Monthly Archives: January 2016
Daily Blog Challenge: January 14th
Today’s Theme: Favorite Fairy Pokemon
Oh, yes. The latest type thrown at us in our pokemon adventures. I did not know what to make of this type originally, but it has more or less grown on me. Anything that completely blanks a dragon pokemon is fine in my book. The mascot for the fairy pokmones was Sylveon. A very gimmicky, but albeit, a cool pokemon nonetheless. Sylveon was also here to showcase the new way to play with your pokemons to obtain a new form of max happiness. I was under the impression(Maybe foolishly) that Slyveon was going to be one of the few fairy Pokemons. What they did instead was change the typing of a lot of the old pokemon to pure fairy pokemon. They made nine pure fairy pokemons for X and Y. In addition, they also changed 6 previously normal pokemons to pure fairy typing(Cleffa, Clefairy, Clefable, Togepi, Snubbull, and Granbull). A few more of previous pokemons (Jigglypuff, Azumarill, Gardvoire to name a couple) were given the fairy typing almost making fairy one of my favorite typings, okay it was not that extreme, but they added some cool pokemons to help get fairies started.
So, quick history lesson aside, whose my favorite pure fairy type: Clefairy
I guess this a match made in heaven. After all it is CleFAIRY. In all seriousness, Clefairy is a cool pokemon. It has one of the more extensive backstories of the originals. The idea of pokemon from space was pretty cool. Gamefreak must think so too if you see the Pokemons they have coming from space after this(Deoxys, Jirachi maybe even Mew). I even made a point that celestial should be it’s own typing Here!
Anyway, enough with how cool space pokemons are. Rather this is a rumor or not, I read Clefairy was originally going to be Ash’s first pokemon(And I pretty sure was Red’s starter in the original manga back in the day). I do not know how I feel about this. Ash’s Pikachu is pretty great but I do not care much for other Pikachus. I can picture Clefairy laying in the pokecenter after being demolished by Surge’s Raichu and Ash holding his hand out, in it, containing a moon stone. Clefairy chokes up at first. Than, she boldly double slaps the moonstone out of Ash’s hand. She waltz up to that Raichu the next day and uses metronome and down comes the strongest, fiercest thunder from the sky(Gym ceiling?) and totally obliterates Raichu.
So whose your favorite fairy pokemon? Let me know!
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Daily Blog Challenge: January 13th
Today’s theme: Favorite Flying Pokemon
If you thought steel had a low total at 5 pure pokemon, wait until you see flying. Flying only has 2! Yeap. Two pure flying pokemons. Can you guess which two. Pidgey? Nope. Braviary? No. Fan Rotom? Haha. no.
Tornadus Incarnate Forme. and…. Tornadus Therian Forme.
Yeah, Tornadus is the only pure flying pokemon. As you know, no legends on this list so we’re going to have to go with a dual type.
If we’re going to branch from the pure type than we’d look at the primary flying type. Well there are only 2 primary flying pokemons. Noibat and Noivern. I have nothing against these two but I dont have the best experience with them.
So I am going to look at flying as the secondary typing. Whose my favorite: Crobat
Crobat is an epic pokemon. It’s poisonous. Crobat cripples his opponents with his toxic poison attacks. Once he disables his victims he uses his crushing flying attacks to finish them off. He is lethal, he is unapologetic, and he is ruthless. He is the embodiment of what a pokmon should be and what a trainer should look for in his pokemon.
So whose your favorite flying pokemon?
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Daily Blog Challenge: January 11th
Today’s Theme: Favorite Ground Pokemon
Ground Pokemon are the bane of any player’s adventure. They are normally the first gym leader’s pokemon. They normally litter caves. While they are normally coupled with Rock pokemon, I generally like Ground types better. They make good HM slaves and have rocking Attack and Defense.
So whose my favorite ? Phanpy
There’s 13 ground pokemons to pick from and Groudon is a legend. Though, I am ont a huge ground type fan, it does contain an evolution line that is one of my favorite. I gauge how much I like a pokemon on mainly two categories. Either how adorable they are or by how awesome they are. Phanpy is very precious and he evolves into Donphan which on its own is an awesome pokemon.
