Looking Back and Forward

So, with pretty much every 5th Generation Pokémon revealed, I'm starting to put together a sort of list of the ones I will use. Yes, looking at everything else in the game, it actually looks pretty neat. Out of the starters and their evolutions, I find that I could probably stand to evolve Mijumaru, which is important for a starter. I'm still deciding on which version, because I need to know which ones are exclusive to which version, even though I could probably trade. Not concerned with which legendary I want to catch. The couple version exclusives revealed so far don't impress me as well. And Gear is a cheap ripoff of a Pokémon, as well as its "evolutions". I could easy weld something much better in Garry's Mod. Now I'm just trying to fill in the blanks of which types are not yet represented in my list of ones that I'll use.

So How About Them New Legendaries? Part II

Here are the beasts.

So... yeah... The white one, which goes with the Black Version, has some sort of... thing going on... down there. I'll let you decide. The black one, which goes with the White Version, looks like a leather Metal Gear or something. They also look too similar to each other. Also, I can't remember the names of the guys. I keep thinking one's Seraphim and the other is Zefron or Darkon or something. I don't know why. They look like they're out of Final Fantasy, in a bad way. This is partly why I liked Pokémon, it wasn't Final Fantasy. We should pray for the poor Pokémon of past generations that will get evolutions this generation. I don't know if praying to Arceus would be an option right now, they may be drunk for all I know.

So How About Them New Legendaries?

So...

The Black Version one and the White Version one. They're not mixed up.

I'm done here. And with this game. SoulSilver is my last Pokémon game, I'm pretty sure. I should get back to playing it. Sure, Pokémon Black and White might have some neat features, but if I don't like the characters, then I have no reason to enjoy those features. It's like Final Fantasy, where I don't care for the game itself but some of the creatures are neat.

Of course, it would be awesome if this fiasco was the work of a team of hackers. Then I would applaud.

So How About Them New Starters? Part V

There's more data out, and it's official: the fire pig starter is naturally the fattest. Or at least the heaviest. Also, the reason why the sprites look so underdone in the screenshots is because we're supposed to see them in idle poses and such. There's only so much room on a Nintendo DS card, even with the latest compression algorithms, so it's about time for a new system. Also, the game might take place in alternate China.

Back to the topic of the starters themselves, once you see enough decent fanart of them, you can start to get used to them. The official art dictates how they're supposed to look, but with individuals applying their own tweaks to the designs, they come out looking pretty decent. Still, we've yet to see most of the hundred or so new Pokémon in this upcoming Generation. One thing, if they're going to keep adding evolutions to previous Generations, they'd better look decent and related enough, have some benefits worth the wait as well, and be given to those most deserving. People seem to toss around rumors of a Dunsparce evolution. If it will be done, it must be done right, or it doesn't evolve at all. This applies to many others as well.

So How About Them New Starters? Part IV

Here is the picture again. Just follow along.

Let's start with the blue guy. It's supposed to be an otter, but resembles an over-decorated clown. It's cute-like, but not cute enough for me to call cute. Something's wrong with its facial proportions. It also has some random shell on it. Every Pokémon doesn't need a logo. In fact, they shouldn't need them to tell what they're based on. Some people are also seeing certain things in that shell that are unseeable once mentioned.

Now the middle pig thing. It has a dopey smile, which may be all-too-familiar to many. It's cute-ish as well. For some reason, its battle sprite in the picture above it looks like a rabbit. In fact, it might actually be some hybrid of a pig and rabbit which was dipped in warning paint.

And now the green lizard thing. Seriously, what is up with this thing? Its face is more out of proportion than the otter thing, and its eyes are a color that makes it look like a vampire or something. It also has some kind of vampire-looking cape. Also, I'm talking about cool vampires that decapitate stuff, not those ones you always hear about these days.

I've also posted my renditions of the original silhouettes on my deviantArt. I put a mature warning on it because of cartoon blood, so you'll have to sign in for it.