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FTFY156 Unova mons and we get no Mega :(
Can't wait for the eventual Gen V remakes to not have any Gen V Pokémon.
FTFY156 Unova mons and we get no Mega :(
Assuming nothing else is revealedThere's now more Kanto Pokemon with Gigantamax forms than Galarian ones, as of today. Which means they get more use out of the regional gimmick than the local Pokemon for the third time in a row.
I like it too.I'm gonna be real, gigantimax charizard is leagues more interesting to me than mega charizard Y. Really nails the monster look
Straight up, the design has really, REALLY grown on me. I saw a comment while lurking on Reddit that summed it up: It looks like the badass beast worthy of being a champion's ace. I'm not ashamed to admit it's my fav Gigantamax form shown thus far, though Butterfree and Alcremie are extremely close secondsI'm gonna be real, gigantimax charizard is leagues more interesting to me than mega charizard Y. Really nails the monster look
I think they looked at what worked with both X and Y forms and turned it up to 11. X's over flowing flamesand monstrous design combined with the cool wings and color of Y to make one cool looking boss mon.I'm gonna be real, gigantimax charizard is leagues more interesting to me than mega charizard Y. Really nails the monster look
I bet you meme cat meowth chonky chu and fire god mode charizard will catch a lot more buzz than say, 2 minutes of the orgin of dynamaxing. Especially since the story aspects and lore should be saved for when you actually play the game.This stuff is just embarrassing.
Why don't they understand that the games would be and ultimately do better if they abandoned all the gimmicky garbage and focused their time and resources on making the world more in-depth and credible? Nobody cares, I know, but it should be put out there at least.
Yes, I'm talking about what's in the game. Time and resources making the game, not time and resources in the marketing of the game.I bet you meme cat meowth chonky chu and fire god mode charizard will catch a lot more buzz than say, 2 minutes of the orgin of dynamaxing. Especially since the story aspects and lore should be saved for when you actually play the game.
We know the absurd big Pokemon gimmick is in the game. We know that their priority since Gen 6 has been dumb shark-jumping gimmicks over all else, and so on.Well in that case im even more confused; marketting for this game has been super tight lipped and obviously the game isnt out yet so...whats the gripe here? We cant judge the lack of content on a game nobody has yet
I agree here with more depth in world building. Also agree with scraping dynamax (assuming that's what you meant by gimmicky garbage) but the trade off being more regional variants and or a more appealing mechanic in dare I say the long ago rumored armored forms? That would get me hyped and it would have more of a connection to the galar region because of pride in man made technology characteristic of galarians. This would also give reason to connect to the Kalos region which was said to be at war. The two sides used their respective tech to battle each other.This stuff is just embarrassing.
Why don't they understand that the games would be and ultimately do better if they abandoned all the gimmicky garbage and focused their time and resources on making the world more in-depth and credible? Nobody cares, I know, but it should be put out there at least.
Conveniently ignores the fact that SuMo has debatably the most competent story in the seriesWe know the absurd big Pokemon gimmick is in the game. We know that their priority since Gen 6 has been dumb shark-jumping gimmicks over all else, and so on.
...Sorry but I'm squinting really hard on that one, especially since these so called gimmicks are tied directly to the lore of each generation, and even then that typically isnt the end all be all. Megas had nothing to do with Lysandres plot, nor did z crystals have anything to do with Ultra Space or Necrozma, both of which were big parts of the story and filled with lore along the way.We know the absurd big Pokemon gimmick is in the game. We know that their priority since Gen 6 has been dumb shark-jumping gimmicks over all else, and so on.
GF specifically said Dynamax is just a Galar thing, so them not merging the Mega Pokemon designs into it is setting up a precedence I was hoping they would avoid. Don't get attached to any Gigantamax forms, because now that they've shown they're perfecting willing to discard designs and replace them with another these "equalizer" gimmicks (Mega Evolutions, Z-Moves, and not Dynamax/Gigantamax) have officially joined the list of mechanics that GF makes and then throws away for next gen. We'll have to wait until their region remakes or they feel like it'll earn them brownie points to see any of these mechanics again... and to be discarded again... not to mention they'll also keep on introducing more and more "equalizer" gimmicks each gen instead of working on one all-inclusive one they can carry to each generation and just add upon it...Shame they didn't go for the idea of re-using Megas, but there was no reason to expect it and it's a minor thing at the end of the day. Especially if Gigantamax is supposed to be its own thing with its own identity. Hoping to see Gigantamaxes from a few more gens, though; that's the only disappointing thing here.
