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Primarina wins because she doesn't need chairs. She can just coil up and sit on herself.
Yeah. The hate mainly comes down to how Game Freak reveals the starters and their evolutions. Since the starters are generally among the first Pokemon shown off for a given game, people tend to spend the most time with them (like nearly a full year) before they end up seeing the final evolution. When you spend that long planning on a specific starter only to then end up disliking the final evolution, disappointment turns into outright hatred.
the cat face does get to have more human emotion to it than bird beak face yeah
incineroar also probably stands out more since it's a traditionally 4 legged animal operating mostly (horrifying anime movie run aside) on 2 legs while not being as goofy looking as ol' bolwing ball fire beard emboar. The type of (horrifying) chicken Blaziken is based on also has a habit of standing upright, though I don't think the shamo chicken is that well known for these discussions.
You may joke, but that's honestly why I think Inciniroar has a better chance at getting in over other Pokémon. It's clear by now that Smash Ultimate has a heroes vs. villains theme, and Pokémon doesn't exactly have a "villain" rep yet that can work as a fighter (Mewtwo coooould fill the role, but that's a bit of a stretch)
I don't see Zeraora getting added even if the timelines matched up. It's a Pokemon that's going to quickly fade into obscurity because:
- It's tied to an event not everyone will get
- That event is an event only for the 'director's cut' version/s of Gen 7 that sold half as much as the original releases (still a lot, but less than a lot of games in the series)
- IIIRC it wasn't even released until the next Pokemon games had already been announced, and it was just put out there without much fanfare
Next fire starter in gen 8 should be fire/ice
Gen 8 buffs ice type to resist dragon, fairy, water, ground
It's ability gives it immunity to rock types
Gen 8 buffs ice type to resist dragon, fairy, water, ground
It's ability gives it immunity to rock types
We're getting our wrestler
From Gen 7 Pokemon
But not Incineroar...
It's gonna be The Masked Royal
From Gen 7 Pokemon
But not Incineroar...
It's gonna be The Masked Royal
Cool.
Incineroar AND Primarina both get in.
Let's just throw Decidueye in too to be fair.
Well what was that intro to the K. Rool trailer about? Why have K. Rool AND Ridley? Why put emphasis on villain-based bossfights?
because "everyone has their villain except Samus and Donkey Kong!!" has been a talking point for a long time now and K. Rool's trailer paid respect to the fact that they finally filled in those gaps
titling the trailer "THE RIVALS" is pretty telling
The theme for that particular trailer was. Not necessarily the full game. Smash 4 didn't have a hand-drawn animation theme because Little Mac's trailer had it.
I secretly think this too even though I really want Incineroar
The more meta a pick, the more self referential, or fourth wall breaking, the better. Think Waluigi, and to some extent K. Rool.
Ridley and K Rool being added together isn't a coincidence--they're some of the most discussed characters in the core fandom and have been so since at least Brawl, maybe earlier.
About the second bit...who else are gonna be the bosses? The randos from SSE?
Part of me believes that the main reason Fire resists Fairy is so Mega Charizard X becomes more appealing. And it is that silly part of me who would believe this could happen if they wanted to make one Pokémon super popular (no matter how unlikely this is).
You serious? The spirits teaser before the K rool reveal was literally showing off every Nintendo protagonist vs their respective villain. It might not apply to everybody who gets in, but there's clearly some similar line of thought being put into who should get in amongst the already represented 1st party franchises.
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okay, okay! I'm going now.
PSST CHIBI ROBO ISNT GOING TO BE IN SMASH BROS!
Also like... Incineroar is such a great name. Almost as good as Litten. Way better than bS like Greninja, Decidueye, or Primarina
You misspelled "One of the best" as 'worst".
Although honestly, this just goes to show why games like Smash shouldn't use starters unless it's a full package deal ala Pokemon Trainer. Pokemon fans will never agree on anything when it comes to starters.
The only exception was that a majority agreed Greninja was the best Gen VI starter.
That wasn't a Spirits teaser, it's part of the K. Rool trailer. It was DK watching TV, and was just meant to show that he was one of the few major characters still without his villain in the game.
YOU TAKE THAT BACK HEATHEN
At least he doesn't attract the Gardevoir bait crowd :P
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What made you think people would agreed on non-starter pokemon?
And it manages to be a new and clever pun that doesn't need to bring in some weird obscure word
It's an easy bet that there's a crowd out there that sees Greninja as a sex machine.
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