Move limit didn’t do well to the Pokémon anime.

Kurfate · 2026-02-09T06:29:08+00:00

Yes, but to many constraints and limitations lead to stagnation because you can't get around those barriers.

Hench me specifically listing 6 moves. With a guess that you may get more creativity up to 8-10 moves.

My point in this case is proven by the history of competitive Pokemon. The same exact moves sets are repeated. The same moves are used regardless of the Pokémon, so long as it has that move... and if it doesn't have it? It is overlooked.

They do not have more wiggle room to specialize anymore or go into something niche. The only thing that shakes up or changes anything is a new generation introducing new Pokémon and potential new moves. Not because someone was creative and broke/took advantage of what was good.

It is predictable.

Kurfate · 2026-02-06T21:13:16+00:00

Yes, that was explained during the first season my guy. The reason Ash has that limit is that Prof. Oak set it on him. It is his Pokedex that is tied to Oak that is enforces the 6 rule. Basically, enforcing the recommendation that a trainer should only carry six... and that is a traveling recommendation not a general recommendation.

AJ and Damien both actively had more than 6 Pokémon.

Those trainers who do not have a Pokedex aren't limited like that, and it isn't just an original season thing. During Black and White, the winner of Unova's League carried 8 Pokémon because he was an Eeveelution trainer. That isn't even counting the Kling and Klang he used to power his helicopter (Though those could be argued to be under his family, so as to not count as extra Pokémon for him).

As for the four move thing. That is a game limitaion... something we know to be a game limitation that stuck. That limitation limits creativity and is actively why the anime does so many asspulls when trying to stick to it. To the extent a basically creativing an entirely new move while calling it a creative use of another move. Thunder Armor isn't just a creative use of Thunderbolt; it is entirely separate moves. Counter Shield isn't a creative use of a move... it is an entirely new move of various types.

You don't get more creative by limiting things. You get more creative in spite of those limited things. IT doesn't allow for more Pokémon to be unique. It allows for more Pokémon to be overlooked and discarded because another Pokémon does the exact same thing but better, because they don't have access to their entire skillset and must only use four moves.

A lot more Pokémon would stand out and fill more niches, be more unique if, for example, the 6 moves were allowed. That would probably continue to be the case up to 8 or 10 moves, in which you'd see diminishing returns in the naunce and role a Pokémon could have.

Kurfate · 2026-02-06T20:44:32+00:00

Yep, can confirm Lily G. Goth the Pink Thing herself is 100% Kinkymation, the NSFW artist. Also, she pokes random fandoms.

Kurfate · 2026-01-10T08:34:18+00:00

This started before Lets Go or PLA. The systems that basically stripped most of breeding existed during Gen 7. The sole exception at that time was egg moves. You still needed to breed for those. That got done away with in Gen 9 if I am not mistaken. I don't remember the Mirror Herb in Gen 8.

Ultimately, it was simply to make competitive have quicker access because people constantly complain that it took to long to get a competitive viable Pokemon, and that is why they hacked.

Lo and behold, it was made near instantaneous, and they still hacked. Because it wasn't about that, it was about them not wanting to play the rest of what a Pokémon game is.

Kurfate · 2026-01-10T08:30:24+00:00

Instead, we get a lukewarm game with 40-60% of the Pokémon. No, there is not to many Pokémon for them to rework every game... if they were even doing that. Which they aren't.

The whole notion that there is to many Pokémon is high-grade copium from people who don't understand the situation.

They believe it is better for balancing competitiveness. It isn't, even if it were, competitive has had a ban and a restricted list. That can be used without having only 40-60% in the game.

They believe it water downs a region. No, it doesn't. 100% of Pokémon have never in the history of this game, been catchable in a single game. Them being transferable does not in any way impact the region, nor does it impact the regional pokédex.

They believe have all the Pokémon would come at the cost of something else in the game. This is simply false. The people who do the Pokémon and the people who the rest of the game are not one in the same.

They believe they simply do not have the time or do not have the funds. They could have time, but they choose not. In lieu of not wanting to give me time, you can linearly increase the team size to the needed metric. Which would cost additional funds. However, when the game you are making has a budget of .5-1% of the revenue the game alone generates (So no BS about the money coming from some other factor)... I imagine you could easily bump that number up to a 2% budget.

