Sumwun

sumwun
"Being quiet is not my forte."
This is what I really look like. Don’t judge.
Gender	Genderless
Eye color	Blonde
Hair color	Blue
Hometown	Unknown
Region	sumwair
Relatives	My family left me...
Trainer class	User
Generation	XXI
Games	Pokémon Brown and Gray

Usertags

Pokémon Stuff

	This user is a player of Pokémon Emerald Version.

	This user is a player of Pokémon Platinum Version.

	☆ This user's favorite Rock-type Pokémon is Kecleon. ☆

	☆ This user's favorite Water-type Pokémon is Kecleon. ☆

	☆ This user's favorite Electric-type Pokémon is Kecleon. ☆

	☆ This user's favorite Grass-type Pokémon is Kecleon. ☆

	☆ This user's favorite Poison-type Pokémon is Kecleon. ☆

	☆ This user's favorite Psychic-type Pokémon is Kecleon. ☆

	☆ This user's favorite Fire-type Pokémon is Kecleon. ☆

	☆ This user's favorite Ground-type Pokémon is Kecleon. ☆

	☆ This user's favorite Flying-type Pokémon is Kecleon. ☆

	☆ This user's favorite Bug-type Pokémon is Kecleon. ☆

I don’t know of any good normal Pokémon. What should I put here?

	☆ This user's favorite Ghost-type Pokémon is Kecleon. ☆

	☆ This user's favorite Fighting-type Pokémon is Kecleon. ☆

	☆ This user's favorite Steel-type Pokémon is Kecleon. ☆

	☆ This user's favorite Ice-type Pokémon is Kecleon. ☆

	☆ This user's favorite Dragon-type Pokémon is Kecleon. ☆

	☆ This user's favorite Dark-type Pokémon is Kecleon. ☆

	☆ This user's favorite type is Steel. ☆

	☆ This user's favorite move is Roost. ☆

	☆ This user's favorite Ability is Unaware. ☆

	This user's favorite ball is the Timer Ball.

♫♪♫	This user's favorite song is Johto Trainer Battle.

	♠ This user's least favorite Pokémon is Pikachu. ♠

	This user hates Pikachu.

	← This user used to have one of these, till the user met one of these. →

	This user used to fear putting rare TMs to waste and ended up not using them.

		This user's Rattata is in the top percentage.

	PRAISE LORD HELIX!!!

	This user hates fairies.

	This user reads Pokémon Adventures.

Random Stuff

	This user identifies as genderless.

suT	This user uses sumwair Standard Time, which is UTC-13.

	HEY GUYS, DID YOU HEAR? LUSAMINE IS THE REAL VILLAIN!

	This user is asexual.

	This user does not like shipping.

	This user is not a shipper.

	This statement is false.

	This user has a collection of applesauce.

Look!

Tags That Should Exist

	This user is a competitive battler.

	This user is a competitive battler

	This user is a competitive battler.

Seriously. Anything but Netbattle.

	This user is a defiant battler.

	This user’s favorite item is the Toxic Orb.

	This user was top 500 on a Pokémon Showdown! ladder.

	This user is resolute.

There’s already tags for emotional, intelligent...don’t legendaries come in trios?

	This user uses his trusty frying pan as a drying pan.

	This user loses when he doesn't eat enough pizza.

Boring Stuff That You Likely Won’t Read

	This user likes to experiment with templates.

	This user is a WikiGnome.

	This user loves the manual of style.

	This user is not a member of any project and prefers to work on anything floating around.

	This user spends too much time on the computer.

	This user supports the use of renewable energy.

	This user is a Libra.

Libra? Scales? Dragon scales? Get it? nvm.

	This user plays Minesweeper.

	This user's favorite video game is Minesweeper.

	This user doesn't get enough sleep.

	This user is insane.

	This user is a loner.

	This user thinks that they are a nuisance.

	This user is a Slow Starter.

	This user is a Slow Starter.

Slow? Starter? Get it?

