The rise of Darkrai

[FatherGoblin]

My daughter saw a commercial yesterday about the movie.

A preview of the movie will be shown this Friday 2/1/08 during a Pokemon Diamond/Pearl marathon.

There is also some new news of the movie on Serebii.

teaser video...
http://www.pokemon.com/darkrai/

According to wikipedia, the movie will be shown on Cartoon Network in March.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dialga_VS_Palkia_VS_Darkrai

[Nak]

Oooh, I can't wait to watch it! :D

[WestCoastNinja]

I hope theres no ballroom dancing :rolleyes:

[Nak]

I hope theres no ballroom dancing :rolleyes:But I loved that part! XD

[cisco]

So now we know the date of the movie, when will the event be? and Darkrai is my second favorite pkmn lol

[BugCatcher6]

So now we know the date of the movie, when will the event be? and Darkrai is my second favorite pkmn lol

You have got to be the only Gym Leader/Assistant that likes Legendaries he-he.


I posted about the Cartoon Network thing last week, but I had no other information besides what they gave on the channel.

[cisco]

You have got to be the only Gym Leader/Assistant that likes Legendaries he-he.


I posted about the Cartoon Network thing last week, but I had no other information besides what they gave on the channel.

>_> I just think Darkrai is cool is all, its not like I like using it. And besides, you should all know my favorite pkmn, all of pokefarm should know my favorite pkmn!


Dragonite! :149:

Hehe lol

[mrsimms101]

Dragonite is a very cool pokemon. He is definitely one of my top six all time favourites.

So as for Darkrai, does this mean there'll be an english darkrai on the scene shortly? If so, there's no way the event will come to Australia, so please, someone grab an extra darkrai for meeee! He-he

[Kay]

http://www.pokemon.com/darkrai/
Apparently they'll eventually be releasing info about how to get Darkrai, so the site says amidst all sorts of tiny sneak peaks.

[Trombones13]

Ooh, I'll be watching for updates. Also, don't know if anyone noticed that the tag-team special is the Season 11 premiere. *crosses fingers in hopes of a better name than "Diamond and Pearl"*

[Dr. Narnad]

I was home babysitting today and saw the pokemon episode this afternoon and they had a commercial for this Fridays pokemon marathon. I haven't seen the one where they have dual battles in Sinnoh so I am kinda interested to see that one. The preview is just added goodness!

Edit: Hehe, just saw the post above (posted mer seconds before this one). No wonder I hadn't seen it yet. :)

[Neckar Unrivaled]

I wonder if they will do the event by Wifi this time other then having to go to a location. I can't wait. One of my goals for D/P is to catch them all even the legendary and events. I remember back in the day when I got all 150, it felt so good, as I was the only one in my circle to do it. Now with over 400 it seems I'll never do it. I'm close thought. The movie should be great too. Its just too bad they don't go to the theaters anymore. I went to the first 3, I think Spell of the Unknown as the last Pokemon movie they release to theaters. Well I think the 4th one was, but I didn't even know it had come out until I saw it on DVD.

[piichan]

the trailer looks great, too bad CN here doesn't show the movies :(
It would be nice though if darkrai could be given over wi-fi (mystery gift), would be easier for non-NA residents.

[Trombones13]

In case you don't know, the tag-team special is airing at 8pm EST tonight. I presume the movie preview will be shown in between?

[S Tailor]

i wish they would do more events in europe!darkrai is my second fave poke behind typhosion

[FatherGoblin]

Movie time announced!

Sunday Feb 24th 7PM Cartoon Network!!!!

[belnumcree]

Can't wait. :D

[mrsimms101]

Bah, we get NOTHING in Australia! :mad:

[S Tailor]

so nor do britain

[Nak]

OMG I saw the preview. And the dude with pink hair and owned a Lickylicky was so haaawwtt XDDD

[Jhamin]

I'm guessing that while we will eventually get Darkrai, there won't be an event at a retail store to go along with the movie. There just isn't time.

When they did the Manaphy event, there were announcements at least a month ahead of time in Nintendo Power and online. We only have a little under three weeks between this announcement and the movie.

