Lopunny only needs a +10 boost to speed to outspeed all ghosts in the game (bar lol Choice Scarf Gengar), and looking at her design such a boost is unlikely to not happen
It also gets Cosmic Power and Power Up Punch as boosting moves, funny enough getting STAB with PP Punch.
Not sure if you're referring to Salamence specifically, or to those three new MEvos in general, but I certainly don't think Aerilate Return is redundant.
This is all really premature. We don't know what any of these Pokemon's BST will be, or what moves they're going to get. We do know that the new games will bring with them new move tutors, and these could mean just about anything for Lopunny, as well as the extended metagame. Even -after- X and Y were released, and we were aware of what moves the megas had available to them, and what their BSTs would be, our collective predictions regarding the new megas turned out to be hideously and hilariously incorrect. Mega Blastoise was supposed to be OU's premier spinner. Mega Kangaskhan was supposed to be lucky to get a look in in UU. Mega Pinsir and Mega Heracross were supposed to be no good (in Heracross' case -worse- than its base form).
Yes, it's 100% true we need to take all of this with a grain of salt. But there's a middle ground here too. Right after X and Y came out there was a HUGE plethora of new Pokemon and Megas all settling into the new metagame, new moves, game mecahnics, even a new type. And a lot of these cruddy predictions are based on things we knew nothing about like how ridiculous Aerilate makes Quick Attack, the mechanics of Parental Bond, or the fact that hazard removal would end up working VERY differently. Now we're looks at a far more realized game environment. It's true we don't know where exactly these base stats will fall but we also have a big list of megas we can look at to see what the trends are like. There are just so many MORE knowns we can use to educate our guesses now.
True. It's a bit too early to speculate. And who knows, maybe it'll end up in OU or wind up back in NU. But I think it is safe to assume Lopunny's new role will score it some more usage than what it is currently seeing.
If there is one thing I want from the newer contests, it's dressing up our mons. But since this is 3D and not sprites like the contest accessories were in the past, they'd have to remodel each outfit for each pokemon to make it fit right. Hopefully there are some options available.
I really don't believe there'll be clothing customization for any other Pokémon. The problem here is the same problem with 3D Pokémon walking behind you. It's way easier with sprites, but if they don't do EVERY single curve and movement of the clothing, people will attack the game and say how much it sucks because of that small flaw. I believe they'll prefer to play it safe and not include clothing. Pikachu is different. Is was elected to be the mascot of the franchising, and I'm really happy to see how much it's getting now, since I love it, and I've always been using Raichu to battle.
Pretty much. Modeling is not as quick and simple as creating a pixilated object.
Lies.
If it's a form, instead of a Mega Evolution (what I really don't believe), then Specs Primeval Kyogre would be stupidly strong.
Scarf.
I don't think Gamefreak will ever do that...
Online contests would be amazing and would probably give rise to a whole new metagame, and as much as I'd like for it to be true... wouldn't they have mentioned it by now? Especially considering how much their advertising has been focusing on contests. Online functionality isn't the kind of thing you hold off until release, it's something you'd mention fairly early for advertising purposes, since letting people know they'll be able to compete in contests online would generate even more hype.
Yea that was cool I noticed that lol
