Oh, so this is probably why the messages in the Annoyance Thread about Mega Flygon were deleted. Well I'll post what I said there to here:
I can sort of understand them having a hard time making a Mega Flygon. A Mega Pokemon isn't just an evolution, its more suppose to be an advanced form of the Pokemon. So with that said exactly what is there on Flygon to "advance"? Making it longer? Giving it extra wings? That's what you see on Google Images and DeviantArt, but GameFreak probably wants there to be another theme to it besides being "Flygon +". Flygon's design is actually pretty simple all things considered so there's not much to go on. If they don't want to just make "Flygon +" they'll probably have to think outside the box. Like maybe having it look like... *reads rest of thread* nevermind. But my point still stands.
... and they didn't even bother to come up with a crappy excuse for the lack of Mega Milotic
:/
Yeah, I was thinking that too. I mean, yeah its a bit odd that Aarune is given importance yet his lone Pokemon, Flygon, doesn't Mega Evolve but at the same time he's not that important of a character (its not like he's a boss, he's just an extra battle). Wallace, on the other hand, though they probably wouldn't have his Pokemon evolve during the Gym Battle, during the Delta Episode Battle where he's using his Champion team from Emerald to test if your worthy to enter Sky Pillar would have been the perfect time to have his Milotic Mega Evolve.
Then again him not being Champion I guess why Milotic not being given a Mega Evolution. Also being they were already giving Slowbro, Swampert, and Sharpedo a Mega Evolution that's already three Water-type and I think one way they spread out the Mega Evolutions is by type. And before you point out there were also 3 Ground-types and
Flying-types 5/6 Dragon-types, Flygon is a Ground AND
Flying Dragon-type while Milotic is pure Water. (Geez, Hoenn sure loved its Dragon-types)
that's really bad. It'd be cool if they allowed people to submit designs for next generation. It'd get fans involved and be really cool C:
Honestly if they were to accept designs for anything I would think Mega Evolutions could be one. They're not letting us create a new Pokemon but rather just an additional form. As for copyright issues all they have to do is make it clear that by entering the contest you're giving up all rights to your creation to Nintendo and Game Freak and that Nintendo and GF can do whatever they feel like to the design if they see fit. That could work... if they had done it a decade or two ago.
Sadly I would imagine there being a LOT of people stealing someone's artwork. Now if they get multiple entries of the same image they could just disquailfy all of them (it'll be too difficult to figure out which one original drew the image). But even then someone could have stolen an image and the original person didn't submit their it as their own entry and if that design wins they would get into a bit of trouble.
Honestly the only way I can see this working is instead of having people make a design they instead have people make design suggestions and so GF can pick and choose which ideas they like.
Ah, thanks! Anyways, on topic now, I find it interesting why they didn't have it done, as a ton of people wanted M. Fly, so you would presume they would have it be a prioritized mega. Anyone else's opinion on the matter?
Well they had it planned, they just couldn't think up a design they liked so had to scrap it.
