Thread:Raised By Wolves/@comment-2212492-20160602130923/@comment-5231983-20160604095251

No problem. I hate when that happens. It's even worse when your Internet decides to be a b**** and stop working for some reason for like two minutes.

I'd agree with you on the cute turns to freakish statement, but not entirely. While you are correct with some of them, like Chimchar turning into monkey with a broken head, and the Kalos starters which are all adorable (I have a soft spot for Fennekin). There are (as usual) some exceptions, like Snivy, Charmander, Squirtle, (are we only talking about starters or all Pokemon in general?), but for the most part you're right. I want to love Sceptile, but I just can't because of it's odd design. But it's Mega Evolution having the Dragon typing is rather unique. I think Game Freak knows Ivysaur and Grovyle have better designs; explaining why Ivysaur is in Smash and Grovyle is a major character in Pokemon Mystery Dungeon: Explorers of Time/Darkness/Sky. Have you played the Mystery Dungeon games? They're a lot of fun.

Yeah I know, I can see the mass appeal of Charizard (and Mewtwo as well) which is why I didn't excessively complain about it (which I usually do, and sadly I tend to get carried away). But you also have to admit there are cooler designs out there, and a lot of Charizard love from older fans is nostalgia. Emboar is easily the weakest B/W starter, both design-wise and strength-wise, especially since it has Serperior to compete with. Serperior's Hidden Ability (Contrary) makes him a total beast when you pair it with Leaf Storm. About that site, I've been using it for years now and it's really good. I'm actually a pretty respected member on there. I once played through White with Eevee as my starter, I beat the first gym (with Snivy naturally), had an Eevee traded to me and continued on with it as my starter. I evolved it into Umbreon, nicknamed Moon cause idk I was probably going through a phase or something (I still like the nickname though). Do you nickname your Pokemon? Also, if I got to pick any starter Pokemon, I'd love to pick Eevee. Seven different evolutionary options! I remember Eevee is the starter Pokemon in Pokemon Conquest though.

Well I've actually played Pokemon X three times now (it never gets old), so this time around I planned my team beforehand, using the new Pokemon I really wanted to use (Clawitzer being one of the main ones).

Now, here's how I'd deal with HMs. My biggest issue is that I'm battling and my Pokemon levels up and wants to learn a new move. I WOULD teach it, but I'd either have to delete an existing good move or an HM. Obviously neither is an option unless the former is a TM, and then I have to pass up a perfectly good move because of some HM, and I can't get that move until I gather the patience to go catch a Luvdisc for a Heart Scale. I get why we can't delete HMs – get trapped somewhere and can't Fly away, or in the middle of the water and deleting Surf, but why can't we replace HMs in a place where we can't possibly use them? Like a city or an open route? It doesn't make sense and it makes the game more tedious. As far as default abilities go, I assume you mean like flying types can fly without an HM, and to that I would agree. I mean, it's literally in most water types' Pokedex entries that they're good swimmers or something, and it's kind of inconsistent that it can't swim without an HM. But that's just a Gameplay/Story thing. If my Sharpedo can swim without an HM, then I will be satisfied.

Eeveelutions are introduced every other gen I think. We got Eevee itself in Gen 1, then we got Espeon/Umbreon due to new day/night feature in Gen 2, Gen 3 skipped, we got Leafon and Glaceon in Gen 4, Gen 5 skipped and Sylveon in Gen 6. I personally hope they break the pattern and give us more Eeveelutions in 7, and two this time instead of one. I'd happily open a spot in my team for a theoretical Spectreon. Yeah, some of the Mega designs aren't too great, with Mega Venusaur being one of them. I didn't like Swampert's Mega at all, although people seem to like it. Some other ones I didn't like were Aerodactyl's, Heracross's (I REALLY don't like this one), Pidgeot's, and Steelix's. However, there are some REALLY badass ones, my favorite Mega being Mega Mawile.