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shima-draws · 1 year

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Listen I love Pokemon so so SO much. Like so much. But I do want to say in terms of design it’s REALLY gone downhill;;

There’s definitely a lot of really sick designs in Gen 9 that I can’t really nitpick at too much because compared to what we could have had they did a good job with them.

But then we have Dunsparce.

I want to talk about Dunsparce in particular because of its evolution. I know a good handful of people have wanted to see a Dunsparce evolution for YEARS now, and for good reason: It’s a very forgettable Pokemon. A normal type one stage that shows up briefly in Generation 2 (which, sadly, is a generation full of forgettable Pokemon) and barely anywhere else. SO if we take that and look at some other really neat Gen 2 evos we got in Legends Arceus and SV--like Wyrdeer and Farigiraf, for example--you’d THINK that they’d come up with something equally as creative and unique, right?

NO.

LOOK AT THIS.

THIS IS DUNSPARCE.

NOW LOOK AT THIS.

THIS IS DUDUNSPARCE.

WHAT THE FUCK.

It looks the same. IT LOOKS THE EXACT SAME. It just has another segment and a thing on the tip of its tail. You could mistake this for a powered up Dunsparce or a shitty take at a regional form. What the ever loving christ is this???

THERE WAS SO MUCH ROOM FOR POTENTIAL HERE. Instead they just said ah yeah let’s just slap some extra stripes on it and maybe give it a cool wingdrilll thing and move on. LIKE. BRO. THIS IS THE LAZIEST POKEMON EVOLUTION DESIGN I’VE EVER SEEN. THIS IS FUCKING INSULTING.

If you Google Dunsparce evolution, you’ll find WAY better designs made by creators not currently employed by Nintendo:

(@/woodenplank on Twt)

(@/mykemon_regions on IG)

(@/trainer_matz on IG)

THESE ARE SO MUCH COOLER??? Some of them even have an ouroboros theme which is SO sick and such a clever idea for a Dunsparce evo.

I’m just. I’m so salty. We could have had a sickass evolution but we were ROBBED

Anyway Nintendo shape up and hire these people to do your designs instead of whoever you have on staff right now that designed THAT abomination of an evolution

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deefighter2739 · 1 year

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A wild Dunsparce appears! ✨

#pokemon #pokemon scarlet and violet #dunsparce #dudunsparce #omg pokemon art on a kirby blog?? more likely than you think #sorry kirby fans i just ADORE dunsparce and i'm so happy to see they got an evo #my art

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moonscape · 2 months

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incase you forgot about this i'm reminding you that it exists

#bwark #also i just remembered that for some reason they made hq versions of the icons from gti and psmd in rtdx #but only for pokemon in gens 1-3 (+ 4 if they got a new evo and also sylveon)#like that's still so weird to me #why would they go to the effort of updating all of the icons for pokemon like ampharos and dunsparce when they aren't relevant to rt's story #it's suspicious.....unless? 👀 (new pmd game for the switch after rtdx)

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ratkiddoo · 1 year

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eating up these scarvi leaks like crazy

#rat rambles #soooooo many thoughts and i need to verbalise them sososososo badly #not thru text #i need words i need to talk to someone fr #'quaquaval has a bigger ass than makima' -sum1 on twt LMAO #sprigatito's final evo looks so lame to me :( they cld've added more detail but idk it feels a bit plain in my opinion #oh also #svleaks #just in case #but AREGEHEHEHDBHEDB #sooo many thoughts #mabosstiff looks like an old man.... jusy like my dog..... i need him #he is just a guy....#some of the pokemon designs are rlly a miss tho like the bramble one???#is that fucking real #it can't be #also the dunsparce evo...... are you actually joking with that...... what the fuck #dondozo (? big whale guy) loooks sooo fucking neat tho ughhh #HOUNDSTONE OMG #probably won't get the game until i watch ag least 1 playthrough and gather a proper opinion #don't want a repeat of the shit i pulled w swsh #i regret it sm #anyways yeah #i like most of these little guys!!!#the coin one was such a dissapointment and scared me so much #but the hits hit and the ones that miss miss by a mile for me personally

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perenlop · 1 year

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oh i do not want to be mean or too negative but i am not a fan of some of the evolved forms this gen

