r/PokemonReborn

Based on personal experience on my first run. Honestly played very on and off so I might be misremembering how hard some were.

Greetings

Being about to enter a playthrough in THIS cute fangame, where EVERY Pokémon is available, I wanted to make something a tad different this time: it's easy to blaze through a game with your usual Garchomps and Arcanines, but I wanted to give some love to the underdogs too.

I'm curious to find out which Pokémon are actually the least utilized by the player base for every single generation through a series of surveys, and for each gen the top 5 will constitute my encounter pool (I know this equals to 30+ Pokémon, but trust me, the game is pretty big).

RULES:

1. Write down in the comments, the three Pokémon you used the least in your playthroughs of that region. It can be that you never used them because you heavily dislike them, because they are inconspicuous and bland, or because you never had the chance, or simply have no intention to ever use them, motives can vary.

2. Only final forms will be considered. For example, you may choose Tangela as an option for Gen 1, but if Tangela were to win the survey, that would make Tangrowth uneligible to be selected for Gen 4

3. The Five most selected Pokémon will make up the selection for this Generation. Both single posts and upvotes will be considered. Additionally, I'll make the same survey with a group of friends, who will select ONE additional choice, revving up the total to Six Pokémon per Generation.

4. Regional Forms will be considered part of the Generations they were introduced in (example: Ninetales Alola is considered Gen 7).

5. NO LEGENDARIES

We have a very interesting poll next, as the Unova Dex is officially the biggest of every region. There's tons of options to choose from, and I honestly can't wait to see who will come out on top!

The results this time around were a bit closer: Lumineon and Vespiquen dominated the results, with the other trailing not too far behind, fighting for the last spot. I am pleased to announce that Chatot won the "jury" vote amongst my friends, as it's a Pokémon you basically never see being used. I do feel like Carnivine was robbed a bit, and something curious to me is how close was Porygon to making it in Gen 1, but Porygon Z received so few votes this time. Also, I expected Wormadam and Mothim to rack up a lot more votes. Oh well🤷🏻‍♀️

Previous Results From both Posts (at the time of making this post):

Lumineon - 41 Votes

Vespiquen - 38 Votes

Spiritomb - 27 Votes

Munchlax - 22 Votes

Lickilicky - 21 Votes

Probopass - 20 Votes

Carnivine - 15 Votes

Mantyke, Mothim - 8 Votes

Rhyperior, Electivire - 7 Votes

Magnezone - 6 Votes

Wormadam, Kricketune, Glameow - 5 Votes

Abomasnow - 4 Votes

Skuntank, Porygon Z - 2 Votes

Bastiodon, Chatot, Chingling, Ambipom, Dusknoir, Magmortar, Toxicroak - 1 Vote

What silvally form is this?! & how do i get it?!

Greetings

Being about to enter a playthrough in THIS cute fangame, where EVERY Pokémon is available, I wanted to make something a tad different this time: it's easy to blaze through a game with your usual Garchomps and Arcanines, but I wanted to give some love to the underdogs too.

I'm curious to find out which Pokémon are actually the least utilized by the player base for every single generation through a series of surveys, and for each gen the top 5 will constitute my encounter pool (I know this equals to 30+ Pokémon, but trust me, the game is pretty big).

RULES:

1. Write down in the comments, the three Pokémon you used the least in your playthroughs of that region. It can be that you never used them because you heavily dislike them, because they are inconspicuous and bland, or because you never had the chance, or simply have no intention to ever use them, motives can vary.

2. Only final forms will be considered. For example, you may choose Tangela as an option for Gen 1, but if Tangela were to win the survey, that would make Tangrowth uneligible to be selected for Gen 4

3. The Five most selected Pokémon will make up the selection for this Generation. Both single posts and upvotes will be considered. Additionally, I'll make the same survey with a group of friends, who will select ONE additional choice, revving up the total to Six Pokémon per Generation.

4. Regional Forms will be considered part of the Generations they were introduced in (example: Ninetales Alola is considered Gen 7).

5. NO LEGENDARIES

Arguably the hardest poll for everyone is next, since the Kalos Pokédex sports a measly 72 Pokémon to choose from! Even less if you consider legendaries, so I'm sure the Pokémon nobody used/wishes to use are harder to count.

