NEW STARTERS.GET HYPE.
Pig-rabbit! Hydrocephalmew! And thing from Pikmin!
You drew an eye
>>5020I lost the original and posted this. :(
Assuming they're in the proper order...The grass-type will be yet another reptile of some sort. The fire-type will start off as something out of the Hundred-Acre Wood and then become a godless killing machine of a bear. That water-type better be a platypus.
>>5023 Scratch that middle remark. It'll become a godless killing machine of a boar. I just noticed the springy tail.
God bless the grass starters.
>>5031Thank God I'm not the only one who saw that.
>>5031>>5034I expected this sooner.
>>5031Well, now I know what I'm naming my Grass starter.
>Fire PigPLEASE GOD LET THIS HAPPEN>Grass PigNot sure if want
>>5038My mind has been blown!
>>5031Holy shit
I'm hoping this time it'll be a different type Starter triangle. However, the only triangle I see working is Dark, Fighting and Psychic.
Center one...Might not want...
>>5056Why do they even need to have a triangle type setup?When you get them they never know any elemental attacks and by the time you see your rival again, you already have a full team.
>>5056Dark's immunity to psychic fucks it up.
what if they finally mixed up the types and we get something like poison/psychic/bug starters?
>>5065Poison isn't super-effective against Bug. And Bug isn't resistant to Psychic, either.
>>5067ground/poison/grass then or rock/steel/fire
>>5068How is any triangle with Steel and Rock in it good for starters? And Ground and Grass are too similar in concept, with Poison becoming an odd man out. Actually, Steel/Rock/Fire has the same problem.No triangle is as triangle-y in concepts and weaknesses as Fire/Water/Grass. The only way to improve the game and get rid of that triangle, is to change the number of starters you get.
>>5070you take the ore(rock) and smelt(fire) it into steel.machines(steel + fire) carve out rock.hit steel against rock to get a spark(fire).but I guess you're right.
>>5070four starters, each being super effective against one, ineffective against another and normal effective against the last. To lazy to check if this would be possible, but it would be neat.
A kiwi bird, a pig, and a sea otter?
>>5037>Fire pig>Haughty grass thing>WATER BEAR I WANT YOU TO BE REAL WHY CAN'T YOU BE REAL
I want to say they look dorky and I'll hate them but that's what I said about the Gen 4 starters too and I fucking LOOOOOVE Empoleon now.
Bottom right is Grass and it's a beaver. Calling it.
Grass starters are always reptilian. That kind of narrows it down.
I would use this grass starter so hard
man the designs have really gotten worse...
>>5071When I said Rock and Steel were bad for starters, I meant because it'd be broken.
>>5103That's really impossible to tell from silhouette alone.
>>5103Tell me one thing that wrong with these SHADOWS.
These seem fake to me.
>>5113Hmm. Yeah, they don't match up very well.
>>5113 >Fire ScorpionWHY CAN'T YOU BE REAL
Seemingly dupes. They technically could be other pokemon, but with the coloration of them I think they're probably meant to be dupes of starter pokemon.Plus, those screenshots on the pages seem to be ones we've already seen.
>>5105>>5106silhouettes are actually pretty important in terms of design, bro.And for one thing they look pretty awkward for Pokemon shadows. They don't appear organic, just weird and "zany". The "pig's" tail looks retarded. Reminds me of the 4th gen cat Pokemon that was unnecessary. These newer designs can be judged more and more by their appearance. I mean seeing the sprite of the 4th gen trio is proof enough. They're running out of ideas.I'll reserve judgment til' they are revealed. Zorark (?) was an ugly start.
>>5121>roar I am angry and quick to judgeGive it some time, anon! I bet it'll be radical.
>>5121That's true.It's a hallmark of good character design if you can recognize a character immediately from its silhouette.
>>5124Did that really come off as angry? You need to ease up on the poke-circlejerking.I did say I'll reserve judgment. It just seems like a bad start is all. It's okay if you actually liked the 4th gen.
>>5125But we can't do that yet, because right now all we have are silhouettes.
I want bottom right to be some sort of fire-badger. I want it so bad. So. Bad.
>>5128>all we have are silhouettes.Zoroark and his prevolution were revealed. It's most likely that most Pokemon are gonna follow in suit of his design with headbands, patterns and all these do-dads. It's not like the shadows are blocks. You can tell a lot from them, but not something 100%.
I HAVE CREATED COMEDYHal helped.
>>5132you went through all that trouble?that's... pretty sad.But at least with this image you can see that they don't look as crazy as the newest batch. That's just my personal preference though.
