Building the Best Pokémon Team (Part 2)

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Building the Best Pokémon Team (Part 2)

In building the best Pokémon, several factors have to be considered. Actually, ‘several’ is a strong word. And so too is ‘practical’, or ‘sensible’. What really matters is if they can fly, if they can breathe fire, and if they look like they mean business. Obviously Charizard fits this mould beautifully, which is why everyone in the schoolyard would have packed 6 Charizards on their team if only they could get the Pokémon Cloning glitch right. Of course, Venusaur and Blastoise had plenty of merit as well – strong, hulking, elemental creatures, they speak for themselves. Unfortunately, we have gotten past these famous starter Pokémon and quickly gotten to the realm of diva foxes, goofy moths and three little turds sticking up out of the ground. Will any of the below list of recruits make a candidate for a strong Pokémon team? Read on…

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I always knew Pokémon cards would dominate the economy

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It’s just crazy how quickly a popular fad can take a young generation by storm. Even in the late 1990s, I’ve seen pogs, marbles, conkers, slaps, Royal Rumbles, knife fights, games based on the IRA and co-ordinated sexual assault all gain huge popularity among my young contemporaries. But the reach of all of these rather popular things, even the IRA games at the height of all that bother, never got anywhere near as widespread as that infernal cash-machine known as Pokémon.

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