User talk:Unown Lord

In contrast, perhaps, in PokéSpe, Birch does seem to recognise Ruby after a while. Though the running shoes were a big hint, he later recalls that he has met Ruby before as a younger boy. This is, of course, later expanded upon in the backstory of Ruby and Sapphire... - 振霖_T 04:00, 9 January 2006 (CST)

For the record, Prof. Birch does recognize May after she chases the attacking Zigzagoon away. It can be inferred that her battle style reminded him of Norman's spirit, although Norman made it appear she was not that strong a character. At any rate, Prof. Birch only makes the connection after the battle, suggesting he has never seen her before. In early Pokémon Special, it is Ruby who would rather seem as a less than spectacular trainer (while Norman disapproves of that), thus refusing to battle Mightyena. Prof. Birch identifies Ruby judging by a combination of seeing the running shoes (which, in the games, are acquired later on) and a memory of his visage as a younger boy.

If to be clear, the point is that the conversation does not take place, or at least not in the same way as any other piece of dialogue in the games. In the two game series, the professor begins with a presentation of himself, moving onto explaining just what Pokémon are. He then asks for the player's gender and name, going as far as to refer to a certain fact about the character (Red's rivalry with Green; May's moving to Littleroot Town). In both cases, though for different reasons, the latter part of the conversation does not logically flow with the former. I am proposing what most may find to be tautological--the conversation begins with the player, and by the time it ends, the player has essentially "merged" with the canon character. This makes way to a "player perspective" throughout the entirety of the games.

Interestingly, this notion has not been completely ignored in Pokémon Special. Included in Vol. 15, where the aforementioned chapter with Ruby is found, is the final scene to the Gold/Silver/Crystal saga. It remarkably depicts the introduction of the respective game series: Prof. Oak's being woken up by Crys; his speech on his radio show and asking for the name of an unseen boy asking to receive a Pokédex. As much as I appreciate this attempt at being true to the games, I find it to be a mere plot device whose sole purpose was to elegantly wrap up the storyline. By being reserved for the end, as opposed to the beginning, the meaningful concept is reduced in my eyes.

As a last note, the speech from the Generation II games is not brought here as I feel it is different in nature. It will be provided once comparisons to Diamond and Pearl can be made, presumably after the Japanese release.

Flower Paradise

I meant that Shaymin will probably be involved, but you removed that too, so I undid your edit to add back the part about Shaymin. --Shiny Noctowl^{Talk|Trivia quiz}File:224MS.gif 20:58, 5 September 2007 (UTC)

But now the paragraph is not even relevant to the article, is it? Feel free to add the part about Shaymin to the Pokémon page, but you would clearly not have thought of putting it on the other page had you not had Flower Paradise in mind for the movie, as well. --Unown Lord

A favor?

Template:Welcome is apparently protected. I've noticed that a lot of users spell "Poké Ball" incorrectly, so I'd appreciate it if you'd add something about that to the template. --ニョロトノ666 19:40, 19 January 2008 (UTC)

I have made the necessary changes. Thanks for pointing that out, and feel free to contact me regarding other protected pages as the case may be. --Unown Lord 13:09, 20 January 2008 (UTC)

I've got another admin job for you relating to another protected page. Could you please edit the links so as to reflect my recent moves of all game-boy titles (i.e. changing Pokémon Blue (Japanese) to Pokémon Blue Version (Japanese))? Thanks. --ニョロトノ666 01:57, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Silly me. The page I need edited is Version-exclusive Pokémon. Thanks again! --ニョロトノ666 02:00, 7 February 2008 (UTC)

Questions From A Self-Proclaimed, and Others on Other Sites Proclaimed, N00B/An Edit Read On Serebii.net to Pokémon Platinum

Dear Unown Lord, I just registered on Bulbapedia, and so far, I am happy I did. There is just one problem. I have tried to make my user page about 10 times, and it always says that,"You do not have permission to do that, for the following reason:

You do not have permission to edit pages in the User namespace."

