#pokenerd

[kittenboom]

MOLD POKEMON

"Shuckle is a slender Pokémon with a yellow body that appears to be soft. Until they are in use, Shuckle's limbs appear limp. It is encased in a very hard red shell that has many holes in it. The holes in its shell are rimmed with white.

Rather than actively hunting and foraging for food like most other Pokémon, it collects Berries and stores them in its shell.

The Berries inside are liquefied and fermented while they decompose by Shuckle's digestive juices, which it then consumes.

Its digestive juices are also used to dissolve rocks so Shuckle can hide under them. It can be found in the mountains."

****** SHUCKLE = SLIME MOLD

Sure. BUT

Why does this exist? 💀💀💀💀

OF COURSE PEOPLE WOULD WANT SHUCKLE'S FERMENTED BERRY JUICES. WE ARE SICK FUCKS.

After viewing this shocking image above (lol), I was introduced to Old Man Shuckle (from the anime).

MAKER (MERCHANT?) OF SHUCKLE JUICE

I SAW THIS IMAGE OF THE CORKED SHUCKLES 💀💀💀 also shiny Shuckle is purple and I am in love.

I have questions though! Doesn't Shuckle need it's holes uncorked so it can feed itself throughout the year - it seems really wrong to "stuff a wild creature full of ingredients" literally cork up its holes & then wait a year to "harvest" it's juices.

& most importantly, I was introduced to SPOOPY

SLIME MOLD FERMENTATED BERRY JUICE

It can't just be pheremones!

Tdlr: OLD MAN SHUCKLE IS DEFINITELY PROBABLY MAKING PSYCHEDELIC / ALCOHOLIC BERRY JUICE FROM THE SLIME MOLD POKEMON 🤣

Source for all above via Bulbapedia

Shuckle -- sui

[starrieangel]

Playing Pokemon with Curly and Jimmy would be wild because you have Curly who literally only knows Pikachu and then you have Jimmy with perfect IVs, EVs, abilities, items and used to play competitively before he was banned for shit talking. Like you would be in the middle of a play through and Curly will complain about the lack of Pikachu on your team ("Curly Pikachu isn't that good") and Jimmy will be bitching about not including legendaries on your team ("Jimmy mega Rayquaza isn't even in this game")

OMG YES Jimmy is such a backseat gamer ong 😤😤 He is also 1000% banned from showdown LMAO

Curly wouldn't know what's going on in the actual game, he just wants you to catch all of the cute pika clones, and then he would make you name them dorky names like "Mr. Mouse" or "Squeakerton" (Tho I do think it would be cute to teach him how to play the beauty contest portion of the game and feed the mons pokepuffs in the later games:)) He's so cute 😭

[petrichormeraki]

some eevees!

[restrainedhungr]

I drew gf pokemon trainer too

she said quote: "this also gives me vibes of you buillied the history maniac then get beat up by her ace trainer gf"

[bengal-tigers-on-petunias]

Long time no see shiny cottonees! alr ima just put'em all out there rn

see ya soon, vileploom.

what's new, pikachu?

alola emolga!

In a while, helioptile.

hasta manana, shiny lunala.

what's up, piplup?

down on your luck, psyduck?

a pokenerd's guide to gettin' the girls p1

Are you a ducklett cuz i just swanna be wth you ;)

might make a p2 idk but i got plenty more of pokemon puns for goodbye and some for hello

if yall got any suggestions id love to hear em but nothing about doing people im a minor

welp see you later turtonators

[good-call-my-young-padawan]

0k, now I want Pokemon cards

but they are like a new currency 😭😭😭

[pokemonrebirth]

Late to the Party - SV and New Announcement Thoughts

Which I shall put below the cut for those who haven't seen the Pokemon Presents video yet.

A new Pokemon Legends game?! Set in Lumiose City? Featuring ZYGARDE?

...I'm impressed at how this franchise keeps yanking me back in. ¦D

Granted, I wouldn't have played Pokemon Scarlet if not for my niece's interest. And not because I didn't think it was a good (if a bit chuggy n buggy) game, but rather that my interest had waned and time to do all things is short. But my niece really wanted to, and I had wanted to try the local co-op play feature (it was something listed in my dream Pokemon game document after all), so we finally started our combined adventure in Paldea yesterday.