This poll gifted me with arguably the strongest Pokémon so far, which I'm not really sure I deserved😂 but I'll take it! I guess if nobody used them it is in the spirit of the poll still. Shoutout to Queen Durant who almost made it, yet narrowly lost :( the winner of my friends' poll is the cryptic Cryogonal! Excited for this one :D

Previous Results From both Posts (at the time of making this post):

Hydreigon - 23 Votes

Zoroark - 15 Votes

Escavalier - 15 Votes

Heatmor - 14 Votes

Accelgor - 14 Votes

Durant - 13 Votes

Bisharp, Mienshao - 8 Votes

Alomomola, Simisear, Simipour, Bouffalant, Basculin, Emolga, Watchog - 2 Votes

Garbodor, Vanilluxe, Druddigon, Volcarona, Mandibuzz, Braviary - 1 Vote

Tha way I’m doing this run is that my team is SET, no changing any members out, no matter tha obstacle, has been FUN so far!

Greetings

Being about to enter a playthrough in THIS cute fangame, where EVERY Pokémon is available, I wanted to make something a tad different this time: it's easy to blaze through a game with your usual Garchomps and Arcanines, but I wanted to give some love to the underdogs too.

I'm curious to find out which Pokémon are actually the least utilized by the player base for every single generation through a series of surveys, and for each gen the top 5 will constitute my encounter pool (I know this equals to 30+ Pokémon, but trust me, the game is pretty big).

RULES:

1. Write down in the comments, the three Pokémon you used the least in your playthroughs of that region. It can be that you never used them because you heavily dislike them, because they are inconspicuous and bland, or because you never had the chance, or simply have no intention to ever use them, motives can vary.

2. Only final forms will be considered. For example, you may choose Tangela as an option for Gen 1, but if Tangela were to win the survey, that would make Tangrowth uneligible to be selected for Gen 4

3. The Five most selected Pokémon will make up the selection for this Generation. Both single posts and upvotes will be considered. Additionally, I'll make the same survey with a group of friends, who will select ONE additional choice, revving up the total to Six Pokémon per Generation.

4. Regional Forms will be considered part of the Generations they were introduced in (example: Ninetales Alola is considered Gen 7).

5. NO LEGENDARIES

The fan favorite Generation is finally here! Sinnoh houses a lot of powerful Pokémon, so I wonder who will come out on top! A few ground rules: you MAY vote for Wormadam, but only for one pattern. And the three patterns are treated as different species. This is to (hopefully) avoid using three of them, since I reckon most would just vote the three forms as their top three💀 and, you MAY select a baby Pokémon (Bonsly or Chingling etc.), but keep in mind I will use their EVOLUTION. And obviously, Tangrowth and Mismagius are both DISABLED from the voting.

For those puzzled by the end Results of Hoenn, here's a simple explanation: y'all made Plusle, Minun and Illumise win, so I didn't feel like excluding Volbeat, who came in sixth anyways. And, my friends' group's survey reached a tie between Swalot and Kecleon, and both sides refused to declare one simple winner. So I thought, why not try them all? :D

I feel like I respected the polls by including the top 5 anyways (you monsters are making me use Luvdisc for crying out loud), so might as well have some fun and spice it up!

Previous Results from Both Posts (at the time of making this post):

Milotic - 47 Votes

Luvdisc - 46 Votes

Illumise - 42 Votes

Plusle - 37 Votes

Minun - 35 Votes

Volbeat - 31 Votes

Chimecho - 23 Votes

Castform, Nosepass - 19 Votes

Salamence - 13 Votes

Huntail, Gorebyss - 11 Votes

Tropius - 10 Votes

Relicanth - 6 Votes

Spinda, Delcatty - 4 Votes

Grumpig - 3 Votes

Hariyama, Exploud, Kecleon - 2 Votes

Swalot, Masquerain, Dusclops, Sableye - 1 Vote

I finally managed to beat this titan of a game, postgame and all. And I gotta say? This is hands down one of the best Pokémon games I have ever played PERIOD. And this is coming from someone who thought the Gen V sequels were peak. Yeah, the flair does say “Rant”, but this is more so of a general rant than purely negative. But don’t worry, I will get into to some of… that. For now, the elephant in the room. This tierlist. I figured if I was going to talk about my time with this game, a tierlist about who I liked and disliked would help nicely. But for the sake of not making this longer than it probably will be, I'll only list the more notable ones.