I'm guessing they are going to want to make a big deal out of the Darkrai giveaway, so we should have plenty of warning before it happens.

Of course, this is all pure speculation.

[lordlogan2]

on the commercial it said youll see pokemon rise of darkrai before it hits theaters? there has not been a pokemon movie in theaters since #2 wuts up with that?

[piichan]

pokemon.com said it was a mistake on CN's part

[Jats605]

the trailer looks great, too bad CN here doesn't show the movies :(
It would be nice though if darkrai could be given over wi-fi (mystery gift), would be easier for non-NA residents. I think it will be a wi-fi thing. And so does Sallad1225 ( friend of mine).

[LovelyStrife]

I hope they have an event for this. One of the reasons why I got high speed internet and a wireless router was so that I could finally get an event pokemon. Fingers are crossed, but, honestly, I won't hold my breath....

[Dr. Narnad]

Woo Hoo! The movie is here this weekend finally. Plus they are going to have 24 episodes on before the start of it!

Itsa niiiiiccce!

[SpaceMonkeySteve]

I'm not sure if they'll do an exclusive Wifi thing, but possibly a mixed deal. The argument can go both ways. People can't go out to the event to get the Pokemon, or people don't have the access to WiFi to get it, either. I've heard that some people have seen posters about downloading Darkrai at Toys R Us, but I've been searching for pictures of said poster, but no dice thus far.

Either way, I'll definitely be doing whatever it takes to get a Darkrai. I went out to get the Manaphy, and that went all smoothly, it's just a matter of getting there.

[tonato]

my psp cant go on pokemon.com :( ,can some one keep me updated

[LovelyStrife]

I'm not sure if they'll do an exclusive Wifi thing, but possibly a mixed deal. The argument can go both ways. People can't go out to the event to get the Pokemon, or people don't have the access to WiFi to get it, either. I've heard that some people have seen posters about downloading Darkrai at Toys R Us, but I've been searching for pictures of said poster, but no dice thus far.

Either way, I'll definitely be doing whatever it takes to get a Darkrai. I went out to get the Manaphy, and that went all smoothly, it's just a matter of getting there.


That would just be too cool. Of course, knowing my luck, it would never come to the one here in the middle of nowhere... A.K.A. Nebraska.

[Guilo]

I'm going to do whatever I have to to get Darkrai as well, I hope they do an online event, because I doubt I will be able to go to the movie.

[FatherGoblin]

I am anxious to watch the movie.

I have DVR set to record it. :D

[pokemasterSD]

I'm going to record the movie too.Please oh please,make the movie start.
:(

[SpaceMonkeySteve]

I wonder if, during the movie, like on a commercial or something, they'll be like, "Get on WiFi right now to download your Darkrai!"

MAN, now I'm gonna have to keep glued to the TV, watching the whole thing. The last couple of movies were kinda hit and miss, and I was planning on just channel flipping around it.

[Dr. Narnad]

I am anxious to watch the movie.

I have DVR set to record it. :D

Hehe, same here. I had to set it up under the scrutiny of rolled eyes from my wife. I also have it taping episodes since I am normally at work in the morning or mid afternoon when they put them on. So I am kinda worried that the 26 will fill up my Tivo and start kicking other shows I have not seen off. o~o

The worse thing is when we are out and my wife sees the commercial for it, happened last night at a pizza pub, and has to point out that I am taping it in a fairly loud voice. I now have to respond with the deep manly voice of "Shuuuut iiiitt." to make up for it and appear manly in the publics eye. l~O-O~l <---me flexing my muscles

[S Tailor]

i hope i can get it in the uk if they do it over wifi

[Guilo]

Soo, when someone knows the time, could you please post it here? I don't watch Cartoon Network at all, but I might to get Darkrai.

[cisco]

I saw in the teaser a lot Unknowns. They where kinda hard to spot because of all the dark.

[Jhamin]

I think that if we haven't heard any leaks about "get Darkrai over wifi during the Cartoon Network movie!", it probably means it isn't going to happen.

If they *were* going to give it away during the movie every ad we are seeing would be screaming about it. There would be all kinds of special posters and inserts in Nintendo Power about "make sure to watch the movie for a special gift!"

