#pokmeon reviews

[adobe-outdesign]

What do you think of cubone?

You really can't go wrong with Cubone. A little dinosaur-ish creature wearing a skull makes for an interesting visual and unique theme as-is, but the heartbreaking backstory is what really helps people remember this line, what with the whole "it constantly mourns its dead mother and wears her skull" thing it has going on.

Arguably this backstory doesn't make much sense when applied to the species as a whole, especially when you can obviously breed them without the mother dying, but the powerful imagery associated with this 'mon can't be beat. I think just fleshing out the lore behind it would help it a lot; maybe skulls are passed down through generations when one dies, thus explaining where the Cubones that have mothers get their helmets from.

Backstory aside, the design also looks solid; the skull has a good sense of shape and depth to it (also love the cracks, even if it's a bit weird that they're always in the same place), and a nice, neutral body to compliment it. I wouldn't have minded a bit of a darker brown for contrast, like the above art sports, but otherwise I have no real complaints.

Marowak has some really interesting lore behind it: basically, Cubone's grief makes it stronger, and when it comes to terms with its loss, it evolves:

It kind of adds a nice moral about accepting grief into an otherwise sad story, even if you still have to try not to question the "dead mom" thing too much.

Visually, it does the logical thing and fuses the skull with the head completely. I do kind of question it changing shape, given that it's supposed to be the skull Cubone wears, but it at least looks nice and streamlined.

I guess my one problem with Marowak is that it maybe looks a bit too similar to Cubone? They're not the same, obviously, but it feels like the concept could've been pushed more at this stage. Make it ground/ghost, make the underbelly look like rib markings, add a skeletal tail tip, that kind of thing. Really advance the skeleton motif it has going on.

Another option would've been for Cubone to not carry the bone club until it becomes Marowak, which would've done the same "advancement" idea with drastically changing anything. It's not bad as is or anything; just could've been pushed a bit more.

Thankfully, Alolan Marowak is one of those designs that comes in and does everything the original design doesn't.

First, the dark body and skull markings look great; they compliment the skull well and add some much-needed contrast. Meanwhile, the fire adds some nice pops of color. And not only does this Marowak add fire to the bone it carries, but it also has some great vertebrae markings on its back, going back what I was saying about Marowak pushing its visuals a bit more.

Combine all that with fire/ghost typing and a fire dancing theme going on with the bone, appropriate for the Hawaiian-based region it's from, and you have a pretty perfect regional that's honestly far better than the original in my opinion.

My sole nitpick with it is that for some reason the body way skinnier than on original Marowak, giving it a weird top-heavy appearance for no real reason. Also, while I'm not opposed to cutting pointless regional pre-evos, it does feel weird that regular Cubone drops ground in favor of fire and ghost typing out of nowhere, but that's beside the point.

So overall, Cubone is a adorably pitiful Pokemon with a great theme and solid design. Marowak is fine, but doesn't push its design as much as it could; Alolan Marowak makes up for that with a refreshing take that really breathes some new life into the design. Overall, a very solid line.

Also, final side note: the Gen 1 betas reveal that the theorized connection between Cubone and Kangaskhan was indeed real via a third evolutionary sprite, though exactly what the intention was lore-wise here is left ambiguous. It might have been interesting, but at the same time, I feel like it might've distracted from Cubone's own themes a bit by tossing a baby in there. Too hard to say without knowing the context.

[pkmnquiztracking]

gen 2 review: 4 solo mons, that'll always be the death of me yanma wobbufett girafarig corsola are the most same pokmeon that have ever existed. also, the time was not fair i was yucking it up with my roommates as i was trying this quiz. full disclosure, i am alslo also watching pokemon currently, but it is the indigo league, gen 1, so i am not cheating.

[protomario]

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[heyhowyadoingpally]

@everyone following me bc of the tf2 comic

i rarely post tf2 shit ever, let alone any sfm content,

i’m gonna be spamming your dashboards with whining, pokmeon reviews, and things that live in swamps.

i’m literally the worst. run whilst you can.

[scithemodestmermaid]

reviews saying that sword and shield have, like, seven new pokemon on the first route.

not to be cynical, but i wanna know if they’re new pokemon or just new to the reviewer.  it’s kind of the same feeling i have about the leak of “galarian meowth is a spiky ball of grey fur,” because espurr is confirmed for the game and that’s a spiky ball of grey fur so there’s a possibility the guy who leaked that just didn’t realize it was a returning pokmeon rather than a new form.  did these reviewers stay up-to-date with all released pokemon or are they just seeing old pokemon, not realizing they’re old, and then saying they’re new?

that said, i want them to be new.  i wanna see a cavalcade of leaks.

also on the topic of meowth, why people gotta get so fussy over new meowth forms, he hasn’t gotten nearly as much attention in the games as charizard, and i say bring on all the cats and cat variants