#pokemon let's go pikachu and eevee

[jadeazora]

Out of curiosity, since two are the most disliked remakes among fans.

For me, we didn't really need another Kanto game, and the GO mechanics weren't really appealing to me, but I feel it had a decent amount of things that made it more unique and charming. I also really liked the Gym Leader redesigns, them adding Archer and Mina, and finally giving Green a little bit of spotlight. It also had the best following Pokemon.

BDSP improved gameplay over the original DP (I do appreciate them too for some things like how HMs were implemented, the ways they actually made the E4 a challenge with competitive EVs, moves, and Items), and the Grand Underground was pretty addicting, but was released with a ton of bugs and was a major waste of potential since they didn't really add any of the upgraded story/characterization from Platinum, and also kinda a waste since they couldn't really add anything from Legends either. (A faithful remake was just a poor choice for DP since Platinum did everything so much better, and the remake still falls short of it due to using the inferior versions.)

[pokemonbiologyirlthetabletop]

Meltan & Melmetal

Meltan (#808)

Galliumvitae singula

General Information: Meltan is a Pokémon composed of gallium and bits of solidified metal parts. They are entirely composed of inorganic substances.  

Meltans are tiny Pokémon, averaging at about 8 inches (0.2 M) tall and weighing 17.6 pounds (8 kg).

Habitat: Meltans can be found around natural deposits of metal ore.

Life Cycles: Meltans have one of the strangest life cycles known to Pokemonkind. Their reproductive habits are more akin to that of certain slime molds, than anything animalian—which is to say, completely alien to our notions of how reproduction should work. To start, Meltans are born when they break off from a Meltan—this process does not harm the Meltan.

A Meltan will remain as a Meltan for a long time, living in a herd of other Meltans. Eventually, one of these Meltans will become stronger than the rest and when it is strong enough, will absorb its herdmates to become a Melmetal. This process is consensual. A Meltan can become a Melmetal starting at level 45, but it must absorb other Meltans in the process or no evolution will occur. Ideally, a Melmetal has at least five Meltans, but they can be made using fewer individuals. The biggest reason it’s better to have more Meltans than fewer, is because the Melmetal stage is effectively the “sporangia” phase of the Meltan/Melmetal lifecycle. Like with certain slime molds, the individual Meltans combine their magicks to form a bigger cohesive unit. Inside the Melmetal is the individual magicks of each Meltan that composes it, and from there these energies combine and mix together to create new Meltans, which eventually separate from the Melmetal and become its own unique entity. A Melmetal can reproduce for as long as it is alive and has the stored magic to dedicate to this task. However, unlike a slime mold, Melmetals are unable to “devolve” back into the original Meltans that composes it. The decision to become a Melmetal is permanent, as is all Evolution, no matter how foreign it may be.

Meltans can be eaten by any Pokémon that would find a living amalgamation of gallium and a hex nut to be delicious.

Behavior: Meltans are social creatures that rely on their herd for survival. They are shy but sociable, who stick together tightly with their herd.

Diet: Meltans serve the absolutely vital function of being the scavengers and up-cyclers of the Metal Pokémon Food Web. They eat the scraps of metal leftover from the bodies of dead steel-type Pokémon, scavenging kills as big as Aggrons and Metagrosses even.

Conservation: Unknown, suspected to be Least Concern

Relationship with Humans: Scientists have no idea where Meltans come from. Are they Earthlings? Are they even from our dimension? Who knows! But Meltans and Melmetals have been around for so long that the ancients spoke of them. The line is so unlike any other Pokémon that scientists know of that live on Earth, that they are held to an entirely different kingdom of life (or higher, depending on who you ask) than all other Pokémon, even the Living Minerals Kingdom. Meltans are strange alien-seeming creatures living amongst us, quietly scavenging metal parts and ores. There is great ecological interest in Meltans for their role in the poorly-understood Metal Pokémon Food Web.

Classification: The genus name “Galliumvitae” simply means “Living Gallium.”

Melmetal (#809)

Galliumvitae multipula

General Information: Melmetal is the evolved form of Meltan. It is a strange Pokémon of mysterious origin, but like all life forms, it must repair and rejuvenate its body: when this happens, metal shards and flakes will fall from its body. Like its pre-evolution, Melmetal can stretch its liquid body and utilizes centrifugal force to deliver devastating punches.

Melmetal has a Gigantamax form.

