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Pokemon Gen 8 Discussion Thread of Hopes, Speculation, Expectations, Dreams, Rumors, and More
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Idk why you guys waste your time with random people online. Unless it's coming from Serebii, Nintendo, GF, and other people with actual credibility, it's simply not worth it.
As with all supposed 'leaks', most are indeed bullshit. But there's the odd time where someone leaks legit info. Take King Zell with the most recent Direct, and the random 4Chan post which leaked the Let's Go! games, for example. Also, there was even a random Twitter account which had 0 followers that leaked the whole recent Direct
His personal prediction, if it's inside info, he will say.
Wasn't King Zell someone with actual credibility? Also how often can you reliably trust someone with zero followers? It's most likely copypasted info or someone who just happened to be extremely lucky.
Someone with no followers can't be trusted outright, but I personally still enjoy listening to their supposed inside info cos it's fun. The guy who predicted the whole Direct was not just lucky, he definitely knew. It was around 20 tweets mentioning every single game that was later shown
Don't trust predictions that surface after the fact. It's incredibly easy to, say, tweet hundreds of things as a private account, then delete the things that didn't happen and make the account public, making it look like you predicted everything because the timestamp shows your tweets as being before the event. It's especially easy to do this if all you're saying is the titles of game series, like that account did.
Not really.
Note that the twitter "leaker" was very vague, only saying "platinum game" for example instead of actually knowing the title.
I just looked at that actually and it is a little suspicious. I'll definitely consider that.
Still, my point was that it's not just the big sources that know stuff. Sometimes the little guy leaks the info, and has done many times in the past. Usually, we don't realise they are right until after the fact though e.g. 4Chan Switch Presentation leak
Masuda showing this CP199 Weedle that has 226 candies is clearly hinting at the Pokemon direct happening on February 26th. So if you'll excuse me, I'll be making 20 YouTube videos about this tweet.
I know you're joking, but he teased the Let's Go reveal last year in a similar manner.
It probably does mean something.
But water dilutes poison, honestly it would make more sense for water to be effective against poison.
The real news is that the game's releasing on April 16th.I know you're joking, but he teased the Let's Go reveal last year in a similar manner.
It probably does mean something.
Was this the tease for the LGPE reveal datesI know you're joking, but he teased the Let's Go reveal last year in a similar manner.
It probably does mean something.
did any of these numbers even mean anything?I know you're joking, but he teased the Let's Go reveal last year in a similar manner.
It probably does mean something.
EDIT: just looked it up, the games were revealed on May 30th (US time), so I guess there's something
I think its fun only when there's something of substance behind said baseless rumor.
So give me silly things like Pokemon Crown and Sceptor over "I BET MY ACCOUNT IT'LL BE REVEALED BEFORE POKEMON DAY" any time of the week, because at leas the former could be fun to talk about!
After playing Octopath Traveler, the next Pokemon game NEEDS musical transitions into boss music. That was the hypest thing about Octopath, no hyperbole.
I mean it would have been a tease if the reveal was on May 29th or May 22nd.I know you're joking, but he teased the Let's Go reveal last year in a similar manner.
It probably does mean something.
It was on May 30th :p
For me it's the opposite - you have a clear cup of water and someone comes in and drops something poisonous inside, making it harmful.
Or just dropping a shit ton of industrial waste in a lake.
Shit, that'd be amazing. The transitions into Decisive Battle 2 were always incredible. Best song from that game IMO
I was just about to mention the weedle tweet and joke about it, but I completely forgot about last year's Pokemon Go tweet which was almost accurate in its Let's Go announcement date teasing. While it does seem a stretch, its Masuda as fuck to do something like this. None of his tweets felt particularly teaserish until this one. He blurs the bottom half for no reason, the thumbnail on Twitter is specifically the Candy portion, and he never really tweets Pokemon Go photos. I'm confident as hell we will get an announcement for the direct by next Friday, it just feels right.
Edit: Huh. Masuda has been going on a lot lately about the Weather as well. Could potentially mean the games are gonna be something Hot and Cold. Would make sense, falls into the Red/Blue motif most of the gens follow, but it does clash with gen 5 quite a bit. Perhaps then Summer/Winter? Would love it if Gen 8 is focused on seasons.
