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[Nutter t.KK]

This should belong http://www.serebiiforums.com/forumdi...titive-Pokemon as Scarf users mainly in Competitive teams.

Shutting.

Oh please. I think posting the same thread three times is enough.. check your PMs.

[Endolise]

Oh in that case. The Distortion World is based on a Black Hole which is a region of spacetime which nothing not even light can escape. Once inside a black hole's event horizon the mechanics of time outside of that horizon no longer exists as you head towards the core.

Well, not necessarily. Time just appears to slow down from the perspective of an outside viewer to do the gravitic effects of the black hole on the light that interacts with the observer's eyes. To the person inside the black hole, everything outside would appear to be sped up. The Distortion World is actually a supposed "mirror universe" (although it isn't a "universe," per se; it's a parallel dimension), wherein time and space function opposite the way they do in the primary dimension, as well as reference to baryogenesis, which is the process by which the amount of matter in our universe came to supersede that of antimatter, even though the two should logically have existed in equal amounts.

[Agonist]

In BW, if a Pokémon has over 1800 Spe in battle, it'll go first both in and out of Trick Room.

[Excitable Boy]

Two Bug-type Pokemon can learn Fly, neither of which are part Flying-type (Genesect and Volcarona).

[N...]

I'm not sure where the right place to post this is so I thought here might work. I know all Pokemon games so far have been rated E in NA but does anyone think it could possibly change? in 3rd Generation we had Colosseum and XD and in 5th Generation we have BW/BW2 which have noticably darker plots. Pokemon has such a diverse age demographic for its fans I could see a T and even a M rating work.

[Rakurai]

I don't expect to ever see a Pokemon game with a rating higher then E +10 tops.

Nintendo prefers to stay family friendly for certain franchises and Pokemon is one of them.

Yes, the games you mentioned were a bit darker, but not nearly enough to be edging on a higher rating.

[BCVM22]

Pokemon has such a diverse age demographic for its fans

The demographic that matters isn't particularly diverse at all. Fans older than the demographic aren't a driving force behind anything.

I could see a T and even a M rating work.

This will never happen. Ever. Straight up. Zero chance.

Please, anyone about to do the "well, I guess you work for Game Freak!" song and dance, save yourself the trouble.

[ElectricPokeLover]

The pokedex entries imply that the Vanillite line are made of snow and ice rather than ice cream. I don't think ice cream is made from bathing icicles in the sun. Vanilluxe makes snow clouds out of that straw, if it was ice cream wouldn't it be ice cream clouds?

[TheFonz]

This will never happen. Ever. Straight up. Zero chance.

Please, anyone about to do the "well, I guess you work for Game Freak!" song and dance, save yourself the trouble.

Exactly! I don't even understand what could possibly give Pokemon a T or M rating besides extreme,extreme, non cartoon violence or an indepth explanations of breeding. Or if they bring back the Game Corners that were "ruining childrens' minds and filling them with thoughts of gambling"

[Zachmac]

I suppose there are a few people out there who want T or M rated pokemon games, but it's definitely safer for them to stay E rated. Over the years, they have done a very good job at making pokemon a very kid friendly game, and making something rated T or M(especially M) would hurt pokemon's reputation, especially if they did this a lot. In the long run, I think it'd hurt them more then help.

Most teenagers or adults would probably avoid a "childish" game like pokemon, and most of it's fans are kids. Then, you've got the older fans, and some of us, like myself, prefer the childish feeling of the game. In the end, I don't think this hypothetical game will make all that much money either, or at least not as much as another E rated one.

Exactly! I don't even understand what could possibly give Pokemon a T or M rating besides extreme,extreme, non cartoon violence or an indepth explanations of breeding. Or if they bring back the Game Corners that were "ruining childrens' minds and filling them with thoughts of gambling"

...You're trying to be funny, right? Not to be rude, but I personally have difficulty telling sometimes...

[TheFonz]

I suppose there are a few people out there who want T or M rated pokemon games, but it's definitely safer for them to stay E rated. Over the years, they have done a very good job at making pokemon a very kid friendly game, and making something rated T or M(especially M) would hurt pokemon's reputation, especially if they did this a lot. In the long run, I think it'd hurt them more then help.

Most teenagers or adults would probably avoid a "childish" game like pokemon, and most of it's fans are kids. Then, you've got the older fans, and some of us, like myself, prefer the childish feeling of the game. In the end, I don't think this hypothetical game will make all that much money either, or at least not as much as another E rated one....You're trying to be funny, right? Not to be rude, but I personally have difficulty telling sometimes...