And this is what I'd hoped Sword and Shield to be like.

The local co-op is so fun! You can finally go on a journey with someone else (or three someones), and it makes the experience feel more alive somehow.

Shifting between travelling and battling is also pretty seamless, rather like Legends, which I wasn't expecting and appreciate. Love the new Pokemon Center/Mart/Connectivity stops. The photo mode is entertaining and primed for plenty of silliness.

We've not even got inside the school yet because there's so much to do just...exploring. Feels good. I pretty much got my dream Pokemon game(s) in the end.

My character Antigua, and her lechonk, Erfum.

[mirroredranger]

@team-mavericks continued from here

That answer was anything but encouraging. 'Buggy' could mean anything. An actual bug type? A pseudo-bug type like Lurantis or flygon? What type would that pseudo-bug be? And what about a three-mouthed black hole?! That... last one sounds so familiar, but at the same time, so, so terrifying.

[Text: G] Was buggy thin and white?

She had to rule out her encounter first.

[Text: G] And could it physically rip apart something like a zekrom?

No, that was not going to be a point she'd elaborate on.

[kingsillysmilez]

Pokenerd

[familiaralien]

Giant monster tamer megathread

Decided for the sake of education and my own neurodiversity to make a post including every video game series or stand alone title I know of that focuses on creature capturing competitions that isn't Pokemon.

One big exception: the game has to be a reasonably playable state. So no games that are effectively or literally lost media (like Micromon) or games that only playable state is currently a short demo (like Bestieball). With that in mind here we go:

Digimon

This one is pretty obvious. While more of a multimedia franchise it has tons of games to its IP. The one that probably would appeal most to Pokenerds is Digimon Story: Cyber Sleuth and its sequel as they're turned based RPGs with a monster capture mechanic.

Monster Rancher

Another one I think a lot of folks have heard about or least millennials would remember. I haven't personally played any of these titles myself but from what I gather they're raising sims with tournament combat. For a while their availability was mostly limited to emulation but Monster Rancher 1 and 2 have been ported to modern systems like the Switch.

Yo-kai Watch

A mid 2010s franchise that had a whole lot of initial success in Japan. Its an RPG series that doesn't take itself very seriously with cute and goofy monster design based on the Japanese folklore creatures called... well yokai. Has real time combat instead of turn based and more luck based capturing mechanics than Pokemon.

Palworld

Brand new game that's only in its alpha release as of now. Its effectively a parody of Pokemon where you're stuck trying to survive in the wilderness so you must build a base and farm resources to survive. Game did have some initial controversy due to some of its designs stepping a little TOO close to being outright ripoffs of existing designs. Also you can capture and enslave humans which may not vibe with some folks.

Temtem

Basically Pokemon meets a MMO lite. The game can be played mostly as single player campaign but does unfortunately still require a constant internet connection. Battles are turned based but 2 versus 2.

Shin Megami Tensei

What could be consider the original monster tamer game. The series is aimed at a somewhat older audience and the plots tend to be more philosophical then like "gotta be the best *insert title here* ever". Focuses a lot on fusing monsters as well as trying to convince them to join you. You actually battle alongside your monsters.

Dragon Quest Monsters

Monster Capturing mechanics do exist in the mainline DQ games as well (at least since DQ5 I think?) but its these games have them as the main gameplay. Much like SMT it focuses on fusing monsters as one of the main ways to expand your library off available species.

Nexomon

Franchise that started its life as a mobile game but has since gotten ports to other systems. Its very similar to Pokemon in terms of creature designs and combat but the worldbuilding is quite different as is its tone being a lot more comedic.

Coromon

Indie game with visuals similar to Pokemon Black and White. Its story was originally kinda so-so and its ending pretty abrupt but its since gotten a free patch that smoothed that out quite a bit. Also has a sorta unique "shiny" system where alternate colors are associated with higher potential which can actually be altered once. Also has a built in randomizer and "nuzlocke" mode.

