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[B. Thunder Tiger]

LOL, Crabrawler looks fun to use. I like how they designed the claws to be like literal boxing hand gloves. Very neat.

 

[JVLightningLover]

Guys. I love Crabrawler. I love the little guy. He's squaring up and about to molly wop someone to the freakin' edge of the galaxy. Still not the biggest fan of the sandcastles. Stufful is, of course, adorable. Also, Pokemon confirmed edible, I guess. I honestly don't know if I'd be able to eat a Pokemon when they've the capacity for reason, higher thinking and emotion.

Eh The claw will grow back....probably. And I love it, too! Look at that little antennae pompadour and "ya wanna have a go?" look on its face. They again, I'm always a fan of the crustacean Pokemon, so this adoration isn't a shock.

Just realized, the name 'Palossand' is literally 'pile o' sand'. That's hilarious.

Huh, I was reading it as "Palace sand".

 

[LockFelino]

Just realized, the name 'Palossand' is literally 'pile o' sand'. That's hilarious.

I like how it kind of carried over the joke from the Japanese name. Shirodesuna/"It's a castle, isn't it?" to Palossand and the pun you pointed out.

 

[League]

You say tomahto, I say pail-o-sand.

 

[Josef Stylin]

Just realized, the name 'Palossand' is literally 'pile o' sand'. That's hilarious.

Oh wow, I didn't even notice. Top-tier name right there.

 

[Rainbowdashtheawesome]

I had to look them up, and god damn I have an appreciation for crabs now.

They're both awesome and terrifying at the same time, though what do you expect from the world's largest terrestrial arthropod?
On my last trip to the San Diego Zoo I was really disappointed to find out that they now have a coconut crab exhibit but it was off display because it was molting that day.

 

[Munchy]

I'm sold on the sandcastles now, they look SO much better in-game.

 

[Daisukereds]

I like how it kind of carried over the joke from the Japanese name. Shirodesuna/"It's a castle, isn't it?" to Palossand and the pun you pointed out.

I think it's a pun.. much like with Bulbasaur. "White Sand"* or "It's a castle".

 

[Endless]

The one downside of Crabrawler in my opinion is that it seems to lower our odds of ever getting a mantis shrimp Pokemon. Now that we have a punching crab, people would complain about a punching shrimp being redundant.



The sandcastles like water because real sand castles need to be wet before they can set. As countless children have learned at the beach, if you just flip a bucket of dry sand upside-down and remove the bucket the sand will not remain in a cylindrical shape; it will just spread out. It needs to be wet so the grains of sand can stick together.

One thing that surprised me about Crabrawler is its size. It's not even as big as a real coconut crab. It's heavier than one, but not as large.

I didn't register that the trade-off for Water Compaction raising Defense not one but two stages was that the ability apparently does not grant immunity. So it makes a lot more thematic sense to me now, even if it made the ability considerably worse than I first imagined.

 

[goodpeople25]

Yup the design on the castles definitely came together for me with the moving models as I figured it would come down to.

And wow I thought living grudges and life draining to make more was pretty much going to be the extent of the ghost type creepiness in the line, but nope! Valuable lesson I guess, ghost types can always get more creepy.

 

[XXD17]

The crab should have been part Water honestly. There's hardly any new Water types for you to catch. Just two fish and Wimpod

Hopefully a dolphin

 

[Josef Stylin]

Another thing that I just noticed now is Stufful's tag. Looks pretty funny! As much as I don't care for Bewear's design, I think the pre-evo is super cute.

And wow I thought living grudges and life draining to make more was pretty much going to be the extent of the ghost type creepiness in the line, but nope! Valuable lesson I guess, ghost types can always get more creepy.

This is what you get for not watching enough cheesy horror movies. Anything can happen with "ghosts possess x"

 

[ReneEnjolras]

LOl at Stufful's tag~ Palossand's names is very punny. The new boxing crab is okay. Turtonator is awesome. A matamata turtle!!!

 

[PrinceOfFacade]

I guess it's safe to say the Bewear line will be huge on Attack, but pretty bad on Defense.

I like how Polassand uses sandcastles a camouflage. I so look forward to using it in battle. This new ability can prove quite helpful. With this ability, also, I predict it will have pretty good Special Defense. Basically, I see this:

Palossand
HP: 85
Attack: 75
Defense: 50
Special Attack: 121
Special Defense: 100
Speed: 10
Total: 441

 

[wolf jani]

I really like Crabrawler its my third favorite of gen 7 pokemon revealed so far.

 

[yuoke]

Hopefully a dolphin

Dolphin is for sure happening so yea.

 

[ReneEnjolras]

I guess its safe to say the Bewear line will be huge on Attack, but pretty bad on Defense.

I like how Polassand uses sandcastles a camouflage. I so look forward to using it in battle. This new ability can prove quite helpful. With this ability, also, I predict it will have pretty good Special Defense. Basically, I see this:

Palossand
HP: 85
Attack: 75
Defense: 50
Special Attack: 121
Special Defense: 100
Speed: 10
Total: 441

Excellent estimate for its stats. I definitely see it as a special tank with low speed.

 

[PsychoIncarnate]

I don't really like Crabrawler

Kind of odd, since I was hoping for a coconut crab pokemon

I thought it was going to be Wimpod's evo at first because of the coloring and the mouth

 

[LockFelino]

So I just found that Crabrawler can learn Stone Edge, what does this say about a potential evolution? Can any unevolved Pokemon learn it?

 

[Missingno.Fan]

I love seeing the castles in action.