Name a worse gimmick than Sky Battles
PROTIP: You literally can't
>Battles that do nothing but completely limit your viable team members to being only if they have an in-game flying animation
I knew from day one it would be shit. They should've shilled Inverse Battles instead
people shit all over these, but i thought it was great.
>>25649950
Yep, I honestly can't. They have absolutely NO justification being a thing. And because of them, we have every flying pokemon perpetually stuck in a retarded flying animation. Thanks Gamefreak, you lazy fucking retards.
Aw..that's pretty sad for a Sky Trainer like me...
Rotation battles
>>25649950
PokeStar Studios
>>25649950
You're right anon, I got nothing. They're just battles with fewer pokemon allowed.
They even dropped it when any pokemon could be used in a battle when soaring, so they probably knew it was garbage.
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>>25649950
reminder
>create two completely new battle modes
>doesn't include them in online and Battle Maison
the fuck is the point then
>>25649992
Nope. That gimmick isn't thrown in your face every time that you encounter a flying pokemon in battle. Having to watch any flying pokemon be stuck in the air while they're in battle is atrocious and is not ignorable. You can do Pokewood once and then never go back there. So no.
>>25649992
I liked those,they were like a mission/puzzle mode with a unique spin.
>>25649950
>I'm a sky trainer btw don't hit on me
>>25649976
>Battles with an intensively limited selection
vs.
>More fun Triple Battles
Pokémon Musicals
>>25649950
It's only Game Freak's first Pokemon restriction on a battle. It should not even be called a "different type of battle".
>>25649950
Customization
>>25649969
They're good on paper. But executed shittily
>>25649975
It's okay man. People just don't understand how great flying pokemon are.
>>25649976
Rotation Battles are interesting because the "Switch" we usually use is almost inexistent, and the "Rotation Switch" doesn't cost a turn and can move in the turn of that "Switch".
>>25649950
Whatever it is C-Gear was supposed to do.
Sky battles are crap too, I had no flying Pokémon in my party on the initial run and had to backtrack later to find these dolts when I got a decent flyer.
honey trees
>>25649950
>That one sky trainer with an Emolga
>>25650045
Musicals at least came with the novelty of dressing up your Scyther in stupid shit and watching it dance around.
>>25650062
Fuck you, customization was great and anyone complains about it is a faggot. Could have it been better? Sure, but it was better than not existing at all.
>>25649950
Sky Battles would have been cooler if they allowed other forms like it. What about battle where you could only use aquatic Pokemon?
>>25649950
Amie
Overhyped gimick that is repetitive as shit
>>25649976
Rotation battles are good, it's triple battles that are shit
>>25650097
My current team has a lunatone just to help for sky battles.
Amity Square.
>introduce area where you can walk around with your Pokemon
>works with like 6 Pokemon
>half of the Pokemon it works with need to be transferred from gen 3
>if you evolve your Pokemon, it stops working
Seriously, what the fuck were they thinking?
If they keep sky battles for Sun/Moon i hope they put enough effort to create every poke a separate model/animation for sky and land battles.
Stuff like Xatu are much better standing on the ground.
It's the reason I picked Y over X
>>25650184
They had to increase the number of possible Mons in Platinum so they added the starters and it's still shit.
>>25650184
It's pretty dumb, but at least you get some items out of it and it was a stepping stone to Pokemon following you in HGSS. Sky Battles literally have NO positives
>>25650167
I thought you could only use flying types
>>25650184
>>25649969
Can you explain why?
>>25650184
They're just prejudice against not cute Pokemon. They can't see a Pokemon's really beauty.
>>25650184
it was pretty cool seeing my Empoleon following me around, i can see why they decided to extend it even further in HGSS
>>25650277
yes and no
you can use pokemon that ACTUALLY FLY. Which is why you can't use farfetch'd in these. because it's sprite is standing
>>25650277
levitate works too, if the animation has them hovering off the ground. so lunatone can, but gengar cant. not all flying pokemon work either, if their animation has them standing on the ground, like pidgey
>>25650322
I'm pretty sure I tried it with a few non flying types that fly and it wouldn't let me. Seems to be arbitrary as fuck.
>>25649950
Should have had more triple battles to make it feel like a traditional RPG where you have 3-4 party members out at once.
>>25649950
HMs in gen 4.
