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The fact that Calyrex-Shadow is only in 24th while the Ice counterpart being “number one legend” is a massive shock, I expected the opposite. Same for Zacian and Zamazanta, though Zacian’s position is in far lower 86th which means the nerf mattered more than it looked like. Miraidon being the...

That would explain the 570 / 590 BST of the Paradox Pokémon and the existence of the Past Beast Paradoxes and Future Sword Paradoxes; the former is explained by Terapagos / Tera being a powerful source of imagination, thus even something based off Jigglypuff and Delibird ends up being powerful...

Having nostalgia to something mid by itself isn’t a bad thing, and more power to those who genuinely enjoys the game, comic, movie or what else they grew up with. It’s only when they started to defend both the good and bad thing about the stuff they grow up with that it becomes a severe issue as...

Except Ogerpon also goes from Grass to Grass / Fire, Grass / Water or Grass / Rock depending in the mask she’s wearing. Her mask forms aren’t strictly superior in statistics and whatnot, except Hearthflame Mask where Mold Breaker is pretty strong with Fire Ivy Cudgel and Grass STAB, and...

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That issue also happened with the cross-gen evos introduced in Gen 4, of which are hit-or-miss design-wise with how disliked Rhyperior, Probopass, Lickilicky, and a few others are by fans, despite how well-liked Electivire, Dusknoir and Roserade are. The sudden artstyle shift didn’t helped their...

And then Applin got a third member in Teal Mask that evolves further in Indigo Disk, while Duraludon got the honor to have the first cross-gen evo to have 600 BST. The former was most likely done so that Kieran doesn’t run with a somewhat wimpy Ace in the Indigo League, though Archaludon proved...

I’m not the only one feeling this way. I think the issue is that too many of the designs were trying to be plushie-like in appearance, thus hurting the variety of their designs and is what happens if you focus too much on merchandising in mind for the Pokémon design. While it worked for the...

Even given the nerfed stats of Zacian and Zamazenta to make their stats less inflated, I do agree that this case of power creep is a sign of how lazy GF can be when it comes at making new Pokémon in an effort to stand out. Yes, power creep is inevitable and perfect balance in Pokémon isn’t...

We, or at least most, can agree that Dynamax snowballs in the worst way possible when you compare it to other Super Mechanicstm, with only Mega Lucario having comparable snowballing power. It’s one thing that major NPCs didn’t used their Dynamax / Gigantamax Ace quite delicately except Leon...

Wait, toothless aces? Could you give me some most blatant examples? I do agree on the rest, and I’m unhappy to see that even after years and years of experiences, GF couldn’t figure out a decent AI for the opponents.

IMHO this only works in non-game stories or if the non-ace Pokémon are also good team members and not fodders to take care off quickly, because if the players can snowball with a mechanic, they can and will do it, running risk of losing their own immersion since they were never explicitly told...

Quick question; would Wailmer + Wailord count due to Wailmer being found in Crown Tundra‘s Frigid Water despite not being in the Crown Tundra dex?

The main appeal of the duo is their rivalry akin to real life mangooses and vipers though, so it’s a good idea to let both veterans and newcomers know about their nature. A violent rivalry like that was unheard off, since both present and previous rivalries were either Legendaries or some of the...