Professor Beef
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Lt. Surge's fight is much better.
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Lt. Surge's fight is much better.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
SenorArdilla
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Charizard beating Magmar with Seismic Toss >>>>>>> Pikachu beating Raichu by standing on its tail
Benzychenz
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Don't lose hope!
Huh, the design actually looks pretty good here.
Never liked it from looking at the in game model.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
See? Mega Heracross is a good Mega mon.
Add that GF stupidly puts its amazing animation on moves it will never seen shows how much waste this guy has. ;_;
Any links?
You know how it looks like Heracross has a mouth between his eyes, and the show went with that?
Now it seems that's actually the separation between his head and body, and he has a small head that's jutting out.
Hrm. This is how it looks in XY:
Shiny Heracross in Amie (if timed link doesn't work, it's at 3:17)
I always wanted to use Pinsir but then I remember that there are other better bug type Pokémon.
Plus the fact that Pinsir doesn't evolve doesn't help.
I can never watch that episode without looking at Charizard's neck, the animator drew it far too long.
Forever ruined.
Because Octillery is that awesome, seriously he's so bulky and hits pretty hard.
I love my Octillery.
Can't wait for Eevee, one of the cutest Pokémon ever and my second favourite Pokémon.
Plus the fact that Pinsir doesn't evolve doesn't help.
I can never watch that episode without looking at Charizard's neck, the animator drew it far too long.
Forever ruined.
Because Octillery is that awesome, seriously he's so bulky and hits pretty hard.
I love my Octillery.
Only 5 to go until Eevee, I feel bad for Birdie
Can't wait for Eevee, one of the cutest Pokémon ever and my second favourite Pokémon.
balladofwindfishes
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At least Lefeon and Glaceon aren't particularly notable as far as I remember, so those write ups shouldn't be too bad.
That's because they go with the idea of the evolution method having to be something that wouldn't really be possible in past games as a "canon" reason as to why they exist.
Of course, they failed with Lickitung and Rollout, but still.
Not only is Leafeon is the coolest looking of the eeveelutions, but its very bulky and hits hard.
Leafia my Leafeon from my Platinum really showed just how awesome he was as he took out a lot of the Gym Leader Pokémon.
Can't say the same for Glaceon as I haven't used it yet.
I was more thinking of it should have been introduced in Gen 1 along with the others that evolve through elemental stones. I understand why it didn't evolve that way in Gen 4
I remember thinking as a kid when I was playing Pokemon Red, that Eevee should have had a grass type evolution through the Leaf Stone, I even called it Leafeon!
balladofwindfishes
Member
They should go back next game and clean up some of the convoluted evolution methods.
Fire Stone, Thunder Stone, Water Stone, Moon Stone, Sun Stone, Leaf Stone, Frost Stone (new item) and Sprite Stone (new item)
Just simplify the whole line. Eevee's evolution methods are a mess.
balladofwindfishes
Member
It requires a specific location for each new game in the series or the Pokemon is unobtainable (like Heart Gold/Soul Silver not having the needed rock locations)
At this point we always need to have
- Three meteor locations for Deoxys
- Random bright red appliances perfectly lined up for Rotom
- Specific places to form change the genies from Black and White
- a move tutor for Secret Sword for Keldeo
- Two rocks for Eevee
- A magnet area for Magnezone/Probopass
- Pokemon Amie for Eevee
- A gyro sensor for Inkay
- Probably more random evolution methods I'm forgetting
At what point does Gamefreak say enough is enough and retcon them to make their lives easier?
They already did for Feebas because they couldn't just keep adding beauty systems in every game even if the game lacked contests.
Watch Da Birdie
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#128 - Tauros
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If you think about it, Tauros is the last "no thrills" Pokemon of Generation I. While everyone else has been off getting new evolutions, Baby forms, and now Mega Evolutions, Tauros remains one of the few single-stage Pokemon left, and that purity is somewhat admirable. Well, in Generation II, Tauros did receive a counterpart, of sorts, in a new cow Pokemon, but the two have never been officially linked. Still, I know many fans would love to see this relationship made canon one day with a Baby calf to connect the two of them, but Game Freak seems to disagree. Did you know Tauros was like one of the greatest Pokemon during the Generation I days? I had no clue, but yeah, he was apparently one of the strongest Pokemon there was due to the rarity of Fighting-moves, powerful attack and speed, and an impressive moveset, and he remained rather powerful until the tides began to shift in Generation III. Nowadays he's rather unremarkable, and in my mind I always thought he was a pretty middle-of-the-road Pokemon, so it was surprising to learn at one point he was basically a god among the competitive scene. Maybe it's time to break that purity of his with a Mega to bring him back up to speed...
