Poll of the Day > Groudon is only about as tall as a basketball hoop

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idk I always got the impression its supposed to be a gargantuan dinosaur

thing is tiny

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FatalAccident posted...

idk I always got the impression its supposed to be a gargantuan dinosaur

thing is tiny

I mean given its dimensions being 11'6 tall is still pretty damn big. It's just not kaiju-sized.

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Charizard is only supposed to be 57 but it always looked twice that size on the tv show

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there's something about Groudon I like. but at 11'6, it's more intimidating than "tiny"

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Chaos_Echo posted...

It's just not kaiju-sized.

yeah thats the thing

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Pokemon Stadium and Colosseum gave me better impressions of their sizes, because those games stayed pretty accurate to listed Pokedex sizes.

Dunsparce and Dratini surprised me with how large they are. Wailord is comically huge but wasn't a surprise.

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FrozenBananas posted...

Charizard is only supposed to be 57 but it always looked twice that size on the tv show

Most of the characters are short children, so Pokmon tend to look larger in most situations.

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It's difficult for many people to grasp the "real" size of Pokemon because the main series games and anime are consistently inconsistent on how it displays them.



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don't forget the gigantic tentacruel in the anime

shit was bigger than skyscrapers

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faramir77 posted...

Dunsparce and Dratini

I knew Dunsparce was large, though it's still a surprise sometimes. But I think Dratini size made sense to me. Unless I'm remembering it wrong...
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DarkKirby2500 posted...

It's difficult for many people to grasp the "real" size of Pokemon because the main series games and anime are consistently inconsistent on how it displays them.

that is crazy

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Bulbasaur posted...

don't forget the gigantic tentacruel in the anime

shit was bigger than skyscrapers

And the Big Dragonite. And the other big pokemon from the island. There are tons of random big pokemon...
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Being 18 inches taller than a basketball rim in the NBA is far past "about as tall", that's a foot and half taller.

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SunWuKung420 posted...

Being 18 inches taller than a basketball rim in the NBA is far past "about as tall", that's a foot and half taller.

when you're talking about something that looks like it should be godzilla sized, being a whole foot and a half taller than a bball hoop is of no use

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FatalAccident posted...

when you're talking about something that looks like it should be godzilla sized, being a whole foot and a half taller than a bball hoop is of no use

I don't even know what groudon is. Why do you think its Godzilla sized? I don't remember giant Pokemon. How could it fit in a pokeball?

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LinkPizza posted...

And the other big pokemon from the island.

Weren't those animatronics? Or am I thinking of something else?
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GanonsSpirit posted...

Weren't those animatronics? Or am I thinking of something else?

Idk. I think they were just big pokemon. But it was also a long time ago. Haha.
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GanonsSpirit posted...

Weren't those animatronics? Or am I thinking of something else?

Yeah they were. Ash and co accidentally wandered into an amusement park area type place.

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Maybe we're thinking of different episodes. The one I was talking about had the giant Gengar, Alakazam, and then Jigglypuff... Is that they pne you're talking about?
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A lot of Pokemon look like they should be a lot larger than they are. There isn't a lot of rhyme or reason to many of the sizes.

However, the height is only one factor, the width would make him look huge even at that height. And, as others have mentioned, the depiction of size can vary immensely.

faramir77 posted...

Wailord is comically huge but wasn't a surprise.

In Pokemon Go, he dwarfs other gym defenders.

https://imgur.com/t/pokemongo/dI6Gpey

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LinkPizza posted...

I knew Dunsparce was large, though it's still a surprise sometimes. But I think Dratini size made sense to me. Unless I'm remembering it wrong...

I always imagined Dratini being like the size of a medium sized dog. It's more like the size of a kitchen table.

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All Pokemon sizes are completely bullshit in the main line 3DS/Switch games.
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I have a problem with Pokemon weight. Can someone tell me how a 30 foot boulder snake weighs only 463 pounds?

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VideoboysaysCube posted...

I have a problem with Pokemon weight. Can someone tell me how a 30 foot boulder snake weighs only 463 pounds?

Magic?
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faramir77 posted...

I always imagined Dratini being like the size of a medium sized dog. It's more like the size of a kitchen table.

Really? How big is dratini?

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Golbat is 5'3, literally taller than Ash. Image a bat with a giant gaping mouth roughly the size of the average American woman flying at you.

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DarkKirby2500 posted...

