#a wild charmander appears!

[emmebearpaw]

Charmeleon Color Morphs (sprite from Pokefarm Q again) Wild Type

What Can I say. That's a charmeleon.

High Belly

A hard to breed for trait, some Charmeleons sport a higher than average belly coloration. This is highly sought after in combination with the next trait

Marble

Named after the type of stone, Marble Charmeleons have a lighter than average under color. This is often a popular trait to breed into lines due to the increase in contrast. (I didn't make an independent image for this one but will indicate when a Charmeleon is depicted with Marble)

Charmander

(Image on right depicts Charmeleon with Marble and a slightly smaller than average belly) A form of neoteny causing orange coloration to be maintained into the next evolutionary stage, while this can occur in any Charmeleon upon evolution, some lineages are more prone to this than other. Buyer beware! There is no way of knowing if a Charmander will retain its color through evolution, any seller claiming to guarantee this is acting deceptively.

Sooty

Sooty is the name of a color morph characterized by dark spots present across the Charmeleon's body. It's caused by overactive Melanocytes, similar to freckles, however breeders have increase the prevalence and size of spots by selective breeding. Two individuals are shown, with the right one being an award winning Contest Charmeleon. Notice its high degree of spotting along its limbs, this is typically considered attractive, as it gives the appearance of the Charmeleon having been dipped in Soot. Partial and Total Melanism

While they appear similar, "Partial" and total melanism are actually caused by 2 different genetic mutations. Total Melanistics are actually caused by high degrees of Sooty, while "Partials" are a distinct genetic lineage derived from a group living on an equatorial island, as an adaptation to protect against the sun. Total melanism is associated with high rates of age related behavioral problems and vision problems, and thus breeders are encouraged to avoid high Sooty pairings

Note: While flame color is often said to be a genetic trait, it actually is diet related, though some lineages have metabolistic differences that may impact flame color

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I saw a Post about Pokemon x Twister Wonderland. Out of curiosity what Team will work with Epel? I was originally something cute that he totally underestimates is a big powerhouse?

Hey~ @queenofdahlias4life

First of all, thank you for liking the Rook's pkmn team and for the lovely question and I agree Epel would be the type to totally underestimate cute pokemon if he's going to choose.

Anyway, here's my take! I hope this helps you~ ENJOY~

Navigation: Ace | Deuce | Trey | Cater | Riddle | Leona | Ruggie | Jack | Azul | Jade | Floyd | Kalim | Jamil | Vil | Epel | Rook | Idia | Ortho | Malleus | Lilia | Sebek | Silver | Chenya |

Epel Felmier's Pokemon Team

Disclaimer: This is only headcanons. Descriptions might be long and in choosing the Pokémon is mostly based on appearance and typings. I am just a casual pokemon player.

Note: the list is based on a scenario of what if Epel would begin his pokemon journey as a pokemon trainer doing gym battles so for this post, I’ll consider the pokemon movesets if necessary.

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STARTER POKEMON

If Epel would choose a starter pokemon, I can see him choosing a fire type pokemon and thought of these pokemons for it:

Charmander (Fire) to Charizard (Fire/Flying)

If Epel would pick Charmander, I imagined he picked the little guy because he’s a cool lizard  with a fire tail. Also, if it turned to a Charizard then Epel would have a flying pokemon that he can use in his travels.

Litten (Fire) to Incineroar (Fire/Dark)

If Epel would pick Litten, he’d pick the cat because of its color scheme. In his opinion, Red and Black fire cat is cool and it would also be so cool and shocking for Epel to have a buff wrestler cat pokemon in the end.  Since Epel values strength and is very tough.

Scorbunny (Fire) to  Cinderace (Fire)

Epel has a pet rabbit growing up. It’s possible that it’s one of Epel’s childhood pokemon but I prefer the other two.

2. Male Buneary (Normal) to Lopunny (Normal/Fighting)

According to Epel’s wiki, he owned a rabbit as  a child so Buneary or any bunny pokemon can be one of his childhood pokemon growing up.

If Epel has a Scorbunny already, Epel would mostly meet a wild male Buneary and they will have a bond and goal to show that pretty boys can be tough too. 

3. Deerling Line (Normal/Grass)

Deerling or any deer pokemon would be one of his childhood pokemon as well since I’d imagine Harveston would be full of deer pokemon to help the apple farmers move carts and produce. Also, deers can pull sleds since Sledathon is very popular in Harveston. Assuming Harveston is a wintery place all year-round, Epel would have the Winter themed Sawsbuck.

For alternatives, maybe a pokemon that you can imagine Epel would ride in the countryside like a Doduo.

4. Applin Line (Dragon/Grass) 

There’s no explanation to convince. He deserves the apple theme pokemon but the question is what evolution line would he choose to evolve his dear Applin. He’s a pokemon trainer and Epel wants to evolve this pokemon to its potential. 

Flapple can be his alternative flying pokemon and  it’ll be cute if a Flapple can join Epel in one of his Spelldrive club practices. Since Epel and Deuce are friends, maybe Deuce can give him a tart apple and have a Flapple. 

Dipplin/Hydrapple is the second option and I'm not sure why would Epel have it except looking at its appearance but maybe Epel can have a dipplin to symbolize the candy apples needed to groovify his cards.

It would be unfair not to include Appletun but in my opinion, it’s the least evolution design wise because Appletun is based on an apple pie and I think that’s for Heartslabyul.

I’m mostly leaning to  Flapple  because of its design but the other two works too.

5. Mareanie (Poison/Water) to Toxapex

Throughout Epel’s journey and being in Pomefiore under Vil. I’d like the thought that Vil would give him a poison type elegant-looking pokemon as a gift. I’d also think Epel would say to his housewarden to give him a water type to balance his team of having all three elements of fire, grass and water types and also it's a pokemon with high defense.

6. Eevee(Normal) to Sylveon (Fairy)

Epel would like his pokemon team to be balanced yet has more cool looking pokemons than cute ones. It’s a happy accident that Epel got a Sylveon evolution from an eevee. 

Epel wanted to have an Espeon so that he can have a psychic pokemon and for him to have a purple pokemon to represent his dorm but in the end, he got Sylveon. He got the fairy eevolution because he hangs with Eevee a lot so he has to use  TMs to make Sylveon do psychic-type moves.

Explanation: Sylveon is chosen because of fairy moves that involve putting pokemons to sleep like Sing or Disarming Voice. I think Epel having fairy type pokemons that can put others to sleep matches with his signature magic. I picked Sylveon because just like in the description, if given an opportunity, Epel would be the type to like cool pokemons more than cute ones.

CONCLUSION:

Epel will mostly likely have a pokemon team that he can use for gym and pokemon battles in general so I can see his team being balanced. He would have cute looking pokemons at the beginning but have cool and badass pokemons as their final evolutions.

[wrathful-reptile]

A wild charmander appeared!

Oh no this pokemon requires a special pokeball to catch it but luckily you can buy one for 600 Poké!

(They're on the AH for only 600g)

[sleep-studies-and-pokemon]

0006 Charizard

Despite how grumpy these large lizards try to look they're not quite as reactive as Charmeleon except if they have offspring with them and boy was I glad...

I can see why they're so popular, they have such personalities!

A Charizard, at all times, wants and need to appear tough. Charmander and Charmeleon alike look to this mighty 'mon as indicator of appropriate behaviours though they don't seem to officially control a lounge it's more like they come together to admire the Charizard.

A Charizard cannot sleep whilst flying (although some Pokemon can and do) but no longer needs to find sun quite as much and even seems to enjoy the shade to cool down it's internal heat sometimes!

When sitting in it's 'defensive sleep' position it will cross it's arms and doze that way, not relaxing as it's prevolutions do.

It will also lay on it's stomach with it's hands under it's chin, knees tucked to allow quick sitting and easy snapping at nearby threats.

On extremely rare occasions they sleep either curled up as they used to in youth, even tucking their heads under their wings. This is the sign of a very content and safe Charizard and a great sign both in the wild and domestically.

I was extremely lucky to catch behaviour I'd only ever heard of - a Charizard languishing on it's back. This is a very dangerous way of sleeping for a Charizard as although it's a great way to sunbathe and absorb a lot of sun through the thinner skin of their bellies it's also difficult for them to get up quickly from.

Their wings are pinned and they have to roll slowly to the side, leaving themselves very often to attack from above especially from other Charizard who want their sleeping spot! Nothing happened to this one though, probably because she was the biggest thing around at the time haha nobody wanted to tussle with her any time soon!

[apple-pecan]

Pokémon FireRed (2004)

i will not waste time on an intro because everyone already knows what pokemon is. and everyone already knows that FireRed and LeafGreen are remakes of the original games yeah yeah yeah whatever. but would you believe me if i said i've never beaten a pokemon game before? "yes", you say? well, uh, fuck. either way, i decided i might as well try to finish the games that started them all. or at least the remakes because i dont think i could stare at black and white screens for too long.

as far as remakes go this isnt half bad. this was made during gen 3 so expect similar gameplay to ruby/sapphire/emerald. it's been modernized quite well with the addition of held items, natures and abilities and what not. however, even with these shiny new features and QoL changes, kanto is still kind of an annoying place to be.

for example, the early game hell in many old pokemon games is especially rough here. when you start the game, you have barely any money to afford potions and/or pokeballs, only being able catch pidgeys and rattatas and bug pokemon with stupidly low levels (unless your patient enough to catch pikachu with it's 5% appearance rate, i wasn't), having to navigate a forest with pokemon that can easily poison you (oh yeah hope you have money for antidotes too asshole), trainers that barely give you any money, two gym leaders that will ruin you if you picked charmander, having to navigate a really fucking annoying cave to get to said second gym leader UGH. but once you beat misty it's smooth sailing from there. until the elite four at least.