So whose your favorite Ground pokemon? Why? Let me know in the comment section!
Daily Blog Challenge: January 10th
Today’s Theme: Favorite Rock Pokemon
Did you guys know there are only 9 rock only Pokemons? This caught me quite off-guard. It saddened me too, because most of my favorite Rock pokemons have a second type (Lavitar, Aerodactyl, Kabutops). The other thing that doesnt help is Regirock is the coolest rock only pokemon, but he breaks the Legend Clause.
So, with all those hurdles what is my favorite rock pokemon? Sudowoodo
I think he is very fun Pokemon, both by design and back story.
For those of you who do not know, Sudowoodo went around pretending to be tree, tricking people as far as what type he is.
Watch this Pokemon Episode
The funny part is my faovrite rock pokemon wants to be a grass type. Haha.
I dont know if it is his charismatic whine, his endless attempts to use grass moves, or his energetic dance. There’s a lot to love in this guy. I think of the Sudowoodo from the anime every time I run across the Sudowoodo in the game.
So whose your favorite rock type? and why? Let me know in the comment section.
Daily Blog Challenge: January 9th
Today’s Theme: Favorite Fire Pokemon
Yes we’ve hit that part of the blog where the next two weeks will be my favorite pokemon of a certain type. I will try to stay away from legendaries. Dual types are not allowed.
Now I’m starting with fire because it is one of my least favorite types. Most of it’s memorable characters are final forms of starters or legendary pokemons. When I look outside of those I have a hard time naming a truly great pokemon. I do like Magmortar a good bit and Arcanine is a very noble Pokemon. I’ve narrowed it down to three but it is really hard to pick between one of them.
Those three are:
Blaziken
Typholsion
Chimchar
Blaziken would probably be my favorite if the dual rule was not in effect. Typholsion is a very cool pokemon, I enjoy the whole cyndaquil line.
Chimchar might actually be one of my favorite pokemon in general. It’s true he did not crack my top five list originally, but upon giving him more thought he is so delightful. Monkey’s are amongst my favorite animals in real life. So take that monkey and give him the ability to shoot fire and now we’re talking! Not to mention he evolves into another awesome pokemon. Infernape is a legit dude who, himself gets stuck in the dual typing no-no. While I believe Blaziken is the superior fire/fighter, I think Chimchar is heads and shoulders above Torchic.
Some Honorable Mention:
Entei
Talonfalme
Charmander
So, whose your favorite fire pokemon and why? Let me know in the comment section?
Daily Blog Challenge: January 8th
Today’s Theme: Coolest Mega Evolution
When X and Y originally dropped, I was not sure what to make of these mega evolution. I knew they were going to be powerful and game changing and ORAS proved they arent going anywhere soon.
Mewtwo and Charizard were among some of the early ones I remember. Man, I thought they looked awesome. The black Charizard with blue fire was legit and Mewtwo X looked like one customer I didnt want to have to deal with. You were given Blakizen and his Mega Evolution had speed boost so it seemed way too overpowered. The story mode had you fight Mega Lucario and that guy just looks great.
So of all the awesome pokemons, which is my favorite? Ampharos.
I know. Of all the Pokemon I named how could I not pick one of them? I just love Mega Ampharos’s design. The long white hair sales it to me for two reasons.
1). It makes him seem like a Poke Elder. This Ampharos has a little history to him. He is an electric pokemon so I have this image of him on a mountain as lightning comes crashing down and he is on top commanding it. The elder feel makes it feel like other pokemons come to him in time of need.
2). It looks like he is going straight Super Saiyan 3 in here man. That idea alone makes it one of the cooler looking pokemon.
There’s a lot to love with this new Ampharos, but at the same time, a lot of the Mega Evolution guys look really awesome.
So what’s your favorite and why? Leave in it the comment section!
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Daily Blog Challenge: January 7th
Today’s Theme: Favorite Anime Character
Note: This is the original anime so origin does not count.
