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Why Did Game Freak Pick The Least Marketable Starters For Their New Open World Game

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 14:54:13 No.46723785 View View Reply Original Report

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Do they want this to fail?

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 14:54:42 No.46723787 Report

Quoted By: >>46725103

>>46723785
You are an idiot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 14:55:58 No.46723800 Report

Quoted By: >>46723835

>>46723785
2/3 of these are more popular than their evolutions and the rest of their generation, especially in Japan.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 14:59:54 No.46723835 Report

Quoted By: >>46724153

>>46723800
>especially in Japan

And there's the rub. They make these games for chink kids, not middle aged Americans.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 15:04:42 No.46723863 Report

Quoted By: >>46726710

>>46723785
Cyndaquil's based as fuck you fucking loser.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 15:16:49 No.46723939 Report

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Character's popularity is based around how they get treated by the games. True, Charizard is popular so it gets featured a lot, BUT the fact that it is makes it even more popular. Think Pikachu.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 15:20:54 No.46723961 Report

Quoted By: >>46724147

>>46723785
Cyndaquil and Rowlet are the most popular starters from their region. Oshawott is second after Snivy. I'm sure the regions they chose have some importance in the lore or something

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 15:27:41 No.46724006 Report

Quoted By: >>46724432 >>46724469

>>46723785
It's thematic. I can't do the explanation justice, but it's been posted before.
>Cyndaquil line
Something do with shoguns.
>Rowlet line
Archers from the shogun days.
>Oshawott line
The most obvious; literal fucking samurais.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 15:27:42 No.46724007 Report

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? they picked the best starters from the best generations.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 15:31:10 No.46724028 Report

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Yokai, archer and samurai, feudal era theme pokemon game. You don't need to be smarter than room temperature IQ to figure it out.

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Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 15:49:33 No.46724138 Report

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>>46723785
The fuck are you smoking child

All and every baby form starter is extremely marketable

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 15:51:16 No.46724145 Report

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>>46723785
(you)

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 15:51:50 No.46724147 Report

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>>46723961
>I'm sure the regions they chose have some importance in the lore or something
>johto
sinjoh ruins
>unova
tao trio
>alola
Necrozma and Type: Null

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 15:52:46 No.46724153 Report

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>>46723835
seethe

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 15:53:52 No.46724161 Report

Quoted By: >>46724199

This game looks like dogshit both graphically and mechanically

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 15:59:31 No.46724199 Report

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>>46724161
Yes but it has an owl with a bow tie

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Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 16:29:18 No.46724432 Report

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>>46724006
Typlosion has even more connections
>Volcano themed. Mount Fuji is an active volcano
>Shtick is explosives. Trio is basically bows, swords, and firearms
>Yokai vibes

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 16:35:06 No.46724464 Report

Quoted By: >>46725119

>>46724432
I wish its fur was made more prominent in its design. Without it, it looks like a weird yellow sausage

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Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 16:35:40 No.46724469 Report

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>>46724006
Also the three creatures the pokémon are based off have significance in Ainu culture, so it's another reference to the Ainu in the real-world area Sinnoh's based off.

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Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 17:51:29 No.46724960 Report

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>>46724469
That was a great thread this board should revisit more.

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Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 18:07:12 No.46725103 Report

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>>46723787
>You are an idiot.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 18:09:10 No.46725119 Report

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>>46724464
Furs never prominent in any design unless it's supposed to be loose and wispy. Pikachu for example.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 19:31:11 No.46725742 Report

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>>46723785
Cuz they didn't want the sinnoh starters again, so they chose the bad ones

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Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 21:41:37 No.46726710 Report

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>>46723863
I still can't believe we won.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 21:41:47 No.46726711 Report

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>>46723785
They listened for the first time to the people who got sick of Charizard and wanted to give some love to unpopular starters (except Rowlet who is probably there just to be fail-save option so the game doesn't bomb)

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 21:45:23 No.46726741 Report

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>>46723785
They're literally the 2nd, 3rd and 4th most popular base starters in Japan
only Piplup beats them out and Oshawott is just Piplup 2.0

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Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 21:50:40 No.46726779 Report

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>>46723785
cope

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 22:03:47 No.46726880 Report