Cassette Beasts

A pretty recent indie game. Unlike all the others you don't capture or hatch monsters but rather record them to transform into them yourself. Battles are always between you and a companion which there are multiple to befriend throughout your journey (including a dog!). Has some really interesting quirks with its type chart that adds a lot of extra depth. Will soon be releasing a mutiplayer update for anyone that's into that kind of thing.

Monster Crown

A game with visual based on the Gameboy era. It has some pretty fascinating breeding mechanics and a somewhat darker tone than Pokemon. WARNING: DO NOT GET THE SWITCH PORT! For whatever reason its especially glitchy and I have genuinely gotten entire save files ruined by game breaking bugs (such as my player character getting stuck in walls or clipping out of a bounds). As far as I'm aware the PC version is not nearly as much as a mess though.

Monster Sanctuary

Monster collecting meets metroidvania. Has a really fun skill tree type move learning system that allows for quite a bit of strategy. Also the monster designs are way less Pokemon and more inspired by traditional roleplay monsters (so there's like Goblins and stuff). My only gripe with the game is how you get monsters involves getting specific scores in battle which makes getting 1 of each monster way more tedious than it needed to be.

Fossil Fighters

Franchise is maybe dead since there hasn't been a new entry in it since the 3DS but its still easy enough to these games. Anyway this series involve reviving dinosaurs (and some other ancient animals) into new lifeforms called vivosaur and using them in 3 on 3 combat. Vivosaurs are obtained with a fossil digging minigame which is kinda neat.

Spectrobes

Another franchise that's been pretty dead for a while (it last entry was on the Wii). Spectrobes has a more sci fi like setting with its monsters being aliens you revive from fossils. Combat is real time and you participate alongside a couple of your monsters. I'm btw describing only the first game because I haven't played either sequel!

Evocreo

Mobile only monster game with a style similar to Pokemon Black and White not unlike Coromon mentioned above. Has a lot of focus on split path evolution. The devs are apparently going to release a sequel soon but its been in development hell for years so I'll come back and edit this if that actually happens.

Monster Hunter Stories

I have not played nor watched gameplay of this one so I can't really describe it that deeply all I know is its a spinoff of Monster Hunter involving befriending and using the titular monsters in combat.

Telefang

Its sad this game series is most famous for being badly translated and repackaged as a Pokemon game. Anyway these are Japanese only titles though fan translations exist. The gimmick of this game is that you call monsters up on your cellphone to get them over to participate in combat. This series this sprout out when cellphones were consider newfangled and hip so it makes sense.

Anode Heart

Pretty sure this one is PC only. Takes some inspiration from the Digimon World games and is semi open world. Sadly this one I don't know much about outside of that though it does have a free demo on Steam for anyone that wants to try it for themselves.

Ooblets

Extremely wholesome monster catching and farming game. Battles are actually dancing competitions instead of violent confrontations and monsters are recruited simply by beating them in a fight. Thing is monsters will only fight you if you offer them their favourite food so that's where strategy comes in.

Moonstone Island

I know very little about this one except its also a monster catching and farming game. I've heard that its really good though and I believe its PC only right now but has a planned Switch port.

Timenet

Probably the most obscure ass monster tamer on this entire list. This is a Japanese exclusive set of Gameboy games featuring very cute monster designs... and Hello Kitty. Yes Sanrio made a monster tamer back in the late 90s. I only learned this even existed after scrolling down a comment section on a random YouTube video.

Abomi Nation

I'm mostly excluding roguelike games due to most having nothing but battles an 0 plot but this one does actually has a story! You play as the actual monster as you make your way through somewhat randomly generated maps with lots of other randomized elements. The game allows for a lot of customization including turning off permadeath if you're not a fan of that. The visual style is a bit crude but its still a pretty cute game.

Jade Concoon

Another somewhat obscure entry but at least this one got an English release. Anyway its an old RPG for the PSX with monster capturing and a very fascinating monster fusing mechanic that uses an algorithm to determine the appearance of the fusion. The player character can also participate in battle and the plot is very complex. The game also has a sequel on the PS2 but I know even less about that one.