it's fun finding all the little creatures in the grass and smoking other trainers with your specialized party, it's an addicting gameplay loop that still endures which is why there's like 60 of these games now. there are a few issues i have, mainly the concept of HMs. they're special moves you can learn that have uses outside of battle like cutting down trees and flying to towns you've visited before. however, you can't unlearn them for a good portion of the game so if your pokemon has learned one, they now have one less move slot to work with. so the "solution" is to just have a useless pokemon thats in your party only to use HMs, meaning now you have only 5 real pokemon on your team. it's insane that this was an issue in every single fucking game in the series until sun and moon, 20 years after the original games. better late than never i guess.

another issue is how EXP is divided among pokemon. only pokemon that were active in a battle get EXP, and depending on how many you sent out, it's divided for each one. i.e. if you used two pokemon and the enemy gives you 600 EXP, they each get 300 instead. three pokemon, 200. thing is most wild pokemon you caught suck ass until they start getting levels so you have to do what's called "switch training" which involves putting the one pokemon you wanna grind levels for at the front so they're sent out to battle first, and when the battle starts, immediately switch to your actual good pokemon and win the battle that way. eventually, your weak pokemon will get stronger.

this whole process takes forever and call me a basic bitch but i actually like the EXP Share in later games. all it does is save hours of your life grinding, but the one issue it does have is that it makes the games too easy, in which case, there's something inherently wrong with how the the main gameplay of the entire series is balanced. pokemon should stop trying to uphold traditions and try something entirely new! maybe take a few pages from other monster collector games like digimon and persona/SMT... but they WONT because these games are too mega popular and have a huge competitive scene and the last time they tried to do something different and bold with the main series (black and white) everyone hated them BECAUSE they did something different and no one FUCKING BOUGHT THEM!!!!! oh yeah wasn't this a review of firered

gigantic rant i had aside i still quite enjoyed my time with firered, when the game works it really works. when i finally have a team of pokemon i like and start demolishing trainers and gym leaders left and right it's really engrossing, even if the kanto games haven't aged the best. im still glad i beat it though and i wanna play more in the future, maybe try emerald or platinum next. i never quite got into pokemon the same way i did with other RPGs like final fantasy or dragon quest but it's still a fun series with lots of good monster designs, and when i do actually get to play the multiplayer with friends i always have a ton of fun. a good time, but if i see ONE more pidgey or rattata...

NOTE: i love you dragonite. i love you. i want hug. eevee too. baby

[zip-toonz]

Any Pokémon anime thoughts? Ik you haven’t watched all the series yet but I’d love to hear ur thoughts on what you think ash is up to since his anime series ended and idk general animeverse hcs. I remember you had an au abt ash opening a Pokémon sanctuary and I’d love to hear more abt it if you have more thoughts and ideas related to it

Btw what series have you watched or have knowledge abt outside of xy just for future ref bc I know u haven’t watched bw yet so I’ll hold off on my Burgundy rambling until you do so you can have some context.

Admittedly I have only watched a part of the very original series and a quarter of the XY series (Mainly because I've been watching Yu-Gi-Oh Zexal) So a lot of my knowledge of the series as whole is limited to what's fresh in my mind and whatever my brain death gripped from middle school. I'm working on it however! Honestly XY is your best bet to get convos about cause its my comfort generation but I think after XY I wanna watch Journeys or the SUMO anime (I like the artstyle)

But! I do have thoughts about where Ash and Co. are and what they're up too despite this.

I do remember talking about Ash either becoming a Professor or opening a sanctuary. Iirc it's because of how frequently Ash is willing to risk his life to save Pokémon. I stand by this idea. I think after he's satisfied with being a trainer taking on gyms and participating in Leagues he returns to Kanto to form a Sanctuary with the help of Sammy Oak, Brock, and Misty. (Unrelated but I wonder if Prof. Oak ever tells Ash that he was that kid he made friends with. I'm a huge Pokémon 4ever fan LOVED that movie as a kid).

I can see Ash calling his pals in other regions for help on this project. Some of his friends are specialists in certain Pokémon types or (Like in the case of Clermont and the aforementioned Brock) certain fields. Brock being a breeder can help Ash make habitats that are the best suited to house and rehabilitate Pokémon. Clemont could make Inventions that could both assist the Pokémon and/or the staff (by this point I'd like to think he's experience enough to keep most of his inventions from exploding prematurely).

I like to think that the goal of the sanctuary is rescuing Pokémon and rehabilitating them. Either to be released back into the wild, help with scientific studies, or to be adopted by trainers. We know that in the canon of the series there are abusive or negligent trainers as well as Pokémon that are difficult to raise or picky about the trainers they take too. I think Ash is the best at handling those kinds of Pokémon given his Charmander and his Froakie.

I can see the building being used like a trainer school. New trainers can attend classes to learn the basics of battling or even just Pokémon husbandry. There's a lot of little things to the world of Pokémon. What food is best for your partner, what berries help what conditions, what to pack for a journey, how to read a map, how to use your equipment, what to do in Pokémon encounters, ect. Maybe a retired professor oak teaches there. Maybe brock and Misty make special appearances to teach classes.

In my mind Bonnie is one of the first people to attend. Finally old enough to start her journey without her brothers supervision and eager to get started. Of course she's there with Dedenne her partner Pokémon and maybe a newly caught Pokémon pal (I think Clemont deserves to help bonnie with her very first official catch) that she excitedly shows Ash.

A retired rocket grunt James is hired there because lets be real James is also super compassionate towards Pokémon and if he doesn't get to live the rest of his life happily raising (and reclaiming his Pokémon from Giovanni) then I'm going to riot. I feel like that's one of his very first goals. rescuing Pokémon from Giovanni and finally reuniting with Growlie.

As for Jessie. I think she too is down to get her Pokémon back from Giovanni. But once that's settled I like to think she goes back to Kalos to continue performance. I always liked that she was a talented performer. And maybe even returns to studying nursing.

Meowth I don't think would like sticking around the Sanctuary all day despite how great of an asset he is given he's basically bilingual. So instead he ends up traveling with Bonnie and Max (the siblings of Ash's friends going on a journey together is the coolest idea to me). Meowth I think would enjoy the traveling. This time he doesn't have any evil plots to carry out and isnt 'blasting off again' every other day so this time he can really take it all in. He doesn't 'belong' to either kid but he's there to help keep them safe as they get a footing on traveling without their older siblings. Plus if the sanctuary needs him to play translator Ash or one of the staff can contact him he knows how to use a phone.

In a similar vein to Bonnie and Max travel companions I think Bonnie makes proper friends with Lyn (the girl who's bag got mixed up with hers). That's slightly unrelated but I love that episode.

I have a ton of thoughts about this Idea. Its not one that I think about often but when mentioned my brain runs wild and I can only imagine how far this pseudo Future au can expand as I see more characters

(Honorable mentions Because I love them but Trevor would become a professional Photographer, Shauna is a long standing Kalos Queen who's about to step down to try something new, and Tierno does successfully beat a league before switching his focus onto dancing but still battles for fun)

[zeciex]

As promised, here is Aemond's Pokémon team of 6. When it came to Dae's team, I looked at Pokémon that were Grass or Poison types, as well as looking and picking out Pokémon that looked as non threatening as possible, at least in their first form. For Aemond's team, I looked for Pokémon that looked dangerous or are well known to be dangerous and have tempers to match once they reach their final form. I also looked specifically into Dragon or Fire types. The first 5 picks were no brainers, but the very last one proved difficult, as I will explain when I get there.

Charmander:

Charmander was very first one that can to mind when I thought of what Pokémon Aemond would want, so I felt it only fair that this one be first. Although Charmander and its evolutions look like they could be Dragon types, they are actually Fire types, or a dual Fire/Flying type in Charizard's case. Charmander's final form is Charizard, with its description below:

"Charizard flies in search of powerful opponents to battle, and its fire will burn hotter as it gains experience. Its fiery breath can melt boulders and massive glaciers and has been known to cause forest fires accidentally. Though its fiery breath is hot, it never turns it on any opponent weaker than itself."

Bagon:

Bagon is also one that immediately came to mind for Aemond. Unlike Charmander, Bagon and its evolutions are Dragon type Pokémon, with its final form, Salamence, being a dual Dragon/Flying type. Considering that Salamence is a powerful Dragon/Flying type Pokémon, I felt that Aemond would have no problem getting and training a Bagon through its evolutions to its final form. Salamence's description is below:

"Its long-held dream fulfilled at last, Salamence constantly flies around and releases intense blasts of fire as an expression of its joy. It only stops flying when it gets exhausted and needs to sleep. If enraged, it loses all sense of self and flies into an uncontrollable rampage, destroying everything around it until it tires itself out."

Gible:

Gible is another one that immediately came to mind. Gible and its evolutions are dual Dragon/Ground types, with its final form, Garchomp, being extremely powerful and fast. Garchomp's description is below:

"Garchomp can fly at an incredible speed to catch its prey, being capable of flying as fast as a jet, cutting down trees with its blades of wind, a magnificent sight to witness. It is able to move in both the air and underground. It preys on bird Pokémon and is known to eat entire flocks of them whole. It sometimes battles Salamence in the air as they compete for food. After catching prey, it returns to its den before its body can cool down. The fine scales on its body reduce drag for easier flight, and their sharp edges also serve to injure opponents who attack it directly. It can use its protuberances as sensors for finding distinct prey. Garchomp lives in mountainous regions, both volcanic and boreal, and typically dwells underground. However, it is seldom sighted in the wild. Garchomp is described as having a feral nature, requiring extreme caution should anyone encounter it."

Gyarados:

Gyarados is the evolved form of Magikarp. Magikarp, while easy to catch, is well known for being the weakest Pokémon to ever exist. It's an irony that Gyarados, Magikarp's evolved form, is the strongest and most powerful non-Lengendary Water type Pokémon. So while I definitely think Aemond would want a Gyarados, I don't think he would bother with raising a Magikarp. I feel Aemond would go after an already evolved Gyarados. Its description is below:

"The process of evolution causes a change in its brain structure that is believed to cause its violent nature. Gyarados's fangs can crush stones and its scales are harder than steel. Gyarados is feared for its fierce temper and wanton destructive tendencies since ancient times. In some regions, Gyarados is called the "deity of destruction" because of this. It appears in times of conflict and destroys the surrounding area. Its rampages have been known to last a month at a time. These rampages can occur even during a harsh storm. A Gyarados's rage won't stop completely until everything is destroyed."

