>no one was fast enough to make a Gardevoir themed thread based on the new poketoon short >we're stuck with this halfchan tier low effort thread A shame.

>>1884008 >>we're stuck with this halfchan tier low effort thread As if the previous thread was made with any effort.

>>1883972 >No Mega Starmie pathetic...

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>>1884071 So? That doesn't mean the next one couldn't have been better.

>>1883972 What better time to ask this. At WHAT point were in-universe rules changed?? Poppy is definitely below 10, but she is already a trainer.

>>1884086 This

>>1884092 What would you have suggested for me to add to the OP? The mods will add it in the OP for you.

>>1884008 That was a great short.

>>1884159 This is the dumbest spergout on the board

Most of these new megas look like absolute ASS Victreebel looks like a tied off condom, clefable has a turd on its head, and dragonite's all messed up entirely. I hope there's a card economy crash like what happened with Counter Strike and its knives so Game Fuck has to actually start trying again.

>>1884150 It was indeed, it was heartwarming. It was also interesting to see Gardevoir showing its loyalty beyond fighting in a pokemon battle and trying its utmost. >>1884206 >Most of these new megas look like absolute ASS Having recently finished the game, I am even more glad that I avoided being spoiled about 95% of the new mega forms. The main reason I was pressing forward at all was to see which pokemon got megas. If I had known what most of these megas looked like, I don't know if I would have had the motivation to finish the game. The entire game, I was waiting for a Mega Florges, for example. That never happened. Guess they didn't want to step on Mega Floette's toes, but that shouldn't be a problem, as AZ's special Floette and Florges are different enough from each other.. Mega Talonflame? Nope, even though it is the regional bird and a popular mon. Instead we got Mega Pyroar and all GF did was give it a taller mane. That's it. Even it's stat boosts are boring; It just gets 20 added to everything. When it came time to fight Ghrisham, some hope returned, but no, he just had a Mega Charizard X. Mega Goodra? No, didn't get one either, even though it is Kalo's pseduo-legendary. Having it introduced in the same game as Mega Dragonite wouldn't have been an issue either since, again, Kalos is its home turf. And what in the world were they thinking with Mega Feraligatr? Some big red thing on its neck comes down over its head so it looks like a giant Totodile? What a waste.

>>1884206 Megas have always looked like shit they're just continuing the pattern

>>1884008 It is what it is. I was looking for a particular image of Gardevoir in a bridal dress, but couldn't find it in time. I have a job and don't have a Gardevoir irl to do this for me. Please understand.

It just occurred to me that, while OP did a decent job of making a thread, it would have been hilarious if he made it a Mawile thread instead.

>>1884206 >>1884240 >why does this silly/cute/reference pokemon's mega not look sharp and cool like Mega Charizard? >what the FUCK?! The joke lion whose mane is the kanji for "fire" turns into a kabuki caricature whose mane is the character for "blaze" ??? >what the HELLY?! The sentai/alien/Mother reference turns into a bigger sentai/alien/Mother reference??? I'm at my limit with these jaded old fucks

>>1885015 Counterpoint: they look like shit.

Oh boy the vidya porn Pokémon thread returns Come visit >>>/humanoid/80 for a thread that would have been on 8chan's actual /vp/

>>1885065 whatever, but why do faggots keep focusing on the 2 jokemons in the roster and completely ignore the Kalos starters Megas, Froslass, etc. ? You want the cool and aggressive designs, but you pretend they're not there and focus on Starmie all day The only design I'd say is just bad is Mega Scrafty, because they just didn't do much of anything with it. The initial design didn't leave much to improve on either way, but it is just boring. And also Mega Feraligatr has a posing issue, if you see it with the "head" pulled back it just looks stupid, but if you go to the pokedex and stop the animation when it clamps down you'll notice the arms make up the bottom teeth and he looks like a big ass Totodile. The 2nd head should just not ever be pulled back like that imo, the idea itself is fun, he wanted to specialize even more in biting so now it bites with the entire upper half of its body

>>1885186 I'm not focusing on any of them, I generally think they all look like shit. The art direction of Pokemon has been on a nosedive in quality for generations now and shit like this just reinforces how much of a bloated, over designed and over saturated property it is. Pokemon should have died years ago but it keeps dragging along like a corpse on a rope that gets a new coat of paint every year.

>>1885339 drama queen there's a lot of stinkers for sure, Gholdengo and Quaquaval for example and those do genuinely make me want to drop pokemon every time I'm reminded of them, but there's also Annihilape, Ceruledge, Roaring Moon, etc. if that's your opinion I don't see why you'd hang out around pokemon still, you want them to die but you give them traffic

>>1885348 >drama queen >if that's your opinion I don't see why you'd hang out around pokemon still Where do you think we are? I'm going to criticize shit when I see shit, how about you stop being such a blind consumerist whore?

