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SeANMcBAY
Jun 28, 2006

Look on the bright side.



Shield Dog should have been Shield Cat then its design would make more sense and be better.

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Ada
Apr 22, 2014

Practice proper gun's safety.

SeANMcBAY posted:

Shield Dog should have been Shield Cat then its design would make more sense and be better.

SwordDog and ShieldDog have to fight GunCat, their mortal enemy

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013

MechaSeinfeld posted:

I think i would really like the shield dog if it carried it in its mouth or on its back instead of having a really big face.

This is why I like it tbh.

MechaSeinfeld
Jan 2, 2008


poor boy can't walk down hallways :[

CROWS EVERYWHERE
Dec 17, 2012

CAW CAW CAW

Dinosaur Gum

MechaSeinfeld posted:

I think i would really like the shield dog if it carried it in its mouth or on its back instead of having a really big face.

It's not part of his face. Just like we have a trend for "breading" pet cats and dogs in our world, there is a trend for "shielding" cats and dogs in the Pokeverse. Zsa-Zsa Magenta is actually the biggest Instagram star in Galar.

SyntheticPolygon
Dec 20, 2013

Unlike Sword Dog Shield Dog doesn’t need a weapon. He is the weapon!! He is clearly the more powerful pooch.

Also his name is cooler.

Cipher Pol 9
Oct 9, 2006


Zama, Zama, Zama, Zama, Zama, Zamazenta

You come and go, you come and go

Loving would be easy if my colors were like your shield

Blue sword, red shield. Blue sword, red shield

8-bit Miniboss
May 24, 2005

CORPO COPS CAME FOR MY :filez:
https://twitter.com/8_bitminiboss/status/1136537519573495808

d3lness
Feb 19, 2011

Unicorns are metal. Gundanium alloy to be exact...

Looks like there was a leak for Zacian footage.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_CrIu01SnM

Silver Falcon
Dec 5, 2005

Two, three, four, five, six, seven, eight and barbecue your own drumsticks!

I'm very late on this but OH MY GOD THAT RAVEN KNIGHT! :syoon: I NEED IT!

Wooloo is also a good friend. Scorbunny, Wooloo, and Corviknight are definitely on my team, no question!

Oh, and also I love that we're getting a gorse Pokemon. That's perfect. Sword and Shield are perfect.

I also appreciate that we're getting another lady Professor. They're both good.

Sword and Shield wolves look dumb but I'm just going to catch them and shove them into the box forever anyway, so I don't really care.

The Wild Man of YOLO
Apr 20, 2004

A little cross-country, gentlemen?


The sword is disturbingly, uh, veiny

Ruggington
Apr 21, 2012

the dog's sword is a fleshy nightmare creation

it even has the timburr-line's veins

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


The raven knight will be called Tarkus

Triskelli
Sep 27, 2011

I AM A SKELETON
WITH VERY HIGH
STANDARDS


Zedd
Jul 6, 2009

I mean, who would have noticed another madman around here?



Happy Noodle Boy posted:

The raven knight will be called Tarkus

Flyft, duh.

Zuzie
Jun 30, 2005

I got this for a Ratatta on GTS.


Ruggington posted:

the dog's sword is a fleshy nightmare creation

it even has the timburr-line's veins

It's possible that the sword really is a part of Zacian's body. It might work the same way as Oshawott line's Scalchop/Seamitars, but its still pretty strange to think about.

Pentaro
May 5, 2013


https://twitter.com/RedPandarama/status/1136387763060846594

Brutal Garcon
Nov 2, 2014



Wait, the new bird 'mon looks like a crow, but is also heavily fortified.

Is this all an elaborate "rook" pun?

Sky Shadowing
Feb 13, 2012

At least we're not the Thalmor (yet)
I'm apathetic about the shield legendary but the second I saw the wolf with a sword my brain went "Blade Wolf" and then I'm My Own Master Now started playing and I became all for it.

Procrastine
Mar 30, 2011


Nasgate
Jun 7, 2011

Dzhay posted:

Wait, the new bird 'mon looks like a crow, but is also heavily fortified.

Is this all an elaborate "rook" pun?

