Elite Full Restore
36 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 4 years ago - ★★★★★ - 8 ratingsMatt navigates the world of Pokémon from several angles with the help from guests
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Episode 018 – The Cave of Dragonflies
April 07, 2020 07:02 - 55 minutes - 60.3 MBElite Full Restore is back with an interview-style episode! This week we have on Dragonfree from The Cave of Dragonflies, one of the oldest and longest-standing Pokémon fan-sites around on the web. We talk about Fakemon, our shared internet past at Pokémon Treasures, her favourite Pokémon picker which everyone in the world uses and of course her 17-year-spanning fanfic The Quest For the Legends, which I've been reading since at least 2004. This and so much more! If you have ideas for people ...
Episode 18 – The Cave of Dragonflies
April 07, 2020 07:02 - 55 minutes - 60.3 MBElite Full Restore is back with an interview-style episode! This week we have on Dragonfree from The Cave of Dragonflies, one of the oldest and longest-standing Pokémon fan-sites around on the web. We talk about Fakemon, our shared internet past at Pokémon Treasures, her favourite Pokémon picker which everyone in the world uses and of course her 17-year-spanning fanfic The Quest For the Legends, which I’ve been reading since at least 2004. This and so much more! If you have ideas for people...
Episode 017 – Gorilla Tactics is a War Crime
February 20, 2020 21:54 - 1 hour - 103 MBElite Full Restore welcomes Reigning Pokémon International VGC Champion and Current (And Only) WBE League Champion and 2016 World's Pokémon VGC Masters Champion Wolfe Glick and @falseswipeg writer, published e-sports writer, perennial guest and friend of the show Zane for a long discussion about the Pokémon competitive scene, the meaning of narrative for both players and viewers in an e-sports community and which Pokémon could be considered war crimes under the Geneva Convention. Follow Zane...
Episode 17 – Gorilla Tactics is a War Crime
February 20, 2020 21:54 - 1 hour - 103 MBElite Full Restore welcomes Reigning Pokémon International VGC Champion and Current (And Only) WBE League Champion and 2016 World’s Pokémon VGC Masters Champion Wolfe Glick and @falseswipeg writer, published e-sports writer, perennial guest and friend of the show Zane for a long discussion about the Pokémon competitive scene, the meaning of narrative for both players and viewers in an e-sports community and which Pokémon could be considered war crimes under the Geneva Convention. Follow Zan...
Episode 16 – King Miror B
January 24, 2020 21:29 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBWelcome to the era of Sword and Shield folks! Elite Full Restore is back with a panel of friends (Steven, Silva and Morg) to talk about the upcoming Sword and Shield DLC, the competitive scene and running a Draft League for battling. We also simultaneously come up with the most galaxy-brained fan-theory of all time on the spot which you might be able to guess from the title. Featuring: Matt, Steven, Silva and Morg. This episode was very lightly edited due to some audio difficulties. If the...
Episode 016 – King Miror B
January 24, 2020 21:29 - 1 hour - 71.5 MBWelcome to the era of Sword and Shield folks! Elite Full Restore is back with a panel of friends (Steven, Silva and Morg) to talk about the upcoming Sword and Shield DLC, the competitive scene and running a Draft League for battling. We also simultaneously come up with the most galaxy-brained fan-theory of all time on the spot which you might be able to guess from the title. Featuring: Matt, Steven, Silva and Morg. This episode was very lightly edited due to some audio difficulties. If ther...
Episode 15 – Pokémon Sword and Shield Roundtable Discussion
November 15, 2019 02:02 - 1 hour - 90.9 MBHey folks! The dawn of the final hours are before us and Matt sat down with friends of the show Stephanie, Max and WeedLordVegeta to talk about all things positive and negative about Sword and Shield before the game launches proper in North America. This episode contains spoilers for unrevelealed portions of the Galar Dex and information about the game, such as Gym Leaders, which may be considered spoilers to some so tread at your own risk. This episode was also fully recorded by a web-hos...