I'm thinking that if there is going to be an event, it will be like the ToysRus events and timed to coordinate with the release of the DVD. Just like Manaphy.

Bulbapedia is reporting that the movie will come out on DVD in Region 1 (aka North America) on May 27.
http://bulbanews.bulbagarden.net/wiki/%27The_Rise_of_Darkrai%27_DVD_begins_sale_May_27

If their previous timeline holds, we will start seeing offical announcments of an event in early to mid March.



Sorry folks. I just don't think that Cartoon Network showing the movie = Getting Darkrai:(

[SpaceMonkeySteve]

Yeah, that was mostly wishful thinking.

What makes me mad is that I've heard rumors that some Toys R Us stores have posters up saying the download will be in April, but I've searched high and low for pictures/scans of this alleged poster, and no luck thus far.

[lordlogan2]

if it is toys r us ill probaly see some pokefarm members an not even no

[Master]

I can't wait to see to movie tomorrow and I am reallying hoping you can get darkrai through wifi. I don't live close enough to where they have events at.

[tonato]

HURAH darkrai movie today,11 more hours!

[pokemasterSD]

AWESOME!!!The DARKRAI movie is going to show in 3 hours.I'm getting ready,better get some popcorn and set my DVR for recording.I will never lift my eyes off the screen,even if I have to go to the bathroom and turn blue.I hope everyone is thinking the same thing or else I will look the one who is crazy. :oops:

[Guilo]

Pokemaster, IF they are giving out Darkrai during the movie, please take your eyes off the screen to post it here.

[spursdude2]

If there is an online event then can someone PLEASE save me a spare!!! I'll do almost anything!

[pokemasterSD]

Pokemaster, IF they are giving out Darkrai during the movie, please take your eyes off the screen to post it here.


Shur,if they are doing that I will keep my eyes of the screen...for a few seconds! :D

[Guilo]

Thanks :).

[pokemasterSD]

ONE MORE HOUR FOR THE MOVIE TO START!!!!! :D

[Trombones13]

*sigh* I just checked darkrai.com; no mention of an event yet, but I'll keep my eyes peeled to CN this evening for details. If something is announced, I'll be postin'!

[Kay]

Holy :(:(:(:(. Today, of all days, wireless is out all over campus. So if the event is today over Wi-Fi I'm screwed! If it does happen today, and it's possible for anyone to pick up an extra for me I would greatly appreciate it. *sigh*

[SpaceMonkeySteve]

I really doubt that they'd would do something like that. And if they do, I'm sure there would be a different one later, that actually advertised. There may be differences between the two, but I really doubt that Nintendo would say, okay, there's zero notice, but you can download this for the next two hours, and never ever again!

[Master]

There was some notice, they posted the site on pkmn.com and it says keep checking back to see how to get it. They didn't say anything about the manaphy code ethier.

[pokemasterSD]

FEW MORE MINUTES UNTIL THE MOVIE STARTS,GET READY EVERYONE.

IT's HERE,TURN ON YOUR TV's. :D

[tonato]

everybody take your bets!!!!!! i got 10 bucks on dialga!

[Master]

I put 1 mil. on Darkrai.XD

[pokemasterSD]

Same thing here,I bet 1 Billion on Darkrai.XD

[Guilo]

I bet 1 billion that Darkrai loses, and neither palkia or dialga wins.

[Master]

I don't want to spoil,so I won't say.

[pokemasterSD]

*Laugh* Poor ash,he has to climb all those stairs.Did anyone see that part?

[tonato]

yeah,and what happened to HIS chimchar? chimchar:im on vacation,duh tonato:ooohhh thats where u are.

[Nak]

Totally awesome movie! ÒwÓ

[timmyeatsfood]

oh noez!! i missed it!

my life iz over!!!1~!

[Viscosity]

I know it's very dramatic to see Ash running up the stairs, but really, why couldn't they put the control panel on the first floor? And why is there no elevator?

And if I knew a music record was going to save the world one day, I'd probably put a giant sign that says HERE IT IS! instead of hoping my grandchild will one day figure it out.

