Re: General Chat: Dawn of THE FIRST DAY (72 hours remain)

by d_what Sun Jan 18, 2015 4:31 pm

Yeah I like a good strong violin too! Actually that's my biggest problem with the original; I'd prefer an even stronger more distinct violin melody. It's just a *little* weak and quiet for my tastes. There's also a nice piano cover of it and her other themes.

And don't worry, you can always get stuff online! Brazil's got Amazon and the likes, I'm sure you'll be fine. You'll just have a little inconvenience is all.
And also the knowledge that gaming culture in Brazil will gradually die because small children will not grow up with Nintendo consoles, unless somebody lobbies the Brazilian government to drop the intense levees for the sale of imported games. Uh. Yeah.

ANYWAY END OF ROUND THREE OR WHATEVER

AND WE'VE GOT TWO WINNERS
WHICH MEANS WE ARE OFFICIALLY DOWN TO JUST THE BOOBY PRIZES NOW :O

CONGRATULATIONS...

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so yeah! Current slate (and last round) for those who are yet to win anything and still wish to participate:

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by kotakun Sun Jan 18, 2015 5:10 pm

d_what wrote:Incidentally. Do you hear the team rocket hideout theme in the original :O First 8-ish notes at about 00:35 and on. I can't believe nobody else mentions it :| the bit that goes DEEUUUU DEUU DO DO DO DOOH DO DOOOOOOOOH (and then would go DO DOOOH DOO DOO DO DOOO DOO in the TR Hideout)

i dont hear that around then what i do hear though is one of the themes from un owen like when the piano is going and then the synth sounds exactly like that i mean do de do de do dada do de douh dada dodoioh oh doi doi do

also if you dont mind me asking did you actually name a pokemon after the name that wasnt one of the pokemon given away or did you just throw it in there because it seemed to fit a lot of the pokemon? really like why did you choose * as the extra name?

by OverlordJ Sun Jan 18, 2015 5:37 pm

Okay, in case people are allowed two mons, my next guess would be

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And in case anyone cares about my original guesses:

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by d_what Sun Jan 18, 2015 5:53 pm

No second guesses OJ, sorry Razz

There are a few reasons I chose that (referring to whichever of the three it is) nickname. Mostly because it could vaguely refer to a few different things to different people - which has proved true since other people have suggested this name for at least one other Pokemon! Also, it's the name of a duplicate I have. So yeah, the aim was to provide a sneaky dud option.
Aaaaand I don't really know that song, though I *do* know Kamex used it in the Zinnia's theme remix. Were you talking about the remix, Kotakun, or the original? I was talking about the original :I
brb gonna listen to touhou tracks

by kotakun Sun Jan 18, 2015 6:07 pm

i was talking about the remix so that would explain it i just think its one of those songs that gets thrown into anything thats intense

by OverlordJ Mon Jan 19, 2015 10:57 am

Totally fine, I thought so. Anyways, this reminds me that I need to get Pokebank to work, I totally forgot about that...

by kotakun Mon Jan 19, 2015 11:34 am

pokemon quarantine whats wrong with you

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by d_what Mon Jan 19, 2015 2:20 pm

wait what? Very Happy

by OverlordJ Mon Jan 19, 2015 3:34 pm

WoAh, MoThErFuCkInG mIrAcLeS!

by **Hanky Panky** Tue Jan 20, 2015 10:29 am

Francisca and Keravnos are the Axews.

by d_what Tue Jan 20, 2015 3:55 pm

Anyone else want to agree/disagree with that? Because Hanky's statistically guaranteed to get one correct, but he can only win one of the Axews.

And can I just say, off the record.

