POKéMON DIAMOND/PEARL/ETC. DISCUSSION THREAD

author=AeroGP link=topic=1247.msg49935#msg49935 date=1228807080
Shadowtext, you're completely off about the Uber tier.

Well yeah, I oversimplified it. Not every legendary is Uber and not every Uber is legendary. But there's a lot of overlap and I didn't feel like going into more details. Obviously they wouldn't just ban a Pokemon for being only available from events (be they in-game or real life) unless it made it too powerful for the OU bracket.

author=suzuricho link=topic=1247.msg49983#msg49983 date=1228852301
All Wobbuffet does is counter your playstyle. If you make it too predictable, then you should go down. I believe in punishing someone for not having something original. I don't understand why they'd ban the Wobby.

Wobbuffet doesn't counter YOUR playstyle, he counters ANY playstyle. He's a game breaker because if Wobbuffet is allowed then you would be insane to field a team that DIDN'T include him because he's more or less guaranteed to take down whatever Pokemon is out when he comes out.

He's banned for the same reason Mewtwo is. Because if you don't have him on your team when you're allowed to, you'll be playing at a disadvantage, because everyone else will.

By the way, you said you use Shuckle--how does that work out for you? I've never seen it played out before, but it seems like there's potential for a Shuckle to really mind screw another player, between Trick Room and that move that switches Attack and Defense. Too bad he doesn't learn any good attack moves to make use of an attack stat that, as I recall, would be higher than Cranidos. Epic glass cannon....it'd probably only work in 2v2 matches, though.

@JayAMurphy:

Kid, it doesn't take more to get a "rare" Pokemon, as there is one in every game, unless you speak of the event critters. At least, that's how I feel.

I started Pokemon way back when Red/Blue first hit American shores. That was in 1996/97-ish. My brother and I were instantly each other's rivals, and we went to see all the movies, watched the anime on TV together. We got my dad Yellow when it came out and we all played together as a family. Pokemon stands for family fun in the deepest part of my heart. I don't ever go for Pokedex completion. If I'm not going to use it, or if I'm not catching it for someone else, I don't bother about it. Pokemon is a game that can be played so many ways, especially with the inclusion of so many mini-games here in the newest installment.


Me and my uncle stephen (more like brother because our age) did the same thing.

The only games iv'e completed the pokedex on so far is pokemon platinum/diamond/pearl 8).