They are very good at what they do. Smogon bans anything that makes the metagame game all about that one thing. Rain + Swift Swim is banned due to the fact that going first, even with only mediocre stats, means that you will have an advantage 70% of the time. However, it is more about the fact...
We might be missing something. I feel like GameFreak doesn't make Pokemon just to make them for some stage in the game. I speculate that Avalugg will be good in some way. I also speculate that GameFreak makes some Pokemon to make them better later.
Also, didn't Grass and Electricity get total...
Guys, instead of focusing on the potentially upsetting aspects of the games, could we, for about an hour, talk about what we're excited about?
For instance, I can't wait for the Fairy-type. It'll be awesome to see dragons checked, much in the way that Psychics were in Gen II. Additionally, the...
Ya'know, it's funny. We actually have gotten as many new pokemon in Gen V and VI together as we did in Gen I and II.
Can we talk about how awesome the turnaround for Binacle->Barbaracle was? I saw that... thing... and remarked that it looked like a monster out of Dragon Quest. I swore up and...
I know, right? I'd rather have an intellectual discussion with earnest speculation, than the cycle of frustration that was building up.
Hmm... do we have any pokemon that represent the Gauls?
I enjoy that we can argue about this. It's nice to see the different opinions and thoughts people have on the matter.
I've gotten as far as (what I remember to be) the tricking of the Northern King (I've forgotten his name) by the AEsir. I enjoyed the events that led to the creation of the...
I'm re-posting this due to the flood of posts generally swallowing up small posts.
I have read part of it. I had to put it on hold due to school. I am aware of the stags primarily due to my interest in Ragnarok, and the fatalism of Norse Mythology.
Xerneas could easily be the four stags in...
America works, actually. The Muskedeers represent France's contribution in the creation of our country, and the Chinese trio is from Little China in New York.
Supposing the Norse reference holds true... Nidhogg is one of the heralds of Ragnarok. The "bird" people are associating Yveltal with is also a herald of Ragnarok - well, there are three of them (Fjalar, the Deceiver, and the Crimson Rooster; Gullinkambi, the Golden Comb, singer to the AEsir in...