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And here's my issue with that point: What makes you say that they're just "merchandise bait" anymore then any other Pokémon? I would argue in turn that the object Pokémon fit into their world just as much as their animalistic counterparts, to borrow a previous example, Garbodor fits in due to the fact that it appears in an urban environment where there's a lot of waste buildup. So nothing about them is really all that different conceptually aside from the fact that they're objects.That's my point though. There-in lies the problem.
They aren't compelling at all. Just merchandise bait, most of the time, and nothing else.
I literally said exactly this myself. The problem isn't basing them off inanimate objects, the problem is the lack of purpose to them other than being "a mon to be caught in the game and bought in the toy shop".
So his anecdote means nothing because of your anecdote?No it wasn't. The first game was not a proven concept, so it was primarily the vision of one man just trying to make his dream game. The merchandise came after the explosion of popularity, and then with sequels, they discovered it was a winning formula, and decided to put the marketing potential of the games to sell toys, over the creative potential they had.
And your anecdotes mean nothing, I was literally in my local GameStop today and I saw Pokémon stuff everywhere. And I live in Ireland, of all places. I also saw quite a bit of Pokémon while exploring London.
What can't be argued, is the amount of Pokémon merch that's actually made.
I challenge you to quote where I said this.
all im saying is i got a plush dratini from kfc during gen 1...i miss that dratiniPokémon literally did not have the amount big name brands (Good Smile, TOMY, Figurarts, and many, many more) making toys for it in the 90's as it does now (let alone parterships to make products to release with the game on release), like not even close. The game also wasn't packaged or sold with toys. There also wasn't such a thing as Pokémon planes or Pokémon specific shops.
Like you have to be a try hard apologist to pursue this argument, it's dead on arrival. Just look up "Pokémon toys" on Google and look at the range of stuff you can get, and where you can get them. I don't know what you thought you were trying to pull here.
And no, I did nothing for you. Calling a Pokémon merchandise bait isn't me saying I dislike it (and I won't dislike something for being merchandise bait - I love Yoshi's Woolly World, after all ). It just means I'm recognising the intended purpose of it's design. A floating keychain is actually pretty funny and novel to me personally, but I am hard pressed to believe that it was created for anything other than at attempt at making something merchandisable (especially since none of it's creative potential is realised).
I think you're being unnecessarily cynical. Pokémon toys aren't a part of the core experience (unlike say Transformers), so you aren't really compelled to buy them.Pokémon literally did not have the amount big name brands (Good Smile, TOMY, Figurarts, and many, many more) making toys for it in the 90's as it does now (let alone parterships to make products to release with the game on release), like not even close. The game also wasn't packaged or sold with toys. There also wasn't such a thing as Pokémon planes or Pokémon specific shops.
Like you have to be a try hard apologist to pursue this argument, it's dead on arrival. Just look up "Pokémon toys" on Google and look at the range of stuff you can get, and where you can get them. I don't know what you thought you were trying to pull here.
And no, I did nothing for you. Calling a Pokémon merchandise bait isn't me saying I dislike it (and I won't dislike something for being merchandise bait - I love Yoshi's Woolly World, after all ). It just means I'm recognising the intended purpose of it's design. A floating keychain is actually pretty funny and novel to me personally, but I am hard pressed to believe that it was created for anything other than at attempt at making something merchandisable (especially since none of it's creative potential is realised).
Still got my Link, Yoshi, Mario, and Kirby from Burger King in 2002. Never could get that ****ing Golden Yoshi though. I wanted that thing.all im saying is i got a plush dratini from kfc during gen 1...i miss that dratini
Man I would have been so disappointed if I got a Zubat.like heres the KFC commercial for pokemon beanie babies
Tyrunt line is Rock/DragonSo.
To avoid the argument about the series I've literally grown up with about something in my opinion absolutely moot.
Full list of Pokemon type combinations and a mon of each applicable on, if available.