[Kay]

True, but if real-world logic was applied to movies, there'd be no plot for the movies :-P

[BugCatcher6]

Did anyone else get the CTN DARKRAI on Mystery Gift Wi-Fi?

I believe it has a new move, Dark Void, Spacial Rend, Roar Of Time, & Judgment.

Comes equipped with Black Orb, Black Orb increases Dark attacks accuracy, only usable by Darkrai.

[SpaceMonkeySteve]

I did. It was Shiny too! Man, I'm lucky!

[Sorgatani]

Hmm.. bugga!

Living in Australia is so frustrating!

[timmyeatsfood]

Did anyone else get the CTN DARKRAI on Mystery Gift Wi-Fi?

I believe it has a new move, Dark Void, Spacial Rend, Roar Of Time, & Judgment.

Comes equipped with Black Orb, Black Orb increases Dark attacks accuracy, only usable by Darkrai.


I did. It was Shiny too! Man, I'm lucky!

are you guys being sarcastic or was there forreals a darkrai event?

[Guilo]

Did anyone else get the CTN DARKRAI on Mystery Gift Wi-Fi?

I believe it has a new move, Dark Void, Spacial Rend, Roar Of Time, & Judgment.

Comes equipped with Black Orb, Black Orb increases Dark attacks accuracy, only usable by Darkrai.

I got it, it's pretty awesome. It went through the Elite 4 alone no problem.

Just kidding. There was no event as far as I know.

[SpaceMonkeySteve]

Yeah, I'm just yankin' chains.

[Viscosity]

Darn it, you guys got me excited too! LoL

[Sorgatani]

Darn it, you guys got me excited too! LoL

*silly enough to fall for it AND post*

However.. I want a darkrai!

[tonato]

so do i,hope the event comes soon!

[BugCatcher6]

I have 2 Japan Movie Darkrai. They are legit, but there is a glitch in the Japanese game that allows you to go and battle Darkrai multiple times. So there are alot of glitch Darkrai out there.



Besides, I have no DS at the moment, so how would I have known about a Wi-Fi Mystery Gift?

[belnumcree]

I have 2 Japan Movie Darkrai. They are legit, but there is a glitch in the Japanese game that allows you to go and battle Darkrai multiple times. So there are alot of glitch Darkrai out there.



Besides, I have no DS at the moment, so how would I have known about a Wi-Fi Mystery Gift?

Cause you Buzz and you gots sources. lol :D

I put the movie on DVR and will be transferring it to DVD soon. :D

[BugCatcher6]

Cause you Buzz and you gots sources. lol :D

I put the movie on DVR and will be transferring it to DVD soon. :D


DVD comes out like March 24th I believe. Bootlegger he-he.

Also I would watch for a promotional deal with the release of the DVD.

Source is not 100% on this one, but around 89% he-he.

[HMTKSteve]

I would not be surprised if there is a Darkrai deal when the DVD comes out.

Anyone else saddened by the closing of PokemonCenter.com?

[Nak]

I would not be surprised if there is a Darkrai deal when the DVD comes out.

Anyone else saddened by the closing of PokemonCenter.com?

I haven't bought anything there, but it's a sad sight. :(

[SpaceMonkeySteve]

I would not be surprised if there is a Darkrai deal when the DVD comes out.

Come to think of it, wasn't that the deal with the Manaphy event? It was for the DVD release? I know it had something to do with the movie, I just can't remember.

[Giratina master]

Manaphy event? I thought all you had to do to get Manaphy was trade from Pkmn Ranger...?

[Nak]

Manaphy event? I thought all you had to do to get Manaphy was trade from Pkmn Ranger...?

There were also events where you could get Manaphy, one of which was the event at selected Toys R' Us branches.

[SpaceMonkeySteve]

Yeah, that's the Manaphy I have. Comes in a Cherish Ball at level 50, carring a Red Scarf, for some reason.

[Nak]

Yeah, that's the Manaphy I have. Comes in a Cherish Ball at level 50, carring a Red Scarf, for some reason.

