December 7, 2010

Pokemon: Win or Fail? 78-93


  • Name: Chilarmy
  • Number: 078
  • Type: Normal
  • Species: Chinchilla Pokemon
  • Looks like: a chinchilla (off to a good start!)
  • Awesome factor: 5/10
  • Trivia: Its tail is used as a broom. It evolves via a shiny stone (wtf is that?)
Awww, isn't this guy adorable? I just want to give him a big 'ol hug! Anyway, his design is alright. Reminds me a bit of pikachu actually (which, let's admit it, is also adorable but simple). Not sure it's the kind of Pokemon I'd want to take into battle, though. It's just too damn cute to get beat to a pulp in a fight.
MEH


  • Name: Chillaccino
  • Number: 079
  • Type: Normal 
  • Species: Scarf Pokemon
  • Looks like: Chilarmy...
  • Awesome factor: 4/10
  • Trivia: That thing wrapped around its neck is a tail.
This doesn't so much look like a different Pokemon as it does the same Pokemon wearing a coat. Really, it's almost identical except for tail and extra white fur. As you can probably guess, this Pokemon is primarily female. Still adorable, but so similar to to Chilarmy that I have to dock it a point. 
MEH

  • Name: Gothimu
  • Number: 080
  • Type: Psychic
  • Species: Gaze Pokemon
  • Looks like: Smoochum's sister
  • Awesome factor: 2/10
  • Trivia: Those bow things are antenas which it uses to amplify its psychic powers.
  • Black exclusive Pokemon
If I didn't already know that all of the Pokemon in Black and White were unrelated to previous Pokemon, I would have thought this was a relativer of Jynx. It looks that similar to me. 
FAIL

  • Name: Gochimiru
  • Number: 081
  • Type: Psychic
  • Species: Manipulation Pokemon
  • Looks like: a gothic preteen girl
  • Awesome factor: 2/10
  • Trivia: It uses stars as the source of its power.
  • Black exclusive Pokemon
Uh, it looks like an evolution of Gothimu and it has more bows. It's interesting how this Pokemon follows the growth of a human girl (although they're male 25% of the time...). 
FAIL

  • Name: Gothiruselle
  • Number: 082
  • Type: Psychic
  • Species: Celestial Body Pokemon
  • Looks like: a gothic teenage girl
  • Awesome factor: 4/10
  • Trivia: They can foresee the future using the stars, as well as the lifespan of their trainer (creepy).  
  • Black exclusive Pokemon
This is the best of the three. It looks like a young woman in a long black dress with bows down the middle and a crazy-ass hairdo. That foreseeing the lifespan of its trainer thing is creepy as hell, though. Not sure I'd want one of these if it told me when I was going to die. 
MEH

  • Name: Yuniran
  • Number: 083
  • Type: Psychic
  • Species: Cell Pokemon
  • Looks like: a cell!
  • Awesome factor: 7/10
  • Trivia: They can telepathically communicate with trainers. 
  • White exclusive Pokemon
So this guy is simple looking single-cell Pokemon. Why the high score? It gets big points for originality. Why didn't anyone ever think of this before? Also, telepathy? Bad. Ass. Oddly enough, though, it's a foot tall and weighs 2.2lbs. That's a big freaking cell! It also has an ability that restores 1/3 of it's max health when it's switched out.
WIN

  • Name: Daburan
  • Number: 084
  • Type: Psychic
  • Species: Mitosis Pokemon
  • Looks like: a splitting cell
  • Awesome factor: 8/10
  • Trivia: That thing floating above its head is a second brain.
  • White exclusive Pokemon
First of all, what happened to that yellow pig tail thing? Who cares, I say, because it was stupid anyway! This guy has developed nubby little arms now in addition to a body. The cytoplasm appears to be bulging out in some places as well. A piece of him must have split off during evolution because now he has two brains (can a cell even have a brain...?). This is probably the first Pokemon ever where evolution actually makes sense. 
WIN

