9/20/2023 0 Comments Pokemon scenery 720![]() Now sometimes such oddities can be attributed to a translation error, like perhaps the original name of the move wasn't as specific? Nope, even in Japanese it's Karate Chop. When Karate Chop first debuted in Gen I, it was bizarrely a Normal-type. The target is attacked with a sharp chop. Pound is one of Jigglypuff's Special Moves in Smash Brothers, his neutral in Smash 64 and his side in Melee, and is a surprisingly useful move due to allowing Jigglypuff to recover horizontally by quite a bit! So, regardless of how low Pound's BP is in the games, Sceptile whacking people with its big ass, well, ass-tree would definitely hurt! In the show, Ash's Treecko used Pound as its main offensive attack and used it throughout his evolutions as well-while in the games Pound is weak, I think it's fair to say that the show has the leeway to factor in the physical elements of the Pokemon using the move. It's since been picked up by a larger variety of Pokemon since Gen III, including Starter Pokemon such as Treecko and Piplup (though oddly Prinplup has Tackle), though it's still less common than the more prolific Tackle. When Pound was introduced in Gen I, it was somewhat of a "cute" move and mainly belonged to "feminine" Pokemon such as Clefairy, Jigglypuff, and Chansey, though Grimer and Drowzee were the oddballs who could also learn it. ![]() Both function as a "starter move" to give to early game Pokemon and hatched Pokemon, but otherwise have no function beyond that and are usually the first to be overwritten. So, now, Pound and Tackle are basically the same. When it was first introduced Stadium described it as a "more powerful" alternative to Tackle, but that's no longer true since Gen V when Tackle got a boost to 50, and later in Gen VII down to 40. ![]() Pound is the first move by Index Number and one of the most basic attacks in the series. The target is physically pounded with a long tail, a foreleg, or the like. I imagine while there are almost as many moves as there are Pokemon, this shouldn't take nearly as long since each write-up is a paragraph or two. Feel free to comment about your experience with using the moves in the main game or competitive battling! ![]() I'll do about three to six or so moves in each post, and I hope you'll find this interesting. So, there's no real "order" to the moves, but I'm using the internal numbering and tackling them in that order-it's grouped by Generation though, so it'll be interesting to see how moves evolved over time. Not really from a competitive standpoint, but more a flavor point of view-why is the move the Type it is? Why do certain Pokemon learn it? What interesting translation issues arise? There's actually some interesting stuff I've found out just from the initial moves. There are over 700 moves in existence, and it seems Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon will add a few more as seen by UB-Burst's "Mind Blown", so I thought I'd go through and take a closer look at them. I already reviewed all the Pokemon (Gen VII will probably start early next year once I have the chance to digest Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon), so, why not in the meantime, talk about the other big thing that's added each Generation-Moves! Here's something I thought would be interesting.
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