It was based on the Pokemon Ranger movie. Manaphy and May became friends, and there was a scene where Manaphy tries to retrieve the bandana May always wears when she lost it. I guess Nintendo was just being cheap when they figured a Red Scarf would do. XP

[SpaceMonkeySteve]

Oh, I guess that makes sense. I haven't seen any of the movies past the one with Latios and Latias. XD

[pokemasterSD]

I got my Manaphy from my pokemon ranger,kind of awesome.but I missed the darkrai event,if there was an event can anyone please give me one. :( I recorded the whole movie but it is not as great as the real DVD.Once the DVD comes out I will brake the recorded one in half.

[lordlogan2]

did any one noctice ash did not have chimchar also all the trainers only had 1 pokemon

[WestCoastNinja]

The events in the movie happend before he got Chimchar.

[BugCatcher6]

I forgot to mention this earlier when I posted.

Anyone catch the quote about the Beacon of hope. Yeah that's right, they wanted the BugCatcher and the Beacon Gym team to help.


Also how many people before the movie, thought Darkrai was an evil Pokémon?

Anyone catch the Lunar Wing reference also?

I thought the special moves, Dark Void, Spacial Rend, and Roar Of Time would have more special effects. For a cartoon movie, the effects and artwork was killer.

[pokemasterSD]

I forgot to mention this earlier when I posted.

Anyone catch the quote about the Beacon of hope. Yeah that's right, they wanted the BugCatcher and the Beacon Gym team to help.


Also how many people before the movie, thought Darkrai was an evil Pokémon?

Anyone catch the Lunar Wing reference also?

I thought the special moves, Dark Void, Spacial Rend, and Roar Of Time would have more special effects. For a cartoon movie, the effects and artwork was killer.

I know right,the special effects kept me at the edge of my seat.I love the part about the time and space towr made that calm and pieceful music then grew those golden wings.What was the musics name,it starts with a R ?

[SpaceMonkeySteve]

Also how many people before the movie, thought Darkrai was an evil Pokémon?

Well, I heard that it was good in the movie, but every in game reference makes it out to be evil, which is saying something, because the game NEVER does that for any other Pokemon. They get sorta close with a few legends, but never as close as they do with Darkrai.

If you're like me, you try to keep facts about the anime and facts about the game seperate.

So I'd say that game-Darkrai is evil, and anime-Darkrai is not.

[Viscosity]

Game pokemon tend to be more like animals whereas the cartoon pokemon tend to be more conscious of society. So saying game Darkrai is evil is like saying a snake is evil b/c it bites people with venom.

[BugCatcher6]

Well, I heard that it was good in the movie, but every in game reference makes it out to be evil, which is saying something, because the game NEVER does that for any other Pokemon. They get sorta close with a few legends, but never as close as they do with Darkrai.

If you're like me, you try to keep facts about the anime and facts about the game seperate.

So I'd say that game-Darkrai is evil, and anime-Darkrai is not.

The main thing was it looked like Darkrai was evil until Alicia showed him kindness and let him stay in the garden.


Also I cannot remember the name of the song. It was Revias or something to that effect.

[Trombones13]

The song name is "Oracion." :D

[SpaceMonkeySteve]

Game pokemon tend to be more like animals whereas the cartoon pokemon tend to be more conscious of society. So saying game Darkrai is evil is like saying a snake is evil b/c it bites people with venom.

That's how a vast majority of Pokemon are portrayed, but, from what I've heard about the game event to get Darkrai, the game makes references to Darkrai enjoying terrifying people. I don't know for sure, because I haven't seen a textdump of the event, but that was the general impression I'd gotten from people who had.

[GnarlyMudkip]

Well, while it followed the same formula as pretty much every other Pokemon movie, I'd say that it was the best one in a while.

[BugCatcher6]

O.K. I know this will sound weird and you can laugh, but I have been off my meds for awhile and I am very emotional because of it.

I actually squirted a few tears during the movie. Did anyone catch references to how fair play and team work go into everything Pokemon is about? How after a battle the trainers are still nice to each other?

Will watching I was thinking, man I wish Pokemon played like the show. I mean to low evolves or Pokemon not considered the best and they are great on the show because of the trainer.

I actually for a few minutes wished Pokemon was real he-he.

