I think it's ironic considering every fire type final evo is bipedal. Wonder what they would do with the snake if it was made a fire starter
Also I'm in for Shield because Ponyta
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Pokemon Sword and Shield discussion thread (spoiler-free) [see staff post]
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Also I'm in for Shield because Ponyta
Yeah I did, and I loved it. Despite being more humanoid for a Porcupine/mole/thing Chesnaught was amazing both design wise and usage wise.Now that's a shame.
Also, starters always should be spoiled. Imagine choosing Chespin only knowing this:
Dartrix is such a bad example. Its the inverse of the usual, the last stage for some reason reverts back to the first stage colors and Dartrix is as removed from the entire line as the last stage almost always is. I like Decidueye but also hate it for not taking any cues at all from Dartrix.
I have a funny feeling that the only anthropomorphic one out of em all will be Grookey, Scorbunny is gonna basically be something akin to typhlosion and Sobble something in between.
Barbaracle is such a good design, but choosing between it and Tyrantrum for a rock type is impossible when playing X.
It's gonna be a gym as well. Galar is gonna be backtrack heaven compared to the last two generation.
The only reason people hate it is because of the typing, when ironucally enough its the best fire starter of the series.
Aegislash best boi. I'll also throw in Chesnaught, Malamar, Tyrantrum and Hoopa (both forms) as Gen 6 greats.
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Okay......I've been watching a lot of footage from Google's event today. What's with all the Pokemon stuff dropped in it? What game/app is that with Pikachu and Scorbunny?
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Thank you (:
I made as part of an art project I did for myself, the Grass is Tango based Sarcosuchus and Ballet Dancer Flamingo
Ah interesting! So music-based starters. I'm planning to do a region based on Canada myself
Not to break the topic, sorry
I mean each Gen before the sixth had at least one four-legged Starter, which feel a bit more "animal / monster" than "character". Even Primarina, which doesn't have legs, is pretty much a mermaid.
I will be disappointed if Sobble ends up similar to Greninja.
I just think people are fixated on how many legs they stand on instead of how great the creature designs are in general. I don't see how 4 legs is more of a monster than a half-man were cat. Like anthropomorphism is such a classic staple in monster designs through history and they're pocket monsters, not pocket animals. ie. do you think the Minotaur, Satyr or Gorgon are less "monster" because of the semi-human aspect?
JRPGs lean so heavily into existing mythologies which is why theres so many damn World Trees, but Pokemon does a great job at being its own thing. Like Primarina might be a Siren/Mermaid but its also a strange circus sea-lion that blows bubbles.
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Any time people try to break down real-they-think-is-fake designs like this, it's always a treatHe will always be my favorite gen 6 Pokémon, just for this:
This guy has one of the best stat totals and movesets for a grass type and yet it is one of the most forgotten Pokemon introduced in Gen 6; unavailable in Gen 7 and probably won't feature at all in SwSh. Really nice design too, I just never felt the desire to use itThe actual goat gen 6 Pokemon:
my favorite is malamar
I used it in my last X playthrough which was nice because it can use Surf. Let me use a Gyarados without worrying about having to keep a moveslot handy for Surf.
Just having it in would be fine for me, even if it doesn't get any special form.
I just wonder if with this new approach of the series not featuring all the existing Pokémon, if there's gonna come a day when they don't include Charizard, or Mewtwo, or Pikachu, etc.
He will always be my favorite gen 6 Pokémon, just for this:
That night was so great. From him to people not believing the Greninja leaks cause "Why would he have his tongue around his neck" and "But the bubbles are gone!"
I wouldn't be surprised if after presentation tmrw the game goes up for preorder/preload on the e-shop.
I feel that Grookey's final evo will be more like Mega Swampert and Sobble's will be the one leaning more towards Typhlosion kind of body, like standing in two legs but also being able to walk in 4 if it's needed. Scorbunny is already humanoid so I guess it will turn up looking something similar but taller.
Is there a reason people think we are getting a full presentation or a lot of info tomorrow? Didn't they post similar tweets for singular Pokemon reveals?
thinking that too, just odd to be so close without being able to pre order it. I normaly dont pre order, but its pokemon, I highly doubt they will mess it up, also have a voucher saved for it.
I'll never get over how much better this Popplio evo design is (and the idea behind the Litten one, though that one is a little off imo) than Primarina.
