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2:15

It is actually pretty chilly here, but

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I don't know. Is it cold? Is

2:19

it cold over by you guys actually?

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This is sublime man, by the way.

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Yes. And lenient. It's just kind of

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cold. It's cold. Yeah. I mean, I

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was in your neck of the woods

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like last week, and it was... It

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was like 40, but it was like

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a bone chilling 40? I don't know

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how to describe it. It was like

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terrible. The wind. Yeah, and it's humid,

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so it just cuts. Because like I

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got here, I got back home and

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it's like 20 degrees, right? Instead of

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40. And it's much, much, much more

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tolerable, I feel like, sometimes, at 20

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here. We've been getting, I've been, it's

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been around freezing freezing this week when

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I wake up right around there. Yeah,

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well that's because there's actually like a

3:02

Russian weather, either way. Welcome to the

3:04

Puckle podcast, Puckle of course, standing for

3:06

the Pokemon Underground Champions League, a nonsensical

3:08

name we came up with in 2007,

3:11

where we talk everything Pokemon from the

3:13

trading card game to the video game

3:15

to everything in between. Yay. Which now

3:17

includes Pokemon TCG pocket. Yeah, get that

3:20

pocket. Is that in between? Like that's

3:22

TCG, like that's just TCG. I

3:25

mean it's not real TCG. I mean

3:27

it is the it is the Pokemon

3:29

dual links. I mean that's that's what

3:31

it is. Yeah. It is Pokemon dual

3:33

links and I would I mean I

3:35

would call that like I would call

3:37

that Yugio TCG still. I think that

3:39

uses actual real Yugio cards though and

3:41

these are like it does it does

3:43

specifically for this. They do have cards

3:45

specifically for that I wouldn't be surprised

3:47

if in like a year or two

3:49

like a year or two like there's

3:51

a Pokemon Go-esque set for the TCs.

3:53

That's like the Pokemon Pocket TCG set.

3:56

There's just the small problem of all

3:58

the cards would be unplayably bad. No,

4:00

what they would... probably do is I

4:02

would imagine they would like do HD

4:04

adjustments and stuff like that and they

4:06

would they would just print the art

4:08

like it's good it's mostly gonna be

4:10

for art let's be honest like it's

4:12

just gonna be for art it's not

4:14

gonna be for anything else you know

4:16

I'll be collecting mm-hmm yeah no it

4:18

is a fun no it is a

4:20

be collecting mm-hmm yeah no it is

4:22

a fun I mean I like it's

4:24

a fun I mean the game tells

4:26

me I've got the game tells me

4:29

I go to bed no yeah I

4:31

got my two packs a day and

4:33

I think it's far healthier than cigarettes.

4:35

I was about to do a cigarette

4:37

show. You beat you to it. I

4:39

know, I felt that like as soon

4:41

as I said it, I'm like, it's

4:43

here, it's right here. But yeah, I

4:45

was, I mean, I like the game.

4:47

I think it's fine. Yeah, I think

4:49

it's fine. I need to sit down

4:51

and start looking through my actual physical

4:53

decks for like real TCcG again. And

4:55

finished some of some of some of

4:57

those. Some of those, some of those,

4:59

like, like, like, like, like, like, like,

5:01

like, like, like, like, like, like, like,

5:04

like, like, like, like, like, like, like,

5:06

like, like, like, like, like, like, IRL,

5:08

I really like it because it's just

5:10

like really meemie and especially like on

5:12

the online ladder like a lot of

5:14

people don't know what you're doing so

5:16

you can just kind of come on

5:18

a nowhere and just win games with

5:20

it. And a lot of people are

5:22

playing Charzard right now because Charzard's easy

5:24

to play and they just came out

5:26

with that league battle deck which is

5:28

essentially like a tier one deck in

5:30

a box for like 30 bucks that

5:32

Pokemon just sells by the way. Yeah

5:34

they know how to get what they

5:37

know how to get what they want.

5:39

like some of the staples. Like the

5:41

big one has been prime catcher, which

5:43

has been sitting at like $30 for

5:45

a while, it's down to I think

5:47

like 10 now, because they released the,

5:49

they released that deck and it includes

5:51

a prime catcher, which is great. Like,

5:53

I mean, they're, their, Pokemon is being

5:55

really good to their players in that

5:57

they are reprinting staples that are like

5:59

playable cards, like, in mass. So I

6:01

don't, I honestly can't think of a

6:03

card that's more than like, like, like,

6:05

like, like, like, like, like, like, And

6:07

if it is more than $10, it's

6:09

a splashable card that you can use

6:12

like almost every deck. It's a one-time

6:14

investment. Yeah, that card is down to

6:16

$11 right now. Not quite the 10

6:18

I said, but I mean, $11 is

6:20

not that much different. The difference between

6:22

$10 and $11 is the simultaneously 10%

6:24

and zero. I mean, you just make

6:26

that you just make that you buy

6:28

the one, you only need to play

6:30

one in your deck. You can't play

6:32

more than one. Anyway, so it's really

6:34

nice in terms of that, plus. the

6:36

entirety of like what you need for

6:38

Charzard Pigeot. So, and Pigeot itself is

6:40

also just like a splashable line to

6:42

put in a lot of decks. Pigeot

6:45

love how many decks are using Pigeot.

6:47

Yeah, Pigeot's a fun card. I love

6:49

that Pigeot's getting played. I feel like

6:51

this is the biggest moment for Pigeot,

6:53

you know, yes. Well, since the mega,

6:55

Pigeot wasn't the best, but it was

6:57

fine. I mean it had its moment

6:59

in whatever tier it, in whatever tier

7:01

it was in whatever tier it was

7:03

in, in whatever tier it was in,

7:05

in, it was in, in, in, in,

7:07

in, in, in, in, in, in, in,

7:09

in, in, in, in, in, in, in,

7:11

in, in, in, in, in, in, in,

7:13

in, whatever, in, in, in, in, in,

7:15

in, in, in, in, in, in, in,

7:18

in, in, I can't fact-check that, but

7:20

it sounds right. Yeah, you know, because

7:22

it had the hurricane. It had the

7:24

hurricane. Yeah, it had no guard hurricane,

7:26

which was really good. Which was really

7:28

good. And I mean, its coverage is

7:30

not bad, and Mega Pigiot's, how bad?

7:32

Because everything gets heat with. I hope

7:34

we get to see Mega Pigiote again.

7:36

Well, maybe in ZA. I'm hopeful that

7:38

it being in Legends might mean that

7:40

it's in Gen10 as well, but I'm

7:42

hopeful, I'm not certain. Or would put

7:44

money on that? I don't, I don't

7:46

know man, I don't know anything about

7:48

legends and the fact it's been a

7:50

year, like I knew this was gonna

7:53

be the case, but it still feels,

7:55

like I keep forgetting, I was like,

7:57

what's the next Pokemon game out? I

7:59

was trying to think about this the

8:01

other day, my husband looked me like

8:03

Z to A, and I went, all

8:05

right, I just haven't thought about it

8:07

in seven months, 10 months. Yep, yeah,

8:09

yeah, they did not, they did not,

8:11

they did not talk about it at

8:13

all. Like they haven't given us like

8:15

a little taste or anything which at

8:17

this point means we're not hearing it

8:19

until Pokemon day right like yeah no

8:21

they're not gonna they're not gonna drop

8:23

a January 7th trailer yeah to be

8:26

fair they have done that in the

8:28

past that's how they announced X and

8:30

Y I was like a very early

8:32

January trailer it was before they really

8:34

started hyping up Pokemon day to be

8:36

fair so it was really before Pokemon

8:38

day was like their big thing that

8:40

they would try to do and even

8:42

now like I I think like the

8:44

first time couple times they try to

8:46

do it starting with Pokemon 20 It

8:48

was really cool and it was really

8:50

hype because they'd have some like cool

8:52

announcements and they dropped some cute little

8:54

things like it would be really cool

8:56

if they would just drop like red

8:58

blue and yellow on the switch online.

9:01

You know that'd be great. It would.

9:03

That'd be really cool. I mean they

9:05

added Pokemon Stadium. Anyway, let's talk about

9:07

some other things aren't going to happen.

9:09

I mean everything we talk about. I

9:11

mean it'd be really cute. just to

9:13

drop those on online on Pokemon Day.

9:15

But honestly, my prediction is if that

9:17

does happen, it'll happen in 2026 on

9:19

the 30th anniversary. It'll be like, here's

9:21

our 30th anniversary, here you go, Pokemon,

9:23

blue and yellow. And honestly, at this

9:25

point, I just think that Zeta A

9:27

is going, Pokemon, blue and yellow. And

9:29

honestly, at this point, I just think

9:31

that Zeta A is just think that

9:34

Zeta A is just gonna be November.

9:36

No, because they were just gonna be,

9:38

no. I would love to be wrong

9:40

and surprised that we get two mainline

9:42

Pokemon games next year. But I honestly

9:44

do think that the Pokemon company is

9:46

aware of like consumer fatigue on that

9:48

as well. I think they are. I

9:50

think they're taking the know. They saw

9:52

what happened to Marvel and you know

9:54

other companies. There's certainly like some consumer

9:56

fatigue. And just generally, I think they

9:58

wouldn't, if they were going to do

10:00

that, they'd need to signal to their

10:02

audience, hey. This is the money situation

10:04

because they their main target audience is

10:06

kids. Yes, of course, yeah. Yeah, I

10:09

mean, they're 100% just, I think they're

10:11

aware, and I do think they took

10:13

the criticism of like, the performance of

10:15

Scarlet and Violent at launch to heart.

10:17

I mean, they put out a statement

10:19

about it after it came out, being

10:21

like that they, or at least letting

10:23

us know that they were aware of

10:25

all of the criticism. So I can

10:27

imagine like, as a Japanese company, there

10:29

might be like some pride or honor

10:31

thing that goes along with that, and

10:33

they may try to improve in the

10:35

future. companies tend to try on their

10:37

try to do well at least if

10:39

they want to have any if they're

10:42

in a semi-competitive space. Yeah of course

10:44

absolutely I I think they want to

10:46

make sure that they can accelerate the

10:48

brand and make sure that it's still

10:50

going strong and that they don't weaken

10:52

it right mm-hmm people talk about Pokemon

10:54

being like too big to fail which

10:56

is I think kind of true but

10:58

I think you can still weaken your

11:00

brand and you could hurt your future

11:02

profits right like You could stag me.

11:04

I will say, I've been, I had

11:06

to cover for one of my employees

11:08

this week who was on PTO for

11:10

our after-school program at an elementary school

11:12

and those kids are obsessed with Pokemon.

11:15

Man. I think Pokemon cards have like

11:17

really especially taken off recently. Yeah, I

11:19

took some of my, like that I

11:21

had lying around, I took someone cards

11:23

and gave everybody one card and they

11:25

went wild. Yeah. I'm like this was

11:27

a mistake. I should not have done

11:29

this. Yall are similar to me. Oh

11:31

man, yeah, especially if it's like the

11:33

older stuff too. It was from around

11:35

the, I think it was like a

11:37

fates collide stuff. I think from like

11:39

a PuckleCon probably, but... I know what

11:41

you mean. I know what you mean.

