The Damned

Forums! Fuck yeah!

Good point. I'll edit the last version instead of making anew one.

Not anymore. Nintendo's hardcore now. Fuck the kids. Not lite- actually, yes, literally. Fuck them. That's how hardcore Nintendo is now. They rape children now. If that's not hardcore enough for you, then you're a kid, and that means you get raped!

They need to get those demo units out in stores ASAP. I really want to try one out before I decide. We're all pretty much going to get one, but I would still like to see it before I buy.

Yeah, here's a personal dilemma: I never bought HeartGold or SoulSilver. I didn't think it was worth it (and so far, I've been mostly right in that regard: very little new content, and what is new is not interesting to me). I was also thinking of waiting until the thrid version of gen 5 came out, as I have never bought any of the 3rd (and usually superior) versions before. Not Yellow, not Crystal, not Emerald, and not Platinum. So, I had the idea of waiting until the 3rd version for BW came out. But seeing all the crazy shit that's coming out right now is making that a difficult decision. Do I buy right away, or wait the extra year (maybe even two!) and get the 3rd version? Fuck me, I can't decide. I want to get the 3rd version for once, but I'm not sure about waiting that long. Yeah, they need to do something with that. I'd rather have items that you can use to replace HMs, or at least make HMs a hell of a lot more useful then just clearing the road one one little obstacle.

Fixed. It seems to be. Spell-check isn't freaking out over it. Fixed. Good eye. I didn't notice it. I was going to put "Yes/No" but that didn't seem right as a quote. Odd, when I went to the games list of remixes, it didn't show up. Fixed. Not entreily sure what you mean by this. Could you elaborate? Technically, I could remove the N64, GameCube and Wii games, as they list Red as only showing up in one battle... but then I would have to do the same for GSC/HGSS, as he also shows up for only one battle. And Brawl doesn't let you control him directly, so much as his pokémon. But again, that also applies to the core games, so I can't do that either. Worst case, I can ditch the Stadium 2 and GameCube games. His only appearance in those ones is a trainer you can fight in the battling portion of the games. Stadium 2 is basically fighting a series of other trainers, with absolutely no story. Colosseum and XD have stories, but you fight Red outside of the story, in the same way in Stadium 2. It's not part of the plot, and doesn't affect anything game-wise. As for more sources... sadly, there are only a few. Most Pokémon sites cater towards news and game mechanics, with only minimal character, plot and setting info. Serebii.net has tons of news and a lot about how the games work, but the only other info they have is for the anime, but not the game. Smogon is entirely about game mechanics, so they're out. Pokébeach is more like Serebii, they deal in news mostly. They have lots of anime stuff, but nothing on game stuff. There just aren't enough third-party sites that deal in this area of information. Bulbapedia is pretty much the only real source of detailed articles on game characters. I think his beginnings are too basic to include. "Hey kid, here's a Pokédex, go fill it out for me, OK?" doesn't really make for good reading. Also, his rival is pretty much a lower-tier character; he only shows up a few times, he hardly puts up a challenge, and he is quickly supplanted upon your arrival. He's more like... a bump in the road then a rival. Even then, the article is about Red, not Red's rival. It seems out of place. Besides, anyone that has played any of the games knows exactly how it starts.

