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Pokemon Sword and Shield discussion thread (spoiler-free) [see staff post]
- Thread starter TheEchosOfTheCyborg
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Not spoilers for you*
You're wild of you think many people play Pokemon for plot
Red & Blue had the starters on the cover. Before gen 6 every starter was known well in advance. At least outside of Japan. Either because GameFreak outright revealed them before the Japanese release, or, because the games would come out in Japan months before, so the starters would be advertised before the world wide release.
Like, I get not wanting the majority of the dex spoiled like in Gen 7, but there's a medium.
How hard is it to make a fire Pokemon that doesn't look like a fighter and has a different secondary type? They're already done it a few times
You're even wilder if you think most would give a shit about starter forms being spoiled. Most WANT to see them.
I don't even think spoilers for Pokemon in general are very important. They shouldn't spell out the whole game but knowing the final form of the first Pokemon you pick is not a dealbreaker unless you are content to live in a basement until November 15th.
It'd be boring af, but it's still a good typing
Not that it matters, we all know Sobble's line is winning this round anyways
*holds Incineroar tightly
This is a theory of mine, i have no evidence but the Red City is not London based but rather one of the Northern UK Cities like Manchester. The Northern Cities in particular were known for Coal Mining especially so it made me think. What if the Gym Leader for a Fire Gym has an element of that in his Pokemon. I think Rolycoly is going to evolve into a Rock/Fire Type and become more of a Steam Powered Train so that could be his ace in the Gym Battle.
Fire/Fighting is cool typing, honestly, it's just super weird that they did three in a row and burned people out on them forever.
I wonder what the thought process was behind that because it never made sense to me.
Generation III
Fire/Fighting
Water/Ground
Grass
Generation IV
Fire/Fighting
Water/Steel
Grass/Ground
Generation V
Fire/Fighting
Grass
Water
Why mix up the others but never Fire/Fighting? 🤔
I quite liked the mix-ups we got in Gen VII so I would love to see this generation pursue interesting final typings as well.
I wonder what the thought process was behind that because it never made sense to me.
Generation III
Fire/Fighting
Water/Ground
Grass
Generation IV
Fire/Fighting
Water/Steel
Grass/Ground
Generation V
Fire/Fighting
Grass
Water
Why mix up the others but never Fire/Fighting? 🤔
I quite liked the mix-ups we got in Gen VII so I would love to see this generation pursue interesting final typings as well.
You know what's funny about the whole starter final evos? I'm pretty sure I know exactly what they look like. Like I have the images of them in my mind and I'd be surprised if they they were 1% off from the final design, but maybe it's more overactive creative mind. I don't think I can describe them but I'll try. This is just what my brain sees as the designs, not claiming any inside info at all.
Again just my image of what they look like. I only spoiler it just in case.
Grookey evolves into a green gorilla with a drum and it has some brown coloration. Has a stick of some kind, not sure exactly what it looks like. Grass and ground types. 2nd best of the three. Scorbunny evolves into a bipedal rabbit. Skinny torso but it's thighs/legs are thick. Coloration is relatively the same as Scorbunny. Typing is fire/electric. Not sure why I feel like it is electric, just a feeling. Worst of the 3 designs, unfortunately, as I wanted Scorbunny at first. Sobble evolves into a little deeper color blue, especially the face and around the eyes, chameleon. I feel like it will have a hat. I want to say it has a pipe like Sherlock Holmes but that might just me being hopeful. It might have sunglasses but I feel like that's other people's opinions affecting my image of the final starters. I'm thinking water/ghost as its typing but I wouldn't be surprised if it was water/dark.
They say in the game informer game freak studio tour video that the red brick city is inspired by Manchester.
Oh I know, both sound pretty bad but as long as the design is good I fuck with him
Them's fucking fightin words, if Scorbunny ends up like King Kazma, James Pond and Donkey Kong don't stand a chance
Emboar is especially baffling since they had already done a fire/fighting Journey to the West inspired Pokemon with Infernape.
Plus, I'm still salty over Samurott clearly deserving the fighting secondary typing more.
Is that the gigantimax leak? Is that the same one that says there's a battle frontier?
It's this, and the only leak that is assured to be in the right.
Oh, yeah, I understand that. I quite like what they've been doing this time, keeping more things under wraps.
It's the Affleck leak.
Like I said before, the pure fire comment (seems to be) about Scorbunny. It doesn't specify the typing for the final evolution.
If that's true about the bunny I will be very happy.It's this, and the only leak that is assured to be in the right.
Yeah same. That'd be pretty cool. Maybe he can evolve into, like, a Welsh Dragon made of the fire from burning coal?
I feel like I exactly know how the final stage of Grookey looks. Yet I want to pick Sobble.
I believe ( and I'm hoping ) that he is a very buff gorilla. He has one big ass mace that he uses when he hits the ground, with his two hands. He has striped brown and light brown abs and green fur. A little tuft can be seen on his head and he has a pretty serious face even though he has a very wholesome smile. He's also a pretty wide boy.
We'll see in November
I believe ( and I'm hoping ) that he is a very buff gorilla. He has one big ass mace that he uses when he hits the ground, with his two hands. He has striped brown and light brown abs and green fur. A little tuft can be seen on his head and he has a pretty serious face even though he has a very wholesome smile. He's also a pretty wide boy.
We'll see in November
Now that's a shame.I think that's it, it looks pretty much the same in the map.
Also, starters always should be spoiled. Imagine choosing Chespin only knowing this:
I did too, but because I knew already Chesnaught would be the final one.
but that pokemon is greatNow that's a shame.
Also, starters always should be spoiled. Imagine choosing Chespin only knowing this:
I did without knowing, only 2nd evolution didn't like was Frogadier.
Also i loved all three Kalos starter max evolutions. Maybe it was my Castlevania fanboyism acting, because i ended with a Chesnaught named Trevor, a Delphox named Sypha and a Greninja named Grant
I disagree, but
Even if they don't show any starter evos, they will leak, just like X/Y did.
I liked Delphox, too! I think it's a downgrade from Braixen, but it's still a pretty cool design.
I think the only starter I don't like is Emboar. I like Tepig a lot, but Pignite and Emboar are... yikes.
They are the Castlevania trio and are fucking amazing.
Not to mention, people online fell soooo easily to Chesny's and Greninja shenanigans
And i had so many randos disconnect to my Delphox
Man, i want the SwSh to go back to XY's online glory days so much....
The first generation isn't a good reference, since it was the first generation, and many people outside of Japan knew Pokémon through the anime before the videogames anyway (which btw I think would've been a better way to introduce new Pokémon, that for some reason they didn't do this time around). And some of the following generations the final forms leaked way before the game release.
But anyway, I think it's fine if we get the middle stages, but if we're getting the final forms at some point, I think they should be the last thing they reveal, as close to the release date as possible. And I don't think tomorrow's video is gonna be the last batch of info we get.
Can't have a Pokémon thread without it devolving into shit talking about starters or other Pokémon in general. Oh, and I have a Delphox and it's great. The Chesnaught line is fine too.