>>5132This highlights pretty nicely what's wrong with the new ones. Simplicity is key.
Keep in mind the original 150 were made to be readable on shitty shitty gameboy screens.
>>5062Well, outside of >>5068's rock/steel/fire combo, this is the only thing that can work. Besides, that would add to the challenge.
>>5138Only if you're the Psychic. It's an imbalanced triangle.
>>5139Evoles into Psychic bug then, or something that resists dark.
>>5142That's still not really a balanced triangle, and final evolution dual types are irrelevant. Still haven't fixed it.
>>5113http://cascadegonpory.deviantart.com/art/hoax-01-163402061
>>5144Flying/Fighting/Ice worksSo does Poison/Grass/Ground
>>5151There are no Pure Flying types, so a Normal/Flying wouldn't have the resistance to Fighting that you need, while Ice has a resistance to absolutely NOTHING but itself. That triangle doesn't really work, especially since the three types don't really mesh into a triangle as an image very well.Poison/Grass/Ground has all three types a bit too similar to each other in concept, for starters anyway. The types do work out in relation to each other, but then those two added types don't interact enough with all the other types in the game (which is really bad if the starter's supposed to be your MAIN MAN.)
>>5154>There are no Pure Flying typesso they make one...>Poison/Grass/Ground has all three types a bit too similar to each other in concept,is that really so important?>for starters anyway. The types do work out in relation to each other, but then those two added types don't interact enough with all the other types in the game (which is really bad if the starter's supposed to be your MAIN MAN.)maybe their trying to make you focus more on caught Pokemon and less on your main.still filled with blind hope here.
why''s everyone so against fire/water/grass as starters?
>>5158Not against it myself, but a different sett of would still be interesting.
>>5157There can't be a pure Flying-type. "Flying" is more like a characteristic than a type.
>>5160But... But it used to be!Back in Gen 1!
>>5161Back in my day, pokemon used to mean something!
>>5161Yeah-huh, and look how well that turned out.
>>5157Yes, it's important. The three starters should be distinct and separate. Poison/Ground/Grass doesn't have an interlinking theme like the elements, but the types of Ground and Grass are still too similar that the starters made by it wouldn't be different enough from each other.>>5160In Gen I it was also BIRD. But Bones is right, Flying is a characteristic more than a type. There are no Pokemon with Flying as their primary type, at all.
>>5136...Those aren't any more or less complicated.
>>5167>In Gen I it was also BIRD.In next gen it should be changed to BURD
>>5179Birdkeeper IVAN wants to battle!Birdkeeper IVAN sent out BURD!
>>5177There's a little bit of a difference in simplicity levels, but above all the complexities in the new ones seem kind of tacked on, you know what I mean? Having seen the old ones before might be a bit of an influence, but someone who hadn't could probably look at their silhouettes and get a basic idea of what's supposed to be going on in there. For the new ones a lot of it seems sort of extraneous. The designs don't really flow at all, save for maybe the first.I like to hope that against all odds at least one of them will be cool, though. Highest hopes for the one on the left, worried by the seemingly inexplicable lumpiness of the one on the right, and can't really fathom how the middle one could end up looking decent.
>can't really fathom how the middle one could end up looking decent.A Fire Pig, you can't tell me a Fire Pig won't be cool as Bawls. If it's anything else though? Eh, I dunno.
Speculation on final evolutionsFire/Steel - AnteaterGrass/Flying - Another grass/dragon thingWater/Ice - Polar Bear
>>5190Oki-Dokie, lets do this.Fire/Steel WarthogGrass/Flying CraneWater/Poison Platypus
>>5191Fire/Ground BoarGrass CrocodileWater Capybara
>>5190Fro left to right:Water/??? No ideaGrass/fighting panda/kangarooFire/ground lion/bear
>>5206I hope you're wrong about the kangaroo.
Swan-duck grass/flying typeFire/Rock itty bitty piggyWater-ice platypus polar bear. The greatest of all mythological beasts.
>>5223I don't. I want a kangaroo buddy so bad!
If that pig thing is the fire type you better believe I'm naming it BurnBoar.
Pretentious Dragon is best dragon.
>>5229I'll name it Boarn.
>>5280Man, I'd kill for a grass/dragon.
>>5380Yeah, that'd be awesome. There's no way they'd make a Dragon type starter, though. :/
>>5421Maybe if it didn't go Dragon until its final evolution.
ARE YOU READY
>>5548beat me by a second
According to /jp/, they're all Dual-Types.>3 new starter pokemon: Tsutaaja a Grass/Fighting pokemon of ivy, Pokabu a Fire/Dark pig pokemon and Mijumaru a Water/Psychic pokemon that can roll into a ball.
