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IOTW: Red Card
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This item, the Red Card, is new to Gen V. There are few people who have heard of it, and there are even fewer Pokémon sources who have written about its potential in battle. Walp, I'm here to hook you up with the deets (as in details. Look at me, using the lingo.) Pokémon Podcast is about to shoot your face full of facts, and probably facts you haven't heard before.
IOTW: Chesto Berry
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Yo, Pokébros. Today we're going to be looking at the Chesto Berry. For those unfamiliar with the Chesto Berry, it wakens a Pokémon from sleep and then is used up.
Before we get into the Chesto Berry's main strategical uses, here are a few tidbits you might not know. When a Pokémon with a Chesto Berry uses Natural Gift, the move that changes depending on which berry is held, the result is a 60 power water move with 100% accuracy.
MOTW: Wild Charge
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Move of the Week time! Today we’re talking about a move that I’ve found particularly useful when going through Black and White my self. It’s a move that one of my favorite Pokemon, Zebstrika, can learn by leveling up. The move I’m talking about here is Wild Charge.
WIld Charge was introduced in Gen V to a slew of Pokemon that can learn it by leveling up, and also to a ton of others by TM 93.
PKMN of the Week: Oshawott
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Oshawott can fight skillfully by detaching the scalchop on its belly. The scalchop can be used for a variety of different things, such as a acting like a sword, shield, and boomerang.
If Oshawott is attacked, it will fight back using its scalchop without any hesitation. When eating, Oshawott uses its forepaws to move food to its mouth. (rather than going down on all fours to eat it).
Facts:
- Oshawott is the only Water-type starter Pokémon to be based on a mammal.
- Oshawott is the only Water-type starter Pokémon to not have an "i" in its name.
- Oshawott is the only starter Pokémon whose name begins with a vowel, discounting Eevee.
Pokemon of the Week: Tepig
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Tepig is a pig-like Pokémon, primarily orange in coloration with the additional colors of black, pink, and yellow on various portions of its body. It has large, ovular eyes, an archetypically piglike ruddy-pink nose, and a thick stripe of yellow over its snout. Much of its face has black coloration, and its ears, long and oblong, are positioned closely together on the top of its head. Tepig has short legs, with the extremities of its forefeet being black in coloration. There is a band of black on its lower back and rear, from which extends its coiled tail, topped with a ruddy-red bauble-like adornment.
It can blow fire from its snout. Tepig are very nimble which allows them to dodge attacks with ease.
Tepig uses its fire-breathing abilities to cook its food. Tepig will blow smoke from its nose instead of embers if it becomes sick. It has been shown to wag its tail when happy.
PKMN of the Week: Snivy
/Hope everyone got a copy of Black/White over the weekend!
Snivy #495
It absorbs energy in the sunlight to grow more powerful, which also sharpens its movements and agility. It is a smart Pokémon with a cool demeanor. It usually basks in the sun and undergoes photosynthesis with its tail, which droops when it loses energy. Mostly they live in tall grass in forests, or in trees.
Facts:
• Shortly after its release, much like many other Generation V Pokémon newly introduced, Snivy received the fan-made moniker, "Smugleaf". This name was picked up on and published in an article on video gaming-focused blog Kotaku and later in an issue of Official Nintendo Magazine Australia and New Zealand, as well as its United Kingdom counterpart.
• Despite what its Pokédex entry for Black says, it cannot have the ability Chlorophyll.