[Viscosity]

@Buzz: A lot of people are still good sports when it comes to pokemon. Do you read Penny Arcade? One of the authors, Gabe I think, had a similar experience when he went to join a tournament.



Penny Arcade: by Gabe

I showed up at the Alderwood mall Gamestop and entered my name. As the little kids poured in I became less and less convinced I should participate. The little boys with their Pokemon backpacks and the girls with tiny Pokeballs in their hair seemed to assume I was just someones Dad rather than their competition. It was actually really cool to see how much these kids love Pokemon. I've been so into it recently that I think I'd forgotten I should be having fun. With my pages of hand written math and charts of carefully plotted out EV training regiments I actually felt sort of dirty. These little kids were showing me teams comprised not of statistically optimal Pokemon but of their favorites. A little girl talked to me for five minutes about why she loved Kyogre so much. When she asked why I used Rotom I couldn't bring myself to tell her that his ghost/electric type meant he had a lot of immunities while giving him some surprising moves that should allow me to cripple sweepers with status effects but still fight off any Dark types I encounter. "I think he's cute." I explained. She smiled and nodded as though this was the reason she had expected to hear.

I noticed one of the kids there was actually quite a bit older than the rest of the group. Still probably half my age, but he towered over his opponents. I watched as he struck up conversations with the other children, inspecting their Pokemon and always finding them lacking. "I've EV trained my entire party." he said to a few of the kids who obviously had no idea what that meant. He showed of his multiple "shinies" to a couple of very impressed young men before explaining that he wasn't going to use them in the tournament because it just wouldn't be fair to everyone else. No, he would dominate them with a mixed bag of EV trained legendaries and obscure all stars culled from every single incarnation of the series. He was essentially being a little ****.

I had just decided to pull myself out of the tournament in order to let the kids have their fun when Cory, who was running the show told me he'd matched me up against the little loudmouth in the first round. I figured I might have a chance to take him out and then none of the other kids would have to face him. So I stayed in and when it came time to play I synced up my DS and loaded my fairly mundane crew. It worked out that we were standing on the wrong sides of the television so his team showed up on my side and mine on his. The crowd of kids around me cheered and congratulated me on such an impressive roster. I explained that those were his and that mine were on the other side. "You really need to play more." one of the younger boys instructed. I agreed and selected my three Pokemon to take into battle. A few of the kids behind me would shake their heads in disgust as my finger hovered over each possible selection. My opponent, in what I can only assume was an attempt to show off grossly underestimated this old man's skillz. He tried to pull off an extremely risky strategy involving the near sacrifice of his first Pokemon for a "baton pass" maneuver and a quick stat boost to his second in line. This failed miserably as the aforementioned Rotom I pulled in did not give two **** about anything he hit me with. Once I'd taken him out I moved to the next round but really had no desire to continue. I played my opponent but then bowed out and gave him a free pass onto the next round. The young man I played earlier kept approaching me and telling me he could have beat me easy, he just used the wrong Pokemon. I nodded, yes well that's sort of the whole game.

I watched a bit more of the tournament and I was really impressed with the sportsmanship of the kids. I've been watching the cartoon with Gabe and it really stresses the importance of winning and losing graciously. Each of these kids when they lost shook the others hand and thanked them for the match. The winners complimented the losers Pokemon and strategies while impressing on them that it really was a very close game. I know they weren't my kids but as a thirty year old gamer with a kid of my own I could not help but be extremely proud of all of them. Their passion for the game was totally infectious and I've decided to throw away my spreadsheets. I'm no longer hatching five eggs at a time in order to find babies with the optimal natures and stats. I've also brought Beautifly back into my team. She's not very tough, but I like her, she's pretty.

:) It's really quite a moving story. It's one of the reasons I don't like to battle -- most of the time there's not enough heart (which is kind of a corny thing to say).

[BugCatcher6]

@Buzz: A lot of people are still good sports when it comes to pokemon. Do you read Penny Arcade? One of the authors, Gabe I think, had a similar experience when he went to join a tournament.

:) It's really quite a moving story. It's one of the reasons I don't like to battle -- most of the time there's not enough heart (which is kind of a corny thing to say).

That is a great story.

