So, there was a… shall we say… minor hiccup… where my second poll was inexplicably invisible to 90% of readers for the first two days, but I did eventually get a reasonable number of votes, and the consensus now seems to be for Water/Fire as the type combination we’re going to work on. So, what’s next?
What I want to do now is come up with something that will make this Pokémon conceptually unique. I’m not talking about a full design, or a piece of art, or an animal to base it on, or anything like that – just an idea for something that will make our Pokémon different. Something specific enough to be able to say “yes; this is a good reason to make a Water/Fire Pokémon,” but general enough that it doesn’t tie us down to a specific physical design or battle style – that’s the next part. For example, the reason I liked the idea of a Water/Fire Pokémon was because combining the two elements potentially allows a designer to reverse their normal relationship – in Pokémon we always think about Water defeating Fire, but Fire can also strengthen Water in a way by creating steam. Something that focuses on that reversal somehow might be fun. Feel free to tinker with that idea or look at it from different angles – or just come up with a completely different interpretation of Water/Fire.
If you have an idea you want to talk about, bring it up in the comments to this post – or, if you don’t have a Disqus account, stick it in my ask box and I’ll collect them all together in a post at the end of each day. Once we have a few ideas and some discussion on each of them, I’ll put together another poll. Er… hopefully this one will work.
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