Well the first part with violence and breeding was half serious. It's not impossible for it to exist, but it would go against everything that makes Pokemon what it is so I don't see it happening ever.

As for the game corner, it was sarcasm. It's just annoying to me because the children of those parents complaining about it are probably out there right now playing COD/Halo or doing actual bad things. I have family like that haha

[randomspot555]

The casino/gambling wasn't taken out do to "parent's complaining." It is because the European version of the ratings board that does video games was going to give them the equivalent of "PG". That's why Game Corner was only taken out in European release, completely replaced by Voltorb Flip in international versions of HGSS, and completely gone in gen 5.

[Endolise]

The pokedex entries imply that the Vanillite line are made of snow and ice rather than ice cream. I don't think ice cream is made from bathing icicles in the sun. Vanilluxe makes snow clouds out of that straw, if it was ice cream wouldn't it be ice cream clouds?

It only looks like ice cream. It's really a mutated icicle that cloaks itself in snow. The resemblance is supposed to be mere coincidence (although the Vanillite line is presumably the in-universe inspiration for ice cream in the Pokemon world, since Casteliacones are based off of it and not the other way around).

[PopPrincess_Lyra]

I still play PKMN no matter how rating it is, but now its weird that they mention that someone dies in the game or the PKMN eat people...that's like really weird o.o Plus i hardly played the gambling thing so I don't really care for the PG thing, nya~

[jireh the provider]

You're most likely refer to the darker story plot I bet. True. The beginning of 3rd Generation would be where dark plots are being represented that raises issues (even in the earlier gens as well, though there aren't a lot analyzing it excluding the older players)

[Rakurai]

The PMD games are easily the darkest entries in the franchise, though that's still not saying much.

[gamer_legend]

The PMD games are easily the darkest entries in the franchise, though that's still not saying much.

Mystery Dungeon games are intense especially at the end.

[Shiny Rokon]

Look at your friend code and find out what pokemon team combination it reveals fun game to play, you could even let it determine a scramble challenge for you. If you have a left over spot that can be for your starter or a shiny if you catch one in your game. Here's how it works, my black 2 friend code is:

2280 4524 3551

I converted it to:

228 - Houndour

045 - Vileplume

243 - Raikou

551 - Sandile

with two spots remaining. If you have a 3 digit number over 649 eg 744 you just use 74 = geodude and then 4 is the start of the next number or if the end of ur friend code it would be charmander. Also if you have a zero at the beginning of ur friend code or after a group of three numbers which go together it would be a pokemon number under 100 eg 025 pikachu

What's your friend code number team? have fun

[Nutter t.KK]

We've had thread like this before. Maybe not by you, but BCVM, Randomspot and I have all experienced this exact same topic before. So there is a good possibility it will be shut.

The CERO, ESRB and Pegi rating systems are like the Movie ratings but for games.. actually in the UK several games have the UK movie rating. (They generally have clear reason to get that rating.) Like the Movie ratings it restricts the sale to "underage" customers. (The Pegi and UK Movie ratings are age based.)

Game companies don't pick the rating for their games, except for in cases where they are aiming to get a certain rating. Since Pegi actually only started rating during the GBA/Gamcube life cycle, almost all the games I can find are PEGI 3+ (= ESRB E), the issue with Platinum's "game machines" would force the game to be rated as a PEGI 12+, where in this case it's a ESRB T. Most Pokémon games are sold to the 7 to 15 Market and as a result parents won't buy it as there would be a orange "sticker" saying "Warning! Maybe unsuitable for Minors." (Yes, I know the colour Stickers didn't get introduced until after Platinum was released, but the point remains.)

The only Pokémon Related game I can find that is high is actually Smash Bros games. But then it is a fighting game and aimed for the older audience also.

As Someone who's been buying video games for over 10 years and they do include the UK most serious rating the "18+". I've found a PEGI 12 game that more "darker" than most of my 15, 16 and 18 games, Pandora's Tower. (That is one game that does take while to digest, before you can really start playing it. Sorry bad joke, sadly lost on those who are in the US who can't buy it.)

[N...]

I can see Nintendo losing money in future years, we're living in a generation where kids are growing up on COD rather than Gameboys. In order to attract an entire fanbase of a franchise they could make certain franchsies a little darker with spin off games. I never said a main series game would get a T or M rating I was giving examples of the darker story line from BW/BW2. Colosseum/XD was my huge example. They could easily make a game like this rated at least T. Parents will still buy the games a lot of parents bought their children black ops 2 when it came out last month. E rated titles for the main series are fine but personally I wouldn't mind even a spin off game for Wii U with a darker plot