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[–] Phoenix3875@lemmy.world 25 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

their whole economy is built upon rat fighting tho

[–] NotASharkInAManSuit@lemmy.world 5 points 14 hours ago

Also friendship!

[–] umbrella@lemmy.ml 14 points 16 hours ago (1 children)
[–] UnderpantsWeevil@lemmy.world 8 points 16 hours ago

Only doing it if I get to periodically boot the queeniest corporate flaks into orbit

[–] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 129 points 1 day ago (4 children)

The plot of Pokemon is the kid bounding down the stairs the morning he turns 10 and announcing that he’s going to do all of those things and the mom is just like, “Fine. Please call sometimes.”

[–] cobysev@lemmy.world 62 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (3 children)

Then his single mom starts spends an inordinate amount of time hanging out with the Pokémon professor...

[–] NerdInSuspenders@leminal.space 24 points 23 hours ago

Don’t forget Mr. Mime…

[–] Quetzalcutlass@lemmy.world 12 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

If Red/Ash's mom married Professor Oak, would he call Blue/Gary (Oak's grandson) his stepson? Stepdad? And would Giovanni (Blue's father) be his stepfather? Stepson?

And why does Game Freak refuse to answer my emails?

[–] lowered_lifted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 16 hours ago

It would be extremely Star Wars/Everyone Important Is Related of them but I believe that it is a step sibling rivalry

[–] FenrirIII@lemmy.world 5 points 23 hours ago

Bow chica wow wow...

[–] suite403@lemmy.world 7 points 17 hours ago

Stole the plot of Earthbound I see.

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 4 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

Does he call? Asking for a concerned mom.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 8 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

If you actually go back to your home city there is literally nothing to do there.

You would have thought that at some point they would have added some special item or quest that you got if you actually went back but nope. In every game of Pokémon I have ever played there is no incentive to return to your home city and talk to your mother.

[–] Shardikprime@lemmy.world 2 points 37 minutes ago

She is literally the first doctor you have available to your Pokémons and allows for early grind

You also get fast boots!

[–] danc4498@lemmy.world 6 points 15 hours ago

Art imitating life

[–] TwanHE@lemmy.world 3 points 14 hours ago

Pretty sure you can call her to leave some money with her to prevent going broke when getting wiped in battles. In some of the games at least.

[–] Zorque@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago

The show, yes. The game is more like the comic.

[–] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 27 points 21 hours ago

... Also your Mom is banging the guy who gave her the rat.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 42 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

Which is why the plot is bad ass. Its like being a viking without killing folks.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 7 points 22 hours ago (2 children)

And that's why Pokemon ZA setting sucks ass...

Seriously? We're going to be in an urban city environment the entire game?....

[–] Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works 10 points 21 hours ago (3 children)

My favorite thing about the internet right here. Games not even out yet and it sucks ass/is the second coming of Christ. There is no in-between.

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 6 points 17 hours ago* (last edited 17 hours ago) (1 children)

With how badly TPC has been handling the franchise the past few years, expecting the next games to be bad is pretty reasonable

[–] Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works 2 points 17 hours ago

You're probably right, however I reserve judgement on things untill I have actually experienced them. I fully expect it to be a disappointment somehow, but I don't know that it will be.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 21 hours ago (1 children)

SETTING

I didn't say the game itself sucks but the SETTING does based on everything they have shown us (100% urban environments)

Before you talk about in-between maybe read everything in it's entirety first.

[–] Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I did read your comment in it's entirety. My opinion is the same, and also not as about you as you seem to think.

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) (1 children)

games not even out yet and it sucks ass.

This you?

Also when you say "right here" you are directing at me and what I said.

[–] Rampsquatch@sh.itjust.works 1 points 14 hours ago

I see you've taken part of what I said out of context. Good for you.

[–] echodot@feddit.uk 1 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Well there's been that fairly lacklust trailer. It didn't exactly look inspiring. Of course it might have great gameplay but historically speaking that seems unlikely.

Also of course it's probably going to cost $100 which means I'm not going to buy it regardless.

[–] pyre@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

there's a Pokemon game with South Africa as the setting?

[–] DoucheBagMcSwag@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 16 hours ago* (last edited 16 hours ago)

hahahahaha good one

[–] Dasus@lemmy.world 1 points 16 hours ago
[–] lowered_lifted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 6 points 16 hours ago

I mean ashs mom is a single mom and he's a latchkey kid so he probably drank hose water and grew up to vote republican (I think Shinzo Abe's party is that in Japan)

[–] Dadifer@lemmy.world 57 points 1 day ago (2 children)
[–] Glitterbomb@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago (2 children)

Or if you link up with your mom's PhD boyfriend, you have a choice between a lizard someone set on fire, a different lizard with a fungal infection, or a regular ass turtle.

[–] lowered_lifted@lemmy.blahaj.zone 7 points 16 hours ago

that ass turtle is a powerful turtle, water starters are slept on

[–] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 4 points 15 hours ago

Uh, it's not a lizard with a fungal infection, it's clearly a frog/plant symbiote. Gosh

[–] heyWhatsay@slrpnk.net 10 points 22 hours ago
[–] drathvedro@lemm.ee 6 points 17 hours ago

Forgot this comic, thought it was about ratshaker

[–] psx_crab@lemmy.zip 23 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

7th gen:

mom can i go do this island's ritual of growing up right after i moved into this place?

Sure hon, have fun!

and then they went into alternate dimension to stop their friend's crazy mom

[–] devfuuu@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago* (last edited 23 hours ago) (2 children)

Isn't the plot that he is in a coma and dreaming all of it? 😌

[–] mnemonicmonkeys@sh.itjust.works 5 points 17 hours ago

No, that's just a fringe fan theory

[–] errer@lemmy.world 7 points 23 hours ago

That’s why Pikachu is electricity based, he represents all the stuff plugged into the unconscious boy in the hospital

[–] greenskye@lemm.ee -5 points 22 hours ago

This would be funnier without the last panel