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SPOILERS! Pokemon Sword & Shield Pre-Release SPOILERS - Check Post 2!
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I don't pay attention at this for, like, two hours and hell rains lol
Dragapult and Toxel's evo are going to be part of my team, making it 9 mons for me to use. Dragapult is likely the pseudo but it does not feel like a pseudo. Very "normal", for the lack of a better word.
Now, the final number depends on the availability of the fossil Pokémon before the post-game (as in, either 10 or 11). I know there was that piece of dialog saying that they were torn in halves, but I honestly didn't expect it being taken literally.
Also, Eternatus looks amazing, and compensates the hideous cover legendaries.
A 632 Dex was within my expectations, though again, no Snivy hurts a lot.
Dragapult and Toxel's evo are going to be part of my team, making it 9 mons for me to use. Dragapult is likely the pseudo but it does not feel like a pseudo. Very "normal", for the lack of a better word.
Now, the final number depends on the availability of the fossil Pokémon before the post-game (as in, either 10 or 11). I know there was that piece of dialog saying that they were torn in halves, but I honestly didn't expect it being taken literally.
Also, Eternatus looks amazing, and compensates the hideous cover legendaries.
A 632 Dex was within my expectations, though again, no Snivy hurts a lot.
GameFreak, you had such a good track record with fossils, why did you make the new ones looks so fucking horrible
That’s pretty cool! I wasn’t too far off with my fanart, then, which I’ve finished around 30-40 minutes ago. :3
Where did you get this? I thought the twitter account got banned
finally the roman phalanx pokemon we've all wanted
4chan is the primary source of most everything you're seeing.
This scenario reminds me of that Intelleon picture. I'm leaning towards fanart
People are still arguing this? We've been on this circular "object bad" discussion since the beginning of time. Also how ironic of you to say stuff like chandy and vanniluxe have deeper origins while commenting on these new designs being shallow without, you know, knowing the deeper origins. Chandelure on first sight is just a chandelier, after all
It’s been a while since I had a paleo course, but if I remember correctly, early fossil hunting in the real world was more art than science.
At the turn of the last century, as paleontology was still in it’s infancy, whenever a group of fossil bones was found it was assumed to come from one creature (if there was at least one skull that is). So they took all the bones and tried their best to make a Dino out of it, and then tried sketching skin and features to get a feel for how it would have looked. The results were both horrible and hilarious, and it took decades to properly classify remains.
I imagine the fossils of this gen are inspired by this “eh, let’s just wing it” early approach to paleontology.
If this other Twitter account that's been posting/reposting stuff is to be believed, it is indeed ghost/dragon, which is amazing. I was hoping the pseudo would be but didn't think this looked ghosty enough. Eternatus looks waaaaay more ghosty. Stoked to use this if it's true!Dragapult is designed after a stealth bomber (as you all know) and also this extinct amphibian, diplocaulus. Really hoping for Dragon/Ghost.
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Exactly. Like, that Hat Psychic waifu is probs a japanese folklore mon
I get the concept. It's a great idea, but its poorly executed which results in very shit designs imo
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Take it with a grain of salt considering it's text-only, but it doesn't seem totally impossible either. Something on par with the Delta Episode or Rainbow Rocket perhaps
The only thing I am personally believing as confirmation are these ingame dex screenshots. Anything else is the conclusions and fanart of twitter
Are base stats out yet
ngl these new pokemon designs are all AMAZING (even the wacky mix-n-match fossils). there's definitely a unique feel to these, though. like, theyre more cartoonish than before? not a bad thing at all though.
theres just one thing that i NEED to know, though. the availability of gigantamax forms. it was said a while back that you only get them through max raids, which was, and is still, a really bad decision. now im actually concerned that some, or even all, g-max forms are locked to postgame only
theres just one thing that i NEED to know, though. the availability of gigantamax forms. it was said a while back that you only get them through max raids, which was, and is still, a really bad decision. now im actually concerned that some, or even all, g-max forms are locked to postgame only
Right now it seems that one person has the game and he is the primary source of these screenshots. You'll want to watch Kaphotics/projectpokemon/whatever hackers since when they get the game they'll be datamining.
EDIT: Ninja'd 2x
RE: Dark gym, postgame: I'm repeating myself here but a lot of twitter guys seem to be parroting 4chan's anonymice or fishing for likes. For every real leak there's 1000 liars.
EDIT2: I can't even find a source for these posts.
Dark apparently comes from the same Spanish tweeter. There might be a private source on discord or something but who really knows without proof.
EDIT3: Lol
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I'll concede on being trigger happy on the pseudo-legendary, but I honestly don't think the hat based line is based on anything but "hats" and "hat-on-a-mannequin"
also while Alcremie's name alludes to it been based on a homunculus I fear that much like Kommo-o that might be localization fiat and not its intended inspiration
like I gladly be proved wrong but to date I yet to seen any explanation for Meltan's origin that isn't my own