I didn't like it because it felt like such a cynical regional form. I understand why it exists, but I feel like the only reason they went ahead and created it was because they didn't want to make a new unique unicorn line and instead just doctored up this one with all the features they knew would make it popular for marketing. It just seems like if you boil down all the things wrong with modern Pokemon design, it comes out as Galarian Rapidash. I would have much rather had a unique Pokemon. And that goes for a lot of the other regional forms, especially the ones that only change the elemental typing of the Pokemon or exist "just because." I liked most of the original set from Generation 7 because a lot of them made sense from a lore perspective, but now it feels like the last two batches of regional forms just exist because they know it's going to drum up hype. Most of the Galarian and Hisuian forms seem way more contrived and forced, rather than natural. And back to my original point, this Pokemon 100% speaks to that through and through. There is absolutely nothing about Galar that is so radically different this Pokemon needs to exist in this form. And before you say oh there's this magical forest that's why it's this way, what do you think really came first? The Pokemon or the forest? It doesn't feel like they designed the region around this lore of magic and fantasy, they just sort of slapped that stuff in there even though it totally made sense to make it the whole game. Versus Alola, which was entirely tropical and an island so it entirely made sense to have the regional forms it did.
>TLDR this thing exemplifies why regional forms are becoming a cancer on the franchise
I'll boil it down for you. I think regional forms were a great idea, but I think they are viewing away from the original design intent. The most recent regional forms seem like they came first and then the lore around them second, whereas in Generation 7 it seems like it was the other way. They created this tropical island and then thought of how Pokemon would change on it. Now they're just coming up with regional forms and trying to force them into the new regions, with very few exceptions
>Galar has Ice Mr. Mime and Darumaka because.... >Region based around a war and "infinite energy" has 1 magical forest so we have to have Galarian Ponyta >Smokestack Weezing because Britain even though Weezing is already made from smog/pollution so fit fine with Industrial Revolution themes >It was the PAST, so Sneasel was Poison type in this one region guys because... Mountain life? Just forget that it lived on a mountain in Johto too, ok? >Lilligant changed its whole body shape and can fight now because it lives around a lot of mud >Growlithe is like one of those temple statues now because it lives near a volcano, maybe? What do you mean it should get Rock Head? Just look at how cool this design is, forget that we didn't think this through
Etc etc. And the only thing that people who try to argue with me on this will say is "oh, well Pikachu ate pancakes and became Alolan Raichu? Lol get fricked." That's like the only example from Generation 7 though. All of the others match that region perfectly and make a lot of sense. The ones I just listed above just are random nonsense that they clearly created first because they thought it was cool and then realized they had to design stuff around them to make them make sense. They don't feel organic
>It was the PAST, so Sneasel was Poison type in this one region guys because... Mountain life? Just forget that it lived on a mountain in Johto too, ok?
I think the implication is that Hisuian Sneasel is the original form, and when it moved to the colder part of the region (since we do see a few of them there) they gained the ice type.
I think people get the Hisuian forms wrong in the first place. They're extinct subspecies/breeds not the original form. Unless we see Sneasler and pals in Johto Legends or whatever I'm not holding my breath assuming one evolved into the other. That's not how that shit works in the real world anyway
> All of the others match that region perfectly and make a lot of sense
You decry the G-Ponyta line for having a single area that justifies their existence but are totally fine with the Alolan Geodude line doing the same exact thing? Same thing for the Alolan Grimer line, Alola isn't a pollution or oil heavy region in the slightest (in fact, it's shown multiple times to be far behind others in practical widespread technoligy), yet you can find Alolan Grimer just milling about on certain routes for no reason at all -despite the Pokedex claiming they were brought in to deal with a trash problem and changed because of that. This isn't even delving into how they just don't even bother trying to justify the Dark typing in the slightest.
You're full of shit, moron.
I said most of the Alolan felt organic. The Geodude line is pretty egregious, I'll give you that. But Grimer I'd argue makes sense in the context of "to help make this a tropical paradise, we imported this Pokemon...." They even allude to it driving the Trubbish line to near extinction in Alola. And the Dark type seems random but I think it was added to make it different and also sell how much more grimey and polluted it became. Even if you want to say Grimer doesn't feel organic though, you still have a higher amount of Alolan forms versus Galarian that "make sense." A lot of the Galarian forms could be native to any region, but most of the Alolans feel tied to the tropics of Alola. I guess the two Ice regionals could go anywhere too but even they realize that as A-Vulpix keeps popping up everywhere lately. Hisuians are weird because like I said above you could just argue they're extinct breeds or what have you, though again H-Sneasel and H-Lilligant still seem forced as frick.