  • Name: Ranculus
  • Number: 085
  • Type: Psychic
  • Species: Amplification Pokemon
  • Looks like: awesomeness
  • Awesome factor: 10/10 
  • Trivia: They are highly intelligent and can join hands to link their brains and amplify their power. They can shatter rocks by manipulating their hands into different shapes.
  • White exclusive Pokemon
Hold on to your hats, people, a second ten! This guy is pretty deserving, though. Not only is he one of the most unique Pokemon ever designed, he's got pretty cool Green Lantern powers, too. as he can form the cytoplasm that makes up his hands into different shapes. Although make sure you picture this guy as a cell and organelles inside cytoplasm and not as a fetus, which is significantly creepy. 
EPIC WIN

  • Name: Koaruhie
  • Number: 086
  • Type: Water/Flying
  • Species: Waterfowl Pokemon
  • Looks like: a duck
  • Awesome factor: 1/10
  • Trivia: It can spray water from its feathers. 
It looks like a duck.
FAIL


  • Name: Swanna (creative!)
  • Number: 087
  • Type: Water/Flying
  • Species: Swan Pokemon
  • Looks like: a swan wearing a bra
  • Awesome factor: 3/10
  • Trivia: It has a strong beak it uses to jab with.
Yup, it looks a mother swan with hands-on-hips and Princess Leia hear, wearing a bra. 
FAIL


  • Name: Vanipeti
  • Number: 088
  • Type: Ice
  • Species: Fresh Snow Pokemon
  • Looks like: an ice cream cone with a face
  • Awesome factor: 1/10
  • Trivia: This Pokemon and its faimily was designed by James Turner, making it one of the first to be designed by an American. It is also the first Pokemon based on food. 
Way to give America a bad name, James! All you could come up with was an ice cream cone? Really? These guys must have a hard life, being frequently mistaken for people food. I bet the mortality rate for these guys is pretty high. 
FAIL

  • Name: Baniricchi
  • Number: 089
  • Type: Ice
  • Species: Ice and Snow Pokemon
  • Looks like: an ice cream cone with a goofy face
  • Awesome factor: 1/10
  • Trivia: It creates shards of ice.
But Mr. Turner didn't stop there. Nope, he made more of these stupid things!
FAIL

  • Name: Baibanira
  • Number: 090
  • Type: Ice
  • Species: Blizzard Pokemon
  • Looks like: a frozen treat
  • Awesome factor: 0/10
  • Trivia: It can create snowstorms.
And he made another one! But this one is even worse than the last because he simply added another "head" and called it a day. Now that's what I call running out of ideas. I bet this guy was just added in there because they finished up all the designs and realized they were one short. 
FAIL

  • Name: Shikijika
  • Number: 091
  • Type: Normal/Grass
  • Species: Seasonal Pokemon
  • Looks like: a deer
  • Awesome factor: 3/10
  • Trivia: No other Pokemon family has the same type combo. It changes color with the seasons. (spring pictured)
This guy gets points for its unique type and the fact that it changes color. Other than that, it looks pretty much like a deer. 
MEH


  • Name: Mebukijika
  • Number: 092
  • Type: Normal/Grass
  • Species: Seasonal Pokemon
  • Looks like: a stag
  • Awesome factor: 5/10
  • Trivia: It's appearance changes based on the season. (spring pictured)

Mebukijika looks like your typical reindeer, but it changes appearance pretty dramatically based on the season. I prefer stantler myself, but this guy is pretty unique. More pictures here
MEH



  • Name: Emonga
  • Number: 093
  • Type: Electric/Flying
  • Species: Flying Squirrel Pokemon
  • Looks like: a flying squirrel
  • Awesome factor: 7/10
  • Trivia: It's the first electric/flying type since Zapdos. 
Could this be the new Pikachu? Probably not, but it certainly has the potential. It's a cute, electric rodent that reminds me vaguely of Mickey Mouse. It also looks a bit like Pachirisu (as they are both squirrels) except much less lame. I like this little guy.
WIN


Tomorrow I tackle another 15, so be sure to check back!

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