Board 8 > Just found out Purugly isn't dark type...

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Underleveled 09/06/21 2:26:07 PM #51:	andylt posted... Doesn't 'Dark' type mean 'Evil' or something in Japan? I figured that's why there's confusion for that one in particular, in English it's thought of as similar to ghost or anything black, but in Japan it's tied to some moral idea instead. Yes, and this is why it's weak to fighting, because they decided that fighting was the good to dark's evil. --- darkx Games beaten in 2021 - 33; Most recent - The Last of Us Part II <cite>Underleveled posted [p:957791243] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>andylt posted... </cite> <quote>Doesn't 'Dark' type mean 'Evil' or something in Japan? I figured that's why there's confusion for that one in particular, in English it's thought of as similar to ghost or anything black, but in Japan it's tied to some moral idea instead.</quote>Yes, and this is why it's weak to fighting, because they decided that fighting was the good to dark's evil. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mewtwo59 09/06/21 2:30:02 PM #52:	Underleveled posted... Or why Tangela was the exception? Exeggcute's line was part Psychic too voltch posted... Though some pokemon confuse me with their dual typing cos they look like they could have 3. Like Lugia not being a water type. Feels like if it was created today they would just give it Water/Psychic with Levitate instead of Flying/Psychic. I read an interview at one point that said that they made Lugia Psychic because Psychic was seen as the best type since it was so overpowered in Gen 1. It'd probably be Dragon/Flying or Dragon/Water with Levitate if they made it today. --- ""Love" is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope." HK-47 <cite>Mewtwo59 posted [p:957791350] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>Underleveled posted... </cite> <quote>Or why Tangela was the exception?</quote> Exeggcute's line was part Psychic too voltch posted... </cite> <quote>Though some pokemon confuse me with their dual typing cos they look like they could have 3. Like Lugia not being a water type. Feels like if it was created today they would just give it Water/Psychic with Levitate instead of Flying/Psychic.</quote> I read an interview at one point that said that they made Lugia Psychic because Psychic was seen as the best type since it was so overpowered in Gen 1. It'd probably be Dragon/Flying or Dragon/Water with Levitate if they made it today. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Underleveled 09/06/21 2:31:27 PM #53:	Mewtwo59 posted... Exeggcute's line was part Psychic too And Paras was part bug, but Tangela was the only pure grass type. There were no pure ghosts in Gen I, and no pure ices or steels until Gen III. --- darkx Games beaten in 2021 - 33; Most recent - The Last of Us Part II <cite>Underleveled posted [p:957791390] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>Mewtwo59 posted... </cite> <quote>Exeggcute's line was part Psychic too</quote>And Paras was part bug, but Tangela was the only pure grass type. There were no pure ghosts in Gen I, and no pure ices or steels until Gen III. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
andylt 09/06/21 2:35:23 PM #54:	I think the answer to many of these qs is 'Gen 1 was weird and they didn't really know what they were doing/hadn't thought it all through'. --- Slowly becoming a Final Fantasy aficionado. Currently playing Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles: The Crystal Bearers <cite>andylt posted [p:957791494] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>I think the answer to many of these qs is 'Gen 1 was weird and they didn't really know what they were doing/hadn't thought it all through'. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
HashtagSEP 09/06/21 2:47:26 PM #55:	andylt posted... Doesn't 'Dark' type mean 'Evil' or something in Japan? I figured that's why there's confusion for that one in particular, in English it's thought of as similar to ghost or anything black, but in Japan it's tied to some moral idea instead. ...Having said that, I still don't get why Giratina is part Ghost instead of part Dark >_> Yeah. Thats why so many Dark moves reflect dirty fighting, like Sucker Punch and Fake Tears and so on. It did expand somewhat to include general darkness stuff, since they probably had trouble coming up with Special attacks out of the original theme, but in general that was the intention. Fighting is the Face to Darks Heel. --- #SEP #Awesome #Excellent #Greatness #SteveNash #VitaminWater #SmellingLikeTheVault #Pigeon #Sexy #ActuallyAVeryIntelligentVelociraptor #Heel #CoolSpot #EndOfSig <cite>HashtagSEP posted [p:957791812] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>andylt posted... </cite> <quote>Doesn't 'Dark' type mean 'Evil' or something in Japan? I figured that's why there's confusion for that one in particular, in English it's thought of as similar to ghost or anything black, but in Japan it's tied to some moral idea instead. ...Having said that, I still don't get why Giratina is part Ghost instead of part Dark >_></quote> Yeah. Thats why so many Dark moves reflect dirty fighting, like Sucker Punch and Fake Tears and so on. It did expand somewhat to include general darkness stuff, since they probably had trouble coming up with Special attacks out of the original theme, but in general that was the intention. Fighting is the Face to Darks Heel. