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TPC tried to make a mascot out of this Pokemon but it failed

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 18:46:33 No.40494603 View View Reply Original Report

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There's gonna be people to say "Muh, but I love Zoroark!". Okay but if you look overall it didn't work as much as other mascots like Charizard, Pikachu, Lucario etc...

My personal opinion is that the design is completely failed. The proportions are fucked up, it looks like it is suffering from extreme malnutrition. The over anthropomorphic design is bothering me as well.

What's your opinion about it ?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 18:48:01 No.40494622 Report

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>>40494603
Speaking as an anorexic trans male, I would happily drink this creature's urine if she insisted.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 18:49:25 No.40494645 Report

Quoted By: >>40495689

I just like it, OP. It reminds me of a werewolf and I think that's neat. I also like the pointy face with a wide impish grin.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 18:53:05 No.40494690 Report

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Game Freak messed up big time with the ass backwards way it was acquired in BW. Not to mention its special Ability was ruined by team preview.
Even with their incompetence I kind of suspect they deliberately set up Zoroark to fail. A "new coke" scheme to herald Lucario's comeback.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 18:53:11 No.40494694 Report

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>>40494622
I used to be pseudo anorectic before I realized it was ageing my body fucking rapidly. If your BMI is legitimately <18, I strongly suggest raising it and eating more calories of nutritious food, you will regret fucking up your bone density and stuff later in life.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 18:57:56 No.40494768 Report

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>>40494603
It failed because of TPC's retarded marketing decisions and GF's imcompetence. Never have I seen a Pokemon being outright sabotaged like that until Decidueye.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 19:10:38 No.40494902 Report

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In the 3DS games his snout looked kinda weird while facing the camera, hopefully it'll look better in S/S if he's in

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 19:37:49 No.40495178 Report

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>>40494603
>PC tried to make a mascot out of this Pokemon but it failed
No it succeeded. Charizard is a Zoroark, so is Pikachu and Gary Oak

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 20:15:53 No.40495624 Report

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>>40494603
Zoroark has a constant (and quite relevant) presence on the TCG

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 20:18:47 No.40495651 Report

Quoted By: >>40497899 >>40497991

>>40494603
It's interesting that people will talk about other shillmons like they're all just being shilled and not actually popular when Zoroark is a clear example of the fact they'll stop shilling a mon if it doesn't work out.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 20:21:22 No.40495675 Report

Quoted By: >>40500875

The design isn't the best, but that's not the problem. Making it unavailable in game, only seen in N's battle and making the movie one a mother instead of muh badass - that's why fucked it over as a shillmon. Also adding Team Preview in the same gen which fucked its unique ability.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 20:22:31 No.40495689 Report

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>>40494645
Werewolf? How do you see that?
It's a kitsune wearing kabuki theatre make-up.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 20:32:49 No.40495812 Report

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>>40494603
I like it a lot more than other, similar attempts at anthropomorphic mascot mons like Lucario and the electric one in gen 7. My biggest complaint is that black/red is a pretty played out palette, but that aside I think it's pretty solid. I like how weird and lanky its anatomy is, it's a perfect mix of unnatural while still clearly being based on an animal. I like its 'hair' doubling as its 'tail', too. On top of that, it actually has a pretty unique gimmick; not particularly useful, but you can manage to bait people into switching out or using weak or even ineffective moves against it. It's just a shame that team preview kinda ruins that gimmick.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 20:35:02 No.40495846 Report

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>>40495689
I mean, it's an anthropomorphic fox, I can understand the confusion if you have no idea what a kitsune is.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 20:42:53 No.40495930 Report

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>>40494603
If they didn’t hide it behind an exclusive event more people would use and like this thing. They seriously promoted it in the most abstract way

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 20:44:09 No.40495939 Report

