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Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 1h

i like that the slowbronite tells you up front that it won't work for galarian slowbro. though i guess this'll also mean that alolan raichu's gonna get left out in the cold while the original gets powered up

Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 1h

all this time spent on urban redevelopment and nobody’s done anything with Lysandre Café. they could have at least repurposed his lab!

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Lysandre Café, closed and surrounded by trash

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Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 2h

i somehow didn’t know i would move through the ranks so fast so i guess i WILL change my look a bit more frequently!

also had to get a bayleef pic in before evolving

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Protagonist sitting at a cafe, smiling at Bayleef

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🌊 Sandra 🌊 @sandraghart.bsky.social · 4h

Taunie! 💛✨ #PokemonLegendsZA #fanart

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Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 5h

man, me and naveen have, like, complete opposite mindsets when it comes to watching streams! he wants to be active in chat and get noticed by the streamer, but i'm totally a vod guy who only wants to watch at my own convenience

Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 5h

incredibly funny that two geographically adjacent regions each independently produced a popular female streamer who’s also an electric-type specialist

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Image of the streamer Canari

Naveen: “She’s a bold, vibrant vision in her streetwear! And her gameplay—so daring, so dynamic!

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Erasu @erasu.bsky.social · 6h

So this is just legitimate ragebait. The context was specifically about expanding the Nintendo IPs and the Nintendo Museum where they can see and use old hardware. Here's the question and answer

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Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 5h

oh this game is playing it real close to the chest about the new megas. i just got to the part where i can trade mega shards for mega stones and THAT one is the only new one on offer

also boo they don't have mawilite, and i just added a mawile to my team. guess i get it from a rogue mega battle...?

Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 5h

*opponent sends out last pokemon*
oh cool i didn't know that was in this game
*shifts to dialogue scene*
wait... it's not gonna...
*mega evolution*
OH HELLO THERE

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Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 10h

whoa i just found PLZA's equivalent of the shiny ponyta sidequest! very good choice for a shiny

Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 11h

there’s a lot of variety so i guess i’ll change up my outfit every couple ranks! will probably change my hair less often though

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Protagonist posing in a new outfit/hairstyle alongside Braixen

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Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 1d

me @ this guy: hey did you know that a hypothetical pokemon who was all 18 types at once would be weak to rock moves and also freeze-dry and it'd take 8x damage from thousand arrows and hey where are you going

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Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 1d

i'd be morbidly curious to see how someone handles something like a nuzlocke in PLZA. i just did my match for rank W and lordy did that one come down to the wire

Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 1d

whoa and some geography as well! someone mentions going over some mountains to get to paldea. makes sense, what with this being the equivalent of going from france to spain. still, this is the first time since kanto/johto where two regions are confirmed to be on the same continent!

Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 1d

slowly piecing together pokemon timeline stuff.... there's at least one NPC who seems to indicate the whole team flare incident was five years ago, and there's also an NPC who references the "unbeatable" leon being defeated, so i guess 5 years (or less) separates XY and SwSh. where's alola fit in?

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Maq @maqusan.bsky.social · 1d

lol. lmao, even.

The top 20 accounts blocked in the last 24 hours. They're almost entirely US government accounts. And they're catching block numbers that would easily put them in the all-time top blocked list, just in the first day.

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Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 1d

i wonder who the first enby pokemon character is gonna be…

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“Just like people, Pokémon vary widely. Their gender can be male, female, or unknown”

Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 1d

*finds boutique couture*
*sees trench coat in window selling for 12,000*

EXCUSE YOU THAT THING USED TO COST 300 GRAND WHAT HAPPENED

Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 2d

noooo darn it all i forgot i swapped to my only repeat ball earlier to catch an alpha ralts and i just hucked my only luxury ball at a random pidgey because that was next in the menu

Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 2d

i love how PLZA has the cries of nearby wild pokemon going off because long-time fans are more likely to recognize them and try to find where they're coming from

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Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 2d

LRP okay but imagine AZ and his resurrected/now-immortal floette passing by as you have this conversation

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Diredoof @doofivirus.bsky.social · 3d

CAN YOU NOT

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Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 2d

whoa nice find! did it have the sparkle+sound like in PLA or was it just kinda there with no fanfare like in SV?

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Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 2d

as i thought, some of the encounters for completing certain zones are only available at night!

on a related note, wow i can't believe they made staryu a night encounter. what a throwback. they haven't done that with staryu since johto!

Saphire @saphire.bsky.social · 2d

PLZA mod idea: add in pikmin's sunset alert/countdown sounds when night's about to fall