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MoogleKupo141 09/06/21 2:49:50 PM #56:	andylt posted... Doesn't 'Dark' type mean 'Evil' or something in Japan? I figured that's why there's confusion for that one in particular, in English it's thought of as similar to ghost or anything black, but in Japan it's tied to some moral idea instead. ...Having said that, I still don't get why Giratina is part Ghost instead of part Dark >_> cuz Giratina is doing cool shadow stuff and shadow stuff is ghost type --- For your Azuarc* .* At least Kupo has class and doesn't MESSAGE the people -Dr Pizza <cite>MoogleKupo141 posted [p:957791863] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>andylt posted... </cite> <quote>Doesn't 'Dark' type mean 'Evil' or something in Japan? I figured that's why there's confusion for that one in particular, in English it's thought of as similar to ghost or anything black, but in Japan it's tied to some moral idea instead. ...Having said that, I still don't get why Giratina is part Ghost instead of part Dark >_></quote> cuz Giratina is doing cool shadow stuff and shadow stuff is ghost type </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ctesjbuvf 09/06/21 3:01:21 PM #57:	I think in gen 1, most of their grass type ideas simply also fit poison type. Zubat/Golbat has indeed had that unique type combination always (Crobat obviously not counting as something new here). In fact, every unique type combination from gen 1 that is still unique is part posion. Ghost/Poison and Posion/Ground (if you count Nidoking and Nidoqueen as kinda the same line) are the others. Jynx was also unique until gen 8 though, while everything else stopped being unique from gen 5 rolled out or earlier. Its true that a bunch of Pokemon could've had three types and it seems random which one is omitted. Often flying is one of the three. --- Guinness Book of World Records is the name of the diary that belongs to azuarc, the winner of the Game of the Decade II guru contest. <cite>ctesjbuvf posted [p:957792184] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>I think in gen 1, most of their grass type ideas simply also fit poison type. Zubat/Golbat has indeed had that unique type combination always (Crobat obviously not counting as something new here). In fact, every unique type combination from gen 1 that is still unique is part posion. Ghost/Poison and Posion/Ground (if you count Nidoking and Nidoqueen as kinda the same line) are the others. Jynx was also unique until gen 8 though, while everything else stopped being unique from gen 5 rolled out or earlier. Its true that a bunch of Pokemon could've had three types and it seems random which one is omitted. Often flying is one of the three. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mewtwo59 09/06/21 3:06:41 PM #58:	Also, Victreebel and Vileplume's lines were last second additions, based on the fact that they're even behind the Pewter Museum fossils in index number. Take them out and it's just Venusaur's line that's Grass/Poison, which would have given us one Grass/Poison line, one Grass/Psychic line, one Grass/Bug line, and one pure Grass. --- ""Love" is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope." HK-47 <cite>Mewtwo59 posted [p:957792320] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>Also, Victreebel and Vileplume's lines were last second additions, based on the fact that they're even behind the Pewter Museum fossils in index number. Take them out and it's just Venusaur's line that's Grass/Poison, which would have given us one Grass/Poison line, one Grass/Psychic line, one Grass/Bug line, and one pure Grass. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
barreldragon88 09/07/21 12:46:29 PM #59:	I'm still pissed Gyarados is not Water/Dragon --- Long live Saint Seiya!! <cite>barreldragon88 posted [p:957818501] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>I'm still pissed Gyarados is not Water/Dragon </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
GTM 09/07/21 1:31:51 PM #60:	I thought aerodactyl being a levitating rock dragon would be cool Also give ice another resistance or two pls --- GTM - Boko United survivor and dillos and nintendo and you are awesome <cite>GTM posted [p:957819729] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>I thought aerodactyl being a levitating rock dragon would be cool Also give ice another resistance or two pls </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Emeraldegg 09/07/21 2:04:16 PM #61:	Eh, I don't think ice needs it, they already have one of the most effective types on offense, it's fair being so weak defensively imo --- I'm a greener egg than the eggs from dr. seuss <cite>Emeraldegg posted [p:957820624] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>Eh, I don't think ice needs it, they already have one of the most effective types on offense, it's fair being so weak defensively imo </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mewtwo59 09/07/21 2:23:55 PM #62:	Yeah, but Ice type moves are much better on Water types, who usually learn Ice Beam and Blizzard and aren't weak to most of the top offensive types. You're usually much better off using an Ice type move as a coverage move than on an Ice type. Although, it'd be better if we had more Ice type glass cannons than just Weavile and Galarian Darmanitan. Part of the problem is that GameFreak has no idea how to build an Ice type Pokmon. --- ""Love" is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope." HK-47 <cite>Mewtwo59 posted [p:957821210] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>Yeah, but Ice type moves are much better on Water types, who usually learn Ice Beam and Blizzard and aren't weak to most of the top offensive types. You're usually much better off using an Ice type move as a coverage move than on an Ice type. Although, it'd be better if we had more Ice type glass cannons than just Weavile and Galarian Darmanitan. Part of the problem is that GameFreak has no idea how to build an Ice type Pokmon.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
