It got really lost with the super scratchy doodles but the scrapped gen 4 gender differences had a similar styling it felt.
The Gen 3 ones do feel like it might have been the style they were actively trying for though.
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The Gen 3 ones do feel like it might have been the style they were actively trying for though.
All jokes aside, I'd imagine this was meant to test the 3DS' sound systems or something to that effect
They... did do that though, unless I'm misunderstanding you? Pretty much every generation since III has made every Pokemon available in some form, but you still need to get all the games to do so. XY leaves some species out but then ORAS has all of them, just as was done with RSE/FRLG and DPP/HGSS:
- Gen III had every single non-mythical species available natively across its five main titles: Ho-oh and Lugia were available normally in the GameCube titles, but count as mythicals in Gen III
- the same is true of Gen IV; in fact, DP alone have almost every Pokemon available in them except the previous gen's starters and legendaries, as well as, infamously, Tangela and Tropius. HGSS has all of the other gen starters and legendaries available except for the Regi trio which are obtainable in Platinum, though only via an event
- Gen V doesn't contain every Pokemon but I think the assumption here was that Gen IV would be used to plug the gaps, as they're on the same format
- Gen VI, as mentioned, has every non-mythical species available between XY and ORAS
- Similarly to Gen V, Gen VII has a fair amount of Pokemon unobtainable in it (likely related to the abandonment of the National Dex) but all of the missing species can be transferred over from Gen VI
Not quite sure if these are real but here ya go. Funniest thing here is how they hadn't yet realized how busted Gale Wings was, Megazard Y used to have it and Talonflame had 103 Attack!
Love the 2 point swap for Mega Venusaur's attack stats
Clawitzer's interesting. That's -29 compared to final right? So it'd have a mere 91 special attack and 471 BST. The Clawitzer/Dragalge pairing has always been lopsided, but man that would have been even more so. Must have realized that if you have a gun that big you deserve to have a special attack stat to go with it.
Clawitzer's interesting. That's -29 compared to final right? So it'd have a mere 91 special attack and 471 BST. The Clawitzer/Dragalge pairing has always been lopsided, but man that would have been even more so. Must have realized that if you have a gun that big you deserve to have a special attack stat to go with it.
if true, zygarde originally having a 680 BST instead of 600 is super funny, maybe it explains why it felt so... incomplete and didn't really get anything until gen 7 - perhaps the shift to it having only 600 BST came later in development?
also lol at mega garchomp getting 20 points stolen from its speed stat. it would've been so awesome, it would've been so cool... never forget what they took from us
also lol at mega garchomp getting 20 points stolen from its speed stat. it would've been so awesome, it would've been so cool... never forget what they took from us
If you look at the supposed statline it's 180/100/100/100/100/100, which screams placeholder stat block to me
Anyways forget the XY stuff we got a storyboard for the SM end cutscene
This got me a lil emotional ngl
Years ago, I had suspected Talonflame was originally designed with Attack around 105 based on the order that species appear in the Battle Maison data pool, but my hypothesis back then was that they changed it after they decided what Gale Wings should do.
Damnit I'm gonna cry LOL
So they had a genuine opportunity to make Mega Garchomp and Mega Latios, the two most wasted uses of your Mega slot, into actually significantly improving the base form and scrapped it?
Thankfully Mega Blaziken did not get to have Moxie, that would have been utterly busted lol
Thankfully Mega Blaziken did not get to have Moxie, that would have been utterly busted lol
honestly Mega Latios is actually pretty good, i always felt it was mega garchomp that got the really short end of the stick
Mega Launcher being on Water types yet only boosting Water Pulse is easily the biggest crime I have ever seen. It could have easily, and sort of thematically, boosted Hydro Pump but NOOOOO we gotta boost a 60 BP crap move and a handful of weak non-STABs instead. Not like this would have broken Clawitzer especially if its sort of counterpart has Adaptability Draco Meteor.
