Skyla is peak gym leader design, even if she's supposed to be an airhead (a trope i despise).
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Pokémon Sword and Shield announced. Coming Late 2019
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They weren't mentioned by name, but Masuda said he gave directions for Meltan to a designer who played Red an Green when he was a kid. So it's probably not Sugimori or Mizutani.
This is our punishment. We deserve this. There's no way out. What are your favorite appliances Rotom could possess?
1. Crockpot
2. Belt sander
3. Dialysis machine
4. Curling iron
Hey maybe a dialysis machine would make it Electric / Poison. That with levitate would be pretty baller, it;d terrify Tapu Koko harder than Rotom-Heat, and do pretty well against Tapu Fini and Tapu Bulu too.
One thing that makes me super excited for these starters is that except for Grookey, it's really hard to picture what their final form will be, it's gonna be a surprise. I'm hopeful for Scorbunny, since they never got a rabbit pokemon right, and I hope Grookey evolves into a full on Donkey Kong style musical gorilla instead of a skinny monkey like Infernape.
I know I'm definitely in the minority here but I think I prefer the graphical style of Let's Go to the one we've seen in Sword and Shield so far. It just looks... cleaner? And I feel like the more cartoonish visuals suit the series more than pseudo realism.
The music posting phase was just like 3 days ago.. It's gonna be a long year.
Yes, that's what I've been saying, like 100 pages ago lol
The only thing that Let's Go needed was fix the proportions between characters and buildings/environment (and obviously get rid of the chibiness) but the cartoonish graphics are so much better. Simply because of the Pokémon.
Let's think that in 20 years, when they finally start making videogames as if they were in 2019 lol the environment finally has this super realistic and detailed look, but the Pokémon models are gonna look off because they'll still be cartoonish (unless they start to look like the Detective Pikachu movie, God forbids).
Mid-May's not a bad bet.
There's a chance of some information mid-April, particularly if the Mewtwo CGI movie has any tie-ins to Sword and Shield, but I wouldn't hold your breath.
I think we may see something early/mid-April. If SuMo's marketing timeline is anything to go by. On May 10th they revealed the game, showing the starters and the first footage of the game. Then on June 2nd, less than a month later, they released a bunch of videos showing characters, features and a better look at the legendary mascots. From then on, we had an almost weekly release of new footage, mostly showcasing new Pokémon.
They might have more to show from this game than they had with Sun & Moon, so I don't think we will have to wait too long before we see it again.
They might have more to show from this game than they had with Sun & Moon, so I don't think we will have to wait too long before we see it again.
Am I too late for the Starter rankings? Hope not... and I'm including alternation forms and the less "official" Starters because I like them.
Grass:
Mega Sceptile > Mega Venasaur > Decidueye > Sceptile > Venasaur >>> Torterra > Chesnaught > Serperior >>> Meganium
Fire:
Mega Charizard Y > Infernape > Mega Blaziken > Mega Charizard X > Typhlosion > Incineroar > Charizard > Blaziken >>> Delphox > Emboar
Water:
Ash-Greninja > Mega Swampert > Greninja > Mega Blastoise > Swampert > Feraligator > Blastoise > Empoleon > Samurott > Primarina
Other:
Naganadel > Glaceon > Umbreon > Leafeon > Espeon > Sylveon > Raichu > Alolan Raichu > Jolteon > Vaporeon > Flareon
I find that I really love a lot of the final forms for Grass and Fire Starters, and then dislike some pretty heavily. Not enough to hate them, though. Whereas with the Water Starters, I sorta like all of them, although only Ash-Greninja and Mega Swampert are really the ones I'd want in my party. Something else that stands out to me is how little nostalgia matters to me now, ignoring Mega Evolution. Never really though I'd rank Charizard, Typhlosion, Sceptile, or Swampert below anything before and here they are, not as high as I expected. Wonder how this will all turn out once we get the final forms of the Galar Starters...
Grass:
Mega Sceptile > Mega Venasaur > Decidueye > Sceptile > Venasaur >>> Torterra > Chesnaught > Serperior >>> Meganium
Fire:
Mega Charizard Y > Infernape > Mega Blaziken > Mega Charizard X > Typhlosion > Incineroar > Charizard > Blaziken >>> Delphox > Emboar
Water:
Ash-Greninja > Mega Swampert > Greninja > Mega Blastoise > Swampert > Feraligator > Blastoise > Empoleon > Samurott > Primarina
Other:
Naganadel > Glaceon > Umbreon > Leafeon > Espeon > Sylveon > Raichu > Alolan Raichu > Jolteon > Vaporeon > Flareon
I find that I really love a lot of the final forms for Grass and Fire Starters, and then dislike some pretty heavily. Not enough to hate them, though. Whereas with the Water Starters, I sorta like all of them, although only Ash-Greninja and Mega Swampert are really the ones I'd want in my party. Something else that stands out to me is how little nostalgia matters to me now, ignoring Mega Evolution. Never really though I'd rank Charizard, Typhlosion, Sceptile, or Swampert below anything before and here they are, not as high as I expected. Wonder how this will all turn out once we get the final forms of the Galar Starters...
You clearly haven't been in the Pokemon fandom long
This is what we've always been and always will be
Chesnaught > Decidueye > Venusaur > Torterra> Serperior > Sceptile > Meganium
Blaziken > Charizard > Emboar > Delphox > Incineroar > Infernape > Typhlosion
Empoleon > Greninja > Blastoise > Ferligatr > Swampert > Samurott > Primarina
Rate my shit taste and guess what starter I will go for this time.