Smug Lizard is my favorite of the 3.
...Damn. Grass/Fighting is a good combo. The defensive tanking and healing of grass type and the damage dealing of fighting type.But come on. Fire. Dark. And that thing is totally gonna evolve into a ninja boar. Pokabu is clearly going to be a bro.
>>5550oh my god.I wanted them to have dark/fighting/psychic as a combo going in the opposite direction of water/fire/grass...but I didn't think they'd actually DO it.oh my god!I am so excited right now.
>>5550My Japanese may not be top notch, but I don't see any mention of dual types.
>>5553>>And that thing is totally gonna evolve into a ninja boar.Not what I was thinking.
>>5555Yeeeaah, I can't get confirmation on that, might have jumped the gun.
>>5548I want to see the evolutions before I make my final decision, but right now Grass is my favourite. You can just smell the smugness oozing of it.
>>5548no wonder it's called Black and White.look at that bitch's hair.
>>5548DAT TRAINER PONYTAILHNNNNNNGGGGHHHHH
HELL YES, TOTALLY GOING WITH GRASS STARTER
>>5577
>>5578Calling Gen 5 LP so that the starter can be video related.
>>5563Everyone hates water starter:grassstarter:Just as planned.
Wow, for once the grass starter isn't the most retarded looking one, in fact it's awesome! Slightly disappointed with the water starter though, it better have an epic evolution.
>>5548I'm going to be honest, Smug!Grass is the only one of those I like.Seriously, fuck that otter. The pig I'm sort of meh towards. It's basically second gen all over again for me.
That otter is going to rock. You just wait.
>>5589The only way for it to rock is if it evolves into a completely different species and type combination...Like a water/steel cuttlefish that has a jetpack and a motorcycle
Let's talk for a minute about how rad the new player characters are.Because they are. Look at those bastards.
>>5590THE OTTER WILL BE THE DEATH OF YOUR PRECIOUS SMUG LIZARD.
>>5591I am loving the design for ol' Apple Head.Why are the female PCs always cooler than the dudes?
>>5591They combined everything I like about my favorite generations (Gen II and Gen IV).Generation III can go to Hell.
>>5594because you want to have sex with them
>>5591Okay. GODDAMN THAT CHICK'S HOT. THE GUY REALLY KNOWS HOW TO CLEAN UP.Also: I really like all these designs. All the detail on the otter makes it more ugly cute when every other starter has been normal cute.
http://www.serebii.net/index2.shtml>Smug lizard is actually the Grass SNAKE Pokemon>Snake>supposedly becomes Grass/Fighting>A snake Pokemon that knows disciplined melee combat and can blend in with indigenous plant life.!
Lot of new information out of Serebii. * The region appears to be called the Isshu Region (イッシュ) * CoroCoro states that the protagonists are older than they have been so far * Before the scans came out, some new information was posted on 2ch including the region name which turned out true, classifications matching the Pokémon's appearance and the aforementioned possible Pokémon names. This information detailled some attacks, classifications, Zoroark's ability and the special event from the beasts. I have decided to post it with thanks to yaminokame for translation. Remember though that the following information is NOT confirmed yet. o The Grass Starter, Tsutaja (ツタージャ) is the Grass Snake Pokémon o The Fire Starter, Pokabu (ポカブ)is the Fire Pig Pokémon o The Water Starter, Mijumaru (ミジュマル) is the Sea Otter Pokémon o Zoroark has an ability called Illusion (イリュージョン) which will allow it to transform into various Pokémon. How it differs from the move Transform remains to be seen. o Two new attacks have been announced; + A move called Trickery (イカサマ) seems to allow the attack to be calculated using the opponent's stats + Another move called Claw Sharpen (つめとぎ) raises the user's Attack and Accuracy stats o The special event activated by the special Raikou, Entei & Suicune given with the upcoming movie; Phantom Champion Zoroark has been detailled. In this event, when you bring the beasts (it is unclear if it's all three or just one)to the game, a special battle will occur. This battle is against a Level 25 Zoroark which will transform into the various Pokémon. At many points, it will break its transformation to allow you to capture it. Remember, this information is NOT Confirmed as of yet and so it's quite possible that this information is indeed inaccurate. However, as the region name was accurate, it's also quite possibly real. We'll get confirmation as to whether it's real or fake when the rest of the scans come out.
>All the starter's first forms don't suck>Grass starter is finally fucking awesome again Please don't fuck this up with their evolution lines Nintendo.
