I ended up disappointed in the absence of kelpie-like mons from a different direction: Weezing-galar felt lame as the first Posion/Fairy given the amount of horrors that can be found in folklore, my specific point of comparison being the Nuckelavee.tbh i was one of the lame people who just wanted a kelpie, though i was more on the "ugly" than the "cool" side when people design one of those. I think they should have given g-rapidash wings though. celestia knock off
I ended up disappointed in the absence of kelpie-like mons from a different direction: Weezing-galar felt lame as the first Posion/Fairy given the amount of horrors that can be found in folklore, my specific point of comparison being the Nuckelavee.
Deadass, G-Dash should've straight up been a Pegasus. As a Fire Emblem player, I can confirm that would've been for the best.tbh i was one of the lame people who just wanted a kelpie, though i was more on the "ugly" than the "cool" side when people design one of those. I think they should have given g-rapidash wings though. celestia knock off
Deadass, G-Dash should've straight up been a Pegasus. As a Fire Emblem player, I can confirm that would've been for the best.
She's considered the Top/First I assume because of her ELOIt really is weird there isn't any kind of pegasus yet, trough I wouldn't be surprised if they just don't want it to relate to Rapidash due to it being the expected thing- and to be honest unicorns and pegasus are different creatures, so it wouldn't really relate to Galar at all. But it's also the kind of design that can get busy very easily if you give it detailed wings, so maybe as mentioned they did try and failed.
On an unrelated note I wanted to rant about more localization stuff, particularly Geeta's "La Primera" title. I'm sure it's far from being the only example of it in the series but its like, a very awkward title in Spanish, probably why we got a completely different one (La Super). It would translate to The First, but...the first what? I get they are badly trying to say something similar to "top" but, should she even be considered the top champion since any other Paldea champion has to beat her to even be regarded as such? It just seems so clumsy to me, trough admitedly I find that kind of mistranslation both annoying and amusing. I'm probably giving it more thought that they ever did.
Going back to 3rd gen and seeing all of the "fufufufu" laughs genuinely drives me nuts.On an unrelated note I wanted to rant about more localization stuff
Primera is not a word in English, Super is. Calling someone "La Super" either reads as dumb or as bad fake French rather than Spanish (regardless of how correct it may be), La Primera is close enough to premier (like Premier Ball) for non-Spanish speaking people to get the gist regardless of how it may sound in actual Spanish.It really is weird there isn't any kind of pegasus yet, trough I wouldn't be surprised if they just don't want it to relate to Rapidash due to it being the expected thing- and to be honest unicorns and pegasus are different creatures, so it wouldn't really relate to Galar at all. But it's also the kind of design that can get busy very easily if you give it detailed wings, so maybe as mentioned they did try and failed.
On an unrelated note I wanted to rant about more localization stuff, particularly Geeta's "La Primera" title. I'm sure it's far from being the only example of it in the series but its like, a very awkward title in Spanish, probably why we got a completely different one (La Super). It would translate to The First, but...the first what? I get they are badly trying to say something similar to "top" but, should she even be considered the top champion since any other Paldea champion has to beat her to even be regarded as such? It just seems so clumsy to me, trough admitedly I find that kind of mistranslation both annoying and amusing. I'm probably giving it more thought that they ever did.
Champion. It's implied VeGeeta is the first champion of Paldea. At least on THAT level.On an unrelated note I wanted to rant about more localization stuff, particularly Geeta's "La Primera" title. I'm sure it's far from being the only example of it in the series but its like, a very awkward title in Spanish, probably why we got a completely different one (La Super). It would translate to The First, but...the first what?
I never said it should be called La Super in English, what are you talking about? And as I mentioned Super actually stands for supercampeona/ superintedent it's also a word in Spanish and would be a noun in English... And the equivalent would not be calling her "La Super" anyways, it would be just plain "Super" coloquially as Nemona uses it. Trough that probably wouldn't work as Top Champion sounds a lot better on English than superchampion.Primera is not a word in English, Super is. Calling someone "La Super" either reads as dumb or as bad fake French rather than Spanish (regardless of how correct it may be), La Primera is close enough to premier (like Premier Ball) for non-Spanish speaking people to get the gist regardless of how it may sound in actual Spanish.
In general, if you're using a word from another language as a title, you want it to be one that doesn't exist in English. Especially if you're putting la or le in front of it, because otherwise it'll just be read as the English word (possibly with a bad French accent).
You call her the "The Super" or "La Super" in English and it'll just sound dumb. Super is not a noun in English (outside some more indie superhero fandoms), it's an adjective, and calling her that sounds just as dumb in English as La Primera does in Spanish.
See my issue with this is that I really can't see why she is the First in anything given she isn't above the Champions. Others have suggested good options tho, but I'm not advocating for a direct translation anyways but just one that makes sense (not in Spanish obviously, but at least as a simple noun). I guess it ends up being unnecesary abstract for me considering there is a clear tier of power with her being above the E4 but below anyone who gained the Champion title.Yeah La Primera is fine. 'First', along with related words like 'premier' and 'prime', has long held implications of supremacy as well as ordinality. We talk about 'first place' in competitions even when they aren't time-based and 'first class' even when the other classes aren't sequenced behind it, physically or chronologically.
Even setting that aside and ignoring that it just sounds good to the average English speaker's ear... writers are allowed to use words idiomatically? I actually find it more immersive when they do, rather than having the cleanest, most direct translations.
See this is something I can get behind. There is a lot of stuff unexplained about her and her connection to Area Zero anyways...Champion. It's implied VeGeeta is the first champion of Paldea. At least on THAT level.
It's not as crazy taking Alola in mind, y'know?
Nemona said:"Everyone calls Ms. Geeta "La Primera" because she's just that—she's the real number one, even higher than us regular Champions... She's the Top Champion!"
My ELO thing really wasn't a joke. If we could see the leader board she'd be #1 and would retain that position even after losing to us. If it helps visualize it better swap "Champion" with "Master Ball Rank"the website said:Among the region’s Champions, she reigns supreme as the most skilled Trainer of all.
This isn't quite correct, Kyogre in Emerald knows Double-edge (it also has Rest, which can be a pain for other reasons). I've also seen Struggle a few times, so I usually try to play around the possibility that any legendary has the ability to KO itself eventually (usually by ensuring paralysis so it burns PP at a slower rate).
- Having moves that can KO the legendary: Solgaleo, Glastrier, and Spectrier have at least one move that can KO themselves. Aside from the Legendary Beasts in the Colosseum spin-off, none of the legendary battles in the series have ways that could accidentally self-KO the Pokemon the player is trying the catch.
I forgot about Kyogre's Double-Edge in Emerald, but in reference to Struggle, I'm well aware that all legendaries carry the risk of KO'ing themselves when the battle goes on for too long. I'm mainly talking about moves like Double-Edge or Thrash that some legendaries have in their innate moveset in some games.This isn't quite correct, Kyogre in Emerald knows Double-edge (it also has Rest, which can be a pain for other reasons). I've also seen Struggle a few times, so I usually try to play around the possibility that any legendary has the ability to KO itself eventually (usually by ensuring paralysis so it burns PP at a slower rate).
What other parallels are there? Honestly curiousI'm planning on replaying FRLG soon so I'm looking at a lot of the game mechanics and I never realised - another creepy Kanto and Sinnoh parallel! -
What other parallels are there? Honestly curious