• Characters

First up, Eclipse and Aster: For pretty minor characters, these two honestly reached out to me the most. Especially Eclipse. Not only can I sympathize with her reasoning behind literally everything, but it makes it all the more heartbreaking when she gets attacked and you just see Aster defeated over all of it. No joke, that scene genuinely messed me up. And it made it even worse when her father fell into a depressive state. Besides, on a more positive note, Eclipse and Aster's relationship as partners is just fun and heartwarming. They did not need to go this hard for what were otherwise just your run of the mill evil team admins, and yet they somehow became my favourites. On the opposite end…!

Sirius (And his Chandelure): Yeah, if Eclipse and Aster are my favourites, it should be no surprise that I absolutely LOATHE this wannabe edgelord. And I think that can be said for everyone. This guy… really sucks. There is that one moment where he almost gets blown up which was comical, but other than that, not even pre-postgame Lin was that bad in the edgy department. Bro genuinely tried to squeeze out one last remark while burning in lava. And honestly? He’s actually managed to make me hate Chandelure now purely because of what happened with Eclipse. Just for the record, I thought Chandelure was pretty cool in design and lore, but now it appears that lore is what makes me hate it now. Onto a more… odd topic…

Cain: I want to start off by saying I don’t hate him. Not at all. He’s a really good character. The only reason why he’s so low is… well, I just don’t like his design. To be fair, I'm not really a huge fan of makeup, and I'm definitely not a huge fan of the goth design. I will give him credit in that it works exceptionally well for a former Poison-Type Gym Leader, so he does get that. Yeah, nothing much for it. He’s a good guy.

Fern: I'll admit, this list was made before the Mewtwo stuff. But now? I like to imagine his placement is the version of him before becoming a better person. And man, if you like Silver, you will love Fern. He’s literally Silver tenfold. A snotty rival who only cares about surpassing you, only to grow a conscience and try to be a better person towards the end. He’s a really good character and they do an exceptional job at making you hate him. So much so, I almost STILL didn’t forgive him for all the bullshit he put me through even AFTER he saved me.

And finally, Terra and Postgame Lin: They’re both very fun. I like a good character who just does what they want because it’s fun and these two are both textbook definitions of it. At first, I was a little annoyed at Terra's shenanigans, but I did soon learn to just adapt to it and enjoy the chaos. When you learn to accept it, she becomes way more fun. And postgame Lin… she’s also fun. I can see why Terra sees her as a sister. They’re very alike. I think Lin just needed friends to be around.

• Tangents

Now that the characters are out of the way, time to get into… the tangent-y parts. Both in this game and out of this game.

Now, I’m well aware of how hard this game is. Even Red shudders at maxed EV Arceus. But there were a few times where luck was required. Especially for a *certain Elite Four duo…* But even then, despite my moments of… totally zero anger issues… I did enjoy this game. The same… cannot be said for the puzzles. Yeah, a lot of these puzzles were so not fun to try and solve, I did end up skipping most of them with that password. Now, don’t worry, I did not skip the WTC. And when I was starting to figure it out, that section actually ended up being pretty fun. But sadly, a lot of puzzles in this game just seem so confusing or complicated to the point where I had to have a guide open just so I could proceed if I COULDN'T skip a puzzle that was giving me a hard time. I also kind of wish almost every area didn’t have some convoluted puzzle that I had to get through just to get by? Now, I don’t think every puzzle was bad, but I also think most of them weren’t great and could’ve been handled better.

As for the outside parts of this game, I've heard some people say this game is overly edgy and it’s like… yeah, it’s definitely darker than even Pokémon Insurgence, but it’s definitely not that bad. I mean, the worst offenders are, who, Sirius and Pre-Postgame Lin? And even then, Lin does get more fun in said postgame, so she doesn’t technically even count?? Besides, I don’t think a dark story needs to be stigmatized as “Oh, they’re just being edgy for the sake of being edgy!” I mean, that just tells me that you didn’t pay attention to the story one bit if that’s your takeaway, because that’s a wild statement to be making. It’s fine if it’s not for you, but don’t be surprised that the game is dark when the first lines of dialogue is literally warning you about how much of a dump the city is, soon followed by a train bombing. I also saw this one post online about how the game is bloated??? I mean, yeah, it’s a long game. It took me, what, almost a week to finish it? But I don’t think it’s that bad. Johto is only two gym badges short of Reborn and if you think this game, in which most side quests are optional by the way, is bloated, you would fall over at the sight of Skyrim or Fallout 4.