#pawmo and dudunspace come to mind and it mostly boils down to them looking barely different #like. i thought dudunsparce was a graphical glitch in a video not a new pokemon entirely #and like. yeah its a funny concept to just multiple the design basically but considering that dunsparce went two decades without an evo #and ppl were excited to potentially get one for so long only to get a design thats barely changed….#im glad some ppl can find the humor in it but it just feels boring to me #and pawmo is literally jut pawmi on two legs like cmon #echoed voice #pkmn spoilers

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veevee-volley · 1 year

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#puppy rambles #pokemon #pkmn #scvi #scvi spoilers #scarlet and violet spoilers #pokemon scarlet and violet spoilers #pokemon spoilers #pkmn spoilers #(sorry for anyone who has something else filtered n got spoiled)#pokemon leaks #the former is more likely but also the latter is funny #i only know stuff about the leaks from my mom telling me without showing me pictures (other than one pokemon n the pokedex)#disappointed the name leak was fake. since it was fake i'm guessing no one cares if i spoil it here in the tags (sorry if someone does) but #dunsparce evo fake. sucks #hope he still gets one

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lockandkeyhyena · 1 year

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DUNSPARCE EVO????????

#girafarig and dunsparce….. my two faves got evos…… but at what cost #yeen rambles #pokemon scarlet and violet #pokemon spoilers

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beaversatemygrandma · 1 year

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I told myself i wouldn’t spoil myself to new pokemon but i failed at that miserably. All i know is when I’m going through Scarlet I’m going to be using too many grass types to be safe. First of all: Sprigatito essentially evolves into a grass-type weavile stat/move wise and I’m So Down for that. Even if it has the same typing issue to where if you’re going against the wrong typing you will get destroyed in one strike. It’s like a fast glass cannon in the same exact way though. Also the middle evo looks like a young khajit thief and I’m loving it. It’s adorable. <3 Almost to the point of where i might prevent evolution for a while bc the middle is So Much Better than the final for the first time ever. Then Smoliv’s final evo? Also Lovely. That Tentacruel? Yep. It’s weird. But i like it. There’s also a grass/fire type but it’s kinda ugly (who knows, i could grow to like it). And That Snail Legendary??? OMG. (also dark/grass tho so ugh)

Having a balanced team of pokemon i like is going to be a struggle. Also an image of the wooper evo under the cut. Because that’s the pokemon who’s not grass that I’m absolutely in love with. Just look. He’s squishy and friend-shaped.

Also there’s a bunch of dogs <3

A creature of maximum beauty. Even if he’s assigned to be an absolute clod.

#pokemon spoilers #taks speaks #i tried to keep this not too bad spoiler wise but idk what you're looking for #or if you're just going in blind which is what i was going to do bc ik i'm getting the game late #but lbh im not going in blind if im getting the game late #anyway i have got to know what is up with those four lesser legends bc they have such cool designs #the mentioned ice/dragon pokemon kinda sucks #sadly. i had high hopes for that one #and dunsparce. he's there. and he's multiplying. that's about it. fake evos of that are so much better than #uhhh.... worm?#oh and there's a worm #other than the dunsparce worm #and shroodle. <3

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laloset · 2 years

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i want to get dunsparce tattooed across my fivehead so badly. woke up from my 5th nap and looked through the tag for my tsuchinoko creachur and doodled a whole sheets worth of them

#i love.. .them will talk about them like they're an actually part of my life #u don't want to admit it but that chonky snake is peak design. performance. stunning #pokemon #dunsparce #i hope if they get their evo its just as good. dont ruin my baby

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becausegoodheroesdeservekidneys · 2 months

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routine vibe check: what’s the best starter pokemon and why are you right (pictures and long paragraphs of evidence welcomed and appreciated)

Gonna get a good grade in vibe check, normal to want and inevitable to achieve because I have objectively correct Pokemon opinions and will block naysayers

OKAY LET'S GO

I decided to do, like, a top 5 list or something, because I'm bad at picking a single favourite of stuff. And then even that overwhelmed me, so I found one of those tier ranking list sites and produced this:

It was done in less than a minute, so if I wanted to get really picky, I don't know if I would be fully wedded to it (not sure if maybe Sceptile should be one higher) BUT it did help to highlight the important ones.

So!

5. Bulbasaur

It's. Just. So. Nice.

Like you can find cooler, more beautiful, cuter, fancier... there's a whole bunch of ways for a Pokemon to be great. But you will never ever find a nicer Pokemon than Bulbasaur. It's so lovely. Look at it. Look at its face.

