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Message from the Author:
Once again, a new generation is upon us, and once again
I’m going to review the buggers. But not just the new ones.
This time, I am going to revisit every Pokemon, commenting on them
with my heightened experience, and in light of their 4th Gen changes.
So, my loyal readers, join me as we start the journey to discover
my views on the monsters of Shino. (And my views on anything that
may pop up on the way!)
~Nemesis
(And you'll find my comments as well as some
insertions included in italics of this colour, we both hope you enjoy
this insight into our views on all 493 Pokemon and if you have any
comments to make - please do so via the Forums - Doctor Oak)
Part 1: Generation IV
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#387
- Naetle
It’s a cute little snapping turtle! It does look a bit
goofy, but I do like this guy. Very Chicoritary, but in a good
way. I’d need to see it in the anime, but I imagine seeing
it biting on things with that big jaw would be cool. |
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#388
- Hayashigame
Awesome, very awesome. I think I prefer this to Grovyle, though
jumping and slashing things is cool. Seems to be going away
from the turtle theme, towards the now staple theme for grass
type starters… |
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#389
- Dodaitoise
A dinosaur. Again. But, this one is good. My favourite grass
starter evolution so far. Nice to see another dual type, and
it isn’t poison either, which is good to see. Just a note,
Grass/Ground starter = My Idea. =P The first of many taken from
the Nem Gen (See below). Anyways, I do like the island
on the back thing. Took me a while to recognise the spikes as
mountains though. |
The Nem Gen
As many Pokemon fans have,
across the span of the fandom history, Nemesis has forayed into the
Fan Pokemon genre in the past. These Pokemon were often borne out
of a basic, simple idea, such as a mermaid or an electric squirrel,
and created visually by a blend of many Pokemon sprites to create
a final image almost completely indiscernible as any particular mesh
of Pokemon. These are a few of those original meshes.
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Bloomatops: Grass/Ground
starter final evo |
Cooster: Fighting/Flying |
Squirai: Electric |
Ryna: Water |
KodoWoodo: Rock/Ground,
Sudowoodo Pre-Evo |
Scing: Poison |
Hedgey: Normal/Ground? |
#390
- Hikozaru
Hm, still not too sure. It does look rather quirky, but I’m
not to keen on the flaming rear end. Move wise, nothing special.
Staple fire starter. Just as a note, one of very few fire types
in the game. In fact, only Ponyta is available in any other
way other than being a starter or legend. (Before the National
Dex anyway.) |
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#391
- Mokazaru
Blah, I can live with it. I don’t really like the blue
stripe over the eyes. It was a bit of a disappointment to find
it is fire/fighting. Psychic or something different would have
been nice, but whatever. |
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#392
- Gokazaru
Now, I do like this one. I think I almost prefer it to Blaziken.
It might be the gold armour, not too sure. He could have been
a psychic type, but fighting probably fits the move set a bit
more. I like the flaming hair too, better than the arse fire. |
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#393
- Pochama
OMGZ! Someone froze a Torchic! I do like it though, it’s
cute. It could have been water/ice, but I suppose that would
make it a bit unfair as a starter. Drill Peck is an instant
win for me too. |
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#394
- Pottaishi
Like Mokazaru, I can live with it for 20 or so levels, but
I wasn’t that impressed. Still pure water, but looks a
bit owl like to me. I could imagine it sliding over ice on its
tummy, which would be quite cool. (If you excuse the pun) |
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#395
- Emperuto
Now, this I do like. I can’t really see where the steel
type comes from, but meh. I like the claws coming from behind
the wings, as shown on the Sugimori art, they make it look menacing.
Shame it does not learn any ice attacks naturally, and that
both attack stats are rather average. The final form type triangle
is interesting this time though, which I will talk about now. |
The Fourth Generation Starter Battle
In the past three generations, the starter type triangle
has remained more or less the same. (With part exception to Blaziken
and Swampert) This time however, the new types add new strengths and
weaknesses.
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Dodaitoise Vs Gokazaru- In the past three generations,
the fire starter has always held the upperhand against the grass
types. However, this time, Dodaitoise has Earthquake to take out
the Goku Monkey. Though, with any luck, Gokazaru’s speed
and special attack should be able to deal with the island turtle/dino
fairly effectively. |
| Dodaitoise Vs Emperuto- Now, the Mecha Knight Penguin manages
to claw back a normal resistance to grass attacks with its steel
type, but once again Dodaitoise’s ground type rescues it.
With Emperuto’s poor defense, and Dodaitoise’s high
attack, Earthquake could be nasty. However, if Emperuto gets any
ice attacks via TM, it could cause a slight problem. |
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Gokazaru Vs Emperuto- Normal fire damage to Emperuto,
but high special defense could help for special attacks but physical
ones would be a disaster. As usual, Gokuzaru fears the water,
but this time he has the advantage that fighting beats steel.
That’s both types that hold an advantage over the big penguin. |
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#396
- Mukkuru
Standard starter bird really. Three forms, and some nice attacks.
Visually, pretty standard, but I prefer it to Tailow, whose
move set it steals completely. |
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#397
- Mukkubird
Not bad, standard starter bird evo. Meh-ish stats, and intimidate.
Could have been worse, but could have also been better. |
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#398
- Mukuhawk
It’s got a big scythe on it’s head! I’d
need to see it in the anime properly, but it seems a bit small
to me, doesn’t give me the sense of size Pidgeot does.
Nice to see a three form birdy again too. |
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#399
- Bippa
Rattata, Sentret, Zigagzoon, Bippa. It even has Rattata’s
teeth! Nice movepool though, I like rollout so early, and combined
with Defense Curl it could be useful early on. |
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#400
- Beadar
Apart from learning Water Gun, being Normal/Water is a bit
pointless. It looks kind of dopey, but hey, I probably look
dopey too sometimes. Its not like it would get used much anyway. |
#401
- Koroboshi
So the Volbeat/Illumise love child is more useless than we
thought. Atleast Magikarp evolved in to something much better
after not having any moves. It’s design makes me wonder
if it was at one time meant to debut in RS with the other two
beetle things. (It’s a beetle. Not a grass hopper. The
Pokedex LIES!) |
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#402
- Korotokku
It’s a mantis. With a moustache. We will see another
new Pokemon with a big moustache later. Scissor Cross is good,
I hear, but it seems like your average bug to me. |
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#403
- Korink
I do like electric types, but it’s a bit bright. Nice
to see another three form electric line too. I will no doubt
be using it eventually. |
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#404
- Rukushio
Korink’s evolved form. I like the tail, and the colour
scheme is a bit more eye pleasing. Seems a little like Manetric
Mark II though. |
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#405
- Rentora
Now this is cool. The pose reminds me of Absol for some reason,
but that’s no bad thing. I like the mane, but it’s
stats are disappointing. Higher Special Attack would have been
better for Special Electric and Dark moves like Crunch, but
I guess making it a physical attacker will be easier now the
categories are chosen by attack. |
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