Recent content by RiverShock

Looking at their arts, I suspect they are indeed based on SPECIFIC Blackbelts. Most of them are just random un-noteworthy route ones I think, though. Gen 1 and 8's are pretty identifiable at least. (Being the master of the Fighting Dojo, and the one in Hammerlocke in SWSH.) I might get bored and...

Eh, not a huge fan of most of these. I like the Phanpy and Larvesta. The Durant looping on itself is really cool, but I don't like the art style. A few others like Spheal are OK, but nothing special. Kecleon's got a bit too much going on in its art. Vivillon feels a little off to me for some...

They're the exact same. Compare the "C" and "e" in Charcadet and Ceruledge ex, for example. They're very clearly identical.

They're presumably expensive primarily because of the physical size of the product. Which is unfortunate, given for its intended gimmick to work, it needs to be. Equally unfortunate given most people buying these don't use it as an actual advent calendar and thus would be fine if it was just...

We only have metric spiders here. ;p

I think Meowscarada and Deerling's stock art work well enough here. Skiddo's definitely doesn't, but at least it's on the back. (Not counting the mat, but those tend to be the weakest products of these stock art ones anyway.)

I was talking about Pokemon specifically, not Trainers/Energy. Also, it wasn't just unique variants I meant. The non-holo has shown up in a LOT of products.

I really like Baxcalibur (it's probably in my top 3 favourite Pokemon), but... How many times has this specific Baxcalibur card been reprinted at this point? It has to be one of the most printed Pokemon cards of the Scarlet/Violet era.

It feels like the answer to this is that Pokemon thinks just being able to purchase it at all is all some people want. (Granted, those people that would be satisfied that way probably wouldn't buy an entire box to begin with.) That, or their production capacity is just bad and they legitimately...

Probably either Electabuzz or Wartortle. There's a few others I like a lot, too, like Machoke, Marowak, Articuno and Charmeleon, though.

This Raticate's male. (Raticate has gender differences, the female's whiskers are shorter than the male's.) In fact, looking into it, every Kantonian Raticate the TCG has had is male. (Maybe barring Gen 3 and earlier ones, since they pre-date gender differences.) Which isn't surprising, male...

Hard to tell how serious you're being with this, but I count four prior ones. Incidentally, looking through all the Charizard arts to debunk that, I forgot how cute the Expedition art is. (And how ugly the EX: Dragon one is.)

Wait... Is Grusha's no-energy draw actually draw up to 7 cards, or is that just meant to be "draw until you have 7 cards", because those are VERY different.

I get that it isn't a major part of the article, but... Alakazam is not the only Pokemon to use "all" the "evolved Pokemon as a basic" mechanics. (Charizard's had more, even, since it also has a Pokemon VS card, Shining and 2 Tag Team GX.) As for more on-topic. Eh. I didn't miss Kadabra to...

Most of my (relatively few) problems with the game have nothing to do with the graphics. Are they hilariously bad at times? Sure. I legitimately laughed out loud the first time I saw the inside of a classroom and the "animations" of the students. But those haven't impacted my gameplay at all...