Francisca really was painfully obvious for anyone with internet access. No brownie points for that guess, guys Razz

by kotakun Tue Jan 20, 2015 4:13 pm

not actually a guess because no 3ds so dont read if you want to try for one of them:

by **Hanky Panky** Tue Jan 20, 2015 9:59 pm

I mean I knew Francisca is a well-known name for an axe, but truth be told I second guessed myself, saying that surely you wouldn't have been so transparent when very few of the other nicknames were, despite appearing easy to guess - meaning that it must have been the extra 'throwaway' name because it was so out there.

by cephalopodAscendant Thu Jan 22, 2015 1:50 am

So apparently the Contrary Serperior event is live for Europe, Australia, and North America. Serebii's got the code, but if you're feeling too lazy to go check, it's POKEMON497. According to a reddit thread, some people had to put zeros at the end, but some people didn't, so try both ways if one doesn't work. And d_what, I'll try to figure out when I'm free to pick up the Starmie.

by **Hanky Panky** Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:03 am

contrary serperior event in NA

word

i'll be online sometime to get one of those axews

by OverlordJ Thu Jan 22, 2015 11:22 am

Oh snap, Serperior? How long does the event last?

by d_what Thu Jan 22, 2015 7:37 pm

no idea, Serebii probably has the info. But don't worry about it too much, Contrary Snivy is pretty common now. We've reached peak contrary saturation Very Happy

Same cannot be said for Damp Mudkip...

Topic: Which main-series musical compositions really nailed the whole "legendary theme" thing for there respective Pokemon? Some legendary themes are really good! And others are really really terrible D:

Reminder:
1st gen
XY's Mewtwo + Birds remix
Emerald's Mew theme
(both are remix RBY's wild battle theme Sad

)

2nd gen
Legendary beast GSC theme (first real legendary theme chronologically), + their unique HGSS remake x 3 combo
Lugia's HGSS theme
Ho-Oh's HGSS theme
Poor Celebi Sad

3rd gen
Regi trio's theme (RSE, BW2, ORAS)
~~Lati@s theme~~ heheh nope
Kyogre/Groudon/Ray themes (RSE,HGSS,ORAS Primal/Mega remixes
Deoxys (RSE, ORAS)

4th gen
Lake trio theme (DPPt, BW2)
Dialga/Palkia theme
Altered Giratina theme
Heatran/Gigas/Cress/Dark/Shaymin generic theme Neutral

5th gen
Victini/SwordsOfJustice/Genie theme
Reshiram/Zekrom/Kyurem theme variations
BW Kyurem theme

6th gen
XYZ theme (thus far...)

IMO:

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by OverlordJ Thu Jan 22, 2015 10:19 pm

Honestly, I don't understand enough about the legendary music. I rarely heard it and I have no real opinion on it.

by d_what Fri Jan 23, 2015 6:59 am

but but but

and for comparison

by OverlordJ Fri Jan 23, 2015 9:13 am

I am on my phone, there is no way in hell any of those will load.

by **Hanky Panky** Fri Jan 23, 2015 11:09 am

the ORAS vs Deoxys music is probably the best one. god damn it is magnificent

by cephalopodAscendant Fri Jan 23, 2015 12:10 pm

Yeah, Deoxys really got a great theme. So did Ho-oh and Lugia. I'm actually not a huge fan of the weather trio's theme, though. I prefer the Regis' theme.

Xerneas and Yveltal's theme could have been a lot better if they had cut out a lot of the sections where only the background instruments are playing, but that's true of a lot of the battle music from X and Y.

by Spark Eletran Sat Jan 24, 2015 3:17 am

....I actually really like the XYZ Legendary Theme. Welp :0

by OverlordJ Sat Jan 24, 2015 5:07 am

Hey D, I might be able to get online with my DS today or tomorrow.

by d_what Sat Jan 24, 2015 8:09 am

Yeah I quite like the XY legend theme too, but I see what cA is saying. My favourite Pokemon tunes are always the ones led by a strong melody, and a lot of the XY tunes drop it for (admittedly impressive) background synths. TBH it could be longer Surprised

the melody portion is really quite short.

dianthas theme suxx soz babz
(it sounds like you've ALREADY won, before the battle has even started. And Diantha's kind of a lame champion anyway sans design Neutral

)

Edit: Cool beans OJ, give me some notice when you're ready. It was Salamence you went for, right?

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