Robopon

Now if you thought Palworld was bordering on some copyright infringement this game is basically nothing but "Pokemon but the designs are robots". Still worth bringing up I think!

Ni No Kuni

Not sure how I got to mentioning several obscure titles and somehow didn't mention something that really isn't. Ni No Kuni is real time battles between you and 2 party members. You can both battle as the actual human characters or switch into a monster. Wrath of the White Witch's visual style in particular is very whimsical and even has some animated cutscene done by Studio Ghibli. I haven't played any other game in the franchise.

Siralim

I haven't played any entry in this series yet (there's apparently 4 games + a spinoff) but from reading up on the most recent entry these are basically procedurally generated dungeon crawlers with an insane level of depth. The story is apparently not that great but the games themselves apparently also make fun of it so it seems its an intentional dev choice. Battles are 6 on 6 and there's over 1000 monsters to collect.

Disc Creatures

A monster tamer with a visual style similar to the Gameboy and Gameboy Color. It has 3 on 3 combat. Impressively I'm pretty sure it was developed by just one person in the RPG Maker engine (I'm honestly surprised this is the first indie game made with ya know... an engine meant for turned based RPGs).

Monster Harvest

A Dungeon crawler mixed with farming. Its a bit shorter than anything else I've mentioned here and its a bit glitchy but its a cute little game worth picking up on sale at the least. Notably also only about a 1/3 of the monster in the game are combative with the rest being either used for farming resources or as mounts.

Loomian Legacy

A Roblox monster tamer.... yes there's 2 of those in this (I could even have added 3 but I think one is in still a pretty early state). Pretty sure this started as a Pokemon fangame and become its own thing later. It has your typical 1 on 1 turn based combat and all that. I think its free to play and there's like several hours of content on it so maybe worth a gander.

Tales of Tonorio

Pretty sure this is the same basic deal as Loomian (Roblox game, started as a Pokemon fan game, etc etc) though its has its own world building and creature designs since I'm pretty sure its made by a completely different team.

So yeah that's all of them I can think of right now. If I learn of others and/or there's new releases I may expand this.

PS: There is almost certainly numerous typoes in this. This post is way longer than anything else I've ever made on Tumblr so I can't be arse to fix them you're just going to have to deal!

[cosmermaid]

Pokenerd screenshot mission failed. The number jumped up by seven and passed what I needed. @dalenthas I will have my revenge.

[theworstcreature]

@urmomithondotcom who is this and is this person correct??

why doesn't pokemon have POOP TYPE pokemon

[ask-the-shiny-pokemons]

Lief @Tim: "You're seriously gonna wait to evolve, buddy? Imagine wanting to be smaller than your students." He leered at the shiny Eevee with a smug grin as he continued, "I only know two Pokenerds, you being the third, and even they are fully evolved. Why not just decide which one already?"

The Transformation Stone allows to transform Lief into this universe form.

Tim is chuckling on Lief's words.

Why you ask? I know most of my students are evolved already, however they mostly unbothered by my appearance. Being working adult doesn't mean you need to evolve. I saw many youngsters who're already fully evolved. For example, saw Meowscarada recently, who is like 8 years old.

My students respect me, even someone who did not appreciate learning or my look. You need to learn manners sooner or later, young man...

Tim smiles though he's a bit angry at Lief. He's now curious about one thing.

Also, two "Pokénerds"? I kinda want meet them and talk about the researches.

Seems, Tim is very calm when talking about his job as unevolved Eevee. He wasn't bothered at all when someone calling him "nerd".

[ @ask-team-misfit ]

[pokeriart]

So, what if I made an original book series about my Pokenerds..... Without the Pokemon part, of course.

I'm gonna try to redesign everyone to fit into this new universe created for that story! Obviously, there will be clear parallels to their Pokemon counterparts, but otherwise, I would love to try making them their own thing, for me to expand upon and flesh out in my own ways! Gonna be a huge undertaking, but I'm excited to explore the idea!

Anyway, here's this goblin ghost demon guy, Akuji, with a strange vendetta against the world and ready to cause problems on purpose.

