The Pokemon Mechanic that Scares Other Games

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  @n0rtist · 2 years ago · pinned

  I just wanted to quickly thank all the comments kindly correcting me on the nuances of the mentioned indie games. <br>These were my honest understandings of their respective mechanics when I was coding in my ATP system a few weeks ago; however it turns out there are a few more cases of immunities offered by a few of Coromon&apos;s Enhanced Traits and Temtem&apos;s 2 Synthesizing traits. <br>Additionally, while not related to immunities, I was made aware that Cassette Beasts do have a damage multiplier in their type matchups and Pokemon&apos;s choice specs and scarf were Gen IV additions. <br>While immunities are still rare in these other games as no general type matchup does 0x the damage, I do want to avoid spreading erroneous details in the future. <br>I&apos;ll continue to work on my game, and I&apos;ll make it clearer that my videos are reflecting my thought process behind the decisions I made for my game. <br>Also, mixing up the titles in the beginning is straight up my mistake; do NOT edit videos at 3AM... <br>Thank you again to everyone for being interested in my works!

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  @RoninCatholic · 2 years ago

  Immunities are great and I use them all the time in my non-monster-collecting RPGs. &quot;You can&apos;t hypnotize a tree, you can&apos;t Earthquake a flying creature, you can&apos;t kill undead or demons without holiness, you can&apos;t poison a robot&quot;

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  @TheSmortPigeon · 2 years ago

  I like how nortist can make an interesting video about his Pokémon project and still manage to teach us about science

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• DE

  @Delta2468 · 2 years ago

  Correction on cassette beasts: effective moves deal 1.25x damage and ineffective moves deal 0.75x, but the buffs/debuffs are much more impactful than the damage modifiers so it’s easy to overlook

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  @pixelfire86 · 2 years ago (edited)

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvFCYcjFpE4&amp;t=391">6:31</a> Choice <b>band</b> was added in gen 3, but choice scarf and specs were added in gen 4.

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  @Cas-Se78.97 · 2 years ago

  I think it’s worth noting that Pokémon has more immunities than just what was mentioned. Fire/electric/poison types are immune to the related status effects, grass types are immune to powder moves, etc. Those immunities I think actually add more depth than the type-based ones.

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  @MsIDKwatmynameis · 2 years ago

  Ah yes. Challenging the Battle Hall in Pokemon Platinum, ended up in a one to one against a Shedinja with my Porygon Z. None of my attacks could hit it, the Shedinja had one move that worked but Porygon Z had recover. It was a battle of just wasting moves over and over again until finally Porygon Z started struggling and knocked it out. Easily the worst battle I&apos;ve ever had in Pokemon.

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  @DrGentleman8 · 2 years ago (edited)

  For anyone who knows what Pokemon Brick Bronze is, the developers made their own monster catching game which does have immunities in it, Loomian Legacy, along with getting boosts from certain attacks, and saving your allies during double battles.

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  @PsydeON · 2 years ago

  I&apos;m shocked that there even are people who have issues with immunities. They&apos;re one of the most interesting mechanics in Pokemon imo

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  @chezburgerE · 2 years ago

  As a competitive pokemon-er, I can confirm Shedinja has infinite counters.<br>Entry hazards<br>Will O&apos; Wisp<br>Toxic<br>Any confusing move<br>Mold breaker<br>Neutralizing Gas.<br>Type changing moves<br>Moves that ignore abilities.

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  @CatherineCollage · 2 years ago

  2 thinhs <br><br><br>1) cassette beasts DOES actually have type effectiveness increase/decrease damage, just by a small margin (somewhare around 20-30% I forget)<br><br>2) cassette beasts does kind of have an immunity. If an air move is hit by a fire move, the air type gets a free wall. &nbsp;And, well, if an air wall is hit by a fire move, the wall gets MORE duration. &nbsp;So while you can hit an air type with 1 fire move, after that they are functionally inmune to fire for as long as the wall lasts<br><br><br>Not trying to be rude I just absolutely love the game and wanted to clarify some things-

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  @DDoodles_ · 2 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PvFCYcjFpE4&amp;t=500">8:20</a> “the recent mobile spinoff game”🦕

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