It's also a pun on tane = seed, as in the one on this Pokémon's back. So it's like "weird/mysterious seed" and "how weird!".
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It's also a pun on tane = seed, as in the one on this Pokémon's back. So it's like "weird/mysterious seed" and "how weird!".
Starwolf_UK
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I had a feeling I missed something and it had to be Gen VI as well
In unrelated news...aren't all Pokemon just Garfield? http://garfemon.tumblr.com/
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I'd be down with gender-specific evos, a medusa salandit would be neat
AlexMeloche
Member
A bit late, but I'm pretty sure it's Brine + Lionne. Lionne is the female word for lion in French.
Yeah I was referring to housecats, I think Gen 2 is the only break in that trend.
Subtervotion
Member
Gen 2 doesn't have fossil Pokémon either. The trends weren't established back then.
I hated this. Was the only disappointing thing in gen 6 to me. Other than that i love everything about it.
That's because XY was intent on recycling Kanto nostalgia and made the birds their trio.
A Fire/Poison gorgon Pokemon would be amazing.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Wouldn't tapu koko count as one two? And the other 3 guardians
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Deleted member 465307
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Not sure if this was already mentioned, but IGN teased in the latest NVC that they'll have Pokémon preview coverage going up this week.
NVC?
Not75Drops
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I also remember seeing someone retweet a person from Polygon saying that they were going to play Sun/Moon. Masuda and Ohmori were in London and San Francisco a few days ago as well. Previews are probably coming soon.
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Deleted member 465307
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Nintendo Voice Chat, their Nintendo podcast.
EDIT: In case my wording was unclear, they teased the preview in this past week's NVC episode. I assume the preview would just go up on their site normally, i.e. the preview itself won't be in a podcast. I've edited my original post to be clearer.
NeonZ
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The issue there is that not having a legendary trio pretty much meant having nothing else in their place either. Each game has one bird from Kanto, which needs to be found multiple times, which is decent enough, but then there was a Zygarde and Mewtwo lying around without any events tied to them... and that's it.
Unfortunately not. I don't write previews so wasn't invited. Same reason why I won't get a review copy.
Brawly Likes to Brawl
Member
This is how felt about it. I love going on hunts for new legendary Pokemon in postgames, so XY replacing most of that with borrowing Kanto's legends was really boring foe me.
Oh, I'm not saying I loved what XY did or did not do to replace a theoretical trio. I just appreciated the restraint after BW's excess of legendaries.
How about a legendary duo with a fresh dynamic between them?
I mean, Island Guardians could still very well be Legendaries as far as we know.
Is there anything suggesting they aren't? I just assumed they were.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
That's what I was saying earlier. I just automatically assumed they were 4 guardians of each island pretty much reminds me of the 3 spirits of the lake in sinnoh
Yeah, I just mean like how they're handled in the story and stuff. They already look like they're getting more of a role than the lesser legendaries in previous titles if that Tapu Koko vs UB02 cutscene is any indication
Diprosalic
Banned
It's pretty much confirmed that they are.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
So safe to make at the very least a logical assumption they'll be
Fairy/electric
Fairy/grass
Fairy/water
Fairy/fire?
Fairy/electric
Fairy/grass
Fairy/water
Fairy/fire?
Not75Drops
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More like they'll be based off the island's colour like Oricorio, so:
Electric/Fairy
Fire/Fairy
Psychic/Fairy
Ghost/Fairy
But who knows, they could throw a curveball, though I expect these types since they're the island guardians.
Exterminieren
Banned
Nah, they'll probably map to the colours of the islands and Oricorio's typing.
Electric/Fairy
Psychic/Fairy
Fire/Fairy
Ghost/Fairy
EDIT: Goddamnit.
Diprosalic
Banned
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
You can't just post something like that dude without giving a hint.
Gonna guess it's Geodude since we haven't seen any of the members yet and it seems like a good choice.
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Hmm I forgot about the birds I was thinking more along the lines of the types of the island challenge leaders but that makes sense too
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
there should be Salt type
Diprosalic
Banned
Well depends what people encountered.
Only the VGC rules banning legends and not listing Tapu, but it's not the type of legend that normally get banned anyway (usually that's just Box Legends and Events)
You know there are like at least 12 of those guys, right?
Blackleg-sanji1
Banned
Apparently I haven't been keeping up enough lmao. Well shit maybe my logical guess wasn't so logical. In my defense there's alot of games coming out lol
There should be plenty of good info we can get from the first 90 mins. For example, I'd like to hear about the performance of the game, how story heavy it seems from that first section, maybe some clarification on how many trial captains we'll encounter, music, etc.
I'd LOVE to know what you saw in the first 90 minutes if you ran into an Alola form we have never seen. I know that cant be talked about tho :/
Preload typically happens within two weeks of launch, so you have a month.
I bet we can buy and preload sometime around the demo. Hard to believe in about a week we will have our grubby mitts on (part) of this game.
One of the most fun aspects will be the fan community scrambling to figure out who is a major player in the competitive scene after the game releases. Even though there were only 69 new Pokemon, with the mega evolutions and fairy typing, many Pokemon really flipped competitive battling on its head. TOP FIVE BIGGEST GAMECHANGERS
Greninja
Aegislash
Talonflame
Mega Kangaskhan
Mega Scizor (though honestly I saw Mega Gardevoir and Mawile more often)
One of the most fun aspects will be the fan community scrambling to figure out who is a major player in the competitive scene after the game releases. Even though there were only 69 new Pokemon, with the mega evolutions and fairy typing, many Pokemon really flipped competitive battling on its head. TOP FIVE BIGGEST GAMECHANGERS
Greninja
Aegislash
Talonflame
Mega Kangaskhan
Mega Scizor (though honestly I saw Mega Gardevoir and Mawile more often)
Holy cow. I never cease to be amazed by how well Game Freak manages to utilize seemingly meaningless NPC dialogue.
Geminosity
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That's because they're both cooler, especially mawile
I'd argue Charizard X was a bigger game changer than Mega Scizor.
I've seen more people use Char Y tbh.
Isn't that more down to surprise factor that actual viability? Everybody prepares for and expects Charizard X, and Y tears into teams that make that assumption.