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Let's take a look at how the popular game of Pokemon lines up with God's word.
Um… no. It's weird to just force a religion on a fantasy world incompatible with it.
Pokemon teaches children to depend on "psychic powers"
Actually, no one in Pokemon ever does that.
and to trust in their "Pokemon" or "pocket monsters".
Isn't that good?
The "good" creatures in the game use their occult powers (which are forbidden by God),
What God? There's no equivalent of "God" in this world. (unless you count Arceus's role as a creator) And in this world, there's nothing wrong about their powers.
to overcome "evil" Pokemon.
WHAT??? DID YOU EVEN WATCH THE ISLAND OF THE GIANT POKEMON EPISODE!???? Besides, most trainers are "good," anyway.
Pokemon creatures show a power that is of a supernatural and spiritual source. Creatures such as Hypno, Mewter, and Haunter all display psychic powers.
Supernatural? No… Spiritual? No…
(unless you count the psychic type) NOT MEWTER
Just because these popular creatures are labeled "good" in the Pokemon game, does not mean they measure up in God's word.
Okay, so animals don't measure up in God's word…
To achieve your goals in Pokemon you begin to believe it's OK to cast spells,
As far as I know, no one has ever cast a spell in a Pokemon game (besides that channeler that made a space that heals your party) and no one can do it anyway.
use psychic powers,
No, the PEOPLE don't do that, the POKEMON do. At least some, but I don't even know if psychic powers are REAL anyway.
magic,
There's no magic. (unless you count the extreme wonderfulness of Pokemon's existence)
poison,
The poison used in the game isn't even fatal!
cheat, steal, deceive or kill others.
Okay, this is going over the line here…
You begin to believe these things, because many of the people who control our entertainment have lied to you, and have told you to believe that it is OK to take part in them.
Those people have NOT told us that. Who's the liar now?
Another false promise that the game of Pokemon teaches is that you can become your own "master".
Last time I checked, being a master meant being really good at it.
Did you know that all other religions around the world (except for Christianity), were brought into existence by Satan?
LIAR.
Most all of these religions teach that you can become a god (master).
ERNT. WRONG.
Remember the first big lie that Satan told in the Garden of Eden? The lie "ye shall be as gods". The Bible tells us, no one can become a "god" or a "master". This is a false promise. Satan, Adam and Eve all suffered terrible consequences for believing this lie and disobeying God.
That's different.
The New Age Movement theme can be detected once again throughout Pokemon. It is good to use your mind, but your mind should concentrate on good things, not evil things (see Philippians 4:8-9). When children play this game, many begin to get mixed-up between what is real and what is make-believe. The game becomes reality to them and pulls them into the story like they were really there. This is what the game was meant to do.
This would also be so for books, and every other video game in the world.
It is dangerous, because your mind is busy focusing on things that God hates, rather than on things God loves.
So apparently, God hates one man's imaginative dream.
Many children believe they have power at their fingertips, the power to give commands. This is magic
No. Many normal people can do that.
and it is a very destructive power that will lead only into Satan's trap.
So, being a leader is bad…
Did you know that those who call themselves "Wizards of the Coast" created the Pokemon game?
No, Nintendo did.
These wizards are calling themselves something that God has forbidden. Let me make it clear that God loves the person, but hates the practice of a wizard.
BUT THEY'RE NOT REALLY WIZARDS!!! Nor could they ever be.
These "Wizards of the Coast" are also the creators of "Dungeon's and Dragon's" and "Magic:The Gathering". These games also have many occult forbidden practices in them, that need to be avoided.
You just thought that because of the words "magic" and "dragons."
Overall, Pokemon is teaching you how to practice witchcraft and sorcery. It is teaching you to put your trust in Satan's occult forces which are in reality "demonic spirits".
Yeah right, as if. DEMONIC!??
Satan wants to attract you to these things by making them fun for you to play or watch on TV, while in a sneaky way, he draws you away from the true God who loves you.
Yeah, like every single cartoon on the planet! What are these guys on, (insert drug here)
Just remember, these things are not pleasing to a God that truly loves you!
Yeah, like fun, imagination, and happiness.
I pray that all of you who are addicted to Pokemon will decide that your Pokemon game just is not worth it!
I pray that your prayer doesn't come true.
Nothing is worth getting between you and God. If you are already a Christian, you must ask God's forgiveness from being involved in these forbidden practices.
FORBIDDEN???
Christians must separate themselves from these things.
If this is what being a Christian means, then I won't be one.
The Bible says in 1 Thessalonians 5:22 very clearly to; "Abstain from all appearance of evil".
Exactly my point. Where is this "appearance" of evil?
You see, God did not put verses in the Bible to disallow us from doing fun things, but to protect us from evil.
