Pokémon Battle Revolution - Generation V Countdown - 9

We're in the single digits here...and as we move on, let's cover the fourth team I created, the Lil Pass.

This was actually not meant to go online. I wanted to just play the Little Battle challenge in Pokémon Battle Revolution. I brought it online just to see how well it would do. (Nothing to lose...) Due to popular demand, I kept it as an online team against regular opponents. The nicknames don't follow the normal motif of people names because this was not originally meant to face human opponents. They were whatever word or phrase came to mind when looking at the Pokémon name, sort of like a Rorschach test.

The winner of Day 3 is ThexWishmaker, who gave a detailed response to something that you might have been annoyed about but forgotten. The prompt was also called into question, which was more interesting insight. Here you go:
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One game mechanic that I would remove from Pokemon would be the use of Hidden Machines or HMs. The whole idea of HMs has become redundant since Generation I. Yes it was fine to have moves like cut on weak Pokemon but as the Generations evolved more HMs were added paving the way for a Pokemon that would end up with the nickname 'HM slave'.

Yes the ability to cut down trees, to dive underwater and to smash rocks is all very fun for about thirty seconds but wouldn't the player prefer to carry around an ultra strong team with them instead of having to use up a vital space for the dreaded 'HM Slave'.

Nintendo could simply replace HMs with Key Items. To cut down a tree a trainer could be given an axe or something more inventive. There is no need for moves like Cut and Rock Smash to take up valuable place in a trainers team.

However, all that being said it is true that some HMs do have a positive effect on the gameplay. Moves such as fly, surf and dive all add to the gameplay and there is no possible way to replicate that in an entirely new fashion.

In response to the question, 'If you could remove from existence any one Pokémon, move, item, ability, character, location, or game mechanic, what would it be and why?', I believe that to 'remove' a game mechanic would have negative consequences for the games and as the essay has developed it has become apparent that there is only a need to tweak the game mechanics not remove them. To remove something entirely would be an insult to the developers of the games and to the dedicated players of each Generation.
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Indeed, there are fans of pretty much everything in a Pokémon game, and you can't remove something without upsetting somebody.

Quite often, my opponents will not be playing at their best when up against the Lil Pass, likely because they've never seen such a thing before. Teams of bottom-stage Pokémon like these have become more common, however, and I'd bet this opponent has seen a few before. I got finished off lickety-split. Of course, the Lil Pass tends to be like this: One player will get taken out in short order. If it's not my opponent, it's me. That's how these baby teams are like.

Perhaps I should've opened with Gastly instead of Smoochum.

I used Smoochum, Trapinch, and Yanma. My opponent used Azumarill.

Category:

Gaming

Tags:

• pokemon
• ポケモン
• battle
• revolution
• バトレボ
• wii
• Smoochum
• ムチュール
• Trapinch
• ナックラー
• Yanma
• ヤンヤンマ

[raigun80]

Hey Overhazard, which pass is your favourite/favorite?(I'm Singaporean, so its spelled with a "U".)

[Overhazard]

@raigun80 The Anton Pass, because Ditto is so fun to use. You'll never use it in the same way twie.

[PokeWorldDP]

Why would Trapinch need Natural Gift instead of Rock Slide?... a STAB Earthquake should do almost as much as a super effective Natural Gift on something like a Water type... and Rock Slide would be better for Flying types

[Overhazard]

@PokeWorldDP To also deal with the ever-common Water Pokémon, like what you see here.

[TheObservantGamer]

Ever considered using your Lil pass in the doubles? You Tube user atreecko has had loads of success bringing down teams such as your opponents using Pokemon similar to your own. If you don't know atreecko, somethings very wrong.=/

[Overhazard]

@TheObservantGamer I am very familiar with atreecko. This team is not well-suited for double battles due to the moves it has, however.

[congokong87]

Ugh. All Azumarill sets are the same.

[sora31662]

that wast fast =/

[Lewisthehedgehog]

anyone wants to battle me give me your code plz

[IRustInTheShower]

@goldenlink40 It's all good. At least you didn't rage like ZOMG YOU FUCKIN FAGGOT DUMFUCK

[MrDizzySpinda]

@congokong87 Because they work Azumarill isn't exactly very diverse sadly :/ But its awesome all the same.

[TheGuyWhoIsSitting]

@congokong87 why fix what isn't broken? If it wasn't a good set no one would use it. It covers a good amount of Pokemon and it has STAB priority, what's so bad about that? Just because everyone uses something doesn't mean you have to and it doesn't mean you should put people down for doing so. Not everyone wants to run a Fake Tears Hydro Pump Azumarill with Thick Fat, it only works if the opponent is dumb enough to not switch out. If Azumarill got some better moves then it would have more sets.

[bombkirby]

You know we only get 4 manditory HMs to complete gen 5 (I've heard) and I heard you only need Cut and Surf (Surf is great so I dont care) to actually beat the game. The others just open option paths with items hidden behind em. Sounds like they realize HMs are annoying.

[tropius315]

@sonictthehedgehog712 lmao ok

[raigun80]

@Overhazard I like the Allen Pass, its really creative and bulky, and I like all the Pokemon there as you will never see Mawile and Sableye on a team.

[2406Blackbird]

@Overhazard If I battled a person using baby pokes, I would be intimidated badly and Give up almost immediately. But I guess most people would atleast try to defeat these cute monsters. The turning point was when you found out that Azumarill used Aqua Jet