#palentines mallow

[nonovyabuisness]

[ribbonbonny]

by god they werent lying when they said that fantina grid expansion made her powerful homegirl legit melted through uxie. and that was with only sycamore and fucking blaine as party members

[firecodex]

Official wallpaper featuring Mallow (Palentine's 2023) and Elesa (Palentine's 2023)

[outfitpolls]

BONUS POLL: Mallow Palentine's

[hapuriainen]

Mallow Palentines outfit.

[crystalelemental]

Zinfogel just recently posted a showcase of Variety Lance (he said Variety Lance is extremely good for Clair) and Variety Agatha, including his thoughts about Masters nowadays and Variety Scouts. I wanna know what you think about it.

Goddammit Zinfogel, this couldn't wait until tomorrow? I'm trying to save gems over here.

Oh wow, nevermind, that's depressing. The video itself is short, and having run Clair constantly, I'm content with her ability to off-type with just SS Kris/Lucas, Lance isn't necessary. Moreover, his discussing is exactly correct. Variety scouts are a known scam, they're far lower effort, and it seems wholly unnecessary in the era of 5/5. I actually agree with the 5/5, there's something to that. Not always, but it's a nice boost for older pairs, and brings in incentive for long-time players to try again for old favorites. The Variety thing is...odd. The Eevees all being copies of one another, Bruno and Lorelei being virtually identical pairs, they're just not doing much that's interesting. And we're in this odd space of a lot doing the same jobs as always, unless they're Master Fair, which the rats set the tempo at "unspeakably broken for the game we're in, to the point they're not fun to use."

I agree with him that the game is flatlining. I think the problem is an over-emphasis on too much at once. There are just too many sync pairs being thrown in each month, with like a whopping six in most situations. It's a lot of focus on developing the kit and the grid and doing something new without being broken, and it comes at the cost of everything else.

That said, one thing I will argue is the irrelevance of sync move animation. Bro, I'm sorry, but you watch those one (1) time and then skip forever to get back to the action. Even in showcases, that's how it's done. From a design perspective, why would you shell out the money for those animations that literally no one watches? That's not the problem. The problem is really more in the lack of unique designs, the unnecessary "limited" gimmick, and that the game hasn't done anything too novel in a while. I think it's at least trying with the rebuffs, but it's just not enough to be interesting when Zones are better.

And to argue with myself, I realize six sync pairs is a lot in a month, but also that if we didn't get that, a lot of characters just wouldn't get anything. The Variety scouts are a lame cash grab, but in the case of Lorelei, it was a lame cash grab for a sync pair I kinda like, that definitely wouldn't exist otherwise. So it's this awful space of recognizing yeah, this sucks, the game shouldn't be this way, but also if it wasn't it's not like all our dreams would come true either. There's a healthy middle ground between the two somewhere, but I don't think DeNA has a reason to pursue it.

The last thing I'll say, and I hate saying it but it's what happens to me...I wonder if Zinfogel isn't just burning out of the game. Doing the same things for so long wears on you regardless of enjoyment, and maybe he's just hitting that wall. There are times I feel like I'm hitting it. And to be frank, the explanation of "I gave in to my impulses" occurring multiple times in the last two months between variety and SC and tapu? From experience, that's the feeling of chasing a feeling no longer there. That's when you step back and make sure addiction isn't creeping in, because now you're pulling stuff you weren't that excited about to hope it's more fun than you thought. The insidious thing is sometimes it works. Sometimes you get SC Zinnia. Other times, you get Palentine's Mallow. It's unreliable and a bad habit to form. So I dunno. I'm kinda worried about him, honestly.

[pokemasrelations]

Elesa (requested by @/ES4613424423 on twitter)

Being available since the first year, Elesa has had a lot of interactions in the game so far.

Skyla: Close friend, coworker. Close friends, Elesa and Skyla are often seen in events together.

Leaf: Friends. They don't interact often, but they get along really well.

Valerie: Friends, creative partners. After meeting up in the main story arc, Valerie and Elesa became friends that work on clothes together. Valerie makes them, Elesa models them.

Mallow: Friends. She helped judge Mallow's pie during a palentines day competition, and helped when a professional baker tried to criticize her over the pie.

Ingo: Friends. They get along great, like another sibling.

Emmet: Friends. They get along great, like another sibling.

Hilda: Friends, creative partners. She's asked Hilda to model for her in fashion shows several times. Hilda enjoys it, but expects a battle afterwards.

Fantina: Friends, teammates. Teammates in the PML, Fantina and Elesa became good friends on Pasio.

Sabrina: Friends, teammates. Teammates in the PML, Elesa and Fantina taught Sabrina a lot about herself, allowing her to open up more to new experiences.

Scottie / Bettie: Friends. They became friends when their match in the PML was interrupted by Team Break. She's aware of their crush on her, but doesn't shame them for it. She teases them over it, but is glad to stay friends if it makes them happy.

[russianbluewitch]

Happy Palentine’s day from Pokémon Masters!

[pokemaster91]

I want to bake everybody the biggest, sweetest pie I can on Palentine’s! Mallow & Appletun and making some sweet treats for everyone on Pasio!

[cynthiaandsamus]

(Pulled Palentine’s Mallow on the second step of the step-ups! Was not expecting to get her that early but damn. Now I’m tempted to pull on Palentine’s Elesa when she comes out despite the fact I’ll probably never use her she’s just really pretty)

[claitea]

pokemon masters datamine spoilers

ANABEL AND EMMA ARE BOTH GONNA BE A PLAYABLE

SURELY THIS MEANS A LOOKER EVENT WHERE THEY MEET RIGHT. PLEASE???? PLEASE

[mimirouru-chan]

Mallow (Palentine 2023)

Watercolor A4

[ribbonbonny]

look at all my units boy

[firecodex]

Transcript

Elesa: Let's deliver happiness on Pasio, Mallow!

Mallow: I'm gonna put a smile on everyone's face with the mightiest apple pie!

Elesa: Okeydokey, let's make 'em smile and float! *chuckle*

Mallow: Oh, Elesa…

[outfitpolls]

Loser's Round Three, Match 68

[jadeazora]

Malva's still an NPC, boo...

But I love Lysandre's outfit. (Imo, funny hair aside, he's got my favorite outfit of the villains normally, the steampunk style--so, ya know, Volcanion--he's rocking here looks even better! 🤩)

His theme is perfect too:

Elesa is partnered with Togetic while Mallow gets Appletun. I may go after one of them if they're good, but I was thinking about going for Palentine's Marnie.

Anabel uses Snorlax, and Emma has Crobat. (Tho she already said as much.)

Leon is also rerunning after almost two whole years, but can FINALLY Gigantamax: