So now that all Alolan forms are foocially out there what do people think of them? Can we know officially talk about them?
my thoughts:
Alolan Vulpix/Nintales: Easily my favorite form, because 1)it's my favorite Kanto Pokemon 2) arctic foxes are a thing 3) it looks absolutely beautiful and 4) it, together with A Exeggutor illustrates the concept of adaption to a new environment the best. The addition of the fairy type is simply marvellous and although I still hope we get a completely original Fairy/Ice type in the future, I'm happy it's there. It will most likely be the only Alolan form I'm gonna use.
Alolan Sandshrew/Sandslash: Sandshrew is a cute little igloo thing! And Sandslash looks simply cool with those ice spikes on its back. The addition of the steel type is interesting.
Alolan Exeggutor: I LOVE it, it is the perfect mixture of goofy, deranged, cool and creepy, I love it's long neck and the lore that it is actually the original form of Exeggutor and the more northern forms are just stunted exemplars, it plays of nicely with a real world phenomena. For example the Palm trees in southern Queensland don't grow as well as they would up in the tropics. The dragon typing is a bit meh (yes, I know the Dragon Palm thing, don't care) but I'm not bothered by it. This is the other Alolan form I might use, especially since of the new Grass types I only really like the Morelull line and I ready have three fairy types on my team.
Those three were the initially released Alolan forms, and I think they were chosen for a reason; they (and A Marowak, which was released shortly after) are the Alolan forms that are the most marketable to a broad audience. A lot of the other A. forms look very goofy which causes a "love it or hate it" reaction for many.
A. Marowak: I like it's lore and the flaming torches...but it kinda looks underfed... like I seriously want to wrap it in a blanket and feed until it gains a few pounds. I love the Fire/Ghost typing, however and the link to both Hawaiian mythology and the Marowak Ghost in gen 1. Here I just like the original Pokemon better than the variant.
A. Meowth and A. Persian: I think I have said often enough that I think A. Meowth is the laziest Alolan form (and that I'm looking forward to the Anime episode where Mewoth from Team Rocket impersonates a Alolan Meowth simply by being painted purple by Jessie and James) and I have also said that I think Alolan Persian looks simply too goofy for my taste (like something out of a 70s anime) I'm already not a fan of regular Meowith and Persian, so I'm not sure if there would have been a way to make me excited about A.Meowth.
I do however like the lore and it is fairly reminiscent of real world events, it especially reminds me of the way Pekineses were bred (and Pekinese WOULD be dark type as well if they were Pokemon)
A. Grimer and A. Muk: Grimer and Muk are probably my least favorite Pokemon of all generations. A. Grimer is...simply disgusting...I absolutely hate the golden drool coming from it's mouth (I have a strong aversion to drool irl) and I hate the silly looking teeth. Alolan Muk...actually looks pretty cool with its psychedelic colours (and some people have told me the colours shift ingame, even better) It's actually an improvement over original Muk imho. I also like the lore about why it was brought to Alola and how it developed. I just wish they would have chosen a different Pokemon than Grimer and Muk.
A.Raichu: I'm glad Raichu gets love and like the electronic surfer idea it has going on. However, the reason I prefer Raichu over Pikachu is that Raichu looks quite a bit more fierce...A.Raichu however is about as fierce as a cupcake. So yeah...not my cup of tea. However with its surfer stance and the Psychic type I can't help but think there's a pun about "surfing the net" somewhere in there, and I like that.
A.Diglet and A.Dugtrio: I think I have b***ed enough about it. Fact is regular Dugtrio (or rather "Three angry Diglett next to each other") is right next to Voltorb and Muk on my personal "least favourite Pokemon" list, so Alolan Diglet would have had to be absolutely amazing to win me over. Instead we got a thing with a silly cowlick and three things with silly 80s hair. No lore behind it can make that (in my eyes) atrocious design palatable to me.
A. Ratata and A. Raticate: Fun fact, aside from filling out those two spots in the Pokedex, I have never used Ratata or Raticate, I'm just not a fan of regional rodents. Now I like the idea of making the street rats and that causing them to become dark types. And I like that A. Ratata is black instead of purple. A. Raticate however... I mean regular Raticate is already ug
lay but this... it looks like a Pokemon version of Robert DeNiro in the Godfather...I know that that is the point, but it's still not very pleasing to my eyes... pass...
[SPOIL] Alolan Geodude, Graveller and Golem: Yikes... well, regular Geodude is one of those Pokemon I don't actively dislike, but also don't really care for. This version... God is that ugly... I notice a "classical anime design" theme running through those Alolan forms I don't like. Also, Golem, Golem why are you Rock/Electric? So that you can OHKO me with ground types easier, dear(unless I have sturdy).
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and mr. mime has that ugly bald clown hair style they have going one...
I'm still saying Mr.Mime has horns styled after a traditional harlequin's head. I would link a picture, but you should
never image search anything that has the word "harlequin" in it....
never trust me on that. Also Aromatisse doesn't have pigtails, it has horns.