>>5603>Another move called Claw Sharpen (つめとぎ) raises the user's Attack and Accuracy stats Hey, we finally have a reliable (read: not Acupressure) way of raising Accuracy! Maybe Double Team will stop being so annoying and not banned.
The grass starter is awesome.The pig I'm not in love with, but will end up going with anyway because I'm a whore for fire types.The otter had better improve when it evolves.
>>5598Not all of them, only Skullcap, Overalls and maybe Hotpants (MAYBE)Skorty Gumdrops and Cumdumpster just have better designs than the dudes.
>>5616>Hot pants (MAYBE)See>>5609
OMG OMG OMG FIREPIG EEEE :D
I gotta tell ya, I'm probably more excited over meeting new characters than new Pokemon.I can't wait for the new Gym Leaders, or whatever they're gonna do. And new Frontier Brains!
>FIRE PIGGOD LOVES ME AND I LOVE HIM
>>5603>+ A move called Trickery (イカサマ) seems to allow the attack to be calculated using the opponent's stats Good game, baton passfags.
That water Pokemon is the drunken offspring of a Bibarel-Mr.Mime-Floatzel orgy. I think the is the first time I've been so apathetic about a water starter. This is a sad day. But hot damn. Haughty grass snake? Happy fire boar? YES. SO MUCH YES. Hopefully the evolutions will be just as awesome.
I should've guessed sea otter from the beginning. I knew that shape looked familiar.
>buy one copy of each>get fire pig>rival gets shit otter>trade fire pig for grass snake>grass snake vs rival shit otter
... Kinda disappointed in the fire pig.But goddamn if they are all cute as buttons!
The bearpig looks like an over-designed version of a Gen1 Pokemon with a penis on it's chest.The rest are irredeemable.
>>5651That's a fucking Sea Otter. With a shell on it's tummy.
It's piplup again.
>>5654Fucking Piplup, trying to be the new Pikachu. You're not Pikachu, Piplup, stop trying to force us to like you!Same goes to you, Pachirisu.
>>5650Personally, I adore the fire piggy, and the grass type.The sea otter is pretty ugly though. Really, freckles?
I bet he's gonna be an utter badass by the third evolution.
>>5659Changing my speculation... Pokabu => Fire/Dark boar(bipedal)Tsutaja => Grass/Fighting dragon-like creatureGay Otter => Water Psychic bigger, gayer otter.
>>5661The only starter I can think of that doesn't evolve into a badass is Chikorita.
>>5664...Sh-Shut up...Meganium is totally cool...
WOW, These are kinda disappointing, I really hope the evolutions don't suck. I HAVE HIIIIIGH HOPES!
>>5666I just picture Meganium as communicating by going "DERP DURP DERPA DERPA DOO!!"
>>5666YOU KNOW IT TO BE TRUE!
>>5669>>5671YOU GUYS DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT MEGANIUM IS RAD
So the grass starter will eventually be a grass/fighting pokemon. Now, I like this new starter and all, I think he's a good man and all, but I'm slightly irritated that this is the third generation in a row where we'll have a starter pokemon that has fighting as a secondary type.I don't dislike the fighting type at all, don't get me wrong. But yeah, I kinda think it's lazy to slap "fighting" onto anything with a humanoid form. Oh well though, I'm sure this guy will look cool.
Smug Lizard is pretty awesome. I'll reserve my judgement on Fire Pig and Sea Otter until we find out what they evolve into...
>>5673Rad?For a green dinosaur with a pink,petal boa, yeah sure, I guess.
I will definitely be choosing the Grass Snake dude. And I don't think we've had this horrible of a design on a starter since Generation 2 and Meganium.Jesus christ that blue otter clown thingy looks SHIT.
>>5674The parts about their secondary types is unconfirmed and came with a bunch of other stuff that was contradicted.Anyway, the grass starter looks cool, the fire one is interesting (I'm just glad that the fire one is the "bulky" one of the 3 generation, before it was always the water and/or grass), and while the water one looks dumb it's in a kind of cute way plus you can almost expect it's evolution to be the complete opposite in that respect (look at Torchic and Mudkip).
>>5674Infernape gets Fighting type because he's a Monkey style martial artist. Blaziken is just because it's a cockfighting chicken, with the humanoid appearance being secondary.
Water starter needs more love. :-;
>>5683If I had to guess, I'd say Blaziken's martial art is taekwondo.
>>5687It's Muay Thai. That's why it's got arms that look like they're wrapped up, and why it learns mostly kicks.
>>5686I agree! I think it's cute.