You know before I was a Gym Leader, I fought hard to not be a Gym Leader. I never battled against another person. I knew I would get competitive and sometimes I let my emotions get the best of me. I have been really working on it, but I have slipped a few times.

One thing I have learned as a Gym Leader, you can't battle with your favorites and expect to win. Alot of other trainers are out to just win. Loading up on the strongest Pokemon are not my idea of a fun battle. If your opponent has no chance of doing anything, then what is the point of calling it a battle. I am not saying that people that use all the big Pokemon are doing it wrong, but for those that do use them, I don't see how they can boast about a win.

[HMTKSteve]

If anyone wants to contact Gabe (and send him this way) his email is gabe@penny-arcade.com

I used to run tournaments for the now defunct Star Wars CCG put out by Decipher. There were one or two power players at each tournament but, after a while I was able to turn these power players into mentors and it all worked out for the better.

I think the clincher for this was when a few of the power players went to a tournament in the next state and lost bad. Because they were battling against inferior players with poor card pools they simply were not ready to fight real opponents.

Some of those heavy hitters dropped out while the good ones began doing more trading with the younger kids and helping those kids develop better strategies.

Because I was the tournament director I only played when a kid scored a bye for the round. Our games were never for points but it gave the kid something to do. Yeah, I always crushed them but I did it with style. Some of those kids still talk about the day my pack of jawas sucked Vader up into a sandcrawler and destroyed him!

After each game (sometimes during) I also gave the kids tips and pointers on how to improve their deck and strategy.

[BugCatcher6]

That is something I would like to do more of here. I know I am not the best battler and sometimes my teams don't jell right, but I have alot of knowledge on what works.

I hope with the Breeders and Battlers classes some of the members taking the class will learn a few tricks.

[Dr. Narnad]

I used to run tournaments for the now defunct Star Wars CCG put out by Decipher.

Now thats a game I have not heard of in forever. I played that religiously all throughout high school and early college. Probably one of the most fun CCG games out there. Too bad its pretty much dead. Really hard finding anyone around here to play it. My wife keeps telling me to throw away all my cards which are in boxes that take up the whole underside of queen sized bed but I just can't do it. I guess pokemon is the next evolution except instead of cardboard boxes full of Talz, I now have electronic boxes full of bidoofs.

There is one thing I miss from the CCG play (also played Magic too) thats not present in the Pokemon battles via DS, the face to face contact. I like talking about everything in the decks/teams and really picking apart teams or finding out why someone used a certain strategies. I know you can a little bit of this here but its just not the same as the good ol' days at the comic shops.

[BugCatcher6]

Now thats a game I have not heard of in forever. I played that religiously all throughout high school and early college. Probably one of the most fun CCG games out there. Too bad its pretty much dead. Really hard finding anyone around here to play it. My wife keeps telling me to throw away all my cards which are in boxes that take up the whole underside of queen sized bed but I just can't do it. I guess pokemon is the next evolution except instead of cardboard boxes full of Talz, I now have electronic boxes full of bidoofs.

There is one thing I miss from the CCG play (also played Magic too) thats not present in the Pokemon battles via DS, the face to face contact. I like talking about everything in the decks/teams and really picking apart teams or finding out why someone used a certain strategies. I know you can a little bit of this here but its just not the same as the good ol' days at the comic shops.

We could do that during battles, but I hate using the voice chat. I also heard where people can use the voice chat to mess with their opponent. So not to sure if would benefit the battle he-he.

I have tons of the older Pokemon CCG and my wife has said to get rid of them, I don't play anymore and don't have anyone else to play, but someday my son will be able to play he-he.

[Master]

Hm, last time I counted I had like 1000 CCG pkmn cards, it was really fun to play.



Also, voice chat is a really cool feature as long as there isn't any trash talking going on. It is neat to battle people and talk to them at the same time, but a lot of people are to shy to do so.

[Dr. Narnad]

It is neat to battle people and talk to them at the same time, but a lot of people are to shy to do so.


Yeah, I am a bit shy about that. The other problem is you spend about a 1/4 of the time trying to decipher what the person is saying ether from poor sound quality or the mic isn't picking up everything as well as it should or every other word is "what?".