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>>40494603
>Okay but if you look overall it didn't work as much as other mascots like Charizard, Pikachu, Lucario etc...
Good, I don't want my favorite mons to become shillmons. They already ruined Rotom for me, and they will likely fuck up Lapras with a shitty gigantamax.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 20:46:21 No.40495957 Report

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>>40494603
I hate the skinny torso and upper arms and that it doesn't have a tail. It just looks bad to me.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 20:46:43 No.40495961 Report

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>>40494603
I like it

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 20:46:53 No.40495964 Report

Quoted By: >>40495972 >>40496059

Pathetic.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 20:47:45 No.40495972 Report

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>>40495964
Nobody remembers that fursona

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 20:49:07 No.40495987 Report

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>>40495846
Anon you idiot, they based the design on the folklore of kitsune taking human shape.
Everything about it was based on a kitsune.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 20:49:42 No.40495993 Report

Quoted By: >>40500909

>>40494603
Zoroark was ruined partially for 2 reasons:
1) It was event-exclusive in Black and White, and you couldn't get it normally.
2) Its ability, Illusion, makes sense thematically but it isn't that good competitively.

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 20:50:08 No.40496001 Report

Quoted By: >>40496071

>>40495972
Everyone remembers him, he is very popular.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 20:55:43 No.40496059 Report

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>>40494603
>plagio
>>40495964
>plagio di plagio

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 20:56:27 No.40496071 Report

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>>40496001
Nope

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 20:59:19 No.40496118 Report

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>>40496071
Hhhmmm. Wrong. We love him.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 23:17:45 No.40497899 Report

Quoted By: >>40498014

>>40495651
I think it depends on how successful it is though. Evidently Incineroar is more successful than Zoroark but I would still say he’s a failure, especially relative to Lucario, Greninja, Charizard, etc.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 23:22:33 No.40497965 Report

Quoted By: >>40497979 >>40500902

It's fucking tail vanished with evolution and became part of it's stupid hair that is god damn tied.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 23:23:34 No.40497979 Report

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>>40497965
Just an opportunity for a tail plug

Anonymous

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Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 23:25:00 No.40497991 Report

Quoted By: >>40498014 >>40498026

Zoroark failed for a few reasons
>Impossible to get in a normal BW run (compared to Lucario who was forced onto you in DP)
>movie was about a mom and her son which is a weak pitch for the target audience, would have done way better if Zoroark was some master thief or something
>it was a walking gimmick in battle while Lucario was a powerhouse
>was released between Smash games so it didn't have the same Smash push that made a lot of people warm up to Incineroar
>anime was only doing okay so it wasn't a good vehicle to shill it either
>by BW2 they were already falling back to Lucario again
Pretty much everything went wrong, it's too bad since I like Zoroark a lot.
>>40495651
The only real difference between Incineroar and Zoroark is that one got in Smash, I feel if Zoroark made it in Smash people would remember it a lot better, but the timing was against it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 23:26:44 No.40498014 Report

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>>40497991 meant for >>40497899

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 23 Oct 2019 23:28:09 No.40498026 Report

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>>40497991
>master thief
this is what they should've done, and they could've made another movie set in a french location they clearly loved doing that based on every fucking gen 5 movie.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Oct 2019 01:06:46 No.40499175 Report

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>>40495939
>and they will likely fuck up Lapras with a shitty gigantamax.
Hey, look on the bright side. Gigantamax will be forgotten come Gen 9.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Oct 2019 03:36:40 No.40500776 Report

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>>40494694
Based health anon, thanks being a bro

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Oct 2019 03:47:55 No.40500875 Report

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>>40495675
>and making the movie one a mother instead of muh badass
She fended off the three beasts to protect her kid, how is that not badass?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Oct 2019 03:50:02 No.40500902 Report

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>>40497965
fuck off it looks cool

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 24 Oct 2019 03:50:47 No.40500909 Report

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>>40495993
It's not just the ability. Its typing works against it as well. No mono types besides water and fairy are any good. Zoroark would've been much better off as dark/ghost

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