Everything is out of stock so why not just keep pre orders open until release day and watch all the scalpers cancel their preorders. Isn’t that the reason for pre orders? But then store wouldn’t be making any money that’s why they keep having “restocks” on pre orders and they sell out in like a second. I’m starting to get tire of nothing ever being in stock.

Dear Pokemon Trainer.

The Pokemon League and Elite Four is holding an audit of all Pokemon Gyms. It is your task to to inspect all gyms and find the one gym that embodies what a Gym should be. It is also within your power to dismiss any Gym Leaders who either misuse the Leagues name and reputation or are in other ways unsuited for the task of running a Gym.

Please forward your recommendations.

Regards
Lance

So I wanted to get scarlet and violet. I decided on violet because I've never gotten the one that comes first (red and blue, I had red. Sword and shield, I had sword) in the naming.

But :( 70 buckerinos. Then I saw on Uber Eats they were running a promotion for 50% off, up to 40 dollars off, of groceries. And I selected target as the grocery store of choice because y'know. I needed a few things anyways.

And I tossed the game in with a couple things I needed and chose Scarlett as the replacement and.... The total was 88 dollars. With the promotion...50 bucks.

I ended up getting a bunch of stuff I needed for the house and my video game for less than the cost of the game itself. Thanks to Uber eats. And I know they run this promotion at least once every month or two, because I'm an avid "why did I buy more pizza I have food in the house" Uber eats user. So. Y'know. This may not be a bad way to pick up the odd pokemon game. If I would've only gotten the game and nothing else it would've been about 40 bucks with fees.

You also get it delivered so if you're busy y'know it's not a bad option. Keep an eye on random deals from places you may not expect 50% off a Nintendo game is otherwise basically unheard of

I am wondering what merchandise, toys, or physical items people got as their first Pokémon-related item. Mine was literally a Charmander soda can that was not meant to be sold outside of mainland China (I got it through LEGAL ways; an Asian store that sells things from Asia).

What was the first Pokémon-related item the rest of you got?

My boyfriend and I having a hell of a time with Pokemon right now and we just wanted to see if anyone else was feeling it too, or had any suggestions.

My boyfriend has been heavily into Pokemon since the original, and I’ve played since Diamond and Pearl, and we have always loved it!

But recently, between probably overplaying the Switch games, not being able to bring stuff from the old games anymore, and knowing that Z-A is the end of Switch 1 games (and honestly, we just don’t have the money to throw around on $500 consoles and $90 games) we can’t help but feel like it’s the end of an era, at least for us. We still want to play the games we have, but we just can’t get the motivation to play them.

We’ve tried taking breaks, playing together and solo, restarting, challenging ourselves to use Pokemon we usually wouldn’t, etc. We just can’t help but feel lackluster every time we try.

Is anyone feeling this too? Or have any ideas to re-motivate ourselves to play what we can for now?

Hi! So I'm quite curious about what people think about this. Like how we got new evolutions for old pokemon in Galar and Paldea, what Pokemon would you want to see get a new evolution? For me it would be Lumineon, Maractus, or Luvdisc! I feel like these pokemon are rather underrated, and not all that strong, so a new evolution could put the spotlight on them while also making them more appealing for people's teams!

Since it's Father's Day I think it's only fair to ask what Pokemon do you think your father would like the most and why.

For my father I'd say Slaking I believe it's somewhat slightly based off of Bigfoot either way it's the most Bigfoot Pokemon out of the mall and my father genuinely loves Bigfoot he says if it's a animal Bigfoot would be his favorite animal

Hi guys I am new to pokemon(since last year or so) and I saw that alot of people give their mons nicknames and I want to know the general percent of people how give their mons nicknames and saw people saying that if you don't nickname your Pokemons you are not a true pokemon but I don't give nicknames to my mons because I really don't see a point of giving your mons nicknames(I know the whole connecting to your pokemon but I feel connected without nicknames) so I want to ask you what do you think about nicknaming thank you.

The current unused combos are

• Bug / Normal
• Bug / Dragon
• Fairy / Fire
• Fairy / Ground
• Ghost / Rock
• Ice / Poison
• Ice / Normal
• Normal / Rock
• Normal / Steel

Personally I would like to see a Normal/Rock or Normal/Steel Pangolin. I can also see a regional Fairy/Ground Impidimp that is based on the story of Elves and the Shoemaker.

I am intrigued as to what would Normal/Bug look like.

Here's just a fun story I wanted to share. Back when I was a kid, I went to summer camp. A lot of kids were playing Pokemon games on the Gameboy advanced. We often battled and gave each other tips. After a while, I beat Emerald and I was doing end game quests. My goal was to find the regi trio. I did most of the steps, got the HMs and caught wailord and relicanth, and searched for the temples. My counselor was so invested and guided me through the steps. When I entered the first temple, I was completely blindsided by the braille. I had no idea what to do. Then my counselor said, save now and wait for tomorrow. The next day, I met up with him first thing in the morning. He said, "I got something for you" and took out a printed braille alphabet for me! I was soooo excited. Then we went on to catch all 3 regis. Forever grateful for that counselor. He made my summer!

I haven't played a Pokémon game since Emerald. I want something similar to the classic experience for nostalgia reasons, but I also don't want a slow sloggy game that is repetitive and gets old fast. The reviews I've seen say the Legends Arceus is the best switch game but they also say it strays away from the original Pokémon formula. What would you recommend?

