Recent content by Lord Raiden

Oh, I forgot about the Z moves. Yeah, they're really just very inelegant pandering, which is pretty much what mega evolutions were, too. It's interesting that players can turn any move into a Z-move, but I'm betting that's going to wind up being a big problem. What happens if you use Z-Stealth...

Overall, I'm disappointed with Sun and Moon. I didn't like X/Y because the mega evolutions weren't really additions to the dex, since they are really just glorified form changes. We didn't get as many new pokemon, and since gamefreak didn't give more of them useable stats to make up for it...

Alright, thanks for the clarification. The "snowman" actually being Crabrawler's evolution does make sense, and we already have Abomasnow, so I wouldn't expect Gamefreak to retread that concept.

So, I asked this question before, and I didn't get an answer, likely because things were a little crazy. Has there been any kind of evidence that the datamined Alolan pokemon is the entire list of new pokemon? I ask because while I'm leaning toward assuming that what was datamined was the...

Wow. A lot happened while I was asleep. Can anyone clear up what the take-away actually is for what Serebii was talking about on Twitter? Between all of the hyped-up shitposts and other fluff I couldn't tell if the things in the three datamine videos were what Serebii meant by the major...

Aww, somebody beat me to it, but that's definitely based on Acanthaster planci, the crown-of-thorns sea star. 1) It has radial morphology (arms, other appendages in a ring), which is a signature of echinoderms. 2) It has spines on the arms. If it weren't for that, I'd say it was an anenome or...

An icthyosaur and a stegosaurus is a combination that would work well. There are currently no similar concepts; make the icthyosaur water/rock and the stegosaur grass/rock (the flattened spines could be leaves to capture sunlight to use grass moves, etc.) and you have two critters that could...

Yeah, I'm really not liking the designs for Stufful and Bewear. 1) We already have a bear, and the first stage is a literal teddy bear reference. A "mascot bear" is not distinct enough to differentiate itself. 2) There are lots of other mammals that live in the tropics that don't get much...

Here's a better image; the last one didn't show the underside of the head very well: The nose is used as a snorkel, and along with the cryptic coloration, allows mata-mata turtles to breath in shallow streams and marshes without breaking cover; they are ambush predators that like to feed on...

Somebody else already mentioned it, but Turtonator is based on a real turtle species; Chelus fimbriata, or the mata-mata turtle. The tube on Turtonator's face is its nose, and the yellow line is bordering the mouth. It looks almost more like a strange yellow mustache, but it isn't. I like...

As Axelsaurus already pointed out, monitor lizards and helodermatids (the gila monster and the beaded lizard) are both venomous. The Komodo dragon is the largest extant monitor lizard, and like other monitors, possesses a venom that acts primarily as an anticoagulant, causing prey with heavy...

Golurkyourself ALL HAIL THE POLYCHAETE

Golurkyourself My promised vqote for the polychaete.

I don't believe it, but holy crap it looks even better. I don't know if you've already mentioned it, but some polychaetes also have venomous bristles that will break off if they are grabbed or a fish, etc. tries to eat them; these bristles are very painful and difficult to remove, which fits...

Image removed, as per the rules, but this is amazing; I've always wanted a polychaete worm pokemon, and the typing couldn't be better for one. You've secured my vote, that's for sure.