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.
You’re running out of gen 6 Pokemon. Are you confident that Sun and Moon will be out by the time you’re finished?
What, these things? Nah, I’ll just stop for a while and pick them up again once I’ve played the game. Might even post them concurrently with my reviews of the 7th generation Pokémon, since I probably have to do those.
…wait do I have to think of something else that I can post on a daily basis now
is that how this works
$#!t
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.
Pokémon Sun and Moon! I’m the first to put it in your question box! Now what on earth can this be? Why are we getting gen 7 before Vishnu/Zygarde’s game?
a) No you’re not, Billy; shut up.
b) Not a clue. If I had to guess, though, I would speculate that generation VII will be more closely tied to the story of generation VI than has been the case in previous games. It seems like the logical extension of what they did with Black and White 2, at any rate. This is not to say that they’re sequels in the sense that Black and White 2 were, but perhaps we might expect further involvement of the same characters, legendary Pokémon and plot elements that were prominent in generation VI. Of course, this is just a guess at something that we objectively do not have sufficient information to figure out with any confidence at this point.
Alternatively, it’s possible they’ve pulled a GS Ball and decided to just forget about Zygarde and hope no one notices.
What do you think the Sun/Moon region will be like? The ad seems to play up the inclusion of Simplified Chinese, so maybe a province of China?
Not really sure – I mean, I think to say that they were “playing up” the inclusion of Chinese is rather a misreading of the ad; it seemed to me much more like they were showing off the number of languages rather than any one in particular, which is perfectly consistent with the way Pokémon has been explicitly emphasising its status as an international phenomenon for several years now. But I suppose it’s as good a guess as any. I’ve talked before about wanting to see a Pokémon region based on India, but China (or part of China) would be a good choice as well, for many of the same reasons. Chinese mythology might then produce a three-legged crow Pokémon for the sun and a rabbit Pokémon for the moon, so if you think China is a likely source of inspiration, watch for those.
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