Tag: Pokémon

vikingboybilly asks:

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.

Anonymous asks:

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.

Anonymous asks:

Would you ever consider dong reviews for Mega Evolutions like you did with the new Pokemon from Unoba and Kalos

Eh.  To be honest with you I’m not really interested in individual Mega Evolutions, because I tend to be most interested in the way Pokémon fit into the world/environment/society/etc as species, and in the case of Mega Evolved Pokémon, much of the point is that they resolutely just don’t.  As a general concept I think it’s worth rambling about at length – and I have – but at the moment something like that is not really on my radar at all.