Edit: Huh. Masuda has been going on a lot lately about the Weather as well. Could potentially mean the games are gonna be something Hot and Cold. Would make sense, falls into the Red/Blue motif most of the gens follow, but it does clash with gen 5 quite a bit. Perhaps then Summer/Winter? Would love it if Gen 8 is focused on seasons.
So poison type moves just make water types more powerful? Perfect.
the return of seasons (and hopefully not based on real world time)
THE RETURN OF WEATHER WARS
*PRIMALS INTENSIFIES*
that's a very fair point. In a weird way they ballance each other out. Add more water to dilute the poison, add more poison to increase its potency.
If these games actually do end up being set in a UK-inspired region, it would be funny if they were thematically linked to the weather.
Can you imagine? Each gym leader with their own unique prelude, all transitioning into the same fight theme. The Elite Four would have another.
Shoot, even the random scrub trainers have their eyecatch music which could transition into the trainer battle music instead of the jarring transition we have currently. Ugh, I'm just setting myself up for disappointment :(
For anyone wondering, here are some videos demonstrating transitions from two (of eight!) character themes into the same boss fight music:
First you'll hear the pre-fight music, which takes place while the character and boss are getting hyped up to fight. Each character has their own. Then a brief transition while the screen fades, and finally the boss theme begins to play as the battle screen appears. It's real neat.
Now imagine the same for gym leaders, trainers, and the Elite Four.
The trailer was uploaded on youtube on May 29th though (European time).
If the titles are Summer/Winter there is an location that would fit the most - Scandinavia. The titles could tie into the Summer and Winter Solstice
Ideally season based game titles would be Equinox/Solstice, but Sun and Moon exist as games already so they do have to go for something less general. Also why I would love season based legendary Pokemon, I was harping on since 2016 on the dedicated Pokemon Forums that Sun and Moon are gonna have a Solstice Legendary and an Equinox Pokemon respectively, so yeah. Sun and Moon really killed any chances of a general season based title theme real quick, as the seasons are all about how long the sun takes to set or how quick the moon comes out.
That's kind of why I was agreeing with Summer and Winter, because Hot/Cold kind of clashes with Gen 5 in a way. I mean, when I think Cold/Hot my mind goes towards Reshiram and Kyurem. And a Pokemon that would make things really hot leans really close into Groudon territory. Thinking about it, season based legendaries should be as neutral as possible in their powers, but not unrelated to them, like how Solgaleo and Lunala were not Sun and Moon dieties but Ultra Space pokemon who gained their powers from either the Sun or the Moon. So if you go for something like Summer or Winter it can work in a sense for covering all the seasons, as the Summer and Winter legendaries would be the climate at its absolutes, if that makes sense. So it could be a Hot and Cold theme, but the Pokemon themselves would be more about keeping balance in the ecosystem.
I feel if we do end up getting a Season/Weather Theme then the Region that would fit the most would be Scandinavia because it is one of the most extreme countries in the world when it comes to the changes in season plus it would be a great contrast to Sun/Moon. I do want Gen 8 to be UK Based but if it's Scandinavia i wouldn't mind
Pokemon Fast
Pokemon Furious.
Third version will be sequels again, Pokemon Too Fast & Pokemon Too Furious
Pokemon Furious.
Third version will be sequels again, Pokemon Too Fast & Pokemon Too Furious
4chan is leaning hard into the Masuda Tweet, but I gotta give it to them as batshit insane as it seems to analyze it this much, I'm gonna give credit where its due.
-226 candies for the reveal date, 2/26/2019
-199 CP is the National Dex # for Slowking
-4.16kg is the National Dex # for Vespiquen
King and Queen, Crown and Septer, yadda yadda yadda
-226 candies for the reveal date, 2/26/2019
-199 CP is the National Dex # for Slowking
-4.16kg is the National Dex # for Vespiquen
King and Queen, Crown and Septer, yadda yadda yadda
the worst part about the Summer/Winter idea is that the versions will be hard set to those seasons until the post game, where you can swap between the two. at least it's less stupid than a half day time shift, but still, I don't like the idea.
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