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[zroid]

Slurpuff - evolved form of Swirlix

Slurpuff has an unbelievable sense of smell—a hundred million times more sensitive than that of humans. With its highly attuned senses, it can distinguish the faintest of odors.

Species Meringue Pokémon
Type Fairy
Ability Sweet Veil
Height 2' 07"
Weight 11.0 lbs.

Aromatisse - evolved form of Spritzee

Aromatisse, the evolved form of Spritzee, can give off a variety of different smells, from a pleasant fragrance to an odor so repugnant to its opponent that it can turn a battle in its favor.

Species Fragrance Pokémon
Type Fairy
Ability Healer
Height 2' 07"
Weight 34.2 lbs.

 

[DigitalOp]

Ewww

Next pokemon please?

 

[Lumination]

I wouldn't let my kid near this thing.

 

[Shengar]

Aromatisse actually look like a fairy while Slurpuff is another level of bleargh.

 

[Schadenfreude]

Look at the little puffball. So adorable.

 

[Holy Order Sol]

Looks edible.

 

[WrenchNinja]

This game is too French.

 

[Samurai_Heart]

So this is what we get after an ice cream Pokémon -_-;

 

[Riki]

Aromatisse is far too sexy for a kids game. Flashing so much leg.

 

[18-Volt]

Great! More Dragon Quest-esque pokémon!

 

[Ricky 7]

More ice-cream Pokemon? Anyways we needed more Fairy types so this is good.

 

[cafemomo]

Great! More Dragon Quest-esque pokémon!

First Digimon, now DQ?

 

[Bishop89]

Ewww

Next pokemon please?

This.

A lot of hit and miss designs.

 

[StickSoldier]

Can someone point me to cool looking Fairy Pokemon? I hope this isn't a sign of what is to become of the other Fairy type Pokemon.

 

[Nocturnowl]

I'm fully behind the marvellous Meringue, I just had a good 15 seconds of chuckling at it upon opening the thread.

 

[SparksterMeta0]

Still better than garbage Pokemon.

 

[Forkball]

That's 1/35th of all the new Pokemon!

These were in Corocoro I believe yesterday. They are ugly but get used to seeing them slapped on promo art for the next five years.

 

[Espada]

Aromatisse is far too sexy for a kids game. Flashing so much leg.

Haha, yup. Aromatisse with DAT LEG. It's strangely adorable, unlike Slurpuff which is hideous.

 

[zroid]

Can someone point me to cool looking Fairy Pokemon? I hope this isn't a sign of what is to become of the other Fairy type Pokemon.

Bow to your Sylveon god

Also Xerneas

 

[Jenoss]

I can skip this..

 

[Kurita]

Slurpuff is sooooooo cute!

 

[Deleted member 231381]

Can we stop with the food-themed Pokemon, please? It wasn't like vanilluxe was received in open arms...

 

[Starwolf_UK]

Its odd with comments like these :

Ewww

Next pokemon please?

Then combined with the leaks thread of (fake quote but gets the impression across):

Spoiler

What? Only 70 new Pokemon (number unconfirmed). Worst gen ever.

I don't understand what to think anymore. Its people hate new Pokemon designs yet at the same time want more of them...I get it, its not that they want more its just for them not to suck in whatever arbitrary way (design or gameplay).

Still Pokedex description; 10^8 more sensitive smell...typical Pokedex hyperbole, like the whole Alakazam has more computation power than a cluster of supercomputers...

 

[JoeM86]

That's 1/35th of all the new Pokemon!

These were in Corocoro I believe yesterday. They are ugly but get used to seeing them slapped on promo art for the next five years.

Wasn't CoroCoro. It was a magazine called Chao/Ciao.

 

[entremet]

This game is too French.

It's intentional.

 

[Toxi]

Still better than garbage Pokemon.

Why do people have to hate Grimer and Muk so much?

 

[Deleted member 231381]

Why do people have to hate Grimer and Muk so much?

A slime monster is a pretty traditional RPG trope. A "garbage bag monster" is not.

 

[Toxi]

A slime monster is a pretty traditional RPG trope. A "garbage bag monster" is not.

Grimer and Muk are sludge.

Also, refuse monsters are a staple of fiction. Glad to see Pokemon offer their own take by having the garbage bag included.

 

[DR2K]

These are both pretty terrible designs.

 

[Kyon]

Yassss bitch is serving LEG.

Queen

 

[Snacks the sober sea lion]

A hundred million?

Looks like the Pokedex hasn't lost its complete lack of any sense of scale.

 

[Hattori]

Bow to your Sylveon god

Also Xerneas

.

 

[Village]

Yassss bitch is serving LEG.

Queen

Working it apperently.

Its its adorable is too stronk.

 

[Kyon]

Working it apperently.

Its its adorable is too stronk.

As a award winning Pokemon Contestant I shall make her my new star.

