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konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
October 27 2010 14:38 GMT
#1
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pokemon diamond, first time playing it.

also, name.


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EsX_Raptor
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2802 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-27 14:45:42
October 27 2010 14:39 GMT
#2
get the fire monkey. i'm biased towards it because i love aggression/offense.

edit 1: there's nothing better than 1-hit k.o.ing your way through every gym imo.

edit 2: call him (yes, get a male) guillotine.
ghermination
Profile Blog Joined April 2008
United States2851 Posts
October 27 2010 14:42 GMT
#3
Get an actually badass one. Meaning download red version and pick Charmander. Pokemon Diamond saddens me because of how stupid all of the pokemon look. More like pokefairies imo.
U Gotta Skate.
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
October 27 2010 14:42 GMT
#4
i don't even know what gyms there are or what pokemons there are

i'm 100% new to diamond lol (but no spoilers plz anyway)
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justiceknight
Profile Blog Joined May 2008
Singapore5741 Posts
October 27 2010 14:43 GMT
#5
just take the 1 u think its cute,cuteness will > gyms

and also where u get the emulator?? i want to play the black white leh.
EsX_Raptor
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2802 Posts
October 27 2010 14:46 GMT
#6
Subtle spoiler: All starters will obliterate the first gym type-wise.
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
October 27 2010 14:49 GMT
#7
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k chose the monkey lol, thanks
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Chuiu
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
3470 Posts
October 27 2010 14:56 GMT
#8
Lol is that a suitcase? Do you get your pokemon off some illegal pokemon dealer in Diamond or something?

Dealer: Hey, kid, you looking for a good time?
You: Huh? Me....?
Dealer: Yeah, I got three pokemon I just caught this morning, kid. I'll sell one to ya real cheap if you tell all your friends about me.
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konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
October 27 2010 14:56 GMT
#9
On October 27 2010 23:56 Chuiu wrote:
Lol is that a suitcase? Do you get your pokemon off some illegal pokemon dealer in Diamond or something?

Dealer: Hey, kid, you looking for a good time?
You: Huh? Me....?
Dealer: Yeah, I got three pokemon I just caught this morning, kid. I'll sell one to ya real cheap if you tell all your friends about me.

LOOOL
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kaleidoscope
Profile Blog Joined December 2008
Singapore2887 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-27 14:58:23
October 27 2010 14:56 GMT
#10
edit: LOL Holy! i messed up the game colours..
대지따라 돌린게 시간이다.. 흘러가고 돌아오지도 않고..
konadora *
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
Singapore66358 Posts
October 27 2010 14:57 GMT
#11
On October 27 2010 23:56 kaleidoscope wrote:
ur fire monkey will become typholosion (if that's the way it's spelt)

u can get to learn thunder punch, ice punch, and ur basic element is fire.. so basically.. ...
fire > grass/bugs/ice/steel
lightning > water/flying
ice > ground/dragon/flying/grass

wtf isn't typlosion gold/silver/crystal?
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EsX_Raptor
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2802 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-27 15:00:44
October 27 2010 15:00 GMT
#12
On October 27 2010 23:56 kaleidoscope wrote:
edit: LOL Holy! i messed up the game colours..

LOL I was about to say wtf?

But repost that shit! Chimchar will be a fighting type so that info is still helpful! (just change the names haha).

edit: nvm, kona quoted you xd
EchOne
Profile Blog Joined January 2008
United States2906 Posts
Last Edited: 2010-10-27 15:14:15
October 27 2010 15:08 GMT
#13
Eh personally I think Infernape looks reasonably cool. The other starters become... Empoleon? And some... earth grass turtle thing? You can look at all the sprites up through the DP generation here: http://pokemondb.net/pokedex/national

Personally I found the Black-White lineup more memorable, though I thought the elemental monkeys there looked straight-up dumb.

EDIT: Chimchar does become Infernape, not Typhlosion, which is indeed from GSC. He can't learn Ice Punch, but he can learn Hidden Power Ice... though he probably won't unless you hack him.

Here are some movesets for him: http://www.smogon.com/dp/pokemon/infernape
面白くない世の中, 面白くすればいいさ
HwangjaeTerran
Profile Blog Joined October 2009
Finland5967 Posts
October 27 2010 15:17 GMT
#14
I would´ve gone with the turdwig....
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Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
October 27 2010 15:22 GMT
#15
It's ALWAYS a good idea to pick a Fire-starter because it is rare.

However, for diamond, consider the Water-starter as well, since it has a steel secondary type, which is nice.