> All of the others match that region perfectly and make a lot of sense
You decry the G-Ponyta line for having a single area that justifies their existence but are totally fine with the Alolan Geodude line doing the same exact thing? Same thing for the Alolan Grimer line, Alola isn't a pollution or oil heavy region in the slightest (in fact, it's shown multiple times to be far behind others in practical widespread technoligy), yet you can find Alolan Grimer just milling about on certain routes for no reason at all -despite the Pokedex claiming they were brought in to deal with a trash problem and changed because of that. This isn't even delving into how they just don't even bother trying to justify the Dark typing in the slightest.
You're full of shit, moron.
is like one of those temple statues now because it lives near a volcano, maybe? What do you mean it should get Rock Head? Just look at how cool this design is, forget that we didn't think this through
Maybe they lost the rock type after moving away from volcanos? idk
I feel like people would like the monkeys better if 2/3 evolutions didn't look silly. Simisage looks like a badass while the other two just look moronic. The trio is also really right for a follow-up whether that's regional forms or just new editions, like the occasional fourth monkey holding its dick exists if I'm not mistaken
Hating it and its brothers because they're clones, but also liking lake trio and any Hoenn shitmon duo
I didn't like it because it felt like such a cynical regional form. I understand why it exists, but I feel like the only reason they went ahead and created it was because they didn't want to make a new unique unicorn line and instead just doctored up this one with all the features they knew would make it popular for marketing. It just seems like if you boil down all the things wrong with modern Pokemon design, it comes out as Galarian Rapidash. I would have much rather had a unique Pokemon. And that goes for a lot of the other regional forms, especially the ones that only change the elemental typing of the Pokemon or exist "just because." I liked most of the original set from Generation 7 because a lot of them made sense from a lore perspective, but now it feels like the last two batches of regional forms just exist because they know it's going to drum up hype. Most of the Galarian and Hisuian forms seem way more contrived and forced, rather than natural. And back to my original point, this Pokemon 100% speaks to that through and through. There is absolutely nothing about Galar that is so radically different this Pokemon needs to exist in this form. And before you say oh there's this magical forest that's why it's this way, what do you think really came first? The Pokemon or the forest? It doesn't feel like they designed the region around this lore of magic and fantasy, they just sort of slapped that stuff in there even though it totally made sense to make it the whole game. Versus Alola, which was entirely tropical and an island so it entirely made sense to have the regional forms it did.
>TLDR this thing exemplifies why regional forms are becoming a cancer on the franchise
>UHHHH!!! IT NEEDS TO STAND UP ON TWO LEGS LIKE AN ANIME SAMURAI! ANIME ANIME ANIME!
lol
People hate braixen just because it's popular
https://i.imgur.com/k1p6rZi.png
ITT: Pokemon people hate for dumb reasons. >It reminds me of MLP therefore bad
Ugly is such a fricking meaningless buzzword. You can call anything ugly and never have to explain why. I call this pokemon ugly. Why? Because it just is, okay? What if some pokemon are meant to ugly by appearance because they're grotesque monsters or unkempt animals? Nope, design bad because it's "ugly" and that's it for discussion.
>humanoid animals
imagine how scary that would be. Like walking down the street at night and someone coming towards you. >"It's just some guy"
You get closer and closer and realize it's a fricking black bear walking on two legs.
no one says this.
gardevoir's not ugly
blaziken's not ugly
alakazam's not ugly
ursaring's not ugly
mewtwo's not ugly
scyther's not ugly
scizor's not ugly
lilligant's not ugly
so why is incineroar. explain.
Im guessing theyre just referring to bipedal pokemon but its still moronic because mons like tyranitar or electrabuzz are bipedal but id hardly call them humanoid
Not the same anon: >nonexistent palms with disgustingly long fingers >the arms and legs have no muscle definition even though its a wrestler >despite that the torso has a bit of detail and bulk which only clashes with said tube arms >forearms are way too fricking small >bits on the shoulders are so thin and and uniform they look more like fins than spiky "wild" tufts of fur
People hate braixen just because it's popular
all of these are completely valid
that is NOT why people hate braixen by the way.
you're stupid
YOU'RE stupid. FRICK you!