Rock: Nosepass
-Water: Corsola
-Electric: N/A
-Grass: N/A
-Poison: N/A
-Psychic: N/A
-Fire: Macargo
-Ground: Onix
-Flying: Aerodactyl
-Bug: Crustle
-Normal: N/A
-Ghost: N/A
-Fighting: Terrakion
-Steel: Aggron
-Ice: Aurorus
-Dragon: N/A
-Dark: Tyranitar
-Fairy: Carbink
Water: Magikarp
-Electric: Lanturn
-Grass: Ludicolo
-Poison: Tentacool
-Psychic: Starmie
-Fire: Volcanion
-Ground: Quagsire
-Flying: Mantine
-Bug: Surskit
-Normal: Bibarel
-Ghost: Jellicent
-Fighting: Poliwrath
-Steel: Empoleon
-Ice: Lapras
-Dragon: Kingdra
-Dark: Sharpedo
-Fairy: Azumarill
Electric: Pikachu
-Grass: Mow Rotom
-Poison: N/A
-Psychic: N/A
-Fire: Rotom Heat
-Ground: Stunfisk
-Flying: Emolga
-Bug: Galvantula
-Normal: Heliolisk
-Ghost: Rotom
-Fighting: N/A
-Steel: Magneton
-Ice: Rotom Fridge
-Dragon: Zekrom
-Dark: N/A
-Fairy: Dendenne
Grass: Tangela
-Poison: Venusaur
-Psychic: Exeggutor
-Fire: N/A
-Ground: Torterra
-Flying: Tropius
-Bug: Parasect
-Normal: Sawsbuck
-Ghost: Gorgeist
-Fighting: Breloom
-Steel: Ferrothorn
-Ice: Abomasnow
-Dragon: Mega Sceptille
-Dark: Cacturne
-Fairy: Whimsicott
Poison: Arbok
-Psychic: N/A
-Fire: Salamandit
-Ground: Nidoking
-Flying: Crobat
-Bug: Beedrill
-Normal: N/A
-Ghost: Gengar
-Fighting: Toxicroak
-Steel: N/A
-Ice: N/A
-Dragon: Dragalgae
-Dark: Drapion
-Fairy: N/A
Psychic: Alakazam
-Fire: Delphox
-Ground: Claydol
-Flying: Xatu
-Bug: N/A
-Normal: Girafarig
-Ghost: Hoopa
-Fighting: Gallade
-Steel: Metagross
-Ice: Jynx
-Dragon: Lati@s
-Dark: Malamar
-Fairy: Gardevoir
Fire: Typhlosion
-Ground: Camerupt
-Flying: Charizard
-Bug: Volcarona
-Normal: Pyroar
-Ghost: Chandellure
-Fighting: Blaziken
-Steel: Heatran
-Ice: N/A
-Dragon: Reshiram
-Dark: Houndoom
-Fairy: N/A
Ground: Dugtrio
-Flying: Gliscor
-Bug: Nincada
-Normal: Diggersby
-Ghost: Gollurk
-Fighting: N/A
-Steel: Steelix
-Ice: N/A
-Dragon: Flygon
-Dark: Krookodile
-Fairy: N/A
Flying: Tornadus
-Bug: Butterfree
-Normal: Pidgeot
-Ghost: Drifblim
-Fighting: Hawlucha
-Steel: Skarmory
-Ice: Articuno
-Dragon: Dragonite
-Dark: Honchkrow
-Fairy: Togekiss
Bug: Caterpie
-Normal: N/A
-Ghost: Shedinja
-Fighting: Heracross
-Steel: Durant
-Ice: N/A
-Dragon: N/A
-Dark: N/A
-Fairy: Cutiefly
Normal: Miltank
-Ghost: N/A
-Fighting: Mega Lopunny
-Steel: N/A
-Ice: N/A
-Dragon: Drampa
-Dark: N/A
-Fairy: Jigglypuff
Ghost: Mismagius
-Fighting: N/A
-Steel: N/A
-Ice: Froslass
-Dragon Giratina
-Dark: Spiritomb
-Fairy: Mimikyu
Fighting: Machamp
-Steel: Lucario
-Ice: N/A
-Dragon: N/A
-Dark: Scrafty
-Fairy: N/A
Steel: Mega Aggron
-Ice: Snowslash
-Dragon: N/A
-Dark: Bisharp
-Fairy: Mawile
Ice: Glailie
-Dragon: Kyurem
-Dark: N/A
-Fairy: N/A
Dragon: Dratini
-Dark: N/A
-Fairy: Mega Altaria
Dark: Zoroark
-Fairy: N/A
Fairy: Sylpheon.
