Aw, look at the cute widdle…

*ahem*

Today’s Pokémon is Audino, a cute, pink-and-white, vaguely mammalian, fuzzy, Normal-type Pokémon.  Sound familiar?  Yes, of course it does.  Now, just to be clear, I have nothing against cute Pokémon; I love cute Pokémon.  I don’t even have anything against this kind of cute Pokémon, taken in isolation.  Clefairy?  I’m a huge fan.  Jigglypuff?  Not a favourite, but those eyes just melt your heart.  Chansey?  Adorable.  But like so much else, it’s been done.  Repeatedly, and well.  Each of those three Pokémon has a nice little theme to give it a bit of (much-needed, I might add) uniqueness.  Jigglypuff has her proverbial song.  Clefairy and Clefable are From Space^TM and have mysterious powers represented by their Metronome spell.  Chansey, finally, is the doctor of the Pokémon world and can heal most any injury.  Audino… well, I guess Audino has the hearing thing.  Continue reading “Audino” →