Nocturnowl
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Best and worst looking Pokemon from each generation
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Muku
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I think there's at least a handful of cool looking Pokemon each generation. Even as the generations go on and there is more ugly to cool looking Pokemon ratio, the cool ones always look awesome. Though, some of the worst ever, in any generation have to be Scraggy, Scraffy, Trubbish, and Garbador. I mean seriously. Oh and not forget the Vanillish line. Ice cream? Vanilla ice cream? I facepalm'd when I found this in Pokemon Black. Then I was floored when I found a bag of garbage moving around. And Scraggy/Scraffy... I'm not going to even go into how bad those two are. These have to be the worst designed Pokemon yet. I'm kind of afraid to see a new generation of Pokemon games.
There are some other poorly designed Pokemon, but this generation takes the cake. The ones above are just bad on multiple levels, but there are some, like linked here, like Alomamola that are just horribly designed and boring. Not the worst, just boring.
There are some other poorly designed Pokemon, but this generation takes the cake. The ones above are just bad on multiple levels, but there are some, like linked here, like Alomamola that are just horribly designed and boring. Not the worst, just boring.
Are you in my head ? Haha.
Oh and pokemon is for kids.
lol
I love this kind of Pokemon art. I mean when they have shadows and almost look handmade. Anything similar?
Muku
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For me it's just ... yeah it's cute, but I felt like with this generation they were running out of ideas. I don't believe Muk or Grimer, whom have been mentioned, are better, but ice cream?! LOL. A lot of it can be a minute difference between boring, unimaginative, and just thought of as really bad for the generation. Just I have a hard time taking an ice cream cone seriously. (Yeah, yeah, it's a video game, and there are lots of crazy Pokemon out there, but the ice cream and bag of garbage really take me out of the game this generation.)
A Huge Battleship
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This thread made me check out the Gen IV/V ones to see what I was missing. Turns out not a lot.
Gen IV best and worst:
Could've gone with Garchomp or Empoleon for best but they've been mentioned enough already.
Gen V best and worst:
Gen IV best and worst:
Could've gone with Garchomp or Empoleon for best but they've been mentioned enough already.
Gen V best and worst:
Nocturnowl
Member
I don't see how the plastic bag means they make any less sense than others that pretty much wear clothes, title belts and boxing gloves to name a few.
Muku
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Gen V best and worst:
Why Sawk? For some reason, I always lump Sawk and Throh together as pretty boring. Guess they remind me of Hitmonchan and Hitmonlee in some odd way.
LightofRohan
Member
Ohhh yeaaa:
Pokemon wearing actual clothes I don't like either. However, a plastic bag is still a plastic bag at the end of the day. It's one thing to have an inanimate object on you, and another to exist as one.
A Huge Battleship
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No major reason, it was going to be either Sawk or Throh. I guess Throh's colour scheme is a bit more interesting.
ScraftyDevil
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I did not think an opinion could be wrong until today.
Muku
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No one is saying anyones opinion is wrong. Just sharing mine.
It's just interesting though to see some folks like ones that others don't though. Always curious about the reasoning on it.
Dr.Hadji, I'd never thought about that. Now I can't unsee it, LOL.
HyperCubed4
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I'll do what other people are doing and post it in Best/Worst format. I'm basing them on their appearance and slightly how well they fit their type.
Gen 1
Best: Just look at Gengar, standing there with his shit-eating grin. Hands down, my favourite Ghost Pokemon, mostly because of that face.
Worst: Seriously, it's a Pokeball with eyes. Electrode is at least a little more original due to the colour swap. Voltorb is just lazy design.
Gen 2
Best: I'm not a huge fan of Murkrow, but you can just tell that it's a Dark Pokemon. It sort of looks like it's wearing a witch's hat and crows have some negative symbolism attached to them.
Worst: WHAT IS THAT? It's a big blue... thing. I don't even know.
Gen 3
Best: Torkoal looks pretty damn good for a Fire Pokemon. You can tell that it's supposed to somewhat resemble a volcano, what with the smoke and glowing red holes in its shell.
Worst: It looks creepy, but this is some of the worst design choices for an Ice Pokemon ever. Unless it's supposed to look like a frostbitten face, then it looks great. Otherwise, it's pretty bad.
Gen 4
Best: You can tell that they were trying to make Lucario look like Anubis. There's no questioning that. His appearance doesn't fit his type, but he's got the best design of all the 4th Gen Pokemon, as far as I'm concerned.
Worst: Goofiest looking Pokemon of Generation 4. It was a toss-up between Tangrowth, Froslass and Porygon-Z, but Froslass won by a hair. Tangrowth looks goofy, Porygon-Z is a mess, but Froslass is a prime example of too much happening at once.
Gen 5
Best: Very, VERY close to putting Krookodile, but I chose Archeops instead. Archeops looks like an ancient Egyptian bird, what with the head of a snake and the vibrant colours.
Worst: Mmm, garbage liquid that's been poured over a mound of trash. That's a Pokemon I want to catch! In all honesty, he looks like trash.