Newer version, fixed glaring typos and errors. Added some more to a few paragraphs, removed quote. Red Article by: The Damned Pictured from: Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Created by: Game Freak First appearance: 1996 Bio Red is the first protagonist of the Pokémon game series. His playable appearances are limited to being the player character in both the original Game Boy games Red, Blue and Yellow, and the Game Boy Advance remakes, Fire Red and Leaf Green. He also appears as the final trainer atop Mount Silver in Gold, Silver and Crystal, as well as their remakes, HeartGold and SoulSilver. Red also makes cameos in other Nintendo titles, such as Super Smash Bros. Melee. Red began his journey though his homeland of Kanto, a place of open county and bustling cities. Professor Oak, the leading expert on creatures called Pokémon, enlisted Red to aid his research. Given the task of finding and capturing as many Pokémon as he could, Red headed out onto an adventure of exploration, discovery and action. Red isn't known for speaking much, instead preferring to converse in simple "Yes" and "No" responses to most characters. Most of the time, the person(s) he is engaged with will simply continue to speak without interruption until they are done. This may make Red seem timid, but the truth is, he is highly skilled in Pokémon battling. Red has easily defeated not only the eight Kanto Gym Leaders, highly skilled trainers specializing in certain types of Pokémon, but also the Elite Four, the highest ranked trainers in the land. Red also single-handedly defeated the criminal organization Team Rocket, trainers who use Pokémon as tools and weapons to spread their influence across the land. Upon his victory against the Elite Four, he was crowned the Indigo League Champion. Seeking ever higher skill, he trained on top of the vicious, snow-capped peak of Mount Silver, waiting for a challenger worthy enough to reach him. In the sequel games, the player can only face Red after defeating the Gym Leaders of both the Kanto and Johto regions, and the Elite Four. But even then, he has had three years to hone his skills and raise his team, making this battle one of he most difficult of the entire series. Aside from his vast collection of Pokémon, Red also has access to several useful tools. He has a collapsible bicycle for speedy transportation; a backpack filled with Pokéballs for catching wild Pokémon; Technical and Hidden Machines, devices used to teach Pokémon new attacks; and the exclusive Pokédex, a device that records all known information on any Pokémon that Red encounters and captures. These tools and his highly trained team of Pokémon have allowed to advance the understanding of Pokémon greatly. Selected game appearances === Game Boy === Pokémon Red, Blue (1996) Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition (1998 ) === Game Boy Color === Pokémon Gold and Silver (1999) Pokémon Crystal (2000) === Game Boy Advance === Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (2004) === Wii === Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008 ) === DS === Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver (2009) References Bulbapedia - "Red (Game)" Wikipedia - "List of Pokémon Characters"

Fuck no. I want my 6-on-6 battles. But only as a tactics game.

Well... tameness is a game mechanic that makes a Pokémon like you or hate you, and that affects two moves... so it's kind of like a morality system.

I knew Willrock before he was popular. That makes me cool. Oh, and something about being old.

"Come on Charizard, we have to defeat Chaos!" "Char, char char..." "Suck it up, you orange, winged pussy!"

Considering there's only one, yeah. Edited to remove unnecessary links. If only there was some project that could fill that in a bit...

Yeah, the amount of 3rd party support so early is, quite frankly, shocking. I guess everyone looked at the last few years of DS sales, and decided to get in early this time. I don;t think there's been this much 3rd party support in... years? Decades? Also, atmuh Vs Bleck: The Reckoning begins!

OK, using the previous four articles as a basis, I have written this rough draft. Personal concerns are that there are too many games listed at the end, and not a large enough variety of sources (namely, only a section from a Wikipedia page and the character article from Bulbapedia, a Pokémon specific wiki). Aside from that, I think it's a decent first shot. Maybe a bit long. Red Article by: The Damned Pictured from: Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen Created by: Game Freak First appearance: 1996 Bio Red is the first protagonist of the Pokémon game series. His playable appearances are limited to being the player character in both the original Game Boy games Red, Blue and Yellow, and the Game Boy Advance remakes, Fire Red and Leaf Green. He also appears as the final trainer atop Mount Silver in Gold, Silver and Crystal, as well as their remakes, HeartGold and SoulSilver. Red also makes cameos in other Nintendo titles, such as Super Smash Bros. Melee. Red isn't known for speaking much, instead preferring to converse in simple "Yes" and "No" responses to most characters. Most of the time, the person(s) he is engaged with will simply continue to speak without interruption until they are done. This may make Red seem timid, but the truth is, he is highly skilled in Pokémon battling. Red has easily defeated not only the eight Kanto Gym Leaders, but also the Elite Four and the criminal organization Team Rocket. Upon his victory against the Elite Four, he was crowned the Indigo League Champion. Seeking ever higher skill, he trained on top of the vicious, snow-capped peak of Mount Silver, waiting for a challenger worthy enough to reach him. Only when the player defeats the Elite Four and the Gyms of both the Kanto and Johto regions can he or she challenge Red. Even then, he has had three years to hone his skills and raise his team. Aside from his vast collection of Pokémon, Red also has access to several useful tools. He has a collapsible bicycle for speedy transportation; a back-pack filled with Pokéballs for catching wild Pokémon; Technical and Hidden Machines, devices used to teach Pokémon new attacks; and the exclusive Pokédex, a device that records all known information on any Pokémon the Red encounters and captures. These tools and his highly trained team of Pokémon have allowed to advance the understanding of Pokémon greatly. Quote "..." Selected game appearances === Game Boy === Pokémon Red, Blue (1996) Pokémon Yellow: Special Pikachu Edition (1998 ) === Game Boy Color === Pokémon Gold and Silver (1999) Pokémon Crystal (2000) === Nintendo N64 === Pokémon Stadium 2 (2000) === GameCube === Pokémon Colosseum (2003) Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness (2005) === Game Boy Advance === Pokémon FireRed and LeafGreen (2004) === Wii === Super Smash Bros. Brawl (2008 ) === DS === Pokémon HeartGold and SoulSilver (2009) References Bulbapedia - "Red (Game)" Wikipedia - "List of Pokémon Characters"

