Types

[baratron]

In an attempt to make some startling predictions about the 4th Gen games, I have been doing some extremely sad and geeky research. I will share the fruits of that labour with you when it's a bit more coherent, and you will :roll: at my sadness .

Anyway, this is the less sad part of it.

Did You Know?

For no apparent reason, Azurill is Normal type, not Water like Marill and Azumarill. Is this a bug?

Talking of bugs, Dunsparce is also Normal type, despite patently being... a bug :shock:.

Most Pokemon stay the same type when they evolve, or add a second type to their existing one. (No, I won't bore you with the figures for how many gain a type on evolution - I didn't even bore myself with working it out!). Only 5 Pokemon lose types. These are:

1) Scyther, Bug/Flying -> Scizor loses Flying to become Bug/Steel.
2) Nincada, Bug/Ground -> Ninjask loses Ground to become Bug/Flying & Shedinja loses Ground to become Bug/Ghost (although it's obviously also a flying ghost bug from the illustration).
3) Onix, Rock/Ground -> Steelix loses Rock to become Steel/Ground (that, at least, makes sense).
4) Gloom, Grass/Poison --> Bellossom has no Poison! It's just Grass.
5) Surskit, Bug/Water --> Masquerain loses Water and gains Flying - even though there's all that blether in the Pokedex about it having water-repellent wings.

What an exciting life I lead, eh?

 

[NonAnalogue]

*cough* Eevee also loses its Normal type... for Electric, Fire, Water, Psychic, or Dark.

And I guess I should do this: :roll:

 

[Linkachu]

The Azuril thing bugs me too... Why IS it a normal type? Nobody has answered that for me yet, aside from "the programmers messed up"

You also forgot Tyranitar, who goes from the Rock/Ground Pupitar to Dark/Rock.

 

[NonAnalogue]

I think Azurill is a normal type simply because it has nothing that links it personally (aside from Marill and Azumarill) to a Water type. Marill is at least a water mouse... Azurill's just kinda a ball. That sits there.

 

[Alex Bock]

Not to be rude or anything but why is jirachi half steel? does it look part steel to you?

 

[Doctor Oak]

Creatures Designer 1: "Hmm... So, what types will Jirachi be?"
Creatures Designer 2: "... Psychic?"
Creatures Designer 1: "No, did that already. A lot of alreadys..."
Creatures Designer 2: "Well... what about if we added something to it?"
Creatures Designer 1: "Flying?"
Creatures Designer 2: "Flying's lame, we only give that one to the lame birds remember."
Creatures Designer 1: "Oh yeah, I forgot, Ken and Satoshi wanted to make sure that the lame Pokemon were weak to that rat thing..."
Creatures Designer 2: "Lugia was cool though... I'm glad we won that one..."
Creatures Designer 1: "Yeah, ok, so no flying. Grass?"
Creatures Designer 2: "...Too Serebiiish... But a whacked out random type like Grass would do..."
Creatures Designer 1: "Oh, I know, No-one's done a Steel legendary before!"
Creatures Designer 2: *opens mouth and raises hand*
Creatures Designer 1: "They don't count, Ken told us to do those or he'd kill our families."
Creatures Designer 2: "Ok, good point. Let's go with Steel then. Might as well have one Steel Legend worth using eh?"

True story.

 

[Yoshimitsu]

Creatures Designer 1: "Hmm... So, what types will Jirachi be?"
Creatures Designer 2: "... Psychic?"
Creatures Designer 1: "No, did that already. A lot of alreadys..."
Creatures Designer 2: "Well... what about if we added something to it?"
Creatures Designer 1: "Flying?"
Creatures Designer 2: "Flying's lame, we only give that one to the lame birds remember."
Creatures Designer 1: "Oh yeah, I forgot, Ken and Satoshi wanted to make sure that the lame Pokemon were weak to that rat thing..."
Creatures Designer 2: "Lugia was cool though... I'm glad we won that one..."
Creatures Designer 1: "Yeah, ok, so no flying. Grass?"
Creatures Designer 2: "...Too Serebiiish... But a whacked out random type like Grass would do..."
Creatures Designer 1: "Oh, I know, No-one's done a Steel legendary before!"
Creatures Designer 2: *opens mouth and raises hand*
Creatures Designer 1: "They don't count, Ken told us to do those or he'd kill our families."
Creatures Designer 2: "Ok, good point. Let's go with Steel then. Might as well have one Steel Legend worth using eh?"

True story.

I'm sure...

 

[StellarWind Elsydeon]

Masquerain being part flying annoys me to no end. If it kept its water half, It could have been worth using.

Intimidate is a lame ability, anyway. It should have gotten Levitate and stayed Bug/Water. Considering the way it actually only kinda 'hovers' rather than just flies.

I think it's cute, though. ^^;

And Gary - Nice one. ^^ xD Explains the Regis, too. RoFL

 

[Meowth_Queen_101]

Azuril is annoying it can also use water types and looks like a maril and has a tail like a maril but no arms so maybe thats why? :roll: