I fricking hate how they turned rotom into a gimmickshit mascot. Rotom was based in gens 4 and 5, with its implied backstory, the fact that it's a ghost living in a haunted house and can become material by possessing electronics, that was such a good idea for a unique monster.
But now apparently there's like a thousand of them for some reason and they're friendly towards humans helping them with their dex etc, just frick off dude. Pokemon is the biggest IP in the world yet for some fricking reason they felt like they needed to ripoff some literalwho fotm franchise? The frick?
I do admit it's odd that Rotom went from something that felt extremely rare that was only found in remote areas to something commonly integrated into society.
At least mascot status means more merch and love from the fandom
Not the right kind though, it's soulless garbage that doesn't acknowledge Rotom's original design and backstory at all
>backstory at all
what pray tell backstory is there then. because all you do is just find it inside a TV in an abandoned mansion, that's it. give canon backstory evidence and no fanfic schizo headcanon
In Platinum there is an implied backstory with Cyrus that proves Rotom to be unique, so it being all over the place makes no sense.
>proves Rotom to be unique
>unique
citation needed. where does it say one-of-a-kind
it's a statement on how our materialist consumerist culture subsumes and commodifies that which was formerly supernatural and mysterious
btw I don't mean this as a bad thing
I would rather buy a funny t-shirt with a ghost on it than be sincerely, actually afraid of ghosts
>and love from the fandom
rotom dex and rotom phone made me hate rotom
my bad I forgot I was talking about you specifically
moron.
It's one of the few good pieces of world building in pokemon.
>world where everyone relies on magical creatures for the simplest of things
>has a magic creature that possess technology
>smartphones and the pokedexes are all possessed now
The only thing that they should have done that they didn't was make the Rotomdex be a 7th pokemon that you could charge up rarely for use when your team is KO'd.
And this extremely common, friendly pokemon that everyone uses for zoomer tech absolutely had to be the canonically unique, haunting pokemon from the previous gens instead of a new design that was actuallyl created to be extremely common and friendly because... ?
>because
It's already there and check all marks to do the task. Be happy that your shitty mon gets some spotlight.
>Unique
Catch a ditto, not unique anymore
>check all marks to do the task
No it doesn't, it is in fact the polar opposite of what it would take for the task
>Be happy that your shitty mon gets some spotlight
Rotom was all over people's lips when Platinum came out, it didn't need to become a shitty cereal mascot to be popular
>polar opposite
>pokemon entire lore is that it likes to possess in appliances
Unsuited for sure
>Platinum
>18 years ago
It'd be forgotten and you'd be complaining that they didn't fix Rotom-Fan.
Enjoy what's you're given
>It'd be forgotten and you'd be complaining that they didn't fix Rotom-Fan
Which they... still haven't done? What's your fricking point there anon
Just that you'd cry about something else about Rotom. Enjoy its spotlight
I don't understand why they made rotomdex so awful looking. Most other regions have amazing Pokedex designs
For me it’s the Gen II dex
ORAS dex for me, assuming the ball on the left hand side is a track ball
it should have been porygon instead of rotom
porygon is artificially created and it could also have gotten the spotlight it deserves after the anime frick up
Yokai Watch and its consequences have been a disaster for the Pokemon franchise.
And this.
Porygon got robbed so hard it's disgusting.
Yokai didn't invent any of those concepts.
>OOOH IT’S SO LE SPOOKY AND LE SCARY
meanwhile the actual Dex entries stated that it’s just a prankster AND that people wanted to use it as a power source BEFORE SM
>DPYAS:
>Its body is composed of plasma. It is known to infiltrate electronic devices and wreak havoc.
>PtBWB2W2:
>Its electric-like body can enter some kinds of machines and take control in order to make mischief.
