http://www.serebii.net/index2.shtml <-- All credit for these pictures goes here.
Many of you will know of the new Mega-Evolutions. They are Mega-Altaria, Mega-Salamence and Mega-Lopunny. We also have a picture of a woman with Altaria-fluff wrist bands, and a look at shiny Mega-Metagross. I checked with DHR, and as such this thread is going to be revived as a place to talk just about these new mega-evolutions, since the main ORAS thread generally becomes off topic or just a clusterfuck of many on-topic topics. So... What are your thoughts on these new mega-evolutions? I will link the pictures here once I get to a computer.
Personally I don't really like Mega-Altaria. I'm excited that it is Dragon/Fairy, something that I thought Altaria should have switched to last generation herself, and it now even gets Pixilate! This will be great for battling (plus, it is a Dragon Pokemon immune to Dragon attacks! Could see some use in OU or UU as a Dragon counter!). I really don't like its design though. Altaria looks very sleek and graceful. Megataria looks... Sorta like it was left in a cotton candy machine overnight, or something. There's just too much cloud everywhere for it to look sleek or graceful. It is also going to get boosted Attack, but I don't think we know its other type boosts. It looks like Megataria will have a role in the main story though, which I'me excited about as a fan of Altaria itself, because of the woman loosely dressed up as an Altaria in the 5th picture.
Mega-Lopunny is going to be Normal/Fighting with the Scrappy ability. This means it actully has unresisted STAB coverage. It is apparently supposed to be used as a mixed attacker, too, because both of its offensive stats are getting boosted. I personally love how Megapunny looks; it really fits the Fighting-Type. So much so that I predicted it was going to be part-fighting as soon as I saw the design. It looks like it will be our first glass cannon mega, and it is the only mega of the three that I am really excited about.
Mega-Salamence is going to retain its Dragon/Flying typing, but will gain the Aerilate ability. Its competitive strategy will appear to be Intimidate, mega evolve, set up DD, sweep with Return and the occasional Dragon Claw/Outrage. Its design itself is basically Salamence with a huge, razor sharp disk on its back, somewhat reminiscent of the Moon stone's design IIRC. It is largely unchanged, but I find the wings just a little too big. It's a nice idea for Salamence's mega-evo, though. Will probably also be Drake's ace if the E4 are getting mega-evos.
Shiny Mega-Metagross:
So what are your thoughts on these new mega-evolutions? And the old ones at that, if you missed the thread during its first life span. Post below! ^_^