How do I get permission? Thanks! Also, can you please edit the Platinum article to say that Volkner won't be Sunyshore Gym Leader anymore? I read it on Serebii.net.

Purpleknowitall 03:16, 19 May 2008 (UTC)Purpleknowitall

Well, right now, none of us can edit the usernamespace, due to the sad fact that most users signed up just to make a userpage. So, the admins protected the entire usernamespace...Posted by the Θρtιmαtum♏^Talk|Links07:04 19 May 2008

Regigigas

...Oh. I reverted it to having no date. That was really more of an oversight, yeah I meant to have the 20th...

The sarcastic tone was totally necessary, though. Good way to encourage respect for ranks on a wiki! If it makes you feel justified, would you like me to revert it on Thursday for the international date line?--Ｌｏｖｅはドコ？ (talk • contribs) 16:07, 18 June 2008 (UTC)

Spanish Wiki

Sorry to bother at 2:26 AM(My Time PST) but there's a user(User:Anthony) who says there's a Spanish Wiki(Bulbapedia) called Raltsapedia and is wondering with it should belong to the Encyclopaediae Pokémonis‎?--CoolPikachu! 09:26, 15 July 2008 (UTC)

Hi

Hi! I only just now realized (after being here for so long...) that there's a user other than me listed in the User he-N category, and an admin, no less... So I thought I'd say hi... Are you Israeli too? --electAbuzzzz 14:51, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Yes, I am. Reading your user page, I believe that congratulations are in order for your finishing three years of service in the IDF, correct? --Unown Lord 21:24, 22 July 2008 (UTC)

Yeah, thanx, I was released last week, actually... :) So far it's fun, but I guess I'll have to find a job eventually, lol... What about you? --electAbuzzzz ^(TALK) 10:30, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

I am currently studying for my university exams, working on a Mathematics degree. My enrollment to IDF was delayed by a year, and even now I still don't know where exactly my service will be.

That's all I feel comfortable sharing on this page. We can correspond via E-mail, if you would like. --Unown Lord 15:34, 23 July 2008 (UTC)

Gen V

1. No new Pokémon: What are the five mystery Pokémon then? I personally find it hard to believe that they will all five be new formes. And we all know that there will be at least one new Pokémon in the Arceus movie next year, and there was one in Movie 11 that apparently got cut (Judging from the fact that 2 new Pokémon were to be revealed and only one of them was Sky forme).

2. 4-5 years is long enough for the generation: Gen Three, the largest to date, lasted about 4 years. Gen II lasted about three years, and Gen I, 2 years. While yes, the pattern would suggest that Gen IV can last us another three years, there are no known games for sure after Platinum. GSDS would soak up about a year, but then we have 2 more years of few Pokémon games. Gen III was masterfully orchestrated, and really, the side games helped to prolong it. However, in Gen IV, all of the side games (that are successful) have already been done. that's not to say we won't see more side games, but unless there is a massive game for the Wii (doubtfully, considering PBR's sales), Gen IV doesn't have enough steam to last another three years.

3. New system in 2011: Previously it was 2010, before that 08, and so on. Nintendo loves the DS, and is really procrastinating when it comes to that elusive new system. Beyond that, its hard to say how Nintendo could improve upon the DS, other than give it some more power, and stronger overall graphics, sound, mic etc. With the Gameboy line, there was a clear direction to go, but now, although the DS is most assuredly not perfect, it is easily one of the best portable systems ever.

4. Older games: Nintendo really doesn't see a need to support games beyond a couple systems ago. With the new system, GBA connectivity would likely be lost, which makes some features of Diamond and Pearl unavailable, unless they make another Generation division, which would irritate most long term fans.

5. Speculation: Gold and Silver were designed originally for the Gameboy and are still compatible with it. And really, any guesses on when Nintendo will release the next system are speculation, which is bad. There's honestly no telling when Gen V and a new system could come, although 2012 would be a good outside estimate for the system.

