I just can't at the people who believe that all of Ash's reserve Pokemon will reach their final forms. So far, the only one that is confirmed to reach its final form is Swadloon, but that's not surprising when you consider that Bug-types evolve quickly and without much training. However, Palpitoad, Boldore and Krokorok aren't so lucky because they're rarely used in battle. Boldore could evolve into Gigalith if it were traded, which seems easy enough at first, but I doubt that it'll even happen now that we know that Trip's Timburr has already evolved into Conkeldurr (a trade with Trip was the ideal method of evolution for Boldore). But regardless, I don't think that all of Ash's reserve Pokemon will evolve.
1. He JUST got Krokorok, we have no idea what will happen with it.
2. So...Trip is the ONLY citizen in ALL of Unova...no the WORLD that Ash can trade with then? That's so sad that trainers can only trade with trainers who have trade Pokemon (I feel sorry for all those Machokes, Haunter, Seadra etc then with trainers with such a low contact list...).
3. I mean it's entirely possible Palpitoad can evolve.
Look, I'm not saying they all will evolve, any will evolve, only one will evolve but that's the thing...we have no idea how the writers will treat them. I mean they evolved Sewaddle because it';s a bug and because it's a relatively boring pokemon as far as Grass or Bug types go, but it has a fun and cool evolution. Seismatoad is pretty popular so who is say (especially since no one in the total Unova cast has a Tympole line pokemon other than Ash...no reason to not evolve it). Gigalith is also pretty popular and there are other story lines you can pursue with trading (like evolving but a permanent trading leading to some emotional dilemma between Ash and Boldore). Who knows? I mean with BW2 coming out, this saga could be much longer and they are just waiting to evolve em. Let's not count out evolution completely right now.
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