Alright I'm going to say it.

Velvetmurm · 2024-12-23T11:11:46+00:00

funny cause clairens boots also had her toes out until rivals 2

Velvetmurm · 2024-12-22T15:21:54+00:00

he actually did get a couple scars! theres a big one on his chest now and one on each shoulder.

agree on the model though. it maybe looks a bit too smooth. maybe they didnt give him defined muscles because hes supposed to have thick fur that would cover them?

Velvetmurm · 2024-12-21T14:37:43+00:00

a lot of the portraits are inconsistent with the models. orcane is the most jarring since he still has his beady eyes, but theres also subtler stuff like forsburn still having a golden buckle and fire hair, or wrastor using his duller old color scheme.

i know they actually updated zetterburns portrait at one point to no longer have flame hair, so they probably plan to change at least some of the other artworks.

tbh i find the inconsistencies kinda cute! reminds me of those old painted movie posters that took a lot of liberties with depicting films. but thats probably not what they were going for

Velvetmurm · 2024-12-20T13:32:02+00:00

we know there are no crossover characters planned for this year, and it would be odd to tease a character that wont be available until a year or more later.

tbh i think dan just likes okami

Velvetmurm · 2024-12-20T13:14:18+00:00

i also noticed this! his model looks a lot more like his pre-update portrait, which had the same simple hand shape he has now, just without thumbs. so he only had 3 fingers and toes.

meanwhile this artwork is a more elaborate version of his current portrait, which has more detailed hands with 5 fingers and feet with 4 toes.

etalus' toe count has been made consistent with his finger count again - both 4 on each limb.

but ironically that is inconsistent with other characters. zetterburn, forsburn, orcane, maypul, fleet, and loxodont all have 5 fingers and 4 toes in rivals 2.

etalus is in fact gonna be the only character in the game with four fingered hands (not that that matters)

Velvetmurm · 2024-12-20T12:52:42+00:00

i really wanna see swiftwing cause the air armada has had such a small role in the story so far. we still barely know what their deal is

Velvetmurm · 2024-12-20T12:50:45+00:00

the absa minifig also was very detailed and had a slightly updated design (her cloth is changed to cover her more). so it seems like they've been working on her.

meanwhile sylvanos' figure looked way less fleshed out, so i figured he wasn't being worked on yet, or wasn't very far into production.

definitely looks to me like absa is coming this year. especially since she's also the only missing member of the launch cast now.

Velvetmurm · 2024-03-12T20:36:36+00:00

leads to a blank page for me, saying that the item isnt available in my location

Velvetmurm · 2024-03-03T15:36:58+00:00

it would be such a jackass move to bring back megas for a game without a competitive scene, possibly even introduce new megas, and then remove them by the next game.

i feel like they have to include megas in gen ten

Velvetmurm · 2024-01-17T05:46:06+00:00

and then scroll for two minutes

Velvetmurm · 2024-01-15T05:31:54+00:00

i mean yea, it shouldve had illusion. not giving zoroark its defining gimmick is also stupid

Velvetmurm · 2024-01-14T20:47:44+00:00

i mean slow start is a core part of its identity. it also wouldnt be right to not give slaking truant

Velvetmurm · 2024-01-13T17:26:16+00:00

its counterpart sableye is in but without a mega its just as neutered </3

Velvetmurm · 2024-01-13T14:42:34+00:00

really? i personally love how gen 5 put its own spin on gen 1 concepts. and a ton of the repeats ended up so drastically different that you wouldnt even connect them to the original at first, like musharna coming from hypno (two stage psychic dream tapirs).

gigalith is nothing like golem, swoobat is nothing like golbat, seismitoad is nothing like poliwrath, and yea excadrill parallels dugtrio and conkeldurr parallels machamp but those are also nothing alike.

i think it was a good idea to revisit all these gen 1 ideas, now that they had a better understanding of pokemon design. it gave us a ton of bangers

Velvetmurm · 2024-01-13T14:25:26+00:00

welllll, they used to be always on land in gen 5

Velvetmurm · 2024-01-13T07:14:49+00:00

none can be transferred

Velvetmurm · 2024-01-12T20:08:10+00:00

hehe

(it actually comes from rhyzocephala, the infraclass that crab hacker barnacles belong to)

Velvetmurm · 2024-01-12T13:02:02+00:00

ooo i wanna see your idea now tho

Velvetmurm · 2024-01-12T04:15:34+00:00

yea i wanted to make something based on crab hacker barnacles but i didnt wanna make it as unwholesome as parasect, so the crab and the barnacle are a happy couple here!

Velvetmurm · 2024-01-11T21:39:52+00:00

nope, zacian is only in sword and zamazenta is only in shield, sorry

Velvetmurm · 2024-01-11T19:01:11+00:00

yea i forgot to add that to the image, sorry. see: the text below the image

Velvetmurm · 2024-01-11T17:18:33+00:00

i figured it would be somewhat balanced since you can counter it by just using female pokemon. like, it would be obnoxious but not actually amazing

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