Believe me, I want a new system and generation already, but we have to look at the data objectively, not subjectively. Aura-Knight 15:29, 1 September 2008 (UTC)

First of all, please don't accuse me of looking at the data subjectively. No one can be truly objective about anything, but it is common courtesy to give others the benefit of the doubt; I believe that I have given you that, and so the respect should be mutual. Furthermore, my argument is that Generation V is still far away, so you certainly can't imply that I am blinded by hopes of seeing the new generation sooner rather than later; it is the exact opposite of that.

1. I, too, think that it would be absurd if the five silhouettes were all alternate forms. Over the forums, I have discussed at length why it is more than possible that new Pokémon will be included in Platinum's data. If to paraphrase, as far as Generation IV is concerned, alternate forms and new Pokémon are one and the same in that both have separate data from pre-existing Pokémon; Origin Forme and Sky Forme will both necessarily have new index numbers that do not exist in Diamond and Pearl (unlike the Deoxys scenario in Generation III, where the alternate forms were specific to new versions and overwrote Normal Forme's data).

However, the above is rather irrelevant to our own discussion. Regardless of whether or not they are brand new Pokémon, the Pokémon represented by the silhouettes will be playable in Platinum when they are unlocked through special events, which is to say that they will fall under the Generation IV category. In fact, the unprecedented move of adding new Pokémon to an existing generation, would go a long way to satiate fans' demand for new content until Generation V is released, which should be in quite a while from now. If the five silhouettes really turned out to be brand new Pokémon (I am using the conditional form not so much because I don't think that will happen, but because most fans deem it to be a stretch), they would not be first step towards preparing Generation V, but rather the first step towards prolonging the current generation.

As for the movies, there was no plan to introduce a new Pokémon in the recently released movie; the terms Pokémon A and Pokémon B were coined by the Japanese toy companies, and they turned out to be pseudonyms for Sky Forme and Land Forme Shaymin, respectively. You should also realize that in the same way you are now saying that next year's movie is guaranteed to feature new Pokémon, so did a multitude of fans believe - just a few months ago - that new Pokémon would debut in this year's movie. They had a proper reason to think that at the time, in light of the pattern that the second movie of each previous generation had introduced at least one new critter. Patterns can be deceiving, but until they have been broken, they deserve to be noted as long as there is a precedent of at least three occurrences.

2. Generation I lasted three years and 9 months (the gap should be counted between Japanese releases), which is only a month shy from Generation III's record. If we apply that to Generation IV, that takes us to as far as July 2010. Now, factoring in the fact that new Pokémon had already debuted by this point in all three past generations, but have not in this generation, it is more than reasonable to assume that Generation V's release will be pushed further away to the 2011 vicinity. Finally, Generation IV is currently devoid of remakes and a 3D RPG; should these be released, they will carry far more weight in the ability to prolong the generation than the spin-off games ever have.

3. Nintendo president Satoru Iwata has referred to releasing a DS successor in 2011 as being "an inflexible approach". That means that they might even be considering procrastinating it even further. However, they have definitely made it clear that should the need arise, the next platform will be available at that time.

Until now, I have found myself explaining to others why the assumption that the successor will be available prior to 2011 is an unmerited one. I am not sure what to say to someone who thinks that it could be even later than the data proposed by Nintendo. I will just note that I find it odd that you have no problem with the idea of the next system being released in such a long time from now, yet somehow that same standard does not apply to a future Pokémon generation.

4. Your point is unclear. I argued that that if the Generation V main versions were released for the DS, the third game would either be released for the new platform and lose compatibility with its predecessors, or fall behind the technology of its time. You seem to agree with that analysis, although for some reasons you applied it to Diamond and Pearl (whether or not they will be compatible with the next generation is quite beside the point).

5. 2011 is the safest assumption; it is a reasonable timeframe for both the next system and generation, and to say that one could be pushed further back while the other would have to come sooner, requires a better explanation than the one you have provided. Once again, new Pokémon and region are not sufficient conditions for a new generation. Had Gold and Silver been released for the Game Boy, they would have ended up being a shadow of their true selves; the decision to release them for a new Game Boy system gave way to the creation of the term "generation" in Pokémon's context.