Quoted By: >>46726902

>>46726711
These are all popular in Japan, which is all that matters.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 22:06:09 No.46726902 Report

Quoted By: >>46727218 >>46727332 >>46727517

>>46726880
Wrong. Otherwise, they would use Piplup instead of Oshawott

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 22:40:19 No.46727208 Report

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>>46723785
Rowlet is very marketable, that's why Ash's Rowlet got an Everstone and was shilled so much

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 22:41:24 No.46727218 Report

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>>46726902
The game is set in Sinnoh, Piplup can be caught in the wild

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 22:55:14 No.46727332 Report

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>>46726902
1. Piplup is already catchable + redundant when BDSP exist
2. A samurai makes more sense for ancient japan setting than a pokemon based on Napoleon.

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 23:14:55 No.46727517 Report

Quoted By: >>46727683

>>46726902
>they would use Piplup instead of Piplup 2

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 23:19:11 No.46727547 Report

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>>46723785
Wtf is your problem these are some of the best starters

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 23:20:52 No.46727558 Report

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>>46723785
GF didn't care about marketing, the care give us a great game to us

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 23:36:09 No.46727683 Report

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>>46727517
>otter is a penguin
amazing

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Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 23:57:10 No.46727835 Report

Quoted By: >>46727843

>>46727683
Sure man, they're totally not comparable....oh wait

Anonymous

Anonymous Wed 31 Mar 2021 23:58:19 No.46727843 Report

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>>46727835
>comic relief character is like another comic relief character
might as well claim that Piplup is a Meowth 2 as well

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Apr 2021 00:06:12 No.46727900 Report

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>>46723785
>Least Marketable
>owlorb
lol what

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Apr 2021 01:41:27 No.46728488 Report

Quoted By: >>46728633 >>46729043

>>46723785
Barbarian (mage could be argued), Archer/Ranger, Samurai/Warrior

They're rpg classes/feudal fighters.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Apr 2021 01:50:54 No.46728553 Report

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>>46723785
I dont see poplio there

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Anonymous Thu 01 Apr 2021 01:58:56 No.46728633 Report

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>>46728488
>Barbarian (mage could be argued)
Based on the setting wouldn't Gunslinger fit better?

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Apr 2021 02:12:34 No.46728729 Report

Quoted By: >>46728794

>>46728633
Typhlosion has nothing to do with firearms and you know it.

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Apr 2021 02:22:57 No.46728775 Report

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>>46723785
Rowlet is cute and Cyndaquil reminds nerds of JOHTOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Anonymous Thu 01 Apr 2021 02:25:59 No.46728794 Report

Quoted By: >>46728818

>>46728729
>This is a stretch when EXPLOSIONS is literally it's shtick
Sure man

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Apr 2021 02:29:34 No.46728818 Report

Quoted By: >>46729067

>>46728794
Just like a volcano. Explosions like a volcano and a firearm explosion are not even remotely the same thing

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Apr 2021 03:08:20 No.46729043 Report

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>>46728488
Typhlosion is just a cartoon badger. It's not even remotely humanoid, so it doesn't fit into RPG class/feudal theme

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Apr 2021 03:10:33 No.46729059 Report

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Stop Typing Like This You Dumb Ass Mother Fucker

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Apr 2021 03:12:08 No.46729067 Report

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>>46728818
Even if you disagree Typlosion is practically a living cannon.
Why does it never execute a fire attack when it's flame collar isn't activated? It doesn't need to be 1:1 with the idea when it's already close enough

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Apr 2021 05:03:29 No.46729705 Report

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>>46723785
yeah they wanted to make a good game for once

Anonymous

Anonymous Thu 01 Apr 2021 05:58:28 No.46730058 Report

Quoted By: >>46730118

So does the owl have some sort of archery based move? I'm really not seeing it in either his design or personality but then again I never played the gen he's from. Torterra with his little bonsai tree feels way more Japanese to me than an edgy owl in a hoodie but whatever.

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Anonymous Thu 01 Apr 2021 06:08:19 No.46730118 Report

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>>46730058
Its literally an archer
Also, they clearly purposefully chose non-sinnoh starters, so you couldnt do Torterra

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