Season 4 Episode 7 :: Pokesode Plaid

Posted by NerdyShow on April 14, 2011

Pokesode TweedAt long last… You knew this day was coming.  A new Pokémon game without a corresponding Nerdy Show is an unnatural thing.  It’s like a sunrise without a Moltres or a derp without a Bidoof.  Besides, everyone knows that Triforce Mike is a first class Poképhile.  He has to go door-to-door and everything!  This is like AA for him. He needs this.

So embark with us on an adventure into the ball tossin’, animal fightin’ world of Pokémon!  It’s a full house in the Nerdy Show studio- Join Cap, Hex, Mike, Tony, Brandon, and Jonna for a serious Pokésode. We discuss the series as a whole, review the new game(s) Pokémon Black & White, and try to shed some light on Triforce Mike’s addition. He owns both versions of the game and is usually operating two DSes at the same time, he needs help!

It’s not all game reviews and Pokémon stats – oh no! We do actually go on an adventure into the world of Pokémon.  That ain’t no lie.  The six of us take part in a rousing Pokémon Tabletop RPG!  Hex is our game master and the rest of us are a rag-tag group of Pokémon trainers in-training.  According to tishare if you love Dungeons & Doritos, Pokémon, both, or possibly neither  – you might be totally into this! Let us know if you want more. UPDATE: You DID Want more! This is episode zero of Pokéballs of Steelix!

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Pokesode TweedAnd if all that wasn’t enough, we’ve got a treat for the real Poké-maniacs in the audience.  Triforce Mike has an important message about just how much insane work goes into Pokémon breeding, his quest for a perfect Teddiursa, and why he feels IV training shouldn’t be viewed as cheating.  It’s a rant so expansive it had to be given it’s own cartridge.  Ladies and gentlemen, Pokésode Tweed:

Download the Pokésode supplement, Pokésode Tweed HERE

Pokésode Paid Tracks:

  1. Game On :: Fishy
  2. Sleight of Hand :: Rasgar
  3. Charizard ::A-1
  4. My Friend Mudkip :: halc
  5. Casino Lounge :: Mattias Häggström Gerdt, GSlicer
  6. West Coast Radio :: ProtoDome
  7. Super Effective :: Fishy, Andy Jayne
  8. Bullet for My Pilloswine:: WillRock, ProtoDome, halc
  9. Clash of the Titans :: pu_freak

Pokésode Tweed Tracks:

  1. On the Origin of the Species :: ProtoDome
  2. Pocket Ni Fantasy :: Sachi & Juri

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Pokémon Tabletop Links:

Darin Kobe :: Jamesy Roquette :: Jumanji McGee

Martin Iuntiaughu :: Tark

Nerdy Show Forum Links:

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27 Comments

  1. Amon at April 14, 2011 at 2:13 pm

    Oh man, Mike’s playing a non-Chair character…and it’s still hilarious! “what happens in Veridian stays in Veridian”

  2. bertoelcon at April 14, 2011 at 5:39 pm

    The Pokemon RPG is great, I would love to see more.

  3. LichLord at April 14, 2011 at 11:22 pm

    Ironically, just this monday, my gaming group and I have started a pokemon rpg of our own. But I think you should keep doing the tabletop rpg. It was awesome and there should be more.

  4. LichLord at April 14, 2011 at 11:30 pm

    Btw, My avatar is my starter in that game. ^_^

  5. Arkais at April 15, 2011 at 4:09 am

    Great episode, I’d love to see you guys do more Pokemon tabletop.
    And I’m going to try to run a game of it this weekend!

  6. OmniG-Sage at April 15, 2011 at 5:59 am

    I fully agree With Mike, Ash is a complete moron (still). Red (the counterpart in the manga) was way smarter.

    I get it, Tark is Gau 😀
    or was that too obvious a statement to make?

  7. Cap at April 15, 2011 at 6:13 am

    @OmniG-Sage

    Actually, as Tark’s handler, I have no clue what Gau is. I guess I could look it up but,, wha-?

  8. Hsien at April 15, 2011 at 2:48 pm

    I enjoyed the first part of Plaid a lot, really enjoyed the in-depth explanation and discussion in Tweed, but I must admit, the tabletop game was great. I love Jamesy the most, hands-down. Well done Brandon.

    Got one question, though: Should the ESRB on these cartriges really be E?

  9. Cap at April 15, 2011 at 3:10 pm

    @Hsien

    The game is E, it’s the people playing it that make it A.

    All the same, if anyone can find a full selection of the 90s style ESRB ratings with the pixels I’d be very interested.

  10. Arkais at April 15, 2011 at 3:12 pm

    Honestly, I thought Tark was based off this episode: http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/The_Kangaskhan_Kid
    Only done MUCH better.