I probably forgot a few.
Lileep is Rock/Grass.So.
To avoid the argument about the series I've literally grown up with about something in my opinion absolutely moot.
Full list of Pokemon type combinations and a mon of each applicable on, if available.
Rock: Nosepass
-Water: Corsola
-Electric: N/A
-Grass: N/A
-Poison: N/A
-Psychic: N/A
-Fire: Macargo
-Ground: Onix
-Flying: Aerodactyl
-Bug: Crustle
-Normal: N/A
-Ghost: N/A
-Fighting: Terrakion
-Steel: Aggron
-Ice: Aurorus
-Dragon: N/A
-Dark: Tyranitar
-Fairy: Carbink
Water: Magikarp
-Electric: Lanturn
-Grass: Ludicolo
-Poison: Tentacool
-Psychic: Starmie
-Fire: Volcanion
-Ground: Quagsire
-Flying: Mantine
-Bug: Surskit
-Normal: Bibarel
-Ghost: Jellicent
-Fighting: Poliwrath
-Steel: Empoleon
-Ice: Lapras
-Dragon: Kingdra
-Dark: Sharpedo
-Fairy: Azumarill
Electric: Pikachu
-Grass: Mow Rotom
-Poison: N/A
-Psychic: N/A
-Fire: Rotom Heat
-Ground: Stunfisk
-Flying: Emolga
-Bug: Galvantula
-Normal: Heliolisk
-Ghost: Rotom
-Fighting: N/A
-Steel: Magneton
-Ice: Rotom Fridge
-Dragon: Zekrom
-Dark: N/A
-Fairy: Dendenne
Grass: Tangela
-Poison: Venusaur
-Psychic: Exeggutor
-Fire: N/A
-Ground: Torterra
-Flying: Tropius
-Bug: Parasect
-Normal: Sawsbuck
-Ghost: Gorgeist
-Fighting: Breloom
-Steel: Ferrothorn
-Ice: Abomasnow
-Dragon: Mega Sceptille
-Dark: Cacturne
-Fairy: Whimsicott
Poison: Arbok
-Psychic: N/A
-Fire: Salamandit
-Ground: Nidoking
-Flying: Crobat
-Bug: Beedrill
-Normal: N/A
-Ghost: Gengar
-Fighting: Toxicroak
-Steel: N/A
-Ice: N/A
-Dragon: Dragalgae
-Dark: Drapion
-Fairy: N/A
Psychic: Alakazam
-Fire: Delphox
-Ground: Claydol
-Flying: Xatu
-Bug: N/A
-Normal: Girafarig
-Ghost: Hoopa
-Fighting: Gallade
-Steel: Metagross
-Ice: Jynx
-Dragon: Lati@s
-Dark: Malamar
-Fairy: Gardevoir
Fire: Typhlosion
-Ground: Camerupt
-Flying: Charizard
-Bug: Volcarona
-Normal: Pyroar
-Ghost: Chandellure
-Fighting: Blaziken
-Steel: Heatran
-Ice: N/A
-Dragon: Reshiram
-Dark: Houndoom
-Fairy: N/A
Ground: Dugtrio
-Flying: Gliscor
-Bug: Nincada
-Normal: Diggersby
-Ghost: Gollurk
-Fighting: N/A
-Steel: Steelix
-Ice: N/A
-Dragon: Flygon
-Dark: Krookodile
-Fairy: N/A
Flying: Tornadus
-Bug: Butterfree
-Normal: Pidgeot
-Ghost: Drifblim
-Fighting: Hawlucha
-Steel: Skarmory
-Ice: Articuno
-Dragon: Dragonite
-Dark: Honchkrow
-Fairy: Togekiss
Bug: Caterpie
-Normal: N/A
-Ghost: Shedinja
-Fighting: Heracross
-Steel: Durant
-Ice: N/A
-Dragon: N/A
-Dark: N/A
-Fairy: Cutiefly
Normal: Miltank
-Ghost: N/A
-Fighting: Mega Lopunny
-Steel: N/A
-Ice: N/A
-Dragon: Drampa
-Dark: N/A
-Fairy: Jigglypuff
Ghost: Mismagius
-Fighting: N/A
-Steel: N/A
-Ice: Froslass
-Dragon Giratina
-Dark: Spiritomb
-Fairy: Mimikyu
Fighting: Machamp
-Steel: Lucario
-Ice: N/A
-Dragon: N/A
-Dark: Scrafty
-Fairy: N/A
Steel: Mega Aggron
-Ice: Snowslash
-Dragon: N/A
-Dark: Bisharp
-Fairy: Mawile
Ice: Glailie
-Dragon: Kyurem
-Dark: N/A
-Fairy: N/A
Dragon: Dratini
-Dark: N/A
-Fairy: Mega Altaria
