Having rock and ground type always annoyed me.

7 months ago by neon_nova to c/pokemon

In my mind these are essentially the same thing. Ever since I was a kid playing Red, it annoyed me so much and I still think about it sometimes.

MisshapenDeviate 13 points 7 months ago

They made it even worse by making all most of the rock types also ground types in the beginning.

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neon_nova 5 points 7 months ago

There is so much I'd love to see changed about this series. I doubt anything will ever seriously change to my liking. I think the best thing is to play romhacks or other games that capture the spirit of pokemon.

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YewEyeOwe31 3 points 7 months ago

Do you have any recs for romhacks?

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MorkofOrk 2 points 4 months ago

I'm having a ton of fun with Pokemon Odyssey, it is one of the most unique rom hacks out there, and you do not need to know anything about the game it's based on to appreciate it

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neon_nova 2 points 7 months ago

I’m only just getting into it, but I’m playing Pokemon ultra violet.

Is a hack of fire red and it is pretty vanilla, but you can catch all the Pokemon and but have to trade for trade evolutions.

Also, you can choose a starter like normal or go to some kind of safari zone and get something else. I caught a ghastly as my starter.

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YewEyeOwe31 2 points 7 months ago

Nice, I’ll have to look into that one.

A couple that I’ve been following are:

Pokemon Lazarus, an emerald romhack in a new region based on Greece. Lots of custom pixel art for the trees/architecture/terrain and apparently has megas.
Pokemon KEP, a red hack that adds some of the original beta Pokemon back in to the game along with regional variants of Kanto Pokemon, and adds a couple new locations/characters/music/features.
Pokemon Extreme Yellow which adds in some of the Kanto megas as final evolutions. A bunch of other goodies too such as expanded maps, quality of life stuff, crazy hard puzzles. The creator is trying to implement a bunch of other crazy stuff for an unreleased update including diving mechanics.

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OwOarchist 2 points 7 months ago

Not true. The 1st gen fossil pokemon are rock/flying and rock/water.

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MisshapenDeviate 2 points 7 months ago

Yes, You are correct. My intent was to point out that although your average player would be exposed to the Geodude line, the Rhyhorn line, and Onix significantly more often than any of the fossil Pokemon.

Edited for politeness

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schnurrito 3 points 7 months ago

dragon vs. fire (dragons are literally best known for producing fire) and dark vs. ghost (ghosts seem like creatures that have a lot to do with darkness) bothered me more tbh

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ZeroHora 2 points 7 months ago

This two only make sense in Japan I think.

Dragon with fire is more of a west thing. It's make sense for Dragon to resist lighting, fire and water since is what they are associate in Asia, Pokémon doesn't have a wind type, maybe they should resist flying? Dark is the evil type and ghost is not always evil.

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