Thread 58130892

Pokémon Champions will be the official game used on the 2026 World Championships.

>>58130892 (OP)
LOLing at the the people who said that SV was gonna last into 2026

>>58130892 (OP)
we already knew that

>>58130940
it was officially announced today

Apparently an item called an Omni Ring will activate mechanics like mega evolution and dynamax.

Smogonbros...

>>58131007
We can only savor the time we have left

>>58130999
God mega dragonite looks so shitty is that really the best new mega they could use to shill

>>58131038
I think it’s pretty cute

>>58130999
>Omni Ring
Why do they need an in-universe explanation for how you're using every gimmick?
Is Champions going to have a story?

>>58130892 (OP)
Thank fuck. SV have such awful presentation for battles, it completely killed my interest in ranked. No more copypaste grandma NPCs in the background or mons going into low poly mode.

>>58131143
Arceus snorted a line and decided to stop locking the different flavors of 'roid rage for pokemon behind borders

>>58131143
Doubtful

>>58131143
because why not? you don't need a proper storyline to have it fit within the lore, especially when it's as easy as adding a ring to the player model

>>58130892 (OP)
Are they going to balance things? As it stands dynamax is much more powerful than mega, tera, and z-shit.

>>58130892 (OP)
>>58131018
Will they really slam the C&D hammer on showdown? Does this mean we should download the repository off github in case it gets taken down? What are the folks at smogon saying?

>>58130892 (OP)
it was pretty obvious but some people were adamant it would be otherwise

>>58131478
I wouldn't say it's guaranteed but it's not like Nintendo hasn't done it before, they let Project M live free for years despite knowing about it (you literally couldn't say Project M or even PM on Miiverse when it was still around for example) but then decided to say fuck it and attacked it when Smash 4 came around. Just because they've left it alone for this long doesn't mean they always will.

>>58130892 (OP)
That just begs the question of how money and time you need to invest. I'd be curious to try out some VGC for shits and giggles if it doesn't require me to pay full price and play for hundreds of hours just to get a team going.

>>58131143
Because it's the easiest way to not have to worry about slowly bloating the characters with like twenty different gimmick accessories being worn simultaneously.

>>58131474
Rebalance for all gimmicks hopefully, apply buffs and nerfs more actively and if necessary limit seasons/regulations to specific or certain gimmicks exclusively

>>58130892 (OP)
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH
laugh at compniggers
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA

>>58132435
?compchads won doebeit?

>>58132439
>you VILL play our format exclusively and you VILL buy ze microtransactions
They lost

>>58132471
?its a free phone game doebeit?

>>58132471
You can't buy the points that you spend to change pokemon stats and natures

also IVs are gone.

>>58131474
desu if they are going to be nefing/buffin stuff I whish they touched upon a few abilites, specially those that are redundant (battle armor(shell aromor for example, keen eye/illumination, for example).

>>58132651
megakino won

>free to play
>but there will be a paid version with exclusive items
>pay to win
Lmao who will take this comp seriously?

>>58132651
BASED

>>58132489
Wait what about weird strats for 0 iv pokemon and hidden power gimmicks and trick room gimmicks.


Is hidden power just a showdown thing now?

oh, they will allow you transfer pokemon in from pokemon home

so the same cheating will be the rule of the day

i will be a honest only champions player, thoughbeit.

>>58134306
Hidden power hasn’t been a thing for two gens and even in PLA it worked completely differently

>>58131038
It's being shilled rn to coincide with Ults Dark Ball in the anime which has a Dragonite inside of it. Typical pokemon marketing, they'll eventually release a tomy plush of it too if they haven't already.

thoughbeit, im the type of guy that would pay to get my team in champions...as long as it let's me transfer them to home

i'll be rental team guy

>>58134355
It's gonna be like Battle Revolution: You can import a copy of your mons in, not transfer the single instance of them back-and-forth.