Anonymous asks:

What do you think of Detective Pikachu for 3ds?

…I am so confused.

It’s actually kinda neat in a lot of ways, though. Like, if I have this straight, the deal with the kid is that he and the Pikachu can understand each other for reasons that are currently mysterious, and as a result they can work as a team to operate just as effectively among humans and among Pokémon. That puts them in a very unique position that could be exploited in all kinds of ways by a shrewd and discreet investigator. And that is a really interesting premise; it’s just a shame this is a fairly low-budget game and won’t have the space or the ambition to explore it fully.

…and yes, I have signed the change.org petition to get Nintendo of America to hire Danny de Vito as the English language voice actor for Detective Pikachu.

Update: No Danny de Vito ='(

Anonymous asks:

What would happen if you threw a pokemon at a pokeball?

…why would you…? How…? What?

I mean… I guess the same thing as would happen normally. Right? Unless you have to, like… arm the Pokéball first somehow, like it doesn’t work unless you hit the button before you throw it. I don’t know. But… why?

And if you answer “for science” then so help me I will throw you at a Pokéball!

vikingboybilly asks:

Are bronzor and bronzong made out of copper? AFAIK bronze rusts into a ruddy red/brown color, and copper rusts into the teal color we see on bronzor and bronzong.

Speaking as someone who has actually dug legit 3500-year-old bronze objects out of the dirt, no; corroded bronze is blue-green, much like copper. Largely because bronze is, y’know, 90% copper.

vikingboybilly asks:

In 2007 a Roman lighthouse was discovered in Istanbul. Comment?

…not 100% sure what you’re asking here. Istanbul (Constantinople) was at one point the capital of the Roman Empire, and as a major port city it’s a perfectly tenable place to put a lighthouse. It would make a good deal more sense than finding a Chinese lighthouse in Zurich, I can tell you that.

Anonymous asks:

Y’know, Super Mystery Dungeon fixed a lot of your earlier complaints about the spinoffs! The AI’s much better, and instead of random recrutions you get missions from other Pokemon (all 721 of them) and they’ll join you once you complete them. So this is good news right?

This sounds entirely reasonable. Maybe one of these years I’ll get around to playing it.

Anonymous asks:

What would you say are the Pokémon that best exemplify the five Contest categories?

Mmmm… tricky…

Well, beauty has to be Milotic, right? ‘cause originally Milotic’s very evolution was tied to the beauty stat, and no other Pokémon has that kind of connection.

I reckon cleverness and toughness are probably Alakazam and Machamp respectively, since in the original games they sort of form an opposed pair of brain and brawn.

Coolness is hard because it’s something that you know when you see it but is hard to define; if you look at the moves associated with it, they tend to be either flashy, dynamic and powerful or quick and accurate, so there are kind of two aesthetics blended in there. I think I can probably appeal to popular authority, though, and say without fear of contradiction that the coolest Pokémon of all time is Charizard.

Cuteness is downright impossible because there are so many Pokémon you quite justifiably could pick. Also I happen to think Dunsparce is the cutest Pokémon ever but I suspect this is a minority view on my part. I might have picked Pikachu for this because of his universal popularity, but Cosplay Pikachu firmly establishes him as being linked with all five categories. The best I think I can do is narrow it down to two – Eevee or Togepi – because I think the concept of ‘cuteness’ implies the potential for growth, and those are both Pokémon for whom that’s a really important design element.

Anonymous asks:

What’s your favorite English Pokémon name, and why?

Tricky; it’s hard to pick just one… there’s quite a few that just roll off the tongue in a way I really enjoy, particularly Octillery and Galvantula; they have this wonderful sort of dactylic rhythm to them… Octillery is also an undeniably badass name (likewise Clawitzer, for much the same reason). I love the sonorous feel of Bronzong as well.

Brick3621 asks:

You were indifferent to the FFVII remake announcement, so here’s hoping this is more relevant to your interests: Last Thursday, Nintendo threw everybody for a loop by showcasing Cloud Strife as the latest DLC fighter for Super Smash Bros. Any thoughts on the opportunity to see him interact with the likes of Pikachu?

Well, I’ve never played Smash Bros, and honestly I’m not likely to… but hey, Cloud Strife vs. the Wii Fit Trainer? Hell, yeah; Omnislash the $#!t out of that smug health-conscious b!tch!