Episode 015 – Pokémon Sword and Shield Roundtable Discussion
November 15, 2019 02:02 - 1 hour - 90.9 MBHey folks! The dawn of the final hours are before us and Matt sat down with friends of the show Stephanie, Max and WeedLordVegeta to talk about all things positive and negative about Sword and Shield before the game launches proper in North America. This episode contains spoilers for unrevelealed portions of the Galar Dex and information about the game, such as Gym Leaders, which may be considered spoilers to some so tread at your own risk. This episode was also fully recorded by a web-host...
Episode 014 – Breadcrumbs for Feral Pigeons
October 31, 2019 14:18 - 1 hour - 109 MBThis week on Elite Full Restore we are joined by Twitch, creative director of The Banned Pokémon Game Nintendo Doesn't Want You To See (Pokémon Uranium) and my co-runner on the Fakemon blog. We talk about our hopes and expectations for Sword and Shield, what we like to see in a Pokemon (and Fakemon) design, fake types and a whole lot more! Our new art was made by Golurk and our opening theme music is, as always, the unimpeachable Pokémon Gold/Silver Surf music by Junichi Masuda and Go Ichin...
Episode 14 – Breadcrumbs for Feral Pigeons
October 31, 2019 14:18 - 1 hour - 109 MBThis week on Elite Full Restore we are joined by Twitch, creative director of The Banned Pokémon Game Nintendo Doesn’t Want You To See (Pokémon Uranium) and my co-runner on the Fakemon blog. We talk about our hopes and expectations for Sword and Shield, what we like to see in a Pokemon (and Fakemon) design, fake types and a whole lot more! Our new art was made by Golurk and our opening theme music is, as always, the unimpeachable Pokémon Gold/Silver Surf music by Junichi Masuda and Go Ichi...
Episode 13 – Let Archie Be Hot!
October 04, 2019 01:42 - 1 hour - 95 MBWhoa, folks! Noise Space’s original raison d’être is back for the run up to the new games coming out soon for the Switch. To help him out, Matt reached out to friend of the show John Michonski for his feelings about the last few years of Pokémon dealings, including Let’s Go, the Sun/Moon anime, and the honestly kind of surprising transformation of Pokémon Go into, like, a real game. Also our controversial #DEXIT opinions. This episode does liberally discuss leaks, so if you’re looking to re...
Episode 013 – Let Archie Be Hot!
October 04, 2019 01:42 - 1 hour - 95 MBWhoa, folks! Noise Space's original raison d'être is back for the run up to the new games coming out soon for the Switch. To help him out, Matt reached out to friend of the show John Michonski for his feelings about the last few years of Pokémon dealings, including Let's Go, the Sun/Moon anime, and the honestly kind of surprising transformation of Pokémon Go into, like, a real game. Also our controversial #DEXIT opinions. This episode does liberally discuss leaks, so if you're looking to rem...
Episode 12 – Rock is Just Small Ground
November 08, 2017 22:05 - 1 hour - 69.6 MBElite Full Restore is back with an experimental new episode! Recorded live as a stream on Twitch, and with minimal post-recording editing, it’s part of we’re looking into to make putting out episodes a little easier on us. With good friend and enemy of the show Brooks Oglesby on to give us all his hot takes, we briefly discuss Ultra Sun/Moon but mostly just say disgusting things. Check out the video version on Aury’s Twitch channel @vaporheart! As usual, please visit us on the web (Twitter ...
Episode 012 – Rock is Just Small Ground
November 08, 2017 22:05 - 1 hour - 123 MBElite Full Restore is back with an experimental new episode! Recorded live as a stream on Twitch, and with minimal post-recording editing, it's part of we're looking into to make putting out episodes a little easier on us. With good friend and enemy of the show Brooks Oglesby on to give us all his hot takes, we briefly discuss Ultra Sun/Moon but mostly just say disgusting things. Check out the video version on Aury's Twitch channel @vaporheart! As usual, please visit us on the web (Twitter &...
Episode 011 – The Victreebel Flail
April 01, 2017 16:48 - 1 hour - 97.8 MBElite Full Restore yet again took too long to make an episode, even with a fill-in host! We welcome back Zane as Aury enjoys their post-marital bliss, and nerd out more than usual. If this episode isn't showing up in your podcast feed, it's probably because iTunes and Google Play are being weird with the new episode URLs. Literally what is Pokémon Duel M2DESCENT is a real dumb code, but it'll get you some Mewtwo stones Mega Pidgeot's Yu-Gi-Oh hair Whining about online infrastructure:...
