• benignintervention@lemmy.world
    73·
    2 months ago

    In high school math class we got paired up for a worksheet and instead of doing any math we spent the hour listing the first 150 Pokemon in numerical order. Been chasing that high ever since

    • stelelor
      19·
      2 months ago

      Charmeleon! Wartortle,

      Mewtwo, Tentacruel, Aerodactyl,

      Omanyte, Slowpoke…

      That’s all I’ve got. I will shed a single tear in remembrance of happier days.

      • caseyweederman
        2·
        2 months ago

        Yeah but like where’s the pun
        Is it just kangaroo plus Khan, and if so, why

        • Promethiel@lemmy.world
          4·
          2 months ago

          Part of Fiction writing 101. The more things you need to 'effing name, the stupider the wordplay gets.

          Lots of visual references to make those puns work on Pokemon designs usually.

          Kanghaskhan (Garura in Japanese), is a giant Kangaroo thing with built-in laminar armor reminiscent of Mongolian make.

          At least Kanghaskhan made it to the list of B-tier sound puns to go with the visuals (and Genghis was a ruler, keeping the pun from the Japanese name that is “Kangaroo Ruler”).

          Not all Pokemon get the same wit applied to their puns, some get really groan worthy if examined haha.

          • caseyweederman
            1·
            2 months ago

            Kangaruler would have been so much better.
            I had no idea the armor was supposed to be Mongolian.

  • 𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.world
    14·
    2 months ago

    I can name the first 251(gen 1 and 2) by heart and 3 by sight and name, but not by number. It gets a little easier when you realize Gen2 is only 100 pokemon, the smallest Gen. Celebi is #251 and you can work backwards to Mew.

    Easy way to solve most gens if you have to fill out a blank sheet - The starters are always grass/fire/water in that order, so your first 9 are always solved. Then the 2 early game bugs(Butterfree and Beedrill/ledyba and spinarak) and HM rat (Rattata/sentret/zigzagoon)and then from there’s it’s wild west until the end. The pseudo-legendary evo of 3 are with the legendaries, and those come in a set of 3, followed by the 2 title characters plus their hidden legendary so that’s the back 9 solved for most gens. Gen 4 has more legendaries/pseudo legendaries so you get 12-15 for free on the back end.

    There’s some new ones I like but fuck there’s over 1000 now. I’m happy just knowing up to 386.

      • 𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.world
        2·
        2 months ago

        Googled - G6 is 72, g7 is 88, gen 8 is 96

        Looking at the lineups, they mostly create a slew of regional creatures, and then use older 'mon as filler for routes. Makes sense at this stage.

      • 𝔼𝕩𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕒@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        I couldn’t number them but give me a long enough time I’d probably get there or close. It’s been a long time lol.

        In high school we used to keep Pokemon cards in a our binders ordered pokedex style, so knowing them by generation became rote memory when we’d open a dozen packs and have to sort them into sleeves quickly.

  • Sourav Satvaya@lemmy.world
    101·
    2 months ago

    Honestly, the names of the newer Pokémon are so dumb that I never tried to remember. The old ones are cool and I’ll probably remember them for another decade.

  • unalivejoy@lemm.eeEnglish
    91·
    2 months ago

    Can’t forget what you never knew. Just don’t forget about Pikachu.

  • cobysev@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    I got into Pokémon when the card game and anime first came to America. I was in jr high school at the time and collected so many of the original cards. Never finished my collection, though.

    I got into the Pokémon craze at first, but stopped following it in my later years of high school. I was too busy preparing to be an adult, so I set it aside and forgot about it for years. I didn’t even know there were more than 151 Pokémon until over a decade later.

    I learned some of the newer generations with Pokémon Go, but I still remember all of the original 151 Pokémon. The newer stuff is just weird to me.

    EDIT: I never got into the games, even though they started releasing when I was a teenager. Pokémon Go was actually my first game in the franchise; although I watched my friends play the classic Red and Blue games back in the day.

  • atocci@lemmy.world
    5·
    2 months ago

    I would simply fire up the ol’ 3DS (the best handheld console) and revisit any Pokemon game from Red and Blue to Ultra Sun and Ultra Moon.

    • flicker@lemmy.world
      2·
      2 months ago

      I adore S&M and I don’t know how I didn’t realize that was S&M until now! I missed out on so many jokes!