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[Vin_Mistborn]

Man, I can't tell you how happy I am with the look of these Team Skull grunts. Much better than the grunts from Team Flare at the very least.

 

[Kyzer]

Haha, since when is Raichu considered "badass"? I mean, I always thought it looked cool, in a cute sort of way, but I never thought "badass" when looking at Raichu

when Lt Surge's Raichu whooped Pikachus ass

 

[Bowlie]

meowth is killua

omgg

 

[Carl7]

I need Alolan everything, please. 721 Alolan forms

This.

 

[ZiggyPalffyLA]

gengar alola form pls

I was going to say, how does a ghost Pokémon adapt to a different environment, but then I remembered the sandcastle Pokémon exists. So plz Gamefreak

 

[Bubble]

Technician Alola Meowth? Oh boy, I'm ready for this. Please be available early in the game.

And Team Skull... meh. Can't be worse then Team Flare (bottom of the barrel) and I got a feeling they won't go the "ending-the-world" plot this time around. Rather have Team Skull simply just be "jerks".

 

[clemenx]

Meowth looks stoned to me.

 

[Brawly Likes to Brawl]

Love these guys

 

[Ryouji Gunblade]

Not what I was looking for, but I like it. Is a Mega form still possible?

 

[Geminosity]

Not sure why Alola Raichu is getting hate. I think it's pretty cute :3
If it's not 'badass' enough the old raichu is still around and can be imported from any of the many previous pokemon games

That's exactly what I was thinking.

That the female grunt looks like nonon from Kill la kill, that the grunts are doing a haka or both? XD

 

[DeathSparks]

There's fan art already, I love it.

 

[GiantBreadbug]

They took Raichu, gave him rainbow eyes, child proofed the sharp edges on his ears and tail and slightly altered the tone of his body - then called it a day. It's garbage, particularly compared to Aloha Ninetales.

Shoo wee folks ought to stop using the word "garbage" to express distaste for stuff cuz boy does it sound abrasive.

Anyway, Alolan Ninetails is literally Regular Ninetails painted white and with its tails frozen together.

See? It's easy to make anything sound silly with reduction.

 

[Delio]

I forgot Meowth normally gets that ability Does it actually have any moves to take advantage of it as a dark type other than bite? I guess it will get an updated movepool tho.

 

[javac]

Smug as fuck.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

Knock off is just over the limit for a technician boost right? Since that would have been scary

Yup. Only 65, unfortunately. If Alola Meowth has the same moveset, the things to watch out for are Pursuit and Assurance. IIRC, Assurance's double-damage is applied after Technician, so it hits for a cool 180 power if Alola Meowth got damaged already that turn.

 

[SixStringPsycho]

Was this posted?

 

[Kouriozan]

Raichu would have made more sense being Fairy with that design, but I'm fine with it.
Edit : wait, Alola Luigia? Here goes the speculations that Sun/Moon is like Gold/Silver and you go back to an older region post game.

 

[Vin_Mistborn]

when Lt Surge's Raichu whooped Pikachus ass

We're talking design-wise though. I have yet to see Alolan Raichu in action in the anime, so I can't say whether or not it will act badass in the anime.

Design-wise, Raichu doesn't look badass at all, at least not to me. It looks "cool/cute".

 

[Dystify]

Was this posted?

Yeah, it's a Fakemon.

 

[A Link to the Past]

I like the design for Electric/Psychic Raichu, but I do wish that there was an Electric/Fighting counterpart, where Pikachu evolved into one or another based on its Special Attack vs. Attack.

 

[UnemployedVillain]

So Team Skull is just a bunch of punks? No world-domination this time?

Let's be honest, as awesome as fighting world domination aspiring secret teams was, the idea of a kid/teen doing so was always dumb as fuck. I'd welcome something more down to earth. Things really got crazy out of control after Team Rocket's simply mafia racket

 

[Sigismundo]

much more interesting with dark type STAB though isnt it?

Considering Knock Off is just over the limit to get a Technician boost, not really. Bite gets a nice boost out of it I guess.

Regular Persian only really uses it for Hidden Power and Water Pulse.

 

[Carl7]

This new team looks like it just wants to fuck up shit like Team Rocket instead of creating apocalyptic situations with legendaries like all the other teams.

I fully accept this.



Yooooo technician? That means Alolan Persian is going to be a beast with its dark tyoe stab moves.

Persian bite will be stronger than crunch lol. It also has a 30% chance to flinch which is much better than Crunch's defense drop.

 

[Blackquill]

Considering Knock Off is just over the limit to get a Technician boost, not really. Bite gets a nice boost out of it I guess.

Regular Persian only really uses it for Hidden Power and Water Pulse.

