2 days to go, has anyone seen the memes of how small the legendries look to walk :lol:

Excited to play this tonight! I booked tomorrow off work :lol:

Watching a few Twitch Streams, game looks solid!

 

Hoping they've mixed up the encounters a bit for this game so I build outside the existing team I would always use.

Stupid question but you can play from 12am right?

I actually don't know - here in Canada all Switch releases come at 10pm for me (12am Eastern - which is New York/Toronto ect).

So maybe worth checking throughout the evening.

I assume it will be midnight, SwSh is the only time I ever did that and it was midnight that I could play it. If you have it pre-ordered, you can download it now so it's ready to start at launch!

I assume it will be midnight, SwSh is the only time I ever did that and it was midnight that I could play it. If you have it pre-ordered, you can download it now so it's ready to start at launch!

 

That’s good at least!

 

I’m lay with no emotion clock watching.

I didn’t pre-order it (and I love a physical copy) as I didn’t know where I would be this weekend! So I’m hoping to find it in a store tomorrow, I’m not feeling positive though :lol:

Forced exp share again, makes it so easy, wish they’d make it optional.

Played for about 4 Hours last night, up to 7 hours now, just got to Veilstone City. Here's my team:

 

Jirachi, Level 30

Monferno, Level 31

Luxio, Level 21

Staravia, Level 20

Buizel, Level 19

 

My last three are egg Pokémon, so I'm grateful for the Exp-share!

I realized the original Diamond and Pearl are my two least played games, so getting a remake has been great. Anyone exploring the Grand Underground? I never played with this in the original game, some good pokemon in the Cavern from quick look, picked up a Houndoom quite early.

I also found getting Jirachi and Mew so early in the game was... strange. I never play with legendaries simply because by the time they are available, I already have my team picked out.

Trying my best to space out the play of this as I spammed Shield in the first weekend and had it finished. I got to the first gym and it took me 3 attempts lmao. Currently got Piplup and Budew in my team (yes, 3 attempts even with 2 type advantages oop).

Yeah, I'm taking my time with this game too.

Just finished the fourth badge. My team:

 

Floatzel - Level 27

Staravia - Level 29

Luxray - Level 32

Jirachi - Level 34

Monferno - Level 35

Manaphy - Level 20

 

I got the Manaphy Egg for pre-ordering the game, but will be dumping Manaphy for Gible once I get Strength.

Just finished Mt. Coronet, getting ready for the Eight Gym. Current Team:

 

Gabite - Level 43

Lucario - Level 51

Jirachi - Level 52

Infernape - Level 53

Luxray - Level 54

Floatzel - Level 54

 

Mt Coronet was a grind that's for sure.

My team at the 3rd gym is

 

Monferno (Level 30)

Floatzel (Level 26)

Murkrow (Level 28)

Luxio (Level 28)

Gligar (Level 29)

 

Still thinking of what to have in the final slot, and idk about Gligar since you can't actually evolve it until postgame which is absolute shite :lol: Why have a Pokemon that can evolve in a popular fan fave that early on (I got it before the second gym in the underground) but lock its evolution away?? I doubt I will keep Luxray either, Roserade will probably be one slot, idk about the other two yet.

Cynthia is INSANE, proper competitive movesets/items and I'm pretty sure her Pokemon are EV trained! Genuinely stumped on her to the point it feels like I'm gonna have to go away and grind loads or even add new Pokemon to my team.

 

I've never felt such a rush of adrenaline/challenge from a Pokemon game! My team rn is:

 

Infernape (65)

Floatzel (62)

Roserade (63)

Honchkrow (62)

Medicham (63)

Gligar (64)

 

I'm basically having to rely on luck from the buffs a Pokemon gets from walking with coming in at the clutchest times, the rest of her team I've got strats for (still need a bit of luck) but her Garchomp is just OP and I feel like I might just have to power level or replace Medicham with something that can counter Garchomp and specifically EV train it from the off which is insane to say about an official Pokemon game, it's the kind of thing you'd have to do in a fan game!

I’m enjoying the game but I’m finding the wild Pokémon you encounter a bit underwhelming? Like lots of the same in different areas. Also getting Mew so early on seems bizarre to me.

I’m enjoying the game but I’m finding the wild Pokémon you encounter a bit underwhelming? Like lots of the same in different areas. Also getting Mew so early on seems bizarre to me.

 

I feel exactly the same, underwhelming bunch so far, although couple of surprises in the underground.

 

The trainer battles feel really long on this game but easy, plus why does it have to say, 'your pokemon is awaiting your instruction' or something.

 

My team so far, found it too easy using the starter Pokemon so tried to mix it up:

Meditite (35)

Staraptor (39)

Swablu (34)

Luxray (38)

Misdreavus (31)

Golduck (37)

I’m enjoying the game but I’m finding the wild Pokémon you encounter a bit underwhelming? Like lots of the same in different areas. Also getting Mew so early on seems bizarre to me.

Agreed, the underground makes it so that you can change up your team a bit but I wish the variety present there was in the actual region a bit more. You just end up with the same 5 or so evolution lines, even up in the snowy areas where it should be more varied! It was a problem in the original too tbf but they had a chance to remedy it, this is a really good remake but faithful to a fault at times like this with the lack of variety in wild Pokémon.

Being quite a literal remake, I too am disappointed by the wild Pokemon selection avaliable. It is literally the same pokemon every route until you hit Mt Coronet, Route 217 and beyond.

 

There is the underground but I feel underwhelmed by this too. Opening the "boxes" apparently will make more desirable Pokemon appear, but I haven't noticed a difference just yet. But I do need to explore more.

 

I was pretty set on my team for my first play, but I'm looking at mixing this up a bit in a replay.

 

Candy also would have been great for this game, I'm a bit under leveled and Rare Candies are as it suggests, rare in this game :lol:

 

It's been great to play a game with a bit of a challenge. Everything including and after Sun/Moon felt way too easy and you tend to end with a team that's over leveled.

 

I've played a ton of Pokemon Fan Games that are quite challenging, but I have to say playing this again - it's great to have a game with a bit of a challenge! I'd even welcome Black/White 3 (or a remake) as the next game versus a new game completly.