*****

DeviantART

[smuttybun]

Thought, next drawing stream just get the pokedex entry of pokemon and try to draw them from that

Oh!! Very fun idea...even better bc I'm the Pokenerd so it'll be me probably knowing while my sister/cousin don't lol

[ask-team-misfit]

Throughout the course of their bickering, Lief had been trying to hide his chuckling each time Journey refered to Sirius as a "nerd". In fact, the two reminded him of his usual back and forths back home; particularly with Livingston.

Come to think of it, the way Sirius offered to teach Lief about the gates even sounded like the professor in question... some part of him wondered if this was how it felt to be in an alternate dimension.

Lief: "Sooo! I definitely have questions. Maybe not the ones you'd prefer, though. Like that Pink Espurr thing. That sounds spicy."

[ ID: A grayscale drawing of Lief, a hybrid of Sylveon and Ribombee, with a mono-color background. He is shown from the neck up, with his face slightly angled away from the viewer towards the left. He looks fairly casual, or otherwise relaxed. A cheeky smile, reminiscent of the ":3" emoticon, is present on his face. In addition, his mouth is open. End ID ]

Lief: "But if it's too spicy to handle at the moment, I suppose a question I do actually have is whether or not I've been the only intruder. Sounds like a lotta hard work just making the things, doesn't it? What about when you need to close 'em off? Actually, can you control where the gates even go?"

Now that he started gabbing about it, he came up with a bunch more questions; one that he was especially tempted to ask out loud was the concept of parallel universes.

Lief: "Can we talk more about these 'Universe Gates'? Sounds a bit like what I keep hearing about the fourth wall."

Wait, the what? How do you know about that-??

"I think I made those back when we were still going through the deity war," They said but seemed unsure. "I could be wrong though! That was like a bazillion years ago. I'm still pretty mad I was regenerating the whole time! I missed the funny little mortals fighting each other with their magic, that would have been so fun to watch!" The Hoopa suddenly crossed their arms in annoyance. "I still think it was pretty stupid Xerneas and Yveltal stopped the whole thing! I wanted to see some bloodshed!!" They gave an ominous grin, Sirius however was staring at them with disgust, "What in God's name is wrong with you." Journey just gave a shrug, "I dunno! Ask Arceus, They made me." "Hmmm..."

Sirius looked surprised at first, but his expression quickly shifted into a glare upon realizing he was being insulted.

"You know being a U-Gate Engineer isn't easy, Journey."

The Meowstic glared at them, they were starting to become fed up with the Hoopa's childishness. "Seriously? You're bored? Good gods, I should be teaching young and eager college students right now, Journey! Not babysitting you, an incompetent, indolent and frankly stubborn Demi-god." "But, No. Because of that and having to sit here and babysit you constantly, I must continue to be the only technician qualified enough to do work on U-gates!" He sighed, before pointing at them. "You should be very grateful I keep on top of our jobs work queue. You stupidly created thousands of these gates and didn't even think of the consequences and upkeep required to keep them--" The Hoopa cut off his rant. "Yeah, yeah. Okay."

"Oh. Okay, first name calling and now you're gaslighting me again?" He put up a paw in dismissal, Sirius looked a bit hurt by their words. "And about something I told you in complete sincerity? Really mature Journey. Stop it, I'm not stupid enough to fall for your tricks anymore. That, there, is why we have a 'No Talking' rule on repair jobs now." "Calling me a nerd is very demeaning of my efforts and I do not appreciate it." Sirius was staring daggers at the Hoopa, they however seemed disinterested in what he had to say. "Same old, same old. You're still a nerd, just with a fancy title."

Sirius turned his attention back to the Simbobeon, his irritation with the Hoopa was quick to melt away.

"It's my field of work and I take great pride in my knowledge of it. I have made many contributions to the greater knowledge and study of U-gates." He gave a cheerful smile. "I've even written various papers on them, held conferences and much more… In other words, I am considered the specialist on them. So, do your worst, If I don't know the answer I'm happy to investigate and get back to you with one."

→ Sirius happily invites any questions Lief or others may have regarding the Universe Gates, seems he'll do his best to answer anything asked about them! → Universe Gate questions will be prioritized and likely will be answered primarily in text format. Other asked questions will continue normally on the side.