Eh… not that it isn’t a nice thought, but… too much work. Far too much work. I can barely keep up with my regular writing at the moment.
Author: pokemaniacchris
Wo haben Sie Deutsch gelernt? Sind Sie je in Deutschland? Was ist Ihre Lieblingsdeutschpokemonname?
Eh… ich spreche nicht so gut, aber ich muss für mein Promotionsstudium manchmal Deutsch lesen (mit einem Wörterbuch), weil viele wichtige Archäologen in Deutsch schreiben und veröffentlichen. Ich bin noch nie nach Deutschland gegangen, aber ich würde gerne!
Soweit, mein Lieblingsdeutschpokemonname ist Schluppuck! Es ist so wunderbar onomatopoetisch!
They gotta bring Berserk genes back. (and the softboiled tm/tutor)
Do they, though? Do they really?
What is the likelihood that we’ll ever get a Grey version? Also, what if it took place in the past, perhaps during the Reshiram/Zekrom split or the Kalos/Unova war?
Well, the likelihood, I would estimate, is “close to zero.” They’re done with that generation; they’ve moved on; they’re doing other things now. Unless the remake train keeps steaming on to the point that we actually get remakes of Black and White, I doubt it’ll ever happen. Setting it in the mythical past would be cool, but the trouble is that it does sort of lock certain things in – like, we know that Reshiram and Zekrom destroyed Unovan civilisation the last time they fought. It happened; the player can’t win and the story can’t have a happy ending. Unless of course they’re willing to pull some kind of alternate universe situation, of the sort implied by Delta Episode, where this hypothetical Grey version is actually a prequel to a completely different version of the Black and White universe that we’ve never seen. That would be kinda weird.
Was Kalos at war with Unova? I always got the impression it was a civil war; I don’t think Unova is ever mentioned in connection with that conflict.
So, now that we have had mega evolution for a while, do you think you could make some mega-evolution designs for some of the pokemon on your ‘worst pokemon’ list?
Eh. To be honest, designing mega evolutions for things is not something that I find all that interesting. And I actually did sketch out concepts for evolutions for most of those Pokémon, so, like… it would kind of serve exactly the same purpose as what I did with them in the first place.
Sentret was the original sentry rodent pokemon. That unholy terror patrat stole the concept. They already got the normal rodent pokemon template perfect with Furret’s adorableness, and the normal rodent pokemon get uglier and uglier in each subsequent generation.
Meh. I prefer Bidoof.
Mewtwo has less defense than Mew. That’s kinda weird, isn’t it?
No.
What, you want more?
Fine. What do we know about Mewtwo? He was created in a lab by manipulating Mew’s DNA to create the ‘most powerful Pokémon in the world.’ Now, to me it seems likely that what they were primarily aiming for was pure offensive might, so perhaps they were willing to sacrifice a little of Mew’s resilience (and it’s not a huge sacrifice; Mewtwo’s physical defence is still pretty good) for larger gains in psychic power. More to the point, Mewtwo’s origin story is essentially a somewhat ham-fisted fable about the dangers of ‘playing god’ with genetics; to me it makes perfect sense that the resulting creation might have some flaws that would not have been apparent in advance.
Would you like to see some sort of in game content explaining the villainous team leaders’ history? For example, Ghetsis might’ve been part of a “museum” type thing where he could’ve easily located people of wisdom, of technological intellect, and legends pertaining to the Unovan legends?
I think they’ve already started to play with that kind of concept – things like Black and White 2′s Game Sync, which gave you access to a whole bunch of extra scenes with N and other characters, both major and minor. Likewise the time-travelling Celebi event in Heart Gold and Soul Silver, although that’s not quite the same thing because it allows the player to actually get involved in past events. I do believe there’s room for more of this, though – in particular, I think we really need to get more of Lysandre’s backstory before the sixth generation ends, because until we get a clearer understanding of what it was that drove him to breaking point he just doesn’t convey the kind of moral ambiguity they seem to have wanted with him.
What are my orders supreme overlord.
The moon is dark, my brother. Ptolemy has failed us, and the swallow has taken flight. You must find the hidden bishop and take the last of the salt flowers. Our eyes are closed against the north wind, so do not tempt the serpent until daybreak.
Remember – the white goat stalks the plains in summer.
it’s a completely senseless question in itself, but how’d you get the self-interlocutor idea to make an analysis so pleasant to read? www i’m just reading through some of your stuff right now, but you definitely have a thing for captivating eloquence. great analysis too! ah, i don’t where i’m getting with this though. anyway, great job!
Well, it kinda just ‘happens.’ The ‘Rivals’ series is the product of actual Skype conversations between me and my best friend, Jim the Editor (with the exception of the second one, on Barry, Lucas and Dawn, which happened when we were both home for Christmas and just went for a walk together instead). Obviously they’re not a transcript – I polish them up quite a bit; our actual conversations include far more pointless tangents and indecipherable inside jokes – but I type up notes as we’re talking, and those form the skeleton of what I write, so the finished entries follow the path of the original conversation, and there are usually several lines of our exact words, if I can remember them. It was Jim’s idea, actually. Sort of an experiment in a different writing style. I’m glad you think it’s working!