I can't put it higher, because the rest of the line is fairly bland in terms of development. It's good and logical and fun, don't get me wrong, but Ivysaur and Venusaur just look like bigger versions with More Flower and Less Cute rather than creatures in their own right. To be honest, if it weren't a starter requiring a three-stage evolution, you could do away with Ivysaur. Something I don't like about a lot of lazy three-step lines is that the middle step just looks like a transitional mid phase rather than a Proper Creacher, like they were artificially inflating the Pokemon number count. Meanwhile it took us until Paldea to get a Girafarig evo that would actually make the giraffe tall. Madness.

However my first ever Pokemon was a Bulbasaur I called Daffodil, and I have traded him forward onto every single successive generation since. He is, quite literally, my First Ever Pokemon. I love him desperately. I still have him. Not many people still have their First Ever Pokemon. But I do and I love him. So, Bulbasaur gets the fifth spot.

4. Snivy

Again, a victim of the Banal Transitional Middle Evo, but both Snivy and Serperior are incredible, and as Meatloaf took such pains to tell us, two out of three ain't bad.

But Snivy! It's so snooty! I was super lucky with mine, too, because I beat the 12.8% odds and got a female, and I loved her. Normally the initial baby starters are designed to be cute but Snivy has SO MUCH PERSONALITY, she's great. And the design of Serperior is utterly gorgeous. She keeps the expression, but rather than the Animal Crossing-style snooty-cute vibe of Snivy you get this thousand yard withering stare of an empress whose servant (you) has just turned up dripping mud in her throne room and asked her for money. Her green and gold colour scheme is exquisite. Her filigree design, including her high collar, give off the air of wealth and sophistication befitting her immaculate pedigree. And all this! In a simple snake. Incredible design work, 10 out of 10, no notes.

Begone, you miserable peasant. Have him boiled.

3. Torchic

Now I'll be real with you, lads, but Pokemon design hit its stride with Hoenn and then got better.

It's partly a fashion thing, of course - you look at some of the Kanto designs and they are remarkably 90s, because that's when the franchise launched. Others are clearly a product of what the 1990's were capable of producing in pixels on an already over-stretched cartridge medium. Like we like to clown on Red and Green/Blue now, but my god, those game designers performed a miracle with Pokemon. Every single square inch of space was used to make that game, and complex designs weren't going to cut it.

(With that said, there is still no excuse for Dragonite.)

And then Johto came about and its Pokedex sucks ass. It's mostly new evolutions for existing Kanto stars, useless babies to inflate the dex number, or poorly thought out single-evos like the inexplicably short Girafarig and the unacceptably dreary Dunsparce (our greatest thanks to Paldea for fixing both of those).

BUT THEN CAME HOENN (trumpets intensify)

And we get habitats! Biomes! A different regional climate, gifting us a brand new area of Pokecology! And therefore a brand new flush of creativity in Pokemon design across the board; less dated, and more inclined to be unique rather than a rehash of Kantonian stuff.

Which brings me nicely to this lad:

Now, I mean. Just look at him. Fucking hell. Cute starter stage, check. LOOK AT HIM FACE

AND THEN he became, at the time, a brand-new unique typing: Fire/Fighting. I realise that is now the norm for like, half of the Fire starters, but that's because of Torchic, actually. He was super popular. In fact if you ever play Ruby/Sapphire/Emerald and you do what my husband and I like to call a Mynci Dave run (use one Pokemon almost exclusively, meaning it gets all the experience points and therefore over-levels to a terrifying degree, allowing you to sweep the game; so named after the noble Primeape we first did this with, Mynci Dave), Torchic is the PERFECT Pokemon to choose, because almost everything is weak to either Fire or Fighting in that region.

Anyway, Combusken is, again, kind of mid (although props for the inverted colour scheme and the fact that it actually does look like a teenager.) But Blaziken, on the other hand... Blaziken is a six foot ninja chicken with wings for hair whose Pokedex entry describes it as able to leap tall peaks in a single bound, a feat it achieves after strengthening its legs by hoofing Geodudes down mountains like they're fucking footballs

Also an impressive bulge.

My first was called Gilgamesh, and he was fucking great. For a long time, this mad lad was my actual favourite Pokemon, not just starter. Brilliant. Love him. Five stars out of three. King.