As far as Normal-type Pokemon go, Tauros mixes the simple "terrestrial" nature of the early-game Normal-type Pokemon with the strength and power usually present in the more elaborate Normal-type Pokemon creating a pretty solid Pokemon overall. Tauros is basically a wild bull, although its mane looks a bit like something you'd expect to see on a bison perhaps (BISON!!!), and he's got all the traits you'd expect to see from a bull such as a patriarchial herd-based hierachy based on strength, powerful horns, and of course the tendency to charge at everything it sees. As a kid I thought Tauros probably had an aversion to red as well, like bulls are believed to have and depicted with in popular culture, but it seems perhaps Japan isn't aware of that stereotype, as the PokeDex makes no mention of that. You imagine my confusion of course when "Showdown at Dark City" aired and it was Scyther and Electabuzz of all Pokemon who were given this trait. I still don't get how and why they decided to use those Pokemon in that way.
The most interesting thing about Tauros seperating it from a regular bull are its three-tails. We've had plenty of Pokemon with three-heads already in Generation I, so Game Freak decided to throw us a curveball right at the end with a Pokemon who does the opposite of that, and has three-tails instead. You know, I can accept a creature having three-heads, that makes perfect sense to me, but three-tails is seriously where I have to draw the line. I can only suspend my sense of disbelief so far, you know. Tauros' tails act like a whip, perhaps inspired by how cows are known to use their tails to swat at flies, which it uses to strike its own body in order to psyche it up. You could call it a "bullwhip", although there's actually some debate if such whips were ever actually used for cattle, and it specifically resembles the famous "cat-o-nine-tails" (or should I say nine-tales?), minus six of the tails of course, which definately was never used for herding cattle and was pretty much created only to dish out punishment on human victims. Tauros also has three little metallic bumps on its head, but I've never really figured out what they're meant to represent and what purpose they serve. They basically remind me of the gems on Golduck and Persian's head, except a bit simpler, so it was probably a visual enhancement to make Tauros look slightly more interesting. I've never been a huge fan of Tauros, never had any urge to use him, but he's pretty cool I guess in a simple way.
Like many kids, you probably wondered where the heck Ash got all those Tauros who popped up at the end of Kanto suddenly at Oak's laboratory. In Japan, there's only been four episodes officially banned---the infamous seizure episode, which aired once and never aired again, and three later episodes which never actually aired due to being deemed insensitive after major earthquakes struck Japan---but there are a few episodes that were banned specifically by the dub due to having elements deemed insensitive to Western audiences, such as "Holiday Hi-Jynx". There's actually only one Kanto episode that's never been dubbed, as Holiday Hi-Jynx did air before being banned, and the episode "Beauty and the Beach" which was banned originally finally aired a few years after the fact greatly edited, known as "The Legend of Dratini" which was the 35th episode of the show between "The Kangaskhan Kid" and "The Bridge Bike Gang". This episode took place in the Safari Zone, which thus never really appeared in the dub despite being mentioned in the episode beforehand, and was banned due to gun violence---"The Kangaskhan Kid" actually featured guns as well, but this episode notably had a character who's entire gimmick was shoving pistols in people's faces, and even firing them at Team Rocket, which was perhaps too much for the censors. Perhaps at one point it was intended to air, as the PokeRap includes scenes from this episode, but ultimately it was skipped over. I'm guessing the Japanese side also got the memo, as I don't think realistic guns were ever seen again in the entire show's run? We'll probably never see this episode dubbed, as the state of gun violence in the West has sadly gotten far, far worse since this episode aired and a dude pointing a gun at a kid has way too many real-world connotations now. However you can find it subbed, and I believe there's been a few "fan-dub" attempts, but good luck with that.
