Syberia
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Title is subject to change if I have a sudden flash of creativity. Though these are rare.
Given the reception of my last article, I'd like to continue the trend - where I previously looked at the impact Pokemon had on their own generation, this time I will be looking at how the giants of each generation have changed over the years. Some have been able to keep up with generational changes, a few have switched roles, some have gotten better, some have seen a steady decline from what they once were, and others have gone from hero to zero in the blink of an eye, though I don't recall seeing much previously written on this subject, especially for the Pokemon that dropped off the radar.
What I propose is to take the top 10 or so Pokemon from each generation (I would do this over multiple issues, devoting one to each generation), briefly go over what they did in their respective generation, and how they have gotten better or worse in subsequent gens.
Since the pool of OU Pokemon in RBY is so small, I found it easy to pick out a top 10 list:
Alakazam
Tauros
Exeggutor
Starmie
Jynx
Golem
Rhydon
Persian
Slowbro
Zapdos
(I was considering Chansey and Snorlax, but I feel these Pokemon really rose to fame in the GSC era so I'll be doing them there). I decided against Gengar because I did it last article as something that has been good in every generation. I will make a brief mention of this, though, as I feel it deserves to be here.
For Alakazam and Tauros, I will probably also be a bit brief with their current-gen summary, as they were featured last time, but I did not go into anything past RBY with either of them, so I still have material.
Just one thing, though - can anyone point me to usage lists for GSC - BW so that I could easily determine the top used Pokemon?
Given the reception of my last article, I'd like to continue the trend - where I previously looked at the impact Pokemon had on their own generation, this time I will be looking at how the giants of each generation have changed over the years. Some have been able to keep up with generational changes, a few have switched roles, some have gotten better, some have seen a steady decline from what they once were, and others have gone from hero to zero in the blink of an eye, though I don't recall seeing much previously written on this subject, especially for the Pokemon that dropped off the radar.
What I propose is to take the top 10 or so Pokemon from each generation (I would do this over multiple issues, devoting one to each generation), briefly go over what they did in their respective generation, and how they have gotten better or worse in subsequent gens.
Since the pool of OU Pokemon in RBY is so small, I found it easy to pick out a top 10 list:
Alakazam
Tauros
Exeggutor
Starmie
Jynx
Golem
Rhydon
Persian
Slowbro
Zapdos
(I was considering Chansey and Snorlax, but I feel these Pokemon really rose to fame in the GSC era so I'll be doing them there). I decided against Gengar because I did it last article as something that has been good in every generation. I will make a brief mention of this, though, as I feel it deserves to be here.
For Alakazam and Tauros, I will probably also be a bit brief with their current-gen summary, as they were featured last time, but I did not go into anything past RBY with either of them, so I still have material.
Just one thing, though - can anyone point me to usage lists for GSC - BW so that I could easily determine the top used Pokemon?
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