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.
How tf is phione a legendary but not Volcarona, Rotom or Spiritomb????
Well, there is no real definition of what a legendary Pokémon is, other than “the ones we say are legendary Pokémon.” It seems to me like the distinction has two parts. There’s a real-world reason, related to how you, the player, go about obtaining the Pokémon practically, and there’s an in-universe reason, roughly related to how well-known the Pokémon is.
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House Volcarona: Unconquerable Radiance
Visit an island near Nuvema Town, the starting location in Black and White, and you might meet a Pokémon Ranger with a mysterious egg to give away. This mysterious egg will hatch into a fascinating insect, which will probably set you on fire. With any luck this, like that regrettable incident between Ash and Pikachu, will signify the beginning of a lifelong friendship. Unless you just decide to squash it. Meet Larvesta, the torch Pokémon!
Personally I think Larvesta is cute but I could understand if she had her dissenters. I don’t think there’s any question, though, that it’s a fun design. The solar image created by her horns stands out nicely, and the idea of a larval insect that lives around volcanoes is just cool. Combining the Bug and Fire elements is something Pokémon hasn’t done before and frankly I think it would have been a difficult idea to screw up, which illustrates something that I don’t think Game Freak have cottoned onto yet – there’s still a bunch of type combinations they haven’t tried yet, and just picking one at random is almost certain to suggest some interesting flavour as well as creating a mechanically unique Pokémon. Continue reading “Larvesta and Volcarona”
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