It might be easy for the old schoolers to think of Ash. Ash was always one of my least favorite. He just seemed to get outclassed by most of the others he met. From Todd to Ritchie, they all just seemed a little cooler.
Most of my anime knowledge stems from the first two generations though I did see some of Hoenn.
So who is my favorite character? Gary.
Gary was the coolest dude ever. Gary was a good trainer. Gary had the pokemons, the cheerleaders, the car, the badges. He was everything Ash was not, remember the Krabby comparison
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Gary did not have people skills and did not relate to his pokemon quite like Ash, but he was the reason you wanted to become a pokemon trainer.
I always wanted more Gary in the anime. He had Squirtle and Eevee and Arcanine and loads other.
Did I mention Squirtle was his starter? Just saying. He knew what was up.
So who is your favorite character? Why? Good backstory? Attitude? Pokemon? Design? Let me know in the comment section.
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Daily Blog Challenge: January 6th
Today’s Theme: Which Region Had The Best Starters?
This might be the hardest one I’ve done so far, because I genuine feel like every generation has had great starters.
So which generation do I pick? Hoenn.
It was hard to pass to up the original three off nostalgia alone. Squirtle is my favorite and Charmander is everyone else and well…, Bulbasaur is there.
Or Johto, where Swagigatr was boss and everyone loved Typhlosion.
My most memorable set of starters were Sinnoh’s. I put the most time into the Sinnoh games and that was when I when I was coming into my own as a pokemon trainer. Great times.
So why do I give it to Hoenn? A region I frequently rate as one of the weaker regions? I like that they finally made the grass pokemon relevant. Treeko and his family line are some of the coolest pokemons in the whole series. Blaziken is super overpowered and who can forget “I heard you liek mudkips”? It was the first time I felt l had to think about which starter I wanted instead of just picking water by default. Treeko set a bar for grass pokemon that I dont think has quite been reached. Snivy was cool though.
So while none of the starters are particularly the best or even the coolest starters. I feel like Hoenn gave you a challenge for a change. Yes, Blaziken was incredible powerful, but Treeko’s line and Mudkip’s line were great as well.
What’s your favorite generation? The OG’s or maybe you’re into the new ones. Let me know in the comments!
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Daily Blog Challenge: January 5th
Today’s Theme: Lamest Pokemon Design
I do not like being negative, but Pokemon is not all gold. Sometimes it just misses the mark. Today were going to look at the lamest pokemon design.
Now, the community seems to hate on Jynx, Vanillish, Garbodor, and a handful of others. I dont necessarily hate any pokemon. If you read into the lore and Japanese culture, most pokemon make sense or, at least, become a little more reasonable to defend.
My beef lies in the pokemon that just seem like utter copy cats. Namely: Dedenne.
So, why dedenne specifically? Now, I may be incorrect, and feel free to correct me if I am, but most of the electric mouse pokemons that came after Pichu just seem like Gamefreak cashing in on Pickachu’s fame. I’m fine with ever generation have a pidgey-esque character, but Pikachu and his line should’ve been a one and done. His shoes are just to big to fill and I dont think any of the rip-offs have touched me the same as the original yellow haired rodent.
This wasnt the first example of ripping off previous pokemon either. Hoenn gave us a ton of new and awesome pokemons, but it also gave us some blatant rip-offs with slight spins. Wurmple’s line were copycats of caterpie, but I’m willing to let this pass because it was some of the early examples of evolution depending on gender(which is pretty cool.) Seviper, Plusle and Minun, and Feebas didnt help the cause either.
I find this to just be more lazy than bad or stupid. I mean, some of these example they tried to spice up a little, but Dedenne seems like they just made Pikachu a little smaller, orange, and gave him antenna whiskers and called it a new pokemon. At least, X and Y was able to give him a fairy typing to help try and make him a little unique.
Anyway, whats your least favorite design for a pokemon? Why? Did it look just plain dumb, or was there no originality to it?
Challenge: After you comment/think of your least favorite pokemon, see if it’s inspired by any Japanese legend or lore. You might be surprised what inspired some of those weird looking hooligans.
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