tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post2059454486655420535..comments2024-03-21T19:59:49.407-04:00Comments on KoopaTV: Pokémon Ultra Sun/Moon: Meet Team Rainbow Rocket?!Ludwig Von Koopahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-4863637845210960142017-11-30T19:24:01.576-05:002017-11-30T19:24:01.576-05:00Lapras approves of this article.
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They got this whole...Good point on the Battle Tree.<br /><a href="http://www.koopatv.org/2016/10/final-evolution-starter-pokemon-sunmoon.html" rel="nofollow">They got this whole thing in the last minute about that, battling legends with dialogue and special music.</a><br /><br />Except what's in that trailer is literally the entire extent of what's in the game.Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-85593489883743746462017-11-06T16:30:44.735-05:002017-11-06T16:30:44.735-05:00They come from different dimensions than the ones ...They come from different dimensions than the ones Maxie and Archie come from, of course!Samantha Lienhardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00050896759185927270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-22665407110184348592017-11-06T14:27:08.742-05:002017-11-06T14:27:08.742-05:00This reminds me of the Battle Tree, where all of t...This reminds me of the Battle Tree, where all of the legends were to hang out and battle.<br /><br />It was supposed to be the highlight of the game. I expected an epic storyline to occur, where I get to go back to Kanto (especially with Lillie going there), but nope. They're just battle NPCs.<br /><br />(Also, I'm bad at the tournament Pokémon ruleset.)Nandin Lopezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09186285507912182255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-65140316859119006642017-11-05T15:35:01.639-05:002017-11-05T15:35:01.639-05:00Somehow I don't think they'll delve into i...Somehow I don't think they'll delve into inner Team Rainbow Rocket politics. If they actually do a good job of it I miiiight buy the game and change my opinion.<br /><br />BUT, BUT, BUT, this trailer also identifies that you will be able to have PRIMAL KYOGRE and PRIMAL GROUDON and MEGA RAYQUAZA. How do you explain THAT?Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-13322557587774762282017-11-04T23:14:25.166-04:002017-11-04T23:14:25.166-04:00Maybe part of the plot will be that trying to get ...Maybe part of the plot will be that trying to get these guys to cooperate is a disaster.<br /><br />Yeah, apparently the universe he got them from is part of the non-Mega timeline. (Why did Pokemon lore get so weird?)<br /><br />It's also Ghetsis from Black/White, not BW2.Samantha Lienhardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00050896759185927270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-44245059652773174762017-11-04T21:14:02.780-04:002017-11-04T21:14:02.780-04:00Less-interesting Cyrus is pretty accurate.
I neve...Less-interesting Cyrus is pretty accurate.<br /><br />I never really saw Giovanni as a peacemaker or negotiator.<br /><br />If you look at some of the other conversations in this comments section, you'll see that I'm criticising Team Rainbow Rocket for not being a "team" at all, since each dude identifies with their original team.<br /><br />I wonder how much the game will explore everyone's individual portion/contribution to what the team is doing, or if they'll just throw all of these crime bosses into one kinda blob and not go into any depth.<br /><br />It's worth nothing that Archie and Maxie are in their pre-ORAS designs.Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-1110356024881477142017-11-04T21:04:38.059-04:002017-11-04T21:04:38.059-04:00I meant what his goal was. I guess in one version ...I meant what his goal was. I guess in one version he wanted immortality and in the other he was going to kill everyone? I remember him feeling like a less-interesting Cyrus to me.<br /><br />Hopefully Giovanni has explained the alternate universes thing to them and gotten a promise that they won't fight. Or something.<br /><br />I'd bet I'm thinking way more about this lore than the actual games will deal with. xDSamantha Lienhardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00050896759185927270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-23058422702282810172017-11-04T08:09:54.204-04:002017-11-04T08:09:54.204-04:00Yeah, that's apt.Yeah, that's apt.Lheticus Viderehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18252286308352529321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-79584442069037079412017-11-03T20:57:40.263-04:002017-11-03T20:57:40.263-04:00Well, as we know, Pokémon tradition to battle the ...Well, as we know, Pokémon tradition to battle the team boss more than once, though.<br />So... no game has a successful recipe.<br /><br />I never actually got to Evice, because I wanted to capture all of the Shadow Pokémon in the game but I kept failing to successfully capture the four trainers' Shadow Pokémon atop the Realgam Colosseum (including Shadow Miltank!) plus Nascour without fainting.<br /><br />Well, Team Rainbow Rocket is being marketed as THE GREATEST team of all time but, I mean, it's so transparently obvious they aren't.Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-13779156654837007672017-11-03T20:03:55.054-04:002017-11-03T20:03:55.054-04:00The "Villain Team Up" Trope I've lin...The "Villain Team Up" Trope I've linked to actually talks about that:<br /><br />"This is also why they lose; unlike the heroic team they fight, the villains never trust each other. One of them will betray the rest of the group. [...] Other times, one of the villains has planned the whole team-up as a trap from the start."