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That issue also happened with the cross-gen evos introduced in Gen 4, of which are hit-or-miss design-wise with how disliked Rhyperior, Probopass, Lickilicky, and a few others are by fans, despite how well-liked Electivire, Dusknoir and Roserade are. The sudden artstyle shift didn’t helped their...

And then Applin got a third member in Teal Mask that evolves further in Indigo Disk, while Duraludon got the honor to have the first cross-gen evo to have 600 BST. The former was most likely done so that Kieran doesn’t run with a somewhat wimpy Ace in the Indigo League, though Archaludon proved...

I’m not the only one feeling this way. I think the issue is that too many of the designs were trying to be plushie-like in appearance, thus hurting the variety of their designs and is what happens if you focus too much on merchandising in mind for the Pokémon design. While it worked for the...

Even given the nerfed stats of Zacian and Zamazenta to make their stats less inflated, I do agree that this case of power creep is a sign of how lazy GF can be when it comes at making new Pokémon in an effort to stand out. Yes, power creep is inevitable and perfect balance in Pokémon isn’t...

We, or at least most, can agree that Dynamax snowballs in the worst way possible when you compare it to other Super Mechanicstm, with only Mega Lucario having comparable snowballing power. It’s one thing that major NPCs didn’t used their Dynamax / Gigantamax Ace quite delicately except Leon...

Wait, toothless aces? Could you give me some most blatant examples? I do agree on the rest, and I’m unhappy to see that even after years and years of experiences, GF couldn’t figure out a decent AI for the opponents.

IMHO this only works in non-game stories or if the non-ace Pokémon are also good team members and not fodders to take care off quickly, because if the players can snowball with a mechanic, they can and will do it, running risk of losing their own immersion since they were never explicitly told...

Quick question; would Wailmer + Wailord count due to Wailmer being found in Crown Tundra‘s Frigid Water despite not being in the Crown Tundra dex?

The main appeal of the duo is their rivalry akin to real life mangooses and vipers though, so it’s a good idea to let both veterans and newcomers know about their nature. A violent rivalry like that was unheard off, since both present and previous rivalries were either Legendaries or some of the...

That also explains why many of the Pokémon of those generation were easily power crept, with what’s with type overlap issues and a lot of pure Normal-type and pure Water-type. That did not excuse on the very high amount of single-stage “dex fillers” that are just there to collect. Those only...

Galarian Weezing I can get, also Sensu Oricorio due to Quiver Dance and STAB, but how did Regice managed to be considered as one of the top tiers despite being a slow Ice-type? Was it because being the only Ice-type and huge SpD give it attacking clout among other bulky Pokémon? Odd how Shelgon...

Considering that Iron Hands managed to be a truly viable powerhouse in VGC for at least a while despite effectively No Ability (until Miraidon arrives, that is), I feel like it’s for the best that Iron Hands is the Paradox Pokémon. Because if the moment Hariyama got a standard Evolution arrive...

:swsh/seviper::swsh/ho-oh: Rainbow SnakeDNA Donors: Seviper / Ho-Oh Fusion Name: Sev-Oh New Types: Base Stats: 89 / 115 / 75 / 105 / 107 / 77 [BST: 568] (+0 HP / +0 Atk / +0 Def / +0 SpA / +0 SpD / +0 Spe) New Ability: Immortal = (Shed Skin + Regenerator) Ability Description: Switching away...

Considering the competition at the time, Volbeat being the best true-Bug in Gen 3 says a lot. Too bad Illumise doesn’t have the same chance, and the duo’s average stats means they won’t age well in future generations. Design that would be logical in lore wouldn’t make for good game design in...

You haven’t explained why Bug-type is horrid in Hoenn. Was it because the type share the same issues that plagued them in Gen 1 or 2? I will not deny that early Pokémon balancing was very poor in hindsight, as even other monster-taming franchises have a relatively easier start when it comes to...

Both are valid points, but I’m siding with the Swords of Justice being expanded. Case in point, the sequels of the original Three Musketeers have a brother of a king locked in and joined the Musketeers who rescued him, with some adaptions based on these sequels were called The Fifth Musketeer...

:lokix: flareth13 :kingambit: flareth13 :pecharunt: Gaboswampert :iron bundle: LOrd Fernando :ogerpon: Gaboswampert (sv)

It does beg the question; would Dudunsparce and Kingambit even be in LZA considering that Dunsparce and the Pawniard line were in original Kalos dex? Or would the two new evolutions become exclusive to SV for the rest of the generation? Horde Battle is an opportunity to reuse Leader’s Crest for...

This does depend if there will be seperate new Pokémon (i.e. new evos or a new Legendary) and not just new Mega Evolutions of which be put within the respective Pokémon’s forms. Considering the fact that Mega Evolution is pretty much confirmed, I would doubt we would have multiple new standard...

I do understand your concern, and a new member of the Aura trio is highly unlikely, but I think it is important to know the context of the new forms. Primal Kyogre and Primal Groudon were simply how Kyogre and Groudon were in the past; super powerful ancient beasts who are unable to control...