	This user likes it when it rains.

	This user has too many usertags.

If you go to a mainspace article that isn't considered a stub (for example, by clicking "random page"), click on the first link in the article that links to a Bulbapedia page, isn't in italics, and isn't in parentheses, and repeat the previous step, you will eventually find yourself at the Bulbapedia article about Canada. It's true.

Anyway, I’m sumwun. (obviously, because people other than sumwun aren't supposed to edit this) My first experience with Pokémon was from the TCG. My first card was this Seadra, which I found lying around in my house. When I realized that a few of my acquaintances had their own collections of Pokémon cards, I bought an actual set and started playing with them. A few years later, I got Pokémon Platinum Version (I would have gotten it much sooner if I hadn't spent so much on TCG sets). I decided that the games were better than the TCG, so I ended up giving all of my cards except that Seadra to my acquaintances. I don’t have time to breed for perfect IVs, so I battle on a simulator, specifically Pokémon Showdown!. I think it would be pointless to put in information about which formats I play, because that changes more often than I edit this page. Some time later, I got a copy of Pokémon Emerald Version, which I played on for more than 100 hours before realizing that it was fake. I did get a real cartridge eventually, which is my only other game at the time of writing. I’ve only played core series games so far, but I plan on starting my PMD: Blue Rescue Team sometime. As for Bulbapedia, it’s the best source of Pokémon information I’ve found so far. I tend to pay attention to detail, so most of my activity here consists of fixing unnoticeably tiny errors and adding random stuff to trivia sections.

Pokébase account

Smogon account

My excessively trivial userpages

List of Pokémon with unique egg group combinations

List of Pokémon with unique effort value yields

List of Pokémon with unique base experience yields

This one is slightly less trivial and actually has a chance of getting mainspaced: Field effect

Unseeable Pokémon

In Emerald, you can't register these Pokémon as "seen", even though they are on the Hoenn Pokédex.

• Sceptile
• Blaziken
• Swampert
• Shedinja
• Swalot
• Vibrava
• Lileep
• Anorith
• Igglybuff
• Pichu
• Raichu
• Wynaut
• Donphan
• Huntail
• Gorebyss
• Beldum
• Metang

Although Grimer can technically be found wild in the Fiery Path, it's very rare and isn't used by any trainers.

Achievement Records (more adaptable than halls of fame)

Team used to defeat Wallace in Emerald for the first time:

User sumwun Ever Grande City Emerald Reward: bragging rights

Type: Electric Unknown Ability: Static Held item: None Manectric♂ Lv.49 Thunderbolt Electric   --       Thunder Wave Electric   --       Thunder Electric   --       Roar Normal   --       Type: Grass Unknown Ability: Overgrow Held item: Exp. Share Grovyle♂ Lv.49 Leaf Blade Grass   --       Quick Attack Normal   --       Giga Drain Grass   --       Screech Normal   --       Types: Bug Flying Ability: Speed Boost Held item: None Ninjask♂ Lv.50 Aerial Ace Flying   --       False Swipe Normal   --       Swords Dance Normal   --       Silver Wind Bug   --       Types: Ice Water Ability: Thick Fat Held item: Quick Claw Walrein♂ Lv.51 Surf Water   --       Encore Normal   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Rest Psychic   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: None Hariyama♂ Lv.49 Fake Out Normal   --       Strength Normal   --       Vital Throw Fighting   --       Foresight Normal   --       Types: Dark Ghost Ability: Keen Eye Held item: Rawst Berry Sableye♂ Lv.51 Fake Out Normal   --       Shadow Ball Ghost   --       Faint Attack Dark   --       Night Shade Ghost   --

Team used to defeat Steven in Emerald:

