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Daily Champions Ranked ???-moment

Mamoswine against the world!

It took me like 5 battles in Master 4 before I realized that higher tiers aren't unlocked in the game yet LOL

#DuneMovie Editor Joe Walker reveals the sound effect "that Denis is just plain naughty for" - the Body Fall

Easily the worst thing about Pokémon Champions and it's driving me nuts that it feels like nobody is freaking out about it, even though everyone is calling the game bad for all the other less surprising reasons. www.twitch.tv/videos/27446...

I mean... they know all the battles have timers they could make use of to avoid causing this, right? xD

VGC is finally accessible (This is sarcasm. Think testing "Replica teams" in champions broke my brain)

i'm normally pretty good about managing The Horrors but for real how is anybody supposed to get anything done today

Discourse around AI is intensely polarized and very emotional... but I can always count on @etvpod.bsky.social to bring nuanced points to the discussion. Here he is on the latest episode of Cognitive Dissonance. Highly recommended! youtu.be/Q9vFiWh5MLQ?...

Uh, thanks? XD

Ok, now I actually gave it a shot and made a fresh 151 Dex of a cross-generation selection of Pokémon I like. I still tried to aim for healthy type diversity and for the Dex to feel like it follows a biome progression of a Pokémon region I was making up in my mind XD

Was trying to find a file where I did this, but only keep finding versions where I'm using my Fakemon and filling gaps with Pokémon, like this example ...man I feel like I'd wanna redesign most of these 😂 (seems to be from 2011, but no clue why I didn't have the updated Blissey artwork saved lol)

The humans always seemed to fare poorly when hit with just about any kind of move. It stands to reason that everything must have hit them for super-effective damage!

Very funny, I'm still waiting for Home to let me even see which of my Pokémon have Ribbons/Marks.

Serebii Update: A new Pokémon Pokopia official Cloud Island has been announced: IKEA Island. A special collaboration between Pokémon Pokopia and IKEA for IKEA's 20th anniversary in Japan. Runs from tomorrow, April 1st 2026 Details @ www.serebii.net

Old work from 2025 - Severance x Pokemon (this joke has too many layers.)

🥤 Pokopia Vending Machine Guide You can get a random drink from each one of your Vending Machines once a day! These drinks can be given to Mosslax OR you can drink them to create new water sources for your islands!

In 986 days of playing Pokémon Sleep, this might be the cutest photo I've had so far.

And my fake pokemon evolution idea for Swoobat, a Pokemon I call " Yoohoobat " which is a rare evolution like Annihilape. It has a new move known as Heart Rob, which drains HP from the opponent back to the user and boosts special attack by one stage. And yes yes whatever Rouge the Bat shush.

Trubbish wanted a new house..

Ok, this changes everything!

Did I miss one or have we not seen a single screenshot of any Pokémon having Protect? Maybe none of the recruited mons have Protect and it costs like 20 000 VP? 👀

Looks like someone woke up the Champions marketing and told them the game is out in 2 weeks. ..anyhow, this looks like nature breakpoints in EVs? I guess that's neat, I'm tired of using literal calculators for that lol

My cycling road to Palette town

Then this really neat thing emerges where you have to actually put some time in with these "Shadow Pokemon" before they reveal their true power to you. Only after Kingdom Hearts-ing their hearts do you get to name them and unlock their abilities (and natures!!)

A demo.... of what? Recruiting Pokémon and not doing Online battles? 🤔What can a Champions demo be? ...maybe this is when they finally reveal the big secret exhaustive single player competitive on-boarding tutorial mode, right? No? Ok yeah probably not.

Pokémon fans who need to see the final stages before they pick their starter are cowards.

I love how one of the habitats in Pokemon Pokopia is 'iPad kid'

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The correct thing to do after acquiring the ability to Surf, is to fly back to Pallet town and catch Professor Tangrowth. I am about to irreparably alter the timeline and no one can stop me. (But don't worry, I will let him hold a TM)

#GearGrind I don't understand why Pokémon fans keep using "convergent forms" to refer to lookalike Pokémon. - "convergent" is overspecific - they are specifically NOT forms Lookalikes are lookalikes for different reasons, but the basic idea is that they resemble other Pokémon while not being them.

Psyduck please you are scaring the other Pokémon

50 hours into Pokopia, Trubbish is somehow still finding new ways to make me laugh. This is the best Pokémon game.

Oh wow, now that is curious. If it had turned out to be pure Bug, I'd have leaned more towards it being a consistent error. But now I'm not sure LOL How cool would it be, if we go into Winds/Waves and find that Spinarak really is pure Bug, that Pokopia didn't have an error, but an early retcon?

One thing that's been bugging me (pun intended) since friday... this is the only instance I have seen in the game where a Pokémon's type is not identical to everywhete else. ...is it an error? Or is Spinarak a pure Bug type now?? (Haven't found Ariados yet. Don't send me its type)

Pokopia is so good! I can't imagine a Pokémon fan not liking this game, unless they're allergic to farming/cottagecore games lol

I have eaten the dirt that was in the flower pot and which you were probably saving to garden Forgive me it was delicious so sweet and so cold

Fixed: Pokémon Sleep Pokémon Pokopia Pokémon Sleep Pokémon Pokopia Pokémon Sleep Pokémon Pokopia Pokémon Sleep Pokémon Pokopia Pokémon Sleep Pokémon Pokopia Pokémon Sleep Pokémon Pokopia Pokémon Sleep Pokémon Pokopia Pokémon Sleep Pokémon Pokopia Pokémon Sleep Pokémon Pokopia Pokémon Sleep

Two vibes of Pokopia

Feeling so much pressure to progress in Pokopia because people keep posting lore spoilers, and the discovery of that lore is one of the main things I look forward to.

Why is your Pokémon not evolving? Because you're not having meaningful interactions with others. The message of THIS ENTIRE GAME is that it is worthwhile to socialize and help other people.

- First time we ever see a proper new Rotom form: it's a stereo. - Winds and Waves reveal drops, and its trailer ends with a whole 10 seconds of black screen with stormy ambient sounds - Pombon's flavor text specifically refers to its throat? ...guys, it might be Sound-type time for real this time.

In terms of potential secondary types (assuming the starters don't just stay pure types), my initial reaction to Gecqua's design was; "maybe finally a Poison starter for the first time since Bulbasaur?" ...but actually taking in the flavor text on the website- This is a Psychic type in the making.

And they bombed LGPE's Kanto to make the setting for it! Let's Go!😂 I imagine the current silly negativity surrounding this game will evaporate, and come March it'll be a huge hit, particularly beyond the vocal Pokémon fanbase.

We all suspect this symbol in the Japanese logos represents a new battle gimmick, but its placement is curious, because it REPLACES (and resembles) the PokéBall. ...will the gimmick come into play during capture? ...maybe the choice of Ball will mechanically be relevant beyond the capture process?