Larvitar:

Larvitar and its first evolution, Pupitar, are both dual Rock/Ground types, while their final evolutionary form form, Tyranitar, is a dual Rock/Dark type. Tyranitar is extremely powerful with a fierce temper. When I read Tyranitar's description, I couldn't help but think of Aemond.

"Tyranitar is a powerful Pokémon with an insolent nature, uncaring of others. It is extremely strong, and its thick, rocky hide gives it good resistance to all forms of attack. Tyranitar sleeps with no fear thanks to this overwhelming power and strong body. As it is not worried about surroundings even in its sleep, Tyranitar can be seen sleeping in an amazing sleeping position with its limbs open wide. As a result, Tyranitar is always looking for a battle and will not flinch at anything, though it ignores opponents that it thinks are not worth its time. Tyranitar's power is so devastating that it can forcefully crush anything using one of its hands. If enraged, Tyranitar sets off outstanding earthquakes that can completely change the entire landscape, destroying houses and mountains, and often forcing cartographers to draw up new maps. It lives in nests made from demolished mountains."

Houndour:

This last one proved the most difficult to decide on. Originally I had wanted to pick one that held a spiritual/religious significance to honor Aemond's maternal side, like a Clefairy or Lucario, but Clefairy struck me more as a Pokémon that would get along more with those that worship the Old Gods rather than the Seven, and Lucario is a Pokémon that has a strong sense of justice and only serves those with righteous hearts, which doesn't really match the hypocrisy of House Hightower and those that strongly believe in and serve the New Gods. Therefore I headcannon that Lucario would have served House Hightower before the Andals came, then left and went north after seeing them abandon the Old Gods like it was nothing to keep their power.

Ultimately I decided to go back to looking at different Fire types and picked Houndour. Houndour and its evolution, Houndoom, are both dual Dark/Fire types. Houndoom is a somewhat ambitions Pokémon that leaves dangerous burns on its victims, and I don't think Aemond would have any issue raising a Houndour to a Houndoom. Houndoom's description is below:

"Houndoom live in packs. The one with its horns raked sharply towards the back serves a leadership role. Leadership is determined by fights within the pack. It is believed that Houndoom dreams about this leadership role while it sleeps. Its gut is full of toxins, which are used to create unique fire mixed with poison. This gives Houndoom's fire a foul odor and the burns it inflicts will never heal."

Here's an image of Lucario:

I also think a lot of Ghost types would hang around Aemond due to his usual sour mood (Ghost type Pokémon really like to be around people in bad moods, they feed off the negative emotions), especially after Storm's End, but I don't think he would bother with catching them. They would only remind him of what has happened to him as well as his own actions, which would keep him in a bad mood.

So what do you think of my list for Aemond?

I love the details of each of these, and this is definitely what I imagine what Aemond would go for--something fierce and threatening looking, with a temper to match his own. He'd pride himself on this team!

[creationsbyjesska]

Pokemon Go Dynamax Event

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This Special Research can be claimed at no cost from Tuesday, September 3, 2024, at 10:00 a.m. to Tuesday, December 3, 2024, at 9:59 a.m. local time, so make sure you don’t miss it! Event Bonuses and Field Research During the event, players can enjoy the following bonuses: - 2× XP for winning a Max Battle - 2× XP for spinning PokéStops Special event-themed Field Research tasks will also be available, offering more chances to encounter Bulbasaur, Charmander, Squirtle, Skwovet, and Wooloo. Remember, there is also a chance to encounter Shiny versions of these Pokémon! PokéStop Showcases and Special Bundles Keep your eyes peeled for PokéStop Showcases where you can enter event-themed Pokémon. Additionally, a special Max Particle Pack Bundle will be available on the Pokémon GO Web Store for US$7.99 (or equivalent local pricing) starting on September 8, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. PDT. This pack includes six Max Particle Packs, totaling 4,800 Max Particles—perfect for all your Dynamax needs!

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Pokemon Gen 1 Semi-Playthrough (Part 2)

For context on what this post is about please see the first part where I detail it.

Pokemon: Charmander.

Region: Kanto.

Role in Smash Bros series: Stage Hazard.

Moves: Flamethrower.

My feelings on it: When it comes to Charmander specifically, the only real strong feeling I have towards it is related to its appearance in the anime, with it being abandoned by a trainer who promised he’d return for it and it almost dying due to the fire on its tail going out. Due to this episode I tend to think a lot more about its tail fire than for its two evolutions, probably because it’s often portrayed as lot more mellow than them both. Beyond this I don’t have many more thoughts, it’s probably my least favourite of the three starters but it still has a distinctive look and isn’t one I dislike by any means.

How I caught it: Same method for the Kanto starters as I mentioned before, starting a game of Pokemon Blue on Virtual Console, getting to Viridian City and boxing it before using Pokemon Bank to transfer it to Ultra Moon.

Specific aspects from Smash Bros: This is the first Pokemon on this list who appears only as a stage hazard. Technically I wouldn’t need to catch it in a Pokeball however for this challenge as I stated in another entry I stuck with Pokeballs and Masterballs for almost everything so unless I mention it, every background, stage hazard and spirit Pokemon on this list I still will go for in a regular Pokeball. Since Charmander’s a starter it doesn’t really matter anyway as it would have been more difficult not to have it in a regular Pokeball. The only other thing to note is the move I taught it of Flamethrower which I did through a TM once I’d transferred it to Ultra Moon, to match its attack as a stage hazard in Smash Bros.

Pokemon: Porygon.

Region: Kanto.

Role in Smash Bros series: Stage Hazard.

Moves: Tackle.

My feelings on it: Porygon is such an odd Pokemon, a man-made Pokemon created entirely out of programming code, I really like how it looks like an attempt using early 3D to create a simple bird or something. It’s a shame given its whole theme of being a Pokemon that can live in cyberspace there’s not been much done with it, often it appears in games as a gift or prize rather than being found in the wild. I really like the idea later Pokedex entries have of it being used to detect suspicious data in cyberspace, personally I feel like it would be really cool to see a game where interacting with a suspicious PC in some lab or powerplant has you encounter Porygon, similar to some of Rotom’s appearances. Of course, it’s impossible to talk about Porygon without at least referencing its infamous status where the only episode it appeared in of the anime was one which led to apparent hospitalizations in Japan due to flashing strobe effects causing seizure-like symptoms. Due to this the episode was banned and never released outside of Japan in any form, but as well as that Porygon seems to have also been denied any future appearance in any form of Pokemon animation aside from a couple of very brief cameos. I would say this reputation may be why it’s not been really available besides as a gift or prize in a fair few games, however it’s had two evolutions that appeared in later generations which were long after the controversy with the anime episode so if anything it’s had more attention than a few other Pokemon.

How I caught it: So, as I mentioned Porygon is often either a gift in games or a prize, in this case it was a prize, one which I’ve never gotten before because you have to raise 6500 Game Corner coins to get it and although I did enjoy playing the Game Corner slots as a kid, I never gave it much real focus. I looked up various tricks to help with winning money on the slots including the ‘luck factor’ (or something like that) which apparently can happen to certain specific machines. I did manage to get a couple of lucky machines and raised maybe 300 coins, but I soon realized if that was the results of getting a lucky machine in the game just how long this would take. In the end I caved in and did what most people I think do, I waited till I’d beaten the game and used the money I had to buy as many coins as I could. Because of my earlier win I believe it helped me manage to buy the amount I needed first time without having to rebattle the Elite 4 for more money so it wasn’t as irritating as I was anticipating.

Specific aspects from Smash Bros: As a prize Pokemon Porygon is already in a regular Pokeball and Tackle was a move it already knew, so overall a very simple Pokemon for me once I got over actually getting the money needed for it.

Pokemon: Chansey.

Region: Kanto.

Role in Smash Bros series: Stage Hazard, Pokeball Pokemon, Trophy.

Moves: Soft-Boiled, Lucky Egg.

My feelings on it: Another cute Pokemon I like quite a bit. I’ve never had a Chansey in my party but it’s one I always want to try raising, especially in games where it’s not as hard to find (often as a result of its pre evolution being available) I’m not very knowledgeable about a lot of the stats but I know this Pokemon always has had a lot of HP. In a lot of games taking one down can be satisfying watching that HP slowly keep going down. I always find it interesting how when the other two pink cute Pokemon of Kanto (Jigglypuff and Clefairy) got pre evolutions in Gen 2, Chansey instead got an evolution with Blissey, and then in Gen 4 Chansey got its own pre evolution. Chansey was also the only one of the three to remain a Normal type with the other two either gaining a Fairy Type or becoming solely Fairy type.

How I caught it: I got very lucky, this is the very first Pokemon from the Safari Zone on this list and I happened to come across two of them when looking for another Pokemon, with I believe me managing to catch the second one. To explain the Safari Zone, it works differently to every other Pokemon encounter in Kanto, you have a limited amount of time to explore the Safari Zone and you cannot battle the Pokemon you come across. Pokemon in the Safari Zone can run away from you and your options are either using bait which makes them less likely to escape but also makes them harder to catch, throw a rock that makes them angry and more likely to flee but also makes them easier to catch and then there’s simply throwing a Safari Ball to attempt to catch them. As I said my first attempt failed but the second encounter ended in success for me, which is lucky because Chansey is one of the many rare Pokemon found in the Safari Zone and I had already been having a hard time with the others, so having to then find Chansey after spending so long on the others would have been even more draining.

Specific aspects from Smash Bros: Lucky for me, Safari Balls appear as regular Pokeballs in later games, due to this I didn’t have to worry about the Pokemon I caught not being in a regular Pokeball. Chansey only uses Soft-boiled in Smash Bros, a move it knew already when I caught it so beyond the actual difficulty to catch it, I didn’t have too much else to worry about. I later found out after reading through Chansey’s Trophy descriptions that the Lucky Egg is mentioned as a possible hold item for it, it wasn’t really needed but I felt giving Chansey one was a simple enough addition.

