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Well that's going to be a doozy to explain.
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Looks familiar to the bit below Sylveon.
It's IMPOSSIBLE to tell based on this, it really is
So what are you saying? It's either Bug or something new? Do you not think that if it was Bug, it'd be a little more obvious? More green in it's design, a more bug related name, more bug motifs surrounding the promotions?
This
Does not fit into here
All you've showed me here is that the motif from the video looks like it has an insecty/small wing in it. Kind of like Clefairy's wings. CleFAIRY.
OH i'm going there with retroactive typing too.But Mewtwo was a one time clone deal and the lab and the Professor who made it were completely destroyed.
So what are you saying? It's either Bug or something new? Do you not think that if it was Bug, it'd be a little more obvious? More green in it's design, a more bug related name, more bug motifs surrounding the promotions?
This
Does not fit into here
All you've showed me here is that the motif from the video looks like it has an insecty/small wing in it. Kind of like Clefairy's wings. CleFAIRY.
I'm just saying that there's so much pointing at so much that it's impossible to tell
I agree. I just feel that, where upon Sylveon's reveal, I wouldn't have even entertained the possibility of a new type, it's actually something they could drop on us now.
Fair enough, I'll leave it at that
. I'm putting all my chips on Fairy. I'll be back to collect in October (or sooner).In that regard, sylvan means ...foresty (!). (yeah, i googled it)
I don't think it's a bug type though, I believe the X/Y female/male theory is true. Especially after the amorous meowth in the trailer.
Female/Male typing is an interesting thought, but one that I personally hope doesn't happen.
Pokemon actually does pretty damn well nowadays with gender roles and designs. Near every Pokemon has a male and female member. You can choose to play as either a girl or boy, and it doesn't matter a single bit (dialogue, story). It's very evenly spread which gym leaders/elite 4/team leaders/champions are male and female. It's pretty much a perfect gender game. Specific Pokemon are only one gender, but they're usually understandable.
If they put in Male/Female related typings, and Sylveon is solely Female? They just took one huge step back in my eyes. Enforcing cutesy, pink, ribbons and such are for girls only. I'd hate to see what the other Pokemon along those types are.
Sigismundo
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Secret Fire Emblem viral marketing?
Umbreon is the only one that isnt obvious to me.
Umbra is latin for shadow/ghost according to bulbapedia.
Sylveon confuses me
Sylva means forest of truth/ and is female in latin soooo
maybe Eevee will get a boy/girl normal evolution? goes with the XX/XY theory. there is a bit of evidence that points it to being a bug type but it doesnt look like a bug evo.
Umbra is latin for shadow/ghost according to bulbapedia.
Sylveon confuses me
Sylva means forest of truth/ and is female in latin soooo
maybe Eevee will get a boy/girl normal evolution? goes with the XX/XY theory. there is a bit of evidence that points it to being a bug type but it doesnt look like a bug evo.
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You have to look at all of the names of Sylveon across the languages.
The common factor is relation to "fairy".
I did read an interesting idea that Nymphia is meant to be a pun on "nymph" (the fairy, and the bug class named after the fairy from Greek myth) and how in Japan "yosei" can mean fairy/pupa, and that the rest of the countries focused on the "fairy" part over the implied bug pun, but I'm not sure if the localizers would be that blind.
The common factor is relation to "fairy".
I did read an interesting idea that Nymphia is meant to be a pun on "nymph" (the fairy, and the bug class named after the fairy from Greek myth) and how in Japan "yosei" can mean fairy/pupa, and that the rest of the countries focused on the "fairy" part over the implied bug pun, but I'm not sure if the localizers would be that blind.
Nintendo giveth and they taketh away. New Mario, Donkey Kong and Zelda games announced.
New fetus Mewtwo form confirmed.
Wiz
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Okay, Pokemon...how much more DBZ can you get?
Demoncarnotaur
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DBZ?
I dont like it anymore, it looks like he goes a step back.. so weird that its a form. =/
He goes from series looking to really cartoony looking.
Sylvan means "of the woods" hence Transylvania (beyond the woods) and Pennsylvania (Penn's woods). It refers to inhabitants of the woods, which would include things like fairies. Sylveon's Japanese name is more direct, since people think of nymphs more as fairies than as bugs, but perhaps NoA felt that was too risque for the US market since nymphs traditionally are very sexual, hence nymphomania, and they didn't want more disturbing fanart than they already got.
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Saw this on Dogasu's Backpack translation of the Manga Adaption:
I'm wondering if this Ortus Flower might end up being a real item in XY that unlocks Genesect's speculated Original Forme, just like how the Gracidea Flower from Movie 11 ended up being included in Platinum as a way to change Shaymin's Forms.
Eric explains that the Ortus flowers (which is my best attempt at romanizing オルタス
I'm wondering if this Ortus Flower might end up being a real item in XY that unlocks Genesect's speculated Original Forme, just like how the Gracidea Flower from Movie 11 ended up being included in Platinum as a way to change Shaymin's Forms.
