It will look like it has a large dragon head which sounds cool, but it also might look like it has no arms, which is probably less so.
Vinnie uses him btw. I owe his early fans an apology I was not familiar with his game
I am a big fan of leakers making sure that if by any chance nintendo gets their hand on them they will have 0 way to pretend it wasnt them leaking them
You need to have... well... let's say not exactly the most functional psychological profile to risk imprisonment to leak a children's videogame less than a week before launch for no financial benefit
Tbh you do make a very compelling point here
Its shed skin and usually yellow...idk what else they could have done. Maybe a more sandy color? idk
Based on the full move list there's only one new move and it relates to either Zygarde or Floette. Huge missed opportunity to give these Megas their own signature moves
Why? It looks like a mix between shed skin and a business suit. What's wrong about-
*realizes and looks at problem*
Thing is, since abilities are not in the game, whatever is in the data for ZA may very well be placeholder abilities. We saw this with some of the pokemon introduced in LA having different abilities or moves once in the mainline games
It's definitely a harder concept to push farther. Most recognizable bigger light sources start going away from open flames (or being found in mansions, for that matter). And going all-out on the size of the fanciest chandeliers seems like more of a GMax gimmick than a Mega one. So while I can see the complaint that it's a bit basic, I can't really imagine that much I'd do differently.
I totally understand why it's white. It's a striking color that provides contrast to its yellow and its non-mega form and shed skin in real life will become pale over time. I also think it might be potentially meant to look like a skull.
They were unchanged for the most part though. It was only Samurott and Kleavor (and also Goodra randomly I think) that had their abilities changed, and that was only because they both got Sharpness, which didn’t exist then. Since they presumably won’t be introducing new abilities in champions I think whatever’s in the code will carry forward.
I'd like to think we live in a world where most of the people will get the intent of the design and be normal about it, but considering it took less than 20 minutes for someone to make the immediate and unfortunate joke and the uh....current political climate maybe we could have saved it for at least one gen over.
You know what? I actually don't hate this. it reminds me of like a toy or action figure where you squeeze the legs or arms and it transforms, like a power ranger toy or a transformer. Also, I can already guess that the inspiration may have come from an old game and its various offshoots:
Most likely, and the giant red mohawk seems like it would be difficult to actually pull over the face (& it's not like Scraggy's 3D model ever did that). Still
Yeah I think that for the most part, even if they might get tweaked again, we'll be able to look at whatever the ability they have listed and take it as a pretty safe assumption until proven otherwise.
Actually, as per Serebii, in addition to the ones you listed, the Growlithe line, the Sneasel line, the other starters, Braviary, and Basculegion also got their abilities updated between Home and SV. All of these into abilities that already existed in Gen 8. This is a significant chunk of PLA's new designs and implies we should not take the ability datamine as gospel.
