon be the downfall of the nation of Zubat. You would think that after 15 turns of getting quicker, Dragonite would eventually be able to dodge the same damn leech life that has hit him 15 times. You would think that this Dragon (who's pokedex entry claims to be one of the smartest pokemon, mind you) would realize that this attack is the same one used last time, maybe it should be dodged now.

Off my rant now, lol. Anyways, BW2 adds in quite a bit. First off, it is the first real sequel in the series, so that is a plus. I know gold and silver were considered sequels to red and blue, but we all know that is bullsh*t. They took place in a country nobody apparently knew of before, and have pokemon that have apparently never been seen before (even though not even professor oak is surprised to see them, like they have always been there), and they had two kids who have nothing to do with the story of the first games. So no, I do not consider GSC to be sequels to RBY. Anyways (I guess I am in a ranting mood this morning, lol), these games also have quite a bit of new stuff to do. Like build your own Avenue, where you can let your friends and fans open shops to sell stuff to your other friends and fans, while you get access to rare items. Or even the new area type place in Driftveil, which eventually allows you to go back and battle every gym leader, elite four member, champion, and important figure from every single game. I am not kidding... in one of the final tournaments you unlock, you can fight Red, Silver, Crystal, Professor Oak, Blue, and Professor Birch... all in one single tournament! Of course, all of them are rare to find in the tournaments, but they are there, which is good enough for me. Then, you have a pretty decent story this time (good continuation). An achievement system (they call them medals though). You can make movies at the studio... There are just so many things you can do, it is crazy.