11:43

I know what you mean. I know

11:45

what you mean. I know what you

11:47

mean. I'm not giving them my old

11:50

stuff. That's what I mean by older

11:52

stuff, to be fair, is like the

11:54

cards that are Uber valuable, but yeah.

11:56

Well, this has been an intro. Yeah.

11:58

Yeah, we talked about something. Also, I

12:00

have strep throat and... And I need

12:02

that to be known because I can't

12:04

sacrifice anything to give people what they

12:06

want. And I just need people to

12:08

know how hard I work. Well with

12:10

that guys, we appreciate sublime and we

12:12

have to go to the news. So

12:14

let's cue that epic music. Lavender

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Town Radio Tower. It's just in! Welcome

12:35

to the news, in the news. We've

12:37

got a few things to talk about.

12:39

The Netflix anime releases, the next batch

12:42

of episodes on February 7th, this is

12:44

I think like the earliest we've got

12:46

notifications of that, which is kind of

12:49

cool. We are in like the new

12:51

season, too, I think, with that as

12:53

well, like the next season. So that's

12:55

pretty cool. In Unite News, Tinketon releases

12:58

this week, they're also giving away five

13:00

free poke. A couple days probably? Yeah,

13:02

by the time this podcast comes out

13:05

it'll be like a day or two

13:07

after so. They're also giving away five

13:09

free Pokemon for logging in daily, which

13:12

is really cool actually, and I will

13:14

be doing that. That's how this goes.

13:16

As well, Pokemon TV, that app that

13:19

died, has returned, but as a YouTube

13:21

channel that offers full episodes, they released

13:23

the first nine episodes on the first

13:26

day of the channel going live. I

13:28

think it's on. Yeah, well now it's

13:30

on YouTube, so. Well, there you go.

13:32

Yeah, I think it's very, it's very

13:35

interesting they did that. I mean, I

13:37

have seen other companies go this way

13:39

as well, where they just like start

13:42

uploading the old episodes. Like this happened

13:44

with, uh, with like Power Rangers. They've

13:46

just uploaded all the seasons to YouTube

13:49

over, over, over the years. Well, I

13:51

think they're just realizing like how people

13:53

watch TV now too. Like one, nobody

13:56

needs another app, right? Like, and you

13:58

can go to YouTube. and they could

14:00

probably, I don't know if they have

14:03

ads turned on on these or not,

14:05

but they could just make ads revenue

14:07

and there's probably more money than they

14:09

were making on the Pokemon TV app,

14:12

right? So they're getting money for

14:14

their backlog of content and especially

14:16

since, you know, Ash's run is

14:18

done. You can just have Ash's

14:20

run on YouTube. And honestly, these

14:22

are probably higher quality. They're probably

14:24

like HD compared to some of

14:26

the DVDs. Shut. Uh, no, yes

14:28

you have. We know you have.

14:30

I have someone VHS. If you've

14:33

heard of VHS, you've heard of

14:35

VHS. Okay. No, that's not true.

14:37

That's not true. Okay. Well, no,

14:39

but like, they overlapped in their

14:41

existence, okay? They did overlap. They

14:43

did overlap. I definitely have some

14:45

of the VHS's back home. I've

14:47

just been spending the time like

14:50

collecting the DVD sets. Yeah. I

14:52

have some Joto VHS is somewhere.

14:54

Yeah, I've got some Joto on VHS,

14:56

I've got some of the original

14:58

season on VHS. I think you could

15:01

have actually gotten all of like

15:03

the original Indigo League on VHS. The

15:05

problem is, I don't know, this is

15:07

gonna date us, right? But like,

15:09

you get to, you had to like

15:12

get three episodes out of time essentially

15:14

on a VHS. Over 80-some episodes. to

15:16

be able to get the whole season.

15:18

So I mean you do the math

15:21

right there. I think there's like 27

15:23

VHS's and they were probably so like

15:25

$10 a pop back then. Most people

15:27

would just watch it after school though.

15:29

I know I did. Oh yeah, absolutely.

15:31

This was the 90s. So $10. 10

15:34

dollars back then was a lot of

15:36

money. That was like 20 dollars. It

15:38

was like it was a crisp adult

15:40

dollar. That's why I like to call

15:42

my 20s. This is an adult dollar.

15:45

So yeah, it was it was expensive.

15:47

So you would have to spend essentially

15:49

like the equivalent of like $480 for

15:52

the full season. But that was before

15:54

like selling TV shows as seasons

15:56

was like a really big deal or thing

15:58

as well. But yeah, I know some. people actually

16:00

to go around now and try

16:02

to collect the Pokemon VHS sets

16:05

and stuff like that, which I

16:07

mean good for them, you know,

16:09

good for them. I don't know

16:11

that I could ever do that.

16:13

Hipsters are so interesting. Yeah, it's

16:15

like a really cool piece of

16:17

history. I will say that. It

16:19

is a cool piece of history.

16:22

But on that note, what else

16:24

we got? We got, we got

16:26

Scarlet and Violet News. Yeah, so

16:28

a regional for Atlanta has been

16:30

added to the calendar for April.

16:32

And when I first read this,

16:34

I thought Atlanta's not a Pokemon.

16:36

How can it have a regional?

16:38

Seth is very happy. He sent

16:41

me a message. Yeah. When it

16:43

was announced Seth immediately set me

16:45

a DM asking me if I

16:47

wanted to go to Atlanta. And

16:49

I said probably not. At least

16:51

it's a hub. Like it's a

16:53

very easy direct flight. They have

16:55

a really fabulous aquarium I really

16:58

want to visit. Yeah. We'll see.

17:00

Also the new season of dual

17:02

destiny. In Pokemon Go. Yeah. And

17:04

Pokemon Go is going to end

17:06

with the Unova tour in February.

17:08

That's. That's. And there. are no

17:10

Phoenix Wright collaboration at this time

17:12

because dual destinies was a Phoenix

17:14

Wright game. That's the truth. I

17:17

feel like it's also a ugio

17:19

set of some type. Absolutely. It

17:21

actually has to be right? Like

17:23

let me look at it. No,

17:25

dual destinies, ugio. Like that has

17:27

to be a thing. Dual of

17:29

destiny was a thing. Dual of

17:31

the fates is an is an

17:33

instrumental composition from the Japanese Union

17:36

anime So it might have been

17:38

it might have exactly been the

17:40

dual of fates. Yeah a new

17:42

Pokedex UI coming with this month's

17:44

community day on December 21st and

17:46

22nd which is when the winter

17:48

solstices so that's yeah, it'll be

17:50

the darkest It'll be the shortest

17:53

day of the year the most

17:55

depressing day of the year. I

17:57

love it All right, so there's

17:59

some TCG news. Go ahead, Linnean.

18:01

There is. McDonald's cards are likely

18:03

to be coming soon. This year,

18:05

the theme's gonna be dragons. So

18:07

don't be dragon your way out

18:09

there. Umbriana is also there. Should

18:12

hit US probably before Lunar New

18:14

Year. Just don't think about the

18:16

Requaza and Charzard having the deregulation

18:18

stamp. Yeah, that's not, that means

18:20

it's not rotation. Yeah, D is

18:22

like way old now. So these

18:24

are reprints of like O.G. cards

18:26

from like sword and shield. They

18:29

do this a lot though when

18:31

they do like the McDonald's cards.

18:33

They kind of make, I mean,

18:35

I think they purposely choose like

18:37

not playable cards. Just to get

18:39

like kids hooked on like collecting,

18:41

right? and you know you put

18:43

cool cards in there with art

18:45

that already exists like they're just

18:48

reusing it for McDonald's like they

18:50

know what happens if they accidentally

18:52

print something at a promo like

18:54

this yeah yeah no it's it's

18:56

bad for them yeah it's not

18:58

like they're putting new taxes or

19:00

anything in there they have the

19:02

the PR nightmare yeah well I

19:05

mean they did have the thing

19:07

way way back when it was

19:09

the cool thing to just go

19:11

and like buy cool in quotes

19:13

to buy like the 100 happy

19:15

meals or whatever I think they

19:17

just desperately want to avoid that.

19:19

Yes, they absolutely do. Has a

19:21

Venusaur event going on until Friday?

19:24

There's also a Wonder Pick event

19:26

with Bulbasaur, and I can't read

19:28

because Anonymous Mink is covering up

19:30

the Google Doc. Sorry. That's me.

19:32

And Magdalene. And there's a consecutive

19:34

win PVP event. A new pack

19:36

is rumored for next Monday. I

19:38

hope so. I'm going to be

19:40

real. Muteu Pikachu Pikachu Pikachu and

19:43

charazard. a bunch of Pokemon I

19:45

don't particularly care about. No, I

19:47

agree with you. I'm excited to

19:49

see three new options. I mean,

19:51

they absolutely use one new option.

19:53

They did absolutely use it though

19:55

to like just bring in old

19:57

people to come and play and

20:00

be like, hey, remember when you

20:02

collected cards? Oh, I fully understand

20:04

that this is, this is just

20:06

because I'm just ever so slightly

20:08

too young for the target on

20:10

this. Yes. But I also just

20:12

don't care about them. So we'll

20:14

see what's, we'll see what's on

20:16

the horizon. Yeah. None of my,

20:19

I had the realization that none

20:21

of my favorite Pokemon are what

20:23

we would call them zoological field,

20:25

charismatic megafauna. They're not going to

20:27

sell a back. Also, Puckles badge

20:29

Pananza is TCG this month. Yeah,

20:31

you just have to get, what's

20:33

it going to be this way?

20:36

What's it going to be? You

20:38

have to play TCG live and

20:40

get to Ultra Bowl. Done. We

20:42

have a nice little guide with

20:44

like some decks that you can

20:46

get if you're new to TCG

20:48

live because they give you a

20:50

bunch of free cards. And we

20:52

have like some decks that you

20:55

can build that are going to

20:57

be good enough to get you

20:59

started getting up there. You just

21:01

play enough then, yeah. You just

21:03

play enough and you get there.

21:05

It's very easy. So I think

21:07

it's a lot of fun and

21:09

if you want to try to

21:12

get in the TCG, you're more

21:14

than welcome. I'm going to be

21:16

doing it on stream a little

21:18

bit this week as well on

21:20

Tuesday. So yeah, you can come

21:22

and hang out, you could learn

21:24

more. I did go through some

21:26

of like the starter decks that

21:28

we had built and try to

21:31

explain how they work and all

21:33

that as other stuff. So if

21:35

you're confused and you want some

21:37

help and you want some help

21:39

and you want some help and

21:41

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21:43

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21:45

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21:47

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21:50

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21:56

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21:58

I'll, I'll, I'll, I'll, and you,

22:00

and you, and you, and And

22:02

if you want the advice that

22:04

I'm going to offer, remember folks,

22:07

if you timer stall, they may

22:09

concede at a pure frustration. They

22:11

did decrease the timer recently, so

22:13

it's not, you can't do it

22:15

as long anymore. So it's... Nerving

22:17

my strats, thatche. I don't like

22:19

it. And in Wachian's News Corner,

22:21

it is brought to you at

22:23

a pomensnail space. Ten years ago

22:26

this week, Pokemon Pinball Ruby Ruby

22:28

and Sapphire released on the Wii-U

22:30

virtual virtual console. I owned that,

22:32

yeah. And Japan got a Greninja

22:34

event based on Smash Brothers, as

22:36

well as teasing the movie with

22:38

the Primals and Shiny Mega Requaza

22:40

being sucked into... portals, which is

22:43

the Hoopah movie. Asha's froke also

22:45

evolved in the anime as well.

