In the interests of having a bit of experience with the Pokémon I’m talking about before jumping into them, I’ve decided not to go through them in order but start with the ones I’ve used already, starting with the first new Pokémon I caught: Purrloin.

Purrloin is, as you can see, a cat Pokémon.  Cat Pokémon have been done to death but I’ll try to keep an open mind here.  Purrloin and Liepard are reminiscent of Meowth and Persian, and Purrloin is a dead ringer for Diamond and Pearl’s Glameow, although significantly less ridiculous-looking – Liepard, though, couldn’t be more different from Glameow’s horrendously obese evolved form, Purugly (to my immeasurable relief).  Skitty and Delcatty from Ruby and Sapphire are something else entirely and go for cuteness rather than Persian’s elegance.  I suppose I’d be slamming Purrloin and Liepard for having too much in common with the original cat Pokémon, but for one thing: while their predecessors have all been Normal-types, these two are Dark-types, with the shift in emphasis that comes with it.  Continue reading “Purrloin and Liepard” →