Pokemon: Gastly.

Region: Kanto.

Role in Smash Bros series: Enemy.

Moves: Night Shade/Toxic?

My feelings on it: The only ghost type Pokemon in Gen 1 (along with its evolutions), probably the biggest memory I have of Gastly is its original Pokemon Card. I remember how it was an early 3D style image with the very simple ball form Gastly has in front of an urban looking wall. Everytime I looked at that card it would always make me think of Wet Dry World from Super Mario 64 with the colour of the sky and that grey wall. It probably helped that Gastly reminded me of the ‘Flame Thrower’ which were just simple black spheres that shot fire in Super Mario 64 that also appeared in Wet Dry World. Beyond that out of the three of them, I felt Gastly was probably the least intimidating looking of its evolutionary line with a sort of happier and goofier feel to it, especially with what I remember of its English voice.

How I caught it: Gastly was fairly simple to catch with the only real issue being how I had to wait before being able to do so. You encounter Gastly fairly early in Lavender Town, however it will only appear disguised as a restless spirit. It’s only through getting the Silph Scope that requires you defeating Team Rocket’s boss for the first time you can actually identify them as Gastly which lets you finally battle and capture them. Once I did that I caught one pretty quickly.

Specific aspects from Smash Bros: So once again I caught Gastly in a regular Pokeball, where things get complicated is deciding on what Gastly’s actual moveset should be. Despite appearing as an enemy in Smash Run on 3DS which you’d think would mean it’d use couple of moves, Gastly only ‘attacks’ by making you take damage when coming near it. From its trophy description it makes it sound like this is due to its poisons which to me implies the gas around it is Poison Gas. The problem with this however is despite Gastly being part Poison, it cannot ever learn Poison Gas. Due to this I decided to go with Night Shade which is an attack Gastly’s known for. Night Shade doesn’t really work for the way Gastly damages enemies in Smash Run as it is something that uses a mirage to damage foes rather than being anything to do with its gas. The only alternative I can think of that Gastly can learn is Toxic although it’s not as fitting as Poison Gas would have been. In Smash Run Gastly is not affected by physical attacks and can only be hurt by ranged attacks or items, this is in reference to Ghost types in Pokemon not being affected by Normal type moves so it was not anything I really needed to teach Gastly as it’s a natural ability it has.

Pokemon: Snorlax.

Region: Kanto.

Role in Smash Bros series: Pokeball Pokemon, Spirit.

Moves: Bodyslam, Leftovers, Rest, Snore.

My feelings on it: Snorlax is probably one of the most famous Pokemon with it often being referenced in memes and things in the modern day. For my own personal history with it I’ve used Snorlax a fair few times, in the past because when you find it it’s a fairly good level for that stage in the game and when I got older because I realised it was still a good Pokemon to use without really falling off later. It might be due to this I feel I’ve used Snorlax too often at this point and so even if it’s reliable I’m probably a bit tired of it. Snorlax gained a pre-evolution which might have made it a little more interesting to me in later games (I always enjoy having Pokemon that will evolve just for the thrill of feeling I’m watching my team members grow as the journey goes on) but I will detail in Munchlax’s entry later down the line why that never really panned out.

How I caught it: Snorlax is fairly infamous for its role as a roadblock, sleeping on a road in order to prevent you from skipping ahead. It’s only with the Pokeflute you’re able to awaken Snorlax and battle it in order to catch it. There are only two that can be found in Kanto and due to this I always try to catch both regardless of whether I plan on using it or not. In this case I managed to catch both of them and one I’d use often for HM moves later in the game.

Specific aspects from Smash Bros: So being a Pokeball Pokemon, I caught it in a regular Pokeball. Snorlax uses the attack Body Slam which from what I remember it learnt fairly easily if it didn’t know it from when I first caught it. The main issue I had with Snorlax was relating to its spirit battle. The spirit battle references its appearance sleeping on a bridge in Kanto with it being a giant King K Rool who stands still on a bridge. This wasn’t something I really had to consider when deciding on attributes for the Snorlax, however what I did have to take into account was K Rool will slowly regain health which is a reference to Leftovers, an item Snorlax in the wild tends to carry where it will slowly heal itself a little each turn using these Leftovers. This item is not in Gen 1 and can be found in Ultra Moon carried by wild Snorlax and Munchlax. Due to this I had to track down a Munchlax then use Thief with my Weavile to hope to steal the item, still it wasn’t too difficult and I soon had Leftovers for Snorlax. I thought that was the end of what I needed to do, however after reading through Snorlax’s Trophy descriptions, I came across mention of it using Rest and Snore, so I had to use a Heart Scale to teach it Snore whilst luckily Snorlax already knew Rest.

Pokemon: Mew.

Region: Kanto.

Role in Smash Bros series: Pokeball Pokemon, Trophy.

Moves: Fly, Transform.

My feelings on it: The first Pokemon that wasn’t obtainable in-game and had to be gotten from a special event in the series. Mew has a lot of notable history with it being related to the iconic and fan-favourite Mewtwo, being prominent in the very first movie and being the subject of an infamous playground rumour relating to a inaccessible truck at the port of the SS Anne which was rumoured to have Mew underneath it. Mew was also obtainable through the use of glitches in Gen 1, of which there are far too many and have a lot of steps to achieve to the point I don’t really want to go through them all here. I do vaguely remember going to the house of someone I knew from school in order to get a clone (another glitch) of his Mew, so I did have it back in the original game, however I don’t remember really using it for much and I’m sure I’ve lost that specific Mew now.

How I caught it: You may notice in the picture above unlike the others so far, the background isn’t Indigo Plateau but in fact Lumiose City. This is because this Mew is from a mystery gift event in Pokemon X and Y I did years ago. I cannot remember the details of this Mew but as it was the only option I had for Mew in any form I had to make do with it. There was a way to get Mew for a period in the Virtual Console release of the Gen 1 games, but I missed the date for that so could not get it unfortunately.

Specific aspects from Smash Bros: Due to this Pokemon being a Mystery Gift one, it is in a Cherish Ball specifically rather than a regular Pokeball. This is irritating for me because Mew is specifically a Pokemon found either in a Pokeball or Masterball in Smash, however I had no real other option so I just had to settle for what I could get. Luckily the only move it uses, Fly (which is just because it simply flies off when appearing in Smash) was simple to teach it. What wasn’t as simple however and was something I forgot it could actually learn is what was mentioned in one of its Trophy descriptions, that being the move Transform. Luckily this was solved with a simple Heart Scale.

Pokemon: Vulpix.

Region: Kanto.

Role in Smash Bros series: Pokeball Pokemon.

Moves: Ember.

My feelings on it: One of my favourite Pokemon and on what I consider my main personal Kanto team. For Ninetails I always loved how mysterious it felt as a kid before I knew more of what it was based on etc. I always vividly remember the episode of the anime where a really old one appeared using illusions on Brock because he reminded her of her old Master. Speaking of Brock, Vulpix was probably one of the oddest of his Pokemon joining him for a long time on their journey to the point it felt like it was Brock’s main Pokemon, yet after having it a long time he returned it to the breeder who first asked him to travel with it saying he knew he was only ever borrowing it. It’s due to this I found it interesting how twice Brock seemed to have something to do with the Vulpix line in the early anime. One final note I want to make as it probably relates to Vulpix the most of all the Pokemon on my list, is I will cover Alolan counterparts when I get to Gen 7 Pokemon. I am glad however they decided to give both Alolan Vulpix and the original Vulpix appearances as Pokeball Pokemon in Smash.

How I caught it: Because I like Vulpix and often catch one for my team I always remember the route it’s on. This time I remember deciding to hunt for it in a patch of grass that required cut to access rather than the grass just outside of Celadon City. Tracking one down didn’t take too long and it was fairly easy to capture.

Specific aspects from Smash Bros: Being a Pokeball Pokemon I caught it in a regular Pokeball and Ember’s a move it already knew from what I remember so overall it was another fairly simple Pokemon.

Pokemon: Goldeen.

Region: Kanto.

Role in Smash Bros series: Pokeball Pokemon, Trophy.

Moves: Splash? Horn Drill, Megahorn.

My feelings on it: Oh boy, so for my thoughts on Goldeen, I think it has a nice design and I always remember Seaking because of old memes, beyond that though it’s one of many forgettable water types to me in all honesty. With that said, this is probably the biggest example of Smash Bros taking inspiration from the anime rather than the games with Goldeen acting exactly how Magikarp is meant to. This decision seems to be based on Misty’s Goldeen in the anime often being useless when used on land but it still being the case even in Smash Ultimate I feel must be some sort of inside joke at this point. I always remembered wondering if Goldeen landed in water when swimming was first added in the Smash series whether it would gain any ability like suddenly being able to use Megahorn or something (a rumour it seems possibly came from Megahorn and Horn Drill being mentioned in some Trophy entries) but when I finally managed to get one in the water I realised it was just as useless. It’s a shame as I feel like it would have been neat with it being in the series for so long if they added some secret to it, but as it is it’s the Smash Bros version of the Dud.

How I caught it: It’s fairly simple to catch when you get the Good Rod and in some cases with the Super Rod too, I’m fairly sure I caught one shortly after getting one of the two but it definitely wasn’t one I remember.

Specific aspects from Smash Bros: Caught in a Pokeball, the problem is however, similarly to what I said about how Goldeen is essentially in Magikarps role in Smash Bros, the ‘attack’ Goldeen uses of Splash is an attack Magikarp also uses, however it is one Goldeen simply cannot learn in any Pokemon game. Due to this, I have a situation where I simply cannot teach Goldeen this move so honestly that’s all I can really do for it. The worst part is Goldeen got a spirit battle in Ultimate, but the only thing this battle references is Goldeen being able to swim and splash attack again. Goldeen’s never been some amazing Pokemon but the only character I think really gets it anywhere near as bad in the Smash series as a whole is Starfy, and at least he can attack. One final thing I’d like to add which I’ve only just learnt myself thanks to the Smash Bros Wiki, which apparently came from the Japanese official Smash Bros website Smabura-Ken is that Sakurai chose Goldeen over Magikarp because he wanted to use Goldeen’s voice from the anime rather than Magikarps. It’s funny to me hearing this given how much there seems to be a focus on keeping stuff in later Smash Bros faithful to their source. I definitely prefer keeping it closer to the source (I mean, it’d ruin the point of this whole thing I’m doing if they completely disregarded the source material) but it’s still a funny thing to hear as being the reason behind Goldeen’s long running role. Now after saying all that, I have to take a little bit of it back because after reading through the Trophy entries for Goldeen I found Horn Drill and Megahorn actually mentioned. Due to this I taught Goldeen both these attacks which at least gives it something, although this still doesn’t really change how it’s always been in gameplay in the Smash Bros series.