2. Fuecoco

It would probably surprise you to know I've not actually used one. I chose Sprigatito, and I do really like Meowscarada, actually. But pretty anthro cat boys have been done in Pokemon quite a bit at this point; cats, dogs and rabbits are over-represented in terms of Poke-taxa. Possibly this is another reason for a toad, a snake and a chicken being 5, 4 and 3 so far (ooh, basilisk ingredients, I've just realised.) They're new and unusual! I like an Eeveelution as much as the next person, but they're a whole family of cat-dog-rabbits, like.

However.

Nintendo has tried its hand at Pokecrocodilians three times (Feraligatr, Krookodile, Skeledirge), and they have gotten so much better at design each time that the three of them are basically a scale proxy for ongoing design improvement. Look, I've made a diagram:

EXCEPT

(Strap in)

This one is that rare thing: a three step line that deserves to be a three step line. Let's talk Fuecoco first:

SO CUTE. It's charming, it's charismatic, it's adorable.

It also has hints of its evolutionary end goal, but not like an undeveloped middle evo. It likes singing. The white face hints at the eventual calavera, and it looks a bit like a lil chilli pepper - a ghost pepper, probably in reference to the eventual Fire/Ghost typing. But the colours and shape right now also look a bit reminiscent of a babygro, because this thing is a cute starter. Lookit them teefs. That tuft. Its lovely smile. Beautiful.

And then, at the point you expect it to turn into just the awkward teenage version of the adult, instead we get Crocator:

Oh boy. Oh there's so much to say. Okay okay:

The region it's from is based on Spain, but this thing is incorporating Hispanic elements from across the board. It's a mariachi in a sombrero, except the sombrero also looks kind of like a ring of Mexican marigolds and kind of like a Catalonian Easter cake called Mona de Pascua that has an egg (or egg-shaped confectionary) in the middle. Body shape and markings look kind of like a piñata. The white face is now on its way to a calavera, with the cheek and nostril markings more defined. And it sings, with its open mouth (also how crocodiles release heat, appropriate for a Fire type) and signified by the mariachi theme.

THAT IS A LOT.

And then it becomes Skeledirge. A Fire/Ghost crocodile.

Now the obvious design here is the calavera and the Día de Muertos theming, which is part of it. But there are also many examples of crocodile figures in Spanish folkloric ghost stories: the Catalonian Cocollona, the Lizard of Magdalena from Jaén, or the Drac de Na Coca, or even the Cuca - that one is Portuguese, but turns up in both Brasil and the Iberian Peninsula including in parts of Spain. It's got a Gaudi vibe (like Barcelona). It's got an alebrije vibe (like Mexico).

And the bird! Nile crocs have a cleaning symbiosis with Egyptian plovers; it also sits at the tip of the snout where male gharials have a sort of bulbous bit to help them make sounds (the singing thing).

But this is what the bird does when Skeledirge uses Torch Song:

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It becomes a microphone, then grows in size and attacks the opponent in Phoenix form. Phoenix: Fire/Ghost. Resurrected from the ashes.

Quite simply, your fave could never.

5. Rowlet

My god. (My god)

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Look at this lovely creacher. He is so round and so soft and so lovely. He looks like that baby Yoda meme. He looks like that cat that someone's landlord said they would make an exception for because he looks very polite. Look!!! At his lil bow tie!!! He is a smartly dressed young man and he is kind and he is... well, a bit vacant behind the eyes. A himbo, if you will. But he is all the better for that. What a lovely owl.

He looks a little like a barn owl, perhaps, and those were imported to Hawai'i, where Rowlet is from. But I think he looks a little like a Pueo owl, and given that he will eventually be a Ghost type, that seems right - pueos are one of the physical forms assumed by ʻaumākua in Hawai'ian culture, as I understand it.

And then, hang onto your tits, lads, because this is another banger - THE MIDDLE EVOLUTION IS ITS OWN DESIGN!!! (confetti cannons)

I said earlier that boring middle evos are like just awkward teenagers of the adults. Here, I present to you, a very deliberate Awkward Teenager, in Dartrix:

IT'S A DANDY

I love him I love him I love him

He plays with his fringe and if you touch it without permission he has a tantrum. God, he's so charismatic. Also, that fringe further suggests the pueo - they have pronounced outer rims around their facial disks like that. Look at his bow tie and tail coat. So smart and handsome

This one is so good that it could be the final evo. This is actually my issue with the Delphox line - Braixen is amazing, and then it becomes the bland boredom of Delphox. Braixen should have been the final stop. Here, Dartrix is much the same - good enough to be a high-quality end goal.