22:47

Wow, what a time to be

22:49

alive. And then there were days,

22:51

there were news, I don't. And

22:53

then Puckle's Poky opinion, what is

22:55

your favorite winter-themed Pokemon? Mine is

22:57

snow-wise type? What do you mean

22:59

winter-themed? I think Snover is perfectly

23:02

winter-themed because it's the Christmas tree

23:04

Pokemon. Yeah, that works. That makes

23:06

sense. I'm going to say Avolug.

23:08

I like that. Avolug's good. I

23:10

mean, like, I could say, like,

23:12

Sawsbuck is winter-themed, but it's not

23:14

a nice type, right? Like, I

23:16

mean, it literally has a winter

23:19

form. There's like, not ice type,

23:21

but they're mostly ice types. Oh,

23:23

you know, I have a Pokemon

23:25

Christmas sweater with a sweater with

23:27

a stanler on it. I think

23:29

it got scrapped because Jinks was

23:31

in it. So it's really hard

23:33

to see where Santa Claus is

23:35

involved. Which is weird to think

23:38

about by the way. But I

23:40

think in what it like old

23:42

Pokemon. Yeah, I think one of

23:44

them he has Sandler to like

23:46

pull the sleigh and then in

23:48

the but one of the appearances

23:50

was in Gen 1. And I

23:52

think it got scrapped because jinks

23:55

was in it. So it's really

23:57

hard to see. Yeah, but in

23:59

that one he had he definitely

24:01

had like a rapid dash. Pull

24:03

the sleigh instead because they didn't

24:05

have like a deer Pokemon at

24:07

the time. That's funny. That's great.

24:09

That's great. Yeah. It's it's a

24:11

good time. Santa Claus does exist

24:14

in the Pokemon universe. So keep

24:16

that in mind. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.

24:18

I think my favorite winter themed

24:20

Pokemon. I probably Zen mode Galerian

24:22

Dermanitan. Zenboyn, Blair, and Dark Man.

24:24

That's a good one, actually. I

24:26

like that. Yeah, it's a good

24:28

one. That's a good one. All

24:30

right. Well, we're going to go

24:33

ahead and kick it on over

24:35

then to Puckle's Pokey Quiz. We're

24:37

going to quiz your co-host on

24:39

there. insane Pokemon knowledge. Oh hi,

24:41

and welcome to the pokey quiz.

24:43

Oh hi, and welcome to the

24:45

pokey quiz. The part of the

24:47

show where we quiz our co-hosts

24:50

on their insane Pokemon knowledge. I'm

24:52

Mark from the Dunsparse Gang, here

24:54

to explain the rules. Our fabulous

24:56

co-hosts will work as a team

24:58

to answer five Pokemon-themed trivia questions

25:00

that fans have submitted on the

25:02

Discord server. Each question is worth

25:04

one point, with Pokedex and multiple

25:06

answer questions worth more, for a

25:09

total of seven points. The host

25:11

can use a free hint at

25:13

any time. If they get all

25:15

the answers correct and do not

25:17

use the hint, they can cash

25:19

it in for an eighth point.

25:21

Welcome to Pokie Quiz. Thank you

25:23

for that introduction. We're going to

25:26

jump right on into it. is

25:28

going to come to you from

25:30

Smirgel 19. Which generation introduced the

25:32

most single-stage Pokemon? Oh, that's a

25:34

good one. And 7 immediately comes

25:36

to mind. I was leaning towards

25:38

7-2 because you've got Drapa and...

25:40

Well, you have a ton of

25:42

them. You've got Delamized Drapa, Tertnator,

25:45

Kamala, all of these... All of

25:47

these... What's that, uh, Dragon Fire

25:49

type? Turdinator, yeah, you got a

25:51

lot, you got a lot, manure.

25:53

Mm-hmm. And then you have all

25:55

the ultra-beasts and the top- And

25:57

all them u-beas. Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. But,

25:59

ooh, wait, Gen 9. I feel

26:02

like, well, it's, with Gen 9,

26:04

it's mostly just the, you know.

26:06

Yeah. And then they kept adding

26:08

more. Um, so I feel like

26:10

it's either 7 or 9. Hmm.

26:12

Ah. The other thing is like

26:14

most of them were not version

26:16

exclusives. There's like a couple version

26:18

exclusives in Gen 7 and in

26:21

Gen 9 there's like a lot.

26:23

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Like there are so

26:25

many version exclusives that are one-stagers

26:27

in Gen 9. I'm gonna need

26:29

Nancy. So maybe it is Gen

26:31

9. Let's let's say Gen 9

26:33

and if it's Gen 7 and

26:35

if it's Gen 7 we won't

26:37

feel bad. Yeah, the answer is

26:40

Gen 9 with a total of

26:42

41. Yeah, that's what percentage of

26:44

those. Yeah, and what percentage of

26:46

those. I think I think at

26:48

least half of those have to

26:50

be like paradox, Pokemon, right? Like,

26:52

exactly. Like, so many of them

26:54

have to be. Because then they

26:57

kept out in more and more

26:59

paradox. It's like, oh, here's the,

27:01

the dog trio. Oh, here's like,

27:03

oh, here's more. Yeah. Well, I

27:05

mean, then you also have things

27:07

like orthworm and you've got, uh,

27:09

you've got like, uh, you've got

27:11

like, the, you've got the three

27:13

legendary, like the, uh, you've got

27:16

like, Oger Pond, Festentipity, Monquito, who

27:18

could forget flabico. Flammico, Portet, yeah.

27:20

Tarapagos, Petron, like, there are so

27:22

many I can think of. And

27:24

Flamico, who could forget Flabico. Flabes

27:26

is a cool one. I do

27:28

like Bombardier. Bombardier. Bombardier. But yeah,

27:30

all right, you guys got that

27:33

right. So you're one for one.

27:35

Our next question is going to

27:37

come to you from Mamam. What

27:39

is the only non-poison type Pokemon

27:41

to have the ability, poison point?

27:43

CEDRA. Oh yeah. That is correct.

27:45

That's correct. Yeah, that's right. I

27:47

remember seeing that on that before.

27:49

All right. I am choosing your

27:52

Pokedex entry question today based on

27:54

the name of the person that

27:56

submitted the question This one this

27:58

is this this TCG entry actually

28:00

comes to you from the Astro

28:02

Radio TcG card that it has.

28:04

This is from Joey

28:06

Pouchboy and the entry

28:08

reads, this Pokemon is known

28:11

to bring blizzards. A shake

28:13

of its massive body is

28:15

enough to cause whiteout

28:18

conditions. Who's that

28:20

Pokemon? Mammaswine?

28:22

Mammaswine ain't causing

28:25

blizzards by shaking its

28:27

body. I feel like aboma snow is

28:30

my first pick. Aboma snow is

28:32

correct. So that is the Pokemon.

28:34

I like that. It's also a TCG

28:36

entry, which is really cool. The second

28:38

entry was gonna. Joey pouch

28:41

boy. Joey pouch boy. Interesting questions.

28:43

I appreciate it. This is,

28:45

the second entry was gonna

28:47

be from Pokemon black and white. And

28:50

it would, it says, they appear

28:52

when the snow, when the snow

28:54

flowers bloom. When the petals fall,

28:56

they retreat back. retreat to

28:58

places unknown again. So yeah,

29:00

your next question, guys,

29:02

I'm gonna let you choose. This is

29:05

worth up to two points for you

29:07

since you're four and three.

29:09

And we have a question

29:11

about abilities and a question

29:14

about the anime, the old

29:16

anime, not the new. Oh, right. You

29:18

may hate this one more than the

29:20

other one. This is from The After

29:22

Man. Of the 47 Pokemon that

29:25

have access to the Swift

29:27

Swim ability, can you name the

29:29

five non-water types? I will give

29:31

you a point for every two

29:34

that you can answer. You can

29:36

name and if you get all

29:38

five kudos to you, I

29:40

guess. Bare-chick is correct. You

29:42

do have to lock them in,

29:44

bare-tick is correct, yes. So are

29:46

they lines or are they Pokemon?

29:48

Pokemon. Okay, is suing

29:51

Quilfish? That is correct. Uh,

29:53

no. Kumpchue is false. That is

29:55

a first story. Uh, anorith. Anorith

29:57

is correct. That is, that is four. Oh,

30:00

that's five. That's all five. There

30:02

you go. Two points. Two points.

30:04

Two points. See, guys are six

30:06

for four. Your last question is

30:08

your base deck question. As always,

30:11

this is going to be like

30:13

the shortest pokey quiz ever. It's

30:15

fine. It's fine. I'm not mad.

30:17

You guys are just answering too

30:20

well. Sometimes it works out, you

30:22

know. Yeah, it just happens. This

30:24

one's going to come from guru,

30:26

guru dude, dude. That's how you

30:28

pronounce that. That's how you say

30:31

words. has the highest base defense.

30:33

Probably Mega Agron, right? Yeah. I'm

30:35

trying to think if there's anything...

30:37

Oh, what about the Oxus defense?

30:39

I don't think it's actually higher.

30:42

Then it's probably Mega Agron. It's

30:44

like, it's got to be one

30:46

of those two. And also, I

30:48

think this is a callback to

30:50

the... Patriot episode with Mega Agron.

30:53

Gosh Mega Agron. That was a

30:55

good, that was a good bit.

30:57

Clever Rino had a good bit

30:59

there, okay? I appreciate it. I

31:02

think if there are any other,

31:04

no, because all the other ones

31:06

that are super high defense, like

31:08

Mega Steelix, stack attack, I can

31:10

think of that are over 200,

31:13

those are all. Dual Shoepples are

31:15

all dual type. So yeah, I

31:17

think it's Mega Agron. Mega Agron

31:19

is correct. That is the answer.

31:21

You guys got a perfect score

31:24

today in possibly record time? I

31:26

don't know the answer to that.

31:28

All right. And so we've got,

31:30

that gives you guys eight points

31:32

for today. You are both tied

31:35

for first place as well with

31:37

Claude 9 and R Sigma. It's

31:39

eight's all around. Nobody's got anything

31:41

else to get on the board.

31:44

They're in a race to see

31:46

whoever gets the most by I

31:48

don't know Thanksgiving next year probably

31:50

that sounds right and Yeah, we'll

31:52

see who gets there and they

31:55

can win their 25 have a

31:57

chance for the 25 $5 gift

31:59

card to Applebee's. With that though

32:01

guys, we are going to kick

32:03

it on over to our topic.