• Closing Thoughts

Anyway, this has gone on long enough, so I guess the main takeaway is: This is a really good, really hard and sometimes frustrating, Pokémon fangame, and I think it’s going to be awhile before another Pokémon game in general knocks this off its proverbial throne. Oh yeah, and the OST? Absolutely peak. GlitchCity, as well as the other artists, all made absolute bangers, even if they weren’t directly tied to this project. My favourites are definitely Pace (Johto Legendary Beast Remix v.II by GlitchCity), the Rival Theme (Iris Remix by GlitchCity), and VS Trainer 2. (Emerald Frontier Brain Remix by GlitchCity. They did not need to choose a theme that hard for a trainer battle.) 10 years in the making, and boy does the effort show. Congrats to the dev team for constructing a masterpiece.

Greetings

Being about to enter a playthrough in a cute fangame, where EVERY Pokémon is available, I wanted to make something a tad different this time: it's easy to blaze through a game with your usual Garchomps and Arcanines, but I wanted to give some love to the underdogs too.

I'm curious to find out which Pokémon are actually the least utilized by the player base for every single generation through a series of surveys, and for each gen the top 5 will constitute my encounter pool (I know this equals to 30+ Pokémon, but trust me, the game is pretty big).

RULES:

1. Write down in the comments, the three Pokémon you used the least in your playthroughs of that region. It can be that you never used them because you heavily dislike them, because they are inconspicuous and bland, or because you never had the chance, or simply have no intention to ever use them, motives can vary.

2. Only final forms will be considered. For example, you may choose Tangela as an option for Gen 1, but if Tangela were to win the survey, that would make Tangrowth uneligible to be selected for Gen 4

3. The Five most selected Pokémon will make up the selection for this Generation. Both single posts and upvotes will be considered. Additionally, I'll make the same survey with a group of friends, who will select ONE additional choice, revving up the total to Six Pokémon per Generation.

4. Regional Forms will be considered part of the Generations they were introduced in (example: Ninetales Alola is considered Gen 7).

5. NO LEGENDARIES

The final generation is at hand, as we delve into Paldea's huge roster! I've decided to apply some much needed limitations: since they are post-game material, Paradox Pokémon are EXCLUDED from this voting. Keeping that in mind, let us come to a conclusion of this lovely series! :D

Results were much more split this time around, and the 5th place resulted in a three way tie. Since I always use Ursaluna, and I kinda dislike Sneasler (I mean, don't we all?), I've decided to give Basculegion some time in the spotlight. Inteleon unanimously won my friends' survey, and before its fans come for me, I am not happy about it winning either🥲

Previous Results From both Posts (at the time of making this post):

Pincurchin - 22 Votes

Stonjourner - 21 Votes

Runerigus - 11 Votes

Arctovish - 10 Votes

Basculegion - 3 Votes

Ursaluna, Sneasler - 3 Votes

Frosmoth - 2 Votes

Mr. Rime, Cursola, Sirfetch'd - 1 Vote

Greetings

Being about to enter a playthrough in THIS cute fangame, where EVERY Pokémon is available, I wanted to make something a tad different this time: it's easy to blaze through a game with your usual Garchomps and Arcanines, but I wanted to give some love to the underdogs too.

I'm curious to find out which Pokémon are actually the least utilized by the player base for every single generation through a series of surveys, and for each gen the top 5 will constitute my encounter pool (I know this equals to 30+ Pokémon, but trust me, the game is pretty big).

RULES:

1. Write down in the comments, the three Pokémon you used the least in your playthroughs of that region. It can be that you never used them because you heavily dislike them, because they are inconspicuous and bland, or because you never had the chance, or simply have no intention to ever use them, motives can vary.