Where they differ is that Decidueye is better again.

IT SHOOTS ARROWS MADE OF ITS OWN QUILLS

Also, fun fact - This line is the only starter to change secondary typing. Dartrix is part Flying; but on evolving a second time into Decidueye, it switches to Grass/Ghost. In this evolution, it's definitely mostly a pueo, so the ʻaumākua reference is IN, but actually barn owls also have their associations with the dead in various cultures.

The crown of feathers around its head are also reminiscent of an ayaigasa - a hat worn by Japanese samurai archers. And yet! AND YET!

It still has its lil bow tie look. Bigger now, more of a cravat; but there it is.

A perfect Pokemon, and a perfect evolutionary line. No notes.

Anyway, thank you for this chance to waste three and a half hours writing this essay

#asks #pokemon #long post #gif

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quartings · 2 months

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Legends Z-A Thoughts and Theories!

Okay, I was pretty quiet on my opinions for Scarlet and Violet, but I'm confident enough to be very pleased and optimistic for this! Legends Arceus was the strongest Pokemon game we had in a decade, and to see them continue this, bring back Megas, and take an extra year to hopefully make it non-buggy? Makes me so so excited!

On Megas:

It's a bit of a surprise to see Megas back, but honestly? Not too much of a surprise. Even ignoring the inevitability of Kalos remakes, Megas are the only gimmick Pokemon kept around in their spinoffs. It was in Mystery Dungeon, Shuffle, Smash Bros, Pokemon Go, and probably more I'm forgetting! So it was always in the back of Gamefreak's mind and I'm glad it's truly back again!

With Gens 8 and 9 bringing back cross-gen evos, I think they'll focus on only giving Megas to three-stage lines, to not quash the potential of 2nd stage Pokemon getting regular evolutions. So starters and Pokemon like Flygon can get Megas since they can't evolve further, but Pokemon like Tropius and Chimecho probably won't, in case they get evolutions in Gen 10 (That then get Megas)

I also don't think we fully grasp how many more Pokemon can get Megas now, too. Barely any of Gen 5 and 6 had Megas (Seriously only 2 Pokemon between the 228 Pokemon in those gens) and we've had THREE more generations since then!!

Note: We went from wanting a Dunsparce evo, to wanting a Dunsparce Mega, to getting Dudunsparce with mixed fan reception. Now I'm going to be a selfish deluded clown bitch and get my hopes up for a Mega Dudunsparce.

Speaking of starters and Megas, do we think we'll get a mish-mash of older starters for this game that then get Megas (Say, Piplup, Snivy, and Scorbunny) or will we get Megas for the three Kalos starters?

Megas may mean Mega Stones return as held items, and held items weren't in Legends Arceus- new gameplay advancement?

Legends Arceus gave us 7 new Pokemon (most of them cross-gen evos) and a dozen new regional forms. Do you think we'll still get regionals this game, or will the design team be focused more on making new Megas instead?

On the world:

It's been confirmed the whole game is only in Lumiose City- how big is the map?? Hopefully we really do get lots of sidequests, biomes for wild Pokemon, and traversal options.

When is this? We're redeveloping Lumiose City, but are we in the past developing it into its current state, or are we in the present/future developing it into a new solarpunk city? Or neither, and this is a "Paradox" game set in a timeline which doesn't quite match ours?

This doesn't have to be an isekai (as in, we don't have to be time travellers again per se), just keep that in mind!

The "Z" in the logo represents Zygarde, with the black color and green hexagons. So who's the "A"? It's green with green scale/leaf patterns on it. What does it represent? The "Chaos" to Zygarde's "Order"? Is it a 5th Zygarde form or is it a whole new Pokemon?

Meta thoughts:

This further confirms my theory that Gen 9 will last until 2026, where they announce Gen 10 on that year's Pokemon Day for their 30th anniversary, and that's great! I'm glad they aren't overworking themselves too much compared to Gens 6-8.

