This is the most likely scenario.Unless they don't care and simply want the evolution out of the way..
But one has to wonder why they even bothered having Goodra leave if they felt the need to immediately replace it with another Dragon type.
This is the most likely scenario.Unless they don't care and simply want the evolution out of the way..
Unless they don't care and simply want the evolution out of the way..
Exactly what I've been saying.
If they did truly care, Noibat wouldn't have been shafted for so long.
I still think this:
After so long they've FINALLY decided to give Noibat a focus episode? Pretty sure that means an evolution.
I find it hard to believe Noibat is evolving here when it wasn't shown in the special where they had no problem showing Eevee evolving (which comes after this episode).
This is the most likely scenario. But one has to wonder why they even bothered having Goodra leave if they felt the need to immediately replace it with another Dragon type.
So of course *shrugs shoulders* who cares if Noibat does evolve in this episode. They sure as hell didn't promise us Noivern in the summary of the special.
So they had no reason to show us Noivern.
Except it made sense to focus on Eevee evolving, its the dance party, it would've taken them too much effort to focus on Noibat and show off its evolution it it was happening in this episode.They generally hype the evolutions
Dracula Otachi is certainly not an unpopular Pokemon.
Promote the pseudo for the region. But perhaps Barney would have overshadowed the other Kalos Pokemon? All they needed to do was have Barney acknowledge he can join Ash whenever called upon, otherwise he'll stay protecting the marshland (which they still can do in the future).
They generally hype the evolutions, and Dracula Otachi is certainly not an unpopular Pokemon. So it's either not happening or they want it to be a complete surprise.
Except it made sense to focus on Eevee evolving, its the dance party, it would've taken them too much effort to focus on Noibat and show off its evolution it it was happening in this episode.
Like I said "THEY" chose what "THEY" thought the audience would like. Noibat evolving clearly didn't make the cut regardless if its here or not.
Maybe Noibat is popular in some circles, but definitely not the circle in which it actually gets focus and gets acknowledged.
This episode even if its not an evolution seems more like they only made it because they were obligated to, rather than because they wanted to.
I will always say that if it doesn't evolve here, this episode should've came A LOT sooner.
I'm pretty sure it's either going to be a complete surprise or it's not going to evolve yet. Although given that Noivern was on the XY&Z poster and appeared in numerous other merchandise with the main cast pokemon I think it's safe to say that Noibat is going to evolve into Noivern soon. Although I should point out that it is possible for Eevee to evolve into Sylveon before Noibat evolves into Noivern.
Keep in mind thinks to the previous end "gao gao all stars"( I believe I spelled it right) people thought that Fletchinder wouldn't evolve into Talonflame until after Eevee was caught, but as we know now this clearly wasn't the case. So it's possible that Noibat won't evolve in this episode, but will evolve in a later episode. Although either way this episode won't be a filler as Noibat is most likely at the very least will learn a new move here.
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I never said Dracula Otachi wasn't happening. I was saying Noibaby wasn't evolving that episode or it would be a complete surprise...
Level doesn't exist in anime. So yeah.
I don't think Noibat will evolve in this episode. It might evolve in its fourth episode. (This episode is its third episode)
If noibat is suppose to evolve in this episode and they didn't bother to show it in the new year previews, then that should tell you how much they care about him.
If they give it a flying-type move like Gust or Wing Attack maybe they will have it upgrade it later to Hurricane. Also if Noibat doesn't learn a flying-type move here, then maybe it will learn Flamethrower or Heat Wave here.