Pokemon: Ditto.

Region: Kanto.

Role in Smash Bros series: Pokeball Pokemon.

Moves: Transform.

My feelings on it: My feelings in the past on Ditto, it’s an odd Pokemon, it has a really cool ability to Transform that makes it unique even amongst Pokemon now with only the exception of Mew, however I’ve always felt that ability is way too risky to be something I’d actually want to use on my team. My feelings now when doing this whole thing are that Ditto is one of the most essential Pokemon of all time because it has helped me breed so many Pokemon I need for my list. It is thanks to this Pokemon here I’ve gotten as far as I have with my list, so I must say thank you Ditto for your service. Also it’s funny to me the anime episode where a Ditto couldn’t transform properly because it always ended up keeping the same face seems to be a thing a lot of spinoffs like to make be a regular part of Ditto transformations, to the point I believe there’s a plush line of Pokemon with a Ditto face.

How I caught it: From what I remember, because I was playing Pokemon Yellow, Ditto was available in fewer places than in other games and therefore I decided to wait till I was in Cerulean Cave to get it. I believe I managed to catch one on the way to Mewtwo so luckily I didn’t have to hunt it down later.

Specific aspects from Smash Bros: Caught in a Pokeball, Ditto can only learn Transform so I had nothing else to really worry about.

Pokemon: Eevee (Flareon, Jolteon and Vaporeon)

Region: Kanto.

Role in Smash Bros series: Pokeball Pokemon, Spirit Battle.

Moves: Take Down. (Flamethrower, Wild Charge, Water Gun)

My feelings on it: Eevee is such an interesting Pokemon, not just because of its main gimmick of being able to evolve into multiple different Pokemon (with more added in later generations) but also because it’s managed to go from an interesting unique Pokemon to rivalling Pikachu when it comes to popular Gen 1 Pokemon with the versions of Pokemon Let’s Go that came out having Pikachu as the starter in one and Eevee as the starter in the other. Probably the biggest reason I see cited for this is that Eevee is cute and unlike with Pikachu’s evolution Raichu (I feel really bad putting down my favourite here) all the Eeveelutions feel more like Eevee as a different type rather than a bigger stronger Eevee like most evolutions. When it comes to the three Eeveelutions from Gen 1, I think Jolteon’s probably my favourite, however because I almost always go for Raichu when I play through the Kanto games I usually don’t go for Jolteon. Vaporeon is probably the Eeveelution I go for most often because it’s a decent choice for a water type. Flareon from what I gather has had a tough time in a lot of games due to its somewhat limited movepool not really playing to its strengths, granted this is me going by what I’ve heard listening to various youtube videos and again I’m really not up on a lot of the stats for Pokemon etc. Either way, I’d probably go for Vulpix or Growlithe over Flareon everytime.

How I caught it: In order to do this list I required Four Eevees from Kanto, in the Kanto games the only way to get an Eevee is the one you find in Celadon City. Due to this and knowing this problem would come up for my list I made sure everytime I played through a Kanto game, whether Blue or Yellow to transfer the Eevee to Ultra Moon. With this I can tell by the names Vaporeon was from my own personal playthrough of Blue a few years ago with the others being ones I’ve gotten when playing through the games again for my Smash playthroughs. Luckily, I’ve managed to work things out to the point I’ve never had to specifically restart and play through the game for any of them.

Specific aspects from Smash Bros: So firstly regarding Eevee, it will always be in a Pokeball as it can only be gotten as a Pokeball found in Celadon City. Take Down just required a bit of training to level 25 which didn’t take long. This entry is different from others for a very specific reason, Jolteon, Flareon and Vaporeon don’t actually appear themselves in the Smash Bros series, however in Eevee’s spirit battle, alongside the Pokeball Pokemon Eevee is a Red Yoshi, a Blue Yoshi and a Yellow Yoshi. The Blue Yoshi doesn’t have any weapon but the Yellow Yoshi has a Screw Attack item and the Red Yoshi starts off with the Curry effect breathing fire. These three are obvious references to Vaporeon, Jolteon and Flareon respectively and therefore I chose to count them for my list. Jolteon I taught Wild Charge to match the close range attribute of the Screw Attack, Flareon I taught Flamethrower for obvious reasons and for Vaporeon, despite not really having any sort of water attack represented I chose to teach it Water Gun to match the obvious theming.

Pokemon: Abra.

Region: Kanto.

Role in Smash Bros series: Pokeball Pokemon.

Moves: Teleport.

My feelings on it: Abra is another one of the Pokemon I have on my personal Kanto team, it can cause some issues due to Kadabra requiring a trade to evolve but I’ve still managed to finish the game with Kadabra on my team unevolved. Abra alone however isn’t the easiest to raise, it can be taught other moves through TMs but in my opinion especially when TMs are single use in Gen 1 it’s not worth teaching Abra anything before it evolves. Due to this Abra requires being used first then switched out to get exp so can feel a bit of a burden, Kadabra however makes it all worth it. I’m a fan of the whole line and I do like the design of Abra a lot but it’s definitely the one you have to put up with to get to the good stuff. Probably the most notable aspect of Abra specifically is that it only knows Teleport, so when you track one down in the wild, unless you can freeze it or put it to sleep your best bet is to just throw a Pokeball first move, if it gets a chance it will escape immediately otherwise.

How I caught it: I was anticipating Abra being a real pain to catch, but beyond taking a bit of time to track down, I actually caught the second one I found fairly easily.

Specific aspects from Smash Bros: Abra’s a Pokeball Pokemon so I managed to catch it in a regular Pokeball. Teleport is it’s only move in the wild so similarly to Ditto I didn’t have anything else I really needed to do.

Pokemon: Lapras.

Region: Kanto.

Role in Smash Bros series: Spirit.

Moves: Surf.

My feelings on it: Lapras is a pretty memorable Pokemon, it’s often associated with the move Surf, specifically it’s use outside of battle for allowing humans to ride on it over water. Due to how it’s found in the Kanto games it’s one of those Pokemon that are assumed to be found by everyone and likely owned similar to Snorlax, although unlike with Snorlax it’s a gift Pokemon. It’s likely due to this that Red as an NPC trainer in later games was given a Lapras replacing his Espeon that only appeared in his battle in the original Gen 2 games. Lapras also benefited somewhat from its anime appearance as it fulfilled a unique role in the anime only arc set in the Orange Islands where Ash caught it and would ride with his friends on its back from island to island. Despite having such a prominent role as a Pokemon on Ash’s team it was one he ended up releasing, so beyond the odd cameo it didn’t really appear again. I believe because of it appearing during the height of the anime’s popularity that it helped keep Lapras prominent and likely is why it was chosen as the Pokemon spirit that could travel across the ocean in Smash Ultimate (besides it being the most famous Pokemon for that role.) As for my own memories of Lapras, it’s always something very specific which is the first time I saw it, all I could think about was Dorrie from Super Mario 64. I doubt I’d have thought that with Dorrie’s modern design but it’s original design definitely felt closer to Lapras and it takes me back to when I used to make up games as a kid inside the games I was playing, in this case I used to ride around on Dorrie in SM64 pretending it was Lapras and I was a trainer. I don’t want to make this entry even longer and I forget if I’ve mentioned this sort of ‘role-playing’ I used to do in previous posts now, but I will almost certainly end up going over this stuff in a later post.

How I caught it: As I said in the last section, Lapras is a Pokemon it’s hard to miss as it’s given to you by a Silph Co Employee just after beating your rival and before you take on Giovanni, so unless you avoid talking to the only other person in the room at the time you’re not going to miss Lapras.

Specific aspects from Smash Bros: As a gift Pokemon Lapras is always in a Pokeball when you get it in Gen 1 as well as Fire Red and Leaf Green. Teaching Lapras Surf is simple enough so there’s only one other attribute really that Lapras has in Smash Bros due to its spirit battle is a weapon resist which according to the Smash Wiki references Shell Armour. Naturally I’ve found the Lapras I have has Hydration which is it’s hidden ability instead after checking. If I wanted to change that I can use an Ability Capsule which costs more than the megastones do in BP, however as Lapras has its Hidden Ability I don’t really want to change that so I’ll leave it as it is.

Credits.

For information on this game I used to research relating to attributes such as movesets etc for Pokemon I must give credit to Bulbapedia, Serebii and SmashWiki.

The screenshots in this post are taken by me using the Photo Club feature in Pokemon Ultra Moon, screenshots using Nintendo Switch in Super Smash Bros Ultimate and screenshots in Smash Run on Super Smash Bros 3DS.

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Augusta Cave

First of all- Apparently I linked the wrong page for the original Augusta Cave page and Tumblr made their search system shitty so I can't find the original now. If I find the old one I'll delete it.

How this cave works:

The floors are randomly generated. Right now there are 28 different maps but I might add more later if I can make any that actually looks good. Sometimes you'll go down a floor and enter the same map, but if you go up one floor it will be a completely different floor from one you just entered. (This makes sense in context.)

Elevators will show up every 20 floors, (plus 50, 100 and 150) so you can get your progress saved and go back down to certain floors through the elevator.

Since naming the floors "Floor \v[1353]" doesn't work (even though calling it "\PN's farm" does) so there's a sign telling you which floor you are on.