Blaziken > Charizard > Emboar > Delphox > Incineroar > Infernape > Typhlosion
Empoleon > Greninja > Blastoise > Ferligatr > Swampert > Samurott > Primarina
Rate my shit taste and guess what starter I will go for this time.
> rating Chesnaught and Empolion that high
> placing Typhlosion in the bottom
Oh boi, you are picking Grookey, aren't you? Unless Sobble 3rd evo becomes some sort of lifeless bland monstrosity, then I am sure you will be choosing him instead.
You got it, now kill me already. Shedinja is the best digimon btw.
I wish there was a way to turn off the in battle benefits of using Pokémon Amie/Refresh, I really like when my Pokemon looks back at me and the flavor text you get. But, it really doesn't feel right when they manage to shrug status ailments or avoid attacks all the time, I want to use Amie/Refresh, but I still want a fair challenge too. I'd be OK with getting rid of status ailments after battle is to stay, but I think they should make you use your inventory instead of giving you a free Full Heal.
Ranking things is fun:
Torterra > Chesnaught > Venusaur > Decidueye > Sceptile > Serperior > Meganium
Infernape > Incineroar > Emboar > Charizard > Typhlosion > Delphox > Blaziken
Empoleon > Samurott > Greninja > Blastoise > Swampert > Feraligatr > Primarina
My tastes in starters seems different than the majority. In truth, aside from Delphox, Blaziken, Meganiuam and Primarina, I really like all of them.
Torterra > Chesnaught > Venusaur > Decidueye > Sceptile > Serperior > Meganium
Infernape > Incineroar > Emboar > Charizard > Typhlosion > Delphox > Blaziken
Empoleon > Samurott > Greninja > Blastoise > Swampert > Feraligatr > Primarina
My tastes in starters seems different than the majority. In truth, aside from Delphox, Blaziken, Meganiuam and Primarina, I really like all of them.
Sceptile > Torterra > Serperior > Decidueye > Venusaur == Chesnaught >> Meganium
Typhlosion > Blaziken > Infernape > Charizard > Emboar - The other two are abominations shall not be named. (- _ -' ) p
Greninja > Ferligatr > Blastoise > Swampert > Empoleon > Samurott > Primarina
Typhlosion > Blaziken > Infernape > Charizard > Emboar - The other two are abominations shall not be named. (- _ -' ) p
Greninja > Ferligatr > Blastoise > Swampert > Empoleon > Samurott > Primarina
Defending underappreciated Pokémons #2: Muk
So today we have a big boy. I feel that Muk has always been more hated than Grimer overall. Maybe because it's just a bigger version of Grimer? I don't know. But let's defend this gen 1 poison type.
So, a lot of people seem to dislike this slimy dude because it's "just" a blob.
But I think that this blob has too much personality to just be a blob.
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Muk looks like a zombie. Its pose looks like the classical picture of a zombie crawling out of a graveyard. I mean, just take a look a this and tell me that it doesn't have any similarities with the pose, the mouth and the "gross" aspect of it. Just tell me:
So, yeah. I definitely think that this thing being a zombie makes it cool, man.
Another cool thing about Muk is that he looks like he is constantly trying to stand up and seems like if he didn't do enough effort to keep himself looking like a Pokémon, he would just colllapse and end up being some gelatinous purple mass. Muk is trying his best guys, don't be mean please.
...But how would he keep using his strength to do this? Does he have any strength? Does this thing have muscles? Can a Grimer fuse himself with another grimer to become a Muk?
So many questions that are not anwsered.
Come on, how could you hate Muk, the slimy zombie in constant effort with the menacing pose and the mysteries around his biology?
Also, I have to say that the little strand of slimy goo in his mouth adds a lot to his design. Props to the designer here!
So today we have a big boy. I feel that Muk has always been more hated than Grimer overall. Maybe because it's just a bigger version of Grimer? I don't know. But let's defend this gen 1 poison type.
So, a lot of people seem to dislike this slimy dude because it's "just" a blob.
But I think that this blob has too much personality to just be a blob.
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...ALRIGHT LET ME EXPLAIN OKAY?!?
Muk looks like a zombie. Its pose looks like the classical picture of a zombie crawling out of a graveyard. I mean, just take a look a this and tell me that it doesn't have any similarities with the pose, the mouth and the "gross" aspect of it. Just tell me:
So, yeah. I definitely think that this thing being a zombie makes it cool, man.
Another cool thing about Muk is that he looks like he is constantly trying to stand up and seems like if he didn't do enough effort to keep himself looking like a Pokémon, he would just colllapse and end up being some gelatinous purple mass. Muk is trying his best guys, don't be mean please.
...But how would he keep using his strength to do this? Does he have any strength? Does this thing have muscles? Can a Grimer fuse himself with another grimer to become a Muk?
So many questions that are not anwsered.
Come on, how could you hate Muk, the slimy zombie in constant effort with the menacing pose and the mysteries around his biology?
Also, I have to say that the little strand of slimy goo in his mouth adds a lot to his design. Props to the designer here!
Speaking of Rotom, this video has a couple of pretty good ones: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CyhqQ5fKywo
I agree that some are meh, but I kinda dig the Bug and Steel versions
I agree that some are meh, but I kinda dig the Bug and Steel versions
Alolan Muk justifies regional variants more than any other example. It's so fun to use and is absolutely gorgeous, a kind of creature they couldn't do before the jump to 3D. I love it and A Grimer to bits.
[Caveat: I love basically every single regional variant and hope they continue "remixing" mons with every generation]
[Caveat: I love basically every single regional variant and hope they continue "remixing" mons with every generation]
Alolan Muk is easily my favourite regional variant. If I ever use one, I'll name it CMY (computer vision nerd joke).