Melmetals average at 8’2 feet (2.5 M) tall and weigh around 1,763.7 pounds (800 kg). The Gigantamax Melmetal is around 82+ feet (25+ M) tall.

Habitat: Melmetals can be found around metal ore deposits, or other places with lots of metal scraps and debris.

Life Cycles: See Meltan.

When a Melmetal dies of internal issues (ie: “natural causes”, “old age”, etc.), its body will rust (when applicable) and shatter. From the shattering of its gallium body, it creates Meltans one last time.

There is not much that predates upon Melmetals, and it is mostly creatures like Dusknoirs. A Melmetal could die of starvation or battle injuries, or even truly just old age. The death of a Melmetal is not common, for these creatures have no known upper limit on age, but it does happen eventually. Melmetals composed of more Meltans live longer than the ones composed of fewer, and in death its shattered metal body will produce more Meltans than a Melmetal made of fewer Meltans would.

Behavior: Melmetals are strong, stoic, but gentle giants of the mountains and forests. They may assist the Meltans nearby in their search for metal ores, utilizing their great fists to smash apart boulders for the little guys.

A fascinating thing about Melmetals, is that while they act like a single organism, they are still composed of multiple entities, who must agree on a course of action. This can cause delays in a Melmetal who experiences great confliction, and a Melmetal with more Meltans inside it may be slower to decide on a course of action. This is why Melmetals are notoriously very slow Pokémon—though their size doesn’t help.

Diet: Metal. No one is sure how a Melmetal (or Meltan) can eat any type of metal, when that’s a huge range of elements, nor how its body is able to convert that metal into energy or into gallium specifically. The ways of the Metal Pokémon Food Web are mysterious, but it is worth noting that the hard parts of a Melmetal can be composed of many different metals, depending on what its been eating.  

Conservation: Unknown

Relationship with Humans: Melmetals have been scavengers of metal for ages, and humans have loved them for their ability to seemingly produce metal from nowhere. The non-living metal bits that fall off of Melmetals have been used in tool making for thousands of years… well, we’re assuming it’s only the non-living bits. Personally, I wouldn’t put it past some ancient peoples to melt down a Meltan and use its melted corpse for black/silver-smithery.

In modern times, some municipalities have implemented a Melmetal to clean up their metal “recycling”—the stuff that people throw in the recycling bin in earnest but will never actually be recycled for one stupid reason and that. Have no fear! Melmetals will eat them for you 😊

Classification: The species epithet of Melmetal is “multipula” which means “multiple.” This refers to the fact that Melmetals are actually a composite organism.

Evolution: See Meltan’s life cycle for explanation.

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[crabsinvideogames]

Pokémon Let's Go, Pikachu! / Let's Go, Eevee!

Due to only having the Kanto Pokédex, Krabby and Kingler are the only crabs that appear in this game. Unlike previous games, such as Pokémon Red and Blue and Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen, Krabby only appears on three routes here, far less than those games. It appears on routes near water, on the east side of Kanto.

[emiemi345]

I really wish Let's Go Pikachu and Eevee had a Sevii Islands postgame or DLC

Imagine how it'd all look in the game's style ;w;

[katlimeart]

Made in 2021

If you’ve seen this anywhere else, I posted it back on my deviantArt when it was made.

Mario girls cosplaying as characters from Pokemon Let’s Go Pikachu and Eevee

1. Mom

2. PokeMart Clerk

3. Lorelei

4. Agatha

5. Elaine

6. Mina

7. Erika

8. Green

9. Sabrina

[pkdex-log]

Cubone Does Not Wear It's Mother's Skull

Many people believe Cubone wears itself mother's skull however I don't think this is true.

So this idea originates from the PokeDex which claims this. FireRed "It wears the skull of its dead mother on its head. When it becomes lonesome, it is said to cry loudly." SoulSilver "It always wears the skull of its dead mother, so no one has any idea what its hidden face looks like." X "It wears the skull of its dead mother on its head. When it becomes lonesome, it is said to cry loudly." Y "It always wears the skull of its dead mother, so no one has any idea what its hidden face looks like." Moon "The skull it wears on its head is that of its dead mother. According to some, it will evolve when it comes to terms with the pain of her death" Ultra Moon "It wears its mother’s skull on its head, so no one knows what its bare face looks like. However, it’s clear that it’s always crying." Let's Go "Wears the skull of its deceased mother. Its cries echo inside the skull and come out as a sad melody." Shield "This Pokémon wears the skull of its deceased mother. Sometimes Cubone's dreams make it cry, but each tear Cubone sheds makes it stronger."