About the Pokemon:

Since I can't change what wild Pokemon will show up depending on what floor number you're on, I have them visible and walking around. The Pokemon are being represented by the most generic monster I can think of- a blob. If it touches you you'll get into a battle with it.

What Pokemon you can encounter changes every five floors (besides the first ten.) Some of them might be faster than others. The levels of these Pokemon are usually a range of five (or ten) depending on what floor you're on. (So if you're on floor 30, the levels will be between 30-34.) Each blob can make you encounter one 1 of 14+ different Pokemon. (With a few exceptions.)

Once you defeat, run or catch them the blob won't actually go away. Touching them again will most likely get you into a battle with a different Pokemon. This is the best way I could think of to best simulate wild battles.

It could be a bit easy to just avoid them so after every 50 floors there will be a "boss" Pokemon that you MUST defeat or catch in order to proceed.

There are also Pokemon in the water, but since there are only a few floors with water right now I only made it so you can encounter up to five different Pokemon. (One of them always being a Magikarp.)

The levels never go above level 80. (With the exception of Magikarp.) There's a reason for that.

After getting to level 100 the levels will reset, but will climb faster. (So if you're on Floor 116, you can find Pokemon from level 32-40 instead of 31-35.) This does not include water Pokemon.

You can find a list of them and where to find them below.

How items work:

Items are also random. There's a 1/500 chance that an item will spawn on the floor. What you get from them depends on how far down you are. This is the same with rocks, which you can break if you have a pick ax.

The items you can get are mostly just a variation of "Pokeball," "Potion," and sometimes a Revive or an Escape Rope. They're basically just there to help you in the most basic ways.

The rocks on the other hand can give you a variety of things. They first appear on floor 5. Instead of a mini game what you can get from them is instant. (But you can only get one thing at a time, maybe.) Again what floor you're on depends on what item you can get from them.

The lists of items and Pokemon you can find are below:

Wild Pokemon that you can find on land:

Note that I might change some of these throughout development. (Mostly so I can replace doubles.)

Floors 1-10: Rattata Diglett Zubat Geodude Tilian Snubbull Onix Whismur Nosepass Gastly Sableye Misdreavus Chingling Buneary Eevee Munchlax

Floors 11-15: Rattata Zubat Slowpoke Spearow Squirtle Charmander Bulbasaur FarFetch'd Larvitar Aron Ralts Ekans Slugma Togepi

Floors 16-20: Rattata Hoothoot Taillow Lunatone Solrock Lickitung Dunsparce Seviper Staravia Chatot Sewaddle Lombre Zigzagoon Aron

Floors 21-24: Rattata Aipom Meowth Teddiursa Vigoroth Minccino Herdier Porygon Zubat Happiny Growlithe Houndour Ponyta Gloom Buizel

Floor 25: Pikachu

Floors 26-30: Every starter from Gen 1-6

Floors 31-35: Kadabra Swablu Woobat Vullaby Murkrow Skarmory Duosion Beedrill Parasect Heracross Boldore Sudowoodo Tilian Shuckle Drifblim

Floors 36-40: Golett Shelgon Tilian Gabite Shiftry Zoroark Weavile Skuntank Scizor Forretress Mr. Mime Azumarill Ambipom Ampharos Arcanine

Floors 41-45: Banette Beheeyem Chandelure Tilian Camerupt Darmanitan Donphan Doublade Electabuzz Emolga Furret Florges Galvantula Gengar Gigalith

Floors 46-49: Gloom Gardevoir Glalie Hawlucha Hitmonlee Hitmonchan Hitmontop Kecleon Kachiyama Komuno Liepard Ludicolo Metagross Golbat Greninja Butterfree

Floor 50: Bomushika

Floors 51-55: Eevee and Eeveelutions (including the ones I added)

Floors 56-60: Rhydon Wobbuffet Audino Beautifly Bouffalant Helioptile Dedenne Carbink Slurpuff Ditto Durant Golbat Yanmega

Floors 61-65: Kantonian Exeggcute Tilian Exeggutor Excadrill Emolga Electrode Fearow Ferrothorn Furfrou Gogoat Gothitelle Tilian Granbull Grumpig Muk Heatmor

Floors 66-70: Johtotian Snubbull Magukiu Masquerain Maractus Mawile Noivern Noctowl Ninetales Ninjask Octillery Piloswine Pangoro Bisharp Raichu

Floor 71-75: Johtotian Stantler Poliwrath Quagsire Rapidash Reuniculus Rabbi Tilian Wyrdeer Sandslash Sawk Spinda Throh Seismitoad Sigilyph Scrafty

Floors 76-80: Sinnohian Gible Poliwrath Quagsire Rapidash… …I think I forgot to change the rest of the Pokemon from the last five floors. I might change that later maybe.

Floors 81-90: Volbeat Illumise Golbat Venusaur Charizard Blastoise Vespitos Waaurufu Weezing Watchog Wigglytuff Weavile Whimsicott Xatu Deino

Floors 91-95: Krookodile Swellow Gliscor Leavanny Pidgeot Primeape Snorlax Raticate Goodra Nidoqueen Nidoking Arbok Mightyena

Floors 96-99: Alakazam Gallade Aggron Bronzong Cofagrigus Drapion Pyroar Mienshao Scyther Sableye Malamar Ariados Barbaracle Swalot

Floor 100: Tilian Yanmega

Floors 101-105: Happiny Riolu Monja Peticorn Betobebe Pudi Mikon Kyoona Cleffa Pichu Azurill Smoochum Shelidos Bonsly

Floors 106-110: Chingling Munchlax Elekid Budew Togepi Magby Wynaut Mime Jr. Mantyke Igglybuff Tyrogue Joroo

Floors 111-115: Scraggy Kachiyama Electrike Manetric Kowakuru Usaki Gulpin Numel Teddiursa Croagunk Kotora Rinrin Bergmite

Floors 116-120: Pumpkaboo Phantump Snover Heatmor Karrablast Foongus Ducklett Swanna Mincinno Garbodor Crustle Scolipede Palplitoad Gurdurr Audino

Floors 121-125: Gigalith Unfezant Simisear Simisage Simipour Sudowoodo Purugly Vibrava Flygon Grumpig Roselia Manectric Medicham Aggron

Floors 126-130: Magneton Zebstrika Jumpluff Talonflame Hariyama Banette Druddigon Bibarel Gastrodon Slowking Slowbro Ninjask Shedinja Persian

Floors 131-135: Wigglytuff Jynx Magmar Claydol Poliwrath Delcatty Magcargo Altaria Ludicolo Eelektross Swoobat Klinklang Gourgeist Gliscor

Floors 136-140: Vileplume Dodrio Salamance Donphan Exploud Slaking Breloom Pelipper Smeargle Heracross Steelix Sunflora Dragonite Snorlax

Floors 141-149: Tangrowth Walrein Plusle Minun Malamar Carnivine Tropius Hippowdon Primeape Drapion Sandslash Bellossom Haxorus Porygon

Wild Pokemon you can find in the water (May not be entirely accurate): I didn't spend nearly as much time with these ones since there's only a few maps with water in them, so unless you're going up and down the ladder to find one at a certain floor, the chances of you actually finding a specific Pokemon in the water are pretty slim.

Floors 1-10: Magikarp

Floors 11-20: Magikarp Psyduck Poliwag

Floors 21-24 and 26-30: Magikarp Slowpoke Seel Shellder Krabby

Floors 25: Marill

Floors 31-40: Magikarp Horsea Goldeen Seaking Staryu Lanturn

Floors 41-45 and 47-50: Magikarp Politoed Seadra Gyarados Poliwhirl

Floors 46: Vaporeon

Floors 51-60: Magikarp Quagsire Basculin Octillery Mantine

Floors 61-70: Magikarp Kingdra Sharpedo Wailord Whiscash

Floors 71-80: Magikarp Crawdaunt Feebas Clampearl Relicanth

Floors 81-90: Magikarp Bibarel Floatzel Gastrodon Sinnohian Finneon

Floors 91-100: Magikarp Seismitoad Basculin Swanna Jellicent

Floors 101-110: Magikarp Alomomola Barbaracle Dragalge Clawitzer

111-120: Magikarp Ikari Gurotesu Mantyke Seaprin

121-: Magikarp Cloyster2 Basculegion Corsolora Triabo

I might add more later. I might not. Let's just wait and see.

All possible items that you can get from the rocks:

Floors 5-19: Nothing Light clay Lagging Tail Super Potion Iron Ball Pokeball

Floors 20-29: Nothing Light clay Lagging Tail Super Potion Sticky Barb Iron Ball Pokeball Rock Slide TM Bright Powder Stardust Float stone Sail Fossil Jaw Fossil

Floors 30-39: Nothing Light clay Lagging Tail Super Potion Sticky Barb Iron Ball Pokeball Rock Slide TM Bright Powder Stardust Float stone

Floors 40-49: Nothing Light clay Ultra Ball Sticky Barb Pokeball Toxic Orb Flame Orb Hyper Potion Great Ball Rock Slide TM Bright Powder Stardust Float stone Sail Fossil Jaw Fossil

Floors 50-59: Nothing All elemental gems Pokeball Sticky barb Toxic Orb Flame Orb Ultra ball Light clay Float stone Stardust Great Ball TM for Rock Slide

Floors 60-: Every evolutionary stone, including the Link Stone Everstone Hardstone TM for Earthquake Great ball Rare Club Revive King's Rock Ultra ball Light Clay Sticky Barb Great Ball Toxic Orb Flame Orb Pearl Hyper Potion Bright Powder Star Piece TM for Rock Slide

[davidvkimball]

What if Super Smash Bros. Melee had 6 more months of development?

What Might Have Been

For this video, I’ve combined some research from official sources like the Smabura-Ken websites, with the knowledge we have about what Sakurai would include in future Smash titles, and my own personal speculation to conjure up a more fleshed out version of Melee that keeps the core of the game the same, but adds in previously cut or partially completed content as well as net-new content, illustrating this through the works of many talented Smash Bros. modders.