Gen 1
Best: Just look at Gengar, standing there with his shit-eating grin. Hands down, my favourite Ghost Pokemon, mostly because of that face.
Worst: Seriously, it's a Pokeball with eyes. Electrode is at least a little more original due to the colour swap. Voltorb is just lazy design.
Gen 2
Best: I'm not a huge fan of Murkrow, but you can just tell that it's a Dark Pokemon. It sort of looks like it's wearing a witch's hat and crows have some negative symbolism attached to them.
Worst: WHAT IS THAT? It's a big blue... thing. I don't even know.
Gen 3
Best: Torkoal looks pretty damn good for a Fire Pokemon. You can tell that it's supposed to somewhat resemble a volcano, what with the smoke and glowing red holes in its shell.
Worst: It looks creepy, but this is some of the worst design choices for an Ice Pokemon ever. Unless it's supposed to look like a frostbitten face, then it looks great. Otherwise, it's pretty bad.
Gen 4
Best: You can tell that they were trying to make Lucario look like Anubis. There's no questioning that. His appearance doesn't fit his type, but he's got the best design of all the 4th Gen Pokemon, as far as I'm concerned.
Worst: Goofiest looking Pokemon of Generation 4. It was a toss-up between Tangrowth, Froslass and Porygon-Z, but Froslass won by a hair. Tangrowth looks goofy, Porygon-Z is a mess, but Froslass is a prime example of too much happening at once.
Gen 5
Best: Very, VERY close to putting Krookodile, but I chose Archeops instead. Archeops looks like an ancient Egyptian bird, what with the head of a snake and the vibrant colours.
Worst: Mmm, garbage liquid that's been poured over a mound of trash. That's a Pokemon I want to catch! In all honesty, he looks like trash.
pun completely intended
Boss Doggie
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Nocturnowl
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Well if it helps, due to how it evolves with the burst bag and junk body I figure its more living garbage that wears a bag like skin.
I mean it probably doesn't but yeah.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
I consider Trubbish and its evolution a sentient grime/slime that uses garbage for its "shell".
cosmicblizzard
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Seriously, the guy has a friggin cannon on his arm!
Nocturnowl
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Precisely, wait "garbage liquid" HyperCubed4?
Poor old Garbodor, no one even wants to look at it long enough to decipher its appearance, if Poison wasn't such a shockingly awful type i'd use it in B2/W2 and spread the foul smelling joy.
ScraftyDevil
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It's supposed to look like Gengar in a hockey mask, silly!
Baconsaurus Rex
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Man I forgot that the Gen IV and V designs were that bad.
Why do people hate Mr. Mime so much? He is one of my favorites
I feel as if it would seem normal that I would dislike Mr. Mime, but I don't think I do. But as for Gen 1 designs go, Jynx and Mr. Mime are the bottom of the list for me.
HyperCubed4
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The green part of Garbodor looks as if garbage liquid has been poured over its head. Look at the cyan rock on the bottom right; it appears as if the liquid is being poured over it. From that, I can conclude that the green "skin" of Garbodor is not skin, but some sort of liquid.
...Damn it.
Meatvillain
Banned
These aren't necessarily "The Best" but they are definitely amongst my favourites.
Electivire is badass.
Electivire is badass.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Glalie looks like Getter Robo 1.
megarockexe
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A lot of the favorites lists look the same. I personally never cared for Spinda.
http://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Trubbish_(Pokémon)
There is some more info there on Trubbish.
There is some more info there on Trubbish.
Gillian Seed
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Jack Scofield
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The wizard-like Pokemon from Red and Blue (the one with only one spoon, I think. He was the second form) was always cool. I can't remember his name, though.
Kadabra posted below.
Gillian Seed
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Alakazam
Nocturnowl
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Looks can be deceiving, he's rocking the bag mask and cape combo, he's like the superhero of garbage.
The entiely new mon from Gen 4 (as in excluding the many old evos) may be the weakest set of monsters from where i'm standing but it is redeemed by this guy that I don't think anyone has mentioned because evidently you people are lame.
TREE YETI!
HyperCubed4
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Kadabra was pretty cool, yeah. Abra was cool too, but I COULDN'T CATCH THE BASTARD.
So where is our Alakazam first person shooter with dual wielding spoons?
Just have to throw a Pokeball and hope you get lucky unless you have a faster Pokemon with Hypnosis.
Just have to throw a Pokeball and hope you get lucky unless you have a faster Pokemon with Hypnosis.
Uno Venova
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oh man how did i forget about buzz.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Shinxa, the blue lion
Dion Blaster
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HyperCubed4
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I would play the hell out of that.
Maybe I misspoke with my last post. I'm pretty sure I caught an Abra once with Hypno, but it took forever. I was pretty over levelled too, that might have had something to do with it.
I dont follow pokemon, but gen 1 starters final evolutions are badass and looked equally matched. Well venasaur less so - but a motherfuckin dragon on fuckin and a baller tortoise with fudgin canons through a protective shell.
Also zapdos is one of the best character designs, not just pokemon.
Also zapdos is one of the best character designs, not just pokemon.