>>1884306 >I was looking for a particular image of Gardevoir in a bridal dress, but couldn't find it in time. What, you're telling me you don't have a whole folder of high quality art of Gardevoir in wedding attire? Are you even a real fan? :^) >>1885015 >>The joke lion There is no evidence suggesting Pyroar was made as a joke. Any classification as a joke is by fans because of its movepool or stats. GF tried to make it special by making it the first Fire/Normal species and by heavily favoring females with its gender ratio, referencing the structure of lion prides. >>turns into a kabuki caricature You mean the red lines under its eyes and the red bump on its forehead? Virtually no one outside of Japan will see those details and be reminded of kabuki. I doubt many people in Japan itself will notice it, if it even is an intended reference. >>whose mane is the character for "blaze" Again, almost no one outside of Japan will notice this. And whether it is recognizable or not, just making its mane taller is boring and uninspired. They could have done more to make its back legs different, maybe altered its tail more, made the mane flow differently.

>>1886445 >Again, almost no one outside of Japan will notice this Everyone who just got into Pokemon won't notice it but everyone who's been around long enough to see Fire Blast in the anime and the sprite gens, will.

>>1884314 >it would have been hilarious if he made it a Mawile thread instead. I don't get the joke?

>>1886496 I still think it's a bit too subtle, but it seems like this is one of those cases where one would have to do some kind of survey to find out what the general consensus is. If I had more time, I'd go through some videos of people reacting to Mega Pyroar and take note of whether they notice the Japanese kanji in its mane.

>>1886583 It's giant character surrounding its head, people will see that and wonder what's up with the weird mane design before looking up a wiki or video explaining it. >If I had more time, I'd go through some videos of people reacting to Mega Pyroar and take note of whether they notice the Japanese kanji in its mane What worth is that? Just because a bunch of normies doesn't recognize something, doesn't make it a terrible idea; Mega Pyroar looking like shit, makes it a terrible idea. At this rate, they shoulda just crapped out a Mega Unown.

>>1886613 >It's giant character surrounding its head, people will see that and wonder what's up with the weird mane design before looking up a wiki or video explaining it. <people will understand the idea because they'll get confused by it and have to look up an explanation online W-what? >Just because a bunch of normies doesn't recognize something, doesn't make it a terrible idea; Mega Pyroar looking like shit, makes it a terrible idea. Yes? It looks like shit and is a terrible, over-designed idea. What are you getting at?

>>1885015 >why do the designs in this game about collecting monsters not look cool? I'm jaded because I don't want to see the series that I enjoyed as a child slowly dragged into the dirt. It's because I care that I complain.

>>1886445 >There is no evidence suggesting Pyroar was made as a joke. it is literally a 炎 it wears kabuki face paint and even does the hair whip from a famous kabuki play https://youtu.be/ncc6BnVptPc?si=TMOFGAXqUKLe5tTr&t=47 shut the fuck up you actual 75IQ animal >no one outside of Japan will notice this jelly donuts apologist too, pick a struggle

>>1886543 Did you not watch that Poketoons thing?

>>1888438 Here it is, just in case someone hasn't seen it.

>>1889047 >We'll never have something like Charmander sounding like it's being murdered by Squirtle, again They go too hard in emulating the real world but with Pokemon; kinda kills the mysterious world feel the older anime had.

>>1889216 >>We'll never have something like Charmander sounding like it's being murdered by Squirtle, again I remember being truly surprised by that moment years ago, it really left an impression on me. It was a little unsettling but not enough to ruin the experience. Instead it showed how brutal battles could be, that these were living creatures brawling it out in order to get stronger. >They go too hard in emulating the real world but with Pokemon Seems like they really want to push the whole "Gee, wouldn't your boring, sad, real life be so much brighter and cooler with pokemon in it? Yeah? Then buy our plushies now, only 79.99 each (plus shipping and handling)!"

>>1888438 I did, I forgot about the Mawhile at the start.

>>1889255 >pic More flavors of nurse joy are always a good thing

>>1889316 And nursing being diverse isn't really a case of DEI, there's a genuine nursing shortage in basically every western nation and governments fast track residency to those who work in healthcare. If you're a RN from Nigeria or India, it makes more sense to move to Germany or Canada than to work for nothing in your homeland.

>>1889316 Not when it is done to pander and push a narrative. It was clearly done for diversity and DEI points, and while in this case it is minimal, it shows that GF is willing to change elements of a game to please a vocal minority, likely for money. In every game, the nurses have always looked identical. Of course, the anime goes into much more detail about the whole Nurse Joy thing, but still, the game has had a consistent pattern. Even when it became easier to make detailed models and the space on game cartridges grew, such as in Gen 6, 7, 8, and 9, all the nurses looked identical. In fact, Gens 8 and 9 were made during huge pushes for more "diversity" in gaming, and yet we still had the classic, light skinned nurses at the pokemon centers. And then along comes Legends Z-A, and one of the first nurses you see is very, very dark. GF has stayed consistent all this time, something must have pushed them to make this deliberate design change. Especially since the skin color of a healing NPC doesn't affect gameplay or the environment at all. It's clearly performative. Galar is based off of Britain and has its share of black and brown NPCs, but the nurses are the usual design. So it cannot be because Paris is known for having people from around the world living there. >>1889321 Yes, that's true, the filename was more of a joke about healthcare in the pokemon world, I suppose.