Sources

Smabura-Ken (64)

Smabura-Ken (Melee)

Sakurai quote about considering Ayumi Tachibana for Melee

Elevated Melee development documentary

Relevant Mods

m-exTool (for modding Melee)

Brawl mods:

Project M / Project+

Smash Remix (Project M)

Smash 2

Smash 2 Omega

Melee mods:

Akaneia Build

Beyond Melee

Animelee

Smash 64 mods:

Smash Remix (64)

Mods in Order of Appearance

Characters:

Wolf by Team Akaneia

Charizard by Team Akaneia

Ayumi Tachibana by Lo-fi Robot Guy

Diddy Kong by Team Akaneia

Wario by Smash 2 Team

Sword Melee Ganondorf by Caleb Robinson

Custom Melee color palette swaps by Team Akaneia

Urban Champion model by Lo-fi Robot Guy (not yet released)

Stages:

Melee-style Castle Siege by Anchorman

Sprout Tower by fluffy for Beyond Melee

Sector Z by Itaru / Steelia

Flat Zone II by Smash 2 Team, with a modified camera by soopercool101 via MarioDox

Minecart Madness by LlamaJuice, Nezha, DukeItOut

Unova Route 11 by Skeleton, with modifications by me

Secret Cave by Smash 2 Team, with some modifications by me

Summit by Smash 2 Team

Sukapon by MyDudeman222

Meteo (asteroid / Venom stage) by Smash 2 Team

Music:

Wario Land Stage Theme (HD Remix) by Video Games HD Remix

Star Wolf Theme by Seve

Battle Map 1 Theme (Fire Emblem) by TheRyanada

Dark World Theme by The Blake Robinson Synthetic Orchestra

Game & Watch: Octopus (Modern Remix) by XTProductions

“Main Theme” Ice Climber Remix by NoteBlock

The Girl Who Stands Behind, Game Music Graffiti

Boy Meets Girl by Moola Mixtape

Pokemon Wild Encounter Theme by The Noble Demon

Other:

Star Fox Adventures Fox McCloud voice pack by me, not released or finished

Star Wolf voice and Melee UI modifications by me, not released or finished

Sheik Harp taunt by the Project+ Dev Team

Star Fox final smash Landmaster by Smash 2 Team

Charmander by Nanobuds, Iwvi with custom animation by me

Star Fox 64 3D Wolf artwork by Ligoexe03

Kamek render by Nintega Dario

Skull Kid render by MatttGFX

Navarre render by Ambros489

Slippy model by Nick Bizzozero

Sukapon trophy by Fruit_Sauce

Little Mac Trophy Import by Fruit_Sauce

Foreman Spike render (unknown)

Chilly trophy by Fruit_Sauce

Tetronimo trophy by Fruit_Sauce

02 Trophy by Fruit_Sauce

Fire Emblem Unit trophy

[teecupangel]

The replies are connected to my previous tags:

#not gonna ask why you were looking for red pokemons XD #i will say that altaïr looks like the type to have a charmander starter #it might be because of the anime #but squirtle feels like that cool sunglasses dude that would fit ezio well #and ratonhnhaké:ton would probably have an easier time #connecting with a bulbasaur #but let’s be honest #all of the kanto starter pokemon would work for any of them #it would be funny if both bulbasaur and squirtle turn out to be reincarnated people too #but they can’t understand one another #i’m thinking squirtle is clay #bulbasaur is maybe layla?

From @mysticalbasementwitch

Yes squirtle clay and bulbasaur Layla

From @thedragonqueen1998

I know you'd pick Altaïr. XD But i'd personally go for Ezio, 'cause the whole Desmond's Prophet thing is way too good imo. ^^ It'd be funny if Altaïr tried to pick Charmander and it just runs and clings to Ezio. It looks so sad to have to choose between them, but it's sticking to Ezio. Though poor Desmond, having to choose between all his ancestors. Fate really hates him. XD

From @zero-saito

Poor Desmond!! lol it would be great if clay and Layla were there although clay only has a connection with Ezio and Layla is just lost in the wind.

“I think I just got rejected.”

That…

That was not what Malik was expecting Altaïr when he asked how his trip to Professor Mario went.

He definitely did not expect to see Altaïr crouching on the ground, his back against the gate to Malik’s house.

He honestly thought Altaïr would already leave their little town the moment he got his Pokemon, traveling their region to fill up his Pokedex as part of his deal with their grandfather.

“Complete the Pokedex of this region and I’ll support your dream to be a Pokemon researcher.”

Their grandfather wasn’t related to them by blood. He had taken orphans who lost their families in the war and gave them a place to live.

It wasn’t a bad place to grow up.

But Altaïr had always been a handful.

“You confessed to someone?” Malik asked, unable to stop the confusion from appearing from his face.

He couldn’t even believe that Altaïr would be interested in anyone, to be perfectly honest. The boy spent most of his time in the library reading or going to Professor Mario and asking about Pokemons.

Unless…

Malik frowned as he asked, “Is it the Auditore boy? Ezio?”

He remembered that Altaïr and Ezio had a rivalry going in school.

Academics.

Sports.

Extracurricular.

Those two competed in everything.

Was this meant to be some kind of ‘pigtail pulling-’

Seeing the murderous expression on Altaïr’s face, Malik realized his mistake, “Oh. You got rejected because of Ezio.”

Not surprising.

Ezio was popular with the girls and the boys. The asshole Abbas who lived in the same house as them had the most obvious crush on him too (although Abbas’ crush might have developed because of Altaïr’s rivalry with Ezio, who knows?).

“He took my Charmander away.” Altaïr growled.

Wait.

What.

As if to try and give Malik a hint of what Altaïr was talking about, a Squirtle stepped out of Altaïr’s shadows and patted his arm as he said, “Squirtle.”

Malik had never seen a Squirtle look at a human with a pitying but amused look before.

Of course Altaïr would end up with a Pokemon who found the suffering of humans enjoyable. This would probably be part of Altaïr’s planned ‘A Deep Dive to Pokemon Psychology’ thesis that the boy wanted to work on since he read stories about Pokemons saving humans that weren’t their trainers in the wild.

(The book being authored by Altaïr’s late father may or may not have had a hand in Altaïr’s interest in that subject)

“By rejected… did you mean that a Charmander rejected you and picked Ezio Auditore?” Malik blandly asked.

“He was going to pick me!” Altaïr shouted as he finally turned to glare at Malik, “But then that damned Auditore opened his arms and gave him that conman smile of his!”

The Squirtle looked at Malik with an expression that seemed to say both ‘he’s exaggerating’ and ‘isn’t he pathetic?’ and it reminded Malik of people thinking a Pokemon is adorable because it was so stupid.

That ‘conman’ smile of Ezio Auditore was what Altaïr called the boy’s charming smile that made girls squeal and boys awkwardly blush.

Malik had seen the smile before and knew of its power.

He did not want to hear about Altaïr’s tirade of it… again.

So he simply sighed and asked, “Do you want to stay for lunch?”

“No.” Altaïr stood and nodded at his Squirtle who jumped up and climbed his back to rest on his shoulder.

Why Altaïr didn’t just let the Squirtle rest on his Pokeball, Malik didn’t know and didn’t really want to ask.

“I was just here to ask that you tell grandfather I’m leaving.”

Liar.

Malik knew his sorta-brother long enough to know that he wanted to talk (and complain) to someone.

Malik wasn’t going to say that outloud though.

“Alright, you take care then and don’t forget to sent us messages when you leave or enter any city or settlements.” Malik reminded him.

“Of course.” Altaïr nodded and turned around to walk away, not even bothering to say goodbye or something.

Malik also didn’t say anything and just watched, frowning when the Squirtle turned around and gave him a look that seemed to say “I’ll look after this awkward idiot.”.

Rejected by a Charmander and now traveling with a strangely sadistic Squirtle…

Only Altaïr would have such a strange life.

“Eevee?”

Malik sighed and turned to walk back inside their house as he said, “It’s nothing, Kadar. Let’s go back inside.”

“Eevee!”

.

.

On the other hand, Layla is having a great time because Ratonhnhaké:ton is a chill trainer and doesn’t mind if she spent a lot of time checking the grasses instead of following Ratonhnhaké:ton on the road.

Was looking at Pokémon that are red cause of reasons, don’t ask it doesn’t make sense, and then had the thought: Desmond reborn as Charmander. And just imagining him growing up into a Charizard. Like, especially in an au where Desmond comes from a universe without Pokémon into this one, he’s just adjusting to “oh fuck I’m an animal?!” into “oh fuck I can breathe fire?!?!” and juuuuust when he’s getting over the concept and feeling of evolving, he becomes a Charizard and has a moment of “Wait…I have wings…I’M A DRAGON?!?!”

Meanwhile, Ezio/Altaïr/Ratonhnhake:ton (whoever you wanna put him with) just watch on in pure confusion as their partner Pokémon has a breakdown.

Okay, what if it was a First Gen Pokemon AU where Desmond is one of the three starter Pokemons in Monteriggioni, the first ‘town’ in the continent they are in and the headquarters of the Brotherhood.

They’re just called the Brotherhood, not the Assassin Brotherhood, and they’re rivals with the Order.

So three teenagers come to age and gets to pick their starter Pokemon before going on a journey across the continent to battle gym leaders and be legible to join the tournament held annually during the end of the year.

These young teenagers?

In Desmond’s eyes, they look exactly like Altaïr, Ezio and Ratonhnhaké:ton.

Oh.

And apparently he was now a lizard with a flaming tail.

What the fuck.

The last thing he remembers is emptiness that made him sleepy.

When he woke up, he was there, in the middle of a large circular scifi looking table with a blue turtle with a curly tail and some kind of animal with a large closed plant on its back and…

Holy shit.

What the hell is this place?

He could see his reflection from one of the nearby monitors and he was a red lizard with a flaming tail.

He began to flap his tail, accidentally smacking the turtle who let out an indignant “Squirtle!” and smacked him back with his own tail.

Desmond, still not used to his new center of balance, staggered and accidentally slammed against the plant animal on his other side who went “Bulba-saur!” and…

All three stared at the sudden all out brawl happening on the presentation table as Ezio asked, “Uuhhh, Tio…?”

