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I don't like Regional forms

Anonymous Mon 20 Nov 2023 20:15:55 No.54896455 View View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>54896598 >>54897646 >>54897834 >>54897915

> "Hey you know that Pokemon you like? Well fuck you it's the lame/competitively less viable version of that Pokemon."
Just make new normal Pokémon Gamefreak. Stop giving unique type combos to forms and Legendaries.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Nov 2023 20:17:38 No.54896465 Report

Quoted By: >>54896704

Haven't most of the regional forms been more viable than the original?

If you told someone that a Fire/Rock version of Arcanine would see more usage than the original a few gens ago, they'd have laughed at you, but that's the reality now

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Anonymous Mon 20 Nov 2023 20:38:46 No.54896598 Report

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>>54896455
Regional forms let you do wacky things like give Meowth a bipedal Viking evolution or turn Mr. Mime into a tap dancing comedian.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Nov 2023 20:58:27 No.54896704 Report

Quoted By: >>54896808 >>54897650

>>54896465
Even with its x4 weakness to such spammable moves as eartquake or surf in 2 vs 2? or weaknesses to types as common as fighting moves

I'm not looking to contradict you, I'm genuinely interested in how it is so viable?

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Anonymous Mon 20 Nov 2023 21:14:53 No.54896808 Report

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>>54896704
it gets rock head so it can spam flare blitz and head smash with no recoil

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Nov 2023 23:24:45 No.54897583 Report

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>>54896598
They could have just made normal cross gen split evolutions dumbass.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Nov 2023 23:34:42 No.54897636 Report

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I like alolan vulpix, Ninetales, sandshrew and slash, and raichu
Hisuian zorua and Zoroark, and typhlosion
Galarian zigzagoon and Linoone

Haven't played Scarlet yet so I don't know any regional forms for that game but I'm sure at least one will appeal to me.

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Anonymous Mon 20 Nov 2023 23:36:23 No.54897646 Report

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>>54896455
>competitively less viable version of that Pokemon.
???

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Anonymous Mon 20 Nov 2023 23:37:32 No.54897650 Report

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>>54896704
tera
who care if your type is shit if you can just get rid of it

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Anonymous Mon 20 Nov 2023 23:38:42 No.54897658 Report

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I think the OP means the original Pokemon is now the less viable option because the regional form has almost always been better.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Nov 2023 23:39:36 No.54897664 Report

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>>54897583
Some design aspects only make sense on the regional evolution due to evolving from the prior form, such as Mr. Rime having human coloration (brown hair, pale pink skin) like Galarian Mime has, versus the more fantastical clown design motifs from Kantonian Mime. Or Meowth’s precious coin becoming a jewel as a Persian only due to how the Meowth loves wealth prior to evolving, whereas Galarian neglects to care for the coin and turns the coin into metal for its helmet to protect it during battle.

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Anonymous Tue 21 Nov 2023 00:13:35 No.54897834 Report

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>>54896455
I hate them too.
>Hey, want to see a pokemon with a cool type combo we rarely use/haven't used yet?
>Here it is, it's a recoloured kanto shitmon

Anonymous

Anonymous Tue 21 Nov 2023 00:28:25 No.54897915 Report

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>>54896455
90% of the time a regional is either a sidegrade or upgrade from the original

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