Thread:Raised By Wolves/@comment-2212492-20160602130923/@comment-24152851-20160604090941

Sorry for the late reply. I was at work. I just typed up this long reply, and then accidentally closed the tab. So annoying.

There seems to be this trend that the cuter a Pokemon is in its first form, the more freakish or hideous it is in its final form. How did Torchic go from being a cute little chick to the mutant kung-fu assassin chicken with talon hands? No offense to Blaziken. There are some middle evolutions that look better than the final one. Imo, Grovyle is the best design of the Treecko line, with the leaves on its head and tail looking the most streamlined. While Ivysaur is visually better than Venusaur, who looks like a giant grump.

Can you blame kids for liking Charizard though? You got to admit, as a kid the idea of having a fire breathing dragon was cool. Even I felt like that. Yup, that's just what I meant. Grass types can be found in, well... grass, as well as forests. And for water types just use Surf or go fishing. Though at least Tepig's design isn't as bad as it's final evolution, Emboar. That has to be the most WTF starter evolution design ever. Interesting, I never saw that site before. Different starter type triangles would be a nice alternative. Though how about having an Eevee as a starter? The rival got one in Yellow, so why can't the player get one in a main game?

I tried to shift my team around and give everyone a turn, but as I caught more Pokemon that I didn't care for or ones that were too similar, I just ended up sticking with favorites, mainly 2 boxes. Well, technically they love Pikachu the most. I'm not sure if all Pikachu clones are received well in Japan, but certainly better than in other parts of the world.

Oh okay, cool. Yeah, I had a lot of memories with Johto as well. The plot with the Legendary dogs and Ho-Oh was very engaging, though I hated the damned roaming Legendaries game mechanic. Point taken. I think it's because geographically Johto is treated like an extension of Kanto, as they're both based off Japan. I'll definitely agree that they put a lot of work into the geography of Kalos and the inclusion of French culture. It probably looked visually better in part due to better game technology as well. Though Surf and Fly are pretty useful. Would you prefer the mandatory HMs you need to progress the story to be default abilities?

Pretty much every region will have an Eevee and Eeveelution. Eevees are adaptable creatures and can live anywhere. Though, for the Starter Mega Evolutions, Mega Charizard seems to be the only one that exists. The other two are almost never mentioned. And Charizard is the only one that has a Mega that looks really different. You can barely tell Venusaur and Mega Venusaur apart, except one has a flower on its head.