Dark: Zoroark
-Fairy: N/A
Fairy: Sylpheon.
I probably forgot a few.
I like doing mine as wellSo there's this #7FaveGames hashtag going on Twitter right now so I thought I'd share mine:
- Sonic Adventure
- Kid Icarus Uprising
- Megaman Star Force 3
- LoZ Majora's Mask
- F-Zero GX
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Pokemon Gold/Silver
Tyrunt line is Rock/Dragon
Dialga is Dragon/Steel
Deino line is Dark/Dragon
Lileep line is Grass/Rock
Lunatone/Solrock are Rock/Psychic
Lilleep and the Celestial Rocks are entirely my bad.Lileep is Rock/Grass.
What differentiates a Pokémon from being a legitimate attempt at something creative, or just merchandise bait, is how they are integrated into the world, story, or game.And here's my issue with that point: What makes you say that they're just "merchandise bait" anymore then any other Pokémon? I would argue in turn that the object Pokémon fit into their world just as much as their animalistic counterparts, Garbodor for instance does make sense in a city where there's a lot of waste buildup, so nothing about them is really all that different conceptually aside from the fact that they're objects.
Again, haunted objects have been a part of mythology and media for many years and will continue to be for many years to come, especially in Japanese mythology where Pokémon's creation comes from, so I don't see how object Pokémon are automatically subject to being "merchandise bait" when that's not a concept that's been lacking throughout human history.
His anecdote means nothing because I can contradict it with mine, and someone else can do it with mine, and then it goes on forever.So his anecdote means nothing because of your anecdote?
If we're going to have an anecdote exchange, I see as much or more Yo-Kai Watch merchandise in Gamestop and a local supermarket chain than I do Pokemon merchandise.
And I can't even remember the last time I saw inanimate object merchandise. A lot of it is plushies of Pikachu and the starters, with maybe the regional rodent and fossil Pokemon thrown in. Don't even remember seeing a Dedenne.
Maybe in one of those plastic sets, I guess?
No because they created a yellow electric mouse.What the heck am I even reading?
'Pokemon's running out of ideas'
Why? Because they created a sand castle pokemon?
Man.What differentiates a Pokémon from being a legitimate attempt at something creative, or just merchandise bait, is how they are integrated into the world, story, or game.
Klefki is literally just a random Pokémon you catch..
i ate pokemon themed poptarts and pokemon cereal out of a pokemon bowl while watching the pokemon anime on my pokemon themed bed spread as a child drinking orange juice out of a pokemon glassWhat differentiates a Pokémon from being a legitimate attempt at something creative, or just merchandise bait, is how they are integrated into the world, story, or game.