>>1889321 >there's a genuine nursing shortage in basically every western nation Yeah, that's because medical professionals receive shit pay. And the reason medical professionals receive shit pay is because the government gives hospitals two choices: (1) treat every single fucking patient who walks into the ER regardless of what their problem is OR (2) say good bye to the government subsidizing the hospital through Medicare: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Medical_Treatment_and_Active_Labor_Act Then there's also the problem that medicine has been more about pushing standards and beliefs of rabid vegans who (I SHIT YOU FUCKING NOT) tell farmers that it is their job to teach chickens who to fart out low-calorie eggs or be arrested for making people suffer from heart disease: https://redirect.invidious.io/watch?v=vvIfIRMuVks Did I also forget to mention that Reagan made the states responsible for health care after replacing Carter's MHSA with OBRA, and the states just never picked up the responsibility: https://archive.ph/5lbPw

>>1889316 That makes no sense with how potent the Joy family genes are; you should only be able to get pale shut in Joys and tanned field Joys. That black Joy in ZA shouldn't have been possible beyond, if anything, just a bigger butt and fuller lips. >>1889452 >it shows that GF is willing to change elements of a game to please a vocal minority Hasn't that been confirmed for years? >GF has stayed consistent all this time, something must have pushed them to make this deliberate design change Gamefreak's completely new people now and even back before that, while they did show it respect, they mostly seemed like they only kept doing it for the easy money until G5. I can't see them caring even slightly when Nintendo or The Pokemon Company tells them to make someone black for those Blackstone bucks. >>1889321 >>1889680 Did the other nations also cause a shortage because they fired the ones who wouldn't get jabbed during the coof? Macromastasia Joy confirmed?

>>1889943 >Did the other nations also cause a shortage because they fired the ones who wouldn't get jabbed during the coof? Probably. I know that happened with the American military.

>>1889943 >Hasn't that been confirmed for years? It sure has. But while any change is significant, the idea of all Nurse Joys in a region looking the same has been implemented into the games for many years. Making them multiracial all of a sudden is even more proof of how far GF is willing to go. It's similar to how the game no longer asks "Are you a boy, or a girl?", a classic phrase that so many people have seen at the start of their journeys, done away with because of niche, extreme philosophies that the main audience (kids) shouldn't even have to think about. >Gamefreak's completely new people now The people in charge of the series now probably don't have that same love or spark for the world of pokemon, since it wasn't born from their minds. And they are more than aware of how pokemon is the biggest media franchise ever. So in their minds, what's wrong with accepting some grants and funding if all they have to do is change a few things? If some fans turn away from the series, they know the game will still sell. And of course, they can justify things by saying it doesnt affect gameplay in the end. Also, >we all know how difficult it can be for someone with a logical idea or a sound mind to stand up against others at a big company. Now imagine how difficult it is in Japan, where you are always expected to respect and obey your boss no matter what. Speaking up means retaliation or social ostracization. And if you get fired from GF, where else are you ever going to find a job in the game industry? >make someone black for those Blackstone bucks. Some blackstone bucks to buy a sweet new grill for those friday night office get togethers It feels like this was the primary motivation behind Jacinthe's design. Think back to all the leaders of the various groups in the game, and get in the shoes of a mentally ill xitter user. How many of those leaders were nonwhite? Besides Canari, who's just kind of tan, none of them. Seeing how awkwardly Jacinthe's super-dark skin tone contrasts with her light purple clothes, they could have made a decision to just make her black to fit some sort of standards or list brought to them from investors or higher-ups. Is there any concept art or internal documents to directly support this? No, but it seems pretty likely all things considered. >spoiler I sure hope so.

>>1889680 Low calorie eggs would likely taste horrible, dumbasses don't get what gives flavor

I probably could've put more effort into this, but I just wanted to see how she'd look.

Can't we call this /pkmn/ or something? This isn't halfchan

>>1889943 It's hilarious how much of a shitshow Ohmori's games have been.

>>1896459 And there’s an actual board here called /vp/ already. Might as well call this thread Pokemon Thread, or just Pokemon, with the theme afterwards. It would match everything else on the board.

>>1896466 That's because it's a job to him at best; just look at how he's the only one not smiling.

>>1896049 She genuinely looks better that way. It just makes more sense aesthetically. >>1896466 They really, really have to let someone else have a crack at it for the next mainline game.