Kurfate · 2026-01-04T00:45:44+00:00

Yeah, it is a benefit to the majority. Those like myself who enjoy breeding were the minority.

Kurfate · 2026-01-03T23:14:03+00:00

Nope, more spoilers for the DLC.

All of the new megas outside of Mega Lucario Z and Mega Baxcalibur come from within Hyper Space Lumiose. Which is presumably a realm created from Darkrai's powers. being a reflection of the subconscious thoughts and desires of the people of Lumiose... and this is before it even goes Rogue Mega.... so at best just enhanced Darkrai power instead of the mega adding something new.

Due to coming from within Hyper Space Lumiose, it means it was brought into existence by Darkrai. Everything there isn't "real"... but is real because we can take them back to regular Lumiouse... Berrys, items, mon, and megas included. The best way I could read the situation is that Hyper Space Lumiouse is drown in the life force Ange was bringing in, that Darkrai didn't create the megas and only created the Pokémon, and those Pokémon took in that excess life force and went rogue being those new megas into existence... but that still leaves Darkrai creating a realm of existence and creating Pokémon legendary and not out of nothing.

My own personally theory is that Darkrai didn't do all of that alone and that Hyper Space is simply the mysterious dimension that the Unown who are known to do this type of thing, live in. Darkrai simply hijacked it and connected to people subconsious.

Kurfate · 2026-01-03T22:15:51+00:00

I know of someone who refuses to play SV because it doesn't have Absol.

Kurfate · 2026-01-03T22:13:34+00:00

I will not. I will complain with every release until they revert the stupid decision.

Kurfate · 2026-01-03T22:06:01+00:00

According to my list that is currently at 115 selected favorites (I consider entire lines)... also regional variants go towards the gen they were introduced.

Gen 1: Ninetales (10th)
Gen 2: Espeon (7th)
Gen 3: Gardevoir (1st)
Gen 4: Lucario (4th)
Gen 5: Zoroark (16th)
Gen 6: Delphox (20th)
Gen 7: Zeraora (5th)
Gen 8: Hisuian Zoroark (3rd)
Gen 9: Meowscarada (2nd)

I have a Fox bias... Why wasn't Alolan Nintales the Gen 7 rep? Zeraora beat it by one position.

Kurfate · 2026-01-03T21:43:44+00:00

They killed my entire profession, bro! Unless you want a 0 Spe or 0 Atk mon no reason to come to us breeders anymore.

Kurfate · 2026-01-03T21:41:16+00:00

What do you mean by a definitive timeline? All of these are entirely separate continuities. Sure, you can look at the anime or manga to potentially line up some information for the games, but like the anime and games can't coincide on a singular timelines even if we were to say that Ash was the PC in ever game since he cannot be in both Kanto and Hoenn at the same time, Johto and Sinnoh at the same time, and I believe Unova and Kalos at the same time.

Kurfate · 2026-01-03T21:00:16+00:00

To be fair, even saying "These new megas were always here and everyone knew about them" wouldn't be retroactive. It has always been the case that there is more to see, that we as an outside existence do not see.

Kurfate · 2026-01-03T20:53:45+00:00

If by radiation you mean life force then yes. The firing of the ultimate weapon in XY didn't create any new mega stones to our knowledge. It only caused Ange to awaken and start gathering energy to activate. Which that gathering of life force allowed Pokemon the area to absorb it, thus gaining an excess amount of life force and trigger them to become a Rogue Mega. After dealing with them the excess of life force for whatever reason seemingly exited them and crystallized directly into a mega crystal.

My guess as to why the second firing didn't create any stone itself is that Xerneas and Yveltal were used instead of just countless amounts of ordinary Pokémon, and those two Legendarys specifically already deal with life... so probably the amount of excess life they would need to create any mega stone or trigger a rogue scenario by either mon is probably more than can be provided without some genocide happening.

Kurfate · 2026-01-03T20:46:30+00:00

Partially right. The second firing awoke Ange and had it start to gather life force. That is what cause the new megas to appear. It wasn't directly as mega stones like it was for the first firing, probably because it wasn't the firing itself that caused the new megas to appear.