I don't think this is what God had in mind…
You must decide who you would rather follow; God, your loving creator or Satan, the master deceiver?
Well, God, but I don't see how this whole thing's message is "follow Satan."
Do you want to learn how to follow Jesus Christ the one who loves you and made you?
WRONG!!! According to Christians like you, GOD made us, not Jesus.
As a side note, I got the Johto and Kanto starters by a trade arranged at that previously-mentioned site.
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I'm lowk kinda shocked to find out my zodiac pokemon is liepard of all of them.. makes sense tho
The Switch FireRed is a port of the same game, so this is indeed the correct calculator you want for that! Brilliant Diamond and Shining Pearl, on the other hand, are Gen VIII remakes and have Gen VIII mechanics; you want this calculator for those.
does this work for also the modern remakes like bdsp and the switch fire red
That would be the difficulty modifier, which makes it a lot harder to catch Pokémon that are a higher level than your Pokémon until you’ve gotten all eight badges. The calculator links to the full explanation of the entire formula at the top.
Hi! I had a question about how the calculator makes its calculations. For Gen VIII, Maractus level 31 at 35% p and using a pokeball, the catch rate based upon what level of pokémon i was using went from Lv 30 18% to lv 32 80%. I didn’t realize that such a small difference in the level of pokemon i was using could affect the catch rate, and was hoping for more insight on it because this whole calculator fascinates me :)
Sure hope I'm doing this right!
Aww, I'm glad it's been useful! I'm always happy to support anyone creating their own websites.
Hi Butterfree! Your wonderful Pokemon website has a fan who has never played Pokemon or even collected more than ten or so cards.
I'm from the Petz community (a series of pet simulation games from the 1990s) and I absolutely loved your tutorial on how to create custom quizzes. I dipped my toes into HTML coding for the first time with a silly little personality quiz on my drag-and-drop builder site, and now I've been working on incorporating more HTML. Eventually I'd love to switch to something like Neocities so I can custom-build everything (and get away from an external corporation I don't like).
Thank you so much for sharing these resources with not just the Pokemon community, but the whole world of the web. You guide is accessible, helpful, and lots of fun!
Genuinely what were they thinking in gen 1 😂 It's the first one ever so it gets a pass but normal type gust is crazy
Mesprit is so fucking ASSSS to catch. Even with statuses
I had no idea the catch rate modifier on the paralyzed status effect was so low when it came to Legendaries specifically. Like its only a few points of a percentage decimal more than trying to catch it without a status effect. Sleep comparatively doubles your chances for legendaries, but even then, it only boosts it to 4%. That explains why it took 58 ultra balls to catch a paralyzed 4hp moltres. Its elemental bird brotheren weren't anywhere near as difficult to catch, but I guess the odds had just been in my favor.
Thank you mysterious website, I will keep this information in mind when I try to to catch Mewtwo without using a MasterBall. Along with… other… legendaries.
Fair enough, thanks for your reply :)
I haven't played any online multiplayer Pokémon games, no (or rather, I think I tried one for a few minutes sometime way back in the day, but that's it). I have a lot of things on my plate, and finding time to play any video game is already a matter of having to actively prioritize the game over a number of other things. I'm willing to do that for the mainline Pokémon games, which just make me happy and which play a pivotal role in my life via my participation in Pokémon fandom, and sometimes for games whose story I'd like to experience and be able to discuss with others - but I basically never play multiplayer games. I just have too many other things to do with my time!
Have you tried any of the fan made games ? I hear there is a lot and some are amazing.
I'm personally just starting an MMO one called PokeOne with my friend and we're having such a blast. Being able to do the story together, every fight in duo with a friend, trade and battle together at anytime is everything i ever wanted from a pokemon game. I always thought the games would be so much more fun with friends and now thanks to fans we have a lot of online fan games.
What's your take on multiplayer online pokemon games, have you played any ?
~Wolfy
I like it
Eugh. I was told that the robots would at least be good at math when the uprising came.
Unfortunately that is not even the only 100% AI-generated website that has asked to affiliate with me recently. I am now all too familiar with how bad LLMs are at the Pokémon type chart; they've more or less got the single types down but the moment they start talking about type combinations they start explaining Water/Grass is 4x weak to Flying or whatever.
I assume this was in response to the LLM-powered fanart reselling "venture" asking about affiliation?
Thanks, Butterfree, for taking a stand against commodification of fans' creativity, and for keeping the lights on in the fansite community. It's a shame that the internet's gardens have gotten so thoroughly walled.
The mechanics actually work a bit differently even in FireRed and LeafGreen and are not quite as broken, so don't use this page as an authoritative reference for those games. I should probably make an actual page on those, especially with the Switch port, hmm.
Was actually looking for Gen 3 but this should pretty much work as well. Thank you very much for your service! I really appreciate it
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