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[-] RedIce25@lemmy.world 115 points 1 month ago

...this implies they have a cardboard box full of Arceus, the Pokemon God

[-] Kernal64@sh.itjust.works 90 points 1 month ago

What's wrong with that? This is the same world where a 10 year old can force a legalized cockfight with exotic animals they've trained in order to capture said god themselves, at which point the god will do their bidding and fight other exotic animals on the kid's behalf. And all without parental supervision! This comic seems just as plausible as anything else that happens in this world.

[-] systemglitch@lemmy.world 18 points 1 month ago

That puts it fully into perspective. My partner and I like to discuss how messed up that world is, but we tend to focus on the darker side of cannibalism.

[-] Usernameblankface@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

As opposed to the light-hearted, fun side of cannibalism?

[-] Riven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 1 month ago

What's a little nibble among friends.

[-] helpImTrappedOnline@lemmy.world 95 points 1 month ago

So you're telling me to fill my pokedex, I just had to rob a pokecenter?

[-] sag@lemm.ee 49 points 1 month ago

Team Rocket don't know this secret.

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago

Team Rocket tried to hold up a PokeCenter in episode 2!

[-] RustyNova@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

And in the porygon episode (sort of)

[-] aeronmelon@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago

That was more like a DDoS attack, but yeah.

[-] lurch@sh.itjust.works 26 points 1 month ago

Found Team Rocket

[-] gofsckyourself@lemmy.world 67 points 1 month ago

Original comic, since the posted copy is infested with jpeg

https://www.awkwardzombie.com/comic/hotspital

Also, it was extremely easy to find the original one on their site. Would be nice if people who shared this stuff on Lemmy spent just a little time to get a higher quality copy.

[-] schema@lemmy.world 64 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

They'd have to store one for each level and possible ability combinations.

I don't know enough about Pokémon to even try and guesstimate that number.

[-] hannesh93@feddit.org 38 points 1 month ago

It's even more than that since you can improve attacks with more AP, two Pokémon of the same level can also have wildly different stats depending on different factors, there are also genders, passive abilities, etc.

Also what about legendary Pokémon? Are they having hundreds of different versions of literal gods in each of those?

[-] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 1 month ago

Probably those are generically engineered blueprint Pokemon, which they can quickly adjust to lvl and settings

[-] Bongles@lemm.ee 12 points 1 month ago

Could be, but once you start involving genetic engineering, you probably can also just heal the Pokémon.

[-] justme@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 month ago

It probably just boiles down to costs. Our economy mostly favors reproducing over repairing.

[-] zalgotext@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Functionally, what's the difference between "healing" a Pokemon vs. using their genetic makeup and organic matter to biologically 3d print a fully healthy clone?

[-] TwanHE@lemmy.world 2 points 1 month ago

Everything is a ditto

[-] FiskFisk33@startrek.website 3 points 1 month ago

nothing gets past the council of pedants!

[-] YarHarSuperstar@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Not to mention name?

[-] Honytawk@lemmy.zip 3 points 1 month ago

There is a giant factory breeding operation going behind the scenes.

Why else do you think they can afford to serve Slowpoke tail in restaurants?

[-] ladicius@lemmy.world 0 points 1 month ago

You realise that this game is fiction, right?

[-] Mango@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

You sound really fun.

[-] ekZepp@lemmy.world 59 points 1 month ago
[-] blockheadjt@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 month ago

That's just what Katie Tiedrich's face looks like.

[-] fushuan@lemm.ee 28 points 1 month ago

This implies they have multiple legendary Pokemons and multiple magikarps in multiple masterballs because that's how I roll.

[-] technomad@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago

Blain's island missingno. glitch for the win. Gotta get Lapras too.

[-] lowleveldata@lemmy.world 20 points 1 month ago

I always heal my pokemons twice to be sure

[-] stupidcasey@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago

I don’t see a monetary incentive for this, my bet is they sell the experienced ones as a perverted snack for the ultra rich who enjoy eating the children’s pets.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 8 points 1 month ago
[-] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago
[-] Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 1 month ago
[-] rayquetzalcoatl@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Slugma nuts

[-] moon@lemmy.cafe 1 points 1 month ago

Slugma ballz

[-] moon@lemmy.cafe 7 points 1 month ago

I'm cool with that but let me get one with better IVs

this post was submitted on 05 Nov 2024
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