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Should Slowking be Errata'd?

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There is no point in errataing Slowking. The English one has been played the way he's worded all this time and changing him now would be stupid. What exactly is the difference between the Japanese one and ours anyway and would it be played by the original Japanese version or with the English translation?
DarkSideCommaS.P.A.R.K.S I think you got something there, if they changed the rulings on Feebas, Rare Candy, Wally's Training, and the no first turn supporters for whoever goes first, why not errata the Blaziken.
By the way what is this errata you speak of :rolleyes: .....................just kidding.
 
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It makes sense. (To errata Slowking that is.) Especially if next year's Worlds invites are to be based on an overall rating.
 
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Dragonstar, in the original japanese version, his power could only be used if he was the active pokemon, not on the bench. Our version lets you have 4 slowking powers active at the same time, whereas in the japanese version, you can only use one as long as he is active.
 
Venusaur... it doesn't matter if a card can beat annother card.

Anything doing 30+ kills feebas, yet they changed that. (lightning doing 20+ kills feeb, or 10 with a strength charm, whatever)

If PUI is going all out and sync'ing the 2 countrys rulings then it's only reasonable that Blaziken be changed. The japanese players will come here, see people FSing 2 or 3 times per turn and get very confused.
 
Japanese 2 on 2 interpretation??

What about a 2 on 2 unlimited battle with 2 active slowkings?? Two flips or one?? Now (obivously) 2 on 2 battles didn't exist when neo 1 came out in Japan, but it's a valid question if the Japanese version is to be accurately interpreted...
 
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What about a 2 on 2 unlimited battle with 2 active slowkings?? Two flips or one?? Now (obivously) 2 on 2 battles didn't exist when neo 1 came out in Japan, but it's a valid question if the Japanese version is to be accurately interpreted...
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That's a very good question Totoro... ask this in "Ask The Masters" to get a better answer. I'd say yes... but i'm not a professor.
 
I'd say that Slowking is not legal for 2-on-2 in that PUI recommends that EX-on cards be used for that format. Certainly not any cards that are not legal in Modified.

I mean, forget Slowking. Fossil Ditto is a nightmare in any of these alternate formats.
 
No, Fossil ditto turns itself into the defending pokemon. Your opponent has 2 pokemon in the active position, which one does ditto copy? That's the kind of question that is wicked to try to answer, and one of the reasons I feel TMP and 2-on-2 are ONLY for modified.

Perswonally, I think the slowking SHOULD be errated. Either errated, or re-uruled that only 1 works. Why? Because the way I see it, all the slowking powers would have to aactivate in responce to the same action, and not all of them can. You're saying slowking #2 is activating in responce to slowking #1 failing......

Seriously, if there's 2 sloiwkings active, then two slowkiing powers go off. I can live with that. there's a reason it's a psychic pokemon and with a bad attack....
 
PokePop: I never said it was an one time event, but I'm sure Nintendo wouldn't have changed anything if Worlds had not been thrown into the mix. I mean, they have had since the beginning of the game to change the rules like they did, and only now they do. So like I said previously, they are doing this to make sure no problems with rulings between the japanese players and the american players.
 
Ice'Cold said:
Dragonstar, in the original japanese version, his power could only be used if he was the active pokemon, not on the bench. Our version lets you have 4 slowking powers active at the same time, whereas in the japanese version, you can only use one as long as he is active.
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Thanks for the translation Ice'Cold. Now does anyone here know if Worlds is going to go by English translation or Japanese because I read somewhere on pokemon-tcg.com that it was going to go by Japanese translation rulings? And were can you find the Japanese translations anyway?
 
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Dragonstar said:
Thanks for the translation Ice'Cold. Now does anyone here know if Worlds is going to go by English translation or Japanese because I read somewhere on pokemon-tcg.com that it was going to go by Japanese translation rulings? And were can you find the Japanese translations anyway?
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Um, worlds is modified, thus slowking is banned and it will not effect the mai event.
 
TheCrossFormatKid said:
Um, worlds is modified, thus slowking is banned and it will not effect the mai event.
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True, but that doesn't mean that the currently legal cards should not be changed, which I would say is way more important then considering to change only Slowking (which I agree with TCFK, is not legal and will not be played at Worlds). So since they decided to change the Wally, Rare Candy, and Feebas ruling(cards in which can and will be played at Worlds), I think that the Blaziken and any other cards that could significantly alter the way we play should be errata'd. So to bluntly put it, change one thing that changes everything else, why not get all that should be, changed at the same time. That would seem fair to me.
 
TheCrossFormatKid said:
Um, worlds is modified, thus slowking is banned and it will not effect the mai event.
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It may not effect the main event but since I am playing in the grinder and may not make it to the main event it does effect what I may play in the unlimited side events. Also, still wondering if anyone knows if worlds is going by English or Japanese translations since it would definately effect the unlimited side event (due to the fact that Slowking would now basically become worthless) and where can you find the official Japanese translation.
 
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