Okay, I understand that Tangela wasn't incredibly popular, since they were hard to find and not worth training because of their lower stats when compared to other Grass-types...but Tangrowth doesn't really add anything to the table design-wise. It just looks like he hadn't gotten his hair cut in a long time.
Togetic was fine where he was. Togekiss doesn't do anything but pander to that select few players that only catch the "cute" Pokemon. Certain Pokemon that evolve through friendship are certainly worth the effort, like Crobat, but Togetic wasn't worth the hassle Togepi put most of us through, and it looks like this is also just some form of compensation for our trouble.
This is not necessary. This is...this is not necessary! Why is this? Why does this exist? It saddens me that Porygon became a three-form Pokemon when there are so many other Pokemon out there that would have fantastic additional forms. Let me list them for you, in alphabetical order:
1. Absol
2. Aerodactyl
3. Audino
4. Castform
5. Chatot
6. Dewgong
7. Donphan
8. Dunsparce
9. Emolga
10. Farfetch'd
11. Fearow
12. Floatzel
13. Forretress
14. Grumpig
15. Heracross
16. Houndoom
17. Hypno
18. Jynx
19. Kecleon
20. Lapras
21. Miltank
22. Minun
23. Mr. Mime
24. Pachirisu
25. Parasect
26. Persian
27. Pinsir
28. Plusle
29. Primeape
30. Quagsire
31. Qwilfish
32. Raticate
33. Sableye
34. Sandslash
35. Seaking
36. Shuckle
37. Skarmory
38. Smeargle
39. Spinda
40. Stantler
41. Sudowoodo
42. Sunflora
43. Swellow
44. Tauros
45. Torkoal
46. Wobbuffet
Now, if you evolved each of these Pokemon and gave us one new Pokemon from one of the unused type combinations I had listed previously, you would have 78 new Pokemon. Of course, you could always evolve these Pokemon here into something of a new type combination, but that will be up for discussion after you hear my ideas of what the possible evolutions for these Pokemon could be. I'd love to tell you now, but you'd have to do me a favor first...
Hire me, Sugimori!
I disagree with this one. New Eeveelutions are not just accepted, but clamored for. Where there were no new ones in gens 3 and 5, the fans were mad. And I know a lot of people that look at that chart and squee. Plus, you forget that you can cancel evelutions whenever you want, there would be no pressure.
ReplyDeleteSecond, Tangrowth, Togekiss, and Porygon-Z are both phenomenal Pokemon. Especially Togekiss. I hated Togetic. I thought it was ugly and sub-par. Togekiss is beautiful and an amazing battler.
As for Porygon-Z, it exists to complete the design trope. Porygon: first effort Porygon2: Improved graphics and technology Porygon-Z: Infected with computer viruses. I think that's pretty damn cool.
And 9/10ths of your alphabetical list neither need nor should have evolutions. Not everything does. Some are better without evolving. Others if they DID evolve would be broken.
I mean come on, you want evolutions for Heracross? One of the best physical sweepers out there? Skarmory? Who is already practically invulnerable? WOBBUFFET??? It was banned for almost a decade and you want it to EVOLVE???
ReplyDeleteThis is swiftly becoming, "Hire Me, Suigmori...As To Be Refuted By Joe DiNozzi"...and I am enjoying it.
ReplyDeleteOf course the opinions expressed here will not always be 100% agreed with, but I have been debating whether or not I wanted to reply to comments and turn this into an open forum. I have decided positively.
Eeveelutions, in my opinion, serve as fan-service and are not a necessary addition to every game. Generation-II was skipped over when it came to fossil-resurrection Pokemon, and I am not certain that there was such an uproar from the fans as there was for the lack of eeveelutions, which I feel to be somewhat of an injustice on behalf of the fossils.
Canceling evolutions is, of course, a factor here to be discussed. The level-up eeveelution could have an overriding code that forces that to be the evolution triggered, such as with a friendship evolution too close to the Ice Rock will override an Espeon/Umbreon evolution with a Glaceon evolution. Such is an easy implementation to enforce the pressure of "friendship grinding".
I believe that all of these Pokemon deserve an extra form due to their impressive service to competitive trainers across the world. Whether the new forms discussed come before or after the current Pokemon is entirely dependent on the individual. Skarmory, for example, is a perfect contender for a baby-form pre-evolution, since it is already rather powerful. Heracross is a monster, don't misunderstand me, but his vulnerability to Flying-type moves is a tremendous Achilles Heel, as Fire-type moves are for Scizor; I would recommend an evolution to take his base stats and increase them from 500 to 545, reduce his Speed and Attack, increase his Special Attack and Defense, and change his secondary type to Dark. That way, he can stand well enough on his own, but for those who want something different, there is an evolution to consider that offers an entirely different set of tactics and strengths.
I shall now be replying to the rest of your replies. Let the battle of the open forum begin...