>>37914205Most pokemon specific threads are just pic dumps on here with the occasional "I love him/her!" thrown in. Besides, the Seviperposters coming in would just take away from any kind of interesting discussion if it came up.
>>37913394Not sure, actually. I was always partial to ruby version, so that helped. The one in pokemon XD that gets spotlight was neat, even if it didn't really suit a double battle game. It just seems so fresh for a duo of pokemon that hate each other for a kids game(and not in the way groudon or kyogre do where these two individuals got in a fight long ago and symbolize opposites). An entire species at odds with each other was awesome(certainly a breath of fresh air in this kids game that always emphasized everyone being happy with each other) and Zangoose just seemed more interesting design wise to me than Seviper. I think it was between Gen 5 and 6.
I guess I just felt like there was potential with Zangoose that GF and the fanbase didn't want to capitalize on. I used to think it was because it was version exclusive that GF didn't pay it as much mind, but the recent Vulpix/Ninetales promotion(and I don't just mean the alolan form) kinda disproved that. Like there was some kind of neat concept that wasn't being tapped into beneath the sparse roles Gamefreak gave it to play and the few cool arts being buried in "cute!" and "I want to fuck it." I doubt that potential will ever come to be the way things are, but it's neat to think about.