I could kind of understand playing it safe with Mega Blastoise / Mega Pokémon in general. Or I would if Charizard X / Y didn't exist.
Mega Blastoise got robbed and no 11 years later I'm still not over it.
as a more direct, not shoehorned in idea, i actually 100% agree - i feel manaphy/phione and diancie/carbink are like two pieces of what would be a very fascinating dynamic both in lore and in gameplay
but trying to attach legendary meaning to mons that don't need it to stand out such as gyarados isn't a very good idea, and even worse than for less animalistic mons such as metagross
a mega with even current gale wings would probably be busted already, i can't even imagine zard y with gen 6 version of it
mega lati@s having 130 speed would also make them ubers i feel? what they needed to actually stand out was a diff ability though (mega garchomp too - sand force is worse than rough skin lol)
Some of these early Megas are CRACKED, like holy. Mega Gyarados with Strong Jaw STAB Crunch and even more Attack sounds like a nightmare to deal with, Gale Wings Zard Y is pretty nuts even with only having Air Slash for Gens 6-7, a faster Mega Garchomp is insane, and not to forget MOXIE Mega Blaziken. Faster Mega Latis are pretty cute, kinda wish Latios got that in the final release since it would fit its more offensive build. Really interesting stuff, Mega Houndoom originally being SUPER shafted is also very funny although having more Attack could at least make mixed sets with Sucker Punch more viable (in like, RU-NU lmao).
Oddly it didn't learn Crunch in XY, only Bite and Ice Fang. It got Crunch in ORAS. Seems like it wouldn't have been all that bad in its debut game. Maybe they wanted it to feel different from the eventual Mega Sharpedo?
Tbh I think Drought is a huge buff
Centro is now saying XY dev docs are coming, possibly including concept art. Are we ready for (potential) industrial scale malding from people whose favorite pre-Alola Pokemon had Megas cut?
i want to see the entire XY design bible leaked if only because i think it would 1) be funny and 2) provide some insight in the behind-the-scenes knowhow (more than what we already know, anyways) for XY
Why is this in xy. They're not born that way. The whole premise of the game is you need a mega stone to be that way.
yet another gamefreak failure. mods! kill them
Your image is broken, are you talking about the Metagross thing? Cause real Metagross also has toes.
This is such a wild deviation from megas in general. Do we have other concepts in this vein? I can definitely see why they opted towards not doing massive design changes like this, but "literal spider metagross" (well, judging by the tail, a spider/scorpion mix) is an interesting enough concept they should revisit it at some point.
I'm lowkey glad Mega Blaziken doesn't have Moxie. It would've been the prototype Quaquaval and everyone knows how much I hate that mon already. That said, I doubt Moxie would've been better than Speed Boost in a vaccum if you consider a lot of the roles Mega Blaziken was used for like Baton Pass or revenge killing a threat.
Mega Garchomp and Latios having higher speed stats makes sense, but eh. I'll admit Mega Latios is a bit lame as is, but mega Garchomp on its own is arguably better than some Legendaries like Kyurem-Black. I think its fine that they nerfed its speed, and think its cool they tried something different with it, though I do wish I could use it with Scale Shot. Not really as charitable with Meta Latios. It already had mixed attacking potential with Psyshock and I feel it needs the higher speed to actually stand out against both its based form and one of the Latias forms, where its unomptimized statline kinda sticks out.
Mega Garchomp and Latios having higher speed stats makes sense, but eh. I'll admit Mega Latios is a bit lame as is, but mega Garchomp on its own is arguably better than some Legendaries like Kyurem-Black. I think its fine that they nerfed its speed, and think its cool they tried something different with it, though I do wish I could use it with Scale Shot. Not really as charitable with Meta Latios. It already had mixed attacking potential with Psyshock and I feel it needs the higher speed to actually stand out against both its based form and one of the Latias forms, where its unomptimized statline kinda sticks out.
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