>>57926692>trade evolutions work great in Japan because everyone there is super social and there were a ton of kids and adults who'd trade freely without risk of getting scammed>same goes for the other social Nintendo handheld gimmicks like StreetPass and Poffin/Pokeblock shit>outside of Japan, the sheer Pokemon-density is way lower, and good fucking luck trying to rope someone into sitting still with you for more than a minute to trade with you or mix batter or whatever unless you're currently in school, and lots of schools banned electronics prior to smartphones taking over>even if you do trade, half the time they'll just not trade back, or they'll send something stupidAlso the idea of having to trade and trade back just to get your Pokemon evolved is just stupid as fuck. I know the intention is that you wouldn't do the tradeback and if you want a Machamp you'd ask them to send you a Machoke, but that's dumb too and makes an easy game easier.
>>57925647 (OP)I fuckin' love crit builds so it and Honchkrow are my best buds.
Kingdra being resistant to basically everything and having no weaknesses helped, but nah, fairies came along and nerfed this nigga to the ground, oops.
Not like I had much access to Kingdra anyway, the only place I could trade Pokemon back in the day was when I was in the Pokemon TCG League for a couple years, but I don't know, we spent more time playing cards and eating Taco Bell bean burritos when those were still good, so we didn't trade that much.
Holy fuck I miss those burritos, they were cheap as hell and full of refried beans mixed with cheese and onions, ACTUAL onions, and the whole thing was so full it was like trying to eat a water balloon, you had to hold the bottom or it'd legit pop, best damn fast food burritos I ever had.
