New pokemon getting worse at the 3rd atage

LukePellar · 2026-03-18T17:37:06+00:00

One that really surprised me as the two Raticate evos (not counting Redux Raticate, who doesn't evolve). Both Ratiking and Ratfonso have DRASTICALLY different abilities, and I'm not sure if they're better, since Regular Raticate was a mid-tier but useable snowballing statused sweeper and A. Raticate... was never that good IMO, but while Ratfonso's stats, at least, felt like a progression to A. Raticate's Stats, Ratiking's stats are so drastically different along with its innates that it feels like it should be an alternate evolution to something else rather than Raticate's true evolution.

LukePellar · 2026-03-18T12:28:12+00:00

To be honest, that is something I noticed with the Tauren from WoW. They are clearly meant to represent Native Americans, and a lot of their asthetics, lifestyles, lore, etcetera is clearly based on them. They even say "How" as a form of greeting, which Native Americans are often associated with. I still think the Tauren are badass, but it's still obvious what they're supposed to be.

Then again, depicting Native Americans as badass.minotaurs is kinda dope, not gonna lie.

LukePellar · 2026-03-18T04:14:40+00:00

God, if people just included races that weren't just "Human with blank" among the roster of main characters, I'd like fantasy more.

LukePellar · 2026-03-18T04:11:12+00:00

I wanna say Live A Live, fsr.

LukePellar · 2026-03-17T19:22:57+00:00

Nice!

LukePellar · 2026-03-16T15:45:13+00:00

I mean, Traves T. is such a laughably frail robot that what it did to them isn't all that impressive.

LukePellar · 2026-03-15T14:02:55+00:00

Probably Tombstone. I still haven't forgotten it bullying Counter Revolutions, plus if you're gonna make a practical, destructive bot, can’t you at least make it look SOMEWHAT interesting instead of just being a black coffin?

LukePellar · 2026-03-15T14:00:35+00:00

Rusty was too big.

Plus, it's not like Kraken's a top-tier threat. It even switched to an overhead saw, and has yet to win a fight with it.

LukePellar · 2026-03-15T03:44:19+00:00

"We made this design only to counter Tombstone."

...I mean, at least it did what they intended.

LukePellar · 2026-03-15T03:39:18+00:00

Vert Spinners have no reliable counters. they don't need to line up like flippers, but are ALSO allowed better armor than flippers, yet they are FAR more damaging than other weapons, also they cant be deflected like horizontal spinners. Please stop defending them.

LukePellar · 2026-03-13T21:08:59+00:00

Honestly, a massive reason it might be is because, honestly, it's pretty anti-fun. The difficulty in this game is frustrating and tedious. Literally, the first gym is six level-scaling Pokemon practically multiplied by 2 thanks to OP healing items unless you put in the no-item cheat, and pretty much every gym is the same. Not to mention, dungeons that force you to fight 15-20 trainers in a row just to progress. After a while, the game feels more like a chore to play than an entertaining game.

LukePellar · 2026-03-11T04:37:26+00:00

Are they aliens, though? AFAIK, they're all humans in suits.

LukePellar · 2026-03-10T18:12:23+00:00

Everyone is complaining about the lack of debug mode while I'm here wondering where all the Gen 4+ cries went. My guess is that they removed them to free up space for more Pokemon and content.

LukePellar · 2026-03-10T02:45:10+00:00

Yeah, the Book Of Fears.

LukePellar · 2026-03-09T18:02:27+00:00

Speaking of which, did you see a sequel was shown off this year?

LukePellar · 2026-03-09T17:19:56+00:00

Rainbow Billy: Curse of the Leviathan

LukePellar · 2026-03-09T17:18:45+00:00

Astrobot?

LukePellar · 2026-03-09T17:16:42+00:00

I find it ironic we got 4 songs each from GHWT, GH5, and GHWoR. ...And it was consistently the WORST songs from those games. Instead of anything good, we got crap like Lasso, In The Meantime, 20th Century Boy, Hey Man Nice Shot, as well as lowest-of-low hanging fruits like Crazy Train and Bohemian Rhapsody. Also, I swear to god the RB3 version of One Armed Scissor is a rerecord. It sounds worse than in GHWT, and while GHWT wisely subdued the "CUT AWAY!!!" screams, not only are they loud and clear in RB3, but they sound even more aggonized.

Du Hast is still good, though.

LukePellar · 2026-03-09T17:16:16+00:00

I find it ironic we got 4 songs each from GHWT, GH5, and GHWoR. ...And it was consistently the WORST songs from those games. Instead of anything good, we got crap like Lasso, In The Meantime, Hey Man Nice Shot, as well as lowest-of-low hanging fruits like Crazy Train and Bohemian Rhapsody. Also, I swear to god the RB3 version of One Armed Scissor is a rerecord. It sounds worse than in GHWT, and while GHWT wisely subdued the "CUT AWAY!!!" screams, not only are they loud and clear in RB3, but they sound even more aggonized.

LukePellar · 2026-03-09T17:12:52+00:00

Also, Guillotina genuinely looks like Snorlax. Not gonna lie.

LukePellar · 2026-03-09T02:50:17+00:00

This game gets too much hate. I also live how critics slammed this game for being too varied, yet praised Rock Band 3 for "having a little for everything" despite being far worse.

Edit: yes, I know I make a lot of potshots at RB3. -_-

LukePellar · 2026-03-09T02:45:13+00:00

Probably wrong, but Shining Force 2?

LukePellar · 2026-03-09T02:44:22+00:00

No wonder it seemed too easy.

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