However, I don't think this is reliable information. So one thing you notice is that when your Cubone hatches from it's egg, your Marowak doesn't disappear. They could implement such a thing into the game like how Nincada evolves, or Slowbro devolves. Adding on to this while it's not canon to the games Pokemon Origins does mostly tell the events of Red's story and the Cubone is running around with their mother before Team Rocket get to her.

So with that information I would note the hypothesis that the PokeDex is written by the trainers thus leading to inaccurate information at times and exaggerations. I think that the Cubone thing is a myth or urban legend in the Pokémon World, and that trainers put this urban legend into the Dex. This would also fall in line with casual people like in the Detective Pikachu Movie remarking about the Cubone thing.

[retrogamingblog2]

Pokemon Card Cube Terrariums made by RocketsRelics

[reesieroo-spark]

My favorite starters!!!

[crispycheesesandwich]

Three official wallpapers of Pokemon Let's Go Pikachu & Let's Go Eevee for PC, Tablet and Smartphone

[bulbiedorf]

I found out Giovanni has a persian painting and IMMEDIATELY recognized it as a play on Ingres' Grande Odalisque which is a painting of what is highly debated between being either a Turkish or Persian woman.

He has a painting of a Persian based on a painting of a Persian.

*quick art history side note that the debate isn't about her origins, the painting is intended to be depicting a Turkish woman but the Persian Empire did include the part of Turkey she is supposed to be from and the debate is about whether its supposed to aesthetically be strictly 1800s Turkey or if its intended to allude to the aesthetics European artists at the time used to depict the Persian Empire

[omnicom]

Pokeshipping Week 2023

Day 1: First Date

I'll be honest, I'm actually still working on the themes even as I post this. 😅 Can't really explain why, but just letting everyone know that any tardiness on my part is something I take full accountability for. Forgive me!

First date is to an amusement park~! But whoops, looks like someone lost balance! Hopefully there's a first aid kit in that backpack of his, otherwise Ash will be dealing with a pretty bad sting~

Art © Crumpled-Hakui

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[jadeazora]

Early title screens for Pokemon Let's GO!

[pokemonbiologyirlthetabletop]

Squirtle, Wartortle, & Blastoise

Squirtle (#007)

Turmentur parvaqua

General Information: Squirtle the Tiny Turtle Pokémon. It can hide in its shell from predators and when it wants to sleep. Their shells are nigh impenetrable to most, and they are surprisingly agile in the water.

Squirtles are an average of 1’8 feet (0.5 M) tall and weigh about 19.8 pounds (9 kg).

Sex Ratio: (See “Life Cycles”)

Habitat: Squirtles are found across the Old World in both freshwater and saltwater habitats, but with a strong preference toward freshwater. They are one of the few creatures that can handle both saltwater and freshwater ecosystems, but their finicky life cycles make it difficult for them to become invasive. While they tolerate both, saltwater is harder for them to handle for extended lengths of time without reprieve. Their tolerance allows them to live on small islands and islets near the coast (within a few hours of the coast at most) but won’t be crossing oceans anytime soon.

Life Cycles: Squirtles are born en masse every few years. Hundreds of Squirtles will emerge from their nests like clockwork and are fully independent at birth. In the first few hours of life, their backs are soft but quickly harden and by the sixth or seventh hour of life their shells have hardened completely. The first couple hours of life are frought with danger for the newborn Squirtles, who must contend with predators of all shapes and sizes, including Kinglers, Crabrawlers, Grapplocts, Pelippers, Staraptors, Corviknights, and more. After these initial couple hours, the hardening process has developed enough that it garners the newborns some protection, but the remaining few hours until their shells have fully hardened, can still see them picked off by dedicated predators. At all stages of its Squirtle life, they are always a beloved meal of Sharpedos. It is the presence of Sharpedos that do the most in stopping Squirtle populations from migrating too far into the ocean and evolving greater saltwater tolerance. Sharpedos love that crunch!

Squirtles evolve into Wartortle at level 16. While Squirtles can reproduce once they’re level 15, it is so unlikely for a Squirtle to remain a Squirtle long enough for this to occur that it rarely happens.

