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So at the time of writing this, I think any Orange Island regular is well-aquainted with the Little things you dislike about Gen 6 thread. And the unpopular opinions thread. And the worst Pokémon sprites thread...
And I'm not gonna say those are bad at all; I regularly post to them as well -- but at the point we've made 66 pages of little things we don't like about Pokémon, I think it's probably time we reminded ourselves that we actually like this series lol. So basically, what are the little things you actually enjoy about it?
Not necessarily the major things like it's specific archetype exclusive to it and not any other RPG, or the fact they come out with great Pokémon each gen. I'm talking about the little things; the intricate things only a fan would know that separate them from the casual player, onlooker or reviewer. What smart evolution method, design quirk or statement by an NPC made you smile? What gave you a little chuckle or increased your enjoyment of the game? There's quite a lot of these and I think it's enough for us to keep this thread going.
How about I start us off?
1. While I personally don't like baby Pokémon that much the way Gen 2 done it, I adore what Gen 4 did with Budew. Roselia is a pretty decent grass-type and Roserade made it very good, but the way it was Roselia was far too powerful to be caught at the start of the game feasibly. However, introducing a baby Pokémon around the same power level of the starters, bird, shinx etc. gave you a feasible way to get a previously too powerful Pokémon early and let it grow with you throughout your whole adventure. They also pulled this off well later with Riolu, Magby and Elekid in BW2.
2. I like that they made Mega Pidgeot specially-orientated. While arguably still not the best Mega competitively, if they had just gone with a generic physical attacker it would be way outclassed by the likes of Staraptor and Talonflame still. While it could probably do with some movepool expansions, Mega Pidgeot's status as a special attacker allows it to stand out from most other flying-types and do something different.
3. I like that Sableye's Shiny actually has some meaning and lore behind it. For those not in the know, Sableye is based on an urban legend known as the Hopkinsville Goblin. It was an alleged close encounter with aliens that police apparently caught sight of in a small city in 1955. While this is an already really cool thing to base a Pokémon off of, what makes it better is that Sableye's shiny colouration is Gold - and the original police sketches of the Hopkinsville Goblin had that same colour scheme.
Those are just a few of mine off the top of my head; how about you lot?
And I'm not gonna say those are bad at all; I regularly post to them as well -- but at the point we've made 66 pages of little things we don't like about Pokémon, I think it's probably time we reminded ourselves that we actually like this series lol. So basically, what are the little things you actually enjoy about it?
Not necessarily the major things like it's specific archetype exclusive to it and not any other RPG, or the fact they come out with great Pokémon each gen. I'm talking about the little things; the intricate things only a fan would know that separate them from the casual player, onlooker or reviewer. What smart evolution method, design quirk or statement by an NPC made you smile? What gave you a little chuckle or increased your enjoyment of the game? There's quite a lot of these and I think it's enough for us to keep this thread going.
How about I start us off?
1. While I personally don't like baby Pokémon that much the way Gen 2 done it, I adore what Gen 4 did with Budew. Roselia is a pretty decent grass-type and Roserade made it very good, but the way it was Roselia was far too powerful to be caught at the start of the game feasibly. However, introducing a baby Pokémon around the same power level of the starters, bird, shinx etc. gave you a feasible way to get a previously too powerful Pokémon early and let it grow with you throughout your whole adventure. They also pulled this off well later with Riolu, Magby and Elekid in BW2.
2. I like that they made Mega Pidgeot specially-orientated. While arguably still not the best Mega competitively, if they had just gone with a generic physical attacker it would be way outclassed by the likes of Staraptor and Talonflame still. While it could probably do with some movepool expansions, Mega Pidgeot's status as a special attacker allows it to stand out from most other flying-types and do something different.
3. I like that Sableye's Shiny actually has some meaning and lore behind it. For those not in the know, Sableye is based on an urban legend known as the Hopkinsville Goblin. It was an alleged close encounter with aliens that police apparently caught sight of in a small city in 1955. While this is an already really cool thing to base a Pokémon off of, what makes it better is that Sableye's shiny colouration is Gold - and the original police sketches of the Hopkinsville Goblin had that same colour scheme.
Those are just a few of mine off the top of my head; how about you lot?