32:06

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34:14

Five and Bottom Five in this category,

34:16

what does that mean? That means whether

34:19

or not we all agree that those

34:21

are like, Pokemon representative of that generation

34:23

or something important in that generation that

34:25

we want to highlight or discourage. There's

34:28

no important in that generation that we

34:30

want to highlight or discourage. There's no

34:32

hard and fast criteria. Of course, you

34:35

can always send us an email, puggle

34:37

podcast, Gmail. We are including in Generation

34:39

7 the regional forms for Pokemon because

34:42

we think that's important and they also

34:44

didn't get they didn't get mentioned in

34:46

previous top 5 bottom 5 so I

34:48

wanted to give Pokemon a chance to

34:51

do that. I mean if all the

34:53

Generation 7 is the one where this

34:55

is also the generation that added them.

34:58

Yeah. Where they were the bangers right?

35:00

Yeah they were the bangers in here.

35:02

Yeah it added the concept. I mean

35:05

they they took the concept and they

35:07

very much like improved it. Right, like

35:09

they, I don't know, they prove the

35:11

concept out and they chose the Pokemon

35:14

very specifically and intentionally for regionals. So

35:16

like I think it would be a

35:18

shame if like at least one regional

35:21

wasn't on that list. I think we

35:23

all know which one it's going to

35:25

be. I, I can tell, I know

35:27

there's going to be at least another

35:30

second one nominated by Lydian and I

35:32

know, I know. So I'm gonna, I'm

35:34

gonna start. And I'm going to choose

35:37

some things that I don't think are

35:39

going to perform that well, but are

35:41

things that I like and I want

35:44

to talk about anyway. One that I

35:46

think that I'd like to nominate for

35:48

top that I think is really fun,

35:50

really cool, and it's just like a

35:53

cool Pokemon in general, is just Salazzle.

35:55

I think it's I think it's a

35:57

pain in the butt to evolve. We

36:00

actually... I love Salazzle, but it is

36:02

a pain. But it is a pain.

36:04

But it is a pain. But we

36:07

mentioned Salazzle in reference to Kombi, because

36:09

it's the exact same. Salazzle has somehow

36:11

ageded worse. Oh, has it? I don't

36:13

know, like, Comby is just like, I

36:16

don't know, when you involve Comby, you

36:18

get another bug flying type, right? Like,

36:20

you just get another bug flying type.

36:23

No, no, what I mean by that

36:25

is, like, you can look at a

36:27

combi now that you see them in

36:30

the overworld. You have to check each

36:32

slassel. Oh, you can identify, you can

36:34

identify, that's true. You can immediately identify

36:36

a Comby's gender. That's true, that, that's

36:39

a good point, that, that's a good

36:41

point, that, that, that, that, that's a,

36:43

that's a, that's a, that's a, No,

36:46

there aren't any. Yeah, they're not existent,

36:48

right? This is not a, this is

36:50

not me dunking on it. I just

36:52

think that that's a funny, a funny

36:55

change. That's true. That is true. I

36:57

just think that, I just think that

36:59

Salazzle is a cooler payoff. It has

37:02

a great shiny too. Yeah, oh, shiny

37:04

Salazzle is really solid. You are correct.

37:06

But yeah, that would be my nomination

37:09

only because I thought it was like

37:11

a really cool typing. The ability corrosion

37:13

corrosion is also. I don't know, but

37:15

I'm down with it because I really

37:18

like it as well. We could just

37:20

like put it there and like we

37:22

can do our honorable mentions and knock

37:25

it off. Like it could be it

37:27

could be on the bottom. Like I'm

37:29

okay with that, but I just think

37:32

it's a cool Pokemon. I'm fine. It's

37:34

probably not going to stick, but I'm

37:36

okay putting it there for a bit.

37:38

We decided this very last minute and

37:41

I'm realizing this was a terrible decision

37:43

for me purely because this is just...

37:45

I'm like, oh, I can't pick five.

37:48

Oh, I can, I can, I can

37:50

get us there. It'll be fun. I

37:52

can help yeah I we'll get us

37:55

there we'll get us there we'll get

37:57

us there we'll get us yeah we

37:59

will I have faith in us for

38:01

this what about your bottom pick I'm

38:04

gonna put salazzle I'm gonna put we're

38:06

gonna put a pen and salazzle for

38:08

top we're gonna we're gonna put it

38:11

there and but if we can knock

38:13

it down I'm here for it and

38:15

so for a bottom pick I think

38:18

there's a couple answers to this for

38:20

me at least particularly care for and

38:22

I think I think a very fast

38:24

and easy answer is just like gumshoes

38:27

like I was gonna pick gumshoes too

38:29

I like I don't care it's it's

38:31

not yeah for bottom yeah I just

38:34

don't think it's a great Pokemon it

38:36

also reminds us of a person that

38:38

none of us want to talk about

38:40

also like why would you want gumshoes

38:43

when you could have an alolan radicate

38:45

you know so like no exactly like

38:47

a lolan rat I love that they

38:50

came up with like a regional for

38:52

like the regional rodent from another generation

38:54

and then they're just like yeah but

38:57

we gotta do that again but just

38:59

like boring what if we did that

39:01

and that's what they did with gumshoes

39:03

I just I don't like it I

39:06

don't think it needs to exist and

39:08

also did you know it's a daytime

39:10

it's it's a time-based evolution too by

39:13

the way those I'm no longer mad

39:15

about those because Jen 9 desinks to

39:17

the clock so you're never more than

39:20

20 minutes out yes thank God Yeah,

39:22

thank God. But also, uh, I don't

39:24

like gum shoes. Does anyone put on

39:26

the bottom? I like the idea of

39:29

a detective. I like that they did,

39:31

uh, being based on Hawaii, I think

39:33

a, a mongoose was, was a, was

39:36

a good call. I feel very whatever

39:38

about gum shoes. Yeah, gum shoes is,

39:40

meh. I'm putting it, I'm putting it

39:43

in the bottom. I think that's what

39:45

we're saying. It's really good in PTU,

39:47

and that's the best thing I can

39:49

say in its defense. I agree with

39:52

that. Oh, right. So yeah, whoever wants

39:54

to go next. Let's do sublime. It'll

39:56

give me a chance to. I'm gonna

39:59

do what that's doing. And I'm like,

40:01

I don't know if this is gonna

40:03

stay in our top five, but it's

40:05

one of my. favorites. I'm just gonna

40:08

go for it. And that is Serena.

40:10

Serena's okay. She a batty. Serena's cool.

40:12

I think of the numerous grass types

40:15

that we were given in Generation 7,

40:17

it is the better one. And Queenly

40:19

Magic sees a really cool ability. Uh,

40:22

no, I think contrary stuff is cooler,

40:24

but like, Serena's fine. I think I

40:26

like Serena better than Laurentis. Lorentis is

40:28

wearing like weird 1970s pants. A hard

40:31

agree, hard agree, yeah. And Serena, Serena

40:33

will drop kick you. Uh, yeah, Serena

40:35

is fine. I do think it says

40:38

a lot about us, somehow extremely incorrectly,

40:40

that the first two things we put

40:42

in the top were Salazala and Serena.

40:45

Actually, yeah, but... But she's wearing Thai-high

40:47

boots! Queenly Majesty is also like a

40:49

cool ability that never... gets used but

40:51

it's fine. Yeah, well it's actually very

40:54

good in the VGC. Especially, yeah. It

40:56

is good in VGC, it is, yeah.

40:58

I swear to God if the next

41:01

thing one of you two puts forward

41:03

is Faramosa. I'm just quitting the podcast.

41:05

You know, Faramosa is on my list

41:08

because it's my favorite ultra-beashed, but that's

41:10

another story for another day. Actually, I

41:12

would go for Buzzwall over Faramosa. Yes.

41:14

See, I think we should just split

41:17

the difference and pick negadil, then. But

41:19

that's another story for another day. No,

41:21

we pick the other Ultra Bee. We

41:24

can't start this. I will end it.

41:26

Yeah, Serena, I knew, was a hard

41:28

cell. Serena was a hard cell. What

41:31

I actually think should be in the

41:33

top five, for sure. I think Serena

41:35

is good. We can put Serena there.

41:37

Oh, okay. Work. Cool. Love that. I

41:40

don't know if it'll stay, but we

41:42

can put it there. Yeah, we can

41:44

put it there. Yeah, we can put

41:47

it there. Yeah. No, because yeah, all

41:49

right. And then for bottom, ooh, you

41:51

took my first bottom pick with gum

41:53

shoes. So I'm gonna say. I think

41:56

it was just an easy one, so.

41:58

Crab Roller. Yeah. I like. Okay. Okay.

42:00

Okay. Do not know. No. I'll. crowd

42:03

Pokemon I have, but like I love

42:05

my crowd Pokemon. Really? You go hard

42:07

for cloth. I would have accepted, I

42:10

would have, I would have, cloth is

42:12

fine, like I like cloth. I would,

42:14

I would have, I would have, I

42:16

would have given you guys crub audible,

42:19

but I would not give you crap,

42:21

I will not give you crubroller. Well,

42:23

let's do crabbatable then, because I hate

42:26

its evolution method. I like, just the

42:28

line is why, but like I hate

42:30

cromitable. It's like, ugh. I hate the

42:33

way that it was, I do hate

42:35

the way it was implemented in that

42:37

it was just like, hey, on your

42:39

way to the elite four, you can

42:42

finally evolve this crombroller. I do hate

42:44

that. That you have never carried around

42:46

because why would you? Because you didn't

42:49

know it would evolve. And yeah, cromatable,

42:51

it's disappointing. It's too slow to make

42:53

use of its type. Like, like, like,

42:56

Because it's a lowland and that's what

42:58

they do. I mean all of the

43:00

a lowland Pokemon are just on island

43:02

time, it's fine. Yeah, everything but Robombe,

43:05

right? So like, I would say Cribomitable.

43:07

Yeah, it's like everything but Robombe. Well,

43:09

they're polarized is what it is, like

43:12

nothing else. Yeah, it's either fast or

43:14

slow. There's no middling. I would be

43:16

willing to put it. Yeah, we can

43:18

put Crobomitable there. It does, Crobomitable feels

43:21

like an evolution they gave to Crobola

43:23

because somebody felt that Croboler should evolve.

43:25

What it feels like is, you know

43:28

what, Crobable feels like a Gen3 Pokemon

43:30

in its design. I agree with that

43:32

actually, yeah. Crobomable feels like the Gen4

43:35

evolution they gave it. I see that

43:37

so much. I agree with that energy.

43:39

A lot of the Gen4 evolution lost

43:41

speed too, so it adds up. I

43:44

do, I agree with that feeling. Like,

43:46

Cribbrawler I'm like perfectly fine with being

43:48

a Pokemon and they couldn't just like

43:51

give me a single stage Cribbrawler. I'd

43:53

be like, this is a cool Pokemon.

43:55

And then Cribavitable is less like, okay,

43:58

so now you're making my... Pokemon feel

44:00

unfinished but making it making the finished

44:02

product much worse than what I already

44:04

had. I actually like carbonable a little

44:07

bit it's just got goof energy but

44:09

it's not it it's in the bottom

44:11

of a very stacked generation for me.

