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 For anyone who has been out of contact with the world for the last decade, Pokemon games involve catching and training adorable little monsters. First you battle wild Pokemon, then you catch them in a pokeball. If the ball closes and they stay in, they are yours for the keeping. |
On the off chance that some of you have spent the past 10 years trapped in an outer space vortex, allow me to take a moment to explain Pokemon and Pokemon games.
Pokemon, short for “pocket monsters,” are friendly creatures that you catch and train to enter in competitions. These sweet little creatures have elemental traits. There are water Pokemon, plant Pokemon, rock Pokemon, fire Pokemon, ghost Pokemon, psychic Pokemon and so on. There are also ridiculous Pokemon, but that is not an official classification.
Some Pokemon fit in two classifications. For example, Gyrados, a fire-breathing fish/dragon, is both water and fire. Water Pokemon are great at fighting rock Pokemon—water dissolves dirt, after all, but aren’t worth a bean against plant Pokemon. Since Gyrados has fire attacks, however, he’s great against rock and plant Pokemon.
The basic gameplay in Pokemon games has not changed much since the beginning. While there are always over 100 Pokemon for you to catch, train and evolve, you can carry only six with you at a time. You place the others in storage until you need them, then you walk around fighting other trainers and entering gyms where you can earn badges and new abilities.
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What's going on in this picture? What is that bear thinking and why is he hanging out in a tree?
Dec. 30, 2008 at 10:28 am
I agree with tumeg. and the person hes talking about is lying. thats inposible.
Oct. 23, 2008 at 2:59 pm
whats the code to get mewthree
Sep. 23, 2008 at 4:33 pm
Guess what… I have Mewthree lv.100!!!!!!! cool hah?
Sep. 18, 2008 at 8:36 pm
i will
Sep. 13, 2008 at 12:15 pm
were do i get the move strength
Aug. 12, 2008 at 11:14 am
and I have caught dialga ( I have diamond) with a pokeball
Aug. 12, 2008 at 11:13 am
I beat the elite four once, I got to the cave before the elite four once and I am at the first badge now but I will get there again
Jul. 23, 2008 at 12:30 pm
what happens when you complete the battle tower 1000 times
Jun. 3, 2008 at 4:45 pm
Pokemon solo I thought pokemon could only get to level 100
May. 4, 2008 at 6:22 pm
BEET THIS I STARTED YESTERDAY THESE ARE MY POKEMON DILAGA LV.100 PALKA LV.100 EMPOLION LV.100 INFERNAPE LV.200 GARTINA LV.200 CRESALA LV.100 THATS MY TEAM
Mar. 21, 2008 at 2:31 pm
plece i will trade my lv100 girl charezard
Mar. 21, 2008 at 11:50 am
RANK THIS I HAVE ALL THE POKEMON AND ALL OF THEM ARE LV100
Mar. 21, 2008 at 11:44 am
rank this
lv100palkia
lv100giratina
lv100azelf
lv100dialga
lv100mesrrit
lv100uxie
and i cmmpleed the nashenl pokedexand defeded the eletfour 20 times
Feb. 22, 2008 at 7:07 am
my pokemon are rubbish ive got an infernape lv65 and a polkia level100
Feb. 16, 2008 at 9:53 am
any one know about arceus?????????
Feb. 16, 2008 at 9:49 am
all your pokemon are so-so,my pokemon are the best-
metagross lv100 blissey lv100 giratina lv100 crobat lv100 garchomp lv100 and empolion lv100
Jan. 31, 2008 at 7:13 pm
can you rate my team
luxaray lv 35
torterra lv35
im only at the third gym
Jan. 13, 2008 at 9:22 pm
poke eevee 2000,yur team iz awsome.Plz,gmme help wit cathcin those pokemon of thise rive_
Jan. 8, 2008 at 1:34 pm
plz rate my pokemon team
Palkia lv100
Raquaza lv100
Kyogre lv87
Luxray lv97
Mew lv100
Empoleon lv98
pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeez rate my team
Jan. 8, 2008 at 1:11 pm
plz rate my pokemon team
Tryphlosion lv100
Swampert lv98
Kyogre lv89
Luxray lv87
Raquaza lv100
Palkia lv100
pokemon is the best
Dec. 24, 2007 at 12:57 pm
Hi game guru plz rate my team out of five
infernape lvl 100
pikachu lvl 100
absol lvl 100
dialga lvl 100
alakazam lvl 100
machamp lvl 100
& girantina lvl 100
is that spelt write plz rate it
Dec. 24, 2007 at 10:49 am
Man pokemon diamond &pokemon pearl is totaly awsome!!!!!!!! my team is:
Empoleon LV 100
Palkia LV 99
Dialaga LV 100
Torterra LV 83
Luxeray LV 90
Infirnape LV 100
Pokemon diamond and pokemon pearl totaly ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Dec. 15, 2007 at 3:01 pm
hey pokemonrule2734
my venusaur is lv.100
Nov. 22, 2007 at 4:50 pm
am I the only one who uses ‘Pokemon Zero’
Oct. 24, 2007 at 4:27 pm
my team
fier ster lv91
ho-oh74
heatran lv72
garatina lv70
polewroll lv46
poletag lv16
Oct. 2, 2007 at 6:15 am
i want to play pokemon games online
Sep. 6, 2007 at 7:06 pm
Rate my team please. I don’t have really good pokemon rayquaza lv 89 groudon lv 80 kyoge lv 74 torterra lv 77 heatren lv 70 giratina lv 70
Aug. 13, 2007 at 3:54 am
i have a piplup that CAN do fire punch …… mimic of curzz
Aug. 13, 2007 at 3:46 am
some dude in minasota ill rate your team 4.5 over 5
Aug. 13, 2007 at 3:43 am
rate my team
garicomp
empoleon
dialga
chatot
arceus
glaceon
Aug. 5, 2007 at 9:52 pm
does eny one right on this
Jul. 30, 2007 at 7:39 pm
Pikachu I give your team 6 out of 6 cause I was lucky just to make my Venusaur to level 71
Jul. 18, 2007 at 12:54 pm
Becareful with the bad eggs then.
Jul. 17, 2007 at 5:43 pm
to tumeg: for one its the easiest way to beat the game and ive beaten the game five times without the action replay. so i resterted the game again to beat it with the action replay.
Jul. 17, 2007 at 3:07 pm
Hey some dude in minnesota. Why do you use action replays you cheater?
Jul. 16, 2007 at 8:24 am
please rate my team
lugia lvl100
latios lvl100
celiby lvl100
rayquaza lvl100
mew lvl 100
jarichi lvl100
plllllllllllllllllllllleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeezzzzzzzzzzzz rate my team
Jul. 16, 2007 at 8:17 am
garidos is a waterflying type
Jul. 7, 2007 at 2:17 pm
Wait….gyarados is a water/flying pokemon……not a fire or dragon type. Sorry game guru but this thing has a mistake.
Jul. 7, 2007 at 12:59 pm
this guide…is…horrible…and flawed. There are several errors or miss-explained things. Including the last part about Gyarados…
Jul. 4, 2007 at 7:45 pm
that is a good team pikachu
Jul. 4, 2007 at 7:40 pm
i have all of the gamz
Jul. 4, 2007 at 7:33 pm
that is a good team!
Jul. 2, 2007 at 5:00 pm
POKEMON MASTER should be the Game Guru for Diomand and Pearl
Jul. 1, 2007 at 9:37 pm
If you look on the pokedex it says it is a water\flying.