On them "skipping" Unova remakes: I don't see this as skipping. We've been long overdue for a Z version since Kalos is literally the only Pokemon region to only appear in one release (no third version, no remakes, no sequels, no ultras, no DLC). So we're simply making up for the "deficit" of a third version here, and we can go back to focusing on Unova remakes for Gen 10.

Do you think we'll get any final updates to SV to tide us over until the next LegendZ trailer around August? Maybe a small DLC, mythical reveal, or free update?

Pokemon Adventures skipped the last Legends game, so they'll probably skip this one too? I'm fine either way- at least by skipping it, they won't be too rushed and stressed, and they'll actually have the time to flesh out SV and catch up with ORAS/SM/USUM/SwSh in the full volumes.

But on the off chance they do adapt Legends Z-A, do you think we'll get dexholders named Z and A??

Note for the future- the Yoasobi Pokemon song BiriBiri has a part where they namedrop all the game titles- one part has the lyrics "ABC to the XYZ". Long shot, but if Legends Z-A does indeed have an ABC theming, this could be a crazy bit of either coincidental or intentional foreshadowing!

#pokemon #pokemon legends #pokemon legends z-a #pokemon z #zygarde #q speaks #theory #pokespe #pokemon adventures #positivity #pokemon legends za

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shima-draws · 1 year

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I FEEL THAT ABOUT DUNSPARCE.... i heard it had an evo in this game and i was so excited!! eventually i go on google, then google some more because i couldnt find it only to realize the evo was just. dunsparce slightly longer

The fact that you can barely tell the difference between them if you just have them as images side by side 😭

I think my beef with this is that it's so similar and it's NOT JUST Dudunsparce. Maushold is another one that barely changes. Pawmi's evolutions look really similar to its base stage. And don't even get me STARTED on Finizen/Palafin

#What is going On with the evolutions in this gen lol #I know that Palafin has another form but like. The fact that the regular form for the evo is THE EXACT FUCKING SAME #Except for a little heart on its chest #BRO. BROOOOOO.#Puts my head in my hands #Shima answers questions #I know a lot of people like that Dunsparce stayed derpy but I would have loved to see it become an actual dragon or smth #Friends #Pokemon #moonpaw

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adobe-outdesign · 1 year

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This might be a bit of a big ask but what are your thoughts on the rest of the Gen 9 cross-gen evos that weren't revealed before release (Annihilape, Clodsire, Dudunsparce and Kingambit)?

I think a lot of people kind of missed the point of Dudunsparce. Dunsparce is a tsuchinoko, a rare Japanese cryptid known for being completely useless and stealing your booze. It's supposed to be a joke, kind of like Magikarp but without becoming anything useful. Ergo, having a low-effort evo that just becomes a slightly longer Dunsparce makes perfect sense, much more so than it suddenly becoming a dragon or something.

Dudunsparce also comes in two forms, a two- and three-segment version. Not much to say about these, other than they continue the joke of it being rare but useless (given the low odds of getting a three-segment form).

Visually, one nice thing about Dudunspace is that its wings and segments are numbered 1 and 2 (and sometimes 3 depending on form). It's subtle, but it's a clever visual twist to an otherwise plain design.

However, I have to admit, there is something about Dudunsparce that bugs me a bit. I think it's just that Dunsparce has such a good design that a lot of the stuff Dudunsparce does just lessens it. For example, having the head be separate from the first body segment just doesn't look good, and neither does the tail being on a straight rod connector instead of naturally flowing into the body. I also dislike the random purple rings on the underside, which add nothing to the design and are way too low-contrast. Overall, it's a silly joke 'mon, but one that could've maybe been a little stronger design-wise.

Annihilape is a long-overdue evo for Primeape, and I gotta say, the entire thing is a brilliant reference. Specifically, to this one entry in Pokemon Sun:

Taking that 'dex entry to its logical extreme and making a ghost-type evo for Primeape is brilliant, and makes for a great concept and visual twist on the original design. The wispy hair works perfectly, the red eyes and pink nose pop nicely, and the broken shackle on the arms is a perfect visual nod to Primeape. I also love the eerie, infuriated expression.

(Part of me wonders if it wouldn't have made more sense for it to be mellow given the entry its referencing, but then again it's not actually dead yet and sheer rage is kind of this line's thing.)

I guess the only real problem with it is that it feels a bit out of place due to the sudden color shift—but at the same time I get why they did that, as it reflects the new ghost-typing and overall looks cool, so I can't really complain.

