The Energon Pub

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Wed Apr 07, 2010 12:15 pm

Cool. Don't worry about the time, I just said that because you can only catch them at night.

Yeah, if you teach Gastly some new moves it'll be better. When it evolves into Gengar it's one of the best mixed sweepers in the game. Gengar has amazing speed and attack stats.

There's no real right or wrong choice when it comes to choosing Pokemon though. Just go with whatever you like best. The only time you want to worry about which is better is if you decide to do some competitive battling.

News Credits: 1 · by **Didicos** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 3:06 am

Tekka wrote:There's no real right or wrong choice when it comes to choosing Pokemon though. Just go with whatever you like best.

Yeah! Go my super-cool, super-tough and super-weak-against-ice Dragons! 8-}

(I need to get a Kingdra.......)

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 4:24 am

Kingdra is awesome. <3

But since the Physical/Special split I could never decide on a Physical or Special moveset... So I just compromised by having two Kingdra. XP

News Credits: 1 · by **Didicos** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 5:15 am

Two Kingdra? Lucky you...
I don't even have one... :-(

(Maybe I should use my AR to get one afterall...)

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 5:33 am

>:O No way man! Don't be that guy.

Do you need a Dragon Scale? Give me your friend code and I'll trade you one.

by **Iron Prime** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:17 am

Apparently Platinum (all Pokemon?) doesn't work with WPA2 encryption? I went to get my friend code last night (after tossing Ghastly back in) and couldn't get on the network. I remember reading that you need to have WEP for pokemon - can anyone confirm that?

Either way it was late and I wasn't going to fight with the internet so I just went to bed. But it looks like I'll need to address this eventually since you need to trade Ghastly's 2nd form to get him to evolve to his 3rd....

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Thu Apr 08, 2010 6:57 am

It's true. All the DS Pokemon games don't support WPA encryption. It's frustrating. I'm hopeful that the Generation 5 games will change that.

But for now, no encryption or WEP will work.

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 1:16 am

The new game names and logos have been revealed by the official website. So exciting!

Pokemon Black and Pokemon White! Very simple, but surprisingly awesome! X3

by **Iron Prime** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:20 am

I like it!

But will the third be? Pokemon gray?

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 6:28 am

That's what I've got my money on too.

by **Dr. Richtofen** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 8:28 pm

i beat hg the other day. turns out, lance was as big o0f a bitch to beat as in the original :BANG_HEAD:

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:43 pm

Congrats! There's a trick to beating Lance though.

It's called Ice Beam!

Seriously, as much as I love Lance, Ice Beam will rape his entire team.

Thunderbolt for Gyarados, Ice Beam for everything else. The only thing you need worry about then is Charizard, which isn't that big of a threat. Any rock type move will destroy it.

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Fri Apr 09, 2010 11:46 pm

Yeah my Blastoise with Ice Beam nuked his 3 Dragonites...

....and I really feel like importing my EV'd team from Diamond just to nuke Red's team once I get there..... oh the urge.

News Credits: 1 · by **Didicos** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:39 am

Tekka wrote:>:O No way man! Don't be that guy.

Do you need a Dragon Scale? Give me your friend code and I'll trade you one.

Thanks a lot for the offer pal, but the problem is not the lack of a Dragon Scale but the lack of a second DS or someone to trade...And since I don't have a WiFi adapter I can't connect my DS to the internet and GTS...

Tekka wrote:The new game names and logos have been revealed by the official website. So exciting!

Pokemon Black and Pokemon White! Very simple, but surprisingly awesome! X3

Perfect!I was waiting for these colors to be chosen for a pkmn series for years...Thankfully my wishes came true...I think I'll choose Black to make a crontrast with my white DS

Iron Prime wrote:I like it!

But will the third be? Pokemon gray?

I hope not...I would prefer something like Pokemon Carbon or Pokemon Graphite.

Tekka wrote:Thunderbolt for Gyarados, Ice Beam for everything else. The only thing you need worry about then is Charizard, which isn't that big of a threat. Any rock type move will destroy it.

Isn't Thunderbolt 2x effective against Charizard? I think that no Rock move is needed to easily defeat Lance...

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:46 am

It's not needed, but it's 4x effective, which is pretty much a guaranteed OHKO.

You could say the same about Gyarados or any of the other dragons. If you were to only bring a rock move to deal with Charizard, you wouldn't need an electric move or an ice move because Gyarados and the dragons are 2x damaged by rock. But together, Ice, Electric, and Rock are all 4x effective against his team.

And of course, since you can have 24 moves spread across six monsters, why not carry all three?

News Credits: 1 · by **Didicos** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:57 am

I prefer to have 3 pkmn with moves for almost any occasion that a fully "equiped" 6-pkmn team...But, this is a matter of choice i guess...

By the way, why don't you check serebii.net for the first images of B/W?
The graphics look quite improved I think...

News Credits: 1452 · by **Blurrz** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 4:59 am

Holy.. it`s like Pokemon Coliseum on a handheld...

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:00 am

I was thinking that they haven't changed all that much. They've just changed the camera angle.

News Credits: 1 · by **Didicos** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:03 am

Blurrz wrote:Holy.. it`s like Pokemon Coliseum on a handheld...

Don't you exaggerate a bit?

Tekka wrote:I was thinking that they haven't changed all that much. They've just changed the camera angle.

Yeap...
But this change of the camera angle makes an illusion of depth and a pseudo-3D world IMO...
I like it!

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:07 am

I'm not too sure. I liked the top-down approach, which thankfully still seems to be there, just not in every location.

What I really like however, is the full body back sprites and the larger field sprites.

What I DON'T like, is the absence of a Pokemon following the player on the field. That was my favourite feature of HGSS, I'll be really sad if it doesn't come back.

News Credits: 1 · by **Didicos** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:11 am

Tekka wrote:What I DON'T like, is the absence of a Pokemon following the player on the field. That was my favourite feature of HGSS, I'll be really sad if it doesn't come back.

I would prefer this to be optional...

News Credits: 2 · by **Tekka** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:16 am

Also, the male character sprite looks a bit dorky. Even more than Lucas and Red do. Sigh. =(

I miss the Brendan sprite... It was my favourite.

News Credits: 1 · by **Didicos** » Sat Apr 10, 2010 5:37 am

I didn't like Brendan at all...My favorite is Ethan.I also like Platinum Lucas,he looks a bit sophisticated IMO...
I, also, want to complain about Lyra, May and Dawn....
We need a hotter in-game girl-friend (or girl-partner to be more precise)....