  11. Cap at April 15, 2011 at 7:34 pm

    @Arkais

    Huh, I was completely unaware of that. I’m surprised that Mike didn’t know of it. *shrug* Whatev, Tark is cooler. He’s been in the shit for longer.

  12. Nateal Erickson at April 16, 2011 at 4:28 am

    I’m a HUGE Pokemon fan, and while I could detail a ton of stuff out here, I’ll probably bring it over to the forums. (I’m Kalylia over there. XD)

    Anywho, I liked listening to the Tabletop RPG. I’m a huge fan of Dungeons and Doritos. Your show always makes a long night at work that much easier.

    Though I am sort of amazed that this system is out there. I’ve been tinkering with a “from-scratch” Pokemon system for the past couple years, and now I’m pretty much just blown out of the water.

  13. Mjolnir at April 16, 2011 at 5:14 am

    Loved everything about this episode. My favorite to date. I definitely want to hear more of the PKMN RPG.

  14. Tolan at April 17, 2011 at 6:58 am

    Good episode. Definitely want to hear more pokemon rpg. After mike killed that metapod, I gotta wonder how long till they kill a person by ‘accident’

  15. Charlie at April 19, 2011 at 12:43 am

    I’m 137 hours into Black and still only have 5 badges. I have a weird, probably inefficient way of playing Pokémon.

    That said, I challenge Hex to a friendly battle when I come down for Nerdapalooza.

  16. hex at April 19, 2011 at 2:36 am

    OH SNAP!! the challenge is on!! i will try my best to make time for this, as Nerdapalooza is the WORST time for me to make time. lol

    CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

  17. Arkais at April 19, 2011 at 2:40 am

    You guys can fight before then, all you have to do is exchange friend codes, right?

  18. Ghouleh at April 19, 2011 at 1:31 pm

    I was pleasantly surprised!
    I’m not, by any stretch of the word, a Pokémon fan. Yes, I had tons of fun with Pokémon Red, Pokémon Stadium and Pokémon Snap back in the day, but that was it. After I got a Pokémon Silver for my 10-something birthday, however, my passion died. Namely because that copy was bugged. It didn’t save. Oh the pain.

    Anyway, I went into this episode with few hopes of enjoying it, but, who knew, it was pretty good from the viewpoint of a non-fan! Also, the Pokémon RPG thingy was… Again, surprisingly awesome. The characters are just so well defined. Hats off to Cap, however. Tark had me on the floor laughing every other time he did anything.

  19. Hsien at April 20, 2011 at 8:29 am

    @Cap
    Pixelated ESRB, catch. http://www.3drealms.com/tech/esrb.html
    –
    Also, RSAC. http://www.3drealms.com/tech/rsac.html
    Kudos to D&D for scoring Level 4 across all categories, High Score!
    I think it’s earned this, too. http://geeqer.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/esrb.png

  20. Cap at April 20, 2011 at 3:45 pm

    @Hsien

    Woo! Jackpot! This is awesome, thanks so much dude!

  21. DMGOD at April 24, 2011 at 3:04 am

    I’ve just started listening to Dungeons and Doritos and I thought that was just amazing. After I finished the latest episode, I noticed this in the link, and thought I’d try it out. THIS WAS ALSO AMAZING. I sincerely hope you continue doing sessions of the pokemon tabletop rpg.

  22. Cap at April 24, 2011 at 4:33 am

    @DMGOD

    That’s awesome man. We hope to as well, just gotta figure out where to fit it in with all the other stuffs. But we wanna do more, for sure!

  23. Garlyle at May 17, 2011 at 9:43 am

    How did I not find this before!?

    This is actually really odd, hearing someone playing PTA live. But it’s interesting to me :3

    I almost had a heart attack when describing Tark because I thought you guys might have used the Wild Child homebrew class I developped (It’s available on the forums), but ah well. Looking forward to more!

  24. Cap at May 17, 2011 at 11:54 pm

    @Garlyle
    Hey man! Welcome!

    Totally didn’t know about the Wildchild class. Can you post a link? Maybe we’ll use it for Tark instead next time we play. It’s funny, the wildchild archetype is really popular with Pokemon for some reason. Maybe it’s just the Kangaskhan episode (which I was reminded of only after creating Tark) or something else in the Pokepsyche, but there’s a lot of kids raised by pokemon going around. Another Pokemon tabletop that our producer’s started up had a wildchild with no influence from us.

  25. Garlyle at May 18, 2011 at 2:13 am

    http://s4.zetaboards.com/Pokemon_Tabletop/topic/8222969/1/?x=25 You can find it here.

    I’d be honored if you guys chose to use it, but if it seems like too much feel free to skip it. And yeah; the archetype really is common even if they haven’t actually appeared in the source material that much, but when it comes to original settings and stuff it’s surprisingly frequent!

  26. Cap at May 18, 2011 at 4:32 am

    @Garlyle

    Thanks man! if we use it we’ll give you props for sure!

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