Regardless, I wanted to bring up the point that Incineroar and Samurott are bad designs (or rather, the pokemon lines are poorly designed). Serperior kind of too? They're the only ones where a stance change happens only in the final evo. Samurott's a pretty decent design, but it isn't forshadowed by Dewott at all and the line as a whole suffers for it. I'm not a fan of Delphox or Primarina, but at least those lines use mid evos properly. Mid evos are probably the hardest to design, as they try to balance between being a midpoint but also attempting to have their own identity, so I get why some miss the mark. But then most people don't care about them anyways, lol.
Here's hoping tomorrow has some new ones for us, and that they please every single person looking forward to them! Every single person.
I can't find it right now, but nothing will top the creepy clown someone made for Popplio. Such a lost opportunity.
I'll never get over how much better this Popplio evo design is (and the idea behind the Litten one, though that one is a little off imo) than Primarina.
I'll never get over how much better this Popplio evo design is (and the idea behind the Litten one, though that one is a little off imo) than Primarina.
Those do not even look like the same art style...
Just someone who wanted Pokemon to look edgier and more like animals
That's exactly it. Its boring.
Not gonna respond to the hard disagrees with no other explanation, but
you think the Popplio one looks edgy? Edgy? What does that word even mean anymore?
Ballio is the king of fake pokemonExactly. This is why Ballio was so appreciated.
I assume they keep going back to that well because they never wanted it to become bipedal to begin with
You could always just trade for on
imo those all look worse than what we got and don't look like Pokemon.
I'll never get over how much better this Popplio evo design is (and the idea behind the Litten one, though that one is a little off imo) than Primarina.
Regardless, I wanted to bring up the point that Incineroar and Samurott are bad designs (or rather, the pokemon lines are poorly designed). Serperior kind of too? They're the only ones where a stance change happens only in the final evo. Samurott's a pretty decent design, but it isn't forshadowed by Dewott at all and the line as a whole suffers for it. I'm not a fan of Delphox or Primarina, but at least those lines use mid evos properly. Mid evos are probably the hardest to design, as they try to balance between being a midpoint but also attempting to have their own identity, so I get why some miss the mark. But then most people don't care about them anyways, lol.
Here's hoping tomorrow has some new ones for us, and that they please every single person looking forward to them! Every single person.
The Popplio one less so but kind of yeah, it has a small face with a serious expression (all 3 seem to) and messy shape design. It looks like yet another artist who just does not understand Sugimori's direction of running the middle ground between cute and cool. Worst of all it just reminds me of all the people who called Popplio's line "too girly" and Incineroar "too human" like they're afraid of some fucking personality.
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I committed myself to choose Grookey, knowing that most grass starters are fun to use. However, if Grookey remains pure Grass and doesn't learn Leech Seed or some other fun utility move, it might only be as enjoyable to use as Chikorita. Anyway, I'm hoping for the best. Game Freak has done a pretty good job with starters lately.
I definitely like this Popplio evo much better than Primarina. The other two not so much, but definitely Popplio.
I'll never get over how much better this Popplio evo design is (and the idea behind the Litten one, though that one is a little off imo) than Primarina.
Regardless, I wanted to bring up the point that Incineroar and Samurott are bad designs (or rather, the pokemon lines are poorly designed). Serperior kind of too? They're the only ones where a stance change happens only in the final evo. Samurott's a pretty decent design, but it isn't forshadowed by Dewott at all and the line as a whole suffers for it. I'm not a fan of Delphox or Primarina, but at least those lines use mid evos properly. Mid evos are probably the hardest to design, as they try to balance between being a midpoint but also attempting to have their own identity, so I get why some miss the mark. But then most people don't care about them anyways, lol.
Here's hoping tomorrow has some new ones for us, and that they please every single person looking forward to them! Every single person.
I love this clown.Exactly. This is why Ballio was so appreciated.
Pretty sure people are judging the whole picture I posted when I only used it to comment on the Popplio design. I even said the Litten one looks off even though I like the idea behind it. My bad for not cropping a picture I don't own I guess?
Don't understand the point about messy shape design, but guess we'll just have to disagree about the cute/cool line. The Popplio one (and for that matter, Primarina actually, despite me not liking her) hits that middle ground way better than Decidueye and Incineroar.
I remember a minor detail was the "a" font was different from real screenshots, but a video of Torchic's (the event one) status screen which was likely from a more recent build had the "a" font matching the leaks.
So, at that point I realized that was a detail too specific to be coincidence.
Oh gosh I remember the font stuff as well. Gosh...i wonder if we will get the same thing this time when it leaks from someone playing it.