Finally we have Kingambit, my personal favorite out of all the new evos this gen. First, I'm always a sucker for cool humanoid 'mons, and Kingambit is the perfect mix of human-ish while also looking like a cool monster.

More importantly, Kingambit fits with the rest of the line perfectly. It is very, very hard to introduce an evo to a three-stage line and have it look like it actually belongs to that line (just look at Rhyperior). But Kingambit? The visuals are distinct, yet blend in so seamlessly with the rest of the line that you'd probably never guess they were generations apart if you weren't familiar with the line already. For example, the golden gloves are extended from Bisharp's hands as is the blade on the head, the shoulder pads are extensions of Bisharp's, the goat-like feet are kept, the middle blades have been extended, etc. It's masterfully done.

In terms of the design, I love the silly giant mustache blades and how they provide a focal point to draw attention to the otherwise small face. The body design is appropriately samurai-like, and the gold accents are much better used here than on Bisharp due to being more prominent in the design.

My only real issue with it is that the hair-throne is pushing it a bit. I get that it's based off of the popular samurai squat/sitting pose, you know, this one:

But having it just awkwardly scooting around when it moves feels incredibly forced and unnatural, making it harder to see as a living creature. The bottom of the hair under the legs also doesn't look great. I would've happily accepted it squatting in its default pose with the hair stopping at the legs, and it getting up to stand when following in the overworld and whatnot.

I'm also not big on the blades sticking out from the middle of the body. I get they were playing off of Bisharp's middle blades, but they look very fragile and really don't add much to the design. I feel like just having the metal rings around the middle to represent a samurai uniform would have been more than enough.

I also feel like the grey Vs on the knees weren't needed or could've at least been gold to make them pop more, though that's not terribly important overall. The top blade could've also maybe come down like 20%, just so its not competing with the mustache as much.

Anyway, overall, I think Gen 9 might have some of the strongest cross-gen evos of any game. Girafarig (already discussed in a previous review) is perfect, Dudunsparce is funny and fits the line's theme, Annihilape is a great lore reference, and Kingambit fits with the rest of its line absolutely perfectly and has strong theme. I gotta say, I'm impressed.

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fooloftheunknownworld · 5 months

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Well beaten Pokemon Tectonic and holy shit that was the most fun I had in a Pokemon game in years, even more fun then Clover, Radical Red, Insurgence and even Unbound. Now here are my pros and cons of the game:

Pros:

-You have a key item that generates leftover EXP candy from battles

-No HM's :D

-A much needed overhaul to the type chart, such as Bug now being supereffective against Fairy and Ice having more resistances then itself

-Frostbite replaces Frozen and unlike romhacks that has the former statues, you actually have a statues move just to put it on your target

-It has custom regionals and they're fun to use and have interesting designs

-Some retypings like Charizard being part Dragon and Dunsparce being part Ground

-New weather :D

-No more broken gameplay gimmicks, now all the megas are ether regular evos or part of an ability a Pokemon has

-Uses the Gen 4 and 5 soundtrack :D

-Various mons in general have been buffed with new moves and abilities, the Blaziken line now has an ability that makes it immune to Flying moves

-Natures, IV's and EV'S are removed and replaced with a customizable (in the Pokecenter) stat mechanic called Stylish Points, which as you can guess, is basically you deciding the stats of the Pokemon with limited points

-Breeding is gone completely :D

-Move relearner in Pokcenter for free :D

-Eggmoves are replaced with mentoring, which is basically a Pokemon learning another Pokemon's move as long as they can learn it

-Ability capsules and rare candies (now just called candies) are at the Pokemart at the very beginning

-And the best of all; Various luck based bullshit like Confusion and accuracy and evasion boosting hax has been removed. Confusion has even been replaced with a full time statues element called Dizzy, which suppresses the target's ability and lowers their defenses

Cons:

-The only way to make sure a random trainer is out of the route and not forcibly refightable anymore is to perfect them, as in, not having a Pokemon of yours faint in the battle, this really can get annoying

-The music for facing this game's grunts is just the regular trainer battle music for this game, which is very unfitting

-Hazards are still broken as shit, seriously, why is no one fixing this broken ass mechanic?

So yeah, this fangame is underrated and I wish more people knew about it.

#pokemon #pokemon tectonic #gaming #fangames #fan games #pokemon fan games #hall of fame #pokemon hall of fame

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