>>5686There will be a time where I have a team with this guy and Squirtle. That will be the second greatest day ever, only beaten by when I have their evolved forms together.
>>5686 Calling it now - this guy evolves into a water beast that makes Gyarados shit bricks.
Wow, it only took a single day for me to accept and get used to these, even Wotter. Too bad nobody's going to use them past (or possibly slightly before) the second gym. I wish they had revealed the first and final of the evolutionary line, like with Zoroark.
Um, not a funny, but, I drew a thing.
>>5712 Ooh! Great job! I don't want to pressure you into drawing anymore, but you should totally draw the others! Smug Lizard looks really good in your style!
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>>5714 .... God damn it Internet, why must you do things like this?
>>5711 >Too bad nobody's going to use them past (or possibly slightly before) the second gym.What makes you think that?
...From the thumbnail, I thought it was Plue coming out of an egg....That would've been much funnier.
I-I liked Meganium. But I was also a little girl and thought that FLOWER DINOSAUR was the prettiest thing ever.Also, I'm probably going to pass on the water starter this time, unless its evolutions look better. That thing looks really lame.
Fuck you guys, that water starter is adorably uglyderp.
What fool would pick a pokemon based on their starter look?
GLEEEEEE!!! That does it. I've decided. I am getting fire-pig and naming it one of these nicknames...BaconzillaPorkchopFatbackVolstaggP-Chan
>>5717Because starters always evolve at that point in the game and I've mentally blocked out the existence of people who keep unevolved pokemon for their cuteness.
>>5727I usually don't evolve until level 50 or so just to get certain moves sooner, but by then I'm already at the E4 so I only have a Blastoise for like the last hour of the game. I like having to grind the little guys for the moves, then evolving them, then having like half the game still left.
>>5727...I never evolved my Pikachu...
>>5730 Bart, give me the fucking Thunder Stone.
>>5650SHUT UP FIRE PIG IS AWESOME.FUCKYESFIREPIG
I don't understand why people are hating all over this otter.
>>5731You can't make me evolve him!
I am on a roll today
>>5733
>>5686That last panel is so cute it literally made me tear up.
I feel like after Gen II the Fire starters' designs have been getting worse and worse
>>5748Really? I love Infernape.
>>5713Oops, sorry I didn't notice this earlier. Thanks for the compliment, although I am not sure how well the painted look turned out - I don't do it very often.I'll see if I can bring myself to draw the other two after I complete the art trades I'm supposed to do.
>>5752 Piplup feels betrayed! Maybe you should just call yourself Ape God then!I like Infernape for the whole Journey to the West overtures he's got going on.
>>5748>>5752And I love Blaziken. He's one of my favorite Pokemon, ever!
>>5754Infernape may be awesome, but Empoleon's the one who went on my team. He's a goddamn TANK.
Smugleaf will evolve into conseeded, then treetentious.
>>5761Wow I hope those are supposed to be the middle forms cause they are UGLY.
>>5765It's just fan art thankfully.
>>5765Agreed, though I would like to see that little otter get shell armor.
>>5782What if I'm lactose intolerant, huh? You insensitive ass.
>>5686No. NO. Fire needs more love. Water has had more than enough love.
>>5796It obviously uses milk substitute.
The wait for Grey/Checker/Brown/whatever is going to be unbearable.
>>5815Maybe they'll bring back the following Pokémon for that.
>>5819That's exactly what I'm banking on.
>>5819Following Pokemon?
>>5829When pokemon follow you on the screen, like Pikachu in pokemon yellow.
>>5819Wait...they're not gonna do that for this one?!
>>5858It hasn't been seen in any of the screenshots so far, so...
I wonder if perhaps they aren't having the following Pokemon in the screenshots because they don't want to show the new Pokemon?
>>5860This is what I'm hoping for. Though they could at least show the starters following now, couldn't they?
>>5811Only five new Fire Pokemon last gen, one of which being an evolution to an already existing creature and another being legendary. Oh yeah, and the existence of Stealth Rock.Sheesh Gamefreak, why include the type at all if you hate it so much?
The fire pig's final form should look something like this.
>>5870Sinnoh is a really cold region.
>>5870The problem is that pokemon live in realistic places considering their types and the animals they're based on. Bats live in caves. They have power plants for the electric types. Tons of water everywhere.But fire types kind of get screwed because of that. They can't be bothered to stick a volcano town in every single game. And even if they do, that just means its space that has to be shared with rock and ground types.
>>5876Fire types would live well in plains areas, they just never really have had an actual area like that aside from the Safari Zone and maybe the biking paths.