Episode 11 – The Victreebel Flail
April 01, 2017 16:48 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBElite Full Restore yet again took too long to make an episode, even with a fill-in host! We welcome back Zane as Aury enjoys their post-marital bliss, and nerd out more than usual. If this episode isn’t showing up in your podcast feed, it’s probably because iTunes and Google Play are being weird with the new episode URLs. Literally what is Pokémon Duel M2DESCENT is a real dumb code, but it’ll get you some Mewtwo stones Mega Pidgeot’s Yu-Gi-Oh hair Whining about online infrastructure: par...
Episode 010 – Underflows and Moonsaults
March 06, 2017 06:04 - 1 hour - 103 MBHey! It's Elite Full Restore! Yes we still exist, and with our 10th episode we're officially a real podcast. This is mostly a clearing-house of old questions and a rundown of the last month, to prepare for the little content gulf we can expect in the near future. What, will we actually have to make jokes? Competitive is fun to watch if you recognize the players, who knew?? Mega Pidgeot as Billie Joe Armstrong We conclusively prove that the GTS is, still to this day, complete bullhonkey...
Episode 10 – Underflows and Moonsaults
March 06, 2017 06:04 - 1 hour - 63.1 MBHey! It’s Elite Full Restore! Yes we still exist, and with our 10th episode we’re officially a real podcast. This is mostly a clearing-house of old questions and a rundown of the last month, to prepare for the little content gulf we can expect in the near future. What, will we actually have to make jokes? Competitive is fun to watch if you recognize the players, who knew?? Mega Pidgeot as Billie Joe Armstrong We conclusively prove that the GTS is, still to this day, complete bullhonkey P...
Episode 9 – Blabla Dodo
January 20, 2017 22:23 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBElite Full Restore is back for the new year and yet again we’ve brought a guest, we’re joined this week by Zane (@epengu) to talk Fakemon, Smash Bros and generally to give us a hard time. The Wild West of Early Internet Pokemon Fandom Zane blankets the entire podcast with callouts of EZBoard, Miyamoto, Postgame of Thrones, his own brother and, of course, us Fear and loathing in the Smogon OverUsed tier Mother 3 is never coming to the West and we all need to expect it no Aury I’m not lett...
Episode 009 – Blabla Dodo
January 20, 2017 22:23 - 1 hour - 123 MBElite Full Restore is back for the new year and yet again we've brought a guest, we're joined this week by Zane (@epengu) to talk Fakemon, Smash Bros and generally to give us a hard time. The Wild West of Early Internet Pokemon Fandom Zane blankets the entire podcast with callouts of EZBoard, Miyamoto, Postgame of Thrones, his own brother and, of course, us Fear and loathing in the Smogon OverUsed tier Mother 3 is never coming to the West and we all need to expect it no Aury I'm not ...
Episode 8 – Zed Moves, Cheats, and the Suck
December 24, 2016 04:27 - 1 hour - 58.3 MBElite Full Restore is BACK after a wait pretty much as long as the last one. Sun and Moon are here, but we’re just in it for the goofs. First up, join us on Discord! General discussion area, a place to put questions where we won’t lose them and we have a Fat Pikachu emoji VGC San Jose regionals report! Matt manages to mispronouce San Jose Your monthly “competitive Pokémon could be better” discussion Don’t miss a bunch of events! There’s currently FOUR, check Mystery Gift on WiFi on both ...
Episode 008 – Zed Moves, Cheats, and the Suck
December 24, 2016 04:27 - 1 hour - 95.4 MBElite Full Restore is BACK after a wait pretty much as long as the last one. Sun and Moon are here, but we're just in it for the goofs. First up, join us on Discord! General discussion area, a place to put questions where we won't lose them and we have a Fat Pikachu emoji VGC San Jose regionals report! Matt manages to mispronouce San Jose Your monthly "competitive Pokémon could be better" discussion Don't miss a bunch of events! There's currently FOUR, check Mystery Gift on WiFi on b...