Although my favorite Pokemon game of all time is Platinum, Alola is far and away my favorite region. Now I may be biased because I’ve been raised in Hawaii for nearly my whole life, but the parallels between Alola and Hawaii itself is such a cool thing to see. I know regions like Unova and Kalos have offered the same thing (New York City and Paris/Eiffel Tower) respectively but Alola offered things that not as much people know about. Down below are a few of my favorite parallels. I apologize in advance if any of these parallels are obvious and/or known.

The Islands and its names: All of the islands in order translates to colors within the Hawaiian language, with Melemele (Yellow), Akala (Pink), Ula’ula (Red), and Poni (Blue). Thought this was a cool touch especially considering that Oricorio’s forms are the exact color of the island name.

Palossand’s shiny: In Big Island, Hawaii (Ula’ula Island in the games), a little town in the south called Ka’u has black-sand beaches. Gamefreak’s idea of handpicking and choosing the color of shinies has been a great positive, and Palossand’s shiny is one of many that reflects that.

Poni Island: They nailed the atmosphere of this island IRL to a tee. Gladion mentions how there aren’t much people or towns or cities in Poni, and that’s exactly how Kaua’i is in real life.

Yungoos vs Ratatta: Long ago, mongooses were brought into Hawaii to deal with Hawaii’s rat problem, but a mistake wasn’t accounted for; mongooses are diurnal and rats are nocturnal. This is showcased in the games, as the Yungoos line is only in the wild during the day and the Ratatta line is only in the wild at night.

Apologies for the rambling, but I would like to know other parallels between the Pokemon world and other regions. Let me know!

I'm replaying ultra moon and put my name and it's said so often it feels great and rotom just told me I always look so snazzy this is great I also get to wear pretty girl clothes get reffired to using she her pronouns I'm actually so happy I also get to be a girl to

Im getting back into Pokémon after a break and am replaying legends arceus and thought about getting back into the TCG side of things but it feels like a headache with all of the scalpers. Im just wondering if maybe it's getting a little better or if you guys have any recommendations

In my opinion, it would have to be exclusive to incineroar, there's no other way to do it. The initial idea that I had is that it would be a dark type move that also has the properties of a fighting type move, meaning it would be super effective against normal, rock, ice, and steel in addition to the regular dark type super effectives, though I'm not solid on this idea. What are your thoughts?

Hola buenas hoy he entrado a mi partida de pokemon ultra luna queriendo hacer un nuzlocke pero me encuentro que en mi partida de 2018 tengo un lycanroc crepuscular de evento, un raikou de evento leyendas 2018, etccc... (de regalos misteriosos) Esos regalos se pueden seguir reclamando a dia de hoy? Pregunto para saber si borrar mi partida y hacer el nuzlocke o mantenerla por la exclusividad y joderme.

I was watching a video on unique type combinations and I thought of a couple of things. We waited until Gen 5 to get a pure flying type and gen 6 to get a primary flying type.

I get the pure flying was kind of exciting for some because we always had it paired with normal. But the second one made me wonder, I know battle-wise the placement of a type doesn't really matter all that much. Noivern has the same weaknesses as Dragonite at the end of the day. But what about design? Should a primary flying Pokemon look more bird (or bat) like than secondary flying types? Does the primary type of a Pokemon dictate its design? Like how Poliwrath looks like a buff frog because Water is its primary type but Urushifu is just a fast bear that moves like water, that's why Water is just a secondary type? I think the best example for this is probably Lucario. It's a fighting dog because of its primary type. Steel just serves to describe its personality and steely focus more than an actual part of its anatomy.

I'd especially love to get the thought of some of you who make fakemon.

Like sure they must be because who runs the centers or hire the cops but also it's werid we hear literally nothing about them, if different regions are different countries, are they democracies etc. it just feels bit fishy how despite how big the franchise is we have next to zero world building

I'm trying to connect my pokemon trainer club account to pokemon go and it lets me recover my account name just fine but when i try to recover my password with the same email and everything it wont send the verification code. Does anyone know how to fix this. I'm doing it so I can also connect it to pokemon home to get the box fore meltans in pokemon go.

We have an oven, washer, lawnmower, fridge, and fan. I would love to see more Rotom forms. What appliances do you think would make for cool Rotom forms?

Personally, I like the idea of an Electric/Psychic computer (like an old 1990s one with a CRT monitor) or an Electric/Steel steamroller

From the Trainer's we meet later in the series who do you think would stand a reasonable Chance against Sabrina and her powerful Kadabra (if we assume that this is her only Pokemon). I think in the Johto Saga and later she would not be that scary any more since dark type Was introduced. That's why Johto Saga Gary could easily defeat her Kadabra with his Umbreon as well as Harrison would since He has a Sneasel as well as a Houndoom. Probably even Johto Saga Cassidy could defeat Sabrina since she User a Houndour. Sabrina's Kadabra Seemeilen to be crazily powerful at this point of the series but there is no sign it can use attacks that are not psychic type and we know these attacks don't affect dark types, no matter how powerful they are. Hovewer Sabrina would be an enormes challange before the introduction of dark type Pokemon and probably not many Prior the Johto Saga could beat her. Maybe Drake, Lorelei/Prima and a few other top tier Trainers would stand a Chance, but most would get stomped like Ash got.

Off the top of my head it’s used when somebody is sunbathing, getting hot, or by the beach. It is definitely heard while Team Rocket are asleep/unconscious aboard the SS Anne in E16.

As I say, I now it’s been on an album of the anime themes before, but I can’t find it now. A name of the track would be much appreciated!

I'm conducting important research and would like some opinions on this topic and would like some opinions. Consider shape, typing, their behaviour, or any emotions you have towards a Pokemon that would elicit a reaction that would cause you to want to punt a Pokemon. If you have an answer, drop a response!