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We need to talk about Pokemon Carddass art
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I remember we had a thread about this on the old site that got promptly ruined by gen war shitposting, please don't repeat that here, guys.
Pocket Monsters Blue launched in October 1996, though, and these cards are from '97.Aren't these cards the reason Kakuna had arms?
Nah, even back in gen V which I loathe, something like how Excadrill drills up in motion is amazing.
Wow. Thank you for posting these. I didn't even know they existed. Ken Sugimori is so damn good. I love the early unrefined Pokemon art and this is like finding a buried treasure box full of it.
I think that these pieces of art depict Pokemon as actual living beings in their world. What they do to survive. They hunt each other. Just like our own. Our world isn't pretty when it comes to live but it is fascinating. And I feel Pokemon has moved away from that sadly. That harsher reality that Pokemon took upon in it's earlier lifetime is gone for a more ideal world where Pokemon are nicer to not only humans but with themselves as well, losing some personality in the process.
I saw these posted in an Imgur album a few years ago. I thought they were cool, but I didn't know anything about them other than they had early Pokémon art by Sugimori on them.
To me the most horrifying one is Parasect's Spore. Imagining a bunch of mushrooms popping up on my skin is very unpleasant.
To me the most horrifying one is Parasect's Spore. Imagining a bunch of mushrooms popping up on my skin is very unpleasant.
I wish they hadn't taken away Kakuna's claws. I liked them.Aren't these cards the reason Kakuna had arms?
That is the original fat Pikachu.
I like this Pikachu a lot.
Yeah, like a red skeleton. I guess that means Golem is hollow too?
I hope you never play SM or you may break out of this false narrative.
This stuffs amazing. Man, early Pokémon was just so damn cool. I wish it would of continued like this instead of the watered down kid friendly take we have these days.
I feel like these have good meme potential.
Wing Attack was supposed to throw feathers? Wowa. (I haven't played anything after B/W so excuse me if they do that in current 3D animations)
Nidoqueen Poison Sting is some shit.
Aggressive as shit Clefairy is my favorite though.
And you BETTER DON'T PULL THAT AGAIN
I feel like these have good meme potential.
It's still there.
Again it's still there, Gen 7 Pokédex data pretty much highlight the harsher side of Pokémon, especially when it comes to ones that have Mega forms as its all negative.
Victreebel spinning its leaves like a buzzsaw blade, about to cut through its own hanging vines.
That Kingler card is savage as hell. "This kills the Ditto."
That face reminds me of the Card Crush dude lol
The smuggest
That face reminds me of the Card Crush dude lol
I disagree, it is precisely in S / M that the aspect of ''How the Pokémon interact between them and their ecosystem'' is more careful.
S/M are probably my second-favorite generation — precisely for reasons like that. So I cede to your point. I especially like how they depict ecosystems with different Pokémon living together.
I have but if your talking about the darker Pokedex entries then they never really happen in game now do they?
I haven't read it in a while, but I really enjoyed the Pokemon adventures manga partly for this reason.
Yea but he has a white stomach like Marrill. Pikachu never had that, usually he's all yellow