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So, the game is approximately a week out from release, and I've yet to feel any particular hype for it. I just can't see that my initial worries from the first non-teaser trailer have been assuaged. My reaction back then was that the city looked awfully small - about the right size for a "hub...

I see that point, but I think it's still an issue in Dragapult's design. I think it's mainly due to its posing. That awkward sitting position puts the arms and legs front and center for the design, which draws attention to how limp and weak they are. It's an unnatural type of pose for a Pokémon...

I've got to wonder ... seeing as Abilities are not a thing in this game, and some Mega Evolutions absolutely rely on Abilities to escape utter mediocrity due to base stats that are lower than many regular Pokémon, if there will be some other way for Megas to distinguish themselves in battle...

The unova monkeys. It was *painful* how hard they tried to force these utter sh!tmons upon you as Unova's unofficial mascot Pokémon. Regardless of the situation, location, or timing, you would encounter them regularly throughout the game. And *never* as individual Pokémon added to teams because...

Pokémon's marketing certainly has stepped up a notch compared to back when we had to wait for some employee a Japanese printing workshop to anonymously upload blurry photos of next month's edition of an obscure gaming magazine where Pokémon news were announced with no warning whatsoever. And...

Over here, everyone pronounced it "Zay-SHIN", which annoyed me to no end. Two syllables! "Cyan is the name of a colour in English, folks! It's not that hard!" Heck, even if you just say "Zacian" straightforward in Norwegian, you wouldn't be that far off the official pronunciation. It's just...

:looks at your profile picture: You ... kinda do?

(non-spoilery bit of text extracted from spoiler quote) I still really wonder whether we'll get any of those at all. On the one hand, in a Kalos game featuring the bold return of Mega Evolution, it makes sense to focus all effort on those and make any and all new Pokémon forms Megas. On the...

Speaking of pseudo-legendaries, which I'm normally very fond of: :sv/dragapult: Dragapult is a bit disappointing to me, because the good ideas of its design began and ended with its iconic head. It is basically a B-2 Spirit bomber with a tail, arms, and legs, and also more-than-a-little...

That's not entirely true: Beldum was given out as a pre-order bonus for ORAS, allowing you to use it from the very get go. It was even shiny. It did not give the complete Beldum experience, however, as it came with a bunch of event moves that entirely eliminated its awkward Take Down phase. I...

Practically any Ice-type whatsoever, in any game. They tend to only be available toward the end of the game, usually in an icy area somewhere around the seventh Gym. By the time you can find an Ice-type, most of the game is already over. This also means that most Ice-type Pokémon are designed...

That sounds plausible. But still, even if the design is intentionally bad and awkward, doesn't make it less bad and awkward.

Ooh, this thread is a generation old and could do with some new entries. Having recently buddied this here 'mon in Pokémon Go, I'm starting to form an opinion on it and its evolution: :sv/arctibax: I came across an old post that said something along the lines of Arctibax being "the most...

I just realized this game releases on October 16. That's two and a half months from now. We're a full month plus change ahead of the release schedule for SV, which released on November 18. So there really isn't much more time to reveal pre-release information. Or not much more pre-release...

Baby Pokémon have one quite understated use: Making a previously late-game evolution family available earlier in the game. Take for instance the Magmar family. The original Magmar itself is a 495 BST 'mon originally designed to be available around the seventh Gym. That's very late in the game to...