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SPOILERS! Scarlet & Violet Leaks Thread - Data/Mechanics
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Paradox Donphans looking pretty sick. Though I think the past paradox one is probably gonna be my favorite design.
Kind of thought they would reveal the first starter evolutions with this one, but I guess they're saving that for release week/day
Kind of thought they would reveal the first starter evolutions with this one, but I guess they're saving that for release week/day
part of me was hoping that the only new thing revealed in the trailer would be the bird. it would be poetic in a way, i think
I personally think its hilarious that the trailer gave us only codenames for the new mons without giving any confirmed new names. This, combined with the fact leakers are laying low for the while, means that the fucking Ungaboonguss list leak remains unconfirmed and I think that is really funny
So... About the codenames...
Are they the "titan" boss fight names, like Klawf the "Stony Cliff".
Or are they the paradoxes names, since i remember Khu saying they all have weird names for pokemon.
Are they the "titan" boss fight names, like Klawf the "Stony Cliff".
Or are they the paradoxes names, since i remember Khu saying they all have weird names for pokemon.
We know the Japanese titan boss names from Kaka and the Donphans are "Earth Shaking".
It is probably likely that these are the paradox names based on the Japanese names following the same pattern as hinted at.
Donphan is the only Pokémon with both a Past and Future form, they were obviously going to do something pretty obvious for it.
Those are the titles for the Titans, they're not in any way names.
We've known this literally as long as we've officially known Titans existed.
Volcarona gets both a past and future form too
Dirt/Earth Shaking = Titan Title, like a zelda boss epitaph
"Great Tusk"/"Iron Tread" = Descriptive title because the explorers don't know their actual names. Think of this like the UB code names
their actual names = their actual names, everyone's favorite tautology, that we don't know yet.
"Great Tusk"/"Iron Tread" = Descriptive title because the explorers don't know their actual names. Think of this like the UB code names
their actual names = their actual names, everyone's favorite tautology, that we don't know yet.
i mean, even just looking at koraidon and miraidon makes it seems like it's a safe bet to assume that the paradox forms will follow the same format of caveman and robots. i think khu also alluded once that all of the future mons will look robotic despite not actually being steel type
The whole games are based arround past and future. So, obviously the paradoxes featured on them will have designs based on past/ancient/medieval (Scarlet) or futuristic/robotic/space (Violet).
Basically the Violet ones will look like Horizon Zero Dawn creatures/weapons, while Scarlet ones will be more HZD tribal humans.
Basically the Violet ones will look like Horizon Zero Dawn creatures/weapons, while Scarlet ones will be more HZD tribal humans.
I was answering the person asking if they were the titan boss fight names.
Technically they may not even have actual names because they didn't actually exist, and so their given name may as well end up being the name we officially call them by like Silvally.
That's still kind of in the same vein as the Ultra Beasts. interpol just had them as code names and you ran into them as ???, only named after the fact. Though I don't think anything from dex entries to dialog actually acknowledged them getting proper names?
USUM kind of silently pushed aside that aspect iirc, though I think the anime kept it going a little
on the topic of Paradox mons, while we know of some things that will likely be in the DLC, I doubt we know of EVERYTHING new it will include.
one thing I was wondering/a theory I had was, since Kommo-o and Metagross and the only 2 pseudo legendaries missing from the dex, and i'm assuming they'll be brought back for DLC, like how they did with SwSh and Crown Tundra. Metagross is easily the most futuristic pseudo and Kommo-o is (arguably) the most ancient-feeling one, so I wonder if they'll make Paradoxes of them, with Future Kommo-o and Ancient Metagross. Probably version exclusives as well, like Ttar and Salamence.
again, this is all just (mostly) baseless wondering
one thing I was wondering/a theory I had was, since Kommo-o and Metagross and the only 2 pseudo legendaries missing from the dex, and i'm assuming they'll be brought back for DLC, like how they did with SwSh and Crown Tundra. Metagross is easily the most futuristic pseudo and Kommo-o is (arguably) the most ancient-feeling one, so I wonder if they'll make Paradoxes of them, with Future Kommo-o and Ancient Metagross. Probably version exclusives as well, like Ttar and Salamence.
again, this is all just (mostly) baseless wondering
I feel bad for any theorists ignoring leaks and crafting a theory that ties every instance of time travel and dimension hopping in the franchise, linking it to the legendaries and the Donphan teases, only for the story and third legendary to go...
I love that before Great Tusk's reveal, the best anyone could interpret it as is a Donphan with martial arts style armor and bands
Only for its actual appearance to be a prehistoric monster with a kill count
Only for its actual appearance to be a prehistoric monster with a kill count
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Makes a lot of sense to tease us both of Donphan Paradox “forms” before the other Paradox Beasts, since Donphan is inspired of a wheel. Iron Tusk’s face do look goofy for something supposed to be fierce, though.
I can’t really bother to call the Paradox Beasts as forms as-is, since it’s essentially “Legendary-level Convergence Mons” with similar looking Pokémon but are truly distinct, right down to different Pokédex number. It also makes up for just two standard convergence lines as well.
I can’t really bother to call the Paradox Beasts as forms as-is, since it’s essentially “Legendary-level Convergence Mons” with similar looking Pokémon but are truly distinct, right down to different Pokédex number. It also makes up for just two standard convergence lines as well.
Miraidonphan's face is really weird to me for some reason. EYesare a little too close togrther for the design to work imo.
Dunno how it sees anything when its trunk is also right in front of its eyes
Dunno how it sees anything when its trunk is also right in front of its eyes