Klefki is literally just a random Pokémon you catch. No special context to it. It's a keychain Pokémon made to sell merch.
However, had they integrated it into the story, world, or gameplay in an interesting way (like Gen 1 and 2 often did), then that could have been a really cool concept that wouldn't come off as such a blatant attempt at creating merchandise. Like, for example, maybe there is a key Pokémon that you can find, and it has different colour variants (but still the same name, like Unown and the variants of that), depending on where you find it in the world. It's not a legendary, but is reasonably rare. You can use them in fights, but they are also needed within the world to open matching colour doors (maybe in ruins that are scattered about and feed into a bigger mystery). But if you collect 1 of each colour key, they combine and you find they evolve into a keychain Pokémon, like Klefki. And then you only need the one Pokémon to get into every special ruin in the game, but also have a stronger Pokémon, as expected.
You guys keep misunderstanding my argument as "Pokémon has more merchandise now, that's bad", or as "I don't like the new Pokémon's designs so they are unoriginal", or "inanimate objects are inherently bad". None of these things are near what I was saying.
My point is that the series is UNDENIABLY more focused on the merchandise now - whether or not you consider that a good or bad thing is irrelevant. There is a considerable lack of effort in fleshing out these Pokémon in the context of the game, world, or story, compared to the first two generations. Those two generations had all of these interesting, mysterious ways of integrating the Pokémon in some way. The concept I just described is sorta like what Gen 2 did with Unown (though they were actually one of a kind or especially rare, IIRC). Nowadays though, Pokémon are just there to be caught in the game, and bought in the shop, with no particularly interesting integration, in most cases.
And before anyone says "it would take too much work to do this with every Pokémon", Yokai-Watch does exactly this. Part of the reason, is because it ditched the archaic random encounter system that Pokémon hangs onto for no particular reason.
His anecdote means nothing because I can contradict it with mine, and someone else can do it with mine, and then it goes on forever.
Thanks for proving my point.
Mobile Games are video games anyway. So it doesn't break his rule at all.Even though this might seem impossible due to Sakurai's "have to originate from a video game" rule, I wonder if it's possible to get any representation from the official Nintendo mobile games.
Like, what if we were able to get trophies of the original Pokemon GO characters (Willow and the three gym leaders). It may not be anything completely drastic like a stage (which would be difficult due to the heavy reliance on maps and augmented reality), but it would be something nice to see in Smash 5.
No, creativity is not as subjective as people think.Man.
That alone is so subjective.
But saying that a pokemon that's the embodiment on the concept in many cultures of there being some fae-like supernatual being responsible for the misplacement of keys is created solely to make merchandise, because "it's just there to catch" is just.... I don't know the word, so I'll just say arrogant. Especially when most of the integration of pokemon happens in the show.
Growlithes being used for police work, being a perfect example.
I think you're just trolling at this point, but that's nothing to do with what I'm saying. The merchandise itself existing isn't what I'm talking about, I'm talking about how the Pokémon are integrated into the games, their purpose in the games. Nowadays, it's mostly just for merchandise, while before, it was a mix of merchandise and legitimate attempts at being creative.i ate pokemon themed poptarts and pokemon cereal out of a pokemon bowl while watching the pokemon anime on my pokemon themed bed spread as a child drinking orange juice out of a pokemon glass
"more focused on merchandise" my ***
five guesses what my VCR was themed after
Well I mean, it doesn't surprise me that people around here would project attitudes onto me to shelter themselves and make themselves feel better about themselves. It's par for the course here.Yeah Chiko...
I think you're on your own here...
You're making points, but everyone else is seeing an attitude underneath it.
Maybe we just see an attitude and we're calling a cow, a cow.Well I mean, it doesn't surprise me that people around here would project attitudes onto me to shelter themselves and make themselves feel better about themselves. It's par for the course here.