Episode 007 – Young Farfetch’d Rides Again
November 13, 2016 06:00 - 1 hour - 93.6 MBWell folks! We definitely didn't get the next episode sooner! Herein, we discuss three rounds of news, a demo, the leak of the entire game's files and also Lickitung's ball handling. Pokémon Sun and Moon are imminent! Answering a bunch of age-old questions like "will they reveal the starter evolutions" and "What is the NX?!" several weeks late, fuck, sorry Aury vapes through Matt's entire rapid-fire Pokémon Go update Matt rants about Nintendo's terrible accounts system again Buy a 3D...
Episode 7 – Young Farfetch'd Rides Again
November 13, 2016 06:00 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBWell folks! We definitely didn’t get the next episode sooner! Herein, we discuss three rounds of news, a demo, the leak of the entire game’s files and also Lickitung’s ball handling. Pokémon Sun and Moon are imminent! Answering a bunch of age-old questions like “will they reveal the starter evolutions” and “What is the NX?!” several weeks late, fuck, sorry Aury vapes through Matt’s entire rapid-fire Pokémon Go update Matt rants about Nintendo’s terrible accounts system again Buy a 3DS if...
Episode 6 – The Devil Went Down To Gamestop
October 04, 2016 03:30 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBWelcome back! Elite Full Restore returns after an awkwardly long absence fuelled by poor planning. We are joined this time by Patrick Scarborough (@RiotScarizard) for part of our episode to talk nonsense as usual. New news is TOMORROW so hopefully we’ll get the next episode out sooner! We love garbage and being garbage and broadcasting garbage A million dogs shitpost in the desert Aury buys a Metallica album in a Monster Rancher Quest Patrick asks for a gorilla, we give him an Oranguru (...
Episode 006 – The Devil Went Down To Gamestop
October 04, 2016 03:30 - 1 hour - 87.2 MBWelcome back! Elite Full Restore returns after an awkwardly long absence fuelled by poor planning. We are joined this time by Patrick Scarborough (@RiotScarizard) for part of our episode to talk nonsense as usual. New news is TOMORROW so hopefully we'll get the next episode out sooner! We love garbage and being garbage and broadcasting garbage A million dogs shitpost in the desert Aury buys a Metallica album in a Monster Rancher Quest Patrick asks for a gorilla, we give him an Orang...
Episode 005 – Don’t Google Winkshipping
September 13, 2016 23:04 - 1 hour - 98 MBYour favourite fools are here, and Elite Full Restore is back with an episode that is definitely too long! This was recorded before CoroCoro, we'll get to that next time. There has been way too many Sun/Moon "leaks" and they're all fake and bad Matt talks about the anime and Aury doesn't care GARY WAS HERE - ASH IS A LOSER Aury is confident we will destroy our enemies in the Brotherhood Without Manners "I love all Pokémon" Earlier that day, "I don't care for Tornadus-Therian" Sud...
Episode 5 – Don't Google Winkshipping
September 13, 2016 23:04 - 1 hour - 57.7 MBYour favourite fools are here, and Elite Full Restore is back with an episode that is definitely too long! This was recorded before CoroCoro, we’ll get to that next time. There has been way too many Sun/Moon “leaks” and they’re all fake and bad Matt talks about the anime and Aury doesn’t care GARY WAS HERE – ASH IS A LOSER Aury is confident we will destroy our enemies in the Brotherhood Without Manners “I love all Pokémon” Earlier that day, “I don’t care for Tornadus-Therian” Sudowoodo...
Episode 004 – Alola Sandshrew, Canadian Icon
August 18, 2016 05:31 - 46 minutes - 71.3 MBWelcome back to the long-absent Elite Full Restore! We swear this isn't supposed to be a monthly podcast. So much for professional! Aury calls out the grandma of a competing Pokémon podcast host Alola Exeggutor and all haters need to meet us in the thunderdome We Love Smash Bros Jigglypuff Aury hits us up with the sweet Gamestop lifehacks A brief look into recent Pokémon leaks Matt talks about a Fakemon he thought up, linked below Pokémon Go Ain't Loyal Aury wants Abra to repre...
