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.
If you look at serebii’s latest episode pictures, Tyrunt is really really big. It’s like, six times larger than Dedenne.
That… sounds about right to me. Tyrunt’s height is listed in the Pokédex as about 80 cm, and if that’s height at the shoulder, which seems likely, he’s probably over a metre long. Dedenne is only 20 cm from head to toe.
Hey!!! Did you see the a trailer for Pokemon Go? What do you think? I’m pretty psyched, since Ingress was awesome and it’s made by the same people.
I have indeed. It’s actually kind of funny to me, because I have a friend back home who works in the mobile games industry and has been working towards a pitch for basically this exact game for years, and now they’ve gone and done it first, the bastards. Anyway, I don’t actually know anything about Ingress, but yeah, I’m excited! Pokémon was always supposed to be about exploring the world around you, and I think this is a fantastic way of building on that theme. I’m particularly interested in the segment from the trailer that depicts a massive battle against Mewtwo – legendary Pokémon finally getting the respect they deserve, as huge challenges that take as many as a dozen Pokémon working in unison to take down. I wonder whether you’ll be able to see different Pokémon in different parts of the world, or whether the game will be able to choose species that are appropriate to the real world environment? Lots of interesting decisions they could make here.
Would you object to having your own TV Tropes page, complete with folders (or even subpages!) for your playthroughs?
Um. Well, I certainly wouldn’t object, I’m more just startled that anyone considers me noteworthy enough to bother with that. If you want to create one, you hardly need my permission.
House Nidoran: By Our Royal Blood
House Sandslash: Hunger, Thirst and Scorching Heat
House Raichu: The Storms at Our Call
House Arbok: Charming in Reversal
House Fearow: Seek the Sky
House Raticate: Through All Obstacles
What’s your favorite Legendary Pokémon, and why? We all know it’s not Rayquaza (because of Emerald) or Arceus (because of The Jewel of Life), but which one’s your favorite (or favorites, in the case of duos or trios)?
That’s a hard one… You’re right that it’s not Arceus because Jewel of Life can rot in hell, and also because the whole “god Pokémon” thing just does stuff to the setting that I don’t really like, and which I’m not convinced anyone ever thought through. It’s also not Rayquaza, although I actually feel that Alpha Sapphire and Omega Ruby quite satisfactorily redeem the mess that was made of Rayquaza’s involvement in Emerald (though Deoxys is just a total Giant Space Flea from Nowhere). I like the designs of Articuno, Zapdos, and Moltres, but I’m less keen on the fact that (in the games at least) they have nothing to do with anything. Similarly, I’m fond of Cobalion, Virizion and Terrakion’s backstory, which I think is really interesting, but I was incredibly underwhelmed by how little they had to do with the story of Black and White, considering how directly invested they are in the ideological conflict behind the plot. You know, all things considered, I actually might go with Xerneas and Yveltal as joint winners; the designs are really evocative, they enabled an interesting story with some cool themes in X and Y, and the way they’re described hits a good spot on the “cosmic power” scale, where you can appreciate that these things might have region-wide significance, but they don’t necessarily place the power to unmake the universe in the hands of a ten-year-old trainer the way Dialga and Palkia do.
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