>>5873Ooh, or a fire version of this.
>>5878 FUND IT!!!!!!!
>>5876What, Japan can't spare a hot spring? Get water types AND fire types!
>>5761Oyster Doraemon may be even sillier than ice cream beaver.
>>5941WHY CAN'T TURBOIL BE A REALITY.
>>5764Dude. High-five.
>>5943 Maybe he will, provided Gamefreak doesn't know of this fanart.
>>5874You can tell because it gets so cold in Platinum they have to wear winter clothes.And there's a bit of snow in the home town. But nowhere else besides where there was already snow for some reason.
>>5948Speaking of, I think a weather system could prove to be interesting.
>>5955Like how the rain at Lake Rage floods the place, changing where you can go?
So what is the etymology of the new guys' names?
>>5956I was thinking more along the lines of different weather on certain days causing effects like sunny day, fog, mist, sandstorm and so on.They sorta did this in DP and RS but those where restricted to one area and where constant and unchanging. But I like that idea too.
>>5958Yeah, but random weather effects are sort of a pain in the ass.
>>5959Maybe they just add a bunch of in-between weathers that aren't strong enough to impact battles.
I never want to see fog again. Missing every 6 moves made the game tedious as hell.
>>5962Fog was like every enemy knowing Double Team. And with the computer cheating like they do, and with Defog being absolutely useless in every sense of the word, there was nothing you could do except suffer through it or throw your game out the window.
>>5957>Piplup and WotterFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF
So what are we calling them for now? Wotter Hellpig and Smug Lizard?
>>5965Maybe they can make it a two stage evasiveness debuff.Then I could use it in Double Battles with Stone Edge and the like.
The fire starter could be called uh, Pignite I guess, or one of its forms anyway. Think of it, Pig+Ignite= simple lame puns! Oh, and it'd kind of work with it's "dark" theme too, if one of it's evolved forms is actually dark, the "nite" in Pignite could make it sound like night, it'd form a dual pun!Other possible names could be Pignition or Boaromb.Either way, when I get him I'm naming him Wilburn.
Fire Starter: BayconWater Starter: WotterGrass Starter: Vinethon
>>5996>PignitionShotty nickname.
>>5998As long as it's not shitty I'm a-okay with it.
>>5999...It isn't. It's awesome. That's why I'm calling shotty on it.
>>5965> Defog being absolutely useless in every sense of the wordIt can clear stealth rock.
>>6005Yeah, on your opponent's side of the field. The Rocks and Spikes that you set up.It clears up Reflect, Light Screen, and Safeguard, at least.
>>6007Well crap that IS useless.
>>6012Believe me, if it removed obstacles from your side of the field, people would've praised it as the second coming.
>>6016It can in a Double Battle...
>>6017...O:!Brilliant!
>>5958And the New Pokeballs are more powerful during certain weather conditions! Brilliant!
>>6017I thought it always selected both opponents.
>>6029It's just single targeting.You could target your partner and make them easier to hit as a cost for getting rid of spikes.
Well that was fast...
>>6047You don't even know, man. You don't even know.
So am I the only one that genuinely enjoys Mijumaru's design?
>>6052Mindwipe likes him.I don't mind him too much. It's more...underwhelming than anything else.
>>6052I don't know, I didn't at first, but it's grown on me. Still don't really want it though.
>>6053I just imagine him evolving into some massive clownbear beast. I mean bears are awesome, and the thing looks like a clown which 90% of people here seem to be terrified of. I like the idea of having a terrifying giant psychic clownbeast waterbear in world of FUCK YEAH FIREPIG AND FIGHTING PRETENTIOUS LIZARD.I also like how they made two type effective cycles this time. Like we usually have fire/water/grass going around, but now in the opposite direction we got fighting/psychic/dark. Which I actually just noticed now. So each starter has both a strength and a weakness against the other two starters so its a little more balanced.
>>6058They tried that in gen four, too. Infernape still successfully crushed everybody.
>>6059And the triangle didn't REALLY entirely work anyway since Steel is weak to Ground.
Miju's grown on me too, but I'm certainly getting Pokabu. Its name shall be Lord Bacon.Also, I don't see the hype over Tsutaja. It looks like a jackass, and I don't find that to be likable. Also, Every time I have gotten a grass starter it had made the game a living hell for me, save Bulbasaur.
>>6060Even so, almost every single Water-type can learn Ice Beam, and Torterra has an enormous, glaring Ice weakness.
>>6062I was massively surprised when Piplup didn't turn out to be a water/ice type. It's a PENGUIN.
>>6064I also kinda wish he had learned Air Slash.