Assurance will be great with this

 

[chaobreaker]

Technician Alola Meowth? Oh boy, I'm ready for this. Please be available early in the game.

And Team Skull... meh. Can't be worse then Team Flare (bottom of the barrel) and I got a feeling they won't go the "ending-the-world" plot thus time around. Rather have Team Skull simply just be "jerks".

No

 

[Calm Mind]

They took Raichu, gave him rainbow eyes, child proofed the sharp edges on his ears and tail and slightly altered the tone of his body - then called it a day. It's garbage, particularly compared to Aloha Ninetales.

I'm not sure you are qualified to be an authority on quality.

 

[Deleted member 231381]

No

Yes. Team Flare absolutely sucked balls. Insipidly designed and weak.

 

[L Thammy]

There's fan art already, I love it.

.

 

[ffdgh]

No

...It occurs to me that I don't remember any of their names.

 

[Munch Poke]

Yessss my boy Raichu finally getting some love.

I really enjoy using my fakeout encore Raichu but ill be happy to (hopefully) start having some real variations in how I can use him.

 

[Sandfox]

STAB dark moves is already a good thing for Meowth/Persian.

 

[Diprosalic]

Damn Pokemon Company why you gotta continue to ruin the OG Pokemon with these terrible Alola form redesigns instead of coming up with some original creative new Pokemon.

they make the OG pokemon cooler and introduce creative new pokemon.

 

[Geminosity]

No

Before she joined flare, was the one on the right a lawyer with a coffee habit?
Bottom left used to be an engineer on a starship.

 

[TheLegendOfCap]

As a living dex collector, WISHIWASHI makes me very sad.

*secretly hopes for mechanic to enable permanent forms/megas*

 

[Hydrus]

Wishiwashi looks nice, but damn most of these new pokemon look bad. Like reeeeaaaaallly bad. I don't care how many times it's been said. Why is everything trying to look cute/ appeal to toddlers? Other then the Sun legendary and maybe the leaked Starter evos ( If there real) I have yet to see any other Pokemon that look badass.

 

[Nanashrew]

No

Bryony is still the hottest one in the group. I love her.

 

[Familienoberhauptvogel]

I just wanna see Ash Greninja preferably with the shiny version included, my Greninja is ready.

 

[Vin_Mistborn]

Yes. Team Flare absolutely sucked balls. Insipidly designed and weak.

Yeah, I didn't care for their design either. Maybe if their design matched up a little better with their goal, it might not have been so bad.

Like, if their goal was something a little more silly or... something other than wanting to commit genocide. I'm not really good at explaining it.

 

[GoldStarz]

...It occurs to me that I don't remember any of their names.

I think one is Mabel? Or Maple? I think they were named after plants.

 

[Menitta]

THAT RAICHU IS GREAT

 

[Kinsei]

Wishiwashi looks nice, but damn most of these new pokemon look bad. Like reeeeaaaaallly bad. I don't care how many times it's been said. Why is everything trying to look cute/ appeal to toddlers? Other then the Sun legendary and maybe the leaked Starter evos ( If there real) I have yet to see any other Pokemon that look badass.

Mudsdale? The railgun bug (vikavolt), Lurantis? The majority of Pokemon that we've seen are first stage Pokemon so of course they're cute.

 

[Griss]

Like I said in the other thread, Raichu is the worst Alola form yet imo. I don't like the eyes, the color pattern and the ears. I think the should have done something more interesting with the surfer theme instead of just merging Raichu with Sylveon.

Vulpix and Exeggutor remain the best.

Agreed on both counts. Alola Raichu is an abomination. Shame, though he was never a real favourite of mine.

 

[What did he mean by this?]

Having physic in its gene pool ruins Pikachu for me forever

 

[Tony Iron Man Stark]

Why can't Raichu be part fairy...

 

[Charlie0108]

Marowak - Cursed Body/Lightning Rod

 

[Dystify]

Is this one just a photoshop from the corocoro image? Edit: Nvm, seems to be real.

 

[Calm Mind]

.

 

[Skatterd]

Guys silver surfer Raichu is obviously using his abilities to surf through the air on his tail.

It's awesome.

 

[QisTopTier]

Having physic in its gene pool ruins Pikachu for me forever

Almost every Pokémon came from mews

 

[Azure Phoenix]

Shoo wee folks ought to stop using the word "garbage" to express distaste for stuff cuz boy does it sound abrasive.

Anyway, Alolan Ninetails is literally Regular Ninetails painted white and with its tails frozen together.

See? It's easy to make anything sound silly with reduction.

Yes, people should stop using words to express how they personally feel about something - especially if it is negative.

Aloha Ninetales' design at least properly applies the idea "what if it were an ice fox instead?". What can you say about Raichu? "Uh, well it's Fairy sub type, I guess make the sharp bits softer?"