<br /><br /><br />"Also, it's entirely possible you may battle Giovanni... MORE THAN ONCE!"<br /><br />That may be true, but repetition isn't really the success recipe for a good boss battle.<br /><br />The non-plus-ultra in terms of Pokémon boss battles was Evice from Pokémon Colosseum, GameFreak could use some learning from it's own past games.Stray Dognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-31451823473401359222017-11-03T19:41:20.759-04:002017-11-03T19:41:20.759-04:00They play up Team Rainbow Rocket as the greatest v...They play up Team Rainbow Rocket as the greatest villain organisation in history, but there's one problem.<br /><br />When you're battling non-Giovanni, say, Maxie, it's "You're challenged by Team Magma Maxie!"<br />How can you be a great villainous team without any harmony between your commanders? Maxie and Archie and friends don't self-identify as Team Rainbow Rocket. They identify as their original teams.<br /><br />There's no teamwork. No cohesion.<br />You can have the celebrity star power on your team, but without teamwork and coordination, then it's a pretty weak group.<br /><br />Also, it's entirely possible you may battle Giovanni... MORE THAN ONCE!Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-15629212393103001352017-11-03T19:07:03.545-04:002017-11-03T19:07:03.545-04:00Lysandre didn't like the world because it'...Lysandre didn't like the world because it's ugly, I guess. He might go along because Team Rocket is extremely fashionable — significantly moreso than Team Flare.<br /><br />So what happens when Team Rainbow Rocket has a staff meeting and Archie and Maxie see one another, having canonically defeated the other in their own timeline?Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-79981247765354308732017-11-03T19:06:06.856-04:002017-11-03T19:06:06.856-04:00A good author ought to play with the expectations ...A good author ought to play with the expectations of his audience.<br />Regarding the article:<br />I really appreciate the return of Team Rocket, as they were always the best villainous team in my eyes. Not just because of nostalgia, but because they're motive was earnest. No megalomaniacal schemes, no planet transforming hybris - just greed.<br />Giovanni reminds me of a mafia leader, a string-puller, an elusive shadow; while the other Team leaders might as well come straight out of a nuthouse.<br />He just emits a wholly different aura and he was the original Pokémon villain, so it is only fitting for him to take the role of mastermind and bring all those lesser villains together for a http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/VillainTeamUp<br />On a site note: in the trailer, Giovanni has only 5 Pokémon, which either means the fight isn't taking place ultra late in the story or, maybe more likely, that the game continues on being too easy, just like XY and SM, which is, in my humble opinion, the biggest flaw of main series Pokémon games by far.Stray Dognoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-53394923316626510972017-11-03T18:48:48.865-04:002017-11-03T18:48:48.865-04:00I guess because these wormholes started opening up...I guess because these wormholes started opening up all over the place? Don't ask me! Who knows, maybe there will be an actual explanation. xD The ones like Archie and Maxie who think they're doing good things might go with him on the promise that they could "help" another world. Cyrus is bored, Ghetsis probably wants to control more people, and I don't even remember what Lysandre's deal is. Samantha Lienhardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00050896759185927270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-69538778398337290332017-11-03T18:14:26.851-04:002017-11-03T18:14:26.851-04:00s u r es u r eAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17597465142883286577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-27914489062131206522017-11-03T18:12:12.806-04:002017-11-03T18:12:12.806-04:00Can I assume these comments come from the "ra...Can I assume these comments come from the "rainbow" part?Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-22830015189325407412017-11-03T18:11:25.139-04:002017-11-03T18:11:25.139-04:00So, answer this: How did Giovanni know to enter th...So, answer this: How did Giovanni know to enter those alternate universes to get those specific people? In other words, how does Giovanni even know who these people are? ...Which universe did Giovanni come from?<br />And why did these guys even agree to go with Giovanni?<br />(Well, if Cyrus is just sitting alone, he'd probably go and accept that invite.)<br /><br />If Giovanni can go around traveling through alternate universes, then why didn't these guys do that? Hell, why doesn't everyone go do that? Why care so much about the universe this game takes place in when you could just warp to another one?<br /><br />I hate this crap. It makes it so nothing matters.Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-494143509051950052017-11-03T18:07:42.562-04:002017-11-03T18:07:42.562-04:00Hah, quite queer.Hah, quite queer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17597465142883286577noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7803482805925136251.post-25401454058608520002017-11-03T18:03:12.285-04:002017-11-03T18:03:12.285-04:00If everyone gets to be in their own parallel world...If everyone gets to be in their own parallel world, then they're not really the Maxie/Archie/Cyrus/Ghetsis/Lysandre/Giovanni that we've grown accustomed to and have developed feelings for.<br /><br />They're more like...clones or something.Ludwig Von Koopahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07286894104423855927noreply@blogger.com