>>6052It's starting to grow on me. Also, I always choose the water starters, so there you go.
>>6052Here!It's all ":<" and I go ":3"
>>6058where is the confirmation that the secondary types of the starters will by fighting/psychic/dark? i've seen it going around but haven't seen it on serebii/pokebeach or anything else.
>>5782I am totally going to read everything the girl says in a Long Island accent like that.
>>6082I know, right? It's in my brain now and never going to leave.
>>6080Yeah...that was me.>>5056
The sprites move constantly in battle.
>>6281Christ, Japanese live action TV is insane.
>>6281Also, there are a bunch of commuters running around on the street at all times, but they automatically move out of your way and keep going if you're in their path.
>>6320NPC path finding.fully on animated sprites.big ass 3D city and town models.about 150 or more pokemon.new abilities and moves, and animations for said moves.Has it always been like this? Has this game always been such a huge monster to program, re-balance, keep vitalized and make it so old pros and new adopters can dive in equally?I suppose it has... and I'm finally old enough to appreciate the work they do.
>>6387NPC path finding is a new one. They usually just stand there in the middle of your way.I was pretty hyped with that new tidbit too
>>6308It's a children's Sunday morning variety show.Of course it's insane.
>>6441
...I bet if we make all the starters for Gen 6 reptilian, people would stop complaining.
>>6444I definitely would. I just don't like mammals all that much.I would also be cool with amphibians, fish and other sea creatures.
>>6444I would complain more just to spite you.
>>6444Like this?
New starters: Fire squid, grass coelacanth, water bison. Not the animal bison, just M. Bison with hydro pump.My Pokemon proposal is tops. License to print money my friends.
>>6454We should have a bison-based poke though. Maybe a legendary based on the thunderbeast?
>>6459Tauros?
>>6460I don't feel comfortable fighting with Tauros until they give him a decent back sprite.
>>6460He's more based on a domestic bull though. I'm talking about a giant bison, or maybe and auroch.
>>6491>>6459How does japan even know what bison is
>>6564Why wouldn't they?
>>6564The same way Amercans know what Giraffes and Zebras are. They have books and television shows about foreign wildlife in Japan too.
>>6667SINCE WHEN DID THEY HAVE BOOKS AND TV IN JAPAN?!?WHAT ELSE HAVEN'T I BEEN TOLD
>>6669Uhh...rouge is called blush now?
>>6669Clay Aiken is gay.
>>6670 MADNESS!
How can anybody hate an otter? :<
>>6682Looks incomplete and terrible.
Was neutral to the otter at first, but I've been growing steadily more fond of it.
>>6689I like him just because he's become the underdog. I can't help but love the underdog.Torterra, Blaziken, and Typhlosion, you may not be the best for competitive battling but you are my comrades in arms.
The new pokemon don't suck, we're just too old.Thoughts?
>>6052I love the little bastard. He looks like a Mameshibotter.
>>6699Nah.
>>6699I like all three of them, Also, quotation marks GET.
>>6699I don't think that was a case of growing up. I think that was just a case of becoming a jaded bitch.
>>6699I think it is true. I thought Retard Clown Otter was the dumbest starter ever when I first saw him. I showed the pictures to my 5 year old sister. Wotter is her favorite of the three.
>>6281Much cleaner version and also more parts of the episode.
>>6713Whoa, wait... why did they talk about Giovanni?
>>6716Because they're also doing the Celebi distribution that will activate the event.
>>6717Dammit. I thought that event was a long time ago.
?
>>6721Way too much white. Maybe put the teal on the body and head and make the arms the same dark blue as the feet and tail?
>>6723Seemed really obvious to me... but then I live here.
BEHOLD
>>6737I WANT ONE
>>6690For your brothers in arms. :3>>6737P-p-p-p...PandaCat! 0.0
>>6737*_*
>>6737 I kinda miss the shell, but it should be lower than it was on the original.That being said. kyuuuuute!
>>6723I really hope it was supposed to remind me of NYC. Would be heartbroken if it turned out to be Japan again.
>>6777Well, how many major cities with seaports are there in Japan.
>>6783It's an archipelago. There ahve to be a few.
He is the best starter.
>>6796I'm starting to agree....though I still think I'll pick Firepig over him.
>>6796Does he actually hold the shell or is it attached?
He holds it and fights only with his teeth and feet. Hence, I shall name him Teefeet.
I think they're all fucking ugly, but the one I would probably choose is the grass type as I like the leafy tail, but even then it reminds me too much of a Treecko with the smug-ness. I'd have to see their evolutions before I could really choose.