Boss Doggie
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Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
Reiko Takashima, apparently
There's an interview with her on the site, here, which may perhaps shed some light on things when translated.
There's an interview with her on the site, here, which may perhaps shed some light on things when translated.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Wow, an actress rather than a voice actress. This is interesting.
Also Serebii has summary of the film.
So it's like a weird ET!
Also Serebii has summary of the film.
So it's like a weird ET!
That just makes me think it's Fairy even more. Nice catch.
Tennin (天人
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
But why create "fairy" type when it can pretty much mean they can be pure flying? See, most common "flying" types are usually half because they aren't really "pure". The one that is pure flying doesn't even resemble your average flying type. Hence I consider Sylveon Flying and not "fairy".
Also I wonder how people would take in the voice change of Mewtwo lol
Also I wonder how people would take in the voice change of Mewtwo lol
It would be cool if the English dub has two voice actors ( Male and Female) voicing the "Awakened Mewtwo" at the same time.
So it's a new forme?
Well I guess that means that Mewtwo proper is more likely to be in SSB4, but it's also unnecessary and lame.
I also think Sylveon is probably a new type. I'm not particularly excited about that though. I think just adding a random type this late in the game would be a little awkward unless it was part of a larger re-typing and re-balancing to include all the previous Pokemon.
I might be annoyed if they go with boy version and girl version. I'd like to be able to play the game I want without making a statement about my gender.
Well I guess that means that Mewtwo proper is more likely to be in SSB4, but it's also unnecessary and lame.
I also think Sylveon is probably a new type. I'm not particularly excited about that though. I think just adding a random type this late in the game would be a little awkward unless it was part of a larger re-typing and re-balancing to include all the previous Pokemon.
I might be annoyed if they go with boy version and girl version. I'd like to be able to play the game I want without making a statement about my gender.
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I'm pretty sure all forms in the past have been able to change back. There's nothing yet to suggest Mewtwo will be any different.
Ah thanks, good to hear. I've been out of the Pokemon loop for a while and was thinking of jumping back in with X/Y. I had no idea how "forms" worked.
IntelliHeath
As in "Heathcliff"
Probably.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Heh, Genesect has a deep manly voice and Mewtwo has that tough womanly voice.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Oh apparently the Spanish leaker has stated Sylveon's type:
it's Flying
ScraftyDevil
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Knew it.
Gorramit; I should've put money on this. I had so many opportunities.
Please don't be fake.
Got a link to that?
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Yeah I thought the Tennin fits the pure-Flying type design of Sylveon/Nymphia.
/vp/
then it showed the Spanish forums. Said Spanish poster had accurate leaks from BW Pokedex to Mewtwo form.
/vp/
then it showed the Spanish forums. Said Spanish poster had accurate leaks from BW Pokedex to Mewtwo form.
I see thanks. They seem to believe.
I think it would be awkward to start creating a new type of Pokemon without bringing the old ones up to speed in some way. I didn't say Sylveon would be the only one with a new type.
They've got about 650 Pokemon already. Unless they add a substantial number of new ones for a new generation, the new Pokemon are always going to be dwarfed in prominence by the old ones. If they're coming up with new ideas, then they ought to extend to all of the Pokemon, not just the new ones. To suddenly start making Pokemon of a new type after 650 Pokemon of all kinds have been created without that type could feel awkward. It would be way less prominent than every other type. Adding types in the second generation was easier to do because there were already a lot of types that had only a few Pokemon. Now every type has all sorts of Pokemon except a potential new type.
I'm interested in how GameFreak intends to handle the ever-growing number of Pokemon. They're already at the point where they can't really incorporate all of the Pokemon in just two games. If they're going to keep adding 100-150 new ones every few years, then they're going to have to either increase the content of their games, make more games, or de-emphasize a lot of the older Pokemon.
Each Pokemon has a certain amount of content associated with it. You can't just stick 400 Pokemon in a game that's the same size as the others. So far, they've been only doing two games per generation so it's not really enough to cover them all. I think it would be really nice if the 6th generation is complete meaning that you don't have to trade back to older generations to get all the Pokemon. I just hope that the answer to that is to make more content and not to shove all the unwanted Pokemon into a Safari Zone or something.
Woah! After the Victini/Kyurem movies, this looks so disappointing in the animation/drawing department... Mewtwo (original form) looks horribly drawn. New form doesn't look much better [compared to the artwork, where it looks fine].
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That Hiro dude actually "confirmed" Sylveon's Type months ago...but, you know, who knows if he's right. He got into big trouble for the BW leaks iirc, so it's doubtful he has the same sources as before.
He did say that the Mewtwo Forme was official though...and was right about that but, then again, I said it was real too and I don't have any insider sources.
He did say that the Mewtwo Forme was official though...and was right about that but, then again, I said it was real too and I don't have any insider sources.
If that's true they dropped the ball HARD on the looks. That doesn't look like a goddamn flying type to me. Ever other Eeveelution has pretty explicit design cues that relate to it's type, and for good reason.