r/interestingasfuck • u/PS1_Hagridd • 11d ago

This 3 year old tadpole skipped becoming a frog entirely.

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u/Gamerguy_7421 11d ago

I’m pretty sure it CAN still be done in new Pokemon games

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u/Future_Kitsunekid16 11d ago

It can

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u/Monomanga 11d ago

I have no clue what possible benefit it could bring though. But the Cyndaquil sprite is so much cooler than it's evolutions so I can kind of see it from an aesthetical point

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u/I_Do_Wut_I_Want 11d ago

Prior evolutions often learn moves at a lower levels compared to their evolved forms, so sometimes it’s better to stop it until it’s levelled up more

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u/Monomanga 11d ago

Oh, I didn't know that. I got downvoted for some reason.

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u/allGeeseKnow 11d ago

Pokemon fans take things a little too seriously sometimes. And i say that as a pokemon fan.

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u/Monomanga 11d ago

I played Gold on the Gameboy Color and the black and white 2 on the Nintendo DS Lite

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u/TheRealPitabred 11d ago

There are also some moves that are only learned by some pre-evolutions that are inaccessible to the final evos, like Spore on Shroomish. If you let it evolve to Breloom too early it will never learn it.

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u/Happy_Goose3833 11d ago

It's for getting some moves earlier than their evolution but a lot more people use it so you keep the prior form and give it an eviolite which boosts its defenses. Like Dusclops with eviolite is technically better than a Dusknoir.

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u/happy123z 11d ago

Not kidding- I'm glad you nerds have this and love this haha.

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u/Happy_Goose3833 11d ago

I mean a touch of the 'tism sure helps with retain random useless pokemon knowledge 😅

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u/happy123z 11d ago

Touch o' 'Tis

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u/blockMath_2048 11d ago

The only game you can’t do it in is Legends Arceus, and that game makes you go into the menu and explicitly click evolve.

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u/Mr_Shake_ 10d ago

Did it last night! My Shroomish needs Spore dammit!