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A hot take: Dark Types should be immune to Taunt and Parting Shot.
As Dark types, one of their traits is that they focus on tricking their opponent through underhanded means, such as Knock Off, Throat Chop, Snatch, Beat Up or Embargo.
Considering that it's their primary trait, it would also make sense why Dark Types are immune to status moves from mons that have the Prankster ability and Psychic attacks (who can be seen as trickery), especially since they shouldn't fall for someone at their own game.
As Dark types, one of their traits is that they focus on tricking their opponent through underhanded means, such as Knock Off, Throat Chop, Snatch, Beat Up or Embargo.
Considering that it's their primary trait, it would also make sense why Dark Types are immune to status moves from mons that have the Prankster ability and Psychic attacks (who can be seen as trickery), especially since they shouldn't fall for someone at their own game.
Maybe, but at the same time it makes Dark types way too good at support. Even immunity to Prankster gives them good utility. Who knows what will happen if you just can't taunt them period?
I have 0 idea how unpopular of an opinion this is but I've always found ORAS's versions of Brendan and May really goofy which is a shame because for the most part all the rest of the cast's redesigns look great. I like that Brendan's more tanned and in general their outfits look more suited to a hot, tropical region, but something about their builds just feels so off. At least Wally has a reason for being a scrawny little twig.
i have no feelings on brendan (he looks like a dumbass in both games) but i hate that they changed mays bandana to a bow. and her new shirt looks kinda silly
unpopular opinion I don't like gen 3's art style (which the remakes did not change my opinion on)
I find a lot of the Hoenn gym leader and Elite Four artwork to be incredibly bland; the designs are... fine, generally, but most of them have a lot of empty space and look a bit washed out. ORAS improves on almost all of them without really altering their look that much (as opposed to, say, HGSS) because it adds more detail to their outfits, gives their faces and hair more character, and just generally makes them pop more with bolder colours and more interesting poses. Like Brawly for instance just looks vastly improved
And even for characters like Steven, whose design barely changes, he just looks miles better here (he's also one of the few characters who suits the more spindly build ORAS gives everyone; he's a rich kid, after all)
I agree that the OG art is often bland, but I don't really like the updates either. They're over-designed imo. In the originals they have anime hair and ranged from fairly plain clothes, to somewhat unusual. In the remakes, they keep the hair, up the saturation, and make their outfits even more over the top. It's like putting a hat on a hat. Steven's art update isn't too bad, but I don't like the new sprite:
In the old one he looks a bit older and his hair is almost a realistic color (and looks better with the purple), which I prefer.
this is a fan sprite, so im not sure that you can really criticize the design for that. it was a redesign made with 3d models in mind, after all. its spriting qualities are negligibleOld:
Right, obviously, ORAS didn't have sprites, I should have realized that. I just went and checked, this isn't a fan sprite, it's his BW2 sprite. His in game model in ORAS has the same issues though.
the remake Brawly did actually make him look like a fighting type gym leader rather than some guy, ill give them that
we were both wrong so its not a big deal. i do feel like in this case, theres 2 things to consider
1. rs sprites are known for not being made to be seen raw, like other sprites in the series. they were colored accounting to the gbas whole color ordeal, and some end up looking pretty weird when viewed thru an emulator/extracted
2. even if the color was intentional... i think it might be a spriters error? stevens artwork most likely was for concept art, so whoever sprited him either ran out of color placements or just did not check the color of his hair proper, because it seems to always have been this bright blue. its only like 1 or 2 values desaturated compared to the new one, not a big change, and most likely the result of scanning compared to the new one being a digital drawing
Eh. Not really? Not gonna paste dozens of images but https://imgur.com/a/rse-compared-to-oras-5GyMZ has a bunch of comparisons and there's very few major changes: a couple don't change their outfits at all and even for the ones that do - Roxanne, Sidney, Norman, Wattson - the changes are minimal or just make what they're wearing a bit more detailed. Roxanne is probably the most overexaggerated, but she just goes from demure-and-fairly-unremarkable-woman-in-modest-dress to more-fashionable-genki-girl in a more provocative pose.
Obviously the exception is most of the Aqua/Magma characters, who run the gamut from small to complete redesigns.
I find the RSE sprites make most of the characters look older, but that's just the way it compresses their faces down. Flannery looks way more youthful in B2W2 than in RSE.
He's also more clearly a surfer dude between the surf goggles, wetsuit top, shorts that are probably swim trunks, and water shoes. His original design was a bit too overdressed to give surfer dude energy.
At least ORAS made Brendan's hat/hair situation clear.
doubt this is all that of an unpopular opinion but I wish his hair was white rather than it being confirmed to be the weirdest hat ever
I don’t really feel too strongly one way or the other about Brendan; both designs look fine to me (I hate Emerald Brendan’s shorts-over-pants outfit, but I like that it added green as an accent color for both Brendan and May, and I’m pleased that ORAS kept that). However, something about ORAS Brendan’s posing combined with the sheen on his outfit does make him seem like he’s made of something elastic.
Wally is a big improvement.
May, I’ve got mixed feelings about. The bandanna to bow is a downgrade, and the original top, gloves, and biker shorts were more unique, and that all contributed to giving her a memorable tomboy vibe. But at the same time, her legs are drawn way out of proportion to her body and that has always bugged me. RS Roxanne has the same problem.
I like that RS May had a collared shirt. Designers often just think 'hot location -> show more skin' but collars are much more sun-smart. For the most part, the redesign makes her outfit slightly frillier and girlier without adding anything interesting, which is a shame.
To me it's her waist that throws things off. I feel like her hands and legs look proportional to each other, but they both seem way too big for her torso.
The electric double edge clone that only one pokemon can use..
With May, it feels like the redesign kept the same basic elements and colors, but without understanding them, and then built clothes to match. The silhouette is the same, and the colors are the same, but:
Skirt over shorts becomes shorts over shorts
Bandanna tying her hair back becomes a hairband with a bow
Tight polo shirt becomes a tank top over...either another tank top or a sports bra. Which both are unlikely for very different reasons.
And it's not that any of those are bad decisions, or unjustifiable. But they feel more like someone just mimicking the original design and getting it wrong than intentional choices.
Given the amount of event pikachu forms that can't evolve or be copied by breeding, there are a lot more than four non-overlapping evolutionary lines that learn Volt Tackle. See? It has a perfectly reasonable distribution. Please ignore how many of these lines have the exact same stats, typing, name, and movepool.