User sumwun Meteor Falls Emerald Reward: bragging rights

Types: Fire Ground Ability: Magma Armor Held item: Focus Band Camerupt♂ Lv.63 Flamethrower Fire   --       Eruption Fire   --       Earthquake Ground   --       Protect Normal   --       Types: Water Psychic Ability: Natural Cure Held item: Leftovers Starmie♂ Lv.63 Hydro Pump Water   --       Thunderbolt Electric   --       Psychic Psychic   --       Ice Beam Ice   --       Type: Fighting Unknown Ability: Thick Fat Held item: Exp. Share Hariyama♂ Lv.63 Vital Throw Fighting   --       Foresight Normal   --       Strength Normal   --       Whirlwind Normal   --       Types: Water Grass Ability: Rain Dish Held item: None Lombre♂ Lv.16 Flash Normal   --       Surf Water   --       Waterfall Water   --       Dive Water   --

Team used to defeat Cynthia in Platinum for the first time:

User sumwun Pokémon League Platinum Reward: bragging rights

Types: Fighting Steel Ability: Inner Focus Held item: Expert Belt Lucario♂ Lv.60 Aura Sphere Fighting Special   --       Foresight Normal Status   --       Me First Normal Status   --       Reversal Fighting Physical   --       Types: Water Flying Ability: Keen Eye Held item: None Pelipper♂ Lv.61 Air Slash Flying Special   --       Fly Flying Physical   --       Surf Water Special   --       Roost Flying Status   --       Types: Dark Fire Ability: Early Bird Held item: Choice Specs Houndoom♂ Lv.58 Flamethrower Fire Special   --       Crunch Dark Physical   --       Sucker Punch Dark Physical   --       Embargo Dark Status   --       Types: Rock Steel Ability: Sturdy Held item: Chople Berry Probopass♂ Lv.61 Power Gem Rock Special   --       Magnet Bomb Steel Physical   --       Stealth Rock Rock Status   --       Sandstorm Rock Status   --       Types: Grass Ground Ability: Overgrow Held item: Yache Berry Torterra♂ Lv.59 Wood Hammer Grass Physical   --       Earthquake Ground Physical   --       Leech Seed Grass Status   --       Synthesis Grass Status   --       Types: Dark Ice Ability: Pressure Held item: Focus Sash Weavile♂ Lv.61 Night Slash Dark Physical   --       Ice Punch Ice Physical   --       Ice Shard Ice Physical   --       Taunt Dark Status   --

Times I was top 500 on a Pokémon Showdown! ladder:

11/27/2015 Monotype

5/20/2017 Almost Any Ability

6/26/2017 RarelyUsed

Why I think Pikachu should not be the mascot

Pokémon is a huge franchise, not only a TV show. If there was no Pokémon that can represent every branch, then the mascot should at least represent the core series games because that's where the franchise started. Pikachu doesn’t represent them very well, except for Pokémon Yellow Version. Pikachu only became important when the Pokémon anime started airing. The first episode was aired on April Fools day, so Pikachu’s status as mascot was probably just some kind of prank.

The mascot of Mario is Mario. The mascot of The Legend of Zelda is Link. The mascot of Kirby is Kirby. In case you don’t see a pattern, the mascots for all these games are one of their playable characters. However, Red is just a regular person, so it would make more sense for the mascot to be a Pokémon. The closest that a Pokémon could ever get to being a playable character would probably be the starter Pokémon, since they’re both titular and obtained at the beginning of each game. Thus, I think it would make sense if all three Kanto starters could be mascots. Of course, they’d have to be roughly balanced in terms of both usefulness and popularity.

If some Pokémon were to permanently be a mascot, it should represent some concept that's central to the franchise. Two concepts that have been significant in every branch of the franchise throughout the history of Pokémon are battling and evolution. No matter what you’re doing with Pokémon, whether you’re playing a core series game, a spinoff game, the Trading Card Game, watching the TV show, or reading one of the manga series, both battling and evolution are very important concepts. A good mascot to represent the first would be Magikarp. It’s one of the weakest Pokémon, but becomes better at battling through battling. A good mascot to represent the second would be Eevee, which is literally the evolution Pokémon.

Feel free to tell me that I’m wrong, but please explain why.