Hating LGBT isn't dumb, it's instinctual
You should only hate genital choppers tho
Frfrfr
IWTCIPP
>UHHHH!!! IT NEEDS TO STAND UP ON TWO LEGS LIKE AN ANIME SAMURAI! ANIME ANIME ANIME!
lol
As opposed to actual samurai or other fictional samurai, which walk around on all fours.
I love this dude. I wish people would accept it as it is. A literal samurai over a samurai animal sounds uninspired tbh
I also hate it because it reminds me of cringe MLP people in a circle I'm in
I didn't like it because it felt like such a cynical regional form. I understand why it exists, but I feel like the only reason they went ahead and created it was because they didn't want to make a new unique unicorn line and instead just doctored up this one with all the features they knew would make it popular for marketing. It just seems like if you boil down all the things wrong with modern Pokemon design, it comes out as Galarian Rapidash. I would have much rather had a unique Pokemon. And that goes for a lot of the other regional forms, especially the ones that only change the elemental typing of the Pokemon or exist "just because." I liked most of the original set from Generation 7 because a lot of them made sense from a lore perspective, but now it feels like the last two batches of regional forms just exist because they know it's going to drum up hype. Most of the Galarian and Hisuian forms seem way more contrived and forced, rather than natural. And back to my original point, this Pokemon 100% speaks to that through and through. There is absolutely nothing about Galar that is so radically different this Pokemon needs to exist in this form. And before you say oh there's this magical forest that's why it's this way, what do you think really came first? The Pokemon or the forest? It doesn't feel like they designed the region around this lore of magic and fantasy, they just sort of slapped that stuff in there even though it totally made sense to make it the whole game. Versus Alola, which was entirely tropical and an island so it entirely made sense to have the regional forms it did.
>TLDR this thing exemplifies why regional forms are becoming a cancer on the franchise
I'm not reading all that text but regional forms are a good addition to Pokemon.
I'll boil it down for you. I think regional forms were a great idea, but I think they are viewing away from the original design intent. The most recent regional forms seem like they came first and then the lore around them second, whereas in Generation 7 it seems like it was the other way. They created this tropical island and then thought of how Pokemon would change on it. Now they're just coming up with regional forms and trying to force them into the new regions, with very few exceptions
>Galar has Ice Mr. Mime and Darumaka because....
>Region based around a war and "infinite energy" has 1 magical forest so we have to have Galarian Ponyta
>Smokestack Weezing because Britain even though Weezing is already made from smog/pollution so fit fine with Industrial Revolution themes
>It was the PAST, so Sneasel was Poison type in this one region guys because... Mountain life? Just forget that it lived on a mountain in Johto too, ok?
>Lilligant changed its whole body shape and can fight now because it lives around a lot of mud
>Growlithe is like one of those temple statues now because it lives near a volcano, maybe? What do you mean it should get Rock Head? Just look at how cool this design is, forget that we didn't think this through
Etc etc. And the only thing that people who try to argue with me on this will say is "oh, well Pikachu ate pancakes and became Alolan Raichu? Lol get fricked." That's like the only example from Generation 7 though. All of the others match that region perfectly and make a lot of sense. The ones I just listed above just are random nonsense that they clearly created first because they thought it was cool and then realized they had to design stuff around them to make them make sense. They don't feel organic
I mean they don't feel organic because Galar is a sovlless region with no dungeons
>It was the PAST, so Sneasel was Poison type in this one region guys because... Mountain life? Just forget that it lived on a mountain in Johto too, ok?
I think the implication is that Hisuian Sneasel is the original form, and when it moved to the colder part of the region (since we do see a few of them there) they gained the ice type.