So Meowth was given an Alolan form... and now its own Gigantamax form... but it's also getting an evolution...The Affleck leak claimed both gigantamax long meowth as well as a regional evolution of meowth (among all the other things), so unless it's a random fake thing the leaker threw in, looks like we'll have an exeggutor situation going on.
Yeah, I agree it looks pretty cool... but considering they're tossing out two perfectly good "super" Charizard Designs and all they could come up with for Gigantamax Charizard is "big Charizard on fire" the cool factor escapes me.I don't know what you're talking about. Gigazard looks badass as all hell. Especially the mouth. I love that it's glowing, and that its teeth are huge and jagged.
Now due to what we now know I understand why they made a Gigantamax form for Pikachu & Eevee. But Meowth I don't understand at all. Even if they gave the special event Meowth a stat boost similar to Partner Pikachu & Eevee I also still can't see anyone using Gigantamax Meowth outside of the novelty. Infact the secondary effect of its G-Max move only has use IN-GAME. It was essentially made to be the "release event" Pokemon, instead of giving us something we could potentially use on our team and maybe even competitive if we so wished, instead they're giving us a Meowth who can't evolve with a Gigantamax form which only use is to farm scraps of money maybe a bit more faster than using Pay Day (and watch there being an easier way to make money than doing that making it further pointless). For Mega Evolutions we were given Mega Blaziken and Z-Crystals we were given a Snorlax and its Pulverizing Pancake, for ORAS we got a Shiny Beldum and USUM got Dusk Lycanroc. And now, to celebrate Pokemon's debut on a main Nintendo console and try to sell us on Dynamax (and losing Megas and Z-Moves) we're given longcat. My how we have fallen.On the other hand, I hate how GF is obsessed with making not-fully-evolved Pokemon viable, especially when one of them is Pikachu! How much resources did they waste on giving him two Z-crystals which nobody ever uses as it is 100% outclassed by the light ball? The only sucessful pre-evo mechanic that worked was Eevee's extreme evoboost (thanks for reminding me GF that it is unavaliable), and unless they start adding 100 BST to each stat during the Giga I can hardly see where something like Meowth could ever be useful. It feels like a waste of resources, espeically when Megas and Z-moves are gone and we don't know how long this new mechanic is going to stick around.
Man if Pokemon were actual people I would imagine after this stunt they'd be a massive walkout. Imagine, you're a Pokemon that's considered mediocre but just a new Regional Variant or Gigantamax form could give you the shot you've always hoped for. And when you see the Zigzagoon family get a surprise buff you get a slight hope that you or at the very least another Gen 2 & beyond mediocre Pokemon could finally have their chance!There are so many weak and useless Pokemon out there, I just wish they could give them a new opputunity instead of focusing on super weak unevolved Pokemon and the same handful of poster childs.
The only thing I can maybe think that would explain this without the leaker having played the games or being part of GF is if maybe they're an intern or "lower" employee of The Pokemon Company (or maybe even Nintendo) and the information they got was maybe from a meeting those three companies had. Surely at some point GF would have to meet with TPC and Nintendo and show them both what they have. It's here I can imagine them showing off early game stuff, important characters, the Starter evolutions, Gigantamax, and a few other Pokemon they plan on using as promotion. While able to see a few glimpses here and there they'd probably not be fully allowed into the meeting or if they were they may be running around and doing errand. "This is a top secret meeting between us higher-ups of our respective companies... hey, gopher, fetch us all some coffee!".So yeah, the "smoking gun" for me isn't how much the leaker got right, but how much of the leaked content we have already seen confirmed.
I ain’t too upset with the new Charizard model for Gigamax since it seems like a bit of a compromise. Either you go with Y and anger the people who wanted X to come back, pick X and anger the people who wanted Y to come back, or do something new since it’s a new form that is separate from Mega Evolutions and anger people who were expecting it to be one of the two megas. Also doesn’t quite shut the door on Megas potentially coming back if GF so desires.
Know what, fine, toss away the Mega mechanic. But don't toss the designs especially if you're going to have a similar mechanic where the designs can be re-used! Going through the confirmed Pokemon we have right now there's Gengar, Steelix, Gyarados, Tyranitar, Gardevoir, Gallade, Sableye, Mawile, Manectric, Glalie, Lucario, & Abomasnow. How easy would it have been to just give them a Gigantamax that re-used their Mega Pokemon designs. Heck, they could have even given a Gigantamax to Snorlax, Mew, Mimikyu, & Kommo-o so they could re-use their Signature Z-Move as their G-Max move....okay? We already knew that wasnt gonna happen tho. They flat out said that megas werent going to be in the game, why would thengigantimax formes be the same? Thatd be dumb as hell and only fan the flames of laziness calls already being flung their way.