barreldragon88 09/07/21 2:50:24 PM #63:	Ive been calling for more Ice resistances for ages. Wanted Dragon resistance, but then Fairy stole the limelight and then some --- Long live Saint Seiya!! <cite>barreldragon88 posted [p:957822015] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>Ive been calling for more Ice resistances for ages. Wanted Dragon resistance, but then Fairy stole the limelight and then some </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ctesjbuvf 09/07/21 6:08:59 PM #64:	Yeah, Ice types are rare, typically defensively built and often accessible very late just to top it off. Makes it a horrible type as a whole. It's pretty clear that GameFreak was more reserved about the dragon type early on. Gyarados and Charizard are the best examples, Gyarados in particular with the random flying type, but how incredibly rare it was in the first two gens really highlights it. --- Guinness Book of World Records is the name of the diary that belongs to azuarc, the winner of the Game of the Decade II guru contest. <cite>ctesjbuvf posted [p:957827627] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>Yeah, Ice types are rare, typically defensively built and often accessible very late just to top it off. Makes it a horrible type as a whole. It's pretty clear that GameFreak was more reserved about the dragon type early on. Gyarados and Charizard are the best examples, Gyarados in particular with the random flying type, but how incredibly rare it was in the first two gens really highlights it. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mewtwo59 09/07/21 6:15:46 PM #65:	There's not really anything other than Kingdra in Gen 2 that I could really call Dragon type. Lugia is the only one, unless you want to count Ampharos due to its Japanese name. --- ""Love" is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope." HK-47 <cite>Mewtwo59 posted [p:957827837] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>There's not really anything other than Kingdra in Gen 2 that I could really call Dragon type. Lugia is the only one, unless you want to count Ampharos due to its Japanese name.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kenri 09/07/21 6:33:15 PM #66:	Tyranitar could definitely have been Dragon instead of Dark imo --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. <cite>Kenri posted [p:957828371] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>Tyranitar could definitely have been Dragon instead of Dark imo </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mnkboy907 09/07/21 7:20:13 PM #67:	If Meganium was created by current Game Freak, they'd make that dopey thing a Grass/Dragon. --- Change is weird. <cite>mnkboy907 posted [p:957829679] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>If Meganium was created by current Game Freak, they'd make that dopey thing a Grass/Dragon. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MoogleKupo141 09/07/21 7:42:32 PM #68:	dragon type was rare early on because dragons are special. its supposed to be a big deal that a thing is a dragon. theyd be a lot less cool if they were as common as a bug or a rock --- For your Azuarc* .* At least Kupo has class and doesn't MESSAGE the people -Dr Pizza <cite>MoogleKupo141 posted [p:957830394] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>dragon type was rare early on because dragons are special. its supposed to be a big deal that a thing is a dragon. theyd be a lot less cool if they were as common as a bug or a rock </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
hombad46 09/07/21 8:21:09 PM #69:	Funny thing is they're tied for only the 4th rarest type. Ghost and Fairy are ahead which makes sense yet somehow Ice is the rarest. They really should make more Ice types. --- "That's Engarde hairflip metal detector tier btw" -XIII_rocks <cite>hombad46 posted [p:957831481] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>Funny thing is they're tied for only the 4th rarest type. Ghost and Fairy are ahead which makes sense yet somehow Ice is the rarest. They really should make more Ice types. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raka_Putra 09/07/21 8:26:46 PM #70:	Tapu Bulu being Fairy/Grass always throws me off. --- Into the woods, but mind the past... Into the woods, but mind the future! <cite>Raka_Putra posted [p:957831683] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>Tapu Bulu being Fairy/Grass always throws me off. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
ChaosTonyV4 09/07/21 8:27:56 PM #71:	Milotic is one of my favorite Pokmon, but its so weird that its just water. --- Phantom Dust. "I'll just wait for time to prove me right again." - Vlado <cite>ChaosTonyV4 posted [p:957831720] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>Milotic is one of my favorite Pokmon, but its so weird that its just water. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