44:14

It's that and I think they just

44:16

really I think they just dropped the

44:18

ball on the implementation like honestly I'm

44:21

glad it involves with like an ice

44:23

don't now and that just makes life

44:25

easier. Like at like at the

44:27

introduction it was just poorly done. So

44:29

now I'm going to start with the

44:32

bottom because I think this will be

44:34

a pretty easy slam dunk. I like

44:36

the fish that Broxish are based on

44:38

a lot and that only makes me

44:40

more ambivalent about it. It's just... I

44:42

feel like as I looked at the

44:45

list, I'm like, I feel like the

44:47

bottom five is very obvious and Broxish

44:49

is the one I would nominate next.

44:51

I'm okay with Broxish. I agree with

44:53

Broxish being just like terrible, so... I

44:56

don't think it's terrible, but I'm fine

44:58

with it in the bottom. Yeah,

45:00

like I, I want to like

45:02

it because I love triggerfish, the

45:04

thing that it's based on. They're

45:07

gorgeous, but that thing is just

45:09

weird. I don't like him. It's

45:11

okay. Brooks just walked so that

45:13

Volusa could run. And there are

45:15

a lot of different Pokemon I

45:17

could put forward and will. I'm

45:20

going to honorable mention Minuar. I

45:22

don't think that for a general

45:24

people's list, it's up there, but

45:26

it's my favorite Pokemon of all

45:28

time. But it's your favorite Pokemon. Yeah,

45:30

yeah. I see that. I feel like

45:33

Minuar is like a quintessential part of

45:35

Gen 7, but not like a mascot.

45:37

You know what I mean? And it's

45:39

something that is personally, I love all

45:42

the design elements, but it's not, it's

45:44

a, I know that that that's a

45:46

me thing. is going to generally just

45:48

a bat out of a bat out

45:50

of the park is everyone liked like

45:53

in rock right you liked at least

45:55

one of the three yeah the fact

45:57

that there's three of them I think

45:59

it's a really good representation of the

46:02

region. That was going to be on

46:04

my recommendations for top. I think I

46:06

think dusk form is the best one,

46:08

but yeah. Dust form is the best

46:10

mechanically. I love how I like that

46:13

one. I like I like I like

46:15

the colors better than like the dawn

46:17

for or like the day for. Yeah,

46:19

I like midnight's animation so much like

46:21

how especially in like new Pokemon Snap.

46:24

or some of the later games where

46:26

how it hits like reals back and

46:28

snaps forward. New Pokemon Snap fixed a

46:30

lot of Pokemon, honestly, because like you

46:32

just get to see them move. It's

46:34

great. Yeah, midnight form is my favorite,

46:37

even though it's the worst statistically, but

46:39

it's like the coolest looking to me.

46:41

Every time I've seen it like the

46:43

anime, it's so expressive. It's so expressive

46:45

in ways that the other ones just

46:48

aren't. I think Lycan Rock is a

46:50

slam dunk. That's fair. Well, the other

46:52

ones are just dogs and the other

46:54

ones like a Pokemon, I feel like,

46:56

you know, like, I don't know, I

46:59

don't know how to explain it because

47:01

I feel like nowadays with a lot

47:03

of Pokemon designs, it's just like, this

47:05

is an animal that we made some

47:07

adjustments to to make it a Pokemon.

47:09

And then instead of just like making

47:12

Pokemon and I feel like like in

47:14

rock midnight form, it feels more like

47:16

a Pokemon because it's not just like,

47:18

oh, the dog evolves into a bigger

47:20

than to a bigger dog. It feels

47:23

monstrous in a fun way. I like

47:25

it. It feels monstrous, which is good.

47:27

Yeah, no, that's what I'm saying. Yeah,

47:29

I agree. So we can put like

47:31

and rock on the top. We haven't,

47:34

like, shot anything down yet, but... All

47:36

right, so it's back to me. We're

47:38

going to go through, so I'm going

47:40

to go through, so I'm going to

47:42

nominate a bottom, because this one is

47:44

very easy to say, bottom. It is

47:47

very over I think that was kind

47:49

of the point to be fair to

47:51

over to sign him a little bit

47:53

but I I just don't I don't

47:55

like it. It's the typing is dark

47:58

dragon and we had high dragon which

48:00

like was a terror when that happened.

48:02

It's a worst. dark dragon it's an

48:04

infinitely worse dark dragon oh it's terrible

48:06

it's terrible it gets like massive h

48:08

p and like nothing else and garbage

48:11

defenses so that its massive h p

48:13

isn't even that good and so and

48:15

you look at all of the other

48:17

ultra beasts and even though they have

48:19

like very spiky alien designs they're pretty

48:22

they're actually geometrically fairly simple Uh, and

48:24

then there's Guzler, he's like, okay, there's

48:26

a big mouth, and there's a little

48:28

head, and then there's two arms, and

48:30

then there's two other arms, and there's

48:33

the mouth arms, and a tail, it

48:35

just does not stop. I don't like

48:37

it. I just don't like it. I

48:39

just don't like it. I think Guzler

48:41

just bottom. Guzler is what they accused

48:43

Reshiram of being. Yeah, a little bit,

48:46

right. It's not to mention... My favorite

48:48

starter, which is Deciduate on this one,

48:50

we can even go like Rowlett or

48:52

something, but like I like Deciduate. I

48:54

think it is the coolest of all

48:57

of them that came out of this

48:59

gem. Mm-hmm. I don't know. It's just

49:01

a solid Pokemon. I like the attack.

49:03

I like its signature move. I was

49:05

really nervous about, yeah. Having Grass Ghost

49:08

as a typing was also super interesting.

49:10

At the time. At the time it

49:12

was, yeah. I mean, I guess. I

49:14

mean, we had some before that, Jen,

49:16

too, but, uh... Yeah, we had, like,

49:18

yeah, we had, yeah, we had a

49:21

couple. I mean, there's also another one,

49:23

right? Like, uh... Trevenent's a really cool

49:25

Pokemon. Trevenent is a really cool Pokemon.

49:27

Trevenent is a really cool Pokemon. Trevenon

49:29

is a really cool Pokemon. Trevenon is

49:32

a cool Pokemon. Trevenon is a cool

49:34

Pokemon. Trevenon is a cool Pokemon. Trevenon

49:36

is a cool Pokemon. Trevenon is a

49:38

cool Pokemon. Trevenon is a cool Pokemon.

49:40

Trevenon is a cool Pokemon. Trevenon is

49:42

a cool Pokemon. Trevenon is a cool

49:45

Pokemon. I like, I like, I like,

49:47

I like, I like, I like, I

49:49

like, I like, I like, I like,

49:51

I like, I like, I like, I

49:53

like, I like, I like, I like,

49:56

I like, I like, I like I

49:58

like Decidua more than I like Serena

50:00

considerably. I could, I could, I could,

50:02

I could get behind that. I definitely

50:04

don't, but I'll allow it, uh, because

50:07

I didn't expect Serena to get on

50:09

there. I could, I could get behind

50:11

Decidua. over Sarita. In terms of representing

50:13

the like a Lolan era, I feel

50:15

like dissiduate is definitely the starter that

50:17

like broke through, you know, um. I

50:20

mean, they gave it another one because

50:22

people liked it so much. Sure. I

50:24

mean, it's in every freaking game. It

50:26

was in pocket, it was in like.

50:28

I mean, Incidora, Incidora also did it,

50:31

but I also just hate Incidor. Well,

50:33

Incidor, we're not picking the most representative.

50:35

We're picking the best. I think in

50:37

my opinion. Yeah, sure. Okay, I'm gonna

50:39

I'm gonna knock Serena off. Sorry Serena

50:42

No, I just wanted a shout out

50:44

to Serena because I love her I

50:46

didn't expect her to be in the

50:48

top and put deciduate in its spot.

50:50

All right back to you sublime. It's

50:52

your turn. Okay, when I think of

50:55

like iconic Pokemon from Alola, I think

50:57

definitely mimic you. Mimique is a I

50:59

don't know how I feel because it's

51:01

not like the Pika clone, right, right?

51:03

It's its own pokom. It's not the

51:06

Pekkloam. No, but it's not. It's significantly

51:08

more beloved and known. Yes, that is

51:10

true. People forget Tokadamaro exists, as evidenced

51:12

by last week's episode. They do, actually.

51:14

They do. Last week's episode proved that.

51:16

And it's because there's a Pekkloat every

51:19

generation, but Mimique is very much like

51:21

a oh, but I want to be

51:23

popular, like Pekachoo, too. And I love

51:25

that. And you know what? Mimicu deserves

51:27

it. It's a really, it's a fun

51:30

design. It's a great typing. It's one

51:32

of my favorite pocket draft picks because

51:34

it turns out if you give that

51:36

thing a red card. Oh, you set

51:38

up? No, you didn't. Yeah, Mimicu's great.

51:41

You know what? I can get behind

51:43

that. I like Mimicu. And then for

51:45

bottom, oh, I hope, oh, some people

51:47

gonna be mad at me, but like,

51:49

why is Delmise? Delmise was one of

51:51

the only, we had like almost all

51:54

of the Pokemon introduced in, in generation,

51:56

right? Because they were. like showing so

51:58

many in advance. And Gen 7, yeah,

52:00

like every single Pokemon, except for like

52:02

Del Bies and Aracuited, were showed, I

52:05

think. And why do you think that

52:07

was? They're like, oh, let me show

52:09

everything but Delmise. It's because they knew,

52:11

what is this ugly? Which was a

52:13

1% encounter, Delmise is like a 1%

52:16

encounter. It was 10% if you knew

52:18

what you're doing, but also, to be

52:20

fair, like, I, I, I, I, I

52:22

think Delmine is super interesting with like

52:24

Steelworker is the ability and stuff like

52:26

that to give it essentially three stabs.

52:29

We have a, there's a like, there's

52:31

an oversaturation of grass ghost types. There

52:33

is like... It's an interesting one though

52:35

with like a signature move, which is

52:37

the what it's got going for it,

52:40

and that's about it, right? I don't

52:42

have a lot of affection for it,

52:44

and that's actually less than I can

52:46

say about most of this generation, so

52:48

I don't know what else I'd put

52:51

down there, so it down there, so

52:53

that's fine there, so that's fine. The

52:55

Delmide, is Delmise in Generation 9 or

52:57

maybe it made to Generation 8? Maybe

52:59

it was to have been in, uh,

53:01

Swish. It was in Swish. Yeah, yeah.

53:04

It was in Gen 8 but wasn't

53:06

in Gen 9. It was also extremely

53:08

annoying to encounter in Gen 8. Yes,

53:10

yes it was. To the point where

53:12

I don't remember how you did it.

53:15

Right, like it's just an annoyance. That

53:17

or pukumuku, ugh. All right, well you

53:19

know what, you know what, Delmines, you're

53:21

going on the bottom. And then we

53:23

could do, of course, if we want

53:25

to like fight for anything or mention

53:28

anything, we can we can make that

53:30

last hand. But Lindian, we need it.

53:32

We need a top. And if you

53:34

have something that's worse than the five

53:36

that we have on the bottom, you're

53:39

more than welcome to try to fight

53:41

it. Uh, I don't really. Again, I

53:43

have too much effect. Like, the only

53:45

thing is like maybe, uh, uh, orangaroo.

53:47

I don't know. I think a Rangaroo

53:50

is like a good supporting cast member.