Best I could find was the Nekomata (not to be confused with the Bakeneko). Bakeneko is the more well known cat which tail has split into to which Espeon is based on. Nekomata is a bit more complex. It's essentially a cat, usually raised on a mountain, that as it grew older it gained supernatural power which made itself bigger, able to walk on two legs, and even shapeshift into a more human-like form. Nothing specifically saying they're longer, they're either described as the size & shape of dogs, leopards, or humans.On meowth. Im preeeetty sure its based on some kind of Yokai, but which one i cant recall. I thought there was defenitly a long cat ghost of some kind...
Well they seem to be pointing toward an idea that Leon is the very symbol of popularity so maybe he'll use the Pokemon which are considered the most popular. We have that handy Japanese popularity so using that (and taking out the Legendary, Pikachu, & Eevee) we get: Greninja (1), Sylveon (5), Charizard (6), Lucario (15), Magnemite* (24), Dedenne (31), Archeops (32), Gengar (35), Gardevoir (38), Piplup* (40), Garchomp (42), Blaziken (45), Glaceon (47), Jigglypuff* (49)Really though, side note, I do wonder what Leon's team will be like
Well at least there's something I like from this announcement. :) Wished they did a bit more, but at least Butterfree is finally getting some love after Beedrill got a Mega.View attachment 201209
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Hence why it seems busted. They're probably compensating (maybe overly so) for Butterfree's low stats (it's probably not going to get min-maxed + 100 BST like Mega Beedrill got). It has to work with the stats it got and the percentage boosts that Gigantamaxing gives them: 60/45/50/90/80/70//395. Probably the best thing they can do is just focus on increasing Special Attack and Speed and letting the Max Moves handle the rest, ideally it using its G-Max first so that it can afflict a hindering status ailment. And maybe, after it shrinks back to normal, it may be able to set up a few Quiver Dances to try and keep up the pressure.Gigantamax Butterfree's move looks kinda... busted to me. Guaranteed status to all opponents (one of them being Sleep) is ridiculous.
It would be difficult to pull off in singles because of its terrible stats, but on Doubles...
If they can't evolve then, yeah, I can only imagine that Pikachu and Eevee will probably be given the stats of the Partner Pikachu & Eevee. But there was no Partner Meowth so, if it does get increases stats, what would it look like?Given that the special Pikachu, Eevee, & Meowth can't evolve, it seems likely that they might be the only pre-evolutions with Gigantamax forms (pending other special forms). I saw someone in a twitter comment point out that since Pikachu and Eevee are gifts for having LPGE, maybe they'll have the special starter stats instead of regular. (But hopefully not the busted and not-super-well named moves)
Maybe it's the Safari Zone of the game?The 'Wild Area Station'. Wonder what that is, exactly; especially for it being so early on?
But the Wild Area doesn't look to have a train station.I'm guessing a train station
Behold the problem with all these "equalizer" mechanics that GF fails to address.As we all know, you csn only gigantimax once per battle, and since everyone can use it, each member on the team is important. The question is are these max moves dominating enough to warrant use as a dedicated gigantimaxer?
Eh... sorta?
Oh huh, i knew about pikachu but didnt realize eevee got that treatment as well
Gen I | Gen II | Gen III | Gen IV | Gen V | Gen VI | Gen VII | Gen VIII | |
Regional Form | 21 | 3 | ||||||
Evolution | 31 | 12 | 8 | |||||
Type Change | 10 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 1 | |||
Megas | 13 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | ||
Z-Moves | 5 | 11 | ||||||
Gigantimax | 5 | 3 |
Love him or hate him, he spitting str8 faxI think i can counter that point with another; Gen 1 is the gen that needs the most tune ups because not only was it an unbalanced mess its the gen that will always suffer the most as power creep continues. Outside the usual mascots of zars, mewtwo, pikachu and eevee, how many changes could we really say were unnecessary?
Hell, one of the ones they chose to get an Alolan form was fucking Muk, one of the most hated members of the original 151!
Havent you seen how bad gen 2 pokemon are though? U can argue that gen 1 had alot of mediocre mons but gen 2 has arguably the highest number of bad mons that need an updateI think i can counter that point with another; Gen 1 is the gen that needs the most tune ups because not only was it an unbalanced mess its the gen that will always suffer the most as power creep continues. Outside the usual mascots of zars, mewtwo, pikachu and eevee, how many changes could we really say were unnecessary?