>HGSSXOR:
>Research continues on this Pokémon, which could be the power source of a unique motor.
have a nice day OP
>It is known to infiltrate electronic devices and wreak havoc
>take control in order to make mischief
Meanwhile in alolass games
>LOL I'M YOUR FRIENDLY POKEDEX PET ROTOM :DDDD
die in a fire zoomer homosexual
It's a ghost that merged with a toy, this is clearly a one time thing that didn't happen to an entire species
Yes it wants to be friends with a kid because it's got a childlike personality, it's a prankster ghost pokemon, not a fricking babysitter helping toddlers on their journey
>SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP STOP CONTRADICTING MY REDDIT RANT REEEEEEEEEEE
once again
have a nice day OP
You're the one defending nugen garbage, you should go back if anything. Imagine coming here while enjoying any game that came out after gen 5
...isn't what any part of my post is.
>Enjoy its spotlight
No, i won't. That kind of "spotlight" is soulless garbage, even worse than mega evolution and other gimmickshit forms.
it's funny how you felt the need to mention gen 5 even though rotom isn't even encounterable in gen 5
unovagays are so fricking insecure
and like always they start genwars out of nowhere as proved in
I mentioned gen 5 because it's the gen that actually removed Rotom's ghost type for its alternate forms, replacing it with a new type that depends on the form. That was logical and an extension of Rotom's characteristics of becoming material once it possesses something.
What alolass did is shit.
>moron headcannon
>But now apparently there's like a thousand of them for some reason and they're friendly towards humans
Someone didn't play the games. They said that it's a recent development, and that these Rotoms were specifically bred to help humans. They aren't like the wild Rotoms, they were literally made and trained to possess phones.
Rotomdex was moronic though.
>they're friendly towards humans helping them with their dex etc
>Finally, I came to realize that the Pokémon only wished to be friends. I have decided to name this most wondrous Pokémon 'Rotom.' Simple though it may be, Rotom emerged to me from the motor of a lawn mower. Motor and Rotom... Surely the link is obvious?
>Rotom and I became fast friends. We were perpetual companions. The electricity from its body forbade contact, however. We could not touch, let alone hug or hold hands, but we cared not. For we were bonded on a much deeper, incorporeal level.
>When I came to, to my horror I realized that Rotom had disappeared. I searched high and low for my friend in dismay and desperation. 'Don't chastise yourself. The fault is mine. No harm done. Let us play as we always have.' Though my words poured out, my friend could not be found to hear them...
>My search for Rotom carried me far from home. It was in the town's rubbish heap that I again found my old toy robot. Curiously, our eyes met, then the robot waved a hand as if in greeting. I knew then that I had found my lost friend. I ran to it and hugged Rotom tight, talking on and on.
>The robot's eyes lit up happily as I held it. I'm certain that, within it, Rotom was emitting lots of electricity. Somehow, I felt I could understand Rotom's thoughts better than before. Also, I realized that we would remain friends throughout our lives...
moron
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What's weird to me is how future models lobotomized Rotom.
USUM Rotom was talkative and commented on your quest.
Rotom today makes no sounds. I get that people found it annoying but im personally a fan of silent protag and chatty little helper.
Feel its mostly due to the change in function, rotomdex being a dedicated bottom screen just lends itself better starting to talk without being too distracted.
Now its more of an aesthetic choice to make cellphones more unique to the series. I'll always miss the intricate dodads the older devices were though.
>Rotom was based in gens 4 and 5, with its implied backstory, the fact that it's a ghost living in a haunted house
That was just the backstory for that specific Rotom
Anon, Rotom was born from a ghost getting merged with Cyrus' toy. There is only one Rotom.
And then it got ditto'd and now theres tons, simple as that really. Progenitor of the species.
Yeah well frick that. I'm glad nothing past gen 5 is canon.
Yeah it sure would be unfortunate if rotom was capable of breeding in gen 4, or if infinite rotoms were available in gen 5 through dream radar. It sure is a good thing that your headcanon is 100% bullet proof.
