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Pokedex Discrepancies
Topic Started: Jan 20 2017, 04:47 PM (1,839 Views)
l33tmaan
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carnackiArdent
Jan 22 2017, 09:00 PM
Sableye largely lives in natural caverns, I think, so it doesn't really need to dig out more living space. They tend to find exposed veins of crystal or steal gems from miners rather than dig the things out themselves (and I don't think most Pokémon with a Burrow speed can get through solid rock anyway).
Oh, damn, that's so obvious. Dark/Ghost - of course it steals its food wherever it can. I assume the pokemon world has a ton of natural gem caverns to sustain the Sableye population, because wandering around in a cave looking for a quick bite doesn't sound very efficient to me. Plus, the Pokedex straight up says it digs through rocks to find gems to munch on.
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It digs branching holes in caves using its sharp claws in search of food—raw gems. A Sableye lurks in darkness and is seen only rarely.

How many changes are in the 1.06 Pokedex anyway? I assume all the pokemon from Sun/Moon haven't been added yet, so is it mostly rebalancing?
Edited by l33tmaan, Jan 23 2017, 09:15 AM.
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Eisen
Jan 23 2017, 06:12 AM
Milo's right: While badgers and wolverines (Typhlosion) might dig their own burrows, stoats (Quilava) do not.
Though, Echnidna are amazing burrowers... God the cyndaquil line is so messed up physically.
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l33tmaan
Jan 23 2017, 09:15 AM
Oh, damn, that's so obvious. Dark/Ghost - of course it steals its food wherever it can. I assume the pokemon world has a ton of natural gem caverns to sustain the Sableye population, because wandering around in a cave looking for a quick bite doesn't sound very efficient to me. Plus, the Pokedex straight up says it digs through rocks to find gems to munch on.
I think that the truth is much darker than just stealing....

In Sun/Moon, it explicitly states that Marinie/Toxapex hunt Corsola for food. You catch Marinie when a Corsola calls for help and it arrives, only to attack the Corsola.

You catch Sableye in Sun/Moon, when Carbink calls for help. And Sableye appears, only to attack the Carbink.

It's the exact same predatory behavior.
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l33tmaan
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Well, Carbink is a gem pokemon, so that makes sense.
However, I still don't get why Gabites eat them. Gabite is a fine pokemon, but why is it the predator of a fairy... rock? I'm just going off the pokedex entries, as I haven't played Sun/Moon yet. Do Sableyes try and eat the gems off other Sableyes?
The world may never know.
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Gabite are only in the desert, so I have no idea where they're catching Carbink.

But they do like collecting jewels. I guess jewels that aren't trying to flee for their lives are more convenient.
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Jan 21 2017, 10:58 PM
There's even a few editing mistakes. One I found is with Tynamo. Apparently, it has two swim speeds, 2 and 5. I guess that was overlooked before the final draft? Personally, I think its swim speed should be 5 since the pokemon is based on the lamprey, a jawless parasitic fish.
Then again, it's a flying lamprey that lives nowhere near water, so who knows if they even know how to swim...
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Also there's Archen, who is specifically pointed out in both the games and anime as a flightless bird that just hops around, yet somehow it has 4 Sky. Not fixed in the Playtest Pokedex, either.
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