The sex of a Squirtle is determined by the temperature the eggs were incubating at. Warmer temperatures typically produce males, and slightly cooler temperatures typically produce females. In theory and in captivity, Squirtles will hatch to be about 50% male and 50% female, but in light of rising global temperatures due to climate change, these sex ratios have been growing more and more disproportionate to each other. Wild Squirtles have been hatching with 3:4 ratios, 1:4, and even 1:7 ratios in the most extreme cases.

Behavior: Squirtles are social animals with a “safety in numbers” mindset. They are individuals at their core, but value teamwork and cooperation. It is the way of things for the newly hatched Squirtles to learn how to handle themselves the hard way, but instincts drive them to seek safety with others of its kind. In fact, a key component of Squirtle survival before their colony returns to the hatching grounds, is learning to stick together and survive as a team, and Squirtles who refuse to cooperate or are exceptionally poor at the give-and-take of teamwork, die. Often, when the adults return to the hatching grounds, the surviving Squirtles have formed tight bonds of brotherhood and sisterhood with each other, and these bonds stay with them through life. The toughest survive, but they only survive through teamwork, and that’s the way of the Squirtles.

Diet: Aquatic plants, seaweed, bugs, and small crustaceans.

Conservation: Endangered, mostly due to habitat loss and the effects of climate change

Relationship with Humans: Squirtles have lived around humanity for eons. As inhabitants of the Old World, they have been around us since pre-history, have seen the rise and fall of countless civilizations, have been trustworthy companions, and like many other creatures, have been our food sources. Like with any culture or person that eats turtles, they are, frankly, easy to pick up and catch if you’re big enough and can tolerate having jets of water shot at your face.

In the modern day, Squirtles are commonly given out as starter Pokémon throughout the Old World, and thus are a household sight and seen at countless tournaments and in the field. They are immensely useful as companions for many field workers and emergency workers.

Classification: Turmentur parvaqua is the scientific name of Squirtle. “Turmentur” is a combination of “turtur” (“Turtle” in Latin) and “tormentum” (“cannon” in Latin). “Parvaqua” the species epithet, is “parvas” (small) and “aqua” (water) combined.

Wartortle (#008)

Turmentur criniticaudatus

General Information: Wartortle the Turtle Pokémon, and the evolved form of Squirtle. This Pokémon has long fluffy tails that it keeps in pristine conditions. The extra fluff on its body enables it to store air in its shell when it dives, giving the Wartortle an extended diving ability

Wartortles are about 3’3 feet (1 M) and weigh about 49.6 pounds (22.5 kg).

Sex Ratio: it's complicated

Habitat: Wartortles have a preference for freshwater lakes and ponds, but can be found elsewhere near other types of bodies of water throughout the Old World.

Life Cycles: Once a Wartortle survives its first year or two as a Squirtle, it becomes bigger, stronger, and able to mate. They partake in intricate courtship rituals every 3-5 years that involve using water guns and beautiful rocks to show off their skills to potential mates.

Of the adults in a colony or “torrent,” Wartortles make up the greatest percentage. They are known to have lifespans that stretch beyond a human’s life expectancy. Signs of age include deeper colored tail plumage and algae on its shell, and scratches on these shells demonstrate their proficiency in combat.

When it’s time to procreate, Wartortles will show off to the females of the colony in the aforementioned courtship rituals. They will pair up for the breeding season, then lay their eggs in holes in warm soil or warm sands, where they will incubate. It takes 10 weeks for the eggs to incubate, and when it’s time, the eggs will hatch en mass together with the other eggs of the colony. The parents do not stick around for hatching, for often they have already migrated elsewhere. Wartortles are exceptionally poor parents, but upon returning to the hatching grounds will welcome the Squirtles (who have been surviving on their own for a few weeks to a couple months at this point) with open arms.

Wartortles lay about 20-30 eggs in a clutch.

Behavior: Wartortles are atrocious parents and should generally not be considered for child-rearing services. An individual may be protective and nurturing and often they are happy to play with the Squirtles, but the species as a whole lacks any meaningful sense of parental responsibility.

Diet: They eat aquatic plants, seaweed, bugs, and small crustaceans. They really like fruit.

Conservation: Endangered

Relationship with Humans: Wartortles are swift, agile, Pokémon that are utilized by Search & Rescue Operations, firefighters, Pokémon Rangers, and law enforcement alike. They are the mascot of many swim teams.

