Genaller

Yeah, fine. I was really busy watching Yu-Gi-Oh today and finished watching the whole series.

I dunno ^^

I'm pretty good, you?

Yeah, saw it. I just honestly now want to see that garbage Axew vs Garchomp arguement being fully tore into pieces lol.

Your avatar is pretty nice regardless!

Tbh though I've always thought Garchomp's shiny colors would have kinda looked nice all monochrome as shown in your avatar. Granted, I still like its shiny color (despite hardly any difference) but just wanted to say that since I first saw your new avatar.

Don't know what was the need to change the new forum system to be basically an exact copy of Bulbagarden. The VM system isn't anywhere nearly as good as the previous one......

This new system is basically just a copy of Bulbagarden lol. I honestly feel that the previous forum system was way better.

Sup, how do you like the new forums update? I think it looks cleaner, but the interface and navigation is quite confusing so far. I'm definitely thankful for custom avatars (as you can see my avatar), and ignoring people is way better now.

Do you use the default style or happy style? I'm using the happy style since I think the color contrast is much better. The default style is really hard on the eyes.

This update looks really nice aside from some poor text colour choices for links. How's it going Gen?

[Ah I see, thanks

This app seems confusing but I'm sure I'll get used to it]

Mind if I see this poll you mentioned in Versus, just out of curiosity? What forum did you post it on?

Anyway Celesteela is appearing in SM69. I hope they handle the Celesteela situation better than Buzzwole and give us a good fight to enjoy.

Um, I don't think that Naganadel will be on equal footing with the other UB's, I bet it'll be a tad weaker compared to the other UB's, but still definitely would be competitive as after all it's still an UB. By Hala's statement in SM51 it's clear that Tapus = UBs, and considering how powerful Tapu Koko was depicted, the Tapus and hence UBs are quite strong. Yeah Naganadel very possibly would be depicted weaker than the other UBs considering its lesser base stat total in games + it's a captured Pokemon which Ash very likely will use in competitive battling and it would likely be his non-ace, but I highly doubt that it'll be so much weaker than the other UBs that it can't even be competitive with them.

Yeah it's fascination with light could possibly influence on the arc climax, forming some sort of a connection with Ultra Necrozma or so, but I still doubt that it'd play it's role completely in the Meloetta way, without showing any strength or so, because:

Meloetta is a cute, sweet looking Pokemon, not really a Pokemon which looks much of a battler and Poipole won't be that kind of Pokemon once it evolves. Naganadel is a huge beast like creature, so it'd be natural if the writers have it show its strength in the climax arc as well and not only indirectly affect the outcome of the arc like Meloetta.

Well to play a major role in a major and important arc, which the UG arc seems to be, and it expected to have a strong climax (where the other UB's + Necrozma are expected to be present), one very likely needs to be a strong Pokemon I'd say. How would it effect the outcome of the arc, if it has a strong climax which involves epic fights if it isn't a strong Pokemon?

Sure you can point to Meloetta, but in that case Meloetta's song was the thing which affected the outcome of that arc so much, a.k.a., Meloetta's song and not strength was the thing which made it play it an important role in the TR arc there. What can Poipole/Naganadel possibly do something like that, like affecting the outcome of the arc without showing of its strength? Maybe it's fascination with light could be the thing which has an affect on the climax of the arc and makes it play an important role, as Ultra Necrozma is after all a creature of light. I guess we'll have to wait and see.

Anyway, when it evolves into Naganadel, I definitely expect it to be pretty strong. Probably a tad weaker compared to the others UB's but still pretty strong.

But that arc of Larvitar wasn't that much of a major arc(mostly minor) and it was merely dedicated to Larvitar only. Judging from the looks of the opening Poipole is going to play a major role in the UG arc(the opening clearly shows all the UBs + shows Poipole for a long amount of time). The SM poster before it also showed Dusk Mane Necrozma and Dawn Wings Necrozma along with the UB's as well. So it's pretty much evident that the UG arc will be a long and drawn out arc with a strong climax expected to happen with Necrozma coming in. If Poipole is supposed to play a major role in a major arc like this with a strong climax, then it surely has to be strong and can't be fodder.

I'm 100% sure it won't. It's an UB after all, and more importantly pretty much confirmed to play a major role in the UG arc. A Pokemon playing a major role in an important arc of a saga has to be strong and can never be fodder.

Though I think it will be a tad weaker compared to the other UBs.

It's eventual release and return to the Ultra Space was pretty much clearly foreshadowed in this episode, Lusamine's words pretty much tell that.

I also think it'd be more like a Squirtle/Goodra situation, where Ash can call it back whenever he needs it. The people of Ultra Megapolis are the key here, like you said: Ash can contact them anytime he needs Naganadel.

I personally think now that Poipole has to leave after the UG arc, the final climax of the arc will happen after the League, just like in XY. Poipole battles in the League --> plays its role in the UG climax --> then gets released.

I expect Poipole to be somewhat the wild card of Ash's team in this saga like Gliscor/Goodra.

[Yeah true! ]

Poipole is definitely evolving into Naganadel. The writers have to showcase Naganadel and evolving Poipole is the best way to do that. Plus Poipole is clearly implied to play a huge role in the Ultra Guardian arc eventually, judging from how much Poipole is shown in the opening, and I really can't see how Poipole will be able to play that huge role without evolving.

But one sad thing, it's already foreshadowed in this episode that Poipole will eventually be released at the end of this arc:

Lusamine pretty much told that Ash should capture Poipole and keep it as his partner Pokemon until he and co. finds the Ultra Wormhole which Poipole used to get into the human world(from Ultra Space). So Poipole very likely will be released eventually when they find that particular Ultra Wormhole.

That being said, I do expect the release of Poipole to happen at the very end of the series, because it's clearly evident that Poipole will play a central role in the UG arc like Nebby did in the AF arc, from the opening. So Poipole's capture, though not permanent, will very likely still be long term.