
House Hawlucha: For the Honour of the Mask
One lunatic's love-hate relationship with the Pokémon franchise, and his addled musings on its rights, wrongs, ins and outs. Come one, come all, and indulge my delusions of grandeur as I inflict my opinions on anyone within shouting distance.

House Hawlucha: For the Honour of the Mask
Are you going to do the series where you decide whether a Pokemon is actually good or not for Alola?
Good question. I mean, I’ll do some sort of individual review for each Pokémon once I’ve played the game, definitely. I don’t know how much I want those to look like what I did for Unova and Kalos, though. I think that depends on how I react to the overall feel of the whole group of 7th generation Pokémon. Like, when I did Unova, a lot of the way I wrote those reviews was the result of my being frustrated about one particular decision and its consequences – namely, that Game Freak chose to use no pre-5th-generation Pokémon in Unova, but simultaneously undercut that decision by including so many designs that felt like one-for-one replacements for 1st-generation Pokémon (this one is here because they couldn’t have Pidgey, this one is here because they couldn’t have Geodude, this one is here because they couldn’t have Muk… etc). And that’s why I did the whole “I hereby affirm/deny this Pokémon’s right to exist” thing, of course, because I had really strongly polarised feelings about… well, really everything in Black and White, not just the Pokémon designs. I had very different feelings about Kalos; the Pokémon were… not better, Unova at its best is just as good as Kalos, but more consistent; I had trouble finding anything to seriously dislike in Kalos. Well. Except Dedenne. But f%&k Dedenne.
So yeah, we’ll see what I think of Sun and Moon as a whole and go from there. Honestly I’m even kind of toying with doing something really weird, like some sort of in-universe in-character discussion of the different Pokémon that just totally jumps off the deep end with respect to, like, being a review. But I would have to see if I can make that work, or if I even like it.
What are your thoughts on the new Gen 7 Pokemon.
As few as possible. I always avoid spoilers in the lead-up to a new Pokémon game.

House Aurorus: Under the Dreaming Sky

House Tyrantrum: Over All We Survey

House Heliolisk: Like a Bolt from the Blue
Hopfé, the Two Brews Pokémon. Water/Fairy. The liquid inside Hopfé’s transparent body changes depending on the time of day. In the morning, it’s dark and scalding, while at night, it turns cold and effervescent. Some trainers claim to be Hopfé connoisseurs and refuse to bond with any but a very particular strain of the Pokémon.
It’s… coffee that turns into beer? Um… why?
Gotta say, though, I think this could be hilarious in a comedic or satirical take on Pokémon. Detective Pikachu played by Danny DeVito would approve.

House Clawitzer: The Sea is our Hammer

House Dragalge: On Darker Tides

House Barbaracle: Snatched from the Waves