>Rotom was born from a ghost getting merged with Cyrus' t- FANFIC SCHIZO HEADCANON
>Our encounter was a sudden one. It was when I found my toy robot, one that I had earlier misplaced. At that instant, a Pokémon startlingly emerged from the lawn mower's motor! Clutching my robot, I stared, transfixed by the peculiar Pokémon.
where did it say "born" you illiterate moron. a rotom inhabited his toy while it was lost but nowhere does it say rotom is unique. literally replace rotom with any other ghost pokemon and it's just a story about an encounter with any ghost pokemon.
Read Charon's notes
where does it say rotom is one-of-a-kind, i'm still waiting moron. give me the specific quote or maybe you dont want to admit you're illiterate and making up headcanon with charon's notes. give me the exact quote that rotom is unique, no fanfic headcanon
Anon, a pokemon that was born from a specific event can only be unique.
>born from a specific eve- FANFIC SCHIZO HEADCANON
where did it say it was born moron
Even if you decide to pretend it wasn't born from the interaction with the toy, it's clearly stated that Cyrus named it.
Are you from the timeline where they kept Rotom as a legendary pokemon like planned?
I agree, I like the original Rotom design, and I really hate what they've done to it in the last 3 gens.
Totally agree with you op, by the end of gen 7 i just fricking hated him when i loved his ass in gen 4
As a Rotom Enjoyer, I'm actually thrilled that its become more of a mascot. Surprisingly though, there's not a TON of merch all things considered, even though the phone/dex are pretty integrated into the series now. It is nice to see more base Rotom stuff (Whats Your Charm Point? line of merch in Japan feature him as the most recent release!)
Rotom is actually Ishihara's favorite Pokemon, and probably a big reason why it's gotten a bit of a push (consider, probably why Poliwhirl was pushed in the US at the beginning of Pokemania)
As for Rotom being unique- I think originally it was designed to be some kind of legendary/one of a kind Pokemon. It uses the Legendary encounter music in DP, and an old Pokemon mailbag letter did specifically say it was Legendary, but that's totally been retconned. Charon's story still works as he was the first to DISCOVER Rotom and name it, but every piece of Pokemon media implies there are more (and they do the same with Legendaries anyways so the point is moot)
The only thing preventing Rotom from being a legendary is its bst, same with Spiritomb
Honestly this guy probably would live up to the term pseudo legendary then what we ended up using the term for. Legendary treatment to catch but thats about it.
>Charon's story still works as he was the first to DISCOVER Rotom and name it
Rei/Akari in Pokemon Legends Arceus makes that an interesting stable paradox as they most likely only knew to call Rotom that because they come from a time after Charon named it but that technically makes Rei/Akari/Professor Laventon the first to name it. Whoever uncovers Professor Laventon's pokedex in the modern age is going to be extremely bewildered in general, kek
Isn't it implied that Charon isn't the one who discovered Rotom? His entry begins with "It was by pure chance that I obtained information about the Pokémon Rotom.", which is not something you would write if you discovered something for the first time.
Charon didn't, Cyrus did
I love rotom. rotom cars, rotom houses, rotom restaurants, rotom condoms. i want all of it. she needs to be the face of the franchise
No this is actually cool as frick. An electricity ghost that strictly possesses machines/appliances is a frighteningly cool and novel concept for this franchise. Don't look a gift horse in the mouth
Why Rotom? It's not even from Kanto like Porygon is, why would they pass up the opportunity for more Kanto wienerslurping? Is Sinnoh just Kanto 2?
porygon is racist or something
>Is Sinnoh just Kanto 2?
Basically yeah
When DP came out it was almost like a 2nd pokemania
Because of this Sinnohmons are the 2nd most iconic after Kantomons
Wake up babe, another fanfic has dropped.
Pokémania 2 was XY and Pokémon go when normies began to feel nostalgic
Go was pokemania 2 because it was when pokemon became as big as pokemania again, but gen 4 was definitely the highest point between these two pokemanias, which is why it's got the 2nd most iconic dex
Bzzt! xD
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True
The Rotomdex was complete cancer but the phone is fine.
The rotomdex was annoying but fine, but the rotomphone is cancer, literally "pokemon as tools" that the series vomits on and on that they don't do and now it's just comically slave labor