Comment on [MEME] Furret beats Dragonite in an argument.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours agoThey did straight up steal one of the starters from Cassette Beasts, even down to the name lawl
Comment on [MEME] Furret beats Dragonite in an argument.
Rai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 hours agoThey did straight up steal one of the starters from Cassette Beasts, even down to the name lawl
Nelots@piefed.zip 1 hour ago
Despite the both of them being Pomeranians, they don’t actually like anything alike. Which tells me they didn’t steal Cassette Beasts’ homework here. Pomeranians aren’t exactly unpopular dogs, so it’s not even a little surprising Pokemon (a game with several other dog breeds) is adding one. It’s also where the both of them derive their names.
Though Pombomb is a significantly better name than Pombon.
Glide@lemmy.ca 13 minutes ago
As a huge Cassette Beasts fan, agreed. They didn’t attempt to imitate the (superior imo)explosive bomb design, with the tail as the fuse and the black fur turning to jagged red to imitate an explosion.
Pomeranian’s exist. What a twist.
LarryBetraitor@lemmy.world 1 hour ago
Honestly, I would rather have Gamefreak steal people’s fan designs than take the shitty Mega Evolutions that we were stuck with in Legenda Z-A. There isn’t a single Mega exclusive to Z-A that’s good or even passable. Mrga Greninja, Mega Starmie, Mega Dragonite, Mega Golurk, Mega Skarmory, Mega Meganium, and all the other new megas are proof that Gamefreak HATES their fans so much that they would rather use an INSULTING design than admit that the fans can make better designs than Gamefreak.
Nelots@piefed.zip 24 minutes ago
Nah, I think Z-A megas as a whole get too much hate. Don’t get me wrong, there’s a lot of stinkers, but many of them genuinely look good, certainly no worse than other megas. Absol Z, Chandelure, Chesnaught, Delphox, Dragalge, Emboar, Falinks, Golisopod, Magearna, Meowstic, Scolipede, & Scrafty… plus Golurk & Skarmory, which you said look bad. I think ALL of these look good. Some of them I’d even call great.
A lot of the others suffer from trying too hard to fit some theme that doesn’t actually look good in the game. Like the two Raichu forms are intended to be shaped like an X and a Y (though I don’t hate the Y form). Feraligatr looks like a Totodile when its mouth closes. Dragonite is supposed to resemble the pre-evolutions with the wings, while also being a reference to an angel. Notably, most of these look pretty good in their concept art, but translate terribly into the actual flat-colored 3D game.