53:52

I don't think it's like... Yeah, I

53:54

prefer a Rangaroo to Pascimeon. And I've

53:56

sooner put Pascimeon in the bottom. I

53:58

really like to assume it enough. So,

54:00

um, I have to say it. I

54:03

know it's going to get shot down

54:05

and we'll move on, but it is.

54:07

We're going to move on to the

54:09

replacement, absolutely. I know exactly what's happening,

54:11

say it, though. Yeah. Look, Alolan executor

54:14

is absolutely hilarious. He is one of

54:16

my favorites of all time and just

54:18

an absolute goof. He is also the

54:20

Pokemon they used to introduce the concept

54:22

of regional variants in the video. Was

54:25

it a Alolan executor they used or

54:27

do they used? Okay, okay. Yes, they

54:29

used a low-end executor and then

54:31

for a second example moved

54:33

to Nine Tales and Sandslash.

54:36

Yeah, okay, that's what I

54:38

thought. Yeah, yeah. So what

54:40

they started with, they said,

54:42

new regional variants, they can

54:44

still see the font because

54:46

that's how unified the branding

54:49

was at the point, and

54:51

then it showed executor, and

54:53

then this goober little kiss

54:55

mouth. It's hilarious. It's got

54:57

the dragon type, which is

55:00

objectively the funniest thing they could have

55:02

done with it. It's perfect, actually. No

55:04

notes. I mean, they could have made

55:06

it good. Plus, it got me to

55:08

ask if things were in a line

55:10

a lot, and so, you know. I

55:12

would much rather if we're going to

55:15

put a regional forum in as top,

55:17

putting like, well, a little nine tails,

55:19

yeah, right? But we got to put

55:21

a Lola Nine Tales though, right? Yeah.

55:23

Lola Nine Tales was so popular that

55:25

the only Volpicks that was available in

55:28

Legends Arceas was the, well Lola and

55:30

Volpicks. Nope, that is just incorrect. That's the

55:32

only a Lolan Form that was in there.

55:34

There are other Lolan forms that I like

55:36

a lot and more than other things on

55:38

this list like a Lolan Right You, but

55:40

I know other people are not going to

55:43

back beyond that. Alola Wright, I do like,

55:45

I like Alola to write you, and I

55:47

love... I like Alola, if I was to

55:49

pick something besides Nitells, it would be Merowack.

55:51

Yeah, Merowack saw, I think, I think, I

55:53

think, okay, all of the Alola informs, with

55:56

like the exception of maybe Dunk Trio? Or

55:58

like, good, I think. Uh, Persian. I mean,

56:00

I just think it's more representative even...

56:02

I acknowledge that the council has made

56:04

a decision I do like. I know

56:06

it's a Scottish fold, but I think

56:08

those cats are ugly too, and if

56:11

you have one and you're offended, sure.

56:13

So, yeah. But I'd rather nine tales.

56:15

I'd rather nine tales over that though.

56:17

I mean, I just think it's more

56:19

representative even... I acknowledge that the council

56:21

has made a decision. It's extremely popular.

56:23

It's extremely popular. Listen. I'm right there

56:25

with you. I had to get rid

56:28

of Serena. I had to get rid

56:30

of Serena. I had to get rid

56:32

of Serena. I mean, to be fair,

56:34

my favorite, my favorite, my favorite one

56:36

is a Lolan Sand true. My favorite's

56:38

a Lolan Sand true, but I think

56:40

I can agree that like a Lolan

56:43

Nine Tales is just like that much,

56:45

it's just iconic. Nine Tales is the

56:47

icon, yeah. She's, she's that girl, she

56:49

is. Okay, does anybody want to fight

56:51

anything on the list anywhere? I was

56:53

going to ask, do we want to

56:55

somehow squeeze in like Ora Corrio, like,

56:58

If I were going to try to

57:00

squeeze in anything, Solgolayo and Lu Nala,

57:02

I feel like I want to at

57:04

least mention. I was going to sooner

57:06

ask, can we fit in a, uh,

57:08

Ultra Beast? Like a, a Tapu or

57:10

an Ultra Beast? Like we have an

57:12

Ultra Beast in the bottom. Uh, oh,

57:15

if we want to talk Top Ultra

57:17

Beasts, uh, I love most of them.

57:19

I think Buzzwell is going to be

57:21

the easiest one, but I also deeply

57:23

love Cartana and Cartana and Stackatana and

57:25

Stack Attica. If you guys can't tell,

57:27

I love the silly Pokemon from this

57:30

generation. I feel like this was the

57:32

generation that had the best goofballs. My

57:34

favorite one is still circuitry, but I

57:36

think it's just because it's just an

57:38

electric type guy. But I mean, I

57:40

like all the ones that you said

57:42

as well. Yeah, circuitry is just, I

57:44

like circuitry, it's fine. Can we just

57:47

have a spot that's every ultra beast

57:49

except Casloch? Just the ultra beast. the

57:51

ultra beast that aren't gaz lord so

57:53

it's just you just put in whatever

57:55

your favorite ultra beast is in your

57:57

heart and if it's Lord, you're wrong.

57:59

I would be okay with removing Salazzle

58:02

for this, for an ultra-beast. Yeah, let's

58:04

drop Salazzle and just say ultra-beas, my

58:06

discuss Lord. Yeah, because you know, ultra-beast

58:08

kind of introduced the concept of there

58:10

being like not Pokemon as Pokemon, which

58:12

we then got paradoxes, and you know,

58:14

like, it was just the idea of

58:16

there being other things in the world

58:19

of Pokemon. I, I actually really, I...

58:21

I really we've talked about this on

58:23

the show before in like older episodes,

58:25

but I think ultra-beasts are just really

58:27

cool in the way that they're designed

58:29

like they're very intentionally designed to look

58:31

alien because they take a lot of

58:34

the rules that are in Pokemon design

58:36

in terms of just like like a

58:38

good example is like the eyes of

58:40

Pokemon are all there are more than

58:42

the four or five eyes or whatever

58:44

they say but there's more than There's

58:46

more for the four or five but

58:48

like there's obviously like a rule to

58:51

how they should be to some extent

58:53

and they like they like when they

58:55

broke all that for ultra-beasts. Yeah, like

58:57

the big ones to me is like

58:59

it must be obvious how this thing

59:01

eats and he look at some of

59:03

these or exists in the world and

59:06

he look at Zyrkotri and then it's

59:08

planet you're like none of this makes

59:10

sense actually. Yeah and I think that's

59:12

the point right so they do they

59:14

do that on purpose to make it

59:16

feel alien and I really really like

59:18

that so yeah no ultra I like

59:20

I honestly like ultra like concepts of

59:23

ultra beasts more than I like the

59:25

concept of paradox of paradox Pokemon but

59:27

paradox Pokemon but it's fine to paradox

59:29

Absolutely for sure. I mean, I think

59:31

I think part of it is it's

59:33

us. But that's only because everything from

59:35

the future is just iron. Well, I

59:38

think it's just also that it's not

59:40

built on previous source material as well.

59:42

You know what I mean? I think

59:44

that helps. Also, most of the future

59:46

paradox, Pokemon are just like, but what

59:48

if robot? Most of the past Pokemon

59:50

are but if dinosaur. There are just

59:53

a few more that had something into

59:55

them. And this is coming from the

59:57

dinosaur apologists, so. No, I agree with

59:59

you as well on that. I just

1:00:01

think I think there's more variation in

1:00:03

dinosaurs. there is on robot, you know

1:00:05

what I mean? No, yeah, like at

1:00:07

the very least they should have made

1:00:10

iron leaves look more like one of

1:00:12

those absolutely terrifying Boston Dynamics dogs, but

1:00:14

nope. Yeah, that would have been cool

1:00:16

actually. That's too dark for Pokemon. I

1:00:18

did say they would give it the

1:00:20

gun. All right, so our our list

1:00:22

is the following in the top slots.

1:00:25

We've got a little in Nine Tales,

1:00:27

Mimique Lycan Rock. any of them your

1:00:29

choice, destitute why, and all of

1:00:31

the Ultra Beasts might as Guzlord.

1:00:33

In the bottom five, we've got

1:00:35

Delmise, Guzlord, Bruxish, Grababitable, and gumshoes.

1:00:38

Let us know in Puckle Podcast

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and Gmailcom, what's your top five

1:00:42

and bottom five Gen7 Pokemon are.

1:00:44

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Welcome to our Pokemon of the

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episode. Our Pokemon of the episode

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this week is National Dec's number

1:02:35

785. Tapukoko, the land spirit Pokemon.

1:02:37

It's Ultra Sun Dec's entry reads.

1:02:39

Although it's called a Guardian Dayady,

1:02:42

if a Pokemon or person puts

1:02:44

it in a bad mood, it

1:02:46

will become a malevolent deity and

1:02:48

attack. Well, that's that's something. Um,

1:02:50

so Topu Coco, Topu Coco was

1:02:52

probably one of the best Pokemon.

1:02:54

Well, I mean, all the Topos

1:02:56

were very good when they came

1:02:58

out, actually. I think Bulu got

1:03:00

the short on the stick because

1:03:02

they purposely didn't give it play

1:03:04

rough. Uh, so it wouldn't be

1:03:06

super impressive. No, they didn't. They

1:03:08

did not. They like, I think,

1:03:11

I think they're scared of Topu

1:03:13

Bulu being good. Instead, they just

1:03:15

gave Tapu Cocoo. Everything. Yeah, I

1:03:17

mean, Davu Coco is really good,

1:03:19

though. Electric Ferry is also just,

1:03:21

I mean, Ferry is a good

1:03:23

type. It makes every other type

1:03:25

better. Uh, yeah. Oh, Grass, it's

1:03:27

just like, oh. Even Grass is

1:03:29

not bad. Like, it's not bad.

1:03:31

It's not significantly improved. Electric is

1:03:33

definitely, like, middle of the road

1:03:35

type, I think. It's great defensively

1:03:37

because it's only got the one.

1:03:40

Very few witnesses, only one, yeah.

1:03:42

Yeah, it doesn't get a bunch

1:03:44

of resistances. I think it's like

1:03:46

electric and flying. it gets resistance

1:03:48

to you yeah so like it's

1:03:50

it's a pretty middle of the

1:03:52

road like and steel type which

1:03:54

oh and steel yes that's true

1:03:56

that's not bad for the fairy

1:03:58

type yeah yeah no I mean

1:04:00

Topu cocoa is only weak to

1:04:02

poison in poison in ground so

1:04:04

good for Topu cocoa And I

1:04:06

mean base 130 speed the attacks

1:04:09

the attack stats are where it's

1:04:11

kind of wonky because I guess

1:04:13

like 115 attack 95 speed or

1:04:15

95 special attack electric terrain on

1:04:17

the ground. Yeah you do you

1:04:19

do and so like I mean

1:04:21

using thunderbolt is not like the

1:04:23

best and you I mean you'd

1:04:25

want to do like wild charge

1:04:27

or something really but most of

1:04:29

the time they're on special when

1:04:31

it was playable. Oh it was

1:04:33

it was a monster. It's always

1:04:35

good. It's always good. It's just

1:04:38

always good. It's like electric terrain.