Conservation efforts have been trying to reintroduce captive-reared females Wartortles to the wild, but efforts have been met with mixed results. Fundamentally, the Wartortles of captivity do not have the same hard-knock life that the wild ones do, and this leads to cultural tensions that make the captive-reared females undesirable as mates for they are seen as unfit mothers who will produce weak babies. Scientists are working on figuring out a better solution, but experiments have been… not going as well as they’d hope. There is real fear that climate change will eventually lead to the extinction of wild Wartortle (and family) populations.

Classification: Wartortle’s species epithet is “criniticaudatus” which is a mouthful that approximately means “fluffy-tailed” or “hairy-tailed.”

Evolution: Wartortles evolve from Squirtles starting at level 16.

Blastoise (#009)

Turmentur bitormentum

General Information: Blastoise is the evolved form of Wartotle. It can shoot jetstreams of water from its back cannons that some say can even pierce through concrete and steel! It sleeps inside its shell face-down, but when a Blastoise feels secure it may fall asleep quickly with its belly facing up.

Blastoise has both a Mega Evolution and a Gigantamax form.

Blastoise averages at 5:3 feet (1.6 M) in both its normal form and its Mega form, but weigh about 188.5 pounds (85.5 kg) and 222.9 pounds (101.1 kg) respectively. The Gigantamax form is at least 82 feet (25+ M) tall.

Sex ratio: it's complicated

Habitat: Blastoise prefer to live around freshwater lakes and ponds, but rivers are acceptable as well, and of course they may be seen along the coastlines.

Life Cycles: A Blastoise will become the de-facto leader of a colony/torrent of Wartortles and Squirtles, unless of course there are other Blastoises, in which case they will collectively become more of a Council of Elders. It is the Blastoises in a torrent that retain the wisdom and keep historical memory of places and events, information that they use to guide their torrent into the future and against harsh conditions. They are powerful, even vicious if necessary, and the female Blastoise of the colony will also produce more eggs per breeding season than the female Wartortles, generally producing 30-50 eggs per clutch.  

Blastoise are preferential mates in a colony and the greatest competition will be had for them.

It is believed that Blastoises can live for 10,000 years. While this is probably not true, they do not seem to have a finite life span, instead dying mostly to injuries, disease, and cancer.

Behavior: Blastoise are wise and proud. They enjoy playing with the Squirtles in their torrent.

Diet: Aquatic plants, seaweed, fruits, fish, and crustaceans.

Conservation: Endangered

Relationship with Humans: Blastoises are valued members of firefighting squads and Search & Rescue teams all throughout the Old World. They have useful in factories, in agriculture, in construction, and so much more. A Blastoise is an unvaluable companion for any lucky enough to have one. It is hard to pin point any particular thing that they are most known for, since they are regular members of human-Pokémon society and have been for ages. If you live in any city or town in the Old World, chances are, you’ve seen a Blastoise.

In Tuesdays with Turtwig, there is a fire-fighting squad of Squirtles and Wartortles that are led by Chief Blast the Blastoise.  

Classification: Its species epithet “bitortemtum” means “double cannon.”

Evolution: It evolves from Wartortle starting at level 36.

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[bottle-of-harpoons]

Since today (15th April) is strike day, I wanted to make a post of some places you can donate to, to help out.

Care For Gaza (@CareForGaza) / X (twitter.com)

Direct Aid for Gaza 🇵🇸 (@GazaDirectAid) / X (twitter.com)

Help the Palestinian People with a Click | arab.org

Even if you can't donate, spreading the word helps. If there is anything wrong with these fundraisers, don't afraid to inform me.

[heyyallitsbeth]

I think the most baffling thing is that pokemon fans for some reason entirely ignore a major factor when complaining about new games. They focus on shit that doesnt really matter, like designs being bad (which is up to individual preference) or being too easy (it is a beginner rpg) and they havent talked about how Pokemon Lets Go added an important accessibility feature no game afterwards has used. Lets Go is playable with one hand. You dont need to use two hands to play the game, you just need one hand, since you just use a control stick and 2 buttons. Why didnt the Diamond and Pearl remakes include that? theyre also 2D turn based rpgs. Why didnt Sword and Shield include it? They dont have camera control, the camera is fixed, you could easily play it with one hand. I can understand a little bit more with Scarlet and Violet and Legends Arceus since they do have more complex controls, but for more traditional turn based rpgs, why remove a feature that lets more people play? Lets Go's control scheme was a godsend when i injured my one hand from overexertion at work, it let me still play a game i loved without any compromise. Why include that feature and then remove it later?