Recent content by neophenx

Problem. Lead Talonflame, then opponent plays N/Judge/Red Card. Wasted attack for only 40 damage.

I just about bust a gut laughing while reading this. Great work, Pokefriends!

The biggest issue with adding a sideboard, though, is that the game isn't designed for it. People keep comparing it to Magic and Yugioh, but those games don't generally have the amount of draw and search power as Pokemon does, something that experienced Magic and Yugioh players tell me...

So, by your own logic, Pikachu, Charizard, Mewtwo and Lucario also deserve no popularity. And again, I point out that Greninja being "shoved in people's faces" didn't start happening until at least a year after release. I already mentioned that, while planned for smash, it could have been...

And you don't HAVE to like Greninja. The point I'm making is that yes, it's clearly a thought-out design. However, that doesn't make it automatically forced. What actions were taken that lack integrity? How are you even defining the word, "integrity?" Cuz it looks to me like you're just playing...

What I don't understand is what you define as "legitimate" popularity vs "fabricated." For one, you're trying to turn it into a legal-vs-illegal analogy, but doing so implies that something is inherently wrong with Greninja's fame. Sure, I'll concede that Greninja was probably designed to do...

Simple question. You said Greninja was planned years, specifically your word, "years," before Smash 4. Plural. What data supports this? Even if it was planned in XY's development cycle, why such a huge push against a so-called "fabricated" popularity? What makes popularity "legitimate?"...

You mean like how you dismissed my point that you seem to act like you have absolute knowledge of developers intent and design? Because what it looks like is string of complaint after complaint over something you seem to dislike, disguised as a complaint about business design and backed up with...

I dunno. I get by just fine without a side board. Sure I don't win all the time, but I just think about what I'm likely going to see. If there's a lot of night march/vespa/toad+tina going around, Enhanced Hammer and Team Flare Grunt are obvious techs. Really, it brings things down to the...

Did you consider Exp Share for Raikou? When Manny gets KO'd you can save even more energy. At the same time, only 9 total energy sounds kinda low for a deck that does X damage based on how much energy is held, then costing 3 on the initial startup to begin with. This means that a Raikou AND a...

Ah, I get it now. It's a "the Pokemon I like isn't popular" complaint. Ok, I'm done. I get it now.

First off, the deck lacks focus and uses a lot of lackluster cards that you have better options for. Second, the deck has way too much energy. A strong energy core in the current game seems to run eight to twelve energy depending on what the deck needs. I ran a pretty successful Charizard EX...

This looks like a Standard list, not an Expanded list, so Superior Energy Retrieval is moot. Though Fisherman does about the same job. I notice the deck is also missing Battle Compressors, a staple of fire decks alongside Blacksmith. Also, you ARE running EX's, so I'd suggest swapping Brigette...

So you blame a company for using profitable marketing? Cuz that's kind of the entire point of having a business. And "doomed from conception" suggests that you absolutely know what was going through the devs heads at the time they developed the XY games, a clairvoyance I seriously doubt you...

So two years since release and online usage statistics mean that it's just as popular? Sorry, but the empirical evidence across the franchise shows that Greninja is more popular than its counterparts. Do people like the other two? Yes. Nobody's arguing that. However, to say that it's just...