They change the price, so that's one thing. On-topic-ish: I wonder what the internal memory capacity is going to be. Nintendo mentioned installed games at one point, but nothing since then has been mentioned. I wonder how much you can store on it. Could you shove a bunch of DS games on it? A half dozen 3DS games? Maybe just virtual console titles?

Hmmm... maybe one day, we'll have the 6-on-6 tactics game I thought about a few years ago. It would only require some tweaking to the attacks, as the rest of the battle system is pretty much ready to go. I could have sworn I saw a sarcophagus pokémon in there at one point. So... epic changes for the better, or signs of the series faltering? I'm seeing an even split of opinions on various sites. Personally, I see them as for the better. The games have been relatively unchanged in some aspects, with only moderate advances in the battle and stats systems. Maybe we'll get some really interesting things this time. When the games were announced earlier this year, Game Freak said they were going to change things, and I think it's safe to say they did.

I'm working on it. It's not easy, with all those sexy healthiness and vitality.

HA HA! You've aged as much as the rest of us! Now you're closer to eventual bodily function failure! HAA HAA HAA!

I just noticed Red from the Pokémon games appeared in the corner. Never saw him there before. So when I clicked on him to read his page... there wasn't one. Then I thought, maybe, I could write something for it. But I can't log-in or sign up to edit the page. The Help page is also non-existent. In fact,I can't seem to find any way to do anything on the Mascot project. I'm guessing that only certain people can edit the pages. If that's the case, I wouldn't mind writing up the Red page, if no one else has claimed it. I checked back about ten pages, and no one has mentioned Red yet, so I'm guessing it's up for grabs.

Didn't they say that like two weeks ago? Mid September was what everyone was thinking for the longest time. Al we nee now is a definite North America release date and then we're all good.

It learns Draco Meteor, which is a somewhat odd move. Using it once drops the users Special Attack two stages (not exactly Jirachi's best stat, considering it's one of the 100-stat legendaries, like Mew or Celebi. Most sets run it with Adamant or some other +Attack nature). Of course, it's fucking powerful and since it's a Dragon-type move, one hit should be enough to wipe out most pokémon you come across. Best used to finish something off or towards the end of the battle. On BW news... nothing in the last week. No news, updates, or even hints at anything. I guess since the games are coming out in Japan in a few more months, they are saving up news for the hype. Hype for a pokémon game. Yeah, really need that, don't they?

Here's the thing. If the data string that makes up the hacked pokémon would pass a legitimacy check, then it's no different than a legit one. I don't hack, I don't even know how to do it, but I am certain that at least one of the ones I have is hacked. I don't use it, but I still have it. Why? Because according to everything I looked up, it's perfectly legal and would pass even Nintendo's screening system.

Hacked? That's fine, just don't use them. But if you plan to hit up any of the official competitions, take them off your cart and save your game about ten times. According to the researchers at Smogon, Nintendo has a way to verify the legality of your game by reloading your previous game saves. How that's supposed to work, I don't know. But multiple people from multiple competitions around the world stated the same occurrence from their attempts to by-pass anti-cheating checks. If not, then... then just box them and forget about them.

Speaking of Wi-Fi downloads... There's a Jirachi event going on right now! Grab your Diamond, Pearl, Platinum, Heart Gold or Soul Silver game, and make sure you have Mystery Gift enabled. Don't have it enabled yet? Here's how. This Jirachi will unlock a Pokéwalker course, but who cares! It's another Wi-Fi event, so that means they are supporting it.

Really? I saw this and thought you guys might like it more.