2. Only final forms will be considered. For example, you may choose Tangela as an option for Gen 1, but if Tangela were to win the survey, that would make Tangrowth uneligible to be selected for Gen 4

3. The Five most selected Pokémon will make up the selection for this Generation. Both single posts and upvotes will be considered. Additionally, I'll make the same survey with a group of friends, who will select ONE additional choice, revving up the total to Six Pokémon per Generation.

4. Regional Forms will be considered part of the Generations they were introduced in (example: Ninetales Alola is considered Gen 7).

5. NO LEGENDARIES

It's time to fly to Alola, and here things might get tricky thanks to Rule 4! Every single ALOLAN FORM is eligible to be selected, since it was introduced in Generation 7! And they are not Legendaries, but I have decided to also ban Ultra Beasts from the voting. Being found pre-Post Game, Silvally WILL be eligible for voting. However, to make things more fair to the Native Alolan mons, at least TWO out of the three votes available has to be used on Alolan mons, with the remaining if you want, for an Alolan Form. This oughta make it more interesting!

Voting affluence was decidedly small, much like Kalos' dex, and it was very close! Within my friends' group, Dedenne won almost unanimously. Excited for this batch, but sad Dragalge and Gogoat lost in the end!

Previous Results From both Posts (at the time of making this post):

Avalugg - 10 Votes

Gourgeist - 10 Votes

Clawitzer - 8 Votes

Diggersby, Goodra - 6 Votes

Gogoat, Dragalge, Carbink - 5 Votes

Chesnaught, Furfrou - 4 Votes

Meowstic F., Noivern - 3 Votes

Slurpuff - 2 Votes

Klefki, Pyroar - I'm sorry... zero points.

Greetings

Being about to enter a playthrough in THIS cute fangame, where EVERY Pokémon is available, I wanted to make something a tad different this time: it's easy to blaze through a game with your usual Garchomps and Arcanines, but I wanted to give some love to the underdogs too.

I'm curious to find out which Pokémon are actually the least utilized by the player base for every single generation through a series of surveys, and for each gen the top 5 will constitute my encounter pool (I know this equals to 30+ Pokémon, but trust me, the game is pretty big).

RULES:

1. Write down in the comments, the three Pokémon you used the least in your playthroughs of that region. It can be that you never used them because you heavily dislike them, because they are inconspicuous and bland, or because you never had the chance, or simply have no intention to ever use them, motives can vary.

2. Only final forms will be considered. For example, you may choose Tangela as an option for Gen 1, but if Tangela were to win the survey, that would make Tangrowth uneligible to be selected for Gen 4

3. The Five most selected Pokémon will make up the selection for this Generation. Both single posts and upvotes will be considered. Additionally, I'll make the same survey with a group of friends, who will select ONE additional choice, revving up the total to Six Pokémon per Generation.

4. Regional Forms will be considered part of the Generations they were introduced in (example: Ninetales Alola is considered Gen 7).

5. NO LEGENDARIES

We proceed on to Hoenn! Whoever dowvoted Unown and upvoted Skarmory, you have my most INFINITE gratitude. Among my friends' poll, Slowking won the sixth spot! Though one of them is mad because she adamantly wanted Politoed to win, I think it's a pretty good choice!

There's not many considerations to do, since this time around there were basically no ties. Magcargo absolutely dominated the polls, and I'm quite shocked Misdreavus made it. Personally, I'm kinda sad I won't get to try Octillery, I feel like that one is the definition of underdog.

Previous Results From both Posts (at the time of making this post):

Magcargo - 52 Votes

Houndoom - 31 Votes

Tyranitar - 29 Votes

Misdreavus - 23 Votes

Skarmory - 19 Votes

Unown, Murkrow - 18 Votes

Octillery - 15 Votes

Slowking - 9 Votes

Delibird - 8 Votes

Sunflora - 7 Votes

Blissey, Aipom - 4 Votes

Noctowl, Ledian, Scizor - 3 Votes

Wobbuffet, Jumpluff - I'm sorry.. zero points.

Greetings

Being about to enter a playthrough in a cute fangame, where EVERY Pokémon is available, I wanted to make something a tad different this time: it's easy to blaze through a game with your usual Garchomps and Arcanines, but I wanted to give some love to the underdogs too.