Anyway, in the episode, Ash ended up catching 30 Tauros. The first on purpose, but the rest were accidents due to jumping in front of all the other Pokemon he was trying to capture---pretty interesting this was really the only time outside of the first couple episodes Ash notable tried to catch all the Pokemon he could. Brock actually caught a Tauros as well, but his has never popped up since, and he may have given it to Ash perhaps? Since that point, Ash's Tauros has stayed at Oak's ranch, although one Tauros became a reserve battler, and most people presume the Tauros who always fights is the same one, and likely the herd's leader. I'm surprised they never gave the Tauros a visual indicator to help differentiate it from the others, such as scratched horns like the PokeDex mentions the strongest Tauros posesses, but either way one Tauros ended up becoming a pretty faithful partner to Ash. Tauros was skipped over during the Indigo League, but got to fight in the Orange Islands match with Drake, taking down Venusaur, the Johto League fight with Gary, losing to Nidoqueen, and the Battle Frontier fight with Anabel, losing to Alakazam during their first fight but tying with Metagross during the rematch. Not too bad of a history I guess for a Pokemon much of the world was confused about. He also got a surprise appearance in an early Johto episode where he took part in a Tauros competition, and won.
To be fair, the appliances tend to just be a box in a lab now, and you just need the Reveal Glass item for the Kami trio, not a location
Watch Da Birdie
I buy cakes for myself on my birthday it's not weird lots of people do it I bet
ORAS basically shoved all that stuff into the new Mauville City, right?
NipplesAndToes23
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Surprised there wasn't an evolution for this. I thought I remember seeing a Tauros with an afro.
balladofwindfishes
Member
Tauros and Miltank are one of those Pokemon pairs people have made, but I don't recall Gamefreak ever actually making canon.
Taurus babies can't even be made from Miltank, unlike Volbeat and Nidoran. So it's not really any sort of canon relationship, just two similar themed Pokemon that both happen to have locked genders.
Taurus babies can't even be made from Miltank, unlike Volbeat and Nidoran. So it's not really any sort of canon relationship, just two similar themed Pokemon that both happen to have locked genders.
#128 - Tauros
Normal
If you think about it, Tauros is the last "no thrills" Pokemon of Generation I. While everyone else has been off getting new evolutions, Baby forms, and now Mega Evolutions, Tauros remains one of the few single-stage Pokemon left, and that purity is somewhat admirable. Well, in Generation II, Tauros did receive a counterpart, of sorts, in a new cow Pokemon, but the two have never been officially linked. Still, I know many fans would love to see this relationship made canon one day with a Baby calf to connect the two of them, but Game Freak seems to disagree. Did you know Tauros was like one of the greatest Pokemon during the Generation I days? I had no clue, but yeah, he was apparently one of the strongest Pokemon there was due to the rarity of Fighting-moves, powerful attack and speed, and an impressive moveset, and he remained rather powerful until the tides began to shift in Generation III. Nowadays he's rather unremarkable, and in my mind I always thought he was a pretty middle-of-the-road Pokemon, so it was surprising to learn at one point he was basically a god among the competitive scene. Maybe it's time to break that purity of his with a Mega to bring him back up to speed...
Got to correct you there my friend. They have been linked somewhat, just not by eggs
Only Reveal Glass and Secret Sword/Relic Song (and technically Genesect's items)
Aaronrules380
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It's worth noting that gamefreak could always make an alternate evolution method, since they did that with Milotic in gen 5. Now Feebas can evolve into milotic either through prism scale trading, or the traditional beauty method. It'd be easy to craft an item for the rocks and magnet areas for example, and could still be done with inkay and sylveon evos
edit: Oh, you already noted it
That's Bouffalant, a buffalo Pokemon introduced in Gen 5
Waluigilicious
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I take it no one really cares about the fact that there's no proper National Dex order anymore
Tauros is pretty cool. It was the pokemon that eluded me the most during gen 1, even more than Chansey. I spent hours trying to catch one, I was more than a little salty when I found out Ash caught 30 like it was no big deal.
I can't say I agree with your examples.
everything looks better in sprite form
I can't say I agree with your examples.
balladofwindfishes
Member
I miss sprites
Gen 4 had the best style in the series. They should have kept that design up.
Gen 5 felt awkwardly between 3D and 2D with stretched sprites everywhere, and Gen 6 went all to 3D and I think lost some character in the transition.