1:04:40

Like electric terrain is a good.

1:04:42

Like electric terrain is a good.

1:04:44

in that sense. And yeah, I

1:04:46

don't know. Tapu Koko is just

1:04:48

a cool Pokemon. It was the,

1:04:50

it's definitely the, it's like the

1:04:52

poster child I think for the

1:04:54

tapoos. They have these cool figures

1:04:56

for Tapu Koko, like when it

1:04:58

was out, where it can actually

1:05:00

like fold up and become like

1:05:02

the, like the head. And I'm

1:05:04

kind of bum that they didn't

1:05:07

release the other tapoos like that.

1:05:09

Where you could buy like an

1:05:11

action figure where they could like

1:05:13

go into the, go into the

1:05:15

head that they do for the

1:05:17

see move. I like it because

1:05:19

I think that I think that

1:05:21

there's really cool and I would

1:05:23

love if they were just like

1:05:25

models made of just like the

1:05:27

folded up tapoos. I think that

1:05:29

would be really cool. I also

1:05:31

think that that's like a that's

1:05:33

a quartet that you could see

1:05:36

something happen to like you know

1:05:38

how legends are we got an

1:05:40

amorous. I could see a world

1:05:42

where we get like a fifth

1:05:44

tapo or something. Yeah the tapo

1:05:46

are based pretty distinctly distinctly on

1:05:48

the on several specific deities in

1:05:50

Hawaiian myth. I know, I can't

1:05:52

remember, I knew this all at

1:05:54

one point, and I'm ashamed that

1:05:56

I don't remember it all right

1:05:58

now. I know, Tapu Coco, it

1:06:00

believe, is mapped pretty tightly to

1:06:02

Kane, and then we have Lono

1:06:05

for... I still don't know how

1:06:07

I feel about, honestly. There's Konei.

1:06:09

There's Koo, Kanoa. I'm pronouncing these.

1:06:11

Kanoa. Kanoa. Kanoa, that's it. Nevermind,

1:06:13

I'm bad at this. And Kane,

1:06:15

yeah. Maybe I'm mispronouncing. So, a

1:06:17

little bit, but it's fine. Which,

1:06:19

that's the one thing about these,

1:06:21

I still don't know how I

1:06:23

feel about, honestly. That's just a

1:06:25

little weird. But it's fine. I

1:06:27

mean, that's the same thing that

1:06:29

happened with like Landers and Tornadoes

1:06:31

and all that. They're based on

1:06:34

like another culture thing. Yes, but

1:06:36

as those are in in the

1:06:38

culture, those are not intelligent human

1:06:40

contacting deity type things in the

1:06:42

same way that in Polynesian myth

1:06:44

and religion to vastly oversimplify God's

1:06:46

or forces, but they're also very

1:06:48

personable where the, I don't remember,

1:06:50

the genies, but the, the, the,

1:06:52

the, the, the, the, the, the,

1:06:54

the, the, the, the, the, the,

1:06:56

the, the, the, the, the, the,

1:06:58

the, the, the, the, the, the,

1:07:00

the, the, the, the, the, When

1:07:03

I was playing the TCG back

1:07:05

in like 2017-2018, this was like

1:07:07

the first deck that I like

1:07:09

went and like actually blinged out

1:07:11

like I played Tapu Coco GX.

1:07:13

I remember that very, very vividly.

1:07:15

It wasn't a good deck. I

1:07:17

remember Tapu Laley being like a

1:07:19

must. Tapu Laley was top was

1:07:21

like the top card because I

1:07:23

mean it was put Tapu Laley

1:07:25

on your bench and go get

1:07:27

any supporter you want and it

1:07:29

was to attack which was made

1:07:32

it even more splashable than it

1:07:34

should have been. That card single-handedly

1:07:36

killed double colorless energy and I

1:07:38

will I know I don't know

1:07:40

that that card, I don't think

1:07:42

that card did. I don't think,

1:07:44

yeah, I don't think that cards

1:07:46

would kill double colorless energy. I

1:07:48

think a lot of things, I

1:07:50

think double colorless will come back

1:07:52

once these are gone. Like, after

1:07:54

rotation, I think double colorless will

1:07:56

probably come back properly. They haven't

1:07:58

been publishing anything that is like

1:08:01

too crazy with a double colorless

1:08:03

cost, but like Lugia is still

1:08:05

on the meta, so you don't

1:08:07

want to give double color list

1:08:09

to Lugia. You double turbo energies.

1:08:11

Honestly, double turbo energies of really

1:08:13

great, like, compromise because you can,

1:08:15

you get that reduction in damage

1:08:17

for it, which a lot of

1:08:19

Pokemon that we're abusing double colorless,

1:08:21

it does change the game rather

1:08:23

significantly. So, that rotates out though,

1:08:25

unfortunately, after this rotation. So I'm

1:08:27

kind of hoping we just get

1:08:30

DCE back and we can play

1:08:32

the game for funzies. Let's see,

1:08:34

but yeah, yeah, no, I love

1:08:36

the Topukoko deck that I was

1:08:38

playing. It wasn't good. I remember

1:08:40

I won like a local, like

1:08:42

a, like a lead tournament with

1:08:44

it. Is that the one that

1:08:46

let you switch in to the

1:08:48

actual spot and attach all the

1:08:50

energy? Yeah, yeah, yeah, it was

1:08:52

the one where, because like we're

1:08:54

at V does that now, right?

1:08:56

And yeah, I just, I loved

1:08:59

Topukoko GX. It was so, it

1:09:01

was so much fun and the

1:09:03

cards were really fun and the

1:09:05

cards were really pretty. And the

1:09:07

cards were really pretty. The, the,

1:09:09

the, actually the newest Tapu Koko

1:09:11

EX that came on Paradox Rift,

1:09:13

like the, the art rare is

1:09:15

one of my favorite cards that

1:09:17

came out of like the, came

1:09:19

out of this era. It's actually

1:09:21

really, really cool. But I do

1:09:23

like Tapu Koko, GX, I miss

1:09:25

that card. Yeah, it was, yeah,

1:09:28

it was, yeah, when you play

1:09:30

this card from your hand onto

1:09:32

your bench during your turn, you

1:09:34

may move any number of electric

1:09:36

energy from each of your other

1:09:38

number of electric energy from each

1:09:40

of electric energy from each of

1:09:42

electric energy from each of your

1:09:44

other. And it would do like

1:09:46

130 for two electric and a

1:09:48

colorless, but also for two electric

1:09:50

and colorless and can do its

1:09:52

GX attack, which does 50 damage

1:09:54

times the amount of energy attached

1:09:56

to all of your opponent's Pokemon,

1:09:59

which was kind of cool. So

1:10:01

you can eat very easily, get

1:10:03

some knockouts. This would not work

1:10:05

today, but... It was a simpler

1:10:07

time. I love that deck. I

1:10:09

love that deck and I went

1:10:11

and got so many different arts

1:10:13

of the Topu Coco. Yeah, GX

1:10:15

attacks were fun. Yeah, I love

1:10:17

that. Like that deck was just

1:10:19

fun to play. I love playing.

1:10:21

I love playing. I love playing.

1:10:23

I love playing electric decks. They're

1:10:25

just always fun. But yeah, the

1:10:28

new Topu Coco EX is like

1:10:30

really fun and cool as well.

1:10:32

Yeah, I mean in terms of

1:10:34

the art. I don't think it's

1:10:36

going to buy one. Uh, I

1:10:38

don't know if I have anything

1:10:40

else to say about this, actually.

1:10:42

Um, anything you guys want to

1:10:44

say about tapu cocoa? Okay, well,

1:10:46

with that guys, uh, that has

1:10:48

been, uh, tapu cocoa, the tapu

1:10:50

cocoa segment. We are going to

1:10:52

go ahead and move on to

1:10:54

our mail bag. So let's, let's

1:10:57

go do that. Welcome

1:11:01

to our mailbag. The mailbag is the

1:11:03

part of the show where you can

1:11:06

email us at Puckle Podcast, Gmail.com, and

1:11:08

we might read it on the show.

1:11:10

Typically we have a question last week,

1:11:12

or not even last week, two weeks

1:11:14

ago, we asked you what you were

1:11:16

thankful for in the Pokemon community. We

1:11:19

got some cool answers. I actually really

1:11:21

liked all the emails we got this

1:11:23

week. I'm sad we can only read

1:11:25

a selection of those. This segment is

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1:11:38

first email. Our first email this week

1:11:40

is going to be from Squid. You've

1:11:42

got this one, Linnyan. Hello. Hi, yes.

1:11:45

Hi, Pucko Peeps. It's a season of

1:11:47

giving. It's a season of giving. So

1:11:49

I wanted to share the one thing

1:11:51

I'm most thankful for in Pokemon. As

1:11:53

a younger poker boomer, but still a

1:11:55

poke boomer. My choice is tied to

1:11:58

whole. on to friendships, but Pokemon became

1:12:00

my constant companion and a gateway to

1:12:02

making new friends in every new city.

1:12:04

The social aspects of trading and battling

1:12:06

made it easy to connect with other

1:12:08

kids, whether in person or over Wi-Fi.

1:12:11

It all started though, with one simple

1:12:13

accessory, the link cable. See, my parents

1:12:15

had the foresight to buy me a

1:12:17

link cable along with my first game

1:12:19

boy. Back then, link cables weren't as

1:12:21

common, so the few kids who had

1:12:24

them became magnets for other young poccomanihomaniacs

1:12:26

in the neighborhood. so it never failed

1:12:28

that I was able to find a

1:12:30

group to fall into. This is so

1:12:32

true. If you had the link cable,

1:12:34

you got invited all the time. Joint

1:12:36

Pokemon-themed birthdays with the... yeah. Joint Pokemon-themed

1:12:39

birthdays with a neighbor who was only

1:12:41

a few days younger. Playing at the

1:12:43

TCG League with my dad, facilitating a

1:12:45

trading club at school. Being introduced to

1:12:47

Smogongan in senior year, traveling for VGC

1:12:49

in college. meeting my best friend over

1:12:51

Wi-Fi battles, even now as I enter

1:12:53

the community, I have so many core

1:12:55

memories wrapped in Pokemon. So it feels

1:12:57

like I should take the cheap answer

1:13:00

and say that I'm thankful for that.

1:13:02

But looking back, it all started thanks

1:13:04

to that little two-foot cable. Thank you,

1:13:06

Nintendo, for creating the link cable squid.

1:13:09

That's true. I like that answer. That's

1:13:11

a good answer. Good answer. That was

1:13:13

extremely sweet. All about a cable. Could

1:13:15

you imagine having the same feelings about

1:13:18

an HDMI cord? Yeah. I don't think

1:13:20

you could. No, not remotely. Thank you,

1:13:22

Wi-Fi modem for... Yeah, right. For connecting

1:13:24

me to my friends. All right, well,

1:13:27

we're going to move on that our

1:13:29

next, our next, our next email

1:13:31

is going to come from Trainer

1:13:33

Troy. What's going on my Puckle

1:13:36

Peeps? Long-time listener, first-time writer here.