Are you really going to go ahead and throw insults at me (and then claim I have an attitude problem even though I never insulted you) over the fact I made some suggestions towards a series I grew up with just because you disagree with them and can't stand any sort of alternative perspective other than "my favourite is perfect and how dare you suggest some new things for it to try"?Maybe we just see an attitude and we're calling a cow, a cow.
You're not infallible man. It's okay.
Everyone has those moments.
It needs a remake of Sweet Scent as its signature move. >.>Only when they make the PG equivalent of Mara is when I say Pokemon has ran out of ideas
Until then I wait for the deodorant Pokemon
So there's this #7FaveGames hashtag going on Twitter right now so I thought I'd share mine:
- Sonic Adventure
- Kid Icarus Uprising
- Megaman Star Force 3
- LoZ Majora's Mask
- F-Zero GX
- Super Mario Galaxy
- Pokemon Gold/Silver
Inb4 someone makes a Pokemon GO trainer support topic soon.Nothing's really stopping mobile representation to be impossible for Smash since Nintendo still owns to the right to such characters. I'm not sure about characters from mobile games being likely as fighters (I doubt anyone wants a playable Instinct/Valor/Mystic gym leader), but minor cameos in the form of trophies shouldn't be too bad. A stage would honestly be kind of hard unless it's something truly original or wanted. The Miimoto Room can easily pass off as an extension for the Tomodachi Life stage while there's nothing really original for Pokemon GO other than gyms (which can pass as Pokemon Stadium variations).
The only thing you really have to do is have a "Mobile" label for trophies since it's not really a copyrighted platform created by Nintendo. That way, they won't have to get into any extra trouble for bringing Android or Apple into this by mentioning their platforms. Or they can just don't give it a label at all similar to characters originating from non-Nintendo platforms like Silver the Hedgehog.
Inb4 someone makes a Pokemon GO trainer support topic soon.
That wasn't an insult. I was just saying you are showing an attitude which other people seem to agree with.Are you really going to go ahead and throw insults at me over the fact I made some suggestions towards a series I grew up with just because you disagree with them and can't stand any sort of alternative perspective other than "my favourite is perfect and how dare you suggest some new things for it to try"?
Because that was uncalled for. I'm pretty sure that means you have the attitude problem here. Not that that's new, coming from you.
The problem is that 'they're running out of ideas' is an instant trigger-word for many, many fans. And to counter your claim of Klefki being 'merch bait'. Not only does it have very little actually merchandise, but it's also a pokemon with some pretty alright stats, a great defensive typing and an annoying support/troll pokemon on teams. There aren't many pokemon who can get the job done like Klefki can despite it not being the only Prankster thing out thereAre you really going to go ahead and throw insults at me (and then claim I have an attitude problem even though I never insulted you) over the fact I made some suggestions towards a series I grew up with just because you disagree with them and can't stand any sort of alternative perspective other than "my favourite is perfect and how dare you suggest some new things for it to try"?
Because that was uncalled for. I'm pretty sure that means you have the attitude problem here. Not that that's new, coming from you.
Only when they make the PG equivalent of Mara is when I say Pokemon has ran out of ideas
Until then I wait for the deodorant Pokemon
>Literally calls someone "a cow"That wasn't an insult. I was just saying you are showing an attitude which other people seem to agree with.
I even said we all have those moments to bring everyone down on the same level.
I was trying to be nice.
But if you're going to get mean, I suggest you stop.
Because you're only proving my point.
And yet another reason why I kinda wanted that dex leak to be real.Hey, Mara is the best demon. Bow down before his mighty shaft.
Or a Pokemon that's a living drug joke like the hallucinatory shroom Pokemon from that debunked leak.
Exactly. Which brings up the point of mobile characters not being from a legit Nintendo console before anyone get ideas.They've never been on a Nintendo console
Not going to happen
Yokai Watch already hit this by the 3rd game.
Still waiting til we hit this level.
Because it's absurd and amazing and don't you dare say uncreative.
As long as it's integrated well into the world, story, or gameplay, then sure.
Still waiting til we hit this level.
Because it's absurd and amazing and don't you dare say uncreative.