I don't see Mega Zard X users (myself included) giving up something as precious as Earthquake and Roost for something as gimmicky and unreliable as Iron Tail, to be honest with you.
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The fact that it has to run Iron Tail at all says something at least (although it could start running that for Clefable, Azu and Diancie and it is affected by Tough Claws...hm...). Charizard X really values Earthquake for Heatran though.
Mega Salamence's design is out there, but it is one of my favorites so far and looks amazing to me! It's like a combination of reverting back to Shelgon and exaggerating its dream to fly as a Bagon. Very excited to use it. :3
Mega Lopunny was unexpected and will work really well with Scrappy. It was probably designed for Doubles with Scrappy Fake OUt and such. Hopefully this means Lopunny and Buneary and some other new Pokemon will appear in the Hoenn Pokedex!
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Looks pretty compoundeyes-y to me
But yeah Megahorn makes no sense
Look closer at his eyes. Those are not compound eyes, he has simple eyes covered by a membrane that looks like goggles (
FRLG and X dex entry:
It hides itself by kicking up desert sand with its wings. Red covers shield its eyes from sand.
Judging by Flygon's lore, Sandstream (or Sand Force/Rush, or Sand Veil if GF wants to be really troll-y) would be the most sensible ability for a M-Flygon.
Scolipede's stinger-y appendages on its head look stiff and long like horns. Flygon's antenna are long and flow-y, they don't really look suitable for ramming into anything. Everything that learns Megahorn has some kind of pronounced horn or antlers. Now if they gave M-Flygon at least a Spinarak sized horn...
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It could also get Tinted Lens! But yeah, Sand Stream would fit much better, flavor-wise.
Not that Flygon's ever getting a MEvo, though. At least there have been no hints to it as of now.
Not that Flygon's ever getting a MEvo, though. At least there have been no hints to it as of now.
Itd be INSANE if flygon got sand rush + big amount of attack. Doubles with Ttar would be ggLook closer at his eyes. Those are not compound eyes, he has simple eyes covered by a membrane that looks like goggles () that protect his eyes from sand. You can see through the membrane.
FRLG and X dex entry:
It hides itself by kicking up desert sand with its wings. Red covers shield its eyes from sand.
Judging by Flygon's lore, Sandstream (or Sand Force/Rush, or Sand Veil if GF wants to be really troll-y) would be the most sensible ability for a M-Flygon.
There were no hints that Lopunny would get one. I don't think anyone predicted that besides that guy who loves Lopunny.
It seems like most of your qualms revolve around their designs. I think Mega Salamence's flavor is questionable, too. Although, competitive-wise, I think they'll be alright. Altaria as (what sounds like) a wall, Salamence being a bulky, fast sweeper-type, and Lopunny being a cleaner.
I wonder how they will distribute the mega stones in ORAS. There were only 3 version exclusives in each of X (Tyranitar/Pinsir/Manectric) and Y (Aggron/Heracross/Houndoom). It seems each game got a stone for a kaiju, bug, and 4-legged dog. I can't really think of any clear "pairs" that have been revealed (we haven't really gotten that many more megas, plus there are probably more that will be left secret for release). Maybe Salamence and Altaria's stones will be exclusives? Each game gets 1 stone for a dragon... But that would suck, as then they would likely make Bagon and Swablu version exclusives. Depending on how many megas we get, I think it will end up 2-3 exclusive stones in each game.
Also please expand the time allowed to find the stones. 1 hour at night is really restrictive. However I did like how tricky they were to find! Hunting is fun.
Also please expand the time allowed to find the stones. 1 hour at night is really restrictive. However I did like how tricky they were to find! Hunting is fun.
Jokes aside, am I the only one who actually likes the design for MegaMence? With actual wings, it can now actually fly (seriously, you think those wings can lift Salamence's body pre-mega?), not to mention it looks a lot more menacing. Imagine of this thing flew over you without you seeing it before its shadow hits you. Yeah...
Heh, I just looked up where they were and set my 3DS clock backwards/forwards, depending on the time.
As for your other comment, I'm willing to bet that the times of which you find the stones will be changed. Wasn't it because of that crystal tower in Anistar city that you could see the mega stones?
((This thing here))
I'm pretty sure there wasn't anything like it in Hoenn, but they might change that. Alternatively, Game Freak could just make all of the stones be given to you by people littered throughout the region. I doubt that, though.