1:13:38

I got into the PokemonTCG about

1:13:40

three months ago, and it has

1:13:42

been such an epic journey. I had

1:13:45

always wanted to try it out, Yugugio,

1:13:47

and remember thinking... If that's expensive, there's

1:13:49

no way I could get into Pokemon

1:13:51

as well. Then I heard you guys

1:13:53

talking about how Pokemon is the least

1:13:55

expensive TCG, buy a mile, and that

1:13:57

was the spark I needed. Two weeks

1:13:59

ago... I went to my first local

1:14:01

tournament with a homebrew dragapolt deck, and

1:14:03

I went to two. People there were

1:14:05

so nice, and one of them even

1:14:08

let me a drag cloak I was

1:14:10

missing. My roommate came along too, and

1:14:12

someone lent him a prime catcher for

1:14:14

the day. Last week, my roommate went

1:14:16

back, I was out of town, and

1:14:18

someone gave him a pheasantivity EX, wrote

1:14:20

him two chian pau, wow, wow, I

1:14:22

cannot not talk to me. Two of

1:14:24

each card in the fridge and the

1:14:26

fridgeibaksridget bags. and Neo Upper Energy and

1:14:29

a ton of other cards. Yes, they

1:14:31

gave those cards to him, even though

1:14:33

he went oh and four in the

1:14:35

tournament, someone they're pretty much offered to

1:14:37

mentor him in the way of the

1:14:39

T.C. Cheon Pao is not as good

1:14:41

as it used to be, so like,

1:14:43

go buy the Charzark deck. Just go

1:14:45

buy the Charzark deck. It's like $30.

1:14:47

You could, you get everything. It's fine.

1:14:49

Like, with the exception of like a

1:14:52

fesendipity or something, or something. Or maybe

1:14:54

like, like, like, like, like, like, like,

1:14:56

like, like, like, like, like, like, like,

1:14:58

like, like, like, like, like, like, like,

1:15:00

like, like, like, like, like, like, like,

1:15:02

like, like, like, like, like, like, like,

1:15:04

like, like, like, like, like, like, like,

1:15:06

like, like, like, like, like, like, like,

1:15:08

like, like, like Plus 10 for the

1:15:10

Pheasantipity, so 15 you could make that

1:15:12

like a tier 1 deck. I've also

1:15:15

been watching my way through the entire

1:15:17

Pokemon anime for about three years now.

1:15:19

Sounds a little ridiculous I know, but

1:15:21

I've taken some life lessons from Ash

1:15:23

and the gang. I've realized that Pokemon

1:15:25

is about adventure, friendship, helping others, connecting

1:15:27

with nature, and never giving up on

1:15:29

your dreams, no matter what. Even when

1:15:31

you've been trying to win the Pokemon

1:15:33

League for 25 years while staying 10

1:15:35

years old. You guys have shown me

1:15:38

how different everyone's Pokemon experience can be.

1:15:40

Before this podcast, I don't even know

1:15:42

about Pokemon Unite. Pocken tournament, Pokemon Snap,

1:15:44

nobody knows about Pocken tournament, it's fine.

1:15:46

Nobody needs to know about it. It's

1:15:48

okay. We can let that lie in

1:15:50

its grave. That one, that one can

1:15:52

die. Shh. It can, you know, lie

1:15:54

down. Take a nap. Just take a

1:15:56

nap, Pocken tournament. We'll, we'll see you

1:15:58

again again one day. And never get

1:16:01

back up. Yeah. Pokemon Snap, Pokemon Masters,

1:16:03

or so much about competitive video game.

1:16:05

You've shown me just how many ways

1:16:07

there are to engage with this incredible

1:16:09

franchise and how unique everyone's journey can

1:16:11

be. Sorry for the lengthy email. Love

1:16:13

y'all. Keep doing RCS's work. Trainer. Love

1:16:15

it. These were both two very good

1:16:17

emails. Yeah, I was good. All right,

1:16:19

this last one's coming from mole coffee.

1:16:22

Yeah. It's Black Friday and I broke

1:16:24

Puckle Folk. I love it. I love

1:16:26

it. I love it already. That's a

1:16:28

good one. That's a good intro. I

1:16:30

love it. Yeah. We don't celebrate Thanksgiving

1:16:32

here in cold Denmark, but happy holidays

1:16:34

to y'all. But even though I don't

1:16:36

Thanksgiving, celebrate Thanksgiving, I'm still thankful for

1:16:38

a few things. One, I'm so thankful

1:16:40

for my mom who bought me my

1:16:42

first Pokemon game, Pokemon Gold, back when

1:16:45

I was staying at my grandparents' house

1:16:47

for a sleepover in 2000. God, I'm

1:16:49

old. Join the club. I'm still recovering.

1:16:51

Thankful for this amazing podcast, uh, who

1:16:53

entertain me on the way to work

1:16:55

every day. I really appreciate your hard

1:16:57

work and dedication for this podcast. You're

1:16:59

welcome, because I have strep throat and

1:17:01

I still came in at seven in

1:17:03

the morning. And three, I'm thankful for

1:17:05

my family and the new little Pokemon

1:17:08

trainer who will arrive around June next

1:17:10

year. Oh, congrats. Oh, congratulations. You gone.

1:17:12

Yeah. It's gonna have some egg moves.

1:17:14

And last of all, I'm so thankful

1:17:16

my wife didn't find out I broke

1:17:18

my gaming chair because of Pokemon Unite.

1:17:20

Stupid goodra player. Don't engage with the

1:17:22

goodra. If you ignore the goodra, they're

1:17:24

useless. That's my advice. Just like ignore

1:17:26

goodra. Like, ignore goodra. Like, don't engage

1:17:28

with the goodra. What are your holiday

1:17:31

plans? And what is your favorite pokaball.

1:17:33

My fave is the repeat ball. Also

1:17:35

caught a few shyies in that beautiful

1:17:37

ball. Anyway, happy holidays puckle folk. Best

1:17:39

wishes. Mo coffee, aka a mill, aka

1:17:41

Mr. Coffee. Friendship ball. The heavy ball

1:17:43

is my favorite ball. I like the

1:17:45

heavy ball and the lure ball. I

1:17:47

like the lure ball as well. Good.

1:17:49

Where a ball's fine? I just like

1:17:52

the, I just like the bumps. That's

1:17:54

fire. That's a very fair thing to

1:17:56

think. I like the friend ball because

1:17:58

it most complements Snivey, literally. Snivey looks

1:18:00

really good in a friend ball. My

1:18:02

favorite, one of my favorite memories was

1:18:04

when playing Pokemon Sun and Moon. They

1:18:06

purposely gave the trainers different poker balls.

1:18:08

Yes. like when they would enter into

1:18:10

battle like do you remember that that

1:18:12

was so cool yeah and like the

1:18:15

breeders would have friendballs and stuff like

1:18:17

that they also brought back kirt balls

1:18:19

which was a blessing it was it

1:18:21

really was even though they've made them

1:18:23

like prohibitively difficult to get in every

1:18:25

other game you know what I'm gonna

1:18:27

go on a limb I actually like

1:18:29

that because it's like the yeah It

1:18:31

gives you something to work for, right?

1:18:33

It gives it, well, and it's something

1:18:35

that they can put out as a

1:18:38

cool thing that everyone's really excited for,

1:18:40

and it's low-impact enough that it's not

1:18:42

gonna like... That's fair. Warp everything. That's

1:18:44

absolutely fair. I think that's a good

1:18:46

take. I mean, I wish I don't

1:18:48

want to, I don't want to like

1:18:50

go craft them like we used to

1:18:52

be able to, you know what I

1:18:54

mean? Because like that was still prohibitively

1:18:56

slow. spin a roulette wheel over and

1:18:58

over again to get one? You know

1:19:01

what I miss is when Gen4 you

1:19:03

could have those stickers on your poker

1:19:05

ball for like dramatic appearances? Oh, the

1:19:07

capsules? I want that. Give us that

1:19:09

again. They did do that in BDSP.

1:19:11

They did bring it back in BDSP.

1:19:13

Yeah, because that was a Gen4 remake,

1:19:15

but like put it in a real

1:19:17

Pokemon game, not that sad excuse. BDSP

1:19:19

is fine. Don't be mad that it

1:19:21

was exactly what they said it was

1:19:24

going to be. I mean, I'm just,

1:19:26

it is exactly what they said was

1:19:28

going to be and that is disappointing.

1:19:30

But yeah. All right, if you want

1:19:32

to email us next week and let

1:19:34

us know what your top five, bottom

1:19:36

five, gen seven, Pokemon are, let us

1:19:38

know. But, oh, I, oh, Green Tourist

1:19:40

badge. I, I don't know. Do we

1:19:42

give the, do we, we got to

1:19:45

pick a Green Tourist, but they're all

1:19:47

good. They're all good. Yeah, I don't

1:19:49

know. Like, like, like, I like, I

1:19:51

like, I like, I like, I like,

1:19:53

I like, I like, I like, I

1:19:55

like, I like, I like, I like,

1:19:57

I like, I like, I like, I

1:19:59

like, I like, I like, I like,

1:20:01

I like, I like, I like, I

1:20:03

like, I like, I like, I like,

1:20:05

I like, I like, I like, I

1:20:08

like, I like, I like, I like,

1:20:10

I like, I like, cable story, which

1:20:12

I think... Squids was very well written.

1:20:14

I enjoy Squid. But Trader was a

1:20:16

first-time emailer and also did really. Trader

1:20:18

Troy's was also very good, right? And

1:20:20

it's his first time, and I appreciate

1:20:22

that. That's nice. I appreciate, you know

1:20:24

what, both of them can get it.

1:20:26

Both of them can get it. Okay,

1:20:28

well, now I want to give it

1:20:31

to everyone because I thought, well, coffee's

1:20:33

what's going to... So we voted, we

1:20:35

voted, everybody gets it, everybody gets it,

1:20:37

this week. Yes, oh my God, I

1:20:39

have such a people pleaser. Such a

1:20:41

people pleaser. All right, with that guys

1:20:43

though, I have been trained at that,

1:20:45

you know, oh wait, I gotta do

1:20:47

the other spiel. We're on social media,

1:20:49

go to social media, follow us over

1:20:51

at Twitter, Blue Sky, we're on Blue

1:20:54

Sky, we're on Blue Sky now. I

1:20:56

haven't posted anything, but we're on Blue

1:20:58

Sky, but we're on Blue Sky, I

1:21:00

haven't posted anything, but we're on Blue

1:21:02

Sky. I'll be there this Tuesday stream,

1:21:04

probably PokemonTC. or maybe logging into Pokemon

1:21:06

Unite to go get a free license.

1:21:08

I don't know now. Just log in

1:21:10

every day for five days. It's easy.

1:21:12

Get your thing. And then of course,

1:21:15

if you want to help, if you

1:21:17

want to help support the show, you

1:21:19

can always go over to patron at

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1:21:23

over to our... Oh my gosh, what's

1:21:25

the other one? Not just that, not

1:21:27

just that one, but also go to

1:21:29

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1:21:31

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1:21:35

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1:21:38

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1:21:40

it's even cheaper. Just saying, guys, just

1:21:42

saying. With that, I have been Trader.

1:21:44

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