 

[blitzwolf215]

I want this one. Does Flabébé evolov at all?

 

[Ultima_5]

A hundred million?

Looks like the Pokedex hasn't lost its complete lack of any sense of scale.

never had one

 

[Deleted member 231381]

Grimer and Muk are sludge.

Also, refuse monsters are a staple of fiction. Glad to see Pokemon offer their own take by having the garbage bag included.

Sludge and slime are to all intents and purposes the same thing - sludge being just a particular type of slimey substance.

Having the garbage included was clearly not a good idea. There's a reason the vast majority of fans do not like Garbodor and Trubbish, and why they're so frequently nominated on "worst design" lists. The majority of fans tend not to like things which are too "human" - either in the sense they look humanoid, or are based on manufactured objects.

 

[SparksterMeta0]

Why do people have to hate Grimer and Muk so much?

I was referring tot Trubbish and Garbodor.

 

[zroid]

A hundred million?

Looks like the Pokedex hasn't lost its complete lack of any sense of scale.

It's not really that unrealistic, actually. Certain dog breeds for example have 10,000,000x as sensitive smell than humans. It's only 10x more than some dogs, then.

Sensitivity to odor is kind of like sound, it works on an exponential scale.

 

[Toxi]

Sludge and slime are to all intents and purposes the same thing - sludge being just a particular type of slimey substance.

Sludge is sewage, which is of decidedly human origin.

Having the garbage included was clearly not a good idea. There's a reason the vast majority of fans do not like Garbodor and Trubbish, and why they're so frequently nominated on "worst design" lists. The majority of fans tend not to like things which are too "human" - either in the sense they look humanoid, or are based on manufactured objects.

Why should I give a shit what the majority of fans think? The majority of fans think Pikachu is the best Pokemon, do you agree with them?

Trubbish and Garbodor are good designs because they take the basic concept of a garbage monster and mix it up by adding the actual trash bag to give them some form. Just because something looks human (Hi Jynx) or is of human origin doesn't make it a bad design. Are people going to shit on Porygon too because it intentionally looks like bad N64 graphics? How about Koffing, who is based on a combination of a naval mine and smog, which are both of human origin? No, they won't, because Koffing and Porygon are awesome designs, and so is Garbodor.

 

[Rubius]

I wouldn't let my kid near this thing.

"Hey kid, want some cream?"

 

[Opinionatedfish]

Slurpuff makes me think of Cartman from South Park for some reason.

Aromatisse is hilarious for some reason. I hope it has a Shiny form that is black and red like a proper cabaret dancer.

 

[Dion Blaster]

My optimism about the designs in this game is now waning after this and the starter evos. Thank god for based Megazard.

 

[GiantBreadbug]

I like pretty much every Pokemon design (for real), and...

These are awful. Swirlix is so fluffy and cute, but that evo... It's lumpy and gross.

 

[dakkumauji]

I'm a little disappointed in the direction they went with Aromatisse, since its pre-evo had a cool theme with that whole doctor thing and it would have been cool to get a Fairy/Dark type.

No real feelings on the other one.

 

[DedValve]

I really hope that spritzee evo isn't the final evo. I was hoping for something like this

With a cool type like Fairy/Steel (immunity to poison)

 

[Deleted member 231381]

Sludge is sewage, which is of decidedly human origin.

Not necessarily. It can just be any muck, mire or ooze - you can find natural sludge in swamps. I mean, I'm not going to say that Grimer is clearly entirely natural, it's not, but frankly if you can't see the degree of difference between Grimer and Trubbish something is wrong.

Why should I give a shit what the majority of fans think? The majority of fans think Pikachu is the best Pokemon, do you agree with them?

Me, personally? No. As someone in charge of the series, would I take note of that and consider it? Yes.

Trubbish and Garbodor are good designs because they take the basic concept of a garbage monster and mix it up by adding the actual trash bag to give them some form. Just because something looks human (Hi Jynx) or is of human origin doesn't make it a bad design. Are people going to shit on Porygon too because it intentionally looks like bad N64 graphics? How about Koffing, who is based on a combination of a naval mine and smog, which are both of human origin? No, they won't, because Koffing and Porygon are awesome designs, and so is Garbodor.

Jynx is, yet again, something widely recognised as being a bad design. Porygon's entire back-story is built around it being the first synthesized Pokemon, so there's no discrepancy between it being man-made and the "natural creatures" vibe of Pokemon. Koffing isn't a good design either.

 

[EulaCapra]

Eff the haters because they're cute, cuddly, or pink. You have enough Digimon-looking Mega Evolutions to look forward to.

I however, want to hug the hell out of that ball of cream puff.

 

[SenorArdilla]

Some people still call meringue "pets" which has another meaning in French. Such fragrance.

 

[Busaiku]

Holy crap, just noticed the leg.