“Such lively Pokemons.” Mario simply laughed it off, “Don’t worry. We’ll heal them once you picked your first Pokemons!”

“Are you telling us to pick now?” Ratonhnhaké:ton asked with a frown.

“Yes. And…” Mario grinned at them, “As your first duty as a Pokemon trainer, you three should stop them from fighting too.”

“You just don’t want to get between that fight yourself.” Altaïr dryly said.

Mario just laughed instead of denying it.

(You decide who gets Desmond. By this point, you guys know me enough to know which one I would pick hahahahaha)

[tobiasdrake]

Episode 23 - Capture at the Pokemon Tower!

Surprisingly, Ash and the others made it across Route 7 with little issue, and now they're here at the Pokemon Tower. Which presents them with a conflict of interest. Everyone wants to wait for daylight so they aren't attacked by ghosts. But they're explicitly here to be attacked by ghosts. Being attacked by ghosts is the desirable outcome.

So. Sucks to be them.

Trying to catch a Haunter goes bad for Ash initially. He wastes a turn on Leer, but Haunter delivers a paralyzing Lick to Charmander. Bad play, Ash. Leer reduces Defense, but given that the Physical/Special split won't come until Johto, the only Attack moves Charmander could have followed up with are all Normal Type.

And then before Ash can switch in his next Pokemon, a wild Gengar (Lucky!) appears to back up Haunter and everything goes sideways.

Things take a turn when a chandelier falls on Ash and Pikachu, and Haunter pulls their souls out of their bodies. From there, Ash turns on the charm, makes friends of the two ghosts plus a Gastly, and ultimately Haunter agrees to come back to Saffron with him of their own volition.

It's still a bad plan, but at least it's ready to go.

[chestnutdex]

Charizard

Charizard is a Fire-type lizard Pokémon, notable for the live flame at the end of its tail. When fully matured, it becomes a Fire- and Flying-type Pokémon. They are native to Galar and are known for their particular aggression.

TAXONOMY

Charizard are Dragon Lizards in the family Agamidae, though they have historically been referred to as Salamanders or Dragons. The name Charizard comes from Char (to burn) and Lizard. Young Charizard are called Charmander from Char and Salamander. The Salamander misnomer is common and is shared with another Pokémon in the same family, Salandit.  Adolescents are called Charmeleon from Char and Chameleon. Though incorrectly classified by modern taxonomic standards, Chameleons are close relatives of Dragon Lizards. 

DESCRIPTION

Charizard are bipedal lizards with large wings. They average 1.7 meters in height or 2.1 meters in length (nose to tail) with a wing span of 2.5 meters and a weight of 90 kg. They have long tails ending with a live flame fueled by oils the Charizard produces naturally. The flame ignites upon a newly-hatched Charizard taking its first breath and remains lit as long as the Charizard continues to breathe. Charizard’s arms and legs each have three digits with sharp claws.

Newly hatched Charmander may imprint on humans

Charmander hatch without wings, with dull orange scales and a pale underbelly. As they mature to their adolescent stage, Charmeleon, their scales darken and they begin to grow horns. These horns begin close enough together to share a layer of scales, giving the appearance of a single horn. When the Charizard reaches full maturity, it goes through a complete molt, replacing its dark scales with vibrant orange scales and revealing large wings with blue-green undersides. During this molt, its horns separate, appearing as two distinct horns. X-Rays of Charmander and Charmeleon reveal the wing bones exist from birth and continue to grow subcutaneously until this molt. 

Charizard naturally produce and spit a flammable oil which ignites upon contact with oxygen. As the Charizard grows it gains a greater ability to control and direct this spit. In order to conserve this oil, Charizard prefer to attack with their claws. A Charizard can snap its wings forward at speeds sufficient to cause a gust of wind of over 200 kmh, but cannot raise its wings quickly enough to sustain it. Despite not being a true Dragon, a Charizard can channel Draconic energy into its claws or fire breath, identified by a blue aura.

Charizard’s natural flames make temperature regulation difficult. If a Charizard overheats, its oils may ignite internally, forcing it to release flames more powerful and less controllable than usual. In these circumstances, Charizard become dangers to themselves and others. Similar results may occur when a Charizard is injured.

Charmeleon in Galar’s mountains

HABITAT

Charizard are native to the Galar region where they reside primarily in mountain caves. Charizard use their flames over long periods to melt rock to their liking, creating well-defended dens. Due to Charizard’s range and popularity among trainers, wild Charizard have occasionally been spotted in other regions, and there is believed to be a breeding population in Kanto. The long term effects of this are currently unclear. Charizard are strongly attracted to Dynamax Power Spots and rarely leave Galar for nearby regions.

BEHAVIOR

Charmander are timid creatures that rarely venture far from their parents’ den. They hunt at dusk and dawn by raising their tails to attract bugs, birds, and other small creatures to the flame, though this diet is supplemented by scraps of their parents’ meals. 

Once a Charmander has grown into a Charmeleon, it leaves to seek out or create its own den. Charizard are territorial carnivores that will attack creatures much larger than themselves and continue to seek opponents even when fully fed. Charizard carry food back to their dens to eat in safety and to share with their mates and young. Charizard prefer Dynamax Power Spots as their den locations and will relocate to one whenever possible, often challenging the current resident despite their access to Dynamax power. They will attack anything they perceive as a potential threat, including other Charizard of the same sex. Fully mature Charizard can increase the range of their territory as far as 500 km2. 

Charizard are known to attack human settlements built on Dynamax Power Spots, using their flames to raze entire villages. In modern times, all such settlements have defense plans in place.

Kanto’s Charizard are believed to reside in Mt. Moon. It is theorized that this is due to Moon Stones and Dynamax Power Spots both resulting from radiation from meteorites.

Trained Charizard using a Fire attack 

REPRODUCTION

As male and female Charizard do not compete with each other for territory, any pair with overlapping territory may mate without forming long-term bonds. A male and female Charizard may share a den, resulting in functional monogamy, though this usually only occurs if the den is a Dynamax Power Spot.

Charizard lay clutches of 1-4 eggs at a time. Charizard embryo sex is temperature-dependently determined with colder temperatures producing male Charmander and warmer temperatures producing female Charmander. The most important factors in the temperature of a Charizard egg are the presence or absence of a second parent and whether the den has a natural heat source. Due to these factors, most Charmander are born male, while those incubated on Dynamax Power Spots are usually female. 

MUTATIONS

Black-scaled Charizard with white bellies have been photographed. The cause for this mutation is unclear. Theories include unusual Mega Stone exposure, hybridization with Salandit, and Melanism.

Black Charizard above Galar

Charizard  can Mega Evolve into Mega Charizard Y with the Charizardite Y. This greatly increases the Charizard’s oil production, resulting in much stronger flames and drastically increasing the temperature around it. Mega Charizard Y are faster and far more maneuverable than normal.

Charizard can Mega Evolve into Mega Charizard X with the Charizardite X. This turns Charizard’s scales black and infuses it with Draconic Energy, making its flames blue. This transformation greatly increases Charizard’s muscle mass, making it more powerful but significantly inhibiting its ability to fly.

Charizard is the only known Pokémon with two different Mega Evolutions.

When using the power of a Dynamax Power Spot, many Charizard show a Gigantamax transformation. While the heat of most Dynamax Fire types radiates and greatly increases local temperatures, Gigantamax Charizards instead release this heat in controlled fires to attack their opponents.

While using a Dynamax Power Spot, a Charizard can temporarily grow to over 25 meters in height.

NOTABLE CHARIZARD

Trainer Red of Pallet Town, leader of Alola’s Battle tree, used a Charizard in his 1996 Indigo League victory.

Trainer Leon of Postwick, former Champion of Galar, used a Charizard as his primary partner in his world-record undefeated streak from 2007 to 2019.

Trainer Leon of Postwick and his Charizard

[alex-ishvan]

So @alexanders-pokemon-adventure I'm panicking I was tending to the plants and Pokemon in my greenhouse and I uh found this little one who seems to be a child of radish and my ivysaur/charmeleon hybrid I don't know they inherited the secondary species from both parents of heard about it happening but only with Pokemon with a single hybrid parent. And I don't even know how I've missed them until now as I made sure to get rid of any of radish's extra seeds/plants before they could grow into an oddish sprout because of how wild the appearance has been for all of radish's offspring as of now I've taken them to chance as I do with most young fire types as adult charizards and they're hybrids instinctually know how to deal with accidental fire after this little one reaches the point where they're safe I will put them back into the greenhouse where I hope they're parent will take them in. From what I can tell they are a sunkern/Charmander hybrid with the dual typing of grass and fire and think they know ember and have the ability flash fire

[jadeazora]

Mar15 at 10am until Mar20 at 8pm local time

Event bonuses are Lure Modules will last for 3hrs and snapshots will contain a surprise (for a few times per day)

Oricorio makes its debut. Pompom Style will appear in the Americas, Sensu Style will appear in the Asia-Pacific region, Baile Style will appear in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and Pa'u Style shall appear on African, Asian, Pacific and Caribbean islands.

A collection challenge rewarding 20,000 XP, 3,000 Stardust, and an encounter with Oricorio.

Wild encounters are Drowzee, Horsea, Gligar, Slugma, Taillow, Trapinch, Turtwig, Croagunk, Fletchling, and Oricorio, with Beautifly, Dustox, and Alomomola being rare spawns.

Raids are, 1⭐: Jigglypuff, Torchic, Treecko, Mudkip, and Rockruff. 3⭐ Marowak, Alolan Marowak, Chansey, Umbreon, and Druddigon. 5⭐ is Therian Tornadus and the Mega Raid opponent is Mega Lopunny.

Field research takes are: Bulbasaur, Squirtle, Charmander, Alolan Grimer, Castform and Burmy in their various formes. Oricorio is a rare spawn. You can also complete field tasks to get Mega Energy for the Kanto starters

They say that the following new free avatar items will be available in GO, then show this picture, so I guess some new face stickers since we already have the shirts.