Also, unless you have link cable, make sure you load long enough to get a FEMALE starter (1/8 chance). If I recall correctly, Ditto is really hard to catch to diamond; so if you want a good starter whose EVs are not all messed up, you need a female.
https://twitter.com/SufficientStats
flamewheel
Profile Blog Joined December 2009
FREEAGLELAND26782 Posts
October 27 2010 15:34 GMT
#16
Can the monkey learn flamewheel?
Writerdamn, i was two days from retirement
Kinky
Profile Blog Joined September 2008
United States4126 Posts
October 27 2010 15:48 GMT
#17
On October 28 2010 00:34 flamewheel wrote:
Can the monkey learn flamewheel?

Yup :D How appropriate.
EsX_Raptor
Profile Blog Joined February 2008
United States2802 Posts
October 27 2010 15:49 GMT
#18
On October 28 2010 00:34 flamewheel wrote:
Can the monkey learn flamewheel?

Only by seeing that your name was the last post in this blog, I cracked up.

lol
Sufficiency
Profile Blog Joined October 2010
Canada23833 Posts
October 27 2010 15:57 GMT
#19
On October 28 2010 00:48 Kinky wrote:
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On October 28 2010 00:34 flamewheel wrote:
Can the monkey learn flamewheel?

Yup :D How appropriate.


I believe Chimchar's evolved forms have the same stats for attack and special attack, therefore there is almost no need to use Flamewheel when Flamethrower is available to you eventually.
https://twitter.com/SufficientStats
blankspace
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
United States292 Posts
October 27 2010 22:32 GMT
#20
wtf is that a charmander monkey hybrid?
Hello friends
qoiN
Profile Joined March 2010
Sweden576 Posts
October 27 2010 22:58 GMT
#21
uh are the only changes from red/blue up until now that the pokemons look different/is named different? the graphics and gameplay looks really similar... well they added colors at least lol

i'd go with the blastoise copy
GenoZStriker
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States2914 Posts
October 27 2010 23:01 GMT
#22
LOL this was also my biggest problem with pokemon. Thank God I got Pokemon yellow and I was told "Nope! sorry, you get Pikachu."
eSports Prodigy & Illuminati member.
Kishkumen
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
United States650 Posts
October 27 2010 23:03 GMT
#23
Should have gone with the penguin. Its final evolution is part steel so it's immune to pretty much everything in the entire game.
Weird, last time I checked the UN said you need to have at least 200 APM and be rainbow league to be called human. —Liquid`TLO
d3_crescentia
Profile Blog Joined May 2009
United States4054 Posts
October 27 2010 23:16 GMT
#24
Actually I think all of the starters in this game were pretty cool. I went with the penguin.

Fire monkey has great offense//penguin gets steel-typing later on for awesome defense; turtle is kind of weak but it's because Grass is so underpowered =/

Also did you pick boy or girl character? :3
once, not long ago, there was a moon here
Metalwing
Profile Blog Joined May 2010
Turkey1038 Posts
October 27 2010 23:42 GMT
#25
Always Fire Pokemons are best ones. Btw kona, where did you download the rom from? I just can't find anywhere. I already finished red-silver-fire red-ruby generations. Diamond is up next, but I can't play it.
#1 CheckPrime fan // Terrans gonna Terran
Versita
Profile Joined February 2010
Canada1032 Posts
October 28 2010 00:06 GMT
#26
more pokemon
infinitestory
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States4053 Posts
October 28 2010 00:11 GMT
#27
the fire monkey is fast and strong
like a dragoon with tank splash and speedling speed
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NickC
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
233 Posts
October 28 2010 00:31 GMT
#28
i got the loli version of emerald recently, to find out what all this pokemon fuss is about. played it like 24 hours straight, slept thru the next day, woke up feeling like shit and havent touched it since haha
Zapdos_Smithh
Profile Blog Joined October 2008
Canada2620 Posts
October 28 2010 01:29 GMT
#29
Good choice on chimchar.

Infernape is by far the best amongst torterra and empoleon, really good sweeper. Teach that thing close combat + overheat + a couple standard moves (don't think infernapes usually run stat boosting moves..can't remember).
infinitestory
Profile Blog Joined April 2010
United States4053 Posts
October 28 2010 01:30 GMT
#30
On October 28 2010 10:29 Zapdos_Smithh wrote:
Good choice on chimchar.

Infernape is by far the best amongst torterra and empoleon, really good sweeper. Teach that thing close combat + overheat + a couple standard moves (don't think infernapes usually run stat boosting moves..can't remember).

Nasty Plot infernape can manhandle unsuspecting teams, but I dunno if you can get that ingame
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Shana
Profile Blog Joined July 2009
Indonesia1814 Posts
October 28 2010 01:42 GMT
#31
My pokemon diamond still wrapped up untouch lol

Should I play it?
Believing in what lies ahead. | That which we call a rose, by any other name would smell as sweet.
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