The most likely reason as to why Game Freak didn't make Ampharos an Electric / Dragon type in the first place is that the Mareep line was found rather early in-game, and Dragon was always considered a late-game type by Game Freak as a balancing factor. However, this is apparently not the case in XY, as the introduction of the Fairy-type means that Dragon-types can come along a bit earlier now that they are more balanced in comparison to the past generations, as seen in a screenshot depicting a horde battle against wild Axews that are around level five, and the fact that the newest Fossil Pokemon is a Dragon-type, meaning that Game Freak can now use their new method of Mega Evolution to finally retype Ampharos to fit its concept/Japanese name, and because the Mega Stones or whatever are hidden, they don't have to worry about someone obtaining such a powerful type early enough to trivialize parts of the game or whatever their concern was.
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Pokémon XY General Discussion
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I don't think they ever did that. That sort of thing usually isn't done on the twitters.
You might be thinking of Hiro or something?
e: The fact they didn't even try to use Clefairy as a marketing tool is pretty funny though
Do you guys think Soak will rise in usage, now that Grass types are immune to powder moves?
Probably not since I don't think the cross section of Soak/[Powder] exists and that's at least a 3 turn set up (soak, switch, powder)
who gets Soak that would suddenly be inclined to use it?
Other then a CAP no one.
Debatable.
I feel like Grass/Steel has a run for its money.
There are big ups and downs for both of them.
I'm guessing that they'll match up with their pre-evos and gain Fairy typing. I wonder if/when they'll reveal more retyped Pokemon. I'm really hoping for an either pure Fairy-Type or Normal/Fairy Clefairy likewise with Snubbull and Granbull.
At this point Mawile's probably our last direct reveal until the games come out, barring incidental screens. If something is shown between now and the release, it will probably be a Mega Evolution of a popular Pokemon (See: Kanto starters) or just straight up new Pokemon.
Well, I was thinking more for doubles.
Swift Swim Golduck, maybe? It might work well with Dry Skin Parasect on a rain team. I dunno.
Mechanics tend to stay once they're introduced
Several mechanics have changed just none this large.
Like 18 hours
I wouldn't get my hopes of it being anything major, though. It's probably more based around the anime or marketing than XY
Yes, thats what all the descriptions say.
Finding out that Garchomp has a lower speed stat for a higher attack and special attack stat makes me think that normal Garchomp still might out-class it, esp. with losing its item.
It's looking to be that way.
Has it been said if Mewtwo will be available to capture in game or do I have to trade one over to mevo?
Since they're advertising it so hard, it is almost 100% going to be captureable in-game.
Especially since it was being shown off since before the Bank was likely being worked on.
Since they're dropping MegaChomps speed, they should give dragon a priority move :P
Not really. Mchomp's role will be wall breaker.
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