I think people get the Hisuian forms wrong in the first place. They're extinct subspecies/breeds not the original form. Unless we see Sneasler and pals in Johto Legends or whatever I'm not holding my breath assuming one evolved into the other. That's not how that shit works in the real world anyway
I said most of the Alolan felt organic. The Geodude line is pretty egregious, I'll give you that. But Grimer I'd argue makes sense in the context of "to help make this a tropical paradise, we imported this Pokemon...." They even allude to it driving the Trubbish line to near extinction in Alola. And the Dark type seems random but I think it was added to make it different and also sell how much more grimey and polluted it became. Even if you want to say Grimer doesn't feel organic though, you still have a higher amount of Alolan forms versus Galarian that "make sense." A lot of the Galarian forms could be native to any region, but most of the Alolans feel tied to the tropics of Alola. I guess the two Ice regionals could go anywhere too but even they realize that as A-Vulpix keeps popping up everywhere lately. Hisuians are weird because like I said above you could just argue they're extinct breeds or what have you, though again H-Sneasel and H-Lilligant still seem forced as frick.
> All of the others match that region perfectly and make a lot of sense
You decry the G-Ponyta line for having a single area that justifies their existence but are totally fine with the Alolan Geodude line doing the same exact thing? Same thing for the Alolan Grimer line, Alola isn't a pollution or oil heavy region in the slightest (in fact, it's shown multiple times to be far behind others in practical widespread technoligy), yet you can find Alolan Grimer just milling about on certain routes for no reason at all -despite the Pokedex claiming they were brought in to deal with a trash problem and changed because of that. This isn't even delving into how they just don't even bother trying to justify the Dark typing in the slightest.
You're full of shit, moron.
is like one of those temple statues now because it lives near a volcano, maybe? What do you mean it should get Rock Head? Just look at how cool this design is, forget that we didn't think this through
Maybe they lost the rock type after moving away from volcanos? idk
Same thing happened to Keldeo
hating this thing is not dumb, it's a pokefan's duty.
is mlp even relevant anymore
No, but it absolutely fricking mindbroke Ganker to the point it will take decades to fully recover
No because it ended
Hating it and its brothers because they're clones, but also liking lake trio and any Hoenn shitmon duo
I feel like people would like the monkeys better if 2/3 evolutions didn't look silly. Simisage looks like a badass while the other two just look moronic. The trio is also really right for a follow-up whether that's regional forms or just new editions, like the occasional fourth monkey holding its dick exists if I'm not mistaken
>durrffff humanoid is bad because....it just is okay???
People hate these because they are ugly
Ugly is such a fricking meaningless buzzword. You can call anything ugly and never have to explain why. I call this pokemon ugly. Why? Because it just is, okay? What if some pokemon are meant to ugly by appearance because they're grotesque monsters or unkempt animals? Nope, design bad because it's "ugly" and that's it for discussion.
>Nope, design bad because it's "ugly"
this but unironically
That's pokefricker logic.
sick projection
that doesn't even make sense
You hate for being ugly therefore if it was attractive, you would like it. Simple as.
>You hate for being ugly therefore if it was attractive-
I don't like this food. It tastes bad.
But if it tasted good? Yeah I'd like it.
True
I'm a pokefricker who likes and wants to frick ugly designs.
>humanoid animals
imagine how scary that would be. Like walking down the street at night and someone coming towards you.
>"It's just some guy"
You get closer and closer and realize it's a fricking black bear walking on two legs.
no one says this.
gardevoir's not ugly
blaziken's not ugly
alakazam's not ugly
ursaring's not ugly
mewtwo's not ugly
scyther's not ugly
scizor's not ugly
lilligant's not ugly
so why is incineroar. explain.
>so why is incineroar. explain.
Just is.
Simple as.
>scyther
>scizor
>ursaring
>humanoid
what makes incineroar humanoid but not ursaring???
Im guessing theyre just referring to bipedal pokemon but its still moronic because mons like tyranitar or electrabuzz are bipedal but id hardly call them humanoid
Not the same anon:
>nonexistent palms with disgustingly long fingers
>the arms and legs have no muscle definition even though its a wrestler
>despite that the torso has a bit of detail and bulk which only clashes with said tube arms
>forearms are way too fricking small
>bits on the shoulders are so thin and and uniform they look more like fins than spiky "wild" tufts of fur
that was a rhetorical quesiton but thanks for putting it into words lol
>12 years later and people are STILL mad about MLP
Surely not.
So far the people posting Pokemon are dumber than the "dumb reasons"
I don't care that much for this Pokemon either way, but I really dislike the eyes.