>>6441After much deliberation, Mijumaru is definitely my favorite of the three.
>>7132
>>7132>>6441I'll forgot Wotter for looking so stupid if it results in a lot more hentai of this girl.
>>6445...Fire fish?
>>7150They swim through lava.
>>7150 >>7153I'm surprised there's no fire/water Pokemon yet.
Have a thing.
>>7251That's quite a thing.
>>7251 It looks like a couple of things with a pair of things.Anyways, HURRAH THINGS!
>>7251Firepig - Tomboyish "girl next door" type.Smugleaf - Cynical popular girl typeWotter - "Ditzy blonde" type.
>>6796 Now that's making me double think if I want the pig or the wotter now....No I still want the pig.>>7256 But if I DID start with the grass serpent his name WOULD be Smugleaf...
>>7251NOW YOU HAVE A THING, SIR!
>>7251The funny part is, starters are almost always male.
>>7251
>>7418But Bueno! Don't you go the other way?
>>7390A+B+Start+Select
>>7258Good god, she's an amputee!!
I assumed that the grass thing was supposed to be an anole, not a serpent.
>>7258 Yep, that's a thing...I'll be in my bunk.
...Yeah, okay.
i'm okay with this
>>7490That is too reminiscent of Empoleon's design for my liking. I'm really digging smugleaf though.
I'm liking these.
Also acceptable.
>>7490Can this be true, please?
>>7499no, because smuglizard is supposed to a fighting type and that looks nothing like a fighting type.
>>7501Actually, none of the secondary types were confirmed for the three yet. It's entirely possible Tsutaja can become a Dragon down the line.
>>7501>>7502Where did the idea that he was grass/fighting come from anyways?
>>7513Fake translation on /v/
God Bless you, Japan.
It appears to be similar to the footage shown on Pokemon Sunday, but now you can hear the music.And hey, there appear to be clouds moving in the background of the battle screen.
>>8163http://www.pokemon-sp.jp/series/bw/#/areaThe videos are under the "partner" and "new stage" tabs.
>>8372Well, actually...http://www.merinews.com/article/one-armed-snake-found-in-china/15784301.shtml
>>8373MANDATE OF HEAVEN IS OVER.
>>8372Those bottom two panels are a perfect reaction image. Fuck, how smug can Smugleaf get?
>>8386Yes, though, that is actually an edit of the original comic. http://donotdelete.deviantart.com/art/Snake-in-the-Farce-164048776?q=gallery%3ADoNotDelete%2F6390290&qo=4
>>8388I prefer the edit.
>>8388I think I prefer the original, if only because it seems like the more natural progression.>>8373Huh. Freak evolutionary throwback. Fascinating, yet creepy.
>>8372I think that thing is a "grass snake" the same way cyndaquil is a "fire mouse.Seriously guys, that's an anole.
I'm totally using ice-cream beaver when the game comes out, I don't care what people think.
>>8437I Just wish "Ice cream beaver" would fit in the name field.
Can we please stop saying "ice cream beaver" it's filling me with...feelings.
>>8440What kinds of feelings?... I'm curious for all the wrong reasons.
Now I HAVE to pick Wotter.
>>8455If they continue the trend from Diamond/Pearl, a third trainer will choose him anyway. He won't be lonely.
>>8434Maybe it's a combination between an anole and a rough green snake.
Just for the record, this here is classified as a lizard. There's more to snakes and lizards than the number of limbs, apparently.
>>8467Legless lizards aren't actually legless IIRC, it's just that their legs are under the skin.
>>8455Oh my God.It's like me in Pokemon form. I must choose it. ;A;
>>8455Mijumaru's got so many people calling it adorable because of it's lack of popularity, I'm not sure you can really call it unpopular anymore.
>>8470I wholeheartedly agree with this statement.
>>8470Surely this must be the true definition of irony.
>>8470 Oh god, Mijumaru is hipster bait!
My final decision rests on what they evolve into. Because I'm not going to be one of those fags who carries around an unevolved starter because it becomes ugly with evolution.Although I might go water just because I've gone water/grass/fire/fire/grass with my play-throughs and am due for a water. So it might as well be a Wotter! :D
I'm hoping the pig turns into a rad fire boar. If not I am indifferent to all three.
>>8501I agree wholeheartedly with this statement.
>>8501It also needs tusks. Honestly though, I will love FIRE PIG no matter what. He is BEST PORKEMON EVER.
>>8461Man, look at that smug motherfucker. How can smugleaf not be based on him?
>>8513
>>8513Well...
You're all a bunch of A-Noles.