Gen 4 had the best style in the series. They should have kept that design up.
Gen 5 felt awkwardly between 3D and 2D with stretched sprites everywhere, and Gen 6 went all to 3D and I think lost some character in the transition.
Boss Doggie
all my loli wolf companions are so moe
Sadly I can't find any vids, you just have to play him. Use certain punch attacks (not close combat) to make him use his BIG O AIR VENT PUNCH. Use certain projectile attacks (not pin missile) to make him use his SECRET GATLING GUN.
GiantBreadbug
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I miss sprites
Gen 4 had the best style in the series. They should have kept that design up.
Gen 5 felt awkwardly between 3D and 2D with stretched sprites everywhere, and Gen 6 went all to 3D and I think lost some character in the transition.
Actually I find Gen 5 beautiful. The quirks of the animations and how difficult it was to hand draw those for all of the Pokémon are amazing to me.
Plus it was the first time the sprites moved beyond entry animations so there's that making me nostalgic.
Ah Tauros, the one Pokémon that I am looking forward to using in my Heart Gold team.
I remember when I first used Umbreon in my Silver team, I knew that Dark type moves were super effective against psychic but I didn't know that that Dark types were immune until I fought against Sabrina.
My heart was in my mouth when I read the word "Espeon used Psychic" as I feared psychic type from gen 1, then I laughed when I saw that Umbreon was immune to it.
You're thinking of Bouffalant
Looks nothing like Tauros and is a buffalo.
Yeah Gen 5 went all out with the sprites and for the first time gave trainers animations thus making them feel alive.
It's only flaw that we didn't have Pokémon following us.
Plus when gen 6 came round the trainers in just feel stiff and not as lively compare to the sprite days.
Umbreon has long been my favourite Eeveelution.
I remember when I first used Umbreon in my Silver team, I knew that Dark type moves were super effective against psychic but I didn't know that that Dark types were immune until I fought against Sabrina.
My heart was in my mouth when I read the word "Espeon used Psychic" as I feared psychic type from gen 1, then I laughed when I saw that Umbreon was immune to it.
You're thinking of Bouffalant
Looks nothing like Tauros and is a buffalo.
Yeah Gen 5 went all out with the sprites and for the first time gave trainers animations thus making them feel alive.
It's only flaw that we didn't have Pokémon following us.
Plus when gen 6 came round the trainers in just feel stiff and not as lively compare to the sprite days.
NipplesAndToes23
Member
Whatcha joking about Joker? It has the same body type, hair color, head, and horns and shit.
I recall actually using a Tauros at some point and yeah, it was pretty sweet back then. But it could definitely use a boost of some sort nowadays. Oh, and it was my last pokemon I needed way back when to complete my Pokedex in Blue (which I did of course get eventually).
Oh, and in addition to causing a massive continuity issue of "wtf, where did all those Taurus come from?!", I recall that episode being a pretty good one, probably the best of the "banned" episodes from gen 1. It's been a while since I watched it, though.
Oh, and in addition to causing a massive continuity issue of "wtf, where did all those Taurus come from?!", I recall that episode being a pretty good one, probably the best of the "banned" episodes from gen 1. It's been a while since I watched it, though.
Professor Beef
Banned
I'm mad at the thread for trying to shit on Rhydon, who is in my Top 3 favorite Pokemon. >:|
I just don't see it and beside a Tauros evolution would involve Tauros' three tails than give it an afro.
They look nothing alike.
Tauros was actually the Pokémon that stopped me getting 150 Pokémon in my Pokédex in Red/Blue. Pain in the arse
Same, Tauros was the last Pokémon I needed to complete the Pokédex.
I remember trading somebody for it and looking at my completed Pokédex.... 2 second later I was like meh and restarted the game.
My first and only time I bothered to "catch them all".
Tauros was actually the Pokémon that stopped me getting 150 Pokémon in my Pokédex in Red/Blue. Pain in the arse
But that's also what gave the safari pokemon their allure IMO.
Who shat on Rhydon? It's Rhyperior that has seen some hate, and for good reason.
I remember being sad that there wasn't anything special for completing the Pokédex. Glad that's no longer true.
I'll do it, Rhydon ruined the perfection that is Rhyhorn.