It's difficult for many people to grasp the "real" size of Pokemon because the main series games and anime are consistently inconsistent on how it displays them.

Which size would you prefer to have follow you around like a pet or mon from hgss?

So much for POCKET MONSTERS

RedPixel posted...

So much for POCKET MONSTERS

I mean, where they are in their balls, they still fit in your pocket, no matter than size...
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SunWuKung420 posted...

I don't even know what groudon is. Why do you think its Godzilla sized? I don't remember giant Pokemon. How could it fit in a pokeball?

Groudon is an earth God that can raise all land out of the sea and dry up the planet, balanced by Kyogre who can flood the planet. It's more powerful than Godzilla so you'd expect more size.
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borrowed from Wikipedia, so hopefully it clears some things up

The Pok Ball (, Monsutbru, "Monster Ball") is a spherical device used by Pokmon Trainers to catch wild Pokmon and store them in the player's inventory when not active. Upon contact, the balls draw a Pokmon inside and then close automatically. Wild Pokmon are able to resist and break free; however, weakened Pokmon and those with status conditions are less able to struggle and therefore more easily caught. Legendary Pokmon are much more capable of resisting being caught, and will often require many Pok Balls or more powerful Pok Balls to catch them. If the player attempts to catch a non-player character's Pokmon, the opponent will block the Ball to prevent its theft. Ultra beasts require a different pokeball altogether.

As depicted in the anime and manga series, the Pok Ball, when not in use, is the size of a golf ball and, with a press of the central button, enlarges to the size of a baseball. The Pokmon is released for battle by throwing the ball; when retrieving a Pokmon, a beam of red light converts the Pokmon into energy to reclaim it. Pok Balls are explained as being incredibly comfortable for Pokmon, so much that they would willingly enter one without any sort of encouragement.[17] The Pokmon Voltorb, Electrode, Foongus, and Amoonguss are often mistaken for Pok Balls, due to their shape and color schemes which highly resemble Pok Balls.

Various types of Pok Balls exist. Introduced in Pokmon Red and Blue are the Pok Ball, Great Ball (, Sp Bru, "Super Ball"), Ultra Ball (, Haip Bru, "Hyper Ball"), and Master Ball (, Masut Bru). The Master Ball always succeeds against any Pokmon that can be caught, and of which typically only one is available in the game. In Pokmon Gold, Silver, Crystal, HeartGold and SoulSilver, there are fruits called Apricorns, which, when given to Kurt in Azalea Town, make one of seven special types of Pok Balls, depending on the Apricorn's color. The seven kinds of Pok Balls Kurt can make (and the seven color Apricorns they are made out of) are Level (Red), Moon (Yellow), Lure (Blue), Friend (Green), Love (Pink), Fast (White), and Heavy (Black). Beginning in Pokmon Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald, other specialized balls appear, including the Timer Ball, which becomes more effective as the number of turns in the current battle rises, and the Net Ball, which has a better chance of catching Water and Bug-type Pokmon, among others. In addition, in several games there exists an area called the Safari Zone in which only Safari Balls can be used; these cannot be obtained or used elsewhere in the game. Pokmon Sun and Moon introduced the Beast Ball, which is designed for capturing Ultra Beasts and is much more effective at capturing them than standard Pok Balls. There is also a special kind of Pok Ball known as the Cherish Ball, which can only be obtained through special distribution events.

In the Nintendo GameCube RPGs, Pokmon Colosseum and Pokmon XD: Gale of Darkness, the player is able to catch non-player characters' Pokmon through the use of the Snag Machine, which turns Pok Balls into Snag Balls. Snag Balls are capable of catching any Pokmon, and are developed by the antagonists to steal Pokmon where they are not common in the wild. Snag Balls can also be used by the player to catch Shadow Pokmon who have been tainted by the antagonist group and that the player is required to purify for game completion.

Pok Balls have appeared in every installment of the Super Smash Bros. series, releasing a Pokmon to assist the player who grabbed it. Super Smash Bros. for Nintendo 3DS and Wii U also introduces the Master Ball, which almost always releases a legendary Pokmon, with a small chance of releasing Goldeen instead.

UGO.com listed the Pok Ball eighteenth on their list of "Our 50 Favorite Video Game Power-ups" citing how everybody runs to get it in the Super Smash Bros. series.[18]


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Whitley posted...

Which size would you prefer to have follow you around like a pet or mon from hgss?

The giant one, of course.

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