>Rock Climb to get 1 item in veilstone
>DEFOG
>>25650291
because it makes no sense for a trainer with a bird that can fire off attack from great distances to get down on the ground and fight.
>>25650338
yeah I know, I'm sure there's a list somewhere
>>25650359
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Sky_Battle#Eligible_Pok.C3.A9mon
>>25650345
rock climb was used to get around mountain areas extensively.
defog was bullshit, i like that route better with the fog.
>>25650372
delivering anon spotted
>>25650356
>ORAS
>>25650045
>not liking musicals
What a faggot
>>25650383
i dont understand this, what does that have to do with anything?
>>25650101
this, basically took the worst part of contests and make it into a full pointless feature for faggots
>>25650420
Never did Soaring?
>>25650437
meant to >>25650045
>>25649950
That's easy, Rotation Battles and mostly the forgettable but memorable as failure Wonder Launcher Yu Gi Oh Edition. Thanks Unova.
>>25650196
All flying Pokemon already have a model were they're standing on the ground. GF was just too retarded to implement them into regular battles.
>>25650052
>SUN/MOON COME OUT
>DEEP SEA BATTLES ONLY ALLOW DIVING POKEMON
>RUGGED TERRAIN BATTLES ONLY ALLOW GROUND, ROCK, AND STEEL POKEMON
>LAVA BATTLES ONLY ALLOW CERTAIN FIRE POKEMON
>STILL NO INCENTIVE TO DO ANY OF THEM
>>25649950
Gen 4 contests
Gen 4 Secret Bases
>>25650494
I didn't even think about that.
Brb, playing with Skarmory.
>>25650446
the fact that you can use non flying types in soaring battles doesnt make the concept of a flying trainer not getting close to the ground wrong, it just makes soaring mechanics shit.
>>25650518
Because the Soaring mechanics dumped Sky Battles for being the awful gimmicks that they were
Makes sense
>>25649950
Pokémon following you
>>25650507
>Lava Battles
>The only Pokemon allowed are Slugma and Magcargo
>You maybe have one with you, if any
>The opponent has three
>>25650518
Nah, Sky battles are considerably worse because they actually limit your choices and you may actually lose if your only flyer is a level 3 Fletchling.
>>25649950
Triple Battle
Or anything Gen V in general
>>25650524
they are completely optional content which allow a trainer type to more realistically use their pokemon's natural strengths in battle.
>>25650507
this faggot thinks he's making a point against this kind of battle, but i think it would be cool.
>>25650547
Then don't get into a sky battle if you're prepared. They literally give you the choice yes/no when encountering a sky trainer.
>>25650562
Those strengths don't reflect on gameplay though
They're just normal battles limited to certain Pokemon and moves. It's literally nothing
>>25649976
>>25650152
Both rotation and triple battles are good but are very niche. They both have their own strategies and heavily differ from singles(pure snorefest these days, used to be fun in gen 4 and early 5 before people figured everything out) and doubles which are great besides this year's VGC ruleset.
>>25649950
Safari Zone
>>25650610
It's beautiful.
I really hope flying types will be grounded again in Sun and Moon. Or at least the ones like Skarmory and Xatu.
>>25650562
SOME PEOPLE ENJOY LIMITED TEAMS AND POINTLESS BACKTRACKING FOR MINOR REWARDS. I JUST THINK IT'S STUPID.
>>25650532
Nice b8
>>25650507
>STILL NO INCENTIVE TO DO ANY OF THEM
I think thats the thing that would had fixed sky battles, if they gave you an incentive to have them they would at least convince some people to go for them.
>you can now re-battle sky trainer every day
>they got better teams depending on your badges
>they give you something useful at the end of the battle (evolution stones, evolution items, feathers, gems)
>there will never be a pokemon Z to fix that.
>>25649950
>muh fly encounters
>>25650533
>only pokemon made up of fire allowed
>and charizard because of that one gen1 battle
>but not groudon
>>25649950
The fucking worst. Remember taking Hawlucha to these fucks and then they refuse. Makes even less since in ORAS when you get in a wild encounter while riding on latios/latias
>>25650644
Only if they have a unique animation where they fly into the air briefly when attacked with a ground type move.
>>25651435
thisthisthisthisthisthis better be in SM
>>25649950
The only bad thing about sky battles is that Hawlucha can't enter.