[Master]

True, but voice battles are a lot of fun.

[Jhamin]

I haven't done much voice battling, but I have found that having both sides use the mike & earpiece accessory for the DS is pretty much mandatory. It makes it sound like a phone call instead of the drivethrough at Hardees.

It might be fun to use the voice chat function in some of the more "informational" battle leagues.

[Trombones13]

How much do those cost?
...This is SO off-topic... But, what else can I say? Good movie; didn't watch it fully since I was doing homework, uhh... Darkrai's voice was kinda strange...

[pokemasterSD]

How much do those cost?
...This is SO off-topic... But, what else can I say? Good movie; didn't watch it fully since I was doing homework, uhh... Darkrai's voice was kinda strange...

Ya,but the deep and strong voice it had suits it really well.:D

[BugCatcher6]

I always find it so weird how some Pokemon can talk and others can't. Something else I find odd is nobody in the show nicknames their Pokemon.

Also you would think at some point GameFreaks would have made each have something different from the other. Like one Pikachu would have a black stripe and another would have an orange stripe. I thought they would start doing that after Spinda, but Spinda is the only Pokemon that has different looks to it.

I wish the berries you fed it and the way you raised it would create it's image. Like a Pokemon you let battle alot and it took alot of damage while battling would have a broken ear, or a scar, or just a messed up patch of hair.

[Viscosity]

That's not entirely true. There are several trainers who nickname their pokemon. For example, Viktor from the first season of pokemon names his surfing pikachu "Puka." Puka even had blue eyes.

And the anime has a few shiny pokemon, remember Ash's Noctowl?

[SpaceMonkeySteve]

The trainers from the first movie had nicknames, and, if I remember correctly, the one guy from indigo league had names on his, too. I remember several episodes where Pokemon looked different, the one that comes most to mind was the Magnemite wrangler guy, (whose Pokemon were nicknamed, now that I think of it) who had a weird shaped Magnemite.

And I think the anime described that certain Pokemon were smart enough to learn to speak human speech, but most could only understand it though body language, tone, and certain keywords.

[Babael]

Watching the movie right now since I missed it on Saturday. Here's the link to the persons front page(all parts of the movie are on the 1st page) if anyone's interested.
http://www.youtube.com/user/BlissBuzz4

[BugCatcher6]

I don't watch the show that often. I knew there were shiny Pokemon here and there, but never knew any other different Pokemon. I don't remember seeing nicknamed ones either on the shows I have seen.

[Jats605]

Anyway back onto Darkrai...was it just me how found the fact that he has legs creepy at all????

[SpaceMonkeySteve]

Creepy and as unnatural as his voice.

[Jats605]

i mean really does he need CONES for legs? But his voice i liked.

[SpaceMonkeySteve]

The legs were clearly not very well thought out, and forced.

And the only voice I would have found acceptable is one befitting of a Pokemon of Darkrai's immense evilness: Richard Simmons.

[FatherGoblin]

Just thinking about his voice and I was wondering...

was he using mental telepathy like MewTwo does, or was he actually talking like Meowth?

[Giratina master]

I don't think he has a mouth. Maybe his evilness just talks for him.

[Jats605]

I think the movie said he uses telepathy

[Viscosity]

:( I wish I had legs like Darkrai.

[Giratina master]

Why? They're cones!

[Viscosity]

They're so long and thin! My legs are fat.

[Giratina master]

TMI man, TMI...

[BugCatcher6]

I think it was like Meowth. His cloak covered his mouth, but you could see it move on the close ups.

His legs were shadows used only during breaks, you try hovering all the time.

[tonato]

kirlia and gardivior have the same feet as darkrai! why are u guys getting bent out of shape now?!?!

[BugCatcher6]

kirlia and gardivior have the same feet as darkrai! why are u guys getting bent out of shape now?!?!

Gallade kinda has a reverse cone shape legs as well.

[belnumcree]

kirlia and gardivior have the same feet as darkrai! why are u guys getting bent out of shape now?!?!

Gardevoir doesn't have legs. Kirlia is a dancer so they work. :D


Gallade kinda has a reverse cone shape legs as well.

Reverse cones work for a fighter. :D