Jokes aside, am I the only one who actually likes the design for MegaMence? With actual wings, it can now actually fly (seriously, you think those wings can lift Salamence's body pre-mega?), not to mention it looks a lot more menacing. Imagine of this thing flew over you without you seeing it before its shadow hits you. Yeah...
Those looks more like gliding wings to me, so it probably wouldn't have an effective flight unless it was already in the air. I guess it goes all the way back to bagon: They both have to jump off of cliffs to get anywhere.
I see what you mean, but that is literally a shitty Mega Chomp. GameFreak could not be that cruel.
Well another thing to keep in mind is Manectric/Houndoom and Pinisr/Heracorss were't even revealed. People just found them in the games. and Tyrnaitar and Aggron were revealed as a pair sepreate from other mega reveals, and pretty close to the game release if I remember. I'm sure there will be pairs and we just haven't seen seen them yet and quite possibly won't til after release. (Sharpedo and Camerupt make for a really obvious pair though if they get megas) But what we get revelaed to us before the ORAS release it almost certainly not gonna be the full cast of new megas. It's just gonna be enough to get us really hyped. I think less than half the X and Y megas were reveled before release.
EDIT: don't forget the double form megas too. For all we know we were just shown Mega Loppuny Omega and there's still a Mega Loppuny Alpha we haven't seen, lol
What other changes that are plausible could you see? Unfortunately, I don't see any other outcome. Flygon has been in Garchomp's shadow for years.
Tinted Lens, better horns for Megahorn, Bug/Dragon, even Sand Veil + Sand Attack (Lol), just something different than Chomp.
Tinted Lens, maybe. Flygon's horns are not weapons, they don't protrude in that way. It doesn't get horn attack or fury attack now, I don't see why it would get Megahorn as a mega since it would need to be able to learn it in its base form. Megahorn doesn't really help it much either. And sand veil or sand attack are definitely useless on Flygon.
Even if it is a worse version of Garchomp, Flygon is much better off with Sand Force than any of the above.
Ok so we should be making redundant outclassed megas huh? I'd rather never see a Flygonite than to have a shitty Garchomp clone.
If a hypothetical Mega Flygon was faster than mega Garchomp or had a decent SpA boost it wouldn't be redundant.
Lol, you would rather have Flygon get sand veil than something usable.
I actually really like Mega Mence's design too. It's great too since Salamence is my favorite Dragon Pokemon, and the design doesn't ruin it for me at all. In fact, it looks MENACING! The added red coloring to parts of its body really help show off that intimidation factor, and the whole streamline appearance to it symbolizes its lifelong dream of the ability to fly finally realized to its fullest potential, with Aerilate being the proof of such an accomplishment.
Jokes aside, am I the only one who actually likes the design for MegaMence? With actual wings, it can now actually fly (seriously, you think those wings can lift Salamence's body pre-mega?), not to mention it looks a lot more menacing. Imagine of this thing flew over you without you seeing it before its shadow hits you. Yeah...
I also like what they did with his torso regarding the armor casing surrounding him, which looks like it helps him stabilize himself when he's in powered flight. Looking back, normal Salamence kind of looked goofy with its legs just hanging there facing downwards when it flew. Flying with this body makes much more sense, if you ask me.
GF really did a splendid job so far with these three new Megas, and the release of ORAS can't come sooner.
Faster with the same ability and barely usable SpA is not good. It's like polishing up cubic zirconium, then noticing there's a diamond right next to it. I'd rather it have some niche, any niche, over Garchomp. Maybe even bulky Defog like it does now, as long as it's not redundant.
If it got +40 or +50 & Tinted Lens in SpA it would be different. It has a decent special movepool. Draco Meteor, Earth Power, Fire Blast.
Aggron x Ttar, Manectric x Houndoom,
Loppunny x Toxicroak maybe ?
I dont know, but I really hope Toxicroak gets a mega lol
Loppunny x Toxicroak maybe ?
I dont know, but I really hope Toxicroak gets a mega lol
You were saying it would get Sand Force and be a shitty Garchomp, if you had said Tinted Lens I would have agreed. Maybe if it did get a nice SpA boost it'd be good, a good Mixed mon.
Okay so when are we going to stop arguing about theorymon megagon's ability and get back to the actual topic
>Looking threatening at all with it's silly kite wings, tiny stubbed tucked in feet, weirdass head and awkward metal bar around it's body
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>Mega Salamence
>Looking threatening at all with it's silly kite wings, tiny stubbed tucked in feet, weirdass head and awkward metal bar around it's body
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