Starter Pokemon for Pearl and Diamond revealed

[Psychotic]

Three constants were Lapras, Snorlax, and Articuno, and the rest would be Jolteon/surfing Raichu, Slowbro/Starmie, and Mewtwo/Alakazam.

[Tavrobel]

Rock does not do extra damage to Electric as Grass did to Water, nor does Electric become weakened against Rock Pokemon.

[Rengori]

Rock does not do extra damage to Electric as Grass did to Water, nor does Electric become weakened against Rock Pokemon.

Right, but most Rock Pokemon have ground as a second element.

And as for the what team did you use question, it changed throughout each playthrough. Though early on anything with sand-attack works fine.

[DK]

Rock does not do extra damage to Electric as Grass did to Water, nor does Electric become weakened against Rock Pokemon.

Electric moves don't effect rock Pokemon though, do they? at least I remember so, I haven't played it for ages, mind. At any rate they barely effected it.

[Hambone]

Must...have...penguin.

[Tavrobel]

Rock does not do extra damage to Electric as Grass did to Water, nor does Electric become weakened against Rock Pokemon.

Electric moves don't effect rock Pokemon though, do they? at least I remember so, I haven't played it for ages, mind. At any rate they barely effected it.

When you attack a Pokemon that is PURE Rock, then Electric does do regular damage. In the case of Aerodactyl (which is also Flying), Electric attacks only did a multiplier of 2x after Red/Blue (where the elements had incorrect prioritiy ratings: for instance, one could use Ice Beam, and kill Gyrados in one hit, when it should not have).

However, as Rengori pointed out, most Rock Pokemon have Ground as a secondary element. The few that did not have Ground had a weakness to Electric, which also confirms that Electric affects Rock normally.

In the original games, Psychic actually did extra damage to Ghost, even when it was not supposed to. This occured because all of the Ghost Pokemon had the second attribute Poison, so they did the math wrong. Wierd, no?

[Erdrick Holmes]

Feraligatr+Lanturn+Alakazam+Mewtwo+Lugia+Tyranitar=pwned.

[Malboro_Menace]

Charizard, Raichu, Mew, Lapras, Pidgeot and Golem was good. Mew would make up for the elements I didn't have so it owned for me.

Whenever they release a new set of games they always put in enough new extra stuff for it to still be enjoyable. I got Emerald yesterday and I'm lookin forward to playing that but this using Wi-Fi... That will be so mad.

[Del Murder]

Three constants were Lapras, Snorlax, and Articuno, and the rest would be Jolteon/surfing Raichu, Slowbro/Starmie, and Mewtwo/Alakazam.

A man after my own (poke)heart.

Articuno was by far the best of them, but Lapras was an institution in my group and I didn't really care for another ice type.

[DK]

I liked it every now and then because I could give it fly, and it was a better bird type than the normal ones, Pidgeot and Spearow etc, but Lapras is indeed a better Ice/Water type.

Arcanine is still my favourite pokemon though. :}

[Skarr]

Arcanine is still my favourite pokemon though. :}

Agreed. *does the watery puppy eyes routine*

[Zeromus_X]

Oh gosh, it's been awhile. I don't know if I can remember what I used to use, but I usually just used the ones I had for the whole game, and never bothered with the 'legendary' ones.

Especially any kitty ones. Snorlax can count as a kitty, can't he?

Anyway, yeah, the designs do look a bit bland, but you can't really blame them after how many monsters that have been made so far. (Almost 500?)

I haven't played any Pocket Monsters games in a very long time. I think I tried one of the GBA ones, which was fun. I might snag any of these, when they come out.

[Maux]

I haven't played any pocket monsters games since ruby, however the look of the penguin may make me do otherwise. I love penguins, huge fan, and will use them to take over the world... Anyway, I like it, I will probably buy it eventually(after all the FF games and a PS3/and whatever system I'll have to buy to play this). After 500 characters and a large demand still, the designs have gotten worse and yet it is still decent, it will continue for awhile.

[Tavrobel]

Arcanine is still my favourite pokemon though. :}

Winnar!

I feel like an ass for hi-jacking the thread, but I wanna ask.

What moves did you teach your Pokemon?

[Zeromus_X]

(On that topic) I also wanted to add how inconvenient it was in the latest game I played (Sapphire) to teach by monsters all the Hidden Moves, as you can't delete them until you find the Move Tutor, who is usually found relatively late in the game. Or maybe my selection sucked, whatever.