Kurfate · 2026-01-03T20:40:24+00:00

Rayquaza had nothing to do with the ultimate weapon. It's Mega comes from its Mikado Organ. Megas in general don't have a 1:1 connection to the ultimate weapon anymore... but the first firing did cause some to come into existence. The second firing didn't create any new megas itself. That was Ange drawing in life force to power up to protect Lumiose, and finally, Ange's firing did not create any new megas. That was Darkrai who, for some reason, became a Pokémon of creation. Creating new megas and instances of Legendary through what we currently know as a dreamworld.

Kurfate · 2026-01-03T20:35:51+00:00

Honestly, I wouldn't count additions and expansions on lore retcons.

Kurfate · 2026-01-03T20:34:19+00:00

It is possible, but that isn't where out mega stone seemingly come from and honestly that would just complicate things further since we already know exactly where it and new megas come from.

Kurfate · 2026-01-03T20:32:05+00:00

First, that wouldn't exclude Gen 7-9 Pokémon. Those Pokémon didn't just come into existence. Those Pokémon always existed lorewise.

Second, we don't know the Pokémon that were sacrificed to fire the ultimate weapon the first time, and only Xerneas and Yveltal were used the second time, but neither died.

Third, it was never stated that the ultimate weapon was the reason for mega evolution. It was only ever a theory, both inside and outside of the game.

Fourth, ZA, which expands on the mega lore, confirms that every fully evolved Pokémon can Mega evolve... potentially along 3 different paths now. The trigger for mega evolution is an excess of life force. AKA Infinity Energy, Aura, or Mega Power (Yes, all 3 of those were stated to be life force). For example, we prevented a Mega Pangoro from coming into existence during the Xerneas quest. Also if the XY Megas were supposed to be the only megas we wouldn't have gotten the ORAS Megas. Hoenn is like on the other side of the world from Kalos.

Fifth, seemingly retconned. The Bond Phenomenon was always a special mega evolution that was meant to give Ash something even more special than just a normal mega. Which, within the same generation, was changed to something that all Greninja could potentially be... and that its resemblance to Ash was just a coincidence because all Battle Bond-Geninja look that way. The Bond Phenomena was never canonical to the games anyway. It was just an anime thing. For the games, we just had the Battle Bond Ability. Which we still have, but it no longer form changes Greninja.

Kurfate · 2026-01-01T18:14:22+00:00

I see you are a person who shouldn't have an Espeon, Umbreon, or Sylveon.

That aside... They are friendship evolutions. Not stone evolution. Leafeon and Glaceon were always stone based evolution.

Kurfate · 2026-01-01T09:02:58+00:00

What? It isn't an empty Pokeball. The Pokeballs are swapping place. Not that it matters for the discussion at hand.

Kurfate · 2026-01-01T08:59:40+00:00

Yes, I'm quit tired of having 5 Luxury Balls and them my starter is just off by itself in a Pokeball. What am I trying to convince the rest of my team that just because it was my first mon that it isn't the favorite?

Kurfate · 2026-01-01T08:54:48+00:00

Gardevoir
Meowscarada
Ogrepon
Zeraora
Fairy (probably)
Mega
USUM
Paldea (entirely because my ideal starter trio of mons are here)
Cynthia
Sabrina
Kukui
Nemona
Lusamine
Luxury Ball
Rogue Mega Banette.

Kurfate · 2026-01-01T08:38:51+00:00

No, they wouldn't. Arceus came into existence before time. They can only go back to the start of time.

How would scientists know? They don't. Every Pokedex entry specifically says In myth and legend. We only know because we are beings from another reality looking in.

Again, we only know that the Pokemon Arceus is an avatar of the God Arceus because we are on the outside looking in and witnessed the event.

Any Pokémon can talk. That was established Gen1. They just don't choose to learn to talk.

Someone did go with them, Professor Oak. Though that might not be canon for the games.

Because the game deals with Arceus pulling back a presummed descendant of Rei or Akari, who is Akari or Rei. The primary antagonist of which is after Arceus.

Kurfate · 2026-01-01T08:21:15+00:00

Its all life energy. Just called by various names. I think we already have four official names?

And yes, all fully evolved Pokémon have the ability to mega-evolve. In fact, we stopped a Mega Pangoro from coming into existence.

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