It's a raven op

Judge Tesla
Oct 29, 2011

:frogsiren:

Dzhay posted:

Wait, the new bird 'mon looks like a crow, but is also heavily fortified.

Is this all an elaborate "rook" pun?

Ravens do look like crows yes.

oddium
Feb 21, 2006

end of the 4.5 tatami age

Hulkin’ Raven

Zedd
Jul 6, 2009

I mean, who would have noticed another madman around here?



Sky Shadowing posted:

I'm apathetic about the shield legendary but the second I saw the wolf with a sword my brain went "Blade Wolf" and then I'm My Own Master Now started playing and I became all for it.

Same, that was my first thought.

MorningMoon
Dec 29, 2013

He's been tapping into Aunt May's bank account!
Didn't I kill him with a HELICOPTER?
It just hit me that according to the leak, the gyms are way more like trials than anything else. You do a little quest or minigame for the leader, then a battle with a larger pokemon happens.

https://twitter.com/fushigi_h11/status/1136277206051590146

MorningMoon fucked around with this message at 15:59 on Jun 6, 2019

Saoshyant
Oct 26, 2010

:hmmorks: :orks:


Silver Falcon posted:

Sword and Shield wolves look dumb but I'm just going to catch them and shove them into the box forever anyway, so I don't really care.

This is no way to treat friends.

goblin week
Jan 26, 2019

Absolute clown.
I hate the name "Dynamax" because it feels extremely generic-corporate and sounds like a brand of motor oil

Happy Noodle Boy
Jul 3, 2002


Should have been called Dynabeat

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vogjd9rzUNQ

Pentaro
May 5, 2013


For your consideration: Milo is Sophocles' mega evo.

Bongo Bill
Jan 17, 2012

Avalerion posted:

Another reason Dynamaxing is lamer than megas is that it will only work for specific battles rather than something you can do anywhere.

Where do you get that impression?

Funky Valentine
Feb 26, 2014

Dojyaa~an

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKcEvrOWhBc

Zore
Sep 21, 2010
willfully illiterate, aggressively miserable sourpuss whose sole raison d’etre is to put other people down for liking the wrong things

Bongo Bill posted:

Where do you get that impression?

Probably because gyms are specifically built for it and Dynamaxed Pokemon fill up almost the entire arena. Keeping any sort of scale on it means doing it in a cave/indoor area that isn't a gym would clip through all the walls and poo poo.

Gruckles
Mar 11, 2013

Bongo Bill posted:

Where do you get that impression?

From pokemon.com

Nodosaur
Dec 23, 2014

That doesn't mean you won't be able to use them competitively or in other battles with other players

Borsche69
May 8, 2014

Beachcomber posted:

Man, usually I'm all about the 2nd version (moon, silver, sapphire), but sword dog looks too good.

Surprised they didn't go with a Lion/Unicorn theme.

I always just considered it red|light/blue|dark

Red, Gold, Ruby, Pearl, White, Y, Sun

Blue, Silver, Sapphire, Diamond, Black, X, Moon

Amppelix
Aug 6, 2010

Nodosaur posted:

That doesn't mean you won't be able to use them competitively or in other battles with other players

I hope it does mean that though

Nodosaur
Dec 23, 2014

That's your prerogative, but it'd be pretty drat lame, tbh.

Zore
Sep 21, 2010
willfully illiterate, aggressively miserable sourpuss whose sole raison d’etre is to put other people down for liking the wrong things
Most people don't play competitive.

Also you can now have on the same team;

Ash-Greninja, a Mega, Primal Groudon, Primal Kyogre, a mon with a Z-Move and a Dynamaxed mon who can all use their gimmicks in the same battle which is a hilarious clusterfuck.

MorningMoon
Dec 29, 2013

He's been tapping into Aunt May's bank account!
Didn't I kill him with a HELICOPTER?

Amppelix posted:

I hope it does mean that though

Same here.

OTOH i like the idea of mega rayquaza in the world championship of 2022 or something being beaten by a large pachirisu.

Calling it now: you only dyna/gigamax at gyms, raids, the elite 4, the final encounter with the antagonist, and online battles.

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YaketySass
Jan 15, 2019

Blind Idiot Dog
I saw the nickname Nevarmor for the new bird and now I'm a little mad it won't be the official name.

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