Episode 4 – Alola Sandshrew, Canadian Icon
August 18, 2016 05:31 - 46 minutes - 71.3 MBWelcome back to the long-absent Elite Full Restore! We swear this isn’t supposed to be a monthly podcast. So much for professional! Aury calls out the grandma of a competing Pokémon podcast host Alola Exeggutor and all haters need to meet us in the thunderdome We Love Smash Bros Jigglypuff Aury hits us up with the sweet Gamestop lifehacks A brief look into recent Pokémon leaks Matt talks about a Fakemon he thought up, linked below Pokémon Go Ain’t Loyal Aury wants Abra to represent t...
Episode 003 – Yugi Moto Mimikyu
July 16, 2016 21:48 - 43 minutes - 65.4 MBWelcome back to everyone's favourite Pokémon podcast, actually posting an episode two weeks after the previous one! We're professional, guys!! We started with an in-depth interview with National's commentator Aaron Zheng (@CybertronVGC) who makes us look smart then makes us look dumb for the rest of the episode with our shenanigans Drampa definitely vapes The thing about Kiteruguma is that him hug Aaron relates the joy of meeting everyone cool gamer grandpa, Shigeru Miyamoto Matt g...
Episode 3 – Yugi Moto Mimikyu
July 16, 2016 21:48 - 43 minutes - 65.4 MBWelcome back to everyone’s favourite Pokémon podcast, actually posting an episode two weeks after the previous one! We’re professional, guys!! We started with an in-depth interview with National’s commentator Aaron Zheng (@CybertronVGC) who makes us look smart then makes us look dumb for the rest of the episode with our shenanigans Drampa definitely vapes The thing about Kiteruguma is that him hug Aaron relates the joy of meeting everyone cool gamer grandpa, Shigeru Miyamoto Matt gets m...
Episode 2 – Groudon Groudon Everywhere
July 03, 2016 00:08 - 38 minutes - 57.9 MBThe second episode is up a solid 5 days after we recorded it. It’s a bit out of date! Bear with us, we’ll talk about yesterday’s revealed Pokémon soon. We discuss another set of new Pokémon Matt really likes the move Drill run, guys Aury continues to bitch about the competitive scene We discuss some of our favourite Fakemon, linked below Matt does his entire Pokémon Shuffle segment but forgot to record it so it’s missing but I swear to god I will murder Genius Sonority What is the Brex...
Episode 002 – Groudon Groudon Everywhere
July 03, 2016 00:08 - 38 minutes - 57.9 MBThe second episode is up a solid 5 days after we recorded it. It's a bit out of date! Bear with us, we'll talk about yesterday's revealed Pokémon soon. We discuss another set of new Pokémon Matt really likes the move Drill run, guys Aury continues to bitch about the competitive scene We discuss some of our favourite Fakemon, linked below Matt does his entire Pokémon Shuffle segment but forgot to record it so it's missing but I swear to god I will murder Genius Sonority What is th...
Episode 1 – Rotom Pokédex Is My Son
June 12, 2016 14:49 - 51 minutes - 76.4 MBThe first episode of your new favourite Pokémon podcast is here! Hosted by Aury and Matt New Sun and Moon news! Our collective son, Rotom Pokédex, and what’s next for him and his kind The current VGC Metagame & how to make the game more accessible A Japanese poll ranked all the Pokémon and it’s complete bullshit and a truly horrible first question courtesy of “Brooks Oglesby“ Please visit us on the web: Twitter & Tumblr
Episode 001 – Rotom Pokédex Is My Son
June 12, 2016 14:49 - 51 minutes - 76.4 MBThe first episode of your new favourite Pokémon podcast is here! Hosted by Aury and Matt New Sun and Moon news! Our collective son, Rotom Pokédex, and what’s next for him and his kind The current VGC Metagame & how to make the game more accessible A Japanese poll ranked all the Pokémon and it’s complete bullshit and a truly horrible first question courtesy of "Brooks Oglesby" Please visit us on the web: Twitter & Tumblr