XIII_rocks 09/07/21 9:09:11 PM #72:	Kenri posted... Tyranitar could definitely have been Dragon instead of Dark imo I like that they made the second pseudo-legendary totally distinct from the first though --- Not to be confused with XIII_minerals. <cite>XIII_rocks posted [p:957832863] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>Kenri posted... </cite> <quote>Tyranitar could definitely have been Dragon instead of Dark imo</quote> I like that they made the second pseudo-legendary totally distinct from the first though </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Mewtwo59 09/07/21 9:26:10 PM #73:	Yeah, the last thing we need is more Dragon type pseudo-legendaries. --- ""Love" is making a shot to the knees of a target 120 kilometers away using an Aratech sniper rifle with a tri-light scope." HK-47 <cite>Mewtwo59 posted [p:957833310] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>Yeah, the last thing we need is more Dragon type pseudo-legendaries. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
MoogleKupo141 09/07/21 10:01:30 PM #74:	hombad46 posted... Funny thing is they're tied for only the 4th rarest type. Ghost and Fairy are ahead which makes sense yet somehow Ice is the rarest. They really should make more Ice types. Yeah I want a region that has a colder climate by default so they dont have to save all the ice Pokmon for one mountain at the end of the game or whatever its time for Pokmon to follow the trend of doing a Norse setting --- For your Azuarc* .* At least Kupo has class and doesn't MESSAGE the people -Dr Pizza <cite>MoogleKupo141 posted [p:957834287] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>hombad46 posted... </cite> <quote>Funny thing is they're tied for only the 4th rarest type. Ghost and Fairy are ahead which makes sense yet somehow Ice is the rarest. They really should make more Ice types.</quote> Yeah I want a region that has a colder climate by default so they dont have to save all the ice Pokmon for one mountain at the end of the game or whatever its time for Pokmon to follow the trend of doing a Norse setting </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
mnkboy907 09/07/21 10:07:05 PM #75:	It was nice that raid battles allowed you to get the new Ice types earlier in Sw/Sh if you wanted to seek them out. --- Change is weird. <cite>mnkboy907 posted [p:957834451] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>It was nice that raid battles allowed you to get the new Ice types earlier in Sw/Sh if you wanted to seek them out. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
NFUN 09/07/21 10:08:34 PM #76:	make the next region a somewhat more livable antarctic peninsula with part of the map just a fucking desolate ice sheet --- Kneel... or you will be knelt <cite>NFUN posted [p:957834497] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>make the next region a somewhat more livable antarctic peninsula with part of the map just a fucking desolate ice sheet </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Kenri 09/08/21 1:19:27 AM #77:	XIII_rocks posted... I like that they made the second pseudo-legendary totally distinct from the first though Agreed but just looking at it doesn't make me think "ah yes, a Rock/Dark type" --- Congrats to BKSheikah, who knows more about years than anyone else. <cite>Kenri posted [p:957838416] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>XIII_rocks posted... </cite> <quote>I like that they made the second pseudo-legendary totally distinct from the first though</quote>Agreed but just looking at it doesn't make me think "ah yes, a Rock/Dark type" </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
LusterSoldier 09/08/21 1:24:20 AM #78:	Raka_Putra posted... Tapu Bulu being Fairy/Grass always throws me off. And Tapu Koko being Electric/Fairy. In the case of both Tapu Koko and Tapu Bulu, the Fairy type isn't obvious at all when looking at them. --- Luster Soldier --- ~Shield Bearer~ \| ~Data Analyst~ Popular at school, but not as cool as azuarc, Guru Champ! <cite>LusterSoldier posted [p:957838497] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>Raka_Putra posted...</cite> <quote>Tapu Bulu being Fairy/Grass always throws me off. </quote> And Tapu Koko being Electric/Fairy. In the case of both Tapu Koko and Tapu Bulu, the Fairy type isn't obvious at all when looking at them.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Raka_Putra 09/08/21 2:12:00 AM #79:	Yeah, but it's somewhat helpful that all the Tapus are Fairy anyway. --- Into the woods, but mind the past... Into the woods, but mind the future! <cite>Raka_Putra posted [p:957839127] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>Yeah, but it's somewhat helpful that all the Tapus are Fairy anyway. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
Isquen 09/08/21 3:26:42 AM #80:	I live for making teams with weird typings/unexpected not-in-OU Pokes, even if they aren't ideal. I enjoyed the hell out of non-Galarian Stunfisk, for instance, and used a Heliolisk through this gen as a holdover of when I tried to do an all-lizard team in Sun/Moon. And I was hoping to make Dhelmise work this gen, too, but I lost interest halfway through Crown Tundra. --- [The Artist Formerly Known as Earthshaker.] <cite>Isquen posted [p:957839945] in Just found... [t:79647059]...</cite> <quote>I live for making teams with weird typings/unexpected not-in-OU Pokes, even if they aren't ideal. I enjoyed the hell out of non-Galarian Stunfisk, for instance, and used a Heliolisk through this gen as a holdover of when I tried to do an all-lizard team in Sun/Moon. And I was hoping to make Dhelmise work this gen, too, but I lost interest halfway through Crown Tundra. </quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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