I'm curious to find out which Pokémon are actually the least utilized by the player base for every single generation through a series of surveys, and for each gen the top 5 will constitute my encounter pool (I know this equals to 30+ Pokémon, but trust me, the game is pretty big).

RULES:

1. Write down in the comments, the three Pokémon you used the least in your playthroughs of that region. It can be that you never used them because you heavily dislike them, because they are inconspicuous and bland, or because you never had the chance, or simply have no intention to ever use them, motives can vary.

2. Only final forms will be considered. For example, you may choose Tangela as an option for Gen 1, but if Tangela were to win the survey, that would make Tangrowth uneligible to be selected for Gen 4

3. The Five most selected Pokémon will make up the selection for this Generation. Both single posts and upvotes will be considered. Additionally, I'll make the same survey with a group of friends, who will select ONE additional choice, revving up the total to Six Pokémon per Generation.

4. Regional Forms will be considered part of the Generations they were introduced in (example: Ninetales Alola is considered Gen 7).

5. NO LEGENDARIES

Next up is Johto! Remember, Smoochum is DISABLED from the poll since her evo won Kanto.

A few considerations: Jynx clearly won the surveys, alongside Parasect and Seaking. For the others there was a massive tie at the 9 Votes mark, so I decided to go with the only one out of these mons I had never used, aka Machamp. Hypno and Porygon I both used, so I went with a coin flip, and Tangela was actually the mon selected by my friends group's survey. I tried to be as fair as I could, let me know if there could be improvements for the next surveys!

Previous Results From both Posts (at the time of making this post):

Jynx - 14 Votes

Parasect and Seaking - 13 Votes

Alakazam, Gengar, Machamp, Ditto, Pidgeot, Wigglytuff - 9 Votes

Hypno, Porygon - 8 Votes

Tangela, Hitmonlee - 7 Votes

Kabutops, Farfetch'd, Arbok - 5 Votes

Persian, Omastar, Chansey - 4 Votes

Blastoise, Mr. Mime, Venomoth - 2 Votes

Muk, Marowak, Raichu, Raticate, Magmar, Ninetales, Lickitung, Rapidash, Aerodactyl - 1 Vote

P. S. = anyone who voted Big Man Blastoise, ya'll tripping

So I made a post awhile back asking for tips for my partner through Reborn, despite only knowing about Unbound and PokeMMO this is the team that was made by her, and she is about to take on the first gym. Do you think she has a chance? (Dont worry, we turned passwords on to make it at least more tolerable.)

I hate it here

From this point forward its a lot of Baton Pass shenanigans with Blaziken, also gonna be rapid firing out a few videos I have just finished beating the Elite 4 and the 3 Lin battles and am gonna start editing them down and together.

It's not turbo mode activating, it's only when I press select/talk/interact on this tile in front of Grand Hall

Greetings

Being about to enter a playthrough in this cute fangame, where EVERY Pokémon is available, I wanted to make something a tad different this time: it's easy to blaze through a game with your usual Garchomps and Arcanines, but I wanted to give some love to the underdogs too.

I'm curious to find out which Pokémon are actually the least utilized by the player base for every single generation through a series of surveys, and for each gen the top 5 will constitute my encounter pool (I know this equals to 30+ Pokémon, but trust me, the game is pretty big).

RULES :

1. Write down in the comments, the THREE Pokémon you used the least in your playthroughs of that region. It can be that you never used them because you heavily dislike them, because they are inconspicuous and bland, or because you never had the chance, or simply have no intention to ever use them, motives can vary.

2. Only final forms will be considered. For example, you may choose Tangela as an option for Gen 1, but if Tangela were to win the survey, that would make Tangrowth uneligible to be selected for Gen 4

3. The Five most selected Pokémon will make up the selection for this Generation. Both single posts and upvotes will be considered. Additionally, I'll make the same survey with a group of friends, who will select ONE additional choice, revving up the total to Six Pokémon per Generation.

4. Regional Forms will be considered part of the Generations they were introduced in (example: Ninetales Alola is considered Gen 7).

First up is Kanto! Let me know the reasonings behind your choices, and if you have additional ideas! ^^

Edit: Okay I thought it went without saying but, NO LEGENDARIES